Parades, fireworks, drone light show set for Independence Day

Start the day with the Fairfield Main Street Association's annual Independence Day Parade, which starts at 10 a.m. on Texas Street in downtown Fairfield. This year's parade theme is “A Star-Spangled Salute to America's Heroes.” The grand marshals are the Lanza family of Wooden Valley Winery, who are celebrating 85 years of wine-making in Fairfield.

New Trump program could help Fairfield, Vallejo economic efforts

Nine census tracts in Fairfield and Vallejo have been approved for the Opportunity Zone program created within the $1.3 trillion budget recently adopted by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump. The programs use three possible benefits from capital gains to encourage development in areas that meet a certain low-income standard and poverty rate.