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It’s not every day that prominent local celebrities strut their stuff on the runway. Local businesses donated fashions that were featured in the Yolo County Children’s Alliance (YCAA) Celebrity Fashion Show, kicking off a series of events for Child Abuse Prevention Month. The March 31 show raised money for victims of child abuse.

100405_ci_healthbill.cHeadline: Students feel impact of Obama’s health care reformLayercake: Young adults weigh in on the good, bad By SASHA LEKACHAggie Associate Editor Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Joseph Iser[cq] can’t see much a UC Davis student could find problematic in the recently signed health care reform. The law, which passed this March, specifically targets younger […]

The Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) was unsuccessful in its effort to repeal the Aid Elimination Penalty by March 30 when Congress passed the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA). The penalty targets students convicted of drug possession offenses. Currently, federal law revokes federal financial aid such as Pell Grants and the Free Application for Federal Student Aid from students who have any drug related offences while receiving aid.

For over a month the Davis Food Co-op has been at the center of controversy over activists’ efforts to boycott Israeli products at the grocery store on 620 G St.

A task force created a year ago by UC President Mark Yudof to review the UC’s retirement and health benefits system will present its findings to UC campuses this spring.

A San Francisco Superior Court judge has ordered the University of California to pay back $38 million in improperly raised fees for nearly 3,000 graduate students.

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but an uploaded video is worth much more.

Campbell Soup Company’s local tomato production plant near Dixon has plans for expansion thanks to funding from the corporate office.

Approximately 13,000 students and supporters from public colleges throughout California came to the state capitol in Sacramento to protest rising costs of education on Mar. 22. The Student Senate for California Community Colleges organized a march that left from Raley Field at 10 a.m. and arrived at the capitol at 10:30 a.m. The protest commenced around 12:30 p.m. The march was mostly peaceful and no arrests were made, the Sacramento City Police Department said.

Two UC Davis students were studying for finals in the Avalon Apartments community room when sophomore Jason Chun was held at gunpoint. The suspect knocked on the door of the room at 10:15 p.m. on Mar. 13. When one of the students opened the door, the suspect pulled out a handgun and forced the victim to surrender their laptops. The perpetrator stole two laptops, an iPhone and a calculator. The suspect then made a getaway in a black SUV driven by an accomplice. The students were unable to identify the license plate on the car, but the security cameras captured a picture of the suspect. The suspect has been described as a white male about 25-30 years old, 5’11” to 6′ tall, with short hair and a skinny build.

Due to rising prison costs, Gov. Schwarzenegger and his team are considering placing the University of California system in charge of prison inmates’ heath care needs. On Mar. 26, the UC Board of Regents announced the development of a special committee to analyze whether UC’s academic medical system should take over the California prison health care system. Estimates show the state may be able to save over $4 billion over a five-year period and $12 billion over the next decade as a result. The committee will examine cost, the effect on labor relations and liability concerns.

Washington – Students will be among the first to feel the effects of health care reform legislation after President Obama signs the final pieces into law this morning.