Receiving a bounced check is not the most pleasant experience, but the Yolo County District Attorney Check Prosecution Program says it is picking up the slack. The Check Prosecution Program recovered over $18,587.72 for Yolo County merchants and residents during March, district attorney Jeff Reisig announced Apr. 7.

Event: Big West Conference Championships Where: 49er Campus Pool – Long Beach, Calif. When: Friday through Sunday, all day

Teams: UC Davis at Fresno State; Stanford Records: Aggies, 9-4 (2-2); Bulldogs, 0-11, (0-4); Cardinal, 10-5, (4-1) Where: Bulldog Stadium – Fresno, Calif.; Cagan Stadium – Palo Alto, Calif.

Event: Brutus Hamilton Invitational Where: Berkeley, Calif. When: Saturday, all-day

The Aggies had their eyes on the Big West Conference Championship from day one. Having finished second the past two years, they were hungry for a title. \

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced Tuesday that Sutter Davis Hospital is being fined $25,000 for licensing violations that caused, or likely caused, a patient’s death. Seven other California hospitals are being fined as well for various breaches of policy. In March 2008, a patient died while undergoing a CT scan, for which Sutter Davis allegedly did not document informed consent and did not implement written policies and procedures. The hospital also allegedly administered an iodine dosage to the patient, who had a known iodine allergy.

After a cold and rainy start to the week, UC Davis students can celebrate the return of warm weather at the annual opening of the Rec Pool this Saturday at noon. A Davis fixture for over 30 years, the Rec Pool attracts hundreds of students and community members on a typical weekday said Janna Tolla, aquatics assistant director for campus recreation.

Teams: UC Davis at Cal State Fullerton Records: Aggies, 16-24 (5-3); Titans, 9-32 (4-5)

The supporters of Proposition 13 believe the seismic retrofitting bill will easily pass into law on June 8 – for the safety of California. With no official opposition to the bill, Prop 13 expects to make seismic retrofitting of all buildings accessible without property tax reassessments.

With the city of Davis facing a $1.2 million shortfall, one Davis City councilmember’s decision to not step down from his post could cost the city’s taxpayers several hundred thousand dollars. Mayor Pro Tem Don Saylor, who was first elected to the council in 2004, is running unopposed for a seat on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors in the June 8 primary election.

Pianist Vladimir Feltsman will perform at the Mondavi Center’s Jackson Hall on Saturday, Apr. 24 at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $17.50 for students. Feltsman will play Beethoven’s “Sonata No.8 in C Minor,” J.S. Bach’s “Parita No.1 in B-Flat Major” and “Four Ballads” by Frederic Chopin at Saturday’s show.

For English majors and creative writers, poetry is a part of daily life. But even if the last time you read a poem was in your high school language arts class, tonight’s poetry reading at the John Natsoulas Gallery at 8 p.m. will offer the chance to rediscover this unique art form with some of today’s most promising young poets. Tonight, the Poetry Night Reading Series will host some of the featured poets from independent poetry publishing house Flatmancrooked’s latest publications. These include Not About Vampires: An Anthology of New Fiction Concerning Everything Else and The Slim Anthology of Contemporary Poetics, both of which are due in 2010.