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A Kaiser employee discovered a hidden camera in an exam glove box in a bathroom used by both staff and patients. Public records report "a bunch of boxes with pinholes" were were later discovered in other bathrooms. openvallejo.org/2025/07/03/hid…

🚨VALLEJO MAYOR LAST UPDATE OF THE NIGHT: Pippin Dew - 10,100 (38.62%) Andrea Sorce - 10,055 (38.45%) Dwight Monroe Jr. - 4,200 (16.06%) Ravi Shankar - 1,794 (6.86%)

NEW: A federal grand jury in Maryland has indicted Zizian namesake, Jack "Ziz" LaSota, on one count of possessing firearms as a fugitive. openvallejo.org/2025/06/20/fed…

NEW: Vallejo police have been concealing full personnel records with a hidden filing system, defying years of court orders, new testimony alleges. openvallejo.org/2025/06/11/val…

Sarah joins Open Vallejo with the support of @Report4America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues. She is a graduate of California public schools, Sarah Lawrence College, Oxford, and MIT. openvallejo.org/2025/05/21/inv…

Excited to see this investigation, my last for @OpenVallejo, out in the world. Darryl Mefferd died in Vallejo police custody in 2016 after an officer held him facedown on the ground for minutes — a common yet preventable situation, experts say. openvallejo.org/2025/05/14/i-c…

NEW: A Vallejo homeless advocate is facing several charges of "Disturbing the Peace by Offensive Language." The charge is typically a bargaining chip, but the DA's office is steadfast on prosecuting him under this rarely used statute. openvallejo.org/2025/04/13/val…

Records obtained by @OpenVallejo reveal new details in the accidental killing of an unhoused man on Christmas Eve. The man was on a mattress, under blankets when he was crushed to death by the bucket of a backhoe. openvallejo.org/2025/03/11/new…

@OpenVallejo has confirmed a connection between the suspect in a recent Vallejo killing and the woman charged in the January shooting of a Border Patrol Agent in Vermont. Both appear connected to a fringe Bay Area group with a violent history. openvallejo.org/2025/01/27/sus…

EXCLUSIVE: Suspects in recent Vallejo and Vermont homicides attended the prestigious Lakeside School in Seattle, studied computer science and appear to sympathize with a fringe Bay Area group described as a “murder gang.” story w/ @abauman2 openvallejo.org/2025/01/27/sus…

An 82-year-old landlord who was fatally stabbed last week in Vallejo had been the target of a knife attack in 2022. Court docs show he was set to testify in a trial set for April as the sole eyewitness in the case. Story w/ @maattttbrown openvallejo.org/2025/01/27/man…

“Mr. Lind is the only eye-witness to this case and his testimony is critical for the People to have the ability to prove their case,” prosecutors said the *day before* he was killed. This, after a sword attack. Bonkers story from @abauman2 & @maattttbrown:openvallejo.org/2025/01/27/man…

The incident marks the city’s 22nd and 23rd homicides in 2024, according to Vallejo police. With over a month to go until the new year, the city has seen more homicides this year than in all of 2023. openvallejo.org/2024/11/30/amb…

excited to announce that today is my first day as an investigative reporter at @OpenVallejo. looking forward to continuing to provide critical coverage for a place that truly needs it. you can reach me at [email protected] openvallejo.org/2024/11/20/inv…

today was my last day at @vjotimesherald. i'll be starting a new gig soon, and i'll have more on that later. for now, a big thanks to the team for letting me dive deeper than most local daily reporters get to. on to the next!

🚨VALLEJO CITY COUNCIL D6 LAST UPDATE OF THE NIGHT: Helen-Marie Gordon - 1,728 (50.93%) Cristina Arriola - 1,665(49.07%)

🚨VALLEJO CITY COUNCIL D1 LAST UPDATE OF THE NIGHT: Alexander Matias - 2,440 (48.55%) Carl Bonner - 1,498 (29.81%) Brenda Plechaty - 1,088 (21.65%)

🚨VALLEJO CITY COUNCIL D6 10 P.M. UPDATE: Helen-Marie Gordon - 1,635 (50.46%) Cristina Arriola - 1,605 (49.54%)