by John Glidden | glid24@protonmail.com | October 21, 2025 VALLEJO – The city gained another overnight business as the Planning Commission unanimously approved a major-use permit on Monday night allowing the newly opened East Vallejo Planet Fitness to operate 24-7. The gym, located at 42 Springstowne Center, currently operates from 6 a.m. to midnight every night.Continue reading “East Vallejo Planet Fitness allowed to expand hours”
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Vallejo’s finance director leaves for Hayward job
by John Glidden | glid24@protonmail.com | October 17, 2025 VALLEJO – The city has lost another department head as Finance Director Rekha Nayar accepted a similar position with the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District. The Vallejo Times-Herald was the first on Friday to report on Nayar’s departure. Nayar had been the second longest tenured departmentContinue reading “Vallejo’s finance director leaves for Hayward job”
Vista Cove subdivision moves forward
by John Glidden | glid24@protonmail.com | July 27, 2025 VALLEJO – A new 51-unit housing subdivision proposed for the Glen Cove neighborhood cleared its first hurdle earlier this month after the city’s Design Review Board recommended the project move forward to the Planning Commission. During a July 10 meeting, the Design Review Board got a lookContinue reading “Vista Cove subdivision moves forward”
Vallejo may get a trampoline park in former Bed, Bath & Beyond building
by John Glidden | glid24@protonmail.com | February 27, 2025 VALLEJO – A trampoline park may be coming to the city very soon. The Vallejo Planning Commission will be asked Monday to hold a public hearing and approve an application to create a 40,964-square-foot indoor Sky Zone Trampoline Park inside the former Bed, Bath, & Beyond storeContinue reading “Vallejo may get a trampoline park in former Bed, Bath & Beyond building”
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 to host several community meetings to receive input on police chief search
by John Glidden | glid24@protonmail.com | June 22, 2024 VALLEJO – The city has scheduled at least three community meetings asking for residents to discuss what they would like to see in Vallejo’s next police chief. Vallejo has retained the executive recruiting firm Bob Hall and Associates to conduct the nation-wide search to fill the chiefContinue reading “Vallejo to host several community meetings to receive input on police chief search”
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”
Federal judge denies push to change venue in criminal case involving a former Vallejo High School principal
by John Glidden | glid24@protonmail.com | June 17, 2024 VALLEJO – A federal judge last week denied a motion to change the venue in an alleged defrauding case involving a former Vallejo High School principal. In his six-page decision issued on June 12, U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey S. White argued it was proper for theContinue reading “Federal judge denies push to change venue in criminal case involving a former Vallejo High School principal”
Measure P Oversight Committee to hold first meeting
by John Glidden | glid24@protonmail.com | November 14, 2023 VALLEJO – A seven-person committee, created to review how the city of Vallejo spends Measure P monies, will convene for the first time on Wednesday, Nov. 15. More than 55% of Vallejo voters approved Measure P — a seven-eighths-cent sales tax increase — last November. Passage ofContinue reading “Measure P Oversight Committee to hold first meeting”
Police Reform: Summary of findings
Complex problems in Vallejo suggest myriad solutions by John Glidden | Bay City News Foundation | Aug. 14, 2021 This story was first published on LocalNewsMatters.org, an affiliated nonprofit site supported by the Bay City News Foundation. VALLEJO – There is no magic solution to reforming a police department. The city of Vallejo is learning that the hardContinue reading “Police Reform: Summary of findings”
Police Reform: ‘Defunding’ the police
As calls for reform intensify, Vallejo and other cities struggle with proper role, budget for police by John Glidden | Bay City News Foundation | Aug. 12, 2021 This story was first published on LocalNewsMatters.org, an affiliated nonprofit site supported by the Bay City News Foundation. VALLEJO – Following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis over aContinue reading “Police Reform: ‘Defunding’ the police”
Police Reform: Federal monitor
In extreme situations, communities like Vallejo look outside for police oversight by John Glidden | Bay City News Foundation | Aug. 11, 2021 This story was first published on LocalNewsMatters.org, an affiliated nonprofit site supported by the Bay City News Foundation. VALLEJO – By all accounts, Carl Edwards was having an ordinary day in July 2017 as theContinue reading “Police Reform: Federal monitor”
Police Reform Measures: A look at four Bay Area Communities and past reform efforts
by John Glidden | Bay City News Foundation | Aug. 6, 2021 This story was first published on LocalNewsMatters.org, an affiliated nonprofit site supported by the Bay City News Foundation. VALLEJO – Just around the corner from the Vallejo Police Department, the black-and-white portrait of a young Latinx man looks over the street, his warm eyesContinue reading “Police Reform Measures: A look at four Bay Area Communities and past reform efforts”
Vallejo man tied to Three Percenters charged in bombing plot with Napa mechanic
by Scott Morris | July 16, 2021 VALLEJO – A Vallejo man accused of being a co-conspirator in an alleged plot to blow up the Democrats’ headquarters in Sacramento was arrested this week and charged in federal court with conspiracy and destruction of evidence, federal prosecutors said. Jarrod Copeland, 37, was arrested in Sacramento on Wednesday,Continue reading “Vallejo man tied to Three Percenters charged in bombing plot with Napa mechanic”
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