Gretchen Zimmermann

Gretchen Zimmermann

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Gretchen Zimmermann founded the Vallejo Arts & Entertainment website, joined the Vallejo Sun to cover event listings and arts and culture, and has since expanded into investigative reporting.

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  Mar 04, 2024

California Forever gets mixed reception at Vallejo’s Second Friday Art Walk

California Forever’s involvement in Art Walk is being received by the community with a mixture of surprise, joy, confusion and protest....

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  Feb 28, 2024

Upcoming Vallejo Events — Kawaii cuteness comes to Solano County Fairgrounds

Vallejo Festival Orchestra to perform “The Glory and Grandeur of Beethoven” at the Empress Theatre on Saturday...

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  Feb 21, 2024

Upcoming Vallejo Events — Black History Month closes with a bevy of activities

Plus, Mamet’s “A Life in the Theatre” opens on Friday at Bay Area Stage...

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  Feb 21, 2024

New Vallejo Museum resident historian to co-host Black History event Friday

Author Sharon McGriff-Payne will be joined by former museum board president Liat Meitzenheimer in "Black History, Vallejo History, Our History: A Conversation."...

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  Feb 16, 2024

Vallejo to reopen Section 8 wait list: What that means for people who need housing

The Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance program will open next week for the first time since 2015....

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  Feb 14, 2024

Upcoming Vallejo Events — Valentine’s in Vallejo

VALLEJO —  Love is in the air in Vallejo this week as Valentine’s...

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  Feb 09, 2024

Vallejo neighborhood rattled by SWAT raid

Glen Cove residents say they heard what sounded like gunfire and explosions, police said that was likely beanbag rounds and stun grenades....

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  Feb 07, 2024

Photos: Vallejo encampment residents rush to move out of boat launch lot before vehicles are seized

Notices were posted around the boat launch parking lot on Jan. 8, telling residents that their vehicles would be towed this week....

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  Feb 07, 2024

Upcoming Vallejo Events — Vallejo Art Walk celebrates its 100th event

VALLEJO — Second Friday Art Walk is back this month after their January hiatus...

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  Feb 02, 2024

Bay Area poets bare all at Vallejo bar’s poetry slam

Chris’ Club hosts regular poetry readings twice a month, but last Monday’s was different....

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  Jan 26, 2024

No resources to remove blighted paddle boat from Vallejo’s waterfront

The 130-foot-long Grand Romance has deteriorated since it was first moored in Vallejo in 2018....

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