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Guest Commentary: Omicron Spread Continues at San Quentin State Prison

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 26, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Omicron Spread Continues at San Quentin State Prison

By Steve Brooks At San Quentin State Prison (SQ), a musical symphony of hoarse voices, hacking coughs and ...

By Steve Brooks At San Quentin State Prison (SQ), a musical symphony of hoarse voices, hacking coughs and the clearing of congested nasal passages is signaling another outbreak of COVID-19. The new Om ...

January 26, 2022
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Student Opinion: Listen To Native Americans, Take Down Mission Bells

Posted by Jordan
|Date: January 25, 2022
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Student Opinion: Listen To Native Americans, Take Down Mission Bells

By Kayla Ngai What do missionary bells represent in our history? “The California missions began in ...

By Kayla Ngai What do missionary bells represent in our history? “The California missions began in the late 18th century” according to History.com, “as an effort to convert Native Americans to ...

January 25, 2022
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Student Opinion: Supreme Court Should Not Allow Prayer in Schools

Posted by Jordan
|Date: January 24, 2022
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Student Opinion: Supreme Court Should Not Allow Prayer in Schools

By Nikki Bondale There are two taboo topics most people are taught to avoid in conversation: polit ...

By Nikki Bondale There are two taboo topics most people are taught to avoid in conversation: politics and religion. But what if they coincide? In my opinion, that is when the conversation becom ...

January 24, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Mace Solution Represents a Good Balance, We’ll See the Result

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 24, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Mace Solution Represents a Good Balance, We’ll See the Result

By David M. Greenwald Everyday Injustice Davis, CA – The new proposed configuration for Mace seems like a ...

By David M. Greenwald Everyday Injustice Davis, CA – The new proposed configuration for Mace seems like a reasonable arrangement—it eventually adds traffic lanes both north and southbound while still ...

January 24, 2022
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Looking Back: Finally, Punishment for Police Who Extract False Confessions by Torture

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|Date: January 23, 2022
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Looking Back: Finally, Punishment for Police Who Extract False Confessions by Torture

by Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

by Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

January 23, 2022
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My View: Blaming Prop 47 for Surge in Smash and Grabs Ignores Some Glaring Problems

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 22, 2022
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My View: Blaming Prop 47 for Surge in Smash and Grabs Ignores Some Glaring Problems

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Syndicated columnist Tom Elias jumps on the anti-Prop 47 bandwagon ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Syndicated columnist Tom Elias jumps on the anti-Prop 47 bandwagon this week. He writes, “If any California proposition of the last half-century is an obvious c ...

January 22, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: So, Housing in Davis…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 21, 2022
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Commentary: So, Housing in Davis…

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Put me down in the category—I am skeptical that the ci ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Put me down in the category—I am skeptical that the city of Davis can meet its housing needs. That’s my takeaway point after writing earlier this we ...

January 21, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Will California’s District Attorneys and Courts Be Held Accountable for Brady Violations?

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|Date: January 21, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Will California’s District Attorneys and Courts Be Held Accountable for Brady Violations?

by Robert J Hansen California prosecutors for years have regularly withheld evidence from defense attorne ...

by Robert J Hansen California prosecutors for years have regularly withheld evidence from defense attorneys that, had it been disclosed, would have ruined their cases. This withholding of exculpatory ...

January 21, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Our Afghan Neighbors Urgently Need Our Help

Posted by Jeremy Rud
|Date: January 21, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Our Afghan Neighbors Urgently Need Our Help

by Jeremy Rud It’s been four months since the US military withdrew from Afghanistan. Yet just four months ...

by Jeremy Rud It’s been four months since the US military withdrew from Afghanistan. Yet just four months after a twenty-year war, it seems that whatever concern the US government expressed for vulner ...

January 21, 2022
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Commentary: Skyscrapers in Davis? Probably Not, but HCD Denial Is Not Nothing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 19, 2022
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Commentary: Skyscrapers in Davis? Probably Not, but HCD Denial Is Not Nothing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Two weeks ago we learned that HCD (Department of Housi ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Two weeks ago we learned that HCD (Department of Housing and Community Development) did not approve the City of Davis’ Housing Element. The city has ...

January 19, 2022
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Guest Commentary: How Quarantine Killed My Workout Routine

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|Date: January 18, 2022
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Guest Commentary: How Quarantine Killed My Workout Routine

By Kory “Hussain” McClary Since COVID-19 2.0 hit, New Jersey State Prison has been shut down. No yard, no ...

By Kory “Hussain” McClary Since COVID-19 2.0 hit, New Jersey State Prison has been shut down. No yard, no gym. Movement has been limited to the tier in which you are housed. Now, I’m stuck in my cell ...

January 18, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Thoughts on DiSC 2022 After the Planning Commission

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 17, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Thoughts on DiSC 2022 After the Planning Commission

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In a way, Wednesday night probably went as smoothly as ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In a way, Wednesday night probably went as smoothly as the DiSC 2022 team could have hoped—there was general support for the project by the Planning ...

January 17, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Some Are Not Taking Omicron Seriously Enough

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 16, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Some Are Not Taking Omicron Seriously Enough

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There is a shift going on—perhaps it's the fact that Omicron is le ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There is a shift going on—perhaps it's the fact that Omicron is less severe but much more contagious than previous variants—about moving from a system of contain ...

January 16, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Our Job Is to Be the Counter Narrative

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 16, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Our Job Is to Be the Counter Narrative

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – In 2009 a family invited me to their home in Citrus ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – In 2009 a family invited me to their home in Citrus Heights and proceeded to explain that their relative had just been convicted of 76 counts of s ...

January 16, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Looking Back: Why I Speak Out about Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: January 16, 2022
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Looking Back: Why I Speak Out about Wrongful Convictions

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA a ...

January 16, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Honoring Those Who Died from COVID

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|Date: January 15, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Honoring Those Who Died from COVID

California prison mourns the loss of 28 incarcerated people from COVID-19 By Joe Garcia On a clear, crisp ...

California prison mourns the loss of 28 incarcerated people from COVID-19 By Joe Garcia On a clear, crisp November morning, two dozen prisoners and outside guests walked a silent lap in the main yard ...

January 15, 2022
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Commentary: Why Aren’t Conservative Prosecutors Feeling the Heat Right Now?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 14, 2022
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Commentary: Why Aren’t Conservative Prosecutors Feeling the Heat Right Now?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Memphis Watch this week put out a piece, “Memphis Is The Most ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Memphis Watch this week put out a piece, “Memphis Is The Most Dangerous City In America. Blame Amy Weirich.” The piece points out that Memphis is now the “m ...

January 14, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: LAPD Officers Get Fired for Prioritizing Snorlax over Their Jobs

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|Date: January 13, 2022
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Commentary: LAPD Officers Get Fired for Prioritizing Snorlax over Their Jobs

By Rory Fleming The story of how LAPD police officers Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell got fired sounds lik ...

By Rory Fleming The story of how LAPD police officers Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell got fired sounds like a B-plot in a buddy-cop movie, except somehow it’s real. A robbery involving several suspects ...

January 13, 2022
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Commentary: Is DiSC 2022 Likely to Be Growth-Inducing for Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2022
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Commentary: Is DiSC 2022 Likely to Be Growth-Inducing for Davis?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Ever since DISC came back in 2019-20 and added a resid ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Ever since DISC came back in 2019-20 and added a residential component, we have heard critics charge that DISC has morphed from a business park into ...

January 12, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: A Woman’s Worth

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|Date: January 12, 2022
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Commentary: A Woman’s Worth

By Christopher Bryson For too long, domestic violence was considered a family issue and was left for fami ...

By Christopher Bryson For too long, domestic violence was considered a family issue and was left for families to address in private” proclaimed President Biden in September. In reality it is a public ...

January 12, 2022
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