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Suspected killer enters plea as 2nd Fairfield shooting victim dies Glen Faison
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FAIRFIELD — A second person has died as a result of a shooting early Sunday in Fairfield as the suspected killer proclaimed his innocence in court. Trine D. Martinez, 25, of Fairfield, pleaded not guilty Wednesday through his attorney, Thomas Maas, to two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in connection with the shooting near the 7-Eleven on the 200 block of East Tabor Avenue.
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Trine Daniel Martinez is brought into the Solano County Superior Court, Wednesday.
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Visitors tour the Library and Learning Resource Center at Solano College in rural Fairfield, Wednesday.
Judge William J. Pendergast III ordered Martinez held without bail. Martinez was
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Police meet with East Tabor neighbors to discuss crime Matt Miller
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FAIRFIELD — Police met with East Tabor Avenue neighbors and business owners Thursday night to share information and exchange questions and answers about how to tackle crime concerns in the area. The meeting came in
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light of Sunday morning’s shooting on the 200 block of East Tabor that killed two men and injured a third. Trine Martinez, 25, of Fairfield, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the shooting through his attorney. Martinez, accompanied by an attorney, had surrendered to Fairfield police. He is
ROCKVILLE — Solano Community College Superintendent-President Celia Esposito-Noy opened her remarks at Wednesday’s ceremony for the new Library and Learning Resource Center by saying, “I’m happy to see everyone full size.” “After looking at just heads for two years on the computer, we finally made it,” Esposito-Noy said. “There is no better reason than to be here on campus to open this incredible new building. We’ve all waited a long time for this.” Solano College’s newest prize to the Rockville campus officially opened its doors for students and faculty. The Library and Learning Resource Center will be the new heart of campus and allow access to many state-of-the-art resources and tools. “This building is a beautiful reminder of what we can create, despite unexpected opponents,” Board President Sarah E. Chapman said. “I’m pleased to see successful completion of this project. We have created a stateof-the-art facility to support our students now and into the future.” Chapman said the project had
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From left, Fairfield Police Capt. Dan Marshall, Officer Terence Brownridge, Police Support Manager Jeremy Profitt, Officer Nate Strickland and Sgt. Frank Piro listen to concerns from a member of the community during a community crime prevention meeting at Bethel Community Church in Fairfield, Thursday.
The new Library and Learning Resource Center is just under 60,000 square feet and located in the heart of the campus. a big impact on the local economy. There were 41 subcontracts for special tradesmen, more than 145,000 hours of planning, design and construction, and 70 full-time jobs during the past year. Even trees that had to be removed were accounted for as firewood, gardening mulch and more. This was one of the largest projects planned for the Measure Q bond program. Work on the new building is complete, and
phased moves have taken place since January. Solano College officials could not give an overall cost number but it was reported in the Daily Republic at upward of $39 million in 2019 during the ceremony to break ground for the project. Funding jointly came through Proposition 51 – a $9 billion statewide bond passed in November 2016 to fund K-12 and community college See Center, Page A8
UKRAINE | RUSSIA CRISIS
Civilian targets under heavy fire as war enters fourth week Tribune Content Agency KYIV, Ukraine — As Russia launched an onslaught of new attacks on civilian sites across Ukraine, U.S. officials Thursday ratcheted up their criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his apparent responsibility for potential war crimes. U. S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken denounced Russian attacks that included hits on a school and a theater where more than 1,000 people had been sheltering. “Intentionally targeting
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Residents remove debris from a damaged residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday. civilians is a war crime,” Blinken told journalists in Washington. “After all the destruction of the
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past three weeks, I find it difficult to conclude that the Russians are doing otherwise.”
Blinken said the State Department has begun a legal process to document potential war crimes, noting that any formal accusation of crimes against humanity – which would likely be brought before The Hague–isseparatefromthe personal opinions voiced by himself and Biden. His comments came as deaths across Ukraine were mounting. Ukrainian and international officials have said that thousands of people have been killed in attacks across the country and that more than 3 million people have fled.
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The International Rescue Committee said Thursday that at least 20 people were killed and 25 injured in an attack on a school in the city of Merefa. In eastern Ukraine, a public pool facility where
civilians had been sheltering was also hit, officials said, although it was unclear whether there had been casualties. At the same time, rescuers began to pull survivors Thursday from See Targets, Page A8
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