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…
Guest Commentary: The Social Security Scam
The Social Security Scam by Mark Dempsey Today’s Sacramento Bee (April 2, 2023) has a story with the…
Guest Commentary: Environmentalists Can Build Nicer, More Valuable Cities Than the Sprawl We Build Now
Environmentalists Can Build Nicer, More Valuable Cities Than The Sprawl We Build Now (c) By Mark Dempsey…
Federal Judge Asked to Disqualify Self in Hearing Set Friday on Petition Demanding City and County of Sacramento Protect Homeless from Extreme Heat
By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Homeless advocates continue to press the city…
Reisig Wins Endorsement Trifecta of Top Local Newspapers
By Robert J. Hansen Woodland, CA – “As your district attorney, I am proud to have the…
Sacramento Bee Sides with Alana Mathews in Sac DA Race
by Robert J. Hansen The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board endorsed Alana Mathews for the next District Attorney…
Commentary: As It Turns Out, Martin Was Not Early Released at All, Parole Had Nothing to Do with It, the Media Blew It
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – It immediately set off a red flag when…
Sacramento County Jail Gets Sacramento Bee Coverage…Almost. An Open Letter to Sacramento Bee’s Marcos Breton
By Mark Dempsey Dear Mr. Breton, Thanks for covering the Sacramento County Jail November 10. Based on…
Sunday Commentary: Mainstream Media Backs the Carceral State in Their Coverage
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The LA Times featured a glorious story of redemption where Renwick…
Video Footage Show Police Arresting and Attacking Journalists at Protests, Including Sacramento
By Linh Nguyen At George Floyd protests across the nation, journalists from various local and international news…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Things Got Worse on Sunday Night – Much Worse
If there was hope that calmer heads would prevail on Sunday, that hope was shattered—literally—by another night…
Sacramento Bee, Other McClatchy Newspapers Sued for Alleged ‘Deceptive’ Subscription Practice
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The daily newspaper business has been going through some…
Monday Morning Thoughts: On Struggling Suburbs and Declining Bicycle Legacy
This morning’s column puts together two different thoughts into one column. The Bee’s analysis of suburbs and…
Many Question the Professionalism of Sac PD’s Underground Facebook Page
by Jerika L.H. The Sacramento Police Department has taken to Facebook to show its true feelings amidst…
