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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2023
Council looks to 2025 for Measure D election By Anne Ternus-Bellamy
The AggieEats Food Truck, a bright-green, 24-foot vehicle with battery- and solar-powered kitchen equipment, has been making the rounds on the UC Davis campus.
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together in to-go packaging. Lured to get in line on Monday, international graduate students Shehran Syed and Lubaba Alim are thrifty about their food budget. While they usually bring their food from home, sometimes, if they’re feeling “lazy,” Sayed said they’ll buy a slice of pizza for $2.50. They saw the truck and heard someone in the Memorial Union talking about it and decided to get in line on Monday.
With five peripheral development proposals now before the city, and the City Council deciding not to put any of them on the November 2024 ballot, attention has turned to a possible special election in ARNOLD 2025. Davis mayor At the request of Mayor Will Arnold, City Manager Mike Webb said last week that city staff will return to the council with possible dates for a special election as well as what the timelines would be for any project proposals to move through the approval process in time to make it on the ballot in 2025. The mayor’s request came two weeks after the council decided unanimously not to put any Measure J/R/D project proposals on the November 2024 ballot. That decision was based on the council’s desire to focus staff time and public outreach on a possible tax measure instead of a development project, as well as what Arnold said was a desire to give the community an election cycle off from
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Aggies line up for pay-what-you-can food truck By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer What’s on the menu, Sal? Chicken and rice? Pulled pork? Jesus “Sal” Ramirez, a firstgeneration immigrant who experienced food scarcity, has worked in the food industry for more than two decades and now runs the AggieEats Food Truck, a bright-green, 24-foot machine with battery- and solar-powered kitchen equipment that has made its rounds on the UC Davis campus, operating on a pay-what-you-want scale.
Every Monday to Friday, starting at 11 a.m., the truck is parked on campus, ready to serve up to 500 hungry students. The food truck location and schedule are subject to change. Last week the truck visited the Quad twice, West Village, Storer Hall, and the Student Health and Wellness Center.
to healthy, nutritious food and the tremendous impact it can make in your life. “With this in mind, we hope AggieEats can help, so students can focus on bigger things and not have to worry about having their basic needs met. Our food is made with love and served with love, and we hope that it feeds your heart as much as your bellies.”
Ramirez was quoted in a UCD statement that as someone who grew up dealing with food insecurity, he understands the importance of having access
The Culinary Support Center on campus prepares the food that is served through AggieEats, and then a team inside the truck puts together the food
Activists at market for Earth Day Wennberg Orchestra By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer The UC Davis Chapter of the California Students Public Interest Research Group held an Earth Day event advocating for increased ocean protection in California. They gathered at the Davis Farmers Market on Saturday to get public comments. They say the effort is part of a campaign launched in January to get state leaders to expand and strengthen California’s Marine Protected Areas network through the ongoing MPA Decadal Management Review. The event highlighted students’ passion for ocean conservation and the
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strength of youth voices. Students engaged shoppers with campaign actions, including taking photos with campaign signs and Tizzy the Turtle. Slogans on the sign included “Save our Seas” and “Conserve 30% by 2030.” “It’s clear that where we have established marine protected areas, they’re working,” said Taylor England, third-year UC Davis student and the campaign coordinator of the Save our Seas effort on campus. “You can see it visually, and it’s backed by research, that where we have MPAs established, we have a bigger variety of wildlife and more abundant sea life. But we need to do more.”
WEATHER Thursday: Sunny and heating up. High 91. Low 58.
England said scientists recommend that 30% of our lands and waters be protected by 2030 to allow wildlife to thrive and recover. “We’re not there yet, and we can’t just hit that goal with labeled protections that aren’t strong enough to really let sea life recover, but California needs to lead with a model of highly protected marine spaces that work,” she said. She explained that 16% of California’s coastal waters are currently protected through MPAs. Only 9% are no-take zones considered “fully protected.” According to Environment California’s Changing
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Festival returns to Mondavi By Aaron Geerts
her passion as a musician.
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She became a member of the Camellia Symphony as well as spent time coaching secondary students in small ensemble groups.
Since 1996, the Wennberg Orchestra Festival has been a proud tradition that showcases the talent of the district’s renowned music program. This tradition is set to continue this upcoming Saturday, April 29, and all are welcome to take part in this musical experience. The history of this tradition begins with Bodil Wennberg who was born in 1939 in Denmark. She was trained as a nurse before immigrating to the U.S., where she took up the cello and discovered
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Wennberg passed away in 1994 with a wish that her cello be sold to start an annual concert series to raise money for the local school orchestra program. Since 1996, her wish has become an annual tradition known as the Wennberg Orchestra Festival that’s currently run by the DHS-Holmes Orchestra
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