City News

The city held a public meeting last week to discuss necessary improvements, how to make them   By ANTHONY W. ZAMMIKIEL  — city@theaggie.org    The Davis City Council hosted an outreach meeting for the public to discuss possible improvements to the Fifth Street corridor on Feb. 2 at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. The meeting discussed […]

Local leaders, community members, employees gathered outside the North Davis location to express their workplace grievances and garner support   By MADELEINE YOUNG — city@theaggie.org   On Jan. 28, Peet’s Coffee workers, former employees and supporters held a rally outside the North Davis Peet’s Coffee location to celebrate a successful vote to unionize and garner […]

Yolo County Board of Supervisors approves agreement with UC Davis to research Yolo County’s “YOBI” through 2025   By MADELEINE YOUNG — city@theaggie.org   Last April, Yolo County launched its universal basic income pilot project titled Yolo County Basic Income (YOBI). YOBI provides families whose income falls below the poverty line throughout Yolo County a […]

In wake of the Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay shootings, local activists call for federal gun reform    By CHRIS PONCE — city@theaggie.org   Content Warning: gun violence   On Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. organizers with Yolo County Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action at UC Davis and the Davis Phoenix Coalition held […]

After historic union vote, North Davis organizers say that the movement continues   By ANTHONY W. ZAMMIKIEL  — city@theaggie.org    On Jan. 23, the North Davis Peet’s Coffee location announced in a press release that the employees at the location voted 14-1 in favor of unionization. The National Labor Relations Board certified the election, making […]

The 50-year anniversary of historic Supreme Court decision reflected reality of post-Roe America    By: MADELEINE YOUNG —  city@theaggie.org    On Jan. 21, the weekend of what would be the 50-year anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte hosted a “Remembering Roe” rally at the Davis Community Church […]

The Yolo Land Trust and Solano Land Trust easements will protect agricultural land acquisition for years to come   By LA RISSA VASQUEZ — city@theaggie.org   On Dec. 15, 2022, the city of Davis, Yolo Land Trust and Solano Land Trust received nearly $4 million in grant funds from the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation (SALC) […]

HOME, CDBG funds will be used to address local housing concerns   By MADELEINE YOUNG — city@theaggie.org   According to a city press release from Dec. 16, 2022, up to $1.2 million in Federal Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and Housing Investment Partnership (HOME) programs will be awarded to support affordable housing and social services […]

Newcomer Vaitla and incumbent Partida sworn into office on Jan. 15   By MADELEINE YOUNG — city@theaggie.org   On Dec. 1, the Davis City Council election results were released, with ​​Bapu Vaitla and Gloria Partida winning districts one and four with 59.7% and 62.4% of the total votes, respectively. Both Vaitla and Partida shared similar […]

The committee will share updates about the design and construction of Corona’s memorial splash pad   By LA RISSA VASQUEZ — city@theaggie.org     On Jan. 21, the Natalie Corona Committee will be tabling at the Davis Farmers Market from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. to share design and construction updates about the memorial splash […]

Yolo county faces power loss, flooding and falling trees following California’s record rainfall   By MADELEINE YOUNG — city@theaggie.org   On Jan. 4, Yolo County issued an emergency proclamation order in a press release following Governor Gavin Newsom’s declaration of emergency in California. This came after  record storms in California left Davis, and much of […]

What you should know about the upcoming unionization election at the two Peet’s Coffee locations in Davis on Jan. 17 and 20   By ANTHONY W. ZAMMIKIEL  — city@theaggie.org   On Nov. 29, the Peet’s Coffee locations in Downtown and North Davis announced in a joint press release that the cafes have filed a motion […]