Arts & Culture

Guilt-free shopping at Akasha Yoga One way to support local small businesses is by participating in Shop Small Saturday. A holiday pop-up shop hosted by Do Good Shop and Akasha Yoga will take place on Nov. 25 from 12 to 3:30 p.m. at Akasha Yoga’s studio at 140 F Street. The event falls between Black […]

Take a break from homework with books, movies, shows Stormy fall days often force people to spend time inside. Those cozy days, wrapped in blankets, can best be spent with movies or books. Entertainment over Thanksgiving break can be broken into three categories: catching up, on-time and preparing. “Catching up” entertainment is what was the […]

Collaboration between brewery and record store highlights Davis’ beer and music scene Davis is not a city shy on festivities, and Beers and Beats is one event that brings out some of the best features of the city. Held every fourth Thursday by Sudwerk Brewing Company, Beers and Beats brings together lovers of beer and […]

Break tradition with these seasonal recipes We all know the typical Thanksgiving: the turkey, the stuffing, the gravy, the potatoes. Time to spice up Thanksgiving — literally. This holiday season, The California Aggie will show you how to take your Thanksgiving dishes to the next level. We’ll begin with a timeless fall dish. Pumpkin pie […]

Yolo County bands together for annual month-long writing challenge Laughter, coffee and creativity were flowing at Crepeville on a Wednesday night as residents of the Davis community furiously typed away on their laptops. It was the eighth day of NaNoWriMo — formally known as National Novel Writing Month — and just the beginning for many […]

Nostalgia is back Just because it’s time for layering your outfits doesn’t mean your sense of style has to take a back seat. With Thanksgiving around the corner, it’s time to get ready for Black Friday shopping — the day after Thanksgiving that has instead become the beginning of Christmas shopping season. Retailers often open […]

Take a break from the fall chill and return to Summer of Love In celebration of 1967’s Summer of Love, Sudwerk Brewery is celebrating the landmark year’s 50th anniversary featuring covers of Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Moby Grape, It’s A Beautiful Day, Youngbloods, Buffalo Springfield, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, The Byrds, Cream, Neil Young and […]

Local Kava bar gets groovy It’s time to dust off those vintage bell bottoms and paisley print shirts — Root of Happiness Kava Bar in downtown Davis will be hosting a groovy ‘70s dance party. The event will feature a selection of talented DJs from the greater Sacramento area, and they will be showcasing their […]

Fall is underway; keep up with all the feels through this playlist   November signals the true beginning of fall here in Davis. As the weather has finally cooled, heavy coats and scarves have started to find their way back into our closets. Leaves that once held spring and summer in their veins now scatter […]

Local boutique holds trunk show featuring the Joseph Ribkoff collection Established in 1988, The Wardrobe has been consistently bringing high-quality fashions to its devoted customers for nearly 30 years. Throughout the boutique’s Joseph Ribkoff Trunk Show on Nov. 5, owner Heather Caswell mingled with the show’s attendees and assisted them in picking out some of […]

UC Davis graduate draws from early beginnings, collegiate experiences in developing sound Kasra Mirblouk, better known as “Kaz,” is a 2016 UC Davis graduate. Mirblouk, whose bachelor’s degree is in computer science and engineering, has rejected the common engineering postgrad jobs of his peers to pursue his true passion: music. “I didn’t fit into that […]

Films feature cultures from around the world The International House in Davis seeks to foster cultures from across the world through their International Film Series. This longstanding tradition of showing a film on the first and third Fridays now through May not only spreads awareness about diverse cultures but also unites a diverse university community. […]