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By Marvin Walberg Even candidates who are able to make a strong sales pitch in job interviews can find themselves easily tripped up by the unexpected: Hardball questions. The trick to fielding those questions is to realize that they’re asked primarily to gauge how fast you can think and how well you perform under pressure. [...]
Frank Cerabino The Palm Beach Post It’s high school graduation season, a fresh opportunity to offer an (earnest / snide) address for the occasion. Dear high school graduates: As your commencement speaker today, I intend to make my remarks as (inspiring / brief) as possible, knowing full well that my words here today will (resonate [...]
The Friends of the Davis Public Library will host the next bimonthly book sale starting Friday, June 7. Friends members only are welcome from noon to 2 p.m.; as always, shoppers may join the Friends at the door. Hours for the general public are 2 to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, [...]
Community members are invited to a free, guided tour of the city of Davis wetlands, a 400-acre wetland and grassland complex, from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, June 1. A team of trained docents from the Yolo Basin Foundation will lead the group. Not all birds build nests. The brown-headed cowbird, a year-round resident of [...]
This past year, 970 Yolo County preschoolers received free hearing screenings thanks to Hear! Here!, the Woodland chapter of Hearing Loss Association of America, and its partners. Funding for the screenings came from the Woodland Sunrise Rotary Foundation, Soroptimist International of Davis and First 5 Yolo. During April and May of 2012, 501 children at [...]
By Melissa Rayworth Design magazines and home decorating catalogs tend to feature sprawling backyards with big wooden decks and room for everything from decorative fountains to artificial ponds. But few of us have that much outdoor space. Still, with a few strategic choices, you can create something truly special out of even the smallest yard [...]
Join Explorit Science Center at The Klubhouse 2 in West Sacramento from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 1, for a special Zumbathon to support local science education. This will be a great opportunity to enjoy some high-energy cardio fitness dance fun and help provide hands-on science activities and interactive learning for our community. Zumba [...]
By Scott Mayerowitz It’s May. Memorial Day and the end of the school year are in sight. Suddenly, you’re thinking about a summer vacation. A little advance planning — and some insider tips — can save you a lot of money. Whether you’re booking airfare, a car rental or a hotel room, there are questions [...]
Child actor and rising television star JJ Totah has landed a new show in prime time beginning in the fall. Totah will be a regular on the ABC show, “Back in the Game,” airing Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. — right before the hit comedy, “Modern Family.” “Back in the Game” is about a single mom [...]
After 24 years of service to the community through Davis Community Church, the Rev. Mary Lynn Tobin has announced she will be leaving as pastor on Sunday, May 26. Davis Community Church, founded in 1869, is Davis’ oldest Protestant congregation and is a consistently progress voice in the community. DCC is at 412 C St. [...]
Only 40 tickets remain for the 2013 Tour de Cluck, a bicycle tour of backyard chicken coops in Davis, which runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 25. The tour starts at the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame, 303 Third St. Tickets are $15 general, $10 for students and seniors and free for [...]
The University of California on Wednesday gave its President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership to efforts to register voters and help those struggling with addition and recovery. UC gave $2,000 awards to the UC Student Association’s UCweVOTE campaign and UC Riverside’s Healing Highlanders at the Board of Regents Meeting in Sacramento. The voter registration drive [...]
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab lead engineer Adam Steltzner, who led the team that guided the Mars rover Curiosity’s successful landing last year, will give a free talk at 4 p.m. Tuesday in 1065 Kemper Hall at UC Davis. His talk is titled “The Right Kind of Crazy: Risk, Reason and Engineering Curiosity to the Surface [...]
Do you love local food, agriculture and international development? Then mark your calendars for the International Agricultural Development Graduate Group’s annual Spring Bash, from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Heavy Dirt Farm, 24830 County Road 95 west of Davis. “Be our guest and enjoy a pig roast, drinks, dancing, a cakewalk, farm tours, games [...]
