Taxpayers, Not Cops, Foot the Bill for Civil Rights Suits in City, County of Sacramento
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Taxpayers in the city and county…
Riverside County Sheriff Criticized for Blaming County’s Public Safety Crisis on Prop. 47
By Kayla Garcia-Pebdani and Maeve O’Brien RIVERSIDE, CA– An Orange County Register opinion piece this last week…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Prison Abolitionists Visit CDCR
Civic Engagement Talks with the Incarcerated By Angie D. Gordon On January 31, 2024, representatives from Initiate…
Student’s Vanguard: An Address to the Bullock Cart Driver – A Creative Critique on the Caste System in India
By Praniti Gulyani Dear Bullock Cart Driver, I know that my letter might never reach you, and…
Immigrant Rights Organizations Urge Congress to Fund Representation for Adults Facing Deportation
By Sofia Hosseinzadeh WASHINGTON, DC – The due process right of immigrants facing deportation is currently under…
COURT WATCH: Judge Still Adds More Jail Time for Man with Dramatic Change in Circumstances
By Audrey Sawyer MODESTO, CA — A violation of probation hearing was held here Tuesday in Stanislaus…
Supreme Court Seems Skeptical of Criminalizing Homelessness as a Solution to Encampments
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in a…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Extreme Weather
By Holly Davidson Central California Women’s Facility is a prison built exactly where the name states, central…
DA Will Review All Alameda Death Penalty Cases
Prosecutors Discover Evidence of Prosecutorial Misconduct – Exclusion of Jews and Blacks from Jury Service by David…
Accused Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Firebombing Planned Parenthood Clinic, Plotting Other Terror Attacks in California as Part of ‘Race War’
By The Vanguard Staff COSTA MESA, CA – A former Marine accused of firebombing a Costa Mesa,…
Arkansas Supreme Court Approves DNA Testing in 30-Year-Old Arkansas Murder Case
By Praniti Gulyani LITTLE ROCK, AR— The Arkansas Supreme Court last Thursday said “a judge wrongly denied…
Stockton School Board Trustee Arrested for Public Theft Claims She’s Targeted as ‘Political Retaliation’ for Fighting ‘Corruption’
By The Vanguard Staff STOCKTON, CA – Stockton Unified School District Trustee AngelAnn Flores—arrested last Friday alleged…
COURT WATCH: Probation Officer Opposes Mental Health Diversion for Accused with Diagnosed Mental Health Conditions
VAN NUYS, CA – Judge Terrance T. Lewis, Deputy Public Defender Sarah Weil and Deputy District Attorney…
DPD Dismisses Officer after Discovery of Involvement in Mario Matthews 2019 Golden 1 Center Death
Davis, CA – The death of Mario Matthews in 2019 at the Golden 1 Center—in the manner…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Prison Reform or Prison Abolition?
By Hubert Dymitri “Linus” Haraszewski As an incarcerated out and proud anarchist, other inmates sometimes ask about…
After Federal Prison Facility Sex Scandal, Coalition Calls for Releases Not Transfers, Condemns Effort to Evade Accountability, Change
DUBLIN, CA – The Dublin Prison Solidarity Coalition (DPSC) charged last week the U.S. Bureau of Prisons…
Report Finds More Mistakes Made Executing Black People Than Other Races
By Julie McCaffrey NEW ORLEANS, LA — Significantly more mistakes were made during the execution of Black…
ACLU Urges Senate to Join House, Prevent Government Spying on Americans without Warrant
By Connie Martinez WASHINGTON, DC – The ACLU said the U.S. House approved the “Fourth Amendment Is…
COURT WATCH: Judge Assumes $50,000 Bail Affordable for Mother, Acknowledging Charges Might Cost Accused Her Job
By Maeve Haggerty and Sarah Chayet MODESTO, CA – Judge Linda A. McFadden set bail at $50,000…
Sunday Commentary: The City Needs to Figure Something Out on Chiles Ranch
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Chiles Ranch is back! That’s right, this week…
