'Cowardly:' Vallejo police union upset vandals smashed billboard honoring officers

The Vallejo police officers union wrote that  "destroying a memorial that honors the dead is truly despicable and disgusting. It is also hateful, disgraceful and cowardly."

Vallejo police K9 helps seizure of estimated $1M of heroin

Vallejo police announced the seizure of heroin with an estimated street value of more than $1 million and credited the diligent work of one of its K9 units for helping to get the drugs off the street.

Six Flags announces new pandemic-tailored Halloween event at Vallejo theme park

As people contemplate how to safely celebrate Halloween amid the pandemic this year, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo on Tuesday invited guests to its new BOO 2020! event, specially tailored for the entire family with safety protocols in place.  

More residents at Fairfield assisted living center die of coronavirus

Parkrose Gardens has lost a total of four residents to confirmed coronavirus, with at least that many deaths still under investigation as potentially linked to the deadly virus.

Vallejo police expand community surveillance with license plate readers

Vallejo Police Department on Tuesday announced a partnership with Atlanta-based startup, Flock Safety that expands surveillance using license plate readers (LPR) throughout Vallejo. 

Vallejo suspends first-responder fee

The fee was adopted in May 2017 by a City Council looking for ways to recoup costs, but not implemented until this August. 

Family of 26-year-old man killed in Fairfield freeway shooting wants answers

A family is searching for answers in the latest deadly shooting on a Bay Area highway. The 26-year-old victim had just finished his first week as a Tesla employee when tragedy struck.

A decade of police killings in Vallejo and no discipline for officers

Since 2010, Vallejo police have killed 19 people, all but one of which were shootings. And in all that time, no officers have received any discipline.

A look at the people killed by Vallejo police since 2010

None of the officers have been charged criminally for any of these shootings in the last decade, as each case was deemed justified. Yet, many of these men's families say that police have acted with excessive force and have given false accounts about why they felt the need to shoot and kill their loved ones.

Fairfield assisted living facility with COVID-19 outbreak previously cited for health, safety violations

The Solano County Health Department confirmed on Monday that 31 residents at Parkrose Gardens of Fairfield and eight staff members were infected. Health officials did not specify if the two deaths were attributed to residents or staff.