Neighborhood Alert

Hi, Rick & Julie --       Just received the Vista newsletter. I live on N. Camino, and last week, someone robbed my Pontiac Vibe while it was in my driveway. I won't say the thief "broke in" because I may have left it unlocked. The car does have an alarm system. The thief got my loose change, emergency flashlight, and tool box. The car is backed up against the garage door, making the items in the hatch area inconvient to reach. A few days later, I found my truck alarm had been set off.        I contacted my neighbors. Whereas they had not seen or heard anything, the one neighbor on N. Camino Alto reported his recyling had been stolen and someone had attempted to break into his side garage door and set off the alarm.        These attempts, of course, are happening on the side away from the neighbors who own dogs. My house does have an alarm system which is set everytime I leave.       Goes without saying -- someone is watching the neighborhood & knows who is home & who is not.

August Newletter and Handouts

Hi,  Here is the Newsletter and Inserts for the August Meeting, we will be having a guest speaker on security for you home. The speaker will be Tony Pearsall, Director of Fighting Back, Retired VPD Captain and now a Neighbor. Please let me or Julie Lyons know if you will be attending. Thanks, Rich Rich & Sue Martinez 100 Farallon Drive Vallejo, CA 94590 Phone 707 554-4036 Cell 707 567-2492

Handouts for the August 4Th meeting.

Here are the handouts for the August 4th meeting at the Church. Tony Pearsall will be addressing the group on how to make you house safer. Please RSVP to me if you can make it. Thanks, Rich Rich & Sue Martinez 100 Farallon Drive Vallejo, CA 94590 Phone 707 554-4036 Cell 707 567-2492

National Night Out

Hi,  The board met last night and has decided that we will not be sponsoring a Block Party this year. There is so much work involved they want to take a break and come back in the future. We are hoping that neighbors will have a party of their own. I am aware of two so far, it is a great way to make the neighborhood safer by knowing your neighbors. If anyone needs to know about blocking off a street let me know and I can help with that. Thanks, Rich Rich & Sue Martinez 100 Farallon Drive Vallejo, CA 94590 Phone 707 554-4036 Cell 707 567-2492

Vista Garage Sale 6/5/2010

Rich, Can you "mass email" the following announcement please, so any late comers can be included for the Vista Garage Sale on 6/5/2010.   Hi Everyone, the dead line for getting your name included is Wednesday 6/2.  I have to place our ad and plot the maps with all addresses.  Please also let me know if you are making a donation at the end of the day to the Benicia Vallejo Humane Society (they will swing by after 3pm.)  If you do not let me know if you are making a donation, they will skip your house.  Please drop off your sign up and your $5.00 donation by 6/2 evening!!!!  Anyone dropping off their sign up after this date will not make the 'map of garage sales."  Drop sign ups and donation at Julie Lyons' house 326 El Camino Real.   Thanks! Julie Lyons 707 246-3716

Nieghborhood Alert!!!!!!!

Hi,  Recieved this morning, please keep a look out for things like this. I think we should thank our Police for the prompt response and our neighbors did all the right things. Thanks, Rich   Saturday Dear Rich, I'm sorry to report that a neighbor's home in the 100 block of Camino Alto was ransacked Friday afternoon between approximately 2 pm and 2:30 pm.  The owner returned home to spot two African-American youths wearing hoodies in the living room.  The criminals ran out the back patio doors and jumped the wall to La Crescenda.  Apparently they entered the back yard through an unlocked side gate and forced a patio door. The home was not monitored by an Alarm System. Police response was superb with two cars and a motorcycle officer on the scene quickly, but the criminals disappeared with numerous valuables.  The owner, who had just stepped out for an hour, reported that the youths had emptied drawers and closets.  The police went door to door speaking to neighbors and looked in the back yards of adjacent homes until they were called to another incident. Later in the day, an alert neighbor spotted two youths who had returned to the scene to look in the shrubs for valuables that had been abandoned during their escape.  He called 911 and the owner.  Police response was again superb and at least one of the criminals was captured at or near Vallejo High School with stolen property in his possession.  The investigation is proceeding and the officers plan to pursue leads at Vallejo High on Monday.    I left a voicemail message with Superintendent Renaldo Santa Cruz asking for his assistance in identifying all students who were truant Friday afternoon or who left the school grounds at or before 2 pm.   I will let you know when he returns the call.

National Night Out Update

Hi,  Great news according to Harold and Barbara Thompson the first block of Loma Vista has said they will host the National Night Out Block Party on Tuesday August 3RD. The Thompson's and the events committee will be coordinating the event. The thing we need all participants to do is make sure when the invites come out is that you RSVP, last year we had lots of people show up that night and we were not quite prepared for that amount of people. I will let you know what the particulars for the event will be, and thanks to the Thompson's and the Loma Vista neighbors. Rich Rich & Sue Martinez 100 Farallon Drive Vallejo, CA 94590 Phone 707 554-4036 Cell 707 567-2492