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Since today’s generation texts at all hours of the day, mobile technology companies are capitalizing on students’ nimble thumbs to promote texting services in new industries. The latest place to send text messages: local and university libraries.

After much contention, the Davis City Council discussed an area being used to curb the city’s expenditures in the face of a suffering economy.

Tensions were high Tuesday night at the Davis City Council meeting when many opposed to the council’s follow-up on cold weather shelters arrived.

Davis may be referred to as a cow town, but there are plenty of dogs too.

Operational and design changes in the aviation and marine transportation sectors could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent by 2050. Currently, aviation and marine transportation account for approximately 5 percent of total domestic greenhouse gas emissions and 3 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Slug: 100113_ci_PerformanceEdit: PKNotes: Headline: Low performing California schools get the bootLayercake: Federal grants to pay for controversial educational reformBy SAMANTHA BOSIOAggie News Writer Out with the bad, and in with the good. This is the California Legislature’s new motto to justify the termination of various K-12 schools in order to receive federal grants. On Wednesday […]

There are countless Internet scams, from standard advertisements to complex e-mails, but Davis police responded to one unusual robbery that resulted from a meeting in the cyber world.

Just a drag: A known suspect pickpocketed someone and removed a cigarette on Pine Lane.

Students considering graduate school for the humanities may have cause to hesitate. The Modern Language Association (MLA) recently issued their 2009-2010 “Job Information List” with dismal results for available university faculty positions in English, foreign language and literature.

The eradication of the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) will soon be underway later this month. The plan is to deploy twist tie traps throughout Davis, in hopes of protecting interests of the Yolo County Agriculture Industry. Some leading scientists, however, disapprove.

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again – the old adage goes. This is what Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) is doing for two of his bills that were vetoed last fall. As 2010 begins, Yee is reintroducing the two bills with some changes.