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Kaitlyn Ashley assistant manager of Woodstock’s, Sacramento: “Relax, ’cause you’re going from high school to college. It’s nice to actually relax, ’cause you’re done with school. You’re free.” Shelby Victoria waitress, Davis: “Be patient. Go to school.” Johnathen Duran property manager, Davis: “Think about it.” Carolynn Aikawa Realtor, Davis: “Work hard for those four years.” [...]
By Michael Perrone The Davis City Council has asked its Water Advisory Committee to examine whether we should add fluoride to our water supply. I followed the last two WAC meetings on this topic. The dozens of people who spoke at the meetings were sharply divided into opposing factions, pro-fluoridation and anti-fluoridation. The heated debate [...]
By Judy Wolf When you think of Africa, these images come to mind: great herds of migrating wildebeest, hunters such as lions and hyena attacking their prey, and huge waterfalls feeding rivers that host giant hippos as they bask in the sun. But all too often, an African physician sees another picture — a lifeless [...]
Dear Annie: Ten years ago, my daughter, “June,” married a guy I thought was a little immature. June thought he would change after she married him. He didn’t. Five years ago, they had a child. She thought he would change then. He has not. My son-in-law does absolutely nothing around the house unless June asks [...]
My hands are a little sore this morning, something around the thumbs. But I’ve learned to talk back to them. “Stop it!,” I say and then I keep moving. My relationship with my hands has changed dramatically in the last five years, a result of taking up the guitar. I pay attention to them in [...]
I have a writing ritual. Just as a warrior straps on his armor before heading into battle or a policeman dons his uniform and checks his weapons before hitting the mean streets, I also have a specific routine before sitting down to write: whole pot of black coffee, two “Namaste” yoga routines, shower, moisturize, blow-dry [...]
By Lee Bowman The playlist of evidence that music has a special role in our lives and health has been getting longer in the past few months. Certainly, not everyone likes the same music, and music therapy tries to respect that. But one recent study shows that the brains of most people listening to the [...]
For some reason, “The Wolverine” can’t catch a cinematic break, despite Hugh Jackman’s engaging work as Marvel Comics’ beloved claw-wielding berserker. This sequel draws its story from a nifty 1982 comic book miniseries by veteran X-Men scribe Chris Claremont, with Wolvie finding love and an old enemy — Will Yun Lee’s Silver Samurai — in [...]
A new approach to tissue preparation that makes heart valve replacements less likely to be rejected by the body’s immune system — potentially giving transplant patients longer, healthier lives swept top honors at UC Davis’ 13th annual Big Bang! Business Plan Competition. ViVita Technologies, a team comprising a UCD veterinarian and three biomedical engineering doctoral students, [...]
The new Student Community Center at UC Davis has been certified LEED platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council, the university announced Thursday. That gives UCD five facilities that have attained the top Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating — the most in the 10-campus UC system. “The project met the high standards of [...]
Have you thanked a teacher lately? A perfect opportunity is available now from AAUW-Davis and Monticello Seasonal Cuisine. T(ea) is for Teachers is an appreciation tea to honor teachers and support Tech Trek, a summer camp to introduce junior high school girls to math and science careers. The fundraiser is planned from 3:30 to 5 [...]
Dear Readers: Happy Mother’s Day. Please phone your mother, grandmother, mother-in-law, stepmother or foster mother and wish them the best. And our special good wishes to all the new mommies who are celebrating their very first Mother’s Day. Also, please don’t forget those for whom this day, for whatever reason, is filled with sadness. Give [...]
I learned to be good grandma from a person I never met, whose voice I never heard, whose friends I never knew, a person who died before I was born. She was my Sicilian great-grandmother, called Mamma Pepina, and I recently found a photograph of her taken when she was very old, perhaps in her [...]
* Editor’s note: Debra is taking Mother’s Day off. This column first ran on Mother’s Day in 1996. It’s that second Sunday in May again. Mother’s Day, just like Valentine’s Day, is a truly pointless holiday. If you’ve treated Mom like an indentured servant day after day, a bouquet of wilting carnations isn’t going to [...]
