Ongoing * The Davis Food Co-op is now accepting students for summer sessions of their Co-op Hands-On Work (CHOW) training in June. Session 1 will run June 18-22 and Session 2 will run June 25-29; each sessions is from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. each day. This 22-hour program is designed to give teens ages … Continue Reading
Ninth-grade biology students at Da Vinci Junior High faced an interesting challenge this spring: Working in teams, research a current-day Galapagos Islands organism and become experts about it. Next, predict how that organism might change 500 years into the future based on an environmental scenario that varied between teams of students. Teams had to justify … Continue Reading
Located 10 miles west of Napa, on 311 acres on Mt. Veeder, is a special oasis for people like Connor Campbell. Established more than 60 years ago, the Enchanted Hills camp for the blind and visually impaired provides children and adults with weeklong summer camps every year. It is one of just two such camps … Continue Reading
We all know Davis is a bit different. But some of the numbers may surprise you.
The U.S. Census Bureau has been issuing updates for well over a year now, slicing and dicing the data gathered in the 2010 census. And several researchers have added to the community portrait as they have taken the census data and interpreted it.
The Davis “census county division” includes some contiguous neighborhoods like El Macero that are technically outside city limits, as well as on-campus housing at UC Davis.
By Tom Stienestra At a campsite last month, I saw a campfire ring where a picnic table had been uprooted, turned on its side and set in the pit, and then partially burned as if it were firewood. As spring takes hold, the “Idiot Alert” has been sounded at parks, trails and lakes as more … Continue Reading
Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park are offering annual entrance passes granting free admission to military service members and their families. The annual passes will become available on Saturday, Armed Forces Day, to active duty service members and their dependents. More than 2,000 national parks, wildlife refuges, national forests, and other public lands … Continue Reading
By Lesley Carlin Q: Every time I see a family with small children boarding an overnight flight from, say, San Francisco to Boston, I wonder what the heck they’re thinking. Why would anyone take the red-eye with little kids? Adults have enough trouble sleeping — there’s no way a toddler would be able to. And … Continue Reading
By Beth J. Harpaz Michael Wigge left Berlin without a penny and traveled 25,000 miles to Antarctica, hitchhiking, bartering and working his way by ship, plane, car and foot, from Europe to Canada and the U.S. and then through Latin America. A series about his project, “How to Travel the World for Free,” is airing … Continue Reading
Jennie Wylie-Smith and Kevin Smith of Warsaw, Mo., are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Axton Wildman Smith. He was born on March 30, 2012, in Sedalia, Mo. He weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces. His mother is a stay-at-home home and his father is an assembler. He is welcomed home by his siblings, Atreyu … Continue Reading
Ongoing * The Davis Food Co-op is now accepting students for summer sessions of their Co-op Hands-On Work (CHOW) training to be held in June. Session 1 will run June 18-22 and Session 2 will run June 25-29. Both sessions run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. each day. This 22-hour program is designed to … Continue Reading
History at Holmes Junior High School once again moved out of the classroom and on to the battlefield as Living History presenters arrived on campus last week to present the Civil War in all its glory. Eighth-graders spent the day traveling through stations at the school where they learned about everything from science and spying … Continue Reading
The school known ‘round the world for its love of picture books was at it again this year, reading its way across America and back and finishing it all off with a big celebration on the Quad last week. Birch Lane Elementary School made big news last year when students penned a letter to the … Continue Reading
The 43rd annual Whole Earth Festival continues Sunday with drumming and tie-dye, crafts and vegetarian-friendly goodness that locals and visitors have come to expect.
The event features dozens of musical acts and speakers, about 160 crafts booths, 40 education booths and 17 vegetarian-friendly food booths.
For all the fun on the UC Davis Quad there also will be, as ever, a political undercurrent to the free, three-day event expected to attract about 30,000 people.
Details What: Davis Children’s Chorale, directed by Rachel Kessler When: 7 p.m. Saturday Where: Davis Community Church Fellowship Hall, 421 D St. Admission: Donations will be accepted with gratitude Saturday’s pre-Mother’s Day concert by the Davis Children’s Chorale is something of a swan song for longtime director Rachel Kessler. She’ll soon turn leadership of the … Continue Reading
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