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.

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.

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 […]

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.

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.

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

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.

Today “Poverty and Obesity—The Challenge in Accessing Healthy Foods Among The Poorest“ Diana Cassady Mee Room,Memorial Union,noon to1p.m. Sponsored by Campus Community Relations,Public Health Sciences

The UC Davis Cancer Center recently announced the launch of the new Cancer Care Network geared to provide quality treatment to patients in community-based areas in Northern and Central California. Planning for the network began in2000when UC Davis joined with two local California health care organizations in Merced and Marysville to develop cancer programs,said Scott Christensen,UC Davis associate professor of hematology and oncology and the future medical director of the new network.

My little rant last week nearly cost me the Miss America pageant,so I wanted to get back on the right track thistime.Back to world peace,love,holding hands and getting along.One of the first occurrences of“getting along“ that I can think of in American history is the original Thanksgiving.The“O.T.,“ if you will.

Take note,sports fans – pompous displays of group pride may actually be a sign of insecurity. A recent study led by UC Davis professor Cynthia Pickett examined the motives behind collective pride in group settings.

The debate surrounding Proposition2prompted a group of UC Davis expertsto release a study thatdelves into the economic implications of the ballot measure. The initiative would require housing for egg-laying chickens to allow them to lie down,stand up and turn around freely.