AG Xavier Becerra Won't Examine Vallejo Police Killing Of Sean Monterrosa
California's attorney general declined Wednesday to independently investigate the fatal shooting of Sean Monterrosa.
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California's attorney general declined Wednesday to independently investigate the fatal shooting of Sean Monterrosa.
Vallejo resident Jeremy Ray Warren, convicted of child sex trafficking, was sentenced to 17 years in prison Monday.
Protesters gathered outside the offices of Solano County District Attorney Krishna Abrams Monday, demanding she recuse herself from investigations of officer-involved shootings.
A man shot Friday night in Vallejo was taken to a hospital but later died of his injuries, police said Saturday.
A woman was found shot dead inside a home in Vallejo and police were treating the death as suspicious.
The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority resumed service Monday on its Richmond route for the first time since closing in mid-March due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
It cost nearly $25 million for the state to deploy 8,000 National Guard soldiers to Vallejo and other California cities to assist police during protests over racial injustice inspired by the death of George Floyd in Minnesota.
Vallejo police released a surveillance camera photo of a female carjacking suspect early Friday, hoping the public will identify her and lead to her arrest and that of a male companion who took part in the crime.
As police in Vallejo continue to investigate a Tuesday night shooting at a birthday party for two children that left two people dead and three injured, one of the victim's family members spoke out Wednesday, calling the shooters "cowards."
Two women were dead, three others including a child wounded after gunfire disrupted a festive scene on Vallejo's Cynthia Ave. late Tuesday night, authorities said.
The policy change by District Attorney Chesa Boudin comes as the U.S. reels from the deaths of George Floyd and other people of color at the hands of police.
In the wake of several officer-involved shootings including the death of Sean Monterrosa this week, Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced on Friday his agency would do a comprehensive review of the Vallejo Police Department's use of deadly force policies.
In the midst of a national upheaval over police violence, the city of Vallejo is once again investigating a fatal police shooting.
Vallejo police announced Wednesday the death of a suspect shot early Tuesday morning by an officer who mistakenly thought he had a gun during incidents of civil unrest and looting.
The driver of a U-Haul box truck was arrested early Wednesday morning after leading Vallejo police and California Highway Patrol officers on a chase, including going the wrong way on the freeway, during the third consecutive night of civil disturbances in the city.
National Guard troops patrolled the streets of Vallejo early Wednesday, joining the effort to end nights of violence and looting in the wake of George Floyd's in-custody death in Minneapolis.
Even with a local curfew in place, violence erupted in Vallejo late Monday and early Tuesday as stores were looted, an arson fire damaged City Hall, arrests were made and there was an officer-involved shooting outside a Walgreens.
A COVID-19 outbreak at The Windsor Vallejo Care Center has claimed 16 lives and left 112 residents infected with the virus, according to Solano County health officials.
Vallejo's Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and Six Flags Hurricane Harbor in Concord announced new health and safety guidelines Tuesday that will be implemented when the parks reopen following the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
A Memorial Day service was held Monday at the Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo. It honored those who died but it also celebrated new life for the oldest naval cemetery on the West Coast.
A woman was killed and a teen hospitalized with a gunshot wound in a Friday afternoon shooting in a Vallejo parking lot, authorities said.
A gang member has been arrested a second gang member sought following an armed home invasion of a home in Fremont earlier this month, along with a robbery spree committed on the same day, authorities announced Tuesday.
The California Highway Patrol released aerial video Monday of a wild pursuit of a driver who raced across the Carquinez Bridge going the wrong-way, dodging on-coming vehicles at speeds of up to 100 mph and eventually sped down a railroad track in Vallejo in an attempt to elude capture.
An outbreak of coronavirus at a Vallejo nursing home has infected almost 100 residents and staffers, according to health authorities.
A woman who allegedly coughed in security guards faces at the height of the coronavirus outbreak to elude arrest on a shoplifting charge at a Vallejo retail store has turned herself in, authorities said.
