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The Benicia City Council has agreed to consider tightening campaign finance rules, but an effort to limit soaring spending practices fell short.

When Steven Vucurevich was trying to figure out what he was going to do with his life, he decided he wanted to go into forestry.

Well-known cosmetic surgeon and television personality Dr. Jan Rudalgo Adams was sentenced to one year in the Solano County jail for misdemeanor DUI in Benicia in June.

Immersing himself in Benicia's history seems to have provided the fountain of youth for 89-year-old Harry Wassmann.

County supervisors resume business Tuesday and will welcome a new face to the board.

More and more college students are taking classes in the virtual world rather than the lecture hall -- and Solano Community College is no exception to the online education trend.

Despite unfavorable ratings for the amount of jobs, public transportation, shopping opportunities and affordable housing, Benicians still love their city, a survey made public this week revealed.

With his tall and puffy white hair rising a few inches, 2-year-old Micah stood as top dog on Thursday in Indio.

The Benicia branch of Bank of America was robbed Wednesday morning by a suspect described as so low-key that police hope his escape did not go completely unnoticed.

News that Bay Area car-pool drivers could have to pay a bridge toll set off a storm of indignation among car-pool riders near the North Berkeley BART station this week.

Customers line up Tuesday at the U.S. Post Office on Santa Clara Street in downtown Vallejo, hoping to beat the deadline for Christmas Day delivery.

In a city whose law enforcement prides itself on its tough stance on drinking and driving, those arrests were down about 33 percent in 2008.

Firefighting had him hooked by age 15. Now, 38 years later, the vocation is slowly loosening its grip on a Benicia Fire Department long-time senior staff member.

Mary Lou Wilson must surely be smiling down on Solano County. The Reporter's longtime features editor, who died last summer after a valiant battle with cancer, left as her legacy The Giving Tree.

Second in a series on local top stories of 2008. The budget ax swung hard at local schools this year.

A woman struck and killed by a sport utility vehicle Tuesday has been identified as 48-year-old Dana Burket of Vallejo by the Solano County Coroner's Office.

A Vallejo woman was hit and killed by a vehicle at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the crosswalk at Springs Road and Oakwood Avenue, Vallejo police Lt.

Drivers in this town of 28,000 people can expect more aggressive traffic control with the establishment of the police department's new traffic unit.

Southbound lanes of the Benicia-Martinez Bridge were closed for two hours Saturday afternoon after a pickup truck towing a 40-foot trailer jackknifed.

12, City Manager Jim Erickson said Thursday. Vucurevich, a 25-year veteran of the Fairfield Fire Department, will replace current Fire Chief Gene Gantt, who will retire after 24 years with Benicia.