pparently, you need more than a household oven to cook up an engagement ring. That’s what Babak Sanii discovered when he decided to make – rather than purchase – an engagement ring for his girlfriend of four years, Claudia Chung. Sanii made the sterling platinum ring at the UC Davis Craft Center.

The UC Davis Stem Cell Program was awarded $20 million by the governing board of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) on May 7 as part of their Major Facilities Grant program. “UC Davis had obviously showcased both its existing expertise, experience and capabilities,” said senior public information officer for the UC Davis Health System Charles Casey in an e-mail interview.

A billow of smoke appeared from below the groundMondayat approximately1:50p.m.on the east side of Olson Hall.The fire started below the ground in a grate and was put outbefore causing any structural damagebyDewight Kramer,assistant network administrator in the social sciences department.

As many of you may have noticed, this weekend marked the 39th annual Whole Earth Festival at the UC Davis campus. For some university students, Whole Earth Festival might only translate to dealing with the mass migration of semi-nude hippies onto the campus Quad, or avoiding the multitude of vendors trying to exchange hand-made dream catchers and hemp bracelets for the gas money needed to reach their next scheduled gathering.

here are crushes in life that are extremely impossible (more so than usual). The never-in-your-life-should-you-or-even-could pursue this person kind, where you have absolutely no chance whatsoever due to the fact that they probably don’t even know who you are and that it can be seen as “wrong,” such as: your mother’s best friend, your TA/professor or that guy in HR that is like, 16 years older than you.

Given their dismal 6-21 non-conference record, it would be easy to write off any series against the Highlanders as an easy win. This past weekend at the Riverside Sports Complex, the Aggies (30-19, 10-8) learned that UC Riverside (18-27, 12-6) sat second in the Big West Conference for good reason.

FRIDAY Gold mine? Individuals were seen stealing recyclables from bins.

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.