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Guest Commentary: Transforming N Street Park

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|Date: March 23, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Transforming N Street Park

By Wyatt Garrett, Cecilia Walsh, Torin Dunnavant, and Emily Griswold This past weekend, Tree Davis and th ...

By Wyatt Garrett, Cecilia Walsh, Torin Dunnavant, and Emily Griswold This past weekend, Tree Davis and the Davis Manor Neighborhood Council co-hosted two volunteer work days at N Street Park, with ove ...

March 23, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Does Downtown Davis Need Trees? A First Step in Implementing Urban Forest Plan

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|Date: March 17, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Does Downtown Davis Need Trees? A First Step in Implementing Urban Forest Plan

By Alan Hirsch, the Davis Lorax Tuesday night at the City Council meeting is a celebration. After hundre ...

By Alan Hirsch, the Davis Lorax Tuesday night at the City Council meeting is a celebration. After hundreds of hours of volunteer time by members of Tree and other city commissions, the Urban Forest M ...

March 17, 2023
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Commentary: Electrification Is Not Just a Global Warming Issue; It’s Also a Public Health One

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 21, 2023
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Commentary: Electrification Is Not Just a Global Warming Issue; It’s Also a Public Health One

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When the city proposed in its Climate Action & Ada ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When the city proposed in its Climate Action & Adaptation Plan (CAAP) to have homeowners transition to electrification on the point of sale, many ...

February 21, 2023
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Letter: Toxic Fireplace Smoke Near Davis Elementary School This Morning

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|Date: February 03, 2023
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Letter: Toxic Fireplace Smoke Near Davis Elementary School This Morning

By Mark Wilson I dropped off a friend near a Davis Elementary school this morning about 9 AM. The smell o ...

By Mark Wilson I dropped off a friend near a Davis Elementary school this morning about 9 AM. The smell of toxic fireplace woodsmoke was pervasive, especially after the car door was opened. I had to l ...

February 03, 2023
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Student Opinion: Greta Thunberg Detained While Protesting Coal Mines

Posted by Ibrahim Dagher
|Date: January 22, 2023
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Student Opinion: Greta Thunberg Detained While Protesting Coal Mines

By Kayla Ngai Greta Thunberg, a young Swedish activist, has recently made her way into the news once aga ...

By Kayla Ngai Greta Thunberg, a young Swedish activist, has recently made her way into the news once again. On January 17, 2023, Greta Thunberg was detained by police in western Germany for the secon ...

January 22, 2023
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Commentary: The Good and Bad of the Storms; But the Long Range Is Not Looking Great

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 03, 2023
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Commentary: The Good and Bad of the Storms; But the Long Range Is Not Looking Great

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor I was stunned to wake up on Sunday morning to see how much damage ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor I was stunned to wake up on Sunday morning to see how much damage was wrought by the storm—which, while bad in terms of rainfall, didn’t seem like it was about t ...

January 03, 2023
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Commentary: Council Goes to a Voluntary Electrification System – But Does It Go Far Enough?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2022
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Commentary: Council Goes to a Voluntary Electrification System – But Does It Go Far Enough?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Given the pushback from both the public and local real ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Given the pushback from both the public and local real estate industry leaders, it is not surprising that the Davis City Council further backed off t ...

December 09, 2022
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Guest Commentary: City’s Climate Plan Puts Cart Before the Horse

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|Date: December 06, 2022
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Guest Commentary: City’s Climate Plan Puts Cart Before the Horse

By Nick Marin Almost to a person, the residents of the city of Davis agree that climate change is a probl ...

By Nick Marin Almost to a person, the residents of the city of Davis agree that climate change is a problem and without some action will get worse. Where some differ is exactly how to establish and im ...

December 06, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: CAAP Debate Will Come in the Midst of Increasingly Bad News on the Climate Front

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 05, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: CAAP Debate Will Come in the Midst of Increasingly Bad News on the Climate Front

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week Davis will discuss once again on its Climate Action and ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week Davis will discuss once again on its Climate Action and Adaptation Plan. A big focus locally seems to be on a mandate for electrification. While build ...

December 05, 2022
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Final CAAP Comes to Council This Week – But Even with Changes to Electrification, There Still May Be Pushback

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2022
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Final CAAP Comes to Council This Week – But Even with Changes to Electrification, There Still May Be Pushback

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Council, while not being asked to vote yet on the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Council, while not being asked to vote yet on the final Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, will get an opportunity this week to weigh in and pro ...

December 03, 2022
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Student Opinion: Stress on the Environment

Posted by Ibrahim Dagher
|Date: November 15, 2022
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Student Opinion: Stress on the Environment

By Kayla Ngai World leaders insist on cutting pollution and energy expenses during this year’s COP27. Alt ...

By Kayla Ngai World leaders insist on cutting pollution and energy expenses during this year’s COP27. Although this emphasis is generally stated annually, many countries recognize Putin’s war on Ukrai ...

November 15, 2022
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City Sued by Former Mayor Over Sky Track at Arroyo Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 26, 2022
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City Sued by Former Mayor Over Sky Track at Arroyo Park

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The dispute between the city and Joe and Janet Krovoza ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The dispute between the city and Joe and Janet Krovoza progressed to a lawsuit filed on October 5 by Sacramento attorney Daniel Cucchi, but the suit ...

October 26, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Just How Progressive Is Davis? Vol. 157

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 16, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Just How Progressive Is Davis? Vol. 157

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Community pushback forced the city to scrap a plan to ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Community pushback forced the city to scrap a plan to require gas appliances be replaced by electric ones at the point of sale. I’m troubled by not ...

October 16, 2022
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City Removes Electrification Requirement to Make It Voluntary Only

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|Date: October 15, 2022
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City Removes Electrification Requirement to Make It Voluntary Only

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA – After receiving pushback from portions of the community, the city on ...

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA – After receiving pushback from portions of the community, the city on Friday announced that they would be revising the draft 2020-2040 Climate Action and Adaptation ...

October 15, 2022
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Sackett v EPA: A Crisis for the Clean Water Act

Posted by Brianna Gonzalez Ulloa
|Date: October 12, 2022
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Sackett v EPA: A Crisis for the Clean Water Act

By: Brianna Gonzalez Ulloa WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2004, Michael and Chantelle Sackett ecstatically ...

By: Brianna Gonzalez Ulloa WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2004, Michael and Chantelle Sackett ecstatically purchased a half-acre arcadian property for $23,000 with the hopes of settling down. Eighteen y ...

October 12, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Corrupt and Wasteful Process Led to the Arroyo Park Sky Track

Posted by Joe Krovoza
|Date: September 30, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Corrupt and Wasteful Process Led to the Arroyo Park Sky Track

by Janet and Joe Krovoza By now pretty much everyone following city matters knows of the public follies o ...

by Janet and Joe Krovoza By now pretty much everyone following city matters knows of the public follies of the Arroyo Park Sky Track. That it was installed in Arroyo Park in May 2019, steps from neigh ...

September 30, 2022
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Letter: Davis Youth Strike to Protest Lack of Climate Emergency Planning by City

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 24, 2022
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Letter: Davis Youth Strike to Protest Lack of Climate Emergency Planning by City

Davis, CA - Youth leaders from Yolo County led a colorful all-ages march today in central Davis to protes ...

Davis, CA - Youth leaders from Yolo County led a colorful all-ages march today in central Davis to protest the city’s failure to address the climate emergency. The marchers made their way from the lib ...

September 24, 2022
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City of Davis Addresses Electrification in the Draft CAAP

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 23, 2022
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City of Davis Addresses Electrification in the Draft CAAP

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA - The City of Davis is clarifying some of the proposed electrification ...

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA - The City of Davis is clarifying some of the proposed electrification actions in the Draft 2020-2040 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) in response to concern ...

September 23, 2022
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My View: Renewable Energy, Electric Cars and, Of Course, Drive Less

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2022
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My View: Renewable Energy, Electric Cars and, Of Course, Drive Less

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The record heat of last week was a good reminder ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The record heat of last week was a good reminder to Californians what they are up against—we saw record temperatures and a strained but not brok ...

September 17, 2022
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Review Period Opens for Davis’ 2020-2040 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 09, 2022
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Review Period Opens for Davis’ 2020-2040 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA – The community review period for the City of Davis’ draft 2020-2040 Cl ...

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA – The community review period for the City of Davis’ draft 2020-2040 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) is now open to the public for an extended 60-day period ...

August 09, 2022
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