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Hiddenbrooke will be having it's biggest party of the year August 3rd,  5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the flagpole area at the Golf Club, for National Night Out.

HCA President’s Message

I am very honored to be serving as HCA president for the coming year.  Hiddenbrooke is such a unique community and I want to follow in the footsteps of those who have given so much to help make it so special. 

COMPUTER E-MAIL SECURITY

Recently there have been several postings on the HB News Yahoo group regarding problems with e-mail hacking. While it is not completely unavoidable, there are some things you can do to significantly reduce your vulnerability to this type of intrusion.

First, make certain you have a good e-mail program. All internet providers offer e-mail accounts, however, not all of them allow you to easily adjust the level of protection from spam or junk mail. Just accepting the program your ISP offers to you may not be the best option.

Summer is the best time to shop local farmers markets and if you live here in Hiddenbrooke, we're surrounded by some great markets!

The Vallejo Farmers Market is on Georgia Street in downtown Vallejo every Saturday from 9:00am to 1:00pm just west of Sonoma Boulevard.

With over 20 people in attendance, the organizing meeting was a great beginning for the Security committee of Hiddenbrooke Community Association. The major inputs were from Richard Matthews on Neighborhood Watch, and Bob Sampayan on Watch and speeding issues, and Eli Cronbach on getting funding thru shifts of Hiddenbrooke Improvement District (HID) reductions, transferred to Hiddenbrooke Maintenance District (HMD) Welcome Center budget.

At our past HCA Board meeting, retired deputy sheriff Matthews had some very good ideas and suggestions to help address the increased concerns regarding the security in Hiddenbrooke.

Over the past few months, there has been a vigorous discussion about the security of Hiddenbrooke residents.  All of the dialogue has been useful, but it's now time for action.  Some of the ideas that will be explored will require some effort from the Community.

Beginning in May with a Town Hall meeting at the club, we’ve launched an important Neighborhood Watch program in Hiddenbrooke. Since that initial meeting in May, two subsequent meetings have been held in Hiddenbrooke staffed by Tony Pearsall, director of the Fighting Back Partnership; Bob Sampayan, retired Vallejo police officer and Hiddenbrooke resident; and Richard Tirrell, the HCA board liaison and Welcome Center manager.

On recent drives around Hiddenbrooke, we have noticed that the builder supplied back-lit house numbers on many homes are burnt out or broken, and some have been replaced with non-electric types, such as brass numbers or painted tiles. This is against Vallejo city code.

Hello neighbors, Hiddenbrooke social committee is busy planning some fun and exciting events for next year. Our first event of the year will be “Beat the Blues” party sponsored by HCA for January 30 at the home of Hugh Priscilla so mark your calendars. This is a great way to meet your neighbors, make new friends and find out what is happening in Hiddenbrooke.

Senior golfers now have another reason to love the Hiddenbrooke Golf Club.

A recent search on the popular review site Yelp found 428 results for restaurants in Vallejo. Are there really 428 restaurants in Vallejo?!

No, there were actually 318 restaurants in Vallejo that were reviewed on yelp.com and I was rather surprised. At a second glance, it turns out the other 110 are in Benicia, American Canyon and Crockett. More on those another time…