Yolo County says it‘s doing all that it can to increase tourism. On Aug.4the Yolo Board of Supervisors adopted a new food facility policy from the Health Department‘s Division of Environmental Health.

I have to admit, I don’t know much about football. I do know, however, that I enjoy watching Aggie football and cheering myself hoarse with Aggie pride. This past Friday night, I got the opportunity to bleed that blue and gold pride at the third annual UC Davis Women’s Huddle. The huddle is an opportunity for female Aggie football fans to learn the basics of football and see what it feels like to be an Aggie football player by participating in drills.

Slug: 090824_ca_colusaclinicEdits: jsoNotes:Headline: UC Davis Medical Group to close Colusa clinicLayercake: Community members upset at lack of warningBy ERICA LEEAggie News Writer Over 2,000 UC Davis Medical Center patients will lose their local care when the system’s Colusa clinic closes this November. The UC Davis Medical Group recently announced the closure after years of financial […]

An art auction will take place at the Pence Art Gallery in downtown Davis at 212 D St., beginning on Tuesday Aug. 25 from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. A month-long exhibition of artwork by selected artists will continue until the night of Sept. 19, where a gala event will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. with silent and live bidding, live music and food from local venues.

Friday, 11:52 a.m.: as the sun begins its daily dose of punishment, I find myself on the Wyatt Deck, engulfed in shade. Surrounding me is a diverse crowd of mostly middle-aged strangers; some busy tuning their guitars or mandolins, others reenacting the Bob Dylan New Jersey incident. Thankfully, they think enough of me to assume that I know who Bob Dylan is. I am at the Arboretum Folk Music Jam Session.

On her first day of school, Linda Katehi arrived in Washington D.C. to meet Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Katehi, who began her term as chancellor last Monday, has set the stage for a new era at UC Davis. Her meeting with Clinton and the Department of Education is just one part of her vision to bring UC Davis to the top ranks among public institutions.

One of the longest sentences in Yolo County history belongs to former Davis resident Ajay Kumar Dev. Dev was sentenced on Aug. 7 to 378 years and four months in state prison at the Yolo County Superior Court. Dev was found guilty of repeatedly molesting and raping his 15-year-old adopted daughter between January 1999 and December 2004. He was convicted of 76 felony counts, including 23 counts of forcible rape, 23 counts of sexual assault, 27 counts of lewd acts with a minor, and three counts of attempting to dissuade a witness.

Staring on Sept.8,the Mary L.Stephens Branch Library will have a temporary home. The buildingonE.14th Street will undergo renovations that are expected to be completed by mid-2010.In the meantime,the library will be located at2801Second St. The branch closed – and will remain so until Sept.8 – on Aug.15to transfer collections tothe temporary location,which also houses the Explorit Science Center.

MONDAY Arboretum Tour: Planning your garden to conserve water 10 to 11 a.m. Gazebo, Garrod Drive Sponsored by the Friends of the Arboretum, this event will give you a chance to tour the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden to learn the best watering approaches and plant choices for your garden.

The world of indie music is currently shifting toward electronically enhanced methods of music production.However,Portland-based duo Yacht has not made any significant changes – causing the band’s music to fall into the snowballing genre of electro pop.Yacht,consisting of Jona Bechtolt and Claire L.Evans (a fairly recent addition),released their second albumSee Mystery Lights on July29.

Over 400,000 collections will be moved out of the Physical Sciences and Engineering Library in the next two years, as the library will close by 2011. Faced with a 3.5 percent budget cut, librarians collaborated on how to cut the cost of maintaining their campus libraries. Following a recommendation from the Office of Resource Management and Planning to downsize the library, administrators announced that they will close the PSEL and move the majority of the books to Shields Library and the Carlson Health Sciences Library.

MUSIC Monsters of Accordion Today, 8 p.m., $10 Luigi’s Fun Garden in Sacramento Their title is appropriately fitting – Monsters of Accordion is an eclectic group of accordion-playing musicians with a knack for low, almost spoken singing. Think Cake, with a soundtrack-like feeling and without the trumpet. As terrible as an accordion-based band might sound, their ironic waltzes and creative lyrics simply work. Check them out on Myspace if you don’t believe me (“Dance While the Sky Crashes” is definitely worth a full-length listen).