Council Addresses Concerns, Approves Shared Fire Management by a 3-2 Vote
The Davis City Council addressed some of the concerns from the firefighters and their fellow councilmembers about…
Surprise Choice: Lee Becomes First Davis Councilmember to Endorse in Assembly Race
For much of the battle for the State Assembly to replace termed out incumbent Mariko Yamada, the…
Water Rate Hikes Hang in the Balance
The city of Davis and the Yolo Rate Payers for Affordable Public Utility Services (YRAPUS) meet this…
Human Relations Commission to Host Second Social Justice Forum on Saturday
A year ago, the Davis Human Relations Commission hosted its forum Breaking the Silence of Racism. A…
A Decent Start to Solving City’s Downtown Parking
Sunday Monday Commentary: I want to be able to put my weight behind the parking proposal, but I can only put half of my weight behind it, because I do not believe it solves the entire parking problem.
Some people will say that parking is the biggest problem we have in our downtown, but, as someone who works every day in the downtown, I don’t agree. The biggest problem that we have in the downtown is that the streets are poorly set up to accommodate multi-modal forms of transportation.
Council Asked to Approve Shared Management of Fire Departments
On October 15, 2013, the Davis City Council voted 4-1, with Councilmember Lucas Frerichs dissenting, to enter into an agreement with UC Davis for Shared Management of the City of Davis and UC Davis Fire Departments.
Staff has now returned with the language of the agreement that is effective for one year from January 1, 2014 until December 31, 2014. There will be an automatic renew if neither party withdraws from the agreement on or before June 30, 2014.
Jury Acquits in Assault Case
by Antoinnette Borbon
by Antoinnette Borbon A Madison man was found not guilty on all counts, along with enhancements, in what would be one of the shortest deliberations I have seen yet. He was a Vallejo man who had moved to Madison at the beginning of this year. The defendant stated he had just returned from a trip with his fiancé on the night of July 8.
Cornell, the defendant, stated he had been staying with the elderly couple, parents of his housemate, who he referred to as Mom and Pops. Cornell said his PG&E had been turned off and the couple was kind enough to allow him to stay at their nearby house for a few days; they were also the parents of Steven Bertram, the alleged victim.
