VIDEO: Council Candidate Gets Dunked by Young Davisite

This kid won't be able to vote for many years. For now, he lets his arm do the talking.

Many local public figures were invited to participate in a dunk tank at Celebrate Davis! yesterday. Among them were the five city council candidates.  While I spent most of the day working the Davis Patch booth, I took a quick stroll around the park to snap some photos. I showed up at the dunk tank just in time to watch candidate Lucas Frerichs get dunked by a kid with an impressively accurate arm.   Here's our full City Council election guide. (This is the only story about dunk tanks, I promise). To follow the eletion: 

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Seeing the World on Two Wheels: Mountain Biking & the Built Environment

This summer session II class at UC Davis will explore built environments through the history and culture of mountain biking.

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Bike-a-Palooza at Westlake Market on Saturday

If you have bikes or equipment to sell, trade or show, head over to Westlake Plaza Saturday morning.

Bike-a-Palooza! will make its return to Westlake Market’s parking lot on Saturday, May 12. This is a free event and all are invited. If you have bikes or equipment to sell, trade or show, head over to Westlake Plaza.  Bike and bike gear dealers are welcome to set up shop. Bike clubs can recruit new members and there will be some incredible bikes on display for the interested public to view.  The “Bicycle Medic+” will be there with their “bike ambulance” to tune and repair your favorite rides. They have an amazing assortment of parts and pieces on board and can revive even the most hopeless cases.  Last year we had some very creative “art bikes” cruise the event. If you have an unusual or collectible bike, please bring it to show. Set up …

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Three Davis Players Make Optimist Softball All-Stars

Haley Cameron, Melanie Habbib and Megan Winton will play for the south-area all-stars.

The annual Optimist All-Star Softball game later this month will feature two Rosemont High School players and the Wolverines' coach, Rosemont High School Athletic Director Bill Kapp said. Kapp, who also coaches softball at Rosemont, will lead the South all-star team during the 6 p.m., May 30 game at Capital Christian High School. Here is the roster, provided by Kapp: 2012 South Optimist All Star Team: Taylor McClanahan (Consumnes Oaks) Haley Cameron (Davis) Inaya Norman (Christian Brothers) Brianna Pamplona (Consumnes Oaks) Micheala Crow (Pleasant Grove) Jade Matsumoto (Oak Ridge) Alexandra Galvan (St Francis) Melanie Habbib (Davis) Alyssa Sutter (St Francis) Natlaie Kessing (Pondorosa) Megan Winton (Davis) Gisselle Jimeniz (Christian …

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All 13 Davis High Sports Teams Make Post Season

What makes Davis's athletics so special?

I saw CBS 13’s Neda Iranpour at Davis High School today while I was reporting a story about the school's yearbook class. Iranpour was was working on a story about the school’s athletics.  All 13 of Davis’s springs sports teams have made the postseason in what the Davis Enterprise calls an unprecedented season for the school. Check out CBS 13’s report, which aired on the 5 p.m. news broadcast, here. Read about the specific sports in Bruce Gallaudet’s Davis Enterprise story.  What do you think of Davis High's great season? 

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Davis High Baseball Beats Laguna Creek 10-5

Fighting through six errors, the Blue Devils finished off the Cardinals to complete a season sweep of the team, according to the Enterprise.

May is Bike Month: Tons of Stuff Happening in Davis

From the UC Davis Bike Auction to the Tour de Cluck, May will be jam-packed with bike-centric events.

City of Davis A variety of Davis groups will be hosting bicycle events during the month of May and promoting the positive health, social and environmental impacts of bicycling. Here's what will be going on:  Million Mile May The citizens of Davis and the entire region are part of a Million Mile May challenge to use bicycles to commute and run errands. By registering at: www.mayisbikemonth.com you can log your miles, win free prizes and track the number of pounds of CO2 and other pollutants that are prevented from entering the atmosphere as a result of people riding more than 1 million bicycle miles in the Sacramento region. May at the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame 303 3rd Street (corner of 3rd and B Streets) in Davis Tuesdays through …

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Are Kids Getting Priced Out of Baseball and Softball?

A NY Times article explores the era of the $250 baseball bat

Have you bought a baseball glove for your Little Leaguer lately? Did you pay more than $100 for it? How about a $250 bat? A New York Times story headlined "Big Price Tags Attached to Even the Littlest Leagues," looks at the big business of equipping youngsters for participation in youth baseball and softball leagues, quoting those costs and more. "A batting helmet protects tiny heads for $39.99," the NY Times reports. "A pair of Nike Jordan Black Cat cleats will make your child fast and fashionable at $51.99 until he or she outgrows them." So what do you think? Has the cost of bats and gloves taken our kids too far from the simpler days of sandlot and playground ballgames? Or have you had better luck finding more modestly-priced equipment …

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Prep Girls Soccer: Davis Player in Top Ten 'Players to Watch'

Anna Maria Gilbertson is described as an "electrifying player."