Summer water tours in Davis

4 July 2008, 12:01 pm

Water, always a precious resource, is the life force of wetlands in summer. Cattails, tules and willows growing in and around the edge of ponds provide rare greenery in a rapidly drying environment.... read more

Report: Drunken Calif. FFs Slept at Station

4 July 2008, 7:55 am

DAVIS, Calif. -- A downtown firehouse was misused by off-duty personnel who used the facility to "sleep off" nights of drinking, according to a Yolo County grand jury report.... read more

Yolo grand jury report alleges misconduct at Davis Fire Department

4 July 2008, 3:05 am

The Davis Fire Department has been hit by the Yolo County grand jury over alleged misconduct, including accusations of off-duty firefighters sleeping off drinking bouts at the downtown station.... read more

A low water year is a boon to safflower farmers

2 July 2008, 4:48 am

Having to make due with less water, California farmers are reassessing their planting of tomatoes, cotton, corn and other water-intensive crops.... read more

No one doubts he fired gun

2 July 2008, 12:33 am

Defense and prosecution attorneys painted very different portraits of murder defendant Quartus Lee Hinton as they presented opening statements Tuesday at the beginning of Hinton's trial for the 2006 gunshot ...... read more

Teen drowns in river near Discovery Park

1 July 2008, 4:23 pm

A 16-year-old boy died Thursday after drowning in the American River near Tiscornia Beach, across from Discovery Park.... read more

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