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TODAY: Are You Positive You’re Negative? STI Testing; Baskets of Love Project Donations; Challah For Hunger

Despite their fondness for London double-decker buses, Davis residents have remained decidedly free of “royal wedding fever.” Yes, that is the official name for the rest of the world’s obsession with the so-called “wedding of the century” between Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton.

Cache Creek Nature Preserve (CCNP) is a microcosm of California history. Native Americans, farmers, miners and environmentalists have fought and cooperated for rights to use this 130-acre space. Only 25 minutes from Davis, it’s an accessible place to get away for an afternoon and learn about riparian habitats. Throughout the 20th century, however, mining the creek’s gravel reserves took precedence. Machines and open pits dominated the landscape, extracting gravel to fuel suburban construction. Today, some of those same mining companies fund the Cache Creek Conservancy’s restoration effort.

Though the words, “I’m so sorry for your loss” may be comforting to some, for senior English major Ashley Chandler, the line is overused and meaningless.

Are You Positive You’re Negative? STI Testing; Baskets of Love Project Donations; East Quad Farmers Market; Davis Energy Service Corps Free Screening: Kilowatt Ours; Students for Nichiren Buddhism Meeting; Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Meeting.

TODAY: Are You Positive You’re Negative? STI Testing; Resume Clinic; Vet Aide Club Meeting; Spirituality and Your Brain Interactive Event

Typically when imagining an undefeated Division I sport, one assumes players must have been recruited with a full-ride scholarship. But the UC Davis Women’s Club Rugby team follows a different approach. Their key to success is determination, teamwork and a genuine love for the sport.

Are You Positive You’re Negative? STI Testing; Resume Basics Workshop; Yolo County Natural Heritage Board Meeting; Resume Clinic; Vet Aide Club Meeting; Spirituality and Your Brain Interactive Event.

It’s 2 p.m. on a Friday and the bars of downtown Davis are, for the most part, quiet. But at the new Davis Beer Shoppe on G Street, a steady stream of customers strolls up to the wide wood counter to order a pint, which they sip leisurely to the tune of Irish folk music.

Nearly 100 UC Davis students, alumni, faculty and community members gathered at the Domes on Friday to celebrate Earth Day. And to build a bench out of trash.

TODAY: Are You Positive You’re Negative? STI Testing; Alternative Transportation Demonstration; Shinkoskey Noon Concert

Imagine walking miles every day to collect water for your family, only to return with dirty and unsanitary water that you must drink to survive.