Breathing air usually isn’t thought of as an award-winning activity, but helping make it a little less polluted deserves some kind of recognition, especially for those who do the most to clean up some of the dirtiest air in the nation. For the 36th year, Breathe California of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails highlights the heroes who make … Continue Reading
Details What: 12th annual UC Davis Film Festival When: 8:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday Where: Varsity Theatre, 616 Second St., downtown Davis Tickets: $7, or $10 for a two-night pass Info: http://theatredance.ucdavis.edu View past years’ winning films: http://theatredance.ucdavis.edu/season/videos.aspx By Janice Bisgaard Talented UC Davis filmmakers will showcase their work at the 12th annual UC Davis … Continue Reading
I am an energy wonk and am proud to be supporting Dan Wolk for Davis City Council. Dan’s ideas about expanding residential solar power, initiating Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) or even our own public energy utility, reducing our peak load through weatherization and other upgrades, and establishing ourselves as a “Silicon Valley of Sustainability,” are … Continue Reading
POINTING THE FINGER OF BLAME … Clint Parish, that take-no-prisoners candidate for Yolo County Superior Court judge, claims he is all for “personal accountability” … he does, of course, make an exception for himself and his own bad behavior … after admitting to The Enterprise’s Lauren Keene that no, his opponent, Judge Dan Maguire, did … Continue Reading
YE SHALL REAP WHAT YE SHALL SOW … alarmed to see his name listed as an endorser on one of the most vicious pieces of campaign literature ever to hit Yolo County mailboxes, Sheriff Ed Prieto wasted little time telling judicial candidate Clint Parish that he was withdrawing his endorsement … Ed Prieto is a … Continue Reading
While steak may seem like an odd thing to put in a budget menu, the fact of the matter is that cooking on a budget means you have to take full advantage of flavor where you can find it. Less than $10 worth of steak, nicely grilled, will make two delicious dinners for two people. … Continue Reading
By Doug Ferguson PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Kevin Na didn’t feel comfortable about anything Saturday except his name atop the leaderboard at The Players Championship. Na rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for one of only three rounds without a bogey on a tough day at the TPC Sawgrass. It … Continue Reading
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pinch-hitter Tony Gwynn Jr. hit a go-ahead three-run triple for the Dodgers off Tim Lincecum, one inning after San Francisco’s Nate Schierholtz ran into a critical out that helped kill a Giants rally in a 6-2 loss in Los Angeles. Jamey Wright (2-2) pitched two perfect innings for the Dodgers and … Continue Reading
The Yolo County School Boards Association and Saving California Communities will host a “Healthy Youth/Healthy Regions” forum at 7 p.m. Monday in Woodland. The free event will take place at the Yolo County Office of Education’s conference center, 1280 Santa Anita Court. Hosting the event will be Jonathan London and Mindy Romero of the UC … Continue Reading
WILD AND WOOLLY WEDNESDAY … according to expert sources high within the local artistic community, there will be a spectacular, top-secret, not-to-be-missed event taking place tomorrow night (Wednesday) around 6 p.m. in the general vicinity of Central Park … I plan to show up just to see if my sources can be trusted … PEPPER … Continue Reading
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For someone playing so close to his house, Webb Simpson has been on edge all week. The home crowd. Two rounds with Tiger Woods. His name atop the leaderboard at Quail Hollow alongside Rory McIlroy and so many others late, including Davis High graduate Nick Watney on Saturday. It has caused him … Continue Reading
A free screening of “Yes, We’re Open” will kick off an Asian American Film Festival at UC Davis next week. This year’s film festival theme is “Identity: Look Beyond the Surface.” The “Yes, We’re Open” screening will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Social Sciences 1100. This is the fourth feature film collaboration between director … Continue Reading
The Davis Fury, a U14 girls soccer team, took second place at the inaugural El Palo Alto tournament last weekend in Palo Alto. The locals started the tournament by defeating the Pleasant Hill Nightmare, 2-0, as Alyssa Lengtat scored first with a left-footed shot at a difficult angle. Addie O’Hanlon added the second goal when … Continue Reading
I realize the responsible thing to do here is to admit I’m scheduled for a colonoscopy tomorrow and urge everyone else in a high-risk group to do the same. Colon cancer is not funny. Nevertheless, tell someone you’re scheduled for a colonoscopy and you’ll be the butt — literally — of more jokes than you’ll … Continue Reading
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