health

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  Feb 17, 2022

Vallejo City Council to decide future of mask mandate Tuesday

The council has the choice of ordering that the general public continue to wear face coverings while inside enclosed public spaces or adopt a resolution rescinding the order....

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  Feb 16, 2022

Benicia City Council lifts mask mandate

The council voted 4-1, with Vice Mayor Tom Campbell opposed, following several hours of debate from council members and the general public....

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  Feb 11, 2022

Benicia City Council to mull future of mask mandate as other counties prepare to lift restrictions

The council will decide whether to add additional metrics that must be met before the mandate can be lifted, keep the mandate as is, or move to rescind it....

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  Feb 10, 2022

Vallejo City Council to meet in person in March, despite 70 COVID-19 cases for city workers this year

The council also adopted a new district boundary map during Tuesday's meeting....

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  Feb 08, 2022

Vallejo City Council to decide on district boundaries map

The proposed map is largely the same, but would move 293 residents in District 5....

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  Jan 25, 2022

Air district seeks abatement order for ‘significant excess emissions’ at Valero Benicia refinery

The air district called the action “a major shift in the handling of enforcement cases” against the Valero refinery....

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  Jan 13, 2022

Vallejo City Council returns to teleconference meetings amid omicron surge

At least 29 city of Vallejo employees have already tested positive for COVID-19 this year....

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  Jan 07, 2022

Vallejo City Hall and Solano County courts close to public amid surge of COVID-19 cases

The decision to close comes as the Solano County Public Health Department reported 2,708 active COVID cases this week with a seven-day test positivity rate of 30%....

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  Jan 06, 2022

Third person confirmed dead in Vallejo’s Project RoomKey

Like two others who died in May and June of last year, the woman’s family said she was not found for days....

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  Jan 04, 2022

Two people died in Vallejo’s Project RoomKey program

The two women died in their rooms last spring and weren't found for days....

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  Nov 19, 2021

More workers join 62-day engineers’ strike at Kaiser Vallejo

This week, other unions joined the engineers in sympathy strikes....

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  Nov 18, 2021

Valero to pay $191K for air pollution at Benicia refinery

The settlement does not include 17 notices of violations the air district sent to Valero for an incident in May 2017 when a power outage sent toxic chemicals into the air....

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