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A total of 28 participants and listeners gathered on a beautiful and sunny Friday in the Arboretum to play music ranging from John Anderson’s “Seminal Wind” to Johnny Nash’s “I Can See Clearly Now”. The gathering was part of the Folk Music Jam Sessions, which brings together musicians and music lovers every alternate Friday from […]

About 400 family and friends of Renne Lyra Morrow joined together for a memorial to honor the late student at the UC Davis Conference Center this past Sunday. The family held an open viewing at Wiscombe Funeral Home at 116 D St. the same morning. Morrow, a 19-year-old music major, was hit by a car […]

Gov. Jerry Brown approved Senate Bill 70 (SB 70) on March 24, 2011, which has continued into this year. The bill, along with other budget-related bills, was signed in an effort to save on state spending. According to the California Department of Finance, SB 70 was the omnibus education trailer bill. “It included everything from […]

California Community Colleges (CCC) Chancellor Jack Scott presented Student Success Task Force recommendations to the Board of Governors of the CCC in its January 2012 meeting. These changes would allow transfer and graduation rates to improve. According to the CCC Director of Communications Paige Marlatt Dorr, the CCC Chancellor’s Office is moving toward a phased-in, […]

Ever tried crossing the railroad tracks near the Amtrak station to get to the other side to see friends or to get a haircut? Well, times have changed and so has this crossing. Since September 2011, Union Pacific (UP) has constructed a 3,800 foot long fence stretching three miles east starting from Richards Boulevard. Due […]

FRIDAY He was mugging A man was drinking coffee in a suspicious manner on Madrone Lane. Good time for reflection An irate person attempted to throw a mirror at someone on Russell Boulevard. Must be hard Several men were running while concealing something in their pants on East Eighth Street. SATURDAY Blew her stack A […]

On Feb. 7, the Davis Area Cooperative Housing Association (DACHA) moved one step closer to dissolution and deeper into controversy when the Davis City Council approved DACHA’s application for dissolution in a 4-1 vote.  Now the decision has been passed on to the attorney general, lengthening a process that began on April 5, 2011. DACHA […]

The California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH) will present State Rep. Mariko Yamada (D-Davis) with the 2011 Legislator of the Year award on Feb. 21. CAHSAH, a state-wide association representing over 600 agencies providing home care, home health and hospice services, said they chose Yamada because of her leadership in the area of […]

Lucas Frerichs, Chair of the City of Davis Planning Commission, announced his candidacy for Davis City Council on Sunday. Frerichs, 32, is a Senior Policy Consultant for the California State Assembly and works on natural resources issues, including water, agriculture, recycling and renewable energy policy. “I have served our community for more than 12 years […]

The University of California and California State University have taken a position against note-sharing websites, creating more stringent education policies to protect information shared within lectures. Policies changed both system-wide and at individual campuses. “The new, revised policy at UC Berkeley states that students can only share notes with other students concurrently enrolled in the […]

For anyone who grew up a Charlie Brown fan, Linus is a familiar name. People know him as the kid who always carried around a blanket with him. One group has taken that name and turned it into an nonprofit organization. Project Linus is a national group with two missions. The first is to provide […]

Dave “DK” Kemp, former bike coordinator of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, became the new Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator of Davis on Feb. 6. Members of the public are welcome to meet Kemp at an informal reception on Friday at the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The Aggie sat […]