The Davis proposed plastic bag ban—truthfully, more of a curtailment—is an odd mix of the irritating and the compelling. Whichever resolution you prefer, the tug of bags could resolve this fall, if only because City Council members must be growing tired of indefinitely extending a debate about the proper makeup of shopping bags. On today’s Davisville we talk with Davis Enterprise reporter Tom Sakash, who has written about the proposed law. We get a rundown on the current proposal, and where Davis stands as the council takes up the issue one more time.
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Today's Davisville is part 2 of a discussion with Rob White, hired in March as Davis' first chief innovation officer. Topics include this spring’s surprise proposal to put a business park near I-80 and Mace; local economic trends; what Davis offers and lacks; and how others see us. Find Part 1 at http://www.kdrt.org/node/12701.
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For today's program and next we talk with Rob White, hired in March as Davis' first chief innovation officer. Topics in part 1 include the reason for his job, how he works, the techDavis group that initially paid half his salary, and entrepreneurs at work in Davis. Part 2, which debuts Aug. 19, addresses this spring’s surprise proposal to put a business park near I-80 and Mace; and looks at local economic trends, what Davis offers and lacks, and how others see us. Big ideas involving Davis are in play, and we discuss one of them: a possible test track for ultra-light-rail transit technology near UC Davis.
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Summer is an active season for live theater in Davis--Acme, Barnyard, Common House, Davis Musical Theatre Co., the Davis Shakespeare Ensemble, and others all have shows this summer (this image comes from Common House’s summer poster). Live theater in Davis is expanding in terms of quantity and ambition; on today’s show, Bev Sykes and Jeff Hudson, who review live productions for the Davis Enterprise, size it all up--quality, favorite moments, what they'd like to see more of, trends, and more.
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This interview with Robert Luke from early 2012 is one of the most popular episodes of "Davisville," thanks partly to a link on Wikipedia. If you missed it first time around, here's a chance to listen in.
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The Neighborhood Court, a new approach to resolving low-level crimes like vandalism or trespassing in Davis and on the UC Davis campus, focuses on “restorative justice.” It resolved its first 16 cases—including some alcohol offenses from Picnic Day—in early June. On today’s Davisville we talk with Christopher Bulkeley (pictured), a deputy Yolo County district attorney, about how the program works, why the county adopted it, how it differs from usual court proceedings, the initial results from the pilot phase, and where the program is headed next.
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In June 2009, as they graduated from Davis High School, Lauren De Terra (left) and Megan Buchanan discussed growing up in Davis on Davisville. Four years later, after living in Sacramento and San Francisco respectively, and with college done or nearly done, the longtime friends discuss how they view Davis now.
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Cathy Speck is a native daughter of Davis, a musician, an athlete, a longtime employee of the Davis Food Co-op--and she is dying of ALS. She writes a blog, “Cathy Speck’s Dying as Living.” We talk about her experience today, on Davisville.
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“Your Ideal Cat” is a human-feline matchmaker guidebook, filled with information about different breeds to help people who want a cat (including tabbies like these two) to find the right one. You require affection? The laid-back Ragdoll is deeply friendly. For a more tiger-like feline, consider the Bengal, although it might turn your furniture into an urban forest. Drs. Benjamin and Lynette Hart, professors of veterinary medicine at UC Davis, wrote “Your Ideal Cat.” On today’s show we discuss the book, breeds, purring as exercise (to the cat, it is), and whether Davis is more of a cat town, or a dog town.
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 Pinball’s pop-culture glory era has yielded to computer games and the likes of Angry Birds, but the silver ball still has fans. One of the biggest has to be Steve Faith of Davis, an educational technology instructor who is helping to organize the 2013 Pin-a-Go-Go show May 17-19 at the May Fairgrounds in Dixon. It will have more than 100 machines ready for play. On today’s Davisville we talk about the appeal of the noisy, ringing, electromechanical games. Few remain in Davis, but Faith tells us where to find them.
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