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Festivalgoers sample tomatoes at the Tomato & Vine Festival, in Downtown Fairfield, Saturday, Sept. 10.
Visitors get their fill of tomatoes as festival weekend begins them on salads. Kelly remembers being in band at Armijo High School and volunteering for the Tomato Festival. âI come down here because I have such good memories of being with my dad,â she said. The Tomato and Vine Festival is in its 30th year. It has experienced changes with the pandemic shutting it down for a year, then returning with fewer farmers bringing in fresh produce because of the drought. Andrea Azurbia, program coordinator for special events, said she was so happy to return for
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FAIRFIELD â Tomato lovers and those who just like a good festival came to downtown Fairfield on Saturday for some taste testing and some shopping. Lea Kelly of Fairfield loves the Heirloom Zebra tomatoes. âWhen I was little my dad would grow them in the backyard,â Kelly said. âWe had rows and rows of tomatoes from cherry to beef steak.â They would make sauces, bake them into bread and eat
another year. This year they have double the vendors from the previous year. âWe have 70 vendors including food vendors,â Azurbia said. There are 24 varieties of tomatoes to taste and purchase. âLast year we didnât have enough to do the purchasing, but this year we do,â Azurbia said. âWe have 3,000 pounds of tomatoes.â Organizers revamped the cultural stages this year to include more dancing and musical groups. See Tomato, Page A9
Queenâs Elizabethâs funeral set for Sept. 19 Charles takes the throne Bloomberg News LONDON â Queen Elizabeth II, Great Britainâs longest-serving monarch, will be laid to rest on Sept. 19, Buckingham Palace announced, hours after her son was officially proclaimed King Charles III. The funeral, which will be designated a national holiday, will be held at Westminster Abbey in London, the Palace said in a statement Saturday. Over the course of the next week, the queenâs body will travel from BalINDEX Business A7 Classfieds B8 Comics B11 Crossword B9
moral, Scotland, where she died on Thursday, to Buckingham Palace in London and on to Westminster Abbey. The public will have a chance to pay Jonathan Brady/Pool/AFP/Getty Images/TNS their respects as she will lie in state in Edinburgh Britainâs Prince William, Prince of Wales, left, and and London. Camilla, Queen Consort, listen as King Charles III, Charles III, 73, said right, speaks, Saturday. earlier he would dedicate the rest of his life as king to honoring his motherâs Open Mon-Thurs 7am-2pm service. He was officially Fri-Sun 7am-3pm proclaimed monarch in the first Accession Council ceremony to be held since 1952, when his mother
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County to consider pandemic funds for public health needs Todd R. Hansen
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FAIRFIELD â The working group reviewing public health needs will present its findings and recommendations Tuesday to the Solano County Board of Supervisors. The board also will consider finalizing the previously approved $4.5 million allocation of American Rescue Plan Act funds to support Fairfieldâs Tabor Commons affordable housing development project. The board meets at
9 a.m. in the first-floor chamber of the government center, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield. A closed session follows the public session, during which the supervisors will be updated on labor negotiations; property negotiations involving 610 St. Francis Way, Rio Vista; existing litigation, County of Solano v. Disney Construction Inc. and related cross-action; and anticipated litigation. The public health projects review is part of the countyâs ongoing See Funds, Page A9
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FAIRFIELD â The 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that rocked the nation â and the first since the U.S. withdrew its forces from Afghanistan after the nationâs longest war that was the result of those attacks â will be marked in subdued fashion Sunday in Solano County. Firefighters in Suisun City will gather at the 9/11 memorial in front of the fire station for whatâs become an annual commemoration thatâs more ritual than ceremony. A bell will toll seven times throughout the morning: at 5:46 a.m. to mark the exact moment when American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center and then at 6:03 a.m., 6:37a.m.,6:59a.m.,7:03a.m., 7:28 a.m. and 7:50 a.m. to mark other events of that
day â when the second aircraft, United Airlines Flight 175, struck the South Tower of World Trade Center, when the Pentagon was struck by American Airlines Flight 77, when each of the twin towers collapsed, when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in rural Pennsylvania and when a portion of the Pentagon collapsed. The fire station is located at 621 Pintail Drive. A public ceremony starts at 10 a.m. on the steps at Vallejo City Hall, 555 Santa Clara St. Fire Chief Kyle Long and Police Chief Shawny Williams are scheduled to speak. A flag memorial will be set up on the lawn adjacent to the gazebo at Benicia City Park on the corner of First Street and the juncture of Military East and Military West. Fire Department
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