City News

The Sierra Nevada red fox, a state endangered species, was documented for the first time in a century inside the boundaries of Yosemite National Park. A motion sensitive camera captured the sighting on Dec. 13, 2014 and Jan. 4, 2015 in a northern region of the park. The last documentation of the species was in […]

Students fervently jot down clues in their reporter notebooks as their mystery guest speaker answers questions in the University Writing Program (UWP) 111B Investigative Journalism class on Wednesday. They are determined to crack the case. The Chief of Police from the Sacramento Police Department (SPD), Samuel D. Somers Jr. spoke to the students in a […]

Our little town of Davis never sleeps, and the Davis Police Department is there to keep the peace. The following is the most entertaining bits of police activity in Davis. It is meant to be lighthearted and all in good fun. TUESDAY, FEB. 4: Afternoon Nap: Man found sleeping with an open container of […]

The Georgetown University Energy Prize (GUEP) announced the City of Davis as one of the 50 semi-finalists Jan. 14 in a competition that began in April of last year. The competition encourages medium-sized towns and cities to reduce energy use through creative strategies that can be implemented and sustained long-term. Participants are motivated by a […]

On Feb. 6 from 5-8 p.m. Whole Foods Market will be hosting the event “Valentine’s Chocolate Tasting” where the they will offer free chocolate samples. According to the event description, Melissa A. Schweisguth, a UC Davis graduate student and “chocolate guru” studying international agricultural development will be discussing “Ethical, direct trade practices.” The event will […]

On Jan. 15, The Fountain Hopper newsletter, a student-run anonymous publication at Stanford University, sent an email to their subscriber base urging them to request access to their admission files, as they had done. Students have the right to access their academic records under the 1974 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a federal […]

On Jan. 22 Dr. John E. Madigan, professor and researcher of Medicine & Epidemiology at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine led a rescue mission to retrieve Molly the Cow, who fell in a 30-ft. deep mine shaft on Jan. 18. The mine shaft was located in her owner’s privately owned land, located in […]

Nearly 40 members of the Davis community and the Davis Police Department (DPD) gathered in the Davis Veterans Memorial Center Jan. 21 for the second meeting in a series of Public-Safety Dialogues related to concerns that arose from the city’s acquisition of the Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) this past June. Although Davis is no […]

City Council has yet to review a draft policy, submitted by Davis Housing & Human Services in December concerning the addition of healthy beverage options to kids meals. The policy requires Davis restaurants to set default beverages for kids meals from sugary drinks – such as soda – to healthier beverage options. “The discussion is […]

On Jan. 18, the Yolo County District Attorney’s (DA) Office announced that they came to a settlement in a case involving Johnson & Johnson and Neutrogena over deceptive packaging, leading California consumers to believe that there was more product in the packaging than there really was. The case was settled in cooperation with the DA […]

Volunteers from the Putah Creek Council (PCC) planted native California wild roses along Pleasants Creek, located near State Route 128 as an environmental rehabilitation project to prevent erosion, Jan. 16. The PCC along with UC Davis Riparian Reserve (UCDRR) and volunteers excavated the roses a few days prior from Putah creek. This is the […]

This week marks the 4th annual Sacramento Bacon Fest. There will be bacon themed events from Jan. 19 to Jan. 25. The festival was started in 2012 and allows only all-natural, house made bacon to be served, excluding pork from factory farms. The event supports local chefs and restaurants and encourages high quality, natural products. […]