City News

The Davis Joint Unified School District received a cease and desist letter from Beth Bourne after hanging banners that thanked the community for parcel taxes    By HANNAH SCHRADER — city@theaggie.org   On Jan. 29, the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) was served with a cease and desist letter from Dhillon Law Group on […]

The city’s Social Service and Housing Department is seeking feedback from local renters at these events   By ALMA CULVERWELL — city@theaggie.org    The city of Davis’ Social Service and Housing Department recently held a tenant’s open house in the City Hall Community Chambers on Jan. 24.  The open house was intended to be a […]

The March 5 presidential primary election features several candidates and measures that affect California and Yolo County By THE CITY NEWS DESK — city@theaggie.org  With the March 5 presidential primary election closing in a few days and with plenty of measures, propositions and congressional candidates to choose from, The California Aggie’s city news desk has […]

Further efforts are being made to merge city commissions by Mayor Chapman and Vice Mayor Vaitla   By MADELEINE YOUNG — city@theaggie.org   On Wednesday, Feb. 7, the city council held a workshop to discuss the council’s expectations related to its advisory commissions. This comes after the Davis City Council’s unanimous approval to develop a […]

The Zoom workshops were an attempt to reach out to voters with disabilities and limited English proficiency   By EMMA CONDIT — city@theaggie.org   From Feb. 5 to 8, Yolo County hosted voter education and outreach workshops via Zoom to prepare voters for the presidential primary election, which ends on March 5. These workshops were […]

The league held a forum encouraging residents to vote against the popular proposition   By CHRIS PONCE — city@theaggie.org   The League of Women Voters Davis Area (LWVDA) has been hosting a series of forums to help educate voters on what will be on the ballot in the upcoming March 5 election. On Wednesday, Feb. […]

The organization held its first festival back since the pandemic downtown at the Davis Odd Fellows Lodge   By HANNAH SCHRADER — city@theaggie.org   On Sunday, Feb. 4, at the Davis Odd Fellows Lodge, the Davis Chocolate Festival was hosted by the Davis Odd Fellows from 2 to 5 p.m. There were 400 tickets originally […]

Tree Davis seeks community feedback on future plans    By ALMA CULVERWELL — city@theaggie.org    The city of Davis along with local nonprofit organization Tree Davis is seeking community feedback on their plans to transform parts of Robert Arneson Park into climate-ready landscapes.  Tree Davis held two in person feedback sessions on Thursday, Jan. 25 […]

School board officials discussed challenges facing the district and ways the city can help   By KATELIN PANG — city@theaggie.org   On Jan. 17, the Davis City Council and Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) 2×2 meeting took place at 5 p.m. At the meeting, officials talked about a new safety measure, road work updates, […]

Davis Bike Collective and Sudwerk Brewing Co. hosted their first regular brewery bike crawl   By EMMA CONDIT — city@theaggie.org   On Sunday, Jan. 28, Davis Bike Collective and Sudwerk Brewing Co. hosted a bike loop across four Davis breweries. As they enjoyed the journey from spot to spot, participants bonded over their love of […]

The city opens Campanilla Mini Park, Donato Mini Playground and Sandy Motley Park   By ALMA CULVERWELL — city@theaggie.org    The city of Davis recently renovated several local parks for a range of ages, including the Campanilla Mini Park, the Donato Mini Playground and the Sandy Motley Park. Both the Sandy Motley Park and Donato […]

The series hopes to shine light on the work city staff does for the community    By KATELIN PANG — city@theaggie.org   On Jan. 9, the city of Davis’s Facebook page posted a teaser for their new series released at the end of January called, “What Do You Do?”  These videos should be posted biweekly, […]