By Danae Snell SACRAMENTO — Although texting is one of the primary ways to stay in contact with one another during the pandemic, it’s important to be careful about the co...
By Aziza Nussipov SACRAMENTO – The prosecution here in Sacramento County Superior Court last week exhibited a mountain of apparent evidence against defendant Donny Vargas...
By Tara Abraham In the weeks leading up to president Joe Biden’s inauguration, thousands of Hondurans, in a desperate plea to escape their poverty-stricken, violenc...
By Julietta Bisharyan This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring repo...
By David M. Greenwald It is one of the most contentious issues, not only in our community but across the country—when and under what circumstances to allow children to at...
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass...
Assembled by Sally Kim The Davis Vanguard is an online news forum that provides coverage of criminal justice reform and courts throughout California and the nation. In 20...
By William McCurry SACRAMENTO- In an emotional judgment and sentencing hearing here Thursday in Sacramento County Superior Court, defendant Norva Patton was sentenced to...
By Zahra Abbas SACRAMENTO – Now, you don’t see this every day. Defendant Martin Foster is now facing trial after his preliminary hearing here Thursday in Sacramento Count...
By Alana Bleimann HUMBOLDT – After allegedly overdosing and driving in the middle of the wrong lane, 21-year-old Kyle Retta and three officer witnesses were heard a...
By Linhchi Nguyen ALAMEDA – Judge Victor Rodriguez here in Alameda County Superior Court presided over two domestic abuse cases last week where both of the victims...
By Diana Zhu DAVIS – On Friday night, the Humanizing Deportation project presented a bilingual conversation of English and Spanish with UC Davis, featuring community stor...
By Josue Monroy In the wake of the assault on the Capitol almost two weeks ago, Alex Jones, one of the internet’s preeminent alt-right conspiracy theorists, broke ranks w...
By Pavan Potti DAVIS — Cool Davis, an educational organization aimed at promoting environmental sustainability in Davis, celebrated their 10-year anniversary durin...
By Jacob Derin Aimee Sisson, the Yolo County’s Health Officer, speaks out about the county as it is on the verge of running out of COVID-19 vaccine doses. She has blamed...
This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring reporting on the pandemic in Cal...
By David M. Greenwald It has been a year since the first COVID cases were reported in the US, we still have nearly two months before we mark the year anniversary of shutd...
By Anika Khubchandani and Lisbeth Martinez VENTURA – The First Amendment Coalition (FAC)—a non-profit public organization committed to freedom of speech, transparency and...
By Evie Sun PHILADELPHIA – The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Law School hosted an online conversation last wee...
By Koda Slingluff YOLO – A felony arraignment—for displaying something that looked like a bomb but was not—ended here in Yolo County Superior Court Thursday with the muti...