Sacramento City/County Sued after Man Claims False Arrest Led to Dreadlocks Cut Off – In Response to His Reporting Knife-Wielding Woman
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – City of Sacramento police and Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies are…
$10 Million Lawsuit Filed against Sacramento Main Jail after Another Inmate Death – Pleading Charges Staff Ignored Deathly Ill Man, Pleadings of Cellmate
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento County has been sued again after another death at…
Former Sacramento Sheriff’s Deputy Takes Deal in Felony Illegal Firearms Case – More Questions Remain
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – There are more questions about a now former Sacramento County…
City’s Turn: ‘Tit for Tat’ Battle with County DA Over Unhoused Continues – Homeless Union Calls DA Machinations ‘Lies,’ Politically Driven
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO, CA – The city of Sacramento attorney Monday—in the…
Homeless Union Calls Sacramento District Attorney ‘Fraud, Unprincipled, Dishonest’ after DA Charges City Should Close Camp Resolution Site for Unhoused
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Court battles notwithstanding, the war of…
COURT WATCH: Death Penalty Ruled Out in Federal Case against Aryan Brotherhood – Defense Attorney Calls DP ‘Barbaric,’ ‘Discriminatorily Applied’
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – The Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, charged with prison murders and other…
Under UN Standards, Some ‘Solitary Confinement’ in California Prisons is ‘Torture’
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – The United Nations Standard defines solitary confinement as “the confinement…
Officers’ Abuse of Teens Costs Taxpayers $223,000 – Cops Pocketed More Than That and Didn’t Pay Anything
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Teens unlawfully detained by Sacramento Police Dept. officers led to…
Unarmed Man Wins $400,000 Settlement after Sacramento Police Shoot at Him 20 Times in 2021
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Although it took the city of Sacramento more than six…
Homeless Battle: City of Sacramento Responds to ‘Spurious’ Threats by District Attorney – States City ‘Well-Represented’ if DA Sues
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho—already…
2nd Sacramento Area Man Sentenced to Years in Federal Prison Over Jan. 6 Violence
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief AUBURN, CA – A federal judge late this past…
California Legislation Could Provide Avenue for Freedom for Incarcerated Left to Die in Prison
By The Vanguard SACRAMENTO, CA – Victims of violence and those who allegedly perpetrated that violence are…
California Legislation Upping Protections against Caste Discrimination OK’d by Assembly Despite Opposition
By The Vanguard SACRAMENTO, CA – Legislation here at the Capitol to increase civil rights protections against…
Guest Commentary: ‘News’paper Misses the Boat on Big Sacramento Jail Story
By Mark Dempsey In 2020, the McClatchy family sold its papers, including the Sacramento Bee, to a…
‘Voices of Dissent’ Don’t Count In Sacramento Supervisors’ Decision to Spend Nearly $1 Billion for Expansion of ‘Inhumane, Inefficient’ Jail
By The Vanguard SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento Board of Supervisors last week voted to spend nearly…
Sacramento County District Attorney Adds Superior Court Judge Stephen Acquisto to Growing Enemies List – Joining Unhoused, Whom He Wants to Jail and City of Sacramento, Which He Wants to Sue
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento District Attorney Thien Ho in…
Sacramento District Attorney Urges City of Sacramento to Violate Federal Court Order to Stop Homeless Sweep – City Admits Unhoused Camps Cleared Despite Judge’s TRO
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento County District Attorney is…
Sacramento City Police Audit Finds Possible Constitutional Violations, Racial Bias
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – An audit by a Sacramento city task force found in…
Sacramento County Hit with State Fines for Housing Foster Kids in Dilapidated Former Juvenile Jail
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento County is being fined by the California Department of…
California State Prison Guard Arrested for Rape Involving 22+ Inmates
By The Vanguard Staff CHOWCHILLA, CA – At least 22 inmates at the Central California Women’s Facility…
