City News

Almost any type of restaurant can be found in Davis: Indian, Thai, Chinese, Italian, Mexican, Irish — there is a restaurant to satisfy any craving a college student might have. The one cuisine in which Davis is lacking is southern food. In January 2014, a Dickey’s Barbecue will open on West Covell Boulevard. James Domic, […]

WEDNESDAY Oct. 9 Pizza Planet A pizza delivery car was driving over 50 miles per hour on Fifth Street. THURSDAY Oct. 10 Organized chaos A crossing guard was misdirecting children into oncoming traffic on Cowell Boulevard. Annoying Orange Someone on Hanover Drive is having an ongoing problem with a guy with long orange hair jumping […]

On Wednesday Oct. 16, Congress voted on legislation on to reopen the government after a 16 day government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling. A failure to reach a decision regarding the appropriation of funds was the reason for the federal government shutdown. Federal agencies had to work with a skeleton staff, scientific databases were […]

On Oct. 7, an internet outage in East Davis involving Comcast’s Xfinity services affected many students. Comcast attributed the problem to an area-wide outage beyond their control. This problem is a common occurrence throughout the City of Davis. A wide array of students from all over Davis have reported problems with slow or no internet […]

The Oktobrewfest Race, hosted by Davis-based A Change of Pace Foundation, will take place on Oct. 12 at Central Park, on the corner of F Street and Covell Boulevard. Both the 5K and 10K course start at 6 p.m. The event is sponsored by local brewery Sudwerk. While most people who enter the race are […]

Cool Davis’ third annual Cool Davis Festival will take place on Saturday, Oct. 12 in Central Park, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. According to Lynne Nittler, co-chair of Cool Davis, the Cool Davis Initiative has almost 60 partner organizations from the Davis community who focus on reducing transportation-induced carbon footprints and hosting zero waste […]

The recently released annual “Clery Report” showed a general reduction in criminal activity on the UC Davis campus from 2011-12. Some of the most notable reductions were a decrease in forcible sex offenses and a significant decrease in the number of burglaries that occurred in 2012 — two of the most common crimes on campus. […]

WEDNESDAY 10/2 Breaking news Someone on John Jones Road called the police saying she needed to put a password lock on her phone. Life in the fast lane A male transient was sleeping on the north side of the freeway on Olive Drive and Interstate 80. THURSDAY 10/3 Finders key-pers Someone reported that a vehicle […]

On Sept. 23, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1371, the “Three Feet for Safety Act,” into California Law. The bill, authored by Assembly Member Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) would require motorists to give bicyclists a mandatory three feet cushion on all roads. AB 1371 will go into effect Sept. 16, 2014. “I sincerely thank […]

TUESDAY Vegicide A man was walking slowly, talking to plants and then lighting them on fire on Second Street. WEDNESDAY A warm welcome Someone was run off the roadway by another vehicle and hit the “Welcome to Davis” pole on Chiles Road. SATURDAY Halloweentown High Someone came into a business on Third and C streets, […]

GRID Alternatives, a nonprofit organization that offers solar technology to qualifying low-income households, partnered with the City of Davis in May 2013 to help Davis homeowners save money while being environmentally friendly. The organization will install solar electric systems either at a low cost or for free for households that depend on those needed savings […]

In June 2013, Yolo County launched a program for restorative justice called “Neighborhood Court.” UC Davis is the only university in the state of California to offer such a program. The initiative was inspired by a similar program implemented in San Francisco County in 2011. There is increasing awareness of this alternative method as an […]