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 ...

According to an article that appeared in the Sacramento Bee on Thursday, Sacramento City Councilman Rob Fong is asking tough questions about the aerial spraying of urban areas as a means to control th ...

The issue of global warming has finally captured the media, public, and politician of the left side's attention. Yes, it is probably about 20 years later than it should have been and the effects of gl ...

The Vanguard Booth once again took in Farmer's Market Saturday in Davis. It was a gorgeous day in early June, and once again a great opportunity to meet some of our loyal readers and get to know new p ...

It was a spectacular day in Davis yesterday, the temperatures in the comfortable range in the 70s. In previous years I can remember days where the temperatures closed in on 100 and others where it was ...

PG&E had a representative waiting in the audience to receive their award for donating $10,000 to the Davis Street Smarts program. But they will have to wait at least until the next meeting to rece ...

Last fall Measure H & I, a measure that was unanimously supported by the Davis City Council, was placed on the ballot. In a rare showing of unity, the councilmembers came out in support of public ...

This year for the first time marks a real shift in the issue of the global warming. It seems that for years there was a destructive debate over the issue of whether global climate change was caused by ...

It was interesting reading the Davis Enterprise on Thursday evening about the City Council's overtures toward a greener and more energy efficient city. And let me be clear, this absolutely should be a ...

Pesticides have not been my highest concern in this community. As I've stated previously, I'm much more interested in civil liberties and human rights than pesticides. But I find myself writing anothe ...

I remain uncertain about my beliefs on pesticides and whether spraying in this case is appropriate. Last week I shared my concerns about the democratic process in responding to public needs. I remain ...