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Lance Armstrong,Levi Leipheimer,Floyd Landis and more than100of the nation’s best cyclists will cycle through town on Sunday as part of the Amgen Tour of California. The first stage of the nine-day,750-mile race will begin in Davis on Sunday,and local organizers say they expect the event to draw crowds of Picnic Day proportions.

The economic downturn has not slowed the spread of solar energy in California. In2008,Californians installed158megawatts of solar power,twice as manyasthe year before,according to a report from the California Public Utilities Commission.

With maps covering the walls,movable whiteboards,newcomputers and clean desks,this classroom seems like it belongs in a new suburban middle school – except for the razor wire outside.The classroom was onestop ona tour ofthe Yolo County Juvenile Detention Facility.The detention facility’s firstopenhousegave Yolo County residents an up-close look at the new facility,whichopened in2005.

With just two months left in what is normally the wettest part of the season and California’s major reservoirs already running low,little doubt remains that dry conditions will persist through spring,experts say.Even with the latestsmallburst of cold and damp weather,California’s snowpack remains far below average.

Downtown Davis businesses are feeling an itch for expansions,renovations and grand openings. Recently,multiple businesses have either opened or renovated their locations.The restaurant industry in downtown Davis has become particularly affluent. Here is a preview of some changes you can expect to see downtown:

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.