UC Davis’ West Village overcame funding constraints, delays, regulatory changes, a housing market collapse and other challenges to become the nation’s largest planned zero-net energy community, according to a new report on sustainable, low-carbon developments. The pioneering development is one of four case studies featured in the current issue of the journal Planning Theory & Practice. The report, “Exploring … Continue Reading
By Nanette Asimov ALBANY — Occupy the Farm protesters agreed Saturday to end their three-week encampment on UC Berkeley property in Albany, but rebuffed an invitation from the university to discuss how area can be used for both urban farming and for research. Instead, the several dozen protesters set up ladders to scale the fence UC had erected around … Continue Reading
Dec. 31, 1949 — March 20, 2012 Dr. Nicholas William Lerche passed away at home on the morning of March 20, 2012. He was 62. Nicholas was born Dec. 31, 1949, in Oakland, to Effie Gay and William Carl Lerche. Nick graduated magna cum laude from San Francisco State University in 1971 with a double … Continue Reading
Academic Surge * UCD American Fisheries Society 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Building 1375 Join us for fun with fishes! Live native aquatic species on display ARC Pavilion * Doxie Derby 1 to 3 p.m. UC Davis Veterinary school Doxie Derby * School of Veterinary Medicine Josh Project Info Booth 1 to 3 p.m. Veterinary … Continue Reading
Gene Trapp and Jo Ellen Ryan, Caffé Italia and the Davis Cemetery District are the winners of the 18th annual city of Davis Environmental Recognition Awards. They will be presented at the City Council meeting of Tuesday, April 17. The city’s Natural Resources Commission created the awards in 1995 to honor and recognize the environmental … Continue Reading
Yolo Energy Watch’s two-fold goal of saving energy and educating the community about how and why to conserve has received a burst of youthful energy. Six high school students — from Da Vinci and Woodland high schools — have become Young Energy Leaders with the program, which is a partnership between Yolo County, the California … Continue Reading
The three teams of third- and fourth-graders were each given a bag of plastic animals. The challenge: Using the animals, make a food chain that one would find in the Sacramento Valley or foothills. They had 2 1/2 minutes.
The students from Patwin and Korematsu elementary schools in Davis, as well as Lincrest Elementary in Yuba City, quietly conferred with each other and created their food chains.
Time’s up, they were told.
What have you got?
Rob Floerke will present his stunning photographs of the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands and discuss his most recent trip there as part of Flyway Nights, Yolo Basin Foundation’s public lecture series. His talk will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5, at the state Department of Fish and Game’s Yolo Wildlife Area Headquarters, 45211 Chiles … Continue Reading
The city of Davis Open Space and Habitat Commission will host a talk on native pollinators and what Davis residents can do to help provide habitat. The presenter will be Holly Ernest, associate professor of population health and reproduction at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Her talk, “California’s hummingbirds: population ecology and landscape … Continue Reading
Rob Floerke will present his stunning photographs of the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands and discuss his most recent trip there as part of Flyway Nights, Yolo Basin Foundation’s public lecture series. His talk will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5, at the state Department of Fish and Game’s Yolo Wildlife Area Headquarters, 45211 Chiles … Continue Reading
Michael Minzenberg, a UC Davis psychiatry researcher, has been awarded a prestigious three-year, $200,000 seed grant from the Dana Foundation to study the brains of patients being treated for schizophrenia to determine how additional treatment to improve cognition interacts with antipsychotic medication. Despite the importance of cognition in the rehabilitation of those with schizophrenia, there … Continue Reading
The Water Resources Association of Yolo County and the Yolo County Flood Control & Water Conservation District announce the 2012 Water Awareness Student Art Contest. The contest is open to all Yolo County students from kindergarten to sixth grade, including homeschooled students. The theme is “Water is Life – Every Drop Counts.” Original artwork must … Continue Reading
The Sunrise Rotary Club of Davis recently recognized 14 students at Davis and Da Vinci high schools as February’s Students of the Month. They are: * Jeffery Bagwell, nominated by practical arts teacher Robert Thayer, who wrote, “Jeffery Bagwell has distinguished himself recently as one of the most improved and most successful ROP Auto Tech students in … Continue Reading
The Yolo County Resource Conservation District will host its annual dinner on Wednesday, April 11, with a special presentation by Jeff Mount, a UC Davis geology professor. The event will run from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Hotel Woodland, 436 Main St. in Woodland. Wine tasting and live music by the Putah Creek Muckrakers, … Continue Reading
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