By Lindsay Weston, Lisa Lance, Nora (Wellman) Oldwin, Ann Block, Karen Hamilton We are in a polarized election season. While political candidates take positions on victim...
On Friday night, Cindy Pickett became the first candidate to formally announce her candidacy for the Davis School Board. Ms. Pickett was introduced by sitting school boar...
Does Reisig Not Support the Right to Counsel or Public Defense? The most telling aspect of the attack mailer that came out on this week was its source – “Paid for by Jeff...
(From Press Release) – The Davis Chamber of Commerce Political Action Committee has chosen to support three candidates for City Council. All of the candidates prov...
Funds used for Downtown Davis mural project starting this May (From Press Release) – Statement of Love, an organization created by Kate Mellon-Anibaba based on crea...
By Kanya Bennett An “empty gesture” — that is the term that Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Democrat from New York, used to describe H.R. 5698, the Protect and Serve Act of 2018, wh...
The latest attack piece comes in. “Character matters” it reads, with a long litany of complaints against Dean Johansson. It is a classic, old school attack piece. Most...
The school board is still somewhat early in their facilities Master Plan process. Last fall, they authorized LPA Inc. architects to create an updated Facilities Master P...
By Robb Davis Eric’s mom wrote to me just this morning and asked if I would come over and talk about restorative justice. My son was 5150’d at Sutter four years ago. As...
By Alan Hirsch Our elected county sheriff’s office has great power. But its accountability to the people is limited. While California county sheriffs stand for reelectio...
By Victoria Lopez People in Yolo County want real reform in the criminal justice system. No more mass incarceration. No more unconsciously biased juries. No more criminal...
Students from UC Davis and Patti Pape, the mother of Eric Pape, who took his own life on May 4, gathered on Thursday at noon on the MU Patio to remember the life of Eric...
Measure J/Measure R campaigns seem to have devolved into an exercise where the opponents of a project attack the weaknesses of the project and the proponents of the proje...
By Scott Ragsdale Our Yolo county courts need constructive change. Dean Johansson will bring our courts an experienced and reasoned application of the law that will make...
(From Press Release) – An innovative pilot program through the San Francisco Public Defender’s office has saved nearly a million dollars of taxpayer money and thous...
Davis Media Access (DMA) will produce a live, election-night program on June 5, 2018 highlighting the Davis City Council race and local ballot measures. DMA is the non-pr...
This week, the Davis City Council placed their LRDP Response on the consent calendar. There were several members of the public who spoke during public comment in respons...
As the Vanguard reported on Wednesday, 62-year-old Vincent Craft, a Vietnam veteran, is facing at least five felony charges stemming from a November 11, 2017 (Veteran’s D...
By Eric Gudz (Editor’s note: In this special series exclusive to the Vanguard, Davis City Council candidate Eric Gudz discusses his military experience, challenges...
Trial Ends in Light of Defendant’s Passing By Danielle Eden C. Silva In Department 13, the case against Eric Pape was dismissed by Judge Paul Richardson. Deputy Public De...