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Analog television users were going to be left in the dark starting Feb.17. But last Wednesday,the House of Representatives passed a bill to delay the switch from analog to all-digital broadcast television to June12.President Barack Obama has yet to sign,but has indicated that he will approve of the delay.

TUESDAY I don’t like your attitude,mister An elementary school crossing guard had to stand in front of a student who was crossing the street so that a driver would slow down.After the student got across the street,the driver sped past the guard and flipped her off.

The Davis City Council will meet Tuesday at6:30p.m.in the Community Chambers at23Russell Blvd. The following are descriptions of selected agenda items the council will discuss at the meeting.To view the entire agenda and associated staff reports,visit cityofdavis.org.

Students from the Met School in Sacramento planted hundreds of native trees, shrubs and grasses to create a natural buffer around the new Clark Pacific concrete plant in Woodland. Some of the plants that are part of the new landscape include Valley Oak, Fremont Cottonwood, Mexican Elderberry, Buckwheatand Deergrass, according to a press release.

As some of you may have noticed by venturing totheaggie.orgthis past weekend,K.C.Cody now has two columns; his tried and true Informed Dissent,and a spiffy new advice column called Ask a Super-Senior. So,if you happen to find yourself in a social,moral or academic dilemma,or if you just want some general advice from a battle tested source,please send your intractable scenarios to eitherkccody@ucdavis.edu oreditor@theaggie.org and K.C.will be happy to make up a fake name for you and respond the following week.

Toastmasters group forms in South Davis Toastmasters International is looking for members to join its new chapter in South Davis, called the Davis Daytime Toastmasters. The new group is mostly beginning speakers who are eager to learn and help each other improve their speaking, said Ty Tadano in a press release. The group also includes […]

Anyone who has been in Davis during the summer knows it gets hot here. “The middle of summer in Davis isn’t the best time to stand out in the sun,” said Ruth Williams, president of Tree Davis, a nonprofit organization that planted 424 trees in Davis last year. And no right-minded UCD student takes a tree for granted as they race from one shaded sanctuary to the next on a sweltering August afternoon.

The typical college student’s weekend is devoted to sleeping, partying and studying, but this weekend a group of students will go out and do something for the community.

Wednesday’s article, “USPS proposes cutting delivery to five days a week,” incorrectly stated that USPS spokesperson Augustine Ruiz said the Postal Service was a$900billion industry.

Many state employees are not pleased withGovernor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to give them several days of unpaid vacation a month.The governor’s budget-saving plan forces furloughs,or unpaid days off,onto most state employees startingFriday.Over200,000state workers will be affected,saving the state$1.3

A recent report comparing California hospitals‘ inpatientmortality rates for certain treatments was a mixed bag for Woodland Healthcare and UC Davis Medical Center hospitals.According to data from the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development,theUC Davis Medical Center has worse than average mortality rates for strokes and craniotomysurgeries.

Something has been lost.Populist sentiment is on the rise.The public’s confidence in America’s leaders and her businesses is broken.The world’s admiration for America’s financial prowess is fading.American capitalism is under assault.This frustration is evident most clearly in the recent backlash to Wall Street’s reward of a lavish$18billion bonus after receiving taxpayer bailouts.For certain segments such as college students,this is the future disappearing; for others,this indicates thelossesof a moral compass and ethical consciousness.