Talk:Vallejo, California

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[edit] NPOV for crime section

This section makes it appear that Vallejo is the most dangerous city in the bay area. There are other ones which are worse. Also, the crime rate in Vallejo has been high in the early 2000s as well. I would like to see cited sources for this.--wL<speak·check> 22:54, 16 April 2007 (UTC)


I think that some trend data would suffice. However, as a prior long-time resident of Vallejo, in 1995 it was the per capita murder capital of the world. El Magnifico, Esq 11:58, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

As many people know Vallejo is not the most dangerous city in the bay area. The most dangerous cities in the bay area from most dangerous being #1 would be oakland followed by Richmond at #2, and then San Fransisco at #3 and then Vallejo comes in at #4. Vallejo has been the murder capital of the United states three times within the last 35 years. In 2005 Vallejo had 18 homicides in incorporated land and 4 in un-incorporated land which anyone from Vallejo knows is situated in the heart of the city. So far it is october 2007 and Vallejo has 15 homicides and possibly a 16th from word on the street and also one that was in un-incorporated Vallejo. The crest is one of the worst places in Vallejo and you have a high chance of getting shot in the area according to conversations you can hear if visiting city hall or the VPD headquarters when tourist go for walks in the area while visiting Six Flags near the crest. I am not trying to put Vallejo out there to look bad but people need to know the truth because a lot of Vallejoans know the newspapers edit out many of the criminal actions and negatives about the city in the city newspaper. I have lost four friends to drive-bys in Vallejo and I cant walk outside because I might be next. I wish I could move but my family and I am poor and are in Sec 8 and cant move. Thank you for listening and i hope people do more research before moving from a nice condo in san fransisco to a bug infested gang infested area in Vallejo and then blamming the natives of the city who happen to be low-income. Lius Castillo Vallejo, CA —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.247.23.132 (talk) 02:54, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hyphy Music Section

This section is pretty important for the article in my mind, since it's so closely tied to the city. What I have is a basis and it would be appreciated if someone more knowledgeable of the music to expand it a bit more, if it can be --Braintoad 02:36, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

So I'll try to get to it if I can, it's not really my thing, but I have a lot of friends who are knowledgeable in the area - I think however you have to look at Vallejo for its rap in general, not just the hyphy trend. Vallejo already had an important role in rap before the hyphy movement El Magnifico, Esq 11:56, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Zodiac killer

Shouldn't there be any mentioning of the Zodiac killer on this page? -- Henriok 12:06, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I began some work on it. Took what information was relevant to Vallejo from the main article and tried to show his importance to Vallejo --Braintoad 01:09, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] pronunciation

I always heard this with an aitch sound, IPA: /vəˈleɪhoʊ/. Do I have it wrong? kwami 06:24, 16 October 2007 (UTC)


There are two correct ways to pronounce Vallejo. One is if you say it the spanish way because Vallejo is a spanish name. I really cant explain if you dont already know but the spanish rules are you pronounce two L's together as an "H" sound.The other way is the english way, VUH-LAY-O. Many people who are born and raised in Vallejo can tell who is not from Vallejo because outsiders tend to say it half spanish and half american, it sounds like VUH-LAY-HO with a strong exageration on the "HO" part at the end. The only reason we dont pronounce the "J" is because when americans came to call this area Vallejo they felt it to be better to not pronounce the "J" instead of having americans say it like VUH-LAY-JOE. Later people made a nickname for Vallejo because out of towners were pronouncing it wrong so whenever they met an outsider they would say "how you like Valley Joe?". just a little fun fact. -Jason w. McLewis, city sub-supervisor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.247.23.132 (talk) 23:56, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

The younger generation refer to Vallejo simply as "The V". I've also heard older generations pronounce Vallejo as "Vuh lay uh" as in "Va Lea". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.6.199.20 (talk) 06:56, 18 March 2008 (UTC)


I have many family members who have lived in Vallejo for more than 50 years. My father, who grew up there for 20 years, is also irritated when bay area weatherpersons pronounce it as IPA: /vəˈleɪhoʊ/. As noted above, most locals pronouce it without the IPA: /h/. At the same time, though, both exist in common and the article should reflect both pronunciations. This pronunciation confusion might be notable enough to have its own heading. Sakathecheetah (talk) 21:06, 29 April 2008 (UTC)