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On May 23, 2013, City of Davis Chief Innovation Officer, Rob White in his weekly column with the Vanguard posed the question to Vanguard readers, "Where Will All the Business Go." In it he suggested that if Davis is to become more than an incubator ...

On Monday, the Davis Police announced that a 16-year-old male Davis resident was taken into custody, and is being held on charges for the double murder. There are no other suspects in this case.  By early Tuesday, the Vanguard had learned the name o...

by Yolo County ACLU, et al We, the undersigned Davis community groups, seek to restore our democracy by speaking out against Section 1021(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2012, which subjects U.S. citizens to military de...

Two weeks ago the Vanguard put forward once again its proposal to put the entrance to a parking garage on Olive Dr. adjacent to the Design House.  It would then go over the tracks and consume the current parking lot by the Boy Scout Cabin.  The ide...

On Monday, the Davis Police announced that a , a 16 year old male Davis resident was taken into custody, and is being held on charges for the double murder. There are no other suspects in this case. The investigation is on-going, and because it invo...

In February, Assemblymembers Mariko Yamada and Bob Blumenfield (D-San Fernando Valley), Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, announced their sponsorship of legislation that would make the Community Based Adult Services (CBAS) program permanent. How...

There is an old adage in politics that if you want to understand why something happened - particularly something where all of the pieces do not seem to add up - you need to follow the money.  An exercise that as often as not is easier said than done...

It is somewhat surprising that the mass local or regional media did not pick up the story of the trial of Bill Wolfington.  After all, it would seem to have all of the elements.  When he was arrested and his story splashed across the news, there wa...

Last week, upon hearing about the gang rape of an 11-year-old and the other myriad of problems at the local facility - we called for heads to roll.  The California Department of Social Services has not disappointed. In a remarkable complaint filed ...

In one of the worst kept secrets in local politics, Mayor Pro Tem Dan Wolk, just under one year into his official term, and about 27 months into his overall tenure on the city council, announced his decision to run to succeed Assemblymember Mariko Ya...