Tuesday, April 3, 1997
Davis cafe owners join anti-Borders crowd
DAVIS, Calif. — Market competition in the form of national
chain businesses is nothing new to Davis cafe owners, who have
nevertheless joined independent booksellers in town to oppose the
arrival of a 20,000-square-foot Borders Books and Music store in
the college town.
"There’s not much you can say," said Tim Ma, co-owner of Xeno
Cafe, a restaurant located almost directly across the street from
Starbucks Coffee, a national chain that moved in last May.
"Starbucks is already here. It’s already pretty bad."
Mishka’s Cafe co-owner Bobbi Bohart said she is concerned that
Borders will affect the downtown area in a negative way.
"My concern is the effects it will have on the community and
downtown," Bohart said. "There’s a symbiotic relationship between
cafes and bookstores. We make money off our cafe, but we live here
and spend it here.
"(Borders) can lose money for years, until the independents go
out of business," she added.
Gary Brower, general manager of Cafe Roma, said he opposes the
opening of Borders, and said his business will suffer just as it
did when Starbucks opened.
Less outspoken against Borders were the owners of music stores
in the downtown area.
Tower Records assistant manager Kim Henderson said everyone at
Tower’s Davis store is opposed to Borders except her.
"I find competition healthy," Henderson said.
"It would have been nicer for the residents of Davis to have a
Mervyn’s or a clothing store come in  Davis will lose some of
its charm."
Also unafraid of the new competition is Mike Krell, owner of
Armadillo Music on F Street.
"I neither favor nor disfavor them, personally," Krell said.
"I’m across the street from Tower (Records) and I think that’s a
wonderful location for me."
Noah’s bagels opens today
Today marks the grand opening of the newest Noah’s Bagels shop
located in Westwood. Ten percent of all the money earned today,
between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9 p.m., will go to UCLA’s official
charity, UniCamp.
Grand opening festivities will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. and
will include a live Klezmer band and free samples of bagels and
toppings. The store is located on 10910 Lindbrook Ave.
Alcohol may protect heart after heart attack
It has become well known through several earlier studies that
moderate alcohol consumption decreases the likelihood of having a
heart attack.
Now, building upon evidence that suggests that regular alcohol
consumption might also improve survival after a heart attack
occurs, UC San Francisco researchers have discovered a mechanism by
which moderate drinking may reduce the damage caused by a heart
attack and thereby improve survival. If this mechanism could be
activated, the researchers believe the chances of survival in
patients with coronary artery disease who are at risk for heart
attacks would be improved.
The UCSF team examined the hearts of guinea pigs after
experimental heart attacks and found that the hearts of animals
drinking alcohol daily showed less damage and improved recovery
following the experimental heart attack.
"Although moderate drinking is beneficial, our goal now is to
use the clues from our experience with alcohol to develop even
better therapies to improve survival for our patients with heart
disease," said Vincent Figueredo, MD, UCSF assistant professor of
medicine and senior author of the study.
Compiled from Daily Bruin staff and wire reports