COOL DAVIS EVENTS Yolo Earth Day Celebrate and Share Saturday April 13 Mary L Stephens Davis Branch Yolo County Library 10am-12:30pm Come celebrate and share with us! The...
By Connie Martinez SAN JOSE, CA – An exoneree, Lionel Rubalcava, has sued three San Jose police officers—Joseph Perez, Topui Fonua and Steven Spillman—for fabricati...
By Maeve O’Brien RIO LINDA, CA – On the morning of March 23, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputies fired consecutive fatal shots at a suicidal man, Christopher Gilm...
By Kapish Kalita LOS ANGELES, CA- The Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnership (LARRP), an organization dedicated to the assistance of prisoner reentry in LA, said this...
By Audrey Sawyer WOODLAND, CA — After a Yolo County Superior Court judge tossed much of the prosecution’s case here this week, the prosecution dropped charges against a m...
By Sarah Chayet VAN NUYS, CA – In a Los Angeles County Superior Court this week, during an arraignment hearing, Judge Richard Kirschner and Deputy Public Defender J...
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – Last week Governor Newsom announced California is installing a network of 480 high-tech cameras in Oakland and the Ea...
Brief Argues that the Constitutional Prohibition on ‘Cruel and Unusual Punishments’ Prevents Cities from Arresting or Fining People Experiencing Homelessness for Sleeping...
Photo by Tolu Olubode on Unsplash Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Senate Local Government Committee passed SB 937, legislation to defer cities’ collection...
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...