Vallejo, California
Vallejo is a city in Solano County, California, located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 115,942 at the 2010 census. It is the tenth most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the largest in Solano County. Vallejo sits on the northeastern shore of San Pablo Bay. The city is named after General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, a native Californio, leading proponent of California's statehood, and one of the first members of the California State Senate; the neighboring city of Benicia is named for his wife, Francisca Benicia Carillo de Vallejo.
Vallejo is home to the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom theme park, the now-defunct Mare Island Naval Shipyard, and the regional office for Region 5 of the United States Forest Service. The colleges and universities in Vallejo are California Maritime Academy, the Vallejo Center campus of Solano Community College, and Touro University California. Ferry service runs from a terminal on Mare Island Strait to San Francisco, through the BayLink division of SolTrans.
Vallejo has twice served as the capital of the state of California: once in 1852 and again in 1853, both periods being brief.[9] The State Capitol building burned to the ground in the 1880s and the Vallejo Fire Department requested aid from the Fire Department at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. As there were no bridges at that time, the Mare Island Fire Department had to be ferried across the Napa River, arriving to find only the foundation remaining. This was the first recorded mutual aid response in the state of California.
Walter Dick Bennett
Walter Dick Bennett, LCDR, U.S.N. (Ret.), 81, of Ellington, loving husband of 56 years to Janet (Freeman) Bennett, passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital. Born in Signal Hill City, California, he was the son of the late Perez Nathaniel and Mary Jane (Tullis) Bennett. His father was a minister and the family lived in many towns in the states of New Mexico, California, Washington, and finally Medicine Lake, Montana, where Dick graduated from high school. He briefly attended Montana State University, Missoula, Montana before venturing out to seek his future in service to his country. Dick proudly served for more than 20 years in the U. S. Navy during the Korean and Vietnam War years before his retirement in 1973. He joined the Navy in 1952 and served over 10 years as an enlisted man earning the rank of Chief Petty Officer before being selected into the Limited Duty Officer Program. During his enlisted years he served aboard the USS John C. Butler DE339, USS Shelton DD790, USS Trout SS566, and the USS Robert E. Lee, SSBN601. He was commissioned as an Ensign in the nuclear submarine program in 1963, and was subsequently selected by Admiral Rickover to join his nuclear program as a Naval Reactors Representative. Dick served for five years at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, in Kittery, Maine and for five years at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, in Vallejo, California before retiring in 1973 as a Lieutenant Commander. After his retirement from the Navy, Dick began a career with ABB / Combustion Engineering in Windsor, CT in their commercial nuclear power plant division that spanned over 22 years. He worked in the business development group, the nuclear power plant licensing program, and finally as the lead for companies site emergency management program. He retired in 1995 as an Assistant Project Manager. Dick and Janet have resided in Ellington for more than 40 years. He is a 54 year member of St. John's Lodge # 22, A.F. & A. M., Greenfield Center, NY and is currently affiliated with Fayette Lodge #69, A. F. & A. M., Ellington, CT. Dick enjoyed camping, woodworking, skiing, hunting, and was an avid model railroad enthusiast. He had an active leadership role in the Masonic camping club (NCT) in his retirement years, planning annual gatherings around the United States, helping the club maintain a campground in Massachusetts along with developing the monthly club newsletter. In addition to his loving wife, he is survived by his beloved sons , David and his wife Dana Machain Bennett of Griswold, CT; Thomas Bennett and his wife Cheryl of Lebanon, CT; and James Bennett of Ellington, CT; seven grandchildren, Susan, Michael, Jennifer, Kristen, Garrett, Rebecka and Renae Bennett; and a grandson by marriage, Andrew Machain, (Katie) and two great grandchildren, Asher and Liam all of Missoula, MT; a sister-in-law, Donna Bennett of Billings, MT; a cousin, Suzanne Watkins of Dunlap, CA and several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was also predeceased by his sister Katherine and his brother, Lobell Bennett. His family will receive friends for calling hours on Friday, July 18, 2014 from 5 -- 7 p.m. at the Ladd-Turkington & Carmon Funeral Home, 551 Talcottville Road (Route 83), Vernon followed by a funeral service at the funeral home beginning at 7 p.m. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia at a later date with full military honors. Memorial donations in his memory may be made to The Masonic Charity Foundation of Connecticut, P. O. Box 70, Wallingford, CT 06492, or to the Ellington Volunteer Ambulance Corp, 41 Maple Street, Ellington, CT 06029. For online condolences and guest book access, please visit carmonfuneralhome.com
5/13/15 Vallejo Police and Fire Candlelight Vigil
Vallejo Police and Fire Candlelight Vigil
Honoring the Service and Sacrifice of All Officers and
Our Heroes Killed in the Line of Duty
National Police Week, May 10-16, 2015
Executive Producer
VPD (Ret) Capt. Tony Pearsall
CO-MASTERS OF CEREMONIES VPD (Ret) - Capt. Tony Pearsall & Sgt. Bob Sampayan
CO-MASTERS OF CEREMONIES VPD (Ret)
Capt. Tony Pearsall & Sgt. Bob Sampayan
PRESENTING THE COLORS
Honor Guard
VALLEJO POLICE DEPARTMENT
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Vallejo Fire Dept. (Ret) Capt.
Jon Riley
Vallejo City Council Member
Rozzana Verder-Aliga, EdD
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Jesse Bethel High School Soloist
Nikki De Guzman
INVOCATION Vallejo Police Dept. Chaplain
Rev. Dr. Tony Ubalde
WELCOME REMARKS
City of Vallejo Vice-Mayor
Jess Malgapo
Office of Solano County Supervisors
Erin Hannigan
Presentation of Certificates to Surviving
Relatives of Vallejo's Fallen Heroes
Police Officer Calvin C. Thacker, Jr.:
Children Robert, Catherine Tomko, Susan
Cochran, Calvin III, and sister Joanne Ormonde
Police Officer Jeffrey L. Azuar: Daughter Mandy
Police Officer James L. Capoot: wife Jennifer
and daughters Jillian, Jamie, Justine
Interviewer Greg Reason
President of North Vallejo Little League
Video Producer
Tim Banks of Bay Area Sports TV
Assistant Producer
Perry Moreno
Open Space Accessibility in California | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:20 1 Benefits
00:01:58 1.1 Health
00:03:24 1.2 Cultural
00:05:02 1.3 Recreational
00:06:01 1.4 Economic
00:08:07 1.5 Environmental
00:10:17 2 Accessibility
00:11:33 2.1 General
00:11:42 2.1.1 Environmental justice initiatives
00:18:26 2.1.2 Barriers to equal accessibility
00:22:28 2.2 Los Angeles County
00:22:38 2.2.1 Environmental justice initiatives
00:31:18 2.2.2 Barriers to equal accessibility
00:34:25 2.3 San Francisco Bay area
00:35:23 2.3.1 Environmental justice initiatives
00:44:04 2.3.2 Barriers to equal accessibility
00:51:46 2.4 San Diego County
00:51:56 2.4.1 Environmental justice initiatives
00:56:31 2.4.2 Barriers to equal accessibility
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