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Thursday, May 4, 2023

UC-Davis Turmoil

Three stabbings have occurred in the area around the UC-Davis campus. These events have led to shelter in place orders, remote rather than in-person classes, and other disruptions. From the Sacramento Bee:

The University of California, Davis, campus is transitioning all classes scheduled to end after 6 p.m. to be taught remotely, one of the measures implemented to ensure the safety of staff and students as police continue to look for the assailant in three stabbings that killed two men and seriously wounded a woman in the college town. UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May said the change to online classes will be indefinite as the investigation unfolds into the attacks that occurred not far from the university’s footprint. The three stabbings over in less than a week have left a well-known community member promoting kindness and a UC Davis student with a promising future death [sic]. The third, most recent attack occurred at a homeless encampment late Monday, when the assailant plunged a knife into the side wall of a tent and stabbed the woman inside. She remains in critical but stable condition Tuesday at a hospital. UC Davis students and employees have expressed genuine fear as the city is gripped by the unusual spate of violence...

Full story at https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article274994926.html.

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