I was probably one of the few people to closely read the City of Davis 2010 Annual Water Quality Report. The front of the report presents a chart full of numbers, units and initials. Down the left side of the chart is a list of possible contaminants of drinking water – arsenic, chloroform and uranium made the list.

Isn’t Davis supposed to be empty over the summer? Well, it’s not. So what are all these people doing here?

Linux Users Group of Davis Meeting; Master Gardeners’ Tips: Fall into Fall; Folk Music Jam Session; Rudi Dekkers Book Signing.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on Aug. 1 that requires University of California (UC), California State University (CSU), California Community Colleges (CCC), the Judicial Council, as well as other agencies, to invest at least $500 million into the state, with the investments exceeding no more than $10 billion. Senate Bill 79 was introduced in early January in response to the state’s economic crisis.

On Saturday night, about 30 students and members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) marched from the UC Davis Domes to University Mall’s Trader Joe’s where they picketed outside and delivered a letter to the manager asking the store to sign on to the fair food agreement.

Building wouldn’t yield; Someone needs a story; Free car wash; Textbook creeper.

An audit reviewing the University of California (UC) schools by the State Auditor asked the university to increase transparency with regard to financial information and the budget process, according to a press release.

A total of 107 campus safety phones have been removed this summer due to infrequent and inappropriate use.

On Aug. 1, the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts officially announced that the program has been awarded a three-year $580,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. In the 10-year history of the Mondavi Center, the award marks the largest single foundation grant awarded to the project since construction.

The women’s World Cup has passed, so local ‘football’ fans can now turn their heads toward the UC Davis men’s soccer team as they thirst for the thrill that can only be quenched by the beautiful game itself.

Out with the old and in with the new will be the theme in Davis as many new businesses are planning on calling the city home.

Last Wednesday a federal judge ruled in regard to a 2003 case that UC Davis did not discriminate against women wrestlers. However, the judge did find that UC Davis violated certain parts of Title IX, a set of guidelines created to provide equal opportunity in athletics for both men and women.