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6 hrs ago | The Daily Democrat

UC Davis chemical ecologist wins major award

Chemical ecologist Walter Leal, professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, is the 2008 winner of a major award from the Entomological Society of America: the Recognition Award in Insect ...

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science, Biochemistry, Biology, Yale University, Chemistry, University of Arizona

14 hrs ago | The Jewish News Weekly

Shorts: Bay Area

Sherith Israel hosting identity symposium Congregation Sherith Israel's third annual symposium, 'Mine, Yours, Ours: Ad-venture into Jewish Identity,' will be held 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. October 19 at the synagogue, ...

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Metro, Santa Rosa, CA, Santa Clara, CA

Fri Oct 10, 2008

Modesto Bee

Death toll rises to 9 in Calif. charter bus crash

A ninth victim of a charter bus crash in Northern California died Friday, officials said.

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Related Topix: Sacramento Metro, Sacramento, CA

Stockton Record

Stockton police say information from witnesses helped lead to swift arrest

An 8-year-old boy known by family and friends as "Pork Chop" was critically injured Monday afternoon in north Stockton after being struck and thrown at least 20 feet by a hit-and-run driver who was later ...

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Related Topix: Stockton, CA

Health News Digest

Find Important Clue to Learning Deficit in Children with Autism

Click here to learn how to advertise on this site and for ad rates. Autism Issues Author: UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute Last Updated: Oct 10, 2008 - 7:54:27 AM Find Important Clue to Learning Deficit in Children ...

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Related Topix: Autism, Health, Sacramento Metro, Computers

Thu Oct 09, 2008

The Daily Democrat

UC Davis improves handling of 911 calls from mobile phones

Emergency help is closer for many cell phone users who make a 9-1-1 call on the University of California, Davis, campus.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics

Winona Daily News

Wine Wise: Martini Cabernets in good hands

As regular readers of this column may recall, I like to devote some October columns to Italian wines and western hemisphere vintners of Italian lineage.

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Related Topix: Wine, Drink

RecordNET

No charges yet in hit-run that hurt boy

Prosecutors sent a hit-and-run case back to investigators Wednesday after filing no charges against a pair of brothers arrested on suspicion of causing an accident Monday that critically injured an 8-year-old ...

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Related Topix: San Joaquin County, CA, Stockton, CA

San Francisco Chronicle

The Mercury Menace in San Francisco Bay

It's been long known that mercury from old mines leaks into the San Francisco Bay from the hills above San Jose where the New Almaden Quicksilver Mine operated for more than 120 years before it was shut down in ...

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, San Jose Metro, Davis, CA, Sacramento Metro

Wed Oct 08, 2008

Cleantech.com - Accelerating the next...

Cracking crop genomes for food security

Experts say more investment in plant science research, such as the wheat breakthrough, is crucial to future crop productivity.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Plant Biology, Biology

Ag Professional

USDA awards more than $28 million for specialty crop research

USDA awards more than $28 million for specialty crop research Oct. 8, 2008 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced that USDA has awarded more than $28 million through the Specialty ...

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Genetics, Biology, Food Science, Life, Fruits, Food

Stockton Record

Boy, 8, hit by car still in hospital

An 8-year-old boy critically injured in a hit-and-run accident Monday afternoon remains in intensive care under the close watch of doctors at a Sacramento hospital, his grandmother Etta Baker said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: San Joaquin County, CA

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle News Stories

King Tut to make triumphal return to S.F. Steven Winn, Chronicle Arts and Culture Critic Thirty years to the month after King Tut first took San Francisco by storm, antiquity's most famous monarch will attempt ...

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Colusa County, CA, Williams, CA

Tue Oct 07, 2008

CBS 13

UC Davis Marching Band Accused Of Harrassment

Oct 6, 2008 4:46 pm US/Pacific Reporting Koula Gianulias DAVIS Being loud and rowdy is what the UC Davis marching band is known for.

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My58.com

Son Speaks About Mother's Bus Crash Death

A mourning son is speaking out after his mother and seven other people were killed in a Colusa County bus crash.

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Related Topix: Drugs

Stockton Record

8-year-old boy airlifted after hit-and-run in north Stockton

An 8-year-old Stockton boy was airlifted to a hospital this afternoon after suffering major injuries when he was struck by a car on Kelley Drive north of Hammer Lane.

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Related Topix: Stockton, CA

Mon Oct 06, 2008

TheCabin.net

Bus driver in fatal California crash is arrested

A bus driver with a string of motor vehicle offenses and a history of substance abuse was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Monday after his casino-bound charter bus ran into a ditch, killing ...

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Related Topix: Merced, CA

MediLexicon

CSHP Selects Jay Rho As 2008 Pharmacist Of The Year And Mirta...

Drs. Veronica Bandy, Daniel Dong and Maria Serpa Designated as 2008 Society Fellows and Darren Besoyan to Receive Technician Achievement Award.

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Related Topix: California, Health

San Francisco Chronicle

Director files complaint about UC Davis band

Slabaugh ordered band members to put their clothes back on, but they ignored him, he said in a memo to university officials.

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Sun Oct 05, 2008

The Daily Democrat

'Home invaders' of the insect world

UC Davis bee breeder-geneticist opens a hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility.

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Related Topix: Apiculture, Science, Entomology, Life, Food, Honey

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