Classes are canceled at all three Solano Community College (SCC) campuses for the remainder of the day after two bomb threats were called in Monday. The Solano County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating the campuses. Within the span of three minutes around noon, two calls were made to SCC stating bombs had been placed at […]
Rep. Thompson hosts town hall on gun violence
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Napa) discussed his plans for curbing gun violence and took questions from his 5th District constituents at a town hall at Vallejo High School on Saturday. Thompson, who represents Benicia in the U.S. House of Representatives, began the town hall by talking about his goals of establishing a committee on gun violence […]
Hiking Back in Time: Sogorea Te
Welcome to my first monthly column focused on local day hiking destinations, that with a little imagination, will take you back in time to when our local Native Americans lived in a garden of Eden we now call home. My friends and I grew up hiking the hills around Orinda, Moraga and Mt Diablo. Dad […]
Solano County Fairgrounds hosting Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show
It should a gem of a time and pretty rocking too in Vallejo this weekend. On Feb. 24 and 25, the Vallejo Gem & Mineral Society is putting on its annual Spring Bling at the Solano County Fairgrounds. At the event will be games such Wheel of Fortune and Geode Cracking. Also at the “Spring […]
Poetry Corner: Carol Pearlman “The Revolution in Cuba”
I stepped out of my shoes took off my skirt and shirt and laid them next to the bent antenna on the dusty, broken TV set that faced the wall of peeling faded wallpaper. A four-pronged plug lay belly up on the floor like a dead cockroach. He sat on the bed and with his […]
Poetry Corner: D.L. Lang “Love Poetry Capital Blockade”
On the way to the love poetry awards at the Historical Museum today, we were met at the railroad crossing by a one car police blockade. We circled around Industrial Way with its refinery fumes, pipelines, and towering knotted highways. Every road that we attempted greeted us with large fences, big trees, or dead end […]
Classic Arthur Miller play debuts at Bay Area Stage on Friday
The drive for success, the harsh reality of life and the collapse of the American Dream will all be present at Vallejo’s Bay Area Stage (BAS) Theatre beginning this Friday when its production of “Death of a Salesman” opens. Arthur Miller’s 1949 drama centers around the decline of a traveling New York City salesman named […]
Vallejo PD to ramp up DUI patrolling efforts for Super Bowl Sunday
This Sunday is Super Bowl LII, and the stakes are high. Will the New England Patriots win their sixth Vince Lombardi Trophy, or will it be snatched away by the Philadelphia Eagles for their first-ever Super Bowl victory? Anything can happen, but one thing is for certain: if you are planning on traveling and consuming […]
Thompson to make rounds in district in next 2 days
Rep. Mike Thompson, who represents Benicia in the U.S. House of Representatives, was in Washington, D.C. this weekend as the country was in the midst of a government shutdown that ended on Monday, but he is back in the Bay Area. The Democratic congressman is going to have a busy schedule in the next two […]
Vallejo boxer preps for upcoming fight
Global Boxing Organization light heavyweight champion Ryan Bourland was given three months to prepare for a Feb. 10 fight against Jose Hernandez at Cache Creek Casino Resort. Nonetheless, the Vallejo boxer says he is up for the task of defending his title. “We got the notice about two months ago,” he said. “I’ve […]