Comedian Shayla Rivera will be returning to Sacramento to perform at the Punch Line Comedy Club for four nights beginning on Thursday. It’s been over a year since the former aerospace engineer performed at the same venue last February. Rivera describes her comedy brand as observational. Even though she is, as she puts it, “a Latino, supposedly,” she said that anyone and everyone can enjoy her comedy. “I do talk a lot about cultural differences, gender differences, whatever strikes me,” Rivera said. Rivera describes her act as “make fun of myself” kind of comedy. It comes from the truth, she said. “I might talk about farts,” Rivera said, “nothing brings out more emotion than a fart: ang

Huffington Post founder Ariana Huffington spoke last night at the Mondavi Center at UC Davis, as part of its Distinguished Speakers Series.  Her lecture was a free-flowing, spontaneous take on a variety of topics that fit loosely under the evening’s theme, “The brave new world of the new media: how technology is changing the way we think, learn, play, work, and vote.” As founder and editor of one of the most highly trafficked news aggregating/blog sites on the internet, Huffington has developed strong opinions about the direction journalism will take in the future.  Citing ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus, she told the audience that because things are always in a state of flux, “you c