UCD Researcher Arrested in Explosion Case
David Snyder, 32, was booked into the Yolo County Jail on Sunday, following his arrest on possessing explosives and materials with the intent to make a destructive device, and possessing firearms on campus, UC Davis announced on Sunday. Bail is set at two million dollars.
Mr. Snyder, a UC Davis junior researcher in a campus chemistry lab, with a two-month appointment that expires on January 31, is being held in connection with a January 17 explosion in an apartment in the Russell Park housing complex on campus. He has been placed on leave, pending investigation.
By Catherine McKnight and Antoinnette Borbon
Another multi-author commentary on the water project makes the argument, “If Davis fails to implement a conjunctive use project, the city would not be acting in a fiscally responsible manner.”
Earlier this week, actor Conrad Bain passed away. He was best known as the father in the late 1970s and early 1980s sitcom, “Diff’rent Strokes.” Sadly, of the main characters, that leaves only Todd Bridges, better known as “Willis,” still alive. The other two child actors died at tragically young ages.
Count me as skeptical. It is not that I think the Measure I folks are intentionally blowing smoke here, but I just view their poll, showing Measure I having a 63-11 percent lead, with a good deal of skepticism.
Senator Lois Wolk, who represents Davis and parts of Yolo County in the state senate, and 20 other members of the state senate, on Friday introduced Senate Joint Resolution 1 urging Congress and President Barack Obama to enact a comprehensive gun violence prevention policy that includes prohibiting the sale of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and strengthening criminal background check requirements.
By Stephanie Yang 
President Yudof will be Remembered For Doubling Student Tuition – University of California President Mark Yudof, 68, announced on Friday that he would be stepping down from his position effective August 31, 2013. His tenure will be remembered largely for the doubling of student tuition, as the university system struggled to grapple with a lengthy economic crisis.
A poll, whose results were released on Thursday, shows that Davis voters are not only highly aware of the much anticipated ballot measure, but support it by a wide margin.
While much of the focus this week has been on the President’s plan regarding gun control and the NRA’s ad that some believe inappropriately puts the President’s daughters into the fray, concern has been expressed among civil liberties proponents about the unintended consequences of putting more police into schools.
Talk about being tone deaf to one’s clientele, it is one thing for Chick-fil-A, based in the deep south, to offend the sensibilities of supporters of same-sex marriage, it is another thing entirely for the Whole Foods founder and C.E.O. to make comments that would offend their liberal client base.
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When the Vanguard interviewed the Measure I proponents recently, Elaine Roberts Musser, who chaired the WAC, said, “It’s not a question of if, it’s a question of when. We’re going to have to go to a conjunctive use project at some point and we’ve delayed already. We could have tapped into Lake Berryessa at some point and never did, we missed that opportunity.”
Last week the governor’s office announced a budget that he argued would roughly be in balance. “This budget provides long-term fiscal stability on a level that California has not enjoyed in more than a decade,” the governor claimed.
