Sarah Hopkins, author at Open Vallejo

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 toy gun

by Matthew Brown, Sarah Hopkins and Geoffrey King August 29, 2025September 15, 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

Two men, one wearing gloves and a lanyard with a badge, are dimly visible through partially closed window blinds at night. One man examines an object under a light, while the other looks out the window, his face partially illuminated in the darkness.

San Francisco police, federal agents raid Vallejo home

by Sarah Hopkins July 17, 2025July 17, 2025

A California Highway Patrol rescue helicopter takes off over a strip mall with palm trees in the background. The aircraft’s door is open and a crew member is visible inside.

Five people injured in weekend shootings in Vallejo

by Sarah Hopkins and Matthew Brown July 16, 2025July 18, 2025

A damaged black Honda sedan rests in the street following a crash, its front end caved in and windshield shattered. Police officers, medics, and bystanders stand nearby, while debris litters the road.

Suspect fleeing police crashes into driver, both sent to hospital

by Sarah Hopkins July 9, 2025July 9, 2025