City News

The Davis City Council heard a presentation on next year’s budget Tuesday night, and while there were no dramatic shortfalls or deficits, feelings among the council were mixed.

Closed session meeting withcityattorney Harriet Steiner Discussion of potential litigation

Health conscious individuals all over the country have been reacting recently to the news that the chemical Biphenyl-A (BPA), found in Nalgene water bottles and other plastics, can be potentially dangerous to humans. Davis has been no exception, and worried citizens are busy replacing their old Nalgenes with BPA-free alternatives.

Candidates for the Democratic nomination for the 8th District Assemblyseat meet tonight in a debate sponsored by the Woodland League of Women Voters. The forum will be held at 7 p.m. in the Woodland Community and Senior Center.

The Casey Family Program organized their fourth annual kick-off for foster care month at the state capitol last Tuesday in an effort to draw awareness to budget cuts and issues and improvements for foster children.

West Sacramento’s ongoing gang injunction battle continued Monday when the Yolo County Superior Court heard finalarguments about a temporary injunctiononalleged gang members‘ activity.

This Thursday, Davis local businesses will be heading out to Community Park. The Davis Chamber of Commerce’s Fifth Annual Celebrate Davis! festival will be heldWednesdayat Community Park, located at 14thand F streets. Festivities start at 4:30 p.m. and conclude with a fireworks show at 9 p.m.

Neighborhood park users interested in sharing their input for the future of parks and recreation inDavis are encouraged to attend a7p.m.meetingtodayat theVeteransMemorialCenter on203E.14thSt.

FRIDAY Gold mine? Individuals were seen stealing recyclables from bins.

The San Francisco Bay-Delta longfin smelt is being reviewed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for possible endangered species status. Three organizations, TheBay Institute, theCenter for Biological Diversity and theNatural Resources Defense Council teamed up and wrote a petition, which was submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Aug. 8, 2007 requesting the service consider the species of fish for threatened or endangered status.

It may sound too strange to be true, but engineers are about to begin work on a project that would keep carbon dioxide out of the air by injecting it into the ground. A pilot project will equip a Kern County power plant with the ability to capture 1million tons of carbon dioxide byproduct and inject it into geologic formations 7,000 feet below the Earth’s surface.

Esparto, Yolo County’s largest rural unincorporated community, recently received two EPA Brownfields Assessment grants to help with its downtown revitalization project. The two grants are for $200,000 each and will evaluate the presence of hazardous substances and petroleum, respectively, at certain locations within the community.