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The San Francisco Bay-Delta longfin smelt is being reviewed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for possible endangered species status. Three organizations, TheBay Institute, theCenter for Biological Diversity and theNatural Resources Defense Council teamed up and wrote a petition, which was submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Aug. 8, 2007 requesting the service consider the species of fish for threatened or endangered status.

It may sound too strange to be true, but engineers are about to begin work on a project that would keep carbon dioxide out of the air by injecting it into the ground. A pilot project will equip a Kern County power plant with the ability to capture 1million tons of carbon dioxide byproduct and inject it into geologic formations 7,000 feet below the Earth’s surface.

Esparto, Yolo County’s largest rural unincorporated community, recently received two EPA Brownfields Assessment grants to help with its downtown revitalization project. The two grants are for $200,000 each and will evaluate the presence of hazardous substances and petroleum, respectively, at certain locations within the community.

Rising food prices around the world are forcing people to think twice about what they buy at the grocery store. Among the factors are high oil prices, which have in turn increased production costs on the farm, marketing and processing aspects.

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10p.m.Times listed are according to thereporter’s watch during the May8publicmeeting location,the Memorial Union’s Coffee House.

May is bike month in California, and Davis, the oft-called bicycle capital of the world, is holding true to its title. The city of Davis started the month with the dedication of the new Covell Boulevard bicycle under-crossing at Mace Ranch District Park, the first of an assortment of bicycle-themed events in May.

A bill scheduled to be heard in the assembly appropriations committeeonMay14aims to give farmers more flexibility in what they can sellat roadside stands.

MONDAY Purple people eater Purple ink stencil was seen onShasta Drive and on a bike underpass.

Davis City Council unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday night indicating its opposition to Proposition 98,a measure on the June 3 ballot that would constrain state and local government’s eminent domain powers. The controversial proposition aimsto prohibit government agenciesfromforcingthe sale of private propertyandthen subsequentlytransferring ownership to another private party.

Approved the purchase of two para-transit buses from Federal Transportation Administration funds at the total cost of $120,000 Passed a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a memorandum of understanding for collaboration with the U.S.Bicycle Hall of Fame to plan the induction dinner and ceremonial event.

080508_ci_trainfunds.CNotes:Headline: Capitol Corridor trains to receive security upgradesLayercake: Prop 1B funding allocated for cameras, operations centerBy JEREMY OGULAggie Staff Writer The train ride to the Bay Area from Davis should become safer as a result of new funds the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority received last week. The authority, which operates Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor trains […]

The Yolo County Housing Authority joined other local organizations in the Yolo County Climate Change Compact last week.The compact is part of a group of county jurisdictions that have agreed to implement programs to reduce the impact of global warming and climate change.