If we had predicted that Dean Johansson would finish Election Day trailing 54-46 and by just 2037 votes, we would likely have been accused of drinking the Kool-Aid. But...
By Whitney Covell In April 2016, Deb Westergaard was struck by a truck in the middle of the pedestrian crosswalk on F Street between the Playfields and Community Park. Sh...
For much of the night, it looked like conventional wisdom might hold. Dan Carson was running first with Gloria Partida running second, Linda Deos a close third and Ezra...
While it seems unlikely that the same day absentees will impact the outcome – in fact they may be more likely to expand the lead – Nishi still faces legal challenges, but...
For most of the night, incumbent District Attorney Jeff Reisig appeared to be comfortably ahead of his surprisingly robust challenger. It was 59-40 after the early absen...
By Danielle Eden C. Silva Department 11 began the jury trial of Randal David Rose this morning. Mr. Rose is charged with the felony of the intent to defraud by using a co...
In a provocative piece published yesterday in the Vanguard, Rik Keller argued that the market rate units at Nishi “will be among the most expensive, if not the most expen...
National progressive organizations are paying attention to the Yolo County DA’s race now. Shaun King’s publication, the Appeal, has a June 4 article, “Is the Yolo County...
By B & D Lindeman As if 12 yrs. of Reisig in the D.A.’s office isn’t enough of a reason for a change in leadership (hasn’t anyone ever heard of the good idea of term...
By James Esseks In the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled for a bakery that had refused to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple. It did so o...
By Rik Keller Based on extensive analysis of the Nishi project I did using my long-term professional experience as an affordable housing and city planning consultant, I f...
The list of authors is long, it’s a list of longtime progressives mixed with some new faces: Cara Bradley, Thomas Cahill, Gilbert Coville, Pam Gunnell, Marilee Hanson, Mi...
By Maynard Skinner When I was first elected to City Council in 1966, Davis was an entirely different place. We saw the city more than double from around 3,500 to almost 9...
By Ann Block Astoundingly, our current new Enterprise editor, with no facts, figures or basis at all, continues to encourage readers to vote for the incumbent District At...
by Alan Miller, Johnny Pancake, Willard Waffle, Bernice Bagel, and the whole Pancakes & Politics group team Art by Danielle Fodor WHAT the HECK is THIS? Every electio...
By Kanya Bennett While the House was busy passing the divisive “empty gesture” known as the Protect and Serve Act during Police Week, the Senate took up a bill that Attor...
In 2010 and 2012, during the heart of the recession, there was no talk about housing and land use issues during the council campaigns. The focus was on fiscal issues for...
By Robb Davis and Rochelle Swanson We have spent the past four years together on the City Council working to keep Davis livable, workable, enjoyable, and perhaps most imp...
By Joanna Friesner As a long time subscriber to the Davis Enterprise, I am very disappointed in their lack of analysis and due diligence in discussing the DA candidates....
Matt Williams makes an interesting point, but he makes several critical mistakes in attempting to explain away the student housing crisis. He shows that housing difficult...