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Quarantine: Another COVID Court Delay Prevents Finalization of Case

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 23, 2022
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Quarantine: Another COVID Court Delay Prevents Finalization of Case

By Daniella Espinoza OAKLAND, CA - As if COVID-19 has not presented enough challenges within the past two ...

By Daniella Espinoza OAKLAND, CA - As if COVID-19 has not presented enough challenges within the past two years, recent happenings inside the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse illustrate the pandemic continu ...

May 23, 2022
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Sac Sheriff refuses to disclose COVID vaccination rate for staff citing “medical privacy” reasons

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: April 28, 2022
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Sac Sheriff refuses to disclose COVID vaccination rate for staff citing “medical privacy” reasons

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners ...

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners with the Davis Vanguard to report on the pandemic in California’s county jails and Department o ...

April 28, 2022
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COVID and VISA Combine to Delay – Once Again – Basic DUI Matter

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|Date: April 22, 2022
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COVID and VISA Combine to Delay – Once Again – Basic DUI Matter

By Alexander Ramirez WOODLAND, CA – A case involving a driving under the influence charge in Davis was se ...

By Alexander Ramirez WOODLAND, CA – A case involving a driving under the influence charge in Davis was set to go this week, but is now continued here in Yolo County Superior Court – and the reason has ...

April 22, 2022
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Davis City Council To Consider 2022 Legislative Agenda – Including Infrastructure, Affordable Housing and Crisis Now Funding

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 19, 2022
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Davis City Council To Consider 2022 Legislative Agenda – Including Infrastructure, Affordable Housing and Crisis Now Funding

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Back in 2019, the Davis City Council adopted its first ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Back in 2019, the Davis City Council adopted its first legislative platform recognizing the need to more actively lobby the state legislature for fun ...

April 19, 2022
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Courts Getting Back to Normal, Reducing Backlog after Rescission of COVID Rules

Posted by Catherine Potente
|Date: March 23, 2022
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Courts Getting Back to Normal, Reducing Backlog after Rescission of COVID Rules

By Catherine Potente PHILADELPHIA, PA – An increase in jury trial capacity in Philadelphia’s court system ...

By Catherine Potente PHILADELPHIA, PA – An increase in jury trial capacity in Philadelphia’s court system recently garnered praise here from the district attorney and others, following a slowdown afte ...

March 23, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Torn Apart

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|Date: March 09, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Torn Apart

By John Mendoza For two years now, inmates and their families have been denied regular contact visiting, ...

By John Mendoza For two years now, inmates and their families have been denied regular contact visiting, which is a huge part of "rehabilitation and keeping safety in prisons,” i.e. by law (CCR Title ...

March 09, 2022
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Despite Some Challenges Staff Recommends Continuing Respite Center

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 27, 2022
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Despite Some Challenges Staff Recommends Continuing Respite Center

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA -The Davis City Council created the daytime Respite Cent ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA -The Davis City Council created the daytime Respite Center in 2019 and then the pandemic hit. As it turned out, that time was “fortuitous,” staff dete ...

February 27, 2022
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New COVID-19 Catch-Up Policy News to Some Lawyers in Rocky Rollout

Posted by Isabelle Brady
|Date: February 27, 2022
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New COVID-19 Catch-Up Policy News to Some Lawyers in Rocky Rollout

By Isabelle Brady MODESTO, CA – Late this past week, Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Dawna Reeves ...

By Isabelle Brady MODESTO, CA – Late this past week, Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Dawna Reeves presided over a hearing to confirm a date for a preliminary hearing in a case. But during that ...

February 27, 2022
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Senator Padilla Introduces Legislation to Address Affordable Housing and Homelessness Crises

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 26, 2022
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Senator Padilla Introduces Legislation to Address Affordable Housing and Homelessness Crises

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – With the housing crisis looming in California, Se ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – With the housing crisis looming in California, Senator Alex Padilla wants to bring federal resources to bear on issues of affordable housing and ...

February 26, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Yolo County Jail Locked Down, Attorneys Unable to Gain Access to Their Clients

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 25, 2022
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Yolo County Jail Locked Down, Attorneys Unable to Gain Access to Their Clients

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Attorneys have been struggling to visit their clien ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Attorneys have been struggling to visit their clients in person at the Monroe Detention Center in Woodland. That situation got worse as there was ...

February 25, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: COVID Emergency Measures Succeeded in Reducing Sheltered Homelessness

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 24, 2022
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Commentary: COVID Emergency Measures Succeeded in Reducing Sheltered Homelessness

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It is a modest decline for sure, but experts are hopeful that emer ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It is a modest decline for sure, but experts are hopeful that emergency measures implemented during COVID can work longer term to reduce homelessness. In a repor ...

February 24, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Continuously Dumbfounded Confused and Repeat… and Repeat… My CDCR Covid Experience, Round 2

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 23, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Continuously Dumbfounded Confused and Repeat… and Repeat… My CDCR Covid Experience, Round 2

By Franklin Lee "You have COVID... again," said the nurse. After last year's fiasco, these were the words ...

By Franklin Lee "You have COVID... again," said the nurse. After last year's fiasco, these were the words you did not want to hear again. As we entered the third year of COVID, we all hoped the world ...

February 23, 2022
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Legislators Introduce Measures to Combat COVID Misinformation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 16, 2022
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Legislators Introduce Measures to Combat COVID Misinformation

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – One of the biggest problems exposed by the COVID pandemic, has b ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – One of the biggest problems exposed by the COVID pandemic, has been misinformation, much of which is dangerous and has been both intentionally and unintentiona ...

February 16, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Formerly Incarcerated: Lockdowns Not Most Productive Way to Contend with Unrest in Federal Prisons

Posted by Matthew Torres
|Date: February 13, 2022
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Formerly Incarcerated: Lockdowns Not Most Productive Way to Contend with Unrest in Federal Prisons

By Matthew Torres and Alexander Ramirez WASHINGTON DC – In the midst of a recent nationwide lockdown of a ...

By Matthew Torres and Alexander Ramirez WASHINGTON DC – In the midst of a recent nationwide lockdown of all 122 federal prisons in the U.S., one D.C. resident is using his experience as an incarcerate ...

February 13, 2022
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Commentary: There We Go Again, Premature Going Back to Normal?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2022
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Commentary: There We Go Again, Premature Going Back to Normal?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yolo County announced on Wednesday that they were f ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yolo County announced on Wednesday that they were following the state guidance on masking by ending its universal face covering requirement in pub ...

February 10, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Judge Cousins Approves Santa Rita Consent Decree Despite Vigorous Objections by Incarcerated People at the Jail

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 09, 2022
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Judge Cousins Approves Santa Rita Consent Decree Despite Vigorous Objections by Incarcerated People at the Jail

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – A little over a week after United States Magis ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – A little over a week after United States Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins spent the day listening to the testimony of some 41 incarcerated ...

February 09, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Playing with Fire on Omicron

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 08, 2022
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Commentary: Playing with Fire on Omicron

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – At the start of this calendar year, Omicron was starti ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – At the start of this calendar year, Omicron was starting to really blaze, our schools seemed not to have an effective plan to deal with the surge, so ...

February 08, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: CDCR Implements Mandatory Modification Program Statewide

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 08, 2022
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Guest Commentary: CDCR Implements Mandatory Modification Program Statewide

By Christopher S Bryson On January 6, 2022, the CDCR announced measures to protect the health of the inca ...

By Christopher S Bryson On January 6, 2022, the CDCR announced measures to protect the health of the incarcerated community from exposure to Covid-19 and Omicron. To accomplish this, it will minimize ...

February 08, 2022
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California Prisons Face 3rd Wave of COVID, Some without Vaccine Mandates

Posted by Michele Chadwick
|Date: February 04, 2022
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California Prisons Face 3rd Wave of COVID, Some without Vaccine Mandates

By Michele Chadwick BAKERSFIELD, CA – As California prisons face a third wave of COVID infections, ...

By Michele Chadwick BAKERSFIELD, CA – As California prisons face a third wave of COVID infections, Kern County Superior Court Judge Bernard Barmann’s restraining order remains in place, allowin ...

February 04, 2022
| by Michele Chadwick

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Consent Decree Pending in Federal Action Regarding Mental Health Care at Santa Rita Jail After Judge Listens To Objections of Many Incarcerated at Jail

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 28, 2022
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Consent Decree Pending in Federal Action Regarding Mental Health Care at Santa Rita Jail After Judge Listens To Objections of Many Incarcerated at Jail

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA - United States Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins pat ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA - United States Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins patiently waded through over five hours of comments from class members currently incarcerated at S ...

January 28, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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