Details of what the future will bring for U.S. Bank on the UC Davis campus are still hazy after the bank announced the branch’s closure in the wake of the Occupy UC Davis movement, but a school official said he is hopeful that the partnership can be restored. “The biggest impact if this relationship can’t be salvaged is that student programs won’t earn the money they were slated to earn,” university spokesman Barry Schiller said Tuesday, adding that the best-hope figures put those earnings at $3 million over 10 years. “In the last year, I believe that it was something on the order of about $167,000 for student programs,” Schiller said. The money was channeled to the student programs as

The holidays are ending, and so is 2011. As celebrations wind down, we brace ourselves for a new beginning in 2012. As we look back at what this year has brought us, The Sacramento Press asked those in Sacramento how they’ll be remembering this year. David Cruz, 32, lives in Marysville. His first New Year’s resolution is to not break the following resolutions: stay healthy through more bike riding, “put himself out there” at work and to spend more time with his kids. Cruz said this was the first year his family had a Christmas tree, and called it his “first real Christmas in five years.” On New Year’s Eve, Cruz said, he plans to try and keep his kids awake at midnight so that they can wa

For the past few months cities across America have seen crowds of protestors taking to the streets angered by the state of the U.S. economy in the wake of noticeable corporate greed, Wall Street failures, and home lending corruption scandals to name a few gripes. In what has become known as the “Occupy Wall Street” or “OWS” movement, citizen discourse has largely become a protest of “We won’t take it anymore” politics, against the widening wealth divide and continued mistrust of a political system. A type of corporate-political combo agenda that has seemingly sold out main street Americans for the greater catered interest of the top one percent richest people. Now this does not on its surf

The City Attorney’s office released a statement Wednesday saying charges against some of the people arrested for violating park curfew hours at Cesar Chavez Plaza will be dropped and the cases dismissed “in the interest of justice.” City Attorney Eileen Teichet said in a press release that a limited number of cases against people charged with only one violation of the city code would be dismissed. “After evaluating the facts of each case and criminal history of each defendant,” Teichert said in the press release, “the City Attorney’s office has determined that the arrest and jail time that each dismissed defendant served achieved the People of the State of California’s demand for substan

In doing research to better understand the Occupy Wall Street movement, I have come to realize a few things. One is that though I feel the movement may not be as organized and direct as other movements, their cause is respectable. Two, it is still early for our brothers and sisters taking to the streets, so only time will tell whether or not the movement did anything more than cause some chaos. And three, there is at least one guy who stands firmly behind the OWS movement with his mind, body, and penis. That's right. Billy D. (if I had to guess that is not his legal name nor his Christian name) claims to have had at least 5 sexual encounters that were facilitated by OWS demonstrations. He

In the wake of a rejected special permit to occupy Cesar Chavez Plaza 24 hours a day, Occupy Sacramento protesters expanded their occupation to the front door of City Hall, 915 I St., on Tuesday. “We want to fully exercise our First Amendment right to assemble,” Kevin Carter, 55, a youth volunteer and an Occupy Sacramento outreach coordinator said. “If our grievances are going to be addressed, they need to be addressed right here.” Protesters packed up some of their canopies, tents and information tables Tuesday and gathered at the front of Old City Hall as well as on the lawns in front of the new City Hall building, immediately behind the older building. “Our statement is simply this,”

It’s cold out there. It never stops raining. Despite some chilly conditions, the weather was not cold enough to deter the warmth heralded by the protestors of Occupy Sacramento who kept marching on Nov. 5 in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street for bank transfer day. Some are people whose homes have been taken away due to foreclosure. Others are disappointed because their children’s favorite teacher has been cut from lack of funding in their public school. Some just can’t get the health insurance they need. Others are sick and tired of the lies fed by government. Others are aging and their basic Social Security check no longer covers their necessities. Others are people on disability whose

Over the past few weeks, what is known as the "Occupy" movement has gained national attention. What started out as Occupy Wall Street in New York City has become a national phenomena and people are starting to "occupy" everything. In Oakland, CA they occupied the port of Oakland and a Whole Foods grocery store, in Fresno, CA they occupied a fruit stand and a Gottschalks, in Texas they occupied Fiesta Texas and Whataburger (that actually sounds pretty fun), and in Delaware they occupied...well they just occupied. Here in Sacramento the location of Occupy is a bit more controversial. They have decided to occupy a city park that has hours in which no one is allowed to be there. This brought

Federal Judge Morrison England denied a motion by attorneys for Occupy Sacramento Thursday to order a temporary restraining order against the city from enforcing a parks ordinance that limits park hours. The motion was filed Tuesday as an emergency request by local civil rights attorney Mark Merin on behalf of Occupy Sacramento in an attempt to prevent the city from arresting protesters who remained in Cesar Chavez Plaza – the site of the occupation since Oct. 6 – in violation of park curfew. “I’m disappointed in the decision,” Merin said after the ruling. “Obviously, we hoped the judge would see the case differently than he did.” The restraining order motion was part of a recent lawsui

I turned on the news tonight. I like doing that now. That and talk radio. I have only been 30 for a week and a a few days and already I am watching more news, listening to am radio stations, forgetting a lot of things, and wearing church socks with shorts in November. This whole occupy something movement really has caught my attention. When it first got off the ground I had no real interest in it but now that it looks like it has no plans on dying down, it has sparked my curiosity. What I am curious about is how attacking businesses and interfering with people who have a job to do benefits the cause. I understand that corporate greed is the enemy, but people need to realize that these co

Why Occupy? Right now, regular folks ― young, smart, educated young people ― are frustrated because they don't see a way to claim their piece of the American dream. For Julio Escobar, 19, a Sacramento City College student who grew up in Oak Park, the decision to stay and offer himself up for arrest by not leaving Cesar Chavez Park was one of principle.   The issue with the park started on Oct. 6, when 19 protestors elected to stay after closing at Cesar Chavez Park on behalf of the 99%. The nineteen took the bullet for the majority refusing to leave in civil disobedience despite repeated warnings by the police to disburse or be taken to jail. A video of the events unfolding can be se