Davis

Worth’s Paradise is the third garden I visited a few weeks ago as part of the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Program. It was actually the first garden I toured but since I took more photos there than at any of the others, it took me a while to go t...

On Tuesday evening, numerous members of the community came forward to speak to council about their concerns about the city cuts to tree trimming positions and the potential impact on the city's urban forests.  Despite assurances from City Manager St...

The public has focused during this budget cycle, to the extent that they have focused at all, on the impact of the nine layoffs of DCEA employees and in particular, the tree trimmers.  However, while the council unanimously moved forward with a heavil...

So many sunflower fields this year!  This is a different field than yesterday's.  In fact this is the field I thought of when I saw yesterday's clouds, but I didn't have time to drive here.  I think it's the most photogenic because the s...

Vanguard Plays Huge Role in Order, Stayed Until Late July Pending Appeal On Tuesday, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo handed the LA Times and Sacramento Bee, as well as advocates for transparency and open government, a major victory w...

It was an odd night, going late into the evening, when the Davis City Council in the last meeting with Stephen Souza and Sue Greenwald almost reluctantly passed a budget.  It was a budget that puts the city on the road to sustainability, but the publi...

by Ramon Solis - The Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling determined that mandatory life without possibility of parole for minors in homicide-related cases is unconstitutional. The ruling was based off the precedent of two now concluded court cases. In eac...

We've had the nicest weather pattern this week: sunny and in the 70s.  This is because we've been north of the jet stream, but today when I watched the weather report I noticed that the jet stream seemed to be going right over us.  So when I ...

One of the focal points of the structural reform that the city of Davis is looking to do is to update its policies on the cafeteria cash out. The city offers every employee health care.   In cases, where the city employee is otherwise covered unde...

The Vanguard has avoided taking a clear position on the water situation up until now, primarily because we really do not feel like we have all of the facts at this time.  In fact, the more we have learned in the past week, the more complex it has beco...