Podcast interview with RPF

Pati Poblete: author, columnist, mother, and now the founder and executive director of the Robby Poblete Foundation. The organization and Pati are on a mission to keep unwanted guns from falling into the wrong hands, and Pati joins us to talk about how they’re doing it, and paying tribute to the son she lost to…

Victims’ Memorial Day

Dedication ceremony at the Matt Garcia Career and College Academy in Fairfield where mothers shared their stories of losing their loved ones to violent crime. (Photo by Fox40)   Mothers, grandmothers and sisters who all lost loved ones to violent crime attended the Victims’ Memorial Day event coordinated by The Matt Garcia Foundation in Fairfield…

First Stakeholders’ Meeting

Vallejo mothers of slain sons eye gun buy-back at fairgrounds Robby Poblete was gunned down in broad daylight in a Vallejo hotel parking lot, Sept. 21, 2014. He was 23. Eric Reyes was shot twice in the back while driving Feb. 6, 2016. He was 18. view article

First Stakeholders’ Meeting

The Robby Poblete Foundation had its first stakeholders’ meeting, which was held at the USA World Classic Museum in Vallejo. It was attended by city, county and state representatives including the offices of Congressman Mike Thompson, Sen. Bill Dodd, Assemblyman Tim Grayson, County Supervisor Erin Hannigan, Vallejo Mayor Bob Sampayan, Vallejo Police Chief Andrew Bidou,…