Top Stories

Slipknot and Marilyn Manson among headliners. Sacramento’s annual Aftershock festival, presented by Monster Energy and featuring some of the biggest names in mainstream metal such as Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Faith No More and Deftones, is coming to Gibson Ranch Park on Oct. 24 to 25. Clay Busch, head of marketing for Danny Wimmer Presents, the […]

Unidentified suspect slashes tires of eight cars, etches anti-Semitic slurs on two vehicles. On Sept. 10 at approximately 3:00 a.m., an unidentified suspect slashed eight car tires and scratched five cars in the Colleges at La Rue parking lot, as well as one vehicle near Russell Park Apartments. Two of the cars contained anti-Semitic notes, […]

Foxy’s Fall Century offers a 100-mile course beginning, ending in Davis Last Saturday, Oct. 17, the Davis Bike Club (DBC) put on one of its biggest events of the year, the Foxy’s Fall Century (FFC) bike ride. The race, which was held for the first time in the late 1960s, attracts hundreds of endurance bikers […]

Updates on the UC Davis construction projects Since the last academic year, construction can be seen on every corner of the UC Davis campus. Whether it’s the beginning of a new International Center near the Segundo Residence Halls or the temporary walls on the second floor of the Memorial Union, students are beginning to question […]

Fired-up second half gives Aggies a victory The last time the Aggies faced off against the Santa Clara Broncos, tempers flared and fists flew. Although the game held on Saturday had less physicality involved, it was in no way less action-packed. Play started off under a cloudy sky, and a light drizzle rained down upon […]

Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef passes away from successive strokes On Oct. 15, former UC Davis chancellor Larry Vanderhoef passed away at the age of 74. Vanderhoef, who was the chancellor of the university from 1994 to 2009, died due to complications from successive ischemic strokes. Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, who succeeded Vanderhoef in 2009 after he stepped […]

Police, counselors and students work together to promote safe drinking habits in Davis According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, four out of five college students drink alcohol and about half of the students who do are binge-drinkers. Alcohol-related problems can lead to injury, sexual assault and abuse, academic struggles, mental illness, […]

Publicist Luanne Lawrence leaves university following family issues, disagreement over new position On June 30, UC Davis terminated the position of Associate Chancellor of Strategic Communications Luanne Lawrence. The position, which paid Lawrence a yearly salary of $260,000, according to records obtained from The Sacramento Bee, was eliminated completely. According to a settlement agreement obtained […]

Intersection to provide safety for bicyclists, pedestrians. Davis has yet again given its devoted bike community a reason to celebrate by becoming the first city in the United States to put a Dutch intersection into operation this past August. After about two years in the making, the project was proposed after city planners sought an […]

Mars, Inc. launches Global Food Safety Center in Beijing. At the end of September, international candy manufacturer Mars, Inc. opened its first Global Food Safety Center in Beijing, China. The center, which is slated to work with UC Davis’ Innovation Institute for Food and Health (IIFH), consists primarily of laboratorial research to help educate the […]

Members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), in collaboration with Davis Stands with Ferguson and Jewish Students for Peace, put on a demonstration at the UC Davis Quad today, Oct. 14, in recognition of International Campus Day for Palestine. According to the event’s Facebook page, student groups on university campuses across the nation are participating […]

Local couple recognized for providing food bank with fresh produce Local farmers Jim and Deborah Durst were the recent recipients of the Yolo County Hunger Action Hero Award, which recognizes hunger relief work in the county. The Dursts, honored for their efforts fighting food insecurity from their farm in Esparto, CA, were presented with the […]