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Vacaville is a city located in Solano County in Northern California. Sitting approximately 35 miles (56 km) from Sacramento and 55 miles (89 km) from San Francisco, it is within the Sacramento Valley but is also considered, at least by some agencies, to be part of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2010 census, Vacaville had a population of 92,428, making it the third largest city in Solano County.
Fairfield is a city in and the county seat of Solano County, California, in the North Bay sub-region of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is generally considered the midpoint between the cities of San Francisco and Sacramento, approximately 40 miles (64 km) from the city center of both cities, approximately 40 miles (64 km) from the city center of Oakland, less than 19 miles (31 km) from Napa Valley, 16 miles (26 km) from the Carquinez Bridge, and 14 miles (23 km) from the Benicia Bridge. Fairfield was founded in 1856 by clippership captain Robert H. Waterman, and named after his former hometown of Fairfield, Connecticut.
Dixon is a city in northern Solano County, California, United States, located 23 miles (37 km) from the state capital, Sacramento. The population was 18,351 at the 2010 census. Other nearby cities include Vacaville, Winters and Davis.
Winters is a city in rural Yolo County, and the western Sacramento Valley, in northern California.
Solano County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 413,344. The county seat is Fairfield.
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Solano Community College (SCC) is a public community college in Fairfield, California with additional centers in Vacaville and Vallejo. The college is part of California Community Colleges System. SCC's service area includes all of Solano County, and the town of Winters in Yolo County. It has 10,814 students.
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California State Prison, Solano (SOL) is a male-only state prison located in the city of Vacaville, Solano County, California, adjacent to the California Medical Facility. The facility is also referenced as Solano State Prison, CSP-Solano, and CSP-SOL.
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Montezuma is a former hamlet and township in Solano County, California, located in the California Delta region of the state; the township, which embraced the hamlet, and several other places, such as Bird's Landing—which still exists—included portions of the Montezuma Hills. The name Montezuma was used in multiple places within Solano County by Mormans settlement attempts during 1847–50.
United States Army Reserve Center, Rio Vista is a former United States Army Reserve center located in Rio Vista, Solano County, California. It was established in 1911 as the U.S. Engineers Storehouse, Rio Vista. It went through ten different names in its 81-year history, finally becoming the United States Army Reserve Center, Rio Vista California. It was closed in 1992 as a result of a BRAC recommendation.
The Hennessey Fire was a wildfire burning in Napa, Lake, Solano, Yolo and Colusa Counties in California in the United States. The fire was started by a lightning strike on August 17, 2020 in the Vaca Mountains in Rutherford in Napa County. The Hennessey Fire was the largest of a complex of fires, known as the LNU Lightning Complex, all of which were caused by the impact of Tropical Storm Fausto, which fueled a thunderstorm moving through the area during a heat wave. The fire has burned 317,909 acres (128,653 ha) and is now 100 percent contained as of October 2020. The fire has resulted in mandatory evacuations, including of wineries and residences. It currently does not threaten any structures and has destroyed 633 structures and damaged 179, including homes. Four people were killed in the Hennessey Fire.
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- ↑ "California Medical Facility" . Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ↑ "California State Prison Solano" . Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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