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  Feb 24, 2025

VIDAS: A lifeline for immigrants in Vallejo

How one organization is providing hope and legal protection amid growing uncertainty....

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  Feb 21, 2025

Former Vallejo spokesperson sues city, alleging retaliation for reporting unethical behavior

The lawsuit alleges that Assistant City Manager Gillian Haen ordered a subordinate to illegally delete text messages and submit falsified documents to the federal government....

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  Feb 10, 2025

Federal judge blocks Vallejo from destroying woman’s tent shelter

Evelyn Alfred, known to friends as Brown Sugar, has for months been fighting the city’s efforts to remove her from a vacant lot alongside Mare Island Way....

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  Feb 04, 2025

Judge rules state can seize over $50M in assets from Vallejo businessman’s cemeteries

The California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau now controls the funds of four of Buck Kamphausen’s cemeteries....

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  Dec 13, 2024

Records detail how Benicia teacher accused of sexual misconduct regained teaching license

Matthew Shelton faces 12 felony counts of lewd acts with a child stemming from his employment at the Benicia Unified School District....

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  Dec 04, 2024

ACLU accuses Solano DA of obstructing public records on racial bias in prosecutions

ACLU attorneys accused the DA of “flagrant stonewalling and utter disregard for the PRA.”...

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  Dec 03, 2024

Judge orders city of Vallejo not to evict disabled homeless woman

For the past year and a half, Evelyn Davis Alfred has lived on a vacant lot alongside Mare Island Way near Tennessee Street....

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  Oct 11, 2024

Environmental group and Valero, Port of Benicia settle pollution lawsuit

Money from the settlement will go to environmental clean-up groups to mitigate the alleged harm done....

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  Sep 04, 2024

Vallejo Homeless Union members file federal lawsuit to stop encampment eviction

They allege that Vallejo and Caltrans improperly confiscate possessions and vehicles used for shelter....

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  Jul 11, 2024

In court, DOJ argues Vallejo cemetery operators demonstrated ‘severe mismanagement’

The California Department of Justice said that Vallejo businessman Buck Kamphausen made risky investments that put trusts designed for cemetery maintenance at risk....

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  Mar 19, 2024

Former Vallejo employee settles whistleblower retaliation lawsuit for $1 million

Former assistant to the city manager for communications and special projects Joanna Altman was fired in April 2020....

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  Feb 12, 2024

Vallejo cemetery owners seek to exclude evidence of neglected maintenance, financial audits in asset seizure case

Buck Kamphausen and Joshua Voss are seeking to prevent a state regulatory agency from seizing more than $50 million in cemetery assets....

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