it shows a vallejo police officer punching a woman on the ground during an arrest. the officer opens the car door, grabs the driver who was suspected of shop lifting, and slams her into the side of the truck. he then punches her in the face while she's on the ground. police say the woman was still resisting arrest trying to escape. today the chief said the incident is being looked at. >> when there is any type of use of force, each and every one of those is reviewed internally by our staff. if there is a formal allegation, that is reviewed externally as well through either an independent investigator or our internal affairs. >> we heard from a vallejo resident who welcomes reforms but doesn't always feel safe around police. >> reporter: the themes the attorney general reiterated are correcting the injustices done in vallejo, repairing and rebuilding trust between police and citizens that they serve. on monday morning the a■ttorney general for california announced a stipulated agreement between the city of vallejo, its police department and the california department

reforms for the vallejo police department. then a violent weekend in oakland. what we're learning about several shootings as city leaders prepare for a community safety meeting tonight. the news at noon starts now. this is ktvu fox two news at noon. good afternoon. i'm gasia mikaelian. and i'm andre senior. thank you for joining us. we begin in vallejo where state attorney general rob bonta just announced a new agreement with the city to reform its police department at ktvu. crime reporter henry lee is live at vallejo city hall with the details. henry yeah, the attorney general says this agreement will improve accountability, reduce the unlawful use of force by officers and protect the civil rights of citizens of vallejo. now, ag rob bonta did come to vallejo this morning to announce this agreement. under this agreement, the department will address a number of issues as to how to improve its operations. now, this includes ensuring that all stops, searches and seizures comply with the law. they'll continue to review incidents when an officer points a gun at some

born and raised in vallejo, it wasn't hard to find musical influences especially in hip- hop. >> vallejo is the heart of bay area culture. >> reporter: this summer, larussell performed his own mix conducted by instrumentalists. >> i was always riding these poems and raps. i started taking it more serious. i got the equipment to start recording so it kind of let up from there. >> reporter: larussell was so excited about music, he created his own collective in 2017. >> vallejo has a lack of infrastructure. there's no labels or systems to help propel you so we created it. anything that we lacked, we created it. we picked some really dope stuff. >> reporter: it fits about 250 people. >> everybody can't come. we created our own system. we created a venue in our backyard so we could just do shows whatever we want to and touch our fan base and connect with the people at any given moment. the entire infrastructure is changed. >> reporter: larussell is creating his own music without a label. >> you needed 25 or $30,000. for me, i can do it for free. release it and start making money immediately.

. >>> why california attorney general just put the courts in charge of the vallejo police department.>> also harsh words and bad blood. and a's player takes a jab at john fisher. what he said on a live stream today. >>> i am chief meteorologist >>> new details on a double shooting in a quiet neighborhood . police say that one of two women shot who survived is in stable condition tonight. happening just before 5:30 this morning in sunnyvale, we spoke with the neighbors daughter who was shocked after hearing the gunfire, she did not want to be identified. >> is a very friendly neighborhood, so i didn't think for a second that these were gunshots but then as soon as i heard one siren, i said that is probably what gunshots sound like it. >> when police arrived, they found two women shot inside of a rental car. one wounded and the other had died. officers found the suspect in cupertino, and police confirmed the suspect and victim knew each other and no word automotive for the killing. >>> new details on this sweeping changes on the embattled vallejo police department. the state attorney ge

vallejo. >>> a lot of you voted. robin williams as genie from aladdin has has returned.atured 80% of which were hand drawn characters, and others were computer generated and williams' voice was heard thanks to newly released dialogue from the original 1992 movie. pretty cool. >>> as always, i will post links to the other two stories you voted for on my instagram. >>> the fifth season premiered today with "the kelly clarkson show." kelly made the move to the big apple. pretty fun for her. a lot of things will be going on while she's there, and she has a new state of the art studio, and plenty of surprises, and fans can expect her and her band perform duets. marcus washington talked to her about the upcoming season, and she said this season will mark a new and happier chapter of her life. >> we are playing off on what is happening with me in the new chapter, and that's being incorporated into the show. i think you will get a more vibrant -- a more well-rounded present show, so that's what i am excited about. >> you can watch kelly's show every day at 3:00 p.m. here on nbc

and practices en vallejo, el departamento de policía y la ciudad estarán bajo cinco años de vigilancia justicia del estado. >> le explicamos por qué. información >> telemundo 48 no se detiene. ya regresamos con clave de la fuente. gracias por su sintonía. en esta edición de las seis vamos a pasar a la informaci ción. primeramente, la fiscalía de california anunció hoy que van a estar vigilando al departamento de policía de vallejo durante los próximos cinco años. libertad pedraza estuvo en este anuncio realizado en la alcaldía de la ciudad y no se informa. así fue como el fiscal general de california anunció un acuerdo para detener los abusos contra los derechos civiles por parte del departamento de policía de vallejo. se trata de un plan de cinco años que requiere que la policía cumpla con los acuerdos requeridos por la ley y agrega un representante del estado que evaluará y monitoreará el proceso del departamento. por más de una década, la policía de vallejo ha recibido un gran número de acusaciones por muertes no justificadas. brutalidad y mala conducta. sólo este fin de semana un v

el departamento de policía de vallejo ha tenido pues varias crisis.eportes de estos tiroteos que involucran a agentes de la policía y nada más. el fin de semana pasado se hicieron virales imágenes de un video donde se ve a un oficial de la policía de vallejo golpeando a una mujer mientras esta estaba siendo detenida aquí en la ciudad. aunque la fiscalía y el mismo departamento de policía no comentaron. en este caso en específico sí dijeron que lo están investigando y que este anuncio del día de hoy no se enfoca en estos casos específicos, sino es más sistemático en en general, en el departamento de policía para evitar en un futuro que vuelvan a ocurrir casos como este mientras siguen investigando cada caso personalmente, cada caso individual, explican que. por eso ahora van a tener mayor vigilancia y esta tarde les tendremos más información de cuáles son algunos de esos puntos en específico que van a estar evaluando al departamento de policía. y qué es lo que significa esta vigilancia a sus oficiales de policía para los residentes de vallejo en vivo?

el departamento de la policía y la ciudad de vallejo estará bajo vigilancia cinco años por parte delllegaron a un acuerdo a ojos abiertos porque van a escuchar de una terapia milenaria que una mujer, asegura, le hizo volver a caminar y a sanar sus emociones. >> 23:00 de la noche con 11 minutos, un lunes que se mantiene fresco por la noche. pero prepárese, viene calor en camino. vamos a hablar del afiliaciones religiosas suspendieron sus clases y enviaron a los estudiantes a sus casas tras una amenaza de bomba. ambas recibieron un correo electrónico en el que les aseguraba la existencia de explosivos. así que decidieron evacuar. la policía llegó a las escenas, pero buscó los supuestos artefactos, pero no encontró nada. y más tarde determinó que el mismo correo había sido enviado a otras escuelas del país. así que ahora están investigando el caso en colaboración con el fbi. pero en los Ángeles, las amenazas al parecer fueron contra escuelas y son católicas. provocaron el cierre de varios planteles. carmen márquez, con más detalles . >> mi esposa me comentó rapidito. dice hijo, tengo qu

. >> david: suzanne somers rememb judgment with the city of vallejo and the vallejo police departmenteeded and necessary reforms is at its core . this new agreement is about building and strengthening trust . >> california's attorney general today announcing another new reform agreement with the vallejo police department. good afternoon. i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. abc7 news i-team reporter melanie woodrow has been covering issues with the department since 2015. >> she's live in the newsroom with the latest. melanie >> kristen and dan, if this sounds somewhat familiar, it's because it is in june of 2020, the doj entered into an agreement with the vallejo police department just days after sean monterrosa was shot and killed. that agreement expired this past june. this new agreement ensures greater accountability and oversight. but california attorney general rob bonta announcing a new agreement with the city of vallejo and the vallejo police department. >> each of us is here because we are committed to serving and protecting the members of this commun

. >>> sweeping changes on the way for the embattled police department in vallejo. and the agency is now required to make changes within the next five years. >> jody hernandez reports, civil rights advocates believe it will save lives. >> the people of vallejo deserve a police department that listens and guarantees its civil rights are protected. >> state attorney general, rob bonta, announced he placed the vallejo police department under court oversight. the department has been plagued with numerous-officer-involved shootings, and claims much excessive force and civil rights violations for years, and now it's required to implement more than 45 major reforms and get it all done within five years >> it's about correcting injustices and insuring that the vallejo police department listens to the people they serve and upholds their self rights and constitutional rights. >> they have been beating, killing, engaging in racism, and bending badges to commemorate the killing of unarmed people, and corruption, and chaos, and witness intimidation, and all the bad things compan

we're learning more now about a viral video showing an arrest in vallejo.ice say it was related chase that followed a burglary. a man who witnessed this arrest spoke with kron 4 sarah stinson. but before we play the story for you, we do want to warn you some viewers might find the video disturbing. a viral tiktok shows a vallejo police officer as he punches a woman while attempting to arrest her. this video was taken by road near hamilton before police arrived. he saw the woman crashed into a cement truck. was like, oh, my god, something could be heard. and then i saw the lights come in and talk it out with this guy. and was like, ok, this is not what i expected was going on. the police pursuit all stem from a burglary reported at the store at gateway plaza around noon friday. >> security told an officer the thieves drove off with some merchandise in a blue nissan altima. the officer attempted to pull the suspected car over, but the driver refused and that led to a pursuit. >> police say the driver ran a red light and crashed into an suv driven by a woman w

vallejo police were 100% sure.nd i believe, 36 years until the investigating team came to my house and explained what happened. it was a big hit for me. >> emotional and gut wrenching for that family. the arraignment was continued until october 27th. >>> tonight, a crossing guard is in the hospital after a crash near a school in pleasanton. it happened before 8:00 a.m. in vineyard avenue and adams way. paramedics rushed the crossing guard to the hospital with a head injury. the driver is cooperating with the investigation. the condition of the crossing guard has not yet been released. >>> not the best way to end your vacation. a couple in vallejo returned to a shocking discovery. the car stolen and set on fire in an illegal side show. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez has more. >> hawaii was good. coming home, not so great. >> reporter: this vallejo woman said while she was vacationing in hawaii, thieves helped themselves to her prized possession. stealing the car and driving it straight to a side show, where they set

también se informó que en oakland los participantes habrían dañado al menos una ambulancia en vallejoportaron heridos en ninguno de estos casos. una residente de vallejo se fue de vacaciones y al regresar descubrió que su automóvil había sido robado. y lo peor de todo es que los ladrones lo usaron para participar precisamente en carreras ilícitas. la dueña de la fuente habló con la afectada y nos cuenta su historia. >> una mujer de vallejo se encontró con una amarga sorpresa al regresar de sus vacaciones en hawái. prefirió ocultar su identidad, pero nos contó que el domingo en la madrugada le robaron su auto para usarlo en carreras ilegales. el crimen quedó grabado por las cámaras de vigilancia de windows. rompieron todas las ventanas, patearon las puertas, saltaron en el techo y lo prendieron en llamas. nos dice. la mujer se enteró de lo sucedido hasta que su vecino vio fotos de su auto en las redes sociales y la policía le notificó este miércoles que lo que quedaba del vehículo había sido llevado a un depósito sin llantas y vandalizado con grafiti. este es el segundo fin de semana c

a sports writer for the vallejo times herald. >> he took this picture of the vallejo high school varsity football team on the sidelines after a fight broke out during last friday's game against kennedy high. and then kenny players retaliate. >> they have a problem with little having a problem. and with and second, it's there's punches being thrown by players, not, says that when he snapped the photo, the coaches were trying to calm down the teen. >> so that play could resume. i want to make this very clear. i never saw any coaches throwing punches, but they were involved was shouting most of them are trying to separate players. but then says another fight occurred. it's probably like about a 10 minute away. and while they're all hard lane, a second incident kind of starts. and this is like coaches, john hr. there. >> fans yelling at each other. you know, when i was interviewing the rat, he he like get out of here. games been called, not safe like so. that was hope i can get the reps name because he was out of their time spent on monday corpus field where the game was held friday night wa

but for now in vallejo, charles clifford kron, 4 news. >> charles, thank you for that live report. and now to our coverage of the israel hamas war. americans are being evacuated from israel as the country prepares for an expected ground invasion in gaza. more than a half a million people have fled their homes in gaza just in the past few days since at least saturday, there have been reports that israeli invasion of gaza could happen at any time. so far, it's not started. there's no word on exactly when it would begin. israel continues to launch airstrikes there and hamas continues to fire rockets at israel today. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke to the israeli parliament where he said the goal of the war is to destroy hamas and to make sure that that group can ever threaten israeli citizens again, israel's army is in position right next to the gaza border. there are some 360,000 reservists who have been called up and they're waiting on word for when they can invade in washington. president biden has postponed a trip to colorado. so he can attend national security meeting

una mujer de vallejos encontró con un.as cámaras de vigilancia de windows. rompieron todas las ventanas, patearon las puertas, saltaron en el techo y lo prendieron en llamas. nos dice. la mujer se enteró de lo sucedido hasta que su vecino vio fotos de su auto en las redes sociales y la policía le notificó este miércoles que lo que quedaba del vehículo había sido llevado a un depósito sin llantas y vandalizado con grafiti. este es el segundo fin de semana consecutivo en que las carreras clandestinas se han intensificado en vallejo y además del espectáculo ilegal, autos han terminado en llamas. la policía de vallejo no ha respondido hasta ahora a la solicitud de información sobre el auto robado y los recientes incendios. pero justo el mes pasado habían reconocido que la situación era peligrosa y dijeron estar haciendo lo mejor posible, aún sin tener suficiente personal, sin embargo, la frustración no abandona a esta afectada. roban nuestros autos sin importar la destrucción que cometen, nos dice. además, confesó sentirse des

i reached out to the vallejo pio for comment and have not yet heard.ack in the newsroom for the i-team. melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> a lot more to come today. this was the last day for the first philz coffee in san francisco. tonight you're going to hear from phil himself. >> also ahead, danny asked the recruiter explicitly do they care about about college degrees? and the answer was no. it's a clear no, not maybe. or if it's just no, only on abc seven news tonight, hear from the father of a high school graduate who got rejected by 16 colleges but got a job offer from google. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. temperatures spiking this week. i'll show you when some cities may actually see records coming up, when abc7 news at nine continues. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. the secret is an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to i

vallejo? that's always home.ws how important it is to seven example to show what is possible. >> there's always this notion that you could not make it from these kind of communities. i feel great. it feels great to go to the schools and the kids know me, or to be walking around and everybody is like, hey, it's dope. it's like the ice cream truck. everyone decided they want the ice cream truck. >> his favorite on the menu? >> the -- and you've got to get the green sauce with it. you've got to get the green sauce. the pancakes, the eggs, and a house potato with the green sauce. yeah, you've got to get the green sauce! >> what is in the special green sauce? >> oh, you know, family secret. >> [laughter] >> marcus washington, nbc bay area news. >> now i need to try that green sauce. -- 29th birthday and he is out with a new album. happy birthday. and mo mo's proud to pay cafÉ runs three weeks from monday to october 23rd. all right, another vallejo native, rapper e40 may soon hold the key to the city. the vallejo counc

and we are disappointed in the outcome of the october 20 game between vallejo high school and kennedy high school. we are committed to take all necessary steps to preserve safe and respectful opportunities for athletic play. says that he is hearing reports 2 players from each team may be ejected and unable to play in the next few games and the theresa kron, 4 news. >> well, the san francisco bay ferry is changing its schedule and routes to do construction at the alameda terminal. the project will include major repairs, including replacing the old bridge in modernizing the terminal lighting ferry riders this morning seemed excited about the upgrades. >> taking the ferry for. over lake for 12 years. >> on and off and that perry that ferry terminal needed a lot of work. this one is really nice and i'd love to have more like this in the city in alameda. >> the richmond weekday route, by the way, will now depart it 12, 15 instead of noon. the downtown san francisco 11:20am, departure to richmond is now canceled ferry service. well, so cancel between alameda and oakland as well as the seapl

but california attorney general rob bonta announcing a new agreement with the city of vallejo and the vallejo police department. >> each of us is here because we are committed to serving and protecting the members of this community. the stipulated judgment outlines reform to vpd's policies and practices as it builds off a prior memorandum of understanding that expired in june. to date, the vallejo police department has substantially complied with 20 of the 45 recommendations as program for sure, but also not enough. >> the new five year plan requires the vpd to comply with all 45 recommendations, as well as additional reforms related to bias, use of force searches, seizures and arrests. it also adds accountable equity components, including an oversight and reform evaluator who will assess if vpd is complying with the agreement. interim police chief jason to addressed concerns regarding staffing shortages. >> it's going to be a challenge and explain why. >> vpd missed the mark in the prior agreement. >> what we learned in hindsight was a lot of these reforms had to be completed. at the

for all people in vallejo. it's about insuring that the vallejo police department listens to the people they serve and upholds their civil and constitutional rights. >> there's a way to police people and holding them accountable without causing them to be seriously injured or killed, and that era is an era gone by now. >> the chief supports the reforms, but he says the challenge is the long-time staffing crisis, and bonta says the staffing issue is no excuse for failing to make the required changes. >>> tonight sunnyvale detectives are trying to sort out a deadly shooting that left one woman dead and another wounded before the alleged shooter took his own life. robert handa has the latest from sunnyvale. >> reporter: they were cordoning off the street. police say around 5:30 this morning officers responded to the report of gunshots. officers found two adult women shot inside a rented vehicle. one died at the scene. the other was able to tell officers enough they were able to spot the suspect, an adult man in th

. >> there was no winners and this on either side that's thomas case, a sports writer for the vallejo times herald. >> he took this picture of the vallejo high school varsity football team on the sidelines after a fight broke out during last friday's game against kennedy high. and then kenny players retaliate. >> they have a problem with little having a problem. and with and second, it's there's punches being thrown by players, not, says that when he snapped the photo, the coaches were trying to calm down the teen. >> so that play could resume. i want to make this very clear. i never saw any coaches throwing punches, but they were involved was shouting most of them are trying to separate players. but then says another fight occurred. probably like about a 10 minute away. and while they're all hard lane, a second incident kind of starts. and this is like coaches, hr. there. >> fans yelling at each other. you know, when i was interviewing the rat, he he like get out of here. games been called, not safe like so. that was what hope i can get the reps name because he was out of their time.

news at >> right now at 6 state attorney general rob bonta stepping in to call for change at the vallejo police department. this comes on the heels of allegations that claim excessive force and misconduct. good evening, everybody. i'm vicki liviakis. i'm ken wayne kron. 4 charles clifford has more on what those changes are all about. >> well, here in calais, how the police department is critically understaffed. and for years they faced allegations of use of force abuse and also misconduct. the city and the state of in trying to reform the police department. today they announced a new effort to keep that work going. california attorney general rob bonta announced on monday that the state doj and the city of les are launching a new effort to reform the vallejo police department. >> this is a continuation of a process that started 3 years ago. the state says the progress has been made, but that they're still a long ways to go. the new effort will focus on 45 areas of improvement, including addressing patterns and practices of unconstitutional conduct promoting public safety supporting offic

. >>> the california department of justice will oversee reforms to the vallejo police department for the next five years. that agreement resolves the doj's complaint against vallejo pd alleging the department routinely violated people's constitutional rights and engaged in a pattern of unstationsal conduct. >> unconstitutional conduct. >> at its car this is building and strengthening trust between the vallejo police department and the community it serves. the. >> this comes just months after vallejo city council declared a state of emergency over the city's police officer shortage. the city council will reevaluate that state of emergency every 60 days. coming up at 6:00, we'll hear from a formerly unhoused vallejo woman who says she's witnessed police violence in that area. >>> let's take a live look at oakland. it was a busy day for police after a string of shootings spanning three days, three people killed and seven others injured. friday night a person was shot and killed at the peralta hacienda historical park and two people were killed saturday. one shooting happened on martin l

reportando desde vallejo nataly vera noticiero telemundo 48. >> gracias nataly.la altura de redwood city, entre las avenidas britton y whipple. la razón es que caltrans demolerá el puente cordilleras creek para construir uno nuevo. con esto también se espera que mejore el caudal de un arroyo que pasa por la zona. así que conductores están tomando sus propias medidas y el consejo es que reco considere qué ruta va a tomar. esté atento a las señales y tenga precaución, porque podría encontrar trabajadores en la calle como carreteras alternas. tendrá la dos 88, 80 y la 92 en más temas. el tráfico de personas es uno de los crímenes más comunes y menos reportados. eso según la fiscalía del condado alameda, que incluso asegura que los hispanos son una de las comunidades más afectadas por esta problemática. por eso, andrés brender nos cuenta de una campaña para ayudar a estas víctimas a denunciar la trata de personas y a conseguir ayuda en uno de los lugares de más tránsito en los aeropuertos en varias partes del aeropuerto de oakland se encuentran vallas como parte de u

. >>> the california department of justice will oversee reforms to the vallejo police department for the next five years. the agreement resolves the doj's complaint against vallejo pd alleging the department violated people's constitutional rights and engaged in a pattern of unconstitutional conduct. >> at its core this new agreement is about building and strengthening trust between the vallejo police department and the community it serves. it is about correcting injustices and enhancing public safety for all people in vallejo. >> it comes months after the city council declared a state of emergency over the city's police officer shortage. the city council will reevaluate the state of emergency every 60 days. >>> we are learning more about the fire that destroyed part ever the livermore shopping center over the weekend. this is citizen app video. it captures the black smoke from a distance. it happened yesterday evening. today, here is the aftermath of the flames, three vacant buildings destroyed. a fourth is partly damaged. the nearby restaurant owner has noticed a situation and warn

the attorney general and vallejo leaders are still talking right now. his office announcing agreement with the police department that covers use of force and officer-involved shootings. he says the department has made progress in 20 of the 45 reforms, but it all still needs a lot of work. >> the new agreement implements additional forms related to bias as well as searches. it establishes an oversight and reform evaluator as well. >> this work isn't easy, and it's fairly straightforward. i'd like to thank the vallejo police department for their cooperation, their collaboration, their partnership and their commitments. but they need to reflect on their shortcomings and commitment to take real action to improve. the reforms are needed and they are necessary. we need to make vallejo policing more effective, more efficient, more fair, and more just. californians are hurting. trust has been broken. it won't be repaired overnight. >> jodi hernandez is at that press conference and will have a complete wrap-up on our afternoon newscasts. >>> as the israel/hamas

>> california attorney general rob bonta announced 5 years of court oversight of the embattled vallejo police department. that agency has that amount of time to complete 45 different reforms to the satisfaction of independent evaluator evaluator rather, it is a continuation of a process. it started 3 years ago. police department's interim police chief said today the department is critically understaffed, but is committed to making these reforms happened. the news comes just days after a vallejo police officer was caught on camera over the weekend slamming a woman to the pavement and then punching her in the face while she is on the ground. police say the woman was suspected of theft and allegedly refused to yield during a traffic stop initiated by police with more insight on this and other legal matters you're already thinking i started. here with the latest, your reaction to that police beating caught on camera. i'm calling it a beating. he's making an arrest. i would guess victim where the suspect is calling this a beating. what's your take on this? all let me start with. this. woman

tambiÉn el departamento de policÍa de vallejo implementarÁ la recomendaciÓn del informe efectuado enimagÍnese que le roben su carro y que ademÁs tiene que pagar las multas de trÁnsitoque han cometido los ladrones con su vehÍculo. eso le ocurre a cientos de personas en la ciudad de san francisco. por ello la alcaldesa pidiÓ las agencias de controlque solucionen el problema y que implementen un sistema informÁtico con los agentes de trÁnsito de la ciudad para visualizar los reportes de carros que hayan sido robados. la gran pregunta desde cuando comenzarÍa a funcionar esto. >> si bien la alcaldesa le dio 45 dÍas a la agencia municipal de transporte y la policÍa para que simplemente sistemapara evitar citar a vehÍculos reportados como robados, la soluciÓn definitiva va a tomar mucho mÁs tiempo. incluso hay que reformar una ordenanza. nos comunicamos con el departamento de fiscal y nos dijeron que estÁn trabajando en eso.mientras que desde la policÍa nos respondieron que van a esperar que el primer paso lo de la agencia municipal de transporte y luego ellos se sumarÁn a las soluciones. n

top story at this hour's that state attorney general rob bonta announced a new push to reform the vallejo police department kron 4 s charles clifford has the details. >> well, here in vallejo, the police department is critically understaffed. and for years they faced allegations of use of force abuse and also misconduct. the city and the state of in trying to reform the police department. today they announced a new effort to keep that work going. california attorney general rob bonta announced on monday that the state, doj and the city of les are launching a new effort to reform the vallejo police department. >> this is a continuation of a process that started 3 years ago. the state says the progress has been made, but that they're still a long ways to go. the new effort will focus on 45 areas of improvement, including addressing patterns and practices of unconstitational conduct promoting public safety supporting officers and protecting the richts of the people of all a hoax. the new effort also seeks to address the use of unreasonable force by holding officers and supervisors responsibl

>> interesting. >> reporter: noel and alexi live in vallejo. they were surprised at first to hear their area cost more to live in than new york city, but feel it kind of makes sense. >> having san francisco being as expensive as it is, people get pushed out to these other regions, lafayette, walnut creek, concord, and people living there get pushed out farther. >> reporter: the ranking by u.s. news and world report took into account the median gross resident and annual housing costs among other factors to figure out which areas need the most wealth to live comfortably. with housing costs going through the roof, most have trouble making ends meet. >> it's so expensive. i work and live in the bay. i've lived here my whole life and even working full time, i'm an amazon driver, and that's not enough money to pay the bills. >> reporter: so for noel and lexy they're always looking for a way to evolve in their careers. >> the only way to really survive out here is to constantly look for ways to increase your skill set. >> reporter: at this rate they m

today, diners can pay what they can afford to enjoy a meal at a downtown vallejo restaurant.t's the second year rapper la russell of vallejo native, is bankrolling the project to build community goodwill. he bought out momo's cafe for last year's holiday season, implemented a pay what you can policy. he brought the concept back last monday. it'll be this way through this week. time now 718. now is crunch time in california's wine country and excitement is actually growing. the growers out there say unseen ionably warm temperatures have been speeding up the grape harvest. the wine growers are reporting excel and quality as they're picking their first cabernet sauvignon grapes. and this week is expected to be the busiest week of harvest in what they predict will be a great year for wine lovers. i think it's one of those vintages that's really going to be about sense of place. it's going to be expressive. each vineyard site is going to be unique. those later, longer kind of mild summers allow really great hang time for flavor development point. and so i think they're just going

. >> thomas gase's sports writer for the vallejo times herald took this picture of the vallejo high schoolsity football team on the sidelines after a fight broke out during to calm down the team. so that play could resume. but then gase says another fight occurred. >> kennedy coach asked me. you know, what do you think? and i said that no one comes out looking good after this. you know, when i was interviewing the rat, he he like get out of here. games been called, not safe like so. that was hope i can get the reps name because he was out of their time. so on monday, corpus field where the game was held friday night was vacant to several investigations are underway. >> the vallejo unified school district sent kron 4 news. this statement, quote. >> vallejo city unified school district condemns any form of fighting or aggressive conduct during athletic events in response to this incident, we are actively conducting an investigation. this includes gathering statements from staff members and reviewing video footage recorded during the game. additionally, we are eagerly awaiting a report from t

now back to that viral video of an arrest that happened in vallejo. police say it was related to a police chase following a burglary. the man who witnessed this arrest talk to kron four's sara stinson tonight. and she brings us this report. >> a viral tiktok shows a vallejo police officer as he punches a woman while attempting to arrest her. this video was taken by romir hamilton before police arrived. he says he was about to get out of the car to help the person who's airbags deployed from the crash when the officer came up drawing his gun. i was like, oh, my god, something could be heard. and then i saw the lights come in and talk it out with this guy. and was like, ok, this is not what i expected was going on. illegal police say this all started around noon friday when an officer was flagged down by security at gateway plaza. >> saying someone just drove off with the merchandise in a blue. nissan ultima. >> the officer tempted to pull the suspected car over, but the driver refused and that led to a pursuit. police say the driver ran a red light and

we are starting off with a sigalert in vallejo that we'll get to in just a moment. we're going to begin an emeryville with a live picture of 8-80 and that westbound traffic is where you see the headlights in walnut creek showing you a live picture of 680. those tail lights are traveling in the southbound direction. it's already getting a bit busy in this area. our drive times for the most part, tracy to dublin is our slow stretch. it's going to be around 36 minutes and then eastbound 80 at american canyon road. we have at least two lanes blocked due to a crash in that area. reggie and kumasi jobina, thank you. >> new developments this morning and the replacement for the late california senator dianne feinstein. governor newsom was facing pressure for months to pick a possible replacement it ever since the late senator ran into failing health. she died at the age of 90. governor newsom is appointing democratic party strategist laphonza butler to serve out the remainder of senator feinstein's term until next year's 2024 election. butler is the current leader of the po

several fights broke out at a high school football game between vallejo and kennedy high school this past weekend. the fighting got so bad that the referees stopped play with nearly 10 minutes left in the game. cropper's theresa tells us what's next now for both teams. >> there was no winners and this on either side that's thomas case, a sports writer for the vallejo times herald. >> he took this picture of the vallejo high school varsity football team on the sidelines after a fight broke out during last friday's game against kennedy high. and then kenny players retaliate. >> they have a problem with little having a problem. and with and second, it's there's punches being thrown by players, not, says that when he snapped the photo, the coaches were trying to calm down the teen. so that play could resume. i want to make this very clear. i never saw any coaches throwing punches, but they were involved was shouting most of them are trying to separate players. but then says another fight occurred. it's probably like about a 10 minute away. and while they're all hard lane, a second incide

follows through with a plan to restore public trust. >>> a viral tiktok video shows a vallejo officerfter in the face. it comes as the state announces a new oversight plan to help avoid incidents like this. >> californians are hurting. trust has been broken and it won't be repaired overnight. >>> israel preparing for a ground invasion at any moment, the growing desperation in gaza and

today, tomorrow, vallejo , probably 78, 77 degrees. fog, you can't see it here. maybe. maybe there's a little bit of haze in the air. that's the bay bridge. obviously the fog will be right at the coast and kind of push into the bay a little bit tonight. it's going to be chilly overnight. we're already down to 59 degrees in santa rosa . santa rosa ends up in the upper 40s tonight. 47 degrees for an overnight low, 47 in fairfield. so it's going to be a little bit cooler for the plan this week is for these weather systems to drop in from up here and they're going to come down off the canadian shield. and this kind of a fashion, especially on friday. and that's going to drop the temperatures down. it's not it's a relatively dry system because this cold system. right. or cooler system. so that means you're not going to the chance of a sprinkle or something. maybe but not like last week because that was a kind of a mid-latitude system. this thing would be i'd be surprised if we get a trace amount. we'd be lucky to get a trace amount of rain.

the chronicle reports vallejo has had to pay more than 15 million dollars to settle lawsuits over the department's use of force dating back to 2003. we'll have more on this coming up at 5.45. whether time now? let's get a live look outside the majestic golden gate bridge and the >> calm bay here on a monday. absolutely beautiful out there today. we've got kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow here with more. what we can this week going to warm up a little bit. how yeah, we've got a big heat up coming our way. we could see some records going down. i think as we head into thursday, so >> temperatures start to warm up, say i think a lot warmer by tomorrow afternoon. we've actually got a cold front. >> working its way through the bay area. but you can see not a whole lot of energy. couple high clouds drifting overhead across the bay right now as the sun gets ready to set up what turned out to be a pretty decent day. but you can see the system working its way into northern california. they're picking up some showers north of us. we've seen a few scattered light showers make their way

the vallejo police department says the woman then aggressively resisted arrest.eo shows something else. >> the officer seen slamming the woman against the truck and then on the ground where she's then punched in the face. i was completely shocked. >> to see what what you've done in and i know i know that this person had burglarized and and slipping from the cost. but at same time she has rights. you know, he's from what i can tell. about twice your size. so once once she's down, especially that the punch was unnecessary. we spoke with a criminal defense attorney who agrees this use of force is unacceptable that police conduct was absolutely outrageous. >> he had no right to use that amount of force. a police officer's only allowed to use reasonable force. >> a spokesperson for the vallejo police department told kron 4 on friday this officer did follow protocol but says this incident will be sent to the use of force review board. according to police, another woman was in the passenger seat and tried to run away from the scene after the crash. but to civilian stopp

the vallejo police department says the woman then aggressively resisted arrest. but the video shows something else. >> the officer seen slamming the woman against the truck and then on the ground where she's then punched in the face. i was completely shocked. >> to see what what you've done in and i know i know that this person had burglarized and and slipping from the cost. but at same time she has rights. you know, he's from what i can tell. about twice your size. so once once she's down, especially that the punch was a necessary. we spoke with a criminal defense attorney who agrees this use of force is unacceptable police conduct was absolutely outrageous. >> she had no right to use that amount of force of police officers only allowed to use reasonable force. >> a spokesperson for the vallejo police department told kron 4 on friday this officer did follow protocol but says this incident will be sent to the use of force review board. according to police, another woman was in the passenger seat and tried to run away from the scene after the crash. but to civilia

. >> there was no winners and this on either side that's thomas case, a sports writer for the vallejo times herald. >> he took this picture of the vallejo high school varsity football team on the sidelines after a fight broke out during last friday's game against kennedy high. and then kenny players retaliate. >> they have a problem with little having a problem. and with and second, it's there's punches being thrown by players, not, says that when he snapped the photo, the coaches were trying to calm down the teen. so that play could resume. i want to make this very clear. i never saw any coaches throwing punches, but they were involved was shouting most of them are trying to separate players. but then says another fight occurred. it's probably like about a 10 minute delay. and while they're all hard lane, a second incident kind of starts. and this is like coaches, hr. there fans yelling at each other. you know, when i was interviewing the rat, like, get out of here, games been called, not safe like so. that was hope i can get the reps name because he was out of their time. so on mond

the vallejo fairfield area ranked 10th. that's more costly than new york city and boston. san jose was 14th. us news and world report compiled this list. it's based on the median gross rent annual housing costs, quality of life affordability and job market. welcome to the nine. that list did surprise me. i wouldn't necessarily think, for example, vallejo would be more important, more expensive than new york city. i still find it pretty, pretty difficult to believe that to be the case. you know, i'd have to dig more into the methodology behind all of this to figure that out, because , you know, it's one of the more affordable areas to in the bay area, in the bay area, right now. so how is that more expensive than than new york? the only thing i can think of and i haven't like dug into the study, but if you're looking at jobs available and you're looking at jobs in in vallejo, let's just say maybe you live in vallejo, but you work in silicon valley and make all that good tech money. right? but if you're looking at jobs available in vallejo, are they those multiple six figure

the vallejo police department says the woman then aggressively resisted arrest. video shows something else the officer seen slamming the woman against the truck and then on the ground where she's then punched in the face. i was completely shocked. >> to see what what you've done in and i know i know that this person had burglarized and and slipping from the cost, but at the same time she has rights. you know, he's from what i can tell. about twice your size. so once once she's down, especially that the punch was unnecessary. we spoke with a criminal defense attorney who agrees this use of force is unacceptable that police conduct was absolutely outrageous. >> he had right to use that amount of force. a police officer's only allowed to use reasonable force. >> a spokesperson for the vallejo police department told kron 4 on friday this officer did follow protocol but says this incident will be sent to the use of force review board. according to police, another woman was in the passenger seat and tried to run away from the scene after the crash. but to civilian stop

a sports writer for the vallejo times herald. >> he took this picture of the vallejo high school varsity football team on the sidelines after a fight broke out during last friday's game against kennedy high. and then kenny players retaliate. >> they have a problem with little having a problem. and with and second, it's there's punches being thrown by players, not, says that when he snapped the photo, the coaches were trying to calm down the teen. so that play could resume. i want to make this very clear. i never saw any coaches throwing punches, but they were involved was shouting most of them are trying to separate players. but then says another fight occurred. it's probably like about a 10 minute delay. and while they're all hard lane, a second incident kind of starts. and this is like coaches, hr. there fans yelling at each other. you know, when i was interviewing the rat, like, get out of here, games been called, not safe like so. that was what hope i can get the reps name because he was out of their time spent on monday corpus field where the game was held friday night was vacant to

. >> there was no winners and this on either side that's thomas case, a sports writer for the vallejoerald. >> he took this picture of the vallejo high school varsity football team on the sidelines after a fight broke out during last friday's game against kennedy high. and then kenny players retaliate. >> they have a problem with little having a problem. and with and second, it's there's punches being thrown by players, not, says that when he snapped the photo, the coaches were trying to calm down the teen. >> so that play could resume. i want to make this very clear. i never saw any coaches throwing punches, but they were involved was shouting most of them are trying to separate players. but then says another fight occurred. it's probably like about a 10 minute away. and while they're all hard lane, a second incident kind of starts. and this is like coaches, john hr. there. >> fans yelling at each other. you know, when i was interviewing the rat, like, get out of here, games been called, not safe like so. that was hope i can get the reps name because he was out of their time spent on

the vallejo police department says the woman then aggressively resisted arrest. but the video shows something else the officer seen slamming the woman against the truck and then on the ground where she's then punched in the face. i was completely shocked. >> to see what what you've done in and i know i know that this person had burglarized and and slipping from the cost, but at the same time she has rights. you know, he's from what i can tell. about twice your size. so once once she's down, especially that the punch was a necessary. we spoke with a criminal defense attorney who agrees this use of force is unacceptable. police conduct was absolutely outrageous. >> he had right to use that amount of force of police officers only allowed to use reasonable force. >> a spokesperson for the vallejo police department told kron 4 on friday this officer did follow protocol but says this incident will be sent to the use of force review board. according to police, another woman was in the passenger seat and tried to run away from the scene after the crash. but to civilian s