City News

It turns out that in Davis,sustainability doesn’t trumpeverything. The Davis City Council voted last week not to overturn a Planning Commission decision that denied a small new housing development on B Street,just south ofThird Street.

Sacramento State University and multiple other California State Universities haverecentlybeen involved in a project to implement solar panels on buildings in order to drive down energy costs and worktowardusingalternative sources of energy. SacramentoState is working closely with SunEdison,a company that specializes in solar energy information and services throughout the state of California.

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors discussed plans for balancing this year‘s$3.5million budget deficit and a projected$19million deficit for2009-2010at a meeting last week. Possible actions discussed at the meeting include voluntary salary savings measures,asking departments to make cuts and possibly layoffs.

Watch out UC – the budget cuts aren’t over yet. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced a plan last week to slash$132million in funding for higher education in the current fiscal year. The$132million includes$65.5million in cuts to the University of California system and$66.3million to the California State University system.

The future is looking rather dry forCalifornia. The state’s Department of Water Resources announced last week that it was expecting2009to be an exceptionally dry year.DWR officials told customers that under current conditions,they would only be able tomeet15percent of water needs.

SUNDAY Who let the dogs out? Two loose dogs were running down Anderson Road toward Russell Boulevard. A family affair A family was stealing “No on Prop8” signs on East Covell Boulevard.

Hundreds of Barack Obama supporters packed a banquet room at the Sacramento Radisson Hotel Tuesday night in Sacramento for an election watch party. Crowds gathered around three large projection screens surrounded by red, white and blue balloons showing MSNBC’s election night coverage.

UC Davis Law School graduate Sarah Asplin opened a mixed bag of emotions on Election Night. Asplin watched the election results on television with a group ofNoon Proposition8volunteers and some law students at a friend’s house,wherethey went from exhilarated one minute to depressed the next.

As the weather turns cold, you may want to think twice about throwing another log on the fire. Due to health and environmental concerns, the city of Davis is in the process of developing an ordinance to restrict wood burning, but the process has not been without complications.

The Davis City Council will meet tonight at6:30in the Community Chambers at23Russell Blvd.The following are descriptions of selected agenda items the council will discuss at the meeting. Public comment on these items will be accepted when the items are addressed by the council.Previous to the scheduled items,public comment on other issues will be acceptedstarting as early as6:30p.m.

Winters,Calif.is usually described as one of Yolo County’s sleepy farm towns,but last week it was the epicenter of a massive drug bust. Officers with the Yolo Narcotic Enforcement Team made a series of arrests on Oct.27and28in connection with an extensive drug trafficking operation based out of Winters.

One of Yolo County’s regional parks just doubled in size,thanks to a partnership with the U.S.Air Force. The Yolo County Board of Supervisors approved the transfer of the Davis Global Communications Site (DGCS) from the military to the county on Oct.28.Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger initially approved the plan on Oct.15.