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About five years ago an online plant seller included a freebie in an order I’d placed. It was labeled Agave parryi and it was a bit of an ugly thing from the beginning—the runt of the litter, you might say. I stuck it in a pot and even though I gav...

Every Saturday I pick up my farm fresh eggs out off of County Road 96.  I leave the empty cartons in a cooler during the week, and on Saturday I pick up my eggs and leave my money.  Some mornings my eggs are looking back at me in surprise.

Details at this time are sketchy, but officials from the UC Davis Police Department are confirming that the crime is being investigated as a hate crime. According to Campus Crime Alert Bulletin, the incident occurred on Sunday, May 12 at 8:10 PM.  ...

During last week's budget discussion, the City Manager, Steve Pinkerton and Mayor Joe Krovoza laid out the bleak fiscal picture facing the city.  The question from the audience came almost immediately, given the limits of revenue enhancement and cost-...

by Antoinnette Borbon We knew going in that the murder trial against James Mings would not be straight forward.  It had its share of twists and turns with the defense arguing that Mr. Mings was not the actual murder.  That his original attempt at mu...

I can’t speak for other states or countries, but schools in California are suffering from ever tighter budgets, forcing cuts to programs that are deemed expendable. Often these are disciplines like art and music which have a far lower priority than E...

My column this weekend on the Eli Davis incident made me realize that even well-intentioned people really do not understand what racial profiling is, and why it might be demoralizing to minority populations. As one poster noted, "It's difficult to f...

For some the very notion of innovation in government is an anachronism, where government is the stifling force of innovation and all that is truly innovative comes from the private sector. A recent interview in Government Technology a publication gear...

With all that has happened in the last week, I have neglected to circle back to the Banker's Dozen case which I find a truly strange settlement.  The original case made for some fantastic headlines - the protesters starting in January 2012 managed t...

Defendant Charged with Possession of Drugs, Weapons By Virginia Hysell On January 29, 2013 at approximately 7:05 a.m., Yolo County Deputy Sheriff Deputy Dugoenich responded to a 9/11 call in Knight's Landing from Blanca Sentinman who had reported ...