City News

Our little town of Davis never sleeps and the Davis police department is here to keep the peace. The following are the most entertaining bits of police activity in Davis.   THURSDAY, APRIL 9 Caffeine rush hour 10:15 a.m.: Dutch Brothers Coffee traffic blocks a deliveryman from delivering package. Furry friends 7:41 p.m. A raccoon […]

Ordinance would help achieve waste reduction goals City Council voted unanimously on April 6 to begin the process of putting an ordinance in place that would require the containerization of yard waste and biodegradable products. This would allow those items to be picked up on a similar schedule to that of trash and recycling and […]

Proposal to reduce flood risk by 2016 With levee structures that were built hundreds of years ago by farmers, the infrastructure does not meet new safety standards set by the state. Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA) hopes to begin improvement on the levees to address problem areas that do not meet the new 200-year […]

Davis Police Department, Parks and Community Service Department discuss volunteer opportunities with Willow Creek residents Tonight from 5-7 p.m., the Davis Parks and Community Service Department and Davis Police Department (DPD) will be holding an information night at Willow Creek Park for their adopt-a-park program. Every three weeks, meetings are held at local parks to […]

Restriction in response to record lows of snowpack, projected indefinite drought On April 1 Governor Jerry Brown announced the first statewide emergency mandatory water restriction which aims to reduce municipalities’ water usage. The water restriction would enforce a 25 percent reduction in water usage, projected to save 1.5 acre-feet of water over the next nine […]

For Whitney Joy Engler, the ability to see silver linings in all of life’s trials came with elegance and ease. Her friends and colleagues overwhelmingly remember her for her fiery passion and optimism in light of almost any situation. She was just that friend that was always there for everyone. Engler, a fourth-year student in […]

Davis Together::Engage website launches survey The City of Davis conducted an online survey on the website Davis Together::Engage, an online forum that focuses on improving communication between residents of the city to the city hall through easily accessible online forums. During the month of February, the City of Davis posted an online survey and forum […]

Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act of 2015 to save average borrower $2,000 over lifespan of their loan On March 18, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA) co-sponsored the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act of 2015. The act would allow borrowers of both public and private student loans, borrowed before July 1, 2015, to refinance […]

Crop type, technology influence water use during drought According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service, 99 percent of California Agriculture has been affected by the state’s drought as of August 2014. The USDA adds that, in California, year round water for farmers is greatly influenced by the snowpack. In 2014, […]

Yolo County Coroner’s Office performed an autopsy yesterday confirming what police had suspected was a murder-suicide on March 27. Whitney Engler, 27 — a fourth-year veterinary student at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine who was expected to graduate this year — and her roommate Joseph Hein, 23, were found dead on the […]

Solar farm to reduce energy consumption by 15 percent over the next five years The Sacramento International Airport plans to install two 15-acre solar farms to provide power for its operations that will potentially save the airport $15 million on energy within the next 20 years. Additionally it will reduce its energy use by 15 […]

STEAC collects canned food and staples On March 7 the Short-Term Emergency Aid Committee (STEAC) and local Davis scouting groups paired up to collect canned foods and staples for STEAC’s food pantry on the curb of Fifth and D Street. According to executive director Tom Martens, STEAC is a local non-profit that aims to provide […]