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Neighborhood park users interested in sharing their input for the future of parks and recreation in Davis are encouraged to attend a 7 p.m. meeting today at the Veterans Memorial Center on 203 E. 14th St.
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, The Bay Institute, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Natural 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 1 million 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.
Rising food prices around the world are forcing people to think twice about what they buy at the grocery store.
Among the factors are high oil prices, which have in turn increased production costs on the farm, marketing and processing aspects.
ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the reporter's watch during the May 8 public meeting location, the Memorial Union's Coffee House.
May is bike month in California, and Davis, the oft-called bicycle capital of the world, is holding true to its title.
The city of Davis started the month with the dedication of the new Covell Boulevard bicycle under-crossing at Mace Ranch District Park, the first of an assortment of bicycle-themed events in May.
A bill scheduled to be heard in the assembly appropriations committee on May 14 aims to give farmers more flexibility in what they can sell at roadside stands.
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Purple people eater
Purple ink stencil was seen on Shasta Drive and on a bike underpass.
Davis City Council unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday night indicating its opposition to Proposition 98,a measure on the June 3 ballot that would constrain state and local government's eminent domain powers.
The controversial proposition aimsto prohibit government agenciesfromforcingthe sale of private propertyandthen subsequentlytransferring ownership to another private party.
Approved the purchase of two para-transit buses from Federal Transportation Administration funds at the total cost of $120,000 Passed a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a memorandum of understanding for collaboration with the U.S.Bicycle Hall of Fame to plan the induction dinner and ceremonial event.
The Yolo County Housing Authority joined other local organizations in the Yolo County Climate Change Compact last week.The compact is part of a group of county jurisdictions that have agreed to implement programs to reduce the impact of global warming and climate change.
According to social etiquette, asking someone how much money he or she makes is a daring move. But when you are paying the person's salary with your tax dollars, is the question more permissible?
Thanks to a database on The Sacramento Bee's website, users can request the base salary of any worker for the state of California and have an answer within seconds.
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