Davis In The Media

From talk shows to magazines, the media loves Davis. Check out some of the places Davis has been in the news:
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• 2010, March 6 - NBC's Saturday Night Live sketch satirizing CNN's Situation Room includes a letter response to the recent campus protests from fictitious UC Davis student Mike D'Agostino: "I think the real problem on campus is the food. Why I got to eat turkey burgers every day? And why they don't serve dinner at 3 a.m. when I hungry. And where my Frisbee at?"

• 2009, October - Davis is featured in a Sunset Magazine article titled "The 20-Minute Good Life." Photos include a local family (the Wrights) enjoying parks and biking, the Farmers Market, the Davis Food Coop, the train station, and Burgers and Brew. Noted in the article for the city's "pattern of smart growth and commitment to quality of life" are the developments of Village Homes and Aggie Village, and a large bike population and "dynamic and compact downtown."

• 2008, July 22 - The New York Times features Davis as one of the Towns They Don’t Want to Leave, a story about former students that live in college towns post-graduation.

• 2007 - Huell Howser hosts a tour of UC Davis and gets really excited about the Arboretum, bicycles, and other stuff we all take for granted. It is definitely worth a watch.

• 2005, August - Outside Magazine Article calls Davis one of the "The New American Dream Towns."

• 2005, August 24 - Davis makes The Drudge Report over the public meeting where protesters revolted, took over, and ran the meeting themselves. The meeting was regarding mosquito spraying to try to prevent the spread of West Nile Virus.

• AP Article Quote, "About 30 minutes into the session, audience members revolted against the format, arguing that residents should be able to speak. Asmundson abruptly halted the session and directed the panel to leave the City Hall dais. Opponents of the spraying took over the meeting and quickly restored order. They elected as their leader a local woman who had caught the virus."

• 2002 - The first season of MTV's Sorority Life recorded the exploits of Davis' very own Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi sorority.

• 2001, May 8 - Season 4 Episode 22 of Dharma & Greg. Greg receives visits from a UC Davis botanist for soil analysis and fertilizer advice on his community garden plot.

• 2000, April - Maxim Magazine did an article on Davis Police Department Trading Cards.

• Davis has been on The Daily Show at least a couple of times.

• Rumor has it that the moniker the People's Republic of Davis dates back to the 1970s, and has been used by Rush Limbaugh on his radio talk show. Limbaugh was a Sacramento talk show host in the 1980s.

The Davis Wiki has had its own media mentions, and some Davisites create their own buzz by posting videos online.

The Davis on TV page should probably just be merged into this one, and then deleted.