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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.
Posted inPublic Safety

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.
Posted inFeatured

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.
Posted inPublic Safety

Vallejo names officers in Aug. 29 nonfatal shooting

by Geoffrey King September 5, 2025September 5, 2025
Close-up left-profile of an older man with short gray hair in warm, low light, his lined face in sharp focus while a dark blurred foreground obscures the lower frame.
Posted inPublic Health

California forms state consortium to counter health misinformation

by Sarah Hopkins September 4, 2025September 4, 2025
Aftermath of a crash at an urban intersection—black-and-white police SUV with heavy front-end damage near a tow truck while a worker in safety gear sweeps debris; a crumpled black car sits in the foreground with traffic lights and Broadway/Tennessee St signs and storefronts behind.
Posted inPublic Safety

On-duty Vallejo police crash injures officer, civilian

by Matthew Brown September 4, 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.
Posted inPublic Safety

Vallejo police shoot man allegedly holding toy gun

by Matthew Brown, Sarah Hopkins and Geoffrey King August 29, 2025September 5, 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.
Posted inPublic Health

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.
Posted inPublic Safety

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.
Posted inPublic Safety

Two injured in Vallejo homeless encampment shooting Sunday

by Sarah Hopkins August 12, 2025August 12, 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.
Posted inCity Hall

Misconduct inquiry stalls as Vallejo seeks new law firm

by Matthew Brown August 6, 2025August 7, 2025

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