APRIL 25, THURSDAY Seedy and needy An intoxicated man was knocking at someone’s door on Sapphire Court, and since they didn’t answer, he kept saying, “I’m right here.” APRIL 28, SUNDAY Extra! Extra! Someone was walking through a complex trying to sell a stack of day-old copies of The Davis Enterprise on Pole Line Road. APRIL 29, MONDAY About to croak An injured crow was flopping around on a bench on E Street. Mugshot A man was covertly taking pictures of women from a low angle inside Mishka’s Café on Second Street. APRIL 30, TUESDAY Edward Scissorhands A guy with a bruised and bloody face tried to approach someone while carrying pruning shears on Cantrill Drive. Get the 411…. Someone called the police department wanting help finding a zip code on Donner Avenue. Police briefs are compiled from the City of Davis daily crime bulletins. Contact EINAT GILBOA at city@theaggie.org. ...

On April 25, the Water Advisory Committee (WAC) of Davis met to debate the matter of fluoridating the water in the City of Davis. Since Measure I was passed in mid-March, the WAC has been recreating the Yolo County water system. This led to a decision to construct a new surface water plant — an upgrade that will run in addition to the city’s existing groundwater plants. The proposed construction of this plant, which is slated to be in operation by August 2016, has prompted the WAC to reconsider fluoridating the water in Davis while cost has been prohibitive in the past. According to California Assembly Bill 733, which was passed in 1995, as long as there is funding available, a city must fluoridate its water if it has more than 10,000 residents. However, in the past, according to Dianne Jensen, principal civil engineer with the Davis Public Works Department, “water fluoridation has been ranked at [something like] 136 out of 166” of the city’s spending priorities. The way that... ...

David Breaux cuts a familiar figure at the corner of Third and C streets, a location he has frequented for almost four years compiling Davis residents’ conceptions of the word “compassion.” On April 28, a collaboration of environmental activists, artists and musicians will join Breaux at “Compassion Corner” to celebrate the construction of an Earthbench commemorating his dedication to raising awareness for compassion. The project — spearheaded by Breaux — will incorporate input from UC Davis alumnus Brennan Blazer Bird and locally renowned ceramic artist Mark Rivera. Together with Breaux under the banner of compassion, they will work to produce a functional public artwork that will serve as a lasting reminder of Breaux’s work in the Davis community. “The bench will provide a permanent monument to David’s work, which is to raise awareness about compassion. It’s going to invite people in to share and reflect on their notion of compassion, even when David’s not there,” Bird said. “It’s that sort of deeper meaning and purpose that makes the project so... ...

Critical Mass Central Park Every last Friday of the month 5:30 p.m. On April 26 at 5:30 p.m., you may see more bikes than usual riding down your street. Don’t be surprised — Critical Mass is back in the city of Davis. Critical Mass is a worldwide bicycling event that takes place on the last Friday of every month and has been dormant in Davis for the past year due to a lack of participation. The event is a way for cycling enthusiasts to advocate for bicycle transportation in major cities around the world. Often, Critical Mass is used to protest for better rights for bicyclists. Lucas Hill, a second-year sustainable agriculture major, is hoping to bring it back. Hill said he thinks that the event should be popular in an area with so many bikes. “People in Davis don’t think that Critical Mass is necessary, but because Davis is so bike-friendly, we should be out celebrating it,” Hill said. Hill said he heard about Critical Mass events in other... ...

Steven Zhang, a UC Davis graduate, started his own shirt screening business — formerly known as SacShirts — while enrolled in school to help offset the costs of his tuition. Since its humble beginnings in Zhang’s garage in late 2011, the business has recently relocated to an office in Sacramento on Broadway and 21st streets, and was renamed and rebranded as Qissa. Zhang started his business while attending UC Davis when he realized that there was a need for a shirt screening business that could specialize in smaller orders, because so many companies had minimum order requirements that smaller clubs and groups had trouble filling. After graduating from UC Davis, Zhang began to work for Wells Fargo but kept up his shirt printing business on the side. A year ago, he decided to quit his job at Wells Fargo and pursue his dream of being a full-time business owner. “I felt like I was selling my soul to corporate giants,” Zhang said. Qissa is Punjabi for “pursue passion,” which goes... ...

April 10 marked the start of the weeklong 43rd Capitol-to-Capitol trip, a lobbying effort in which participants discuss initiatives that affect the Sacramento region with representatives in Washington, D.C. This year’s trip included representatives from the City of Davis, Yolo County, UC Davis, local businesses, Davis Chamber of Commerce and recent UC Davis graduates. “The legislative folks and the agencies — when they see elected officials take time to come and talk with them directly, it really sends a strong message,” said Rob White, chief innovation officer for the City of Davis. White said that the Capitol-to-Capitol trip gives elected officials the opportunity to interact with other regional representatives to see what they are doing in their areas as well as see how representatives in Washington, D.C. are acting on issues that affect Davis. “There really is no other environment [in which] we are able to interact with elected officials in a systematic and organized way,” White said. “You get to meet with all those folks that are going to... ...

SUNDAY Handle your $#1*! A guy urinated on himself and passed out inside Chipotle on E Street. Doesn’t add up Someone reported a person was harassing them by whispering while they were trying to study math at the library on East 14th Street. Brewski bomb People were on the roof, throwing cans of beer from a slingshot on Oeste Drive. Out of their hands A female was reported for having her hands down a guy’s pants on F Street. Bucking naked A naked guy was running down the street, picking fights on Russell Boulevard. Three’s a crowd Someone reported that her roommates were having a party with over 300 attendees and wanted help breaking it up on Russell Boulevard. Body conscious A person reported that a garment bag, which appeared to have something in it, was hanging from the fence of their home and they were afraid to approach it on Lehigh Drive. Waterfoul Several subjects were on top of the parking structure on F Street dumping liquid over the... ...

At a March 5 meeting, the Davis City Council voted to delay the decision to reconfigure fire engine staffing for the Davis Fire Department until June. “We wanted to get more information and look at [it] in the greater context. At the time of the meeting, it was getting late and we didn’t want to make important decisions when so many community members weren’t present,” said Davis City Council member Rochelle Swanson. At a fall 2012 city council meeting, former Interim Fire Department Chief Scott Kenley proposed to make changes to the fire department staffing model, in hopes of a safer and more cost-effective model. The current model calls for 12 on-duty members with four people per engine at the West, Central and South Davis stations. The new model would instead require 11 people on duty with three people per engine, as well as an additional two medical responders at the Central Davis station. “Ninety percent of calls the fire department receives are non-fire related. The proposed two person medical... ...

On Feb. 28, the New York Federal Reserve released a report stating that student debt has tripled in the past eight years. The federal report indicated that the increase in student debt is a result of more people attending college and graduate school, as well as staying longer in college. Additionally, discarding student debt is difficult and the balance stays with the borrower. “Due to increasing enrollment and rising cost of higher education, student loans play an increasingly important role in financing higher education. Student debt almost tripled between 2004 and 2012, and stands at $966 billion as of 2012,” said author Donghoon Lee in the Federal Reserve’s Household Debt and Credit: Student Debt report. Joyce Cleaver, data analyst for the UC Davis Financial Aid Office, responded with a different take in regard to debt at UC Davis. “This [student debt tripling] has certainly not been the case at UC Davis. We feel very good about the fact that our students are graduating with far less debt than the national... ...

WEDNESDAY 4/10 The perfect crime An unknown suspect entered a home through an unlocked door and stole three MacBook Pros on Apple Lane. THURSDAY 4/11 Extreme couponing A customer swung at the manager of a restaurant because he was upset over not being able to use a coupon on G Street. SATURDAY 4/13 Footloose and fancy pee An intoxicated guy urinated on his vehicle on Second Street. SUNDAY 4/14 Joyride Two adult males with overstuffed backpacks and shaved heads were riding small pink bikes on Second Street. A+ signaling Someone driving a white pickup swerved, flipped people off and threw a drink at the vehicle behind her on Fifth Street. MONDAY 4/15 Distractions can be taxing Somebody complained that she couldn’t focus on her taxes because some officers had a suspect detained in front of her house, and her dog was going crazy on Olympic Drive. Police briefs are compiled from the City of Davis daily crime bulletins. Contact EINAT GILBOA at city@theaggie.org. ...

On March 29, the City of Davis was served an amended lawsuit over the city’s water rates. The new suit alleges that the city’s wastewater and water rates are in violation of Proposition 218, which states that a ratepayer cannot be charged more than the cost of supplying water to their property. Additionally, the lawsuit states that the City of Davis has not been charging itself for its water and wastewater usage. The plaintiffs, Yolo Ratepayers for Affordable Public Utility Services (YRAPUS) and John Munn, the former president of the Yolo County Taxpayers Association, are represented by former Davis City Council member Michael Harrington. “We’re going after them for the wastewater rates because they treat themselves like they do water,” Harrington said. “The rates, we think, are illegal and in fact, the city knows it.” The plaintiffs believe the wastewater rates are illegal because monthly fees are based on potable water usage rather than the actual amount of water that enters the city’s wastewater system. Wastewater rates are calculated from... ...

In May, Yolo County will become the second county in California to employ Neighborhood Court, a method of restorative justice, in Davis and on the UC Davis campus. This program, a partnership between Yolo County District Attorney (DA) Jeff Reisig, the Davis Police Department and the UC Davis Police Department, will handle low-level, nonviolent adult criminal offenses that would normally proceed through the criminal court system. There will be a separate neighborhood court for the UC Davis campus and another for the Davis community. According to Reisig, the process of establishing a Neighborhood Court in Yolo County began in January, although he first began to consider the idea after a conference with other district attorneys about a year ago. Inspired by the success of the neighborhood court implemented in San Francisco by District Attorney George Gascon, Reisig believed a neighborhood court would be suitable for Davis as well. “What intrigued me about it was that it’s a total alternative to the criminal process for low-level crimes,” Reisig said. “I was... ...