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Budget reforms bills get committee support
In a show of bipartisanship, the Assembly Budget Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to support legislation by Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, to establish a performance-based budget process for California. The committee also voted to support a measure by Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, to provide for a multi-year approach to state budgeting. DeSaulnier and Wolk are joint … Continue Reading
Fruit stands are family tradition
By Debbie Hemenway WINTERS — “Eat fresh, eat local” has become a rallying cry for increasing numbers of people who have looked at the American way of eating and found it wanting. “Locavores” point out the superior taste and freshness of produce grown close to home, as well as the support for local economies and … Continue Reading
City offers cooking class for kids
Parents are invited to introduce their children to the city of Davis’ Kids in the Kitchen class. Not only will they love to taste something new, but they’ll also feel a great sense of creativity and accomplishment when they make something they’re proud of, a city spokeswoman says. The class meet Thursdays, Sept. 29 through … Continue Reading
Celebrating music and media, ‘On the Backlot’
Special to The Enterprise Davis Media Access is the nonprofit media center offering community members the tools and training to develop and distribute their own media. DMA helps document important moments and traditions in community life, preserving them for the future and helping to ensure a diversity of viewpoints and voices. And periodically, we like … Continue Reading
Parasite can quickly halt spread of dengue fever, researchers say
Special to The Enterprise The spread of Dengue fever in northern Australia may be controlled by a bacterium that infects mosquitoes that harbor the virus, Australian and U.S. researchers report Aug. 25 in two papers published in the journal Nature. The result grew out of work more than 20 years ago by population biologist Michael … Continue Reading
DA warns of new twist on ‘Grandma, It’s Me’ scam
In the past several weeks, four older adults have contacted the Yolo County district attorney to report that they have been contacted by scam artists pretending to be grandchildren who are in some sort of trouble. In all instances, the caller asks for money to be wired out of the country. In this recent version of … Continue Reading
Davis police sergeant injured during bomb exercise
A Davis police sergeant was treated for numerous superficial injuries he suffered Tuesday during a bomb-disposal training exercise. Sgt. Dan Powell, a member of the Yolo County Bomb Squad, sustained cuts and burns to his face, arms and legs during the incident, which occurred shortly before 3 p.m. at the police range along Pole Line … Continue Reading
A case for discretion in deportation arrests
The issue: Any reasonable immigration policy would not concentrate just on getting rid of the people we don’t want, like criminals, but also on keeping those we do want The Department of Homeland Security has proposed some common-sense changes to U.S. deportation policy and it has kicked up a predictable storm of protest from conservatives … Continue Reading
Justice, Iranian-style
Iran’s ruling theocrats complain that their regime, which they conflate with Persian history and culture, doesn’t get the respect they believe it deserves. That’s true, and recently the corrupt and arbitrary government gave the world another reason why that’s so. After more than two years in confinement and only the briefest contact with their lawyer, … Continue Reading
Obama’s Libya strategy is paying off
The issue: Despite criticism, U.S. support has been integral to rebels’ success so far Coming after the killing of Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama has another foreign-policy success — the impending, if it hasn’t happened already, fall of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, which the U.S. played a material role in organizing. OBAMA, WHO IS … Continue Reading
