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The event was held Nov. 5 at the Veterans Memorial Theatre and featured a myriad of films   By HANNAH SCHRADER — city@theaggie.org   The annual Davis Film Festival was held from 2-10 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5 at the Veterans Memorial Theatre. The festival featured a variety of films, some of which covered issues […]

This year’s event at Central Park also acknowledged Transgender Day of Remembrance   By CHRIS PONCE — city@theaggie.org   Content warning: This article contains discussions of transphobia.   While Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) falls on Nov. 1-2, students and Davis residents gathered at Central Park on Friday, Nov. 3 to celebrate […]

The city of Davis was also ranked No. 7 nationally based on several factors   By ALMA CULVERWELL — city@theaggie.org    People for Bikes, a cycling coalition founded in 1999, recently ranked the city of Davis as No. 1 in the Pacific Region, No. 1 in California and No. 7 in the US for bikeability, […]

The city of Davis, Davis Joint Unified School District, UC Davis and Yolo County partnered to host the event   By ALMA CULVERWELL — city@theaggie.org    On Monday, Oct. 30, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) presented a Communication and De-Escalation Forum to the community of Davis in response to the series of recent bomb […]

The crime is being investigated as a ‘hate incident’    BY CHRIS PONCE — city@theaggie.org    Content warning: This article contains discussions of antisemitism.   On Monday, Oct. 30, Davis authorities were notified of reported “antisemitic graffiti” that was left near a wall that separates greenbelts and Highway 113, near Rio Grande and Joshua Tree […]

The most recent Davis City Council meeting featured discussion on the development and its environmental concerns   By HANNAH SCHRADER — city@theaggie.org   On Oct. 23, the Davis City Council met and discussed the creation of an environmental impact report for the Village Farms development. Village Farms is a project created to combat the housing […]

Newsom signs Davis habitat and climate action bill from State Senator Bill Dodd   By ALMA CULVERWELL — city@theaggie.org    On Oct. 4 Gov. Gavin Newsom passed Senate Bill (SB) 256, allowing the city of Davis to create endangered species preserves and further climate action. The bill was introduced by Sen. Bill Dodd (Senate District […]

The city of Davis is at risk of being faced with legal action from the state of California due to the city’s failure to adopt a realistic housing development plan   By HANNAH SCHRADER — city@theaggie.org   The city of Davis is two years overdue in submitting a suitable housing element to the California Department […]

Following the events of Oct. 7, the Israeli and Jewish American community held a vigil to find comfort in grieving together     By ZOE SMITH — city@theaggie.org   Content warning: This article contains discussions of violence.    In response to the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, a political and military group governing the […]

A vigil was also held on Monday to recognize the Palestinian lives lost   By ANTHONY W. ZAMMIKIEL and HANNAH SCHRADER — campus@theaggie.org   Content warning: This article contains discussions of violence.    On Friday, Oct. 19, in response to Israel’s advancements into the Gaza Strip, students rallied for Palestine at the Memorial Union (MU), […]

The two organizations have been at the forefront of transgender issues in Davis and Yolo County   By ANTHONY W. ZAMMIKIEL — city@theaggie.org   Content warning: This article contains discussions of transphobia.   While Davis public institutions have experienced multiple bomb threats since August, some of which contained “anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric,” two Yolo County-based activist organizations […]

Repavement efforts began earlier in the month   By ALMA CULVERWELL — city@theaggie.org    The city of Davis started to repave the Putah Creek multi-use path that runs from south of Evergreen Court to south of Drummond Lane on Oct. 2. The project is expected to last three weeks depending on weather conditions. The Putah […]