U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) will be speaking in Vallejo tonight. As a result, the city has issued a traffic congestion advisory in anticipation of the large crowds expected to show up. A report sent out by the city manager’s office Monday evening predicted that the event would draw between 10,000 and 18,000 […]
ABC TV show to feature area home
‘Christmas Light Fight’ includes local couple’s tragic story A Vallejo family that turned a personal tragedy into a tribute that brings joy to Northern Californians will see their story told Dec. 15 in the nationally televised ABC program, “The Great Christmas Light Fight.” Bob and Linda Taylor began decorating their home at 817 Glen Cove […]
Review: Divas shine in Verismo Opera’s ‘La Boheme’
VERISMO OPERA, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MIRA THEATRE GUILD OF VALLEJO, is currently staging a heartwarming rendition of Puccini’s “La Boheme,” the passionate tale of a love that blossoms in the midst of abject poverty in 1830s Paris, at the Bay Terrace Theatre in Vallejo through Sept. 7. In a performance last Saturday, Melissa Mallory […]
Supes seek quake help
■ After Sunday temblor, Solano County declares state of emergency; First Street Benicia building ‘sinking’ Solano County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to declare the county in a state of emergency after Sunday’s magnitude 6.0 earthquake in Napa. County Administrator Birgitta E. Corsello initially proclaimed a local emergency after the earthquake, but because of […]
Benicia escapes serious damage from earthquake
■ City undertakes survey of historical sites after 6.0 temblor; one First Street building taped off for possible damage Sunday morning’s earthquake centered in Napa damaged buildings in Vallejo, interrupted rail service for 12 hours and shook residents from Ukiah to Monterey, according to multiple reports. But for the most part, the magnitude 6.0 temblor […]
Suisun Reserve Fleet down another ship
USS Kawishiwi, 1950s-era oil carrier, to be towed to Mare Island Thursday An oiler built to refuel an entire task force without any help will leave the Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay on Thursday en route Mare Island Dry Docks, Vallejo, in preparation for towing to Texas, where it will be broken apart and recycled. The […]
2 UP trains derail near Benicia refinery; no injuries or spills
Two Union Pacific train cars came off the rails about 5:25 p.m. Saturday, Mark Davis, UP director of corporate relations and media, said Monday. The train serves Valero Benicia Refinery, Davis said. The derailment happened near there.
Bill would fund overhaul of transit hub
Vallejo park-and-ride on Curtola Parkway may get $10.5M expansion A SolTrans bus hub improvement project in Vallejo would get a boost if legislation introduced by state Sen. Lois Wolk is passed by the Legislature. Wolk, D-Davis, is Benicia’s representative in the Senate. Her Senate Bill 1368 would modernize and expand the existing SolTrans Curtola park-and-ride […]
At anti-crime rally, students told: ‘We need you’
■ U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson, Bobby Scott address Vallejo school, keeping youth out of jail An auditorium packed Monday morning with Vallejo students of Jesse Bethel High School’s law academy, Advanced Placement government class and senior humanities class heard national and local officials say, “We need you.” U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, the Democrat who represents […]
Found body was case of murder, police say
By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter An autopsy has found that a man whose decomposed body was found July 5 buried near Lemon and Derr streets was murdered, Vallejo police Lt. Jeff Bassett said Tuesday. However, detectives still don’t know who the man is, Bassett said. “We have been unable to identify the victim as […]