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1 hr ago | Fire Rescue Magazine

California EMT Burned in Race Kart Fire; Community Responds

Emergency medical technician Robbie Berge is used to saving people, but on Saturday night, the roles were reversed when he needed to be rescued after his race kart caught on fire.

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Related Topix: Fire, Oroville, CA, Butte County, CA, Chico, CA

Fri May 17, 2013

Time

Forget the IRS - There's an Olive-Oil Scandal Afoot

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

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Related Topix: Chemistry, Science, Davis, CA, US News, United States Department of Agriculture

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Bee Critic Picks: Things to do this weekend

What: Try your hand at an interactive treasure hunt outside and in the Governor's Mansion as docents dressed in period attire offer guidance.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Sacramento, CA, Libraries

Business Journal

UC Davis will use Covered California grant for Spanish-language outreach

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.

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Related Topix: California, Davis, CA, Yolo, CA

The Daily Democrat

UPDATED: UC hospitals canceling elective surgeries

The five largest University of California medical centers have begun canceling elective surgeries because of a looming, two-day strike by some workers next week.

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Related Topix: Sacramento, CA

KOLO-TV Reno

Victim in Weekend Fire Dies

The fire on West 4th Street Sunday, May 12, happened late in the morning at the Old 40 West Motel just west of McCarran.

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The Las Vegas Sun

Reno man burned in apartment fire dies

A Reno man has died from injuries he suffered in a fire at an apartment on old U.S. Highway 40 west of downtown.

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Related Topix: Fire

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

California's health exchange to serve as voter registration hub

Millions of Californians who contact the state's new health exchange to buy insurance will be given the opportunity to register to vote, too, a move that some Republicans fear could benefit Democrats.

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Related Topix: California, California Government, US News, Health Insurance, Health

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

UC Davis researchers find swine flu virus in elephant seals

UC Davis researchers have discovered swine flu in California elephant seals, but the marine mammals don't exhibit any large runny noses.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Thu May 16, 2013

Red Bluff Daily News

Red Bluff grad to study Arabic in Morocco

Red Bluff High School graduate Sultan Beardsley, a student at U.C. Davis, has been chosen to study Arabic in Morocco this summer.

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Related Topix: Red Bluff, CA

ScienceBlogs

Spring in California: Saturday is Fascination of Plants Day

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

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Related Topix: Davis, CA, East Palo Alto, CA

WTOP-FM Washington

Swine flu found in elephant seals off California

Researchers have detected swine flu in elephant seals off the Central California coast, saying it was the first time a human pandemic strain has been found in marine mammals.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Davis, CA, Medicine, Influenza, San Mateo County, CA, San Simeon, CA

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

UC Davis researchers discover swine flu in California elephant seals

UC Davis researchers have discovered swine flu in California elephant seals, but the marine mammals don't exhibit any large runny noses.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Influenza

Bakersfield.com

Camille Gavin: Be lured by 'The Nerd,' a zany, quirky comedy

Quirky characters are a key element in a successful comedy and that seems to be central to Kevin Ganger's motivation for directing "The Nerd." When: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday through June 10.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Entertainment

Porterville Recorder

HMA students awarded $708,560 in scholarships

More than $700,000 was awarded to 42 seniors Tuesday night during Harmony Magnet Academy's Second Annual Scholarship Ceremony.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Porterville, CA

Wed May 15, 2013

Xinhuanet

H1N1 virus found in marine mammals for first time

U.S. researchers said Wednesday they have detected for the first time the H1N1 virus in elephant seals off the coast of central California.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Davis, CA, Medicine, Influenza

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Dry farming draws interest of small growers in Central Valley

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.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Davis, CA, Wine, Drink, Life, Food, Vegetables, Amador County, CA

Examiner.com

Food energetics and nutrition behavior

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

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nutrition, Life, Food, Davis, CA, Agriculture, Science

USA Today

Human embryonic stem cells are cloned

Stem cell researchers have reached a long-sought milestone in "regenerative" medicine that seeks to provide rejection-free replacement transplant tissues to patients.

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Related Topix: Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, Genetics, Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Davis, CA

Examiner.com

Upbeat, cheery music can make you happier say scientists

Trying to be Happier Works When Listening to Upbeat Music, According to MU Research Locally, in Sacramento and Davis holistic music therapists bring uplifting music to make children and adults happier and sometimes to feel less pain, for example, in the U.C. California, Davis music therapy programs, such as those documented in the article, " Music ... (more)

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Related Topix: Missouri, University of Missouri