Guest Commentary: In Overdose Deaths, Should Homicide Charges Be Filed?
These officials say no. In many cases, it is family members or close friends who are charged with…
Meals On Wheels Yolo County Receives $10,000 Bayer Fund Grant to Ensure Weekend Food for Lowest Income Seniors
Special to the Vanguard Woodland, CA – Meals on Wheels Yolo County announced it received a grant…
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Recommends Clemency for James Coddington – Up to Governor Now
By Vanguard Staff OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 to Wednesday…
Guardian: Report Indicates Police Kill Thousands of People Fleeing, Posing No Threat
By Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – A research group that tracks lethal force cases said this…
Officer in Murder Trial Admits He Assumed Accused in Gang – Based on T-Shirt Choice, Where Accused Was Raised and Friends
By Jojo Kofman SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The murder trial proceeded Wednesday in San Francisco County Superior…
Man Convicted in Jury Trial of Multiple Counts of Drunk Driving and Related Charges
By Gracy Joslin and Rena Abdusalam WOODLAND, CA – A man was convicted here in Yolo County…
Commentary: It’s Not Just Money, but Bureaucracy Driving Shortage of Affordable Housing
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In recent years, cities like Davis have greatly reduced their affordable…
Soros Explains His Support for Reform Prosecutors and Criminal Justice Reform
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor George Soros has become a boogeyman not just to the right,…
Guest Commentary: Is Prison Labor Involuntary Servitude?
By Rob Sharp A FORMER OREGON prisoner wrote an article in the April/May edition of Esquire magazine….
Female Journalist Told Skirt Too Short to Watch Alabama Execution – Another Reporter Questioned
By Tommy Nguyen and Kacie Williams ATMORE, AL – A female journalist reporting on an execution in…
Free Court Date Notification Tool Announced in Los Angeles
By Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA — A new program that will provide those in Los Angeles…
Woman Voices Concern about Needing to Appear in Person
By Ramneet Singh WOODLAND, CA – Yolo County Superior Court Judge David Reed presided over a felony…
Unknown ‘Chan’ Committed Crimes, Claims Accused Handyman – But It’s Handyman Not ‘Chan’ Now Set for Trial
By Mihajla Milovanovic MODESTO, CA – The alleged victim of a sexual assault testified here in Stanislaus…
Commentary: Is Reisig the Jedi Master of Reform? Follow the Thread on Drug Treatment As One Example
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – There I was interviewing Akhi Johnson on the…
Study finds substantial undetected COVID-19 infections, inadequate testing among jail populations
This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring reporting on…
Social Justice Group/Jail Watchdog Wants Embattled Sacramento County Jail Closed to Federal Prisoners – Urges County Cancel U.S. Marshal Service Contract
By Crescenzo Vellucci Jr. Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – A social justice group and jail…
New Evidence Emerges in Decades-Old Tholmer Case
by Robert J. Hansen Lionell Tholmer has been in prison since 1985 after being convicted of second-degree…
Newspaper Says Police Union Blocked Access to Press Conference
By Matthew Keys The newspaper that covers Vallejo said it was prevented from attending a press…
ACLU Files Amicus Brief with Supreme Court to Uphold a University’s Ability to Consider Race
By Ashleen Herrarte NEW YORK, NY – The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Massachusetts…
Defense and Accused’s Family Question Gang Narrative in Murder Trial
By JOJO KOFMAN SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A murder trial continued Monday in San Francisco County Superior…
