City News

SATURDAY

Take me away again to Margaritaville

An intoxicated individual was passed out in the front lobby of a business on Chiles Road.

After nearly five hours of hearing angry residents voice their opposition, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday to put off a decision on where to locate a new state prison in the county.

Diabetics and other medical needle users will have to start planning more trips to the landfill due to a new state law.

As of Sept. 1, it is illegal to throw away home-generated medical needles into the trash in California. Instead, sharps will have to be put in red hazardous waste containers and taken to the county landfill on designated drop-off days, said Cheryl Boney, deputy director of Public Health Programs for Yolo County.

SATURDAY

Hillary's glass ceiling fell

There was a large amount of glass in the roadway on Fifth Street and C Street.

Those planning on partying in Davis this Labor Day weekend should be careful - Davis Police Department officials say they are planning heavy enforcement during Labor Day weekend.

There may be more room for actual garbage in apartment dumpsters this week.

In order to save more reusable items, the Davis Public Works Department is expanding its move-out week waste reduction program. The program, which runs until Sept. 1, is a collaborative project between Public Works and apartment managers to facilitate the reuse of unwanted items.

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 the Sacramento region.

The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District and the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District together are helping reduce ozone pollution by providing an alert system for poor-quality air days. Their alert notifies Sacramento-area counties 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 on C 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 health care 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, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 earlier 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.