Brandon Strong and Brett Bloomfield DHS JV boys photos
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Sports briefs: Batting clinic offered at UCD
The UC Davis baseball team will provide hitting instruction to local youth players at a clinic set for Wednesday at the Aggie batting cages. Athletes ages 7 to 14 are invited to participate (no high school players) and kids will be separated by age. At the clinic, which costs $25 cash and will go from … Continue Reading
Davis home leads in $100,000 online contest
It’s early yet, but Jim and Kristy Powell’s festively decorated house on Henri Court in Wildhorse — aka Candy Cane Court — is leading the voting for a chance to win $100,000 for the Davis schools. The nationwide contest is sponsored by Patch.com, a local news website owned by AOL. Of the 860 Patch websites, one … Continue Reading
49ers/Raiders notebook: S.F. is protecting the ball at a record pace
SANTA CLARA — Despite San Francisco’s impressive 12-3 record, the 49ers’ offense leads the league in only one category — protecting the football. San Francisco hasn’t committed a turnover in its last four games and leads the league in fewest giveaways with 10. If the 49ers don’t commit a turnover in Sunday’s season finale at … Continue Reading
Norwood 4-H Club meets Wednesday
Members of the Norwood 4-H Club will gather at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Holmes Junior High School multipurpose room, 1220 Drexel Drive, for the fifth club meeting of this 4-H year. Norwood is now well into this year’s activities and many projects are under way. Knowledge Merit Day, held annually at Norton Hall in … Continue Reading
Devil junior varsity boys again posting a dazzling season
It certainly has been an entertaining hoops team. And now that they’re off to an 11-3 start — and again featuring a high-octane offense — the Davis High boys junior varsity just might be veteran coach Bob Silva’s best. Silva — who doubles as the president of the Davis Wildcats youth basketball program — has … Continue Reading
Adult School courses cover languages, exercise, computers and more
The Davis Adult School’s winter quarter classes start Tuesday, including courses in several languages spoken around the world, as well as fitness classes, computer classes and more. Language courses in the winter quarter include: * Arabic, a 10-week course taught at 7 p.m. Tuesdays in Room L-24 at Davis High School, 315 W. 14th St. … Continue Reading
The couples that weighs together, stays together
With the new year comes new resolutions — or a more defined course of action than the previous year. 2011: Lose weight. 2012: Do something to bring about losing weight. Adam and Jan Bridge were in a similar place in 2005. Each of them weighed more than 300 pounds. They had tried various diets, dropping … Continue Reading
A sneak peek at this year’s top headlines
As we face the new year on this beautiful day in the Most Relevant City in America, it’s worth looking ahead at what no doubt will be the top stories of 2012. THE FRIENDLY PEPPER-UPPER (Jan. 1) … Dr. Pepper inks long-term marketing agreement with UC Davis to produce new soft drink known tentatively as … Continue Reading
Child passengers, DUI offenders affected by new state laws
By Fran Clader As we count down to the new year, California motorists should be aware of some of the new laws going into effect Sunday. These new traffic laws were passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown earlier this year. The California Highway Patrol is asking the motoring public to familiarize … Continue Reading
