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Close to four months after a decisive win for New York Senator Hillary Clinton in theCalifornia Democratic primary election,the tide of public opinion may be shifting in favor of Illinois Senator Barack Obama. As the Democratic primary season draws to a close today,aLos Angeles Times/KTLA polllast week found Obama leading presumptive Republican nominee Arizona Senator John McCain in a hypothetical general election matchup.

School uniforms are legal in public schools, according to a decision last month by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The May 12 ruling in San Francisco was the result of an incident at a Las Vegas high school where a student wore a shirt with religious slogans instead of the school-sanctioned uniform of khakis and a solid color shirt with the school’s logo.

When Mohini Jain heard about drastic cuts facing the Davis Joint Unified School District, she couldn’t think of a better reason to help the community. The recently retired Davis High School teacher and community member of 20 years donated $100,000 to the Davis Schools Foundation.

Davis students once again scored one of the highest test scores in the region in the 2007 Base Academic Performance Index, according to the state Department of Education. All the schools in the Davis district scored above 800 this year, placing them under the “high performing schools” category.

Yolo County began offering added service on Yolobus today as part of an effort to ease congestion during this summer’s intermittent Interstate 5 closures for Caltrans repairs.

California’s massive adult entertainment industry might be able to help the state out of its current budgetary woes. A bill working its way through the legislature aims to impose a 25 percent tax on income received from adult entertainment venues – colloquially referred to as strip clubs, adult bookstores and “peep shows.”

If you’re the oldest in the family, you may be one of the unlucky ones in terms of allergies. According to a recent study from the University of South Carolina, first-born children are at a higher risk of developing allergies and asthma because they experience different conditions in the uterus from their younger siblings.

TUESDAY Suspect substitute Individual was spotted on a bench at a playground who matched the description of someone who was previously posing as a substitute teacher onBarony Place.

With the June 3 Davis City Council election just around the corner, candidates are ratcheting up efforts to get their names and messages out to voters. Taking the form of mailers, websites and lawn posters, campaign publicity deals primarily with increasing name recognition, even while the major candidates in the race assert their aim to engage in a more substantive discourse with voters.

The future of the Nishi property, located southwest of Richards Boulevardlvd. and Interstate- 80, is up in the air.

American Airlines announced last week that it would begin charging for all checked luggage beginning June 15. American is the first to implement a $15 charge for the first checked bag. Many major airlines, such as Delta and United, have recently started charging for a second checked bag. The new policy is not universal, according […]

The streets ofDavis won’t be free of potholes in the upcoming year if the budget stays as it is.