Greater Vallejo Recreation District to honor outgoing board members Aliga and Briseño

by John Glidden | glid24@protonmail.com | November 11, 2025 VALLEJO – The Greater Vallejo Recreation District (GVRD) Board of Directors is scheduled to honor two of its outgoing members during an upcoming board meeting on Thursday, November 13. Rizal Aliga and Robert Briseño will each be recognized by the board as their respective terms are setContinue reading “Greater Vallejo Recreation District to honor outgoing board members Aliga and Briseño”

Vallejo loses its community engagement manager

by John Glidden | glid24@protonmail.com | October 8, 2025 VALLEJO – After just two years on the job, Sharon Lund, the city’s community engagement manager has left Vallejo, JohnGlidden.com has confirmed. As of Tuesday, October 7, Lund’s name was no longer on the city’s website, prompting JohnGlidden.com to contact the city on the same day regardingContinue reading “Vallejo loses its community engagement manager”

Vallejo hires new public information officer

by John Glidden | glid24@protonmail.com | March 22, 2025 VALLEJO – Almost a full year after losing its public information officer, the city of Vallejo has turned to a familiar face to fill the crucial position. Vallejoan Robert Briseño has been tapped to serve as Vallejo’s new Communications and Public Information Officer, replacing Christina Lee, whoContinue reading “Vallejo hires new public information officer”

Vallejo loses economic development director

by John Glidden | glid24@protonmail.com | February 12, 2025 VALLEJO – City Manager Andrew Murray has another important vacancy to fill in his administration following the departure of Economic Development Director Michael Nimon in January. Nimon accepted a similar position with the city of Walnut Creek, according to his LinkedIn profile. Nimon was originally hired inContinue reading “Vallejo loses economic development director”

Vallejo hires new planning and development services director

by John Glidden | glid24@protonmail.com | June 19, 2024 VALLEJO – Just a month into becoming city manager, Andrew Murray as already begun to fill vacancies within his administrative team. Kristin Pollot has been hired as Vallejo’s new planning and development services director, the city announced Tuesday (June 18). Pollot replaces Christina Ratcliffe, who left theContinue reading “Vallejo hires new planning and development services director”

Vallejo City Council to meet in closed session about possible litigation regarding Nyhoff

by John Glidden | June 25, 2021 VALLEJO – The mystery surrounding the employment status of Vallejo City Manager Greg Nyhoff continues as the city council is expected to meet in closed session next week about possible litigation involving Nyhoff. The agenda for the special closed session briefly states that the council will receive information aboutContinue reading “Vallejo City Council to meet in closed session about possible litigation regarding Nyhoff”

Vallejo updates its mask requirements for city buildings; fully vaccinated don’t have to wear a mask

JohnGlidden.com staff report | June 19, 2021 VALLEJO – Starting Monday, fully vaccinated members of the public will be allowed inside Vallejo’s city buildings without the need to wear a mask, the city announced Saturday. The change in mask requirements is in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Cal/OSHA, officials added. “MembersContinue reading “Vallejo updates its mask requirements for city buildings; fully vaccinated don’t have to wear a mask”

Vallejo’s city manager currently away from office; no reason given

by John Glidden | June 3, 2021 VALLEJO – Days before the Vallejo City Council is expected to review and ultimately approve its 2021-2022 fiscal year budget, Vallejo City Manager Greg Nyhoff is out of his office with the city mum on when he will return. City Spokeswoman Christina Lee confirmed Wednesday night that Nyhoff wasContinue reading “Vallejo’s city manager currently away from office; no reason given”

Sources: Vallejo’s housing manager placed on leave

by John Glidden | June 2, 2021 VALLEJO – Judy Shepard-Hall, Vallejo’s housing & community development program manager, was placed on leave sometime during the past few days, multiple sources confirmed to JohnGlidden.com. JohnGlidden.com attempted to email Shepard-Hall on Tuesday about a separate item. An auto message from Shepard-Hall’s city email address stated that “Judy Shepard-HallContinue reading “Sources: Vallejo’s housing manager placed on leave”

Vallejo searches for new HR lead, while former director is accused of ignoring complaints

by John Glidden | April 7, 2021 VALLEJO – City officials have begun the process of finding a new human resources director following the departure of Heather Ruiz, who left Vallejo last month amid allegations she failed to investigate racial discrimination and bullying complaints that were brought to her attention. The city released the job announcementContinue reading “Vallejo searches for new HR lead, while former director is accused of ignoring complaints”

Vallejo losing its human resources director

by John Glidden | Feb. 9, 2021 VALLEJO – Once again, Vallejo City Manager Greg Nyhoff will need to fill a vacancy in his senior leadership team after city officials confirmed to JohnGlidden.com Tuesday night that Human Resource Director Heather Ruiz is leaving Vallejo. Vallejo spokeswoman Christina Lee said Ruiz will become the human resources directorContinue reading “Vallejo losing its human resources director”

Officials: Website issue shouldn’t affect Vallejo meetings

by John Glidden | Feb. 6, 2021 VALLEJO – A hardware issue with Vallejo’s website vendor, Intrado/West, won’t affect Tuesday night’s Vallejo City Council meetings, city spokeswoman Christina Lee told JohnGlidden.com Saturday night. Lee confirmed that upcoming meetings will be hosted on a temporary webpage the city has created in response to the outage. The outage,Continue reading “Officials: Website issue shouldn’t affect Vallejo meetings”

City staff pushes back council vote on stingray policy

by John Glidden | Oct. 14, 2020 VALLEJO – The Vallejo City Council agreed Tuesday night to delay a highly anticipated vote on a policy regarding the city’s use of a cell-site simulator following concerns the public didn’t have enough time to review the policy. Councilors were originally scheduled to review the usage and privacy policyContinue reading “City staff pushes back council vote on stingray policy”

Council asked to approve cell-site simulator usage and privacy policy

by John Glidden | Oct. 12, 2020 A privacy and usage policy regarding a controversial piece of technology will go before the Vallejo City Council on Tuesday. The seven-person council will be asked to consider adopting the policy on use of a cellular-site simulator, also known as a stingray, two weeks after a Solano CountyContinue reading “Council asked to approve cell-site simulator usage and privacy policy”