By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A member of the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board—charged with sexual assault—has had all 11 charges against hi...
By Sofia Hosseinzadeh WASHINGTON, DC – Lisel Petis, senior fellow of criminal justice at R Street Institute, a non-profit organization focused on criminal justice r...
By Gabriela Rose and Audrey Sawyer SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Senate’s “Safer California Plan,” a bipartisan legislative effort to address the fentanyl c...
By Sarah Chayet VAN NUYS, CA – During a jury trial at Los Angeles County Superior Court Tuesday, Deputy Public Defender Netta Amelia Saul found several statements m...
By Charlie Simmons and Jessi Dannenberg BURLINGTON, VT – Judge Navah Spero expressed surprise here in Chittenden County Superior Court this week that the accused’s...
We want to thank our supporters for stepping up… 116 of them so far. The Vanguard is facing an unprecedented fight for survival. There is an upcoming legal battle that w...
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area announced at a press conference Tuesday t...
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Legislation that would facilitate the construction of housing in cities and counties that fail to adopt a compliant housing eleme...
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Assemblywoman Lori D. Wilson introduced a bill aimed at promoting equity and leveling the playing field for renters across...
The Rotary Club of Davis Annual BBQ is scheduled for Saturday, May 18, 2024, from 4 pm to 7 pm at Davis Central Park. It promises an unforgettable afternoon of sizzling b...
By The Vanguard Staff AUSTIN, TX — Crystal Mason, a Black grandmother and mother of three, was acquitted late last week by the Texas Second Court of Appeals, when it reve...
By Roxy Benson & Melinda Kukaj AUSTIN, TX – Fair and Just Prosecution Executive Director Miriam Krinsky last week applauded a ruling by the Texas Court of Appea...
By Praniti Gulyani Even though I am not an ardent practitioner of cinematography or film technology, and fail to grasp the camera-oriented intricacies that go into creati...
By Perla Chavez LANCASTER, CA — A defense attorney’s motion to reduce and dismiss charges was denied here Tuesday at the Michael Antonovich Antelope Valley Los Angeles Co...
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week, the California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Berkeley’s People’s Park case—a lawsuit brought forward by...
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It was a momentous day in Florida, as the state’s Supreme Court issued two decisions on abortion. The first one, following the U.S....
By The Vanguard Staff OAKLAND, CA – Oakland’s mayor—recently selecting Oakland’s new police chief in a process fraught with political tensions with the city’s police comm...
By Xinhui Lin JEFFERSON CITY, MO – A wide range of individuals and groups wrote a letter to the Missouri Gov. Mike Parson last month, asking him to “exercise executive po...
By Darlin Navarrete NEW YORK, NY – The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), the nation’s largest reentry organization, announced its newest campaign, “M...
By Sarah Chayet MODESTO, CA – Judge Kellee C. Westbrook explained in a resentencing/modification hearing in Stanislaus County Superior Court last week that two appe...