For the last year, I've been gathering records and conducting interviews about the case of Ian Rogers, the alleged Three Percenter who federal authorities say was plotting to bomb the Democrats Sacramento headquarters. Here's what I've found out:
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Today is the fourth anniversary of the killing of Willie McCoy by Vallejo police. McCoy was shot 55 times after he was found unresponsive in his car in a Taco Bell drive-thru. Our podcast from last year broke down how police investigated the shooting:
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This work isn't glamorous. It can be tedious, arduous and frustrating. But we believe it's important. We believe the community deserves good local journalism and not exploitation.
If you value real community journalism, please consider supporting us.
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We are expanding our coverage of the neighboring city of Benicia and trying to help fill a coverage gap there.
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We launched a new events newsletter in collaboration with Vallejo Arts & Entertainment to let people know about the great things happening in the city.
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We're covering the challenges behind the scenes at the local history museum and what's in store for its future.
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For example, we're closely tracking the development of two projects for homeless Vallejo residents, how they will be funded, and when they will open.
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We do stories about the police at , but we want to make sure we're not just exploiting the community for clicks and attention. That's why we provide regular in-depth coverage of a number of other issues -- city council, schools, arts -- that you won't see elsewhere.
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National news media -- and even some local and regional media -- keep exploiting Vallejo for attention. They just want to come in and do a story about the police department doing something shocking rather than stick around and provide the community with the information it needs.
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Supervisors Mitch Mashburn and John Vasquez voted against funding Vallejo homeless assistance projects today. There will be another vote, but if Vallejo's going to get the money, one of them will need to change their vote.
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TODAY: Currently waiting for the Solano County Board of Supervisors to take up what projects to provide ARPA funds for. Background:
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We later obtained emails between Unity Care and the city which show that Unity Care had threatened to pull its staff out of the hotel because of continued hazardous conditions and the city not providing adequate resources for cleaning.
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The state had previously moved to revoke Unity Care's license to operate five foster facilities in the Bay Area and did not renew a provisional license for a sixth for a litany of issues. Unity Care voluntarily surrendered the licenses.
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We wrote about Unity Care when we reported on Project RoomKey last year. Five people died in the program and three weren't found for days. The city didn't disclose the deaths and Unity Care called the program "remarkably successful."
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One of the projects the Solano Board of Supervisors will consider next week is $1.7M for a new foster home by the nonprofit Unity Care, which also provided case management in Vallejo's Project RoomKey program for about a year starting in late 2020.
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Reviewing an awards submission and the criteria and all online-only publications are lumped in with the lowest circulation newspapers. So the tiniest newspapers and websites get to compete with ProPublica. Probably should rethink this structure.
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Did you know the Vallejo Sun now has a second weekly newsletter just for Vallejo events?
Sign up for our newsletter now to get a list of all the great events in Vallejo delivered every week curated from Vallejo Arts & Entertainment:
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UPDATED: PG&E said today that this development is scheduled to be hooked up with power on March 3.
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The city of Vallejo previously said that a new housing project for homeless residents would open in January. But city officials said it will be at least another month and could take even more as the developer waits for PG&E to add power to the site.
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If this isn't full of weed it's not really ok
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NEW: Attorneys representing the family of Sean Monterrosa, who Vallejo police killed in 2020, allege in court filings that the Vallejo Police Officers Association has ignored a subpoena for nearly a year and are seeking a court order for their cooperation.
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The Vallejo City Council voted to move its code enforcement division from the police department to the planning department while budgeting for another officer. But the city has had problems recruiting for the vacancies it already has.
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Launched as a pirate radio station in 2006, Ozcat radio has been promoting up and coming musical talent in Vallejo for 16 years. Arts contributor Gretchen Zimmermann discussed the station's history and mission with its founders and hosts:
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Update: Embattled #Oakland businessman/former Tribune Tower owner Thomas Henderson has been sentenced for his role in a $110M investor fraud scheme involving EB-5 visas. Story here 👇
#investors #fraud #prison #bayarea #realestate
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When the Benicia City Council re-upped Erik Upson's contract last year, it included a scheduled raise in June 2023 and a fixed term ending in 2024 as a retention incentive. But Upson is retiring early. vallejosun.com/benicia-city-m
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The City Council unanimously overruled this board's first recommendation, so I'm not surprised there's not a lot of interest here.
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Vallejo Mayor Robert McConnell announced that the city didn’t receive any applications from D4 residents for the city’s surveillance advisory board
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NEW: Former Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams will receive $408,000 in severance after he suddenly resigned from the city last November, according to a resignation and separation agreement.
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Badass attorney , who's represented me in a few different public records suits, is representing the badass student journalists at
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Four student journalists from Laney College in Oakland are suing the Peralta Community College District to force administrators to produce documents that tax-funded agencies must make available under the California Public Records Act. trib.al/w7tBAFq
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Hey it's not OK to keep vaguely insisting that my flight was cancelled due to "weather" when I can look up the weather and it was fine. You're just saying that because your policy says that if it wasn't because of weather you have to pay for my expenses.
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Caltrans is looking to elevate flood-prone Highway 37, which could be underwater due to climate change within decades. The project is expected to cost between $8 billion and $11.1 billion and the agency is working on tracking down funding.
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The Solano County Office of Emergency Services announced this afternoon that evacuation warnings in the area surrounding Suisun Creek have been lifted.
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The area within a quarter-mile of Suisun Creek between Cordelia and Fairfield remains under an evacuation warning this weekend as heavy rain continues. The area is at risk of flooding because Lake Curry, an unused reservoir owned by the city of Vallejo, is at risk of overflow.
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More about the leaked records here:
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When told me about the leaked IA records he had regarding former Vallejo police Officer Ryan McMahon, I never dreamed that we had something that attorneys litigating against this officer for years hadn't already seen under a protective order.
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Despite years of litigation & document requests demanding all personnel records, the city intentionally failed to disclose McMahon’s performance plan. If it wasn’t for this article we would have never known. Vallejo is easily the most corrupt city I’ve ever litigated against.
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EXCLUSIVE: Internal Vallejo police records show that former Officer Ryan McMahon, who killed Ronell Foster in 2018, was placed on a performance improvement plan for a series of incidents including endangering another officer during a pursuit that year.
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My father’s “dream” wasn’t palpable to the white masses, including politicians.
He challenged militarism and sought to eradicate it.
He worked to end poverty, as caused by extreme capitalism and materialism.
We need to know the authentic King…The Inconvenient King.
#MLKDay
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See this episode of podcast, where we discuss one such ideology, the Three Percenter movement, how it uses exactly this kind of thinking to foment violent revolution, and how sheriff's officials in Solano Co. appear to be sympathetic to it.
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These sheriffs think they're following the Constitution, but the Constitution already has a check against unconstitutional laws, and it's not the opinion of local law enforcement. This is radical, insurrectionist ideology.
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Dozens of Illinois sheriff's departments say they will not enforce a new state law banning assault weapons. The sheriffs say they believe the ban is unconstitutional.
Here's a thread of their statements. Adams, Bond, Brown and Bureau Counties first:
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