Jun 02, 2025

Vallejo Pista Sa Nayon Festival returns to Mare Island June 7

This year’s theme, “Sharing the Map of Our Motherland,” celebrates the diversity of the Philippines....

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  May 30, 2025

New art sculptures installed on Vallejo’s Mare Island

The new installations on display by the Coal Sheds are part of a five-year project to bring art to the Vallejo waterfront....

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  May 29, 2025

Vallejo City Council votes against including Mare Island Preserve Park in San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge

The contentious meeting included accusations the city had violated open meeting laws and led to the mayor calling for a recess twice....

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  Mar 13, 2025

New book reveals history of Vallejo’s Mare Island Naval Hospital

Dr. Thomas L. Snyder has written an astoundingly detailed account of nearly 100 years of the hospital's operations....

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  Jun 14, 2024

Mare Island Causeway still broken weeks later, disrupting boat traffic from Vallejo to Napa

The causeway, a vertical lift drawbridge first constructed in 1934, can't be raised and lowered....

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  Feb 26, 2024

Mare Island residents request state audit of Vallejo’s special tax spending

Mare Island’s 322 homeowners pay thousands of dollars more per month in taxes than other Vallejo homeowners....

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  Oct 11, 2023

Maker Faire reinvents itself on Vallejo’s Mare Island

The ‘Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth’ is being rebooted on a smaller scale after financial difficulties forced closure in 2019....

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  Sep 12, 2023

Vallejo public employee unions blast council over proposed city manager raise

The unions excoriated the city council and staff for proposing the 3% wage increase for City Manager Mike Malone....

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  Jun 28, 2023

Vallejo City Council dips into reserves to fund police station development, downtown projects

The council rejected using new sales tax revenue and punted a decision on Mare Island tax relief....

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  Jun 14, 2023

Vallejo council delays budget approval to accommodate $1.6M for police, downtown, marina projects

The outstanding projects include full funding of the initial development plan for the rebuilding of the police station on Amador Street, a handful of downtown improvement projects and dredging the marina....

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  Jun 07, 2023

Vallejo council postpones Mare Island tax relief amid budget shortfalls, staffing crisis

City human resources director Stephanie Sifuentes said that the city’s staffing challenges are worsening....

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  May 31, 2023

Mare Island property owners ask Vallejo council to end special tax for police and fire services

The Mare Island property owners have been urging the council to reduce their Community Finance District (CFD) taxes for several years....

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