With the June 3 Davis City Council election just around the corner, candidates are ratcheting up efforts to get their names and messages out to voters. Taking the form of mailers, websites and lawn posters, campaign publicity deals primarily with increasing name recognition, even while the major candidates in the race assert their aim to engage in a more substantive discourse with voters.

California’s massive adult entertainment industry might be able to help the state out of its current budgetary woes. A bill working its way through the legislature aims to impose a 25 percent tax on income received from adult entertainment venues – colloquially referred to as strip clubs, adult bookstores and “peep shows.”

Event:NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament– Stanford Regional Teams:UC Davis vs.No.15Stanford vs.Pepperdine vs.Arkansas Records:Aggies,34-22; Cardinal,33-21-2; Waves,36-19; Razorbacks,34-22

If you’re the oldest in the family, you may be one of the unlucky ones in terms of allergies. According to a recent study from the University of South Carolina, first-born children are at a higher risk of developing allergies and asthma because they experience different conditions in the uterus from their younger siblings.