Sarah Hopkins, author at Open Vallejo

Outdoor press event: a woman in a patterned headwrap smiles beside a microphone while speaking with a man in a blazer with braided hair; masked onlookers gather behind in front of an office building.

Amid $17 million settlement, sheriff to expand Vallejo patrols

by Sarah Hopkins October 1, 2025October 1, 2025

Police officer in uniform stands facing yellow caution tape at an outdoor scene in a residential area, with other people and officers visible in the background near apartment buildings and parked cars.

New details emerge in Aug. 29 Vallejo police shooting

by Sarah Hopkins, Matthew Brown and Geoffrey King September 18, 2025September 25, 2025

Low-angle view of a quiet residential street with parked cars and tall palm trees, late-afternoon light casting long shadows across the asphalt under a clear sky.

Vallejo police find man killed in car Monday

by Sarah Hopkins September 17, 2025September 17, 2025

Black metal fence borders an empty rooftop parking deck with tan stucco buildings and trees, including a tall palm, under a partly cloudy blue sky.

Man killed in daytime shooting in Vallejo Thursday

by Sarah Hopkins September 12, 2025September 12, 2025

Nighttime intersection with police tape in the foreground, officers and several people near flashing lights, and a patrol SUV blocking the road.

Vallejo police in second collision in three days

by Sarah Hopkins September 8, 2025September 9, 2025

California forms state consortium to counter health misinformation

by Sarah Hopkins September 4, 2025September 4, 2025

Uniformed police officer secures yellow ‘POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS’ tape to a wooden post along a barbed-wire fence in a dry hillside field at sunset, with distant power lines.

Vallejo police shoot man allegedly holding pellet gun

by Matthew Brown, Sarah Hopkins and Geoffrey King August 29, 2025September 30, 2025

Through fence bars, an industrial site with two yellow silos and an angled conveyor; a U.S. flag flies above a cinderblock wall with, dry brush, clear sky.

Air district orders halt at Vallejo concrete plant

by Sarah Hopkins August 22, 2025August 22, 2025

An ambulance drives away on a street, the sun glinting off its windshield, with a few bystanders on the sidewalk.

Three people shot in Vallejo Monday; two dead

by Sarah Hopkins August 22, 2025August 22, 2025

Two police officers move cautiously through a tree-lined area toward an open field, one carrying a rifle, during a daytime search.

Two injured in Vallejo homeless encampment shooting Sunday

by Sarah Hopkins August 12, 2025August 12, 2025