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SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2022
Marsh murder case heads back to appellate court By Lauren Keene
Gov. Gavin Newsom outlined a strategy to bolster the state’s shrinking water supply at an Aug. 11 press conference with a desalination plant under construction in Antioch as a backdrop.
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Anthony York, a spokesperson for the governor, told CalMatters. “That’s a huge deal for ag.” Despite an ongoing drought that grips the state, the governor’s strategies will not increase the amounts of water available to urban areas and farms in the near future: For instance, it sets a 2030 target for recycling 800,000 acre-feet of water by 2030 — an 8% increase from the amount recycled in
Daniel Marsh’s sentence for a Davis double homicide — deemed final nearly a year ago by a state appellate court — may not be final after all. Late last week, the California Supreme Court sent the case back to the Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento to review its September 2021 ruling in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in a similar case. Marsh was 15 years old when he brutally stabbed local attorney Oliver “Chip” Northup, 87; and his wife Claudia Maupin, 76, in their South Davis condominium in April 2013, later telling authorities the carefully planned crime gave him an “exhilarating” feeling. Tried as an adult, Marsh received a state prison sentence of 52 years to life, although his juvenile status would make him eligible for a parole hearing after 25 years. Then came Proposition 57, approved by voters in 2016, which stripped district attorneys of the ability to directly file juvenile cases in adult court — as was permitted at the time of Marsh’s arrest — and instead required a judge’s ruling following a
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Newsom zeroes in on water By Rachel Becker
change brings warmer, drier conditions throughout the state.
CalMatters California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday unveiled a broad strategy for bolstering the state’s water supply that includes targets to recycle more water, expand reservoir storage and collect more data on the amounts farmers use. Newsom warned that new strategies are essential because California’s water supply will shrink by 10% as climate
The plan, however, has limited details, distant deadlines and does not include a water conservation mandate. It also does not include measures to substantially address water use by agriculture, which uses about four times more water in California than people in urban areas use. Included in the plan are possible grants to fallow fields and
programs to collect timely data on how much surface water growers use. It also floats the possibility of regulations to curtail growers’ pumping from rivers and streams beyond drought emergencies. The new report mentions that the state’s administration of a complex and archaic water rights system — entrenched since the Gold Rush — needs changes. ”That is something (Newsom) will lean into,”
Planners OK another car wash By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer The Davis Planning Commission approved another car wash in South Davis this week, the third in the last five months. The project approved unanimously by the commission on Wednesday will redevelop an existing auto service station at 4480 Chiles Road as an ARCO station with an AM/PM convenience store, car wash and more. Back in June, planning commissioners approved a new car wash at the Valero station on Chiles Road east of Mace Boulevard but delayed action on the project approved Wednesday as
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commissioners wanted additional information about what trees would be removed from the site. With that information in hand on Wednesday, commissioners greenlit the project. The action came five months after planning commissioners approved an express car wash at the nearby intersection of Mace and Cowell boulevards and follows a city ban on residents washing cars in their driveways. The vote to approve the ARCO station and car wash on Wednesday was unanimous — 5-0 — unlike the vote in June on the Valero station and car wash. During that meeting, several
WEATHER Today: Sunny with increasing heat. High 99. Low 63.
planning commissioners expressed hesitation about adding another car wash in the area and Commissioners David Robertson, Darryl Rutherford and Georgina Valencia opposed the project. Rutherford said at the time that given the ongoing drought, it’s “not prudent to approve another project with a car wash.” “I’m fine with the project,” he added, “I just don’t like the car wash.” At this week’s meeting, neither Robertson nor Valencia were present (Robertson has resigned from the commission) and Rutherford voted in favor
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Davis Cannabis Collective: ‘Healers, not dealers’ By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer The Davis Cannabis Collective has been serving its community proudly since Oct 9, 2018. Although trepidation still exists surrounding marijuana use, the DCC’s a legitimate business that lays outdated “stoner” stereotypes to rest. Back in the 2010s, the city passed an ordinance for retail cannabis use. Thirteen retail businesses applied, and out of those, five were selected to open up shop, including DCC and its team of experienced cannabis connoisseurs.
“I started working at a dispensary about nine years ago, and I helped a lot of patients in that time,” CEO/CFO Ashley Kammerer said. “Of course, then it was all medical patients and I’d help about 30 to 40 a day and that adds up over time. Now I’ve helped thousands of people find cannabis products and it gives you real insight into the cannabis plant and how it works for people because you’re in a place where you’re getting nonstop feedback about how it’s helping,”
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