Autor: P. Sebastián Vallejo (FASTA)

Autor: P. Sebastián Vallejo (FASTA)

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As Vallejo’s city government pushes to give the Vallejo Police Department a new headquarters on the city’s waterfront, community members have questioned why the controversial police department, known for killing 19 people since 2010 and marking on-duty shootings by bending the tips of their badges, deserves such a prime piece of real estate. The co…

It’s now been a year since veteran journalists John Glidden, Scott Morris and Brian Krans launched the Vallejo Sun. The three discuss their biggest stories, from dogged city hall coverage to deaths in Project Roomkey and local law enforcement ties to extremist right-wing militias. Since the launch of the Vallejo Sun on Sept. 15, 2021, the three rep…

Ian Rogers of Napa and Jarrod Copeland of Vallejo were arrested and charged with plotting to blow up the Democrats Sacramento headquarters in 2021. Investigators seized 49 guns and several pipe bombs from Rogers and more guns from Copeland. Prosecutors alleged that the two were specifically motivated to violence by President Donald Trump’s election…

Vallejo Police Det. Jarrett Tonn shot Sean Monterrosa in the back of the head on June 2, 2020, amid wide-scale looting following the police murder of George Floyd in Mineapolis. Since then, Tonn’s been fired — and soon likely rehired — and the California Attorney General is still deciding whether he’ll face criminal charges. At the same time, Sean’…

When a Vice film crew came to Vallejo to interview native rap sensation Nef the Pharaoh and others in its legendary music scene, Vallejo police officers showed up and detained everyone, giving cameras direct evidence of how police violence continues to shape the local rap scene. Using previously unreleased body camera footage, this episode illustra…

For the last two decades, some members of the Vallejo Police Department have bent the tips of the badges belonging to officers after they shot at someone while on duty. While the city promised to investigate, it has kept the findings of a third-party investigation under wraps. Now, a public defender is calling those officers to testify about the tr…

At least four people died in hotels in Vallejo, Calif., under Project RoomKey, a statewide initiative that put people experiencing homelessness up in hotel rooms to keep them safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to the Vallejo Sun’s ongoing investigation into the program and the death of 63-year-old Cherie Nicoletta. You can view photos and do…

On Feb. 9, 2019, six police officers in Vallejo, California, fired 55 times into a car parked in a Taco Bell drive-thru, killing Willie McCoy, who had been asleep behind the wheel just seconds before. The Vallejo Sun obtained audio recordings of interviews with those officers in the following hours, showing surface-level questioning with little pus…

The City of Vallejo has purchased a cell site simulator, a powerful surveillance technology, without complying with a state law that requires public input. The Vallejo Police Department has already used the device two dozen times — up to 10 of them without first getting a warrant, according to an activist who is now suing the city.…

Revelations about Councilmember Hakeem Brown’s history of domestic violence have wracked Vallejo, resulting in rescinded endorsements of his mayoral campaign and an effort to have him recalled from city council.Autor: Open Vallejo

Vallejo police are in a state of emergency. Crime is up and so are civil rights settlements, including a $5.7 million settlement to the family of Ronell Foster, who say they won’t stop fighting until Officer Ryan McMahon is convicted for his death. Last month, he became the first Vallejo cop to lose his job over a shooting — but only because he end…

The Vallejo Police Department has a history of violating residents’ Fourth Amendment rights, a lesson Vallejo’s children learn from a young age.Autor: Open Vallejo

Ashley and Michelle Monterrosa joined the family-led movement to end Vallejo police violence when Detective Jarrett Tonn killed their brother on June 2, 2020. Raised in an activist family in San Francisco, they say they want their brother to be the last person killed by police in Vallejo, a city that continues to pay out millions to settle civil ri…

Vallejo’s police department is looking to hire more officers as their salaries continue to rise. Meanwhile, the city council may be violating public meeting laws, and a proposal for a Black Lives Matter mural is met with skepticism.Autor: Open Vallejo

The family of Sean Monterrosa has filed a lawsuit against the City of Vallejo and his killer, Det. Jarrett Tonn, but the interim city attorney wants the trial moved hundreds of miles away. Meanwhile, the city council tries to placate the public over a $2.4 million increase to the police budget by dangling the possibility of an oversight body. But i…

The City of Vallejo’s new, $97,000 use-of-force dashboard omits multiple prominent police killings, its city council silently reviews written public comments, and the head of its police union says its department doesn’t take others’ problem officers — despite his own history of excessive force in Oakland.…

Vallejo police killed six people in 2012. Three of these killings were the work of a single officer: Sean Kenney. One public defender says there were plenty of red flags in Kenney’s personnel file years before he shot his first person — not to mention his fifth.Autor: Open Vallejo

Sean Monterrosa was the 19th person killed by Vallejo police in the last decade. This episode examines the city’s response after Det. Jarrett Tonn — already involved in three other shootings — fired five times from the backseat of an unmarked truck, amid nationwide protests against police violence following the death of George Floyd.…

In this new podcast, Open Vallejo will examine what it is like being policed — and being police — in Vallejo, California. If you have something that needs to be heard, please let us know.Autor: Open Vallejo

Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Welcome to Vallejo’s Community Presbyterian Church sermon podcast on the third Sunday in Advent, December 15, 2019. The Rev. Wendy Komori Stager is preaching. Her message is “Unabashed Joy.” The scriptures this morning are from Isaiah 35: 1-10 and the New Testament book of Luke 1: 46b-55.Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Welcome to Vallejo’s Community Presbyterian Church sermon podcast on the second Sunday in Advent, December 8, 2019. The Rev. Wendy Komori Stager is preaching. Her message is “Loving Joy.” The Old Testament scriptures this morning are from Isaiah 11: 1-10 and Psalm 98.Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Welcome to Vallejo’s Community Presbyterian Church sermon podcast on the first Sunday in Advent, December 1, 2019. The Rev. Wendy Komori Stager is preaching. Her message is “Hopeful Joy.” The Old Testament scripture this morning is taken from Isaiah 2: 1-5 and the New Testament lesson is Romans 13: 11-14.…

Welcome to Vallejo’s Community Presbyterian Church sermon podcast on Sunday November 24, 2019. The Rev. Wendy Komori Stager is preaching. Her message this Sunday is “Gratitude.” The scripture this morning is taken from the Old Testament, Jonah 4: 1-11.Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Welcome to Vallejo’s Community Presbyterian Church sermon podcast on Sunday November 17, 2019. The Rev. Wendy Komori Stager is preaching. Her message this Sunday is “Jonah—the Successful Prophet.” The Bible reading this morning is from the Old Testament Jonah chapters 3: 1-10 and 4: 1-4.Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Welcome to Vallejo’s Community Presbyterian Church sermon podcast on Sunday November 10, 2019. The Rev. Wendy Komori Stager is preaching. Her message this Sunday is “Jonah—the Bitter Prophet.” The Bible reading this morning is from the Old Testament Jonah chapters 1 and 2.Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Welcome to Vallejo’s Community Presbyterian Church sermon podcast on Sunday November 3, 2019. The Rev. Wendy Komori Stager is preaching. Her message this Sunday is “Places of Remembering.” The Old Testament lessons today are Psalm 23 and Genesis 23: 1-20.Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Welcome to Vallejo’s Community Presbyterian Church sermon podcast on Sunday October 20, 2019. The Rev. Wendy Komori Stager is preaching. Her message this Sunday is “Focus.” The Old Testament lesson today is Joel 2: 21-27. New Testament lesson is Matthew 6: 24-34.Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Welcome to Vallejo’s Community Presbyterian Church sermon podcast on Sunday October 13, 2019. The Rev. Dr. Teresa Chavez Sauceda is preaching. Her message this Sunday is “Getting from Thank You to Yes.” The New Testament lessons are Luke 17: 11-19 and 2 Timothy 2: 8-15.Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

Welcome to Vallejo’s Community Presbyterian Church sermon podcast on Sunday October 6, 2019. The Rev. Wendy Komori Stager is preaching. Her message on this World Wide Communion Sunday is “Holy Architecture.” The New Testament lesson is Ephesians 2: 4-19 and the Old Testament lesson is I Kings 8: 2-13.…

Welcome to Vallejo’s Community Presbyterian Church sermon podcast on Sunday September 29, 2019. The Rev. Wendy Komori Stager is preaching. Her message is “Receiving Hospitality.” The New Testament reading is Luke 14: 7-11 and the Old Testament lesson is Psalm 19: 1-10.Autor: Community Presbyterian Church

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