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Powerful Oscar Acceptance Speech by Graham Moore About Contemplation of Suicide

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: February 24, 2015
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Powerful Oscar Acceptance Speech by Graham Moore About Contemplation of Suicide

Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning screenwriter for The Imitation Game, made a powerful and clearly heartfel ...

Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning screenwriter for The Imitation Game, made a powerful and clearly heartfelt statement in his acceptance speech after winning Sunday night's Oscar for Best Adapted Screen ...

February 24, 2015
| by Matt Williams

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Monday Morning Thoughts Part I: Mayors Lead, World Follows

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 23, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts Part I: Mayors Lead, World Follows

(Editor's note: our readers asked me last week to segment the Monday Morning Thoughts column into separat ...

(Editor's note: our readers asked me last week to segment the Monday Morning Thoughts column into separate parts, and I have obliged) In the late 1960s, a phrase emerged, “Think globally, act locally, ...

February 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts II: New War on Poverty and Ending Welfare Mother Penalties

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 23, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts II: New War on Poverty and Ending Welfare Mother Penalties

(Editor's note: our readers asked me last week to segment the Monday Morning Thoughts column into separat ...

(Editor's note: our readers asked me last week to segment the Monday Morning Thoughts column into separate parts, and I have obliged) In recent years we have seen a slow but growing shift in the polit ...

February 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts III: Racial Profiling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 23, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts III: Racial Profiling

(Editor's note: our readers asked me last week to segment the Monday Morning Thoughts column into separat ...

(Editor's note: our readers asked me last week to segment the Monday Morning Thoughts column into separate parts, and I have obliged) Last week we noted that on February 28, from 1 to 3 pm at the Davi ...

February 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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The Cannery Urban Farm – A Barn Raising in Davis – Part 1

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: February 23, 2015
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The Cannery Urban Farm – A Barn Raising in Davis – Part 1

by Leanna M. Sweha Visitors to the Cannery website will read the following about the urban farm: “The Can ...

by Leanna M. Sweha Visitors to the Cannery website will read the following about the urban farm: “The Cannery will provide the homes, restaurants and local neighbors with fresh seasonal produce throug ...

February 23, 2015
| by Leanna Sweha

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Mayor’s Corner: Affordable Housing and the Arts Alliance

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 23, 2015
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Mayor’s Corner: Affordable Housing and the Arts Alliance

(Editor's note: This month, Dan Wolk writes, "For this week’s column, I’ve asked my friend and colleague, ...

(Editor's note: This month, Dan Wolk writes, "For this week’s column, I’ve asked my friend and colleague, Councilmember Lucas Frerichs, to stand in. Enjoy! (And thanks, Lucas!)") By Lucas Frerichs Wel ...

February 23, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Testimony Began Friday in Korean Mother Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 23, 2015
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Testimony Began Friday in Korean Mother Trial

By Makisha Singh and Lauren King After the opening statements in which the attorneys told of the short, r ...

By Makisha Singh and Lauren King After the opening statements in which the attorneys told of the short, rocky, and passionate love affair between Nan-Hui Jo, a South Korean woman who came to the Unite ...

February 23, 2015
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Sunday Commentary II: Why Walmart’s Pay Increase Matters

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 22, 2015
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Sunday Commentary II: Why Walmart’s Pay Increase Matters

The reaction to Walmart’s announcement last week that they were raising their wages for about half-millio ...

The reaction to Walmart’s announcement last week that they were raising their wages for about half-million employees to at least $9 an hour by April and at least $10 by next February, was mixed at bes ...

February 22, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Freedom of Speech, Just Watch What You Say

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 22, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: Freedom of Speech, Just Watch What You Say

A few weeks ago I published an open letter from the Sacramento Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights ...

A few weeks ago I published an open letter from the Sacramento Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights sent to UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi. It was not that I agreed with the content of the lett ...

February 22, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Vote on CFD Represents A Lost Opportunity For Community

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 21, 2015
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My View: Vote on CFD Represents A Lost Opportunity For Community

When the Davis City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to move the CFD (Community Facilities District) forward, th ...

When the Davis City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to move the CFD (Community Facilities District) forward, the vote represented, in my view, two things. First, it was a lost opportunity by the council to ...

February 21, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Student Court Invalidates ASUCD Vote on Divestment from Israel

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 21, 2015
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Student Court Invalidates ASUCD Vote on Divestment from Israel

Three weeks after ASUCD sent shock waves throughout the community with an 8-2-2 vote to recommend that th ...

Three weeks after ASUCD sent shock waves throughout the community with an 8-2-2 vote to recommend that the University of California system divest from companies that do business with Israel, a student ...

February 21, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Kidnapping Trial: Did Mother Flee to Korea Out of Malice or Fear for Safety?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 21, 2015
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Kidnapping Trial: Did Mother Flee to Korea Out of Malice or Fear for Safety?

The key question that jurors face in the trial of Nan-Hui Jo is whether in 2009, when she fled to Korea w ...

The key question that jurors face in the trial of Nan-Hui Jo is whether in 2009, when she fled to Korea with her young daughter, she took her daughter with malice in defying a custody situation, or wh ...

February 21, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Rental Housing Crisis in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2015
| (9) Comments

Commentary: Rental Housing Crisis in Davis

It is not that Davis has ever had a surplus of housing – over the last 13 years, the highest vacancy rate ...

It is not that Davis has ever had a surplus of housing – over the last 13 years, the highest vacancy rate in Davis was 4.2 percent. However, it has never been this bad, according to the most recent ho ...

February 20, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Mayor Pro Tem Davis Explains His Vote on CFD

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 20, 2015
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Mayor Pro Tem Davis Explains His Vote on CFD

By Robb Davis When I ran for office I promised myself and the community that I would do my best to explai ...

By Robb Davis When I ran for office I promised myself and the community that I would do my best to explain the rationale for decisions I was to make as a City Council member. I have found that it is i ...

February 20, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Class Warfare and Economic Quality of Life

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 20, 2015
| (36) Comments

Class Warfare and Economic Quality of Life

by Jeff Boone What is rich? What is poor? What is true actionable inequality? What is just a “not keeping ...

by Jeff Boone What is rich? What is poor? What is true actionable inequality? What is just a “not keeping up with the Joneses” comparison? Are those with higher incomes and lower incomes really livi ...

February 20, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Four Co-Defendant Shooting Prelim Resumes

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 20, 2015
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Four Co-Defendant Shooting Prelim Resumes

By Jackie Snyder and Lauren King The preliminary hearing of four young defendants allegedly involved in a ...

By Jackie Snyder and Lauren King The preliminary hearing of four young defendants allegedly involved in a shooting resumed on the morning of February 19, 2015, Judge Paul Richardson presiding. The fou ...

February 20, 2015
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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It’s that time again, Vanguard Needs Your Support – Still Need $800 This Week

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 19, 2015
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It’s that time again, Vanguard Needs Your Support – Still Need $800 This Week

In December, we did two things. We raised short-term money for a matching donation and we expanded our ba ...

In December, we did two things. We raised short-term money for a matching donation and we expanded our base of subscribers. Both of these fundraising efforts are critically important. The short-term m ...

February 19, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Firing of Longtime Nurse at Hospice by New Executive Director Creates Firestorm

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 19, 2015
| (39) Comments

Firing of Longtime Nurse at Hospice by New Executive Director Creates Firestorm

Investigation by Vanguard Leads to Apparent Threats Against a Local Attorney Yolo Hospice has long been o ...

Investigation by Vanguard Leads to Apparent Threats Against a Local Attorney Yolo Hospice has long been one the respected pillars of the Davis and Yolo County community. However, recently the organiza ...

February 19, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Jumpstart Davis With Another Successful Event

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 19, 2015
| (2) Comments

Jumpstart Davis With Another Successful Event

The fourth Jumpstart Davis event drew another large and diverse group of people. The theme focused a bit ...

The fourth Jumpstart Davis event drew another large and diverse group of people. The theme focused a bit more narrowly this time, as it highlighted three local companies in the fields of biotech and m ...

February 19, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Hiding the Ball on CFD?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 19, 2015
| (16) Comments

Commentary: Hiding the Ball on CFD?

The Vanguard will have a more comprehensive commentary on Friday about the Cannery CFD (Community Facilit ...

The Vanguard will have a more comprehensive commentary on Friday about the Cannery CFD (Community Facilities District) discussion. One of the issues that has been raised is whether there was some sort ...

February 19, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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