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Daily Archives - October 30, 2008

October 30 2008 Archives

Halloween Happenings

Arts & CultureOctober 30, 2008
Cool Patch Pumpkins Open now until Nov.9,9a.m.to9p.m.,$10 8850Currey Road or8700Sievers Road in Dixon

Farmers file lawsuit opposing prison facility in county

City NewsOctober 30, 2008
The Yolo County Board of Supervisors‘ plan to locate a re-entry prison facility in the county has faced strong local opposition. The Yolo County Farm Bureau,which represents farmers in the county,recently filed a lawsuit against the Board of Supervisors opposing plans to locate the facility in a rural part of the county near the town of Madison.Members of thefarm bureausaid there are several flaws with the proposed location of the prison facility.

Editorial: Most bond measures expensive, unnecessary

OpinionOctober 30, 2008
Proposition1A:Yes. This initiative will unite the state,reduce fossil fuel emissions and help take the burden off of California’s already notoriously over-crowded highways.Establishing high-speed rail is an unprecedented step forward in finding alternative forms of transportation for Californians.Though this is an expensive bond measure,the end result is well worth the cost.

Dining in Davis: Yolo Berry Yogurt

FeaturesOctober 30, 2008
Walking into Yolo Berry Yogurt, you’ll feel like a kid in a candy store. The new frozen yogurt place sports an entire wall of candy – with some frozen yogurt on the side. Boasting 101 toppings, the sweet spot on C Street can surely top your night off with everything from rainbow sprinkles to apple […]

Daily Calendar

FeaturesOctober 30, 2008
TODAY Early voting 10a.m.to4p.m. MU,across from Post Office If you’re registered to vote in Yolo County,stop by to vote this week! Go inon Halloween and vote in costume if you’d like.

Artsweek

Arts & CultureOctober 30, 2008
MUSIC Thin Air Trio with Margriet Naber Tchicai Today,7:30p.m. Delta of Venus Feeling a bit anti-brocial lately? Good food and some live jazz from Thin Air Trio and pianist Margriet Naber Tchicai should do the trick.Problem solved.

Aggie Trivia

FeaturesOctober 30, 2008
Gary Snyder,a UC Davis English professor,won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in1975.

A focus on Haiti’s social conditions

Arts & CultureOctober 30, 2008
Lining the walls of the Memorial Union’s Art Lounge are photographs of children,staring intently into the camera.Their beaming faces fill the canvas and command attention,even more so than the piles of filth that they are standing in.