Despite the community’s best efforts to help, the Davis Joint Unified School District is still looking for money to avoid losing teachers and programs.

TUESDAY Tcheka concert 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The Quad SummerMusic 2008, a free concert series put on by the Mondavi Center, will kick off Tcheka’s blend of world music and jazz. Go enjoy this free event!

In the July 10 issue of The California Aggie, the article “UC opposes bill to protect journalism advisers” stated that the University of California expressed its opposition to Senate Bill 1370. The article should have stated that the UC Office of the President opposes the bill, not the entire UC system. The Aggie regrets the error.

The city of Davis responded last week to the Yolo County Grand Jury’s investigation of the Davis Fire Department by announcing its intention to hire an independent investigator to evaluate the jury’s report of inconsistent promotion practices stemming from a close alliance with the union.

The University of California expressed its opposition to a bill currently in the California legislature that aims to prohibit high schools and public universities from taking disciplinary action against journalism advisers for protecting students’ freedom of speech.

Don’t be surprised – little munchkins dressed in green are taking over the UC Davis campus, at least for the summer. At the Activities and Recreation Center, kids in face paint are as prominent as weightlifters pumping iron.

With fuel and food prices on the rise, University of California cooperative extension adviser and historian Rose Hayden-Smith recommends a home-grown solution – the Victory Garden. Although the name may evoke a sense of World War II-era nostalgia, Hayden-Smith believes the Victory Garden needs to make a comeback but in a different context.

English is his second language and Russian is his first, but for the Moscow-born artist Ted Vasin, his native tongue is his art. Just don’t ask Vasin to communicate his inspirations.

The UC Davis Center for Entrepreneurship is currently hosting 50 students from around the world for the second annual Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy (GTEA) in Incline Village, Nev.

As a follow-up to 2006’s Flatlanders exhibition, which presented the work of 46 artists residing in the Davis, Woodland and Sacramento areas, the Nelson Gallery is presenting its second biennial installment, Flatlanders 2.

In 2007, only 18.1 percent of students in the United States who received a bachelor’s degree in engineering were female. Surprised by the disproportionate number of males and females? Don’t be.

Despite massive support from both state and national agencies, fires continue to burn across Northern California. While the majority of the fires that began in June have been extinguished, smoke from remaining fires still pollutes the air.