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Morning With the Mayor — Friday 7:00am – 8:30am at Common Grounds

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: February 25, 2015
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Morning With the Mayor — Friday 7:00am – 8:30am at Common Grounds

Monday and Tuesday brought us two communications from Mayor Dan Wolk. The first was his Mayor's Corner a ...

Monday and Tuesday brought us two communications from Mayor Dan Wolk. The first was his Mayor's Corner article here in the Vanguard (see https://www.davisvanguard.org/2015/02/affordable-housing-arts-a ...

February 25, 2015
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Commentary: Council Missing Opportunities To Engage on Key Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 25, 2015
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Commentary: Council Missing Opportunities To Engage on Key Issues

One of my Monday Morning Thoughts was on an idea presented where we put a larger focal point on the mayor ...

One of my Monday Morning Thoughts was on an idea presented where we put a larger focal point on the mayor. I won’t go as far as Benjamin Barber does and advocate the dissolution of the nation-state to ...

February 25, 2015
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President Obama Vetoes Keystone Pipeline

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 25, 2015
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President Obama Vetoes Keystone Pipeline

President Obama on Tuesday used his veto power for just the third time in his presidency, vetoing legisla ...

President Obama on Tuesday used his veto power for just the third time in his presidency, vetoing legislation that would have authorized construction of a 1,179-mile pipeline that would carry 800,000 ...

February 25, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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California Senate Bill Would Prevent Use of Grand Juries in Officer-Related Shootings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 25, 2015
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California Senate Bill Would Prevent Use of Grand Juries in Officer-Related Shootings

Last fall, the use of grand juries in two high profile officer-involved killings of unarmed black men pro ...

Last fall, the use of grand juries in two high profile officer-involved killings of unarmed black men prompted scrutiny and controversy over the grand jury system. The decision by the grand jury in Fe ...

February 25, 2015
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Prosecutor Attempts to Show Mother Was Served Notice of Family Court Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 25, 2015
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Prosecutor Attempts to Show Mother Was Served Notice of Family Court Trial

by Jackie Snyder, Lauren King, and Mahanaz Ebadi February 24, 2015, marked the third day of the Nan-Hui J ...

by Jackie Snyder, Lauren King, and Mahanaz Ebadi February 24, 2015, marked the third day of the Nan-Hui Jo trial. The courtroom was once again filled with many of Nan Jo's supporters, all of whom had ...

February 25, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Study Finds Mass Incarceration Not Behind Crime Drop

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 24, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Study Finds Mass Incarceration Not Behind Crime Drop

In the last few years there has been a strong pushback over what has become known as mass incarceration – ...

In the last few years there has been a strong pushback over what has become known as mass incarceration – where the U.S. has the highest incarceration rates in the world, and prison populations have r ...

February 24, 2015
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The Cannery Urban Farm – A Barn Raising in Davis – Part 2

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: February 24, 2015
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The Cannery Urban Farm – A Barn Raising in Davis – Part 2

by Leanna M. Sweha Yesterday we looked at The New Home Company’s planned build-out and financing of the C ...

by Leanna M. Sweha Yesterday we looked at The New Home Company’s planned build-out and financing of the Cannery urban farm. Today we will look at the plans for the Center for Land-Based Learning (CLBL ...

February 24, 2015
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The Moral Urgency of Climate Action

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|Date: February 24, 2015
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The Moral Urgency of Climate Action

by Lynne Nittler In a flood of extinctions and on-rushing global warming, what can one person do to chang ...

by Lynne Nittler In a flood of extinctions and on-rushing global warming, what can one person do to change the course of the river? Why should anyone try? Cool Davis invites the public to a feisty ta ...

February 24, 2015
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Father Testifies in Kidnapping Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 24, 2015
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Father Testifies in Kidnapping Trial

By Jackie Snyder and Makisha Singh The trial of Nan-Hui Jo resumed at 9 a.m. on February 23, 2015. The co ...

By Jackie Snyder and Makisha Singh The trial of Nan-Hui Jo resumed at 9 a.m. on February 23, 2015. The courtroom was packed with people who came to show their support for Ms. Jo. Jesse Charlton, the f ...

February 24, 2015
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Powerful Oscar Acceptance Speech by Graham Moore About Contemplation of Suicide

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: February 24, 2015
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Powerful Oscar Acceptance Speech by Graham Moore About Contemplation of Suicide

Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning screenwriter for The Imitation Game, made a powerful and clearly heartfel ...

Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning screenwriter for The Imitation Game, made a powerful and clearly heartfelt statement in his acceptance speech after winning Sunday night's Oscar for Best Adapted Screen ...

February 24, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts Part I: Mayors Lead, World Follows

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 23, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts Part I: Mayors Lead, World Follows

(Editor's note: our readers asked me last week to segment the Monday Morning Thoughts column into separat ...

(Editor's note: our readers asked me last week to segment the Monday Morning Thoughts column into separate parts, and I have obliged) In the late 1960s, a phrase emerged, “Think globally, act locally, ...

February 23, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts II: New War on Poverty and Ending Welfare Mother Penalties

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 23, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts II: New War on Poverty and Ending Welfare Mother Penalties

(Editor's note: our readers asked me last week to segment the Monday Morning Thoughts column into separat ...

(Editor's note: our readers asked me last week to segment the Monday Morning Thoughts column into separate parts, and I have obliged) In recent years we have seen a slow but growing shift in the polit ...

February 23, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts III: Racial Profiling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 23, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts III: Racial Profiling

(Editor's note: our readers asked me last week to segment the Monday Morning Thoughts column into separat ...

(Editor's note: our readers asked me last week to segment the Monday Morning Thoughts column into separate parts, and I have obliged) Last week we noted that on February 28, from 1 to 3 pm at the Davi ...

February 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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The Cannery Urban Farm – A Barn Raising in Davis – Part 1

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: February 23, 2015
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The Cannery Urban Farm – A Barn Raising in Davis – Part 1

by Leanna M. Sweha Visitors to the Cannery website will read the following about the urban farm: “The Can ...

by Leanna M. Sweha Visitors to the Cannery website will read the following about the urban farm: “The Cannery will provide the homes, restaurants and local neighbors with fresh seasonal produce throug ...

February 23, 2015
| by Leanna Sweha

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Mayor’s Corner: Affordable Housing and the Arts Alliance

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 23, 2015
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Mayor’s Corner: Affordable Housing and the Arts Alliance

(Editor's note: This month, Dan Wolk writes, "For this week’s column, I’ve asked my friend and colleague, ...

(Editor's note: This month, Dan Wolk writes, "For this week’s column, I’ve asked my friend and colleague, Councilmember Lucas Frerichs, to stand in. Enjoy! (And thanks, Lucas!)") By Lucas Frerichs Wel ...

February 23, 2015
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Testimony Began Friday in Korean Mother Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 23, 2015
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Testimony Began Friday in Korean Mother Trial

By Makisha Singh and Lauren King After the opening statements in which the attorneys told of the short, r ...

By Makisha Singh and Lauren King After the opening statements in which the attorneys told of the short, rocky, and passionate love affair between Nan-Hui Jo, a South Korean woman who came to the Unite ...

February 23, 2015
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Sunday Commentary II: Why Walmart’s Pay Increase Matters

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 22, 2015
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Sunday Commentary II: Why Walmart’s Pay Increase Matters

The reaction to Walmart’s announcement last week that they were raising their wages for about half-millio ...

The reaction to Walmart’s announcement last week that they were raising their wages for about half-million employees to at least $9 an hour by April and at least $10 by next February, was mixed at bes ...

February 22, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Freedom of Speech, Just Watch What You Say

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 22, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: Freedom of Speech, Just Watch What You Say

A few weeks ago I published an open letter from the Sacramento Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights ...

A few weeks ago I published an open letter from the Sacramento Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights sent to UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi. It was not that I agreed with the content of the lett ...

February 22, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Vote on CFD Represents A Lost Opportunity For Community

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 21, 2015
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My View: Vote on CFD Represents A Lost Opportunity For Community

When the Davis City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to move the CFD (Community Facilities District) forward, th ...

When the Davis City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to move the CFD (Community Facilities District) forward, the vote represented, in my view, two things. First, it was a lost opportunity by the council to ...

February 21, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Student Court Invalidates ASUCD Vote on Divestment from Israel

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 21, 2015
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Student Court Invalidates ASUCD Vote on Divestment from Israel

Three weeks after ASUCD sent shock waves throughout the community with an 8-2-2 vote to recommend that th ...

Three weeks after ASUCD sent shock waves throughout the community with an 8-2-2 vote to recommend that the University of California system divest from companies that do business with Israel, a student ...

February 21, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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