California Passes AB 376, Becomes First State to Provide a Bill of Rights for Student Borrowers
By Stacy Hernandez Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 376 on Friday, making California the first…
Sunday Commentary: We Need to Re-Imagine How We Interact with Mental Health Crises
By David M. Greenwald We hear the term defund the police. It is easy to mistake it…
Guest Commentary: Understanding Breonna Taylor and Systemic Racism
By Gloria Partida Summers can be transformative. We have had the summer of love and the summer…
Guest Commentary: Now Is the Time to Right Size and Redirect Yolo County Criminal Justice Spending
By Don Saylor On September 29, 2020, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors will adopt our 2020-21…
Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Endorses Measure D
by Alan Pryor Citing grounds of “preservation of agricultural lands and open space, in-fill development and densification,…
Looking Back: Never Again – PART 2
“Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester…
EXONERATIONS: Part VII – Misconduct by Police and Prosecutors at Trial Cause of Wrongful Convictions
(This is the sixth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of…
Chicago Sun Times Endorses More Progressive Kim Foxx for Second Term as State’s Attorney
By Lauren Smith CHICAGO – The Chicago Sun Times (CST) Friday failed to support an “old…
RBG Recognized, Criminal Justice Reform Focus of Justice Event
By Fiona Deane-Grundman Kerry Abrams, the dean of Duke Law School, introduced the celebration of the renaming…
State Prison Transport Delays and Pandemic Cause Convicted to Do More Time
By Susana Jurado SACRAMENTO – It’s a little like a higher math problem—the bottom line, as Assistant…
Judge Reduces Charge for Defendant Who Flung Beer Bottle at Employees
By Linhchi Nguyen SACRAMENTO – A defendant is charged with stealing alcohol from a local Target and…
Discussions on Addressing Mental Health and Systemic Racism in Davis in Temporary Joint Subcommittee Meeting
By Emily Dill DAVIS —Mental health and systemic racism become highly contentious topics at the temporary joint…
Guest Commentary: Kentucky’s AG Refuses to Answer Key Questions About the Breonna Taylor Shooting
By Roula Allouch and Edward Ahmen Mitchell What was the demographic make-up of the grand jury that…
Guest Commentary: In Response to Sierra Club Regarding DISC
by Patrick Huber Sprawl. If “sprawl” is simply defined as any development on the city’s periphery, then…
Candidate Survey – Yolo People Power – Part 4
(Editor’s note: this is the third of six candidate surveys of the Davis City Council, Yolo Supervisor,…
As Covid-19 Continues to Impact Criminal Legal System, Advocates Discuss Radical Alternatives
By Tiffany Devlin As the Covid-19 pandemic heavily impacted jails, prisons, and courts across the United…
EXONERATIONS: Part VI – Concealing Evidence Most Common Misconduct Leading to False Convictions
(This is the sixth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of…
San Francisco Board of Supes Creates Small Business Smashed Window Program
By Julian Verdon SAN FRANCISCO – Small business owners in San Francisco’s District 5 can now apply…
Judge Sets Trial Date for Couple Charged with Felony Animal Cruelty
By Anais Cortes SACRAMENTO – Brock and Tiffany Erickson—each charged with one felony account of animal cruelty—did…
Defendant Found with Assault Rifle in His Garage Avoids Prison If He Follow the Rules
By Julian Navarro SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento man was found in possession of an assault weapon by…
