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Megan Allen and Monique Hokman Voice Skepticism on LGBT Policies in California Schools

Posted by Ibrahim Dagher
|Date: November 16, 2022
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Megan Allen and Monique Hokman Voice Skepticism on LGBT Policies in California Schools

By: Shuxuan Zhong SACRAMENTO, CA––Megan Allen and Monique Hokman Natomas, candidates for the Unified Scho ...

By: Shuxuan Zhong SACRAMENTO, CA––Megan Allen and Monique Hokman Natomas, candidates for the Unified School Board in Northern California, are skeptical of LGBT policies and Pride Month–– the annual ce ...

November 16, 2022
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Biden Pardons Simple Marijuana Possession

Posted by Sofía Orduña
|Date: November 16, 2022
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Biden Pardons Simple Marijuana Possession

By Sofía Orduña WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Thursday, October 6, U.S. President Joe Biden issued a pardon ...

By Sofía Orduña WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Thursday, October 6, U.S. President Joe Biden issued a pardon for federal-level convictions of simple marijuana possession. He also began a review of how the ...

November 16, 2022
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Berkeley Law Groups Face Backlash and Harassment after Banning Zionist Speakers

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: November 10, 2022
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Berkeley Law Groups Face Backlash and Harassment after Banning Zionist Speakers

By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA - Nine Berkeley Law Groups—Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine, ...

By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA - Nine Berkeley Law Groups—Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine, Berkeley Law Muslim Student Association, Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Law Students A ...

November 10, 2022
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Recap of Monkeypox Outbreak in California and What to Know about the Disease

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 26, 2022
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Recap of Monkeypox Outbreak in California and What to Know about the Disease

By Maritza Ramirez Since the start of the monkeypox epidemic in May 2022, two of California’s most ...

By Maritza Ramirez Since the start of the monkeypox epidemic in May 2022, two of California’s most populous cities, San Francisco and Los Angeles, have been the most heavily affected in the sta ...

October 26, 2022
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California Paves the Way for Clean Energy with New SB 1020

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 25, 2022
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California Paves the Way for Clean Energy with New SB 1020

By Ademar Barrera Vallejo - California, on Sep. 16, 2022, Newsom signed the 100% Clean Electric Grid (SB ...

By Ademar Barrera Vallejo - California, on Sep. 16, 2022, Newsom signed the 100% Clean Electric Grid (SB 1020) bill which aims to reduce the state’s dependency on fossil fuels in three stages. The fir ...

October 25, 2022
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Gavin Newsom Signs SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 24, 2022
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Gavin Newsom Signs SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free

By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – On Thursday Sept. 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1008, making phon ...

By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – On Thursday Sept. 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free. Under this legislation, incarcerated people and the peopl ...

October 24, 2022
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Anti-Semitic Graffiti in Residence Hall Sparks Outrage among Students

Posted by Ibrahim Dagher
|Date: October 23, 2022
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Anti-Semitic Graffiti in Residence Hall Sparks Outrage among Students

By: Jordan Poltorak DAVIS, CA-–On October 13, swastikas were drawn in Alder Hall and were swiftly removed ...

By: Jordan Poltorak DAVIS, CA-–On October 13, swastikas were drawn in Alder Hall and were swiftly removed by the UC Davis Police Department, the third antisemitism event on campus since August. ...

October 23, 2022
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California Firearm Groups Aim to Challenge Bill Modeled After Texas Anti-Abortion Law

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 21, 2022
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California Firearm Groups Aim to Challenge Bill Modeled After Texas Anti-Abortion Law

BY HUEY COLLETTE CALIFORNIA - California firearm advocates seek to challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Senate B ...

BY HUEY COLLETTE CALIFORNIA - California firearm advocates seek to challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Senate Bill 1327. The CA law attempts to rebuke Texas’ anti-abortion litigation, allowing citizens to s ...

October 21, 2022
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Sacramento County Deputy Shoots Machete-Wielding Man

Posted by Ibrahim Dagher
|Date: October 20, 2022
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Sacramento County Deputy Shoots Machete-Wielding Man

By Shuxuan Zhong SACRAMENTO, CA––On Sept. 28 at approximately 8:45 a.m., the Sacramento County Sheriff's ...

By Shuxuan Zhong SACRAMENTO, CA––On Sept. 28 at approximately 8:45 a.m., the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office received a call from Lisa Naranjo from her home near Enrico Boulevard and Fruitridge Roa ...

October 20, 2022
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Authorities Link Stockton Serial Killer to the Bay Area through a 2021 Oakland Homicide

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 17, 2022
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Authorities Link Stockton Serial Killer to the Bay Area through a 2021 Oakland Homicide

By Rick Cruz Oakland--Authorities have linked a slew of killings in Stockton, CA to a homicide in the Bay ...

By Rick Cruz Oakland--Authorities have linked a slew of killings in Stockton, CA to a homicide in the Bay Area. The Oakland Police Department recently announced that a 2021 shooting in East Oakland ma ...

October 17, 2022
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‘Lunar New Year Now a California Holiday’: Berkeley Students on Newsom’s New Bill

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 17, 2022
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‘Lunar New Year Now a California Holiday’: Berkeley Students on Newsom’s New Bill

By Karen Ha Gov. Newsom recently signed AB 2596, which officially enshrines Lunar New Year–histori ...

By Karen Ha Gov. Newsom recently signed AB 2596, which officially enshrines Lunar New Year–historically celebrated by many Asian American students–as a holiday into California law. While the ma ...

October 17, 2022
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Student Opinion: Baltimore Prosecutors Drop Charges against Adnan Syed

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 12, 2022
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Student Opinion: Baltimore Prosecutors Drop Charges against Adnan Syed

By Gibran Khalil BALTIMORE, MD – After the decision in mid-Sept. from a Baltimore judge to overturn the c ...

By Gibran Khalil BALTIMORE, MD – After the decision in mid-Sept. from a Baltimore judge to overturn the conviction of Adnan Syed for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee, Baltimore prose ...

October 12, 2022
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Governor Newsom Vetoes Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 12, 2022
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Governor Newsom Vetoes Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement

By Laurel Spear SACRAMENTO, CA — On Sept. 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 26 ...

By Laurel Spear SACRAMENTO, CA — On Sept. 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 2632. If passed, this bill would have limited solitary confinement to 15 consecutive days and no ...

October 12, 2022
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Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) Strips 47 Deputies of Guns and Arrest Powers after Failed Psychological Exams

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 03, 2022
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Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) Strips 47 Deputies of Guns and Arrest Powers after Failed Psychological Exams

By Patty Yao Image by Michael Macor Dublin, CA - On Sept. 23, 2022, Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern sen ...

By Patty Yao Image by Michael Macor Dublin, CA - On Sept. 23, 2022, Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern sent a letter to 47 Sheriff’s deputies notifying them that they are not allowed to perform “any fu ...

October 03, 2022
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Kosoul Chanthakoummane Faces Execution in Texas Despite Lack of Evidence of Guilt

Posted by Ariel Peterson
|Date: August 24, 2022
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Kosoul Chanthakoummane Faces Execution in Texas Despite Lack of Evidence of Guilt

By Ariel Peterson AUSTIN, TX—Kosoul Chanthakoummane is scheduled to be executed in Texas on ...

By Ariel Peterson AUSTIN, TX—Kosoul Chanthakoummane is scheduled to be executed in Texas on Aug. 17, 2022, despite significant doubt with his conviction due to its reliance on faulty and ...

August 24, 2022
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Halts Execution of Ramiro Gonzales after Expert Witness Rejects Initial Testimony

Posted by Ariel Peterson
|Date: August 07, 2022
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Halts Execution of Ramiro Gonzales after Expert Witness Rejects Initial Testimony

By Ariel Peterson AUSTIN, TX— The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals this month granted a stay of exe ...

By Ariel Peterson AUSTIN, TX— The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals this month granted a stay of execution to Ramiro Gonzales after an expert witness in his case, psychiatrist Dr. Edward Gripon, ...

August 07, 2022
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Study finds substantial undetected COVID-19 infections, inadequate testing among jail populations

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: August 02, 2022
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Study finds substantial undetected COVID-19 infections, inadequate testing among jail populations

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring re ...

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring reporting on the pandemic in California’s county jails and Department of Corrections and Rehabili ...

August 02, 2022
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Distrust and Misinformation: Why Incarcerated People Are Wary of the COVID Vaccine

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: June 15, 2022
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Distrust and Misinformation: Why Incarcerated People Are Wary of the COVID Vaccine

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring re ...

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring reporting on the pandemic in California's county jails and Department of Corrections and Rehabili ...

June 15, 2022
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Former Employee files lawsuit against Tesla for racial discrimination

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: April 12, 2022
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Former Employee files lawsuit against Tesla for racial discrimination

By Kate Anstett ALAMEDA, CA – Tesla fired a former Construction Project Manager after he reported mentall ...

By Kate Anstett ALAMEDA, CA – Tesla fired a former Construction Project Manager after he reported mentally and physically unsafe working conditions. Marc Cage, who is African-American, alleges that th ...

April 12, 2022
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Court Blocks Montana Laws that Restrict Voting Rights for Native Americans

Posted by Jaanvi Kaur
|Date: April 08, 2022
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Court Blocks Montana Laws that Restrict Voting Rights for Native Americans

(Photo: Steve Cordes, Unsplash) By Jaanvi Kaur and Ankita Joshi BILLINGS, MT – A Montana court stopped tw ...

(Photo: Steve Cordes, Unsplash) By Jaanvi Kaur and Ankita Joshi BILLINGS, MT – A Montana court stopped two state laws that restrict Native American participation in the state’s voting process. Montana ...

April 08, 2022
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