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Monday Morning Thoughts: We Resemble This Politico Article – the Clash of Suburbs, Housing and Race

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 10, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: We Resemble This Politico Article – the Clash of Suburbs, Housing and Race

A provocative Politico article that came out this week, entitled “Trump Doesn’t Understand Today’s Suburb ...

A provocative Politico article that came out this week, entitled “Trump Doesn’t Understand Today’s Suburbs—And Neither Do You.” But this isn’t about Trump—it’s about us. As the article notes, “Suburb ...

August 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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March for Our Mothers, Daughters and Sisters in Davis Draws Several Hundred

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 10, 2020
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March for Our Mothers, Daughters and Sisters in Davis Draws Several Hundred

On Father’s Day, a march that went from Playfields Park to Barovetto Park at Alhambra drew over 1000 peop ...

On Father’s Day, a march that went from Playfields Park to Barovetto Park at Alhambra drew over 1000 people—the compendium march fell short of that mark but still drew several hundred in the heat on S ...

August 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Phoenix Coalition Sorry BLM Removed from Second Street (Updated at 8:15 am)

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 09, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Phoenix Coalition Sorry BLM Removed from Second Street (Updated at 8:15 am)

By the Phoenix Coalition Board The Davis Phoenix Coalition would like to thank all the volunteers who cam ...

By the Phoenix Coalition Board The Davis Phoenix Coalition would like to thank all the volunteers who came out and helped spray Black Lives Matter on 2nd Street. Our beautiful rainbow street mural bro ...

August 09, 2020
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Chief Acknowledges Errors in Handling of ‘Karen’ Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2020
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Chief Acknowledges Errors in Handling of ‘Karen’ Case

A few weeks ago the Vanguard reported on complaints that Dr. Khoa Lam had in encounters with two resident ...

A few weeks ago the Vanguard reported on complaints that Dr. Khoa Lam had in encounters with two residents of Moore Apartments in Davis which ultimately led to the police being called. Among his compl ...

July 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Social Determinants of Public Safety – Community Discussion on Re-Envisioning Public Safety and Policing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 23, 2020
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Social Determinants of Public Safety – Community Discussion on Re-Envisioning Public Safety and Policing

On Monday Morgan Poindexter, Caitlin French, Julea Shaw, Rowan Boswell and Aarthi Sekar presented to the ...

On Monday Morgan Poindexter, Caitlin French, Julea Shaw, Rowan Boswell and Aarthi Sekar presented to the Social Services Commission. This evening (Thursday) there will be a similar presentation to th ...

July 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Something Pretty Extraordinary Happened This Week

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 17, 2020
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Commentary: Something Pretty Extraordinary Happened This Week

It seems that everything comes together—in two weeks it will make the 14th anniversary of my founding of ...

It seems that everything comes together—in two weeks it will make the 14th anniversary of my founding of the Davis Vanguard. The impetus for that foundation was the June 2006 shutdown of the Davis Hu ...

July 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: In Defense of Diversity

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 16, 2020
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Guest Commentary: In Defense of Diversity

By Robb Davis Telos is a Greek word that means “ends”, specifically “ultimate” ends—what in French is “ra ...

By Robb Davis Telos is a Greek word that means “ends”, specifically “ultimate” ends—what in French is “raison d’être” or the reason for a thing, why it exists. The first enormous truth flowing from ou ...

July 16, 2020
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Letter: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 16, 2020
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Letter: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

By Davis Phoenix Coalition The Davis Phoenix Coalition would like to join the growing chorus of voices ex ...

By Davis Phoenix Coalition The Davis Phoenix Coalition would like to join the growing chorus of voices expressing disappointment in the DJUSD Board. On July 2nd, the four members appointed a replacem ...

July 16, 2020
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Analysis: City Releases DPD Stop Data from 2019, Hints at Disproportionate Policing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2020
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Analysis: City Releases DPD Stop Data from 2019, Hints at Disproportionate Policing

For years, we have heard complaints from communities of color about disproportionate policing in the city ...

For years, we have heard complaints from communities of color about disproportionate policing in the city of Davis by the Davis Police Department. Newly released data show that 9 percent of traffic s ...

July 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Asian Man Believes He Was ‘Karened’ in Davis, Davis Police Unsympathetic

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2020
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Asian Man Believes He Was ‘Karened’ in Davis, Davis Police Unsympathetic

Khoa Lam, a Vietnamese immigrant who grew up in Davis and recently passed his residency to become a docto ...

Khoa Lam, a Vietnamese immigrant who grew up in Davis and recently passed his residency to become a doctor and landed a position in Dallas, was visiting his parents this week in Davis at the Moore Vil ...

July 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Community Rallies for Kayli Jefferson-Henkel, Killed Nearly a Year Ago at Travis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2020
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Community Rallies for Kayli Jefferson-Henkel, Killed Nearly a Year Ago at Travis

While the nation demands answers for the death of Vanessa Guillen and Gregory Morales, whose bodies were ...

While the nation demands answers for the death of Vanessa Guillen and Gregory Morales, whose bodies were recently found nearby, in the Sacramento region, the death of Kayli Jefferson-Henkel is just no ...

July 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: People Power Supports Fundamental Change to Davis Policing Model

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 07, 2020
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Letter: People Power Supports Fundamental Change to Davis Policing Model

Yolo People Power is grateful to those Davis City Council Members and Candidates who have publicly suppor ...

Yolo People Power is grateful to those Davis City Council Members and Candidates who have publicly supported fundamental change from the current policing model, to a new Public Safety System. Thank y ...

July 07, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: The Hidden Agenda of Black Lives Matter

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 01, 2020
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Guest Commentary: The Hidden Agenda of Black Lives Matter

by Jeff Boone Today campus-trained young people are exploiting social networking to organize, protest and ...

by Jeff Boone Today campus-trained young people are exploiting social networking to organize, protest and fundraise in pursuit of a social justice mission. But until recently the modern American news ...

July 01, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: It Really Is About Masks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 28, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: It Really Is About Masks

All week commenters on the Vanguard have been pressing me to acknowledge that protests during the time of ...

All week commenters on the Vanguard have been pressing me to acknowledge that protests during the time of COVID are inadvisable and against the advice of science. I get the point they are making. The ...

June 28, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Hundreds Participate in Father’s Day March to Protest Racial Injustice

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 22, 2020
| (57) Comments

Hundreds Participate in Father’s Day March to Protest Racial Injustice

Davis - A crowd estimated at 750 people in Davis—perhaps larger—comprised of children and community membe ...

Davis - A crowd estimated at 750 people in Davis—perhaps larger—comprised of children and community members of all races and ethnicities walked 2.6 miles on Sunday from Playfields Park on Research Par ...

June 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sikh Community and Others Push for the City to Remove Gandhi Statue from Central Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 21, 2020
| (68) Comments

Sikh Community and Others Push for the City to Remove Gandhi Statue from Central Park

Across the country, we are seeing protesters and jurisdictions taking down statues of figures that are ra ...

Across the country, we are seeing protesters and jurisdictions taking down statues of figures that are racist symbols, everything from confederate generals to Columbus. But the protesters on Saturday ...

June 21, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Conversation in Davis Pushes toward Defunding Police; Mayor Pushes Back, However, Arguing the Problem Is Far Broader

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2020
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Conversation in Davis Pushes toward Defunding Police; Mayor Pushes Back, However, Arguing the Problem Is Far Broader

For two hours the council listened on Tuesday night as the public weighed in on police funding—many of th ...

For two hours the council listened on Tuesday night as the public weighed in on police funding—many of the public urging for major cuts to the police department, and some calling for outright defundin ...

June 18, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Diverse Group of Over 1000 March in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 15, 2020
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Diverse Group of Over 1000 March in Davis

Davis - A huge and diverse crowd showed up in Davis at Central Park for a rally and march on behalf of Bl ...

Davis - A huge and diverse crowd showed up in Davis at Central Park for a rally and march on behalf of Black Lives Matter, in opposition to police violence. By the time the group marched down to the ...

June 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Thank You Black Leadership

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 15, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Thank You Black Leadership

By Scott Steward Ragsdale We can’t ignore the black and brown that have put their bodies at risk to save ...

By Scott Steward Ragsdale We can’t ignore the black and brown that have put their bodies at risk to save our nation. Very few who have received the use of violence against protesters were white. What ...

June 15, 2020
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Davis Mr. Pickle’s Permanently Closed after Owner Calls BLM ‘the Flip Side of the KKK’

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 11, 2020
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Davis Mr. Pickle’s Permanently Closed after Owner Calls BLM ‘the Flip Side of the KKK’

What started with an employee wearing a “Black Lives Matter” button and the manager objecting has led to ...

What started with an employee wearing a “Black Lives Matter” button and the manager objecting has led to the decision by the corporate headquarters to permanently close Mr. Pickle’s in Davis. The comp ...

June 11, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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