Three Defendants Set to Stand Trial for Smuggling Methamphetamine Letters into Jail
By Dominique Kato SACRAMENTO – An alleged elaborate plot to smuggle drugs into a Sacramento County jail…
Man Accused of Pimping Girlfriend – He Texted Her ‘I’m Glad I Own U’
By Josué Monroy SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento man accused of pimping and pandering, after being arrested in…
Man Punches Wife Twice, but Judge Rules Not Serious Enough to Be Felony
By Jose Medina MERCED – A Merced man more or less admitted he punched his wife—twice—but the…
Child Porn Case Reveals Fresno Man’s History of Sex Acts with Cousins as Young as 4 Years Old.
By Nicholas Gardner FRESNO – A young Fresno man here was sentenced to county jail with a…
BSCC Gives CDCR $15m For Housing Newly-Released Individuals Due to COVID-19
(Dashboard updates daily – M-F) By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and…
Solano County Jail Reports First COVID-19 Case – Questions Persist About Accuracy of Counts – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails
By Nikki Suzani Highlights (July 20th – 25th) Solano County Jail reported its first positive case of…
PORTLAND & FED POLICE: Marches, Movements, Moms, and Mobilizations
By Roman Mendoza PORTLAND, OR – On the steps of the Multnomah County Justice Center, a local…
Did Vallejo Police Union President Destroy Evidence in Monterrosa Killing?
Multiple media reports over the weekend have noted that the president of the Vallejo police union is…
Sunday Commentary: The University Commons ‘Wall’ Impact Has Been Greatly Overstated
One of the biggest complaints about the University Commons project has been “size, scale, and height of…
Looking Back: Misidentification: The Leading Cause Of Wrongful Convictions
“Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester…
Five Vegas Cops, Charged with Staging Evidence, Face Federal Civil Rights Suit after 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses District Court
By Linh Nguyen LAS VEGAS – After a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Thursday, five Las…
Man Accuses Judge of Prejudice in Yolo County Courtroom
By Susana Jurado YOLO COUNTY – Yolo County Superior Court Judge David Rosenberg was accused of “court…
Man Held after He and Woman Attack Another Woman with Gun, Child Watches
By Evelyn Valerio SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento man is currently being held in custody for a violent…
After Strangling Partner for Nearly an Hour, Defendant Denied Pretrial Release
By Susana Jurado FRESNO, CA. – A defendant here was accused late last week of strangling his…
Chief Acknowledges Errors in Handling of ‘Karen’ Case
A few weeks ago the Vanguard reported on complaints that Dr. Khoa Lam had in encounters with…
Guest Commentary: Improving City of Davis Decision Making – An Open Letter
Informed and transparent decision-making is an essential pillar of good local governance. In Davis, this pillar…
Guest Commentary: How Jury Selection Discriminates against Black Citizens
By Satana Deberry, Jamila Hodge and Miriam Aroni Krinsky What if you could be removed from a…
CA District Attorneys Urge End to Conflict of Interest between Prosecutors and Police
By Elizabeth Cho Four California district attorneys wrote a letter to the Chair and Interim Executive Director…
Innocent Black Man is Six Months Away from Execution
By Gabriela Tsudik TENNESSEE – About four months from now, on Dec. 3, 2020, Pervis Payne, 53,…
New Orleans DA, Who Fought Exonerations of People Found to Be Innocent, Retiring
By Ayanna Gandhi NEW ORLEANS – The District Attorney for Orleans Parish, who fought to restore criminal…
