Open Vallejo is an award-winning independent newsroom serving the public interest. Open Vallejo is an award-winning nonprofit newsroom serving the public interest. The Informed California Foundation is a periodical publication, wire service and press association that produces and supports impactful, responsive, local accountability journalism in communities across the state. Our first project Open Vallejo is an award-winning, independent, nonpartisan public interest newsroom and government transparency hub in one of the country’s worst news deserts.