The Davis City Council held a public workshop before its Tuesday meeting to review the Planning Commission’s updates to the Housing Element Steering Committee’s recommendations about the future of housing growth in Davis. One of the most controversial issues in Davis politics, the subject of new building, drew a nearly packed house into the chambers two hours before the regularly scheduled meeting. Principal city planner Bob Wolcott began the workshop by giving an overview of the steering committee’s report along with changes recommended by the Planning Commission and city staff.

Approved resolution accepting the California Office of Traffic Safety “Avoid the 8” continuation grant, a program intended to create coordinated regional traffic enforcement teams to provide sobriety checkpoints, DUI enforcement, public information campaigns and holiday traffic enforcement. The Davis Police Department will receive $291,404 for office overtime funding and equipment related to the program.

If Green Daywerecool,they’d be The Fratellis.There’s only so far you can go with power chord anthems without sounding like you’re kicking a dead horse. There’s also a certain fullness required to elevate a band’s sound to a higher level,no matter how small a band’s numbers or simple their instrumentation.Social Distortion was never able to get this right,and the White Stripes got off the train a while ago.

The portion of Interstate80that travels throughSolanoCounty is getting some much-needed attention. The project,known as Pave80,consists ofreplacing failed pavement areas,providing new asphalt concrete surface,and upgrading the median barrier at various points along I-80betweenVacaville andVallejo.

Editor’s picks: All My Pretty Ones, The Beat Nun, Ellie Fortune Sunday, 8 p.m., $3-5 Primary Concepts at 219 E St. Del Castillo Monday, 7:30 p.m., free The Quad

Amy Barr is still in shock. She and four other students from the UC Davis Graduate School of Management were recently awarded top honors in the Bank of America 17th Annual Low-income Housing Challenge.

Editor’snote:For this week’s10questions,TheCalifornia Aggie spoke withDavisregionallibrarianJay Johnstone,who oversees the Mary L.Stephens public library inDavis.

After months of research, deliberation and argument, the Davis City Council has decided to let the voters decide. The council voted 4-1 Tuesday to put a city charter measure before voters in November – one that does not include choice voting or any other alterations to the way the city currently operates.

Have you ever wondered what kinds of research and activities take place on the different University of California campuses? The University of California Television gives students and the general public an inside view into what they may not know about UCs.

For nearly 100 years, the SAT has been used by universities in their admissions process, but a new report out of the Center for Studies in Higher Education at UC Berkeley argues that the SAT is an inferior predictor of student success in college.

roduction of electronics adds greenhouse gas to atmosphere A little-known greenhouse gas, nitrogen trifluoride, often used in the manufacturing of semiconductors for cell phones, MP3 players and flat-screen TVs, could soon be a major contributor to global warming, according to a UC Irvine study.

SATURDAY Music make you lose control An individual called police to report a party on East Eighth Street that sounded like it had gotten “out of hand.”