City News

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.

Davis will soon slim down its carbon footprint with an environmental diet.

Residents and businesses in the city of Davis are engaged in a debate on whether to preserve natural habitat or build new housing.

THURSDAY

The city of Davis received a brief reprieve from the weary economy with its 2009 Business and Economic Development Awards.