Davisville, Jan. 26, 2026: You have four weeks to make a short movie. On your mark …

One of the new events in Davis for 2026 is a competition, led by a Davis marine biologist whose awards include an Emmy for his camera work, that’s open to anyone willing to make a short movie during the next month....

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Davisville, Jan. 12, 2026: With research cuts, ‘this is what you’re giving up’

The Trump administration’s deep cuts to federal spending on university research have prompted Ed Kiggins, who leads communications for the UC Davis College of Letters and Science, to start the Minds Over Matters podcast highlighting research at UC Davis. Every two...

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Davisville, Dec. 29, 2025: Three ideas about Davis

The turn of the year is a natural time to step outside the usual stream of events, and that’s what we do today. We asked three previous guests of Davisville to each offer an observation about Davis as 2026 begins —...

Davisville, Dec. 15, 2025: Crest movie palace focuses on its next era

The Crest movie theater in downtown Sacramento has changed its mix of attractions several times during its long history — the vaudeville-era graffiti near the top of the curtains is one sign of that — and owner Bob Emerick has begun...

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Davisville, Dec. 1, 2025: The silver lining is the public’s response

It’s been a strange year for food relief, marked most recently by the sporadic suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) aid during the federal government shutdown this fall. Today on Davisville we talk with two people deeply involved in different...

Davisville, Nov. 17, 2025: Davis critic Derrick Bang sizes up 2025’s year-end movies

Today we enjoy Davisville’s annual fall movie show in which Davis film critic Derrick Bang (pictured at KDRT on Nov. 16) tells us about movies he’s looking forward to as 2025 ends, plus ones he’ll dodge if he sees them sauntering...

Davisville, Nov. 3, 2025: Yolo Local news and information project takes another step forward

Yolo Local, an emerging Davis Media Access project to create a new place for local information and news -- with the goal of countering the decline of local news outlets -- has wrapped up several months of conversations and research to...

Davisville, Oct. 20, 2025: Explorit might have found a way back

The Explorit Science Center in Davis, which suspended operations this year after the death of a major donor, has begun to form plans for how it might return. It has a $50,000 pledge from one of its founding families — the...

Davisville, Oct. 6, 2025: When you’re feeling stressed, amber light can help you feel better

With all the anxiety loose in the land, this discovery is timely and practical: Amber lighting reduces your stress.

That’s the gist of recent research at the University of California at Davis that touches on psychology as well as lighting and...

Davisville, Sept. 22, 2025: Useful but dull information + humor = attention

You’ve got information. People need to hear it. It’s useful ... and it’s dull. This circumstance is a common problem for people who work in communications, such as today’s guest, Mark Deamer. One way to draw the disinterested is humor, if...

Davisville, Sept. 8, 2025: We talk with Benjy Egel, food editor for Abridged, a major new source of regional news

Greater Sacramento will gain a promising new source of news and information when Abridged, part of Sacramento public TV station KVIE, officially debuts on Sept. 16. Benjy Egel (pictured), who grew up in Davis and formerly wrote about food for the...

Davisville, Aug. 25, 2025: About 7 percent of rentals in Davis are vacant, says broker, who sees lower rents in '26

About 7 percent, and maybe as much as 10 percent, of rentals in Davis are currently vacant, says Davis real estate broker and manager Kit Boschken on this week’s Davisville. That's highly unusual for Davis, especially in August. The rate was...