by Alan Pryor GUEST COMMENTARY - While many Davis residents are aware that the Davis City Council is considering a Staff recommendation on wood burning restrictions this Tuesday, few probably realize ...

It did not take long for Davis Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning to overreact to the proposed wood burning restrictions by the Davis City Council.  One would think the council was doing something radic ...

In a marked shift in policy, staff is moving away from past voluntary wood burning bans which largely failed and is now recommending that council adopt an urgency ordinance and introduce a regular ord ...

Dr. Tom Cahill has been working with the city since October on establishing guidelines for wood burning that will be based on solid scientific foundations that enable people's health issues to be addr ...

This morning residents in Davis wake up to more coverage of the Target issue. However, in marked contrast to the article two weeks ago in the Davis Enterprise, the Sacramento Bee and California Aggie ...

The headline reads:"Smoke Police Begin Crackdown on Newly Illegal Chimney Fires"The article goes on to say:Burn a log, go to jail.Not quite. But at noon Wednesday, it became illegal for residents of t ...

By Alan KandelNote: Alan Kandel did this article originally for the California Progress Report. Since this issue is coming on the city council's agenda for next week, it seemed like a good article to ...

Back in July, the Davis City Council voted unanimously to support a wood burning ban and send the matter to the Natural Resources Commission to write an ordinance. Even at that point of time, while su ...

Well Vanguardians, it is that time of year, Thanksgiving. As we have done the previous two years, for the only time during this year, the Vanguard will take a vacation. Today will be the last new entr ...

I continue to be somewhat perplexed by the entire push for carbon neutrality at the city level. I watched the council meeting on Tuesday, and it is obvious that the city has put in a lot of staff hour ...

This morning, there is an article in the California Aggie about Agraquest and former Employee Davis Bell.Of particular interest is a response from Jeff Pinnow, supervising hazardous material specialis ...

Following Friday's article on AgraQuest and the former office on Kennedy Place, Yolo County Health Director Bette Hinton was notified of the problem. As we now know, she actually learned of this probl ...

Listen to Vanguard Radio tonight from 6 to 7 on KDRT 95.7 FM for more on this topic. Our guests will include Sandi Trend, mother of David Bell and Doug Haney. David Bell is scheduled to call in from T ...

Sandi Trend will be speaking about her son’s case at a screening of The World According to Monsanto, Saturday, October 18, 2 p.m., UC Davis, Chemistry Room 194.This week's Sacramento News and Review f ...

Programming note: Join the Vanguard tonight on KDRT 101.5 FM from 6 pm to 7 pm, as I host Alan Pryor who is one of the leaders in the fight to ban wood burning. You can call in with questions at 792-1 ...

Wood burning fireplaces and wood stoves is probably about the last thing you expected to read about in the middle of a hot July day. However, experts are increasingly concerned about the impact of woo ...

Recently in the Davis Enterprise, John Mott-Smith had a provocative piece on the importance of keeping down food miles.From our perspective there are actually two issues that are important in food mil ...

When I first came to Davis in the mid-1990s, I was very surprised that in a such a bicycle friendly community, indeed a community that prided itself on being innovative in terms of bicycle lanes and t ...

According to last night's Davis Enterprise: "The city of Davis is working on a comprehensive plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, operating under the theory that changes at every level of gove ...

But Other Cities Like Berkeley are walking the walk.In an effort to help fight global warming, the city of Davis has vowed to stop selling or using disposable water bottles at city events or city conc ...