Open Vallejo News Archives

Vallejo City Manager Michael Malone, who is a Black man in his 60s, speaks from a city council dais while wearing a dark suit, white shirt and dark tie.

Vallejo city manager out as state DOJ moves in

by Geoffrey King October 19, 2023April 26, 2024

A Vallejo police officer, who is white, detains a Black woman who he then punched in the face after her car collided with an SUV and a cement truck.

Vallejo officer who punched woman in viral video has violent history

by Geoffrey King October 18, 2023December 9, 2023

Several Vallejo police officers are lit by police lights at night.

State DOJ to impose sweeping reforms on Vallejo police

by Geoffrey King October 16, 2023October 30, 2023

A five-year-old girl sits atop her father's shoulders holding a sign that reads, "I have unlimited value. So did Jahhnavi." They are partly in shadow and light at a protest.

Seattle police ended body camera analysis after footage caught officer mocking woman’s death

by Laurence Du Sault September 21, 2023October 30, 2023

Six police officers stand at attention in an automotive museum

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

by Geoffrey King September 18, 2023October 30, 2023

A police officer in a dark suit cradles a clear acrylic or glass award with a seven-point star and a wooden base while smiling slightly.

Whistleblower who exposed badge-bending to settle lawsuit for nearly $1 million

by Geoffrey King September 13, 2023March 13, 2025

A white male lawyer with a shaved head in his 50s or 60s leaves a hearing in Solano County Superior Court.

Open Government

Solano County District Attorney unlawfully withholds police shooting records, Open Vallejo alleges

by Geoffrey King September 6, 2023October 27, 2023

Three Vallejo police officers stand at a kitchen counter waiting to take orders to diners during a "tip-a-cop" charity event benefitting the Special Olympics of Northern California.

Ryan McMahon, whose bent badge revealed post-killing ritual, leaves Broadmoor

by Laurence Du Sault September 5, 2023October 27, 2023

A Vallejo police officer in jeans and a tactical vest shines a flashlight while standing next to an open car at night.

Termination overturned for Vallejo detective who killed Sean Monterrosa

by Geoffrey King August 26, 2023October 27, 2023

A Black woman in her early 40s wearing a white shirt poses for a portrait on her porch at sunset. An uncannily-accurate tattoo of her twin brother Charles, who was killed by Vallejo police in 2007, when they were 26, adorns her right arm.

Vallejo police concealed violent deaths for years, Open Vallejo lawsuit reveals

by Laurence Du Sault August 24, 2023January 28, 2025