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CSU trustees OK 10% pay hikes for two leaders

By Christina Hoag LOS ANGELES (AP) — California State University trustees on Tuesday approved maximum salary increases for two new campus presidents in the first use of the board’s controversial executive compensation policy. The board approved the maximum raises of 10 percent over the outgoing presidents’ salaries for Diane Harrison at CSU Northridge, who will […]

July 18, 2012 | Posted in Associated Press | Tagged ,

Sutter Davis debuts transformed birthing rooms

Pregnant women have been known to drive hours so they can deliver their babies at Sutter Davis Hospital’s birthing center.

They come because of the birthing center’s reputation for excellent outcomes, said center director Carolyn Campos, and they come because of the choices available to them here: It’s the only birthing center in the greater Sacramento area offering water births and the services of volunteer doulas, in addition to physicians and midwives.

As a result, the center delivers between 1,300 and 1,400 babies a year — a pretty significant number for a community hospital.

Council terminates contract with USDA over slain coyotes

Scores of Davis residents filled the Community Chambers at City Hall on Tuesday night to voice their disgust over the recent slaying of five coyotes in North Davis at the hands of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Punctuating the community’s concerns, the City Council unanimously voted to immediately terminate its contract with USDA Wildlife Services, […]

July 18, 2012 | Posted in City government | Tagged ,

Council officially postpones public vote on surface water project

It’s official: Davis residents will not vote on the surface water project this fall. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to delay a citywide vote until the expected date of March 5. That special election date could change. However, the postponement of the vote will not grant the Water Advisory Committee more time to […]

July 18, 2012 | Posted in Local News | Tagged ,

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