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“They’ve asked me to give a lecture, I’d rather give you a story,” opened Jonathan Franzen at the beginning of his speaking engagement last Friday at the Mondavi Center.

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The California DREAM Act is more than just a dream. Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 131 into law Saturday. The measure allows for undocumented immigrant students to receive scholarships and aid, including Cal Grants, at public universities.

About 100 people met in Davis’ Central Park Friday night for Occupy Davis, an interpretation of the national Occupy Wall Street movement. The movement began in New York City in mid-September.

Many students select which university to attend based on financial reason, specifically when choosing between a public school and private school. But even within the University of California, the range of average living expenses can vary by thousands of dollars a year.

Opening up October with a weekly address, President Barack Obama came out rallying on behalf of the gestating American Jobs Act. The proposed bill has idled in the U.S. Congress for roughly three weeks since its White House send off.

As of last month, virtually all of UC Davis’ municipal solid waste is now diverted to the Yolo County Central Landfill. It lies just over three miles away from the City of Davis limits.

A Yolo County jury convicted Marco Antonio Topete of first-degree murder for fatally shooting Sheriff Deputy Jose \

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There are more than 800 million active users on Facebook.com. With over 50 percent of them logging on daily, it would seem Facebook is heading in the right direction. However, Facebook is planning on making changes in the upcoming weeks that have brought about mixed feelings, including adjusting the entire layout of users’ home pages.

Friends of the Davis Public Library will hold its bi-monthly book sale this Friday at the 315 E. 14th St. public library. On Friday, the sale is from noon to 2 p.m. for members of the Friends group only and will be open to non-members after 2 p.m. The three-day-long sale ends Sunday at 7 p.m.

The Davis Police Department has acquired photographs and surveillance footage of a person of interest in the attempted Target ATM heist last spring.