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Dodd fills in Rotary on Capitol happenings By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer
group songs, as Koby described, which just goes to show how much closer we’ve gotten as a campus community. We are so excited to have the Davis Local Vocals join us in celebrating our collective achievements and closing out what has been another amazing year of a cappella for our campus,” said Sharada Karthik, a second-year
From the California State Budget’s May Revise to legislative bills he’s authored and current initiatives, California state Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa) provided members of the Davis Rotary Club and their guests a “Legislative Update” at Monday’s lunchtime meeting. Dodd’s current term expires in DODD 2024. Two longtime State senator local politicians, former West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon and Napa County Supervisor Alfredo Pedroza, both Democrats, have thrown in their names into a run for next year’s California Senate race for the 3rd District, which includes parts of Solano, Yolo, Napa, Contra Costa, Sonoma and Sacramento counties. At the luncheon, donations were given, as follows: Yolo Crisis Nursery, $15,000; Yolo County Children’s
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Members of Davisl Local Voices, a teen a capella group get some rehearsal time in with UC Davis mentors.
Getting their a capella together
UCD showcase spotlights local teens By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer
The UC Davis a cappella community welcomed teenage singing group, Davis Local Vocals (ages 13-15), to join them for their last singing showcase of the year, LocalTones, to be held on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the UC Davis Science Lecture
Hall. Also, they have invited them to sing and direct them for songs, including Journey’s “Any Way You Want It.”
the showcases throughout the year feature some out-of-town groups, LocalTones exclusively features all of the groups on campus, explained Koby Lieu, a fourth-year student at UC Davis.
All six UCD a cappella groups, the Cleftomaniacs, Jhankaar, The Liquid Hotplates, The Lounge Lizards, The Spokes, and Afterglow perform at LocalTones. While most of
“It is a time for all of us to come together and celebrate each other on stage in a grand finish to the current performance year. This year’s showcase features more small-
Millions of birds flying over us
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aturday night, 1,448,000 birds flew over Yolo County. That is an actual bird count done with radar. At the peak time, 541,000 were over us. Eighty percent of birds migrate at night. We can guess at what species were crossing over by viewing birders’ lists. Likely species included yellow warbler, Bullocks oriole, black tern, Western kingbird, black-headed grosbeak, Hammond’s flycatcher and Western tanager. They flew northwest at a speed of 20 mph at an altitude of 4,700 feet.
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Board still at work as year winds up By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer
Visit birdcast.info and see graphs for more information. See the nightly average from mid-April to mid-May, the totals for birds that have crossed over our county and see the hours of migration. Until recently, birders and researchers did visual counts of birds at night, watching when
WEATHER Thursday: Sunny and a bit cooler. High 89. Low 56.
Uplands on F and Anderson, Western bluebirds and tree swallows have
Although the end of the school year is on the horizon, there’s still work to do at Thursday’s school board meeting, with the agenda comprising various agreements, approvals and program updates from around the district. The first approval on the docket is that of the bond and facilities agreements. It’s recommended the board approve the professional
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Western tanager has been observed at the North Ponds and in the Jackman back yard in North Davis. the moon was full. Birds are nesting and hatching and fledging all over the town. At the
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