City News

The upcoming election on June 5 will decide who will occupy the three seats up for grabs on the Davis City Council. The three incumbent city council members – Sue Greenwald, Stephen Souza and Dan Wolk – will be up against not only each other, but also against two new council hopefuls, Lucas Frerichs and […]

Citizens Who Care will host the eighth annual BeerFest Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m. There will be tastings of more than 100 microbrews from over 30 breweries at 2001 Second St., Sudwerk Restaurant and Brewery. Tickets are $35 in advance, $40 at the door and $10 for designated drivers. For tickets, call 758-3704. You […]

During the springtime, every Thursday night at Delta of Venus is bound to have at least one French-speaking individual present. Delta of Venus has become an ideal location for many foreigners to gather and socialize, especially the Davis French Club. Among this sea of diversity is the French Club called “Les Jeudis de la Francophonie.” […]

On Saturday, Davis Farm to School hosted its third annual Tour de Cluck. From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., attendees milled around Davis Central Park, gorging on food provided by the Fowl Food Faire at the Davis Farmers Market and participating in activities involving chickens and bicycles. Egg-cellent examples of the city’s chicken-mania were events […]

The Davis Police Department is investigating the Tasering of a male UC Davis student that occurred on May 23 at 2225 Glacier Drive. Police said the Tasering was in response to the student resisting arrest after being involved in a physical altercation with a female student around 10 p.m. that night, a police press release […]

As of May 21 Scott Kenley became the city of Davis’ interim fire chief. The city manager Steve Pinkerton made the announcement as Interim Fire Chief William Weisgerber leaves. Weisgerber served as the interim chief for the city since March 2010. Kenley has been active in fire services for over 40 years. He has experience […]

If, when skimming through your mail, you regularly throw out the letters that seem impertinent to you, you may have already thrown out a very pertinent pamphlet that may have innocuously been disguised as spam. The city of Davis recently distributed its Water Quality report for the year of 2011 — statistics abound. Upon unraveling […]

Tickets for the Bicycle Chicken Coop Crawl sold out, but there are still other activities associated with the event people can attend. Tour de Cluck begins at 8 a.m. with the Fowl Food Fair at the Davis Farmers Market. The Community Kick-off and Courage to Cluck Exhibition will be from 9 to 10 a.m. and […]

Concluding the struggle to expand art in public places fought by community members, artists, and gallery owner John Natsoulas, the Davis City Council on May 15 unanimously voted to make Downtown Davis a “Cultural Arts and Entertainment District.” Davis is among the first 20 cities in California to carry such a title. Currently the city […]

THURSDAY Too cool to stand Someone refused to get up and move their car because their legs were cold on Vista Way. FRIDAY Knock on wood Someone uprooted a tree and put it in across a door on B Street. Mow them down Several landscapers were up on the roof of a house on Waxwing […]

While several Davis teachers turned their back on a meeting with the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) to show their outrage at a proposal to cut their salaries by 5 percent, other community members voted in Measure C. Others still discussed the potential of the Davis Schools Foundation launching a campaign to raise $500,000. […]

The percentage of California high school graduates entering the state’s public higher education has fallen 20 percent in the last five years, shows a recent report from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). The report examined the impact of state disinvestment in higher education on the percentage of high school graduates enrolling in University […]