Just over a month has passed since Matt Carmichael became interim chief of the UC Davis Police Department, vowing to repair the damage caused by last fall’s pepper-spray controversy. Since then, Carmichael has hired a consultant to revamp a department policy that hadn’t been updated in eight years. The consultant, Paul Harman, is a retired … Continue Reading
The University of Minnesota, Crookston, on Monday named as its new chancellor Fred Wood, UC Davis’ vice chancellor of student affairs. Wood will take office July 2, pending approval by the university’s board of regents. He will replace Charles Casey, who plans to retire in June. “Fred brings outstanding administrative and academic credentials, a passion for … Continue Reading
Four reports have been written about the Nov. 18 pepper-spraying of unarmed Occupy UC Davis protesters or the UC system’s policing of protests.
Now, the hard work begins.
“It’s time to move forward,” state Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, said Tuesday during a three-hour joint legislative hearing on police use of force at UC and California State University campuses.
“What my concern, right now, is that there needs to be a shared understanding on the campus …”
The so-called “Banker’s Dozen” crowded into Yolo County Superior Court on Thursday with five attorneys in tow — well-known San Francisco defense attorney J. Tony Serra among them — then pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges stemming from their blockade of a bank branch.
The 11 UC Davis students and one professor will next appear before Judge David Reed for a pre-trial conference on June 1, with the case likely to receive a July trial date.
The protesters face 20 counts each of obstructing movement on a street or in a public place and one count each of conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor.
UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi said Wednesday that relying on bad information and a flawed decision-making process caused her to be to quick to send in police to remove an Occupy Davis encampment. The bungled police operation of Nov. 18 followed, with a dozen protesters pepper-sprayed and 10 more arrested. The chancellor gave some of her … Continue Reading
Occupy Davis, a U19 boys soccer team, captured third place at the Pacifica Fog Classic over the weekend. Occupy started its run when Johnny Kobold scored two consecutive goals in a 4-1 win over Antelope that also featured local tallies from Tomas Gepts and Tom Nolan. Following a 1-0 loss to the Mountain View Magnum … Continue Reading
The 43rd annual Whole Earth Festival arrives Friday at noon with drumming and tie-dye, crafts and vegetarian-friendly goodness that locals and visitors have come to expect.
The event is set to include dozens of musical acts and speakers, about 160 crafts booths, 40 education booths and 17 vegetarian-friendly food booths.
For all the fun on the UC Davis Quad there also will be, as ever, a political undercurrent to the free, three-day event expected to attract about 30,000 people.
This year’s staff has selected the theme “The beginning is here” …
On Tuesday, many if not all of us were politically pepper-sprayed by a “Don’t Reward Bad Behavior” ad targeting Sue Greenwald. The Occupy students at UCD were pepper-sprayed because of their dissent from, as they put it, an “out-of-control administration” that has used privatization in the face of budgetary restrictions to turn education into a … Continue Reading
OAKLAND — A new report examining University of California policies for dealing with protesters recommends putting the onus on administrators to find ways to avoid sending in police. UC General Counsel Charles Robinson and Christopher Edley Jr., dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, released a 149-page draft on Friday. Public comment will be … Continue Reading
UC Davis filed suit Friday against U.S. Bank, alleging that the bank breached its contract by shutting down its branch after repeated Occupy sit-ins there. On March 1, U.S. Bank pulled out of a 2009 agreement, worth an estimated $3 million over 10 years, with the money earmarked for student services. Bank officials said UCD … Continue Reading
By Nanette Asimov BERKELEY — University of California officials dealing with student protests should “shift away from a mind set” focused on rules and regulations, and instead “recognize explicitly the historic role of civil disobedience” as a legitimate tactic, a new university report says. The analysis, presented Friday, was ordered up in November by UC President Mark Yudof after … Continue Reading
IN PRAISE OF TOMMY … yes, most folks think the so-called “parks tax” will pass with 99.99 percent of the vote come June 5, but if you’re wondering where that .01 percent of negativity will come from, you need look no further than our community watchdog, Tommy Randall … Randall, who has never met a … Continue Reading
The UC Davis Academic Senate Executive Council has censured Chancellor Linda Katehi and a special committee narrowly voted to call for her resignation based on her handling of the Nov. 18 pepper-spraying of student protesters.
Members of the special committee also urged a call for the resignation of Vice Chancellors John Meyer and Fred Wood, as well as former Police Chief Annette Spicuzza, who recently announced her retirement.
The Executive Council stopped short of calling for resignations “at this time.”
Instead, it censured Katehi for “failure to perform adequately the tasks of her office and failure to provide clarity, candor and trustworthy accounts in relation to the events of Nov. 18.”
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