Wendy Weitzel edits and assigns stories, and designs the front page, Sunday feature and business sections. Her column, "Comings and Goings," keeps track of local business changes. She's regarded as the paper's design cop, having overseen its redesigns in 2005 and 1999. She led the staff to a first-place award in 2001 from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for page layout and design. Weitzel and her husband, Scott, spend their free time in Davis with their two boys. Scott, a UC Davis grad, is a veterinary researcher at UC Davis. She has a journalism degree from California State University, Sacramento, with a minor in women's studies. She previously was a copy editor for The (Stockton) Record, features editor for the (Marysville) Appeal-Democrat, and reporter for The (Roseville) Press-Tribune. She grew up on a small farm in Grass Valley, and has made it her mission to educate reporters that not all cattle are cows.