City News

This year’s flu season has seen an alarming number of deaths in California. The number of confirmed influenza deaths has increased by 52 as of Jan. 31 to a total of 147 confirmed deaths in the state of California. An additional 44 deaths are still under investigation by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). […]

In the past several months, Davis has seen a series of high-profile murder cases go through various court proceedings. The cases of Daniel Marsh, Aquelin Talamantes and Darnell Dorsey have all gained considerable attention. Daniel Marsh is accused of murdering an elderly Davis couple, Oliver Northup, 87, and his wife Claudia Maupin, 76. According to […]

The State of California has been officially declared in a drought State of Emergency on Jan. 17 by Gov. Jerry Brown. According to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, dry conditions were experienced statewide in 2012 and 2013 based on reports by the U.S. Drought Monitor and the Department of Water Resources. Regions of the […]

Tuesday 1/21 Expensive to boot On Anderson Road, someone wired $1,200 to a known suspect for shoes that were never shipped. Thursday 1/23 Pool party An intoxicated guy on L Street was drinking a beer while sitting in a pool of his own vomit. Eggsposed Someone caught a group of people on film egging a […]

On Jan. 22, Yolo County Superior Court Judge Dan Maguire issued a tentative ruling stating that the City of Davis’ current and future water rates to pay for the Woodland-Davis Surface Water Project are legal and fair. The Yolo Ratepayers for Affordable Public Utility Services (YRAPUS) and John Munn filed a lawsuit against the City […]

On Nov. 22, 2013, the UC Davis Bookstore officially announced its partnership with Amazon online — the first partnership that Amazon has had with any university. Amazon approached UC Davis during Spring Quarter of 2013 to pitch the idea of this pilot program. UC Davis will receive a little over 2 percent of most purchases […]

The One World, One UC Davis campaign was launched in the fall of 2013. Advertising for the campaign has cost $81,249, according to Associate Chancellor for Strategic Communications, Luanne Lawrence. The One World, One UC Davis campaign, which focuses on featuring exceptional UC Davis faculty, students and donors and their stories, seeks to improve the […]

As Winter Quarter begins, so does the search for off-campus housing. Getting roommates in order, picking the perfect location and scoring the unit of your choosing can often seem like miracles when they come together. However, one detail can be the difference between realty heaven and housing hell: the price. Over the last two years, […]

Sugar Daddies is having its annual Bracketology competition, pitting two customer-chosen ice cream flavors against each other every week. “Sugar Daddies is made up of two parts, the ice cream is from The Davis Creamery and the cupcakes are from Cupcake Craving in Arden,” said Bradley Santi, Sugar Daddies employee. “Both owners are dads, hence […]

WEDNESDAY 1/15 Tempting fate Someone found his old drugs and was afraid he would do them, so he wanted an officer to come take them away on Chiles Road. Turning over a new leaf Someone reported a person was using a leaf blower in excess of noise limitations and was overly focused on one area […]

Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget for the 2014-15 year includes a five percent increase of funding to the University of California (UC) system, a shortfall from what the UC Regents requested from the state during their budget meeting in November. The proposed budget leaked to the Sacramento Bee on Jan. 8 and Brown confirmed the […]

On Friday, Jan. 10 at noon until Saturday, Jan. 11 around 1 p.m., the Campus Data Center suffered a sever service outage that persisted intermittently. Most of the service outage was characterized by the Private Cloud Service (PCS) being unavailable. This service comes from the Quest Data Center located on the UC Davis campus. What […]