2008

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• 4: Power outage from winter storm affects much of Davis, lasting 3 days in some parts of the city.

• 14: The tree at Mansion Square falls.
  

• 19: The Amgen Tour of California passes through Downtown Davis around noon.

• Principles of One Community signed
  

• 5: A bomb scare in the UC Davis Tercero Residence Halls leads to a one-night evacuation of Thille Hall.

• 14: March & Rally for Public Education 2008

• 12: The last day of school ever is held at Valley Oak Elementary School
  

• Late: Smoke from many fires fills the entire Sacramento Valley forcing the cancellation of many outdoor events.

• Undergraduate Research Center opened.

• 4th: Local voters approve Measure M and Measure W, and reject Measure N.

• The fate of Wildhorse Ranch to be decided by an (as yet unlettered) Measure