Though February brought more rain than January, Yolo County is facing yet another dry season, which may lead to a negative impact on water levels. “The [drought is not only affecting Davis], but also the entire state,” said Blaine Hanson, an irrigation and drain specialist with UC Davis Extension. “We periodically get dry years and we periodically get wet years.“

A projected 33,000 math and science teachers will be needed to fill positions throughout California over the next 10 years. The figure, based on the state‘s growing population and imminent teacher retirements, highlights the expanding gulf between supply and demand for teachers in these fields.

A two-month joint investigation into auto insurance fraud by the California Department of Insurance and several Sacramento area district attorneys offices led to 28 arrests, including one Davis man, and several warrants beginning in late January. According to a press release from the Department of Insurance, the cases involved one of three different scenarios.

Something very important happened on Tuesday, but it went largely unnoticed. On the same day that we learned housing prices fell at a record pace last quarter; that the Department of Health and Human Services reported health care costs will top $8,000 per person in 2009; that Barack Obama made Bobby Jindal look like a third grader who fell off the short bus; Hilda Solis, a pro-union advocate of environmental justice and minority and women’s rights was confirmed as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor.

ASUCD elections, though a marginal interest for over 70 percent of nonvoting students, produced relatively radical results this year.Progressive independent candidates were elected to executive office while TGIF, which by all logic should have been favored without reservation, was voted overwhelmingly against.

Super Senior, A guy I met recently asked me out on a date a few weeks ago. I had a great time, but he refuses to get physically close. He hasn’t kissed me and even seems nervous if our arms accidentally touch. I can make the first move, but I don’t know how and I don’t want to; call me old fashioned. He asked me out again this week, what should I do?

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UCD is currently in the process of grappling with a $5 million mid-year budget deficit that has come about as the result of a decrease of approximately $65 million in state funding to the UC system. “UC is currently 11,000 students over our state funded enrollment target at a cost of $121.8 million to the campuses,” said Patrick Lenz, UC’s vice president for budget said in an interview with the UC newsroom.

The UC Davis baseball team is hitting a meager .194 through four games. There. I said it. Now get over it. Before you start calling out the team’s offense, remember this: these hitters who’ve gotten off to a slow start are the same hitters that will carry the Aggies over the course of the season.

Davis police are seeking information on a suspect who robbed US Bank in Downtown Davis yesterday morning. The male suspect entered the bank at 304 F St. and handed an employee a note requesting money at 11:24 a.m. Thursday, according to a Davis Police Department press release.

Word vomit (n.) – originated in Paramount’s Mean Girls, which everyone has seen whether they admit it or not. It is the act of uttering words that have floated around in your head countless times but that you would never actually dream of saying.

Event:Pacific-10Championships Where:Titan Gymnasium – Fullerton,Calif. When:Sunday and Monday; all day Who to watch:Sophomore Ricky Alcala seems to be returning to form after a brief hiatus due to injury.