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A nighttime scene on a suburban street. Police vehicles display red and blue flashinging lights in the background. The foreground shows crime scene tape and, behind that, a car with a shattered window.
Posted inNews

Vallejo block again rocked by gunfire, injuring one

by Geoffrey King August 9, 2024August 9, 2024
An older woman with bright teal-colored hair and sunglasses stands holding a photo of a young man. The photo she's holding shows a smiling individual with the name 'Sean Monterrosa' and the years 1998–2020. The focus is on the woman, with others in the background, blurring into the surroundings of an outdoor demonstration.
Posted inPublic Safety

San Francisco to name street after Sean Monterrosa

by Anna Bauman March 27, 2024March 27, 2024
A professional headshot of investigative report Anna Bauman
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Investigative reporter Anna Bauman joins Open Vallejo

by Geoffrey King January 22, 2024January 22, 2024
Six police officers stand at attention in an automotive museum
Posted inPublic Safety

Vallejo officer fired for endangering colleague sues city, ex-coworkers

by Geoffrey King September 18, 2023October 30, 2023
A young man in various poses
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Open Vallejo to publish free obituaries

by Geoffrey King August 14, 2023November 1, 2023
Frank Melville's mugshots, from the front and side.
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‘The purpose of punishment is not to wreak vengeance’: the remarkable story of Vallejo’s ‘boy bandit’

by Brendan Riley April 5, 2023February 20, 2024
A Black councilmember in his 40s smiles excitedly while speaking with the City of Vallejo's first Black police chief inside a city council chambers while surrounded by other councilmembers and members of the news media.
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NAACP threatens to eject Hakeem Brown from organization

by Geoffrey King March 15, 2023October 27, 2023
Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams is seen at his swearing-in ceremony on Nov. 12, 2019, at Vallejo City Hall.
Posted inPublic Safety

Vallejo police chief resigns, former Sacramento chief to consult

by Laurence Du Sault and Geoffrey King November 4, 2022October 27, 2023
Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams speaks with Annice Evans, whose son Angel Ramos was killed by a Vallejo police officer on January 23, 2017, at a Vallejo City Council meeting on March 8, 2022. Ramos did not have a weapon.
Posted inPublic Safety

Shake-up looms as Vallejo police chief takes time off

by Laurence Du Sault and Geoffrey King October 27, 2022October 31, 2023
Five Vallejo police officers pose indoors with another man in a black and white group photograph taken in the 1970s or early 1980s. Front row, left to right: John Lynch, Peter Zander, Ronald Guerra. Back row: unknown, Herbert Shrum, Burky Worel, Louis Baldino.
Posted inPublic Safety

Vallejo patrol staffing drops below 1975 levels

by Laurence Du Sault and Geoffrey King September 21, 2022October 27, 2023

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Senior officials ordered destruction of Vallejo police shooting evidence

Vallejo police bend badges to mark fatal shootings

Vallejo police bend badges to mark fatal shootings

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Suspects in killings of Vallejo witness, Vermont border patrol agent connected by marriage license, extreme ideology

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