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Commentary: The Problem of Local Hate Crimes Echoes The National Rise

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 27, 2022
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Commentary: The Problem of Local Hate Crimes Echoes The National Rise

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Let me start by giving some praise to Yolo Chief De ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Let me start by giving some praise to Yolo Chief Deputy DA Jonathan Raven who did an excellent job of explaining, two weeks ago, hate crimes and t ...

December 27, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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DA and Others Discuss the Rising Problem of Hate Crimes Locally and Beyond

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 20, 2022
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DA and Others Discuss the Rising Problem of Hate Crimes Locally and Beyond

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – There has been a rise in hate crimes recently acros ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – There has been a rise in hate crimes recently across the country, and that has extended into Yolo County. Last week, the Yolo County DA’s office ...

December 20, 2022
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Commentary: Pryor Allegations Accurate, but Incomplete and Thus Misleading

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2022
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Commentary: Pryor Allegations Accurate, but Incomplete and Thus Misleading

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Yesterday evening, Alan Pryor submitted an article in ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Yesterday evening, Alan Pryor submitted an article in which he charges that former Davis Mayor Gloria Partida, who is running for reelection, was con ...

October 12, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Yolo DA Discusses Racial Blind Charging in Yolo County and Beyond

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 15, 2022
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Yolo DA Discusses Racial Blind Charging in Yolo County and Beyond

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office has tout ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office has touted their racial blind charging project as a reform mechanism to create greater equity in chargi ...

September 15, 2022
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DA Raven Discusses Racial Disparities in Yolo County

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: July 13, 2022
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DA Raven Discusses Racial Disparities in Yolo County

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - Racial Disparity was the subject of this month’s Commons Town Hall whic ...

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - Racial Disparity was the subject of this month’s Commons Town Hall which was hosted by the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office in partnership with Measures for Jus ...

July 13, 2022
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Judge Lets Stand Plea Agreement in Yolo Murder Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 23, 2022
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Judge Lets Stand Plea Agreement in Yolo Murder Case

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA - Judge Reed on Wednesday rejected a prosecution moti ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA - Judge Reed on Wednesday rejected a prosecution motion to set aside a plea agreement that the victim’s family claimed to have misunderstood and was ...

June 23, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Truth about Reisig

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 30, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Truth about Reisig

Published Anonymously* Chief Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Raven’s recent Nextdoor posts contain misi ...

Published Anonymously* Chief Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Raven’s recent Nextdoor posts contain misinformation and are otherwise problematic with regard to the current Yolo DA race. First, ther ...

May 30, 2022
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My View: If You Analyze the Support For Reisig, Much of It is Coming From His Employees and Law Enforcement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 14, 2022
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My View: If You Analyze the Support For Reisig, Much of It is Coming From His Employees and Law Enforcement

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – When I recently attended the League of Women Voters ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – When I recently attended the League of Women Voters forum up in Woodland featuring the two candidates for Yolo DA – incumbent Jeff Reisig and chal ...

May 14, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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DA Focuses on Mental Health in May Town Hall

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: May 13, 2022
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DA Focuses on Mental Health in May Town Hall

by Robert J. Hansen Yolo County’s Commons Town Hall on Tuesday focused on mental health and how the DA’s ...

by Robert J. Hansen Yolo County’s Commons Town Hall on Tuesday focused on mental health and how the DA’s Office has implemented providing mental health services as an alternative to prison. Two women, ...

May 13, 2022
| by Robert JHansen

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DA Townhall Features Reflections on the 9th Anniversary of the Marsh Murders

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: April 14, 2022
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DA Townhall Features Reflections on the 9th Anniversary of the Marsh Murders

By Robert J. Hansen Woodland, CA - On Tuesday, and first anniversary, Yolo County’s Commons Town Hall mee ...

By Robert J. Hansen Woodland, CA - On Tuesday, and first anniversary, Yolo County’s Commons Town Hall meeting had guest Sarah Rice, a crime survivor whose grandmother Claudia Maupin and her husband Ch ...

April 14, 2022
| by Robert JHansen

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Saylor Only Supervisor Willing to Oppose Reisig’s Drug Treatment Proposal

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: April 13, 2022
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Saylor Only Supervisor Willing to Oppose Reisig’s Drug Treatment Proposal

by Robert J. Hansen Woodland, CA - The Yolo County Board of Supervisors, Jeff Reisig and Jonathan Raven o ...

by Robert J. Hansen Woodland, CA - The Yolo County Board of Supervisors, Jeff Reisig and Jonathan Raven of the District Attorney's Office, and Ian Evans with the Health and Human Services were at the ...

April 13, 2022
| by Robert JHansen

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Yolo DA’s Townhall Focuses on Fentanyl Epidemic

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: March 10, 2022
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Yolo DA’s Townhall Focuses on Fentanyl Epidemic

by Robert J. Hansen Fentanyl was the topic of discussion at the Commons Town Hall meeting from the Yolo C ...

by Robert J. Hansen Fentanyl was the topic of discussion at the Commons Town Hall meeting from the Yolo County District Attorney’s office on Tuesday. Chief Deputy District Attorney Johnathan Raven was ...

March 10, 2022
| by Robert JHansen

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Yolo DA Ignores Tholmer Case, but Placer County Judge Finds Good Cause for Evidentiary Hearing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 09, 2022
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Yolo DA Ignores Tholmer Case, but Placer County Judge Finds Good Cause for Evidentiary Hearing

By Robert J. Hansen The Yolo County District Attorney's Conviction and Sentence Review Unit to date has r ...

By Robert J. Hansen The Yolo County District Attorney's Conviction and Sentence Review Unit to date has resolved 15 cases since its formation in 2014 according to the DA’s Office. This unit reviews an ...

March 09, 2022
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Yolo Supes Sail Along on Budget Talks until DA Budget Comes Up

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: September 02, 2020
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Yolo Supes Sail Along on Budget Talks until DA Budget Comes Up

By Layla Mustafa WOODLAND – Everything—surprisingly—was coming up roses Tuesday when the Yolo County Boar ...

By Layla Mustafa WOODLAND – Everything—surprisingly—was coming up roses Tuesday when the Yolo County Board of Supervisors took up the 2020-21 budget, with Chief Budget Official Mubeen Qader noting tha ...

September 02, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Parole Board Grants Parole to Davis Killer Over Objections of Yolo DA

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 21, 2019
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Parole Board Grants Parole to Davis Killer Over Objections of Yolo DA

(From Press Release – Yolo DA) - On September 19, 2019, a Board of Parole Hearings panel granted parole t ...

(From Press Release – Yolo DA) - On September 19, 2019, a Board of Parole Hearings panel granted parole to convicted murderer Timothy Wilson. At the hearing, which took place at California State Pris ...

September 21, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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DA Declines to Charge School Board Candidate Following Robbery Arrest

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2018
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DA Declines to Charge School Board Candidate Following Robbery Arrest

On Tuesday, the Yolo County District Attorney declined to charge 63-year-old, African American school boa ...

On Tuesday, the Yolo County District Attorney declined to charge 63-year-old, African American school board candidate Chris Legal with strong-arm robbery, following an incident at the Davis library la ...

October 31, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Went Wrong in the Criminal Prosecution of Eric Pape

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 14, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Went Wrong in the Criminal Prosecution of Eric Pape

Last week the Vanguard broke the tragic news about the death of Eric Pape. The most tragic aspect of the ...

Last week the Vanguard broke the tragic news about the death of Eric Pape. The most tragic aspect of the death of Mr. Pape is not only was it avoidable, it was foreseeable. While the DA’s race has b ...

May 14, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: White Collar Crime as a Form of White Privilege

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 24, 2018
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My View: White Collar Crime as a Form of White Privilege

This week the saga involving former Visit Yolo executive director Alan Humason, accused of embezzling nea ...

This week the saga involving former Visit Yolo executive director Alan Humason, accused of embezzling nearly $52,000 from the tourism organization, pleaded guilty to felony embezzlement. The 63-year-o ...

February 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo County’s Conviction Integrity Unit Has Little to Show for Itself

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 29, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo County’s Conviction Integrity Unit Has Little to Show for Itself

There was an interesting article in The Nation Magazine last week entitled: “Why Does Our Justice System ...

There was an interesting article in The Nation Magazine last week entitled: “Why Does Our Justice System Fight So Hard to Keep Innocent People Behind Bars?” The article focused on the work of Mark Go ...

January 29, 2018
| 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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