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The Washington Monthly has ranked UC Davis 17th among national universities based on research, promoting economic mobility and public service. The magazine ranked UCD sixth two years ago, eighth last year. UC San Diego retained its top spot for 2012, ahead of Texas A&M University. The magazine’s editors slotted UC Berkeley fifth (a drop from third), […]
Vicki Faye was a bit nonplussed when the check arrived in the mail over the summer — a donation of $2,752 to the American Red Cross from Holmes Junior High School in Davis. “We got the check out of the blue and couldn’t figure out what it was all about,” said Faye, regional manager of […]
By Judy Lin SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday announced systematic reforms to California’s badly underfunded public pension system that he says will save taxpayers billions of dollars over time, but he also was unable to persuade his fellow Democrats to give him some of the fundamental changes he had sought. The reform […]
City leaders had been on track to restrict the distribution of single-use plastic bags in Davis until the state decided to try to beat it to the punch. The Davis Natural Resources Commission drafted an ordinance in March that would force businesses, specifically grocery stores and other large retailers, to refrain from bagging their goods […]
About 60 members of the Senior Citizens of Davis, most of whom were barred from attending Tuesday’s meeting of the organization’s board, have called a special meeting in October to consider dumping the board entirely.
Their action came after a bizarre scene unfolded at the Davis Senior Center, where dozens of members tried to cram into a small conference room where the board meeting was being held.
The members were there to vote on the new bylaws …
