Excerpted from Nov. 6, 2006 Daily Republic >>click for full article (subscription required)>>
By Ian Thompson
SUISUN CITY - Suisun City residents will be able to find out where crime is in their community as well as send in tips and information to the police, thanks to a new online crime mapping system.
The system is called the iMap Crime Mapping System, which will allow neighborhood watch groups, residents and businesses to send information and tips about crimes directly to the police department.
"If residents see something odd or suspicious, we want to know about it," Suisun City Police Commander Ed Dadisho. "With this system, they can check online to see if an incident was reported and instantly pass on to our investigators any information they may have about it."
Suisun City Police Officer Andrew White created the system using Google mapping software to display crime information from the department's reporting system.
This automatically updating mapping system can be accessed from any Internet-ready computer and it allows businesses and residents to e-mail tips to the police directly from the system.
Monday, November 6, 2006
'Family-friendly' Sunset Donuts Prospers Next to Starbucks
Excerpted from Nov. 6. 2006 Daily Republic >>click for full story (subscription required)>>
By Brad Stanhope
SUISUN CITY - In the shadow of the world's biggest coffee retailer, Bob Warren sits, reads the newspaper, sips a coffee and enjoys a pastry.
At Sunset Donuts, not Starbucks.
Warren, a 67-year-old tour bus driver, sits near the window at Sunset Donuts, in the Sunset Shopping Center near Rite-Aid.
"I come here anytime I'm off," Warren says. "It's been a little slow. Tourism's been slow. When it's busy, I work every day."
But when it's slow, he's here.
"I always come here to have coffee and associate with the owners," he says, smiling.
The owners are Pisey and Sithul Bou, who've run Sunset Donuts for 15 years. Although it sits a few yards from a Starbucks that opened a year ago, it continues to generate business.
"(Starbucks) hasn't hurt us at all," Pisey Bou says.
By Brad Stanhope
SUISUN CITY - In the shadow of the world's biggest coffee retailer, Bob Warren sits, reads the newspaper, sips a coffee and enjoys a pastry.
At Sunset Donuts, not Starbucks.
Warren, a 67-year-old tour bus driver, sits near the window at Sunset Donuts, in the Sunset Shopping Center near Rite-Aid.
"I come here anytime I'm off," Warren says. "It's been a little slow. Tourism's been slow. When it's busy, I work every day."
But when it's slow, he's here.
"I always come here to have coffee and associate with the owners," he says, smiling.
The owners are Pisey and Sithul Bou, who've run Sunset Donuts for 15 years. Although it sits a few yards from a Starbucks that opened a year ago, it continues to generate business.
"(Starbucks) hasn't hurt us at all," Pisey Bou says.
Leaders Focus on Pregnant Women in Suisun City Forum
Excerpted from Nov. 4 Vacaville Reporter >>click for more>>
By Erin Pursell/Staff Writer
The issue of prenatal substance abuse drew a lively crowd of 160 county leaders, health officials and experts and community members to a BabyFirst Solano forum Wednesday in Suisun City.
The purpose of the forum was to increase awareness and discuss support for the Solano County's pregnant women.
"Basically we're all trying to work together for the first time to provide a system of care for women who may be using substances while they're pregnant," said Jayleen Richards, a project manager for BabyFirst who helped organize the event. "A big piece is focusing on providing all these services within the prenatal care site so it becomes a sort of one-stop shop."
BabyFirst, which receives funding from First 5 Solano, is a public and private partnership aimed at creating a countywide, comprehensive system of care and support for mothers to help enable them - through education and support - to deliver and raise healthy, drug-free babies, staff said.
Wednesday's event focused on the agency's Prenatal Substance Abuse Initiative that has been ongoing for nearly a year.
By Erin Pursell/Staff Writer
The issue of prenatal substance abuse drew a lively crowd of 160 county leaders, health officials and experts and community members to a BabyFirst Solano forum Wednesday in Suisun City.
The purpose of the forum was to increase awareness and discuss support for the Solano County's pregnant women.
"Basically we're all trying to work together for the first time to provide a system of care for women who may be using substances while they're pregnant," said Jayleen Richards, a project manager for BabyFirst who helped organize the event. "A big piece is focusing on providing all these services within the prenatal care site so it becomes a sort of one-stop shop."
BabyFirst, which receives funding from First 5 Solano, is a public and private partnership aimed at creating a countywide, comprehensive system of care and support for mothers to help enable them - through education and support - to deliver and raise healthy, drug-free babies, staff said.
Wednesday's event focused on the agency's Prenatal Substance Abuse Initiative that has been ongoing for nearly a year.
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