Janis Mara

The Vallejo City Council voted Tuesday to use a nearly $700,000 grant plus a half-million dollars in Measure P funds to purchase a dedicated marine emergency response fireboat for the city’s fire department.

Financial problems were at the center of a report to the Vallejo City Council from the public works director on the city’s 27 landscape maintenance districts.

It’s easy to see why the venue has been around for a jaw-dropping, burger-crunching 53 years, opening for business in 1973. Bud’s is known for its crispy fries hand-cut on the premises from russet Burbank potatoes and the sli…

Plans are in the works for a “potential cleanup” of the White Slough encampment in spring 2027 at an estimated cost of $400,000, the City of Vallejo announced Tuesday.

Plans are in the works for a “potential cleanup” of the White Slough encampment in spring 2027 at an estimated cost of $400,000, the City of Vallejo announced Tuesday.

Deferred maintenance of Vallejo’s public spaces is one of residents’ oft-expressed concerns, and the city’s public works department is proposing a review and giving an update at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

After 50 years, this North Bay hot dog restaurant is still going strong while rising rents and tight margins have caused popular venues like Berkeley’s Nabolom Bakery and Vallejo waterfront staple Zio Fraedo’s to close.

One of Vallejo’s most outstanding educational programs, the Willie B. Adkins Scholars Program, will be honored Saturday in a sold-out celebration of the program’s 40th anniversary.

Northbay Health raised nearly $2 million to fight cancer at its fourth annual gala in Fairfield last week, the healthcare organization said.

A group of Vallejo residents is calling for a policy that would increase community participation in city decision-making, and five of the candidates in the current City Council races say they are on board.

A teacher and practitioner of martial arts, public speaker and Filipino American historian, Mel Orpilla challenges stereotypes about people over 65.

In good news for Vallejo’s coffee aficionados, Coffee Curb, a longtime favorite spot for caffeination, is up and running again after thieves stripped the copper wiring from its power supply last week.

The Bible says to cast your bread upon the water, but Benicia’s One House Bakery has gone one better and made a four-foot-tall, 150-pound Yoda statue out of bread for Halloween.

With a record-breaking El Nino bearing down on Vallejo, the county and the state, the city is pulling out all the stops to prepare for the predicted mayhem.

Describing the proposed $156-$162 million police headquarters remodel as “laughable,” “Fantasyland,” and “an unmitigated disaster,” the Vallejo City Council Tuesday directed staff to scale it back and provide realistic financing options for…

As an unusually fierce El Nino approaches Vallejo and the Bay Area, Caltrans is closing Highway 37 multiple times next week for emergency work to keep the roadway from flooding.

Every two minutes, a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer, and Touro University is holding a free community event offering awareness, education and support on the issue Wednesday.

Independence Park along Mare Island Way is getting permanent outdoor fitness equipment paid for through a federal government block grant.

The cost to replace the city’s decrepit police headquarters has soared to $156-$162 million, “significantly exceeding” available funding, and the City Council will discuss the issue Tuesday.

The Benicia Fire Department open house Saturday offered fire station tours, hands-on CPR training, emergency vehicles, fire prevention information and a jump house.