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 ...

Another historic ship is scheduled to arrive at Mare Island some time next week, the latest in five ships being relocated from San Francisco while the Hyde Street Pier undergoes renovations. The ...

Seven U.S. Navy vessels have been named the USS California since 1867. Perhaps the most famous is the fifth one, the Tennessee-class battleship given the identification number BB-44 (“Battleship #44”) ...