The Vallejo Sun

About the Vallejo Sun

Journalists Scott Morris, John Glidden and Brian Krans founded the Vallejo Sun in 2021. Each of us covered Vallejo for years, but there wasn’t a place to consistently publish the hard hitting, in-depth news Vallejo deserved, so we founded the Sun. 

Our first story, an exposé on connections between a militant far-right group and a local gun club, won a San Francisco Press Club award for investigative journalism. In our first two years, we also won awards for our coverage of the Vallejo police badge bending scandal and our investigation into deaths in Vallejo’s COVID-19 housing for homeless people.

We started expanding in 2022, first by partnering with Gretchen Zimmermann of Vallejo Arts & Entertainment to bring arts and event coverage to the Sun. Since then, our team has continued to grow and we launched a Spanish-language section.

We’ve continued our mission of providing hard-hitting in-depth journalism and created opportunities for emerging, homegrown journalists. We partnered on an investigation with the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and joined the California Local News Fellowship program, which allowed us to hire Vallejo native Gretchen Smail as our first full time employee.

We think that good, honest local journalism is vital for a healthy democracy and community, and we’re committed to delivering trustworthy reporting that informs and empowers Vallejo and Solano County.

 Why our readers say they support us

"Since major news platforms have been swallowed by billionaires and global corporations, and local news has dwindled to practical irrelevance, it is more important than ever to have independent local news outlets unafraid to dig below the surface and bring the truth out into the sunlight. The Vallejo Sun brings a vital, vigorous, and fresh perspective to all things Vallejo, and it gives me hope for Vallejo itself that there are hardworking individuals dedicated to keeping us informed. It is no small task to stay on top of what is happening in Vallejo and then bring this information to the rest of us." - Hal Childs, 34-year Vallejo resident

 "My husband and I purchased a home in the east Vallejo Hills 11 months ago. I knew very little about Vallejo when I first moved here. We have always been involved in our community wherever we lived. I started researching and stumbled upon The Vallejo Sun.  It has helped us tremendously with getting acclimated and learning about our new community.  I also found the individual interviews on the political leaders running for mayor and city council to be helpful with our voting choice.  The Vallejo Sun has been instrumental in helping us to adapt to our new region by keeping us aware of the happenings in Solano County." - Tracy Levy

"I subscribe to the Vallejo Sun because I can never find local information about Vallejo. I see the 'Sun' as growing and maturing in bringing our local news to us.  It’s refreshing to have a news organization that is trying to keep us informed." - Jody Levy

"I subscribed to the Vallejo Sun because the city paper didn’t cover import local issues anymore. Most of their coverage was local sports and news from the AP wire. The Sun has been able to enlighten me on a number of issues and I look forward to reading it each week." - Steve Quinlan

"I subscribe to the Sun because it writes about and keeps me informed about what is going on with the police. I live in Benicia, but am frequently in Vallejo and the police are a grave concern of mine." - Kathy Kerridge

"I appreciate the balanced and in depth articles The Vallejo Sun delivers. The Vallejo Sun's in depth coverage of the local election candidates and issues were open and fair minded, a refreshing escape from the usual hidden agenda and biased vitriol found in the local fish wraps and bird cage liners." - Tom Hurley

"The Vallejo Sun has become a needed outlet for information and intelligent discussion in Vallejo. It has become an essential part of many Vallejo citizens and surrounding areas to keep up with what is going on in the city. I enjoy getting the emails on a timely basis." - Don Jordan