by Mark Dempsey Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost recently wrote an editorial (“Forcing Consequences“) explaining her, and Supervisor Sue Peter...
By Rory Fleming San Francisco Superior Court Judge Michael Begert is probably feeling lucky that he is not facing reelection for another five years. That is because Beger...
When people were polled last spring, the issue that most concerned them was cost of housing. When people are polled about the need for economic development, there is an...
As someone born in 1972, I am too young to remember contemporaneous accounts of the death of Fred Hampton and the trial that ultimately brought some measure of justice...
by Michael Bisch As the Executive Director of Yolo Food Bank, I am honored to be included this evening in a Winter Needs Panel discussion of notable area nonprofit leader...
By Lauren Zaren A woman was interrupted while making dinner by screams and threats from her next-door neighbor. On the evening of Nov. 17, 2019, a Woodland resident was m...
By Evan Chu Anita Santos, a woman who allegedly shot a man in his face in front of his wife, will be going to trial. During the preliminary hearing, the alleged victim, w...
I caught the most recent column by Rich Rifkin, noting that Davis “talks a good game when it comes to environmental policy.” But the reality is that those environmental...
There has been a pattern developing this year – a policy is proposed by the city or the council, the public and various stakeholders rise up, and the council seemingly ba...
Now Another One Of Her Former Prosecutors Is Running Against Her. Carvana Cloud, until recently the chief of the Special Victims Bureau, is entering the race to unseat h...
by Jason Taormino I would like to thank everyone who works at Cesar Chavez Elementary. This past week was very difficult for all of us with the death of Eva Dopico over...
By Scott Steward There are four books that are out in front of the Green New Deal. Only one attempts to explain its implementation and societal imperatives. The reviewers...
The city of Davis efforts at police oversight really began in 2005 and 2006, resulting in the creation of the Police Ombudsman. This occurred nearly a full decade before...
The Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on Wednesday where they will review and provide comments on the University Commons Project Draft EIR. Planning Commiss...
The Vanguard meets with ASUCD President Justin Hurst, along with Vice President Shreya Deshpande, Adam Hatefi and Francois Kaeplin. They talked about their plans for 2020...
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The long, long journey for Dionne Smith-Downs since her 16 year-old son James Rivera Jr. was shot and killed...
Earlier this week, we attended the scoping meeting for the Aggie Research Center. The portion of the meeting that I viewed – which was supposed be in an open house formu...
Last night at the Davis Police Accountability Commission (DPAC) meeting, Michael Gennaco briefly summarized and discussed his first semi-annual report. One of the cases...
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau STOCKTON, CA – Nearly nine years after a Stockton City police officer allegedly beat him while his mother was getting gas...
by Rory Fleming Kamala Harris dropped out of the race to become the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate on December 3, blaming lack of funds. Understandably, much reac...