The University of California, Davis, ushered in a new era for the arts with the grand opening of the Maria Manetti Shrem Art District — a vibrant hub designed to expand creativity, innovation and collaboration on campus and beyond.

Men and women alike are drawn to younger partners, whether or not they realize it. The conclusion came from a University of California, Davis, study of 4,500 blind dates of people seeking a long-term partner.

UC is aiming to speed up the faculty discipline process amid criticism that cases take too long to complete, including one involving a UC Davis professor accused of threatening Zionists.

Researchers from the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment—in collaboration with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Minnesota and University of California-Davis—have unveiled the most comprehensive genetic study of North American Thoroughbred horses to date.

As raging fires battered Los Angeles County in early 2025, critics put a spotlight on the US state of California's environmental policies, seeking to blame water conservation programs to help endangered fish or truck emission regulations.

The University of California, the nation's top recipient of federal research funding in higher education, is raising questions and concerns about the Trump administration's pause in research grant reviews announced this week.

Sacramento State and UC Davis have announced dates for spring 2025 commencement ceremonies. In a Monday email to students, Sacramento State President Luke Wood wrote that graduation ceremonies will take place over a two-day in mid-May in downtown Sacramento.

The president, who has assailed California’s leaders over wildfires, issued the directive in an executive order that was dated Friday but released on Sunday.

So far, many clues to the origins of the deadly Eaton fire, which started in the area just after 6 p.m. that evening and went on to kill 17 people, have pointed to the brushy hillside where a tangle of electrical lines stretch up Eaton Canyon.

In northern California, a group of volunteers spend every night from late fall through winter as crossing guards–escorting migrating salamanders across a rural road.

California's devastating wildfires have become an increasingly dangerous threat to both communities and agriculture. As mega fires tear through the state year after year, they're bringing attention to their unexpected connection with one of California's most profitable industries—nut farming—which many fear is helping to fuel the crisis.

In describing his economic priorities, Trump has referenced another Republican president, William McKinley, who presided over an era of rapid industrialization.