The Vallejo Sun

22/10/2025

This week in Vallejo:

👻 Halloween block party on Mare Island
😱 Classic horror film “The Terror” at the Empress
🎃 Floating Pumpkin Patches
🎭 Wonderlandia at the Vallejo Museum

Plus lots more! Check out the full list of events here:

Plus, the classic horror film “The Terror” screens at the Empress, and the musical “Wonderlandia” opens at the Vallejo Museum

19/10/2025

Over a thousand protesters marched through downtown Vallejo this morning as part of the movement labeled “No Kings Day.” Read more via the link in our bio.

18/10/2025

When you talk to Kevin Jones, the owner of Vallejo Cellars, two things become immediately clear: he’s passionate about winemaking and he loves Vallejo. That’s why he has chosen to use the labels of seven of the 15 wines he produces to promote Vallejo nonprofit organizations, and he donates 20% of the sales proceeds to them.

Kevin Jones produces 15 wines, with seven promoting and benefiting local organizations.

17/10/2025

During a meeting Wednesday, the Vallejo City Unified School District’s Board of Education declined to adopt a document that would have allowed Elite Public Schools, a charter school, to apply for state funding to build 13 classrooms.

Elite Public Schools sought state funding for construction, but the school board declined, citing financial concerns.

17/10/2025

Vallejo residents seeking the typical services at the city’s housing departments currently face an unexpected sight: a “closed until further notice” sign on the agency’s front door. A local real estate agent said the closure has affected the ability of landlords to collect payments for rental assistance programs.

A local real estate agent said the closure has affected the ability of landlords to collect payments for rental assistance programs.

16/10/2025

Former Vallejo Police Activities League executive director Michael Kollar died last week at the age of 84. He was a Vallejo police officer for 30 years, led the PAL for over 40 years and was inducted into the Vallejo Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.

Kollar was a police officer for 30 years and worked as Vallejo PAL for over four decades.

16/10/2025

The Vallejo City Council balked at approving a contract to purchase controversial gunshot detection technology, flagging concerns about Flock, the company providing the technology, and the privacy of the data it collects.

The city council on Tuesday unanimously rejected a $210,000 contract to use Flock Safety’s Raven gunshot detection technology for 18 months,

15/10/2025

This week in Vallejo:

🎭 Wait Until Dark opens at Bay Area Stage Theatre
🧑‍🌾 Harvest Festival at Loma Vista Farm
🦅 Wild & Scenic Film Festival
🍻 Rocktoberfest
🪧 No Kings Day of Action
🪦 The Wall that Heals in American Canyon

Plus lots more!

Loma Vista Farm’s Harvest Festival will have fun activities for the whole family.

14/10/2025

In 2020, as the country grappled with disruptions and closures from the COVID-19 pandemic, a surge of crime came with it. The homicide rate rose by 30% nationally from 2019 to 2020, the largest single-year increase in over a century, according to a Pew Research Study.

In Vallejo, 28 people were murdered in 2020, a 133% increase over 2019 and the city’s deadliest year since 1994.

Five years later, the country’s pandemic-era crime spike has mostly declined. A study by the Council on Criminal Justice found that crime has declined in 42 major American cities, and as of this year, national crime rates are now equivalent or lower than in 2019, the year before the pandemic started.

Vallejo, along with other major Bay Area cities, has also followed this trend. In Vallejo, which has struggled with a highly publicized police staffing shortage for the last two years, most crime categories are at or below their 2019 levels, but homicides remain elevated, according to a Vallejo Sun examination of six years of police data.

While crime in Vallejo has gone down in the last five years, it remains higher than the national average.

Read more: https://www.vallejosun.com/amid-police-staffing-shortages-crime-in-vallejo-is-decreasing/

13/10/2025

When sisters Crystal and Joselyn Reynoso moved to Vallejo, they noticed the city lacked a hot yoga studio. Both longtime practitioners, they decided to open one themselves and launched The Mat, Vallejo’s only Latina-owned hot yoga studio.

Sisters Crystal and Joselyn Reynoso expand access to wellness with bilingual classes, community events, and a family tradition of entrepreneurship.

10/10/2025

In 2020, the pandemic led to a massive crime spike nationwide, including a 133% increase in homicides in Vallejo.

Five years later, crime has mostly declined to pre-pandemic levels. But in Vallejo it remains far higher than the national average.

While crime has come down from pandemic-era record highs, crime in Vallejo remains above the national average.

09/10/2025

“Sol the Musical,” which opens at Vallejo's Mira Theatre on Friday, tells a story of immigration, family separation, and resilience through fully choreographed songs that blend 80s-inspired sounds and rich folk-Spanish musical influences.

Sol explores the tensions between Philippine Island life and American culture, the scars and strengths of immigration, and the universal struggle to heal family wounds.