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San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi Dead at Age 59

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|Date: February 23, 2019
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San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi Dead at Age 59

SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi, the only elected public defender in the state, died last night as he was ...

SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi, the only elected public defender in the state, died last night as he was traveling. According to KGO-TV, he died of a heart attack. No official details have been rele ...

February 23, 2019
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Jury Hangs in Heidi Lepp Marijuana Case

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|Date: February 22, 2019
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Jury Hangs in Heidi Lepp Marijuana Case

The jury hung 7-5 in the conspiracy case against Heidi Lepp, charged with conspiracy to illegally cultiva ...

The jury hung 7-5 in the conspiracy case against Heidi Lepp, charged with conspiracy to illegally cultivate and sell cannabis. The Yuba County jury heard closing arguments last Friday, but this week ...

February 22, 2019
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Sacramento Superior Court Judge Sides with City on McKinley Park

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|Date: February 22, 2019
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Sacramento Superior Court Judge Sides with City on McKinley Park

Rules Football-Size Sewage Tank Construction Can Begin as Scheduled By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacram ...

Rules Football-Size Sewage Tank Construction Can Begin as Scheduled By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – It’s generally a high bar for a court to grant a preliminary injunctio ...

February 22, 2019
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Compassion Not Reason CA Dept of Corrections Reversed Policy to Not Charge Inmates for Health/Dental Care

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|Date: February 22, 2019
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Compassion Not Reason CA Dept of Corrections Reversed Policy to Not Charge Inmates for Health/Dental Care

Lawmaker Pushing for No Copays in Local Jails By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO ...

Lawmaker Pushing for No Copays in Local Jails By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and California Correction ...

February 22, 2019
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging National Emergency Declaration

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|Date: February 21, 2019
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging National Emergency Declaration

Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition (From Press Release) - T ...

Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition (From Press Release) - The American Civil Liberties Union, Sierra Club, ACLU of Texas, and ACLU of Northern California ...

February 21, 2019
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Boos Follow Rep. Garamendi at Davis Town Hall on Climate Change; Lawmaker Won’t Sign onto Measure

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|Date: February 20, 2019
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Boos Follow Rep. Garamendi at Davis Town Hall on Climate Change; Lawmaker Won’t Sign onto Measure

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau DAVIS – Rep. John Garamendi seemingly wanted to talk abo ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau DAVIS – Rep. John Garamendi seemingly wanted to talk about everything – his life and accomplishments in state and federal politics, Trump, the military ...

February 20, 2019
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Sacramento Police Mislead with Claim of No Arrests at Stephon Clark Protests

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|Date: February 20, 2019
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Sacramento Police Mislead with Claim of No Arrests at Stephon Clark Protests

Court Files Show At Least 14 Arrested By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – City ...

Court Files Show At Least 14 Arrested By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – City police officials here – girding for what is expected to be massive street protests if Sacrament ...

February 20, 2019
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16 States File Lawsuit Challenging President Trump’s Contrived Declaration of National Emergency at the Southern Border

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|Date: February 19, 2019
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16 States File Lawsuit Challenging President Trump’s Contrived Declaration of National Emergency at the Southern Border

Fifteen states join California to block Trump’s fabricated emergency and unlawful diversion of Congressio ...

Fifteen states join California to block Trump’s fabricated emergency and unlawful diversion of Congressionally-appropriated funding to pay for his border wall (From Press Release) – California Governo ...

February 19, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Real National Emergency

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 18, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Real National Emergency

President Trump may be on the verge of attempting to declare a national emergency on our borders, despite ...

President Trump may be on the verge of attempting to declare a national emergency on our borders, despite a lot of evidence to the contrary. At the same time, he is ignoring what appears to be the re ...

February 18, 2019
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Policing For Profit

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|Date: February 18, 2019
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Policing For Profit

By Emma Anderson and Susan Dunn In Conway, South Carolina, a 72-year-old widow hides inside, her curtains ...

By Emma Anderson and Susan Dunn In Conway, South Carolina, a 72-year-old widow hides inside, her curtains drawn, fearing that local law enforcement will attempt to take away her home for a third time. ...

February 18, 2019
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Yuba County Jail Hunger Strike by ICE Detainees for Humane Treatment Ends

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|Date: February 17, 2019
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Yuba County Jail Hunger Strike by ICE Detainees for Humane Treatment Ends

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau MARYSVILLE, CA – Hunger strikes in the suffrage, civil r ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau MARYSVILLE, CA – Hunger strikes in the suffrage, civil rights, farmworker and other social justice movements in the U.S. have helped lead to great chan ...

February 17, 2019
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ACLU Backed Legislation Would Open Prosecutor’s Records

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|Date: February 17, 2019
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ACLU Backed Legislation Would Open Prosecutor’s Records

By Nicole Zayas Fortier America’s locally elected prosecutors wield enormous and, all too often, unaccoun ...

By Nicole Zayas Fortier America’s locally elected prosecutors wield enormous and, all too often, unaccountable power. They have the authority to reinforce mass incarceration and racial disparities in ...

February 17, 2019
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Closing Arguments in the Marijuana Conspiracy Case of Heidi Lepp

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 16, 2019
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Closing Arguments in the Marijuana Conspiracy Case of Heidi Lepp

Heidi Lepp, a Rastafarian church leader, is facing two felony conspiracy charges for allegedly running an ...

Heidi Lepp, a Rastafarian church leader, is facing two felony conspiracy charges for allegedly running an illegal operation to cultivate and sell cannabis. If convicted she could face up to three yea ...

February 16, 2019
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There Is No ‘National Emergency’ at the Border, and Trump’s Declaration Is Illegal

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|Date: February 16, 2019
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There Is No ‘National Emergency’ at the Border, and Trump’s Declaration Is Illegal

By Cecilia Wang After more than a month of threats, a government shutdown, and bipartisan action by Congr ...

By Cecilia Wang After more than a month of threats, a government shutdown, and bipartisan action by Congress, President Trump has finally declared a national emergency to spend billions of taxpayer do ...

February 16, 2019
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Immigrant Groups Criticize Yuba County Jail Discipline of ICE Hunger Strikers

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|Date: February 15, 2019
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Immigrant Groups Criticize Yuba County Jail Discipline of ICE Hunger Strikers

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau MARYSVILLE, CA – Jails are dreary places, but the Yuba C ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau MARYSVILLE, CA – Jails are dreary places, but the Yuba County Jail here late on a rainy Valentine’s Day Thursday was especially depressing – but probab ...

February 15, 2019
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Update: I.C.E. Migrant Hunger Strike Leader Moved, Others Isolation at Yuba County Jail

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|Date: February 14, 2019
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Update: I.C.E. Migrant Hunger Strike Leader Moved, Others Isolation at Yuba County Jail

MARYSVILLE, CA – The Vanguard has learned that Yuba County Jail Wednesday afternoon is in the process of ...

MARYSVILLE, CA – The Vanguard has learned that Yuba County Jail Wednesday afternoon is in the process of moving I.C.E. detainee hunger strike organizer Carlos Sauceda to an unknown location, and has i ...

February 14, 2019
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Plaintiff Lawyers in Sacramento County Jail Lawsuit Ask Federal Court to Grant Summary Judgment to End ‘Inhumane’ Jail Conditions

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|Date: February 13, 2019
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Plaintiff Lawyers in Sacramento County Jail Lawsuit Ask Federal Court to Grant Summary Judgment to End ‘Inhumane’ Jail Conditions

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A motion for summary judgment was filed Tue ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A motion for summary judgment was filed Tuesday by Plaintiffs’ counsel – in effect, asking for a win without a trial – in a massive class ...

February 13, 2019
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The Supreme Court Is Playing Favorites with Religion

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|Date: February 13, 2019
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The Supreme Court Is Playing Favorites with Religion

By Daniel Mach Last week, the Supreme Court permitted the state of Alabama to execute a Muslim man, Domin ...

By Daniel Mach Last week, the Supreme Court permitted the state of Alabama to execute a Muslim man, Domineque Ray, without his religious advisor present. The court’s 5-4 decision reversed an emergency ...

February 13, 2019
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Dozens of Migrant ICE Detainees Announce Hunger Strike to Protest ‘Brutal’ Jail Conditions

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|Date: February 11, 2019
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Dozens of Migrant ICE Detainees Announce Hunger Strike to Protest ‘Brutal’ Jail Conditions

By Crescenzo VellucciVanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Immigrant rights organizations called out “b ...

By Crescenzo VellucciVanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Immigrant rights organizations called out “brutal” and “inhumane” conditions for migrant ICE detainees in Northern California – and announc ...

February 11, 2019
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When Colleges Confine Free Speech to a ‘Zone,’ It Isn’t Free

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|Date: February 11, 2019
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When Colleges Confine Free Speech to a ‘Zone,’ It Isn’t Free

By Emerson Sykes and Vera Eidelman On certain college campuses, administrators have created “Free Speech ...

By Emerson Sykes and Vera Eidelman On certain college campuses, administrators have created “Free Speech Zones” — spaces where people are allowed to speak, protest, or gather signatures for causes the ...

February 11, 2019
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