Neighborhood park users interested in sharing their input for the future of parks and recreation inDavis are encouraged to attend a7p.m.meetingtodayat theVeteransMemorialCenter on203E.14thSt.

The San Francisco Bay-Delta longfin smelt is being reviewed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for possible endangered species status. Three organizations, TheBay Institute, theCenter for Biological Diversity and theNatural Resources Defense Council teamed up and wrote a petition, which was submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Aug. 8, 2007 requesting the service consider the species of fish for threatened or endangered status.

BarackObama is almost certain of a victory,but Hillary Clinton‘s one-of-a-kind determination to finish the fight until the end is something that heshould worry about.All throughout this extraordinary campaign,America has witnessed thatClinton‘s monumental fighting spirit to withstand the most devastating defeat is always strongest when struggling desperately for survival.

This Thursday, Davis local businesses will be heading out to Community Park. The Davis Chamber of Commerce’s Fifth Annual Celebrate Davis! festival will be heldWednesdayat Community Park, located at 14thand F streets. Festivities start at 4:30 p.m. and conclude with a fireworks show at 9 p.m.

n early March, The Sacramento Bee compiled a salary database of all state employees, which is accessible for free on its website. In the following weeks, several complaints were received, primarily from workers’ unions who disagree with posting so much public information, including the first and last name, job title or agency and the base pay of employees.

California State Assembly Bill 2168 will be heard and hopefully approved by the appropriations committee Wednesday. The bill would relax the restrictions currently in place on what farmers can sell at roadside stands. Presently, farmers are allowed to sell only whole items grown on their property, which prevents them from making bottled water or homemade processed foods such as jams or pies available to the roadside consumer.

TODAY Israeli soccer literature talk Noon 2203 Social Science and Humanities Alon Raab, lecturer in Jewish and religious studies, will give a talk titled “From Rabinovitch and the Burden of Jewish History to Beckham’s Thigh: Israeli Soccer Literature.”

Esparto, Yolo County’s largest rural unincorporated community, recently received two EPA Brownfields Assessment grants to help with its downtown revitalization project. The two grants are for $200,000 each and will evaluate the presence of hazardous substances and petroleum, respectively, at certain locations within the community.

This year at the Whole Earth Festival (WEF), the party was at the DJ Stage, coordinated by Kelly Scott, also known as Kelly D, a UC Davis staff member. Tucked away from the booths and food stands was the DJ stage, which set the scene for two nights of high-energy music and dancing.

Walking the greens of the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf West Regional, UC Davis wasn’t just happy to be there. But there were so many reasons why they should’ve been.

Making its first appearance at the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, Pa. since taking third in the 2004 grand final, the UC Davis women’s rowing team made its return known. “We wanted to focus on our race plan and not everybody else,” said head coach Carissa Adams. “We felt if we could execute our race place then we could win.”

UC Davis is among the first colleges in the nation to launch the new iTunes U site. iTunes U allows users to gain free access to files, including music, podcasts, event highlights and campus news.