Featured Archives - Open Vallejo

Man in a blue suit and yellow tie addresses the room from a lectern with a microphone, audience heads visible in the foreground.

Vallejo officials’ online comments cloud police shooting review

by Matthew Brown September 29, 2025September 30, 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

Bald man in a dark suit walks through a wood-paneled courtroom carrying a gray briefcase and paperwork, with fluorescent lights above and empty blue chairs in the background.

State Supreme Court rejects Vallejo’s bid to conceal badge-bending report

by Matthew Brown September 17, 2025September 18, 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

Three police officers walk past a parked SUV in a parking lot, with single-story houses and a black metal fence in the background.

Vallejo names officers in Aug. 29 nonfatal shooting

by Geoffrey King September 5, 2025September 5, 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

Vallejo City Council members sit at a curved dais with laptops and microphones during a public meeting, with an American flag and presentation screen in the background.

Misconduct inquiry stalls as Vallejo seeks new law firm

by Matthew Brown August 6, 2025August 7, 2025

A dashcam view at dusk captures a police car ramming a black Mercedes at an intersection, causing the sedan to spin out of control.

Vallejo officer under investigation over leaked pursuit video

by Geoffrey King August 1, 2025August 4, 2025

A woman in a light purple blazer stands with her right hand raised and holds a microphone in her left as she takes an oath, while another woman in the foreground reads from a paper at a podium. The setting appears to be an official indoor ceremony or city government event.

Vallejo releases councilmembers’ votes on badge-bending appeal

by Matthew Brown August 1, 2025August 6, 2025