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

. >>> me developments tonight in the sexual misconduct allegations facing windsor mayor dominic foppoliisors unanimously rescinded his appointment to the board of the golden gate district.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

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

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

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

. >> 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

is going to be meeting in a special session to address the assault accusations against mayor dominic foppoli kron 4, sarah stinson brings us now reaction from people in the town. >> 6 women have come forward against mayor foppoli saying he sexually assaulted them and tonight there's a special meeting with town council members. were they at by the end of that meeting could start demanding the mayor to resign. we have confirmed the attorney general's office has taken over as the lead agency on this investigation after there was a conflict of interest within the sonoma county district attorney's office. plus, windsor town leaders are now admitting they knew of alleged incidents against mayor dominic foppoli including rape dating back as far as 2017, according to a message posted on the town's website leaders were notified about the incident in 2017 1 foot bully was a council member. then again last february while he was mayor during both times letters were sent to council members and police about all of this. one of the women coming forward is a current winds are council woman who says she was

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 ng to ask him to resign. >> after only 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 intent to recall even though poli has not been criminally

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

credibility to stand on. >> reporter: eight north bay mayors signed this letter calling for foppoli to resign. >> dominic. >> longer an employee of christopher creek winery. >> reporter: winery co-owner christopher foppoli said his brother is no longer on the payroll and should leave his job, too. >> i believe we should hold our elected officials to higher standards and for that reason i believe my brother should step down as mayor of windsor. >> reporter: there will be an emergency meeting wednesday at 6:00 to consider demanding foppoli step down. the mayor says he has no intentions of leaving the job. >> dominic foppoli's interest in politics started when he of 2020. he was elected vice chairman of the sonoma republican party executive committee and became the youngest mayor in the history of windsor. in 2014 at age 32 he was elected to the town council. he was appointed mayor in 2018. he won the seat in an election in 2020 and last month foppoli was appointed sonoma county's newest representative to the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district. he is also the co-owner of christopher cree

in 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

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

. >>> the growing call for the windsor mayor dominic foppoli to resign comes from his brother and he met with demonstrators who rallied outside the families winery today and five women had told the chronicle that he assaulted them between 2003 and 2019 and there are now reports that his alleged actions reported to city hall back in 2017 but nothing was done. >> we are here today to tell people that this is his business and they should not be supporting the business of somebody who has done atrocious things. >> dominic foppoli is not part of christopher creek and he is not here presently and is not one of the owners and no longer an employee here. i believe our elected officials should be held to a higher moral standard and for that reason i feel that my brother should step down as mayor of windsor. >> windsor announced it has turned the matter over to police for investigation and is evaluating its duties and options under the circumstances. >>> just today after a big vaccine eligibility expansion in san francisco, the city is struggling to keep up with demand. eligibility was just ex

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

john ramose tells us, dominic foppoli's own brother has joined the growing calls for his resignation. >> reporter: the twist and turns in the story play out like a small town soap opera. it might even be amusing if the accusations being made were not so serious. winemaker in windsor mayor dominic foppoli now stands accused by six different women of sexual assaults of a predatory nature spanning nearly 20 years. the allegations have rocked this small town. >> i think of six women come forward and they'll have something to say, it is worth listening to pickets not just one, it's not just two, six is a pretty convincing number. >> reporter: the are calls from officials to resign including one from his own brother who says he is no longer part of christopher creek winery. >> he's not here presently, physically he will not be one of the owners, he is no longer an employee of christopher creek. >> reporter: in a lengthy statement really saturday night he proclaimed his innocence and is refusing to step down from office, and then the statement takes a strange turn as he accuses one of his fe

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 pol

in the north bay town of windsor after hours of intense and emotional debate, embattled mayor dominic foppoli leaves the meeting. >> 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 dow

news 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

windsor mayor dominic foppoli. it's back to square one. keep it here. kron 4 news at night, jus after paperwork was filed to recall the. >> winds are mayor. that process has suddenly stalled. dominic foppoli, the embattled mayor has been accused of assault now by several women and now the effort to recall him has to start from the beginning. kron four's noelle bellow tells us why. -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

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 has lived in windsor for more than a decade. >> he is a family of his own, including a son and a daughter. he wants the community and the world to be a better safer place for that i think is important that we move. >> what isn't and how to properly treat. >> sonner is an acquaintance of the poli. he believes the right thing for poli to do is to step down on his own dominic was raised by a family in the community. >> religious schools that no doubt. talk him right from wrong. so hopefully he understands the right thing to do right now. if he doesn't sonner says the community i

they are now demanding that dominic foppoli stepped down after 5 women alleged that he sexually assaulted them and that's where we begin kron 4 news at 6 o'clock 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 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

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

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

dominic foppoli refusing to resign. we're live with the latest from tonight's emergency town council meeting. >> and tragedy strikes. the east bay bicyclist community 86 year-old joe shaw me to still road hundreds of miles a week. he was hit and killed a file doing what he loved plus covid-19 vaccine testing now under way at stanford for young children. we'll hear from the family participating in the trial. >> good evening. thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 8. i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan in for pam moore. our top story tonight, town of windsor. mayor dominic foppoli is rejecting calls to resign that tonight's emergency town council meeting. he is facing claims of assault by 6 women town leaders are now admitting they knew about alleged incidents dating as far back as 2017 kron four's terisa stasio joins us live from windsor with the very latest teresa. >> well, catherine and can that meeting is going on right now. and what the mayor here as well as several council members. it is a virtual meeting, but

so dominic foppoli released a statement last night fighting back saying in part part part anybody who believes they have been victimized should have the opportunity to be heard, and i didn't want to cloud my accusers stories with an immediate response and therefore decided to give them time to be heard. now is the appropriate time for me to address this matter. i am completely innocent of the conduct alleged and have not violated any of these women. >> the sheriff's apartment is now investigating the matter. we will stay on this story. >>> services at a san jose church is turning into a community townhall a week after easter morning morning morning was infiltrated by people spewing racist and homophobic and anti-semitic slurs. grace baptist church is inviting the community to attend in person or over zoom for today's townhall starting at 11:00 this morning. the pastor is concerned that what happened last week could further harm theharm theharm the that is still healing after a deadly stabbing in november. two people died with three others hurt. the church is fundraising for physical o

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

fast. >> it was on our facebook pages, everybody going back and forth. >> reporter: the mayor, dominic foppoli of the foppoli wine business is being publicly accused in graphic terms by four women of aggressive, even predatory, sexual assault. >> those are really detailed and it is not like they're from one particular group. they go across years. >> reporter: she met the couple at times and came away with a strange feeling. >> you just kind of got the survival of like spoiled brat boy, and i just didn't take it. >> reporter: he is well known and well connected in the community and is sometimes referred to as a prince of wine country. but support for him is drying up quickly, even before an official investigation. local congressman jared huffman and mike thompson have both called for his ouster. eight local mayors have signed a letter demanding his resignation and the league of california cities have stripped him of his leadership post. but it is in his own town that many people are drawing a hard line. do you see any way that he could hold onto his mayor ship? >> absolutely not. >> there clean

people are demanding the dominic foppoli step down after 5 women now alleged that he sexually assaulted them even for police own brother now calling for him to step down from office. >> but he says he remains defiant saying that he will not resign and that he never violated any of those women kron four's, gayle ong brings us the latest. >> 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. he says the police sexually assaulted her in 2006 the last 15 years i felt one way about my story that we're friends.

them out. >>> california's ag taking over sexual assault investigation into the windsor mayor dominic foppolithe city had a meeting and the mayor showed up but logged off after people voiced their opposition. >>> you see the dow is up more than 200. according to the labor department, unemployment benefits last week, much better than expected. streaming today, weight gain during the pandemic. we talk to a doctor from ucsf about the impact and what can play a significant role. >>> before the final season of "younger" tonight on paramount plus, more from our interview. you can watch at kpix.com or the kpix app. >>> there is trouble on the e e 8580 from macarthur boulevard. west bound 80 is busy through berkeley into emory ville. morning commute in full swing towards the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights are on. it's a little slow up the incline and gets better across the rest of the way into san francisco on the bay bridge. a slow ride on highway 4, west bound 40 minutes from antioch to the east shore. >>> here is a beautiful view with our mark hopkins hotel camera looking at hill in sa

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 p

. >>> new developments sonoma wine country is rocked, the mayor of windsor, dominic foppoli, decided to step back from his role council. this was after calls for his resignation in allegations he sexually assaulted six women. in the last few hours, this crowd of protesters appeared in windsor with these signs calling for resignation. cornell bernard found that they are not the only ones looking for the mayor to step down. >> i think it's incredibly lame. >> reporter: that reaction is to the latest development from dominic foppoli, at the center of the scandal. six women accused him of sexual assault , allegations that spanned 16 years. a sheriff's investigation is underway. there were hundreds of calls for him to resign at an explosive town council meeting, last saturday. the mayor says he will not resign, but step back from his job. in a statement to abc7 news, he said, as i said so many times before, i have loved windsor my whole life, through prayer and speaking with residents over the course of this week, it has become clear to me that the town council will not function at the le

. >>> windsor mayor dominic foppoli sent a statement an hour ago saying he is stepping back from the duties but the statement fell short of a resignation. it did say in part through prayer and in speaking with residents over the weekend it's become clear that the town council will not function at the level expected by citizens if i remain actively involved give earn the strong reaction to the allegations against me. foppoli is facing calm allegations from six women including a fellow councilmember who claims she was 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 m

in windsor, cornell bernard abc 7 news. >> dominic foppoli's interest in politics started at a youngage. he became the youngest council member and mayor in the history of windsor. and in 2014 at the age of 32, he was elected to windsor's town council. foppoli was appointed mayor by town council in 2018. he won the seat in an election in 2020. last month foppoli was appointed the newest representative to the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district. and co-owner of christopher creek winery which he started with his family. >>> the bay area has several organizations working to support victims of sexual abuse. to find out more and review a list of the vetted resources, go to abc7news.com/takeaction. >>> it's about 5:09 on this monday. let's take a look at neighborhood temperatures. we will start in the south bay where it's clear and we're mainly in the low to mid 40s. 46 in san jose. lost georgias to up in the hills a little bit milder at 50 degrees. everybody else in the 40s until we get over to novato at 39. you can see fog along the coast and into the north bay. lowest

calls 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

i am saddened by the victims and disgusted by the allegations against dominic foppoli . in order for our town to continue to function properly, i regret the resignation of dominic foppoli from mayor immediately. >>> time now is 6:09. still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, protecting schools from wildfires. the effort underway in nevada county to clear fire danger away from the classrooms. >>> an investigation into the disappearance of a little bay area girl who mysteriously vanished five years ago. the great party carly you must of blown your budget. not exactly. you have great wine name brand snacks tons of meat, and where did you get this imported cheese? hello? grocery outlet bargain market. oh, more bubbles? more bubbles for less benjamins our amazing 20% off wine sael is going on now until april 13th at your neighborhood grocery outlet >>> welcome back. the time now is 6:12. this week marks's five years since arianna speaks banished from san francisco. the fbi is still looking for her. she was two years old when she was last seen in 2016. a few days b

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know deep in my heart i have done nothing wrong and will be eventually cleared. >> reporter: dominic foppoli addressing sexual assault allocations for the first time since six women came gard with accusations, one involving drugging a woman. foppoli's attorney tells us everything was con sense equal and is refusing to resign. >> i am not at fault and i did nothing criminal. let the city attorney decide if i did anything wrong during these accusations. >> reporter: now they are calling for foppoli to step down. >> you can making me tear up. if you love windsor as much as you said you always have, you need to resign tonight refoppoli co-owned the christopher creek winery with his brother, joe, who is also asking his brother to step down as mayor. a move that won't change anything, but the vice-mayor tells us it will now look to recall foppoli, community 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

calls for the mayor of windsor to resign are getting louder tonight protesters are demanding the dominic foppoli step down after 5 women allege that he sexually assaulted that tonight. we're learning that 4 police own brother now calling for him to step down from his position. >> but for pulling remaining defiant tonight saying that he will not resign and that he never violated any of those women. >> kron four's, gayle ong brings us the latest. >> 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. he says the poli

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community of just under 30,000 people and many are saddened after multiple women accused mayor dominic foppoli of assault has lost the moral to be put on the so he needs tim'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 what the justices figure this out. if the time comes if by some miracle this is all a huge misunderstanding which i don't think it is. that is on or has lived in windsor for more than a decade. >> he is a family of his own, including a son and a daughter. he wants the community and the world to be a better safer place for that i think is important that we. >> what and how to properly treat. >> sonner is an acquaintance of the poli. he believes the right thing for poli to do is to step down on his own dominic was raised by a family in the community. >> religious schools that no doubt taught him right from wrong. so hoping he understands. but the right thing to do right now to decide if he doesn't sonner says the community is ready t

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

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 al

. >> the windsor town council could be asking mayor dominic foppoli to step down after being accusedult by several women. we're live with the latest. details and the streets of oakland could be quieter and safer. this weekend the new plan in place to try to prevent dangerous and illegal sideshows. >> keep it here. kron 4 news at 6 is next.

the council is expected to call on dominic foppoli to resign. kron 4. stinson is live in windsor with more on what's going to happen today. good morning, sarah. >> yeah, that's right. the town council here in windsor. they're going to be meeting on zoom later tonight and they hope anybody who wants to join because they're going to be considering demanding that the mayor steps down resigns from his elected position as mayor due to these allegations. and this is these are allegations that now the town council has admitted that they have known and these allegations, including rape. the dates back to 2017. so a big, big revelations coming out of the town of windsor as we continue to follow this story about mayor dominic foppoli so far a total of 6 women, including windsor councilman woman claimed poli assaulted them. according to a post from the town leaders were notified about the incidents in 2017. one foot pole. it was a. >> council member. then again last february when he was mayor in both instances foot poli denied the claims police and the council say

>> well, it finally been able to confirm that the first formal step in recalling near dominic foppoli is today at noon. the organizers and the chair of the recall effort. 10 zain or he's actually going to be here at noon filing a notice of intent with the town clerk's that's happening at noon for now. we're chatting with people. and most of the people of chad with this morning are in favor of this recall as you recall, a couple of weeks ago shortly not too long the mayor stepped down and that doesn't mean that he resigned. it just means that he step down as mayor. and that just wasn't enough for some people, many people wanting him to do more and that would be resigning since he didn't resign. people said the next step is recalling the mayor. and so that is what this effort today is doing this notice of intent. so that's why we finally reach out. we talked to the town clerk town clerk says yes. at noon, this is all happening now. the notice must include 20 signatures from registered voters. this effort is being led by tim sanders. i told you he's a resident here is also an executive d

alleging assault against mayor dominic foppoli, one of them being a councilwoman. she's one of them. so she wasn't at the meeting last night because obviously she's involved in the investigation. sure. count yourself out of the meeting. but what we do know is that the town council year winter. they want him out. but here's the thing for poli does not want to resign. he doesn't plan resigning. he maintains his innocence at this time in here moving forward he time we'll show you that i am innocent. and despite the majority in the whole town council voting for him to be removed there's really nothing council can do to get him out of the office unless he's recalled from office or convicted of a crime. and i can tell you there is a recall effort going on right now. it's in the works and have reached out to the person who's spearheading it. so stay tuned as we continue to follow that for. for right now, the allegations of assault from those 6 different women are being investigated by the attorney general. one of those alleged victims is that windsor councilwoman esterly

sarah stinson has the story. >> the windsor town council is now demanding that mayor dominic foppolitepped down from his elected position and he says he's not going to do it. he's maintaining his innocence. i have my head held high because i know deep in my heart that have done nothing criminally wrong and will eventually 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've reached 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 unless 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 resign, resign, resign. >> you absolutely discussed me right now the allegations of assault from 6 different women are being investigated by the attorney general. one of those alleged victims as winter councilwoman -sterly s

mayor dominic foppoli has been under investigation for claims that he sexually assaulted 6 women. >> and a growing number in the community now want him officially out of office so they want to kron 4. sarah stinson is live in windsor with what happens next era. >> well, we know mayor dominic foppoli. he stepped down. he said as this investigation continues into the assault allegations that have been put forth against move from those 6 women. he has stepped down, but many people in this town say that is not enough they wanted him to resign instead he stepped down. so here we are at a point where a lot of people were frustrated are ready to sign a recall election petition today. the first very first step into that. formal first step is happening. that's a notice of intent that's filed with the town clerk. i've reached out to the town clerk to see what exactly that's happening. 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 executiv

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 pol