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A federal appeals court ruled the 2008 Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage, unconstitutional yesterday. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 against the proposition. Those in support of the ban are expected to appeal directly to the U.S. Supreme Court or first ask for a review by […]

South Davis will soon house a new neighborhood. The Mahogany Lane Affordable Ownership Housing Program will have eight units available for qualified City of Davis residents, with the first few units to be completed in April. Warmington Residential, a housing agency, is in collaboration with Davis in offering affordable homes to those who would like […]

It is probably safe to say that the majority of UC Davis students have played, or at least have heard of, the smartphone application Words With Friends. A lesser-known fact, however, is that the City of Davis has its very own Scrabble club. The Unofficial Scrabble Club of Davis plays year-round, every Wednesday night from […]

FRIDAY Taco Hell An intoxicated person was throwing food at customers in Taco Bell on G Street. Kids these days A group of children were riding bikes and one had a gun on Pacific Drive. SATURDAY Practice hits Several people were smoking marijuana on a tennis court near Tulip Lane. Beats the swings Two children […]

UC Davis awarded Sundt Construction, Inc. with a $71 million design-build contract for a 1,200-bed student housing project to be completed in June 2014, the company announced Monday. Construction is set to begin in June of this year for the 330,000-square-foot Tercero Student Housing Phase III project. The project consists of seven buildings with 108 […]

The Downtown Business Association (DDBA) elected three downtown business owners to its board of directors on Jan. 31. Janis Lott of Newsbeat, Alzada Knickerbocker of The Avid Reader and Dave Robert of Sugar Daddies were elected to three-year terms. Lott was re-elected, making this her second term. “The DDBA Board of Directors is very excited […]

UC Berkeley played host to the second University of California Global Health Day this past Saturday. The multitude of speakers centered on the topic of population growth, while global health disciples representing all UC campuses displayed current graduate student, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty work on a broad array of research falling under the global […]

SUNDAY The Hangover 3 People were throwing something on a roof on Lillard Drive. Watch out for Pole Line A bus ran into a light pole on Russell Boulevard. MONDAY Just use Facebook Someone was attempting to tag a building with a pen on F Street. Now steal some snow Skis were stolen from a […]

The Davis City Council decided at their Jan. 24 meeting to allow City of Davis residents to finalize what direction the surface water project should take. In September 2009, the City of Woodland and City of Davis created a joint powers authority called the Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency (WDCWA). According to the WDCWA, it implements […]

The UC Davis class of 2012 has the educational world at its fingertips. Between graduate programs in public health and law school, business school and veterinary school, masters in fine arts and Ph.D.s in philosophy, the educational opportunities seem boundless. Typically, the only thing stopping the dream-come-true-after-college plan is money, and a good deal will […]

In a recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, 29 percent of Americans owned at least one tablet or e-reader in January. This is an increase of 18 percent since from just two months before in November 2011. In the 2000s, Microsoft attempted to create tablets for the purpose […]

With only nine stores comprising this small chain, Nugget Market was ranked number 34 on Fortune’s 2012 list of 100 best companies to work for, making the cut with bigger companies such as Google (number one), number eight ranked Recreational Equipment (REI) and Zappos.com (number 11) from CNN’s website. The list is created by “the […]