The CEO of FamiliesFirst, Darrell Evora, spoke out on Saturday, telling news crews, "I'm outraged...  So I understand the public being outraged. We'd never want that to happen to a child in our care." ...

The immediate incident is shocking enough - an 11-year-old girl held down and raped by two boys ages 13 and 14.  The individuals involved were all residents at the FamiliesFirst treatment facility on ...

The Vanguard has learned that on Wednesday, June 5, a 13-year-old male and a 14-year-old male were taken into temporary custody by the Davis Police Department after an 11-year-old female reported that ...

On May 3, Davis resident Eli Davis recounted his April 19, 2013, encounter with a Davis police officer who demanded identification as he mowed his lawn in front of his west Davis home where the 68-yea ...

Last week, longtime Davis resident Eli Davis wrote a letter to the local paper, claiming, at his home near Lake Blvd, he was mowing his front lawn a few weeks ago in the middle of the afternoon when h ...

On Friday came the story of Eli Davis, who lives somewhere between Village Homes and Lake Blvd. in West Davis.  In a letter published on Friday in the Davis Enterprise, he claimed he was mowing his fr ...

Letter Writer Claims Racial Prejudice in Police Encounter - In the movie The Hurricane, they flash to a scene where the police pull over the protagonist Rubin "the Hurricane" Carter in a vehicle stop ...

It has been a week since the community learned of the brutal stabbing deaths of 87-year-old former defense attorney Oliver Northup and his wife Claudia Maupin, 76, in South Davis, and authorities say ...

It will be some time before we get the official police statistics from Picnic Day this year, but I think I can save people the trouble.  The record will show that people were ticketed for drinking too ...

This week, lost in the furor over the Boston Marathon Bombings and the captivating manhunt on Thursday night and Friday, was the fact that Senators caved on simple legislation that nearly 90 percent o ...

"In an effort to change the culture of Picnic Day, city and university officials, along with both police departments and community members have been working  to prepare for the April 20, 2013 Picnic D ...

In the wake of the brutal double murder over the weekend, we have little choice but to revisit the question as to whether or not Davis residents should be alarmed.  Early this year, in the first month ...

The police still cannot say much and are officially waiting for the coroner's report before identifying the body.  Early Monday, the Vanguard learned that the victims were 87-year-old former defense a ...

5:30 Update - A local newsstation has identified the victims as Oliver “Chip” Northrup, 88, and 76-year-old Claudia Maupin.  Mr. Northrup was a prominent defense attorney.  The couple were founding me ...

On Thursday, the Davis Police announced the arrest of Clayton Garzon, a 19-year-old resident who attended Davis High School, with a history of violence and drug problems. Mr. Garzon has been arrested ...

Police on Thursday afternoon have announced the arrest of 19-year-old Clayton Garzon, a Davis resident. Garzon was taken into custody on March 14, 2013, without incident. Mr. Garzon has been arrested ...

The crime is stunning - around 3 am on Sunday morning a young man was violently attacked, beaten nearly to death.  He suffered a fractured skull, bleeding on his brain, multiple fractured bones in his ...

Davis residents have been increasingly alarmed by a string of burglaries this year.  A few weeks ago, the Davis Police reported on Sunday, February 10, that four residential burglaries and one attempt ...

Vanguard Asks City to Independently Verify PG&Es Claims Last week, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) agreed to investigate complaints filed by residents of Stonegate in Davis regarding ...

While these days I am no longer an avid bicycle rider, I have been in the past.  In fact, when I first came to Davis, I did so in the spring of 1996 via bicycle as I trekked from San Luis Obispo up to ...