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Solano Covid infections inch up; death toll rises to 436 Todd R. Hansen
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A visitor works at a table at the Fairfield Civic Center Library, Wednesday. Libraries, shopping malls and other
public venues are good places for area residents to go to escape the excessive heat expected this weekend.
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FAIRFIELD — The average daily number of coronavirus cases in Solano County from the past seven days went up slightly from the previous week, but the 10-day average dropped. The Solano County Public Health Division also on Thursday reported one more Covidrelated death, a woman older than 65 who died in an out-of-county care facility in March 2021. The woman had been on a ventilator for Covid-19 in a Solano hospital from December 2020 until she was released to the boarding facility, Dr. Bela Matyas, the county public health officer, said Thursday in
a phone interview. Her death came before vaccines were available to the general public. It takes the total number of Covid-related deaths in the county to 436. The daily average, from Aug. 26 to Sept. 1, was 83.6 cases, while the average for Aug. 19 to Aug. 25 was 82.3. The 10-day daily average dropped from 80.9 cases to 79.9 cases, the county reported. The number of Solano residents in hospitals with positive tests went down from 27 to 22, and the number of patients in area intensive care units with the disease was at four. That was down from five from the previous weekly report, the See Covid, Page A7
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The Allan Witt Aquatic Complex in Fairfield, along with libraries, shopping malls and other similar public venues are good places for area residents to go to escape the excessive heat expected this weekend.
FAIRFIELD — The county libraries, shopping malls and other similar public venues are good places for area residents to go to escape the excessive heat expected this weekend. Most local libraries, however, will be closed Monday due to the Labor Day holiday. The exceptions are the Fairfield Civic Center Library, the Dixon Library and the Rio Vista Library, which will serve as cooling centers from 1 to 6 p.m. Monday. The Three Oaks Community Center at 1100 Alamo Drive in Vacaville will be open as a cooling center from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday through Monday, thereby See Heat, Page A7
Jury convicts man who killed bicyclist in hit-and-run of murder Daily Republic Staff
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FAIRFIELD — A Solano County Superior Court jury this week found a Fairfield man guilty of seconddegree murder for the hit-and-run death of a bicyclist last fall. Nadhir M. Ghuzi, 31, also was convicted of felony hitand-run causing injury, the Solano County Dis-
trict Attorney’s Office said in a statement released Thursday, the day after the jury conviction. The victim was later identified as Darryl L. Mitchell, 52, of Vallejo. Fairfield police officers were dispatched at approximately 7 p.m. Oct. 19, 2021, to the intersection of North Texas and Wisconsin streets to respond to a fatal traffic
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collision, according to the District Attorney’s Office statement. City cameras showed a dark SUV-style vehicle had struck a bicyclist while traveling at a high rate of speed. Mitchell had life threatening injuries and died at the scene. The crash occurred on Ghuzi’s birthday. “The driver of the SUV fled the scene. Officers located a hubcap
belonging to the SUV. Using the hubcap, city cameras and license plate readers, officers were able to identify the vehicle. Additional surveillance footage from a nearby gas station identified the (Ghuzi) as the driver of the vehicle at the time of the collision,” according to the District Attorney’s Office statement. See Jury, Page A7
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A customer wearing a face mask shops at the Fairfield Farmers’ Market, Thursday.
Commission supports Middle Green Valley subdivision maps Todd R. Hansen
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FAIRFIELD — A decision about the first tentative subdivision maps for the Middle Green Valley Specific Plan – one that was going to belong to the Board of Supervisors one way or the other – will go to the board with a recommendation of approval from the Planning Commission. The commission, on a 3-1 vote Thursday night, recommended approval of a Middle Green Valley Specific Plan application that includes two
tentative subdivision maps – one that creates lots for 322 of the 390 homes allowed in the development. The commission did add to the recommended condition that an accredited land trust oversea all open space easements. Commissioner Paula Bauer dissented, saying she did not oppose the project but wanted some questions answered. Thursday’s public hearing was the latest step for a project that has been presented in a host of boardrooms and See Valley, Page A7