DNA evidence leads to cold-case arrest in woman's 1980 killing in Solano County
Solano County Sheriff's Department announced an arrest in a cold-case homicide from August 1980. On Friday, deputies booked a suspect into the county jail for the killing of a young New Jersey woman in unincorporated Dixon.
Dixon police investigating dead body picked up, dumped by garbage truck
Police in Dixon in northern Solano County are investigating a report of a dead body discovered Tuesday when a garbage truck deposited its load at a trash dump in neighboring Yolo County.
Driver identified in solo vehicle crash that left one dead
The solo vehicle crash killed Floyd Merchant, 79, of Sacramento, and caused major injuries to William Jones Jr. 71, of Sacramento, and Jones-Merchant. The CHP said the three occupants of the vehicle are related.
$14M settlement reached in boys’ Dixon canal electrocution suit
The families of two teens who were electrocuted when they touched an energized bridge in Dixon while saving a dog from an irrigation canal have settled a lawsuit with the irrigation district for $14 million.