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What do you get when you combine a bunch of books, some paint and recycled scrap wood? A library in a box. Last April, Davis resident Joaquin Feliciano made something out of nothing with the scrap wood in his garage. “I’m going to open my own library and it’s going to be open all the […]
Yolo County will spend its $6 million in state AB 109 funds on everything from more beds for inmates at the county jail to increased electronic monitoring and supervision of offenders following release. Local law enforcement and the District Attorney’s Office will receive additional funds, and $1 million will go toward treatment services and a […]
Let there be light. Let there be energy-efficient, money-saving, effortlessly maintained, clean, new light.
That’s the proclamation the city has trumpeted over the past few years, while changing out hundreds of old high-pressure sodium street and pathway lights — the “yellowish-looking” kind — with energy-efficient and low-maintenance LED lights, in small phases.
The various projects are part of the city’s commitment to replace every street and pathway light in the city — all 6,200 of them (4,200 street, 2,000 pathway) — with the efficient new fixtures. At least, when resources are available to do so.
“The end goal is all the same …
In response to a complaint filed by the Stonegate Citizens Safety Committee, the California Public Utilities Commission will investigate the spate of gas leaks in the West Davis neighborhood. PG&E has reported 88 separate leaks, ranging from Grade 1 — or the most serious, which require immediate repair — to Grade 3, have occurred over the […]
The Davis Schools Foundation has donated upwards of $330,000 — raised during a recent fund drive — to the Davis school district, which will use the money to cover several critical needs for the school year that begins next month. “The Davis Schools Foundation is grateful for and inspired by the generosity of our community,” […]
