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Vallejo Mayor McConnell Puts the Hammer Down on Zoom Technical Difficulties
“Putting the Hammer Down” by Oky – Space Ranger is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 At Tuesday’s council meeting, perennial caller Melissa Swift was cued up at least twice yet did not have the ability to speak over Zoom during public comment, as she has attested to. Swift wrote an email around 10 p.m. last […]
“Pothole Gate” Has Spurred Vallejoans To Take Things Into Their Own Hands, But The Idea Is— Forgive Me— Riddled With Holes
Photo: “Pot Hole City” by caribb is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Vallejo resident David Marsteller, Jr. has taken crappy road conditions into his own hands, much to the delight of many Vallejoans. His DIY pothole filling has gotten the attention of KRON 4 and Univision news outlets, along with “hurrahs!” from residents fed up […]
Malone to Ask for $1.3 million in Staff Raises Out of Gen Fund
Vallejo City Council has agendized considering giving raises in the total amount of $1.3 million for executive staff, union members and others, at the behest of Interim City Manager Mike Malone. According to the staff report, staff hasn’t received a raise in “over two years.” The money would be added incrementally through 2024. The reasons […]
Features
What is Happening at Hogan Middle School? Vallejo School District Sued By Family of 11-Year-Old Girl Who Died By Suicide Due to Alleged Bullying
By Katy St. Clair Bay City News Photo: Ray Saint Germain In a time when many pre-teen antics are uploaded to TikTok and Instagram, a video out of Vallejo shared on social media last year holds something disturbing. In it, a sixth-grade girl stands in a school yard with her back to the camera, her long […]
Justice Is Blind, But Shouldn’t Turn a Blind Eye: Solano DA Krishna Abrams Put a Cop Busted for DUI on Stand and Didn’t Inform the Defense
“I had meetings with Krishna Abrams to discuss serious concerns about the DA’s discovery/evidence in criminal cases,” an employee at the DA’s office recently wrote in an op-ed and confirmed with me. “During these meetings, Abrams berated me, instructed that I do not document or send follow up emails, and advised, ‘that’s how cops get fired.'”
Double Indemnity: Vallejo’s Pair of Million-Dollar Mistakes
Another head scratcher is how anyone charged with writing up or overseeing contracts for a city is allowed to make $2 million dollar mistakes and keep their job. Because make no mistake, someone screwed up bigly.
In The News
‘Whistleblowers” Warn Council Not to Accept Mare Island Deal
“We tried to stop the deal two years ago because that was what was in the best interest of the city and community,” said Morat. “And that’s still within the best interest of the city and the community. And you can fire us wrongfully. But you’re not going to silence the truth.”
Woman Found Dead on Monday Evening in Vallejo in Apparent Stabbing
A woman was found dead on Monday in Vallejo in what could be a stabbing, according to her mother. Nitsa Green, 40, was found dead on Monday evening after the Vallejo Fire Department responded to a possible medical call of a “female down” on the porch in the 300 block of Contra Costa Street, […]
Vallejo PD Sends its 2021 Report to Department Heads, Read it Here
Larceny has highest increase, with 30 percent above last year