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City Council takes aim at Airbnb regulation

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer

Jennifer Jennings, at home in Long Beach, has made hundreds of donations to Bernie Sanders between $1 and $25.

must say I am still concerned that what we will potentially be doing is pushing folks to the black market where … nobody’s checking your ID (and) there’s no telling what’s in the stuff …”

He noted that the recent spate of severe illnesses and deaths across the country caused by vaping were associated with products from the black market.

“So that worries me,” he said.

However, Arnold said, “whatever we can do to get the kids to stop doing this, we need to do … If the convenience of it is eliminated and young people find it to be

Some regulation of Airbnb and other short-term rentals in the city of Davis appears likely in the future.

A majority of the Davis City Council told city staff on Tuesday they favor an ordinance that would require homeowners or leaseholders in Davis who rent all or part of their properties out as short-term vacation rentals to actually live in Russell townhome the property conversion gets OK themselves for Page A7 much of the year.

Such a permanent residency requirement, council members said, would likely ameliorate some of the concerns that have cropped up, such as those in a South Davis neighborhood where residents have been complaining to the city about the impact on their cul-de-sac of a busy Airbnb.

In multiple letters to the city over the last several months, those residents have complained about increased traffic and parking, people coming and going at all hours and “the commercialization of an otherwise residential neighborhood.”

Several of them spoke to the council in person on Tuesday reiterating their concerns, including Jack Clark, who described “a daily infusion of noise-producing strangers.”

Another neighbor, Carlos Martinez, who said he lives next door to the Airbnb, urged the council to reconsider allowing short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods.

“This has really affected our neighborhood,” he said. “I don’t really like living next door to a motel where there’s people coming at all hours of the night.”

Back in 2015, the council declined to regulate short-term rentals, but Mayor Brett Lee said Tuesday their expectation at the time was that the issue would return to the council.

“At the time, I felt like we were pretty close to wanting to regulate this activity and at that time we were thinking about limits on the number of nights that the places could be

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Small donors add up big

BY ELIZABETH CASTILLO CalMatters Jennifer Jennings dons a veritable uniform these days.

Whether she’s picking up groceries, cruising through a fastfood drive-thru or headed to the carwash, she’s always sporting Bernie-wear — sweatshirts, T-shirts, whatever.

But she doesn’t just wear her support on her sleeves. She’s also been making small online donations — hundreds of them — to the campaign of Bernie Sanders, the progressive senator from Vermont who continually assails the “billionaire class.”

“It has just become part of

my life now. It’s a dollar a day,” said Jennings, a safety manager at the Port of Long Beach.

“I live paycheck to paycheck and somehow, I’m contributing this money because I’m making that choice, ya know? I’m making minimum credit card payments by their due date and that’s all I’m willing to do,” she said. But when it comes to Bernie, “I want to do my part. I want to participate.”

A CalMatters analysis of the latest available Federal Election Commission data shows that of the 20 California donors under the same name who made the greatest number of small presidential campaign

contributions in 2019, one supports President Donald Trump. The rest are backing Democrats. Fifteen of those sent most or all of their donations to the Sanders campaign.

And those donations are adding up.

“In January, our campaign raised an incredible $25 million from more than 648,000 people,” Sanders’ campaign tweeted Thursday. “Our average donation: just $18.”

The donations the commission reports are “itemized” contributions , which add up to more than $200 a year (more on that here). Small donors who give less than $200 a year

aren’t listed in the data.

The GOP has set its sights on small donations, too.

Trump’s reelection campaign raked in more than $12 million in itemized donations in 2019 — more than any other candidate.

The most frequent Trump small donor — Gary Schneider of Mountain View — didn’t respond to messages seeking comment. Schneider, a Lyft driver who has given more than 200 donations to the president’s campaign, made some of his contributions through the platform WinRed.

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Council members voice support for flavored-tobacco ban

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Davis City Council members said Tuesday they support a ban on the sale of flavored tobacco within the city and staff will return to the council with a proposed ordinance doing exactly that.

Banning flavored tobacco — which many believe is targeted at children — would bring the city in line with the county and the cities of Woodland and West Sacramento, which have previously voted to prohibit sales of the products.

All five council members voiced support for a ban during Tuesday’s council meeting,

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though one councilman — Will Arnold — expressed concerns about a ban leading youths to turn to the black market.

Arnold noted that one of the reasons the city voted to allow cannabis dispensaries in Davis several years ago was to move users away from the black market and into a legal market with regulated products. “(I)f someone was buying cannabis prior to these regulations, who knows where they were going and who knows what they were getting,” Arnold said. “Now it’s a regulated market and my hope is that the black market eventually gets stamped out.

“I recognize there’s a difference here,” he said of flavored tobacco products, “but I

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Briefly Saylor sets office hours Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor will hold an open-office hour session from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, at Peet’s Coffee at the Marketplace in Davis (1411 W. Covell Blvd. No. 114B).

Stop by and share your thoughts on how Yolo County can better serve you and the community. Saylor can be reached at don.saylor@ yolocounty.org or 530757-5557.

Smoke-free task force to meet The Davis SmokeFree Housing Task Force will meet from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 21, at 600 A St. in Davis in the main conference room.

This group creates the opportunity for community members, tobacco-control advocates and local organizations to plan strategies to increase awareness of the harms of second-and thirdhand smoke in multiunit housing settings and build community support for a legislated policy restricting smoking in multi-unit housing.

This task force is open to anyone in the Davis community who wants to advocate for a smoke-free policy, or has been exposed to secondhand smoke in their multi-unit housing building.

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Ballot makes for fascinating reading

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ll kinds of junk arrives in my mailbox as Election Day draws near, but the one piece of mail I truly look forward to is my official Yolo County Sample Ballot, which comes wrapped inside the Yolo County Voter Information Guide.

I mean, I don’t exactly stand up and sing “The Star Spangled Banner” in our living room, but it is a high point in my day nevertheless.

I especially like to read the candidate statements about themselves, where being shy and humble is not exactly the order of the day.

But before we launch into what’s contained in the guide that recently came my way, you should know that the Yolo County Elections Office is one of just six jurisdictions in the country to be recognized for its stellar work by the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission.

The Elections Office, under Jesse Salinas, was cited for outstanding innovation in election administration, including its efforts to improve polling place resources, strengthen voter communications and increase future turnout.

The president may insist that 3 million Californians voted illegally in the 2016 presidential election, but I can guarantee you that no one voted illegally in Yolo County.

A renewable treat in the Guide appears on Page 4 with instructions on how to use Yolo County’s voting system.

Under “President” we see the names Thomas A. Edison, Albert Einstein, Helen Keller, Florence Nightingale and Booker T. Washington, with the option for a write-in vote.

For some reason, the county always votes for Helen Keller, but I should note that if anyone uses the write-in option to vote for me for president, I promise to restore touch football to the White House lawn where it belongs.

Speaking of the presidency, if you thought there were already

too many folks running for president, wait until you see the sample ballot.

For instance, I think many of us assumed that Donald J. Trump would be the only name listed for president on the Republican ballot. Think again.

In addition to the president, we have Rocky De La Fuente, Matthew Matern, Robert Ardini, Joe Walsh, Bill Weld and Zoltan Istvan.

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nd don’t you think Donald Trump is just itching to raise another birther controversy by telling the American people Zoltan was born in a country none of us have heard of?

The American Independent Party presidential list includes J.R. Myers, Don Blankenship, Phil Collins, Charles Kraut and, once again, Rocky De La Fuente. I’m think Rocky is also the heavyweight boxing champion of the world, but I may be mistaken.

The Greens have Dennis Lambert, David Rolde, Howie Hawkins, Dario Hunter and another name the president can’t wait to sink his teeth into, Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry. I can just hear the president saying, “I

Second fundraiser planned for Jerred Vargas’ family; services announced

Woodland police arrest allegedly armed teen

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Enterprise staff writer A second car-wash fundraiser has been planned to help cover funeral arrangements for Jerred Vargas, the Davis High School senior who died last week in an apparent accidental shooting.

The event is scheduled from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, in the Save Mart parking lot, 1900 Anderson Road in Davis.

Meanwhile, the Vargas family has announced the following services for Vargas, all in Woodland: a vigil from 5 to 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 18, at Woodland Funeral Chapel, 305

Cottonwood St., followed by a Catholic funeral service at 10 a.m.

VARGAS Friday, Feb. 19, at Died last week Holy Rosary Church, 301 Walnut St. Burial will take place after the funeral at Woodland Cemetery, 800 West St. Donations also continue to be accepted on GoFundMe, which as of Wednesday had raised more than $16,000 for the Vargas family: https:// www.gofundme.com/f/ jered-leroy-vargas.

“The Vargas family would like to extend their sincere gratitude for every person that contributed, everyone that has kept them in prayer and came out to the car wash/bake sale” held last weekend in Woodland, organizer Carmen Castellanos wrote on the GoFundMe page. “Your generous gift will have a major impact on helping lay Jerred to rest.”

Vargas, 19, died Feb. 6 after suffering a gunshot wound to the chest, which Davis police said was reported as accidental gunfire inside the family’s East Davis apartment. The incident remains under investigation.

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don’t know if that’s a person or a dish.”

The Peace and Freedom Party has just two presidential candidates, but the Libertarians have the “Unlucky 13,” including one Vermin Supreme, which sounds more like a pest control company.

For sheer numbers, though, no one can outdo the Democrats, whose list I’m certain includes folks who have already died and gone to heaven.

And yes, our friend Rocky De La Fuente is among them, but this time he’s listed as Rocky De La Fuente III. But maybe that’s his grandson.

There are, of course, the wellknown Democrats such as Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar and Michael Bloomberg, but we also have Joe Sestak, Mark Greenstein, Michael Ellinger and my favorite, Mosie Boyd, who hopes voters will mosey over to his candidacy.

The Yolo County Voter Information Guide and Sample Ballot: a true collector’s item. And a must read.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Enterprise staff writer A Woodland teen with suspected gang ties was arrested Tuesday for illegally possessing a firearm, police said.

The arrest was initiated by officers with the newly created Woodland Gang Task Force, who were conducting proactive patrols when they observed the 17-year-old male riding a bike on Bright Day Drive at about 2:40 p.m., the Woodland Police Department announced in a Facebook post.

“They recognized this juvenile to be a validated gang member out of

Woodland,” the post says.

“The subject immediately fled by ditching his bike and jumping over a fence in the area. A perimeter was quickly established and the subject was detained.”

A police K-9 team also responded to the area, where K-9 Chase located a firearm with a highcapacity magazine, police said. Ammunition for the gun was found nearby.

The juvenile, whose name was not released because he is a minor, was expected to be booked into Yolo County Juvenile Hall on multiple charges including illegal possession of a firearm.

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Notice of Public Meeting The City of Davis Historical Resources Management Commission will conduct a public meeting on the project applications, as described below, at a meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, February 24, 2020, in the Activity Room of Senior Center, 646 A Street, Davis, California.

Please contact the Community Development and Sustainability Department for the approximate time this item will be heard.

Conditional Use Permit, that allows the modification of the existing living group use permit (i.e., to allow the continued operation of the fraternity at the new consolidated building). The building at 515 First Street will house the fraternity until the completion of the new consolidated building at which time the 515 First Street property will be available for sale-sale to pay for the costs of the new building fraternity building; and

Project Name:

Design Review, to review the site plan and architecture of the proposed project.

Theta Xi Fraternity Redevelopment Project

Project Location: 503, 509 and 515 First Street, Davis, CA 95616 Owner:

Beta Epsilon Association of Theta Xi c/o Justin Schlageter, President Board of Directors P. O. Box 4450, Davis, CA 95617

Applicant:

Robert D. Testa & Skip Mezger, Directors Beta Epsilon Association of Theta Xi P. O. Box 4450, Davis, CA 95617

File Number:

503, 509 and 515 First Street - Planning Application #18-14 for Demolition #3-18, Lot Merger & Lot Line Adjustment #1-18, Conditional Use Permit (CUP) #5-18, Design Review (DR) #5-18, and Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) #3-18 -- Theta Xi Fraternity Redevelopment Project

Project Description: The proposal is to demolish two existing buildings at 503 (Bryson House, (2,442 sf)), and 509 First Street (Jackson House, (2,799 sf)), plus a detached garage (450 sf); then merge the three parcels and re-subdivide the merged parcel into two for the construction of a consolidated fraternity building on one lot, and the retention of 515 First Street building on a larger lot. The applicant requests approval of the following project applications to allow the redevelopment of the three fraternity owned properties: Demolition of the two buildings at 503 and 509 First Street (Bryson House (2,442 sf), Jackson House (2,799 sf), and a detached garage (450 sf) structure). The house at 515 First Street (Theta Xi Main House) will be retained on a reconfigured lot of approximately 9,450 sf. The proposed replacement building will be a three-story, approximately 9,952 sf, plus 262 sf detached 262 sf storage and laundry structure on the second new 10,350 sf lot to be created; Merger & Lot Line Adjustment, which will merge the three lots located at 503, 509, and 515 First Street and re-subdivide the property into two lots for the redevelopment of one the parcels with a consolidated 35-bed three-story building, while the other lot will retain 515 First Street building;

Environmental Determination: The City of Davis (City) has prepared a focused Environmental Impact report (EIR) for the project to evaluate the potential environmental impacts. The Final EIR has been completed, and the Commission will deliberate and provide advisory input to the Planning Commission. A finding of facts and statement of overriding consideration has been prepared for the certification of the EIR. A mitigation monitoring plan has also been prepared to address some identified impacts.

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://www.cityofdavis.org/city-hall/commissionsand-committees/historical-resources-managementcommission/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.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2020 A3

The sweet roses are blooming

BY SARA THOMPSON Special to the Enterprise

Today ■ The Stephens Branch

Library hosts Teen Anime After Hours at 5:30 p.m. at 315 E. 14th St. Watch three episodes of anime and enjoy free snacks, while supplies last. For ages 13-18.

■ The League of Women Voters of Woodland will host a Centennial Gala Celebration, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Historic Hotel Woodland, 436 Main St. in Woodland. Author, lecturer and activist Sally Roesch Wagner will speak on women’s suffrage and the movement that made it happen. Tickets are $45 and include a buffet dinner and wine. Visit woodland.ca.lwvnet.org or email league@woodland. ca.lwvnet.org.

Saturday ■ Friends of North Davis Ponds Count led by Ed Whisler and Ken Ealy runs from 8 to 11 a.m., part of the Great Backyard Bird Count. Meet at the parking lot, 3500 Anderson Road. All ages are welcome. Leaders will bring spotting scopes. A restroom and water are nearby.

■ A daylong meditation retreat with Doug Kraft focuses on the earliest meditation instructions of the Buddha called “easing awake” through agendaless, non-dual awareness.

It is planned for 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis’ sanctuary, 27074 Patwin Road in Davis. There is no charge but donations are accepted. RSVP to 916205-9936.

■ The Stephens Branch Library presents Community Ferment at 11 a.m. at 315 E. 14th St. Come for a fermented foods workshop.

■ The Avid Reader will be welcoming back author Nikki Smith and her two latest children’s books, “Sarah’s Journey West” and “Charlotte Spies for Justice,” part of the Girls Survive series beginning at 1 p.m. at

The Avid Reader, 617 Second St. in downtown Davis.

It is free and open to the public. Both works of fiction feature African American young women lead characters. Call 530-758-4040 or visit avidreaderbooks.com for more information.

■ The Davis Origami Group meets at 1 p.m. in the Children’s Activity Room of the Stephens Branch Library, 315 E. 14th St. Learn to fold paper into different shapes. First hour is for beginners; open to all ages and abilities.

■ Author Willard Berry will speak about his first novel, “Chasing Gods,” at 2 p.m. at Stonegate Club House, 919 Lake Blvd. in Davis. The book chronicles the calamitous life (17881852) of the author’s third great-grandfather, Ephraim Berry, who was brought down by paternal scorn, an economy destroyed by war, and the crop less “Year without a Summer.”

■ A Valentine’s Kirtan provides an evening of chanting sacred and ancient Sanskrit mantras from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Davis Community Church Fireside Room, 412 C St. in Davis.

There will be live music, vegan snacks and lots of nice people. The cost is by donation. Beginners are welcome.

Sunday ■ The Stephens Branch Library’s Black History Celebration kicks off at 1 p.m. at 315 E. 14th St. Celebrate the diverse history and important contributions and achievements of African Americans.

Join the celebration with a hands-on art day with artist NJ Mvondo.

■ Friends of North Davis Ponds holds its annual meeting from 3 to 5 p.m., marking its fifth year. Members will look at what they accomplished this year and discuss plans for the next year. Meet at Tandem Conference Room, next to parking lot, at 3500 Anderson Road.

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oses are a common sight around Valentine’s Day, being a popular gift to romantic partners, friends, family, coworkers, etc. Roses are hardy plants that are grown all over the world, and have deep, historical symbolism across cultures.

Most species of rose are native to Asia, with some native species also growing in Africa, Europe and North America. Over the centuries, several hybrid variations have been cultivated making them available to grow most anywhere. Roses are hardy, which has helped with their expansion to various continents and countries.

They can also be grown as shrubs or climbing, such as on a wall, bench, or trellis. Either way they are grown, roses have a very distinctive feature, their thorns. Technically, rose “thorns” are classified as prickles because they come from the outermost layer of the plant, the epidermis, whereas true thorns come from shoots which are a completely different structure on a plant.

These structures evolved to help protect the plant from being eaten by wildlife, and now to deter picking by human hands.

Roses come in a variety of colors, with the most common being red, pink, white and yellow. Other colors can be created by making hybrids of the other colors, or by dying the petals of the plant.

Roses have been a symbol of love for centuries.

The Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite, was associated with roses through her mythology and stories.

The same symbolism continued with when the Romans adopted the deity

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Roses blossom in a botanical garden.

EXPLORIT SCIENCE CENTER and named her Venus.

During the 17th century a system known as “floriography” was flourishing, which was the means to communicate to others by means of flower arranging.

This movement cemented roses as the symbol of emotions that continues today. Different colors of roses would mean different things from romantic love, to loss support, even just a friendly “hi” from a friend or acquaintance. Although roses still hold much of this symbolism, most people do not remember what color means what and are happy to receive any color.

Roses also have various other uses. Rose petals and stems have a strong rose oil used in perfumes. Rose petals can also be dried and mixes with other plants and herbs for tea or potpourri. Rose water is made from steeping rose petals in water. The water can be used in food items such as

desserts, ice cream, jams or most anything a chef or confectioner can dream up.

Now the rose is still used as a symbol of love and affection, but it does not need to be romantic love, but love for friends, colleagues or family. Explorit staff hopes you have a happy Valentine’s Day, and that you learned something new about one of the most recognized symbols of the holiday.

Explorit’s coming events: ■ Visit our Light & Sound exhibit during public hours on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.

Admission is $5 per person, free for ages 2 and under, members, teachers and ASTC. ■ Come find Explorit at the following community events: Duck Days, Saturday, Feb. 22; Children’s Activity Faire, Tuesday, Feb. 25; and Women in STEM-Leap In at Peregrine School, Saturday, Feb. 29.

■ Pi Day Celebration Saturday, March 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission is $6 for members and $8 for nonmembers for a day of circle and pi fun! No passes.

■ Extended public hours 1 to 5 p.m. every day during the week of April 6 to 10. Regular hours resume Saturday, April 11.

■ Become a member of Explorit! Membership grants you free visits to Explorit’s regular public hours, discounts on events, camps, and workshops, and gives you ASTC benefits. For more information or to purchase or renew your membership visit www.explorit.org/join/ membership-levels or call Explorit at 530-756-0191.

■ Enrollment still available for Explorit’s Nature Bowl team. 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.

— Explorit Science Center is at 3141 Fifth St. For information, call 530-7560191 or visit http://www. explorit.org, or “like” the Facebook page at www. facebook.com/explorit.fb.

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COMMENTARY LETTERS ‘No on Measure G’ effort begins

BY MARY MCDONALD Special to The Enterprise

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upport teachers, not parcel taxes.

No question about it, our excellent teachers deserve higher salaries.

And the good news is that funds for this purpose are already available! The generous parcel tax (Measure H) of $620/year, with annual increases, we voted for in 2016 does not expire until 2024 and the school bond (Measure M) we voted for in 2018 lasts for 30 years.

But, unfortunately, because of overspending and poor planning, the school board is looking once again to Davis homeowners. Their emotional appeal is that without Measure G tax dollars, Davis schools cannot support their teachers. This is simply not true.

Our district already receives four times more voter-levied tax dollars per student than any other district in our region. In the last five years, the amount of additional voter-levied School Board tax a homeowner pays has increased by over 100%.

If Measure G were to pass, the average Davis homeowner would pay more than $1,400 a year in added taxes directly to the DJUSD. In addition to being unnecessary, Measure G is also unfair because: ■ Measure G parcel taxes are regressive.

They place a disproportionate burden on the homeowners, especially owners of smaller, modest homes.

■ Measure G raises taxes on thousands of acres of farmland.

■ Measure G exempts school district employees, including administrators who make over $200,000/ year, from paying the taxes imposed on others.

■ Measure G exempts even part-time district employees who will do not have to pay these parcel taxes.

■ Measure G taxes cannot be deducted on your income tax return.

■ Measure G never expires; It increases taxes yearly for generation upon generation of Davis homeowners.

My suggestion is that the school board waits at least until Measure H expires and we see the effect of the statewide school bond tax measures.

Vote to support teachers, not parcel taxes. Vote no on Measure G. To learn more facts about Measure G, the NPTPAC has set up a web page for Davis residents.

Visit www.noparceltaxes. org.

— Mary McDonald is the spokeswoman for the NPTPAC (No Parcel Taxes Political Action Committee), a registered committee with the Office of the Secretary of State.

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Measure Q A yes vote on Measure Q is essential if we want to maintain the vitality of the city of Davis. The measure extends a local sales tax that would otherwise expire at the end of the year. Without it, the city would lose about $9 million a year in critical revenue — a huge part of the general fund that pays for basic services like police and fire, as well as parks and recreation programs. As a member of the city’s advisory Finance and Budget Commission, I see the huge impact that the loss of those funds would have.

We live in a wonderful town with lots of amenities — including engaging summer programs for kids, a thriving senior center, and a system of parks and greenbelts that other towns must envy. The city also provides many critical services that we either take for granted or don’t think much about until we need them. Like removing that huge tree that completely blocked B Street during that terrible storm last fall. Or, the quick response to that tragic shooting incident downtown a year ago.

Much of the attention to local issues on the ballot has gone to the schools — rightly so. Most of us realize the importance of maintaining a first-rate educational program for our kids.

But if we want to continue the quality of life we enjoy here in Davis, we also need to approve Measure Q on the March ballot.

Paul Jacobs Davis

Deos for supervisor It is time for a woman to again serve on the Board of Supervisors.

Retired Supervisor Betsy Marchand, Supervisor Don Saylor, and Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida have endorsed Linda Deos, and I join them.

I am a longtime resident of Davis, and an attorney who retired as a judicial attorney at an appellate court. Linda is a colleague and a friend. She spent the last 20 years representing people victimized by racial and gender discrimination, people who were sold unsafe cars, and people exploited by financial institutions. This is a courageous and difficult way to practice law.

Through this experience fighting on behalf of people without means and winning against powerful institutions, she gained the judgment and strength to eject proposals not in the best interest of the whole community, and support concepts that benefit all.

I have lived in this district for 18 years, as a renter and homeowner.

My son and my grandson also live in this district. Affordable child care is a huge problem that many face. Linda has been listening to families. She understands that this lack impoverishes families and is committed to finding solutions on the county level.

Mental illness and substance abuse strike people in Davis, not just neighboring towns. Many families in Davis are affected by these ills that cause untold suffering. Although there has been some progress on the county level, it has moved too slowly. Our county still lacks affordable and easily accessible mental health professionals and facilities for people in crisis and medication management, and long term out-patient counseling.

Jail is often the housing option for those too disturbed to behave appropriately.

County funding must be directed to the sources of these problems. Linda is committed to seeking solutions, including nonincarceration evidence-based approaches — social support, job training, education and housing.

Linda has spent years negotiating and mediating legal disputes.

She is measured and empathetic.

She is also fearless.

Please join me in voting for

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Linda Deos to represent the 4th District on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors on March 3.

Patricia Nelson Davis

Medicare for all Canada’s publicly owned, single-payer healthcare system, also known as Medicare, was the brainchild of democratic socialist Tommy Douglas who led the Saskatchewan provincial government from 1944 to 1961.

By 1984, the entire country transitioned from privately owned healthcare insurance to a publicly owned and administered system while retaining private healthcare practitioners. It did not lead to communism. It remains hugely popular today. It is a universal healthcare system that costs significantly less than the ACA, with superior heath outcomes.

According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid as well as the Mercatus study financed by the Koch brothers, the ACA cost $3.5 trillion in 2017. In 10 years they project the annual cost to be $5.7 trillion. In contrast, Medicare For All is estimated to cost $2.93 trillion (PERI, Amherst) to $3.2 trillion (Mercatus) and save from $3 trillion (Mercatus) to $13 trillion (PERI).

Consider these facts if you are a Democrat selecting a presidential candidate in 2020. Both Sanders and Warren support similar reform.

Linda Baumann Davis

Experience counts I am in enthusiastic support of Jim Provenza’s bid for re-election as Supervisor in the Fourth District. He has done so much for us during his tenure that I hope new and current voters will take the time to review his extensive record. For over 30 years, Jim has worked tirelessly within many levels of government to promote services for seniors, children, crime victims and the disabled.

His record clearly supports that his career has been guided by a dedication to these vulnerable groups. Providing necessary social services for residents is perhaps the most important responsibility of a county supervisor. Jim’s long list of accomplishments for the senior and other at risk populations is noteworthy. For example, he is currently working to expand the size of the Yolo Adult Day Health Center to better serve this rapidly growing population. He also identified funding for, formed, and chairs the Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance. His dedication to this group is inspiring. In my opinion, his work for the Alliance is one of Jim’s signature achievements.

I attended the recent candidate forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters and was struck that new candidates are not always aware of the history behind complex issues. Jim’s ability to negotiate solutions has been proven over and over. In Jim Provenza we hit the trifecta —

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U.S. Senate Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3841; email: http://feinstein. senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me Sen. Kamala Harris, 112 Hart Senate

institutional memory, proven accomplishments, and continuing new ideas based on many years of experience in the trenches. Let’s reward Jim for his expertise as he continues to improve our community.

John E. Reuter Davis

Democrats sign pledge This statement was signed by 64 people in last Saturday’s Farmers Mark. This included every volunteer tabling for competing presidential candidates Yang, Warren, Sanders and Buttigieg: “We are American Patriots. We respect the rule of law and the constitutionally established balance of power. We think abuse of power and obstruction of justice are grave threats to our right of self-government. Therefore we again sign the Indivisible Grassroots Unity Pledge to: 1. Make the primary constructive. We’ll make the primary election about our hopes for the future, and a robust debate of values, vision and the contest of ideas. We’ll remain grounded in our shared values, even if we support different candidates.

2. Rally behind the winning Democratic candidate. We’ll support the ultimate Democratic nominee, whoever it is — period.

No Monday-morning quarterbacking. No third-party threats.

3. Do the work to beat Trump.

We’re will show up to make calls, write post cards, knock doors, travel to purple states, or whatever it takes to preserve a government under law.”

If you want to help protect democracy in our county against the abuse of power, come to the Farmers Market unity table to link up with groups who work on issues you care about: climate change, gun control, health care, interfaith dialog, refuge policy, or flipping senate or house seats in areas outside of Davis red to blue.

Or join one of the candidates’ campaigns I’ve listed above.

We can’t choose the time in history we live, but we can choose how we respond.

Alan Hirsch Democratic-Progressive Unity Table

Thanks, Coach A dream, a legacy, and a home.

Three gifts Ashley Yudin has given to youth soccer players like me.

This is my public thank you letter to Ashley. My name is Aubrey McLin and I am 11 years old. For me, playing competitive soccer not only helps fuel my dream to play on the Woman’s National Team someday but it also helps me have some sense of normalcy when I’m on a soccer field.

I have a chronic medical condition called dysautonomia, so daily life isn’t always so normal. Ashley Yudin, as well as a good friend of his and a coach of mine, James Pierce, have helped make me feel right at home. I have not yet had the opportunity to have Ashley as a coach but that has not mattered, Ashley makes an effort to visit and

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House of Representatives Rep. John Garamendi (3rd District), 2368 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515; 202-225-1880.

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cheer my team and me on during practices and games. He can be seen frequently visiting different Legacy fields and games and cheering all Legacy athletes, coaches, and teams on. Moreover, when Ashley comes around, people take notice. Ashley is kind of a big deal; he is like the Godfather of soccer around here. Which brings me back to wanting to publicly thank Ashley.

I want to thank you Ashley for not only giving me the opportunity to grow, be challenged, and positively be influenced but also for building a Legacy home for me and so many other youth soccer players. My joy for the game is influenced by the training I have received from Davis Legacy, the dedication my trainers and coaches have put into me and my team’s practices and skills, and by your encouraging words to keep working hard and shout for the sky, moon, and stars.

You are a strong mentor to me and I cannot express how much my Legacy journey has helped build and shape the athlete I am and who I want to become.

Thank you, Aubrey McLin Davis

Measure G for our kids With $198 you can pay for 40 lattes, 20 movie passes, eight books or for parking tickets. Or ... you can attract and keep the best teachers and staff for our children.

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We understand the need. Thank you for supporting Measure G. Darlene Hatton Loyola Davis

STEAC says thanks STEAC, the Short Term Emergency Aid Committee, was fortunate to be one of two recipients of the Yolo County Association of Realtors (YAR) December CanTree fundraiser. Realtors and business affiliate members throughout the county donated over $14,000 to STEAC including a very generous donation of $1,000 from the Yolo Federal Credit Union (YFCU).

STEAC supports low income individuals throughout Yolo County with services ranging from rental/utility assistance, job readiness support programs, food closet services, and a holiday adoption program. STEAC is working hard to prevent homelessness in our community, providing rental support to 222 families last year throughout Yolo County.

It is only through generous donations such as those from YAR and YFCU that STEAC is able to provide these services, helping local families who struggle to have the basic necessities that most of us take for granted. On behalf of all of us at STEAC, we are very grateful to Yolo County Association of Realtors and the Yolo Federal Credit Union for their kindhearted support.

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Pets of the week 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 Lizette (A177677), a 5-year-old female domestic longhair cat who was found as a stray in Woodland.

Also looking for a good home is Chance (A152076), a playful 5-year-old who loves to roll around and get belly rubs. He’s eager to show his tricks: sit, lay down, shake, and speak.

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

Chance through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays (closed for lunch from 1 to 2 p.m. each day).

For information, call 530-668-5287 or visit www.petfinder.com/ member/us/ca/ woodland/yolo-countyanimal-services-ca283/.

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Donnie is a 1-year old chocolate Lab. He’s a super-friendly, playful, loving pup that wants nothing more than to please his people.

The next Rotts of Friends’ adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, 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 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 face book.com/rottsoffriends.

The Yolo Community Foundation has awarded $52,320 to eight Yolo County nonprofits through its third annual Buck Education Grant.

This grant supports new or existing education efforts in Yolo County that aim to scale over the course of two or three years. It funds programs in the areas of literacy, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), arts education, early-childhood education and parent engagement.

Jessica Hubbard, executive director of YCF, said, “The Buck Education Grant is an exciting program because it offers nonprofits hard-to-find innovation funding. We have the opportunity to help nonprofits take promising ideas and programs to the next level.

Yolo County nonprofits have truly taken advantage of this funding and have implemented creative and impactful programs that continue to enrich education locally.”

Grantees include: ■ Yolo Farm to Fork ($9,920): From Seed to Food is a pilot program from Yolo Farm to Fork for teachers serving low income and English language learner populations. The program will provide teachers with eight

garden-based learning modules, for grades K-5, focused on growing and consuming healthy food seasonally.

■ United Way California Capital Region ($5,000): “Woodland Kids Read and Dream” has partnered with Woodland Rotary Clubs to invite all first graders on a field trip to Woodland Community College for a celebration of reading. The event supports early childhood literacy by making reading fun for young kids with interactive storytelling, activities, a personalized book and the opportunity to meet with local community professionals.

■ Yolo Crisis Nursery ($5,400): The Yolo Crisis Nursery (a licensed child abuse prevention program) will partner with the Davis Arts Center to provide an arts program as an enhancement to their licensed preschool program.

■ Sci-Tech KL ($2,000): The STEAM Ball Run Wall will provide a space to create ball runs. Students of all ages will use this during recess and other outdoor times to work individually or collaboratively to create, engineer and design ball runs.

■ Mondavi Center for Performing Arts ($10,000): The Mondavi Center

will bring its performing arts resources to Marguerite Montgomery Elementary School in Davis.

■ Putah Creek Council ($10,000): Through this grant, the Putah Creek Council will expand the Putah Creek Club, an after-school environmental education program for Winters Middle School students, to reach more low-income youth. The club builds understanding, appreciation, and stewardship of Putah Creek through education, exploration, and hands-on habitat stewardship projects.

■ Inspire Tech ($5,000): Through InspireEveryGirl, Inspire Tech will develop a new program to provide STEM workshops to one hundred girls in Yolo County.

■ Winters Robotics Inc. ($5,000): Winters Robotics will use the grant to fund the Winters Robotics team entry into competitions and grow its program.

Suzanne Falzone, president of Yolo Farm to Fork, said, “The Buck funds will allow us to work directly with several teachers as they use their edible gardens as labs to address multiple content standards with hands-on lessons designed to excite students’ curiosity and discovery.”

Odd Fellows’ film fest City adds lights to Toad Hollow Dog Park is back this Sunday Special to The Enterprise Hollywood and international luminaries Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman will light up the big screen at the Davis Odd Fellows’ Classic Film Festival on Sunday, Feb. 16.

Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller “Notorious” will be featured at the Odd Fellows Hall, 415 Second St. in downtown Davis. The film is open to the public and there is no charge. Doors open at 6:29 p.m. and the show begins at 7:01 p.m. in the Upper Hall.

Cary Grant, an English actor, has been described as one of Hollywood’s classic leading men. He and Hitchcock worked together on a number of iconic films, including “North by Northwest” and “Suspicion.”

Ingrid Bergman, a Swedish actress, is best known for her work in the classic film “Casablanca,” opposite Humphrey Bogart. She won three Academy Awards in her career.

Davis Enterprise film critic Derrick Bang described “Notorious” as, “Another superb Hitchcock entry, highlighted by the electrifying pairing of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman.

He’s a government agent who recruits a ‘good time girl’ (read between the lines) to infiltrate a nest of Nazis who’ve fled to South

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America. Famous Hitchcock touches, and an extremely clever — and quite prescient, for the time — plot that builds to a terrific climax.

Oscar nominations for original screenplay and supporting actor (Claude Rains).”

“A special feature of the Classic Film Festival, since the inception, has been our honored guest, Derrick Bang, the talented and respected film reviewer for the Davis Enterprise,” said Dave Rosenberg, a longtime Odd Fellow and Chair of the Classic Film Committee. “Derrick will be at each showing giving the backstory of the film, the actors, and the director — details about the film that are generally unknown to the public. It’s entertaining and fascinating stuff from the Golden Age of Hollywood.”

The bar, with wine, beer, mixed drinks and soft drinks, is open before and during the film. Popcorn is always free. And before the film, audience members enjoy the live music of According to Bazooka.

Special to The Enterprise The city of Davis announced Wednesday that new lights have been installed at the Toad Hollow Dog Park on Second Street, and the park will now extend its hours from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily except on Thursdays when it is closed from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. for weekly maintenance.

The lights are solar powered.

Lighting the dog park was one of the Davis City Council’s 2019 focus goals.

“The Council created focus goals to ensure that we have measurable accomplishments each year,” said Mayor Brett Lee. “The Council has large and small initiatives on this goals list, and we are pleased to increase the

availability of the park for dog owners and their dogs.”

Residents who use the dog park may sign up for an e-notification at www. cityofdavis.org that lets them know if the park closes for inclement weather or flooding and when it reopens.

Click on the “e-notification” button on the righthand side of the home page and select “Toad Hollow Dog Park” in the news section to receive the notification.

Lights will be off, and there will be an orange flag posted on the utility pole at the entrance if the park is closed.

The primary function of the Toad Hollow Dog Park is as a drainage detention basin and is closed often during the rainy season.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2020 A7

AIRBNB: Character of neighborhood at issue

Briefly Meditation retreat set

From Page A1 rented out,” said Lee.

A daylong meditation retreat for new and experienced meditators is planned for 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, in the sanctuary of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis, 27074 Patwin Road.

The retreat will focus on the earliest meditation instructions of the Buddha called “easing awake.”

The event is free, but donations are welcome.

For information and registration, visit https://tinyurl.com/ EA-Davis.

Additionally, he said, there was discussion about a two-tiered system, where a homeowner who lived on the premises could rent out a room or part of the house more frequently than an owner who lived off-site.

Among the options staff on Tuesday was asked to bring back in the future would be rules on whether the property owner must live on site and how many days per year they must reside there; how many nights per year they can rent out rooms; and how many parties they can rent to at once.

Extra income But several council members made clear on Tuesday that they don’t believe having what some have called “mini motels” in residential neighborhoods is appropriate.

Meet Deos for coffee

“If somebody wants to operate a hotel, then they should purchase a hotel,” said Lee. “If they want to convert their home into a hotel and it’s not properly zoned for that, there’s a problem.

County supervisor candidate Linda Deos will be at a pair of coffeehouse events this week.

On Tuesday, Feb. 18, she’ll be at Common Grounds in Oakshade Town Center, 2171 Cowell Blvd. in South Davis, from 4 to 6 p.m.

On Wednesday, Feb. 19, she will be at Peet’s in the Marketplace, 1411 W. Covell Blvd., from 9 to 11 a.m.

“I do understand that many people have made use of Airbnb and the like to generate revenue, to help them make ends meet, to help them make mortgage payments and things like that,” the mayor said.

“Prior to this, if you needed income you would rent out a room to somebody, typically a student who would be there for the year,” Lee added. “That has a lot fewer negative impacts to the neighborhood. In fact, it often has positive impacts, to have a UC Davis student renting a room from you.

You benefit from the income and

Meeting looks at Measure G

neighbors get to meet a different person, it’s a regular person in the neighborhood, as opposed to this idea that each night a different set of people can be coming and going and you have no idea what’s going on in your neighbor’s home, whether that person belongs there or somebody is a burglar …

“The concerns expressed by the neighbors in this specific (South Davis) location are quite reasonable and reflective of what’s going throughout the community and I’m very supportive of having some robust regulation that’s enforceable,” said Lee. Councilman Will Arnold said he shared the mayor’s views on the importance of neighborhood character, saying, “there is an expectation, I believe, that folks who live in a single-family neighborhood will have neighbors, either folks that are, at the very least, there for a number of months, usually a year as a renter, or folks that are there for multiple years.

“This relatively new way of doing rentals, where you have different folks potentially every night or at least every few nights, I think it’s fair to say that does not fit with folks’ expectations for their neighborhood where they live,” said Arnold. “So I am not in favor of the status quo.”

However, he added, “I’m also not in favor of an outright ban of these.”

“I believe there are other robust regulations that other jurisdictions have seen success in that we can emulate or even come up with a few of our own,” said Arnold.

He expressed particular interest in what the city of San Francisco has done, enacting a permanent resident requirement where the permanent resident operator must

spend at least 275 nights a year in the unit where they host shortterm rentals.

“I think that’s reasonable,” said Arnold.

Other cities have taken different approaches, such as Santa Monica, which flatly prohibits short-term vacation rentals of less than 30 days unless property owners live on-site during a guest’s entire stay.

number of complaints about shortterm rentals from Davis residents, describing them as “sporadic,” and Councilman Dan Carson expressed a need for a cautious approach to regulation, saying, “it sounds like a few large operations are creating the mess here and you can create an awful lot of work and not a whole lot of benefit (by regulating all of them).”

Good behavior

He also encouraged residents of the South Davis neighborhood and the Airbnb operator there to engage in a conflict resolution process to try to resolve their issues, something both sides said they would be willing to do.

Assistant City Manager Ash Feeney noted that the idea behind residency requirements is that “if you are an owner and you are on-site, you have a relationship with the neighborhood you reside in, so that is something that oftentimes will compel good rental behavior.

“All communities are different, so (regulations) vary and they’re often tailored for the specifics of that community and what we would probably look to do is to bring back regulations that are catered to the specifics of this community,” Feeney said.

Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida agreed with her colleagues that “neighborhoods should be kept as neighborhoods,” and added that in Davis, residents are used to living next door to students who come and go, visiting scholars and such, but that “the short-term rental is a new challenge and we’re trying to figure out how best to give that option to people while still preserving our neighborhoods.”

“I think enacting a permanent residency requirement is important,” said Partida, who later added that she would also be in favor of prohibiting owners from renting to multiple parties at the same time.

City staff previously reported that there have not been a large

The owner of that Airbnb also addressed the council, saying none of his neighbors had come to him with their concerns and he only heard about them in a recent Enterprise article.

However, one of those neighbors told the council Tuesday that was not the case and at least one resident had tried to broach the matter with the owner in person.

In any case, staff will return to the council with options for regulating short-term rentals citywide, including permanent resident requirements, limits on the total number of days units can be rented and more.

Only four members of the council will likely make any final decision though. Councilman Lucas Frerichs recused himself from the discussion Tuesday because he and his wife use a bedroom in their home for short-term rentals.

— Reach Anne Ternus-Bellamy at aternus@davisenterprise. net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

Council approves Russell Boulevard townhomes project

A community meeting to discuss Measure G will gather on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Stonegate County Club, 919 Lake Blvd.

Those interested in Measure G are invited to attend, the purpose of the meeting is to share thoughts on Measure G and discuss any possible alternatives to Measure G to assure Davis teachers are properly paid.

For information, contact Gregg Cook at gregg@gaccalifornia. com.

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer The Davis City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve plans to replace a single-family home on Russell Boulevard with four single-family townhouses.

The University View Townhomes proposal, which Councilman Lucas Frerichs called “responsible infill development,” required a General Plan amendment to rezone the property from residential low

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Currently a single-story, three-bedroom, twobathroom house, the property at 335 Russell Blvd. — between Oak Avenue and College Park and across Russell from UC Davis — will become home to four two-story, single-family townhouses in two duplex buildings.

Each townhouse would have three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms.

Immediate neighbors of the site include two single-family homes and a sorority housing UC Davis students.

Back in January, the Davis Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the plan, with commissioners calling the proposal exactly the sort of housing the city should be encouraging, something council members echoed on Tuesday.

Property owner Maureen Guerrieri told the planning commission the

townhouses “will attract university faculty, staff and graduate student residents with its family-friendly amenities and high-end finishes.”

“I’m trying to make these really nice homes that people would like to buy,” she said in January.

Neighbors were supportive of the plan, including one who told the City Council on Tuesday the existing house — which has been home to student renters for many years — is a “de facto fraternity house”

necessitating numerous calls to the police.

The townhouse, said Jay Solnick, is “an attractive option.”

“I’m here to speak in favor of it,” he said.

With no debate, council members voted in favor of the project as well.

“It’s a good project and I’m looking forward to seeing it built,” said Frerichs.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

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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.

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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.

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Seeking overweight women for a nutrition study looking at the effects of consumption of snacks twice a day for 4 weeks. Participants will receive monetary compensation up to $240.

For more info, call (530) 752-5177 and leave a message. Visit website: https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacificwest-area/davis-ca/whnrc

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Please join the Yolo County Lost and Found Pets Group on Facebook at facebook.com/gro ups/yolopets

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: January 29, 2020 FBN Number: F20200106 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) NOW PLAN 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

2809 MALLORCA LANE DAVIS, CA 95618 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip TIMOTHY T MALONE 2809 MALLORCA LANE DAVIS, CA 95618 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: January 29, 2020 “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): TOMOTHY T MALONE 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21 706 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: January 31, 2020 FBN Number: F20200114 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) VICKERS AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

975 OLIVE DRIVE DAVIS, CA 95776 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip CYNTHIA LEE VICKERS 1804 ROMINGER ST. WOODLAND, CA 95776 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: January 2, 2005 “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): CYNTHIA LEE VICKERS 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28 716

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Those wishing to comment on the foregoing matters may either appear in person at the public hearing or submit written comments prior to the public Filed: February 11, 2020 hearing. Written comments should be FBN Number: F20200143 sent to the Clerk of the Board, County 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) of Yolo, 625 Court Street, Room 204, FABULOUS AUTO SALES 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Woodland, California 95695 or via email Principal Place of Business in California. to clerkoftheboard@yolocounty.org.

Business is located in Yolo County.

Dated: February 14, 2020 5100 CHILES ROAD, SUITE 108 Julie Dachtler, Deputy Clerk DAVIS, CA 95618 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Yolo County Board of Supervisors 2/14 721 Residence Address, State, and Zip FABULOUS AUTO SALES 5100 CHILES ROAD, SUITE 108 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME DAVIS, CA 95618 STATEMENT 4. Business Classification: Filed: February 11, 2020 Corporation 5. Beginning Date of Business: The FBN Number: F20200142 Registrant(s) commenced to transact 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) business under the fictitious business CACHE CREEK CONSERVANCY 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of name or names listed above on: N/A “I declare that all information in Principal Place of Business in California. this statement is true and correct.” Business is located in Yolo County.

(A registrant who declares as true 34199 COUNTY ROAD 20 information which he or she knows to be WOODLAND, CA 95695 Mailing address: false is guilty of a crime.)

PO BOX 8249 6. Signature of Registrant(s): WOODLAND, CA 95776 George Boules 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), FABULOUS AUTO SALES, CEO 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, 3/6 720 Residence Address, State, and Zip CACHE CREEK CONSERVANCY 34199 COUNTY ROAD 20 PUBLIC NOTICE WOODLAND, CA 95695 4. Business Classification: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Corporation AND SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE 5. Beginning Date of Business: The NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Yolo Registrant(s) commenced to transact County Board of Supervisors will hold a business under the fictitious business public hearing on Tuesday, February name or names listed above on: 25, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., or as soon February 6, 1996 thereafter as the matter can be heard, at “I declare that all information in the Chambers of the Board of Supervisors this statement is true and correct.” of the County located in Room 206 at the (A registrant who declares as true County Administration Building, 625 information which he or she knows to be Court Street, Woodland, California for false is guilty of a crime.) the purpose of considering the adoption 6. Signature of Registrant(s): of an ordinance entitled: “An Ordinance Nancy Ullrey Restricting Manufacturing, Processing, Cache Creek Conservancy, Storage and Sales of Industrial Hemp.” Executive Director 722 The Ordinance, if adopted, will prohibit 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, 3/4 or significantly restrict industrial hemp manufacturing, processing, storage PUBLIC NOTICE and sales in the unincorporated area, NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF subject only to limited exemptions. The PERSONAL PROPERTY Ordinance is proposed to be codified in Title 10, Chapter 14 of the Yolo County Code.

The Planning Commission Pursuant to the California Self-Service considered the proposed Ordinance Storage Facility Act, (B&P Code 21700 et. at a public hearing on February 13, seq.), the undersigned intends to sell at 2020 and recommended its approval, public sale by sealed bids only, on the with individual commissioners 9th day of March, 2020, at 1:00 PM at providing additional feedback for Board the Harrison Self Storage facility located at 2323 Second Street, in the City of consideration.

Davis, County of Yolo, State of California, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

personal property including but not limited to furniture, clothing, tools and/ or other household items stored by the following person: Customer Name: Maureen Donohue Unit #: D52D Wicker Basket Shelves, Large Plastic Containers, Misc. Boxes, Small Carry-on Suitcase Purchases must be paid for with cash or cashier’s check at the time of purchase.

All purchased items are sold “as is” and must be removed at the time of sale with unit swept clean. Sale subject to prior cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

Dated this 14th and 21st day of February, 2020, by Harrison Self Storage.

2323 Second Street, Davis, CA 95616, (530) 753-6007.

Bond Number: 1016141 Viewing is only allowed between the office hours of 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.

2/14, 2/21 723 PUBLIC NOTICE The Yolo County SPCA will hold its 2019 annual meeting on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. This is rescheduled from December 10, 2019. The meeting will be held at the Redwood Community Room at 1001 Anderson Road, Davis, CA 95616.

The election of Board members and officers will be held during the annual meeting. The nominees for the Board as of the date of this notice are: Shelley Bryant, Pam Carroll, Lydia Caronna, Pam Runquist, and Nissa Stephenson.

Their statements of qualification will be available during the meeting.

Nominations will also be accepted from the floor at the time of the meeting.

If you need additional information or have any questions, please contact Kim Kinnee, Executive Director, at 530-902-6264 or at kimk@yolospca.org.

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DONORS: Contributors give whatever the can, whenever they can From Page A1 WinRed on the right, and ActBlue on the left, have sprung up as ways to streamline the process, making it more convenient and appealing to frequent small donors.

WinRed says it raised more than $100 million in its first 190 days last year.

“WinRed donation pages that include the word “impeach” or “impeachment” raised over 300% more than nonimpeachment pages,” states a blog post on the organization’s website. “In fact, after the House Democrats formally opened their impeachment inquiry on October 31st, WinRed fundraising spiked 176% per day on average.”

ActBlue, a platform used by nearly every Democratic presidential candidate, reported breaking records on New Year’s Eve by receiving more than half a million contributions and raising more than $20 million in a

single day. Overall, donors made 35 million contributions through ActBlue last year, according to the organization, which says it processed over $1 billion in donations.

Some small donors prefer to spread the wealth, or rather their sliver of it.

Jo Postyn, 87, of Palo Alto, has been giving small donations to an array of candidates including former Vice President Joe Biden and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg. She said she can’t decide which candidate deserves a larger share of her money.

“I think it’s important to make contributions …” she said, “because our country is in pretty bad shape.”

Some donors give sporadically, whenever the spirit, or the campaigns, move them.

When Sacramento teacher Mariah Martin, 37, sees a Sanders email about his education policy or another issue she’s passionate about, she

donates online.

“I give pretty much whenever I am inspired by something that Bernie says or there’s something else hapMARTIN pening where I Sanders donor feel like, ‘because of this, I should just go donate to Bernie’ and that will make me feel better about whatever is happening in the news,” she said.

For many of these donors, a small contribution can be a big sacrifice. Barbara Whipperman, an 83-year-old retiree living in Richmond, splits her donations between Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Her donations, she says, are around $5 each.

“Well, I don’t have a lot of money,” she said. “I worry a little about my own long-term income.”

Whipperman, a retired

administrative assistant for UC Berkeley, has taken a reverse mortgage on her house and typically spaces out her donations around her pension and social security checks. The in-home care she needs is a financial worry for her, and she says her checks don’t really cover the expense.

“I’m kinda worried about how things are going to work out later,” she said. “I will probably stop donating at some point.”

Other small donors don’t necessarily choose their method out of necessity. Bob Bogardus, a 64-year-old self-proclaimed “geeky IT guy” in Carmel, has made more than 400 contributions to Sanders. He doesn’t want to volunteer at a phone bank or knock on doors.

Instead he set up a daily donation of $2.70 — because $27 was the average nationwide donation to Sanders in his 2016 presidential campaign.

“We have resources and it’s

fun,” he said. “We love Bernie and he makes everything fun, and we’re really proud to participate in that way.”

Other ways, too. Last Halloween, Bogardus spent a couple of hours taping labels sporting Sanders name to each piece of Halloween candy he gave to the roughly 300 trick-or-treaters that stop by.

“We put a Bernie banner up.

We have one of these large lifesized cardboard cutouts of Bernie so people took selfies with it,” he said. So beyond donating, “we’re doing a little bit in other areas too.”

— CalMatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics. Elections reporter Ben Christopher contributed to this report. Here’s a look at the race for presidential campaign cash in California, in six data visualizations. Or for complete state election information, check out our voter guide here.

TOBACCO: City Council takes opportunity to act locally From Page A1 more of a pain in the butt to get this stuff, they’re not going to do it.”

Councilman Dan Carson noted that there is a real difference between cannabis and flavored tobacco when it comes to the black market.

“Maybe if it goes underground, bad things could be in it,” he said of flavored tobacco. “(But) in this case, the product is the bad thing.

The nicotine delivery system that hooks kids for life is the bad thing.”

Progress checked Carson noted that so much progress had been made on curtailing youth smoking — with cigarette smoking rates plummeting to all-time lows in California just a few years ago — and called it “one of the greatest victories for public health in the history of this country.”

However, he said, “just when we got this thing just about nailed, they come up with a marketing scheme and it blows up.”

That marketing scheme, according to county staff at Tuesday’s council meeting, includes not just candy- and fruit-flavored tobacco products, but even packaging that mimics juice boxes and other sweet treats.

“It’s quite obvious that there is a very targeted campaign here,” said Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida. “It’s obviously targeted toward children.”

Partida said she started smoking at age 13 and “it was very, very difficult to quit.

“And when you’re in middle school, you’ve already got all the peer pressure … and you throw this on top of that from an industry that is very resourced to try to sway young people … this is absolutely something we should try.

“It is our moral obligation to do the right thing here,” said Partida.

That middle-schoolers in Davis are using tobacco products is not in question, according to Cindy Pickett, president of the Davis Joint Unified School Board.

“Several years ago, we really didn’t see much of a problem with tobacco use in our schools in Davis,” Pickett told the City Council on Tuesday.

“But the last year, two years, it’s been really an epidemic,” she said.

“The dollars that we should be spending on classroom instruction and on teachers is going towards trying to police this activity.

It’s restricting the students’ movements … when they can go to the bathroom, when they can’t.

“The vice principal at Holmes (Junior High School) spends a lot of his time trying to deal with this issue and it’s just become a real problem, not only nationally but here in Davis,” said Pickett. “So I just encourage the City Council to help curb this problem.”

Day in court Pickett added that while the school district has joined others across the state in suing JUUL “for the nuisance that they’ve created by knowingly targeting our youth and their negligence in helping to deal with the problem … we know this lawsuit isn’t going to solve the problem.

“We really need to have measures like the one that’s in front of you to ban these flavored tobacco products,” Pickett said.

But others speaking during public comment — primarily local retailers — urged the council to consider the downsides of such a ban.

Several noted that if the products cannot be purchased in the city, users will simply purchase products online, where their ages may not be verified.

“If they come to the store, we can check their ID,” said one store owner.

Then there is the impact on the small businesses themselves.

“Banning flavored tobacco will have a huge negative impact on my business as it is at least 50 percent of my business or even more,” said the owner of Illusions Smoke Shop in downtown Davis.

“As you may have seen on the news,” he told the council, “other states and surrounding cities that have had similar bans have had many shops closing down.”

Additionally, he said,

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Flavored tobacco products are often packaged to mimic sweets popular among children, according to Yolo County officials. “consumers will simply switch to online shopping for their needs and it will create a black market for tobacco products which will be impossible to regulate.

There are other ways to solve the youth issue without having to do a total ban.”

He also urged that if the council does move ahead with a ban, that it gives shops until the end of the year to sell the products they have on the shelves “as we all just renewed our county and state tobacco permits.”

Council members voice support for such a delayed implementation, and Arnold expressed sympathy for the shop owners.

“I really feel bad because I recognize a lot of faces in the

audience from some of my favorite stores in town,” he said.

Moving first As for arguments that the city should allow the state and federal government to the lead the way on a flavored tobacco ban, council members weren’t receptive.

“I think it’s quite clear that we can’t rely on that either, sadly,” said Councilman Lucas Frerichs.

“You’d think even with the state of California we could, but big tobacco has some friends in the Legislature,” Frerichs added. “We need to do this on a jurisdiction by jurisdiction basis … where you have 400 (plus)

individual and local ordinances that essentially recreates the notion of a statewide ban, and that’s the path we’re forced to take.”

Said Carson: “We need the federal and state government to help us — we can’t do this by ourselves — but I think the very least we can do is join with the county of Yolo, West Sacramento, Woodland and do what we can to line up with them.”

The proposed ordinance that city staff will bring back to the council would likely mirror that passed by the Yolo County Board of Supervisors in 2016.

That ordinance banned flavored tobacco sales in unincorporated areas of the county, affecting products with any artificial or natural flavors, or herb or spice, including menthol, strawberry, grape, orange, clove, cinnamon, pineapple, vanilla, coconut, licorice, cocoa, chocolate, cherry, or coffee.

Products affected included e-cigarettes, cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products. Such a ban in the city of Davis would impact about 21 retailers who currently sell tobacco products, city staff said.

City Manager Mike Webb told the council Tuesday that staff will return with an ordinance for them to vote on “in the not too distant future.”

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et seq.), pursuant to State CEQA Regulation Section 15061 (B)(3) (14 Cal. Code Regs. Section 15061 (b) (3)) covering activities with no possibility of having a significant effect on the environment. In addition, the City of Davis has determined that the ordinance is categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15301 of the CEQA regulations applicable to minor alterations of existing governmental and/or utility owned structures.

Project Name: 2019 Omnibus Zoning Ordinance Amendment

Availability of Documents: All project documents are available for review at the Department of Community Development and Sustainability (inclusive of the Planning Commission staff report, which can also be found at http://documents.cityofdavis.org/Media/ Default/Documents/PDF/CityCouncil/PlanningCommission/Agendas/2019/20191113/06AOmnibus-Zoning-Ordinance.pdf), Planning Division, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, 95616. Staff reports are available through the City Council website at https://www.cityofdavis.org/cityhall/city-council/city-council-meetings/agendas.

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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 Purpose of Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendment meeting or send written comments to Sherri Metzker, Project Planner, City of Davis, Department The item is a proposal to amend a number of of Community Development and Sustainability, 23 sections of the Zoning Ordinance. Over time, implementation methods, regulations from the State Russell Boulevard, Suite 2, Davis, California, 95616; and Federal Government, and professional practices or via email at afeeney@cityofdavis.org, no later than noon the date of the meeting. For questions, change, thereby necessitating amendments to the please call (530) 757-5610.

Zoning Ordinance. A general update to the code is good practice and is often called an Omnibus The City does not transcribe its proceedings.

Update because it does not affect one single code Persons who wish to obtain a verbatim record section or one single topic. Instead, it is a broad should arrange for attendance by a court reporter update wherein many provisions are updated to or for some other acceptable means of recordation. make for a better regulation tool. This effort is not Such arrangements will be at the sole expense of the result of a project application but rather an effort the person requesting the recordation. related to established City Council goals.

If you challenge the action taken on this matter in The amendments are subject to the review and approval court, the challenge may be limited to raising only of the City Council. The recommendations of the those issues raised at the public hearing described Planning Commission are advisory to the Council. in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Director of Community Development and Environmental Determination: Sustainability or City Clerk at, or prior to, the The City of Davis (City) has determined that the adoption of the resolution is exempt from review under public hearing. the California Environmental Quality Act.(CEQA) (California Public Resources Code Section 21000,

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Making magic with water and color PENCE GALLERY

BY NATALIE NELSON Special to The Enterprise

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or those of you who’ve ever struggled with controlling a blob of watercolor pigment — adding water or taking it away — you know that watercolor is a truly challenging medium.

Those ubiquitous trays from childhood with the hard watercolor pans? The artists whose work is on display at the Pence now are way beyond those in terms of supplies. And the textures, reflections and objects they can create with a bit of water and color are pretty remarkable.

This Friday, the Pence will unveil its first everjuried exhibit of watercolor paintings by master artists from across the U.S., selected by artist Sandy Delehanty, who has exhibited her paintings in more than 25 solo gallery shows and in countless group shows.

Her paintings have been juried into more than 50 national and international competitions, including the American Watercolor Society International Exhibition in New York City in 2018 and 2019. She was awarded California Watercolor Association Signature Status in 2011, and American Women Artist Signature Status in 2018. She serves on the board of directors of The American Women Artists.

As a watercolor instructor, Sandy has taught in Bali, France, Italy, Belgium, Greece, Spain, Hawaii and California.

The exhibit, titled “Water + Color National Juried Exhibit 2020,” features 38 paintings completed exclusively in watercolor or gouache (opaque watercolor) by 20 artists. A few of these stellar artists, such as Marieke deWaard and

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Marieke deWaard’s “Fish Hatchery,” above, is in the Pence Gallery’s “Water + Color National Juried Exhibit 2020,” which features 38 paintings by 20 artists. Also in the show is Z.L. Feng’s “Carlton,” below right. Below left, Linda Clark Johnson’s “Lily of the Nile” is in the Pence Gallery’s “The Printed Realm” group exhibit featuring 21 artists who all work in printmaking.

Matt Connors, even live in Davis or close by, whereas about half live outside of California.

The show is sponsored

by Bob and Joanne Andresen, and is on view from today to March 31, with an

opening reception tonight.

Sandy will share her insights into jurying, as well as her own art, from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 1, in a free talk at the Pence.

Moving upstairs, “The Printed Realm” is a group exhibit featuring 21 artists

who all work in printmaking. One of my favorites is Linda Clark Johnson’s print titled “Lily of the Valley.” Johnson works with cyanotype, a photographic printing process that creates a blueprint. Engineers used the process well into

the 20th century as a simple and low-cost process to produce copies of drawings, referred to as blueprints. Artists today have adapted this older process, which uses artificial or natural light to create a direct print onto a sheet of paper coated with ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide.

Participating artists include Tim Barrera, Arisa Bunanan, Sohyung Choi, Linda Clark Johnson, Deziree Dizon, Aster Foley, Vanesa Gingold, Joanna Kidd, Stephanie Kocsik, Doug Lawler, Dixie Laws, Laura Morton, Julia Rigby, Rebecca Rippon, Stephanie Scott, Jan Schnurr, Marti Schoen, Susan Silvester, Kristian Talley, Katherine Venturelli, and Dorothy Yuki.

The exhibit is on display through Feb. 23.

Both exhibits have a public reception on Valentine’s Day (tonight), from 6 to 9 p.m., as part of the Second Friday ArtAbout in downtown Davis.

To spice things up, Davis Downtown is hosting a Wine Walk, and if you stop by the Pence first, you can pick up your free wine glass and a map to start off.

A raffle of a basket with gifts from local businesses is also happening that night. Live music by local favorite Xylocopa and free V-day card making at the Pence rounds out the fun for all ages.

Not to miss: the month of February is Pence member month, so stop by to pick up a special 25% discount card, good for giftshop items.

— Natalie Nelson is the executive director and curator of the Pence Gallery; her column is published monthly.

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Peron’s 60th

BY JEFF HUDSON Enterprise staff writer

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Tom Peron’s 60th Birthday Concert is planned for 8 p.m.

Thursday, Feb 20, at The Melon Ball at Watermelon Music, 1970 Lake Blvd. in West Davis. The doors will open at 7:30 p.m. Peron and this group of musicians, who have been playing together over the past 40 years, will perform a variety of jazz classics. Tickets are $20, available at Watermelon Music, online at watermelon music.com or at the door. The Melon Ball is a B.Y.O.B venue.

The South African male a capella vocal ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo visits the Mondavi Center at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15.

They will perform in memory of the founder and former director of the group, Joseph Shabalala, who died Tuesday in Pretoria at age 78 after deteriorating health.

“We celebrate and honor your kind heart and your extraordinary life. Through your music and the millions who you came in contact with, you shall live forever,” the group said on Twitter.

Shabalala started the group in the 1960s, during the apartheid era, and became quite popular in their homeland.

They began touring parts of Europe in the early 1980s, and in 1985, they came to the attention of Americans when they collaborated with Paul

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a South African male a capella vocal ensemble who started during the apartheid era, will perform at the Mondavi Center on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 15.

Simon on his “Graceland” album, which was recorded in London.

A variety of projects followed as the apartheid system in South Africa was abolished in the early 1990s, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo traveled to Norway when Nelson Mandela was awarded the

Nobel Peace Prize in 1992.

They sang at Mandela’s inauguration as South Africa’s president in 1994.

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They issue new recordings from time to time; their album “Songs of

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‘The Photograph’ is nicely developed Galleries

■ The Pence Gallery presents its first-ever juried exhibit of watercolor paintings by master artists from across the U.S., selected by artist Sandy Delehanty.

“Water + Color National Juried Exhibit 2020” features 38 paintings completed exclusively in watercolor or gouache (opaque watercolor) by 20 artists from today to March 31. Delehanty will share her insights into jurying, as well as her own art, from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 1, in a free talk. In the upstairs gallery, “The Printed Realm” is a group exhibit featuring 21 artists who all work in printmaking. A reception for both exhibits is from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight as part of the Second Friday ArtAbout in downtown Davis.

■ Galley 1855 presents the photography of Dennis Ariza through February.

The galley, on the grounds of The Davis Cemetery at 820 Pole Line Road, is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Friday. For more information, call 530756-7807, email judy@ daviscemetery.org or visit www.daviscemetery.org.

■ A variety of traditional textiles from around the world will be on view in the UC Davis Design Museum exhibition “Appreciation and Adaptation: Homage to Global Textiles” through April 18. This installation features items such as rugs, garments and cloth purses from Africa, Asia, South America and Central America, all collected by Paul J. Smith, director emeritus of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, during his travels around the world. It also includes contemporary work by UC Davis Design students. The museum is in Cruess Hall, Room 124. It is free and open from noon to 4 p.m. weekdays and 2 to 4 p.m.

Sundays. For more information, visit arts.ucdavis.edu/ design-museum.

■“Postal Migration” features the mixed-media artwork of June Daskalakis through March 31 at YoloArts’ Gallery 625, at 625 Court St. in Woodland. 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 Artery presents “North Coast Visions: A Photographer and A Painter,” with the work of photographer Jock Hamilton and painter Adele Shaw, through Feb. 24. A reception is from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight and the artists will talk about their art beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19. The Artery, 207 G St. in Davis, is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays and until 9 p.m. Fridays.

■ The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis presents “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 features two shows. “Stephen Kaltenbach: The Beginning and The End” and “Gesture: The Human Figure After Abstraction: Selections from the Manetti Shrem Museum.” The museum is at 2654 Old Davis Road, Davis. Admission is free. For more information, call 530752-8500 or visit manetti shrem.org.

■ The work of Anne Lincoln is on display at Hotel Winters, 12 Abbey St. in Winters. The ongoing exhibition features contemporary paintings that celebrate the landscape of Northern California. The includes large finished paintings and a selection of smaller works will be available for purchase. More information about the artist can be found at https://www.anne lincoln.com.

Film

■ The UC Davis depart-

ment of music presents a screening of the beloved 1939 film classic “The Wizard of Oz” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Pitzer Center. Audience members can come dressed up as their favorite Oz character.

Prizes will be awarded for the best individual and

group costumes. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students and children under 12. They are available at the Mondavi Center Ticket Office in person or by calling 530-754-2787 from noon to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, or at mondaviarts.org.

Theater

■ “Pump Boys and Dinettes” is on stage at the Sacramento Theatre Company’s Pollock stage, 1419 H St. in Sacramento, at 7 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 16. Tickets are $25-$40, available at tickets.sactheatre.org, 916-443-6722 or in person at the theater box office.

■ Capital Stage’s “Alabaster” runs at 7 p.m.

Tuesdays and Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m.

Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 23, at Capital Stage, 2215 J St. in Sacramento. Tickets are $32 to $44, available at capstage. org or by calling 916-9955464.

■ “Of Mice and Men” opens Friday, Feb. 21, at the Woodland Opera House, 340 Second St. in Woodland, and plays at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m.

Sundays through March 15.

The show is recommended for mature audiences.

Reserved seats are $25 for adults, $23 for seniors 62 and up and $12 for children 17 and under. Balcony tickets are $15 for adults and $7 for children. Tickets are available online at www. woodlandoperahouse.org or by calling 530-666-9617.

■ “Peter and the Starcatcher,” the awardwinning stage prequel to “Peter Pan,” will be presented by the UC Davis department of theater and dance at 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays, Feb. 27 to March 7, in the Main Theatre, Wright Hall. Tickets are $18.50 general, $17 for faculty and staff and $12 for students and seniors.

They may be purchased at the UC Davis Ticket Office on the north side of Aggie Stadium, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, by phone at 530- 752-2471 during the same hours or online at theatredance.ucdavis.edu.

■ Winters Theatre Company presents “The Miracle Worker” at the Winters Community Center, 201 Railroad Ave. in Winters. The gala opening is at 7 p.m. Friday, March 13, and includes cheesecake, champagne, coffee and soft drinks. Tickets are $15 for everyone. Other showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m.

Sundays, through March 29. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for seniors and children 12 and under.

Tickets will be available for purchase on the Winters Theatre Company website at http://winterstheatre.org by mid-February. Visit the website, email winters theatre@gmail.com or call 530-795-4014.

Solid writing and acting highlight parallel romantic narratives

‘The Photograph’

BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic It has been so long between gentle, sensitively constructed relationship dramas, that it took a minor act of will to get back into their rhythm.

Writer/director Stella Meghie’s thoughtful little film shares its charms without bombast. No car chases or explosions. No gun battles. No ironic catastrophes. No unexpected, life-altering freak accidents. No natural disasters or other indications of Mother Nature’s displeasure. (Well, OK; there is a hurricane. But it serves mostly as a backdrop that heightens the developing intensity between two characters.)

This is just an uncomplicated set of cleverly intertwined love stories between characters separated by time but linked by behavior.

How utterly refreshing.

Meghie has an unerring ear for naturalistic dialog — whether flirty or contemplative — all of which is delivered with persuasive sincerity by her wellsculpted characters. It’s always fun to watch such people fall in love; movies have excelled at that since the medium’s conception (but not so much lately, sad to say).

It’s equally engaging to fret over conflicted, angstriddled individuals who put head above heart: to wonder whether they’ll see the light and take the offered shot at romance. Or, indeed, if instead we must acknowledge that some folks are destined for a path that doesn’t include the stability (confinement?) of conventional togetherness.

And whether they’ll come to regret such a decision.

Journalist Michael Block (LaKeith Stanfield), a rising star at a New Yorkbased magazine, heads down to Louisiana for a feature piece on how coastal communities are recovering, post-Katrina and Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Answer: Not well.)

His local contact is crab fisherman Isaac Jefferson (Rob Morgan, nicely understated), a modest, easygoing fellow who never felt compelled to abandon the environment in which he grew up.

During an otherwise routine interview, Michael’s attention is drawn to a series of striking, blackand-white photographs,

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While trying to satisfy his curiosity regarding a famous photographer with humble Louisiana roots, Michael (LaKeith Stanfield) encounters Mae (Issa Rae), currently curating an exhibit of the woman’s work. including one of the photographer herself: Christina Eames, a native daughter who broke Isaac’s heart a generation ago, when she left to seek fame and fortune in New York.

Back in the Big Apple, his curiosity piqued, Michael discovers that a retrospective of Eames’ work is being mounted at a nearby gallery. A desire to see more of her photographs brings him in contact with exhibit curator Mae Morton (Issa Rae), and the discovery that Eames did become famous.

But Mae is no random curator. As we’ve already seen, she’s the longestranged daughter of Eames, who has just died.

By mounting this retrospective, Mae hopes to assuage a lifetime of hurt and anger; adding more mystery to this desire, Eames’ bank safe deposit box includes a pair of letters, one of which is a lengthy narrative from mother to daughter.

Initially dismayed by this apparent attempt at postmortem reconciliation, Mae shares this frustration with her father (Courtney B. Vance, wonderfully compassionate), who shrugs sympathetically and admits that, well, that’s just the way your mother was.

Meghie and editor Shannon Baker Davis subsequently cross-cut between these two narratives: twentysomething Christina (Chanté Adams) and Isaac (Y’lan Noel), attempting to build a life together in the 1980s; and Michael and Mae, undeniably attracted to each other in the modern day. The letter that Mae reads becomes the transitional element, as she periodically refers to its contents while mulling over her own fresh romantic entanglement.

Both stories unfold sweetly and softly. Adams is persuasively conflicted as young Christina, who clearly loves Isaac but feels restricted by this quiet coastal community, where nothing much happens.

Noel is similarly credible as

a humble man wholly content within that same environment, who does everything he can to make himself a “good catch” — including building Christina her own darkroom (a caring touch) — but who knows, deep down, that he’s destined to lose her.

Stanfield’s Michael similarly chafes at the “limitations” of a job he no longer finds challenging; he’s seduced by a potential opportunity at a Londonbased publication. (The parallel restlessness characterizing Christina and Michael is intentional.) At the same time, he’s undeniably drawn to Mae, and senses that she is similarly smitten.

Indeed. Despite the fallout resulting from her mother’s death, Mae can’t help being charmed by this sensitive guy who frequently — clumsily, disarmingly — preambles his intentions, as if seeking permission to act on them. Rae has a radiant smile that doesn’t merely light up her face; it illuminates entire rooms. But she also makes Mae slightly wary, even as she succumbs to Michael’s charms; she has a lot of “stuff ” to process and, frankly, it’s an awkward time to fall in love (as if there’s ever a convenient moment).

Meghie and cinematographer Mark Schwartzbard further distinguish these two developing affairs via distinct visual palettes.

Christina and Isaac spar in a steamy, sun-blasted environment of earth tones and grainy soft focus, akin to 1980s television camerawork; the result feels sultry, sweaty and provocatively sexy.

Michael and Mae, in notable contrast, maneuver through a more sophisticated realm of sharply defined cityscape with richer, vibrant shades of aristocratic primary colors.

The supporting players, even those in fleeting roles, are terrific. Chelsea Peretti blends exasperation with affection as Michael’s editor, fearing that she’s about to

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lose him. Jasmine Cephas Jones has a delectable air of mischief as Rachel, Mae’s curatorial assistant; Kelvin Harrison Jr. is similarly engaging as an eager intern who becomes Michael’s wingman.

Lil Rel Howery is a hoot as Michael’s motormouthed brother Kyle, who loves him but never would admit it; much of Kyle’s dialog clearly is improvised, and there’s no denying Howery’s lightning-quick comedy chops. Teyonah Parris is warmly maternal as Kyle’s wife Asia.

Two stand-out scenes take place with them. When the approaching hurricane drives the only recently hooked-up Michael and Mae to the safer ground of Kyle and Asia’s uptown digs, they regale Mae with a hilarious tale about Michael’s behavior at their wedding: a sequence so “true” that we feel part of the family. There’s also a marvelous moment between Mae and Kyle and Asia’s two young daughters (played winningly by Phoenix Noelle and Rylee Gabrielle King), capped by Meghie’s perfectly timed hold on a reaction shot.

The twin dramas are further anchored — and richly augmented — by Robert Glasper’s smooth jazz score: lazy, lonely and sensuous riffs and themes primarily on bass and piano, complemented by tasty combo touches.

Meghie assembles all these elements with the skill of a seasoned conductor. The pacing is a bit leisurely — perhaps a few too many pauses on pensive expressions — but that certainly doesn’t mar a satisfying saga that is, no question, a perfect datenight choice for this Valentine’s Day weekend.

— Be sure to join Derrick Bang when he hosts 1946’s “Notorious” at 7:01 p.m.

Sunday, as the first in a series of classic spy thrillers presented at the Davis Odd Fellows Hall, 415 Second St. Read more of Bang’s film criticism at http://derrick bang.blogspot.com. Comment on this review at www.davisenterprise.com.

UCD welcomes Beach Fossils The Beach Fossils — an indie-pop quartet that emerged from the New York borough of Brooklyn about a decade ago — will perform at the Mondavi Center’s Jackson Hall at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, sponsored by the ASUCD Entertainment Council. The concert will likely feature material from their richly orchestrated 2017 album “Somersault” (on the Bayonet Records label, which bandmember Dustin Payseur and his wife Katie Garcia founded in 2015). Many college-age youths are familiar with the band’s catchy “orchestral pop.” Tickets are $37 general and $27 for UCD students and are available at www.MondaviArts.org or by calling 530-754-2787, and at the door.

■ The ZOFO-MOMA

Live Concert Experience arrives at the Pitzer Center on the UC Davis campus for a 72-minute performance at 7 p.m. tonight. ZOFO, a duo consisting of pianists Eva-Maria Zimmermann and Keisuke Kakagoshi, will perform 15 recently commissioned musical works for piano-four-hands (one keyboard, two performers).

Behind the musicians will be a big screen with images of contemporary artwork created by visual artists from the same country as each piece of featured music. Tickets are $24 general and $12 for students, available in advance online at www.MondaviArts.org and at the door.

■ Cellist Eunghee Cho, a 2012 graduate of Davis High School, returns to his hometown for his annual Mellon Music Festival, this year a concert of romantic music on Valentine’s Day (tonight) at 7:30 p.m. in the Melon Ball performance space at Watermelon Music, 1970 Lake Blvd., Suite 1.

Also performing will be pianist Tomomi Sato and violinist Tatjana Roos. Tickets are $15 if reserved in

Starring: LaKeith Stanfield, Issa Rae, Chanté Adams, Y’lan Noel, Rob Morgan, Lil Rel Howery, Teyonah Parris and Courtney B. Vance Rating: PG-13, for sensuality and brief profanity

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‘Coconut Grove’ benefits Davis High School bands Special to The Enterprise Tickets are still available for “A Night at the Coconut Grove,” the Davis High School Band Boosters 28th annual fundraiser for DHS Bands. This year’s event is from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at Emerson Junior High School, 2121 Calaveras Ave. in West Davis.

Jazz groups performing at this

year’s event include the Emerson, Harper and Holmes Junior High School Jazz Bands, a Celia Cottle Jazz Band, the DHS Jazz Band and DHS Jazz Combos.

In addition to the performances, guests will enjoy dinner, mocktails, a silent auction and a raffle.

“A Night at the Coconut Grove” is the largest fundraising event of the

year for the DHS Bands and is organized by the Davis High School Band Boosters. Funds from the event support the band programs, including the annual trips that allow musicians to showcase their talents.

Tickets are $50 for adults, $25 for students and $15 for performers. To purchase tickets, visit http://groups. dcn.org/dhsbandboosters.

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Woodland Opera House presents ‘Of Mice and Men’ Special to The Enterprise “Of Mice and Men” is based on the 1937 novella written by John Steinbeck and opened in theaters that same year while the novel was still on the bestseller lists.

The show opens Friday, Feb. 21, at the Woodland Opera House, 340 Second St. in Woodland, and plays at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through March 15.

It tells of two migrant ranch hands, George and Lennie (played respectively

by John Ewing and Jason Hammond), traveling through California during the Depression, seeking to make a living, and searching for the American dream. The two are polar opposites: George is intelligent, quick and small, while Lennie is slowminded, childlike and

large. Though they are different, they care deeply about each other.

The unlikely and protective friendship between George and Lennie resonates, and their dependence on one another is the strength and weakness of the relationship. Their travels are filled with hopes, dreams and tragedies. “Of Mice and Men” is a play that has become a staple of American theater.

“It’s a Northern California story, written by one of the most prolific native Californian authors, John Steinbeck,” said director Gil Sebastian. “Audiences will be able to relate to the characters and life experiences throughout, as presented by a stellar cast of actors, both veterans and newcomers to the Woodland Opera House.” The show is underwritten by Tom and Meg Stallard. Set design is

created by Gil Sebastian and Angela Baltezore, with light design by Craig Vincent and costume design by Denise Miles.

The cast also includes Paul Fern as Candy, Patrick Jordan as Curley, Jadi Galloway as his wife, Chad Fisk as Slim, Scott Reese as Carlson and David Guria as Crooks.

“Of Mice and Men” is recommended for mature audiences as it contains violence, profanity and racially charged language representative of the period.

Reserved seats are $25 for adults, $23 for seniors 62 and up and $12 for children 17 and under. Balcony tickets are $15 for adults and $7 for children. Flex Pass specials and group rates are available. Tickets are available online at www. woodlandoperahouse.org or by calling 530-666-9617.

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The Steinbeck drama “Of Mice and Men” follows the sweet but mentally challenged Lennie (Jason Hammond), left, and the gruff but kind George (John Ewing), two farm workers in the Depression era, moving from place to place through California in search of work and the dream of owning their own farm. The production opens on Friday, Feb. 21 at the Woodland Opera House.

Acclaimed slack-key guitarists say aloha to The Palms Special to The Enterprise Let your ears take you on a one-night vacation to Hawaii on Friday, Feb. 21, when slack-key guitarists Led Kaapana and Fran Guidry perform at The Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show are $22 in advance, $26 at the door and $12 with student ID. Slack key, which gets its name from the unique tunings caused by “slacking” the guitar strings, is one Hawaii’s most revered musical traditions. Kaapana is one of the most celebrated Hawai’ian slack-key guitarists.

In his 40-plus-year career, Kaapana’s mastery of slack-key guitar, ukulele, steel guitar and other stringed instruments and his baritone and leo ki`eki`e (falsetto) voice have made him a musical legend, and his easy-going style and kolohe (rascal) charm have made him a favorite worldwide.

“Everything you play, every time you play, there’s a mood, an energy,” Kaapana said. “If you plug into it, the music just flows.

Even in a simple song, there are so many different ways to play the melody,

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Fran Guidy, above, will join Led Kaapana, at right, on stage at The Palms Playhouse on Friday, Feb. 21, as the pair bring one of Hawaii’s most revered musical traditions. the rhythm, the harmony.

It never stops if you stay open to it.”

Kaapana was raised in a musical family in the tiny black-sand bay village of Kalapana, where there were few distractions. “We didn’t have electricity, not television, not even much radio,” Kaapana said, “so we entertained ourselves.

You could go to any house and everybody was playing music.”

Kaapana learned music by playing with elders in backyard parties that would sometimes last for days.

While still a teen, Kaapana formed Hui ‘Ohana

with his twin brother and a cousin. The group produced 14 best-selling albums, made hundreds of live appearances and became a key figure in the resurgence of traditional Hawaiian culture and music during the 1970s.

Since launching a solo career in 1983, Kaapana has continued to garner acclaim for his improvisational melodies and falsetto vocals. He has received four Grammy nominations for his solo albums and been a featured performer on three Grammy-winning compilations. In 2011, Kaapana received a National Endowment for

the Arts National Heritage Fellowship Award. He has also won multiple Na Hoku Hanohano (Hawaii’s “Grammy” awards), including Favorite Entertainer of the Year in 2009, and most recently, Best Ukulele Album for his all-ukulele CD “Jus’ Press vol. 2” in 2017.

Kaapana’s latest solo release is 2017’s “Jus’ Bes’,” which he described as a “best of the best anthology.”

Northern Californiabased slack-key player Fran Guidry will perform with Kaapana.

“Kanikapila” is the Hawaiian term for a jam session, and kanikapilastyle music is a common part of parties and gettogethers in Hawai’i or wherever island folks gather. Guidry began playing with Kaapana in true kanikapila style, jamming in backyards, garages and

living rooms whenever they got together in Hawai’i or California.

Guidry’s playing complements and supports Kaapana’s. Rather than a conventional rhythm and lead sound, Kaapana and Guidry deliver fingerstyle duets with the two guitars dancing around each other in spontaneous harmony.

It’s a sweet and relaxing sound that brings listeners the true feeling of Hawai’ian slack-key guitar, kanikapila style.

The two recorded an album of duets, “Kaleponi & Kalapana,” last year.

Tickets are available at Armadillo Music in Davis, Pacific Ace Hardware in Winters, Davids’ Broken Note in Woodland, online via The Palms’ website and Eventbrite and at the door if not sold out.

For more information, visit palmsplayhouse.com, ledkaapana.com and kaleponi.com.

To watch a video of Led Kaapana and Fran Guidry playing “Koloma Slack Key,” which Kaapana’s twin brother, Nedward, composed, go to this article on The Enterprise website at https://wp.me/p3aczg3Lxv.

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Pam & Josh — Pamela Cohen and Josh Jordan — will bring popular music from then and now to the Village Homes Performers’ Circle on Monday, Feb. 24.

Rhythmtown-Jive — led by Tim Eschliman (center) — and special guests The K-Girls will bring a New Orleans-flavored dance show to The Palms Playhouse in Winters on Saturday, Feb. 22.

Pam & Josh featured ‘Mardi Gras MamboFest’ brings dance show at Performers’ Circle Special to The Enterprise

Rhythmtown-Jive plays infectious dance music, delivering rhythm and blues, zydeco, jump-swing, rock ’n’ roll and New Orleans gems. They’ll bring their Mardi Gras MamboFest show to The Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters, on Saturday, Feb. 22, starting at 8 p.m. The K-Girls and Vicki Randle will join them.

Tickets are $20 in advance, $24 at the door and $12 with student ID. The dance floor will be open.

Rhythmtown-Jive is an American roots combo featuring accomplished San Francisco Bay Area musicians recognized nationally for their versatility and skill. Members of the band have played with Dr. John, La Vern Baker, Queen Ida, Sly & The Family Stone, Allen Toussaint, Boz Scaggs, The Temptations, Elvin Bishop,

T-Bone Walker, Roy Rogers, John Lee Hooker, Joe Louis Walker and The Drifters.

Fronting the band is vocalist and bassist Tim Eschliman, also known to Palms audiences as a founding member of the Christmas Jug Band, whose credits include stints with Etta James, Commander Cody and the Moonlighters.

Baritone saxophonist Ken “Snakebite” Jacobs, tenor saxophonist and harmonica player Michael Peloquin, trombonist Mike Rinta, drummer Jeff Campitelli (of Joe Satriani’s band) and pianist Kevin Zuffi fill out the sound of this hot Mardi Gras ensemble.

This show will feature special guests The K-Girls, who will join forces with Rhythmtown-Jive to shine a light on the rich tradition of New Orleans’ female lead and harmony singers. The K-Girls — Keta

Bill, Kathy Kennedy and Katie Guthorn — can usually be found singing with San Francisco-based band Big Bang Beat, and are wellversed in R&B, Motown, funk and dance hits as well as New Orleans favorites and close “girl-group” harmonies.

Tickets are available at Armadillo Music in Davis, Pacific Ace Hardware in Winters, Davids’ Broken Note in Woodland, online via The Palms’ website and Eventbrite, and at the door if the show is not sold out.

For more information, visit palms playhouse.com, rhythmtown-jive. com and bigbangbeat.com.

To watch a video of RhythmtownJive and The K-Girls performing the Irma Thomas classic, “Break-AWay,” in 2019, go to https://wp.me/ p3aczg-3LxN.

Special to The Enterprise Pam & Josh will be the featured act at the Village Homes Performers’ Circle on Monday, Feb. 24.

Pamela Cohen and Josh Jordan reimagine popular music from then and now.

They enjoy sharing their signature harmonies in a variety of settings, including as leaders of the Davis Hootenanny and the Team Davis Singers. “Wherever you find them, they’ll bring a smile to your face, a tap to your toe and a song to your heart,” a news release said.

The Village Homes Performers’ Circle is a free acoustic open mic event that welcomes performers

of all levels and creative expressions as well as audience members who simply come to enjoy the performances. No tickets or reservations are required. It is held on the fourth Monday of each month, except December, at the Village Homes Community Center, 2661 Portage Bay East in Davis.

Signups begin at 6:45 p.m., with signup performances (one performance, 5 minutes each) from 7 to 8:15 p.m. The featured act performs from 8:30 to 9 p.m.

For more information, visit https://www.face book.com/villagehomes performers/.

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From Page B2 advance online and $20 at the door. There are also free tickets for “kids and students,” which must be reserved online in advance at www.mellonmusicfestival. com.

■ Kindred Spirits, a six-piece band that plays a wide variety of songs from folk-rock to blues, to almost country to reggae, will play a free, all-ages show from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at Armadillo Music, 207 F St. in downtown Davis.

■ Dirty Cello will bring blues, bluegrass and rock to The Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters, at 8 p.m. tonight. Tickets are $20 in advance, $24 at the door if not sold out and $12 with student ID, available at Armadillo Music in Davis, Pacific Ace Hardware in Winters, Davids’ Broken Note in Woodland and online via The Palms’ website and through Eventbrite.

For more information, visit palmsplayhouse.com or dirtycello.com.

■ Musical duo Love Eternal returns to Woodstock’s Pizza, 219 G St. in Davis, for a free performance of reggae, soul, funk and rock music beginning at 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. Jahred and Shawna Namaste have been performing for nearly 20 years.

Recently relocating from Hawaii to Sacramento after losing access to their home in the volcanic eruption of Kilauea, Love Eternal brings their music across the West Coast and beyond. The duo utilizes the latest looping technology to create live soundscapes of guitar, keys and drums. More about Love Eternal can be found at www.loveeternal.org or on Facebook at www. facebook.com/loveeternal music.

■ The Davis High School Symphony Orchestra will perform its annual “kids outreach concert” from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 15, in the Brunelle Performance Hall on the Davis High School campus, 315 West 14th St. in Davis.

The program includes a story-oriented piece for orchestra, dancers and a narrator titled “Robin Hood” and a performance of American composer George Gerswhin’s masterpiece from 1924. Tickets are $5 for kids (under age 18) and $10 for adults (age 18 and up), available at the door.

■ The South African male a capella vocal ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo visits the Mondavi Center at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15.

The group emerged in the 1960s, during the apartheid era, began touring parts of Europe in the early 1980s, and in 1985 and they collaborated with Paul Simon on his “Graceland” album. They sang at Mandela’s inauguration as South Africa’s president in 1994. Tickets for the group’s Mondavi Center appearance are $49-$25 general, with discounts for students and children, available at www.MondaviArts.org or 530-754-2787.

■ Opineismyname will play a free, all-ages show from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at Armadillo Music, 207 F St. in Davis. Performing original music with smooth R&B influences fused with hip-hop and soul, Opineismyname has a powerful, yet soothing voice, with danceable tunes.

■ Tempest will bring their high-energy Celtic folk rock back to The Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters, on Saturday, Feb. 15 starting at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $22 in advance, $26 at the door if not sold out and $12 with student ID, available at Armadillo Music in Davis, Pacific Ace Hardware in Winters, Davids’ Broken Note in Woodland or online via Eventbrite and The Palms’ website. For more information, visit palmsplayhouse. com and tempestmusic. com.

■ Electro-acoustic Americana virtuosos RAQIA will play a free, all-ages show from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at Armadillo Music, 207 F St. in Davis. RAQIA seeks to create sanctuary and connection with the natural world through music.

■ The Michael Doucet Trio will bring quintessential Louisiana music to The Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters, at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 20. Tickets

are $24 in advance, $28 at the door and $12 with student ID, available at Armadillo Music in Davis, Pacific Ace Hardware in Winters, Davids’ Broken Note in Woodland, online via The Palms’ website and Eventbrite and at the door if not sold out. For more information, visit palmsplayhouse.com and beausoleilmusic.com.

■ Tom Peron’s 60th Birthday Concert is planned for 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb 20, at The Melon Ball at Watermelon Music, 1970 Lake Blvd. in West Davis. The doors will open at 7:30 p.m. Peron and this group of musicians, who have been playing together over the past 40 years, will perform a variety of jazz classics. Tickets are $20, available at Watermelon Music, online at water melonmusic.com or at the door. The Melon Ball is a B.Y.O.B venue.

■ Slack-key guitarists Led Kaapana and Fran Guidry will perform at The Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters, at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 21. Tickets are $22 in advance, $26 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 palmsplayhouse.com and at the door if not sold out.

■ Busy Lighthouse will play a free, all-ages show from 8 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, at Armadillo Music, 207 F St. in Davis. The band’s different styles include alternative, hard rock, grunge, punk, experimental and indie.

■ The Beach Fossils, an indie-pop quartet from Brooklyn, will perform at the Mondavi Center’s Jackson Hall at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, sponsored by the ASUCD Entertainment Council. Tickets are $37 general and $27 for UC Davis students and are available at www.Mondavi Arts.org or by calling 530754-2787, and at the door.

■ Jimmy Toor Trio will bring multi-cultural rhythms and lofi beats from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at Root of Happiness Kava Bar, 211 F St. in Davis.

■ Frank Barter will play a free, all-ages show from 8 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at Armadillo Music, 207 F St. in Davis. The rock ‘n’ roll artist is often compared to singer-songwriters like Bruce Springsteen, Bob Seger and Jackson Browne.

■ Rhythmtown-Jive will bring their Mardi Gras MamboFest show to The Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters, on Saturday, Feb. 22, starting at 8 p.m.

The K-Girls and Vicki Randle will join them. The dance floor will be open.

Tickets are $20 in advance, $24 at the door and $12 with student ID, available at Armadillo Music in Davis, Pacific Ace Hardware in Winters, Davids’ Broken Note in Woodland, online via The Palms’ website and Eventbrite, and at the door if the show is not sold out. For more information, visit palmsplayhouse.com, rhythmtown-jive.com and bigbangbeat.com.

■ Pam & Josh will bring music from then and now with signature harmonies to the Village Homes Performers’ Circle on Monday, Feb. 24, at the Village Homes Community Center, 2661 Portage Bay East in Davis. Signups for the open-mic portion begin at 6:45 p.m., with signup performances from 7 to 8:15 p.m. The featured act performs from 8:30 to 9 p.m. No tickets or reservations are required. For more information, visit https:// www.facebook.com/village homesperformers/.

■ “A Night at the Coconut Grove,” the Davis High School Band Boosters 28th annual fundraiser for DHS Bands, is from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at Emerson Junior High School, 2121 Calaveras Ave. in West Davis. Groups performing include the Emerson, Harper and Holmes Junior High School Jazz Bands, a Celia Cottle Jazz Band, the DHS Jazz Band and DHS Jazz Combos. Guests will enjoy dinner, mocktails, a silent auction and a raffle.

Tickets are $50 for adults, $25 for students and $15 for performers. To purchase tickets, visit http://groups. dcn.org/dhsbandboosters.

The famed yellow-brick road leads to the Pitzer Center at UC Davis when the department of music presents a screening of a carefully restored copy of the vintage 1939 beloved film classic “The Wizard of Oz” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22.

The 1939 film was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and won awards for Best Score and Best Original Song, “Over the Rainbow.” A 1956 television broadcast of the film reintroduced it to the public, with annual showings following. “The Wizard of Oz” is the most viewed film in history, according to the Library of Congress.

As the film begins, Dorothy, a Kansas farm girl, her dog Toto, and her house are transported by a tornado to the magical Land of Oz. But the house lands on and kills a wicked witch; her sister, the Wicked Witch of the West, vows revenge.

Befriended by a scarecrow without a brain, a tin man with no heart and a cowardly lion, Dorothy and her

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Professor Carol Hess as Glinda and graduate student Sarah Miller as Dorothy prepare for the screening of “The Wizard of Oz” and costume contest set for Saturday, Feb. 22, at UC Davis. newfound guardians travel along a yellow-brick road to the Emerald City in the hopes of an audience with the all-powerful and mysterious Wizard of Oz. “‘The Wizard of Oz’ is a classic that means

something new to every generation,” said Professor Carol A. Hess, who teaches The Broadway Musical class. “Though not based on a Broadway musical, the film features songs that were created by theater

veterans who used the musical sequences to explore the characters and situations.”

Audience members can come dressed up as their favorite Oz character.

Prizes will be awarded for the best individual and group costumes.

Based on L. Frank Baum’s bestselling 1900 fantasy novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” the screenplay was written by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf, with songs by composer Harold Arlen and lyricist Edgar “Yip” Harburg. Directed primarily

by Victor Fleming (who left to work on “Gone with the Wind”), the film stars Judy Garland as Dorothy, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Jack Haley as the Tin Man, and Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students and children under 12. They are available at the Mondavi Center Ticket Office in person or by calling 530-7542787 from noon to 6 p.m.

Mondays through Saturdays. Tickets are also available at mondaviarts.org.

Hear some Cajun swamp soul at The Palms BeauSoleil founder’s new album, ‘Lâcher Prise,’ releases today Special to The Enterprise Michael Doucet, the Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, fiddler and founder of BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, crafts the quintessential Louisiana soundtrack to a good time on his new solo album, “Lâcher Prise,” to be released this month on Compass Records.

The Michael Doucet Trio will celebrate the new album at a show at The Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters, at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 20. Tickets are $24 in advance, $28 at the door and $12 with student ID. In addition to Doucet on fiddle and vocals, the trio is guitarist and singer Sarah Quintana and guitarist Chad Viator.

Doucet began his tenure as a premiere Cajun fiddler in the 1970s when he founded the now-iconic BeauSoleil. For 45 years, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet has taken Cajun music out of Louisiana and put it on the stages of the world.

He has both preserved the music of his culture and expanded its horizons. The inheritor of a great tradition of Cajun fiddlers such as Dennis McGee and Canray Fontenot, Doucet is also a composer and songwriter whose compositions have broadened and deepened the rich vein of South Louisiana music.

Never one to be contained in just one band or genre, Doucet’s newest solo album finds him stirring up a sweet and simmering brew of Acadian tradition, swamp soul and infectious grooves.

“In French, ‘Lâcher Prise’ means ‘let go,’” Doucet explained. “It’s also a Buddhist term. When it came to making this music, it was just total freedom. The new songs were different from what I typically do, so we formed a group of great people and musicians. I’ve reached a point in my life and career where I can do whatever the hell I want to do. There’s freedom for everybody because of the mutual respect though.”

A departure from the more established sound of BeauSoleil, “Lâcher Prise” is an eclectic exploration of Louisiana music. Elements of funk, R&B, jazz and Caribbean music breathe new life into Doucet’s

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Fiddler Michael Doucet (right), the Grammy-winning founder of BeauSoleil, will bring his new album and new trio (Sarah Quintana and Chad Viator) to The Palms Playhouse in Winters on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. timeless songwriting as he seamlessly weaves together tradition and innovation, continuing to push the boundaries of Louisiana music.

He exclaimed, “I am Cajun, so if I write it … it is a Cajun song!”

Throughout a career spanning four decades, dozens of albums, and hundreds upon hundreds of gigs, Doucet has fueled the beating heart of Cajun music. Fronting BeauSoleil, he has received 12 Grammy nominations, notched three wins and made history as the “first Cajun band to win a Grammy.”

Doucet has shared stages with Dr. John and Allen Toussaint and other greats.

He and BeauSoleil appeared on the HBO series “Tremé” and have earned acclaim from The New York Times, NPR, The Boston Globe and others.

As a fifth-generation Acadian, Doucet remains a staunch historical advocate as well as being an innovator.

The National Endowment of the Arts exalted his work with a prestigious National Heritage Fellowship, the highest honor in U.S. folk and traditional arts, and United States Artists bestowed upon him the Berresford Prize/USA Fellowship in 2007.

Last month, International Folk Alliance honored BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Tickets are available at Armadillo Music in Davis, Pacific Ace Hardware in Winters, Davids’ Broken Note in Woodland, online via The Palms’ website and Eventbrite and at the door if not sold out.

For more information, visit palmsplayhouse.com and beausoleilmusic.com.

“Water, Water,” the lead single from “Lâcher Prise,” tells of a recent storm that dumped 24 inches of rain in 24 hours on Lafayette Parish. To watch the music video, find this article on The Enterprise website at https://wp.me/p3aczg3LxG.

Coming Up! 2/14 VALENTINE’S DAY: DIRTY CELLO Funky, high-energy blues and bluegrass 2/15 TEMPEST Globally-renowned Celtic folk-rock 2/20 MICHAEL DOUCET & SARAH QUINTANA Louisiana brew of R&B, jazz, Cajun, Caribbean 2/21 LED KAAPANA & FRAN GUIDRY Hawaiian slack-key fingerstyle guitar duets 2/22 MARDI GRAS MAMBOFEST New Orleans R&B, funk, brass band, Zydeco 2/27 TÉADA Traditional Irish band, world-class musicians

Details and tickets at PalmsPlayhouse.com

Check out The Enterprise online at www.davisenterprise.com, Facebook and Twitter!

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UC Davis’ Stefan Gonzalez splits the UC Santa Barbara defense en route to 2 of his 13 points in Wednesday’s Big West contest. The victory evened the Aggies’ conference mark at 5-5.

MEN: Focus now on CSUN From Page B10 tournament in Anaheim.

“It was great that we got off to a strong start because we haven’t always been doing that, especially here at home,” Les added. “It all started with an aggressive defense and that carried over to the offensive end.

Our guys are really stepping up across the board, even though with Matt out they had to adjust to different roles.”

A short jumper by Manjon broke a 5-5 deadlock and sent the Aggies on a 15-2 run that Santa Barbara could never overcome.

The Gauchos did cut the deficit to 27-21, but UCD roared away again to take a 36-24 lead into intermission.

Rather than try to protect their lead, the Aggies used the first seven minutes of the second half to take complete control of the game.

Printup had two treys during that stretch and Gonzalez had a pair of driving layups as UCD extended its lead to 54-33 with 12:54 remaining.

“I have to give my teammates all the credit for finding me with the ball when I’m open, which allowed me to make my shots,” Gonzalez offered. “I still think we have a chance

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UC Davis head coach Jim Les is interviewed by Scott Marsh of KHTK 1140 AM on Thursday, following the Aggies’ 84-75 win over UC Santa Barbara at The Pavilion. to catch Irvine. You never say never and just see what happens.”

Heidegger did his best to bring the Gauchos back from a deep hole, hitting three treys in less than two minutes to cut the lead to 74-67 with 1:24 remaining, but again the Aggies were up to the challenge.

UCD was deadly at the foul line when it counted most, hitting 10 free throws in the final 76 seconds and finishing the night 21 of 24 from the line, including 19 of 21 in the second half.

The Aggies return to action Saturday when they host CSUN in a 5 p.m. game at The Pavilion.

CSUN, formerly known as Cal State Northridge, is

now 6-4 in Big West play after an 81-73 win Thursday night over Cal Poly.

Notes: Neufeld is listed as day-to-day and could well see action Saturday. ...

The crowd of 2,237 was the largest of the year at The Pavilion. ... Manjon led the Aggies with 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the floor, while Printup and Elijah Pepper had six rebounds apiece to give the Aggies a 34-28 advantage on the boards. ... For the game, UCD hit 56.0 percent of its field goal attempts, including 46.7 percent from long range.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenter prise.net.

WOMEN: Back on track From Page B10

were having struggles ... our defense is very specific — being at the right place at the player — but, as we talked at halftime, if we right time — but now, with the rotations, can stay consistent with our efforts, those we’re starting to understand. shots aren’t going to go in.”

“We’re doing a better job, playing to our And they didn’t: Cal Poly shot 2 for 14 in strengths and taking the other team’s strengths away.” the third period.

As for Hall ...

Meanwhile, Stobbart finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds.

“CC is a very well-rounded Back on Jan. 11, in a 62-49 home player. She can handle the ball, she win over second-place Hawaii, can shoot, she can take it inside.

Stobbart’s 10-point, 10-rebound It’s super-fun to play with her. I outing hinted at the storm coming. know she’s always going to bring Since then, she’s averaged almost her A game.

10 points and 8.4 rebounds.

“She is an energy player ... she “Every player goes on their own plays hard all the time. She does STOBBART journey and, for Sage, she redthe dirty work, too.”

En fuego shirted as a freshman,” Teramoto Notes: Toole finished with 13 said about the emergence of Stobbart. “She points and a team-best five assists as the always pay attention ... a great kid, a great Aggies provided help on 19 of their 26 basteammate, and it was just a matter of time kets. Freshman Evanne Turner is starting until her confidence builds where she can to turn heads with her nightly contribudo what she’s done the last couple of tions and high-arcing 3-pointers. Turner games. And I feel she’ll get to that point got her 9 points by going 3-for-4 from where she can do that every single night.” downtown. ... UCD shot 48.1 percent and After the game, Stobbart reflected on the held Cal Poly to 17 of 45 (35.4). The locals team’s defensive efforts and on her team- out-boarded the Mustangs, 36-29, and mate Hall, who continued her solid play blocked five shots, including two each by with 14 points, six rebounds and three Toole and Stobbart. ... On Saturday, the assists. second half of the twinbill sees the Aggie “Defense is always something we pride men meet CSUN at 5 p.m. ourselves on,” offered the British Columbia —Reach Bruce Gallaudet at 530-320native. “At the beginning of the season we 4456 or bgallaudet41@gmail.com.

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Sports

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DHS soccer teams move on to postseason Enterprise staff The Davis High boys and girls soccer teams are postseason bound, but only the latter squad is going in with momentum following Wednesday’s Delta League season-ending matches.

DHS senior Lily Byrne scored the only goal to give the girls a 1-0 victory over Cosumnes Oaks at Brown Stadium.

“I talk about playing good soccer and then you’ll get the results, but today’s focus was winning the game, so then the game became a little frantic and we looked a little gassed because I relied on a lot of the same players knowing that they’d have a week of recovery so I wanted them to keep digging,” said head coach Sara Stone.

Coming into the match, the Devils held a two-point lead in the standings over rivals St. Francis and needed a win to secure the seventh league title in nine years for Stone and the program’s 26th overall.

And the hosts did just that, locking down a troublesome Wolfpack attack after Byrne’s goal to finish the season 11-1-3 overall

and 10-1-1 in the Delta League — the only blemish on the year came in the form of a 4-1 home loss to the Troubadours.

DHS could have added to Byrne’s goal several times in the contest as the forward, alongside strike partner Summer Baron, broke through several times but were unable to hit the back of the net.

With roughly 20 minutes remaining and a one-goal lead, the focus shifted from attempting to score to holding onto the ball and running out the clock as nearly the entire Davis squad dropped back and chose to play it up to Byrne, Baron and freshman Oliva Johnson, while keeping numbers behind the ball.

“I think we hit the crossbar two or three times,” Stone said. “It just felt unorganized, frantic at times.

We need to still be able to play quality soccer even when there’s a lot at stake.”

In the end, it worked, as the Devils were again crowned champions and will likely head into next week’s Sac Joaquin Section playoffs as the No. 1 overall seed

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DHS senior Lily Byrne scored the lone goal in Wednesday’s Blue Devil win. for the sixth straight year.

“For now, we’re going to take the league championship and rest and regroup,” Stone said. “For the new players who come onto the team, they always see the

returning players who have all won the Delta League, so that’s their expectation and that’s kind of what we want.

“That’s how we’ve built this tradition.”

For the boys, junior Conner Clark found the back of the net early, but the injury-riddled and ill-feeling Blue Devils ran out of gas and fell 4-1 to Cosumnes Oaks.

The loss put the Devils into a three-way tie for third place with Sheldon and Cosumnes Oaks, but due to tiebreakers, DHS will head into next week’s postseason as the fifth-place team in the league.

Missing key contributors like Rigo “J.J.” Guerra, Simon VacaLorenzi, Ben Park, Cariappa Kordia and Cayden Hotaling, Davis started strong against the Wolfpack, but was unable to sustain its quality throughout the entire 80 minutes of play.

Overall, the Devils finished 9-7-2 in the regular season, but posted just a 4-6-2 record in the Delta League, leading to that fifth-place finish.

Now, Park & Co. will wait until this afternoon to see who they face in the playoffs when the SacJoaquin Section releases its postseason brackets.

For more on the games, visit www.davisenterprise.com.

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And about that communication major …

35- to 55-year-old entrepreneurs.

“A lot of people that are older than me,” he says. “I work with lots moms who are doing things from home, people looking to create a side or passive income while still having another job and a lot of small business owners.”

At the same time, he’s constantly producing content for his own social media channels — covering a variety of topics ranging from health to audience engagement.

“Weekends are huge for work,” he adds. “Then I can sit down and batch-produce content, so I’m not doing it all as the week goes.”

He’ll then dribble out posts during opportune viewing windows over the next several days.

But why social media, while most of his classmates and teammates have standard office jobs?

J

ohnson credits his parents, Bret and Chalene, for introducing him to the ins and outs of the industry.

The couple of 24 years are online influencers themselves, the younger Johnson explains, calling their line of work “allencompassing.”

“They’re trying to help people live their best lives,” he says, adding: “Be that through marketing and social media or work strategy.”

Between their motivational speaking, podcasting and work as fitness gurus, together the elder Johnsons have built and sold several multimillion-dollar

UC Davis quarterback Brock Johnson (12) has put together an already thriving social media “empire.”

Here he calls signals in an Aggie win over San Diego in 2018.

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lifestyle companies.

“The short answer is they’re entrepreneurs,” Brock adds. “But the long answer is I could write a book about everything they do.”

The coolest thing about his role models, he says, is the fact that “they’re the same people online as they are off: genuine, authentic, good people.”

When he wraps up school in the near future, Johnson looks to follow in the footsteps of his parents and expand his work with social media. Having set a life goal to always be his own boss, right now he loves getting to set his own schedule.

And as digital media continues to evolve, he’s excited to be on the cutting edge …

Johnson has already spoken at a handful of major communication events all over the U.S. —

“in Orlando two years ago and in Southern California two or three times a year,” he says. “And any of those events have between one and three thousand people. So I’ve made a lot of connections.”

This past year, he was even contacted by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, interested in featuring him in a 2020 Super Bowl ad.

“I

couldn’t because I’m a student-athlete and there are certain (NCAA rules),” he says. “But it was still so cool, to have that kind of collaboration opportunity — on the biggest marketing stage that exists.”

(While California has a new law allowing student-athletes to profit from their own likeness, branding and interstate commerce concerns forced Johnson

to pass on the offer.)

But football still comes first for Johnson, at least right now.

With Aggie spring ball progressing over the next few weeks, there’ll be an interesting battle among the several quarterbacks on staff, vying to fill the shoes of Johnson’s former roommate and now-graduated 2018 Big Sky Player of the Year, Jake Maier.

“The best thing that ever happened to me was ending up at Davis,” Johnson adds. “What these last three years have taught me, is that you can have a bigger role sometimes through your leadership off the field than what you do on it.”

It came as no surprise to his teammates when he was honored as UCD’s Phil Wells Teammate of the Year in 2018.

“I find myself constantly applying theories I’m learning about in class to the work I do (on Instagram) with my audiences,” he says. “And I’ve been able to teach so many of those things to my clients.”

He’s a senior making a sixfigure salary. And he hasn’t really even gotten started.

Notes: To learn more about Johnson’s work with bringing online storytelling to market and how to better broadcast yourself or your product, visit the Aggie QB’s website brock11johnson.com or listen to his podcast Build Your Tribe. Follow Johnson on Instagram or TikTok at @brock11johnson. ... Johnson’s younger sister, Cierra, a former soccer and track star in Mission Viejo, is a student at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles. Dad, Bret, played football at UCLA and Michigan State before a professional career in both the NFL and CFL. At MVHS, Johnson led the Diablos to back-to-back South Coast League and CIF Championships (2014 and 2015). ... He appeared in three games in 2016 at Georgetown, completing 22-of-41 passes for 188 yards (including 107 yards versus Lafayette).

— Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@davisenterprise.net.

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don’t change things, it’s probably boring for (staff ), too.” practices will continue through Of particular interest to Aggie March 6. Beginning next week, Nation will be the change at they’ll take place Tuesday through quarterback as well as how the Friday, with scrimmages set from staff changes impact and, in turn, 6 to 8 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 21 and move forward UC Davis gridiron 28. fortunes.

The remainder of the two-hour With record-setting Maier now practices start at 9 a.m. All work- working toward his next-level outs are open to the public. aspirations, the biggest mystery So what does Hawkins hope to to solve is who is his heir apparaccomplish? ent? Right now, Hawkins and “We’re always trying to reinvent offensive coordinator Tim Plough ourselves,” the former UCD full- have five quarterbacks from back told The Enterprise. “Foot- whom to choose. Two more will join the team ball has this summer. changed so much in the “You know last 10 years, this place: it’s it’s crazy. It’s Quarterback changed a lot U. Plough is in just the last again one of five years, and the best in the it’s continuing country at to change, so what he does; you have to we have a great take that Dan Hawkins culture there. approach. You Really want always want to UCD head football coach them (the keep the best quarterbacks) of what you’ve done and (explore) to be them,” Hawkins new things. says. “They’re not Jake, they’re “I don’t think we’ve ever not Kenny (O’Brien), they’re not showed up and said, ‘Yeah, let’s J.T. (O’Sullivan). We want them do what we did last year.’ It’s bor- to just be the best version of them ing for these guys, who like to be and we can kind of ebb and flow intellectually stimulated. If we with how that goes.

“I don’t think we’ve ever showed up and said, ‘Yeah, let’s do what we did last year.’ ”

“They do such a great job of as a player and assistant at UCD competing against themselves, before going on to head-coaching not with each other. So we’re for- stints at Christian Brothers High, tunate that way.”

Willamette, Boise State, Colorado At camp are Mission Viejo and now back home, was asked native and senior Brock Johnson, about his Aggies’ 5-7 regression Rocklin High graduate Hunter last fall — a year after going 10-3 Rodrigues (a junior), redshirt and making a run into the postfreshmen Trent Tompkins (Cen- season in 2018 ... tral High in “I’ve just got Fresno) and San to do a better job Marcos High coaching. That’s grad Miles Hastall. Like a good ings, and sophomarriage, it’s all more Gunnor in the details.”

Faulk (Christian This year, Brothers of Sacsome of those ramento). details include Rio Amerireplacing vetcano standout eran defensive Mitchell Dixon coordinator and Grant Robert Tucker Harper of East with former Bay’s CamOregon defenpolindo High Dan Hawkins sive analyst Matt will be on hand on his quarterbacks Coombs. after June.

“Really happy So, coach, who’s going to have with what’s he’s done,” Hawkins to wait their turn? And might says of Yale graduate Coombs, some of these QBs be heading to who also spent four seasons on other positions? staff at Boise State “It’s a great Hawkins advises patience: staff on defense.”

“We’ll see. We’re not really Evan Hicks moves from defenlooking at that right now. sive quality control to safeties We’re just trying to get our quar- coach and Paul Shelton (a former terback rotation going. We’ve got volunteer assistant) will work a good group.” with tight ends, given the deparThe coach, who found success ture of Paul Creighton to Fresno

“They do such a great job of competing against themselves, not with each other.

So we’re fortunate that way.”

State. Hawkins will now handle special teams. Veteran assistant Jerry Brady moves from linebackers to defensive-line coach.

Randy Wright, the former four-year Aggie starter at quarterback (2010-2013), and former Butte College linebackers coach Matt Phipps join Hawkins’ staff in quality control roles.

Notes: Why so early for “spring” practice? Hawkins, ever sensitive to the prominent role that academics play in Aggie athletics, says he wants to give his student-athletes an open spring quarter to pursue classroom requirements and participate in internships that ultimately pay dividends in the real world. The coach explains that starting early also gives his young men a longer physicalrecovery window heading into summer camp — a chance to “get bigger, stronger, faster” in working with Borque. ... From the Move Over Jim Les Dept.: Hawkins is flying to Boise this weekend. The reason? Grandson Tate, 8, has requested that Grandpa coach his youth basketball team while Dad is out of town.

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

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A nationwide impact from Devil baseball Fans will get their fill of one-time DHS ballplayers

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor

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Blue Devil Caitlin McMillan (24), seen driving for a layup against McClatchy, had 8 points in Davis High’s win against Pleasant Valley on Wednesday.

STRONG: Riding momentum From Page B10 while the Eagles dropped their 12th straight, and now sit at 7-19 and 0-11 in league.

After a back-and-forth outing against McClatchy on Monday, Davis never trailed after the first quarter in Elk Grove.

But their mindset never wavered: keep the foot on the gas.

“You need to approach every game like you’re playing McClatchy,” local head coach Heather Highshoe told her squad after the upset the other night.

Davis now hosts St. Francis on Friday for Senior Night at 7 p.m. The festivities will be more brief than usual — Beal is the lone Devil senior (in her fourth season) on the varsity squad.

The Troubadours (15-12 overall, 8-3 league) hold the third spot in the Delta and are coming off a 56-54 win over Sheldon on Monday.

In the teams’ first bout, St. Francis topped DHS, 59-45. For Davis, this rivalry game is about more than bragging rights.

Beating another postseason powerhouse could boost the Devils’ chances of securing a playoff spot.

On Wednesday, the Devils burst out to a 25-7 halftime lead despite going 0-12 from beyond the arc. For the game, DHS shot 0 for 19 on 3-pointers.

But the Devils used an advantage inside

— notably the heights of Schouten, McMillan and Mara Bledsoe — to find their way to 21 “ordinary” 2-point field goals.

On defense, the locals were again remarkably clean, committing just two first-half fouls.

The second quarter — where DHS has struggled this season — proved the difference. The Devils held Pleasant Grove to 1-of-10 shooting and just 2 points.

With the victory, Davis equaled its win total from last season. A win over St. Francis would mean the Devils improve on their previous-season win total for the first time since the 2016-17 campaign.

Whether or not Davis nabs a section playoff spot, the McClatchy ambush made it clear …

Blue Devil girls hoops is playing mustsee basketball right now.

Notes: For the junior Schouten, it was her 12th double-digit outing of the season and sixth straight. ... For the Eagles, senior Reya Lee and sophomore Annie Garrison scored 9 and 8 points, respectively. ... Kate Nelson was all over the glass as usual for Davis, pulling down a team-high seven boards to go with 4 points. ... Emme Eisenman scored 5, Lily Hessl added 4, Bledsoe contributed 3 and Nike Edson, Courtney Rutherford, Sydney Skinner and Maddie Buzbee each bought a bucket.

— Reach Lev Farris Goldenberg at levfg2000@gmail.com.

next level,” explained the ol’ ball coach, who still teaches physical education at DHS. “Come here, play baseball and get to go to great schools at that next level.

I’m really happy about it, happy for them.

“When the young guys come up and want to play beyond high school, (at Davis High) they see they can. Guys that they watched play — or guys that they played with — they’ll be able to follow in their footsteps. It’s good for the program, good for the community.”

Davis High Blue Devils certainly are getting around the college baseball ranks these days.

Vogt is coming off a Davis In addition to local freshmen Zach Carrell and Jonah HenHigh career in which he earned rickson toiling for UC Davis, all-state status his junior year, four other former DHS standthen Delta League MVP the folouts are playing for Division I lowing season. Vogt hit .400 on schools this spring. average across his three varsity Carrell and Henrickson will seasons. be easy to follow, doing their HOLGATE Holgate came on at Arizona work in town.

Arizona last season. The sophomore leftHenrickson will start today at handed slugger had 43 starts first base for the Aggies after a while hitting .240 with seven senior Blue Devil campaign in home runs, 33 runs batted in which he hit .321 and accounted and another 35 scored. He for 53 runs. Carrell went 4-2 served notice during the sumwith a miserly 2.53 earned run mer that 2020 could be a breakaverage. His 27/9 strikeout-toout campaign. walks ration was among the Delta League leaders.

While playing at La Crosse LAGATTUTA Local fans will have to look (Michigan), he led all NorthCal quick for the other former DHS woods League hitters with 13 players, like when UC Santa circuit clouts and was third in Barbara comes to town to play RBI at 53. the Aggies on April 3. A familiar Lagattuta played in 19 games face — former Devil outfielder with Cal in 2019, blasting home Nick Vogt — should be patrolruns against Oregon and Stanling the green at Dobbins Staford, figuring in the lineup dium. mostly as a designated hitter.

Davis baseball fans will have a During a massive senior season field day come May 1 when forDAPKEWICZ at Davis High, the outfielder mer Blue Devil teammates — Georgetown scalded the horsehide (.451 batArizona’s Ryan Holgate and ting average, 38 RBI and a .774 Cal’s John Lagattuta — show slugging percentage). down in a three-game Pac-12 series in Berkeley. Holgate will Both Lagattuta and Holgate get to shake hands with Vogt enter their junior seasons with (April 1) when the Gauchos head some definition of roles while to Tucson.

Vogt and Dapkewicz will see Holgate also will appear close where their freshman years find to home when the Wildcats are them in their schools’ respective at Sacramento State on May 5.

CARRELL plans.

And waaaaay over there, at UC Davis Georgetown (Washington, Notes: Ryan Kreidler (DHS D.C.), is freshman catcher Class of 2016) finds himself at Adam Dapkewicz. The former spring training with the Detroit Blue Devil is a defensive wiz Tigers. Drafted in 2019 out of who had enough pop at the UCLA, Kreidler hit .232 with 48 plate to hit .312 in his last prep runs accounted for in 60 games season. The closest the Hoyas in the Class A short-season New get to Davis is Nebraska for a York-Penn League. Position May series with Creighton. players report to Tigers spring VOGT Six D-I ballplayers out of the training in Lakeland, Fla., on Now a Gaucho same era at one high school.

Sunday. ... After playing or Take a bow, Dan Ariola. coaching baseball in five differ“The credit goes to the playent decades, Ariola was asked ers. One hundred percent,” says what his 2020 summer looked Ariola, deflecting any praise for like: “Family stuff, watching my his accomplishments during a son Joe in Davis High track and 21-year stay as Blue Devil skipfield. And yeah, I’ll definitely get per. Ariola retired as DHS baseout to some Aggies games. For ball coach after last season. sure.” ... Speaking of UCLA, KreThe former Blue Devil and HENRICKSON idler joined Cody Keefer and UC Davis player was asked what UC Davis Matt Trask as recent Blue Devils all these Devils at college mean who became Bruins. to the local prep program and Ariola — Reach Bruce Gallaudet at bgallaupersonally: det41@gmail.com or call 530-320“I think it’s great. That was one of my 4456. Follow him on Twitter at goals when I first started: I had a focus that players like these guys get to the @BGsportsindavis.

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Several coveted at-large playoff bids are awarded via play-in game situations each year.

Now ranked No. 2 in the section, the Marauders secured an impressive victory of their own Wednesday, upsetting NorCal frontrunner Sheldon, 60-59, to move to 20-7 overall and 8-3 in conference. DHS sports a 14-10, 2-8 résumé.

Friday’s win-or-go home contest will be Davis’ version of a first-round playoff game, Devil head coach Dan Gonzalez says.

“They’re a playoff-caliber team,” the DHS varsity mentor of 22 seasons said. “So to end the (regular) season with them, it really will be a ‘playoff ’ game for us.”

If DHS can connect from beyond the arc in that one like they did Wednesday, they’ll be in solid shape against Big Red. Versus the Eagles, Isaiah Conlan (12 points) and Collin Yee (11)

were sizzling on the outside, netting four and three shots from downtown, respectively. But Ryan Hakl was the biggest presence for the Blue Crew, collecting a team-leading 16 points on Senior Night — his eighth double-digit scoring outing this season.

“Ryan knows he’s one the key guys that we needed to step up,” Gonzalez added, harkening back to the early-season injury of Devil center Theo Seng, that led to a shakeup in the DHS lineup. “I think it’s too bad he’s taken this long to realize it’s always been in him.

“He’s a hard worker that lives and breathes basketball and he’s doing exactly what I need him to do.”

Another senior, Joey Asta, was up to his usual business as well.

The 6-foot-3 forward chalked up 11 points and was Lord of the Backboard Wednesday en route to a team-high nine rebounds.

Bryce Barker also matched a career high with 10 points.

DHS led wire-to-wire in the

“We’re continuing to work hard and improve despite our close losses.

Practices have been great and these guys still believe.”

win, scoring the Joeys, Asta 29 in the openand Voss — ing quarter to that kept Jesuset the tone. it’s defense on The Devils led, its toes, with 17 44-29, at and 16 points. intermission Marauder Isa before Mikey Silva, a touted Finerty’s strike college recruit from 3-point dropped 24 land extended points in the the locals’ bout while advantage to teammate Jack 30 (63-33) Andre tossed Dan Gonzalez midway in 20. through the DHS head basektball coach In a freethird period. throw fest that “We’re connight, DHS tinuing to work hard and improve made just 11 of its 21 attempts (55 despite our close losses,” Gonzalez percent) in the loss. The Catholic went on. “Practices have been Carmichael hoopsters visited the great and these guys still believe.” line 36 times and converted 22 Jesuit scouting report: Put chances (66 percent). Despite simply, these Marauders are Davis holding a multi-point lead good. Good good. in the closing seconds, Jesuit’s Winners of four straight, their freebie conversions made the last clash with the Blue Devils in eventual difference.

Davis featured extra time before “We had it in our hands,” Devil Big Red nipped DHS, 81-75. senior Shiya Solodoff told The In that ballgame, it was Davis’ Enterprise afterward. “We had brothers from other mother — them where we wanted them, we

just didn’t close it out.”

Notes: In addition to Solodoff, Asta, Yee, Hakl, Seng and Voss, Devil seniors Marquist Allen, Cody Taylor, Nathan Jewell and CJ Fabionar were honored as part of the locals’ pregame festivities.

Speaking about the 10 players, Gonzalez commented: “They’re a coach’s dream. They work hard, they believe in their team and always bring that extra something as far as understanding camaraderie and what it takes to get through a season. When you get guys like that, it just makes you want to keep coaching longer.”... In JV play Wednesday, the Devils fell, 65-47, while the DHS frosh squad snagged a 67-58 victory. All three contests took place in the school’s south gymnasium, The Cage, after district maintenance officials were unable to repair a faulty motor on a retracting hoop in the north gym that failed last week.

— Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@davisenterprise.net.

Follow him via Twitter at @530athletics.

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BY BOB DUNNING Enterprise staff writer Leading for all but the opening three minutes, the UC Davis men put together their best wire-towire performance of the season to rout UC Santa Barbara, 84-75, in a Big West Conference basketball showdown Thursday night before an enthusiastic crowd of 2,237 at

The Pavilion.

The win, UCD’s second straight, evened the Aggies at 5-5 in conference and took them to 11-15 overall. The Gauchos, coming off an impressive win over league-leading UC Irvine, fell to 5-5 and 16-9.

The Aggies were playing without 6-11 senior Matt Neufeld, who is nursing a back injury, but relied on the driving ability of guards Ezra Manjon and Stefan Gonzalez and the outside shooting of Rogers Printup to overwhelm their visitors.

“It was all about our attitude,

Aggies 84, Gauchos 75

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especially with Matt not being able to play,” explained head coach Jim Les. “Our guys came out aggressively and really embraced the small-ball concept.

We controlled the backboards and really spread the floor on offense so we could take advantage

of our skill set. This was really, really a team effort. I couldn’t be more proud of them.”

The only Gaucho player who wasn’t stifled by UCD’s suffocating defense was senior guard Max Heidegger, who hit eight 3-pointers in the second half as part of a one-man rally that ultimately fell short.

Heidegger finished with 31 points, 27 of which came in the second half.

“He’s an incredible competitor and a really good shooter,” said Les of Heidegger. “It’s a real credit to him because a lot of

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor Saturday will provide an opportunity to avenge last weekend’s loss at UC Irvine when the Aggie women host the Anteaters in a basketball doubleheader with the UC Davis men.

After starting fast in a 71-58 complete-game win over visiting Cal Poly on Wednesday, the front-running locals ran their Big West record to 8-2.

Evening the score with UCI will be paramount when the two schools tip off at 2:30 p.m. at The Pavilion.

Lately for the Aggies, getting the ball to No. 11 has been Sage advice.

With post Sage Stobbart contributing her second straight double-double, Wednesday’s win against Cal Poly seemed ordained from the beginning.

“Traditionally, their defense gives open one-pass threes,” associate head coach Joe Teramoto told The Enterprise afterward. “We weren’t quite ready to shoot those in the first game and wanted to make sure we were ready (Wednesday). That was part of the game plan.”

UC Davis came out on fire and treated 517 local fans to some textbook basketball while fashioning a 13-2 lead.

The Mustangs — which played begrudging defense in a 42-38 loss the last time these two schools met in San Luis Obispo — got bombed into submission. First, Cierra Hall’s trey (assist Stobbart) opened the scoring. Sophia Song followed with her own 3-pointer.

Stobbart’s nifty length-of-thelane drive and Katie Toole’s strong inside basket bookended Stobbart’s deep 3 and Davis had the margin it would nurse throughout the night.

In fact, starters Toole, Hall, Mackenzie Trpcic, Song and Stobbart outscored their guests, 18-2, at the beginning of each half.

Twice, Cal Poly (6-15, 3-7) pulled within 3 points, but this one never really seemed in doubt. Davis (13-10 overall) ran away with a 19-10 third period and led by 18 when Stobbart buried her final points via a trey with just 3:09 to the end.

“I thought our energy was really consistent throughout the first half and third quarter as well,” Teramoto explained.

“They hit some tough shots in the first half. They got a couple of nice moves from Sierra Campisano — and she’s a good

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With six games remaining, it’s still a long shot for the Aggies to catch Irvine, 8-2, for a share of the regular-season title, but UCD now has virtually assured itself a spot in the eight-team Big West tournament, which determines the league’s representative to the NCAA tournament.

Only the ninth-place team does not quality for the Big West

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Women heat up Pavilion Stobbart’s 17 is key in win over Cal Poly

those were difficult shots to make.

We covered him well, and he still made his shots.”

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It’s springtime in winter for the UC Davis football team as more than 70 Aggies turned out Wednesday for the first day of offseason workouts at UC Davis Health Stadium. The four-week sessions are open to the public.

New faces open ‘spring’

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET

It’s storytelling 101

A man of faith, his early mornings often begin with devotionals before heading to football weight training, then on to running or throwing sessions. If that’s not a full day, then Johnson is off to lengthy film review and strategy sessions before three-to-four hours of class time, followed by studying.

His work-work, however, begins after all his studentathlete responsibilities.

These days, his focus is on Instagram marketing.

With five active online courses available, he says his target demographic tends to be

Even though the calendar and the morning chill say it’s still winter, spring football is underway for UC Davis.

Having greeted more than 75 players in what will ultimately be a 100-man roster when the regular season starts Aug. 29 at Nevada, Aggie head coach Dan Hawkins has seen his staff undergo some changes.

Graduation also will necessitate sweeping changes in offensive leadership as stalwarts like quarterback Jake Maier and tight end Wesley Preece have moved on.

Crisp execution, an enthusiastic environment and new numbers at new positions belie the fact this was the first week of workouts at UC Davis Health Stadium.

Hawkins, in his fourth year at the Aggie helm, isn’t surprised that his charges hit the ground literally running ...

“I think (strength-andconditioning coach) Jeff Bourque is one of the best guys in the country and he does a tremendous job training these guys,” Hawkins said. “And and we have Davis guys, so they’re going to do a lot of stuff on their own (in the off-season), study stuff and be ready to go on Day 1.

“Our first day here has always amazed me because it’s been a lot more advanced than a lot of places: because of Jeff, then because of the kind of kids we’ve always had.”

The 15 winter, er, spring

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UC Davis QB calling social media signals

BY OWEN YANCHER Enterprise staff writer

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ext time you think about making fun of a communication major, consider there’s one on the UC Davis football team that’s likely already making more money than you.

Often working from the comfort of his own living room or the front porch of his Davis apartment, Aggie quarterback Brock Johnson has connected with millions of people over the past several years — via social media.

The self-dubbed storyteller has developed a growing following of nearly a quarter of a million users on the platform TikTok — and another 38,000 and counting on Instagram.

The name of the game? It’s being relatable, according to Johnson, who says one of his first serious projects was creating an online course called Unwrap Snap, designed to help parents and adults better understand how to use the app SnapChat and keep their

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Busy during his senior year as a UC Davis quarterback, social-media wiz Brock Johnson pauses from his not-so-part-time weekend chores. children safe on it.

“At that time (Snapchat) was gaining popularity and growing so fast that not a lot of people knew how to use it,” Johnson says. “So I created (that) course and that very quickly shifted into how small-business owners could use Snapchat to market.”

Years later, he’s now facing down the home stretch of his college career. Wrapping up his third season in Aggieland this spring, the 6-foot-2 Mission Viejo High grad often starts his days well before sunrise.

“It’s a very, very detailed schedule I have to keep,” the 2015 all-CIF and Orange County Player of the Year explains. “It keeps me alive.”

Enterprise sports editor

DHS cagers double Eagles Another strong outing for girls

Devil boys now face Jesuit, fingers crossed

BY LEV FARRIS GOLDENBERG

BY OWEN YANCHER

Enterprise staff writer

Enterprise staff writer

Coming off one of the most dramatic upsets in Davis High history, the Blue Devil girls continued their playoff push on the road Wednesday evening by rocking Pleasant Grove, 49-31.

All 11 Davis ballers scored in a share-the-ball affair as DHS grabbed a double-digit lead in the second quarter and never looked back. Skylar Schouten’s 11 points lead the way, while Caitlin McMillan and Surina Beal added 8 and 6, respectively.

The Devils move to 15-12 overall and 4-7 in the Delta League,

Will they or won’t they is the question everyone’s dying to know the answer to as the Davis High boys basketball team wraps up its conference play this week.

Make the playoffs, that is ...

Wednesday’s 87-60 rout of Delta League foe Pleasant Grove may have looked good on paper, but with the Eagles entering the contest at 0-11 in conference play, it’s unlikely the beatdown will gain DHS any sympathy Saturday when section officials begin to piece together the postseason brackets.

With Davis still not guaranteed a playoff berth due to their now-certain, sixth-place finish in the Delta, what would be a herculean defeat of Jesuit on Friday night in Carmichael (7 p.m. tip-off ) now

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Davis’ Bryce Barker snags a rebound in Wednesday’s 87-60 win over visiting Pleasant Grove.

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