ACLU Files Lawsuits on Behalf of Terminal Island and Lompoc Prisoners
As COVID-19 Ravaged the Prisons, Officials Failed to Take Sanctioned Actions The ACLU of Southern California among…
Gascón States Excessive Force Case Needs ‘An Independent Advocate,’ Not a ‘Multi-Million Dollar Pawn’
By Shellsea Lomeli LOS ANGELES, CA – LA District Attorney candidate George Gascón criticized the current DA’s…
Judge Sentences Man Who Confessed to Therapist of Downloading Child Pornography
By Julietta Bisharyan DAVIS, CA – In Yolo County Superior Court, a man was sentenced to four…
Friday Arraignments: An Uppercut, Corporal Injury/Elder Abuse, Restraining Order Violation and Threats to Neighbors
By Lea Barrios SACRAMENTO – In a string of arraignments here in Sacramento County Superior Court on…
ARC Plans for Most Affordable Housing to Be on Site
Among the concerns that some critics of the Aggie Research Campus project had was that the applicant…
Sunday Commentary: Yolo DA Continues to Present Anecdotes on Zero Bail
Every time the Yolo County DA has put out a press release on someone committing a new…
Man Dives Out of Moving Car, Attempts to ‘Buy’ Freedom – Judge Sets June Trial
By Armando Alonzo SACRAMENTO – Tyrell Cousins tried to buy his escape when he fled from police…
Lawsuit Seeks Release of Medically Vulnerable People Held at Oakland County Jail in Michigan
A district court judge who issued a temporary restraining order in the case said jail officials had…
My View: Paul’s Place Sails Through but Attitudes toward Homeless and Mentally Ill Remain Troubling
Having watched the discussion earlier on the Respite Center, we see two very distinct points of view…
My View: Media Botches LA Jail Story
Early this week, the media reported on a strange case where the LA Sheriff, Alex Villanueva, citing…
Justice Sotomayor Writes Scathing Objection to Handling of COVID Matter by Texas Jail
By Linh Nguyen and Murcel Rahimi On May 14, the Supreme Court denied two Texas incarcerees’ request…
Road Rage Incident Leads to Assault/Stabbing Charge; Man Dives Out of Moving Car, Attempts to ‘Buy’ Freedom – Judge Sets June Trial
Road Rage Incident Leads to Assault/Stabbing Charge By Armando Alonzo SACRAMENTO – In-custody defendant Xavier Alston plead…
Times Are Tough: Become a Sustaining Subscriber – $3, $5, or $10 a Month
We are in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. On one side is the illness impacting many…
Pickett to Step Down from School Board at the End of June
Cindy Pickett was elected only about 18 months ago, but on Thursday on Facebook and Twitter she…
State and Local Economies Hammered as Officials Ponder Next Moves
Last week we learned that the city of Davis was now facing over a $20 million budget…
Guest Commentary: ARC Must Integrate Our City’s Exceptional Transportation System
By Joe Bolte The Aggie Research Campus SEIR forecasts that travel to the site will be overwhelmingly…
New Courthouse ‘Normal’ – Sacramento Courthouse Now Requiring Mandatory Temperature Checks & Masks
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – When will “live” – as opposed to “virtual”…
Guest Commentary: Mizrahi Jews Speak in Support of the California Ethnic Studies Curriculum
By Michal David and Shahar Zaken JIMENA’s response to the California Ethnic Studies model curriculum brings up…
Missouri to Carry Out First Execution Since COVID-19 on Man Despite New Evidence of Innocence
By Linh Nguyen MISSOURI — Despite the fact that many states postponed lethal injections amid the coronavirus…
Sentencing Project Talks Strategies on Reducing Incarceration during COVID-19
By Metyia Phillips The Sentencing Project recently hosted a Zoom talk about current COVID-19 decarceration strategies used…
