Sunday Commentary: Timing for General Plan Now Puzzling
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When they first rolled out the sequencing here,…
Looking Back: The Innocent Prisoner’s Dilemma
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a…
My View: We Face a True Climate Crisis, but Fighting It at the Local Level Is Probably a Mistake
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – There is no doubt that we face a…
Guest Commentary: Sick and Shrouded in Secrecy – Alabama’s Contract to Gas Humans to Death
By Stephen Cooper For $25,000, Alabama’s Attorney General Steve Marshall has contracted with Tennessee company “FDR Safety”…
Guest Commentary: DISC Traffic Problems and Associated Vehicular Emissions Will not Be Solved by the Proposed I-80 HOV Lane Expansion
Myths and Facts about Impacts of Freeway Lane Expansions on Traffic Congestion and Adoption Rates of Electric…
Commentary: In the Long View of Justice, Tuesday Was Not a Setback But Another Turn in the Track
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Is your cup half full or half empty this week? I…
Guest Commentary: COP26 – Change Happens When Movements Rise
by Juliette Beck Wales, United Kingdom. — As she scampered down a rain-slicked, grassy hill to ford…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Disconnect between Voters and Council on Housing
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last week’s column speculated on why local government…
Looking Back: The Multi-Faceted Human Costs Of Wrongful Conviction
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
My View: New Data Sheds Additional Light on Police Killing and Use Force, Especially Racial Disparities in Them
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor PPIC this week released a key study of Police Use of…
Student Opinion: Online Safety Isn’t That Safe
By Uriel Rivas-Flores DAVIS — When the WannaCry ransomware attack occurred in 2017, it developed into worldwide chaos…
Commentary: Moves by Davis City Council on Policing Part of a National Trend
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Every so often it is a good idea…
Guest Commentary: Public Defender Sets Record Straight on Knight Column and Gudino Case
by Ilona Solomon As a public defender, I normally do not comment on my client’s cases—they are…
Commentary: Still Sorting Out the Impact of Pandemic on Real Estate and Downtowns
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the things we are watching are emerging trends during…
Commentary: Obstructing Criminal Justice Reforms Makes Us All Less Safe
By Gil Garcetti, Ira Reiner and Miriam Aroni Krinsky In the 1980s and ‘90s, California embarked on…
Student Opinion: Too Much Construction at U.C Davis
By: Alex Hernandez-Zaval DAVIS —— There’s a reason why UC Davis students refer to this acronym as…
Commentary: The City Is Still in Fiscal Peril, but It Can Make Changes to Public Safety Fairly Easily
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As we have reported in the past, the…
Commentary: Turnover at SFDA’s Office Isn’t That Unusual
By Rory Fleming Right after firebrand progressive prosecutor Larry Krasner took office as Philadelphia’s District Attorney, he…
Movie Review: Amazon’s Cinderella
By: Hitha Bollu DAVIS——The 2021 Cinderella movie, available to stream on Amazon Prime, offers a new take…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Researchers Address Why Local Government Underproduces Housing
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – UC researchers explore a key question of why…