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While Davis is generally considered a relatively safe and crime-free area, there are times that require extra caution. On Monday, May 7 a Davis man wanted for a weapons charge allegedly barricaded himself in a house on Adrain Drive and kept the police occupied for over five hours before surrendering. According to Lt. Paul Doroshov […]

There will be a free community-wide festival organized by the Davis Chamber of Commerce from 4:30 to 9 p.m. at the Community Park located at 1405 F Street. Celebrate Davis! is part picnic, part music festival and part business expo. Businesses and organizations will have booths. Davis City Council candidates Lucas Frerichs, Sue Greenwald and […]

The University of California (UC) has announced that it will be consolidating shared services, including routine payroll, benefits, leave management and workforce administration, at UC Riverside as part of its Working Smarter Initiative. Each campus currently operates these functions independently. This new center called UCPath (Payroll, Academic, Personnel, Timekeeping and HR), will begin by serving […]

Family and graduate student housing apartment complexes Orchard and Solano Parks will be closing in 2014 and 2016, respectively. This separation of closure is to facilitate a transition for existing graduate students living on campus. These complexes are managed by UC Davis Student Housing and will be redeveloped. This means that properties will be closed, […]

As Pablo Picasso once said, “action is the fundamental key to all success.” Most have heard some variation of this advice many times over; UC Davis students, Corey La Rue and Evan White, took it to heart. As aspiring writers, La Rue, a senior philosophy major, and White, a senior English major, understand the difficulty […]

Thursdays at Sutter Davis Hospital this summer will feature the Davis Farmers Market for its second year running. Sutter Davis Hospital and the Davis Farmers Market have been partners for several years. “They wanted to bring the Farmers Market to people that work there, to physicians and to the neighborhood,” said Executive Director of the […]

Although the Davis Food Co-op was first established in the living room of a city resident, the grocery store now has quite the reputation as being high quality and sustainable. Since its origins as a seventies child — having been actualized in 1972 — the Co-op has come a long way now offering free monthly […]

Fifteen years of designing and 14 months of construction later, the sprawling 9,700-square-foot Davis Hillel House recently opened its doors to the community. Located at 328 A St. in Downtown Davis, the Hillel House has been dedicated to leading donor Sam Len, who passed away in January. The house offers students a convenient stop of […]

Beginning May 2, a dozen California State University (CSU) students held a hunger strike across six campuses, vowing to continue fasting until their demands for a five-year tuition moratorium, cutbacks on executive and administration pay and more freedom of expression on campuses were met. After nine days, the students called it quits after negotiations came […]

With the continuing decrease in state funding to the University of California (UC) schools and subsequent tuition increases, several people have come up with alternative ways of generating revenue and controlling costs. One such example is a proposal from the Center for Studies in Higher Education that states that the UC Regents delegate some responsibilities […]

WEDNESDAY Only in Davis Someone was using a tractor in their backyard on Bellows Court. THURSDAY Classy delinquents Three teenagers were smoking something from a pipe on Fifth Street. Rock-a-bike baby Someone was biking while holding a baby on Research Park Drive. FRIDAY A sobering crime Intoxicated people were attempting to break into their own […]

Showing up to find seating before 8:30 p.m. for Woodstock’s Pizza in Davis’ Trivia Night may no longer be enough to guarantee a spot. Starting Thursday, Woodstock’s Trivia Night will begin at 10 p.m. Those under 21 can still take part, but will have to answer questions from upstairs while listening to the hosts through […]