Vallejo Police Launch Investigation Into Employee's Alleged Use Of A Swastika
Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams confirmed Monday that his department has ordered an outside investigation into the alleged use of a swastika by an employee.
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Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams confirmed Monday that his department has ordered an outside investigation into the alleged use of a swastika by an employee.
The Vallejo Police Department fired an officer Wednesday who was involved in two fatal shootings within the past two years.
A suspect wanted in an assault with a deadly weapon case kept Vallejo officers at bay outside his home for three hours Tuesday and resisted attempts to communicate before tear gas was used, Vallejo police said.
An 18-year-old man and two teenage boys were arrested in Vallejo in connection to a string of brazen, daytime armed robberies, police said Thursday.
A 30-year-old Vallejo father of four was killed late Sunday night when a gunman walked up to him as he was using an ATM machine inside a Vallejo Valero gas station and shot him in the head, according to family members.
A 28-year-old Vacaville man has been arrested for allegedly killing Priscilla Castro, a Vallejo woman who vanished in August and whose burned body was found in a rural area of Solano County near Lake Berryessa.
It was a lucky weekend for a couple of SuperLotto Plus players in the Bay Area and one of them won Saturday night's $20 million jackpot.
A civil case has been settled against the city of Vallejo for $5.7 million over the fatal police shooting of Ronell Foster in 2018, city officials announced Friday.
Police in Vallejo on Thursday announced they are investigating two separate fatal shootings that happened since Wednesday night.
A three alarm vegetation fire threatening homes in south Vallejo was quickly contained Friday night, according to fire officials.
Vallejo Police arrested two local men Sunday in connection to the killing of a man during an altercation over the weekend.
Oakland attorney John Burris filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Vallejo and Vallejo Police Officer Jarrett Tonn on Thursday for the fatal shooting of San Francisco resident Sean Monterrosa during a Black Lives Matter protest in early June.
A bill to be considered in the California Legislature would allow the families of police brutality victims to seek compensation from the state even if someone is not arrested or charged with a crime.
City officials released a flood of new documentation connected to the fatal 2019 Vallejo Police officer-involved shooting of rapper Willie McCoy Wednesday, including evidence current Chief Shawny Williams recommended one officer's termination.
The Vallejo Police Department asked the public for help Tuesday identifying a suspect in a shooting from last month.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Paul Sequeira sat down with KPIX5 and talk about the selection of Michael Ramos, the former District Attorney of San Bernardino County, to lead an independent investigation of the police shooting of Willie McCoy.
Vallejo police chief Shawny Williams said he has asked for an investigation by an outside third party after two people in the department said officers had their badges bent to mark on-duty killings.
A City of Vallejo councilmember has been targeted with racist graffiti sprayed outside a campaign office, according to police.
Solano County District Attorney Krishna Abrams on Thursday announced the appointment of Michael Ramos as a special prosecutor to review the Vallejo Police Department officer-involved shooting in February that killed rapper Willie McCoy.
Under scrutiny after several fatal police shootings, the Vallejo chief of police said he is opening an inquiry into allegations that officers bent their badges to mark on-duty killings.
A 49-year-old New Orleans woman is dead and her son was critically injured early Sunday morning after being stabbed by a woman police say is the female victim's daughter.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for a federal investigation Friday of the Vallejo police killing of Sean Monterrosa following word this week that evidence in the case had been destroyed.
A woman was struck by a fleeing car and shots were fired at police officers as they broke of a large sideshow in Vallejo -- one of several staged within the city early Saturday, authorities said.
Police in Vallejo on Wednesday released body camera footage of the fatal officer-involved shooting on June 2 that left unarmed San Francisco resident Sean Monterrosa dead.
The Six Flags Discovery Kingdom amusement park in Vallejo is reopening next week but rides will not be operating and the amount of visitors will be kept well below capacity.
