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  1. A dash of daring, a pinch of preparation

    Davis High alum earns culinary degree, heads to Hawaii to start new career

    While many of his peers at Davis Senior High School struggled to decide which college to attend and what course of study they would pursue after their 2005 graduation, Kai Jung wasn't worried. He had already been accepted to his school of choice, and though his career path wasn't conventional, it was certain: Jung would be a chef.


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  2. Made in Yolo: John Lescroart

    John Lescroart has been writing since he was a child- but it was his move to Davis more than a decade ago, he said, that really allowed him to establish himself as a novelist. Lescroart, 59, the New York Times best-selling author of 19 published books, does all of his writing in an office in downtown Davis. He often writes from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.


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  3. On the loss of a friend

    While most Davis residents were out enjoying the Community Park fireworks display on the Fourth of July, I was anxiously sitting in the waiting room at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital with my two 4-month-old kittens, Baxter and Riley.


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  4. All in the Family: 3rd Street Jewelers

    Mother-son pair open shop after chain closes

    Frank Acosta had been in the jewelry business for 20 years when his employer, DeVon's Jewelers, announced the closing of its Davis Commons branch store early this year. The chain offered Acosta, 39, a position at a branch store in Sacramento's Arden Fair Mall, but Acosta "didn't want to go back to the mall," he said.


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  5. All in the Family: Tiki Hut

    Like mother, like daughter; interest in Polynesian culture unites family

    When Kaethe Sullivan no longer needed the downtown Davis office space she rented, the small room's decor provided inspiration for what it would become when she moved out: Davis' first tiki hut, an ocean-themed shop filled with Polynesian, pirate and mermaid pop culture.


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