‘Baloney’ Case in Sacramento Court Leaves Bad Taste in Mouth of Prosecution
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – High profile crimes and court cases sometimes obscure the…
District Attorney Won’t File Charges against 84 Arrested Monday at Stephon Clark Protest
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – After the city of Sacramento police were accused of…
Charges Dropped against Heidi Lepp in Marijuana Case
Heidi Lepp will not have to return to court after all. Ten days after a jury was…
Key Capitol Committee Outlaws Healthcare Copayments for State Prisons and County Jails
Co-Pays Are Required At Embattled Sacramento Facilities By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Healthcare –…
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi Dead at Age 59
SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi, the only elected public defender in the state, died last night as…
Compassion Not Reason CA Dept of Corrections Reversed Policy to Not Charge Inmates for Health/Dental Care
Lawmaker Pushing for No Copays in Local Jails By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The…
Yuba County Jail Hunger Strike by ICE Detainees for Humane Treatment Ends
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau MARYSVILLE, CA – Hunger strikes in the suffrage, civil rights, farmworker…
Closing Arguments in the Marijuana Conspiracy Case of Heidi Lepp
Heidi Lepp, a Rastafarian church leader, is facing two felony conspiracy charges for allegedly running an illegal…
Immigrant Groups Criticize Yuba County Jail Discipline of ICE Hunger Strikers
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau MARYSVILLE, CA – Jails are dreary places, but the Yuba County…
Update: I.C.E. Migrant Hunger Strike Leader Moved, Others Isolation at Yuba County Jail
MARYSVILLE, CA – The Vanguard has learned that Yuba County Jail Wednesday afternoon is in the process…
Dozens of Migrant ICE Detainees Announce Hunger Strike to Protest ‘Brutal’ Jail Conditions
By Crescenzo VellucciVanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Immigrant rights organizations called out “brutal” and “inhumane” conditions for…
Hung Jury in Bloody Capitol Riot Assault Case against White Supremacist
Mistrial Declared as Jury Deadlocks 8-4 for Conviction; New Trial Anticipated By Crescenzo VellucciVanguard Capitol Bureau…
State Capitol Riot Assault Case against White Supremacist Goes to Jury
Defense Alleges CHP May Have Helped Start Bloody Clash By Crescenzo VellucciVanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – The…
White Supremacist Defendant Takes Stand in Own Defense in State Capitol Bloody Riot Case
By Crescenzo VellucciVanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – Frustrated and unsure if the jury was being given a…
White Supremacist Hero or Thug?
Capitol Riot Case Defendant May Testify Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court By Crescenzo VellucciVanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO…
Anti-Fascists, Including Woodland Man, Ordered to Stand Trial for Assault in State Capitol Riot
By Crescenzo VellucciSacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Despite an apparent lack of evidence presented at the preliminary trial…
Victim of Vicious Assault at State Capitol Riot in 2016 Takes Stand to Open Trial of White Supremacist
By Crescenzo VellucciVanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A surprise first witness opened the first day of testimony…
Jury Chosen in White Supremacist Assault Case Stemming from Capitol Riot
By Crescenzo VellucciVanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The trial-in-chief of white supremacist William Planer is set to…
CHP Officer Accused of Dishonesty in Capitol Riot Preliminary Hearing
By Crescenzo VellucciSacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – More than a month after it began – a two-day hearing…
Neo-Nazi Trial Begins
Defense Asks Judge to Step Down Because She’s Also Overseeing Anti-Fascist Hearing Next Week By Crescenzo VellucciVanguard…
