City News

Last Tuesday, City Council approved a 5 and 3 percent increase in water and sewer rates, respectively, to take effect on Aug. 1. It is estimated that the average single-family household will see an increase of $1.23 a month for sewer and $1.76 a month for water services.

One hundred Davis City Employee’s Association (DCEA) members filled the Community Chambers at last Tuesday’s City Council meeting to address City Council’s approval of city employee contract adjustments.

Tears streaming down her face, an Amtrak schedule firmly in hand, she approaches people on downtown corners or outside shopping centers. In between sobs she tells passersby variations of her story as she pleads for money for a train ticket home.

Before Davis residents mail in their ballots or stop by their polling place, Davis City Council candidates had a chance to put forth their last comments at a final public forum.

Dog thinks it’s a Mustang: There was a loose pit bull at Highway 113 and Russell Boulevard.

While the greek community enjoys floating homes on nearby Lake Shasta this weekend, veterans are being honored differently back in Davis. Members of the Davis Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 6949 are prepping for their annual Memorial Day ceremony, which runs from 10 to 11 a.m. at Davis Cemetery on Pole Line Road. Events […]

UC Davis plans to establish a clean energy hub in the greater Sacramento-San Francisco Bay area. This hub consists of a network of researchers, government officials, corporations and investors united to utilize innovations in the marketplace. The event on May 12 was titled E3: Economic Prosperity, Energy and the Environment.

As we approach the end of the quarter, senior undergraduates will submit their senior projects and theses, as the final assignment of their undergraduate career. The National Survey of Student Engagement reported 87 percent of students participate in a capstone project, with a majority completing a project within their major. The 2009 report surveyed 640 universities. At UCD, some colleges require a senior project, while others leave the choice to students. The College of Engineering requires students to create a senior project, said associate professor of biomedical engineering Angelique Louie, who also serves as the senior project class instructor.

Formal three-year paths are growing, which promise priority registration for classes and special counseling to get past bureaucratic roadblocks. The programs may appeal to UC students who complain that budget-related course reductions have made it difficult to enroll in the classes they need to graduate in four years.

The city lacks adequate land to support business growth over the next 25 years, particularly in knowledge-based industries, according to a city of Davis report. The study, still in draft form, reviewed business growth in Davis in recent years, analyzed the potential value of knowledge-based business growth and, based on several calculations and studies, projected business growth over the next 25 years.

Mark Merin, local defense attorney, will examine the current West Sacramento gang injunction at the annual Yolo Chapter of the Northern California American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) meeting this Thursday.

THURSDAY: Rotten luck; She’s got the blues; Sticky business; Buzz off!; Bounce House.