Last month we launched our 8th Annual Fundraiser, focusing on the highly topical subject of immigrant rights. Our event features the Chief Attorney in the San Francisco P...
A lot of changes are in the works for the city. This week we have seen three big ones, but there is more to come. Within a few months, several more senior planners are...
A lot of people don’t really understand bail reform. The purpose of bail reform is not to eliminate pre-trial custody. But rather it is to change the way that pre-trial...
By Sandra Park Last Thursday, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan sharply criticized the government for deporting two ACLU clients — a woman and her child who had fled rap...
For months (at the very least) I have been talking about the fact that we live in a community that has nice amenities and services, but, without an influx of revenue, we...
Last week I was visiting my folks in San Luis Obispo. After finishing the Vanguard, I prepared for a jog from the house I grew up in, down to my old high school and back...
By Chris Rickerd Kevin McAleenan, the commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, recently gave The New York Times an interview. For those expecting some contrition fr...
One of the biggest debates we have over development projects is whether or not a developer can afford to do more – more in the way of costly requirements, more in the way...
Thursday will definitely go down as one of the stranger days since I have been covering the news in Davis starting in July 2006. The upshot: we have a race for school bo...
California Mother Whose Son was Killed by Police Applauds Committee Approval of Bill to Open Police Records (From ACLU Press Release) – Today, the Assembly Committee on A...
ACLU of California Statement on Changes to Bail Reform Legislation (From Press Release) – Today, Senator Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) unveiled amendments to bail reform legisla...
by Maryjo Nuñez A Contra Costa County man currently faces charges of possession of the controlled substance, methamphetamine, stemming from a vehicle stop in September of...
One of the questions that has arisen, going through the discussions on the Davis Downtown, is whether the only redevelopment we are likely to see is going to be very high...
It is a time of some turnover for the city of Davis, as the city announced the hire of a finance director for the first time in several years. In the meantime, the city...
Protest Related Cases Mixed in With Murder, Rape and Other Heavy-Duty Cases By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – On nearly every given day, at th...
by Anita Woo On the afternoon of January 27, 2018, African American Munzir Yahia Sirag, the defendant, was walking with Caucasian “Ms. B,” the alleged victim....
One of the concerns I have with the argument against the West Davis Active Adult Community is the point it implicitly makes against land dedication sites for affordable h...
With the proposal by University Mall to redevelop their current land use from basically single-story local retail, low density to mixed use, and some similar scenarios en...
By Brian Stull “The death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit,” as Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Init...
(From Press Release) – The midterm election will be Tuesday November 6, 2018. If you want be part of it, come to this workshop and rally Saturday 8/25. We will upda...