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Benicia still testing bypass water lines Final solution may be year away Daily Republic Staff
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BENICIA — Mayor Steve Young said city residents are eager to get back to some semblance of normalcy, but are holding up pretty well since their main water source was disrupted 12 days ago. “They’re a little anxious and ready to get the freshwater back on,” Young said in a phone interview on Monday. Benicia has been getting its water from Lake Herman since its main pipeline, carrying water from Lake Berryessa and the Delta, was broken during a land slippage March 29 along Lopes Road, adjacent to Interstate 680 between Gold Hill and Marshview roads. The slippage was caused by the series of winter storms saturating and weakening the hillside. It moved the pipeline some 15 feet. The city this week continues its testing of the two 12-inch bypass water lines it installed last week. They run close to 700 feet, slightly longer than the affected area of the old 36-inch pipeline. See Water, Page A8
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Tim Mahoney, who went through Solano County Probation Department’s Center for Positive Change, unveils a painting
he did as part of the program, at the Solano County Board of Supervisor’s meeting, Tuesday.
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Two 12-inch bypass water lines are installed along Lopes Road in Fairfield.
Video shows tense firefight in Louisville bank shooting Tribune Content Agency The Louisville Metro Police Department has released bodycam video from officers who responded to Monday’s deadly mass shooting at a downtown bank. The footage captures how police reacted to a gunman who killed five people and injured several others before officers shot and killed him during an exchange of gunfire. Police released the footage during a news conference Tuesday, showing how the first responding officers were both shot before additional officers responded to help take control of the situation. The videos were expected to be posted on social media Tuesday. Police also provided media with an updated timeline of the incident. Officials later identified the shooter as 25-yearold Connor Sturgeon, an employee at Old National Bank, where the shooting occurred. He had an AR-15, officials said during a news conference Tuesday. Among the people shot Monday was Louisville officer Nickolas Wilt, who had been sworn into the force less than two weeks prior to the shooting, according to LMPD. He was shot in the head and was still in critical condition Tuesday afternoon. Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey from LMPD analyzed the video as it was shown during Tuesday’s news conference. Humphrey said the situation was “not perfect” but what they needed See Video, Page A8 INDEX Arts B5 | Classifieds B7 | Comics A7, B6 Crossword A6, B5 | Obituaries A4 Opinion B4 | Sports B1 | TV Daily A7, B6 WEATHER 65 | 45 Sunny. Five-day forecast on B10.
FAIRFIELD — Only 19% of the adult probationers who were in the Solano County system in 2018 and 2019 were convicted of a felony within two years of leaving supervision. That compares to 41% in the study’s first twoyear review starting at the end of 2011. It has dropped every two-year period since. And those individuals who participate in the Centers for Positive Change programs do even better, Chief Probation Officer Chris Hansen told
Tim Mahoney speaks before unveiling his painting at the Solano County Board of Supervisor’s meeting, Tuesday. the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. “For those who do complete the (Centers
for Positive Change programs), they actually have a faster drop in recidivism than our regular popula-
tion,” Hansen said. The centers, one in Fairfield and one in Vallejo, serve as a one-stop location at which participants can address a range of issues, including substance use, mental health, work skills development and housing. Tim Mahoney is one of those individuals. “This is really exciting for me. I came from a really bad background when I was a kid,” said Mahoney, who unveiled a painting that will hang in the Therapeutic Social Services Center, part of the Probation Department’s See Long, Page A8
Travis student takes top spot at Solano spelling bee Amy Maginnis-Honey AMAGINNIS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET
VACAVILLE — Two young students, Lily Glotzbach, a sixth-grader at Travis Elementary School, and Sophia Alexis Regacho, a fifth-grader at St. Catherine of Siena School in Vallejo, posed
with almost life-size trophies Tuesday evening at Journey Downtown, after earning the top two spots in the Solano County Elementary School Spelling Bee. They will represent the county at the state Spelling Bee in May 13 in Stockton. See Spelling, Page A8
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Lily Glotzbach, a sixth-grader at Travis Elementary, center, and Sophia Alexis Regacho, a fifth-grader at St. Catherine of Siena School in Vallejo, hold up their trophies during the final round of the Solano County Elementary School Spelling Bee Competition at Journey Downtown Coffee in Vacaville, Tuesday.
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