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Student Opinion: The Georgia Runoff: What America’s Future Senate Can Look Like

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: November 23, 2020
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Student Opinion: The Georgia Runoff: What America’s Future Senate Can Look Like

By Jacob Vito The average American household income is $56,516. Throughout the course of a year, that mon ...

By Jacob Vito The average American household income is $56,516. Throughout the course of a year, that money will go to cover food, rent, gas and whatever is needed to survive. However, if that average ...

November 23, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Remains Stuck in Drive To Find Sustainable Revenue

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 23, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Remains Stuck in Drive To Find Sustainable Revenue

By David M. Greenwald It was 2010 when I watched Bob Clarke of Public Works give a staff presentation for ...

By David M. Greenwald It was 2010 when I watched Bob Clarke of Public Works give a staff presentation for the city of Davis that the city of Davis was allocating no general fund money toward road repa ...

November 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Student Opinion: Apple is Paying $113 Million to Settle Batterygate Scandal

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: November 22, 2020
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Student Opinion: Apple is Paying $113 Million to Settle Batterygate Scandal

By Jose Orozco Apple has reached a $113 million settlement with 34 U.S. states to conclude the batterygat ...

By Jose Orozco Apple has reached a $113 million settlement with 34 U.S. states to conclude the batterygate scandal’s investigations. Batterygate is about the company’s intentional slowing down of olde ...

November 22, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Sunday Commentary: Projects Can Be Defeated, but Slow-Growth Candidates Largely Not Competitive

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 22, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Projects Can Be Defeated, but Slow-Growth Candidates Largely Not Competitive

by David M. Greenwald It wasn’t a tremendously long time ago when slow-growth progressives actually contr ...

by David M. Greenwald It wasn’t a tremendously long time ago when slow-growth progressives actually controlled the city council—Ken Wagstaff, Sue Greenwald and Michael Harrington. But in the last 20 ...

November 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Looking Back: A Man Wrongfully Incarcerated Becomes a Prison Reformer

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|Date: November 22, 2020
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Looking Back: A Man Wrongfully Incarcerated Becomes a Prison Reformer

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The West ...

"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 well as across the c ...

November 22, 2020
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Student Opinion: It Can Happen Here

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: November 21, 2020
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Student Opinion: It Can Happen Here

By Jacob Derin The U.S. is in for a tough winter, and I’m not exactly sure that people understand what th ...

By Jacob Derin The U.S. is in for a tough winter, and I’m not exactly sure that people understand what that means. As hospitals reach capacity, we may soon hit the point at which they can longer cope ...

November 21, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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My View: DISC Goes Down to Defeat, Comes Down to Traffic?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 21, 2020
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My View: DISC Goes Down to Defeat, Comes Down to Traffic?

By David M. Greenwald This is not going to be a deep dive yet into the data, but I do find the results in ...

By David M. Greenwald This is not going to be a deep dive yet into the data, but I do find the results interesting. Overall the project lost relatively narrowly by about 1300 votes, or 4.5 percent. ...

November 21, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Community Supervision, Once Intended to Help Offenders, Contributes More to Mass Incarceration

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|Date: November 21, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Community Supervision, Once Intended to Help Offenders, Contributes More to Mass Incarceration

Justice officials are recognizing that community supervision can be a tripwire that perpetuates incarcera ...

Justice officials are recognizing that community supervision can be a tripwire that perpetuates incarceration based on crimeless technical violations By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Vincent Schiraldi One ...

November 21, 2020
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Commentary: Are We Seeing the End of Our Democracy or Its Resilience?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 20, 2020
| (19) Comments

Commentary: Are We Seeing the End of Our Democracy or Its Resilience?

By David M. Greenwald When I warned people over the summer of the threat to democracy, there were usually ...

By David M. Greenwald When I warned people over the summer of the threat to democracy, there were usually two responses—a lot of partisan agreements and a lot of independent and conservative denials. ...

November 20, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Student Opinion: The Dangerous Rise of Anti-Vaxxers

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: November 19, 2020
| (29) Comments

Student Opinion: The Dangerous Rise of Anti-Vaxxers

By Liam Benedict Every time a new technology or advancement in medicine comes about, there are people wh ...

By Liam Benedict Every time a new technology or advancement in medicine comes about, there are people who doubt its validity. Like any other independent thinker, I welcome and even encourage a little ...

November 19, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Commentary: What Does Workforce and Family Housing Look Like? How Can We Address Affordable Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2020
| (50) Comments

Commentary: What Does Workforce and Family Housing Look Like? How Can We Address Affordable Housing?

By David M. Greenwald Pop quiz—if you are a family with two kids, a boy and a girl, how many bedrooms do ...

By David M. Greenwald Pop quiz—if you are a family with two kids, a boy and a girl, how many bedrooms do you need? The answer that most people understand is three. You really are not supposed to hav ...

November 19, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Student Opinion: Who Suffers the Most During Rainstorms and Cold Weather?

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: November 18, 2020
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Student Opinion: Who Suffers the Most During Rainstorms and Cold Weather?

By Michelle Moreno Lira Heavy rain and cold weather are set to hit NorCal residents this Tuesday amid con ...

By Michelle Moreno Lira Heavy rain and cold weather are set to hit NorCal residents this Tuesday amid concern for the homeless’ well-being. There is a growing population of over 8,000 homeless indivi ...

November 18, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Commentary: Our Fate Is in Our Own Hands

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: November 18, 2020
| (16) Comments

Commentary: Our Fate Is in Our Own Hands

By Tia Will I attended our Zoom Board of Supervisors meeting on 11/17/20. One of the items was an update ...

By Tia Will I attended our Zoom Board of Supervisors meeting on 11/17/20. One of the items was an update on COVID-19 in Yolo County. A presentation was given by our new Health Officer, Dr. Aimee Bisso ...

November 18, 2020
| by Tia Will

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Guest Commentary: Philadelphia Case Could Clear the Way for Safe Injection Sites

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 18, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Philadelphia Case Could Clear the Way for Safe Injection Sites

By Chesa Boudin, Sarah George and Miriam Aroni Krinsky All eyes were on Philadelphia this month, as the o ...

By Chesa Boudin, Sarah George and Miriam Aroni Krinsky All eyes were on Philadelphia this month, as the outcome of the election rested in poll workers’ hands. It’s not surprising that the citizens of ...

November 18, 2020
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Guest Submission: ‘One Life’ by Megan Rapinoe with Emma Brockes, Just Published in Hardback by Penguin Press

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|Date: November 18, 2020
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Guest Submission: ‘One Life’ by Megan Rapinoe with Emma Brockes, Just Published in Hardback by Penguin Press

By Scott Steward Ragsdale Megan Rapinoe’s memories of the US Women’s Team started with the Brandy Chastai ...

By Scott Steward Ragsdale Megan Rapinoe’s memories of the US Women’s Team started with the Brandy Chastain and Kristine Lilly in 1999. My memories of the women’s soccer began with Mia Hamm and Michel ...

November 18, 2020
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Student Opinion: Nurses Rally in Demand for a Safer Work Environment

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: November 16, 2020
| (1) Comment

Student Opinion: Nurses Rally in Demand for a Safer Work Environment

By Jose Orozco On Nov. 10, nurses at UC Davis Medical Center (UCDMC) held a rally demanding safe staffing ...

By Jose Orozco On Nov. 10, nurses at UC Davis Medical Center (UCDMC) held a rally demanding safe staffing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses claim that UCDMC management has failed to provide a safe ...

November 16, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Monday Morning Thoughts: We Should Wait to Re-Open Our Schools

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 16, 2020
| (16) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: We Should Wait to Re-Open Our Schools

By David M. Greenwald As a parent I get it—distance learning really isn’t great for nine- and ten-year-ol ...

By David M. Greenwald As a parent I get it—distance learning really isn’t great for nine- and ten-year-old students. They are stir crazy. Staring at a screen is a pain—literally. They miss their fr ...

November 16, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Student Opinion: If Destruction Be Our Lot

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: November 15, 2020
| (11) Comments

Student Opinion: If Destruction Be Our Lot

By Jacob Derin Following Joe Biden’s projected victory in the presidential election, Russia and China hav ...

By Jacob Derin Following Joe Biden’s projected victory in the presidential election, Russia and China have noticeably refrained from congratulating him. This places President Donald Trump, who has ref ...

November 15, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Sunday Commentary: Just Can’t Get Cannery Right – And That Hurts Everything Else

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 15, 2020
| (64) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Just Can’t Get Cannery Right – And That Hurts Everything Else

By David M. Greenwald At some point if the city wants to lay its cards on the table, it might consider ha ...

By David M. Greenwald At some point if the city wants to lay its cards on the table, it might consider having a consultant or perhaps even staff assess what went wrong with the Cannery. Because, as i ...

November 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Looking Back: Harmless Error – Is It Ever Really Harmless?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 15, 2020
| 0 comments

Looking Back: Harmless Error – Is It Ever Really Harmless?

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The West ...

"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 well as across the c ...

November 15, 2020
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