SF News 3.6M Earthquake Rumbles Under Vallejo, Follows Earlier Swarm of Quakes A small but noticeable 3.6-magnitude earthquake happened Thursday at 12:41 pm, with an epicenter two miles southeast of Vallejo.
SF News Sunday Links: SF Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested for Domestic Battery, But Not Charged The man from the viral “Blinking White Guy” meme lives in SF; the perpetrator of a Hayward murder-suicide was fighting with his parents over his hygiene; and the sheriff’s department is investigating a deputy accused of domestic battery.
SF News Saturday Links: Author of Satiric News Site ‘Marin Lately’ Revealed Newsom is launching a new task force addressing homeless encampments along state roadways in California's ten largest cities; smoke caused by overheating brakes led to a BART meltdown Friday night; and a Marin County writer and father of three is having a heyday roasting the area's well-to-do.
Arts & Entertainment Terriers Take on Vallejo Ferry Terminal, Nab an Impressive 27 Rats in 90 Minutes In response to a very visible and persistent rat infestation at the Vallejo Ferry Terminal, a volunteer squad of canine rat hunters were recently deployed to bring the population under control. SFist was so inspired by this endearing story, we scribbled an illustration of the heroes in action.
SF Politics ACLU Wants Investigation Into Vallejo City Attorney Over Alleged Police Misconduct Cases The Vallejo Police Department has long had a reputation for being a little trigger-happy, but now the ACLU alleges the Vallejo City Attorney’s Office has been in on some cover-ups, and is calling for an independent investigation.
SF News Sunday Links: Young Black Riders Take the Reins at Historic Bill Pickett Rodeo in Castro Valley Around 300 teens wreaked havoc on a Brentwood mall in the East Bay; a paraglider was rescued after they lost control and crash-landed at Daly City's Mussel Rock Park; and the national Bill Pickett Rodeo honors Black cowboy culture in the East Bay.
SF News Two Killed, One Injured In Vallejo Homeless Encampment Shooting One person has been taken into custody after three people were shot, two of them fatally, at a long-running encampment near Highway 37 in Vallejo on Monday night.
SF News Sunday Links: 1975 Murder Convict Arrested for Child Porn, Narcotics, and Gun Possession Amazon-backed AI model, Claude Opus, attempted to blackmail engineers; local film industry leaders hope two new proposed state bills will increase production in SF; and a Vallejo ex-con was arrested for child porn.
SF News Arrest Leads to Seizure of Meth at Vallejo Home, as Well as Endangered Monkey, Live Rattlesnakes A traffic stop in Solano County led to the arrest of a Vallejo man and subsequent search of his home, which led to the discovery a lot of meth, an endangered baby spider monkey, and two live rattlesnakes.
SF News Sole Surviving Witness In First Zizian Murder Case Is Infirm, Has Memory Lapses In Day of Testimony The elderly man who is the sole surviving witness to the November 2022 stabbing of Vallejo resident Curtis Lind — though he only witnessed the aftermath of the stabbing — gave a day of testimony Tuesday in Solano County.
SF News Sunday Links: UCSF Neurologist Wins $3 Million Prize For Groundbreaking Multiple Sclerosis Research UCSF neurologist Stephen Hauser won a $3 million Breakthrough Prize for his multiple sclerosis work; one resident was killed and three injured in an early morning fire on Sunday in Fremont; and an anonymous benefactor has been fulfilling innovative locals' wishes.
SF News Juvenile Too Young For A License Leads Police On Chase Through Vallejo Streets A Vallejo youth who was reportedly below legal driving age was pursued by police on Friday after the juvenile was seen speeding through a red light in a stolen vehicle, causing several near-collisions.
SF Politics San Jose Mayor Suggests Arresting Homeless Who Refuse Shelter; Legal Case In Vallejo Highlights Growing Backlash After nearly a year in which city and state leaders in California began swinging to the right on the issue of homeless encampments and the civil rights of homeless people, advocates say the tide may be turning again.
SF News Vallejo Is Whack: Guns and 11,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized at Daycare Center A series of raids across Solano County coordinated by the feds and the Vallejo Police Department seized dozens of illegal guns and a huge haul of drugs, and one of the sites raided was an in-home daycare center where feds found 11,000 fentanyl pills.
SF News Arrests of Alleged 'Zizian' Cult Members Came After Another Dispute With a Landlord The three individuals tied to a cult-like group that has been linked to two Bay Area deaths and four on the East Coast were apparently up to their old tricks in rural Maryland when they were arrested on Sunday.
SF News Felon on Parole Allegedly Carrying Meth For Sale Leads Police on Chase, Tries to Hide In East Bay Casino A man fleeing from Vallejo police last weekend led the cops on a multi-county pursuit into the East Bay, where he reportedly ran into a casino in San Pablo in an attempt to escape from arrest.
SF News Suspect In Vallejo Murder Distances Himself From 'Zizian' Cult, Suggests He Is Primarily Motivated By Veganism It may not get us any further in understanding actual motive in the case of a January murder in Vallejo, but we now have an extended statement from the suspect in the case.
SF News Possible Cult Leader 'Ziz,' Who Faked Her Own Death and Was Questioned In Pennsylvania Double Murder, Still at Large It feels like there are still shoes to drop in the strange case of the Zizians, whose troubling beliefs and alleged pattern of extreme violence came to light in just the last several days.
SF News Suspect and Possible Cult Member Makes Court Appearance In Vallejo Killing as Further Links Revealed to Other Murders We've only just begun to see the unraveling of the strange case of the Zizians, as we'll call them for now, a purported "death cult" with links to the rationalist movement, whose alleged activities the last two years have led to a total of six deaths to date.
SF News Two Linked to Alleged Vallejo Vegan Cult With Violent History Arrested For Murders In Vermont and Vallejo A creepy group that had been nicknamed "The Cult" by neighbors in Vallejo were implicated with a sword attack on their landlord two years ago. Now, two alleged associates of the group are in custody for murdering that landlord as well as a border patrol agent in Vermont.
SF News Mother’s Car Ends Up Trapped in Vallejo Gunfight, Four-Year-Old Daughter Seriously Injured A mother driving in Vallejo found her car unwittingly in the middle of a gunfight Sunday night, when her four-year-old daughter was hit by a bullet, and is now in serious condition at Children's Hospital in Oakland.
SF News British Indie Band Arrives for US Tour, Promptly Gets Van Robbed at Gunpoint In Vallejo UK alt-rock stars Sports Team arrived in NorCal Monday night to begin their US tour. Their van was robbed at gunpoint first thing Tuesday morning in Vallejo, but they’re still performing Saturday night at The Chapel.
SF News Vallejo Police Say 63-Year-Old Man Admitted to Stabbing His Mother to Death, Also Allegedly Stabbed His Wife A Vallejo couple was hospitalized Saturday with stab wounds, and now the Vallejo PD says the male in that couple admitted to stabbing and killing his mother. And sure enough, police found her dead at her home.
SF News Rampant Sideshows in Vallejo Early Sunday Morning, One Participants’ Pants Catch on Fire A swarm of sideshows in Vallejo brought multiple injuries early Sunday morning, including one participant who managed to get his pants caught on fire, and Vallejo’s mayor released an odd statement asking “Why don’t these brats do this where their momma lives.”
SF News Sideshow With Cars, Snake, and a Ring of Fire Leaves One Dead In Vallejo In Vallejo, one person is dead after a sideshow early Saturday morning that included lasers, drones, cars drifting around a ring of fire, and guns fired.
