The Vallejo Sun: In depth news for Solano County
Oct 25, 2024. Vallejo mayoral candidates share divergent plans at community forum. Sep 10, 2024. Vallejo Homeless Union members file federal lawsuit to stop encampment eviction. Sep 04, 2024. Number of homeless in Solano County increased by nearly 50% since 2022, new data shows. Aug 16, 2024. Emboldened by governor’s order, Vallejo police tow ...
Meet the four candidates running for Vallejo mayor
Oct 7, 2024 · Leer en español. VALLEJO – Four candidates are running for mayor of Vallejo in November: former Councilmember Pippin Dew, local business owner Dwight Monroe Jr., community advocate Ravi Shankar and economics professor Andrea Sorce.. The mayor’s responsibilities are not as extensive as in other cities with strong mayor systems. The mayor runs the City Council meetings and is a voting ...
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Nov 6, 2024 · Vallejo police ‘terrorized’ family in search for lieutenant’s golden handcuffs, claim alleges. Vallejo police Lt. Jodi Brown lost her gold-plated handcuffs, which had her name and badge number inscribed on them. She’s taken extreme measures to …
Vallejo council punts police commission revisions over …
1 day ago · VALLEJO – The Vallejo City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to postpone amendments to the city’s police commission ordinance until new councilmembers are seated in January after councilmembers received letters from community members and civil rights organizations expressing concerns that changes proposed by a settlement with the police ...
Sorce, Matias and Gordon appear to win Vallejo council seats in …
6 days ago · VALLEJO – Andrea Sorce, Alex Matias and Helen-Marie “Cookie” Gordon appear to have won their races for Vallejo City Council after the latest vote tally was released by the Solano County Registrar of Voters Thursday evening. In the mayor’s race, Sorce, the chair of the city’s Surveillance Advisory Board, had a 301 vote lead over former Councilmember Pippin Dew.
November election could remake city governments in Vallejo and …
Aug 15, 2024 · Leer en español. SOLANO COUNTY – November’s election could be the most consequential in years for the cities of Vallejo and Benicia, with a majority of seats on the city council in both cities up for election.. In Vallejo, only one incumbent is running for reelection, District 6 Councilmember Cristina Arriola. Councilmember Mina Loera-Diaz has declined to seek reelection and longtime ...
About the Vallejo Sun
Illuminating Solano County The Vallejo Sun is an independent news publication illuminating Solano County, California. It was founded in 2021 by journalists John Glidden, Brian Krans, and Scott Morris, who saw a need for in-depth reporting about local government, policing, and extremist movements in the region. Glidden left the organization
Vallejo schools celebrate fiscal milestone, but possible school ...
Sep 13, 2024 · VALLEJO – The Vallejo City Unified School District took a major step towards achieving financial independence and stability by paying off a $60 million receivership loan from the state after 20 years this summer, but school closures could still be on the horizon for the district.. Newly hired superintendent Rubén Aurelio told the Vallejo Sun in an interview that the district still has to ...
The Vallejo Sun year-end progress report
Dec 21, 2022 · Since then, the Sun has produced 417 unique articles, according to an informal audit conducted by the Sun as of December 2022. The audit included the Vallejo Sun’s first year of operations plus three and a half months following its launch on Sept. 15, 2021. It found that May 2022 was the most productive month for the Sun, with 35 articles ...
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Apr 15, 2024 · The Vallejo Sun is an award-winning independent news publication with in depth coverage of local government, police, housing, schools and arts.