Oct 31, 2024

Vallejo Police Oversight Commission hasn’t started work months after appointments

The creation of an oversight body is one of 45 reforms required by the state Department of Justice in a 2020 agreement, but it has faced years of delays....

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  Sep 15, 2024

Could ranked choice voting make Vallejo’s City Council more representative?

Ranked choice, also known as instant runoff voting, allows voters to rank candidates in order from their favorite to least preferred candidate....

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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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  Feb 23, 2024

Vallejo police officer threatened ex-girlfriend’s life, court records allege

Officer Ronald Dupree was arrested by Oakland police on suspicion of felony domestic violence, threats and stalking....

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  Jan 18, 2024

State seeks to seize over $50 million in assets from Vallejo businessmen’s cemeteries

The state of California ordered Vallejo businessman Buck Kamphausen and two partners to surrender their licenses to manage cemeteries....

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  Dec 06, 2023

gOD-Talking: Musician Bryan C. Simmons talks his new documentary and growing up in Vallejo

Simmons' latest project is the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History documentary gOD-Talk....

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  Nov 29, 2023

Vallejo to take up Palestine ceasefire resolution after protesters disrupt meeting

Vallejo will likely consider its resolution on Dec. 12....

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  Oct 17, 2023

An Oakland cemetery’s ‘notorious’ Vallejo real estate

Evergreen Cemetery Association – operated by Vallejo businessman Buck Kamphausen – lost its nonprofit status and has been fined by the city and state....

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  Jul 06, 2023

Local historian Dorothy Lazard to visit Vallejo’s Alibi Bookshop Saturday

Popular Oakland historian and librarian has a new memoir: “What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World.”...

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  Mar 01, 2023

Vallejo police ignored evidence of lieutenant’s timecard fraud, testimony alleges

A former police captain alleged that Lt. Michael Nichelini may have committed time card fraud worth tens of thousands of dollars in the spring and summer of 2018....

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  Feb 23, 2023

Pioneering Vallejo cartoonist to be honored Sunday

Plaque to honor Cleven “Goodie” Goudeau, a pioneering Black cartoonist, and Jeanette McCree-Goudeau, his wife and business partner....

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  Feb 13, 2023

State action threatens prominent Vallejo businessman's cemetery management license

Buck Kamphausen, who owns Skyview Memorial Lawn in Vallejo, is facing an accusation by the state agency overseeing cemetery operations....

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