Belated Monday Morning Thoughts: Refining the Nishi Proposal
Nishi getting National Attention “Watch out Sacramento – Davis, Calif., is growing,” Govtech warns in a recent…
Reverend Malone Brings Down the House at Davis MLK Day
If one had never had the fortune to hear the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. speak live,…
Vision to Ensure Innovation Centers Are Truly Innovative
By James Zanetto and Stephen Wheeler The city of Davis is moving forward with three proposals for…
Imagining a World Without Borders
On MLK Day, I don’t really like to recount the story of Martin Luther King Jr. It’s…
MLK Day: Mass Incarceration and How White Liberals Helped Create It
Much attention, and rightly so, has been given to Michelle Alexander’s thesis of the New Jim Crow….
Sunday Commentary: Lessons I Took Away from the TedxUCDavis Event on Innovation and Carless Existence
In recent weeks, I have really gotten into watching TED videos – while TED has been around…
Grand Jury Secrecy Comes At a Cost
By Tom Isler Two new lawsuits are challenging the continued secrecy of the grand jury investigations related…
My View: Bomb Threat is Scary, But Real Dangers Lurk
As a father, the tragedy at Newtown, Connecticut, shook me to the core. It was a reminder…
My View: Slouching Toward Mediocrity
In my time, observing the Davis community, I see two destructive but countervailing trends at work. There…
Commentary: No, This Wasn’t a Job for an MRAP
At 11 am on Thursday morning, North Davis Elementary School received a phoned-in bomb threat, described by…
Commentary: The Art of the Possible
The Nishi project represents an interesting conundrum and opportunity. It is an opportunity because the land rests…
POLLINATE Davis Seeks to Create Co-Working Space For Startups
This Wednesday, POLLINATE Davis, a non-profit that seeks to foster “creativity, collaboration, and community through a coworking…
Illegal food sharing in Davis!
In the past few weeks we performed a food sharing experiment in our neighborhood, installing a public…
PERB Denies Firefighters’, Union President’s Unfair Labor Practice Claim
A PERB (Public Employee Relations Board) ruling in December denied claims by the Davis Professional Firefighters Association…
Analysis: Should We Wait on Nishi for UCD Decisions on Connectivity?
On Sunday, we noted that when the Housing Element Steering Committee ranked potential housing sites, they listed…
Panattoni Announces 225,000 Square Foot Office Park in Davis
DTZ, a global leader in commercial real estate services, announced today that Panattoni Development Company, Inc. has…
Letter to Davis City Council on Revisions to the Affordable Housing Ordinance
By Darryl Rutherford The Sacramento Housing Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to the goal of increasing…
Davis Police to Host Second Community Dialogue
The Davis Police Department will be hosting a community dialogue on Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at 6:30…
Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on January 19th Celebrates Service, Keynote Speaker Rev. Tim Malone
The 21st annual Davis Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration will take place on Monday, January 19,…
Council Pushes Nishi Forward, Concerned About Three Innovation Parks
On Tuesday night, the Davis City Council unanimously moved Nishi forward and authorized the staff to move…
