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Marcelo Lopez, a fourth-year UC Davis student studying sociology and Chicano studies, sits for a portrait near the student housing complex where he and his wife live. Lopez is part of several campus groups that support and advocate for students who have gone though the criminal justice system.
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allows primarily non-violent offenders to avoid having criminal charges on their record. Qualifying offenses include shoplifting, battery, possessing a switchblade, public drunkenness and petty theft. Offenders who opt in participate in a confidential “conference” with volunteers — usually three panelists and a facilitator — from the area where they committed the crime. Neighborhood Court volunteers suggest options for apology tasks. Nothing participants say can be used against them if their cases return to court. During conferences before the coronavirus pandemic, the offender, the volunteers and
A coronavirus outbreak at a residential facility for the developmentally disabled in Woodland has taken three lives in recent days. They include the only Yolo County resident under the age of 55 to have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. That individual, whose death was reported Sunday, was between the ages of 45 and 54. A total of six residents and four staff members have tested positive at Woodland Residential Services, an intermediate care facility that serves vulnerable and high-risk individuals who are developmentally disabled, need nursing or rehabilitative care and live in a congregate setting. The family-owned company, in operation since 2002, operates seven intermediate care facilities and a day program, according to its website. The facility has been working closely with county health officials to stem the outbreak, Brian Vaughn, the county’s public health director, told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. Meanwhile, an outbreak at 4th & Hope in Woodland has taken a life as well. The homeless shelter has seen 13 residents test positive for COVID19 as well as one staff member. Efforts are now underway to use CARES act funding to get many of those homeless individuals out of congregate settings and into individual hotel rooms.
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Finding a different pathway Restorative justice offers a way to avoid prison time BY JANELLE MARIE SALANGA CalMatters A hit-and-run offender sits on a Zoom call with three other people: a facilitator and two community members. The facilitator asks the offender to explain the hit-and-run and how it felt to abandon damaged property. The community members also ask questions: Were you speeding? What was the weather like? When everyone understands what happened, the offender creates a list of harms to self and community — and agrees to write apology letters to people they may have disappointed
and to complete a defensive driving workbook. If the offender doesn’t do those things, this case returns to court. But if they do, they won’t have a conviction on their criminal record. It almost sounds like a kindergarten class — sit down and talk about what you did wrong. But it’s a program for adults, designed to reduce incarceration and reimagine criminal justice: Neighborhood Court. Conversations about revamping the criminal justice system, from policing to prisons, are taking place in book clubs and on the streets. Over 95% of American adults sur-
veyed in a June AP-NORC polls said the system needs at least minor changes. California underwent its own criminal justice shift starting in 2011 with legislation giving county legal systems more control over nonviolent, nonserious and non-high risk offenders released from state prison. This realignment was aimed at reducing California’s prison population. Neighborhood Court has been a part of Yolo County’s realignment plan since it was established in 2013 under District Attorney Jeff Reisig. A voluntary pre-filing and pretrial diversion program, it
Darrah first to file for school board race BY JEFF HUDSON Enterprise staff writer Lea Darrah, a parent and PTA activist, filed candidacy papers for the Davis school board on July 13. Darrah is seeking the seat representing Trustee Area Two, which covers portions of North Davis, Mace Ranch, and neighborhoods south of Covell Boulevard and east of Pole Line Road, north of Loyola Drive, and west of Monarch Lane. Darrah has served on PTA boards at several local elementary schools (Valley Oak, North Davis and Fairfield), as well as Holmes Junior High, and Davis High School. Darrah has also been active with SITE Council at the above elementary and middle
schools. She has also served on the Superintendent’s Parents Advisory Committee, and Career Tech Education Advisory Committee, currently is the chair of the school district's Parcel Tax Oversight Committee. “I have worked with a wide range of parents, administrators and students and had the opportunity to learn about our district makeup,” Darrah told The Enterprise. Trustee Area Two is currently represented by incumbent Alan Fernandes, who has not yet indicated publicly whether he intends to seek another term on the school board. There are two school board seats at stake in the Nov. 3 general election — Trustee Area Two and Trustee Area Five, which covers portions of South
Davis and is currently represented by incumbent Bob Poppenga. The filing period for school DARRAH board candidates School-board was originally schedcandidate uled to close on Friday, Aug. 7. Because Poppenga has decided not to run again, the filing period for Trustee Area Five was automatically extended to Tuesday, Aug. 11. And the filing period for Trustee Area Two could conceivably be extended as well in the event that Fernandes decides not to run again. — Reach Jeff Hudson at jhudson @davisenterprise.net or 530-7478055.
UC will offer paid family leave for employees starting next year BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer Beginning July 1, 2021, the University of California will enact a new paid family leave benefit for employees, UCnet reported last week. The new policy will provide eight weeks of leave at 70% of wages for UC faculty and staff.
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Hair and nail salons can reopen outdoors BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Hair and nail salons were given the green light this week to open for business if they can move their services outdoors. Gov. Gavin Newsom made the announcement on Monday, allowing outdoor operations for hair salons and barbershops, skin care, cosmetology, nail services and massage therapy. By Tuesday afternoon, the county had issued guidance for outdoor services by hair salons and barbershops and guidance on other services was expected. Likewise, the city of Davis on Tuesday was allowing hair salons and barbershops in Davis wishing to expand onto public property such as sidewalks and streets to apply for temporary permits from the city to do so. Operators of nail salons
and other services permitted by the state to reopen outdoors would be able to apply for those permits as well, according to Diane Parro, the city’s director of community and business engagement. Under the state’s guidance, “outdoor operations may be conducted under a tent, canopy or other sun shelter as long as no more than one side is closed, allowing sufficient outdoor air movement.” Personal services that the state said would require a more hygienic environment than could be provided outdoors — including tattooing, electrolysis and piercing — will not be allowed to resume inside or out. For those businesses given the green light, services that would require a customer to have to enter the establishment would be prohibited and face
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Briefly Man suspected of attempted vehicle theft Davis police arrested a 29-year-old man Saturday afternoon after he allegedly tried to steal a car outside a local restaurant. Lt. Art Camacho said the owner of the Mercedes left the vehicle unlocked and running while dashing into a taqueria in the 600 block of West Covell Boulevard to pick up an order shortly before 1 p.m. He returned to find a man sitting in the driver’s seat “attempting to steal the car,” Camacho said. “He confronted him, and a physical altercation ensued,” resulting in minor injuries to both men, Camacho said. Officers arrived and arrested Jeffrey C. Nelson, a local transient, on suspicion of attempted vehicle theft, battery and violation of parole.
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OMATO SOUP ... my sweetheart decided at the start of summer that despite the lack of all-day sunshine in our backyard, she was going to prove that she could grow beautiful tomatoes ... turns out she was wildly successful ... However, just as the tomatoes were becoming plump and starting to turn a deep shade of red, she noticed one morning that some sort of animal had taken several big bites out of one particularly low-hanging piece of fruit ... the same thing the next morning and the next ... consultations with experts proved fruitless ... Finally, she decided that whatever critter was the guilty party, it most likely would scatter at the sound of the human voice ... so she planted a radio in the middle of the tomato patch, tuned it to KFBK and left it on all night ... problem solved ... not sure what would have happened had she tuned it to NPR ...
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CAMPFIRE TALES ... my daughter Maev, who will be a UC Davis sophomore this fall, wants to know when she has her first outdoor class in a tent on campus if she should bring her own marshmallows ... GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN ... count me among those who will miss the Resler Brothers barber shop on G Street now that Skeet has followed his brother Roger into retirement ... There was never much they could do with my hair, but it was nice to catch up on the news of the day and the latest line on
FLAVOR OF THE MONTH ... for my money, Tillamook Mudslide is the best new ice cream flavor to come along in the last 10 years ... It used to be the folks in remote Tillamook made the best cheddar cheese in the world ... now they make the best ice cream, too ...
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ET THEM EAT BEANS ... the CEO of Goya Foods claims the boycott against his company is “speech suppression.” ... actually, sir, a boycott is a form of speech ... You had a right to say what you did and your customers have a right to not buy your product ... case closed ... SPEAKING OF FREE SPEECH ... our beloved president cites “free speech” as his reason for supporting those who wish to fly the Confederate flag, but he advocates stern jail sentences for those
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Davis firefighters work the front line of the Mineral Fire, a wildland blaze burning southwest of Coalinga in Fresno County since July 13. A strike team comprising five engine crews and a leader from multiple Yolo County fire departments has been assigned to the incident, which as of Tuesday evening had burned nearly 30,000 acres and was 70 percent contained. Cal Fire reassigned the strike team Tuesday to the Gold Fire burning near Susanville in Lassen County.
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Fentanyl death leads to indictment Special to The Enterprise A Woodland resident has been charged by indictment with distribution of fentanyl resulting in an overdose death and with distributing fentanyl on two separate dates after the overdose death, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. According to the indictment, Joshua Cabanillas, 20, distributed fentanyl that resulted in the overdose death of a person in Woodland in February 2020. Additionally, Sacramento residents Gregory Tabarez, 22, and Joseph Elijah Cuaron, 20, are charged by complaint with distributing fentanyl alongside Cabanillas. The complaint alleges that Cabanillas was arrested on May 15 after meeting with Tabarez and Cuaron to distribute an additional 1,000 counterfeit blue “M30” pills containing fentanyl. The counterfeit pills are designed to look like authentic oxycodone hydrochloride 30 mg pills that could be obtained
from a pharmacy. Unlike authentic pharmaceuticals, the counterfeit pills are pressed illicitly and actually contain fentanyl. Today, the United States faces an unprecedented drug epidemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2019. Many of these deaths are attributed to the increased abuse of potent and dangerous synthetic opioids like fentanyl. The Drug Enforcement Administration has reported that fentanylcontaining counterfeit pills continue to be associated with overdose deaths across the country. This case is the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Woodland and Sacramento police departments; Yolo and Sacramento County probation departments, Yolo, Placer and Sacramento County sheriff 's offices, Yolo County District Attorney’s
Office; California Highway Patrol; and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Special Service Unit and Division of Adult Parole Operations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Vincenza Rabenn is prosecuting the case. Cabanillas, Tabarez and Cuaron are currently in custody. If convicted of the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, Cabanillas faces a maximum statutory penalty mandatory minimum of 20 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison. If convicted of the conspiracy or distribution charges, Cabanillas, Tabarez and Cuaron face a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in prison. Any sentence, however, would be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and federal sentencing guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.
With their tough skins, pointy armor and legendary stamina, cacti are made to defend themselves from whatever nature throws at them. But large solar energy facilities are one threat that cacti weren’t built to withstand, according to a study by UC Davis. The study, published today in the journal Nature Sustainability, chronicles the impacts of ground-mounted solar energy development in the Mojave Desert on native plants and their cultural significance to indigenous tribes in the region. “We’re talking about iconic and threatened plants — cacti, especially, and Mojave yucca,” said co-leading author Steve Grodsky, an assistant research ecologist at UC Davis. “These are the plants most people envision when they think about the desert, and they’re also the most negatively affected by solar energy development.”
Location, etc. Solar energy is a key strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the threats of climate change. But like any development, where it’s sited affects its overall environmental sustainability. UC Davis Assistant Professor Rebecca R. Hernandez and Grodsky are exploring where renewable energy can best coexist with wildlife, biodiversity and the environment to achieve overall sustainability. Their work is part of their Wild Energy Initiative, a research initiative of the UC Davis John Muir Institute of the Environment, and of the Energy and Efficiency Institute. “This is really our moment to double down,” said co-leading author Hernandez. “We need to not only build out renewable energy, we also need to develop it in the places that produce positive impacts. This isn’t just about saving the cacti. It’s about our need to achieve both climate change goals and sustainable development goals.”
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EVEN MORE ANTONIN SCALIA ... in discussing his vote as part of the 5-4 majority in the historic 1989 Texas v. Johnson decision that ruled flag burning was protected speech, Scalia noted, “If it were up to me, I would put in jail every sandal-wearing, scruffy-bearded weirdo who burns the American flag, but I am not king.” ... Hardly a ringing endorsement of behavior he abhorred, but a correct decision nonetheless ... — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
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UCD names new head of OHI The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine has appointed Michael Ziccardi, DVM MPVM PhD, as executive director of the One Health Institute (OHI). Ziccardi, a wildlife veterinarian, epidemiology professor and scientist, will serve a five-year term through July 2025. As executive director, Ziccardi will lead the OHI in its mission to solve complex problems impacting health and conservation. Founded in 2009, OHI is the largest research center in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
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Native plants For the study, the scientists measured the impact of solar development decisions on desert plants at Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, one of the world’s largest concentrating solar power plants. They found negative impacts on the desert scrub plant community, including plants of cultural significance to 18 indigenous tribes. Among them are the Mojave yucca, a Joshua tree relative. Its leaves and fiber historically were used for making shoes, baskets, and building structures. Its roots can be used for soap, hence its common name “soap yucca.” Other plants have provided medicine, tools and food, such as the fruits and pads of the beavertail prickly pear cactus.
Options There are a variety of ways to prepare land for solar installations, and some of these methods are more harmful to the desert plant community than others: ■ Bulldozing, or “blading,” scrapes layers of earth away from the site. It’s the most damaging to cacti, Mojave yucca and other native plants. It also primes the site for invasive grasses like schismus, which present a fire risk to deserts maladapted to wildfire. ■ Mowing also destroys cacti and Mojave yucca, but creosote and perennial shrubs can recover from it. ■ “Halos” are roped-off areas known to hold sensitive species that create islands of undeveloped areas within the facility. They can be effective for conserving native plants, including cacti and Mojave yucca. — UC Davis News
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Briefly On KDRT, fights over memorials Public statues are being defaced, toppled or removed this summer, but the fight over symbols is not new, nor is it external to Davis. This city has had conflicts over symbols like the statue to Gandhi in Central Park, and over naming a street for Edward Teller, coinventor of the hydrogen bomb. Melissa M. Bender, a senior lecturer at UC Davis, has co-edited “Contested Commemoration in U.S. History: Diverging Public Interpretations,” a textbook with 11 essays on differences that go far beyond statues, involving movies during the Obama presidency, parks, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and a house in Chicago where members of the Black Panthers died during gunfire with police in 1969. On the latest edition of the KDRT program “Davisville,” she talks about such disputes, and possible ways to resolve them. “Davisville,” hosted by Bill Buchanan, is broadcast on KDRTLP, 95.7 FM Mondays at 5:30 p.m., Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m., and Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. The interview with Bender began airing Monday, will be broadcast through Aug. 2, and is available anytime athttp://kdrt.org/ davisville or on Apple podcasts.
Reading features Japanese poet Davis Poet Laureate James Lee Jobe continues his online poetry reading series on Friday, July 24, with the poems of Japanese poet Nanao Sakaki, who lived from 1923 to 2008. Sakaki was a wandering poet in the tradition of Basho and Ikkyu, and his poetry is a mixture of tight language and startling expressiveness. This free reading will be posted online by 7:30 p.m. at both james-lee-jobe. blogspot.com/ and at youtube.com/james leejobe. Both sites always have poetry or poetry readingsavailable.
UCD pianist takes recital online Pianist Jennifer Zhang will perform her senior recital in the Pitzer Center on Saturday, July 25 at 5 p.m. Featured will be music for solo keyboard composed by Scarlatti, J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms and Debussy. Owing to coronavirus concerns, this free event is available only via YouTube. It will be streamed live and will also be made available for later viewing.
Bohart hosts virtual bug event Want to learn more about moths? If you attend the Virtual Moth Open House hosted by the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis, then it may be like a “moth to a flame.” The free and family friendly event, held in observance of National Moth Week (July 18-26), will take place from 1 to 2 p.m. (Pacific Time) on Saturday, July 25 on Facebook Live (Bohart Museum Facebook page).
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COVID: Officials try to trace coronavirus paths From Page A1 In his presentation to county supervisors on Tuesday, Vaughn said multiple outbreaks have been confirmed in other locations as well, including one religious institution and six workplaces. As of Tuesday, the county has reported 1,200 cases of the novel coronavirus, Vaughn said, as well as 34 deaths. The majority of those deaths — 20 of them — have come in skilled nursing and long-term care facilities, including 17 at the Stollwood Convalescent Hospital and now three at Woodland Residential Services. Outbreaks continue at three skilled nursing facilities in the county — the Alderson Convalescent Hospital in Woodland (20 cases), Courtyard Healthcare in Davis (10 cases) and Riverbend Nursing Center in West Sacramento (five cases).
Home cooking Another 18 open investigations into possible outbreaks are underway, Vaughn said, and most have a common denominator. “We think Ground Zero … was social and family gatherings,” said Vaughn. People were infected in such gatherings and then took the virus elsewhere, such as workplaces, “and now it’s spread out across multiple sectors,” Vaughn said. As of Monday, 288 county residents have been placed in quarantine after having come in contact
with someone with the virus and 70 individuals are in isolation after testing positive, Vaughn said. County officials have previously explained that only a fraction of the hundreds of county residents who have tested positive in the last two weeks are in isolation because of issues with testing and contact tracing. Vaughn said Tuesday that the delay in getting testing results back remains substantial. “We do continue to see significant testing result delays for the bulk or our testing,” Vaughn said. “That in combination with the volume of new cases … has made contact tracing pretty difficult because we are seeing test results that are often 10, 14 days late, which makes it impossible to get ahead of the virus.” For that reason, he said, Yolo County may join several other counties in shifting strategies by focusing testing and contact tracing efforts on the highest risk populations, including those in skilled nursing facilities, homeless shelters, schools and child care operations and local industries that are experiencing significant outbreaks, such as agriculture, manufacturing and food processing. Focus will also be on disproportionately affected communities and populations, including Latinos and the city of Woodland, which has experienced half of all cases reported in the county. For those in the low risk category, Vaughn said, “what we’re trying to do now is get out guidelines for when people get tested, to give
them information right then so that if they get a positive result or they are symptomatic and waiting for a result, they know what to do in terms of quarantining or isolating themselves, not exposing others. Because again, it could be seven to 10 days before they get a test result and we don’t want them to rely on us reaching out to them to start doing that.”
More in hospital Meanwhile, along with the increase in cases has come an increase in hospitalizations, though not at the same rate as new cases, “and some of that has to do with who is getting infected right now,” said Vaughn. “It tends to be younger people right now who are being infected, who aren’t following the guidelines as strictly as other populations.” That said, “hospitalizations are up and… that’s a lagging indicator so it’s something we’ll want to keep our eyes on as we move forward,” said Vaughn. “We are talking with the state about setting up alternate care sites should they be needed. But just to emphasize, they are not needed right now. We don’t anticipate them being needed in the next couple of weeks, but we’ll keep our eye on this and certainly want to make sure they’re ready should they be needed going forward.” Hospital capacity, or lack thereof, was one of the metrics that landed Yolo County on the state’s monitoring list. While hospital bed availability has been adequate, the
state’s metric requiring that counties have at least 20 percent of staffed ICU beds available is where Yolo County fell short. In recent days that capacity has ranged from zero to 13 percent. The other metric the county failed was elevated disease transmission — specifically, the number of cases per 100,000 residents over a 14-day period, which has been elevated for weeks. Being on the state’s monitoring list carries significant ramifications. All counties on the list have had to close multiple indoor activities, including restaurant dining, gyms, hair salons and churches. Additionally, schools in counties on the list will not be able to open for in-person instruction until their counties are off the list for two weeks. Supervisor Don Saylor of Davis asked Vaughn on Tuesday what it would take for Yolo County to get off the monitoring list. “We’d have to see a pretty significant drop in the daily number of new cases,” Vaughn said. “We’re averaging 35 right now per day, roughly. I think we’d have to come down to probably 20, 25 to get that number down and then it would still take some time, at least two or three weeks, for that to catch up as well. “I don’t think we’re anywhere close to being off that monitoring list anytime soon right now.” — Reach Anne Ternus-Bellamy at aternus@davisenterprise. net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.
Credit union earns USAF award LEAVE: New UC policy Special to The Enterprise VACAVILLE — For the sixth time and second consecutive year, Travis Credit Union has won the Air Force Distinguished Credit Union of the Year award. The national recognition is presented annually by the U. S. Department of the Air Force to the on-base financial institution that has gone above and beyond its duty to provide superior and customized financial service and financial education to Air Force members and their families. Only one credit union was selected throughout the entire Air Force to receive this award. Upon learning of the award, Barry Nelson, president and CEO of Travis Credit Union said, “On behalf of our board, management and staff, it is an honor to be selected for the sixth time and to be of service on the base. We’ve partnered with Travis Air Force Base for nearly 70 years and continue to look for opportunities to demonstrate the credit union’s philosophy of ‘people helping people.’ We are humbled to serve those
who serve our nation and proud of our relationship with the base.” While Travis Credit Union was recognized for its financial education efforts, which affect financial readiness training efforts mandated by the Department of Defense as well as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, it was also lauded for its partnership and collaborative efforts with military support programs. “In 2019 alone, Travis Credit Union provided financial education engagements with nearly 2,000 military members and conducted over 200 seminars to promote financial fitness,” Travis Air Force Base 60th Air Mobility Wing Commander Col. Jeffrey W. Nelson stated in a letter to the Department of the Air Force. “Between these classes and supporting over 700 community and base events, the credit union encapsulates an unwavering commitment to serve the community and its members.” Every year, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of
SALONS: A host of issues still to be overcome From Page A1 coverings would be required at all times. Moving services outside also will require additional compliance with CalOSHA standards for preventing heat illness among employees, including providing access to water and shade as well as cool-down breaks and training on heat illness prevention and symptoms. Other protocols that were already in place, including health screening of employees and customers, hygiene requirements and use of face shields, goggles and gloves remain in place. Back in May, the city created a no-fee permit for outdoor dining and retail, allowing permit holders to move into public spaces like sidewalks. More recently the city started Open Air Davis, which creates even more outdoor space on weekends by closing two city blocks. Now more businesses
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From Page A1 after years of advocacy by university groups including the Systemwide Advisory Council on the Status of Women (SACSW), the Council of University of California Staff Assemblies (CUCSA) and the Staff Advisors to the Regents. Until now, UC employees who have worked at the university for at least one year have been eligible for up to 12 workweeks of unpaid family or medical leave. The new benefit at UC will align with paid family leave benefits provided by the State of California, which
Travis Credit Union’s efforts include focusing on financial wellness for active duty and retired military members and their families through special courses and weekly Newcomers meetings. It has aligned all TCU Financial Wellness sessions with Air Force mandated Financial Readiness Training to bolster digital “Touch Point” delivery with in-person seminars for airmen. “Travis Credit Union’s teamwork is outstanding,” Nelson said. Adding that the award “is telling of the amazing individuals that make up our team.”
guarantees up to eight weeks of leave at 60 to 70% of wages. Over the next year, UC Human Resources, Academic Personnel and faculty leaders will work on developing the new paid family leave benefit and finalizing the details of how it will be implemented. “We will keep the UC community informed before the July 1, 2021 effective date, as more information becomes available,” UCnet stated. — Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.
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may seek a temporary permit from the city to utilize public outdoor space such as sidewalks or streets. Under guidance released by the city Tuesday afternoon, hair salons on private property owned by the operator may move outside onto their own property provided they follow state guidance and industry regulations. Salons on private property such as shopping centers where the operators are tenants must get approval from landlords. In announcing Tuesday morning that county health officials had given the goahead to salons to reopen, public information officer Jenny Tan noted one caveat. While it does give these local businesses the opportunity to reopen, “it will likely take a lot of work and money to get these businesses set up,” Tan said. —Reach Anne TernusBellamy ataternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.
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JUSTICE: Neighborhood Courts seek to mend connections From Page A1 the victim, if there is one, would sit in a circle a few feet away from each other. “I wanted a way to set up the system to give victims an opportunity to be heard and engage the community in the process of justice,” said Reisig, who called it a way to reduce mass incarceration and “community reliance on jail and prisons.” What does early data reveal about whether the program has been able to reduce Yolo County’s recidivism, defined by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation as an arrest resulting in a conviction within three years of an individual’s release from jail or prison? A 2018 state report found that prisoners released between 2013 and 2015 averaged a recidivism rate of about 46%, while an audit of Neighborhood Court found that participants who completed the program between 2013 and 2015 averaged a recidivism rate of just under 8%. While those numbers show a stark contrast, there’s a caveat: People released from state prison are likely to have committed more serious offenses. The “secret sauce” to Neighborhood Court, Reisig said, is restorative justice — an alternative to traditional criminal justice proceedings. Rather than
put an offender in front of a judge to discuss the facts of the case, restorative justice seeks to restore the emotional bond between the offender, the victim and the community. Offenders acknowledge the harm they caused, listen to victims’ emotions and decide how to start repairing physical and emotional damage they’ve done. They can agree to perform community service in the area of the crime or complete addiction treatment. Marcelo Lopez — a fourth-year UC Davis student who was formerly incarcerated for his first and only offense — says he’s majoring in sociology and Chicano/Chicana studies in part to tackle racism in the legal system. When an adviser suggested he volunteer at Neighborhood Court, he said he was “shocked” by the existence of the program, which he says would have changed his life. “It’s a civil and dignified opportunity for a young or firsttime offender to not have an issue with the criminal justice system,” said Lopez, who became a volunteer. “People shouldn’t have to live in the right place, have the right ZIP code or the right background to benefit from things like this.” Tinisch Hollins became a volunteer in San Francisco’s Neighborhood Courts system from a different experience but with a
similar motivation. She grew up seeing the impact of the crack epidemic outside her door, and lost two brothers to gun violence. As the state director of Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, a nonprofit advocating for victims’ rights policies, she said she strives to connect policymakers with the voices of Black, Brown and Indigenous people hurt by crime. And she sees restorative justice as a way for them to transform pain into power. “They have a fractured relationship with not just the justice system, but even being seen as victims in the first place,” Hollins said. “Different communities have different ideas of what restorative justice looks and feels like.” San Francisco’s 10 Neighborhood Courts were created in 2012 under former District Attorney George Gascón, a restorative justice advocate who modeled them after existing community courts that dealt primarily with infractions.
Question of eligibility The Yolo County Neighborhood Courts program initially accepted only first-time offenders, but it has expanded its list of eligible crimes. Qualifying incidents are decided on a case-bycase basis, with police input. Woodland Police Chief Derrek Kaff, who worked with Reisig to
expand the program, acknowledged that it made some of his officers uncomfortable. “When we started handling cases where officers were the victim, that took a culture shift,” Kaff said. “You have a group of existing employees who have been doing things one way for a long time and we have to get them to see the value of another way.” Kara Hunter, executive director of the Yolo Conflict Resolution Center, a conflict mediation nonprofit, said she worked with Reisig and Neighborhood Courts program coordinator Nicole Kirkaldy to make sure the program was “supercharged” with restorative justice. That also meant training Neighborhood Court volunteers to recognize implicit bias and de-escalate situations. But a Neighborhood Court system isn’t the solution for everyone. Existing restorative justice-based courts exclude felonies such as rape or deliberate murder. Sohmer Kristensen, who moved to California after a sexual assault, said she wouldn’t expect to receive actual justice from a criminal trial or a dialogue with the man who assaulted her. “I like the idea of being able to communicate harm to my abuser,” Kristensen said. “But these sorts of conversations are
predicated on someone having remorse. Even though I know that he knows what happened, he would never admit it.” Reisig said he doesn’t see that restorative justice approach completely replacing the current criminal justice system. “We still need to be able to incapacitate people who are raping and molesting others,” Reisig said. “I don’t think there’s any disagreement on that from anybody, but there are so many other crimes where this is the absolute right solution.” Americans now widely favor changing the criminal justice system, but the extent to which they want change differs along racial lines. In the AP-NORC poll, 57% of Black respondents — compared to 26% of white respondents — called for systemic overhaul. UC Santa Cruz politicalscience assistant professor Anjuli Verma says geography is also destiny. “The places where people feel like they have a stake in someone’s welfare, where there are a lot of nonprofits and externallyfunded resources, that’s where diversion programs are successful,” Verma said. “The S.F.’s and the Yolo Counties are places that can’t get behind locking people up and throwing away the key.” She called the current courts an experiment.
OBITUARIES Irene Dempsey
July 22, 1925 — April 9, 2020 Irene Dempsey of Davis died on April 9, 2020 of natural causes at the age of 94. She was born on July 22, 1925, in Harlan, Iowa, the second child of Roy B. Olson and Alvina Louise Olson (nee Kock). She grew up in small-town Iowa, in Harlan and nearby Walnut, during the dark days of the Great Depression. Her father and mother, both of Danish Iowan stock, struggled with a series of small businesses, including a five-anddime store and a cabinet shop, to make ends meet. In 1938, the family moved to Boulder, Colorado, and life brightened. Irene loved Boulder High School, where she edited the school newspaper and appeared in theatrical productions, and graduated to the University of Colorado. In September 1945, as she was starting her Junior year, she met Paul Dempsey (at CU studying Chinese for Naval Intelligence). They were married just three weeks later and celebrated 64 anniversaries together before Paul’s death in 2009. After spending a year (1946-47) in Stockholm, Sweden, where Paul studied architecture and Irene taught English, Irene completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at CU. She then moved to UC Berkeley for her Ph.D. in Psychology, where she studied the psychology of women and
gender roles and did clinical work at the Langley Porter Institute. In 1956, after time in Ithaca, NY, Nevada City, CA, and Syracuse, NY, Irene and Paul moved to Davis and started a family. As her sons grew, Irene began to work as a psychologist, first at the UC Davis Counseling Center and then in her own private practice. Irene practiced for more than 50 years and helped many of her beloved clients dramatically improve their lives. Central to Irene’s work was the insight that psychological stress generally arises from a gap between resources — skills, finances, network, and energy level — and expectations. The feeling of deficit, when one cannot see a way to achieve what one thinks “should” be done — what Irene called the “underdog experience” — is universal. But Irene saw that it is particularly common for women, of whom much is expected and who often lack support, money, time, and confidence. Irene’s work focused on how one can narrow the gap, either by marshaling the necessary resources or by refining one’s goals. Most important, she believed that the experience of deficit is not just unpleasant, but actually destructive: people are not just happier but also perform much
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June 12, 1929 — July 7, 2020 On Tuesday, July 7, 2020, Marilyn Wilburn Judson died peacefully at the age of 91. Her dear friend Kitty Liebhardt described her best: “She was a little lady who was big in many lives. Not loud or showy. Just quiet, accomplished and steady, secure in her competency, not only a creative artist, but a creative problem solver as well; a smile for the troubled, a hand for the needy, and pick me up for the weary and a calm antidote for the ruffled”. Marilyn was born in Washington State and grew up in Riverside, where she attended college and met Charles. They married in 1950 and moved to Davis in 1957 where they raised their children and Marilyn began to develop her artistry. She was well known in Davis for her calligraphy, glass and stone designs, and paper sculptures. Her calligraphy graced many campus events and certificates, signage for local businesses and wedding invitations. She worked closely with dear friend and colleague Donna Billick on stone murals and signs, which can still be seen at local parks, Sutter Davis Hospital and the International House. Her family remembers large pieces of stone covered in masking tape, on which would be beautiful lettering. She would painstakingly cut each letter out with an Exacto knife. The piece would be sandblasted to etch the lettering into the stone. A traditional Mother’s Day gift might be breakfast in bed or flowers — Marilyn was delighted by a sandblaster! In addition to calligraphy and lettering on stone, she developed a fascination for paper sculpture. Her work often would involve gifting intricate sculptures of plants, insects or fruit to friends and family, as well as sharing them with the public through gallery showings. It wouldn’t be unusual for her to put out a demand to her family that she needed a picture of a stalk of wheat, a California poppy or a mosquito on which to model her work — she was able to find beauty and art in the everyday.
In addition to creating art, Marilyn shared her passion by teaching calligraphy classes at the Davis adult school. She co-authored and illustrated a book about making musical instruments with former neighbor Eileen Hunter, and also developed a small embroidery kit business called Dandelion with friends Pat Carmen and Jody House. She supported her community by involvement with the Davis Art Center and Pence Gallery. She volunteered with the Davis Friends of the Library and loved frequent coffee gatherings at Fluffy Donuts with dear friends. Although art was her passion, nothing surpassed the importance of her family and friends. She talked to her two sisters frequently and kept up with the lives of extended family members. Her greatest joy was spending time with her husband, children and grandchildren, listening to their stories and hearing their laughter. Her pride in the accomplishments of her family was evident in the pictures and stories she shared with others. Those who were dear to her knew their value in her life. Marilyn was preceded in death by her husband, Charles; dear lifelong friend, Peggy Epstein; as well as siblings Janice, Rollie and Bob. She will be so missed by her children Jan (Larry), Bruce (Joan) and Todd (Kay); and grandchildren Nik (Katie), Karli (Federico), Andie and Leah (Adrian). Marilyn requested that there not be a service but the family will gather privately to scatter her ashes. The family thanks Edith, Rasia, Bailey, Nora and Sandra, whose care allowed Marilyn to remain surrounded by family. The kindness of friends supported her and her family through her final days. Yolo Hospice provided invaluable guidance and services. In lieu of flowers, she can be honored with donations in her name to The Davis Art Center, the Davis Pence Gallery, Friends of the Davis Library or Yolo Hospice.
better when they escape from “underdog space.” Beyond the underlying theory, Irene’s true gift was in making her insights work in practice for her clients. Stress comes from many directions in life, very often from relationships at work or at home. Irene had an extraordinary ability to listen to her clients’ life challenges and then help them identify simple and practical steps to navigate difficulties that had initially seemed overwhelming. She saw herself as teaching “psychological self-defense skills” and, like any great coach, she knew when to empathize and when to challenge. It was not always easy to be Irene’s client, but some found it truly life altering to have her in their corner. Besides her early interest in the psychology of women, Irene was ahead of the curve on health and nutrition. She discovered nutritionist Adelle Davis’ books in the early 1950s and was an ardent proponent of healthy eating and daily exercise for the rest of her life. She was an excellent cook, specializing in healthy, quick-to-prepare meals, but also made homemade jam and nearly a dozen varieties of pie. She was also a lifelong exercise enthusiast, constantly in
motion, walking several miles a day into her nineties (and encouraging her friends and clients to do the same). She was an accomplished tennis player, winning the Davis City Championship and helping found the Davis Tennis Club. Irene loved her house and her garden and strove to make them beautiful. She had an encyclopedic knowledge of the blooming patterns and habitat preferences of countless flora, and loved designing (and often changing) the many vistas in her garden to present copious blooms in most seasons. Most of all, Irene loved sharing her ideas and cooking and house and garden with her clients, friends, and family. She made us all feel special, and we will miss her. Irene is survived by her sons Ajax and Jed, and her daughter-in-law Diana. Because of COVID-19, no memorial service is planned at this time. Please call or email her son Jed at 415-964-3000 or jeddempsey@yahoo.com for information about a future memorial. In lieu of flowers, we ask for donations “in memory of Irene Dempsey” to the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, or The Food Bank of Yolo County, 233 Harter Avenue, Woodland, CA 95776.
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Dick and Jane explain the coronavirus I
do not expect a brewer to win a Nobel Prize any time soon. A brewer tends to be a scientific Jack-of-all-trades, needing to know enough plant science to grow barley and convert it to excellent malt, enough biochemistry to convert malt to wort of necessary properties, enough chemistry to infuse wort with hop materials at the right level, enough cell biology and physiology to make the fermentation work the way that’s necessary, enough microbiology to protect against the hordes that would invade the product, and enough engineering to pump liquid from here to there and heat it and cool it efficiently. If you want to throw in sensory science and human psychology to appreciate what customers need and why, and a knowledge of economics to bring a fine product to market at a fair but profitable price you understand the long distance beer must travel and the long view a brewer must take. My point is that brewers are pretty savvy when it comes to science because a lot of what brewers do involves scientific thinking and even scientific imagination and invention. As a result, I’m sure every
brewer in the land understands the logic of the scientific advice that would control the SARScoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 disease it causes. Though he understands why, every brewer also detests the idea of shut pubs and restaurants and wishes, with every fiber, for those constraints to go away. Scientists do not always communicate in easily understood parlance; mainly, I suppose, because the vocabulary they use is not familiar to the public. Medical practitioners can be famously opaque to their patients, for example. But to tell the truth the scientific advice about COVID-19 is pretty straightforward and not hard to understand if a listener listens and has an elementary understanding of the English language. That is why it amazes me that a small (I hope) but significant
and noisy minority of Americans do not understand, or do not agree with, what is going on and why. They routinely behave in ways that are aggressive and belligerent and opposite to their own best interests and mine. The poster child for this behavior is not wearing a mask, though their foolishness includes other behaviors such as crowding together. It’s easy to blame the lack of leadership from the White House and the dis-information and ridicule of COVID from right wing blowhards. They bear great responsibility for much illness and many deaths, that’s true. But each of us, individually, surely has a well-developed sense of self-preservation. While we admire those who sacrifice themselves for a noble cause what noble cause is served by deliberately exposing oneself to a potentially fatal infection? What noble cause is served by endangering oneself, one’s friends and family in this way? Although for most rational people the science of COVID could not be easier to grasp and act upon, some people may hear messages from the scientific community as confusing and too “sciency.” It’s true that such
messages may be incomplete and change as new information becomes available. Also maybe science-based messages are resented because they may tend to instruct what to do and how to do it without explaining why it works. It seems that we need a better communication strategy and so I turn to Dick and Jane who with repeated words and phrases and familiar sounds, taught many of us to “look-see” and read. Perhaps Dick and Jane can help some citizens understand the messages science is trying to send about COVID-19. So here goes: A Covid Primer: Fun with Dick and Jane. 1: Dick was sick, along came Jane. Soon Jane became as sick as Dick. 2: Jane came masked so she asked Dick, who’s sick, to do the same. Sick, stayed Dick. Hale, Jane remained. 3: When Jane came she was masked and asked Rick to do the same. Rick just laughed at a mask “It’s a disgrace to cover my face.” “It’s no game” said Jane (a tired refrain) “A mask’s not a task,” Rick laughed again. Then Rick became sick, as sick as Old Nick. “What a shame” said Jane
who knew whom to blame. 4: When Jane came, with mask and space, Jane felt safe in an open place. Though Dick was sick he was masked (with no disgrace) and, as asked, well spaced. They played the game. No need for blame. I’ve often heard the phrase “We are all in this together.” That’s true of course but too may see that as baloney and useless as guidance. Our Dick and Jane audience, maybe all of us, need a common desirable objective or reward, a real carrot,that we all agree upon. Do we have a carrot and a plan of action? How about this: Message to the nation from the White House wearing a mask: “I declare from now through Labor Day, a period of national healing when we all together as one people will follow all the public health rules to defeat COVID. In return we will be able to open the schools in the September and have football. Here is $3 trillion to make that possible.” COVID wouldn’t stand a chance. — Reach Michael Lewis at lewiswales@me.com. Comment on this column at www.davis enterprise.com.
Taking a look at the city’s water quality and use ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE
BY HEATHER BROWN AND DAWN CALCIANO Special to The Enterprise
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o you have questions about water quality in Davis? The city has answers! The 2019 Water Quality Report is now available online at CityofDavis.org/ WaterQuality. The city is pleased to report that as in past years, the drinking water supplied to Davis water customers in 2019 has met all state and federal drinking water standards. The U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act requires all community water systems to report annually on any regulated contaminants that were detected in the drinking water supply and provide this information to their water customers. The Annual Water Quality Report (also known as the Consumer Confidence Report, or CCR) covers water quality data from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2019. It was posted to the city’s website on June 1 and customers received notice of the report in the June utility bills. In addition to listing the various minerals and other elements (that are known collectively as “constituents”) that were detected in the city’s drinking water, the report also contains
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Stormwater flows untreated to local waterways and to the Sacramento River. mandatory reporting on topics such as the sources of drinking water and how it is treated, potential sources of constituents, general health information and other related educational information. The report also contains information on water conservation and tips you can take to protect stormwater, which flows directly into our drinking water sources. There are several ways to view the city’s Water Quality Report. The 2019 reportand reports from previous years are posted online at CityofDavis.org/ WaterQuality. You can also
visit GreenerDavis.org and click on the “water quality report” icon. Customers can contact the city of Davis Water Division at Water@CityofDavis.org or call the Public Works Utilities and Operations Department at 530-7575686 to request an electronic (PDF) or paper copy of the report.
Water hardness questions One of the most frequent questions the city receives about water quality relates to the issue of water hardness. The
delivery of surface water (starting in 2016)and the use of groundwater from the deep aquifer has significantly decreased the water hardness level of the city’s drinking water. In 2015, the average level of water hardness (weighted average) was 306 parts per million (ppm) or 17.9 grains per gallon (gpg). In 2019, with approximately 87% of delivered drinking water being surface water, the weighted average for water hardness was 61 ppm or 3.6gpg. Historically, high waterhardness levels contributed to a significant
number of homeowners installing water softeners. If you are still using a water softener at your home, consider bypassing it to determine if the current level of water hardness is acceptable for your home, or adjust the grains setting on the water softener accordingly. Reducing or eliminating the use of water softeners can help protect water quality by reducing salt loading to wetlands and waterways, and can also save water and energy costs.
Conservation in a dry year With more time spent at home due to the COVID19 pandemic and increased water needs for essential uses like hand washing, sanitation and clothes washing, indoor water usage may increase. Water can be conserved indoors by fixing any indoor drips or leaks, only washing full loads of dishes and laundry and by turning water off while brushing your teeth, shaving or lathering your hands. Careful examination of
outdoor irrigation systems can go a long way to prevent water waste and reduce overall summer water use. Now is a good time to ensure that irrigation systems are functioning properly. If you are not already registered for the city’s online water use portal, AquaHawk, consider registering so that you can view and monitor irrigation water usage. Find registration instructions for AquaHawk and information on other water conservation resources at SaveDavisWater.org The community is reminded that water-waste prohibitions set during the most recent drought remain in effect for the city of Davis as in past years. These water-use restrictions include no watering outdoors between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. and no excessive water flow or runoff onto pavement. Visit SaveDavisWater.org for the full list of water-use restrictions. — Heather Brown is a water quality coordinator with the city of Davis and can be reached at HBrown@CityofDavis. org. Dawn Calciano is a conservation coordinator with the city of Davis and can be reach at DCalciano @CityofDavis.org.
Grace Valley, Da Vinci students earn Chamber scholarships Enterprise staff Jonathan Nakamura of Grace Valley Christian Academy and Zahra Baxi of Da Vinci Charter Academy are the winners of this year’s $1,000 scholarship awards from the Davis Chamber of Commerce. “The Davis Chamber received a number of competitive applications this year,” said Susan Kirby, chair of the chamber’s School Business Partnership Committee, which oversees the scholarship program, “and we are pleased to award these two deserving students money for their higher education. I’m so proud of our local businesses that donate money to make this happen.” The top three essays are online on the chamber website http://www.davischamber.com/ 2020scholarshiptop3.html#sthash.sbvNgDpC. dpbs. Any local business that wishes to contribute to the Davis Chamber Foundation Scholarship Program should contact Kristin Hannell at khannell@davischamber.com. ———— Samuel Gordon of Davis, a freshman in the University of Minnesota Twin Cities’ College of Education and Human Development, was selected to the dean’s list for the spring semester. To qualify, a student must complete 12 or more credits with a 3.66 grade-point average.
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Eight students get Dolcini scholarships Enterprise staff The Mary Ellen Dolcini Scholarship Foundation has awarded $35,000 in college scholarships in its inaugural year as a scholarship awarding foundation. Eight members of the Class of 2020 from Pioneer High School, Woodland High School, Davis Senior High School, and Martin Luther King High School will receive awards ranging from $2,500 to $5,000 for their higher educational pursuits. “Our aunt’s legacy is rooted in community engagement and public education,” said board member Val Dolcini, “and her investments in these students, and the many who will follow in the years to come, represent her belief that higher education can open the doors to greater personal and professional opportunities. These students are on their way!” Board President Matt Guichard agreed, noting that these scholarships represent a pathway to the American dream, especially for students who are the first in their families to
enroll in colleges or universities. “These young leaders share a common goal of making a positive impact in their communities. My aunt Mary Ellen would be very proud of all of them.” This year’s inaugural class of Mary Ellen Dolcini Scholars are Antony Mejia, Kimberly Leon, Gisel Alcantar and Alondra Orozco of Pioneer High; Herbe Borges and Erick Ramirez of Woodland High; Keiry Perez of Davis High; and Jazmin Ramirez of King High. The Mary Ellen Dolcini Scholarship Foundation was founded in 2019 to fulfill the wishes of Mary Ellen Dolcini, a Davis native and career educator, who passed away in 2018. She left a portion of her estate to provide scholarships to Mexican-American high school graduates from Davis and Woodland. Students are selected based on need, merit, and overall performance in high school including extracurricular activities and recommendations. For information, visit the Foundation’s website at www.maryellendolcini scholarship.com.
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CIF crams 3 seasons into 2 Sections, schools must adjust to new schedules
Some Davis High fall sports, including field hockey, were practicing for a 2020 season, but they learned Monday that their season was delayed until winter.
BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor When the California Interscholastic Federation announced on Monday that fall high school sports would be delayed — and three traditional seasons would be squeezed into Nine of the 10 statewide CIF two — it started an unprecedented scramble for campus sections will work backwards administrators and coaches to from end-of-playoff dates profit round pegs into square holes. vided in the new calendar. Each In its edict, CIF told football season is to last 13 weeks. (The Northern Section, programs they could kick off the new alignment with practices which is based in Chico and includes 70 schools, has given beginning Dec. 14. Joining football in the winter the green light to its members to are girls and boys volleyball, start fall sports “on time” — procross country and water polo. vided approval comes from local Each will start competition in public health departments.) In football’s case, the final January. Spring sports are basketball, Sac-Joaquin Section football wrestling, soccer, tennis and playoff game is April 10. Sac-Joaquin Section Associgolf (all boys and girls teams). Commissioner Will They’ll play simultaneously ate with the regular spring sports of DeBoard told a Monday Zoom conference with track and field, the media that a baseball, softball, state championbadminton and ship would be swimming. conducted the Fall competiweek after that tive cheerleading, but that regions field hockey, gymcould also set up nastics, skiing bowl games for and skydiving are April 17. left to individual DeBoard said section consider- Jeff Lorenson most playoff periation for title DHS athletic director ods will be dates — as are reduced, but sport cheerleadnoted that his section will create ing and lacrosse in the spring. Davis High, which fields more divisions for football in more than 1,100 student-ath- order to keep the postseasonletes, has 25 sports teams with participants numbers “still Athletic Director Jeff Lorenson around 80.” DeBoard says 11 charged with coordinating weeks have been identified for schedules, checking compliance schools to play 10 regular-seaand, these days, ensuring that son football contests before public health protocols are fol- heading into the truncated postseason. lowed. Among new twists for the Lorenson said he’s met with Sac-Joaquin Section and Davis 2020-21 sports calendar are: ■ There are no dead periods, schools officials about the new CIF schedule and guidelines in which coaches and athletes and is in the process of talking for certain sports can’t meet or with coaches about the practice. revamped scheduling. ■ Summer-like regulations Most formerly fall sports at are extended through Dec. 14. DHS were involved in socially Schools can be represented at distanced, outdoor workouts in football passing camps, basketanticipation of a traditional ball tournaments and with offshore baseball games and start date. “All that has changed,” Loren- tournaments. There are no CIF son understated, adding that restrictions should athletes he’s been sorting through what independently venture into his teams will do now that regu- AAU basketball, Area Code or lations for coaches’ contact with showcase baseball tournaments, or other club workouts players have been relaxed: “Do we stop now, discontinue or competition. ■ Athletes are allowed to conditioning practices? Do we continue just like we are and participate simultaneously on monitor (workouts)? There are club teams and school teams. a lot of question marks at the This marks a suspension of CIF bylaw Rule 600. moment.”
“There are a lot of question marks at the moment.”
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■ For most sports, 28 contacts (games or events) are allowed. DeBoard warned that, despite so many regulations being relaxed, the transfer guidelines are steadfast for athletes who go out of state to play a canceled or delayed sport, then return the following season. “If those are not full-family moves, the kids will probably have trouble getting eligibility when they come back,” the longtime section official explained. Myriad concerns remain on the horizon. Many decisions to be made remain at the mercy of COVID-19 impact and the proclamations of state and county health officials: ■ Will fans be allowed? DeBoard said “safety precautions will be strictly school issues ... county to county.” ■ How will sharing facilities shake out if boys and girls now overlap seasons for tennis, golf and volleyball? DeBoard says that is an area-by-area problem to solve. ■ Will there be enough officials to go around, especially in the spring? DeBoard says officials associations have assured him “they can cover it ... and they have six months to bolster their ranks.” “We just don’t know what things look like going down the road,” DeBoard noted. “We just hope we can get back to a sense of normalcy.” Notes: There are 800,000 prep student-athletes in California. ... CIF suspended 2020 spring sports last March, and DeBoard believes if the sports ban goes beyond the winter and spring seasons, it could signal a death knell for some athletic programs, especially at smaller schools. ... Coaches and athletes participating in more than one sport could have to deal with overlapping seasons. While CIF and Davis High rules allow for participation in multiple sports, the rework of schedules could be problematic for some. — Reach Davis Enterprise sports editor Bruce Gallaudet at bgallaudet41@gmail.com or call 530-320-4456. Follow him on Twitter at BGsportsinDavis.
Davis High coaches, players react to whole new world Enterprise staff
“So my plan is to play both.” Keaton Massey, a senior who plays Finally, something definitive about basketball and lacrosse, weighed in: the fall sports season. No more won“I definitely think it’s going to be dering when the high school season will start. Coaches and student- interesting,” he said. “I just hope everyathletes can put their practice sched- thing works out so we can have a season. I’d wait for 2021 to play instead of ules and game plans together. ... Until four months from now, just not being able to play. I just hope when those same prep players and things clear up so us seniors can finish their mentors could still be breath- our last year of high school. “For all those other multiple-sport lessly waiting to find out if there is athletes, I think this year is gonna going to be a season — again. Nonetheless, when the California make them have to choose the one Interscholastic Federation announced sport they really love and want to focus this week that it wouldn’t be prudent on for the future.” Spring sports are expected to to start its sports calendar on time (thank you, coronavirus), it did pro- include badminton, lacrosse, competivide shape for a new-look calendar tive sport cheerleading, wrestling, that will accommodate three seasons tennis, golf, softball, track and field, swimming and diving, basketball, in winter and spring. Davis High Athletic Director Jeff baseball and soccer. “On one hand, it’s good because Lorenson has been busy talking with Sac-Joaquin Section officials, local we’re not playing in the winter,” DHS schools administrators and Blue Devil boys soccer coach Alex Park said. “But athletic staff to learn and communi- I’m not sure how we’re going to be able to pull this off with all the sports playcate the minutia of the new directive. ing at the same time. It’s Meanwhile, many tradigoing to be a lot of work. But tional fall sports teams at the I’m really glad that we’re high school were conducting going to have a season.” preseason conditioning in Relayed girls coach Sara anticipation of direction from Stone: the section. Lorenson says all “All I know is that the seathat planning could change son has changed. now. “I think the biggest chalFor example, football under lenge is going to be with the PARK the direction of head coach majority of our players who Boys soccer Steve Smyte, has been going are playing club at a high for almost a month on and off level. Those club schedules campus. Smyte’s guys were have come out and all the given the week off before the downtime is during the winannouncement, but were to ter. I don’t know what that have started practice in earwill look like from a club nest. standpoint, if it will change But Smyte said it wasn’t the structure of traveling for going to be particularly beneshowcases. ficial to “be practicing defense GUEVIN “Nobody can plan for this, without being able to touch Baseball coach nobody can wrap their brains anybody.” Smyte says his proaround this. It’s going to look gram has a handful of scenarios in place for the next phase of different and feel different for everyworkouts and will discuss with Loren- body,” Stone believed. In making its announcement, CIF son and his staff what comes next. Beyond football, The Enterprise suspended bylaw 600 which forbade surveyed the reactions of a handful of prep athletes from playing club and DHS coaches and athletes. Happy to high school sports simultaneously. Davis High boys swim coach Owen have some definition? Sure. Pensive Yancher sees that as a real problem for about how it will all shake out? Yep. “We’ve been waiting to get more his squad. “My concern is that athletes will information about what we’ll be able to do through the school ... using elect to compete with clubs instead of school facilities and everything,” Devil high school teams,” Yancher reported. baseball coach Ethan Guevin said, “Club organizations are going to be then reacting to the jumble of overlap- organizing events during times of the ping sports that will now compete year they typically don’t because now, all of the sudden, athletes are allowed with each other: “I think one of the great things about to compete. playing multiple sports is (under normal “Then you factor in all the athletes circumstances) it gives your body a built- that also play multiple sports — in rest period from the physical including fall or winter ones that have demands of (each) individual sport. So, been moved to the spring — and we my primary concern would be the might lose those athletes, too, should health and safety of the players.” they choose to play a different sport. Luke Carrell, Guevin’s ace lefty and It’s like every high school team is startthe football team’s quarterback, is ing out with a handicap. eager to get going ... “Does it stink?” Yancher asked. “I’m glad to see … that they have a “Sure. But in the end, if (by delaying the plan, and (football is) not going to fall start) we can prevent a death — overlap with baseball for most of the whether it’s a student, a parent, grandseason,” Carrell told The Enterprise. parent, sibling — then it’s worth it.”
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he toughest job in journalism these days is sportswriting. OK, wait. Let me take that back, or at least rephrase it before my colleagues elsewhere in the newsroom scream, “No it isn’t!” Actually, truth be told, they’re right and I’m wrong. Mea culpa. Like it or not, sports is still known as the toy department at any self-respecting newspaper. Sportswriters, after all, go to “cover” games in climatecontrolled press boxes with the best seat in the house while eating free hot dogs, drinking Diet Pepsi and attempting to explain how a fumble on the 2-yard-line by an 18-year-old freshman quarterback changed the course of human history. Our fellow journalists, meanwhile, are covering courts and cops and councils and crime and COVID-19 and just about any other serious situation beginning with the letter “C.” To be sure, we are all basically
typists, pounding out copy at 100 words a minute, knowing that the one who finishes first is also the one who is likely to win a Pulitzer. The reason for my outlandish and outrageous claim in the very first sentence of this daily grind is that the world of sports has been changing extremely fast over the last few months. It’s now nearly impossible to write even two paragraphs of a story without the first paragraph already being rendered obsolete by rapidly changing circumstances. Let’s say you’re writing a column for Wednesday’s paper on Tuesday evening with a midnight deadline. You put it to bed at 11:59 p.m. and head to bed yourself. But when you get up to go to the bathroom at 2 a.m. you glance at the late, late news on cable and learn that the conference commissioner you quoted in your story saying, “The Wild Wild West Conference will
definitely be playing football this fall,” is now stating: “We’ve scrubbed football permanently and might never play the sport again.” But it’s much too late to fall back on that old B-movie cliché, “Hold the presses.”
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s I write this, I have no idea if what I’m saying now will be even remotely true tomorrow. It used to be I could report that State College beat Case Tech, 30-29, by scoring 16 points in the final 20 seconds, and know that when I got up in the morning State College would still have beaten Case Tech, 30-29.
Not so anymore. On Sunday, thousands of high school athletes up and down the state of California were diligently working out in anxious anticipation of their fall seasons beginning next month. Early Monday morning the CIF — which governs high school sports — said the first games of the football season were being moved to early January of 2021. Despite the immediate disappointment most high schools kids will feel, come January everyone will be focused on the task at hand and glad they have a football season after all. If, in fact, they do have a football season in the middle of winter. But California is an enormous state with an incredible number of climate zones. A January start might be fine in San Diego, but I’m not sure how it will work for the proud and talented students at Modoc High School in remote Alturas, where the average January low is
16 degrees and the all-time record is 34 below. Try putting the seat of your pants on aluminum bleachers in those temperatures.
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nd who knows what’s going to happen with UC Davis football? As I write, the Aggies have a full slate of 11 games, beginning Aug. 29 at Nevada. By the time I put a period after the last sentence on this work of art, they may be down to nine games or maybe even eight. Then again, they may be up to 12 after convincing Notre Dame to visit Aggie Stadium in September. But wait, one day it’s Aggie Stadium and the next it’s UC Davis Health Stadium. Tomorrow it may be Bill and Melinda Gates Stadium or Bezos Ballpark if the folks in charge of naming rights finally hit the jackpot. It’s time for bed. I’ll see you in the morning. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
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What would we do if Trump cheats?
There are no A shortcuts BY JESSICA LEVINSON Special to CalMatters
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i again. I am writing to inform Gov. Gavin Newsom that I am changing our relationship status to “shaky at best.” Remember me? Three months ago I wrote that Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States should pass the baton to Newsom. I was, among other things, impressed by his strong-handling of the COVID-19-induced crisis. Newsom did what leaders should do. He listened to experts. He respected the views of epidemiologists. He shut us down and created a plan for re-opening. He told us we must have standards for testing and tracing prior to re-opening. Simply put, he saved many of our lives. But then a funny thing happened on our path to reopening. We had about 100 miles ahead of us, and then Newsom told us it was safe to take a shortcut. Even though the longer path was paved, and the shortcut was rickety and had no marked signs, we were told a short-cut was going to be OK. The shortcut appears to have led to a spike in cases, and we are now slowly shutting down again. California is buckling under the weight of an uncontrolled pandemic. Our Golden State is racing to play catchup to testing and tracing metrics that were never met. In the meantime, cases surge, hospitals are stretched to capacity and our number of daily deaths cast a pall over our past optimism. The full weight of California’s failure to contain COVID-19 does not rest solely, or even mainly, on Newsom’s shoulders. California is huge in every sense — landmass, population and percentage of the global economy. But we are not our own nation. We are but one of 50 states. And the staggering dereliction of duty, and failure of leadership on the federal level has crippled our nation. Imagine your kitchen is on fire because your stove is malfunctioning. Governors are left trying to bring the dishes outside while they wait for the federal government to fix the stove. Put another way, governors are left placing proverbial Band-Aids on gushing wounds. And then, of course, there is the mirror. We should look in it. Many of us should feel deeply ashamed. We partied when we should have distanced. We went to bars when we should have gone to parks. We screamed misdirected complaints about masks when we should have worn them.
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ur elected officials can only bring us so far. At a certain point, we must also take some responsibility. Unless of course, all of us bemoaning government intrusions would prefer, well, much more drastic government intrusions. That is, after all, one way to force more of us to comply with health and safety measures. Too many of us are like a child who complains that his parents don’t trust him and shouldn’t impose a curfew, but then stays out all night. But still, Newsom ripped the Band-Aid off too soon. One can understand why; Newsom was under a political pressure offensive from every side. Frustrated residents, lawmakers, elected officials complained bitterly about the restrictions Newsom put in place. Elected officials flooded the airwaves and begged for the easing of restrictions. Restless business owners pushed to open their doors. Some used lawsuits as pressure tactics to force Newsom to lessen restrictions. With the benefit of hindsight, Newsom should have stayed the course. He had the legal authority, the moral authority and the opportunity to look like a leader who did not fold, even in the face of extreme political pressure. Unlike many other elected officials, Newsom has been fairly clear that the buck stops with him. He may have erred, he may not have fully embraced those errors, but he has embraced accountability. Newsom’s political brand appears to be largely built on being one step ahead of public sentiment. Remember, he was the mayor performing same-sex marriage before it was legal. Now is the time to think about what many of us know now, and even more of us will realize years from now. The governors who listened to the scientists, who put health and safety over public perception and political pressure are those who will be celebrated. — Jessica Levinson wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.
major worry expressed by some Democrats and encouraged by President Trump’s repeated refusal to promise he will abide by the fall election results goes this way: Trump loses the popular vote, as he did in 2016. This time, he’s about to lose the Electoral College vote, too. He convinces Republican-led legislatures in several states not to certify election results favoring Democrat Joe Biden. The Electoral College therefore produces no majority, throwing presidential selection into the House of Representatives. Democrats hold a majority there, but it doesn’t matter. That’s because in a House vote on the presidency, each state would get one vote, and Republicans now control 26 of the 50 delegations. Wyoming and Alaska, with one representative each, would have twice the clout of California, with 53. So Trump gets another four years as president. This scenario has been outlined in a Newsweek story coauthored by former Democratic Sen. Tim Wirth of Colorado. (https://www. newsweek.com/how-trumpcould-lose-election-stillremain-president-opinion1513975) It’s a fantasy of the unprecedented, similar to a 2016 Republican fear that
Democrat Barack Obama would somehow engineer a way to remain president. But no one ever accused Obama of consistent cheating. By contrast, Trump’s niece, Ph.D. psychologist Mary Trump, lately authored a best-seller claiming he is a lifelong cheater. Which encourages speculation about his attempting the ultimate in cheating. If it happened, might a lot of Californians be tempted to secede from the Union, not wanting to be part of a country where this could happen? If Trump pulled off this sort of semi-coup de etat, it would also mean three of the last six presidential elections were won by men defeated at the polls. So much for democracy. Surveys in this state, where Trump lost by about 3 million votes last time, indicate he’s less popular now. The same polls show Californians by large margins disapprove almost everything he’s done as president. If the belief is widespread that he will illegitimately stay in office, a lot of Californians might want out. This would not be a new impulse in America. A
fascinating new book “Break It Up,” by historian Richard Kreitner (Little Brown, $15.99 soft cover) details many moments in U.S. history when various states seriously considered secession. It became reality only once, sparking the Civil War. Kreitner quotes Patrick Henry, revered for his “Give me liberty or give me death!” cry in the pre-Revolution Virginia legislature, saying “It would be a great injustice if a little colony should have the same weight in the councils of America as a great one.”
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enry was governor of Virginia — then the largest American colony — when he said this before adoption of the Constitution, which actually gives small states disproportionate clout both in the Senate and in choosing presidents. In California, the Yes, California group on July 3 filed a proposed initiative that would demand a popular vote on whether to leave the Union. The measure, if it qualifies, would reach the state ballot in November 2022. Says Marcus Ruiz Evans of Fresno, leader of the separatist group, “People are saying “Hey, I used to think Calexit (the nickname for secession) is a fanciful idea and I still do, but I’m coming around; we need a government that works and I don’t believe America can anymore.”
Evans notes that after Trump’s 2016 election, polls indicated one-third of Californians would at least consider secession. Sure, many issues would need to be worked out if this state departed peacefully, like which federal properties in California would belong to the new entity and how much California should be compensated for its huge financial contributions to infrastructure in the rest of America, from highways to military bases. The devil, of course, would be in those kinds of details. A larger question might be whether nearby states like Oregon and Washington, which disapprove Trump almost as strongly as California, would join and help form a new, large country. Perhaps British Columbia, always uncomfortably married to French Canada, might also join. That’s all fantasy for now, pending the November vote. But it doesn’t hurt for Trump, who refuses to repudiate the Wirth scenario, to remember that for every action there can be a reaction. — Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. His book, “The Burzynski Breakthrough, The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It” is now available in a softcover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, visit www.californiafocus.net.
LETTERS Slap in the face This is to echo the concerns and outrage expressed by writer Elaine Roberts Musser and others regarding the Bretton Woods development (aka West Davis Active Adult Community).Davis residents and voters approved this measure especially because it had a fundamental requirement that 90% of the residential units would be reserved for buyers with a connection to Davis. Now the developer wants to remove this requirement and offers, as a sop, the win-win (for the developer) of making units all electric. Naturally, the developer will save the costs of running gas lines and associated equipment while touting this as an advantage. This is classic bait-and-switch. Davis voters approved this measure with the ballot language inclusive of units reserved for Davis residents or similar. Removing this facet of the development changes a fundamental reason for voting for this measure. The Planning Commission and the City Council should be smart enough to recognize that Davis residents want this change to be disallowed. Another option would be to put this measure yet again, with the revised conditions, before voters once more. To accept this change is not only a slap in the face of Davis voters and residents, it smacks of deceit and possible corruption. Voters need to be able to rely on any developer to live up to promised conditions and for our Planning Commission and City Council to enforce those conditions. This is not a minor adjustment which would have no major impact. This is a significant change which should not be approved. Davis residents and voters are watching. Leslie Earl Davis
Not so smooth A large national smoothie company has two franchises in Davis. This company is Atlanta-based and traded on Wall Street, where its stock
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prices are highest they have been in three years. One of their Davis outlets recently closed down due to coronavirus infection of one of its staff members. I was at their secondoutlet Saturday. Iordered a smoothie. I watched an employee, one of those essential workers, who was prepping it for me. He was wearing a cheap (poorly fitting) paper mask, His mask repeatedly fell below his nose, and he repeatedly pulled it up over his nose ... touching the mask right under where his nose was with his hand. A hand he used to prepare my food. He was working very hard and had lots of orders. Lots of pressure. Why hasn’t this national company provided employees with good fitting masks/ PPE that don’t slip down over noses? They label their employees “team members.” Why aren’t other employees trained in teamwork — told it is OK to stop the food prep to help a fellow workers having a mask problem — and doing unsafe food prep? Why are easily observable safety issues occurring even after the first Davis store closed due to infection? Are Davis’ on-sight managers was adequately trained and equipped by management? The first line supervisor I talked to claimed all employees were operating according to training they received. “They wash their hands a lot.” Why have I seen this company serve people who come in to their store without masks, customers who ignore the “Must
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Wear Mask” sign on door Is this because this is their policy where their HQ is located in the state of Georgia, which never fully shut down to flattened the virus curve? Is the lesson here to buy from local, or at least California, owned and operated food service suppliers? Alan Hirsch Davis
Uphold good land-use practices The University Mall, centrally located, will bring too much traffic to our downtown area and will not serve our community needs. So many beds have only students in mind. There is an abundant housing void for young families with children, for people who work in Davis, and for the homeless after this pandemic when motels go back to normal.It’s time for UCD to house their students. The city has already authorized 4 large student housing developments: Sterling 5th Street Apartments, Nishi, Lincoln40 on Olive Drive and Davis Live on Russell Boulevard. When completed, these projects will house close to 4,000 students. And University Commons would result in close to 5,000 new off-campus beds for students. If UCD chooses larger enrollments, it’s UCD’s responsibility to provide oncampus student housing. They have the land. Ann Privateer Davis
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Dear Annie: Unfortunately, after years of declining health, my wife’s father passed away this year. The reason that I’m writing is that, since my father-inlaw’s death, my wife wants me to not even bring up my dad, who is still alive. It’s very extreme. She doesn’t even want to see our daughters making arts and crafts to give to my dad. My father is in a nursing home, and I haven’t seen him in months. I miss him very much. But since my wife’s dad died, I’m more or less not allowed to discuss my dad. She even makes me leave the room if he calls. Is this normal, healthy behavior, and how should I handle this situation moving forward? Because whatever I say or do is, apparently, insensitive to her feelings. — At a Loss Dear At a Loss: Please accept my heartfelt condolences for the loss of your father-in-law. Grief can make it impossible to think clearly, but that doesn’t make it acceptable to mistreat our part-
ners. Your wife could benefit from seeing a therapist who specializes in grief. I’d also recommend attending therapy together, even if just for one or two sessions. You might also look into grief support groups in your area; if your wife isn’t ready for that yet, you can go on your own. Keep trying to be as patient as possible, but let her know that you will keep in contact with your father. It’s not just the right thing to do for you and him but also what’s best for your marriage in the long-term. If you miss spending this precious time with your dad now, you might always resent your wife for it. ——— Dear Annie: Your suggestions for “Striking Out,” who has been going on interviews but having no luck, were great! Can I also suggest any job applicant do the following before the interview: 1. Check your own online identity: Facebook, Twitter, etc. Many still believe there’s truth in “You’re known by the company you keep.” So make sure that your profile blocks the ability of anyone to see who your friends are. (Sometimes our friends may not post the best things.) 2. Research the com-
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pany: Examine their online personality and history. Who are their target customers? Who are the heads of the organization? See if you can find them on LinkedIn to see how they got to where they are. 3. Ask the person interviewing you: “What things do you wish YOU knew when you started working here that could have helped your success?” — Ramona Dear Ramona: These are great tips. Glassdoor.com is another useful resource for job hunters. Look not just at a company’s overall rating but the individual reviews themselves: If all the reviews are either onestar or five-star, take a closer look and try to determine whether those fivestar reviews are genuine. And go into the interview with your eyes wide open. ——— Dear Annie: You should always research the company you are interviewing with. Showing respect, interest and curiosity compliments the company for which you are interviewing. If you are interviewing for a company that makes cement, ask them about the process. If they clean windows, ask them what is their biggest job. If they clean linens, inquire about the cleaning machinery. Have follow-ups ready. It shows an appreciation for the core business. — Timothy C. Dear Timothy: Astute advice: Everyone likes to be asked about themselves (or
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Little kids and big days can mean a huge mess Dear Annie: I guess I need to be brought into 2020 on an issue of wedding etiquette. I lived for several years in the Deep South, and it was a common practice to feed your family before attending a wedding, BBQ or other function, especially when you had children. The reason is so that your spouse and kids would not swarm the appetizer table or buffet line and completely embarrass you Recently, I attended a wedding where one woman and her spouse brought their six kids. Additionally, there were countless other children. There was an appetizer table set up while the wedding party had photos taken, and the children acted like they hadn’t eaten in weeks. They also ran, played tag and generally acted like it was a game to see who could take the most from the table. They did not get food and then find a seat to settle down and eat. An 86-year-old man, a family member of the groom, left before the meal as he was concerned someone would make him fall! There was a cash bar there as well. I, too, left early — and I am the parent of one of the people being married. The chil-
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dren were already running without any parental supervision, and I did not think alcohol was going to improve the situation. Was I wrong to just ignore the hoards of children running through the dance floor and dashing under tables? I did not know all the people to ask them to control their children, but I also did not feel it was my place — Confused Southerner Dear Confused Southerner: I’m sorry that you had to experience that. I don’t think it matters if it’s 1920 or 2020 — allowing children to take all of the food and run around as if it’s recess on a playground is incredibly rude. Their parents should have stopped them and explained that they need to be respectful during a wedding and that it is an honor to be invited, so they should act accordingly. In hindsight, you should have said something to the parents of the children — politely and firmly. ——— Dear Annie: I live in an apartment with my boyfriend, and the neighbor next door keeps coming out of her apartment to investigate who is at our residence. Or she comes out when we have company and rudely interrupts our gathering. She has to know who is there and what we are doing. She purposely eavesdrops on our conversations and has called our landlord. She even called
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2020 the police, giving false statements that my boyfriend and I were fighting. We have been threatened by the landlord that we have to move out if we don’t stop, despite our explaining that there is no fighting. We don’t bother her, and we do not have any other issues with her. We have tried to get along with her. We even told her she does not need to come out every time someone visits us. I have started documenting her actions, and since I get along with all the other neighbors in the building, I am going to get statements from them as well. She doesn’t talk to us, but she continues to come out to investigate. What is the best advice to get her to stop the unnecessary invasion of privacy? What is my next step? — Tired of Nosey Neighbor Dear Tired of Nosy Neighbor: Your next step is to talk to her again. Ask her to kindly mind her own business. If she does not, then you can continue documenting her snooping. Give the documentation to your landlord and save a copy for your records. You have every right to feel comfortable in your own home and don’t need to put up with someone intruding on your personal space.
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVPT-20-751 1. Valentin Bravo Luna filed a petition with this court for a decree changing CITY OF DAVIS ORDINANCE SUMMARY names as follows: Valentin Bravo Luna NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on June to 16, 2020 the City Council of the City of Valentin Ibarra-Luna Davis introduced, and on July 7, 2020, the City Council unanimously adopted 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear the following ordinance entitled: before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF petition should not be granted. DAVIS AMENDING THE CITY’S NOTICE OF HEARING GENERAL PLAN TO AMEND AND Date: August 5, 2020 Time: 9 a.m. EXTEND “MEASURE J” WHICH Dept: #9 Room: N/A ENACTED A POLICY REQUIRING The address of the court is VOTER APPROVAL FOR CERTAIN 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 CHANGES TO THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS OR ENTITLEMENTS 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week OF PROPERTIES SHOWN ON THE for four successive weeks prior to the GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP date set for hearing on the petition in AND ENACTING THE CITIZENS’ RIGHT TO VOTE ON FUTURE USE OF the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: OPEN SPACE AND AGRICULTURAL LANDS ORDINANCE TO EXTEND THE The Davis Enterprise 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 SUNSET DATE OF THE MEASURE Date: June 17, 2020 TO DECEMBER 31, 2030 AND TO Daniel M. Wolk MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE WHICH PROVIDES Judge of the Superior Court 6/24, 7/1, 7/8, 7/15 881 FOR VOTER APPROVAL OF (1) ANY GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT THAT CHANGES A LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM AN AGRICULTURAL OR URBAN RESERVE DESIGNATION TO AN URBAN DESIGNATION OR FROM AN AGRICULTURAL DESIGNATION TO AN URBAN RESERVE DESIGNATION AND (2) ANY PROPOSAL FOR DEVELOPMENT ON THE LAST TWO LARGE VACANT PROPERTIES DESIGNATED FOR URBAN USE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE COVELL CENTER AND NISHI PROPERTIES; THIS ORDINANCE TO BE ADOPTED BY THE VOTERS AND EFFECTIVE UPON ADOPTION BY THE VOTERS OF THE CITY The ordinance will go before the voters on November 3, 2020. If passed by the voters, the ordinance would extend the sunset date of the “Citizens’ Right to Vote on Future Use of Open Space and Agricultural Lands” ordinance 10 years to December 31, 2030, and incorporate minor technical changes into the ordinance’s language. This ordinance was first passed by the voters in 2000 and was reaffirmed and extended by the voters in 2010. It is codified in the Davis Municipal Code as Chapter 41. In sum, this ordinance requires a vote of the citizens before land can be re-designated from agriculture or open space to any urban use, as those land uses appear in the 1999 land use map in the City’s prior General Plan. It also requires a vote if urban development is proposed on two large parcels that were already designated for urban uses on the 1999 land use map. Those two large parcels are (1) the Covell Center property (more commonly known today as the “Covell Village” site), and (2) the Nishi property. Measure J is currently set to expire at the end of this year. The minor technical changes include (1) edits to remove language referring to redevelopment, (2) edits to account for events that have happened since 2010, and (3) edits to extend the sunset date of the ordinance to December 31, 2030. The above summary constitutes the major highlights; to obtain a full understanding of the ordinance, a reading of the document in its entirety may be necessary. A certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance may be viewed in the City Clerk’s Office, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, and/ or copies may be obtained at a nominal charge. 7/22 914 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: July 20, 2020 FBN Number: F20200580 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) MB'S FINANCIAL SERVICES 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California. Business is located in Yolo County. 1800 Moore Blvd. #241 Davis, CA 95618 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Mohamed Balla 1800 Moore Blvd. #241 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: July 3, 2007 “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): Mohamed Balla, owner 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12 917
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: PT-20-791 1. Esteban Daniel Zuniga filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Esteban Daniel Zuniga to Esteban Daniel Corrales 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 3, 2020 Time: 9 a.m. Dept: #9 Room: N/A The address of the court is 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Date: June 19, 2020 Daniel M. Wolk Judge of the Superior Court 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 897
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: PT20-915 1. Billy Luangphonh filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Billy Luangphonh to Billy Nguyen-Rossi 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 26, 2020 Time: 9 a.m. Dept: #9 Room: N/A The address of the court is 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Date: July 8, 2020 Daniel M. Wolk Judge of the Superior Court 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 911
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