UC Davis News

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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)