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Film, discussion are part of Davis Reads book project

The Stephens Branch Library and International House, Davis, are collaborating to present a free program featuring the Davis Reads book project at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24. The event will take place at I-House, 10 College Park. Parking is free after 5 p.m. Community members are invited to discuss Sonia Nazario’s “Enrique’s Journey” and watch […]

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Girl Scouts host rummage sale Oct. 19

Davis Girl Scouts invite the public to their first rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, in the Davis school district parking lot at Fifth and B streets, across from Central Park. More than 25 vendors will be selling Halloween costumes and decor, jewelry, estate and vintage items, jewelry-making and craft […]

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Fibromyalgia sufferers gather on Saturday

The monthly meeting of the Northern Cal Fibro Friends will run from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Valley Health Plaza, 1010 Nut Tree Road, Suite 240, in Vacaville. Outreach representatives for the California AgrAbility Program at UC Davis will talk about ways to cope with arthritis and fibromyalgia by participating in gentle exercises. For […]

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Yolo Crisis Nursery: Santa’s helpers needed

Crisp fall air signals the coming of the holiday season, but Friends of the Yolo Crisis Nursery don’t wait for the change in the weather to begin preparations. The ninth annual Adopt-a-Family program is already underway. All it needs is a few perennial helpers to make it a success. Each December, members of our community […]

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Water rate initiative proponents at market

Proponents of an initiative to repeal Davis’ current water rates will be at the Davis Farmers Market on Saturday, collecting signatures on initiative petitions. For more information or to volunteer, call 530-756-6856.

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Public Safety Fair planned this weekend

The County Fair Mall in Woodland will host a Community Resource & Public Safety Fair from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The mall is on East Street at Gibson Road. Participants will include Healthy Yolo, Woodland Police Department, Woodland Fire Prevention, Yolo County Environmental Services, Child Health & Prevention Program, Children & […]

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John R. Whitaker

John R. Whitaker Sept. 13, 1929 – Sept. 28, 2013 John R. Whitaker, 84, of Davis, passed away on Sept. 28, 2013, at St. John’s Retirement Village in Woodland, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born in Lubbock, Texas, the first of six children born to Ovid and Vera Whitaker. The family […]

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School board to hear Strategic Planning Committee’s progress

The Davis school board will hear an update on the recent three-day session held by the school district’s newly-formed Strategic Planning Committee — and discuss the formation of several “action teams” that will be working on topics that were the focus of the Strategic Planning Committee’s discussions — when the school board meets at 7 […]

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