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On Nov. 3 at around 1 p.m., the Davis Police was dispatched to the Phi Kappa Phi Fraternity house, located at 642 Adams St., in regard to an arson attempt. At approximately 1 a.m. that night, the residents detected a natural gas odor from within the house. According to a Davis Police advisory notification, the […]

Kaleidoscopic melodies. Candid lyrics. Glorious reverb. Best Coast has done it again with its latest release, Fade Away, which hit stores on October 22. Through its seven songs, the mini-album recounts all too familiar feelings, but not without evoking the need to dance first. The duo, composed of vocalist/guitarist Bethany Cosentino and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno, […]

High School Student Discovers Skeleton of Baby Dinosaur Announced by the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology at The Webb Schools this week, the smallest, youngest and most complete fossil skeleton of Parasaurolophus to date was discovered by a high school student. Three-dimensional scans of almost the entire fossil are available to the public online. […]

On Tuesday Oct. 28, a male suspect attempted to sexually assault a female around 10:30 p.m. in the 600 block of Alvarado Ave. near Anderson Rd. According to a press release by the Davis Police Department (DPD), the female victim had returned to her apartment complex and parked her car when the suspect confronted her and […]

2013 has been a big year for remakes of the classics for Hollywood. With Baz Luhrman’s long-awaited version of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Joss Whedon’s modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, it would feel incomplete without a fourth attempt at an adaption of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. After so many recreations of […]

Viewing the world through the lens of street performance is a spectacular thing. It gives you the unique opportunity to completely submerge yourself in a culture, while paradoxically remaining on the outside of it — a participant, and yet an unbiased observer. This is especially true when playing in a new place. At 16, my […]

The autumnal equinox has passed. The sun has moved below the celestial equator in its journey along the ecliptic, the plane in our sky on which our solar system lies. Venus, the evening star, is easily visible from now until the beginning of next year. You might have already seen it beaming mightily around dusk […]

The word “politics” has grown plenty of negative connotations. We have come to associate politics with a bunch of greedy, self-serving old men in suits who take themselves too seriously. Kids (and some adults) disdainfully skip right over the news as they scroll through television channels on Saturday mornings, instead opting for cartoons. There is […]

As a part of the ARTober festival, a month-long celebration of the arts and humanities in October, Pence Gallery opened three new exhibits. The exhibits’ opening reception will take place this weekend and will include a curator talk with a San Francisco guest curator. Since 1975, the Pence Gallery’s mission has been to educate and […]

The Oktobrewfest Race, hosted by Davis-based A Change of Pace Foundation, will take place on Oct. 12 at Central Park, on the corner of F Street and Covell Boulevard. Both the 5K and 10K course start at 6 p.m. The event is sponsored by local brewery Sudwerk. While most people who enter the race are […]

Both directions of Fifth Street between G Street and I Street have been temporarily closed due to a roadway hazard, according to reports by the Davis Police Department and the City of Davis City Manager’s office. A press release from the City Manager’s office stated that high winds caused a tree branch to strike a utility line […]

Teams: UC Davis at Southern Utah Records: Aggies, 1-4 (1-0); Thunderbirds, 4-1 (1-0) Where: Eccles Coliseum — Cedar City, Utah. When: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 1:05 pm Who to watch? Coming off of their first win this season, the Aggies’ morale is high after defeating Idaho State University at home on Sept. 28, 30-13. The […]