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Judge Rules Against Union That Spied on, Read Emails of Public Sector Employees

January 28, 2021 5:52 pmFebruary 2, 2021 1:21 pm

On Thursday, a California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) administrative law judge ruled that a union, the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 3, unlawfully surveilled emails and communications of several Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District employees. The...

Crime Journalist Arraigned on Theft, Forgery Charges

January 15, 2020 10:38 amJanuary 15, 2020 10:50 am

Antoinnette Borbon, once a writer for the Davis Vanguard, was arraigned Tuesday in Woodland on counts of grand theft and possessing fictitious instruments, which Yolo County Judge Peter M. Williams said meant “forgery.” It was not the defendant’s first appearance...

Yolo County Murder Trial Reveals Back Story of Violence Against Women

July 25, 2019 3:30 pmJuly 25, 2019 3:43 pm

Rohail Sarwar, a native of Pakistan, is on trial for the murder of Sacramento resident Junying Lu, 51, in a Woodland, CA massage parlor last August. Last Friday in Yolo County Court, the defendant did not testify but the first...

UC Davis Diversity Dodge

March 7, 2019 4:34 pmMarch 8, 2019 11:14 am

As the Davis Enterprise reports, the University of California at Davis has created a new position, “vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion,” in order to “engage more effectively with the recruitment and retention of the best and brightest students,...

Cops ‘Need to be Killed,’ Says UC Davis professor Joshua Clover

February 27, 2019 11:38 amMarch 5, 2019 10:07 am

Back on January 10, a convicted criminal gunned down Natalie Corona, 22, a rising star in the police department of Davis, California. The community hailed Corona as a hero and police officers from across the country showed up for her...

Will 2019 be California’s Year of Living Dangerously?

January 17, 2019 12:15 pmJanuary 17, 2019 1:02 pm

Senate Bill 1391, which bars prosecution of juveniles as adults, became law in California on January 1, 2019. An ongoing case in Yolo County demonstrates what this law might mean for the Golden State and also raises questions about the...