Commentary: Slow Down on Adding $1.5 Million in Personnel Costs For a Ladder Truck
By David M. Greenwald In theory it seemed to make sense, as the city has focused much…
Guest Commentary: Working with the Most Unlikely DA in America Gave Me Hope
By Kevin Shang I first read about Mark Gonzalez in 2018 while killing time at my office…
Student Opinion: Nigeria Protests Against SARS and Police Brutality
By Sabrina Williams On Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, hundreds of Nigerians protested with placards denouncing the Special…
Commentary: Changing My Mind on District Elections
By David M. Greenwald I was one of the few people in this community that was not…
Guest Commentary: Police Unions Are Losing the War on Criminal Justice Reform
Law enforcement organizations have long treated mass incarceration as a job creation program. In 2020, the tide…
Student Opinion: Is It Wrong To Play God? UC Berkeley’s Eugenics Fund
By Jacob Derin Recently, UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health has been criticized for maintaining a “Genealogical…
Commentary: Lots of Questions and Few Answers for Davis’ Future
By David M. Greenwald There is perhaps some chance that Measure B—DISC, the Davis Innovation & Sustainability…
Guest Commentary: No, Defund the Police and Medicare for All Didn’t Lead to Democratic Losses in the House
Party leaders have blamed progressive left policies for disappointing electoral results. A close examination of winners and…
Student Opinion: European Countries Impose New COVID-19 Measures As Cases Spike
By Michelle Moreno Lira Despite implementing COVID-19 restrictions, cases in Europe have spiked once again and hospitals…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Look at the Yolo DA and the Question – Is There an Internal Battle on to Replace Reisig?
By David M. Greenwald We have heard a lot of rumors about the Yolo County DA’s office—some…
Guest Commentary: Criminal Justice Reform Takes Another Big, Messy Step Forward in 2020 Elections
By Taylor Pendergrass Criminal justice reform was a key issue in Tuesday night’s elections, from the presidential…
Student Opinion: Trump Attempts to Defy Democracy
By Jacob Vito There’s a thing that people often forget about Hitler: he was elected. Sure, he…
Sunday Commentary: For My Daughter, for My Children, for Our Country, for Our World, This Time Was Deeply Personal
By David M. Greenwald In 2016 my daughter, then age 6, was excited. She thought she was…
Student Opinion: The Longer than Usual 2020 President Election
By Jose Orozco This presidential election has taken longer than expected this year. President Trump has publicly…
My View: The Left’s Wake Up Call
By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week I remarked to someone that this would be absolutely fascinating…
Commentary: This is What Everyone Was Worried About
By David M. Greenwald When the media kept asking whether Trump would accept the results of the…
Student Opinion: Trump’s War on the Paris Accords and the Damage it Has Caused
By Liam Benedict The United States will be withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. This is a shocking…
Analysis: Not a Huge Amount of Surprises Locally
By David M. Greenwald The last totals came in at 11:42 pm, but it looks like there…
Student Opinion: California Fires Rage: A Grim Reminder of Climate Change
By Jacob Vito It appears that 2020 is a year of records and none of them good….
Commentary: Some Election Day Local Picks
By David M. Greenwald I don’t envy the job of national prognosticators, but at least they get…
