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Proposition 17 – or the continuous coverage discount initiative – is giving California drivers a say on insurance companies’ discount logistics. Under Prop 17, drivers can be awarded a continuous coverage discount, even if they switch insurance providers – as long as they have some form of consistent auto insurance. If there is a lapse in coverage for more than 90 days, the discount will be taken away. Currently, drivers can be awarded continuous coverage discounts, but only within one insurance company. If drivers’ switch providers, they lose their continued coverage discount.

Blake Bellinger expected his first Picnic Day as a UC Davis student to be pleasant and safe. Instead, the 21 year-old transfer student severely injured his ankle – the result of an ill-fated attempt to jump off a high ledge near the Richards Boulevard underpass.

For a city whose symbol is the bike, it is not too much of a surprise when Davis is named the most bike-friendly small town in America.

In an economy perpetually headed south while tuition costs skyrocket in the opposite direction, students may take solace in the questioning of unpaid internships’ legality.

Four UC Davis Graduate School of Management students chosen for Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson’s Mayor Fellowship were honored on April 6 for their work in their communities.

25 cent fiend: A GPS, iPod and $50 in quarters were stolen from an unlocked vehicle on La Playa Drive.

A number 42 ranking is not so bad when the list is ranking “America’s Most Stressful Colleges.”

There will be important decisions to make in Davis come June 8 when Davis residents vote on an item on the ballot called Measure R. Measure R extends an already existing law Measure J until 2020. The ordinance has a critical role in determining how private contractors and real estate companies conduct business in Davis. Measure J originally passed in 2000 with a 53.6 percent majority of voters behind it.

The city of Davis Human Relations Commission is accepting nominations for the 2010 Thong Hy Huynh awards to showcase local human and civil rights activists’ successes. The award was established to commemorate the life of Davis Senior High School student Thong Hy Huynh, who was stabbed to death in a racially motivated dispute on the Davis Senior High School campus in 1983.

Government officials are making a final effort to encourage public participation in the 2010 census. The constitutionally-mandated count has occurred every 10 years since 1790. The census yields a massive amount of demographical data that is used for the creation of legislative districts and the allocation of federal funding to local governments.

In the face of prospective funding diversion for the state-mandated Jail Medical Program, the Yolo County Health Department might have to cut several department programs. Previously, county general funds have covered the Jail Medical Program’s $3.5 million annual cost. However, the health department might have to use $1.2 million in health realignment funds, which are supposed to cover general public health and indigent health programs, to fund the Jail Medical Program.

President Obama’s new student loan bill has colleges saying bye-bye to the middleman. The federal government will take the place of private lenders on student loans.