Vallejo News

Anxious for protection against the H1N1 virus, nearly 1,300 people Friday waited hours in the rain in downtown Vallejo for the much-in demand vaccine.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 8:42 pm US/Central More Local News VALLEJO, Calif. It's a new one from the stupid criminal files: An Oakland man allegedly stole a car Friday in order to make a court appearance in Vallejo where he was scheduled to face car theft charges, CBS station KOVR-TV reports.

Vehicles, it seems, may be the bane of Oakland resident Samuel George Botchvaroff's existence.

The Solano County Public Health Department will hold a free clinic today in Vallejo to administer H1N1 flu vaccinations.

Marti Brown, the only non-incumbent to emerge victorious in Tuesday's City Council races in Vallejo and Benicia, said Wednesday she wants to begin work as soon as possible on Vallejo's behalf.

A teenage Vallejo couple sitting in a car in a residential neighborhood, was attacked by armed gunmen who shot and killed the boyfriend early Wednesday, police said.

A Vallejo man was shot to death in East Oakland Tuesday night, police said. The victim was identified as Earnest Prescott, a 32-year-old Vallejo man.

Today is election day in Solano County and locally, four races will be decided by night's end, or within the following days.

Taxing text messages? Some Vallejo voters are saying OMG. The North Bay city, with its ever-shrinking revenue stream, is asking voters Tuesday to expand its utility tax to include text messages, private phone networks, pagers and voice-over-Internet services.

A proposed Mare Island ship recycling venture has a "fatally flawed business plan," says a representative of a metal recycling company also interested in the former naval base shipyard.

For California Maritime Academy and other colleges and universities, tuition hikes, unpaid furloughs and fewer class offerings have become a way of life.

Vallejo's quest for energy efficiency continued with a public meeting aimed at incorporating community ideas into the city's plan.

A Halloween party late Friday night erupted into chaos and resulted in the shooting of a 21-year-old woman.

Within two years, Vallejo could have two fewer schools, two K-8 themed academies and one site exclusively for ninth-graders if board members agree with the state administrator's recommendations submitted Thursday.

MINNEAPOLIS - Former Viking Ersell Mackbee is fulfilling his dying wish to go home.

Voting for Tom Bartee is a vote for someone who knows how to govern, uses common sense in his approach to problem solving and has a good handle on the consequences of over-spending Vallejo's limited taxpayer dollars.

The Vallejo City Council approved a plan Tuesday to buy 21 new public transit "clean" diesel buses, at least two of which will be diesel-electric models.

Earsell Mackbee long ago rose from the projects of Vallejo to compete on one of the grandest stages in sports -- the Super Bowl.

In advocating for libraries, Teena Miller of Vallejo brings the enthusiasm of those who truly embrace the excitement of books -- legions of youngsters learning how to read.

Vallejo firefighters doused a one-alarm fire early Monday morning at an auto salvage yard on the 400 block of Pennsylvania Street.