Guest Commentary: Sutter Tree Cutting Begins at Sutter ER – I Am Heartbroken
By Alan Hirsch Tuesday they cut at least 100 trees at Sutter hospital—50 of which are unrelated…
Valley Clean Energy Celebrates Putah Creek Solar Farm Groundbreaking
By Vanguard Staff WINTERS, CA – With the public unveiling last week of a 3-megawatt solar-plus-storage farm…
John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Introduced in the House
By Vanguard Staff Washington – With many states attempting to roll back voter protection, on Tuesday, the…
Philly Study Links Eviction to Burglary, Robbery and Homicide
By Carson Eschen PHILADELPHIA, PA – A recent study discovered that eviction rates have a direct correlation…
Inadequate Data Collection is Slowing Down Criminal Justice Reform
By Genesis Guzman ROCHESTER, NY – The fight for a reform in the criminal justice system…
Sacramento Man Charged with Attempted Murder of Fellow Incarcerated Man after Target Trash Compactor Damage
By Ganga Nair SACRAMENTO, CA – While serving time in the Sacramento County Jail for damaging a…
Defendant on Pretrial Release at Risk of Being Sent Back to Jail If She Can’t Find a Program
By Marcia Barajas SANTA BARBARA, CA – Amelia A. Castellanos-Marshall needs a place to live Aug. 24,…
Judge Issues Stay Away Order for All AC Transit Buses for Defendant – Defense Calls It Unconstitutional
By Ankita Joshi ALAMEDA, CA – Defendant Faye Adams was issued a stay away order for all…
Defendant Allegedly Continuously Sexually Abused 2 Victims – Defense Attacks Child Victim, but Judge Sets Trial
By Stephanie Boulos ALAMEDA, CA – It was found here in Alameda County Superior Court Tuesday that…
Family Still Wants Answers and Police to Come Clean on Shooting Death by Police of Augustine Morales
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The video released in November shows the shooting…
Wildhorse Ranch Project Could Return As Palomino Place
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It has been over a decade since the…
Former Philly Detectives Involved in Wrongful Conviction of Anthony Wright, Charged After Grand Jury Investigation
By Elizabeth Garabedian PHILADELPHIA, PA – District Attorney Larry Krasner late last Friday issued a statement addressing…
DA Boudin Files 33 Charges against Man Targeting Chinese-Owned Businesses
By Linh Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced the filing Monday…
Reflections of a Vanguard Intern: A Rookie Cop, an Expert Witness, and the Sway of Police Testimony
By Fiona Davis SACRAMENTO, CA – This past week, while assigned to monitor several departments in the…
Prison Term Modified by Appeals Court to Strike One Year – Defendant Now Looking at ‘Just’ 15 Years to Life, and 1 Additional Year
By Eva Smolen AMADOR, CA – Every little bit helps. An appeals court last week made a…
CA Supreme Court Rules Proposition 64 Does Not Make Possessing Pot in Prison Legal
By Neha Malhi SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The article “Weed Still Illegal in Prison” by Nick Woodall…
Defendant Released Pretrial to Access Resources for Mental Health Issues, Including PTSD, Not Available in Jail
By Casey Rawlings SANTA BARBARA, CA – Defendant Perry Alexander has been incarcerated at Santa Barbara’s south…
Lost in Language – Defendant Struggles to Understand Details of Plea Bargain
By Allison Hodge SACRAMENTO, CA – Satnam Singh accepted a plea bargain in a robbery case here…
Compton City Councilmember Charged with Election Fraud
By Stacie Guevara LOS ANGELES, CA – Compton City Councilmember Isaac Galvan and five others were charged…
Defense Attorney Humanizes Mother of 3 Charged Burning House with Boyfriend Inside – Judges Reduces Bail to Expedite Release
By Natalia Claburn SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento Defense Attorney Alex Bugescu argued that defendant Justina Daggett’s attempt…
