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Workers repair a water main along Mankas Boulevard and Clipper Ship Drive in Fairfield, Tuesday. The repair
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FAIRFIELD — Water main repair work on Tuesday caused service disruption for residents in the southwest area of the city for much of the day. The service was out for nearly nine hours, with service partially restored shortly after 5 p.m. Full service restoration was not expected until some time after 6 or 7 p.m. The cause of the problem was a break in a cast iron, 16-inch pipe. A city spokesman said crews were working on one
Water flows onto Mankas Boulevard near Clipper Ship Drive as workers repair a water main in Fairfield, Tuesday
pipe issue when the second failure occurred. “It is older infrastructure, but it hasn’t reached its lifespan, yet,” said Bill Way, city communications manager. The repair work caused service disruption in the areas of 2401 to 2680 Mankas Blvd.; 2033 to 2118 Barbour Drive; Lighthouse Drive; Lighthouse Court; Clipper Ship Drive; Clipper Ship Court; Skipper Court; Ramsay Way; Hastings Way; Vista Buena; Vista Palomar, Vista Cerro; Vista Hermosa; Vista Linda; and Vista Serena, the city reported.
3 killed, 5 wounded in Michigan State shooting were all students Tribune Content Agency EAST LANSING, Mich. — All eight victims of a mass shooting Monday that left three dead and five critically wounded on Michigan State University’s campus were students, police said early Tuesday morning as they continue to search for answers about the 43-year-old gunman’s motive. MSU police identified two of the three victims as Brian Fraser, a sophomore from Grosse Pointe, and Alexandria Verner, a junior from Clawson. The third victim, Arielle Anderson, was identified by her family. She was a graduate of Grosse Pointe North High School. Chris Rozman, interim deputy chief of the MSU police department, said early Tuesday morning that two students were fatally shot at Berkey Hall
while the third victim was at the campus student union building. The five wounded remain in critical condition at Sparrow Hospital. Four needed surgical intervention and one did not, said Sparrow’s Chief Medical Officer Denny Martin. The suspected gunman’s name is Anthony McRae. Criminal records show McRae, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, had a previous misdemeanor firearms conviction in November 2019 after being convicted of possessing a loaded firearm in a vehicle. He was released from probation supervision in May 2021, court records show. Rozman said police are still trying to determine a motive. “That’s what we’re
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People visit the Spartan statue on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. A gunman opened fire at two locations on the campus last night, killing three students and injuring several others.
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SUISUN CITY — Mike Hudson on Tuesday said he was submitting his resignation from the City Council. His next meeting will be his last – and he will attend it virtually from his new home in Elk Ridge, Utah. “It’s been my pleasure to serve the citizens of Suisun City. They honored me with that responsibil- HUDSON ity,” Hudson said in a phone interview. He said he has made the move to Utah to be closer to family. “I have a large extended family here,” said Hudson, noting specifically the birth of his third great-grandchild on Saturday. His departure is not
exactly a surprise. He said he let some people know about his plans as early as August. He served three terms on the council before losing a re-election bid in 2018. He was then re-elected in 2020. Hudson called the work on the council “a super hard job,” but believes there are a number of talented residents he hopes the council will consider for his replacement. Hudson also hopes the city will start the recruitment, interview and selection process over again from scratch, rather than selecting one of the finalists from the last round to fill a vacancy. He said that would be a “fresh start” for everyone. The most recent
FAIRFIELD — Solano County has six preconstruction developments, representing 287 affordable homes, that would benefit from a proposed 2024 regional ballot measure that would create a $10 billion to $20 billion regional housing bond. If the measure were to be placed on the ballot, based on a $10 billion target and 2022 assessed
values, Solano County would receive about $250 million from the bond, Kate Hartley, director of the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority, said Monday in a phone interview. “Things will change as we get closer to 2024 with assessed value and interest rate calculations,” Hartley said. She said community outreach will started in the first quarter of 2024. See Ballot, Page A8
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