City News

Downtown visitors who want to park in the E Street Plaza parking lot across from Chipotle will have to pay for the privilege starting next week. The Davis City Council voted in April to implement a paid parking system in the E Street Plaza,and parking pay stations are being installed this week.

Sparing the air is easy and free in theSacramento region. The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District and the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management Districttogether are helping reduce ozone pollution by providing an alert system forpoor-qualityair days.Their alert notifiesSacramento-areacounties including Yolo during smog season,May through October.

MacGyver’s in town A transient was seen taking woodchips out of the playground area and using them as charcoal for a barbeque onC Street. Assault with a deadly weapon A male subject was threatening others with scissors on Galileo Court.

Say what? An individual on G Street lost his hearing aid but was unsure of where it was lost.

When terminally ill patients can no longer speak for themselves,decisions can get complicated in the healthcare system.A bill recently signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger attempts to ensure that those patients‘ wishes are honored.

Yolo County’s needle exchange program,active for one year,has generated some controversy this summer because of reports that used syringes were showing up in public parks. Despite the concerns,theYolo County Board of Supervisors voted3-2earlier this month to allow the needle exchange to continue into its second year at a cost of$100,000.

By the end of 2009, Anheuser-Busch expects to make one of seven of its beers using renewable fuel. The company’s brewery in Fairfield, Calif. is constructing a Bio-Energy Recovery System (BERS), which will be up and running by the end of this year.

SATURDAY Pet rock adoption center An individual was seen taking rocks from the front of a business on Del Rio Place.

Tonight everyone will be looking up.Once it gets dark,the Perseids meteor shower will be at its peak,offering a show in the night sky.

A new neighborhood will be developed in Davis over the next three years,bringing with it affordable housing and newpark space. The Davis City Council voted on July29to approve plans for Verona,an83-home neighborhood subdivision inEast Davis.

If you think your utility bills are high, just look at what the city of Davis may have to pay. The city is facing a legal requirement to upgrade its wastewater treatment system, a considerably complex undertaking. That issue is compounded by the fact that the city wants to upgrade its water supply system.

The July 31 article “Council considers ban on wood burning fireplaces” misstated the motion passed by the city council. The motion that passed unanimously was a motion to instruct the Natural Resources Commission to write a wood burning ordinance based on the commission’s recommendations, but without a permit system and with more criteria than just wind speed. The motion also instructed the commission and city staff to add a strong public education component to the wood burning regulation program. The motion did not respond to city staff recommendations regarding voluntary reductions in wood burning. The Aggie regrets the error.