By Estrella Torres LOS ANGELES CA – A jury trial held last Friday at a Los Angeles County Superior Court involved the accused facing a felony murder charge, although cou...
By Xinhui Lin LOS ANGELES, CA – A case dating back 28 years has resurfaced in the Los Angeles County Superior Court in a petition for offense reduction hearing. The accu...
By Helen Shamamyan MODESTO, CA – A man accused of committing arson at the back of a store had his last day of a jury trial here in Stanislaus County Superior Court...
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the more hotly contested issues that is still permeating back into American discourse is the issue of reparations from slave...
By Nazish Dholakia It took two years of constant effort for Ashia Wilson to find a home for herself and her son to share in Lansing, Michigan. She received one denial let...
By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief STOCKTON, CA – Although details are sketchy, the firing of the Stockton Unified School District director of child welfar...
By Emeline Crowder and Jocelyn Lopez GRANTS PASS, OR – According to an op-ed from Next City by Mandy Chapman Semple and Nathaniel Fields this month, one of the mos...
By Rena Abdusalam SACRAMENTO, CA – More than 100 organizations have joined with Equal Rights for Every Neighbor coalition—a partnership of community-based organizat...
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The community of Davis has not really come to grips with the magnitude of its own housing crisis. I have over the last few months...
by Elisa Plata When Benjamin Frandsen paroled from Valley State Prison (VSP) after nearly two decades of confinement, he enrolled at UCLA to pursue his undergraduate degr...
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By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Even as the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Friday marked its claimed completion of 272 reforms—the Collaborative Reform...
By Sarah Chayet OAKLAND, CA – The Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) Thursday strongly urged an independent investigation into the Oakland Police Department (OPD), c...
By Bryan Miller WASHINGTON, DC – House Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) “led 18 of her Democratic colleagues in filing an amicus brief to the Supreme Court ahead of the case o...
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Thursday, the Vanguard reported that Pioneer pulled its project. It’s a pretty pointed letter that blames the city...
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Stockton, CA – The mother of a man who died of positional asphyxiation when Stockton Police held him face-down for more than...
Signed settlement agreement mandates Vallejo Police Department implement reforms contained in October 2023 stipulated judgment, which remained unsigned by court for more...
By Kaylynn Chang OAKLAND, CA — Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price has announced a budget plan for 2024-2025 to focus on victim services, equity initiatives an...
By Shaolien Chen-Graf and Audrey Sawyer WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), a ranking member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement House Sub...
By Roxy Benson and Melinda Kukaj NEW YORK CITY, NY – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has proposed a new policy to keep people previously...