Strangers Flood Local 93-Year-Old with Greetings, Birthday Cards
by Jerika L.H Although his military registry dates him much older, Jack Barnes, Sr., turned 93 on…
Sunday Commentary: What Should Davis Do about the Downtown?
This week a discussion and debate over the Davis Ace parking lot proposal became an entry point…
Davis Islamic Community Again Hit with an Act of Hatred
It has been nearly five months since Lauren Kirk-Coehlo desecrated the Islamic Center of Davis with breaking…
Flash From the Past: Twice Wrongly Accused, Twice Exonerated
This week on our video panel, we featured, among others, Bernita Toney. She related the story of…
No Justice No Pride: Coming Out Against Money Bail
By Charles Fredrick So here’s the T — as a community, we queer and trans folks are…
My View: Why Whole Foods Purchase Matters to Davis and How Amazon is Exacerbating the Death of Local Retail
Two weeks ago, we ran a story on the rise of urban wasteland called “greyfields” – and…
Commentary: Understanding How Black Men Think about White American Police
Last Sunday, in our piece, “We Need to Acknowledge that Race Played a Fundamental Role in the…
Jeff Sessions Wants a New War on Drugs – It Won’t Work
By David Cole and Marc Mauer Attorney General Jeff Sessions is right to be concerned about recent…
Vanguard Weekly Video Series, Episode 1: Police Oversight
On Wednesday the Vanguard hosted its first in a weekly series of videos with a discussion of…
Commentary: What We Have Learned from the Parking Discussion
The appeal of the Davis Ace parking project led to one of the more unique occurrences on…
Commentary: UC Davis’ Protest Policy Probably Won’t Work
One of the more heated discussions has been how to allow free speech on campus in the…
Police Turn Traffic Stop into Violent Encounter
By Jana Kooren In a heartbeat, Anthony Promvongsa’s sunny summer day in Worthington, Minnesota, turned from ordinary…
Davis Burglary Trial Resumes
By Novpreet Shoker The jury trial for the case against Joseph Hernandez, Joshua Givens and Rakhem Bradford…
Commentary: Paid Parking Is the Gorilla in the Room
The comments by the Davis City Council regarding the proposed Davis Ace Project were instructive. They were…
Draft EIR Release for Lincoln40
The city has released the Draft EIR for the Lincoln40 apartment project on Olive Drive. The comment…
Ineligible Votes Swung Democratic Party Chair Election to Bauman
(Editor’s Note: The following press release came from Kimberly Ellis’ campaign. Kimberly Ellis ran for chair of…
UC Davis Creates Blueprint for Freedom of Expression on Campus
(From Press Release) – College campuses across the country are struggling with disagreements about how to allow…
SPD Underground Page Goes After BLM Members
(From Press Release) – Black Lives Matter Sacramento charged today that a Facebook page “SPD Underground” that…
Council Allows Ace Parking Project to Move Forward
It spawned a far broader and far more important debate than the decision over a simple project…
Public Commenters Continue to Press Council on Picnic Day
Earlier this week, William Kelly submitted a piece to the Vanguard calling on the city to retract…
