Davis News

The following local residents recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

The ceremony is open to the public and will be held at the West Plainfield Fire Station at 24901 County Road 95, Davis, at 9 a.m. "We urge the citizens of Yolo County to drop off their worn, tattered and faded flags to the following locations for proper retirement," according to Bill Wagster, veteran's service officer.

Six local authors will take part in a three-day creative writing conference at the University of the Pacific's main campus in Stockton June 14-16. There is an optional weeklong class/workshop follow-up for writers from 6 to 9:30 p.m. June 17-20. The interactive workshops and presentations will cover all aspects and genres of creative writing, from ... (more)

Craig McNamara, a Winters organic farmer and president of the California State Board of Food and Agriculture, will be the featured speaker at an awards ceremony Wednesday at UC Davis.

We have an oil problem on our hands, and it has nothing to do with renewable energy and carbon emissions.

University of California Davis will use a $1 million grant announced Tuesday by Covered California to work with El Concilio, the council for Spanish speakers, to educate almost 133,000 primarily Spanish-speaking residents in the Central Valley about the new state health benefit exchange.

The Mary L. Stephens Davis Branch of the Yolo County Library will co-host the celebration of Juneteenth in partnership with the Friends of the Davis Public Library, the city of Davis, Culture Co-op and others.

The Senate Governance and Finance Committee voted 5-2 this week to support legislation by Sen.

When it comes to selecting a commencement speaker, the nation's top 100 universities lean decidedly left, according to a new survey by the Young America's Foundation.

Through May. The photographs of Alan Craig Barnard, titled "Local Landscapes," will be on display at Blue Wing Gallery, 405 Main St., Woodland through May.

On Saturday, May 18, the second international " Fascination of Plants Day " will take place under the umbrella of the European Plant Science Organization .

After the human H1N1 influenza pandemic began in 2009, researchers from the University of California, Davis, detected the virus in free-ranging northern elephant seals off the central California coastline.

She enjoys the slot machines and was playing a Triple Blazin' 7s slot for just 15 minutes when the reel lined up for a $114,165 jackpot.

The Contra Costa Times cites a University of California, Davis study that finds the seals contracted the H1N1 virus back in 2010, just as the pandemic caused by the virus was winding down in humans.

Michael Vasilyev's goals in his research are simply stated: increase by tenfold the amount of information that can be securely transmitted via the Internet and the distance over which that data can be transmitted.

Tour de Cl uck is introducing the "Fantastic Fowl Food Finale," new related event to cap off the month of activities.

A centuries-old farming technique called dry farming - once the order of the day in the Central Valley - is once again drawing the interest of some of the region's farmers.

How many fields or specializations in nutrition are there? Let's say you wanted a graduate degree in nutrition.

Human embryonic stem cells generated from cloned embryos grew for the first time into a variety of cell and tissue types, including contracting heart cells.

A panel of experts today will discuss Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's goals of making the area a "farm-to-fork" capital and the agriculture industry's impact as a regional economic driver.