City News

Grant to expand program to Woodlands, West Sacramento over the next three years On Feb. 12 The Yolo County District Attorney (DA) Office received a $1.95 million grant to expand the Neighborhood Court Program to neighboring cities Woodland and West Sacramento. The grant, called the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants, will be awarded throughout […]

UC Davis researchers, CalTrout partner to restore salmon populations, create wetland habitat   Agriculture is a water dependent industry that has faced challenges posed by the current drought. The Nigiri Project, a pilot study involving researchers from UC Davis, examines how flooded rice fields can be used to create wetland habitat to raise salmon. This […]

Celebrate the 24th annual Farmers Market Pig Day Pig out this Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1p.m. at the 24th annual Davis Farmers Market Pig Day. Oink with joy because at 9 a.m. there will be free pig-themed crafts for kids and a piglet petting zoo. The Pig Day celebration also includes pig shaped pastries as well […]

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. Friday, Feb. 27 I smoke 2 joints 1:04 a.m.: Someone heard the driver of a grey Ford Ranger say that they were high. Sus-purse-ious 8:51 […]

New organics collection program stirs up interest On Feb. 25 the Veterans Memorial Center, located at 203 East 14th Street, hosted a community meeting regarding the proposed Davis city-wide food scraps collection. The city-wide program, projected to start at the end of 2016 would give single-family residential customers a 95-gallon organics cart that would be picked […]

Formal report projected to be concluded in 2017 Scientists of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have been working on an ongoing project in the Cache Creek settling basin, near Woodland, to investigate the presence of sediment and mercury trapped in the basin. The Cache Creek settling basin is of particular interest to the USGS as […]

Our little town of Davis never sleeps and the Davis police department is there to keep the peace. The following are the most entertaining bits of police activity in Davis. Saturday, Feb 21 Take a ride with me 9:25 a.m.: Loitering man asked the reporting person how to unlock a bike; she informed the man […]

Sacramento Beer Week (SBW) kicks off today through March 8. Today’s event, the Sacramento’s Brewer Showcase will be held at the California Auto Museum from 5:30-9 p.m. where 30 local breweries will be presenting their craft beers. According to the SBW website, many of the brewers will be offering first tastes of “beers made exclusively” […]

Davis city attorney to sign court brief following national efforts On Jan. 17 the Davis City Council unanimously passed an instruction to the city’s attorney, Harriet Steiner, to sign on a court brief currently compiled by the Los Angeles City Attorney regarding the support for federal legalization of gay marriage and the end of discrimination […]

Local fashion designers showcase their designs On Feb. 21 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the California Automobile Museum, the 10th annual Sacramento Fashion Week (SACFW) closed out with its fall and winter showcase. There were seven featured designers all from the Sacramento area including Maisha Bahati, Ryan Douglas, Karisa Gold, Anastasia Kryukova, Prince Singh, […]

Organizers hope validation of pilot program accrues more state funding On Feb. 19 a bill that would implement a pilot program, measuring the effectiveness of the Yolo County and Sacramento County crisis nurseries in preventing child abuse for children aged zero to five-years-old, was introduced to the Senate Committee on Human Services. Yolo Crisis Nursery […]

Dialogue to be held to address discrimination, racism in community On Feb. 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. the City of Davis Human Relations Commission will hold the third-annual Breaking the Silence event that focuses on addressing issues of discrimination in the community. The dialogue will take place in the Community Chambers building on 23 […]