Retired BART cars getting a second life, from a baseball concession stand to a vacation rental

Few would argue that BART is embedded into Bay Area’s history, and now efforts are under way to preserve some of that history with opportunities for the public to enjoy the transit agency’s legacy train cars that have been retired. 

Is the Valero fire the beginning of another gasoline price spike?

The fire on Monday morning at Valero Refinery in Benicia is resulting in more questions than answers, especially about how badly the fire damaged the refinery. 

Fire at Valero refinery 'under control,' investigation underway into its cause
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A shelter-in-place issued for residents in parts of Solano and Contra Costa counties due to a fire at the Valero refinery in Benicia has been lifted. Refinery officials say the fire is under control and an investigation into its cause is underway.

3 bodies found in quiet Suisun City neighborhood identified

The bodies of three people found inside a home in a quiet residential Suisun City neighborhood have been identified.

3 bodies found inside Suisun City home, police say

Three people were found dead Thursday at a home in a quiet Suisun City neighborhood, authorities said.

Man shot to death in Vallejo; investigation underway

Details on a motive and the circumstances surrounding the shooting were not immediately available.

2 arrested, charged with murder of Bay Point man

A man and a woman have been arrested and charged with multiple crimes, including the murder of a Bay Point man killed earlier this month in Vacaville.

11-year-old injured in shooting, Suisun police say

Police say an 11-year-old was shot and injured in Suisun City on Tuesday. A suspect has not been taken into custody. 

Suspect booked for murder in fatal Vallejo stabbing

A murder suspect connected to a fatal stabbing in Vallejo last week has been arrested, police say. 

This major Bay Area refinery may close by next year

More than 400 employees at the refinery could be seeking new employment after the closure.

Benicia approves oversight over Valero Refinery, other 'high hazard' facilities

The Benicia City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance to increase oversight of refineries and other “high hazard” facilities in the city.

'American Nightmare' attacker Matthew Muller sentenced to 2 life terms in South Bay home invasions

A Santa Clara County judge on Friday sentenced Matthew Muller, who kidnapped and sexually assaulted Denise Huskins in an ordeal that Vallejo police initially branded a hoax, to two consecutive life terms after he pleaded guilty to invading two South Bay homes many years ago. 

1 dead, 1 injured in SUV rollover crash in unincorporated Solano County, CHP investigates

The California Highway Patrol is investigating a solo-vehicle rollover crash that killed a person and injured another Sunday evening in unincorporated Solano County. 

Man convicted in 1982 killing of Vacaville girl

A jury convicted a man Thursday for the 1982 murder of a 14-year-old Vacaville high school student.