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Returning Citizen Benjamin Frandsen Normalizes Byline and Photography Journalism in His Post-Carceral Return to Valley State Prison

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|Date: November 10, 2023
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Returning Citizen Benjamin Frandsen Normalizes Byline and Photography Journalism in His Post-Carceral Return to Valley State Prison

By Ghostwrite Mike and The Mundo Press For years, San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and Mule Creek State ...

By Ghostwrite Mike and The Mundo Press For years, San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and Mule Creek State Prison have been the only carceral communities in California’s gauntlet of over 30 facilities w ...

November 10, 2023
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Florida Representatives Ask SCOTUS to Reinstate Anti-Drag Limiting Laws

Posted by Maggie Harned
|Date: November 10, 2023
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Florida Representatives Ask SCOTUS to Reinstate Anti-Drag Limiting Laws

By Maggie Harned ORLANDO, FL.— Florida representatives asked the US Supreme Court to block previous, lowe ...

By Maggie Harned ORLANDO, FL.— Florida representatives asked the US Supreme Court to block previous, lower court rulings that have prohibited the enforcement of laws in the state that would go against ...

November 10, 2023
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565 Mass Shootings in the US in 2023 – Calls for Immediate Gun Control

Posted by Jenna Tooley
|Date: November 09, 2023
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565 Mass Shootings in the US in 2023 – Calls for Immediate Gun Control

LEWISTON— According to the Gun Violence Archive, the recent mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine marks ...

LEWISTON— According to the Gun Violence Archive, the recent mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine marks the 565th mass shooting in the United States, just this year. There have been more mass shooti ...

November 09, 2023
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Op-Ed: Complementary Perspectives, and the Fight for the Telegraph Chess Tables

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 26, 2023
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Op-Ed: Complementary Perspectives, and the Fight for the Telegraph Chess Tables

By Magellan Reyes BERKELEY, CA — The Chess Tables on Telegraph Ave, wedged on the corner of Haste near Me ...

By Magellan Reyes BERKELEY, CA — The Chess Tables on Telegraph Ave, wedged on the corner of Haste near Mezzo’s and Amoeba Records, is a centerpiece of conversation and relaxation in the sea of student ...

October 26, 2023
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Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Role in Death of 13 Migrants in ‘Fatal’ Human Smuggling Operation in California Gone Bad

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|Date: July 21, 2023
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Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Role in Death of 13 Migrants in ‘Fatal’ Human Smuggling Operation in California Gone Bad

By The Vanguard Staff SAN DIEGO, CA – A federal judge here sentenced Jose Cruz Noguez—allegedly the “coor ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN DIEGO, CA – A federal judge here sentenced Jose Cruz Noguez—allegedly the “coordinator” of a fatal smuggling event that killed 13 migrants in March 2021 near Calexico—to 15 y ...

July 21, 2023
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Federal Judge Upholds Novel San Jose Gun Law Requiring Gun Owners to Carry Liability Insurance to Cover Accidental Shootings

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|Date: July 17, 2023
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Federal Judge Upholds Novel San Jose Gun Law Requiring Gun Owners to Carry Liability Insurance to Cover Accidental Shootings

By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN JOSE, CA – A federal court judge late las ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN JOSE, CA – A federal court judge late last week dismissed a challenge by gun rights groups to what some describe as a first-of-its-kind ...

July 17, 2023
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Annual CA Attorney General Report Reveals – Among Other Statistics – Nearly 2 Californians Shot by Law Enforcement Daily, Most of Them Brown and Black

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|Date: July 04, 2023
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Annual CA Attorney General Report Reveals – Among Other Statistics – Nearly 2 Californians Shot by Law Enforcement Daily, Most of Them Brown and Black

By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief OAKLAND, CA – More than 600 people, or nearly ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief OAKLAND, CA – More than 600 people, or nearly two a day, were shot by law enforcement in 2022—nearly half were Hispanic and 20 percent were B ...

July 04, 2023
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Thousands of Peace Officers Could Be Decertified under New California Law, Civil Rights Attorney Warns

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|Date: July 02, 2023
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Thousands of Peace Officers Could Be Decertified under New California Law, Civil Rights Attorney Warns

By The Vanguard Staff SAN DIEGO, CA – California’s failure to “police those who police us only further er ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN DIEGO, CA – California’s failure to “police those who police us only further erodes public trust while casting a shadow over the vast majority of peace officers who serve the ...

July 02, 2023
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Another Freshman GOP Representative Appears to Have Lied about Her Past

Posted by Cooper Dutton
|Date: June 07, 2023
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Another Freshman GOP Representative Appears to Have Lied about Her Past

By: Cooper Dutton Tampa, Florida—Following the scandal over George Santos’ extensive lies about hi ...

By: Cooper Dutton Tampa, Florida—Following the scandal over George Santos’ extensive lies about his past, another freshman Republican Representative, Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, also appears ...

June 07, 2023
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Weather Conditions in California Have Devastatingly Impacted Homeless Populations

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: April 12, 2023
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Weather Conditions in California Have Devastatingly Impacted Homeless Populations

Photo Attribution: Cyanidethistles, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, ...

Photo Attribution: Cyanidethistles, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Sheila Teker Since the beginning of 2023, California has been hit by ...

April 12, 2023
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San Francisco Police Officers to Allow Lethal Force from Police Robots

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: December 04, 2022
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San Francisco Police Officers to Allow Lethal Force from Police Robots

By Gibran Khalil SAN FRANCISCO, CA –The San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed a broad ...

By Gibran Khalil SAN FRANCISCO, CA –The San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed a broad policy to “allow police to bring armed robots to every arrest, and every execution of a warran ...

December 04, 2022
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State and Counties Begin Implementing CARE Court

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|Date: December 02, 2022
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State and Counties Begin Implementing CARE Court

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Despite concerns from experts and activists, California is movin ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Despite concerns from experts and activists, California is moving forward with CARE Court, as means to deliver mental health and substance use disorder service ...

December 02, 2022
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GSIs Prepare to Go on Statewide Academic Workers Strike against ‘Unlawful’ Negotiations with UC System

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: November 12, 2022
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GSIs Prepare to Go on Statewide Academic Workers Strike against ‘Unlawful’ Negotiations with UC System

By Huey Collette CALIFORNIA - On Wednesday November 2, a total of 36,558 votes were cast, authorizing the ...

By Huey Collette CALIFORNIA - On Wednesday November 2, a total of 36,558 votes were cast, authorizing the largest strike ever by academic workers in the United States. Graduate student instructors (GS ...

November 12, 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 ...

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 ...

October 26, 2022
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Potentially Dangerous Levels of Arsenic Found in California Prison Drinking Water

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 25, 2022
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Potentially Dangerous Levels of Arsenic Found in California Prison Drinking Water

By Laurel Spear DELANO, CA — A study from the University of California, Berkeley and Virginia Tech has fo ...

By Laurel Spear DELANO, CA — A study from the University of California, Berkeley and Virginia Tech has found high concentrations of arsenic in the water supply of the Kern Valley State Prison and the ...

October 25, 2022
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California Paves the Way for Clean Energy with New SB 1020

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|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, maki ...

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 th ...

October 24, 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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President Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted of Marijuana Possession

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 19, 2022
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President Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted of Marijuana Possession

By Laurel Spear DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – In a video statement released on Twitter on Oct. 6, 2022, Presiden ...

By Laurel Spear DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – In a video statement released on Twitter on Oct. 6, 2022, President Joe Biden announced he was pardoning all Americans convicted of simple marijuana possession u ...

October 19, 2022
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