Winters Firefighters celebrating the Winters Tree Lighting December 3.
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West Sacramento Firefighters Association Santa visits West Sacramento neighborhoods
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Davis Police Department collects Toys for Tots for children in Yolo County.
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On November 24, Yolo County Sheriff Resident Deputy Matsumura and Yolo County Supervisor Angel Barajas assisted community volunteers with the Capay Valley based non-profit organization, The Farm Stop, in preparing and distributing Thanksgiving meals for 250 Capay Valley and Zamora families.
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Rio Vista PD hanging with Santa before the Rio Vista Tree Lighting December 4
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You Are Not Forgotten...
Fallen First Responder Memorials
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CAPTAIN LOIS AUDEL MCINTOSH
Mare Island Department
Last Alarm: October 4, 1953
A 15-year veteran of the Mare Island Fire Department, Lois Audel McIntosh was a fire captain, who was assigned to the fire boats. On October 4, 1953, smoke was reported from the freight pier and crews were called to the scene. During the firefighting operation, Lois fell from one of the 40-foot fire boats and drowned. He was 48.
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OFFICER BRADLEY MOODY
Richmond Police Department
End of Watch: October 7, 2008
With 9 years of service, Police Officer Moody, age 29, succumbed to injuries sustained during a single-car crash in his department vehicle. Officer Moody was en route to back up a colleague at the scene of an assault in progress when he lost control of his patrol car and struck a light pole. Wet road conditions and a slight bend in the road is thought to have contributed to the crash. Officer Moody remained on life support for three days before he died. Officer Moody’s K-9 partner, Rico, also suffered serious injuries but survived.
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CITY MARSHAL WILLIAM P. RICE
City of Winters Police Department
End of Watch: October 18, 1912
City Marshal William P. Rice was killed in the line of duty on October 18th 1912. Marshal Rice was unarmed when he assisted Constable Andrews who was responding to a call about an intoxicated man waving a gun in the street. Marshal Rice had been able to talk to the man on previous occasions and entered the intoxicated man’s residence. Marshal Rice entered through the front door as Constable Andrews and the reporting party (identified as James W Chapman) went around the back. The intoxicated man fired and shot Marshal Rice in the chest. He was arrested as he stepped into the street to re-load his gun. Marshal Rice had been employed for six months. He was married to Alice Chadwick in 1906. He left behind a son, Harry Rice aged 14 months.
City Marshall William Rice was added to the National Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial in Washington DC in 2011 and was added to the State Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial in Sacramento in 2012.
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PATROLMAN ANDREW T. STEVENS
California Highway Patrol
End of Watch: November 17, 2005
Officer Stevens, a commercial vehicle inspector, had made a traffic stop near the intersection of County Road 96 at Highway 16. He approached the vehicle and greeted the driver, when he was shot and instantly killed. A bystander who witnessed the incident used Officer Stevens' police radio to call for assistance.
The suspect fled the scene, but he and a female accomplice who attempted to hide him were arrested early the next morning by members of the Placer County Sheriff's Department. Two male suspects were later convicted of first degree murder for Officer Stevens' death.
Further investigation revealed that the suspect had been hired as a hit-man to murder another man, completely unrelated to the traffic stop, and had been provided a handgun to use in the contract killing. The suspect used that handgun to shoot Officer Stevens when he was pulled over.
In exchange for her testimony against the shooter, the female accomplice pled guilty to harboring a felon and was sentenced to eight months in a residential drug rehabilitation program and five years probation. The shooter was found guilty of murder with special circumstances and sentenced to death. The man who provided the firearm was found guilty of murder and conspiracy, and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
Officer Stevens had served with the California Highway Patrol for 13 years, and was assigned to the Valley Division. He is survived by his wife.
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OFFICER JAMES LOWELL CAPOOT
Vallejo Police Department
End of Watch: November 17, 2011
After 21 years of service, Police Officer Capoot was shot and killed during a foot
pursuit of an armed bank robbery suspect following a high speed chase. During the high speed pursuit, Officer Capoot was able to force the suspect’s vehicle to stop. The suspect exited his vehicle and fled the scene on foot, with Officer Capoot in pursuit. The suspect waited in ambush and shot Officer Capoot three times. Officer Capoot was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The suspect was apprehended and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Officer Capoot was a US Marine Corps veteran, serviced in the CHP for two years and served the Vallejo PD for 19 years. He also coached the Vallejo High School girls’ basketball team to a championship.
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DEPUTY SHERIFF WALTER J. LEINBERGER
Yolo County Sheriff's Department
End of Watch: November 18, 1943
On November 18, 1943, Deputy Sheriff Walter J. Leinberger, a popular deputy in the Broderick area (now known as West Sacramento) was shot to death outside a Bryte cabin where he had gone to arrest a man for burglary.
Deputy Leinberger accompanied by his wife Zetta, was attempting to arrest 38 year old Luis “ironmouth” Balle, when Balle burst out of the cabin firing his pistol, slaying Deputy Leinberger as his wife watched. Mrs. Leinberger, who had never fired a gun before, took her husband’s weapon and fired six times at the gunman. She thought she missed him, as he was able to escape, but it was later discovered that she wounded him twice in the arm.
In less than twenty-four hours authorities caught up with Balle. During a shoot out with the lawman, Balle sustained bullet wounds that later proved fatal.
Ralph W. Bonetti, then a Folsom Prison guard and a close friend of the slain deputy, was among the officers who finally caught up with Balle. Bonetti was later hired as a deputy by Yolo County Sheriff Forrest Monroe, and in 1952 was elected judge of the Washington Judicial District Court in Easter Yolo County.
Deputy Leinberger's son William, who was eleven years old at the time of his father’s death, joined the Yolo County Sheriff’s Department in September 1956 and retired as a sergeant in 1984.
In November 1991, county law enforcement officials gathered to dedicate the Sheriff’s new $3.5 million minimum-security center to the memory of Walter J. Leinberger.
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CAPTAIN JAMES D. GREIG
Mare Island Fire Department
Last Alarm: November 24, 1965
While he was only a boy of 14 when he first came to Mare Island, Jim Greig eventually rose to the rank of fire chief of the naval base’s fire department in 1935. During his 38-year tenure as chief, Jim oversaw a period of major growth for the department and was instrumental in the development of some of the first mutual aid programs in the region. During World War II, Jim trained area civilians in civil defense and set up and maintained hundreds of bomb-watcher stations in the north Bay Area. Jim died on November 24, 1965 after suffering a job-related heart attack.
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SPECIAL AGENT STEVEN L. ARMENTA
California Department of Justice
End of Watch: December 7, 1973
On December 5, 1973 Field Supervisor Armenta made an undercover purchase of cocaine in the city of Benicia. Immediately following the purchase Armenta and other agents attempted to arrest the suspects. One of the suspects shot and wounded Steve who died two days later in a Sacramento hospital. He was survived by his wife and two children.
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ASSISTANT CHIEF FRANK SPRINGER
Vallejo Fire Department
Last Alarm: December 12, 1998
Frank Springer was an Assistant Fire Chief who served Solano County residents from 1975 to 1998 in the Vallejo Fire Department. Assistant Chief Springer was recognized for his outstanding work by receiving multiple promotions throughout his career as a firefighter. He was promoted to Fire Engineer, Fire Captain, Fire Inspector, Fire Training Officer, and Assistant Fire Chief. During Assistant Chief Springer's time of faithful service he also provided CPR instruction to both public and private sector businesses and non-profit organizations. He was a highly respected leader in the EMS community. He was a loving, caring, dynamic individual that made himself readily available and was appreciated by all he came in contact with. Assistant Chief Springer identified what was to be accomplished by task, promptly committed to it, and brought about success of the task by using his resources of people. Assistant Chief Springer had the ability to process avenues for success along with overcoming roadblocks. Big or small, sacrifice is about doing something you may or may not have wanted to do. Assistant Chief Springer sacrificed for the good of his fellow employees, his citizenry, his superiors, and especially his loved ones. Sadly the EMS community lost Assistant Chief Springer to cancer. The Frank Springer Award was created to memorialize Assistant Chief Springer's virtue and character and contributions to the community.
Assistant Chief Springer's commitment and contributions to the EMS community are being honored through the issuance of the Frank Springer Award. The Frank Springer Award is designed to recognize an individual for his or her outstanding commitment and contributions to improving emergency medical services for the people living in Solano County.
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CAPTAIN JOSEPH E. WOOD
Vallejo Fire Department
Last Alarm: December 18, 2005
In the life of Captain Joseph Wood, family, the fire department, and friends was the order of business – he was known to always take care of business. He was a mentor to other members of the fire service not only in the United States, but also South America. After being introduced to the local firemen in Argentina, Joe took it upon himself to educate and assist these untrained young firemen. He would even go as far as gather up old turnouts to be sent across the seas to these local firefighters. He served as an excellent son, brother, and husband to all who knew him. He lost the battle to pulmonary fibrosis in 2005.
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OFFICER ROY P. BLECHER
California Highway Patrol
End of Watch: December 22, 1978
Officers Roy P. Blecher and William M. Freeman were partners, working out of the Woodland Area Office, when they were gunned down along Interstate 80 near the Yolo Causeway in West Sacramento. Investigators found signs of a struggle. Blecher was handcuffed and shot in the back of the head and Freeman had been overpowered, shot and killed. Their last radio contact was at 3:12 a.m. when they stopped a suspect for a routine traffic violation. The killer was captured, tried and convicted of the murders and sentenced to life in prison and died while in custody in 2016. Officer Blecher, 50, was a 21-year CHP veteran and Officer Freeman, 32, was a 12-year Patrol veteran.
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OFFICER WILLIAM M. FREEMAN
California Highway Patrol
End of Watch: December 22, 1978
Officers Roy P. Blecher and William M. Freeman were partners, working out of the Woodland Area Office, when they were gunned down along Interstate 80 near the Yolo Causeway in West Sacramento. Investigators found signs of a struggle. Blecher was handcuffed and shot in the back of the head and Freeman had been overpowered, shot and killed. Their last radio contact was at 3:12 a.m. when they stopped a suspect for a routine traffic violation. The killer was captured, tried and convicted of the murders and sentenced to life in prison and died while in custody in 2016. Officer Blecher, 50, was a 21-year CHP veteran and Officer Freeman, 32, was a 12-year Patrol veteran.
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The above Memorials, unless otherwise noted, from 100 Club SYC
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100 Club of Solano and Yolo Counties
Community News
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Solano Law Enforcement Agencies Raise $2500 for Local Special Olympics |
Local Solano County law enforcement agencies served up some smiles at their Tip-A-Cop event on November 17 at Texas Roadhouse in Fairfield. Working together with the Special Olympics, the Texas Roadhouse staff, the California Department of Corrections and the California Highway Patrol, the Tip-A-Cop event raised just over $2500! The donations will directly support the Solano Area Special Olympics Athletes.
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Vallejo Firefighters Provide Thanksgiving Dinner to 36 Vallejo Families |
On November 23, Vallejo Firefighters were hard at work doing a lot more than running calls. The Vallejo Firefighters (IAFF1186) annual Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner Drive got underway! 36 families were selected by the Vallejo City Unified School District to receive a full thanksgiving dinner for FREE! A huge thank you to IAFF Local 1186 Firefighters and Firefighters First Credit Union for funding the annual event! Another thank you shout out goes to FoodMaxx for partnering every year to make this great event a success!
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Medic Ambulance Supports Sacramento State Football 2021 Season |
Medic Ambulance is especially proud of its efforts to impact player and spectator safety during high school’ and college football games. Medic Ambulance also believes that ambulance crews’ visibility during these very public games promotes consideration of EMS careers. The company has offered these special event medical standbys for the football programs at the following schools:
•Sacramento State
All high schools in the Vallejo Unified School District;
• All high schools in the Benicia Unified School District;
• All high school in the Fairfield Unified School District;
• All high schools in the San Juan Unified School District;
• Rio Vista High School
• Dixon High School
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CalFire Helps to Restore California's Forests |
From six-inch seedlings to giant sequoias 150 feet tall, California’s trees are a precious resource, and their recovery after devastating wildfires is no small task. Tree by tree, acre by acre, wildfires tore through California forestland, destroying timber from Tahoe to the coast. As the smoke cleared and Mother Nature tries to heal, Calfire crews are still hard at work to give our future forests a head start.
“Especially after a fire season like this fire season we now have millions more acres that are going to need to be reforested. Both on federal and private land,” said Calfire Staff Chief, Wildfire Resilience Stewart McMorrow. That process begins with pine cones — 2,100 bushels carefully collected branch-by-branch from across the state. They’re all converging in Davis at Cal Fire’s Lewis A. Moran Reforestation Center.
“Cal fire is made up of two parts: the forestry and the fire protection side but at the end of the day we are all one team,” said McMorrow. One part of the team specializes in seeds — tossing and tumbling the pine cones to shake them free. Then, it’s on to de-winging and sorting out debris by hand. The seeds are even x-rayed to ensure they’re healthy. In the end, the seeds are packaged up and boxed up-stored in a special freezer called the seed bank. A seven-pound bag of seeds could eventually produce 14,000 trees.
Then it’s time to get on to growing.
“We try to mimic their nature,” said Nursery Manager and Horticulturist Kuldeep Singh. Inside the greenhouse, Singh tries to give these future giant sequoias a fighting chance.
“I always compare the seedlings to human beings. If they get everything they want for their survival, they will survive,” said Singh.
The seedlings will be planted by hand on state and privately owned land.
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ATTENTION ALL 7th & 8th GRADERS! Are you interested in learning more about law enforcement? The youth academy shares first-hand information on how and why the department operates, and takes a look at the culture of police work and the organization. Whether you are interested in criminal law, forensics, investigations or want to find out what it takes to be a police officer, the Woodland Youth Community Police Academy is for you. |
Become a volunteer today.
The Salvation Army Solano County/Kroc Center Suisun City has the perfect volunteer opportunity to meet your interests.
Volunteering is one of the most enjoyable things you'll ever do. Not to mention, one of the most fulfilling. With your unique skills and experience, you can volunteer to be a part of the Kroc team that is positively impacting lives on a daily basis.
Current Volunteer Needs:
Kitchen Volunteer
We are looking for a volunteer to help prep food on Mondays and Serve food on Tuesdays.
When: This opportunity is ongoing
Good fit for: Adults, Seniors
Disaster Relief Team
We are looking for individuals to become a part of our Disaster Relief Team. If you want to help others in need, can be available when disaster strikes and have a passion, please register for this rewarding opportunity.
When: This opportunity is ongoing
Good fit for: Adults, Seniors, Families, Groups
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Be who you needed when you were a teen! PAL uses traditional recreational programming (fun and choice based) as a gateway to engage teens in programming and activities that support the development of the social and emotional skills required to develop a positive self-identity and become productive and active members of our community. As a PAL Center volunteer, you are on the front lines of creating fun and engaging experiences for local teens!
Bring your talents to the Fairfield PAL Teen Center and give local teens a place to go and grow by:
- Hosting the front desk to make sure all members sign in and out
- Distributing daily snacks and following funders recruitments
- Answering phone calls
- Assisting with games leadership, leading craft projects, and hosting contests and activities
- Introduce new games and activities
May also depending on interest:
- Deal cards for card games
- Host nail painting seminars
- Lead dominos tournaments
- Teach billiards clinics and host tournaments
- Instruct hair braiding workshops
- Facilitate skin and makeup clinics
- Other workshops and session based on interest
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JOURNEY COFFEE CO.
"Looking for a truly local, family owned, well managed, fabulous coffee shop in Vacaville and Fairfield? Look no further...Journey Coffee Co. is the best around! They are creative with their menu, constantly trying new creations. The owners and staff are some of the most wonderful people around!"
-Cheryl
"The yummiest food, delicious coffee served by amazing staff in a wonderful happy atmosphere ..where people do matter. Thank you all!"
-Sage
"Checked out the new downtown Vacaville location today. The bacon/avocado sammi on toasted sourdough was great, and the avocado toast...with very generous amount of avocado. Good atmosphere and friendly staff as always."
-Troy
"Just Love it! Morne and Nicole are so wonderful. This place is the best! Enjoyed the healthy alternatives and especially the evening food, drink and entertainment."
-Alan
"Great coffee from great people."
-Roy
JOURNEY COFFEE CO.
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Monday - Friday 6:30AM - 6PM / Saturday & Sunday 7AM - 6PM
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Monday - Thursday 7AM - 2PM / Friday 7AM - 6PM / Saturday & Sunday 8AM - 6PM
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