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1661612, 2412142. Website. Official website. Vallejo (/ vəˈleɪ (h) oʊ / və-LAY- (h)oh; Spanish: [baˈʎexo]) is a city in Solano County, California and the second largest city in the North Bay region of the Bay Area. Located on the shores of San Pablo Bay, the city had a population of 126,090 at the 2020 census. [7]
Vallejo. Mare Island (Spanish: Isla de la Yegua) is a peninsula in the United States in the city of Vallejo, California, about 23 miles (37 km) northeast of San Francisco. The Napa River forms its eastern side as it enters the Carquinez Strait juncture with the east side of San Pablo Bay.
A Vallejo wooden two-story building served as the California State Capitol from May 4, 1852, to February 4, 1853. The building had a half set basement and was located at 300 York Street, Vallejo. General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807-1890) offered the site to the State after the wooden Sacramento California State Capitol building in the ...
Genea Brice, first poet laureate of Vallejo, California [3] Ernest J. Gaines [1] Gregory Allen Howard. Charles Jordan. Mark Joseph. D.L. Lang, second poet laureate of Vallejo, California [3] Dwayne Parish, first poet laureate of Richmond, California, grew up in Vallejo [4] Norman Partridge. Nina Serrano poet, filmmaker, KPFA radio host.
Solano County (/ səˈlɑːnoʊ / ⓘ) is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, its population was 453,491. [ 5 ] The county seat is Fairfield. [ 6 ] Solano County comprises the Vallejo–Fairfield metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the San Jose – San Francisco – Oakland, combined ...
Designated CHISL. 1960. The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY or MINS) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean [4] and was in service 142 years from 1854 to 1996. It is located on Mare Island, 23 miles (37 km) northeast of San Francisco, in Vallejo, California.
The California State University Maritime Academy (Cal Maritime or CSU Maritime Academy) is a public university in Vallejo, California. It is part of the California State University system and the only maritime academy on the contiguous West Coast. [8] The university offers six bachelor's degree programs and one master's degree program. [9][10]
Website. Official website. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (formerly known as Six Flags Marine World, Marine World, The New Marine World Theme Park, and Marine World Africa USA) is a 135-acre (55 ha) [1] animal theme park located in Vallejo, California, off of Interstate 80 between San Francisco and Sacramento. The park includes a variety of roller ...