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Supervisors eliminate Ag Advisory Commission Hold off final vote on Historical Records panel Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — The Solano County supervisors on Tuesday considered the fates of eight advisory commissions: Keeping two, dissolving two – including the Agriculture Advisory Commission – while melding another with a related panel and effectively holding off final decisions on the rest. In what were sometimes contentious, even heart-stirring discussions, not a single public comment – though mostly directed to a single board by the individual speakers – favored dissolving any of the commissions. “My biggest challenge for all of this is we

need community input to do the work we do,” said Supervisor Erin Hannigan, adding at one point she could not support dissolving any of the commissions, though ultimately she did join the unanimous majority in closing down the Solano Partnership Against Violence. Hannigan also was critical of the ad hoc committee that reviewed the commissions’ usefulness, calling its reports “incomplete work product.” Joined by others, Hannigan was especially concerned that the ad hoc members – board Chairman John Vasquez and Vice Chairwoman Monica Brown – apparently did See Supes, Page A8

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Travis Unified School District board members, faculty and members of the community hold a protest at Peabody

PROTEST BRINGS ATTENTION TO TRAFFIC, SAFETY ISSUES with no access to Markeley Lane

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Volunteers from the Yolo County Search and Rescue Team look for evidence from the stabbing murder of Karim Abou Najm near Sycamore Park in Davis, Monday. It was the second of three stabbings – two fatal – in Davis in less than a week.

Davis stabbings are likely work of a local serial killer, experts say Tribune Content Agency SACRAMENTO — Davis police are hunting a monster. And it’s highly likely the suspect is a serial killer, experts say. The person behind three stabbings in the normally quiet college town is likely full of rage and has targeted his victims with no clear connection to one another, criminal experts told The Sacramento Bee. Given Davis’ relative isolation, 15 miles west of Sacramento and surrounded by farmland, the suspect probably lives in the city. It’s also possible the person responsible is battling mental illness. “The chances that these cases are not linked is very small,” said Mark

Safarik, a former Davis police detective and investigator with the FBI’s behavioral analysis unit. “One of the things here is we don’t really have a motive, Davis is a relatively small community, and it’s very likely these cases are linked.” By definition, Sararnik said, two or more homicides separated by time are serial killings. The nature of the killings has added to the gravity of the case. The first two victims died of multiple stab wounds after being attacked in city parks. The third was a homeless woman stabbed multiple times through her tent; she was in critical condition Tuesday. See Davis, Page A8

Road and Markeley Lane in Fairfield to bring awareness to traffic issues near Vanden High School, Tuesday.

FAIRFIELD — A former student, concerned parents, educators and Travis Unified School District governing board members walked the walk Tuesday afternoon to bring attention to the safety concerns they have, with no safe school route after Markeley Lane was blocked off at Peabody Road. It was closed when construction began on the Peabody Road overcrossing, which opened in August 2016. The overcrossing converted a two-lane rural road into a sixlane street. Markeley Lane used to offer easy access to Center Elementary,

Golden West Middle and Vanden High schools. Now, buses and cars must turn onto Dobe Lane and then DeRonde Drive to reach Vanden and Golden West. One must travel the same streets, in addition to Forbes and Armstrong streets, to get to Center. Maria Figueroa, who sought a seat on the TUSD, drives one of her children to Center, the other to Golden West. They live in the Gold Ridge neighborhood, off Peabody Road, between Air Base Parkway and the California Medical Facility. She leaves about 30 minutes early to get her children to school on time. Letting them walk is out of the question. While the overcrossing

has a bike lane, it’s only a few feet wide, said one parent. There is no sidewalk on one side of Peabody Road as it nears Huntington Drive. Figueroa was told developers were to pay for Markeley Lane, and that the Solano Transportation Authority was going to help develop Safe Routes to School. Since 2022, TUSD board member Matt Bidou has been meeting with Solano County supervisors, the city of Fairfield’s city manager and STA. He said the topic of having TUSD contribute money to build the road surfaced in one See Protest, Page A8

Solano Educators of the Year chosen at ceremony Tuesday Susan Hiland

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Maria Williams, an eighth-grade teacher at Grange Middle School, speaks as she is recognized as Solano County Teacher of the Year during the 2023 Solano County Educators of the Year Celebration at the Sunrise Event Center in Vacaville, Tuesday.

VACAVILLE — Solano County Educators of the Year Awards honors excellent teachers and classified employees from Solano County schools. It was a full house of friends and family members Tuesday night at the Sunrise Event Center to help honor those people. Maria Williams, an eighth-grade math teacher at Grange Middle School, was nominated as Teacher of the Year.

She didn’t prepare a speech but spoke from the heart at the evening event. “I work for the greatest school and district,” she said. “They allow me to do what I do.” Williams knew from a very young age that she was destined to be a teacher. “It is always what I wanted to do,” she said. “Being a teacher gives me the opportunity to make an impact.” She watches her students work hard to grasp See Teachers, Page A8

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