My Story of Hope I have not been a full-time journalist for a number of years. I think about my time as a copy editor, first at the Vallejo Times-Herald, making $9.75 an hour, where I eventually became the Community Editor. At the time, the city was facing a record number of homicides, which we…
High school students to tour ‘apprenticeship centers’ in Solano, Napa FAIRFIELD — About 150 area high school students will pile into five buses and tour five union apprenticeship centers Friday – a tour designed to give the teens a first-hand look at possible construction careers as an alternative to going to college. “This partnership is…
Poblete: Losing a child is unbearable, but we will make it count Today, September 21, 2017, marks three years since my son, Robby, was taken from us in a senseless act of gun violence. Our family marked the first anniversary of his death by having a ceremony at his favorite beach in Hawaii. The somber…
A day after Kian’s funeral, Fil-Am mom buys guns for peace Last week, as thousands were marching for 17-year-old Kian delos Santos, Pati Poblete of Vallejo, California, was getting ready to buy guns. No, she wasn’t building an arsenal. She wasn’t preparing for war. Buying guns was an act of peace for the Filipino American…
New foundation collects guns to convert weapons into art VALLEJO — A program that aims to prevent unwanted guns from ending up on the streets – and then turn the weapons into works of art – kicked off its campaign against violence Saturday with a gun buyback at the county fairgrounds. The buyback provided the…
‘Buyback Our Future’ Nets More Than 157 Unwanted Guns It’s been four years since Vallejo had a gun buyback, and in that time dozens of lives have been lost in area incidents involving firearms — including Eric Reyes and Robby Poblete. Now the mothers of these two homicide victims — Isabele Reyes and Pati Poblete…
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