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Sunday Commentary: Listening to Reisig, You Would Think He Was a Reformer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 22, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Listening to Reisig, You Would Think He Was a Reformer

Unless something drastically changes, last Wednesday night will be the only time that the public will get ...

Unless something drastically changes, last Wednesday night will be the only time that the public will get to hear the district attorney defend his record. Most observers felt that the audience, large ...

April 22, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Dean Johansson on Sierra Club Issues; Reisig Did Not Respond

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2018
| (13) Comments

Dean Johansson on Sierra Club Issues; Reisig Did Not Respond

The Sierra Club Yolano Group sent out a questionnaire to both candidates for Yolo County District Attorne ...

The Sierra Club Yolano Group sent out a questionnaire to both candidates for Yolo County District Attorney. Dean Johansson responded – his answers are below. The group sent Yolo County District Attor ...

April 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Johansson Disputes Letter’s Account of 20-Year-Old Incident

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 19, 2018
| (3) Comments

Johansson Disputes Letter’s Account of 20-Year-Old Incident

DA Challenger Claims to Be a Whistleblower and Paints a Picture of Widespread Corruption in Tulare County ...

DA Challenger Claims to Be a Whistleblower and Paints a Picture of Widespread Corruption in Tulare County On October 8, 1997, the Visalia Times-Delta ran a story announcing, “DA blasts allegations,” a ...

March 19, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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The Dallas County DA Election Is a Big Deal

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 17, 2018
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The Dallas County DA Election Is a Big Deal

By Anthony Graves On March 6, the voters of Dallas County will begin the process of choosing their next d ...

By Anthony Graves On March 6, the voters of Dallas County will begin the process of choosing their next district attorney. This is a critical decision that will have lasting effects on the lives of mi ...

February 17, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: Can Johansson Become Yolo’s Larry Krasner?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 28, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Can Johansson Become Yolo’s Larry Krasner?

In November, Larry Krasner, a man who spent his career defending criminals and protecting civil rights an ...

In November, Larry Krasner, a man who spent his career defending criminals and protecting civil rights and who campaigned on reforming a criminal justice system that he described as overly punitive an ...

January 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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New DA Candidate Emerges

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 24, 2018
| (7) Comments

New DA Candidate Emerges

Last fall it appeared that for the first time since he was elected in 2006, DA Jeff Reisig would have a c ...

Last fall it appeared that for the first time since he was elected in 2006, DA Jeff Reisig would have a challenger as Deputy DA Larry Eichele announced he would be running for DA against his boss. Bu ...

January 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: The Death of Michael Barrera

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 24, 2017
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Analysis: The Death of Michael Barrera

The Yolo County DA’s office issued a report this past Wednesday clearing Woodland police officers of crim ...

The Yolo County DA’s office issued a report this past Wednesday clearing Woodland police officers of criminal liability in the death of Michael Barrera. They conclude, saying “our office concluded th ...

July 24, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Should the DA Drop the Charges against the Picnic Day 5?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 23, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: Should the DA Drop the Charges against the Picnic Day 5?

Yesterday, as we had a booth at Farmer’s Market for the Vanguard, it was mostly a pleasant experience, bu ...

Yesterday, as we had a booth at Farmer’s Market for the Vanguard, it was mostly a pleasant experience, but one man walked up to me and asked if we were a bunch of anarchists. I asked him why he would ...

July 23, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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DA Announces New Charges for Frank Rees in Death of Baby

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 23, 2017
| (5) Comments

DA Announces New Charges for Frank Rees in Death of Baby

By Antoinnette Borbon It was exactly two years ago that authorities discovered the 19-day-old infant, Bab ...

By Antoinnette Borbon It was exactly two years ago that authorities discovered the 19-day-old infant, Baby Justice, lying next to a tree along the embankment of a Knights Landing slough. The baby was ...

February 23, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Crime Moves Back Down in 2016 in Davis and West Sacramento

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2016
| (20) Comments

Crime Moves Back Down in 2016 in Davis and West Sacramento

It was nearly a month ago that Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, along with Chief Probation Officer Brent Carda ...

It was nearly a month ago that Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, along with Chief Probation Officer Brent Cardall, blamed the implementation of Proposition 47 on a cited rising crime rate. “All of the major ...

April 06, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Is Prop 47 to Blame For Increase in Crime in California?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2016
| (18) Comments

Analysis: Is Prop 47 to Blame For Increase in Crime in California?

After historic lows in crime, crime has ticked back up in the past year. There is a lot of finger-pointin ...

After historic lows in crime, crime has ticked back up in the past year. There is a lot of finger-pointing, but the fact of the matter is that we won’t know for a few years if this is the beginning of ...

March 17, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (18) Comments

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Commentary: What to Make of the Judge-PD Dispute

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 08, 2016
| (1) Comment

Commentary: What to Make of the Judge-PD Dispute

During a preliminary hearing last spring, two police officers in the courtroom noticed one of the defenda ...

During a preliminary hearing last spring, two police officers in the courtroom noticed one of the defendants in a multi-defendant case make a hand gesture towards the complaining witness who was testi ...

March 08, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (1) Comment

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Sunday Commentary: The Presumption of Guilt?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 20, 2015
| (7) Comments

Sunday Commentary: The Presumption of Guilt?

Back in October, two tragedies occurred related to the drive-by shooting of a 13-year-old. First, a young ...

Back in October, two tragedies occurred related to the drive-by shooting of a 13-year-old. First, a young girl was critically injured when a bullet pierced her home and struck her in the head as she w ...

December 20, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Overzealous Prosecution Tries to Protect a Bad Cop

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 12, 2015
| (31) Comments

My View: Overzealous Prosecution Tries to Protect a Bad Cop

The Vanguard Court Watch has been operating since the beginning of 2010, and over that time we have obser ...

The Vanguard Court Watch has been operating since the beginning of 2010, and over that time we have observed hundreds of cases and the most frequent complaint I would have is that there times when the ...

December 12, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Chief Deputy DA Calls Davis “Murder Capital” of Yolo County

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2015
| (28) Comments

Chief Deputy DA Calls Davis “Murder Capital” of Yolo County

While there are times and places for off-colored jokes, murder is not a good topic for a joke, and the re ...

While there are times and places for off-colored jokes, murder is not a good topic for a joke, and the retirement presentation for the police chief is not the time to call Davis “the murder capital of ...

December 03, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Juror Tells Vanguard DA Overreached in Charging Lemasters with Attempted Robbery of Wells Fargo

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 09, 2015
| (3) Comments

Juror Tells Vanguard DA Overreached in Charging Lemasters with Attempted Robbery of Wells Fargo

Bob Schneider, who served as Juror No.10 in the Eugene Lemasters trial, told the Vanguard that in the ope ...

Bob Schneider, who served as Juror No.10 in the Eugene Lemasters trial, told the Vanguard that in the opening statements made by Deputy Public Defender Dan Hutchinson, they acknowledged that Mr. Lemas ...

June 09, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Another Fantastical DA Press Release in the Bonilla Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 13, 2015
| (15) Comments

Commentary: Another Fantastical DA Press Release in the Bonilla Case

Over the years the Yolo County DA’s office has had some fantastical press releases, misleading the public ...

Over the years the Yolo County DA’s office has had some fantastical press releases, misleading the public about the nature of their cases and their work. That tradition continues, as the DA’s office r ...

May 13, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: DA Leaps From Epileptic Seizure to Murder Charges and Life Sentence

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 12, 2015
| (23) Comments

Sunday Commentary: DA Leaps From Epileptic Seizure to Murder Charges and Life Sentence

On Friday, a Yolo County Jury convicted Armando Gonzalez, 41, of second degree murder. His crime was driv ...

On Friday, a Yolo County Jury convicted Armando Gonzalez, 41, of second degree murder. His crime was driving a car, having an epileptic seizure, and crashing his vehicle into an 85-year-old woman’s ca ...

April 12, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (23) Comments

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Analysis: No Clear Pattern in Davis’ Uptick in Murders

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 31, 2015
| (32) Comments

Analysis: No Clear Pattern in Davis’ Uptick in Murders

The tragic murder-suicide last week becomes the latest in a string of murders in Davis. It was a few week ...

The tragic murder-suicide last week becomes the latest in a string of murders in Davis. It was a few weeks ago that District Attorney Jeff Reisig noted an increase in the number of crimes, particularl ...

March 31, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (32) Comments

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Eye on the Courts: Supervisor Rexroad Steps into the War of Words

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 30, 2015
| (12) Comments

Eye on the Courts: Supervisor Rexroad Steps into the War of Words

We have been covering the back and forth between Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig and Judges Kathleen White and ...

We have been covering the back and forth between Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig and Judges Kathleen White and Dave Rosenberg. Most recently we recounted the story on Saturday. Supervisor Matt Rexroad beco ...

March 30, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (12) Comments

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