City News

On March 29, Davis police arrested 37-year-old Kyle Frank of Placerville, Calif. for a residential burglary on Layton Drive. The police responded to a call from one of the residents, a 12-year-old boy, who was home when the robber broke into the house. He heard someone knocking on the door but didn’t answer. Minutes later, […]

The city rescheduled the César Chávez Celebration from March 31 to April 7 due to weather. It will be at 11:30 a.m. in Central Park during the Farmers Market. This free event is sponsored by the City of Davis through the Human Relations Commission. It will take place at the Rotary Stage at the north […]

The Davis Farmers Market will celebrate the debut of The Davis Farmers Market Cookbook this Saturday. This event coincides with the official release of the book. This will be the first of several Market Cookbook Day events to headline the cookbook. Co-authors Georgeanne Brennan and Ann Evans will be there to sign cookbooks. Customers with […]

State and local funding shortfalls will cause the closure of the Yolo County Library branches, which will be closed April 8 to 9. These days will be staff furlough days for the Davis, Winters, West Sacramento, Clarksburg, Esparto and Knights Landing branches. “Yolo County Library’s online services will remain available during these closures,” Yolo County […]

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Proposition 209, the state’s ban on using race, ethnicity and gender in college admissions for public colleges and universities yesterday. The ruling marked the second time this court has turned back a challenge to California’s voter initiative Prop 209, which was passed in 1996. Proponents of affirmative […]

California State University (CSU) will cancel spring admissions for the 2013 year in an attempt to lower CSU-wide enrollment by 16,000 students. The reduction is part of a drastic cost-cutting effort that has been initiated in response to the recent budget cuts, said CSU officials at a Regents meeting in San Francisco last month. CSU […]

WEDNESDAY Track city Someone had set up a camp near the railroad tracks at F Street.Two thumbs down A man was trying to hitchhike on Interstate 80 near Mace Boulevard. THURSDAY Playing squash Someone threw a gourd on a vehicle on Drexel Drive. Ding dong don’t A man was shouting that the neighborhood was safe […]

Davis has received a healthy influx of new businesses over the past couple weeks. As older businesses are closing, new businesses emerge to cater to the city’s needs. Among the newcomers is El Toro Bravo, which has replaced Baja Fresh on 237 D St. In place of the closed-down Blockbuster on Third and F Street […]

The University of California is working on a proposal which would give new students the option of stating their sexual orientation on their Student Intent to Register forms. The measure was initiated by the Academic Senate for UC and will be in the form of a voluntary questionnaire. According to Dianne Klein, media relations for […]

California higher education budget cuts are not just impacting low-income students anymore: middle-income students, too, are experiencing difficulty affording public institution fees. The growing number of budget cuts, along with increasing tuition, has instigated the University of California (UC) system, California State University (CSU) system and California Community Colleges (CCC) to search for ways to […]

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), a set of comprehensive reforms aimed at improving access to health care coverage and protection from abusive insurance company practices, was signed into law on March 23, 2010. Nearly two years later, House Rep. Darrell Issa (R–CA) summoned a House Oversight Committee to investigate his questioning of the health care […]

Up to 100 protesters blocked the entrances to Monsanto at 1910 Fifth St. on Friday morning, according to sources, leading Monsanto to close the facility for the day. The facility remained closed on Saturday as well. Starting at 6:30 a.m. Friday protesters gathered as part of the two-day “Global Days of Action to Shut Down […]