ACLU Files Lawsuit Claiming Indiana’s 25-Foot Encroachment Law Violates First Amendment Rights
By the Vanguard Indianapolis, IN – The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana last week filed a…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: The Beat Goes On
by Chi Chi Locci “We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought control.” Those are…
Montana Court Rules in Favor of Young Plaintiffs in Historic ‘Climate Trial’
By The Vanguard HELENA, MT – For the first time since a spate of lawsuits in the…
Dashcam Allegedly Shows Officers Plotting to Frame Man for Wagging Finger at Them
By The Vanguard SMYMA, DE – Numerous news outlets are reporting this week Delaware state troopers were…
COURT WATCH: Judge at Veterans Treatment Court Concerned with Marijuana Use – Even Though Vet Has Made Considerable Progress
By Kaveh Nasseri MODESTO, CA – At a review hearing for Veterans Treatment Court in Stanislaus County…
COURT WATCH: Judge Won’t Reduce Felony Charge, Claims ‘System’ Can’t Help Accused in Misdemeanor Case, Then Schedules Competency Hearing
By Audrey Sawyer and Yenah Lee WOODLAND, CA — A man accused of felony vandalism charges did…
Commentary: Consequences
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It will be interesting to see what comes…
Sacramento Homeless Union Tells Campers They Can Return to City Hall After City Violated Court Order by Tossing Them Out – Legal Fight with City, Battle of Words with DA Continue
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento Homeless Union—embroiled in a…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: My Life Behind Bars
by G. Ruiz I would have to say that my life behind bars has been so painful….
Guest Commentary: Who is Really Cashing in the Builders Remedy ‘Blank Check’?
For-profit developers are racing to use the once-obscure housing provision to force through massive projects in single-family…
Asking for Help and Subsequently Ignored by Law Enforcement, Woman Acquitted after Self-Defense Act against Revenge-Porn Stalker
By Isabella Walker SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A woman who faced felony assault charges for defending herself…
COURT WATCH: Judge Denies Request for Surrender Date, Sends Woman with Fibromyalgia Directly to Jail
By Madison Whittemore WOODLAND, CA – Judge Daniel Wolk denied an ill woman’s request for a continued…
COURT WATCH: Accused Denied Bail after Judge Assumes Man’s Membership in Norteño Gang
By Isabella Walker MODESTO, CA – Deputy Public Defender Jared Jordan argued his client should be granted…
Legendary Attorney Tony Serra Among 10 Justice Warriors Honored at Vanguard Awards Gala
On Thursday, October 19, 2023, at 6:00 pm the Vanguard News Group will be hosting its annual…
Woodland Research and Technology Park Specific Plan Goes to Woodland Planning Commission
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – On August 17, 2023, the Woodland Planning Commission…
Letter: City Responds to Legal Services
Editor’s note: Last week the Vanguard reported on the letter from Legal Services re: Compliance with Housing…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 212 – Vincent Atchity and Mental Health Incarceration
This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Vincent Atchity. He is the CEO of Mental Health…
Homeless Union Tells California Attorney General Sacramento County DA ‘Overstepped,’ Encouraged City of Sacramento to Violate Federal Court Order by Exposing Unhoused to Super Heat
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento Homeless Union has informed…
‘Voices of Dissent’ Don’t Count In Sacramento Supervisors’ Decision to Spend Nearly $1 Billion for Expansion of ‘Inhumane, Inefficient’ Jail
By The Vanguard SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento Board of Supervisors last week voted to spend nearly…
Amid DOJ Civil Rights Probe, Man Charges Memphis Police ‘Raped’ Him at Traffic Stop
By The Vanguard MEMPHIS, TN — A man here—amid a U.S. Justice Dept. investigation of the Memphis…
