Good morning, Davis.

Yolo Food Bank has acquired a new electric harvest van funded by a $30,000 grant from the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District to ease crop harvesting for its volunteers and staff.

UC Davis extended offers to 48,015 first-year and 10,138 transfer students for fall studies, setting a record after a 1.8% rise in applications and expecting about 6,300 new freshmen, mostly from California.

UC Davis researchers discovered that a gene called SDMYB causes avocado trees to switch roles in their flowers to avoid self-pollination.

The finding may help breeders identify tree types before they flower, speeding up new variety development.

Yolo County will begin its annual nut buying period on Aug.

1 and continue until April 1, 2027 under its nut theft ordinance.

Construction on Sweetbriar Townhomes in the 700 block of G Street will begin next week as the project moves forward through the city's building process.