Hello loyal readers – last week we had a film crew come up here and spent a day at Davis, UC Davis, and Woodland interviewing people. The video which we are going to use as a promo is almost ready to go, but we need $700 to finish it. Please us help – we need that today.
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Former Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso climbs the MLK Statue at King Hall with me after recording his statement on video
Greenwald is the founder, editor, and executive director of the Davis Vanguard. He founded the Vanguard in 2006. David Greenwald moved to Davis in 1996 to attend Graduate School at UC Davis in Political Science. He lives in South Davis with his wife Cecilia Escamilla Greenwald and three children.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom initiated legal action against five California municipalities—Calexico, Costa Mesa, Half Moon Bay, Ridgecrest, and Turlock—for alleged non-compliance with the state's Housing Element Law, escalating efforts to enforce housing planning requirements amid California's persistent housing crisis.
The Trump administration has reinstated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle stops, days after a temporary nationwide suspension. The brief operational pause was prompted by two fatal shootings involving individuals who were not the intended targets of immigration enforcement. President Donald Trump subsequently reversed the decision, asserting that traffic stops constitute an essential enforcement tool.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, accompanied by community organizers and police torture survivors, presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for the Chicago Torture Justice Memorial on July 8. The memorial is designated as the first public monument in the United States dedicated to acknowledging state-perpetrated police violence.
Jordan Harger, a participant in the Golden Gate Bridge protest, asserted that the conviction of seven demonstrators on misdemeanor charges, following a jury's deadlock on felony conspiracy counts, signals an escalating trend toward the criminalization of political dissent. Harger described the prosecution as emblematic of a broader shift in how Bay Area authorities address political activism.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved AT&T's proposal to discontinue copper-based landline services across California, with a phased implementation scheduled to commence June 1, 2027. This regulatory action advances the company's objective of phasing out traditional landline infrastructure, despite ongoing legal and regulatory disputes regarding AT&T's Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) obligations to ensure universal telephone access.
