and in this case the disgraced mayor foppoli has lost our trust. there's no way back from this is no way to regain the public trust. >> we reached out to mayor foppoli any hasn't responded just yet. >> and so what happens when do the petitions potentially go out to start to collect signatures and we know how many need to get the recall. going. >> you can donate about 3,300 signatures from registered voters here in windsor and they're hoping those petitions will be out by mid-may live in windsor. amanda hari kron 4 news. >> and another big story we're following tonight, the recall of governor newsome. the says officially triggered the secretary of state's office confirming. but more than one 0.6 million signatures on recall petitions. they happen verified kron four's ashley zavala has the latest. >> it's been a long haul. organizers of the effort to recall governor gavin newsome officially gathered enough petition signatures for the issue to head to voters later this year. the secretary of state's office confirmed one 0.66 million signatures have be

this morning a protest was outside the winery foppoli co- owns. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard was there and has more on reaction from residents. >> reporter: a small group of protesters stood outside christopher creek winery co- owned by winds or mayor dominic foppoli. >> i wanted to let them know that the community is paying attention and that we need him to be held accountable. we need him to resign. >> reporter: the mayor under fire after five women told the chronicle that foppoli sexually assaulted them. the alleged incidents took place over 16 years. sophia williams says she was assaulted by foppoli in 2006 after a night of drinking and dancing. >> i was like no, dominic, we're not doing this and like rubbing his groin against me and then eventually he started to put his hand down my pants. >> reporter: now a sixth woman is coming forward with claims. windsor council member ester lemus told the santa rosa "press democrat" she was drugged and sexually assaulted twice by foppoli twice in 2020. foppoli told the newspaper he denies those cla

a group of recalling mayor foppoli. úsix w acausing foppoli of assault. >> reporter: a small group ofprotesters stood outside of christopher creek winery co- owned by windsor mayor dominic foppoli. >> i wanted to draw attention to his businesses and let them know the community is paying attention and we need him to be held accountable. we need him to resign. >> reporter: the mayor under fire after five women told the chronicle that foppoli sexually assaulted them. the allege incidents took place over 16 years. williams says she was asalt by foppoli in 2016 after a night of drinking and dancing. now a sixth woman is coming forward with claims. windsor council member estor told the press democrat she was drugged and sexually assaulted twice by foppoli in 2020. foppoli denies those claims and says she coerced him. the mayor released this statement saying in part "now is the appropriate -- the sheriff's department has opened an investigation into the matter. >> victims in this case will be treated with the utmost respect. they have been very courageous and brave in coming forward. >> he d

the winds are city town council could demand that their dominic foppoli resigned. plus making the streets of oakland say for the plan now to prevent dange.ous and illegal sideshows. now from the local news station. this is kron. 4 news at 3. >> the district office. he has now carefully reviewed the case and concluded independent. if we do have enough evidence. to go forward and prosecute both mister paul orr's >> now it's 3 bringing justice to the family of kristian smart, the cal poly tech student who vanished in 1996. the prime suspect in the case has now been charged with murder. thank you for joining us here on kron, 4 news at 3. i'm justine waldman. the san luis obispo county district attorney's office has just announced the charges against 2 suspects. they are a father and a son kron. 4 sanaz tahernia joins us now live with more on the charges and the big break in the case. >> paul flores, the prime suspect in the kristen smart case is now facing first degree felony murder charge as well as father ruben flores is facing a charge of accessory to murder after t

windsor residents kicked off recall efforts to remove mayor dominic foppoli yesterday. this after 6 women have publicly accused him of harassment or assault kron four's. amanda hari spoke with another sonoma county mayor about the seriousness of the situation. >> i spoke to the mayor of the city of sonoma. he thinks the recall effort will be successful. he says recalling is the only recourse citizens have against somebody that has lost their trust. no one has the right to be a mayor of a city. >> and this is the position public trust city of sonoma. mayor logan harvey believes windsor mayor dominic foppoli will not be able to regain that trust. that trust is lost after it became public knowledge that multiple women for accusing mayor foppoli of assault. >> it's important that somebody that has this level of allegations that are so believable. not not hold a position of public trust in public power and the community has reacted even holding a council meeting to ask him to resign. >> after from poli refused to resign. he said he would be stepping back from his position as

at least 8 northbay mayors have do not demand it dominic foppoli resigned. we spoke with the vice mayor within the hour and this is what he had to say. >> we would really like for the mayor to step down. that is the first thing. if that doesn't hadoesn't hadoea the recall petition -- i don't know. i haven't verified they have been pulled yet. i suspect -- i assume >> this is another live look at the city council meeting happening right now in windsor. we are told the chief of police will also speak and address why charges have not been filed and why they weren't filed in the past because all of this is alleged to have hahave hahave ha period of 16 years. this is an open investigation and also an active investigation and the public comment will be allowed tonight as well. it should be an interesting meeting. we will be covering it and have the latest of what is said in this meeting tonight >> interesting an intense, no doubt. >>> we are on vaccine watch. california is at a significant point. half the state has gotten at least one dose of the coronavirus vacci

still, mayor foppoli ran the meeting and said he would resign threes. and i'm not stepping down as in this case. i know the truth of those experiences daughter says he was shocked by the mayor's response. >> mayor foppoli left the meeting about halfway through. >> it boggles the that would 6 hours of your fellow citizens. stand up. and take the time to do this and tell you to resign and the flecked upon your character. you don't have the respect. we just decency to to not just. share them but to listen to that. >> councilor esterly miss recused herself from the special meeting. she and 4 poli are accusing each other of assault. we miss says she watched the meeting and released a statement that said in part, yesterday's meeting opened a lot of deep wounds for myself. the other victims and our community. it is clear we have a lot of work to do moving forward. and zahner is focused on those next steps. but it will take time. so essentially you have to put in. >> notice that you're going to petitions someone recall and then as he posted, can respond and the

dominic foppoli is under investigation after six women have accused him of sexual assault. protesters were out at some of windsor's most popular spots getting the word out about new recall efforts. cornell bernard was there. >> reporter: a small protest in the middle of windsor is among stalls of fresh veggies, food and drink there was a reminder that this city is facing a crisis at the top. >> if we don't use our voices we will not be heard. >> reporter: mayorreporter: mayr foppoli now has other nicknames. a sheriff's investigation is underway after six women accused him of sexual assault. earlier this weekend this protest was organized to support the women who have come forward. >> we want to stand right beside the victims and let them know we are here. >> more than 150 calls for the mayor's resignation during a heated town council meeting last week. >> i am ashamed of you. at this rate you are better off going to the mountains somewhere living there the rest of your life. >> i know deep in my heart i my have done nothing criminally wrong. >> reporter: the mayor refusing

drugged and sexually assaulted by foppoli last year. he is well known and connected in the community. he has been preferred to as the prince of wine country. his brother says he is no longer affiliated with the winery. no criminal charges have been filed. sonoma and state attorney general's office are both investigating. the only way to actually remove him from office is for him to fully resign or launch a recall effort. the other part of his statement said i will be available to sign resolutions and in an extreme circumstance join a meeting to create a quorum if one of my colleagues is conflicted out. while investigation is underway i will not be present at town hall nor attend meetings in my capacity as mayor. he says the vice mayor will lead for the time being. we have reached out to several town council members, administrators, and others who have been calling for his resignation. we have not heard back. >>> we want to take a live look outside because it's warming up out there. mary lee weforeca hi. thisjust the start. we will inue

her attorney told kpix 5 it's retaliation for lemus' call for foppoli to resign. >>> also tonight, ag awaited plan to connect two of tahoe's biggest ski resorts could finally become a reality. the company behind squaw valley and alpine meadows hopes to break ground on a new gondola this summer. altera mountain company says the entire ride would take about 15 minutes, transporting skiers and riders through the back country terrain. now, the project is expected to cost about $60 million. the idea still needs approval from placer county and the u.s. forest service. >>> so you'd be skiing from sun up to sun down, i guess, if you're going to take advantage of that entire route, huh? >> i think that's kind of the idea when you go up there, to ski the entire day if you can. >> and then some. >> if we had a gondola ride around here this evening, all you would see is the inside of a cloud. the fog has rolled in. you can't even see the top of the pyramid. and this is going to continue to be the dominant feature in our weather as we head through the rest of tonight. temperatures have dropped of

foppoli was appointed mayor in 2020. last month foppoli was appointed the newest representative to the golden gate bridge highway. he has always as you heard co- owner of crystal creek winery which was started by his family. >>> we saw another long line of people waiting to be vaccinated. abc 7 news was at the hospital this morning as people waited their turn. you saw that line stretch down the block kind of like it did yesterday. now the run on vaccinations is partially because of san francisco expanding eligibility groups. >> i wasn't really expecting to get it yesterday because i went at noon. so it was just to try to get more information because it's confusing online. the calls are all, the lines are all busy. so it was more to get information and then if i could get a vaccine that would be great. >> this coming thursday, everyone 16 years and older will be eligible to get vaccinated. >>> to the peninsula where abc 7 news was in redwood city today where the effort to achieve vaccine equity brought a clinic to a neigh

still, mayor foppoli ran the meeting and said he would resign threes. and i'm not stepping down as in this case. i know the truth of those experiences daughter says he was shocked by the mayor's response. >> mayor foppoli left the meeting about halfway through. >> it boggles the mind that would 6 hours of your fellow citizens. stand up. and take the time to do this and tell you to resign and the flecked upon your character. you don't have the respect. gist decency to to not just. share them but to listen to that counselor esterly miss recused herself from the special meeting. >> she and 4 poli are accusing each other of assault. we miss says she watched the meeting and released a statement that said in part, yesterday's meeting opened a lot of deep wounds for myself. the other victims and our community. it is clear we have a lot of work to do moving forward. and zahner is focused on those next steps. but it will take time. so essentially you have to put in. >> notice that you're going to petitions someone recall and then as he posted, can respond and th

mayor logan harvey believes windsor mayor dominic foppoli will not be able to regain that trust. that trust is lost after it became public knowledge that multiple women for accusing mayor foppoli of assault. >> it's important that somebody that has this level of allegations that are so believable. not not hold the position of public trust in public power and the community has reacted even holding a council meeting to ask him to resign. >> after from poli refused to resign. he said he would be stepping back from his position as mayor, but still available if needed. mayor harvey tells me he doesn't understand how that would work. >> i don't know what stepping back looks like as mayor and it's sort of like not i'm not going to do my job and i'm not going to leave my post either because he won't resign. the recall foppoli committee is beginning the process to remove it. >> the co chair tim zahner filed a notice of intent to recall and he says a lot of people are interested in getting involved. i've had to turn away people who wanted to sign the notice of intent to recall even though

dominic foppoli has been accused of assault by a string of women. now the effort to recall him has to start all over again. from the very beginning, kron 4 noelle bellow here to tell us why. >> well, it's just 2 words actually that stalled this entire process and force this recall effort to be terminated, but it won't be for long. the sponsors of the recall they're already working to refile that notice. >> monday afternoon. chair of the recall foppoli campaign. tim zahner dropped off the notice of intention to recall. mayor dominic foppoli. but by tuesday night the town clerk announced it would not advance to. we might. all right. like obviously i'm not a lawyer and election specialist. >> it is. we're all learning how to do this for bullies. full title of at large. mayor did not appear with his name in the official notice. >> but donner says the group has every intention to refile the paperwork with the important at it going to near to at large there because typically the title. i guess this is the first time a recall effort has happened in the tow

members outraged and women and men demanding foppoli resign immediately. >> please, step down. if you don't, i hope to god that you hear my voice in head. >> resign you rapist. >> dominique, man up, my dude. >> reporter: you heard the comments and anger. at this point the mayor refuses to resign. reporting in windsor, j.r. stone. >>> the calendar says april 15. it is normally tax day but this is not a normal year. the normal deadline is delayed to may 17. you should still send them as soon as possible to get that tax return in your bank account if you are owed a tax return. the irs is dealing with major pandemic delays of its own. >> that is being optimistic, that we will get paid this year. [ laughing ] >>> let's take a look at what is going on. mid to upper 40s with increasing clouds across san francisco. temperatures mainly in the mid to upper 40s. san leandro is 50, pittsburg is 52. low 40s in palo alto, 41 in santa clara and saratoga 42 degrees. temperatures hovering in the mid-40s through the morning commute with clouds trying to spread to the east, but not completely cov

foppoli remaining defiant tonight saying that he will not step down and that he never violated any of the women. but as kron four's gayle ong reports from outside the mayor's family winery pressure is continuing to build even now his own brother. >> is calling for him to step down from office. >> outside christopher creek winery sunday >> supporters of the women who have come forward accusing windsor mayor dominic foppoli of assault are outraged as a community to >> this horrible monster in a position of power and he's still denying the accusations and we want him to know that we're putting pressure on him as a community and we're not going to stop until he resigns. this comes after the san francisco chronicle published an article last week with claims of 4 separate accounts of alleged abuse from incidents dating from 2000, 3 to 2019 as of sunday. there are at least 5 accusations. one of the women speaking out. sophia williams who says the police sexually assaulted her in 2006 the last 15 years i felt one way about my story that we're friends. there's drinking it was a mistake. he pro

that committee, of course, trying to remove mayor dominic foppoli from his job. this after 6 women have publicly accused him of harassment or assault kron four's. amanda hari is live in windsor after talking with another sonoma county mayor about the seriousness of this situation. >> i spoke to the mayor of the city of sonoma. he thinks the recall effort will be successful. he says recalling is the only recourse citizens have again, somebody that has lost their trust. no one has the right to be a mayor of a city. >> and this is the position public trust city of sonoma. mayor logan harvey believes windsor mayor dominic foppoli will not be able to regain that trust. that trust is lost after it became public knowledge that multiple women for accusing mayor foppoli of assault. >> it's important that somebody that has this level of allegations that are so believable. not not hold a position of public trust in public power and the community has reacted even holding a council meeting to ask him to resign. >> after from poli refused to resign. he said he would be steppin

take a look at your screen we'll show you a picture of mayor dominic foppoli. the mayor that the town council voted to asked to step down. now the absent member is a council woman accusing foppoli of drugging and sexually assaulting her despite the majority vote. there's nothing council can do is i said to get him out because there has to be a recall election or he has convicted of a crime. right now. the allegations of assault from 6 different women are being investigated by the attorney general. one of those alleged victims is with windsor, councilwoman esterly miss she recused herself from the meeting rightfully so because she says i'm a part of this ongoing criminal investigation. she claims foppoli drugged and assaulted her on 2 occasions during the meeting. members of the council and many people who live in windsor called for full poli to step down for the sake of the town. >> say that you love windsor. >> then resign, resign, resign you absolutely discussed me. but again, as a resident of this i beg you to please not drag us through this recall process a

-p>> monday afternoon chair of the recall foppoli campaign. tim zahner dropped off the notice of intention to recall. mayor dominic foppoli. but by tuesday night the town clerk announced it would not advance to. we might. all right. like obviously i'm not a lawyer and election specialist. >> is. we're all learning how to do this for bullies. full title of at large. mayor did not appear with his name in the official notice. >> but donner says the group has every intention to refile the paperwork with the important at it going to near to at large there because typically the title. i guess this is the first time a recall effort has happened in the town of windsor. it comes on the heels of assault allegations against foppoli from 6 different women even though he's not been charged with a crime for poli has stepped back from his duties as mayor and many are hoping he will resign altogether. >> we're all thankful that the mayor will resign because i'm elections are just i i've kind of astounded why i think there are going to be some. sometimes when

mayor logan harvey believes windsor mayor dominic foppoli will not be able to regain that trust. that trust is lost after it became public knowledge that multiple women for accusing mayor foppoli of assault. >> it's important that somebody that has this level of allegations that are so believable. not not hold a position of public trust in public power and the community has reacted even holding a council meeting to ask him to resign. >> after from poli refused to resign. he said he would be stepping back from his position as mayor, but still available if needed. mayor harvey tells me he doesn't understand how that would work. >> i don't know what stepping back looks like as mayor and it's sort of like not i'm not going to do my job and i'm not going to leave my post either because he won't resign. the recall foppoli committee is beginning the process to remove it. >> the co chair tim zahner filed a notice of intent to recall and he says a lot of people are interested in getting involved. i've had to turn away people who wanted to sign the notice of intent to recall even though po

not one council member stood behind mayor dominic foppoli kron four's.n mccall is live in the studio and has the latest jonathan. catherine, can that meeting wrapping up just a few moments ago, the council voting 2 to one calling for full poli to step

the chair of the recall foppoli campaign plans to file papers calling to remove poli through a recall election. foppoli is facing assault accusations from 6 different women and he has been facing pressure to resign. he did step down from his position and also denies the accusations. again, both bring you more on this story as soon as more information becomes available on monday. now it's been more than 100 years in the making. but today president joe biden became the first american president to recognize the armenian genocide when around one 0.5 million ethnic armenians were systematically killed. this declaration is likely to increase tensions with turkey on the 100 and 6th anniversary of the massacre. president biden released a statement that reads in part, quote, over the decades armenian immigrants have enrich the united states in countless ways. but they have never forgotten the tragic history that brought so many of their ancestors to our shores. adding we honor their story. we see their pain. we affirm the history we do this not to cast blame but to ensure that what happened is

we reached out to mayor foppoli for comment but have not heard back. his attorney provided a statement denying the allegations. you can follow along with the story by downloading the kpix app by scanning the qr code on your screen right now, we will have that again for you in just a few minutes as we go to break. >>> taking another live look at oracle. this morning, the weight almost over for giants fans today. real people, not cardboard cutouts will be returning to the stands for the home opener. 8900 real-life fans will be allowed back and they will need more than just a ticket to actually get in. you will need to show proof you are fully vaccinated, either that or you will need a negative covid-19 test from no later than 72 hours before first pitch. fans will be seated in pods nine cents and will enter the gate closest to their seats. concessions will be run with an app or a qr code. >> you will get a text to tell you it is ready, you will walk up to your designated concession stand and pick up your food. >> the home opener is at 1:05 this afternoon

. >>> me developments tonight in the sexual misconduct allegations facing windsor mayor dominic foppoliisors unanimously rescinded his appointment to the board of the golden gate district. wayne friedman explains the town is not trying to distance itself from the mayor while also admitting it had been warned of his behavior. >> in windsor tonight, more questions about embattled mayor dominic foppoli and what he was allegedly doing to him and when and if anyone in local government was looking the other way. chief of police ruben martinez -- >> if we would have known back then what we know now this would have been different. >> the mayor now stands accused of sexual misconduct by 6 who date they behavior all the way back to 2003. today, the town issued a statement acknowledging they received two emails accusing the mayor of of improprieties. it first arrived in 2017 about an incident about 2013about 2013 winery. it describes how dominic foppoli innocently invited himself inside of a party of customer women customers. none of the women gave consent. it described dominic foppoli filling the

the north bay town of windsor after hours of intense and emotional debate, embattled mayor dominic foppolimeeting. >> he is facing allegations of sexual assault from multiple women. j.r. stone is live in windsor. there was a vote on his resignation tonight. >> reporter: there was, the council actually passed the resolution, which basically demands that the mayor resigns, they don't have the power to make it actually happened, so right now, a recall efforts. >> i have my head held high because i know deep in my heart i have done nothing criminally wrong and it will be cleared. >> reporter: windsor mayor and winery owner dominic foppoli publicly addressing sexual assault allegations for the first time since six women came forward with the accusations. at least one of them involving drugging a woman. his attorney telling us, everything was consensual, and the mayor refusing to resign from >> i am not without faults, but i'm not a criminal. left the attorney general and the justice system to side. >> reporter: city councilmembers in tears at times as they called for him to step down. >> you ar

we reached out to mayor foppoli for comment but have not yet heard back. his attorney provided a statement to the chronicle denying the allegations. >>> our other top story looking live at san francisco's market street, weeks after an asian grandma was attacked. the suspect's public defender says there's more to this story. newly released surveillance video shows the moment the woman is beaten, leaving her bloodied and badly bruised, maria medina gives us a breakdown of the video. >> i think the most important goal right now is to communicate to the public this was not racially motivated. >> reporter: in newly released video by the san francisco public defender's office, their client steven general jins is pictured hitting xiao zhen xie. she temporarily couldn't see out of one eye. >> this was not a hate crime. >> reporter: but deputy public defender eric says it's possible jenkins mistook her for his own attackers. >> this doesn't take away from the tragedy of what happened, but you know, that's the other message in this. it's a tragedy, and there's three

dominic foppoli announced he is stepping back. >> he is accused of sexually assaulting six women. we found this group of people in windsor making it known they want the mayor to resign. as abc7's cornell bernard found out, that is not something he wants to do. >> it is lane. >> reporter: the reaction to the latest development from mayor dominic foppoli . six women accused the mayor of sexual assault, allegations which spans 16 years. the sheriff investigation underway. hundreds of calls for him to resign and an explosive town council meeting wednesday. the mayor says he will resign, but instead, take a step back from his job. in a statement to abc7 news, mayor foppoli said, as i have said so many time before, i have loved windsor. through prayer and speaking with residents, it has become clear that the town council will not action at the level expected by its citizens if i remain actively involved. given the strong reaction. i maintain full insistence under the law, i have decided to step back from an active role until the formal investigation is complete but i know what my presen

mayor dominic foppoli and now the windsor town council has voted to remove mayor foppoli 5 women havee out to accuse them air. that of sexually assaulting them and one of them actually is a current councilwoman kron fouris. sarah stinson has details. >> the windsor town council is now demanding that mayor dominic foppoli stepped down from his elected position and he says he's not going to do it. he's maintaining his innocence. have my head held high because i know deep in my heart that have done nothing criminally wrong and will eveveatually be cleared. >> i'm not without fault, but i'm not a criminal. but there's already a recall effort in the works. there's a website. you can see it on your screen now. >> we'vereached out to the person spearheading this haven't heard back yet because right now there's nothing the town council can do to get him out of office unss he's recalled or convicted of a crime it became intense at the windsor town council special meeting. the council voted 2 to one in this meeting calling on the mayor to step down police say that you love windsor. >> then resi

dominic foppoli is accused of multiple counts of sexual assault. protesters gathered at lakewood drive in old redwood highway this afternoon. four women detailed allegations of sexual assault over a 16- year period to the san francisco chronicle. today sophia williams told abc7 news about an alleged incidents in 2006 when she ended up at dominic foppoli's house after an evening with friends. >> i was like no, dominic, we're not doing this. he kind of like kept scooting closer and closer to me so i was kind of against the wall and like rubbing his groin against me and then eventually he started to put his hand down my pants. >> williams managed to get away. the sonoma county sheriff's department opened an investigation into the claims and eight mayors in sonoma county are calling for foppoli's resignation. >>> for now let's turn our attention to the weekend, dan. >> it is here and it sounds like it's warming up. >> it definitely is. temperatures will come up a few degrees tomorrow and even more so as we head towards sunday. i want to show you a love

this is all to remove foppoli from office through a recall election. the notice must include 20 signatures from registered voters. this effort is being led by tim. zain are a resident here. he's also the executive director of sonoma valley visitors bureau. the recall campaign started after says the 38 year-old mayor was accused of assault by those 6 women. the mayor refused to resign is of this is where we are for pulley says he's confident he will be found innocent. so he stepped down until that happens. but in the elected official can only be removed from office by a felony conviction or a voter initiate a recall. so today's filing of a notice of intent states. the allegations against the mayor are credible and have caused major damage to the town. i talked with one man. he's lived in this area for 30 years. he agrees it's been very damaging to people who live here and he's ready to sign. >> it's very so, yeah, i'll be all the signing that when it comes around. everyone's innocent till proven guilty and all of that. so you know, you just got out. but

at 06:30pm tonight for the first time since assault allegations were made windsors mayor dominic foppoli is speaking out defending himself. >> a special town council meeting is happening right deciding whether or not to demand the mayor stepped down this, of course, after several women came forward saying that the mayor sexually assaulted them. >> mayor foppoli made a statement short time ago. take a listen. first of all, i'd like to acknowledge that having spoken with a few of the individuals who initially renounce me following allegations. the media. >> i understand why so many people are upset and supporting us accusing me. my first instinct would be support. women coming forth, run, send them to. reason i'm not stepping down is that in this case. i know the truth of those experiences. i don't blame those who are angry 6 justices. they were not there and do not know what i know. i also want to take this opportunity to say how incredibly sorry i am to my family. my close friends. for them having to go through this and thank you for standing. i've also had dozens and dozens of people re

now we told you thursday that 4 women have accused dominic foppoli of assault. since then, 2 more women have come forward. polly continues to deny all those allegations against him and kron four's. amanda hari has more on the new efforts to recall the mayor. >> the champ person tells me this is a small tight knit community. he says many people upset about the accusations against the mayor and the recall from poli website has received support from more than 500 households in the first 24 hours. outraged and >> they're really windsor is a small community of just under 30,000 people and many are saddened after multiple women accused mayor dominic foppoli of assault has lost the moral ability to be the time so he needs to resign. 10's honor is the chair of the recall foppoli effort. when you go to the website, it says windsor has had enough. he says police should no longer be mayor and the times for him to step down. >> and the justices figure this out. if the time comes if by some miracle this is all huge misunderstanding which i don't think it that time is on or h

dominic foppoli yeah. and just a few moments before the mayor was speaking. so will be a checking in on that shortly when we come back. but. >> meantime take a quick break up building back boldly the proposal, state lawmakers are introducing today to help rebuild california after the pandemic is over and trying to clean up oakland. this new initiative announced today by mayor libby shaft to. >> try to get streets clean. we have all you need to know. and it's related to a new app. and temperatures starting to warm a little today. but just wait till this weekend. it is going to be amazing. we'll talk about it coming up. >> yeah. governor newsome was in count pushing for all schools across the state to resume in person learning today. he visited shepherd elementary school in sonoma county. and there he touted the 6.6 billion dollars in funding being used to reopen schools. that money will help provide 3 months of free ppe testing in vaccines for teachers and staff. >> i want all the schools to reopen. i think crystal clear about that going back to december. we p

mayor dominic foppoli. >> today town leaders admitted they knew of alleged incidents including rape. back as 2017 so far a total of 6 women, including a windsor councilwoman claim the foot poli assaulted them kron 4 sanaz mccall talked with the former city council member about why more wasn't done at that time. and jonathan joran joins us now. >> like johnson. yeah, ken and kathryn, according to the city, they said at the time there was not enough details to move forward with an investigation on to claims one in 2017, another one. just last february for poli has denied those claims. but one former city council member who was in office at the time of that first claim in 2017 says that city leaders couldn't do more because there wasn't enough evidence, but he now wishes they could have done more at the time. >> he's adamant about not resign, but he needs to step down. bruce okrepkie is among the many in windsor now calling for mayor dominic foppoli to step down us claims of assault continue to swirl around him in the last week alone. 6 women have come forward claiming they were attacke

mayor dominic foppoli are expected to formally file paperwork asking for that recall. >> according to the president crash in santa rosa, the chair of the recall foppoli campaign now leading the effort to remove him from office foppoli remains under investigation of 4 claims that he sexually assaulted 6 women, including a windsor councilwoman after facing pressure to step down. 4 police said that he would recently said recently that he would step back from duties during the investigation. foppoli has denied the charges against him saying that he never violated any of the women and that any interaction was consensual. the united states has now started to withdraw troops from certain parts of afghanistan tonight putting on leaders say that afghanistan security forces must be ready to take over this comes almost 2 weeks after president biden announced an end to the nearly 20 year long war saying that the conflict no longer aligns with american priorities. there are concerns that the drawdown of american troops would cause the government in kabul to collapse and allowed the taliban to retu

its mayor dominic foppoli we've been following the story has been under investigation. >> for claimst he sexually assaulted 6 women and now the community is beginning to what him out. kron 4. sarah stinson has been following this from the start live in windsor this morning with what's going on. sarah. >> james, as you recall, mayor dominic foppoli he stepped down because he said, you know, while i'm innocent, i'm going to step down while this investigation continues into these 6 assault allegations. but the city of mayor of the town mayor, rather. they're not having it. many of them saying we wanted you to resign. you didn't. and now we're going to take it to the next step that is the first formal step in recalling mayor foppoli and that happens this morning. they're going to be filing a notice of intent with the town clerk pushing to remove foppoli through a recall election. the notice must include 20 signatures from registered voters in this is only the beginning. this effort is being led by tim is an or a resident here is also the executive director of sonoma valley visitors burea

he says mayor foppoli needs to step down. very difficult. like i said, there's a lot of sorrow. and sorrow for everybody that there's a lot just. >> inexplicably i mean, this term is, you know, i. as you're seeing on, i to it in my own mind is a mind, sir. it's in explicable and. we'll have to you know, we'll have to move on the town will move but we have to deal with this. >> tonight's special meeting starts at 6 o'clock and we're. the mayor himself may attend that meeting. we will obviously be monitoring the meeting and we'll have the latest updates throughout the evening right here on kron. 4. >> starting tomorrow all californians aged 16 and over will be eligible to get their covid-19 vaccines. there are about 18.7 million people aged 16 to 49 living in california. according to the state, this marks the largest age group to become eligible for the vaccine here in the bay area. several counties already extended the eligibility ahead of time, including san francisco, south santa clara. and in the east bay alameda and contra. costa county. now here's a look at where the state s

dominic foppoli is accused of multiple counts of sexual assault. protesters gathered at lakewood drive in old redwood highway this afternoon. four women detailed allegations of sexual assault over a 16- year period to the san francisco chronicle. today sophia williams told abc7 news about an alleged incidents in 2006 when she ended up at dominic foppoli's house after an evening with friends. >> i was like no, dominic, we're not doing this. he kind of like kept scooting closer and closer to me so i was kind of against the wall and like rubbing his groin against me and then eventually he started to put his hand down my pants. >> williams managed to get away. the sonoma county sheriff's department opened an investigation into the claims and eight mayors in sonoma county are calling for foppoli's resignation. >>> for now let's turn our attention to the weekend, dan. >> it is here and it sounds like it's warming up. >> it definitely is. temperatures will come up a few degrees tomorrow and even more so as we head towards sunday. i want to show you a love

. >>> windsor mayer, mayor foppoli, announced that he is not resigning, instead, will step back from his duties as mayor while investigators look into six allegations of sexual assault. foppoli released thththththth it is clear to me that the town council will not function at the level expected by its citizens if i remain actively involved. given the strong reaction to the allegations against me -- it continues on to say, i do not want my presence or participation to create a distraction or cause any additional hurt for our residents. >> this is not a negotiation on whether he stays or leaves. there is not a middleground, here. he needs to resign. he is unfit to to to to to to >> foppoli says he is innocent under the law, but will stay away from the town hall and not attend any more meetings. >>> it has happened again, a mass shooting late last night, this happened at the fedex warehouse in indianapolis. eight people were killed, several others wounded. the gun fire started in the parking lot before moving inside. >> our officers went towards danger, as they typically do, and when th

. >> recall foppoli! under investigation after six women have accused him of sexual assault. organizers of the recall efforts say more than 1,000 windsor residents have signed up to receive information. foppoli who denies the allegations is refusing to resign, instead announcing he'll take a step back from an active role on town council. >> he's still just trying to maintain control of the situation without actually giving up any of his positions of power. >> his sense of entitlement is so deeply engrained that he can't see above that. >> a sheriff's investigation is underway into the allegations against foppoli. a recall effort could take months. >>> an oakland restaurant owner is devastated after a car crash destroyed his parklet. take a look. this is the damage in front of the la frontera mexican restaurant on international boulevard. the crash happened just before 3:30 saturday morning. the owner says police tell him it was a drunk driver. he doesn't think he'll rebuild and instead will rely on indoor

we're hoping to get in in update on the investigation as well as reaction from foppoli.o a lot more to learn about this for now. i'll send it back to you in the studio. all right. thanks, sarah. >> 6.34 is the time in san francisco. hundreds of people gathered saturday to honor the life of sean monterrosa who would have been 23 years old. this we'e was shot and killed vallejo police last june. they were responding to a vandalism call at a walgreens kron four's harry has more. >> there was a lot of sadness. but there was some joy and getting to remember sean, this was shawn's first birthday since his death and there were things like food music and even a balloon release and his on are doing everything we can do really to help never mind even story and make everyone knows john story. that's what sean monterrosa's sisters ashley and michelle sees been their goal for the last 10 months since their brother was 2020 shot was murdered by the police department april 24th was one of the hardest days yet for the monterroza families. >> it would have big sean's 23rd birthday. it wa

foppoli is himself as a victim.cil asked for that. deborah fudge -- >> we really condemn the actions of our neighbor, and wer are meeting on wednesday to call on him to resign. >> reporter: the town council can only ask for a resignation to force the mayor out. it would take a recall. that movement has already started with signatures from 500 households and counting. >> he doesn't have the moral authority. he doesn't have the confidence of the electorate. he doesn't have the skills and meters -- leadership needed. >> reporter: the board of supervisors would resend that, tomorrow. >> this has been an ugly chapter that needs to close. >> reporter: it remains open for now, a steaming controversy in what is usually the most quiet of towns -- >> it is shocking, personally, that we didn't know him to this degree. it is really really really real >> reporter: in windsor, wade freeman, abc 7 news. >>> coming up next, hear from george floyd's brother. it was his turn to take the stand in derek chauvin's trial, today. >>> we h

for the mayor of windsor to resign are getting louder tonight protesters are demanding the dominic foppoli stepped down after 5 women alleged that he sexually assaulted them and that's where we begin conference in prime time tonight. thank you so much for joining us. i'm justine waltman. i'm jonathan mccall. foppoli remaining defiant tonight saying that he will not resign and that he never violated any of those women. >> kron four's. gayle ong is reporting for us now from outside the mayor's family, winery and now even his brother is calling for him to step down from office. >> outside christopher creek winery sunday >> supporters of the women who have come forward accusing windsor mayor dominic foppoli of assault are outraged as a community to >> this horrible monster in a position of power and he's still denying the accusations and we want him to know that we're putting pressure on him as a community and we're not going to stop until he resigns. this comes after the san francisco chronicle published an article last week with claims of 4 separate accounts of alleged abuse from incidents d

. >> reporter: it was a night of twist and turns as mayor dominic foppoli showed up to share this meetin but after a couple of hours of public comment he signed off so he could respect that it be heard about his opposition. >> there was not a single comment during the emergency meeting in support of mayor dominic foppoli as he sat there listening to calls for his resignation. >> how is this group allowing this to happen, and what kind of narcissistic sociopaths does this quick >> most of the time most evil monsters come in the form of friends or allies. you no longer have the confidence and respect to lead this town. >> i've experienced and i've seen some of this behavior first hand. i'd like to say i'm so sorry to all of the women for not speaking out. >> reporter: a councilmember accused herself from the meeting since she was one of the victims. she claims she was drugged and sexually assaulted by the mayor last year. in the remaining two councilmembers were clear about wanting the mayor to step down as well. >> he talks about windsor being the most important town to him, well if it is

foppoli was a co-owner. >> i have passion, tolerance and understanding. >> foppoli has denied allegationsst him. some have demanded he resign. our reporter will have more on abc7 news at 5:00, today. >>> a division i football player from concord is being credited with helping police apprehended car breaking suspect. as i found out, the suspect, despite being arrested for his crime, was later caught on camera committing a more heinous crime targeting asian seniors. >> do not move! do not move! >> what you are watching as as fpd approach this man. he broke into the home of two asian seniors, ages 81 and 87 in visitacion valley back in february. you can see him running from the home on campbell street, drop a gun, and here it deploy, twice. but this story really begins just a couple months earlier, when a linebacker unknowingly had his own run-in with banks while he was saving his family from a car breaking at twin peaks. >> the person that broken out the window right there and then, took my mom's purse, then tried to run. >> after his cousin tackled him to the ground, his quick moves on the

six people have accused dominic foppoli of us all. a recall effort is now underway. >> now you are making me tear up, if you love windsor as much as you say you always have, then you need to resign tonight. >> a windsor town council meeting like no other, emotional and raw. officials voting to demand mayor dominic foppoli design, and the mayor made it clear he wasn't going anywhere. >> i know i have done nothing criminally wrong and will eventually be clear, so i hold my head high. >> six women have come forward accusing mayor foppoli of sexual assault over the span of 16 years. the mayor denies this. more than 100 people have watched the meeting online, each speaker was given three magnets. >> the displaced mayor for public, >> i am ashamed of you, and at this rate you're better off going to the mountain somewhere úin the be there the rest of your life. >> the mayor left before the blistering public comments were over. >> from all of us, the hardest thing we have had to experience was to watch his face with no expression on it. and t

this time when for poli was mayor and both of these instances foppoli has denied the claims police and the council said there was nothing there. so those cases were dropped. but now a former council member wishes that he could turn back the hands of time. >> he's adamant about not resign. but he needs to step down. bruce okrepkie is among the many in windsor now calling for mayor dominic foppoli to step down us claims of assault continue to swirl around him in the last week alone. 6 women have come forward claiming they were attacked by 4 poli on tuesday. the city of windsor admitted that they knew about alleged incidents as early as november 2017 with a pulley was a council member okrepkie also on the council at the time after time. >> you end up he said she said situation. and. was unsettling to us that were on the council in a message posted on its web site. the city said in 2017. >> a woman sent an email to then mayor debra who's currently a councilwoman accusing foppoli of inappropriate behavior at his winery in 2013 in february of 2020. the council received another email about th