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Shares BRAVO, BRAVO… While I would certainly like to take all the credit for remedying the awful, late-night train car noise situation that’s plagued North Davis the last few weeks, I’ll admit my grouchiness about it in a recent column was likely not the lone factor that led to the actual change. So, bravo to city council members Lucas Frerichs and Will Arnold, as well as county supervisor Don Saylor, who worked together to reach a resolution with the California Northern Railroad, which has agreed to cease its night operations, including the deafening 2 a.m. rail car switches along F St...

I strongly disagree with the Yolo County Board of Supervisors’ decision to reject an independent advisory committee empowered to redraw district maps. On Jan. 12, the board voted 4-1 (Saylor opposing) to form an advisory committee with final decision-making left to the Board. District boundaries are

Valley Clean Energy has new board leadership Support Local Journalism As a new year dawns, Valley Clean Energy announces a change in leadership for the not-for-profit local electricity provider. Dan Carson, a Davis City Councilmember, was elected to chair the VCE board for 2021, and Winters City Councilmember Jesse Loren was elected to the position of vice-chair. Both votes were unanimous. Jesse Loren has taken over as vice-chair for the Valley Clean Energy board. Courtesy photo The VCE board is composed of two representatives from each of the communities it serves — the cities of Woodland,...

City, county pledge to cooperate on homeless camp No issue in Davis has prompted more constituent complaints in the past year for Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza than the ever-growing encampment between F Street and the Cannery along the railroad tracks. Support Local Journalism No issue in Davis has prompted more constituent complaints in the past year for Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza than the ever-growing encampment between F Street and the Cannery along the railroad tracks. Stretching from Covell Boulevard to the northern end of the Cannery are makeshift campsite after makeshift...

Railroad agrees to cease nighttime operations The city of Davis has reached a resolution with California Northern Railroad regarding nighttime operations. For the last several weeks, train switching on the north-south railroad line in North and Central Davis had been occurring, typically starting very late at night and into the early hours of the morning, causing noise and disruption to local residents. California Northern Railroad (the rail operator on the line owned by Union Pacific Railroad) notified the city they will cease night operations and go back to day operations effective immediat...