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The celebration of what made the bicycle — and the sport of road cycling — special on the American landscape continues when the Livestrong Challenge returns to Davis, its third consecutive year here. Central Park will host the June 22-23 Challenge Village, from which a series of graded cycle tours will leave that Sunday. More [...]
Jack Scranton, son of Stephen and Erin Scranton of Davis, has received an appointment to the Class of 2017 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Scranton will graduate next month from Davis High School where he was a member of the cross country and track teams. The prospective members of the Class of [...]
By Deborah Abrams Kaplan bankrate.com You spend time and money to create a nice home. How can you protect it from intruders without it costing a fortune? It’s easier than you think. Chris Hsiung, a lieutenant with the Mountain View Police Department, says that the best home security involves multiple deterrents to dissuade opportunists and [...]
A month of activities celebrating the Tour de Cluck, a bicycle tour of backyard chicken coops in Davis, will wrap up with the Fantastic Fowl Food Finale from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 1, at Sutter Davis Hospital. The event is a benefit for the Yolo Farm to Fork Foundation, one of the two [...]
The hip-hop duo Blackalicious will return to Davis to headline the annual UC Davis Black Family Day on the Quad on Saturday. In addition to music, the free event will feature food, a children’s fair and a family photo booth from noon to 4 p.m., games from noon to 6 p.m., and a jazz and [...]
State Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, and Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada, D-Davis, each received a “B” on a 2012-13 legislative report card issued on Wednesday by the UC Student Association. Darius Kemp, a spokesperson for the group, said Yamada and Wolk did “very well” at voting in the best interest of students. No lawmakers received an “A.” “A [...]
The Putah Creek Council will sponsor a special tour of Four Winds Growers, a wholesale, edible-ornamental nursery nestled along Putah Creek’s upper reaches, as a fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. Participants will learn how agriculture and wild lands can exist side by side as they explore this private stretch of Putah Creek. [...]
Novelist Lynn Freed will be featured at 8 p.m. Thursday at the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First St., as part of the Poetry Night Reading Series. Freed is a South African writer and novelist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Ploughshares, Vogue, The Washington Post, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, Tin House and [...]
Learn about baby animals and how animal mothers care for their young at a free program, “Mothers in Nature,” on Saturday at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve east of Woodland. Children will have the opportunity to build a bird’s nest as well as enjoy other activities. Participants will take a walk around the grounds and [...]
John Weubbe has been hired as executive vice president and director of commercial banking at River City Bank. Weubbe returns to his local roots with more than 25 years of commercial banking experience to join the Sacramento-based bank as it looks to cement its relationship with local businesses, and continue to grow into the future. [...]
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Merryhill School in Davis will host an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at its preschool site, 222 La Vida Way in South Davis. Families are invited to meet with the principal and teachers, explore classrooms and learn about Merryhill’s “Links to Learning” curriculum. The preschool-specific curriculum has monthly developmental skill summaries for [...]
The Cycletar, an electric guitar built by Davis resident Harrison Phipps out of recycled bicycle parts, will be on display from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. in Sacramento. The display is part of Crocker’s ArtMix program in observance of May is Bike Month. The guitar features curly [...]
The 138th edition of the Dixon May Fair, California’s oldest fair, opens at 4 p.m. Thursday and runs through 11 p.m. Sunday. This year’s theme is “Delta Breeze.” Fair admission is $12 for adults (13 years and older), $8 for seniors, $7 for children ages 5-12 and free for kids 4 and under. Military members [...]
