Yolo County Bulletin Board

back in the good life garden

Another from campus, I was attempting a panorama of the RMI (Robert Mondavi Institute) for Food and Wine Sciences, from one of the few shady spots in the Good Life Garden ("morning Margo" "hello J...

Davisville, May 27, 2024: She writes opinions for students at UC Davis

These days, you can get all the quick takes and snap judgments you want. They seem easier to find than facts, partly because they're catnip to the algorithms and impulses that drive social media. ...

Memorial Day memories from an American in World War II

Letters from the front from my dad in Italy

the 2024 davis world cup…

Today is the second day of the annual AYSO Davis World Cup, a youth soccer tournament held every year in parks around Davis. The HQ is in Community Park, and we've got all the flags up and everyth...

gaza protests on the quad

As on many campuses, here on the UC Davis Quad a group of students protesting the events in Gaza has set up camp over the past few weeks. It's a closed off encampment with a big fence around it, u...

From Rock Bottom to a Winning Season: The Remarkable Turnaround of UC Davis Baseball

When Tommy Nicholson took over the UC Davis baseball program in 2021, few believed in a comeback. By 2024, the Aggies defied expectations with their first winning season since 2015.

any old iron

This backflow preventer is on E Street in downtown Davis. I was starting a new little sketchbook, a pocket sized Moleskine. I like having a smaller book to carry around. It's been a while since I'...

Lando’s Papaya Winner

I do love the Formula 1. Also love a bit of Lego. This is the latest McLaren Lego set, and I happened to get it on the same weekend that McLaren's young British driver Lando Norris happened to win...

Aggie baseball comes from 6-0 down in the ninth to stun Bakersfield

Down to the last strike, Mark Wolbert delivers game-winning home run

Ethiopian food stewing, bakery rising

Taffach Ethiopian, Estelle Bakery, Wildhorse Golf Club, Aggie Yogurt, Fluffy Donuts, Papa Murphy's, Davis Bikes & Skateboards, True Focus Sports and Jackson Temple Spirits in this business column

How to greatly improve the many sports we play and watch

From bobsleds to bowling, a tongue-in-cheek look at what's wrong with every sport in the world

Updated Video Link: Shelley's "Green Ford" Essay

There was an issue with the original video link. Here's the updated one for Shelley's "Green Ford" essay. And here's a link to the essay itself while we are at it.

A Smashing Success: a Thank You and a Recap

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Breezeway last Wednesday. Your support made Bob Dunning's launch unforgettable. And if you missed it, here's the recap.

Davisville for 5:30pm on May 20th, 2024

Aggies claim Big West series win at UC Riverside

UC Davis can finish with a winning record this weekend

Why I said goodbye to the newspaper I loved

Here's the column I wish was my final one. After 25 years, I've moved to Substack.

at froggy’s corner

It was a Saturday, I needed to do a sketch, I went downtown, yada yada yada. Same old story. I'm quite a boring person, truth be told. Oh well. I headed to G Street, which is still blocked off to ...

Where does Aggie football rank this fall?

The first poll of the 2024 season is out

Here I go with my own Coming & Going

As we start this venture, here's what to expect. I welcome you to join me on the journey.

Where to find blooms in Yolo County

Summer is right around the corner, and many of us are looking for ways to immerse ourselves in all its glory. For some, summer means sipping wine at a local [...]

another from the old north

I love the old houses in Old North Davis, that historic neighbourhood just above 5th Street that I cycle through on my way home. This little on on D Street is so pretty with all the colourful flow...

Davis, California has a street for every season and every reason

Can you name every street in Davis? I can't either.

penny farthings at the picnic day parade

Last month was the annual UC Davis Picnic Day, the largest university open house event in America, and a tradition that's been going on since 1909. It's also a day that usually fills me with a bit...

Note to readers: Wednesday Launch Party

Join us Wednesday 5/15 at 5:30 pm at the Breezeway at Thyme Square at 227 E Street (between Peet's and Chipotle.)

May the Porsche be with you

I saw this beauty down on 2nd Street in Davis, opposite the Varsity. Lovely Porsche. I don't know the model, I assumed it was a Carrera, a 911 maybe. I should be like an expert on these things, bu...

Welcome to New Board Member Vishal Mehta

Vishal Mehta is an earth systems scientist who recently started his own small environmental consultancy in Davis. Previously, he was a Senior Scientist with the Stockholm Environment Institute’s W...

The ins and outs - literally - of a colonoscopy

Bob tries (unsuccessfully) to make this awkward procedure fun

Davisville for 5:30pm on May 13th, 2024

Davisville, May 13, 2024: Founding DJ for vanished Davis station in the ’70s, then an astronaut, now KDRT: Steve Robinson comes full circle

Long before he flew four missions on the space shuttle, Steve Robinson was the first DJ of a now-vanished Davis commercial radio station, KYLO, in the late 1970s. Decades later, he’s a professor o...

the downtown aprils

Here are a few downtown sketches from recently, I have more but why drop them all at once, this isn't Netflix. Still you get four here, so that feels like dropping a mini-series and then dropping ...

A sad ending, but a tremendous new beginning

How did we get from 55 years at The Davis Enterprise to Day One at thewaryone.com on Substack?

a block of second street

After Spring Break, the Spring Quarter began, another busy time but at least it wasn't Winter Quarter. In my Quest To Draw Every Inch of Davis (not a real quest) I decided to go down to 2nd Street...

Statement on Local Media from Davis Media Access

24 hours in Vegas

At the end of the Utah trip, we spent the night in Las Vegas. We stayed at the Venetian - well, the Palazzo, the equally fancy and lavish massive hotel next door. It was very very nice. Our room w...

Pardon Our Dust, It's a Remodel

By Autumn Labbe-Renault , Executive Director

Kolob Canyons

It turns out the next national park we would visit was actually Zion again, but a completely different (almost completely separate) part of the park called Kolob Canyons. We were on the long long ...

Davisville for 5:30pm on May 6th, 2024

Bryce Canyon

It was a fairly long drive across southern Utah from Zion to Bryce Canyon National Park, most of which was filled with bluish grey scenery with mysterious mountain backdrops, until we passed throu...

Zion (part 2)

After our day one post-hiking rest at the hotel, we walked down to Zion Village to have dinner at the pub-restaurant there. We had to wait a while for the table, which = more sketching time. I sat...

Donald Terry (Bank of the Sierra)

Donald Terry is the Senior Vice-President & Community Development Officer for Bank of the Sierra and a member of GSEC's Board of Directors. Learn more about why he values economic development, wor...