Vallejo News

In a profession where cool heads prevail in the midst of chaos, Solano has joined the rest of the country as it observes National Emergency Medical Services Week and is recognizing the county's own first responders who have made their mark through unfailing commitment in the face of emergency.

Congressman Mike Thompson announced Benjamin Yu from Jesse M. Bethel High School in Vallejo as the winner of the 2013 Congressional Art Competition.

With much of the Vallejo community's attention focused on the finale of its inaugural Participating Budgeting project, there's been less coverage lately of other events that also promise to affect our city in some very vital ways.

They awoke in each other's arms, sunlight streaming in through the window. The cat had slept in the entwine of their legs all night.

The Fairfield man accused of shooting and killing a Vallejo police officer after a 2011 bank heist was in court Monday.

A Solano County Superior Court jury on Monday ruled a Vallejo man guilty of first degree murder in the death of an innocent bystander in 2007 in what authorities believe was a gang-related shooting.

While the ink is still fresh, the PB votes have been tallied. The final results were broadcast at last night's celebratory PB event at the Vallejo Power Company Bar & Grill.

What we came to realize was that the taxpayers of Winters, Dixon, Vacaville, Fairfield, Suisun City, Benicia and Vallejo enthusiastically want Solano Community College to excel further in its academic and vocational programs, as well as in the infrastructure that are the means to those ends.

The initial report was a grass fire near a structure on Taylor and Warren avenues at about 3:30 p.m. However, it was soon elevated to a structure on fire, firefighters said.

For the 10th year, a few hundred visitors on Sunday got a glimpse into the gardens of their neighbors and also helped raise money for the nonprofit Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.

Nearly 4,000 people cast votes for up to six projects during the week-long voting in the Vallejo Participatory Budgeting experiment, it was revealed Sunday night.

Unemployment in Solano and Napa counties continued falling in April, and Vallejo and American Canyon continued having the highest jobless numbers in their respective counties, the latest state figures show.

Tina Woody has taken over the reins as executive director of The Humane Society of North Bay in Vallejo.

Erica Zetina, 6, of Vallejo, remains very still while Daniel Liu, left, and Jacob Hinkle of Solano County's 4-H Science, Engineering and Technology program pull a bubble hoop over her head, encasing her in a large soap bubble at Loma Vista Farm's Spring Festival on Saturday.

Father Jess Soriano, pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Vallejo, passes through and blesses the sanctuary, currently being used by Calvary Chapel Vallejo, in the newly dedicated Filipino Community Center during grand opening ceremonies on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

Not exactly tickled that he didn't get the call on the bat phone -- as in baseball bat -- Mayor Osby Davis is still excited about the prospects of a professional minor league baseball team calling Vallejo home.

Roller coaster enthusiasts ride upside-down on the Riddler's Revenge roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Santa Clarita, Calif., in this April 1, 1998, file photo.

It's been general knowledge for years that, among Solano County hospitals, NorthBay is the most expensive and Kaiser Permanente, the least.

A Solano County Superior Court jury on Thursday began deliberating the case of a Vallejo man accused of killing an innocent bystander in 2007 in what authorities believe was a gang-related shooting.

Standing before a room filled with nearly 150 people, Rochelle Sherlock asked an attentive audience Wednesday to imagine a world without the type of older adults being honored that afternoon.