Sunday Commentary: Bringing Back RDA Would Help the Housing Crisis Along with Moves like SB 9
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor At the start here, I will say the housing crisis is…
Looking Back: Two Unusual Wrongful Conviction Twists
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Chesa Boudin Argues He Wants to Keep SF Safe, Files Lawsuit against Multiple Ghost Gun Makers
By Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO, CA – District Attorney Chesa Boudin has brought a lawsuit against multiple…
Two Former Torrance Police Officers Allegedly Involved in Spraying Swastika Sign
By Neha Malhi TORRANCE, CA – Two former Torrance police officers were charged this week with vandalizing…
Vanguard Court Watch Articles of the Week
Chilling Video Shows Man Getting Shot, Assailants Driving Away in Attempted Murder Case By Ganga Nair Nair…
Man Pleads for Release to ‘Fix All of His Problems’ – Judge Releases Him on 1 Cent Bail
By Sophia Barberini ALAMEDA, CA – Judge David Pereda of Alameda County Superior Court granted Josue Perezayala…
My View: We Need to Think of SB 9 As an Equity Issue More than a Housing One
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor My view on SB 9 continues to be that the bill…
Excited Delirium? Attorneys Incredulous at Inquest Findings of Debunked Cause of Death in Antioch Case
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Antioch, CA – It may have been a scene reminiscent of…
Letter: We Stand With Afghanistan
by Harris Razaqi We, the Afghan Student Association at UC Davis and its allies, express our concerns…
Intern Reflections on Court Watch for The Vanguard
By Natalia Claburn Despite a slow Wednesday shift this week, the case I wrote about Thursday…
Chilling Video Shows Man Getting Shot, Assailants Driving Away in Attempted Murder Case
By Ganga Nair SACRAMENTO, CA – Eddie Young and Jeremy Lucas were charged here Thursday in Sacramento…
Econo Lodge Vandalism Call Leads to More Serious Charges
By Alexander Ramirez WOODLAND, CA. – Yesenia Yolanda Deltoro was in Yolo County Superior Court, Dept. 8…
RV Assault Leaves Questions about Second Unidentified Assailant
By Dario McCarty SACRAMENTO, CA – Here in Sacramento County Superior Court, at a preliminary hearing, a…
Vanguard Awards Al Rojas with Its Vanguard Justice Award for Lifetime Achievement
It is a great honor to award one of our two lifetime achievement awards to the great…
Commentary: Will a Speeding Crackdown in Davis Disproportionately Impact Black and Brown People? History Says It Will
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Before the Nextdoor admins removed the discussion there…
Commentary: SB 9 Moves Closer, but the Debate Continues
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – SB 9 passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee on…
Sacramento Police Officer Arrested – Again – for Domestic Violence and Meth Possession; This Time the District Attorney Files Charges after Whiffling Earlier
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – A Sacramento Police Dept. officer had a…
When All Hell Broke Loose: The Year of Coronavirus at San Quentin
By Kevin D. Sawyer Prisoners inside San Quentin Prison who survived the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 weren’t…
Missouri Governor’s Pardons Don’t Include Lamar Johnson – For Now, Johnson Remains in Prison for Crime He Did Not Commit
By Casey Rawlings and Elizabeth Garabedian ST. LOUIS, MO – Missouri governor Mike Parson has now announced…
Guest Commentary: Stories of Abuses in Prisons
By Cameron Washington The stories of incarcerated individuals make it clear that jails and prisons are incapable…
