VP Harris, Baltimore NAACP Discuss Economy, Discrimination against Blacks, Especially Black Men
By Kimberly Torres BALTIMORE, MD – With Black History month coming up, the NAACP this week met…
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: 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…
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…
Discussion Looks at the Impact of COVID on Yolo Business and Telecommuting
How is the business sector dealing with the pandemic? Greater Sacramento hosted a discussion moderated by Supervisor…
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…
Governor Lays Out Six Indicators That They Will Consider for Re-Opening Economy
(From Press Release) – Governor Gavin Newsom today unveiled six key indicators that will guide California’s thinking…
Commentary: Housing, Poverty and the Economy
The census figures from 2017 showed that when the cost of living, specifically housing, was factored in,…
Yamada Figures to Be A Formidable Candidate For Senate
In 2008, then-Yolo County Supervisor Mariko Yamada faced long odds in the battle for the open Assembly…
Sanders and Free Market Mythology
by Claire Goldstene Bernie Sanders’ candidacy has the potential to bust up common mythmaking about the free…
Mayor’s Corner: Things Are Looking Up
by Dan Wolk Our community budget for fiscal year 2015-16 was introduced on Tuesday. Among other things,…
$15 Minimum Wage Gets a Boost as Los Angeles Approves It
When a small group of activists in 2014 proposed a $15 per hour minimum wage, it seemed…
Are We Losing our Good American Life? (Part 2)
By Jeff Boone Previously I wrote that technology and government are the co-conspirators in a giant spiral…
Are We Losing our Good American Life?
By Jeff Boone Like other parents, what primarily motivates me and keeps me up at night is…
