West Coast cool jazz on tonight’s show:

• Buddy Tate, Vine Street Breakdown
• Shelly Manne & His Men, Summer Night
• Art Pepper, Everything Happens to Me
• Cy Touff, It's Sand'Man
• Miles Davis, Just Squeeze Me
• Shorty Rogers, Infinity promenade
• Gerry Mulligan, May-Reh
• Stan Getz, I Only Have Eyes for You
• Dave Brubeck Trio, Indiana
• Dave Brubeck, Zen is When
• Chet Baker, Star Eyes
• Cal Tjader, Morning
• Tito Puente, Take Five
  

Heads up: This live recording comes with a few “authentic” technical hiccups (let’s call it character, not static). Luckily, the enthusiasm more than makes up for it—it practically jumps through the speakers.

In the studio with me are Richard Jia and Gray  Eby of MyDavisCalifornia, chatting—sometimes loosely, sometimes wildly off-track—about their website and the quirky little town we all love, Davis.

Now, this isn’t your average “local blog where someone posts about their cat and favorite burrito joint.” Nope. MyDavisCalifornia is a full-on content playground: stories, visuals, collaborations, insider tips—the works. Born in 2021 out of sheer enthusiasm (and possibly too much coffee), it’s become the digital buddy you didn’t know you needed for exploring Davis.

About 7 percent, and maybe as much as 10 percent, of rentals in Davis are currently vacant, says Davis real estate broker and manager Kit Boschken on this week’s Davisville. That's highly unusual for Davis, especially in August. The rate was under 1 percent a few years ago.

Why is the rate this high now? Kit lists several reasons on today’s program, where she’s joined by her husband Steve and their son James Boschken — they are a family of real estate professionals in Davis — to discuss Davis’ current real estate market. We also talk about home sales — prices and inventory are up from last year — the local impact of interest rates, the effect of the Trump administration’s cuts in research on demand for rentals and commercial space, the increase in student housing this decade, and even the allure of living in midtown Sacramento for Davis upper-division students who only need to be on the UC Davis campus a couple of days per week.

Kit Boschken believes rents will come down in Davis next year. She said she doesn’t know how much. “I think it’ll be a slow progression downward to a point. I don’t think we’re going to go from $1,000 a bedroom to $700 a bedroom. It’s not going to be that big of a drop,” she said. “But owners are going to have to be more realistic on what they want for rent, and are going to have to put some money into the properties.”