Solano County

Vallejo police are investigating a homicide following the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy on Wednesday. 

A California Highway Patrol airplane on Saturday helped Vacaville police track down a stolen U-Haul van that fled a traffic stop and was involved in a hit-and-run crash.

Vacaville police say they've safely located an 8-year-old boy, who was missing since noon, Friday.

At around 8:30 a.m., a man knocked on the door, kicked the door open, and made entry into the house on Vintage Valley Drive after receiving no response, Fairfield Councilmember Catherine Moy, wrote on her Facebook page.

A couple in Benicia has found a dramatic way to celebrate Independence Day: spray-painting their lawn like an American flag.

Santiago Hutchins was held at gunpoint by Vallejo police officer David McLaughlin in a parking lot outside the business following a verbal argument between the two men on the afternoon of Aug. 11, 2018. KTVU first reported that story and obtained an exclusive video of the interaction.

The Vallejo City Council accepted the resignation of City Manager Greg Nyhoff Thursday evening, and he will receive a severance package of nearly $600,000 as he leaves City Hall. 

A woman and an 8-year-old girl were shot and wounded while driving in Vallejo, police said Thursday.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced Thursday that convicted “Zebra Killer” Jessie Lee Cooks has died. He was 76 years old.

Fireworks are likely the cause of a 10-acre fire in a Vallejo neighborhood, prompting evacuations. A homeowner says the fire came within feet of her backdoor.

Fire investigators say fireworks likely sparked a 4-alarm, 15-acre vegetation fire in a south Vallejo neighborhood near the Swanzy Reservoir Monday evening, which forced the temporary evacuation of residents. 

Police in Vacaville are asking the public to help identify a suspected prowler recently captured on video surveillance peeking into windows and at one point crawling away on hands and knees to avoid being seen.

A brush fire in Solano County blocked all southbound lanes of I-680 at Marshview Road for about two hours Friday evening. Cal Fire assisted in battling the fire estimated to be at 20 acres. 

PG&E says the majority of the outages are weather related and they are working in the filed to quickly restore service.

As the sheer number of California wildfires, so far this year, dwarfs last year's record year, are we becoming traumatized by all the destruction and disaster? Millions of Californians are worried about wildfires.

Firefighting crews in Vallejo knocked down a vegetation fire that damaged as many as eight homes and sent one person to the hospital Tuesday evening.