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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2019

Reunion

CHP highlights new laws for 2020 Special to The Enterprise

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Symposium owner Kontilo Pandeleon reminisces with former staffers Cathy Finnie and Kent Smith at the East Davis Greek restaurant at a reunion of old friends this week.

Symposium alumni gather at landmark East Davis restaurant

BY JEFF HUDSON Enterprise staff writer

A cluster of employees who worked at the Symposium Restaurant when it was founded in the late 1970s gathered in late December to fondly recall the old days and celebrate the family-owned Greek eatery’s 42 years in East Davis.

Participating were owners Nick and Kontilo Pandeleon, who launched the restaurant in 1977, as well as Cathy Finnie (who was a waitress) and Kent Smith (who started as a dishwasher and became a waiter).

“Davis was a little town in 1977,” recalled the matronly Kontilo. There were around 30,000 people living in town at that time, well under half the number of people who live within here today, and fewer than 20,000 students attending UC Davis (which has nearly 40,000 students now). “There was a professor of GreekRoman history at UC Davis, Stylianos Spyridakis, who wanted to see a Greek restuarant in town, and he urged us to come here and open one. There were a fair number of Greek

exchange students at UC Davis in those days.”

Kontilo grew up on the Greek island of Paros in the Aegean Sea, and she met her future husband Nick (who grew up in Athens) in 1963, and they got married in the Canadian city of Montreal.

“Soon it will be 56 years that we’ve been married,” she said.

The Pandeleons had a café in Montreal, which is where they met Prof. Spyridakis, who described Davis to them in glowing terms. “But at that time, you were not allowed to build anything new at all,” Kontilo said. They finally found a location in the Davis Manor Shopping Center, a storefront that had formerly been a coffee shop.

They set about decorating their new restaurant with wall murals (still there) and added some dining tables that they made themselves. A well-worn copy of the Symposium menu from those early years is preserved in a plastic sleeve, offering Greek-style pizza, special salads and a few seafood dishes. That menu has long since been expanded to include more traditional Greek specialties ... Symposium is probably the only place in town where you can order lamb souvlaki, mousaka (roasted eggplant, with or without beef ), and kalamarakia (pan-fried baby squid).

New laws approved by the California Legislature in 2019 will affect roadway safety in several ways, including increased distracted driving penalties, peace officer use of deadly force, bicycle turning movements at intersections, wildlife salvage permits, and motor carrier permit rules.

In support of the department’s mission of providing the highest level of safety, service and security, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is highlighting several new laws passed this year. Except where noted, these laws are effective Jan. 1: ■ Traffic control devices: bicycles (AB 1266, Rivas): This new law allows bicycles to travel straight through a right- or left-hand turnonly lane while at an intersection, if an official traffic control device indicates the movement is permitted. The Department of Transportation would be required to develop standards to implement the provisions.

■ License points for distracted driving (AB 47, Daly): Current law prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone in a handheld manner; if found in violation, the offense is punishable by a fine.

However, beginning July 1, 2021, this new law will levy an additional

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Rents are up, but eviction filings are down

Autopsy on North Davis mother released

BY MATT LEVIN

BY LAUREN KEENE

CalMatters

Enterprise staff writer

Shirley Gibson isn’t quite sure how to feel about these numbers.

As directing attorney of the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County — which offers legal services to low-income tenants caught between the preposterously priced southern suburbs of San Francisco and the preposterously priced suburbs of Silicon Valley — she’s seen firsthand how California’s housing affordability crisis has overwhelmed her clientele.

Rents in San Mateo County have increased nearly 55% since the start of the decade. A twobedroom in Redwood City, the county seat, now goes for $3,500, according to data from Apartment List.

Strong demand, fueled by the influx of high-income tech workers, means vacancy rates are low.

“I don’t know what a normal housing market is anymore,”

The woman who died following a family altercation in her North Davis home last week suffered a fatal stab wound to her abdomen, according to results of an autopsy conducted Tuesday.

Carol Ann Drenkow Gray’s cause of death was released by the Yolo County Coroner’s Office a day after that of her son, Christopher Joseph Gray, who died of multiple gunshot wounds from being fired at by Davis police officers during the Dec. 19 incident.

Both deaths have been classified as homicides, Chief Deputy Coroner Gina Moya said.

Police have said that officers responding to a 911 call were attempting to render aid to Carol Gray inside the Avocet Avenue home when 29-year-old Chris Gray confronted them with a knife. It was not immediately clear whether it was the same weapon that had been used to injure Carol Gray, 62.

The investigation remained ongoing this week.

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Volunteer Daniella Martinez, left, and Shane Sagisi, a law clerk with San Mateo County Legal Aid, fill out unlawful detainer forms during a housing clinic at the Colma Civic Center. said Gibson. “There’s a tush for every seat right now. You can rent any unit you want within a week.”

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Theoretically that should have swelled the ranks of tenants needing her to defend them in eviction court.

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Ever-escalating rents should make it harder to pay rent on

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2019

This time, for sure, they’ve fixed it all

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very year about this time we see stories about the thousand or so new laws the California Legislature has passed and the governor has signed.

Which, when you think about it, must mean there were a thousand things wrong in 2019 that will now be corrected in 2020. Still, you have to wonder if we actually need that many new laws.

Actually, in the course of the last 12 months I can’t recall ever writing my representative in the California Assembly or the California State Senate or the governor and suggesting any sort of legislation that needed to be passed. Or any laws that needed to be changed.

Fortunately for me, the good folks at The Sacramento Bee boiled all these new laws down to just eight that they claim might actually affect my life in the new year.

Let’s start with Uber and Lyft.

“Assembly Bill 5 re-classifies many independent contractors, such as Uber and Lyft drivers, as employees, entitled to benefits and protections, such as sick leave and minimum wage.”

if you work for an employer with 27 or more employees or $12 an hour if the employer has 26 or fewer employees.

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I’ve yet to decide if this is a good thing or a bad thing or something in between, mostly because those very Uber and Lyft drivers seem split on the issue as well.

There are, however, a number of major exemptions from this new law, including doctors, lawyers, accountants, veterinarians, cosmetologists and anyone else who contributed heavily to various legislative campaigns.

In any regard, as a lifelong journalist who is not allowed to practice medicine or take care of your cat, I’m not expecting the Uber/ Lyft controversy to have a major impact on my life as long as there’s air in the tires of my bicycle.

Also, the minimum wage in 2020 will increase to $13 an hour

pparently, bread and milk cost less at the grocery store if you work for a company with 26 or fewer employees. Who knew?

Notes The Bee, “A new law restricts landlords’ ability to do things like raise the rent or evict tenants.”

Fair enough. But wait, there’s more.

“Assembly Bill 1482 restricts annual rent increases to no more than 5 percent, plus inflation.”

Fine and dandy, but this pretty much guarantees that rents will automatically be raised by 5 percent, plus inflation, every single year. Just think, if you are kindhearted and don’t raise the rent this year, you won’t be able to charge 5 percent on top of 5 percent next year, so just to be safe, the rent will be raised every year.

Trust me on this.

Of course, if you’re now making a whopping 12 bucks an hour, an

extra 5 percent is just chump change, right?

When it comes to the push to build more housing in California, Gov. Newsom, according to The Bee, signed legislation whereby “cities are limited in their ability to impose building standards that would make a project more expensive.”

Davis, I think that one may be aimed at you.

And finally, “Undocumented immigrants under age 26 will be eligible for California’s lowincome health insurance. This marks an expansion of previous eligibility laws.”

Any way you slice it, that’s a good thing. If your neighbors and co-workers and others you meet in your daily rounds are healthy, you’re much more likely to be healthy too.

If the legislature missed anything this time around, be sure to let them know. That, after all, is theoretically the reason all these people are in office.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net

‘Wine cave’: How California got into the debates

BY BEN CHRISTOPHER CalMatters If Sen. Elizabeth Warren is hoping to clean up in California during the state’s March presidential primary, she’ll have to make do without the Napa wine cave vote.

It was one of the most contentious and reoccurring spats at last week’s televised Democratic debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles: A winery in Rutherford in the Napa Valley became fodder in the latest flare-up between two of the leading presidential candidates, as well as a pitchperfect symbol of a purportedly elite donor class and an inequitable campaign finance system.

At issue was a fundraising dinner that South

Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg held at the chandelier-festooned Hall Rutherford. Tickets for the event were reportedly $2,800.

“We made the decision many years ago that rich people in smoke-filled rooms would not pick the next president of the United States,” said Warren, the Massachusetts senator whose campaign has been taking jabs at Buttigieg for weeks over his dependence on large-dollar donors. “Billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president of the United States.”

Buttigieg countered that Warren herself is a millionaire. He also argued that in the political “fight of our lives” against President Trump, “we need everybody’s help.”

Not content to merely play the role of campaign cash machine, California moved its presidential primary toward the front of the 2020 calendar in order to play a more outsized role in shaping the discourse.

Unlike several others, this debate did feature a significant discussion about climate change — an issue that recent polls suggest is highly important to Democrats in Californians — although there was little disagreement among those on stage.

But in the nearly threehour debate among the top seven candidates vying to replace President Trump, a wine cellar fundraiser was the most prominent Golden State reference point.

After the WarrenButtigieg spat died down,

businessman Andrew Yang and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar took their turn, taking what was evidently an irresistible political symbol and using it to make their own curated appeals.

Yang argued that a universal basic income program, the central feature of his presidential campaign, would allow more women to run for office “because they (wouldn’t) have to go shake the money tree in the wine cave.”

Klobuchar, who has argued (sometimes subtly, sometimes not) that her Midwestern roots make her more electable, quipped that while she’s never been to a wine cave, she has been to the Wind Cave in South Dakota.

It’s the opposite of exclusive — a national park.

For the most part, the debate was focused on issues of national importance. The winnowed field of seven spoke about impeachment, the state of the U.S. economy, climate change, transgender rights and racial discrimination.

The debate was also notable for who wasn’t on the stage. California Sen. Kamala Harris dropped out earlier this month despite qualifying for a spot on the stage. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro and Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard didn’t make the cut.

— CalMatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

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THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE

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Thank you to our volunteers

BY SARA THOMPSON Special to the Enterprise

Today ■ Folk musicians are

invited to play together informally during a noon acoustic jam session on the Wyatt Deck of the UC Davis Arboretum, on Arboretum Drive next to the redwood grove. Pull out your fiddles, guitars, mandolins, penny whistles, pipes, flutes, squeezeboxes (you name it) and join your fellow musicians for a little bluegrass, old-time, blues, Celtic, klezmer, and world music over the lunch hour.

All skill levels welcome. Listeners welcome! The event is free; parking is available for $9 in Visitor Lot 5, at Old Davis Road and Arboretum Drive. For information, call 530-752-4880 or visit https://arboretum.ucdavis. edu/events.

Saturday

Saturday, Jan. 11

■ The Stephens Branch Library hosts The Republic of Secret Saturdays at 3 p.m. at 315 E. 14th St. in Davis. For teens who want to get together for social activities. Activities rotate for each meetup. Contact Davis Teen Librarian at Katrina.laws-ewald@yolo county.org for details. For ages 13-18.

■ The Yolo County Master Gardeners will offer chance to see fruit tree pruning firsthand at Polestar Farm, 25491 County Road 21A in Esparto.

Friends of the Esparto Library and UCCE Yolo County Master Gardeners will sponsor this event from 10:30 a.m. to Noon. Master Gardeners Steve Radosevich and Karina Knight will demonstrate how to prune fruit trees, and provide tips on how to encourage fruiting and improve the health of trees. You will also learn about common fruit tree pests and how to control them. In the event of rain, the workshop will be held at the Esparto Library.

Sunday

■ The Stephens Branch Library presents a Family Movie at 2 p.m. at 315 E. 14th St. in Davis. All children and their families are invited to view a family friendly movie (G or PG) and enjoy popcorn at the library. For movie title call 530-757-5596.

Thursday

■ NAMI-Yolo, the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, will hold the next Davis meeting of the Connection support group from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Community Room at César Chávez Plaza, 1220 Olive Drive in Davis. The group meets every Thursday at the same time and place. NAMI Connection is a free, 90-minute support group run by people who live with mental illness for other people who live with mental illness. The group is led by NAMI-trained peer facilitators.

Wednesday, Jan. 8 ■ Join Project Linus to make blankets for children who are seriously ill, traumatized or otherwise in need from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Davis Senior Center on 646 A St. to share ideas, patterns and lots of good conversation.

All are welcome to attend the meeting and help sew Linus labels on handmade blankets that will be given to Yolo County organizations that serve children in need. Project Linus members may take home donated fabrics and yarn each month to complete a

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xplorit has had another successful year of providing science education to the Davis community and surrounding areas. Explorit is only successful because of our amazing team of volunteers who help us with countless tasks.

Not only do they help us with teaching during events, camps, workshops, and birthday parties, but they also help us sort and put away materials donated by the community. They help us with maintenance and rehab of our school programs, docents during our public hours, and lead our Nature Bowl team.

We want to recognize these wonderful people who take time out of their lives to help us out and keep us up and running.

Explorit heartily thanks our volunteers of 2019: Aakash Mishra, Abdullah Riaz, Almas Khan, Amy Shu, Anabelle Sweeney, Angelo Moreno, Anika Kulkarni, Apurva Mishra, Aricia Huo, Aubrey Brosnan, Bob Fairclough, Bohart Museum of Entomology, Calvin Domier, Cameron HakimElahi, Caroline Chilcott, Caroline Johnson, Catherine Chow, Charissa Zeigler, Cheryl Cook, Claudia O’Brien, Cole Hanstad, Cory Kodira, Dario Cavaliere, David Diaz, Derek Wu, DHS Citrus Circuits Robotics Team, Elika Kiani, Evan Lee, Evelyn Cheng, Fiona Duong, Frank Preuss, Gabi Caceres, Gabi Skilling, Gharam Alsaedi, Gracie Westergaard, Grant Huez, Hallie Burrows, Hind Omer, Isha Thoreson, Jack Maurantonio, Jackson Feldwick-Jones, Jason Guo, Jocelyn Chen, Jordan Thoennes, Josh Jaison, Joshua Santoyo, Julie

blanket. Finished blankets can be brought to the next monthly gathering or at the Joann Fabric store in Woodland. For general information, drop-off location questions, or fabric and yarn donations, contact Diane McGee at dmmyolo@ gmail.com or 753-3436.

■ The first Davis Flower Arrangers meeting of the p.m. at International House-Davis, 10 College Park, with a brief business meeting prior to the evening’s program. Visitor passes for this program are available at the door for $10 or $40 for the year’s membership which runs through May 2020. Katsuko Theilke will present for the first time in Davis. For information, contact president Molly Hillis at m3hillis@ gmail.com.

Monday, Jan. 13 ■ The Thriving Pink speaker series will begin at 7 p.m. at University Covenant Church, 315 Mace Blvd. Dr. Davis “Sandy” Borowsky will present “The Role of the Pathologist in Breast Cancer.” Borowsky is professor in the Center for Comparative Medicine, department of pathology and laboratory medicine, at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center He will answer the question “how does the doctor you never see participate in breast cancer treatment and diagnosis?” Call 304-2746 for more detailed information.

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Some of Explorit’s hardworking volunteers at the volunteer appreciation event in September.

EXPLORIT SCIENCE CENTER Knoepfler, Juliet Johnson, Kai Honda-Scully, Katelyn Vo, Krish Kulkarni, Krystabelle Lor, Lauren Lee, Lindsey Su, Lori Hansen, Margot Thompson, Martin Rincon, Max Hays, Max Maurantonio, Megan Spangler, Mesara Jayaleth, Mia Gunasekera, Mia Mangney, Mick Finn, Morgan Kong, Nithmi Jayasundara, Noah Breuning, Proma Khan, Ralph Washington, Jr., Randy Carney, Rebecca Acoba, Riley Lui, Robin Houston, Saad Malik, Sadia Chowdhury, Sarah Maranta, Sarah Son, Sean Gao, Sean Ira, Serena Kim, Shobha Khanna, Shuhao Liang, Sithmi Jayasundara, Steve Bick, Sylvia Rodriguez, Tabatha Yang, Tara Reddy, Tate Chatfield, Teo HondaScully, Thomas Ryan, UCD Dept. of Biomedical, Engineering, Veronica Scott, Vinita, Domier, Vinita Saxena, Walsh Klineberg, Weiran Guo,

Yaseen Al Zubidi, Yoonsun Shin, Zenan Vong, Zuriel Joven.

Thank you all again, we hope to see many of you again for another amazing year in 2020!

———— Explorit’s coming events: ■ Explorit membership prices will increase on Jan. 1, so renew now! Explorit memberships are usable for an entire year, and card holders also receive discounted or free entry to hundreds of other museums across the country with the ASTC Passport Program. For information or to purchase visit www.explorit.org/join/ membership-levels or call Explorit at 530-756-0191.

■ Check out Explorit’s Light & Sound Exhibit, open to the public on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is $5 per person, free for members, teachers with school ID, ASTC, and ages 2 and under.

■ Extended public hours on Saturday, Dec. 28, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In our West Wing classroom will feature Girl Scout Gold Award Project

by Isha Thoreson. Regular admission applies.

■ Bring your kids to our Noon Year Celebrations of the World on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Explore our Light & Sound exhibit as well as activities showcasing New Year Celebrations from other countries and cultures. Join us as we shout out “Happy ‘Noon’ Year!” at noon.

■ There are still openings in our Snowy Science workshop on Friday, Jan. 3, from 9 a.m. to noon. Offered for ages K-6 and will include activities about the science of snow, ice, and winter. $50 for Members/$60 for NonMembers, call 530-7560191 to register.

■ Explorit’s Nature Bowl team is still enrolling for the school year. This is an after-school science team from students grades 3-6. Call 530-756-0191 to register. The $25 fee covers weekly meetings and a T-shirt.

Library announces Winter Reading Program

Wednesday, Jan. 15

Special to The Enterprise Capitalizing on the success of its annual Summer Reading Program, Yolo County Library is launching its first Winter Reading Program from Jan. 1 to 31.

The Winter Reading Program will use an online platform from Beanstack that allows participants to engage in reading challenges, log reading time and books, earn badges and prizes, and discover great books.

Yolo County Library will join more than 1,500 schools and libraries across the nation offering reading challenges January. The Winter Reading Program, designed for adults and teens, encourages participants to read at least 10 hours during the month of January to earn a free book.

Alternatively, adults who complete

■ The UC Davis Humanities Institute’s Book Chat series welcomes Eric Louis Russell, author of “The Discursive Ecology of Homophobia: Unraveling Anti-L GBTQ Speech on the European Far Right,” from 6 to 7 p.m. at International House Davis, 10 College Park. The conversation will be moderated by Jaimey Fisher, a professor and the institute’s director. The series celebrates the artistic and intellectual accomplishments of the Humanities Institute’s faculty.

Events are free. For more information, contact Suzi O’Rear at suzi@ihousedavis. org or 530-753-5007.

the program can select the “Read Off Your Fines” option and have up to $10 in late fines removed from their account in place of their finisher prize. Participants may complete optional activities to earn additional prizes. Pre-registration for the program begins Dec. 19 at: yolocountylibrary.beanstack.org.

The Yolo County Library Foundation is sponsoring a three-year subscription to Beanstack, which aligns with one of their top funding priorities to expand access to Yolo County Library’s reading programs. The Beanstack software platform and mobile application will make it easier and more convenient for participants to record their reading habits anytime and anywhere and stay motivated throughout the program with more frequent incentives and optional

reading suggestions based on their interests.

“I am thrilled that with the support of the Yolo County Library Foundation’s generous donation to provide this platform and mobile application, we will make our reading programs more accessible for local readers,” said Yolo County librarian Mark Fink.

“Additionally, we will be able to respond to direct feedback from our community to provide a more immediate and convenient way to log their reading time.”

For information, visit your local Yolo County Library branch or go to: www.yolocountylibrary.org. For more information about the Library Foundation, visit: yclfoundation.org. Connect with the Yolo County Library on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ yolocountylibrary.org.

Celebrate with Seasons!

Executive Chef Ravin Patel has curated an exceptional four course dinner for New Year’s Eve!

MENU ARRIVAL Glass of Bubbles

SECOND COURSE Gnocchi

AMUSE BOUCHE Salmon Tartar

Maitake Mushrooms, Truffle Cream, Parmesan Foam

Crispy Potatoes, Dill, Crème Fraiche

FIRST COURSE “Paella” Croquette Bomba Rice, Saffron, Clams, Mussels, Chorizo, Sofrito, Parsley, Sherry Vinaigrette

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THIRD COURSE Filet Mignon Dungeness Crab, Celeriac Purée, Demi Glacé, Tiny Chicories

DESSERT Opera Cake Coffee Butter Cream, Chocolate Ganache, Hazelnut Candy

Dietary menu options available. Supplemental Wine Pairings provided by our director of beverage Jason Hardin available.

Menu subject to change. Please No Substitutions. Reservations required only for dining room, Bar Walk-ins Welcome!

Deposit of $75.00 per person required at time of reservation. Cancellations accepted 72 hours prior to 12/31/2019 6:00 pm without penalty.

Sunday Services at 4:00 p.m.

Social Hour at 5:30 p.m. • Childcare provided Check website for activity updates 1801 Oak Ave., Davis www.christredeemerdavis.org

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530.302.5738 Sunday Service 11:00 am Meditation 10:45 am www.CSLDavis.org

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Briefly Meet Deos at house party

There will be a house party for Yolo County Supervisor candidate Linda Deos from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 3.

Deos is a longtime consumer-protection attorney and smallbusiness owner. She serves on the Yolo County Cannabis Business Tax Citizens’ Advisory Committee, the Davis Utilities Commission and the Board of Directors for the Yolo Basin Foundation.

For address of event and more information, contact Elizabeth Lasensky at elasensky @gmail.com, 530-8485436.

Morning walks adjust for winter

The morning walking group is changing some walks for winter.

On Saturdays, the group will meet at 8 a.m. at Common Grounds Coffee in South Davis at 2171 Cowell Blvd. at Pole Line Road. People also are welcome to just meet after the walk at Common Grounds for coffee, tea and socializing at 9:20 a.m.

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the group meets at 7 a.m. at Peet’s Coffee & Tea in the Market Place at Covell Boulevard and Sycamore Lane. All are welcome to just meet after the walk at Peet’s at 8:20 a.m. for coffee, tea and socializing.

The distance for all walks is about 3.5 miles in an hour and 20 minutes. Light rain is OK for walking.

For more information, contact Richard Crescitelli at rcresci@ rocketmail.com or Marilú Carter at mccarter@ucdavis.edu.

Chinese School takes enrollment

The Davis Chinese School has been in operation since 1981 teaching beginning to advanced level Chinese.

Child and adult classes meet on Friday nights from 7 to 9 p.m. at Davis High School (classrooms next to gym). Registration is year-round at www. davischineseschool.org.

E-mail dcs@davis chineseschool.org or call 530-219-0644 for principal Jay Chen.

Show off your collection

The Davis Senior Center is looking to fill its 2020 display case with a monthly rotation of personal collections from the community.

Past displays have included tea pots, nutcrackers, figurines and handmade wood carvings. Call 530-757-5696 to provide your name, phone number and what you would like to display. A volunteer will contact you to discuss the collection and a future month for installation.

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EVICTION: The statistics just don’t add up From Page A1 time, and delinquent payments are the most common reason a landlord sues to remove tenants from their property. Cutthroat demand presumably would spur landlords to evict more readily, knowing they won’t risk months of lost revenue in a post-eviction vacancy.

Yet eviction lawsuits against San Mateo renters from 2010 to 2018 dropped nearly 50%.

“This year is going to be the lowest you’ve ever seen,” said Gibson. “I don’t have a perfect explanation for why that is the case.”

It’s counterintuitive amid a worsening housing crunch, but it’s happening statewide.

While the median rent in California increased 23% between 2011 and 2018, the number of times California landlords sued their tenants to evict them dropped by nearly 40% over roughly the same period, according to data collected by UCLA researchers.

Two crucial caveats: Those dropping numbers nonetheless represent a significant number of California renters facing the prospect of a court-ordered eviction — landlords initiated more than 137,000 of them in fiscal year 2017.

And there’s no data on evictions that don’t end up in court, although researchers estimate they’re about twice as common as those that do.

Still, the data shows a steep and steady drop in eviction court cases this decade in every sizeable county — with cases diminishing more in some of the priciest areas.

“It’s a puzzle that I’m not sure we have an answer to,” said UCLA eviction researcher Kyle Nelson.

Are landlords simply expanding efforts to evict tenants outside the courts?

Have attempts to beef up legal aid to low-income residents paid off?

Neither academics nor landlords nor tenants can say definitively. But here are some of their best guesses.

■ Evictions outside court could be rising (but we lack data to know for sure) An unfavorable court judgement hangs an enduring legal albatross on renters — what some have termed “the Scarlet E.” In California, evictions stay on a tenant’s rental history for seven years, during which it becomes incredibly difficult to find another place to live.

But eviction lawsuits are one of the few forms of eviction that actually leaves a

data trail. And that only happens if a renter stays in an apartment after being served with an eviction notice, forcing a landlord to go to court.

Landlords have plenty of other options. California doesn’t know how many families move out after a “three days to pay rent or quit” sign is affixed to their door, let alone how many strike “cash for keys” arrangements or other informal agreements to leave. (If a renter moves out because the rent is raised, that’s not an eviction).

Eviction researchers say even absent data, there’s good reason to think these undocumented evictions could be on the upswing.

High rents and low vacancies mean landlords may be more willing to waive delinquent rents, buy out tenants or otherwise induce or threaten them, to get them to leave.

“Say there’s more rent increases and more tenant harassment, and either way a tenant has to move,” said Aimee Inglis, program director with Tenants Together, a statewide renter advocacy group.

Gibson, the San Mateo tenant attorney, says she’s seen a dramatic uptick in “no-fault” evictions over the past decade, even as court cases have declined. Until a new California eviction protection was passed in 2019, landlords could force renters to leave after their leases expire without giving a specific reason why, as long as they’re given 30 or 60 days notice.

Why have landlords used “no-fault” evictions?

Say a landlord suspects a tenant is dealing drugs on their property, but lacks proof. If the tenant fights that in eviction court, the landlord could very well lose. But if the landlord simply sends a “no-fault” notice that a tenancy will end in two months, the renter is typically out of options.

Renter advocates say landlords often abuse “no fault” evictions to retaliate against tenants who ask for expensive repairs or maintenance. The practice can also camouflage illegal discrimination.

“Instead of these faultbased cases, we’re getting these much harder to defend no-fault types of cases where legally they are harder to wrangle,” said Gibson.

In 2013, roughly half of the eviction notices clients brought to her legal aid clinic were “no-fault” lease

terminations. By 2018, that share had increased to 75% — a more common reason than non-payment of rent.

There’s no statewide data on the number of “no-fault” notices. Reports of their prevalence have surged in recent months because a new state law is about to restrict them. After Jan. 1, most landlords will be required to cite one of several acceptable reasons for evicting a tenant.

■ It’s partly the economy — but that’s not the whole story As the Great Recession of the late 2000s ravaged California’s economy and housing market, eviction lawsuits spiked. Adding to the misery of unemployment reaching levels not seen since the Great Depression, banks and corporate landlords frequently served eviction notices to families who lost their homes in foreclosures. The result: nearly 230,000 eviction court cases in fiscal year 2010.

Landlords say eviction lawsuits also increased during that time because the same population most vulnerable to foreclosures — families with shoddy credit histories and incomes too small for their mortgages — were likely to miss rent payments after they moved from foreclosed

homes into rentals.

“You had individuals with bad credit, maybe not a lot of assets, and they moved into apartment complexes,” said Chris Evans, an attorney with the firm Kimball, Tirey and St. John, which represents landlords in more than 15,000 eviction lawsuits a year. “Inevitably those individuals, with the economy struggling, faced evictions as well.”

As California’s economy slowly rebounded, eviction cases began their decadelong descent.

But Nelson, the UCLA researcher, says that the state’s economic recovery is only part of the story. In L.A. County, the highest recorded number of eviction lawsuits were actually filed in the early 2000s, during the comparatively much milder recession associated with the dot-com bust.

Eviction rates in the mid 2000s were higher in many Southern California counties than they are today, despite cheaper rents.

Most mysteriously, eviction lawsuits have continued to drop years after the state emerged from recession, even while rents have outpaced gains in renters’ incomes.

■ Has legal aid for tenants helped?

Tenant groups and landlord lawyers agree that over

the last decade, it’s become a lot more expensive to take a renter to court.

“Because of the cost of eviction, landlords really started working to avoid it,” said Evans.

He estimates that a decade ago, his firm’s landlord clients spent under $1,000 to get rid of a tenant who contested an eviction.

That included attorney fees, court filing fees, sheriff lockout fees and other costs — all costs renters risked having to pay if they lost. In the vast majority of eviction lawsuits, tenants represent themselves.

Now, if the renter takes the case to a jury trial — an option tenants have increasingly threatened over the last decade on the advice of counsel, says Evans —it costs his clients between $10,000 and $15,000. And a jury trial is a gamble for landlords.

Tenant attorney Gibson cites San Mateo as an example of how expanded tenant legal services can change landlords’ eviction calculus.

Her legal aid organization, buoyed by increased philanthropic support, has seen its practice expand from a one person team to a six-person team over the last 12 years.

“Suddenly there’s more lawyers in the community, more defense to (court eviction proceedings), so it’s getting harder and more expensive for landlords,” she said.

As a response to the foreclosure crisis, in 2009 state lawmakers created lowincome legal aid pilot programs in several high-cost counties. An independent evaluation found that renters represented by statefunded attorneys were nearly 20% less likely to lose by “default judgement,” where landlords win simply because a renter doesn’t show up to court.

Despite lots of national publicity in recent years, eviction research is still in its infancy. Which means a definitive answer for California’s counterintuitive trend may not surface for awhile.

“Evictions are incredibly complex, and the world of people thinking about them deeply expanded dramatically over the past couple years,” said Brennan. “But the number of people with enough regionally specific knowledge has actually not increased that much.”

— CalMatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

LAWS: Roadkill on the menu? (Just a pilot program) From Page A1 penalty on a driver found in violation of California’s hands-free law: a point will be added on to a driver’s record for each handsfree violation occurring within 36 months of a prior conviction for the same offense.

■ Peace officer use of deadly force (AB 392, Weber): Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, this new law revises the standards for use of deadly force by peace officers. The use of deadly force by a peace officer is justifiable when the officer

reasonably believes it is necessary. Section 835a of the Penal Code amends the reasonable force standard to “objectively reasonable force.”

■ Law enforcement use of deadly force, training policies (SB 230, Caballero): With the enactment of AB 392, this new law requires law enforcement agencies to rewrite use of force policy and provide mandatory training to all peace officers in order to comply with the new law.

■ Transportation: omnibus bill (AB 1810,

Committee on Transportation): Amends Section 34621 of the California Vehicle Code (CVC) allowing motor carriers of property to continue operating for 30 days past their permit expiration date, under specified circumstances.

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some more American-style options, including the Captain’s Steak (which comes with prawns).

Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning once wrote a column rating it the “best steak in town.”

One-time waitress Cathy Finnie fondly recalls her years working at Symposium. “This restaurant saved my life. Applying to work here was the best thing I ever did. It was a loving family,” she said. “I only worked here for about three years, then I got married.” She now lives in Washington State, and

traveled to Davis in large part to get together with the Pandeleons and some of the early employees.

“They gave us jobs, they took care of us, and they fed us,” said Kent Smith. “I started as a dishwasher when I was 16, and I moved out of my (parent’s) house. Then I became a busboy and later a waiter.”

Smith eventually got married, and served in the Navy. “But when I came home from the Navy on leave, Nick would always give me a (temporary) job, something to do.” Smith lives now in Sausalito in Marin County. “I still like to come here and order

some of my favorite items ... they are still on the menu. And I like seeing the old wall murals again.”

A family atmosphere permeates the place. During the course of the interview for this article — Nick Pandeleon let Kontilo do all the talking — a grandson who’s away at college and home for the holidays dropped in to greet his grandparents.

Over the years, Symposium has cooked for some famous visitors, catering a big event for President Bill Clinton, as well as California governors Pete Wilson and Gray Davis. The late Sacramento congressman

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From left, Symposium Restaurant veterans Cathy Finnie, Nick Pandeleon, Kent Smith and Kontilo Pandeleon video-chat with former coworker Ron Pittman during a reunion in the East Davis restaurant.

Robert Matsui was also a customer. Another was Sacramento developer and businessman Angelo Tsakopoulos (whose daughter Eleni Kounalakis is currently serving as California’s lieutenant governor).

Former waitress Cathy Finnie surprises Symposium owner Nick Pandeleon in the Greek restaurant’s kitchen.

The Davis Enterprise does not keep statistics such as “which is the oldest continuously operating restaurant in town,” but

Symposium could hold the title. Symposium predates Caffe Italia, which opened in 1982 and closed down in 2017.

What’s the secret behind the restaurant’s long, successful run? “The quality of the food,” Kontilo replied. Everything is fresh. Everything is cooked to order.

“In May, we will have been in business here for 43 years,” said Kontilo.

And Symposium — which is an established neighborhood institution, despite what some might regard as a slightly out-ofthe-way location in one of the town’s older shopping centers — expects to be serving generations of loyal local customers for years to come.

— Reach Jeff Hudson at jhudson@davisenterprise. net or 530-747-8055.

Mental-health outcry targets Kaiser, regulators

BY JOCELYN WIENER CalMatters

The state is facing mounting pressure to enforce parity laws that are supposed to guarantee equal care for physical and mental health issues — with a spotlight this week on mental health care problems at health giant Kaiser Permanente.

This week, Kaiser mental health clinicians are on a five-day strike, protesting long patient wait times and strenuous working conditions for providers. They say children and adults with serious mental health needs, including schizophrenia, anxiety and severe depression, are often waiting 6 to 8 weeks — sometimes longer — to see a therapist. And they contend that Kaiser’s behavioral health services have in many ways worsened in recent years, despite being under a corrective plan overseen by the state Department of Managed Health Care.

Striking clinicians on Thursday plan to march from the Capitol to the state agency to protest what they called “the agency’s failure to enforce parity legislation.” They specifically criticized the agency for not releasing reports from an outside monitor that would show whether Kaiser is meeting mental health access benchmarks outlined in a 2017 settlement agreement.

“I’m very disappointed with the DMHC — it’s just stunning,” said Fred Seavey, research director for the National Union of Healthcare Workers, which organized the strike. “It’s just criminal in my mind that they’re not holding Kaiser accountable.”

“If these were cardiac catheterization services that were not functioning, if a health plan was screwing those up, (the state) would jump on that and require those to be fixed right away,” he said. “Meanwhile they’re just sitting on their hands. We have people who are dying in the course of this failed enforcement by the DMHC.” Seavey criticized Kaiser’s “massive influence” with the department, and said the union may call an openended strike in early 2020 if Kaiser does not improve mental health services.

After the state’s agreement with Kaiser in 2017, the health plan created a

process to ensure that follow-up appointments are available in a timely manner, the state agency said in an emailed statement. Providers who cannot get their patients in for follow-up care are supposed to notify their managers.

The department fined Kaiser $4 million in 2013, but the plan did not agree to a settlement with corrective actions until 2017.

That settlement agreement is publicly available. But while the state department receives regular updates about the plan’s progress, it says it keeps that information confidential “in compliance with federal and state laws.”

Kaiser spokesman Marc Brown called the strikes “disruptive to patient access, operational care and service and … frankly irresponsible.”

In an e-mailed statement, he said this is the union’s sixth strike this year (Seavey said most of these strikes were done at individual clinics, as opposed to statewide).

“We take any concern raised about our care very seriously, and always investigate and respond thoroughly,” Brown said.

“However, it is inappropriate for the union to file

multiple, often unwarranted complaints, and attack Kaiser Permanente’s reputation.”

More than a dozen complaints the union has filed with the DMHC in the past year — and sought to publicize — decry violations of network adequacy rules, timely access rules and long appointment wait times, among others. One complaint said patients in Pasadena with schizophrenia, serious major depression and bipolar disorder were waiting three or four months for an appointment. Another complaint said therapists in San Francisco were being told to keep alternative paper wait lists — or tell patients to call back later — to hide its failure to see children in a timely manner.

Frustration with access to mental health services at Kaiser extends beyond the HMO as well. According to a statewide poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the California Health Care Foundation released earlier this year, more than half of those surveyed thought that most people with mental health conditions are unable to get the services they need.

access problems, State Controller Betty Yee, who sits on the board of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, wrote a letter to its executive officer requesting a series of hearings with its largest plans: Kaiser, Anthem, Blue Shield and United Healthcare. Kaiser, with more than 640,000 enrollees, has by far the highest membership.

“We negotiate contracts; we have leverage,” Yee said Tuesday, as the CalPERS board was conducting its third hearing on the subject. “To the extent that parity is not guaranteed, we need to make sure that our plans are living up to the law.”

State Treasurer Fiona Ma, who also sits on the board, said she’s seen firsthand how her own mother and brother have struggled to get adequate, timely care for depression. She’s been writing letters asking plans to explain the long wait times and high cost of care,

and the growing numbers of people suffering from mental illnesses. Plans need to get more creative in finding solutions, she said.

“Kaiser is out on strike again today,” she said. “Why is that? Is it because everything is going well? No, it’s because things are not going well in the system and patients are getting sicker and sicker.”

Kaiser and the Department of Managed Health Care both sent representatives to speak at a November meeting of the CalPERS Pension and Benefits Committee.

DMHC director Shelley Rouillard told board members that day that the department takes its responsibility as a consumer protection agency very seriously, and outlined some of its offerings: a consumer help center, independent medical review process, regular monitoring of plans to ensure they have enough providers and enforcement actions

against plans that violate timely access requirements.

She said Kaiser has met all of the benchmarks of the 2017 settlement agreement so far.

But she also acknowledged that, in some cases, it takes years to correct problems with plans.

Cindy Striegel, a vice president at Kaiser, said it has hired more than 1,200 full-time therapists or clinicians since 2015, an increase of 30 percent. At the same time, she said, membership has grown about 20 percent. Kaiser is continuing to recruit and currently has about 300 positions posted or in the hiring process.

— Jocelyn Wiener is a CalMatters contributing writer. Her reporting is made possible by a grant from the California Health Care Foundation. CalMatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

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omestic violence is a complex phenomenon that impacts families across generations.

Victims can become perpetrators. Perpetrators are often victims. Family members who were never physically touched by violence are still deeply affected. Fear and shame can generate silence. These factors, and many others, allow the cycle to continue.

A 2017 survey showed that 58% of Californians have been touched by domestic violence. While we can and should take care of people impacted by providing shelters and support, we must also rally to end domestic violence and help people touched by domestic violence to break the cycle.

Research funded by Blue Shield of California Foundation shows that exposure to violence at various stages in life — from birth through adulthood — can result in an increased chance of domestic violence becoming an ingrained behavior.

This life course analysis identifies critical moments when interventions can make a crucial difference for people experiencing violence and for generations to come. It describes the complex interrelated factors that lead to the perpetuation of violence.

An infant surrounded by violence in the home, for instance, is more likely to have poor attachment, behavioral problems, and trouble regulating her or his emotions.

That child will be more likely to grow up to be aggressive towards peers, have academic problems, or develop alcohol and substance use issues, and ultimately, in adulthood, mimic the behavior of his or her parents.

In order to halt the harmful effects of domestic violence, we must invest more in prevention to help more Californians break free of this self-perpetuating cycle.

At the state level, we know that the impact of sexual and domestic violence on California communities is devastating. In 2012, the cost of sexual assault in the state totaled $140 billion, and the lifetime economic burden of domestic violence nationwide is $3.6 trillion.

To lessen this burden and help end sexual and domestic violence for future generations, California must exercise leadership and allocate more resources towards prevention. The best way to stand in solidarity with survivors is to prevent abuse before it ever occurs.

Blue Shield of California Foundation has shown its commitment to end domestic violence. We have contributed more than $100 million to address and prevent domestic violence in California since 2002.

Yet our contributions alone are not nearly enough.

he good news last year for many Californians who happen to live near light rail stations and heavily traveled bus routes was that the most controversial legislative proposal of 2019 suffered an early demise in the springtime.

The bad news for the same folks is that the same proposal, known in 2019 as SB 50, will be back in 2020, probably with a different number. The essence of this proposal is simple: Its backers, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, are convinced that mandating dense high rise construction near rapid transit stops and the busiest bus routes will go far toward solving California’s housing shortage. Exact details of the next version of the densifying plan are not yet known, but it’s clear the basics will be the same.

One argument by Newsom and the bill’s chief sponsor, Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, is that it will lead to a healthier California. But a new global study from a Spanish research institute suggests this may be baloney.

Says Wiener via email, in response to a question: “Housing density … facilitates active transportation, such as walking and biking.

People are much healthier when they regularly walk, as opposed to having a sedentary lifestyle and spending hours every day in a car.”

His comments came after publication in the journal Science of a study from the

Barcelona Institute for Global Health, which found that “higher residentialsurrounding greenspace is related with less severe strokes. Living in high-noise areas … can lead to more severe strokes.”

The implications for SB 50 or its successor measure of those conclusions from a global study of more than 2,700 stroke victims seem clear: Unless Wiener and his allies can somehow create lots of parks and tree-lined streets around the high-rises they seek to require in cities of almost every size, they will increase the possibility of death by stroke for those living in the new housing — and their neighbors.

For denser housing almost always leads to more noise and less green space, unless government creates countermeasures like road blockades and large parks. That’s exactly what has happened in Barcelona, where many residential city blocks have seen streets converted to pedestrian and bicycle use only and new parks are frequently opened.

There was nothing like that in the proposals Wiener

prospects for folks who might move into the type of new housing avidly sought by Newsom.

pushed in the last two legislative sessions.

Yet, he says, “Urban density can and should include significant green space and noise abatement. Great public spaces and parks, as well as a robust urban forest, are important elements of any great city or town. Building codes can reduce noise issues in people’s homes.”

But not in the streets, where the new buildings he seeks would rise in the busiest areas of cities large and small. So even if their condominiums and apartments are quiet, there will be plenty of noise whenever residents venture outside.

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he scientists behind the Barcelona study have nothing against dense housing, they said in emails. But, said Payam Dadvand, M.D., co-author of the stroke study, “Denser cities have both pros and cons

and it very much depends on how they are designed and planned.”

Wiener’s ideas, moved in part by frequently expressed hostility toward the urban sprawl and single-family zoning of most California cities, stem from an emotional conviction, not backed by evidence, that residents of new transit-adjacent housing will almost universally use that transit.

But since most California transit systems don’t cover their cities nearly as completely as those in Europe and some eastern and midwestern U.S. cities, new residents cannot avoid using cars, whether their own or via ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft.

In short, existing California cities were never planned to offer maximum health prospects for folks who might move into the type of new housing avidly sought by Newsom and Wiener, who often seems to want to make all of California resemble the dense, noisy, concrete-filled Castro District of San Francisco, his longtime home.

These issues should be part of the new year’s debate over Wiener’s next bill and Newsom’s massive housing proposals. If they’re not included in the discussion, legislators will be disregarding the major warning contained in the Spanish study.

— Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. For more Elias columns, go to www. californiafocus.net

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ur recent life course analysis lifts up promising and proven practices that should be spread and scaled with greater investment. Some elements include: ■ Home visiting programs with a domestic violence empowerment element.

■ Community organizing models to address teen dating violence.

■ Two-generation early interventions.

■ Trauma-informed therapy for children and parents.

■ Restorative justice diversion programs for offenders.

We believe that ending sexual and domestic violence is possible. Innovative organizations and communities across the state are creating new pathways for prevention, but they can’t grow without support.

California’s fiscal outlook shows the state can afford to invest more in the prevention of domestic violence.

Our research shows we can’t afford not to invest in research and programs to do the difficult work to stop the cycle of harm so that we can create a new generation of Californians who are safer and stronger than ever before.

— Richard Thomason is the director of policy at Blue Shield of California Foundation, Richard.Thomason@blueshield cafoundation.org. He wrote this commentary for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.

LETTERS A dedicated public servant Last month, our citizenry had the unfortunate experience of witnessing a familiar cast of characters launch their latest attempt to stop anything that does not resemble their personal version of Davis by chastising the City Council over a routine consent item — one that began the environmental review process for a new housing/mixed-use proposal on Olive Drive.

While I feel sad for them and learned to tune out their thinly veiled nonsense long ago, I am very concerned with their continued insistence on accusing Councilman Will Arnold of being rude and unprofessional.

Anyone who knows Will Arnold knows he is a kind, thoughtful and dedicated public servant. He is one of the few people I know that embodies servant leadership as a core principle, and he has worked tirelessly for years towards the betterment of our community. He puts the needs of the community before his

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own, and he has always treated me with dignity and respect over the years.

The people who are attacking him are now relentless in their smearing of anyone they disagree with, and I wish that they just would seek help and heal instead of taking out their personal misgivings on our community time and time again. I’m glad The Enterprise printed Will’s full quote, so that readers can see that the attacks against him are desperate nonsense.

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Greta Thunberg Thus we have a president-who-wouldbe-king, who never misses a chance to viciously denigrate a person he dislikes; who made a personal attack on Greta Thunberg; and who now faces Time’s Person of the Year, a 16-year old girl, who refused to meet the 73-year-old billionaire destroyer-in-chief of the world’s common sense and ecology.

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Speak out President Hon. Donald J. Trump, The White House, Washington, D.C., 20500; 202-456-1111 (comments), 202-456-1414 (switchboard); email: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

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Dealing with zealots

A big thank you for printing James Haught’s commentary, “Putting zealots in high office” (Dec. 13). I can easily imagine the fierce comeback you may endure; “freedom of religion!”

The threat, of course, is not what one believes and worships, but how this affects one’s social behavior toward others. VP Mike Pence, for instance, may believe that government must control a woman’s reproductive decisions because of something the Old Testament requires; but actually imposing his belief from a position of secular power breaches my own religious beliefs.

The zealotry is doubly troubling, however, because it pretends to represent my own Christian faith. Evangelical literalists pick a passage in the bible and decide “it must be so — it’s in the book.” This leads to the very kind of legalism that Jesus struggled against. (“Neither do I condemn you; now go in peace.”)

Lordy — what harms can a whole team of Pharisees do with the power of government behind them!

The Rev. Dale M. Heckman Davis

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Special to The Enterprise Lots of animals are waiting for “forever homes” at the Yolo County Animal Shelter, 2640 E. Gibson Road in Woodland.

Among them is Dozer (A176140), a 2-year-old pit bull. He would do well in an active home looking for a good jogging partner.

Dozer Also looking for a good home is Blueberry (A176797), is a 5-year-old male shorthair cat. He was rescued lurking around an apartment complex.

All shelter animals are up-to-date on vaccinations, microchipped, and spayed or neutered. The shelter is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays (closed for lunch from 1 to 2 p.m. each day).

For information on how to adopt a pet, call 530-668-5287 or visit www.petfinder.com/ member/us/ca/ woodland/yolo-countyanimal-services-ca283/.

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Animal Rescue, you’ll find Freya, a super-sweet 2½- to 3-year-old French bulldog cross. She is dogand people-friendly and loves to play. Freya is cute as a button and full of personality!

Clark is a handsome 1½- to 2-year-old neutered male Lab/shepherd mix. Clark loves everyone; he is obedience-trained, loves to play and is a fun, happy dog to have around.

The next Rotts of Friends’ adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, at 34505 County Road 29 in Woodland. Come by 10 a.m., as it takes at least an hour to meet and adopt a dog; everyone who will be living with the dog should come out to meet it.

Bring proof of home ownership, such as a mortgage statement or property tax bill. If you

Clark rent, please bring proof that you are allowed to have a dog in your home, such as a pet clause in your lease or a note from your landlord.

All dogs adopted from Rotts of Friends are healthy, microchipped, up-to-date on their vaccines and come with free lifetime obedience training classes. For more information, visit facebook.com/rotts offriends.

Flower arrangers to kick off 2020 Special to The Enterprise The first Davis Flower Arrangers meeting of the new year will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the International House-Davis, 10 College Park, beginning at 7 p.m. with a brief business meeting prior to the evening’s program.

Visitor passes for this program are available at the door for $10 or $40 for the year’s membership which runs through May 2020.

Davis Flower Arrangers are affiliated with the Sacramento River Valley District, California Garden Clubs Inc. and the National Garden Clubs.

The Davis Flower Arrangers are extremely proud to have Katsuko Theilke present for the first time in Davis. Theilke is in high demand as a presenter, exhibitor and instructor. Her floral arrangements have been exhibited at the San Francisco De Young Museum’s

Special to The Enterprise Now in its 13th year, the Davis Odd Fellows Bingo Committee announced that it had contributed $11,080 to 11 beneficiaries in 2019.

On the second Sunday of each month (except for May when the second Sunday falls on Mother’s Day), the Davis Odd Fellows open the Lodge Hall to the community to play Bingo.

In 2019, the following 11 community and charitable agencies received donations of Bingo proceeds: ■ Team Davis ■ Davis Parent Nursery School (DPNS) ■ Yolo Community Care Continuum (YCCC) ■ Davis Encampment ■ Yolo County Healthy Aging Alliance ■ Community and Employment Services ■ NAMI-Yolo ■ Unleashing the Possibilities (UTP) ■ Soroptimists of Davis ■ Foster and Kinship Care Education Program ■ Yolo County SPCA In 2007, the Davis Odd Fellows Lodge applied to the City Council and received permission to operate Bingo in Davis under state law. Since 2007, the Davis Odd Fellows have contributed over $100,000 to dozens of community and charitable groups through these Bingo games.

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“Bouquets to Art” for 15 years.

She has taught classes in Filoli Gardens in Woodside and continues to teach classes at the Mountain View Adult Education

Center, Santa Clara Mission College and in her home in Los Altos. Theilke is the author of five instructional books filled with gorgeous photographs about the art of Ikebana including

weaving and manipulation techniques which incorporate palm fronds, lotus leaves, branches, and bamboo in her arrangements.

Theilke, who was born in Tokyo, developed her love for flowers while hiking in the mountains with her father, who encouraged her interest in the beauty of nature. She began sogetsu lessons in 1962 and earned her teaching degree in 1969 prior to coming to Los Altos as a cultural exchange student. She continued her sogetsu studies under the guidance of Shuko Kobayashi and Shoka Narimatsu and holds the rank of Soomu, first grade.

Theilke’s arrangements will be raffled off following her program.

Refreshments are provided by members and cards and calendars will be on sale. For information, contact president Molly Hillis at m3hillis@gmail. com.

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playing Bingo at the Odd Fellows Hall on 415 Second St. On the second Sunday, doors open at noon, and Bingo begins at 1 p.m. Fifteen games are played, and winners receive payouts in cash, including $250 for the final “Blackout Bingo” Game.

Every month, a local beneficiary receives the proceeds from Bingo, after payment of Bingo winners. The beneficiary amounts have ranged up as high as $1,400 per month.

“Second Sunday Bingo at the Lodge has become a fun tradition for the Odd Fellows and for the community,” said Diana Schmiegel, one of the leaders of the Bingo Committee. “We have regular players who look forward to Bingo every month and have been loyal customers for years. And we always get newcomers, usually in support of the community beneficiary of the month. It’s really a win-win-win all around.”

2019 Co-chairs of Odd Fellows Bingo were Diana Schmiegel and Dawn Coder. 2020 Co-chairs of Odd Fellows Bingo will be Alice Stewart and Matthew Elliott.

Members of the public over the age of 18 can purchase Bingo packets for $20 (or economy packets at $12) which provide the Bingo sheets for all 15 games. Players can also purchase instant winner

scratchers during the afternoon. The Odd Fellows operate a snack bar during the games, offering hot dogs, nachos, snacks, candy, beer, wine and soft drinks.

The next Bingo event will be on Sunday, Jan. 12, benefiting Team Davis.

The Davis Odd Fellows were chartered in Davis in 1870 (even before there was

a City of Davis), and will be celebrating their 150th anniversary in April 2020.

Currently, there are 302 members of the Lodge, almost equally divided between men and women.

The Davis lodge is the largest Odd Fellows Lodge in North America. For more information on the Davis Odd Fellows, visit www.davislodge.org.

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‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ opens Jan. 3 at DMTC Special to The Enterprise

Davis Musical Theatre Company presents a show about a man’s imaginative trip through a lavish 1920’s musical in “The Drowsy Chaperone,” on stage every weekend from Jan. 3 to 26, plus a special New Year’s Eve Gala preview on Tuesday, Dec. 31, at the Jean Henderson Performing Arts Center, 607 Peña Drive, Suite 10, in Davis.

With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical.

The recording comes to life and “The Drowsy

Chaperone” begins as the man in the chair looks on.

Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theater producer, a not-sobright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.

Kyle Jackson will direct and choreograph. Featured performers include Scott Minor as Man in Chair, Aimee Rose Santone as Janet van de Graaff, A.J. Rooney as Robert Martin, and Chris Kay Stewart as The Drowsy Chaperone.

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Robert Martin (AJ Rooney) skates blindfolded so he does not see his intended bride, Janet van de Graaff (Aimee Rose Santone) in Davis Musical Theatre Company’s musical comedy production, “The Drowsy Chaperone,” on stage Jan. 3-26 at the Jean Henderson Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $18 general; $16 for students and seniors and $14 each for groups of 10 or more.

New Year’s Eve Gala includes the 8 p.m. show, followed by a catered buffet (appetizer, tri-tip, chicken marsala, vegetarian pasta, salads, mashed potatoes, rolls and dessert and more), champagne, sparkling cider, party favors and dancing.

“The Drowsy Chaperone” plays at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 3 to 26. Tickets are $18 general, $16 for students and seniors and $14 each for groups of 10 or more (plus a $2 per-ticket facility fee), available at the theater, online at dmtc.org or by calling 530-7563682.

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Bike City Theatre Company continues reading series Special to The Enterprise

Bike City Theatre Company will present a reading of “Grounded” by George Brant, a one-woman show about a fighter pilot whose career is turned upside-down by an unplanned pregnancy, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, at RePower Yolo, 909 Fifth St. in Davis. Doors open at 7 p.m.

“Grounded” is a critically acclaimed show starring Alicia Hunt, who will be reprising her role from its previous run at B Street Theatre, where it was extended several times.

After an unexpected pregnancy ends an ace fighter pilot’s career in the sky, she is reassigned to operate military drones from a windowless trailer outside Las Vegas; she hunts terrorists by day and returns to her family each night. As the pressure to track a

Check it out What: reading of “Grounded” When: 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6 Where: RePower Yolo, 909 Fifth St. in Davis Admission: Free high-profile target mounts, the boundaries begin to blur between the desert in which she lives and the one she patrols half a world away.

The reading’s host, Bike City Theatre, is a local theater company that focuses on contemporary, independent works and works by historically overlooked playwrights.

The Salon Reading Series is a chance to see new works in their early stages of development —

sometimes never-before-seen by an audience — and more established contemporary plays without all the bells, whistles and prep time of a fully staged production.

It’s an experience of raw performance — just the actors, the script and the drama.

The series is funded by a grant from the city of Davis Community Arts Fund, which allows the theater company to bring these readings to the public at no charge.

Past readings have included collaborations with UC Davis’ Ground and Field Theatre Festival, as well as local youth-theater staple Acme Theatre Company.

Bike City Theatre Company’s motto is “Expect Everything” — and true to form, the material chosen for the readings has ranged from dark, light-hearted, adult and quirky to hilarious.

Alicia Hunt is seen staring in the one-woman show “Grounded” at B Street Theatre in July 2015. She will reprise her role in a Salon Reading on Monday, Jan. 6, in Davis.

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Upcoming readings are “Sensitive Guys” by M.J. Kaufman and “Dance Nation” by Clare Barron.

Coffee, tea and snacks will be available and the event is BYOB for audience members

21 and older.

For more information and updates, follow Bike City Theatre on Facebook, Instagram @bike citytheatre, and sign up for their mailing list at bikecitytheatre.org.

Moore’s drawings, performance art featured Acme Theatre will

present play dealing with gun violence

Special to The Enterprise The artwork of UC Davis performance studies Ph.D. candidate Maurice Moore will be on exhibit at International House Davis during January.

The exhibit features Moore’s drawings and performance art. Moore’s performance of “Drawing While Black” (aka “Black Boy Joy”) and the twodimensional drawings he creates explore how black queer people have implemented and created a means of survival through African and African American diasporic aesthetics.

The exhibit runs from Monday, Jan. 6, to Tuesday, Jan. 21, at I-House, 10 College Park in Davis. A reception is planned from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10.

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“I Got Soul” is among the artwork of UC Davis performance studies Ph.D. candidate Maurice Moore on exhibit at International House Davis during January.

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Acme Theatre Company will present “The Burials,” by Caitlin Parrish, a contemporary retelling of “Antigone” that explores the aftermath of a school shooting and one family’s response to U.S. gun violence.

Sophie has always been the apple of her father’s eye and his biggest supporter in his campaign for the U.S. Senate. But after her little brother Ben does the unthinkable, Sophie is forced to reconsider her loyalties to her family, her friends and her own sense of right and wrong.

Showtimes are 7 p.m.

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m.

Sundays from Jan. 9 to 19, at Veterans Memorial Theater, 203 E. 14th St. in Davis.

Tickets are $15 general, $10 for students and seniors, and pay-whatyou-can on Jan. 12 and 16. Tickets are available at acmetheatre.net.

Parental advisory: “The Burials” includes gunshot sound effects, profanity, discussion of gun violence, racism, police brutality and suicide. It may not be appropriate for students under the age of 13.

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Checking your tread should be routine Many drivers try squeezing as much life out of their tires as possible and run them even after the tread has worn below 2/32 of an inch - the minimum tread deemed safe under the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. If this is you, be sure to stay honest about checking your tread. To do so, find a penny and insert Abraham Lincoln headfirst into the lowest tread on your tire. If any portion of Abe's head is covered, your tread depth is sufficient. If Honest Abe is still fully visible, your tread is below 2/32 of an inch and the ability to perform in wet and winter conditions is substantially reduced.

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‘Cats’: Purr-vasively strange Galleries

■ The Pence Gallery, 212 D St. in Davis, is hosting the landscape paintings of Mark Bowles in the Main Gallery through Feb. 2.

Upstairs, the Pence is displaying the work of Janet Crittenden and Karen Copsey, who are painters from Mount Shasta. Their show, simply titled “Paintings of Animals,” is on view through Dec. 29.

■ YoloArts is hosting “Surroundings,” a juried exhibition featuring artistic interpretations of the Yolo County experience from 21 artists through Dec. 30 at the Barn Gallery, at The Gibson House and Property, 512 Gibson Road in Woodland. Participating artists are Nathan Blue, Susan Brady, Dee Conway, Margaret Eldred, Alan Fishleder, Linda S. Fitz Gibbon, Emily Goldhahn, Robert Gonsowski, Claire Haag, Thomas Haley, June Hebb, Robert Jensen, Rachel Kline, Anne Lincoln, Aida Lizalde, Jaime Montiel, David Nasater, Natalie Nelson, Linda Nunes, Lyla Paakkanen and Sara Post.

The Barn Gallery is open by appointment. For more information, contact Yolo Arts at 530-309-6464.

■ The artwork of 15 Yolo County employees will be featured in “Hidden Talents,” the December art show at YoloArts’ Gallery 625, in Yolo County’s Erwin Meier Administration building at 625 Court St. in Woodland. The show runs through Feb. 4. The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and by appointment. For more information, contact YoloArts at 530309-6464.

■ The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis presents “Kathy Butterly/ ColorForm,” running through Dec. 29. This is Butterly’s first retrospective exhibition, with about 60 sculptures and 20 drawings. Also on display is “The Manetti Shrem Presents NEW ERA, an Installation by Doug Aitken,” a multi-channel video installation of moving images, expanding architecture and surrounding sound running through June 14. The museum’s winter season will feature two shows. “Stephen Kaltenbach: The Beginning and The End” and “Gesture: The Human Figure After Abstraction: Selections from the Manetti Shrem Museum.”

All are invited from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, to hear an artist talk with Kaltenbach, enjoy live music and participate in games and art activities for the whole family. The museum is at 2654 Old Davis Road, Davis. Admission is free. For more information, call 530-752-8500 or visit manettishrem.org.

Film

■ This year, the Mondavi

Center’s Focus on Film series is showcasing three films relating to gun violence, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, in Jackson Hall, the Mondavi Center will offer a free screening of director Terrence Mallick’s “Badlands,” a 1973 film noir crime drama about an impressionable teenage girl and her somewhat older boyfriend, as they embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota Badlands.

The film series is presented in coordination with the UC Davis Campus Community Book Project’s selection of author Gary Younge’s book “Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives.” Tickets are free but must be obtained through the Mondavi Center box office online at www.

MondaviArts.org or by calling 530-754-2787.

Comedy

The Stand-Up Comedy Club (aka StUCC) at UC Davis is producing free

stand-up comedy showcases of student comedians. The first show of 2020 will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at Social Sciences 1100 on the UCD campus.

About a dozen of UCD’s funniest student comedians will perform five-minute sets of stand-up. For more information, go to the Facebook page or email stuccatucdavis@gmail.com or StUCC’s producer Will Alpers at alpers@ucdavis. edu.

Readings

■ Aisha Sabatini Sloan is the featured writer at the Creative Writing Reading Series event on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Sloan’s writing about race and current events is often coupled with analysis of art, film and pop culture. The UC Davis series highlights acclaimed, long-established writers along with emerging writers.

Organized by the department of English creative writing program in the College of Letters and Science, and co-sponsored by the UC Davis Library, the free readings begin at 7 p.m. in the Peter J. Shields Library.

Theater

■ “A Christmas Carol” is on stage at the Sacramento Theatre Company, 1419 H St. in Sacramento, at 7 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 29. Tickets are $30$45, available at tickets. sactheatre.org, 916-4436722 or in person at the theater box office.

■ Capital Stage’s “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley” is on stage at 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 2 and 7 p.m.

Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 29, at Capital Stage, 2215 J St. in Sacramento.

Tickets are $32 to $44, available at capstage.org or by calling 916-995-5464.

■ Davis Musical Theatre Company presents a show about a man’s imaginative trip through a lavish 1920’s musical in “The Drowsy Chaperone,” on stage at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 3 to 26, at the Jean Henderson Performing Arts Center, 607 Peña Drive, Suite 10, in Davis. Tickets are $18 general, $16 for students and seniors and $14 each for groups of 10 or more (plus a $2 per-ticket facility fee), available at the theater, online at dmtc.org or by calling 530-756-3682.

■ Davis Musical Theatre Company plans auditions for “Camelot” at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5, and 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, with callbacks at 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 7, at the Jean Henderson Performing Arts Center, 607 Peña Drive in Davis. Jan Isaacson will direct. Auditions require singing and acting, with dancing at the director’s discretion. Auditioners must bring sheet music of a song they are prepared to sing (not a song from the show).

A piano accompanist will be provided; no recorded music or a cappella singing is allowed. For additional information, visit dmtc.org or call 530-756-3682.

■ Bike City Theatre Company will present a reading of “Grounded” by George Brant, a one-woman show about a fighter pilot whose career is turned upsidedown by an unplanned pregnancy, at 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 6, at RePower Yolo, 909 Fifth St. in Davis.

Doors open at 7 p.m.

“Grounded” is a critically acclaimed show starring Alicia Hunt, who will be reprising her role from its previous run at B Street Theatre, where it was extended several times. Coffee, tea and snacks will be avail able and the event is BYOB for audience members 21

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BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic From the opening moments and without interruption throughout, director Tom Hooper’s bigscreen adaptation of “Cats” is visually breathtaking: a mesmerizing display of cinematic razzle-dazzle dominated by Paco Delgado’s stunning costume design, Sharon Martin’s equally impressive hair and makeup design, and Andy Blankenbuehler’s inventive choreography.

Theater fans who delight in ostentatious production numbers will be blown away. That’s the only possible reaction.

Those seeking a story to go along with all the visual excess, however, will find this many kibbles short of a full bowl.

In fairness, that shortcoming is equally true of the play. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s staging of T.S. Eliot’s poems in “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” was audaciously farfetched to begin with, and it definitely didn’t resonate in the manner of “Phantom of the Opera” or “Les Misérables.” “Cats” plays more like an opulent cabaret show, with individual production numbers linked by the barest trace of plot.

And a very weird plot, at that.

The film opens ominously, as a car stops in a Soho alley; the driver gets out only long enough to discard a sack with something inside. The car departs; the sack is surrounded by dozens of cats (all actors), who help the young feline inside free herself. This is Victoria (Francesca Hayward, principal ballerina at The Royal Ballet), a kitten abandoned by unseen owners. (Human beings never appear in this saga. Nor do dogs, although one is heard.)

Victoria has been embraced by a tribe of cats known as the Jellicles, on the very night that matriarch Old Deuteronomy (Judi Dench) will make the “Jellicle choice” that determines which cat will be reborn into a new life, by ascending to the Heaviside Layer.

(One simply must run with this.)

The rest of the film is dominated by the contenders for this honor, each granted a descriptive song and dance that reveals characteristics and talents.

In that respect, “Cats” is somewhat akin to “A Chorus Line,” building to the triumphant “choosing moment.” But “Cats” is more full-blown opera,

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Having unwisely followed the larcenous Rumpleteazer (Naoimh Morgan, left) and Mungojerrie (Danny Collins, right) into a human house, in order to steal anything that catches their fancy, Victoria (Francesca Hayward) is dazzled and distracted by all the finery.

‘Cats’ Starring: Francesca Hayward, Idris Elba, Judi Dench, Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, James Corden, Rebel Wilson, Robbie Fairchild, Ian McKellen, Laurie Davidson and Jason Derulo Rating: PG, for no particular reason with each lengthy song weaving into the next; very few lines are spoken in dramatic fashion, absent musical accompaniment.

Victoria is charmed by the various candidates, but also attracted to the neighboring “dark side” by the evil Macavity (Idris Elba, suitably malevolent), who fancies himself the “Napoleon of Crime.” (That Sherlockian reference is typical of the droll verbal and sight gags, such as a movie theater marquee advertising “The Cat and the Canary.”)

Macavity’s minions include petty burglar cats Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer (Danny Collins and Naoimh Morgan), who do their best to get Victoria into trouble; she’s rescued by shy chaperone Mr. Mistoffelees (Laurie Davidson), the “magical cat.”

Many of these events take place within various human establishments — a lavish flat, a milk bar, the interior of a train sleeper car — that are “enlarged” by production designer Eve Stewart, to match the comparative size of actual cats.

These sets are wonderfully imaginative, their contents employed with brio during Blankenbuehler’s dance routines.

The standout production number belongs to Skimbleshanks (Royal Ballet principal dancer Steven McRae), the “railway cat” unofficially in charge of the Midnight Mail train to Glasgow. His tap routine begins in the musty theater

where the Jellicles congregate; the other cats snatch up refuse to fabricate a train-like set, which then — in a seamless transition shot — blossoms into the real thing. It’s bloody awesome.

Stunt casting adds a comedy element to several sequences, starting with James Corden’s hilarious performance as Bustopher Jones, an overweight, impeccably groomed dandy with a taste for life’s finer delicacies. His rotund appearance prompts numerous sight gags during a dance routine dominated by near-miss landings; he also brings considerable verve to his song (“Bustopher Jones: The Cat About Town”).

Rebel Wilson similarly riffs on her corpulent frame — and adds a few of her saucy “naughty comments” — as Jennyanydots, a “gumbie cat” who sleeps all day and is regarded as slothful. She relieves her boredom by creating choreographed shows with the mice and cockroaches — also played by actors, properly miniaturized — that she finds within her house.

And boy, this is one outré and oddly repellent number … particularly when the cats start eating the cockroaches.

Jennifer Hudson gets the plum song as Grizabella, once a “glamour cat” but now an outcast mocked by the rest of the tribe. Hudson introduces the play’s iconic tune, “Memory,” early on; but her knockyour-socks-off rendition comes in the third act, when — encouraged by Victoria — she defiantly returns to the theater.

Hudson delivers considerable dramatic oomph with this performance, but Hayward’s Victoria has the subtler, more satisfying role. She projects considerable emotional range mostly via mime: initially wary and fearful, then more relaxed as she grows comfortable among the Jellicles, and finally bold enough to go against the tribe — much to Old

Deuteronomy’s delight — by championing Grizabella’s cause.

The costumes and makeup are enhanced by visual effects supervisor Steve Preeg’s massive crew; the highlights are the delicate movements of cat ears and tails, always synchronized to music or a dramatic element.

However…

Many (most?) of the “fur” actually is achieved via motion-capture technology — akin to what James Cameron used, in Avatar — and the results are uneven. The overlaid visual effects “costumes” occasionally make the actors appear unpalatably freakish; it’s also apparent, at times, that their feet “hover” slightly above the fabricated “ground,” and that’s simply sloppy.

Additionally, many of the feline “leaps” are clumsy and just not right.

“Memory” aside, most of the other songs are a tricky blend of complex melody and patter, generally defying any effort to remember them later. Some of the lyrics are clever and punny; others rely too much on repetition.

The film doesn’t “break the fourth wall” as often as the play did, employing this gimmick only at the end, when Dench’s Old Deuteronomy gravely delivers her closing speech — “The Addressing of Cats” — to us viewers.

By this point, many of us viewers likely will be worn out, or even bored. As Gene Kelly learned, with 1956’s “Invitation to the Dance,” a series of vignettes told exclusively via mime and dance don’t necessarily make a satisfying viewing experience; the same is true of “Cats.” If your eyebrows lift skeptically after 15 to 20 minutes, you’re probably better off in some other film.

— Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at http://derrickbang. blogspot.com. Comment on this review at www. davisenterprise.com.

Sign up now for DSF youth-theater program Special to The Enterprise Davis Shakespeare Festival Youth Theatre, for ages 8-17, returns in January for its fifth year, this time featuring Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline” and held at International House Davis, 10 College Park.

Guided by a team of professional actors and directors, the final performance will feature immersive

text-work, original music and more.

Rehearsals begin Jan. 28, with a final performance on March 7.

Rehearsals run from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays.

For more information, email davis.shakespeare@ gmail.com or call 530-8020998. To enroll online, visit www.shakespearedavis.org.

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and older. For more information and updates, follow Bike City Theatre on Facebook, Instagram @ bikecitytheatre, and sign up for their mailing list at bikecitytheatre.org.

■ Acme Theatre Company will present “The Burials,” by Caitlin Parrish, a contemporary re-telling of “Antigone” that explores the aftermath of a school shooting and one family’s response to U.S. gun violence. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m.

Sundays from Jan. 9 to 19, at Veterans Memorial Theater, 203 E. 14th St. in Davis. Tickets are $15 general, $10 for students and seniors, and pay-whatyou-can on Jan. 12 and 16. Tickets are available at acmetheatre.net. “The Burials” may not be appropriate for students under the age of 13.

Music

■ A New Year’s Eve dance-party concert with The Gold Souls and Ten Foot Tiger comes to The Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters, from 9 p.m. to midnight Tuesday, Dec. 31. Tickets include a champagne toast and light bites.

Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door and $15 with student ID, and are available at Armadillo Music in Davis, Pacific Ace Hardware in Winters, Davids’ Broken Note in Woodland, online at palms playhouse.com and at the door if not sold out.

■ Cold Shot play a blend of popular hits and classic rock at the First

Saturday free concert at Sundstrom Hill Winery, 2744 Del Rio Place, Suite 130, in Davis, from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4. All ages are welcome.

■ The Alexander String Quartet continues its survey of the 15 string quartets composed by Russian/Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich at 2 and 7 p.m. Jan. 5, at the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre.

The show will feature the 12th and 13th String Quartets. Tickets are $65$79 general, with discounts for students, available at www.MondaviArts.org or by calling 530-754-2787.

The 2 p.m. performance will feature remarks by noted composer/music historian Robert Greenberg; the 7 p.m. performance will include a post-concert question-and-answer session with the musicians.

■ Lahre Shiflet plays at Wine’d Down Thursday at Sundstrom Hill Winery, 2744 Del Rio Place, Suite 130, in Davis, from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9. A national award-winning singer based in Sacramento, Shiflet performs her original music, as well as covers of rock, jazz and pop, while accompanying herself on piano. Admission is free and all ages are welcome.

■ Blues singer and guitarist Coco Montoya will perform at The Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters, at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10. Tickets are $25 in advance, $29 at the door and $12 with student ID, and are available at Armadillo Music in Davis, Pacific Ace Hardware in Winters, Davids’ Broken Note in Woodland, online at palms playhouse.com and at the door if not sold out.

Davis Musical Theatre Company will be holding auditions at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 5, and 8 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 6, with callbacks at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, for its upcoming production of “Camelot” at the Jean Henderson Performing Arts Center, 607 Peña Drive in Davis.

Jan Isaacson will direct.

“Camelot” brings the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table to life with an extraordinary score and a story that poignantly dramatizes the human conflict at the heart of this classic tale.

Based on T.H. White’s novel, “The Once and Future King,” Camelot tells the story of Arthur, a young squire who becomes King after extracting the sword Excalibur from its legendary rock.

The musical follows Arthur from a young, ambitious, idealistic King who dreams of creating a just society to the despairing king bearing witness to his dream’s demise.

Arthur’s dream is inspired by his vivacious Queen Guenevere. When Guenevere falls in love with Arthur’s most celebrated, beloved and loyal knight,

Lancelot, they begin a romance as doomed as it is passionate. Their troubles are compounded when Arthur’s illegitimate son, Mordred, arrives on the scene. In a world of human realities, can the dream of utopia be achieved?

Auditions require singing and acting, with dancing at the director’s discretion. Auditioners must bring sheet music of a song they are prepared to sing (not a song from the show). A piano accompanist will be provided; no recorded music or a cappella singing is allowed.

The production offers many roles for experienced musical actors of varying ages. All roles require strong singers/ actors who move well. A list of characters and descriptions can be found on the DMTC website under the “Auditions” tab.

The general rehearsal schedule is 7:30 to 10 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays, beginning on Jan. 13. Not all performers will be called for every rehearsal. Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m.

Sundays, March 6-29.

For additional information, visit dmtc.org or call 530-756-3682.

Free screening of ‘Badlands’ set

BY JEFF HUDSON Enterprise staff writer This year, the Mondavi Center’s Focus on Film series is showcasing three films relating to gun violence, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, in Jackson Hall, the Mondavi Center will offer a free screening of director Terrence Mallick’s “Badlands,” a 1973 film noir crime drama about an impressionable teenage girl (played by Sissy Spacek) and her somewhat older boyfriend (Martin Sheen), as they embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota Badlands.

The film has been widely praised by film critics, and in 1993, it was selected for

preservation by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.”

This year’s three-film series is being presented in coordination with the UC Davis Campus Community Book Project’s selection of author Gary Younge’s book “Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives.” Younge will discuss his book in a talk at the Mondavi Center on Monday, March 2.

Tickets are free but must be obtained in advance through the Mondavi Center box office online at www.MondaviArts.org or by calling 530-754-2787.

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Residence Address, State, and Zip Gold & Associates Real Estate, Inc 2624 Emerald Bay Drive Davis, CA 95618 4. Business Classification: Corporation 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Cory N. Gold, President Gold & Associates Real Estate, Inc 12/13, 12/20, 12/27, 1/3 647

Notice is hereby given pursuant to California Business and Professional Codes #2170021716, Section 2328 of the UCC of the Penal Code, Section 535 the undersigned, Storquest Express Self Storage of Woodland, will sell at public sale by competitive bidding the personal property of: Name: Cydnie Morgan, Judi Reeves. Property to be sold: household goods, furniture, appliances, clothes, toys, tools, boxes & contents. Auctioneer Company: www. storagetreasures.com The Sale will end at 10:00 AM, December 28, 2019. Goods must be paid in CASH at site and removed at completion of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

Storquest Express Woodland STORAGE LIEN SALE 1610 Tide Ct. There will be a lien sale at Central Davis Woodland, CA 95776 Storage, 300 Pole Line Rd., Davis, CA, (530) 338-3531 12/20, 12/27 639 95618 on: Wednesday, December 8th, 2020 at 11 AM. This and enforcement is authorized by Division 8, Chapter 10 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME of the California Business & Professions STATEMENT Code, commencing without warranty or guarantee for Cash only. Purchased items Filed: November 21, 2019 must be removed from the property FBN Number: 2019-990 immediately following the sale.

1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Pure Barre Davis 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of The personal property stored with the Principal Place of Business in California. undersigned by: Davis Graduate Unit D-08 1) Stage spot light, 2) Mugs, wine and Business is located in Yolo County. shot glasses, 3) Glass doors, 4) Wood 714 Second Street benches, 5) Wood tables and chairs, 6) Davis, CA 95616 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Metal shelf, 7) Dishes, 8) Hula hoops.

Bond # 0342850 Residence Address, State, and Zip 12/20, 12/27 656 FFYL Inc 20302 Rosegold Way Spring, TX 77379 PUBLIC NOTICE 4. Business Classification: Corporation 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact City of Davis business under the fictitious business Notice of Public Hearing name or names listed above on: N/A “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant The City of Davis Planning Commission who declares as true information which he will conduct a public hearing on the or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) project application, as described below, at a meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m.

6. Signature of Registrant(s): on Wednesday, January 8, 2020, in Jenna A. Smith the Community Chambers, City Offices, Managing Officer, FFYL Inc. 12/6, 12/13, 12/20, 12/27 641 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California.

Please contact the City Clerk’s Office or Community Development and FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Sustainability Department for the STATEMENT approximate time this item will be heard.

Filed: December 10, 2019 Project Name: FBN Number: 2019-1029 University View Townhomes 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Gold Property Management 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Project Location: Principal Place of Business in California. 335 Russell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95616 Business is located in Yolo County.

Applicant/Owner: 325 G Street Davis, CA 95616 Maureen Guerrieri 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), RMDBT Properties, LLP

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28775 County Road 104 Davis, CA 95616 File Number: Planning Application #19-32 for General Plan Amendment #1-19, Rezone and Preliminary Planned Development #3-19, Final Planned Development #3-19, Tentative Parcel Map #2-19, Demolition #3-19, Design Review 11-19, and Mitigated Negative Declaration #5-19 Project Description: The proposal is to demolish the existing single-family home at 335 Russell Boulevard and subdivide the parcel for the construction of four attached ownership single-family townhomes on two buildings. The applicant requests approval of entitlement applications to allow the establishment of a residential planned development district consisting of four single-family townhouse dwelling units. The proposed project requires approval of the following applications: • Demolition #3-19, to demolish the existing 1,771 square feet single-family home at 335 Russell Boulevard to accommodate the proposed project.

• Tentative Parcel #2-19, to subdivide the approximately 0.26-acre parcel into four separate ownership lots to accommodate two attached townhouse buildings; the lots ranging from 2,263 to 3,388 square feet in sizes.

• General Plan Land Use Map Amendment #1-19, to change the land use designation of the subject site from Residential Low Density (RLD) to Residential Medium High Density (RMHD).

• Rezone the subject site from Residential Restricted (R-R) district to Planned Development #3-19(townhomes), to accommodate the proposed project.

• Final Planned Development (FPD) #3-19, to establish the final planned development standards for the proposed project.

• Design Review #11-19, to review and approve the Site plan and architecture of the townhomes.

• Mitigated Negative Declaration #5-19, to evaluate and address the potential environmental impacts of the proposed Environmental Determination: The City of Davis (City) has prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Initial Study in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, the City’s procedures for the implementation of CEQA, and other applicable laws. The proposed is found to have less than significant impacts with implementation of the identified mitigation measures and City standard conditions of approval. Therefore, no environmental impact report (EIR) will be prepared for the project.

Availability of Documents: The project application file is available for review at the Department of Community

Development and Sustainability, Planning Division, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, 95616. Staff reports are available through the City Councils’ website at: https:// cityofdavis.org/city-hall/commissionsand-committees/planning-commission/ agendas. Staff reports for the public hearing are generally available five (5) days prior to the hearing date and may be available by contacting the project planner.

Public Comments: All interested parties are invited to attend the meeting or send written comments to Ike Njoku, Project Planner, City of Davis, Department of Community Development and Sustainability, 23 Russell Boulevard, Suite 2, Davis, California, 95616; or via email at injoku@cityofdavis.org, no later than noon the date of the meeting. For questions, please call the project planner at (530) 757-5610, extension 7230.

The City does not transcribe its proceedings.

Persons who wish to obtain a verbatim record should arrange for attendance by a court reporter or for some other acceptable means of recordation. Such arrangements will be at the sole expense of the person requesting the recordation.

If you challenge the action taken on this matter in court, the challenge may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Director of Community Development and Sustainability or City Clerk at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Employment Country Club Manager Community Health & Athletic Facility Salary: $3,333.33 $4,583.33 Monthly; Stonegate Country Club, 919 Lake Blvd., Davis, CA 95616. FFD: 1/5/2020. See job announcement at www.stonegatecc. com for min. req. or call (530) 7567653, Resume can be sent to clubmanager@ stonegatecc.com, appl. req. EOE.

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Woodland Family Dental seeks full time dentists for Woodland location.

Must have DDS or DMD degree or foreign equivalent.

Must have valid CA dental license.

Email resume to: WoodlandFamily DentalCA@gmail.com

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Female Caregivers Wanted: Most are UCD students. High school jrs/srs or non-students fine. 3 shifts: 10-11am, 4-5pm, 8:30-9:30pm split 3-4 @ $15/hr. Help at toilet. Need 5’5”+ & strong. Need qtr breaks & summers.

Debbie Poulos, at URC, 74, w/ ALS. Ideal for medical career prep. Contact at dnpoulos@urcad.org.

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Commercial Glazing Contractor seeks experienced glaziers for Journeyman, Foreman & Superintendant positions.

Work ranges from Multi-story office buildings to retail storefronts. Each journeyman candidate should have experience in the following; • Commercial Storefront • Curtain Walls • Aluminum Entrances and Hardware • Reading and interpreting blueprints All applicants should have their own trade specific hand tools, valid clean CDL and drive to succeed. We are a growing company with room for growth in knowledge and compensation for the right candidate. We offer full benefits.

Please submit your resume to whayes@archgs.com

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Call 916-764-5796

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Text or call 530-309-8586.

Proceeds will benefit Soroptimist International of Winters.

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Full size futon with mattress.

Hardwood frame. $350 obo. Call 530-908-3973

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Hardwood floors and lots of light.

Rent is all inclusive: City Services, PG&E, maintenance of the facilities, and care of grounds. In addition, it includes the use of two difference conference rooms, photocopy machine as well as a stamp machine.

Call Amy Harris for a tour at (415) 806-3821!

Master Bedroom for Rent $800/month.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

Filed: November 19, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-980 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Superior Container Transport 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

720 Sutter Ave. West Sacramento, CA 95691 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Superior Container Transport LLC 720 Sutter Ave. West Sacramento, CA 95691 4. Business Classification: Limited Liability Company 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Aaron Melcher, Manager Superior Container Transport LLC 12/20, 12/27, 1/3, 1/10 659

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Senior Engineering Assistant, Public Works – Engineering & Transportation Salary: $5,992.22 $7,283.59 Monthly; City of Davis, 23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616.

FFD: 01/13/2020.

See job bulletin at www.cityofdavis.org for min. req. or call (530) 757-5644, TDD (530) 757-5666; City emp. appl. req. EOE.

The Davis Enterprise 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Date: November 27, 2019 Stephen L. Mock Judge of the Superior Court 12/20, 12/27, 1/3, 1/10

PUBLIC NOTICE Sherri Metzker, Principal Planner Community Development & Sustainability ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 1517 12/27 657 NOTICE is hereby given that at its regularly scheduled meeting of December 17, 2019 the Yolo County Board of Supervisors ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR adopted Ordinance No. 1517 repealing CHANGE OF NAME Chapter 9, Title 3 of the Yolo County Code Case Number: PT19-2485 regarding parcel charges for the Rolling 1. Todd James Meyer and Oanh Phuong Acres Permanent Road Division.

Le Meyer filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: The Ordinance was adopted by the Noah-Tuan James Meyer following vote: to Noah Tuan James Meyer AYES: Sandy, Provenza, Chamberlain, 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons Villegas, Saylor. interested in this matter shall appear NOES: None. before this court at the hearing indicated ABSENT: None. below to show cause, if any, why the ABSTAIN: None. petition should not be granted.

Copies of the full text of the Ordinance NOTICE OF HEARING are available at www.yolocounty.org Date: February 4, 2020 Time: 9 a.m. > Board meetings > Meeting Agendas Dept: #9 Room: N/A and Minutes or at the Clerk of the Board The address of the court is of Supervisors Office, 625 Court Street, 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause Room 204, Woodland, CA 95695. shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the Dated: December 27, 2019 date set for hearing on the petition in Julie Dachtler, Deputy Clerk the following newspaper of general Yolo County Board of Supervisors 12/27 673 circulation, printed in this county:

Unlearning enabling behavior Engineering Technician I – Public Works E&T, Temporary Part Time Salary: $3,925.46 $4,771.43 Monthly; City of Davis, 23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616.

FFD: 01/02/2020.

See job bulletin at www.cityofdavis.org for min. req. or call (530) 757-5644, TDD (530) 757-5666; City emp. appl. req. EOE.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2019

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Dear Annie: My mother has been a bad drug addict for most of my life. Ive gotten used to taking care of her, but something happened. My sister followed in her footsteps. She moved away and is badly addicted to multiple drugs. My family has tried to get her to come home, but she makes excuses every time. I’m in a lot of pain, more pain than my mother caused me (which is saying a lot). Every time I talk to her, she gets really hostile. I don’t know whether to cut her off or to keep trying to convince her to come home. What is your advice?

— Worried About My Family’s Well-Being Dear Worried: I am so sorry. I know that your heart is aching.

If your pleas for your sister to come home have so far not worked, there’s no reason to expect that to change. In fact, insisting that she come home might have the opposite effect. It could drive her further away (while at the same time driving yourself mad).

Instead, you need to focus on yourself.

I know. You’re thinking, “But Annie, my sister is the one who needs help.” Hear me out.

Living your whole life with the disease of addiction has shaped you in ways you likely don’t even realize. Addiction impacts and infects entire family dynamics. You have almost certainly become a part of your sister’s unhealthy behavioral patterns without ever meaning to. Support groups such as Nar-Anon (https://www.nar-anon.org/) and Families Anonymous (https://www. familiesanonymous.org/), will help you unlearn these unhealthy behaviors.

Give it a try. You’ve got nothing to lose except the invisible 200-pound vest you wear at all times.

——— Dear Annie: I read your letter from “Thirty-Three and Floundering” and I may have an idea that helps.

I went to college for a long time. I earned a BA, an MA, a Ph.D. and then went back for yet another degree. When I finally graduated, I felt lost without getting graded every semester. I felt like I had no tangible sense of accomplishment anymore. I felt adrift in a world where I was used to constantly achieving something and striving towards a goal.

I realized that I still learned every day, and I still achieved and accomplished many things. I just had no more written acknowledgement of it. So I started a “log book.” In it, I would date and log every significant accomplishment that I had achieved. From going to a historic landmark, museum or concert, to earning a promotion or some other kind of work recognition, I recorded anything I felt was special or noteworthy. I took note of any

new skill I learned, project I finished or lecture I attended. I even keep a list of all the books I read. I had a lot more time for accomplishing nonacademic achievements now that I wasn’t spending all my time studying.

Every year on my birthday, I review my annual accomplishments, and I get the feeling of getting somewhere that “Floundering” seems to be lacking. Maybe this idea will help the writer.

— Never Done Achieving Dear Never Done Achieving: And thank you for yours! This is a great way to provide oneself some “external” validation.

——— Dear Annie: A friend of mine doesn’t seem very happy in her long-term relationship. I often hear her complain about her boyfriend, and it’s rare that I hear her say something good about him.

They’ve been together for seven years, so my guess is they’re used to each other and staying together out of familiarity and convenience. But that doesn’t seem healthy to me.

I’ve gently prodded my friend, saying things like, “Hey, if he ever crosses a line, you let me know!” She’s laughed these comments off. I want her to know that I’m here for her — and more importantly, that she deserves better, that she deserves someone who treats her like the extraordinary person she is, who shows her how lucky he feels to have her in his life.

Is there anything I can do to help her realize her worth and stop settling for this less-than-awesome guy?

— Concerned Compatriot Dear Concerned Compatriot: Your concern is touching, and she is lucky to have a friend like you — provided you don’t go overboard. Wishing your friend well, and seeing the good in her, is one of the nicest things you can do for her. However, if she is happy in her relationship — happier than she seems to be by her comments — then you need to back off and drop the subject.

Instead of guessing why your friend is with this guy, why don’t you just flat out ask her if she is happy in the relationship? Listen carefully to her response. We never know what goes on behind closed doors. You may be surprised to hear about some of his incredibly positive qualities. Of course, if you hear of any abusive behavior, I encourage you and her to contact the police.

Your letter addresses an important issue for everyone, which is that it is common for friends to complain about their partners, only sharing the negative with others. And this type of complaining is toxic for relationships.

THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE

Calendar TODAY Davis High BASKETBALL — Devil boys vs. TBA, at Dougherty Valley Holiday tourney, Dougherty; Devil girls vs. TBA, at Ram Jam tourney, Dixon.

WRESTLING — Devils vs. TBA, No Guts No Glory tourney, Rocklin, noon.

UC Davis No events scheduled.

SATURDAY Davis High BASKETBALL — Devil boys vs. TBA, at Dougherty Valley Holiday tourney, Dougherty; Devil girls vs. TBA, at Ram Jam tourney, Dixon.

WRESTLING — Devils vs. TBA, No Guts No Glory tourney, Rocklin, 7 a.m.

UC Davis BASKETBALL — Aggie women at Stanford, 2 p.m. Listen: KDVS 90.3 FM. SUNDAY Davis High No events scheduled.

UC Davis BASKETBALL — Aggie men at New Mexico Albuquerque, 1 p.m. Listen: Sports 1140 KHTK. MONDAY Davis High No events scheduled.

UC Davis No events scheduled TUESDAY Davis High No events scheduled.

UC Davis No events scheduled.

WEDNESDAY Davis High No events scheduled.

UC Davis BASKETBALL — Aggie women vs. William Jessup, 2 p.m. Listen: KDVS 90.3.

THURSDAY Davis High No events scheduled.

UC Davis No events scheduled.

FRIDAY, Jan. 3 Davis High BASKETBALL — Devil girls vs. Pleasant Valley, 6 p.m.

WRESTLING — Devils at Joe Rios Memorial Tournament, Chico, all day.

UC Davis BASKETBALL — Aggie men vs. Holy Names, 7 p.m. Listen: KHTK 1140 AM. Watch: BigWest.TV. SATURDAY, Jan. 4 Davis High WRESTLING — Devils at Joe Rios Memorial Tournament, Chico, all day.

UC Davis SWIMMING — Aggie women, Aggie Open, 10 a.m.

SUNDAY, Jan. 5 Davis High No events scheduled.

UC Davis GYMNASTICS — Aggies at Sacramento State, 2 p.m.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2019 B9

DHS girls win 4th in a row Red-hot Devils set to take on Sutter

BY LEV FARRIS GOLDENBERG Enterprise staff writer Caitlin McMillan busted out for a careerhigh 15 points and Mara Bledsoe added 10 points and nine rebounds as Davis High won its fourth straight in the Dixon Ram Jam tournament opener, trouncing Pioneer, 63-30, on Thursday afternoon.

A breakout night for the two Blue Devil bigs — along with 9 points from senior guard Surina Beal — helped Davis snap the Patriots’ eight-game win streak.

The Devils (5-5) will face Sutter (11-2) at 5 p.m. today in Round 2 of the Dixon tourney.

The Huskies nipped Vacaville, 55-44, on Thursday evening.

Coming into the Pioneer matchup, Davis expected to see a consistent full-court press, something the Devils have struggled with this season.

“We had anticipated facing a zone and they zoned us the entire game, so we did a good job of getting the ball inside and looking to attack,” said DHS head coach Heather Highshoe.

The winds of change are upon Davis, which committed a season-low 11 turnovers while forcing 25 Patriot miscues.

And the Blue Devils held Pioneer to just 2 first-quarter points while building a 26-13 halftime lead.

“We had a pretty sluggish start,” said head coach Highshoe, always the perfectionist.

If that defensive domination was a slow start, the Devils’ second half left tire tracks in the Dixon gym. Davis exploded for 27 thirdquarter points, feeding McMillan inside for four buckets and 9 points in the quarter.

“I would say our second half we definitely stepped it up,” Highshoe added. “The energy that we played with in the third quarter was the difference in that game for us.”

The Devils got to the line prodigiously, shooting 18 of 30 from the charity stripe.

Bledsoe, who had 6 points in the decisive

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Blue Devils Emme Eisenman (4) and Caitlin McMillan (24) cut off the drive of Pioneer’s Fernanda Tovar-Iara in Thursday’s kick off basketball game of the Dixon Ram Jam. Davis won 63-30.

Devils 63, Patriots 30

third period, collected seven offensive boards and hit 5 for 10 from the Next game: Today line. vs. Sutter, Ram Jam at “They definitely Dixon High, 5 p.m. stepped up big time,” Highshoe said of her centers. “Caitlin had a strong performance. Mara stepped up … Overall, they played pretty aggressively, and they rebounded well too.”

As a team, Davis collected 32 rebounds — a whopping 16 on the offensive glass.

Junior guard Sydney Skinner was a force on the backboards as well, pulling down three offensive boards.

Contributions again came from all corners, as seven Devils scored 5-or-more points. Courtney Rutherford and Emme Eisenman each went for 7, Skylar Schouten

DEVILISH: Seng injured ankle From Page B10

UCD: Friends to meet again From Page B10

game of last season in that playoff game. Big Canada hit 4-of-5 shots — all from downtown — and grabbed six boards en route to her 12-point night.

Stanford is led by Washington native, sophomore Lex Hull. The 6-foot guard is averaging 14.5 points.

Kiana Williams is second on the Cardinal with 12.6 ppg.

Notes: Stanford and UCD have one common opponent, San Francisco. The Dons fell to the Cardinal, 97-79, on Nov. 9. USF went down, 79-67, at Davis on Nov. 22. ... For the Aggies in the next few days, it’s out of the fire at Maples on Saturday and into the cool Blue-andWhite safe surroundings of The Pavilion as NAIA opponent William Jessup comes to town on New Year’s Day. There is no admission charge for the first-ever meeting between the two schools. The Warriors sport a 9-4 record. Tipoff is 2 p.m.

— Reach Bruce Gallaudet at bgallaudet41@gmail.com or call 530-320-4456.

DUNNING: Battle From Page B10

With eight spots to be filled, the champions of the Power Five conferences could be guaranteed a spot, no matter their overall record. And even then there would be three more spots for worthy at-large entries.

All games would be played on consecutive weekends during the long break between fall and winter quarters, so there would be little or no added impact on academics.

As it is, too many deserving teams are being left out in the cold.

It’s time to let them join the field.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

scored 6 and Maddie Buzbee added 5 for good measure.

On defense, DHS held its opponent under 11 points in all four quarters. Zenevieve Coronado-Casebolt, who leads Division III Pioneer with 18.5 points a game, was kept to just one bucket in the first half. “(She) gets things going, so any opportunity that we could we tried to double her,” Highshoe said of the dynamic Woodland senior, who finished with 13 on the game.

“In the half court, they tried to set a lot of off-ball screens for her,” the coach added.

“She was still able to find ways to score, because she understands the game pretty well.”

But she was not enough to subdue the Devils, who have quietly evened their record at .500 after starting the season 1-5.

Three games remain before Delta play tips off at Cosumnes Oaks on Jan. 7.

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One-time Davis resident Shanye Dante poses with Jordanian national flag. The dressage Grand Prix rider hopes to take her mount and message to an upcoming Olympic Games.

RIDING: Shanye Dante is about to relocate to Verden, Germany From Page B10 level ... where he and I did some good things,” added the woman who is a U.S. Dressage Association gold, silver and bronze medalist.

But the time had come for “Perry,” as Dante called her friend, and her to part ways.

Perignon got a great home, Shayne reports. Perry, says Dante, allowed this European adventure to be possible.

Teaching, learning and getting a new ride will somehow all work themselves out beginning early next year in Verden, Germany.

Dante knows the elevated reputation of equestrianship in Europe will be one “platform” from which to send her powerful message to women of Middle Eastern heritage.

But she also understands that a world stage like the Olympics would bring even greater impact.

Her dream to ride for Jordan in the 2024 or 2028 Games starts with finding the right horse, and that can be expensive. Toward that end, Dante has set up a syndicate in which sponsors can buy into her career (therefore the purchase of her next ride).

“I have a lot of great sponsors going into this, but the biggest thing is I’d like to get some sponsors who have a similar passion for Middle Eastern women in sports, or dressage. I feel I have to get my story out there to attract (attention and partners) because 99 percent of the time I’m working in stables.”

Horses can be expensive ($20,000 for an untrained 2 or 3 year old) and uberexpensive if one buys an alreadyschooled Grand Prix performer.

Trained Olympic horses can cost millions, explains Dante explains, who remembers crying for a week after parting ways with Perry.

But setting up a syndicate makes the next step for Dante and her team more affordable: “It’s the best way and that’s why it’s really important for me to (work with and for) people who share not only the Olympic dream, but getting the inspiration to women throughout the Middle East.

“Right now I don’t know anyone who’s dropping millions of dollars on a horse for a girl from Davis. But you never know.”

Notes: In addition to Noelting, Dante has trained with sport giants like Shannon and Steffen Peters, Olivia LaGoyWeltz, Kathy Priest, Shawna Harding, Jan Ebeling, and Sabine Schut-Kery. ...

On one trip to Europe, Shayne did find the perfect animal-world companion. a Cavalier King Charles dog she named Gouda Cheese. “He looks like gouda cheese to me, and he loves gouda cheese.” laughs Dante who brought little Gouda Cheese from Holland. ... Shayne’s stepfather Eric played football at UC Davis.

Her local brother Zach once drove F4 autos in Italy as a teen and now has focused on go-karts with an eye on that next-level. ... Follow Shayne Dante on Facebook or visit her website at shayne dante.com. ... A parting Dante comment: “Woman are so powerful and dominant in this sport. And I know there’s (an improved) place for women in the Middle East and I’m trying to show that.”

— Reach Bruce Gallaudet at bgallaud et41@gmail.com or call 530-320-4456.

trailed DHS, 53-35, at intermission.

It wasn’t until after the break that disaster struck as Seng was fouled on the baseline before taking a tumble into the first row of the homeside bleachers. He rolled his left ankle against the front of the seats and was helped off the court by teammates.

The Devils lost their footing for a few minutes after the 6-foot-8 big man’s early exit. Clayton Valley cut the deficit to 8 midway through the third as Eagles’ point guard Luke Westermeyer piled on 10 of his game-high 30 points.

But Yee wasn’t having it, responding with 12 of his own as Davis sprang back ahead by 20-plus and held steady the remainder of the contest.

“Hats off to Davis,” Eagles coach Andrew Doss told The Enterprise. One of the few high school hoops coaches known to also run the Grinnell System from time-to-time, the CVCA social sciences instructor pointed out the benefits of Davis’ signature style of play: “(The System’s) a great model, especially when you’re trying to rest guys’ legs over a three-day tournament,” Doss said. “And they did a good job trapping our guys and making us (cough) the ball up.”

Grabbing rebounds left and right Thursday, Ryan Hakl added another 15 Davis points. The 6-foot-6 DHS post has now hit double digits in four of the Blue Devils’ last five contests.

“It was a great game for him,” Gonzalez complimented. “Ryan gave us a lot of good energy in that fourth quarter. He got steals, some big boards and it really sparked us.”

DHS (10-0) faces another test against defending Sierra Foothill champion Folsom tonight at 6. The Bulldogs sport a 9-4 record with recent losses to Davis Delta League rivals Franklin (5147) and Jesuit (53-37).

A Friday victory would set the Devils up for a Saturday championship game clash with Northgate, Vintage, McQueen and DVHS as possible opponents.

Notes: After the game, Gonzalez said Seng’s ankle injury looked like a bad sprain and that the senior will likely miss the remainder of the tourney. ... For the fourth straight contest DHS left more than 9 points off the board, converting just 13 of their 24 tries (54 percent) from the charity stripe, with Yee pulling most of the weight.

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Blue Devil Collin Yee (23) scored a career-high 23 points in Thursday’s win.

sports THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE — FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2019

The usual suspects battle for college title

S

o here we are again with arguments breaking out all over the country concerning the four teams that were selected to compete for the national championship of the NCAA’s highest football division.

While it may be hard to dispute the three unbeatens who were selected in Ohio State, LSU and Clemson, the fourth spot, which ultimately went to Oklahoma, is just as important as any of the first three.

After all, once the playoff begins with both semifinal games this Saturday, the slate is clean and everyone’s equal.

Win two games and you’ll be crowned national champion. Lose your first game and you’re out. Win your first game and lose your second and you’ll have to wait until next year.

There will be only one champion.

Oklahoma was No. 6 entering the final weekend of play according to the selection committee. The Sooners made their case by beating No. 7 Baylor, 30-23, in overtime. However, being No. 6 and stopping No. 7 doesn’t make you No. 4. Necessarily.

What happened on that same weekend is that No. 5 Utah was clobbered by Oregon, and No. 4 Georgia lost badly to LSU. Thus both Utah and Georgia were given the boot and Oklahoma was suddenly in the Final Four. Are the Sooners a better team now than they were when they were No. 6?

Arguably, no. And they would have remained No. 6 had both Utah and Georgia won their final games.

Although Oregon had two losses and was no longer in contention despite once having been as high as No. 6, a case could be made that the Ducks were deserving of a playoff bid by the way they manhandled Utah.

There are several other teams that also finished strong and might have given the Mighty Four a run for their money if given the chance.

Alabama comes quickly to mind.

Baylor, too.

The bottom line here is that four is far too few teams to be competing for the national championship, especially given the great difference in the schedules these teams play during the regular season.

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he Pac-12 is notorious for its parity, which is supposedly a great thing except that it means league teams beat each other up to the point that it’s hard for the Pac-12 to be represented in a playoff that features just four teams.

The false argument put forward by athletic administrators in defense of the four-team format is that these are student-athletes who shouldn’t have their season extended any more than necessary.

A fine argument, but for the fact that the NCAA has three other divisions of college football and all have playoffs featuring far more teams.

The FCS — the old Division I-AA — where the Aggies compete, has a 24-team playoff. Division II — where UC Davis lived for years — has a 28-team playoff, and Division III invites a whopping 32 teams to its playoff.

These schools also feature student-athletes on their rosters, last time I checked.

For the two finalists in a 32-team format, it means the playoff will add five post-season games to their schedule. In the FCS, it adds either four games or five games, depending on whether you receive a firstround bye.

The top level, the FBS, could easily go to an eight-team playoff that would add just one more game than the current format for the two teams that reach the title game.

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DHS girls run win streak to 4, Page B9

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Devilish season growing

BY OWEN YANCHER Enterprise staff writer

SAN RAMON — It’s safe to call it a streak.

Collin Yee knocked down 11 free throws and chalked up a career-high 20 points as the Davis High boys basketball team recorded its 10th consecutive victory of the 2019-20 season Thursday at Dougherty Valley High.

Downing Clayton Valley Charter Academy, 85-62, in the opening round of the DVHS Holiday Tournament, the Blue Devils kept their undefeated pre-conference campaign alive as they put up 80-plus for the seventh time and handed the Diablo Foothill League foes their third loss.

“The guys just don’t quit,” Devil head coach Dan Gonzalez said of his unit. “It was a good quality win for us, in that we got up big, they came back and we were able to

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Blue Devil Ryan Hakl (22) goes up for an easy bucket in Davis High’s 85-62 victory on Thursday. extend it again.”

Davis skyrocketed ahead 16-0 in the opening six minutes of action Thursday as DHS center Theo Seng tacked on all 11 of his points in the first quarter. The locals led 31-17 entering the second quarter.

“I’ll take 31 (points) in a quarter any game,” Gonzalez added. “Especially against

a team like that.”

A North Coast Section postseason contender in each of the last three seasons, the Ugly Eagles (8-3) wasted no time chiseling away at the Devils’ lead following an 18-point second-quarter outburst, but still

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DAVIS NATIVE HOPES TO INSPIRE MIDDLE EASTERN WOMEN

Riding to empower

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor Shayne Dante is a young woman who has always loved horses.

Growing up in Davis, she frequented Sterling Riding Academy when she was just 3 years old. Her mom, Suzanne, let her daughter try every equine discipline available.

Dante, now 28, recalls that she was into eventing, tried Western show, rode hunters and even briefly dipped into rodeo as a barrel racer.

But it wasn’t until she earned a job as a teenager with trainer Christiane Noelting of Vacaville that Dante found her everlasting equestrian love, dressage.

Dante loved the Davis ranches, but she saw something in Noelting that inspired her to new heights...

“I thought, ‘If I’m going to be someone in the horse world, I want to be like her,’ ” Dante told The Enterprise, noting that Noelting’s German heritage also got her interested in studying European dressage, thinking “someday...”

Well, “someday” is here, and Dante — who’s been making a

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Former Davis resident Shayne Dante puts one of her horses through its dressage paces. Dante has a message she hopes will echo worldwide. name for herself as her own boss at Shayne Dante Dressage in Orange County — is packing up and heading to Germany to further her Grand Prix riding status.

But Dante, who has a dual citizenship in Jordan, isn’t

leaving the U.S. behind simply to excel in the arena for personal reasons.

“I want to be representing Middle Eastern women,” the St. Francis High graduate explains. “That’s a huge passion of mine. I feel like riding is my

platform, and that’s what I’m confident with.”

And her message?

“Women are so powerful and dominant in this sport. And I know there’s a place for women in the Middle East and I’m trying to show that.

“If we can be competitive in sport, we can be competitive in any field, and I feel if I have a skill I need to grow it and become as competitive as possible, and then use that as my platform to bring other women up.

“And I would like to see equestrian sport — especially dressage — become really popular throughout the Middle East.”

Dante knows she is on a journey that won’t end anytime soon.

In relocating, the former Merryhill, Pioneer and St. James schools attendee left her business behind and just this month sold her partner, Perignon — an 18-year-old Grand Prix-level horse.

It was heartbreaking for Dante.

“We were together for 10 years. I trained him up to that

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UCD heads to Stanford Grumpy Cards fall to No. 5

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor Not that it wasn’t going to be tough enough, going into Maples Pavilion to play Pac-12 powerhouse Stanford...

But now that the previously No. 1 Cardinal was ambushed in Texas, anyone who knows women’s basketball knows that coach Tara VanDerveer had a few words of “encouragement” for her charges on the flight home from Austin.

The recipient of the first game back after Sunday’s wakeup call? UC Davis on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Since Aggie head coach Jennifer Gross took over at UCD nine seasons back, VanDerveer and Gross have had a mutual admiration thing going on.

VanDerveer and Gross exchange ideas on the phone, meet in person and send compliments each others’ way — whether

they’re playing one another or Longhorns. It marked the first not. time in almost two years an unranked school knocked off a Take last year, for example...

With the Aggies having come No. 1 (North Carolina over from 17 points back to beat Notre Dame).

Hawaii in the Big West Davis, meanwhile, has Tournament finale, dropped back-to-back VanDerveer was quick road games at Minneto send congratulations sota and Pepperdine. to Gross.

The Aggies stand at 4-7.

Little did the college Nonetheless, UCD Hall of Fame Cardinal has shown spark of late. chief know her next Even in losses, the game would be against energy level has picked UC Davis. up, according to Gross, GROSS “I (wasn’t) excited and she’s excited in about playing them Big challenge some of the rotations; partly because I’ve been mixes that have been rooting for them all challenging because of year,” VanDerveer told new personnel and vetThe Enterprise back erans stepping into difthen. “It’s hard to play ferent roles thanks to someone you’re close to the graduation of its and you want to win, all-time leading scorer too.”

(Morgan Bertsch).

But like VanDerveer Gross explained earVANDERVEER lier that the pre-Big knows when its Davis Coming off loss and Stanford: “This is West slate was dedievery woman for themcated to “trying to get a selves.” feel for what each player gives Now-No. 5 Stanford comes in us. Everybody is giving us some10-1 — that last game a things. Now it’s a matter of, in 69-64 loss to the unranked each game, at that moment,

what do we need?”

Against Stanford, the consensus is Davis will need plenty of defense, some luck from beyond the arc and taking good care of the basketball.

In last year’s 79-54 firstround NCAA loss to the Cardinal, the Aggies fell behind 29-9 in the first period. After that, it was VanDerveer looking to Round 2.

This year, UCD counters with a completely different look.

Leading scorer Katie Toole continues to solve opposing defenses (averaging 16.4 ppg) while shooting 57.1 from beyond the arc and 56.2 overall.

Cierra Hall (10.5 ppg and 6.5 rebounds) joins Kayla Konrad (7.7 and 5.7) in being troublesome inside. Off the bench comes Nina Bessolo to contribute double figures in scoring while guard Mackenzie Trpcic has 56 assists, by far the team’s category leader.

And then there’s post player Sage Stobbart, who it must be noted, had arguably her best

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