The Vallejo Sun

06/18/2026

South Vallejo community members met with Vallejo school district and city officials on Tuesday for updates about the clean-up, health risks and future of the former Grant school property after a fire destroyed the building last month.

A fire destroyed the former Grant School on May 23.

06/18/2026

Thanks to everyone who came out for our panel discussion on gun violence reduction last night.

And a special thank you to our speakers, Sam Vaughn of the Richmond Office of Neighborhood Safety, Solano County Supervisor Cassandra James, and UC Berkeley Professor Jason Corburn.

We had a great turnout and a robust discussion on gun violence solutions in Vallejo and elsewhere.

And if you missed it, you can still catch the discussion on our YouTube livestream: https://youtu.be/mL-0P6qPrHc

06/18/2026

WATCH LIVE: The Vallejo Sun presents Reducing Gun Violence: A Conversation, a live discussion in South Vallejo following up on our series examining solutions to gun violence.

In a conversation led by The Vallejo Sun reporter Sebastien Bridonn...

06/17/2026

Lots of Juneteenth events in Vallejo this weekend, including the Juneteenth Parade & Festival on Saturday and a smooth jazz celebration at the Vallejo Museum on Friday.

Plus the usual mix of art, music and much more! Check out the full listings here:

Plus, Vallejo Sun reporter Sebastien Bridonneau will host a conversation with experts on reducing gun violence

06/16/2026

Last year San Francisco, Oakland and Richmond all had record low homicides, while Vallejo lags behind.

Unlike Vallejo, neighboring cities have long running and established gun violence reduction programs. We dug into why they're effective.

Cities across the Bay Area have deployed successful strategies to reduce gun violence, while homicides in Vallejo remain elevated.

06/15/2026

The Vallejo Aquatic Club swim team and their supporters packed a Greater Vallejo Recreation Board of Directors meeting on Thursday to ask the board to reconsider a three-month closure of Cunningham Pool.

The Vallejo Aquatic Club team and supporters protested a preliminary budget cost cutting measure.

06/12/2026

Former Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams filed a claim against the city of Vallejo in January alleging that the City Attorney’s Office illegally threatened him to block him from testifying about the role of city officials in obstructing his efforts to reform the police department.

The claim further alleges that the City Attorney’s Office and then-City Manager Mike Malone prevented Williams from firing and disciplining officers for serious misconduct and refused to investigate a series of written threats against Williams that ultimately forced him to resign in 2022.

Williams, the city’s first and only Black police chief, was hired in 2019 with a mission to reform the department after a series of high-profile incidents involving Vallejo police, including the fatal shootings of Willie McCoy in 2019, Ronell Foster in 2018, and Angel Ramos in 2017.

But his reform efforts were met with opposition from the Vallejo Police Officers Association, who took a vote of no confidence in his leadership, claiming that he failed to recruit and retain officers.

Williams testified that he received between a half-dozen and a dozen threats from anonymous email accounts beginning in 2021, around the time he issued a notice of intent to fire police Detective Jarrett Tonn for the fatal shooting of Sean Monterrosa in 2020.

Read more: https://www.vallejosun.com/former-vallejo-police-chief-files-claim-against-city-alleging-city-attorneys-office-obstructed-reform/

06/11/2026

Former Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams filed a claim against the city alleging that the City Attorney’s Office illegally threatened him to block him from testifying about the role of city officials in obstructing his efforts to reform the department.

Forrmer Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams alleges that the City Attorney’s Office illegally threatened him.

06/11/2026

The Vallejo City Council voted Tuesday to identify 10 full-time employee positions to cut by the middle of the year and cut funding for 44 vacant positions to balance the city’s budget.

The council also voted to cut funding for 44 vacant positions to close a $10.7 million general fund deficit.

06/10/2026

This week in Vallejo:

🎡 The Solano County Fair
🎨 Art Walk celebrates Pride and Juneteenth
🦋 Bay Area Butterfly Festival
🏳️‍🌈 Solano County Pride Picnic

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

Plus, Pride and Juneteenth celebrations at Art Walk, and the Bay Area Butterfly Festival.