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Good day Davis! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What led to the second arrest in Davis’ Picnic Day shooting?
  • What UC Davis clinic revealed one man’s early Alzheimer’s—and his new purpose
  • How UC Davis vets use PET scans to protect elite racehorses

Also on today's calendar: Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward Live in Sacramento!.

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Today's riddle: How many sheep does it take to make a sweater? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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📰 News we're reading

1. 8 months after Picnic Day shooting, Davis police announce arrest of 2nd suspect (sacbee.com) — Davis police say a 19-year-old Sacramento man has surrendered at Yolo County Jail as the second suspect in April’s Picnic Day shooting at Community Park that injured three people near the Davis Little League fields. The arrest comes amid ongoing concerns about Picnic Day safety, as city and UC Davis officials work on new enforcement and outreach plans ahead of the next celebration.
   

2. From Diagnosis to Dialogue: How Greg Nelson Found Purpose by Blogging Through Alzheimer's (beingpatient.com) — A patient’s journey with Alzheimer’s runs straight through UC Davis’s Healthy Aging Clinic and its aging department, highlighting the kind of diagnostic and support resources available to local families. Greg and Shasta Nelson describe subtle early symptoms, months of testing, and how blogging openly about the disease has brought them community, purpose, and deeper family connections.
   

3. Q&A with Dr. Mathieu Spriet on Equine PET Scans (useventing.com) — A UC Davis veterinary imaging expert explains how PET scans are helping detect bone and soft-tissue problems in racehorses and sport horses before they become catastrophic injuries. While the work focuses on equine athletes, it showcases cutting-edge imaging research happening at UC Davis that could interest local horse owners, students, and animal-health professionals.
   

4. Does the cold of deep space offer a viable energy-harvesting solution? (edn.com) — UC Davis researchers are experimenting with a Stirling engine that harvests tiny amounts of power from the temperature difference between the Davis-area ground and the cold night sky. The setup, described in a recent Science Advances paper, currently produces only fractions of a watt per square meter, raising questions about whether this visually striking, grant-attracting concept can ever move beyond niche, small-device uses.
   

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