Charles Melton, a University of California, Davis, alum and public policy leader, has been appointed to serve on the UC Board of Regents, representing more than 2 million graduates worldwide.

UC Davis marked a milestone Friday with the opening of ANOVA Aggie Square, a 199,000-square-foot, six-story residential building that brings student housing to the university’s Sacramento campus.

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in places that felt like home, according to a new study from the University of ...