Yolo County Voices

rainy days in the south of france

Provence is usually sunnier than this. I woke up one morning for my usual early sketch and pain-au-chocolat run, to the sound of heavy rain against the cobbles. We were heading to Nice that mornin...

the return to aix

We took a few days away from London in the south of France. We went first to Aix-en-Provence, the very city where my wife and I met each other, 22 years ago. This was the first time we had been ba...

White House Rules: No childless cat ladies allowed

How many kids must a candidate have to qualify for the Presidency?

Of God and guns and an assassin's bullet

"Be Not Afraid" is spread throughout the Good Book

Aggies picked to finish 4th in both Big Sky Conference football polls

UC Davis running back Lan Larison is named conference's preseason Offensive Player of the Year

Today, I’m letting the photos do most of the talking

Check out the progress being made on seven local business projects

a few more corners of London

Before I dive into my sketches from the south of France, here are a few more London corners that I caught between doing other things. Above, a quick sketch of Neal's Yard, while my family were loo...

typhoon and spitfire

We visited the Royal Air Force Museum in Colindale, London (RAF Hendon), a place I really like because it's so full of historic old fighter planes, and also really close to where my mum lives, whe...

A major Republican demand might end up benefiting Kamala Harris' White House bid

Republicans demand that Biden leave office immediately, but that could quickly backfire

still alive on denmark street

This is the acoustic guitar room upstairs at Hank's on London's famous Denmark Street. I love it in there, it feels like it hasn't changed much since I would go in there as a teenager and early tw...

A foolproof plan to keep Biden in the White House to serve a second term

Snatching victory from the jaws of certain defeat, Biden has the law on his side

primrose hill

This might be the best view in London, and it's been many years since I went up there. Primrose Hill, just above Regent's Park. After a day exploring the Spitalfields area of London, we were all a...

Aggies-Griz may have a football Snow Bowl this fall

November 9 game in Missoula will part of a nationally televised Big Sky After Dark showdown

Rhombus Expands to Iconic Ice Blocks in Midtown Sacramento

Rhombus, a leader in cloud-managed physical security, is excited to announce its move to an expanded office space at 1610 R Street in the heart of Sacramento’s Midtown. Fueled by new investments a...

A chance one-on-one with a former president reveals a common bond

The day George H.W. Bush and I oddly found ourselves alone together

Nonprofits form to save Watermelon Music and Natural Food Works

Meanwhile, the ‘Tasty' trend continues in downtown Davis

parkway places

I found myself once again on Camden Parkway. I always seem to end up here. It's like a default setting, like if you lose something and it's down the back of the couch, this is where you'll find it...

That wondrous day so many years ago when an American president took the night train to Davis

The crowd was almost as big as the town and not a single soul went away disappointed

the towers of westminster

This is Westminster Cathedral. No not Westminster Abbey, this one is a little further up Victoria Street, free to go inside, and according to the priest I spoke to a few years ago they have the be...

among the stones in hampstead and highgate

I think I sought out quieter spots on this London trip, I wasn't really looking for the busy crowds and bustle of the city, it's been too stressful a year for that. I found myself in Hampstead a f...