Give Your Old Shovels New Life as Art Project

Visitors to the UC Davis Arboretum could soon be greeted by a mass of shovels. An Alabama artist will build a gateway for the east side of the arboretum and public garden, and needs materials.

The Davis Whole Foods is hosting a beer- and food-tasting event at 6:30 p.m. Friday, and the admission fee is $5 or one used shovel. Read more here.

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Are plastic bags a problem in Davis? A story Sunday in the Davis Enterprise took a look at plans being mulled by city officials to ban single-use plastic bags.

A debate among commenters asked if a bag-banning ordinance is needed at all–and whether they accumulate near the Yolo County Central Landfill in Woodland.

What have you seen?

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Ryan Baird, a Davis High School graduate, was sentenced to 23 years to life last week for a deadly DUI crash.

Baird drove three friends home from a 2012 barbecue in Woodland, but crashed at high speed; the car rolled and all three friends were thrown from it. One of them died at the scene, another was in a coma for weeks and the third suffered a broken back and arm.

Read the full Yolo County press release here, and an in-depth Davis Vanguard article on Baird's trial here.

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UC Davis has a new top communications staffer, and she'll be paid more than any comparable person in the UC system.

According to the Sacramento Bee, Luanne Lawrence will be paid $260,000 as the university's Associate Chancellor for Strategic Communications, a new position.

The Associated Press reports UC Davis is trying to raise its public profile and visibility.

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