The Patwin Elementary School Student Council invites the Davis community to donate gently used coats of all sizes for this year’s Coats for Kids Drive. Patwin is an official drop-off site for News 10′s Coats for Kids campaign. Coats may be delivered to the Patwin office at 2222 Shasta Drive in West Davis, or may … Continue Reading
Former California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso will lead a task force into the UC Davis pepper spraying incident, University of California President Mark Yudof said Monday.
Yudof made the announcement during Monday’s UC Board of Regents teleconference meeting.
Yudof last week named former Los Angeles police Chief William Bratton to lead a fact-finding effort into the Nov. 18 incident on the UC Quad in which 10 Occupy UCD protesters were…
A group of volunteers at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital has carried on a tradition of making holiday pet baskets for the Mercer Veterinary Clinic for Pets of the Homeless since 1995. Again this year, organizers are seeking donations to buy pet supplies, treats and toys for the baskets to help brighten the … Continue Reading
Need inspiration to make your holiday shopping choices simpler this year? The Davis Waldorf Social Inclusion Group will host a screening of the film “Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the school, 3100 Sycamore Lane in Davis. “Consuming Kids” examines the practices of the multibillion-dollar marketing machine that … Continue Reading
“Riverbank Kestrel,” by renowned wildlife artist Carl Brenders, is the grand prize for this fall’s Yolo Audubon Society fundraising drawing. This print has a framed value of approximately $800 to $1,000. Tickets for the drawing have been mailed to Yolo Audubon members and also will be available at the organization’s meetings and functions. The suggested donation is $2 per ticket. The drawing … Continue Reading
Cindy Sue Hartley, 49, of Davis, died Nov. 20, 2011. She was born May 9, 1962, in San Diego to Barbara and Larry Hartley, and had been an area resident for the past 37 years. A funeral will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, at Wiscombe Funeral Home, 116 D St. in downtown Davis. Interment … Continue Reading
Details What: “White Christmas” When: Through Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays (additional matinee at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10) Where: Woodland Opera House, 340 Second St., Woodland Tickets: $25 general, $23 seniors/students, $12 youths 17 and under; balcony tickets are $15 general, $7 youths 17 and under; call (530) … Continue Reading
The directors of the Davis Democratic Club invite all Davis Democrats to the club’s annual Holiday Party from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at International House, 10 College Park. A holiday buffet will be provided by the club’s board of directors, along with wine, beer and soft drinks. Holiday gift baskets will be the featured … Continue Reading
Holiday music similar to that popularized by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra will raise the roof at four performances this month as the Davis Musical Theatre Company collaborates with local rock and opera musicians on a rock-and-roll holiday show. TSO’s musical style is a harmonious amalgam of classical, orchestral, symphonic and progressive elements blended with hard rock … Continue Reading
Dear Annie: My husband and I are raising our two teenage grandchildren. Our grandson is 15 and recently started going out with a girl. They attend the same school and are Facebook friends. We don’t know this girl, but after their first outing to a mall, she posted pictures of them kissing. The following weekend, … Continue Reading
As faculty members at UC Davis, we are submitting this letter to express our strong support for our chancellor, Linda Katehi. First our perception of the Nov. 18 event: There is no doubt that what happened is unacceptable — indeed, it can only be characterized as police brutality. In the immediate aftermath, our chancellor’s initial … Continue Reading
As a cantankerous curmudgeon on a fixed income with way too much time on his hands, I felt compelled to enter the pepper spray fray from a slightly different perspective. I agree entirely with the letter published Wednesday by Sandra Sokolow. In it, she states that the UC Davis administration is not to blame for the … Continue Reading
I was interested to read in Friday’s paper that Chancellor Linda Katehi’s recommendation to end the campus asylum law in Greece was not intended as support for the permanent presence of heavily armed campus police force, but to “give campuses options for security, including hiring police or having student security guards.” This gives me some … Continue Reading
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