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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...

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...

STUDENTS and staff at Richmond School and Sixth Form College have honoured Dave Clark, their much-loved and greatly missed deputy headteacher, with two legacies. A Scots pine tree has been planted in the grounds of the school, creating a sense of Mr Clark keeping a watchful eye over everyone, whilst also acknowledging his Scottish roots. And in recognition of the enormous contribution that Mr Clark made to sport at Richmond School and in the community, the newly-built 3G sports pitch has been named the Dave Clark Arena. Planting a Scots Pine was the idea of Liz Merckx, special educati...

City Council voices support for public safety reforms The City Council expressed support this week for recommendations put forth by a subcommittee tasked with reimagining public safety and policing in Davis. City staff now will take the recommendations, along with the council’s input and return with a range of options and roadmap for moving forward, according to City Manager Mike Webb. Nine recommendations in all were put forth by the subcommittee, which included members of three city commissions: Human Relations, Police Accountability and Social Services. They ranged from shifting non-viol...