Davis has interesting people, ideas, connections, and events. On Davisville, host Bill Buchanan presents stories that have some connection to Davis. The program has won 14 Excellence in Journalism awards from the San Francisco Press Club since 2018, plus a national Hometown Media Award for excellence from the Alliance for Community Media in 2024. Contact: davisville @ dcn.org

Davis TweetUp: Working to bring Twitter into mainstream DavisMon, 06/04/2012 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan
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Davis has linked the health of its parks to Measure DMon, 05/21/2012 - 5:30pm | Bill BuchananToday on Davisville we talk about Measure D, a parcel tax renewal on the city’s June ballot that would raise $1.37 million per year for parks maintenance in Davis. It is the second tax measure in the city this year, the first being the school tax that voters approved in March. The guests are Charlie Russell, a local businessman and chair of the city Recreation and Park Commission, and David Luckscheider, park manager for the city. Among other subjects, we look at why the city kept the rate at $49 per house, how the city ended up supporting park maintenance this way, and what the money pays for. |
Spiders are all over Davis; might as well get to know them betterMon, 05/07/2012 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan
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Davis author writes the book about ‘Peanuts’ pianist Vince GuaraldiTue, 04/24/2012 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan
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Davis Roots seeks to develop the entrepreneurial side of DavisMon, 04/09/2012 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan |
Picnic Day—the biggest show in town—returns, on DavisvilleMon, 03/26/2012 - 5:30pm | Bill BuchananPicnic Day returns on April 21. For the last two years, the event has meant two things. One is the traditional UC Davis open house, with attractions like the chemistry magic show, dachshund races, parade, music, and booths like the splash tank pictured here. The other is a surge in drunken and obnoxious public behavior, mostly in and near downtown. The campus and city have acted to curtail the trouble while preserving the better side of Picnic Day, and although last year still had problems—some downtown retailers reported “a lot of mayhem,” and the number of arrests and citations rose—conditions generally seemed better in 2011 than in 2010. The question now is what to expect for 2012. Two members of the student board that runs the event, Picnic Day chair Jennifer Mappus and publicity chair Achsa Rothe, came by Davisville to talk about the attractions and plans for 2012. The board intends to reduce the bad side while sustaining and improving the good, and Mappus and Rothe discuss how they’re pursuing that goal. |
Meet Lindsey Black, a Disney vet who came to Davis for her degreeMon, 03/12/2012 - 5:30pm | Bill BuchananLindsey Black, 20, is a Regents Scholar and transfer student who is studying the classics and history at UC Davis. She’s also a veteran of the Disney Channel series “As the Bell Rings,” a high-school comedy presented in 5-minute episodes. She played Lexi in 2008-09—in the cast photo she’s holding here, she’s third from our right. This year she appears in “16-Love,” a movie that Variety called a “lightweight, tween-targeted indie sports drama.” On today’s Davisville, Black talks about why she chose Davis for college, why history engages her, life on campus, her pursuit of an academic career, advice for others who want a shot at Hollywood—and what it’s like to work in an industry that’s so focused on appearance, she felt it prudent to ask her manager if it was OK to grow bangs. |
Meet the man who will make Davis even more bike friendlyMon, 02/27/2012 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan
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Ex-Alcatraz con recalls life on ‘the Rock’ for DavisvilleMon, 02/20/2012 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan
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Thai, froyo, Sac connections: Davisville looks at the Davis restaurant sceneTue, 02/07/2012 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan |
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You're a Davis icon, Bill. Keep up the good work of providing local, informative, and quality programming.
Bill, listen to the first 10 minutes of my show dated 7/7/2010. I hope you approve.
Paul Sheeran
Just wanted to say thanks for an outstanding interview with Freedom From Hunger's president, Chris Dunford.
Keep up the good work!
Sam Citron
thanks, Sam!
This is the program in question; it aired Jan. 25:
http://www.kdrt.org/node/2689
Bill
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