Davis News

The music programmed on Exiles' Cafe instantly conjures up images of a house pianist performing for poets, writers, musicians and other artists gathered together at a popular expatriate club.

High school students who smoke cigarettes are less likely to graduate on time, more likely to drop out and more likely to have poor grades, says a new study from UC Davis and reported EdSource, Highlighting Strategies for Student Success.

The results of a new study led by George Washington University Professor Tianshu Li provide direct computational evidence that nucleation of ice in small droplets is strongly size-dependent, an important conclusion in understanding water's behavior at the nanoscale.

The defense attorney for accused hate attacker Clayton Garzon asserted Monday that the March beating of another Davis man was not fueled by anti-gay sentiment.

One promising material for a potential new generation of recording media is an alloy of iron and platinum with an ordered crystal structure.

The University of California Davis leads the university system for its sustainable buildings.

Waterproof fabrics that whisk away sweat could be the latest application of microfluidic technology developed by bioengineers at the University of California, Davis.

Fifteen years of research at the University of California, Davis, is being turned into commercial products by Dysonics, a startup company based in San Francisco.

Over the next few weeks, thousands of young men and women in the Sacramento region will receive diplomas signifying their transition from high school to college or from institutions of higher learning into the work world.

It's digestive diseases awareness week, and the results of new studies are being presented and examined on the latest methods for managing digestive health with dietary changes.

Scientists at the University of California, Davis have engineered a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria to grow without the need for light.

The killer of longtime attorney Oliver "Chip" Northup and his wife, Claudia Maupin, in their Davis condominium remains unknown a month after police discovered their bodies April 14.

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.