My View: Climate Crisis Coming Sooner Than We Thought
The fires have attracted worldwide attention to the peril that could hit this planet if the Amazon…
My View: Sutter’s Planned Expansion Big News for Davis
During a time of the year when it seems like the only news is bad news, Davis…
California Is Pushing People Deeper into Poverty by Towing Their Cars for Non-Safety Reasons
By Maya Ingram Living in California is already expensive enough for working families – paying rent, paying…
Commentary: We Need to Have a Discussion on Economic Development
Right now the city of Davis is a community that really sits on the edge. On the…
Commentary: Will District Elections Enhance NIMBYism?
The Sacramento Bee ran an article this week on Roseville, Citrus Heights and Davis switching to district…
Sunday Commentary: City Gets Critical Additional Grant Money to Fix Richards
Last December the city announced it had been awarded $5 million to complete the I-80/Richards Blvd. Interchange…
Larry Krasner Helped to Defuse an Armed Standoff. Now a Trump Appointee Is Saying Krasner Caused It.
By Sarah Lustbader At 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, while attempting to serve a warrant, Philadelphia police found…
Barr is Stuck in the ’90s on Criminal Justice Reform
By Udi Ofer Almost five years to the day of the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown…
Guest Commentary: A No-Holds-Barred Assault on Prosecutors
Attorney General William Barr pushed back against reforms by progressive prosecutors—but perhaps his greatest vitriol was reserved…
Commentary: Council Has a Lot of Decisions to Make Tonight
The potential change to district elections has probably caught a lot of people in this community off…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Looking at Safe Spaces for People Sleeping in Cars
There has been legislation that passed in the Assembly and is working its way into the Senate…
Sunday Commentary: Signs That the Housing Crisis is Getting Worse in Northern California
A PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) study authored by Marisol Cuellar Mejia and Mary Severance, which…
A Federal Court Sounds the Alarm on the Privacy Harms of Face Recognition Technology
By Nathan Freed Wessler On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit became the…
Commentary: Documentary Reveals Frustration and Tears of the Homeless Crisis
By Crystal Rose Sanchez Special to the Vanguard SACRAMENTO – The parcel of land at 5700 Stockton…
Guest Commentary: Unmasking the Worser Angels
by Mark Dempsey In the year 2000 the World Health Organization (WHO) ranked countries’ health care system…
California’s Justice System Is a Debt Trap
By Adrienna Wong Erica Smith was making a fresh start. After being forced out of her home…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Lot of Unfounded Arguments against District Elections
One official from the city told me a few weeks ago that they had thought the school…
Sunday Commentary: Wait, So Redrum Is Closing Anyway?
In a Facebook post, the owner of Redrum Burger says the restaurant is closing on Sunday, He…
Sunday Commentary: What Are We Going to Do about Right Wing, Domestic Terrorism Manifesting as Gun Violence?
First it was Gilroy. Yesterday it was El Paso and last night Dayton. I am probably going…
My View: Some Disingenuous Arguments Floated in District Election Discussion
Having run through the math a few weeks ago, I am largely supportive of moving to district…
