Guest Commentary: President Biden, Stop Funding the Policing of Our Students
To advance racial equity and disability justice, Biden must end federal funding of police in schools. By…
Letter: My Brother Angelo Quinto’s Death and Common Sense Reform
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the article on THE DAVIS VANGUARD about my brother Angelo Quinto’s death, which…
California Lawmakers Take Stand on API Hate Crimes, Introduce Legislation to Fight Them
By Alexander Ramirez SACRAMENTO, CA – Amid the examples of hate attacks that have been increasingly common…
CDCR Deemed Unfit after Requesting Billions of Dollars for Closing Prison
By Lisbeth Martinez SACRAMENTO, CA –– The California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (CDCR) received heavy backlash…
SF Public Defender Urges More Trials Despite Pandemic, Cites Client Deemed Not Guilty on 10-2 Hung Jury Decision
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office this week publicly stated that there’s a…
Not Making It to Court as Promised Cost Defendants Thousands of Dollars; Others Who Appear Skate Till Next Hearing
By Jose Medina and Esha Kher WOODLAND, CA – Failure to appear on court dates can make…
Trial for Assault with Deadly Weapon Postponed; Defendant Ordered to Be Examined by Doctors for Competency
By Lizet Gonzalez SACRAMENTO – Defendant Ahmed Naser sat here in Sacramento County Superior Court accused of…
Zero Dollar Bail after DA Office Decides to “Take a Chance” on Defendant
By Katie DaQuino, Alexander Jimenez, and Koda Slingluff ALAMEDA, CA – With the District Attorney’s Office taking…
Tulare Sheriff Targeted by ACLU Lawsuit Claiming Sheriff ‘Mismanagement’ of COVID Outbreak Caused Harm in County Jails
FRESNO, CA – The Tulare County Sheriff is the target again for the “mismanagement of a COVID-19…
Student Opinion: Facing Up To Wealth Inequality In A Post-COVID World
By Jacob Derin The economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic may be beginning to abate somewhat,…
California Supreme Court Rules SB 1391 Constitutional, Prohibiting Transfer of Young Teens to Adult Criminal Court
By Linhchi Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO – The California Supreme Court released its decision Thursday regarding the constitutionality…
Student Opinion: In Local Hackathon, A Reminder of the Power of Community
By Jacob Vito In the era of COVID-19, countless things have had to make a move to…
Private Prison Giant GEO Neglects COVID-19 Outbreaks at San Francisco Halfway House
By Alana Bleimann and Layla Mustafa SAN FRANCISCO – While the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to devastate…
Alameda County Sheriff Claims “Hundreds of Staff Tested at Santa Rita Jail,” Data Shows Only 32 Percent Accepted
By Tiffany Devlin The Covid In-Custody Project partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring quantitative and qualitative reporting on…
Commentary: Berkeley Just Limited Police Stops, Should Davis Follow Suit?
By David M. Greenwald Late last year the Davis Joint Police Subcommittee issued a report with a…
Guest Commentary: It’s Time for DA Associations to Stop Standing in the Way of Reform
By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Tyler Yeargain Last week, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón — the…
Prosecutors Like SF’s Boudin Talk about Credibility – SFPD Officer Returns to Patrol after Judge Tosses Case, Suggesting Officer Lied
By Juliet Bost SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Police Department reassigned Officer Nicholas M. Buckley to…
California Innocence Project, Northern California Innocence Project Webinar: Panel Discusses Progressive Prosecution
By Linhchi Nguyen CALIFORNIA – What are progressive prosecutors and what policies should they be advocating was…
Testimonies of Victim and Witness Vastly Differ in Assault Case
By Roxanna Jarvis SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento man’s jury trial was set after Sacramento County Superior Court…
Recent Report on LAPD Covers the Department’s Troubling History with Deputy Gangs
By Wen Chiang LOS ANGELES — Since last June, when a whistleblower leaked accusations of a supposed…
