It was a long ride, but she made it. Davis resident and current Yolo County supervisor Mariko Yamada won the race for California’s 8th Assembly District in last week’s election. The district includes portions of Solano and Yolo counties and Benicia, Davis, Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, Vacaville, West Sacramento, Winters and Woodland.

Event: NCAA Western Regional Championships Where: Stanford Golf Course – Palo Alto, Calif. When: Saturday at 11 a.m.

Teams: UC Davis at Southern Utah Records: Aggies, 0-0; Thunderbirds, 0-0 Where: Centrum Arena – Cedar City, Utah When: Today at 6 p.m.

The UC Davis Agnostic and Atheist Student Association (AgASA) will host well-known atheist activist and speaker Dan Barker at 6 p.m. today in 123 Science Lecture. A former evangelical preacher of 19 years, Barker will discuss his recent book Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America’s Leading Atheists. His lecture will be followed by a question-and-answer session with audience members as well as a book-signing.

The first two matchups between UC Davis and UC Irvine were close. Wednesday’s playoff match was no different.

FRIDAY At least he has good taste An individual came into a store on Anderson Road, took a bottle of Southern Comfort and then left the store.

Gang members convicted in attack Four West Sacramento gang members are facing sentences of up to15years after being found guilty of a number of crimesThursday. The men were convicted of crimes related to an incident in April2006when they attacked the engineer and conductor of an Amtrak Capitol Corridor train.

Teams: No. 11 UC Davis at No. 16 Santa Clara Records: Aggies, 10-14 (7-4); Broncos 14-11 (6-4) When: Saturday at noon Where: Sullivan Aquatic Center – Santa Clara, Calif.

Event: NCAA Western Regional Championships Where: Stanford Golf Course – Palo Alto, Calif. When: Tomorrow at noon

Event: World Vision Basketball Classic Teams: UC Davis vs. Iowa State; Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Loyola Marymount Records: Aggies, 0-0; Cyclones, 0-0; Panthers, 0-0; Lions, 0-0 Where: Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa

If you give a financial institution a federal guarantee, they’re going to ask for a loan. When you give them the loan, they probably won’t ask you for, but will take anyway, a half million dollar associate’s retreat to one of the most lavish resorts in the country to go golfing and spend $150,000 on food, $10,000 on liquor and $23,000 on happy endings. When they’re finished, they’ll ask for a napkin.

In a year’s time Trecia Mullings will return to Jamaica with a single aim: to change things for the better. “I want to see what certain industries in the U.S. are doing in terms of resource management, water management and waste management,” she said. “I want to see how they reduce their impact on the environment, and take those ideas back to Jamaica with me.”