Kidnapping suspect arrested following police chase

Vallejo police arrested a man with several warrants out for his arrest, including two for kidnapping, on Friday following a police chase. 

Vallejo considers closing, consolidating schools amid enrollment decline

The Vallejo City Unified School District (VCUSD) Governing Board reviewed options for school closures and consolidations during a study session on Wednesday, the board announced.   

2 Cal Maritime students shot while pumping gas in Vallejo

Two Cal Maritime cadets were shot this week while they were pumping gas in Vallejo, which the academy said was an "unprovoked criminal attack." 

Vallejo police investigating 1st homicide of 2025

A man was stabbed to death in Vallejo on Friday, marking the city's first homicide of the year. 

4-year-old shot in Vallejo as mother drives through gunbattle

A 4-year-old girl was shot and critically wounded when she and her mother were caught in a shootout in Vallejo.

'American Nightmare' perpetrator Matthew Muller committed first kidnapping at 16, DA says

Matthew Muller, already serving a 40-year sentence in the Denise Huskins case, had been terrorizing the community for two decades before the widely known "American Nightmare" case, prosecutors said.

Muller, convicted kidnapper, rapist, now linked to San Ramon kidnappings and ransom

The man who kidnapped and raped Denise Huskins, in a case Vallejo police once deemed a hoax, faces additional charges connected to a previously unreported 2015 kidnapping and ransom case in unincorporated San Ramon. 

Vallejo kidnapper Matthew Muller charged in 15-year-old South Bay attacks

Matthew Muller, the man who abducted Denise Huskins in Vallejo, sparking a case in which police initially accused her of staging her own kidnapping, has now been charged by Santa Clara prosecutors with breaking into women's homes in Palo Alto and Mountain View, stemming from cases 15 years ago.

Gov. Newsom advocates loosening police pursuit policies in Oakland

Gov. Gavin Newsom, the California Highway Patrol and some Oakland leaders on Friday strongly advocated for loosening on police pursuit policies. 

Motorcyclist dies after colliding with pickup truck in Vallejo

A motorcyclist is dead after crashing into a pickup truck in Vallejo the night of Christmas Eve, officials said. 

Vallejo Christmas Eve shooting leaves 1 dead

Authorities are investigating a Christmas Eve shooting that left one man dead in Vallejo.

Former Vallejo teacher arrested, accused of sexual acts against former student

A former teacher with the Vallejo City Unified School District was arrested and charged with several sexual offenses involving a minor, authorities said. 

Video: British rock band robbed in Vallejo

Members of a British rock band said they were robbed on Tuesday in Vallejo, just as they were starting their U.S. tour.

Century-old Vallejo home goes up in flames, residents displaced on Thanksgiving

A Vallejo resident says he was celebrating Thanksgiving at a nearby relatives when he realized firefighters were responding to a fire at his own home.