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Punishable laughing, music-playing, grass-burning October 18 “Male threw a backpack on trash can and walked off.” “Subject knocking on doors claiming to be PG&E.” October 19 “Vehicle horn honking for past 20 minutes.” October 20 “Reporting party was turning from Rite Aid — a subject jumped on the truck and fell off.” October 21 “Three […]

Davis PD arrested a man in connection to at least one of five recent armed robberies in city After warning the community of a string of similar armed robbery incidents over the past couple of months, Davis police announced the arrest of a man connected to at least one of the five crimes.  Davis police […]

Strange creatures, tree problems October 10 “Large [tree] limb down, partially in the roadway, reporting party put a cone out.” “Tree branch blocking left-hand lane.”  “Aggressive dog off-leash chased reporting party and her dog.” October 12 “Subject selling hairless creature in plastic tub.” “Subject at door claimed to be from PG&E and asked to see […]

County detention center will no longer be used to house teenage refugees as of January 2020 The Yolo Board of Supervisors decided against renewing the county’s contract with the Federal Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), agreeing to terminate a decade-long agreement to house unaccompanied refugee teenagers in the high-security Juvenile Detention Facility (JDF) in Woodland, […]

Davis City Hall to hear on issues concerning student debt A town hall meeting held on Oct. 9 revolved around a discussion of potential strategies to cancel student debt. The event, held in the Art Annex at UC Davis, was open to Davis community members and groups led by California for Student Debt Cancellation — […]

The National Weather Service issued a High Wind Advisory for North Central California that expired at 11 p.m. on Sunday night. Conditions are expected to continue into Tuesday, when another wind front will reach the Davis area. “The wind advisory was allowed to expire, and tomorrow should be fairly calm,” said Sierra Littlefield, a meteorologist […]

Try having a conversation while riding a bike October 4 “Male speeding and forcing vehicles into cone area.” “Vehicle parked facing wrong direction.” October 5 “Employee set off alarm.” October 6 “Loud sorority party occurring at this location for the past few days, current complaint of loud music, singing and screaming.” “Subjects drinking and yelling, […]

Some members of the public present at the meeting questioned whether the vehicle  was best use of city funds The Davis Police, with the unanimous support of the city council, has been approved to acquire a new Armoured Rescue Vehicle (ARV), which will cost the city $138,000 plus sales tax. Davis Police said that the […]

From angsty teen to underage party without parents  September 26 “Vehicle drove in slowly and quietly and parked on the wrong side of the road.” “Vehicle parked in bike lane/no parking zone.” “Unknown number of subjects in bathroom — reporting party advised she can hear a large dog barking.” September 27 “Loud party. Subjects screaming.” […]

Under threat of lawsuit, City of Davis revamps council member elections, districts  Under the threat of a formal lawsuit, the City Council of Davis voted unanimously to transition from an at-large voting system to district-based elections on Aug. 13. The months-long transition process is slated to finish on Nov. 5, at which time the city […]

Youth in Davis organizes city-wide climate strike  High-school students, their families and the community at large organized a climate strike in Davis on Sept. 20 as part of a wider range of global climate strikes which started to gain traction once Greta Thunberg, a young climate activist, initiated a call to action to combat climate […]

Intense bike arguments, terrible parking September 21 “Reporting party attempted to take pictures of [a] trailer parked in the area, X exited and started yelling at reporting party and is now following.” September 22 “Subjects being loud with apartment door open.” “Vehicle parked in a ‘Zip Car’ stall and it’s not supposed to be.” “Reporting […]