The early reports I heard regarding Picnic Day seemed encouraging, other than a couple of high profile cases - a tasering and a knife, otherwise, things were relatively calm in Davis.  None of the out ...

Two years ago, Picnic Day resulted in huge problems in the community, as heavy drinking and a large out-of-town population resulted in huge numbers of assaults that threatened the prospect of future P ...

Vanguard Gets Data on Calls for Service Last night Davis Police Chief Landy Black followed up on a council request for a criminal statistics report.  The report comes on the heels of the much publiciz ...

City staff is recommending against changes to the city's noise ordinance at this time, despite a vote by the City-UC Davis Student Liaison Commission forwarding a recommendation for changes to the noi ...

On these pages, we have not talked much about the rash of burglaries in Davis in the early part of the year.  As of early March, there had been 31 break-ins, along with eight attempted burglaries in D ...

Police Chief Landy Black was back before the Davis City Council to push for passage of the Minor Alcohol Preclusion Act, that would make it an infraction, payable with what would ultimately be a 240 d ...

On Tuesday we will find out the long-awaited results of the pepper-spray report.  Many are bracing themselves for a whitewashing, but I don't think that is going to happen.  The reason that is not goi ...

On January 10, 2012, Davis Police Chief Landy Black and city staff caught the Davis City Council off-guard by presenting an ordinance to preclude minors from drinking. Chief Black told the Council, "W ...

In an effort to prevent a repeat of Picnic Day 2010's problems, the City of Davis created a Safety Enhancement Zone which basically doubled the fines and penalties for a variety of acts of public nuis ...

The December death of Megan Glanville, a Davis resident originally from Chico, has pushed the city to take further steps to protect pedestrians and others at the intersection of Russell Blvd and Lake ...

The City of Davis and the police department have a lot of work to do if they want to get student buy-in for the proposed alcohol preclusion act.  Following a lengthy discussion, where students consist ...

Another issue that is permeating this community is a proposal from students to make some changes to the current noise ordinance. Like the alcohol issue that we covered last week, this issue of the noi ...

When I was growing up in San Luis Obispo and later attended Cal Poly, the city always had a love-hate relationship with the students.  The businesses liked the business they got from students, but the ...

Ordinance Addresses the Wrong Problem and May Be Unenforceable With Unintended Consequences It was billed as a routine measure by Police Chief Landy Black, giving the city the ability to charge minors ...

Back in late October, the County Board of Supervisors held off on raising the speed limit, on the stretch of Russell from Pedrick Road to Lake Blvd, to 45 mph from the current 35 mph. At that time, Su ...

Few in the community are likely shocked by the news that a young soccer coach and licensed foster parent would be charged with 48 felony child molestation counts with a child under 14.  These charges ...

by Lamar Heystek The following is an open letter to the Davis City Council: My heart goes out to each of you. Having borne the burden of your office myself, I know the weight. I can only imagine how m ...

Occupy This: Will We Ever Learn? One of the most riveting moments of the civil rights movement was when Bull Connor turned the firehoses and attack dogs on protesters.  It galvanized public sympathy a ...

Just as Stephen Souza was pushing off from his announcement at the steps of the Bicycle Hall of Fame, fire engines and emergency vehicles were rolling in.  First, UC Davis' fire engine and hook and la ...

According to a report from the Davis Police Department, on Saturday, Davis Police officers were dispatched to 945 J Street, an apartment in the College Square Apartments on J Street, to a report of a ...