The Latest Breaking News from Solano County

California flooded Monticello in 1956; Its streets still lie beneath Lake Berryessa

A small California community of ranches, farms, schools and family homes has been covered by water for nearly 70 years. Beneath the waters of Lake Berryessa rests the ghost town of Monticello, preserved in fragments: its roads, foundations and historic bridge still visible beneath the surface while photographs and memories…

The Times of India · Sep 7

Malware Shut Down a California City's Network and 911 Calls Were Rerouted to County Dispatch

Suisun City declared a state of emergency after malware hit its network, with 911 calls now handled through the Solano County dispatch center.

Medical Daily · Aug 11

The eyewitness to the ‘Zizians’ murder was murdered weeks before the trial started. Now the only other witness is dying and has lost his memory

Patrick McMillan, 81, testified vividly about the day his ‘best friend’ Curtis Lind was stabbed with a samurai sword — but often struggled to remember details

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025

The secret futuristic city being built by tech billionaires in California

California Forever has bold plans, hundreds of millions in capital invested, and some of the biggest names in tech backing its vision of a brand new city outside of San Francisco – but can it convince skeptical voters to see the light? Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2024

Billionaires spent $800m snapping up California farms. Their mystery plan for a ‘utopian city’ is drawing suspicion

Secretive venture capitalists spent six years buying up farmland in Solano County with the dream of constructing an eco-friendly hamlet of the future, but not everyone is convinced, writes Joe Sommerlad

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Ranchers decry ‘arrogant’ Silicon Valley billionaires buying up land for ‘fantasy’ city near San Francisco: ‘We are now totally surrounded’

“If they want a new city, San Jose is ripe. Fix what’s there," suggested a Solano County rancher.

Fortune · Sep 3, 2023

Tech titans’ vision for a new city in Northern California raises concerns

Silicon Valley tech tycoons on Thursday announced their intentions of building a new city in Northern California. The billionaire investors have to date spent over $900 million to acquire more than 50,000 acres of land in Solano County. Local and US officials, however, have raised concerns about what one Congressman…

France 24 · Sep 3, 2023

Billionaires want to build a new city in rural California. They must convince voters first

Silicon Valley investors behind a secretive $800 million land-buying spree got off to a rocky start with the voters they need to build a green new city in Northern California

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023

Billionaire group under scrutiny for plan to build ‘utopian city’ in California

Congressman says there would be a ‘whole bunch of hurdles’ the group would have to clear in order to build their city

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2023

Tech heavyweights, dissatisfied with San Francisco, are planning their own enclaves—following a tradition among wealthy Americans

Silicon Valley elites like Mark Moritz, Reid Hoffman, and Laurene Powell Jobs are over the city—and have put $800 million toward a new one

Fortune · Aug 30, 2023