Davis

I still remember the first time I saw a porcupine tomato (Solanum pyracanthon or Solanum pyracanthum). The vivid orange spines looked so vicious but at the same time irresistible. I simply had to touch them and when I did, I was surprised. As lethal as...

So I was driving down the highway, and I passed this truck full of yellow PVC pipes.  The light was really great and I was thinking the pipes would make a really interesting photo, but of course I was driving.  Not that I'm above snapping a p...

In a memo the Vanguard received sent from Woodland City Manager Paul Navazio to Davis City Manager Steve Pinkerton among others, it becomes clear that the Davis-Woodland-West Sacramento regional option for water is off the table. The memo sent on Thur...

The writing was on the wall last week, the Davis School Board was not going to put the restoration of this year's cuts on the ballot. There were good and solid reasons laid out by Gina Daleiden last week not to attempt to restore the cuts from last ye...

It's been a long time since I've posted a photo from my walk with Clover.  I've actually gotten away from walking with my camera because I was hardly using it.  For one thing, I'm walking too late for the early morning light.  For anothe...

No sooner has the city proposed a realistic austerity budget that starts cutting into the type of city services that the residents have come to expect, but we hear talk about new revenues. "Given that 84 percent of us voted "yes" on a tax that needed ...

On Thursday, Assembly Bill 1831 by Assemblymember Roger Dickinson was killed in the in the Senate Governance and Finance Committee. The bill would have prohibited requesting criminal background information on the initial employment application for lo...

by Ramon Solis The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the development of Parkview Place Apartments on 337 D Street. The project would demolish the existing Peña House and would create room for four-housing units and a work space on the grou...

This is the second week in a row that we've gotten one of these lavender bunches in our Eatwell Farms CSA box.  The first was dried, and this week we got a fresh bunch.  Our box comes with a flyer full of information about happenings on the f...

On Tuesday night, Mayor Joe Krovoza announced that they had met in closed session and a reportable action.  By a 4-1 vote, the council had formally agreed to a settlement agreement with The People's Vanguard of Davis codifying the decision from late...