Vallejo News

The initial report was a grass fire near a structure on Taylor and Warren avenues at about 3:30 p.m. However, it was soon elevated to a structure on fire, firefighters said.

For the 10th year, a few hundred visitors on Sunday got a glimpse into the gardens of their neighbors and also helped raise money for the nonprofit Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.

Nearly 4,000 people cast votes for up to six projects during the week-long voting in the Vallejo Participatory Budgeting experiment, it was revealed Sunday night.

Unemployment in Solano and Napa counties continued falling in April, and Vallejo and American Canyon continued having the highest jobless numbers in their respective counties, the latest state figures show.

Tina Woody has taken over the reins as executive director of The Humane Society of North Bay in Vallejo.

Erica Zetina, 6, of Vallejo, remains very still while Daniel Liu, left, and Jacob Hinkle of Solano County's 4-H Science, Engineering and Technology program pull a bubble hoop over her head, encasing her in a large soap bubble at Loma Vista Farm's Spring Festival on Saturday.

Father Jess Soriano, pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Vallejo, passes through and blesses the sanctuary, currently being used by Calvary Chapel Vallejo, in the newly dedicated Filipino Community Center during grand opening ceremonies on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

Not exactly tickled that he didn't get the call on the bat phone -- as in baseball bat -- Mayor Osby Davis is still excited about the prospects of a professional minor league baseball team calling Vallejo home.

Roller coaster enthusiasts ride upside-down on the Riddler's Revenge roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Santa Clarita, Calif., in this April 1, 1998, file photo.

It's been general knowledge for years that, among Solano County hospitals, NorthBay is the most expensive and Kaiser Permanente, the least.

A Solano County Superior Court jury on Thursday began deliberating the case of a Vallejo man accused of killing an innocent bystander in 2007 in what authorities believe was a gang-related shooting.

Standing before a room filled with nearly 150 people, Rochelle Sherlock asked an attentive audience Wednesday to imagine a world without the type of older adults being honored that afternoon.

After about eight years of hibernation, Mare Island's Dry Dock 4 is poised to buzz again with activity, officials of the island's developer and a barge cleaning and repair company announced Wednesday.

Investigators were searching Thursday for a 43-year-old San Jose man in connection with the slaying of a woman at a Holiday Inn Express, authorities said.

Sutter Solano Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center earned "As" in safety in The Leapfrog Group's latest report, according to Leapfrog's website.

For about an hour and a half, more than a dozen older speakers pleaded with the Vallejo Unified School District governing board and Superintendent Ramona Bishop to save senior programs at the Vallejo Adult School.

A partnership to redevelop the Solano County Fairgrounds was forged Tuesday night with the Vallejo City Council's unanimous approval of the far-reaching plan.

Police assisted Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center staff this morning after a patient threatened a nurse, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Agencies in Vallejo and American Canyon are among five Bay Area locations to benefit from a $450,000 Wells Fargo grant to the United Way of the Bay Area.

Union Bank of San Francisco has agreed to acquire First Banks Inc.'s First Bank Association Bank Services in Vallejo, Calif., the companies announced Tuesday.