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President Donald Trump is claiming that California's water policy is shortchanging firefighters of water to battle the state's raging wildfires. That's not so, according to wildfire and water experts.
John Miller of Yolo High School and Andy Martinez of Davis High School sitting at their station while Dr. Craig Wilson instructs them on the corn earworm at the National Germplasm Clonal Center in Davis. Instead of cracking open a textbook and having their students read paragraph after paragraph, teachers across Yolo County are preparing to have science examined under a microscope come fall through hands-on activities.
The future remains uncertain for a group of young people who were brought to the U.S. as children without legal authorization. Some of these so-called "Dreamers" were temporarily shielded from deportation through an Obama-era program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
While gift-giving this Christmas may be a bit more modest on the east side of the tracks, for some unknown reason, a helpful holiday guide arrived in my humble mailbox the other day that should make the obligatory present exchange bearable. It's titled "uncommongoods - your new favorite things."
"I still yell at my TV, I admit that, but it helps a lot to be able to channel the worry and the pent up emotion into something constructive." Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she still plans to make her voice heard on issues related to the future and isn't "going anywhere."
Members of a Facebook group dedicated to the search for missing Yolo County teens Enrique Rios and Elijah Moore will hold a fundraiser Sunday, June 4, to bolster FBI rewards that have been offered for information about their whereabouts. "Angels for Enrique and Elijah Silent Auction" will run from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Hall, 415 Second St. in downtown Davis.
A recent Davis hate crime combined with a changing political landscape has prompted supervisors to respond in the form of a resolution - affirming Yolo County as a “safe and welcoming community” for all. “We drafted this resolution in response to calls from community members who share our concern with the recent vandalism at the Davis Islamic Center and the climate of fear from new federal policies,” stated Supervisor Don Saylor.
Ahead of his swearing-in as the 45th President of US, a new endangered species of moth has been named in honour of Donald Trump by scientists because the insect shares his hairstyle. The new moth, officially described as Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, stands out with yellowish-white scales present on the head in adults.
University of California-Davis plant geneticist Jorge Dubcovsky examines one of the wheat plants being raised in an indoor growth chamber. Photo courtesy of Karin Higgins/UC Davis DAVIS, CALIFORNIA, U.S. - With funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture , researchers are attempting to identify and characterize the genes controlling wheat yield.