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Voters decided Tuesday that the face of the Davis City Council would stay the same, at least for two more years when the rest of the council faces re-election.

esidents and businesses of the Santa Cruz mountains are just beginning to assess the damage done by the recent Summit forest fire, which started May 22 and destroyed 4,270 acres in a week. The first major fire of the season in Northern California destroyed 36 houses and 64 outbuildings, forcing 1,000 people to evacuate their homes. It cost an estimated $16.1 million to suppress.

The Davis Parks and Community Services Department is proposing a new permit policy for organized special events and gatherings held at city parks and greenbelts. The draft policy states that the use of a greenbelt with 30 or more participants, a neighborhood park with 50 or more participants or a community park event with 100 or more participants [would] require a permit. The policy would not apply to designated picnic areas and athletic fields.

A bill protecting medical marijuana patients is making its way through the California legislature. Assembly Bill 2279 would make it illegal for employers to discriminate against medical marijuana patients. It would allow patients to bring lawsuits against employers who have fired or not hired them because of their status as medical marijuana patients.

THURSDAY 129 missed calls A cell phone stolen over three months ago by a known suspect was finally reported on Olive Drive. Hotbox the Honda! Individuals were seen smoking marijuana in a vehicle on Gauguin Place.

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.