City News

The annual California Duck Days will be held on Feb. 23 at Yolo Basin Wildlife Area Headquarters from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be an opening art show for the event on Feb. 22 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Davis Art Center. This event is free to the public and the […]

Cool Davis held a Cool Home Workshop on Saturday at the Mary L. Stephen’s Davis Branch Library at 315 E 14th St. from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Attendees learned how to measure their energy usage and improve their home energy use. Lynne Nittler, one of the founders of the Cool Davis Initiative, said that […]

Between 4:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, four burglaries and one attempted burglary took place in South Davis. At 4:30 a.m., the Davis Police were alerted of an interrupted burglary. The resident saw the suspect flee through a window. The Davis Police Department said the burglar(s) entered through unlocked sliding doors and unlocked bedroom […]

FRIDAY Teenage theatrics A 16-year-old girl was reported running down Sycamore Lane screaming “I hate you” over and over again. SATURDAY Cold, hard criminal A guy threw ice at someone’s car on F Street. Not-so-Jolly Green Giant Someone was passing by the park on Alhambra Drive with two friends when a male in a moss […]

Last week, Food Not Bombs (FNB) celebrated 17 years in Davis. FNB is group of volunteers that are dedicated to serving free vegan and vegetarian food to the Davis community. The organization has a group of chapters all around the United States. FNB Davis was created in the winter of 1996. One of the founding […]

The City of Davis and Davis Police will hold a Volunteer Recruitment Fair tomorrow at the Veterans Memorial Center located at 203 E 14th St. from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The city and Davis Police Department (DPD) are looking for individuals interested in volunteering in various city services. According to a DPD press release, […]

This Thursday, International House Davis (I-House) will host the first in a series of three classes that will enable participants to simultaneously hone their culinary skills while learning about different cultures. “The international cooking classes are possibly the most popular events we offer,” said Elisabeth Sherwin, executive director of I-House. “They are a great opportunity […]

Registration is now open for the quarterly women’s self-defense class held by the Davis Police Department (DPD). According to Lt. Colleen Turay, the class was scheduled to begin in February but had to be postponed to early March. “We try to have [the class] four times a year, typically in the evenings,” Turay said. “It’s […]

In Fall 2011, two UC Davis students and best friends Liz Johnson and Sarah Yang founded the Women’s Health Initiative Club at UC Davis. The club has presented sex education to several schools in Yolo County, as well as donated and fundraised for the Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Center (SADVC) in Woodland. “The Women’s […]

Since the formation of the Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency (WDCWA) in 2009, the surface water project has gone through multiple bumps in the road to finalization. The past three years have been a whirlwind of city council meetings, hashing out ways to decrease water rates as well as slash the cost of the project for […]

On Monday at around 1:55 p.m., Davis Police responded to a call about a pepper spray assault near Birch Lane Elementary School. The police notified the school of the assault. School officials decided to put the school on a lockdown as a precaution. The police investigated the area and walked through the school. The 17-year-old […]

The owners of Crepeville and Burgers & Brew have established another restaurant in downtown Davis. Opened in December and located down the street from Crepeville and Burgers & Brew, El Toro Bravo has many similarities to its two sister restaurants. “I saw that there was a need for a new Mexican restaurant, other than a […]