Update on Behavioral Prevention of the Spread of Coronavirus
by Tia Will The following is a summary of recent information on the transmissibility of the coronavirus…
Guest Commentary: California Strips Incarcerated People of Complaint Rights during Pandemic
By Rory Fleming In September last year, the Prison Law Office, a nonprofit working for incarcerated people…
Sunday Commentary: Yolo DA Continues to Present Anecdotes on Zero Bail
Every time the Yolo County DA has put out a press release on someone committing a new…
My View: Paul’s Place Sails Through but Attitudes toward Homeless and Mentally Ill Remain Troubling
Having watched the discussion earlier on the Respite Center, we see two very distinct points of view…
My View: Media Botches LA Jail Story
Early this week, the media reported on a strange case where the LA Sheriff, Alex Villanueva, citing…
Guest Commentary: ARC Must Integrate Our City’s Exceptional Transportation System
By Joe Bolte The Aggie Research Campus SEIR forecasts that travel to the site will be overwhelmingly…
Guest Commentary: Mizrahi Jews Speak in Support of the California Ethnic Studies Curriculum
By Michal David and Shahar Zaken JIMENA’s response to the California Ethnic Studies model curriculum brings up…
Commentary: Yolo DA Continues to Cherrypick Bad Cases
by David Greenwald Data rather than anecdotes should be driving public policy decisions during this COVID-19 crisis. …
Commentary: Is It Time for Yolo to Re-Open?
The stats are sobering. The Chamber survey showed a huge number of businesses in Davis experiencing a…
Commentary: Does LA Sheriff’s Story Add Up about Intentional Infection at Jail?
The story made headlines across the country—LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva had a press conference on Monday…
Letter: Davis Chamber of Commerce Supports the Aggie Research Campus
by the Davis Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors At the Chamber of Commerce, we are aware…
Sunday Commentary: What the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery Tells Us
Another black man was falsely believed to be a criminal for no apparent reason other than the…
Sunday Commentary: It’s a Stunningly Bad Economic Picture – What Do We Do?
Twenty million jobs lost in April as unemployment jumped officially to 14.7 percent—a figure that no doubt…
Guest Commentary: Michael Moore’s ‘Planet of the Humans’ Documentary Peddles Dangerous Climate Denial
The YouTube film offers outdated and wildly misleading information on renewable energy, sacrificing progress in pursuit of…
Guest Commentary: Angels, the Rerun
by Mark Dempsey “If it weren’t for lies, there wouldn’t be any politics” – Will Rogers “The…
Commentary: Mayor Pro Tem Flips Script on Housing Discussion
Measure R is working. We can get projects that are voted down by the public. We can…
Commentary: Violent Arrest in Manhattan this Week Leads to Questions, As Armed Protesters Get No Resistance
The video has gone viral, all over the news and social media, of a man in New…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Did the City Wait So Long before Discussing Measure J Renewal?
For the last several weeks we have heard from people in the community complaining—rightly that the city…
Guest Commentary: Independent Fiscal Analysis Shows Great Promise for Davis in Aggie Research Campus
By Dan Ramos As one of the partners behind the Aggie Research Campus (ARC), I’ve been…
Sunday Commentary: Pressure Mounts to Reopen the Economy
There were protests on Friday where large numbers of people pressed for the government to allow the…