The Navy on Saturday commissioned the last of the unique trimaran-hull littoral combat ships to be stationed at Naval Base.

Akron sailor, 17, steered Gen. Douglas MacArthur to Philippine island during World War II. His VFW post came up with a ...

It wasn’t so long ago that President Donald Trump spoke of building a legacy as a peacemaker. In his inaugural address, he said he would in part measure his success by “the wars that we end — and ...

Six months after California’s Prop 36 took effect, early data shows a rise in arrests — with the law disproportionately affecting Black communities in some parts of the state. Also known as the ...

It’s a Wednesday afternoon in Department 1203 at the Central Courthouse, and the man in the defendant’s chair is anxious. The next morning, he’ll be released from jail and expected to put his name on ...

FOR NOW, BACK TO THE DESK. THANK YOU, DOUG MARTIN, A FORMER ALL-PRO RUNNING BACK WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 36 YEARS OLD. MARTIN WAS BORN IN OAKLAND AND PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL ...

Editor’s note: Brendan Riley’s Solano Chronicles column will appear in Sunday’s print edition of the Vallejo Times-Herald. Big plans are in the works for renewed shipbuilding on the Navy’s former Mare ...

It’s been nearly a year since Californians overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime measure providing what backers called “mass treatment” for those facing certain drug charges. But ...

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