Bail Reduced in Sexual Assault Case Involving Owner of Popular Davis Restaurant
Judge Paul Richardson lowered the bail of Ashot Manukyan to one hundred thousand dollars, following a hearing on Wednesday. Mr. Manukyan, who owns the popular Cafe Mediterranee in Davis, faces three felony charges stemming from an arrest last week on a warrant.
The charges include penetration with a foreign object, assault with intent to commit penetration with a foreign object and false imprisonment in addition to a misdemeanor sexual battery charge.
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Budget Deals With Unfunded Needs For Roads and Infrastructure, but Not Pensions and Retirement Health Care – 
Back in March, the Vanguard reported that Yolo County had become the focus of a nationwide gun debate as a federal court on Thursday heard arguments in a case where gun-rights advocates have challenged the courts to determine how much discretion California’s law enforcement officials have in issuing concealed weapons permits.
The District Has an Improved Cash Position, But Will Not See Additional Revenue This Year – 
The City of Davis just finished its comprehensive remodel of Second Street, with the help of grant funding. Now the city will look at redesigning Third Street, pending council approval of the plan.
Judge Stephen Mock called them the most complicated sentencing issues he had ever seen, but after spending over an hour privately and then an hour publicly, he finally sentenced Bennie Moses, convicted of 62 felonies back in March, to 830 years in prison.
UC workers maintain that they are opposed to state cuts to higher education, but have suggested hundreds of millions in cost-saving measures to protect student services on campuses and quality patient care at UC Medical Centers, in the face of a 500-million-dollar decrease in state funding.
Davis passed its parcel tax on May 4 with a bare supermajority of 67.2 percent of the vote. They were not alone, as Dan Walters reports this morning, “Earlier this month, voters in 13 Northern California school districts passed judgment on proposed ‘parcel taxes’ – a form of property taxes not based on value.”
First Picnic Day, now Whole Earth. Some in the community will be tempted to cast a broad net towards youth. Unfortunately, as is always the case, a small number of miscreants spoil it for the rest who are looking for good and clean fun.
The City of Davis clearly needed to be called to task when the language of the city’s contract with Zipcar was not consistent with the rhetoric from the city about the contract. That was a huge problem of public trust. But let us not pretend that Zipcar is a budgetary problem for the city.
Pedro Ramirez’s plea agreement will stand. So ruled Judge Timothy Fall on Friday. Mr. Ramirez, along with co-defendant Johnny Morales, had pled no contest to assault and a hate crimes charge.
This is a weekly feature that will attempt to emphasize some of the more thoughtful and illuminating comments made during the previous week. This is not an exclusive list – but will represent all sides of the issues. But we want to encourage thoughtful and civil, but still insightful and, at times, critical comments. Hopefully this effort will strike the right balance we seek.
With the passage of Measure A last week, the Board of Education on Wednesday was quick to rescind all of the 61 March layoff notices that were issued for Davis teachers. This despite the fact that the district may have to cut up to three million dollars from the upcoming budget, depending on what happens with the state budget and what state legislators do with education funding in light of the failure to put the tax extensions on the ballot.
The University of California Student Association (UCSA) has joined the effort to oppose the confirmation of David Crane to the UC Board of Regents.
The prosecutor grabs the alleged weapon, a gun, points it over the heads of the jury and suddenly shouts, “What color are my shoes? What color are my shoes?” He is making the point that an officer who is being fired at may not correctly recall details of the event.
