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The city will begin billing property owners for utilities on a monthly basis starting in August, a departure from the bimonthly cycle that the city traditionally has employed. The City Council approved the change Tuesday with the hope that the higher frequency of bills will help water customers better track consumption while water rates continue [...]
Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski on Wednesday attempted to stir up support at UC Davis for bills requiring lessons in finance, private loan counseling for students and a ban on wage garnishments by lenders. A bankruptcy lawyer by trade, Wieckowski, D-Fremont, told a crowd of about 75 students on the Quad that he saw a crisis looming [...]
Davis High School students watch and react to a simulated DUI crash Wednesday morning on Oak Avenue near the campus. The crash was a program staged every three years by DHS and the Davis Police Department in partnership with the Every 15 Minutes Program. The program’s name reflects the fact that every 15 minutes, someone [...]
One Davis High School student was killed and another critically injured in a traffic crash Wednesday morning on Oak Avenue, across the street from campus. The culprit? Drunken driving. Senior J.C. Roeckl-Navazio’s drunken driving, to be exact. He was arrested at the scene and charged with vehicular manslaughter. The accident killed senior Monica LeFlore and [...]
New books and computers for school libraries, athletic equipment, support for public concerts by student musical ensembles, hands-on materials for teaching math and more iPads for diverse purposes at various schools — these were among the projects funded by grants by the Tandem Foundation, announced Tuesday. It was the 13th year that Tandem has donated [...]
Gay Powers, center, is recognized for lifetime achievement in the pursuit of human rights and social justice at a ceremony Tuesday evening at City Hall. Congratulating her are Davis Mayor Pro Tem Dan Wolk, left, and Mayor Joe Krovoza. The annual Thong Hy Huynh memorial awards also were presented to Diane Evans, for civil rights advocacy; [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Five of the California State University’s 23 campuses are getting new leaders, the system’s board of trustees announced Wednesday. The round of appointments by the board included naming three presidents who have held the posts on an interim basis since last year at Cal State Stanislaus, Cal State Monterey Bay and Cal [...]
