Dear readers: Eleven years ago, recognizing the need for an independent voice in Davis, I started the Davis Vanguard. I didn't recognize at the time where that journey would take me, I only knew I had ...

Dear Readers: Last night the Vanguard server suffered a catastrophic failure which resulted in a more than 12 hour outage and what may well be the permanent loss of Saturday and Sunday's articles and ...

In August 2014, the Vanguard Editorial Board adopted Guidelines to Govern Commenters. (see https://www.davisvanguard.org/about-us/comment-policy/). All the provisions of that Guidelines policy continue ...

I keep hearing from people, people who have Facebook, that they don’t want to mix their Facebook lives with their Vanguard lives.  I hear from other people that they don’t have Facebook, don’t want to ...

The Vanguard is a non-profit organization that runs a news site out Davis and. is pushing to expand a court watch program into Sacramento and San Francisco.  In 2016, the Vanguard had a monthly operat ...

It is the beginning of a new year and once again the Vanguard is trying to add new voices to the mix.  Last year, the Vanguard had more articles than ever before and more guest submissions than ever b ...

There are a few issues with the current commenting system and, unfortunately, since it is the holidays, the issues are not going to get addressed until January 3 at the soonest. Therefore, bear these ...

Hi Readers, I'm taking a few days off on the 25th and 26th to rest up.  It's been a good year for the Vanguard and the early results of the commenting change appear positive. Anyone who needs access t ...

Based on the discussion from yesterday, I wanted to clarify the options. Option 1: This is the main option and the only open registration as of 4 pm.  Log in through Facebook.  To clarify, you must po ...

It is the end of an era.  After much discussion and consideration, the Vanguard has decided that effective 4 pm on Thursday, December 22, 2016, we will change our comment system.  We have decided to g ...

This week the Vanguard Editorial Board had a lengthy discussion on the possibility of eliminating anonymous comments.  As our longtime readers know, this is a topic that has come up from time to time ...

For some time, people have been asking where Vanguard funding comes from.  As our discussion from yesterday demonstrates, a little bit of knowledge is actually fairly dangerous.  So I have broken down ...

Ten years ago today I took a small step that would prove to be completely life-altering – I created a small blog on the free “Blogger” website which you can still access to this day (http://davisvangu ...