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The view from two wheels Davisite’s book looks back on cycling journey across Africa, 1994 Rwandan genocide BY OWEN YANCHER Enterprise staff writer All Davisites have their own cycling story. But it’s probably safe to say Faustin Rusanganwa’s takes the cake. For the better part of five years during the 1970s, the native Rwandan made his way across Africa by bike. What began as a plan to visit five countries became a storybook journey that led Rusanganwa to well over a dozen as civil unrest across the African continent kept him from returning home. Some days, he traveled through war-torn lands, while on others he learned the true definition of hunger, thirst, heat and solitude. Some 40 years removed from the experience, the longtime Davisite’s new book chronicles the multi-year adventure — one that ultimately led him to California where he was forced to watch helplessly from across the world as genocide swept Rwanda in 1994.

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Through the 258 pages of “My Exile to the World,” Rusanganwa retraces everything — from his time as a teenager riding across the Sahara (on tires scorched from the desert heat) to learning new languages, battling malaria and evading an elephant attack in the Central African Republic. “My family decided to let me (leave Rwanda) since it was too dangerous to stay,” Rusanganwa explained last month, in an interview with BBC’s Newsday. “I got around by hitchhiking, walking and went through the Congo to Burundi, which was where I started with the bike.” That was back in 1977. He made stops in Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Sudan, Egypt, Central Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger, Algeria, what’s now called Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, the Canary Islands and Morocco before landing in Europe. Eventually, he enrolled at Duke University, making his

way to the U.S. in 1985. Then, after two years in North Carolina, moved to California to be closer to the multicultural community he discovered at UC Davis.

Rusanganwa watched as civil unrest in Rwanda flared into a full-fledged civil war by 1990 — one that waged on until

The county elections office on Monday mailed out 581 new vote-bymail ballots to county residents who received incorrect ballots last week. Affected voters, including 280 Davis residents, should receive the new ballots and voter information guides by mid-week, the elections office said in a press release Monday. The new ballots were required after it was discovered late last week that data system errors caused some streets to be placed in the wrong precincts. In Davis, that led to some voters receiving ballots with the wrong City Council race. Because of the switch to by-district elections last year, Davis residents have been divided into five districts and will only vote for council candidates in the district in which they reside. For the November election, three City Council districts — Districts 2, 3 and 5 — are on the ballot. Residents can see which council district they are in by visiting https://www. cityofdavis.org/city-hall/city-clerk/ elections/district-elections Late last week, it was discovered some residents of District 2 had received ballots with the District 3

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Campus Community Book No progress toward Escamilla-Greenwald looks to represent Area 5 Project all about mental health orange tier for Yolo County Special to The Enterprise

BY JEFF HUDSON Enterprise staff writer Cecilia EscamillaGreenwald is a candidate for the school board seat representing Trustee Area 5 (covering most of South Davis) — a chunk of territory that has diverse voter demographics. “It’s very diverse, and becoming more diverse,” said Escamilla-Greenwald. “Roughly half of the students in Trustee Area 5 are students of color (Hispanic, Asian, Black, etc.) “And with two children at Marguerite Montgomery Elementary, and another studying at Davis High School, she said. “I know firsthand what my kids are going through, and what other kids and their

parents are going through. You want someone like that on the school board.”

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It was more than a year ago when the UC Davis Campus Council on Community and Diversity chose the topic of “mental health” as the theme for the 2020-21 Campus Community Book Project. The council at that time had no way of knowing about the pandemic that would arrive in March 2020, making the “mental health” theme all the more important. UC Davis curtailed operations (except for health care), and many employees started working from home. Students switched to remote learning. Many employees continue to work remotely,

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munity Book Project ■ When: Fall and winter quarters ■ The book: “Marbles” is available from UC Davis Stores at the discounted price of $12.99 balancing their job and child care responsibilities (including being their children’s schoolteachers). Then came the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and the resulting protests. Then came the wildfires, some of the biggest the state has

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Enterprise staff writer Yolo County remains at least two weeks away from moving into the less restrictive orange tier on the state’s blueprint for reopening. Data released by the state on Tuesday showed the county’s daily new COVID-19 case rate rose from 3.3 per 100,000 residents a week ago to 4.2 this week. In order to move from the red Tier 2 to orange Tier 3, where additional businesses can reopen and greater capacity will be allowed in others, the county’s daily new-case rate must remain below 4 for two consecutive weeks.

The county’s test positivity rate also rose — from 2.2 percent to 2.4 percent — but does meet the metric of below 5 percent required for the orange tier. Likewise, Yolo County’s health equity metric, which measures the test positivity rate in a county’s most disadvantaged populations based on zip code, remained below the 5.2 percent required for the orange tier. In order to move to the orange tier, the county must meet all three metrics. Moving to the orange tier would allow businesses that were able to

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Briefly Missing sisters found safe, well Two teenage sisters from Woodland reported missing Friday evening have been found, the Woodland Police Department announced Sunday afternoon. “Rorie and Ralynn (Yubeta) were located by the Yolo County Sheriff ’s Department,” police said in a social media post. “Both girls are safe and well.” Police had announced earlier in the day they were following a new lead after the sisters, 13 and 14, had contacted friends. The pair had gone missing at about 6 p.m. Friday from a residential area near the County Fair Mall and Woodland Sports Park.

Russian poet, novelist featured Davis Poet Laureate James Lee Jobe continues his online poetry reading series on Friday, Oct. 16, with the Russian poet and novelist, Boris Pasternak (1890-1960). Pasternak’s poetry spans the era from before World War I until the height of the Cold War. He was also the author of the classic novel “Doctor Zhivago.” Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958. This free reading will be posted online by 7 p.m. Friday at jameslee-jobe.blogspot. com/ and at youtube. com/jamesleejobe. Both sites always have poetry or poetry readings available.

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realize we all want our downtown to prosper, but when a prime location has sat vacant for four years, maybe it’s time to adjust the rules to allow a thriving restaurant operation into town. Yes, it’s a chain. And yes, it’s fast food. And, horror of horrors, it’s headquartered in a red state in the Deep South. Three strikes and you’re out, right? I’ve never eaten at a Raising Cane’s, though there are a number of their restaurants scattered throughout California and Nevada, with nearly 500 nationwide. According to Anne TernusBellamy’s story in Sunday’s Enterprise, “A Louisiana-based fast-food chain specializing in chicken fingers wants to open a restaurant in the downtown building previously occupied by Watermelon Music.” Now, I realize the residents of the Second Most-Educated City in America are much too sophisticated to actually consider eating chicken fingers with their bare hands, but maybe this gourmet fare could make us a tourist attraction for the folks in the surrounding Three W’s — Woodland,

Winters and West Sacramento. “Raising Cane’s is seeking Planning Commission approval on Wednesday of a conditional use permit to convert 4,000 square feet of the existing ground-floor retail space at 207 E. Street to a new restaurant,” the story goes on. But here’s the rub ... “City zoning code requires a conditional use permit for formula fast-food restaurants in the central commercial zoning district.” Yep, you can’t just let any old chicken outfit roll into town and fire up the fryers without giving the whole operation a taste test. “As city staff note in the report prepared for Wednesday’s meeting, ‘The primary issues related to formula fast-food restaurants are the general concern about standardization and corporate

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requirements and the more specific concern about waste.” Let’s start with standardization, which basically means the company in question hopes that the chicken fingers you dunk into its top secret dipping sauce in Davis taste the same as the chicken fingers you’d buy at Raising Cane’s in Baton Rouge. For unknown reasons, such standardization is automatically considered the greatest evil to hit America since Ford gave us the Edsel. Then again, since there have been absolutely no sales of any kind at this vacant Davis location in the last four years, even standardized chicken fingers might be better than nothing. “The applicant notes that the demographics of their clientele draws from a wide range of ages and is not limited to college students.” And here I thought chicken fingers were pretty much limited to the kindergarten crowd. Especially if they’re shaped like dinosaurs. No one, apparently, checked with corporate to learn that Raising Cane’s serves “extra-long,

center-cut, cooked-to-order, crinkle-cut fries,” which is a world record for number of hyphens in a single menu order. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never before had “made-to-order” fries in a fast-food restaurant. “How do you want your fries, sir?” “Medium rare, please, crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside.” Being the investigative reporter that I am, I fired up my ’56 Schwinn and headed downtown for a firsthand look at this site that has been abandoned for the last 48 months and counting. Along the way I passed a great number of unique, homegrown, stand-alone, only-in-Davis establishments that don’t have to worry about the horrors of menu standardization or corporate chain requirements. There was Jack in the Box, Taco Bell, Dutch Bros, In-N-Out, Baskin-Robbins, Chipotle, Starbucks, Peet’s, Blaze and the Black Bear Diner. Davis originals all. Welcome to Davis, Raising Cane’s. Hope that secret sauce is finger-licking good. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Gatherings of three Paintball shootings cause injuries households allowed BY LAUREN KEENE

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BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer After months of urging Californians to avoid gathering with any individuals outside of their households, the state has offered new guidance that seems to acknowledge what may be inevitable while providing some measure of harm reduction. The guidance released last week allows private gatherings with individuals from up to three different households. Such gatherings should be held outdoors and last no longer than two hours and hosts should collect contact information for everyone who attends in the event of a COVID-19 infection. In discussing the new guidance on Monday, Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s secretary of health and human services, said that doesn’t mean it is ideal or even appropriate “to gather with three families.” Rather, he said, with “more than three households, you really are increasing your risk. “We tried to put together a set of guidance that allows people to have what we in public health call a harm-reduction framework, really reducing risk and minimizing the chance of the spread of the disease.” The guidance was released as cooler weather — when more people will gather indoors — approaches, as does a series of holidays from Halloween through the end of the year when people typically gather with family and friends. The state defines gatherings as “events that bring together people from multiple households in one space, indoors or outdoors. That space could be as large as an arena or as small as a private home.” Such gatherings have been prohibited for months, though back in May exceptions were made for faith-based services, cultural ceremonies and protests, all of which are now allowed in counties in

the red, orange and yellow tiers of the state’s blueprint for reopening. Now, as of Oct. 9, outdoor private gatherings are allowed as long as no more than three households are participating and the duration is two hours or less. Additionally, the following safety protocols should be followed: ■ Wear a mask, practice physical distancing and wash hands frequently ■ Do not attend if you have COVID-19 symptoms ■ Do not attend if you are at high risk for serious illness from COVID-19 During a joint meeting of city, county and university officials last week, Vice Mayor Lucas Frerichs said he has received calls from residents saying, ‘Hey, there’s a party happening at X address. There’s 30-plus students in the backyard, no masks, etc… What do we do about it?’” The answer, according to both city and university officials, is to call the nonemergency line at the Davis Police Department, 530747-5400. Officers respond and when they determine it is appropriate, collect identification information on students that they then pass on to the university, according to Matt Dulcich, UCD’s director of environmental planning and government relations. “The campus has a health policy requiring students to abide by the viruscontrol measures,” said Dulcich, “and that is enforceable through conduct and disciplinary actions through (student) judicial affairs. “We’re doing that in a way that it’s gradual escalation and really trying to first emphasize behavior correction before we get in to heavy-handed disciplinary measures,” Dulcich said. Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza of Davis noted that in addition to disciplinary procedures available to the university, the county has also passed an enforcement ordinance that can be used.

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Davis police are investigating a series of reports of people being shot at with paintball guns while bicycling and driving through the city over the past several days, some of the incidents resulting in injuries and property damage. “We’re taking this very seriously, and we want to get to the bottom of this,” Lt. Art Camacho said Tuesday as detectives continued to tally the number of victims involved. “We’re looking at a couple of suspects.” Camacho noted that the incidents fall under the crimes of battery and vandalism, the latter if the shots cause permanent damage. Reports began coming in on Saturday afternoon, when a pair of 14-year-old twin boys were struck shortly before 1:30 p.m. by someone firing paintballs from the back seat of a black sedan at the intersection of East Covell Boulevard and Pole Line Road. The teens’ mother, Megan Wilkinson, told The Davis Enterprise her husband had been on a bike ride with the boys

and “was riding out in front of them when he heard a popping noise. He pulled over and noticed that the kids were upset.” One boy suffered bruising to his arm, while another was struck in the back of his helmet, which prevented an injury to his head. “I was obviously upset. Nobody wants to hear that somebody is out there shooting at their kids with a paintball gun,” said Wilkinson, who after posting about the incident on her Facebook page learned that others she knew had been victimized as well. One friend told Wilkinson — and later posted on the Nextdoor social media platform — that her daughter was struck in the leg while rollerblading with her family in South Davis, not long after Wilkinson’s sons were targeted. The shot, one of about 10 reportedly fired at the family that included a toddler, broke the skin and caused significant bruising. Other online police reports indicate that an F Street apartment complex was hit by paintballs from a passing vehicle at about 2 p.m. Saturday, while a vehicle was struck around

10:20 a.m. Monday as the driver waited in a drivethrough lane on Mace Boulevard. Motorists also have reported having their cars hit on Highway 113 and Interstate 80, including one woman who posted on Nextdoor that her car was struck by three yellow paintballs on westbound I-80 at Mace Boulevard around 1 p.m. Saturday, leaving several dents. Camacho said any victims who have not filed a report should do so as soon as possible by calling 530-747-5400 and giving the date, time and location of the paintball shooting. Any incident that occurred on a local freeway should be reported to the California Highway Patrol’s Woodland office at 530662-4685. Wilkinson said she hopes police are able to identify the culprits, which she suspects might be teenagers out “screwing around” but should still be held accountable. “We don’t want their lives ruined over this, but they need to know this is not OK,” she said. — Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenter prise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene

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didn’t fully understand the depth of his love until that Sunday morning in late September, when we sat on the brick steps in front of his house and I listened to his story. He shook his head and held back tears as he recounted the previous afternoon in Berkeley. The Oregon State Beavers were a huge underdog against Cal on that football Saturday in 1996. With a bird’s-eye view from the press box, Bob watched as his beloved Beavers defied the odds to tie the game, sending it into overtime. In the minutes that followed, both teams scored touchdowns, leading to a second overtime. And then, after no scoring, a third overtime, a missed OSU field goal and a Cal touchdown. It was a devastating loss, the kind of loss we refer to, as I learned on that Sunday morning, as a heartbreaker. Three overtimes and a final score of 48-42. Heartbreaking, for sure. With that story, I gained an understanding of my future husband, his love of Oregon State and what it means to be a fan. It was also the day of my baptism into Beaver Nation. I was not an alum, I knew little about football and I didn’t look good in orange. But how do you not fall in love with a team that fills your future husband’s heart to the brim? The first time Bob and I attended a Beaver game together in Corvallis, long before we were married, we established a postgame tradition of going to McGrath’s Fish House. We’d sit in the bar, surrounded by televisions and raucous fans and drink beer, eat oysters and watch college football. If the Beavers had lost, it was consoling to be with other fans who shared in our sadness. And if they’d won, we celebrated. When our first child, Maev, was 3 months old, she attended her first OSU football game in a Baby Bjorn strapped to Bob’s chest. After the game, we took her to McGrath’s, asleep in her infant car seat. We made ourselves comfortable in our favorite booth with views of all the televisions. As we prepared to order our beer, we were told by our server that, per

Oregon state law, babies weren’t allowed in the bar. As I recall, I told the server, “I think someone should have told us about that policy a year ago.” I remember looking down at my sweet baby girl, swaddled in her baby blanket, thinking, “Well, what are we supposed to do with her?” It was the first and last time we regretted having children. That was the end of pitchers of beer and appetizer oysters after the game, but the beginning of a whole new era for the Dunning Beaver fans. Over the years, we made dear friends with the season-ticket holders with whom we shared a stadium section. There were lovely and heartfelt traditions that would unfold at every OSU home football game for many years. Our seatmates would invite us for dinner at their homes. One couple brought snacks to share at each game. Another family made us a beautiful orange and black OSU quilt to keep us warm during the game. Our contribution to these relationships was to show up with a new baby each year. We potty trained all four of our children by trekking up and down a thousand stadium steps at every declaration of, “I think I have to go.” Each of our kids earned their “wings” from our Southwest pilots, racking up their own frequentflyer miles, and we learned how to fly with four lap-children, even though we only had two laps. One night, on our late Sunday night flight home, as I wrangled three unruly toddlers, I looked up and across the aisle to see my husband reclining in his seat, reading a newspaper and sipping a cold drink. Wondering what he had done with our 3-month-old, I

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leaned forward to see a lovely gray-haired woman in the middle seat gently rocking our baby. I admired how content all three of them looked as I gripped the foot of my 1-year-old as she dangled in the aisle and apologized as our 2-year-old spit apple juice on the businessman next to me.

ventually, we outgrew our lap-child status and it became financially prohibitive to fly a family of six to Portland every other week for three months each year. With our kids’ entry into elementary school, we gave up our season tickets and limited our game travel to two or three games a year and changed our mode of transportation from Southwest Airlines to Honda Odyssey. While we felt like two or three games a year weren’t enough, the DJUSD felt otherwise. It was during this time that we established ourselves as parents of truant children, receiving multiple warning letters each year. While I took personal offense to these accusatory letters, receiving them was a small price to pay for the time we spent traveling up the California and Oregon coasts, eating French fries, bantering with Paul Bunyan, exploring Prehistoric Gardens and playing hide-and-seek in the redwoods

on our way to Corvallis. That front-porch conversation took place 24 years ago. In that time, we have attended close to 100 games, experienced weather that had the potential to induce sunstroke, frostbite or drowning, all in the same month, cried over injuries, booed bad calls, celebrated unexpected wins and mourned over tough losses. Bob told me recently that when he was growing up in Davis, he attended OSU games with his dad, who loved the Beavers as much as he did. He recalled that every game they watched together was at Cal or Stanford, never seeing a game on their home field in Corvallis. Bob speculated that perhaps, because as a child he had only seen his Beavers play in settings when everyone else was rooting against them, that he had developed a fierce love and loyalty for his team. This fall, for the first time since World War II, our OSU Beavers didn’t appear on the football field. Like so many things I’ve taken for granted in my life, their absence has me realizing the joy and memories and substance that they have brought to our life as a family. There are a million reasons we love our OSU football team, most

of those having very little to do with football. We love the Beavers because Bob loves the Beavers. Because Bob’s dad loved the Beavers. Because it’s a connection to the Grandpa our kids would have loved but never knew. Because they give us a sense of history and tradition. Because they make us feel big, big feelings. We are Beaver fans the same way other families are baseball fans or soccer fans. We love Oregon State football the same way people love the theater, opera and the symphony. We are entertained, moved to tears and bound to all those around us with a common hope for their success. It’s hard to understand wanting so badly for someone or something outside of ourselves to succeed, but we do it and it’s a wonderful feeling. Today, our family is missing our Oregon State Beavers. I know you are missing what you love, too. Whatever it is that you love and cheer for — Little League, soccer, DMTC, Broadway, the symphony — I hope that soon, you are sitting in the audience, stadium or stands with tears in your eyes and joy in your heart, cheering them on to success. — Shelley Dunning is a Davis resident and a mom of four. Reach her at dunningsm@gmail.com.

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any industries see the advantage of being green these days. There is a cachet to greenness that the public has come to appreciate and those engaging in greenness have reason to think the public will reward them in some way for that effort. There are two levels of greenness that I have come to recognize: One involves green projects and results in genuine reduction in emissions and consumption of resources. The other is called greenwashing, in which the greenness is really just public messaging to create the impression of being green. Or greener than one really is. The first requires a great deal of analysis and thought, investment

in infrastructure and cooperation and training of employees to make a difference. It’s difficult to do and requires devotion. Green-washing on the other hand requires little effort but sometimes works effectively in the public imagination. Measure B that supports the DISC development is the epitome of a greenwashed project. When you vote, think of it as a typical 20th-century development

environmentaly outdated and unworthy of these modern times in this state and in this city. Do we really need such dinosaur developments? The brewing industry is deeply involved in green projects, not just because it is the right thing to do but because it reaps real and significant benefits over the long term plus appreciation from customers. Approved developments in these times in this state and this city should work the same way. At a big brewery you might see a couple of big windmills each churning out 3.5 megawatts of clean power. You may not see a giant solar array doing the same thing. You will not

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LEWIS: Real green vs. greenwashing From Page A3 see the BERS system (biochemical energy recovery system) that recovers usable gas and reduces the waste stream. You will not know about projects to reduce energy use around the brewery nor understand the intensity with which the brewery has struggled to reduce the use of water from say 10 barrels of water per barrel of beer produced to two or less. So there is real greenness and fake greenness and we should not confuse one with the other despite the display of hundreds of “Yes on B” banners. It was no surprise to me that the environmental impact report about DISC predicted heavy traffic and associated pollution and that the planning commission voted unanimously not to approve the project. We know most of the proposed mitigating goodies will be negotiated out of

the project before it’s built. That may not really matter much because the mitigations offered are few and ineffectual. Critical analysis is essential to decide what is green and what is green-washed because there is a cost to the community. We have the opportunity to accept that cost or not. Of course the city is anxious for the cascade of cash Measure B promises and I understand that fiscal responsibility is the council’s job. But by the time costs are transferred to the city and the city weighs the cost of services like water, sewage, schools, and police and fire protection, the wildly inflated projected income will probably go away. What would a truly green development look like? We need to be able to answer that question if we wish to make any contribution to mitigate global warming, now and in the future.

In the 200-acre DISC development, for example, there might be say 40 acres of rooftop (a wild guess).Those acres should carry a solar array attached to batteries and generate sufficient power for the entire enclave. All resident vehicles should be electric. All irrigation should use recycled (“gray”) water and collected rainwater. There should be trees, tress and trees and construction codes that conserve. I have no idea how to mitigate the traffic problem and on that issue may hang the electoral fate of Measure B.

cast my first ballots at national elections in Britain as a young man. The run up to the election was short because, any time within a five-year span, the government can set the date for an election. We citizens merely elected our own member of Parliament and we made that choice based on our perceived performance of the

incumbent government. The MPs choose the prime minister. No big money in frantic TV ads. No measures and propositions. A friend of mine wrote recently to advocate voting in person on Nov. 3 (as he put it) “at the local fire station.” I have a good deal of sympathy for that point of view. Nevertheless I wrote back in agreement only if we make election day a national holiday, assure there are plenty of accessible voting places and shave the ballot so it takes less that a couple of hours to study the measures and propositions before voting. I am reminded of an old Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.” I also recall a philosopher’s words: “Democracy gives people the power to enslave themselves.” Let us vote wisely. — Reach Michael Lewis at lewiswales@me.com. Comment on this column at www.davisenterprise. com.

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In his new book, “My Exile to the World,” Davisite Faustin Rusanganwa retraces his multi-year bicycle journey across Africa.

VIEW: Rusangawa still has the old bike From Page A1 militant forces took control of his home city and the country’s capital, Kigali, in 1994. An estimated 1 million lives were wiped out in the genocide, including 20 percent of Rwanda’s total population. That included 70 percent of Rusanganwa’s Tutsi people, who were systematically targeted by the country’s Hutu-led government. Watching the events unfold on his American television, 9,000 miles away, was a “nightmare,” he told The Enterprise in 2014, on the 20th anniversary of the genocide. He feared for his family, hoping against hope they were still alive. He returned to Rwanda that December to search for them. What he found was a “war zone” — streets littered with debris, broken windows, shoeless

ORANGE: Cases trending up as fall rolls in From Page A1 reopen after entering the red tier two weeks ago to welcome more customers inside. Restaurants could increase indoor dining capacity from 25 percent to 50 percent, while gyms and fitness centers could increase capacity from 10 percent to 25 percent. Additionally, places of worship and movie theaters could increase capacity from 25 percent to 50 percent. But the county’s interim health officer, Dr. Larissa May, warned last month

that moving from red to orange could be a challenge for Yolo County as schools reopen for in-person instruction and UC Davis students return. “There’s a lot of questions around what’s going to happen when schools are able to open and what’s going to happen when institutions of higher education are open,” May said at the time. “It seems unlikely that we will be able to get past Tier 2.” However, she said, “anything’s possible. We just don’t know what that epi curve is going to look like coming into the fall.”

Now a few weeks into fall, the county has seen its cases trending up since the beginning of the month. On Tuesday alone, the county reported 19 new cases, including five in the 0-17 age group and three in the 18-24 group. Still, after two weeks in the red tier, all schools in Yolo County can reopen for in-person instruction, albeit with restrictions in place. However, the decision to reopen is in the hands of individual school districts for the public schools. Many private schools returned to in-person

OBITUARIES Ruth Whitfield Eisele April 30, 1935 — Sept. 5, 2020

Ruth Whitfield Eisele passed away peacefully at the Carlton Senior Living in Davis. Ruth spent a couple of months in hospice care at The Carlton, being visited often by her children and grandchildren, all the while listening to her favorite music tunes and singing along proudly. Ruth was born Virginia Ruth Whitfield to Martha and George Whitfield on April 30, 1935, in Lynn, Mass. Ruth grew up in Schenectady, N.Y., where she loved the Adirondacks, especially Lake George. Ruth attended Russell Sage College where she got her degree in laboratory technology in 1957. She was known in college for her dry sense of humor, and as an able chauffeur, and always up for tennis. Ruth was married in 1961 to John H. Eisele Jr., M.D., and moved to Davis in

1969 from the Bay Area. She obtained master’s degrees in social work and gerontology, and worked as an administrator of several senior retirement homes including Covell Gardens in Davis and The Californian in Woodland. She also enjoyed volunteer work with the Commission on Aging. Her hobbies included watercolor painting, gardening, singing and gourmet cooking. Ruth was a vital part of an aging generation of Davisites. She raised her family and actively lived in Davis for 50 years. She loved seniors and the Davis Senior Center. Ruth is survived by her ex-husband, two daughters, two sons and six grandchildren. A private service will be held at The Davis Cemetery. A public celebration of life function will be held at a future date.

Marilyn Elen MacGregor Aug. 1, 1926 — Sept. 16, 2020

I am Marilyn MacGregor. My life ended a month-and-a-half after my 94th birthday. With COVID 19 restrictions, the University Retirement Community Skilled Nursing Staff did their best to honor me on my special birthday. I had been under their care for several years. My life began in Portland, Ore. During my childhood I lived in Longview, Wash., on the Columbia River with my parents Dade and Alta Mae Russell, my little brother Alfred, and my Danish maternal grandmother. We spent some lovely summers at the ocean in that area. I went to Oregon State University and on a bus ride home, I met Neil MacGregor. We struck up an intense conversation over my reading Emily Dickenson. After receiving my bachelor’s degree from Oregon State in 1949, Neil and I married. He was a liaison for the U.S. Forest Service to the National Park Service which allowed us to spend winters in the Bay Area and summers in the California National Parks. We built a house on Grizzly Peak in the Berkeley Hills and lived there for most of our married life until I moved to Davis. I loved being in Berkeley and driving my all time favorite car, an MG model MGA. I had a full and busy career starting at UC Berkeley as secretary to the German department, transferred to psychology, and then became administrative officer of the sociology department. At the same time I was a consultant for the US Office of Personnel Management and developed and taught a course on “Leadership and Women.” With my teaching skills, I switched to staff development, and at the end of 1976, had a

promotional transfer to UC Davis, where I taught a number of courses to staff and faculty including leadership and management skills, time management, effective communication and group dynamics. Throughout my career I was committed to employees, particularly women and people of color, to improve their opportunities to advance professionally. In 1989 I retired and moved to URC in 2000. I made good use of my organizational skills at URC, serving two years as secretary of the Resident Council and organizer of two URC elections. While in Davis I made many friends who shared my appreciation of fine cuisine and wine and others who were members of my Ski Club at Soda Springs. I was always a passionate reader, a student of Sherlock Holmes and P.G. Wodehouse, and an active member of Sherlockian Societies and Wodehouse Societies throughout the world. Before retirement I had never traveled abroad and soon became a member of the Lansdowne Club in London. With my interests in Holmes and Wodehouse activities and related organizations, I made dear friends in many different countries, visiting England, Scotland, France, Denmark, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Japan, the Netherlands and Switzerland. I had many interests in culture and art including the Asian Art Museum, the San Francisco Opera and environmental organizations. I enjoyed life fully and wish that my ashes be scattered outside the Golden Gate, gateway to a city that I truly loved. It’s time to say goodbye.

instruction for students in grades K-6 weeks ago after receiving waivers to do so. Now all can reopen and some have begun doing so. Students returned to St. James School in Davis, for example, on Tuesday. Tuesday’s numbers were not a surprise, given that the new cases reported daily on Yolo County’s COVID-19 dashboard have been in double digits for 10 of the last 12 days. To meet the orange tier metric of fewer than 4 cases per 100,000 residents, the county needs to average fewer than nine new cases a day.

civilians and overflowing orphanages. Of his entire family, only his sister and her children (who’d escaped to a neighboring country amidst the violence) had survived. “My kids will never meet grandma or their uncle,” Rusanganwa said somberly. “No one wins a war.” Now retired, Rusanganwa, 66, still keeps the same bicycle he rode over 20,000 miles in his Davis garage. His four children are each Davis High graduates in Arcel, Arnell, Ariane and Arvin. Available on Amazon and Kindle, “My Exile to the World: A Citizen of the World” can also be found at Barnes and Noble. — Former Enterprise staff writer Felicia Alvarez contributed to this article. Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him via Twitter at @dhspunter.

Olivia Lynn Mabeus Dec. 21, 1957 — Oct. 5, 2020

Olivia Mabeus passed away in the Memory Care unit at the Carlton in Davis after years of living with frontotemporal dementia. Olivia, born in 1957, in Omaha, Neb., was the eldest child of Duane and Phelps Mabeus. She graduated as valedictorian of South Pasadena High School in 1976, followed by graduation from nursing school at Pasadena City College in 1979. Olivia’s first nursing job was at Sutter Davis Hospital while she simultaneously earned a degree in English from UC Davis. Olivia spent many happy years in Davis sharing places with her sister Karen. With a detour of a few years in Rhode Island, Olivia moved to Rockville, Md., and embarked on a 30-year nursing career in

surgical oncology at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. A lifelong Christian, Olivia taught Sunday school for 39 years consecutively. She loved her last church home, Potomac Presbyterian Church, very much. Olivia made annual visits to extended family members. Diagnosed with FTD, Olivia moved back to Davis to be near her sister. Olivia is survived by her brother Mark Mabeus (Shelah), her sister Karen Ruan (Randy) of Davis and her nephew Colin Ruan. By Olivia’s request there will be no memorial services. Friends can celebrate her memory in little groups. Those wishing to honor Olivia’s memory, can take a child to Sunday school, or make a donation to the SPCA.

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AREA: ‘Parents need to be in the loop’

BALLOTS: Snafu hits mostly two spots

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race and vice versa. The majority of those voters (252) live in two locations: Covell Commons Condos and 8th and Wake Apartments, according to the elections office. Meanwhile, the Davis school district has also switched to by-district elections for school board trustees and also has districts on the ballot. But while the school district, like the city, has been divided into five districts, the boundaries of those districts are different from the City Council districts, as the school district encompasses areas outside of the city limits. In a press release Monday, the elections office noted that “there have been numerous complex election changes, including the recent transition to city and school board district elections with different locally drawn boundaries that can lead to confusion.” That confusion was amplified over the weekend, the elections office

background, or language. I’m really proud of our school district for making this a priority. “Parents need to be in the loop. We (as school board trustees) want to be there for parents, to hear what their ideas and suggestions are. What I bring to the table as a school board member is collaboration.” She’s well aware that there have been abrupt changes as schools all over California switched to distance learning in response to concerns about coronavirus. “In March, everyone was suddenly moved from the classroom setting into distance learning. (At the time), we though we’d be back (to studying in the classroom) within a few months.” But things haven’t worked out that way. “I’ve noticed that my kids are saying that their eyes were bothering them.” And she hears the same thing from other students and their parents. “When (students) are on the computer several hours a day, Monday through Friday, that’s going to happen.” She’d like to see the district provide some kind of basic eye clinic so students could have their eyes checked. And the school district budget is a perennial concern. “We are going to be experiencing some budget cuts from the state,” she said. “We need to look and see what our needs are, then communicate with teachers, staff (and others) to see what

our priorities are ... what do we want to continue funding, and cause the least harm possible (when cuts are made). It’s going to take a lot of research and collaboration. And we want to make sure that the students that have the most need don’t suffer the most budget cuts.” She’d also like to upgrade the district’s wireless technology. “We need better wireless connections ... we need to collaborate with the county and the city to look at our students’ broadband needs. There are still students who are going to a fast food franchise (after school) to get a good connection, and that’s not good. We need collaboration between teachers, parents, staff and students to make sure our students have the technology tools they need.” Her priorities also include social and emotional support for students and teachers, and continued promotion of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) and CTE (Career Technical Education). Escamilla-Greenwald grew up in Chico, came to Davis as a university student, and has now lived here for some 30 years. “I just fell in love with Davis; it’s a very good vibe” she said. “We will continue to be a top-notch district that provides excellent education for our children ... we need to collaborate and work together, and together we can pull through this pandemic and come out successful (on the other side).”

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said, when “a blog post (claimed) that our office had incorrectly issued ballots to residents living in South Davis.” The blog post in the Davis Vanguard — “Problems with Yolo Ballots More Widespread than Elections Office Lets On” — said some South Davis residents had contacted the Vanguard reporting that they should have the District 5 school board race on their ballots but did not. The post specified areas of South Davis that it said were in District 5 but where residents had reported not having that race on their ballots and called on the county “to look into the operations of the Yolo Elections Office.” “The office needs to level with the voters about how big a problem this actually is,” the post said. On Monday, the elections office issued a press release saying, “We take accusations like this very seriously and quickly researched the streets and areas in question. “After analyzing every

street referenced in the post, we are confident that the correct ballots were issued to residents in these areas.” The elections office added that “multiple citizens who read this blog post or saw its misleading title on social media reached out to our office. We researched each address and confirmed their districts for them. Each person who contacted our office was originally issued the correct ballot.” The elections office encouraged all voters “to contact our office directly should questions or concerns arise to ensure any information you receive or share with others is correct information from a trusted, credible source.” “As we all know by now, not all online postings contain correct information,” said Jesse Salinas, the county’s assessor/ clerk-recorder/registrar of voters. “Voters can visit our website (https://www. yoloelections.org), follow our elections social media

sites or call our office at 530-666-8133 if they have questions or concerns not addressed on our online offerings,” Salinas said. On Monday, the Vanguard posted a follow-up article that said, “turns out that the county probably has this one right, but the public is confused.” The post, written by Vanguard publisher David Greenwald, noted that the council’s District 5 and the school board’s District 5 have different boundaries. “The City Council’s district is pretty much all of South Davis,” he wrote. “But the school district’s version is different. There is a portion of District 4 that jets into South Davis.” Greenwald, whose wife, Cecilia EscamillaGreenwald, is a candidate for school board in District 5, said, “bottom line is that, while there is confusion, the people got the right ballots.” Check your exact trustee area at http://apps.school sitelocator.com/. — Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

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NOTICE OF PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY’S REQUEST TO DECREASE RATES AS PART OF THE SALE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS (A.20-09-018)

NOTICE OF PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY’S REQUEST TO INCREASE RATES FOR ITS WILDFIRE MITIGATION AND CATASTROPHIC EVENTS (WMCE) APPLICATION (A.20-09-019)

WHY AM I RECEIVING THIS NOTICE? On September 30, 2020, PG&E ﬁled its application with the CPUC requesting approval for the following:

WHY AM I RECEIVING THIS NOTICE? On September 30, 2020, PG&E ﬁled its WMCE Application with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The application requests recovery of $1.3 billion for work performed mainly during the years 2017–2019 related to wildﬁre mitigation, responding to certain catastrophic events and a number of other activities.

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To sell its San Francisco General Ofﬁce (SFGO) headquarters located at 215 Market Street, 245 Market Street, 77 Beale Street, 50 Main Street, 25 Beale Street and 45 Beale Street in downtown San Francisco;

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To relocate and consolidate the SFGO and certain East Bay ofﬁce locations into one corporate headquarters located at 300 Lakeside Drive in Oakland;

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To return the gain on the sale to ratepayers; and,

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To recover the costs related to the move.

If our application is approved, PG&E’s costs will be reduced, which will lower rates. WHY IS PG&E REQUESTING THIS RATE DECREASE? As part of this application, PG&E presents a real estate strategy that provides beneﬁts to PG&E’s customers, operations, and workforce, including returning the gain from the SFGO sale to customers in rates over ﬁve years, beginning in 2022. HOW COULD THIS AFFECT MY MONTHLY ELECTRIC RATES? Most customers receive bundled electric service from PG&E, meaning they receive electric generation, transmission and distribution services. Detailed rate information will be sent directly to customers in a bill insert in October or November. Based on rates currently in effect, the electric portion of the bill for a typical bundled residential customer using 500 kWh per month would decrease from $127.40 to $126.47, or -0.7%. Direct Access and Community Choice Aggregation customers only receive electric transmission and distribution services from PG&E. On average, these customers would see a decrease of -0.5%.

Previously on February 7, 2020, PG&E filed an application (A.20-02-002) requesting authorization to recover, on an interim basis, $891 million of the costs reflected in the WMCE Application. The CPUC has not yet acted upon this interim rate relief request. The WMCE application seeks an additional $400 million that was not sought in the interim rate relief application. If the interim rate relief request is fully approved by the CPUC, PG&E proposes to recover the remaining revenue over a one-year period. If the interim rate relief is not approved, PG&E proposes to recover the remaining revenue over a two-year period. WHY IS PG&E REQUESTING THIS RATE INCREASE? In accordance with PG&E’s Wildfire Mitigation Plan and other fire safety rulemakings, PG&E is enhancing and expanding efforts to reduce wildfire risk. PG&E’s wildfire mitigation work is part of a multiyear strategy focused on reducing the potential for fires to be started by electrical equipment and reducing the potential for fires to spread. HOW COULD THIS AFFECT MY MONTHLY ELECTRIC RATES? Detailed rate information will be sent directly to customers in a bill insert in October or November. Based on rates currently in effect, the bill for a typical residential customer using 500 kWh per month would increase from $127.40 to $133.22, or 4.6%. Direct Access and Community Choice Aggregation customers only receive electric transmission and distribution services from PG&E. On average, these customers would see an increase of 5.7%.

Another category of nonbundled customers is Departing Load. These customers are required to pay certain charges by law or CPUC decision. On average, these customers would see a slight decrease of -0.3%.

Another category of nonbundled customers is Departing Load. These customers do not receive electric generation, transmission or distribution services from PG&E. However, these customers are required to pay certain charges by law or CPUC decision. On average, these customers would see an increase of 2.4%.

Actual impacts will vary depending on usage and are subject to CPUC regulatory approval.

HOW WILL THE APPLICATION AFFECT GAS RATES? If PG&E’s request is approved by the CPUC, the average monthly bill for a typical residential customer averaging 32 therms per month would decrease from $53.81 to $53.33, or -0.9%.

HOW WILL THE APPLICATION AFFECT GAS RATES? If PG&E’s rate request is approved by the CPUC, the average monthly bill for a typical residential customer averaging 32 therms per month would increase from $53.81 to $53.91, or 0.2%.

Actual impacts will vary depending on usage and are subject to CPUC regulatory approval.

HOW DOES THE REST OF THIS PROCESS WORK? This application will be assigned to a CPUC Administrative Law Judge who will consider proposals and evidence presented during the formal hearing process. The Administrative Law Judge will issue a proposed decision that may adopt PG&E’s application, modify it, or deny it. Any CPUC Commissioner may sponsor an alternate decision with a different outcome. The proposed decision, and any alternate decisions, will be discussed and voted upon by the CPUC Commissioners at a public CPUC Voting Meeting.

Parties to the proceeding are currently reviewing PG&E’s application, including the Public Advocates Office, which is an independent consumer advocate within the CPUC that represents customers to obtain the lowest possible rate for service consistent with reliable and safe service levels. For more information, please call 1-415-703-1584, email PublicAdvocatesOffice@cpuc.ca.gov, or visit PublicAdvocates.cpuc.ca.gov. Your participation by providing your thoughts on PG&E’s request can help the CPUC make an informed decision. WHERE CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION? CONTACT PG&E If you have questions about PG&E’s filing, please contact PG&E at 1-800-743-5000. For TTY, call 1-800-652-4712. If you would like a copy of the filing and exhibits, please write to the address below: Pacific Gas and Electric Company Corporate Headquarters Application (A.20-09-018) P.O. Box 7442 San Francisco, CA 94120

Parties to the proceeding are currently reviewing PG&E’s application, including the Public Advocates Office, which is an independent consumer advocate within the CPUC that represents customers to obtain the lowest possible rate for service consistent with reliable and safe service levels. For more information, please call 1-415-703-1584, email PublicAdvocatesOffice@cpuc.ca.gov, or visit PublicAdvocates.cpuc.ca.gov. Your participation by providing your thoughts on PG&E’s request can help the CPUC make an informed decision. WHERE CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION? CONTACT PG&E If you have questions about PG&E’s filing, please contact PG&E at 1-800-743-5000. For TTY, call 1-800-652-4712. If you would like a copy of the filing and exhibits, please write to the address below: Pacific Gas and Electric Company Wildfire Mitigation and Catastrophic Events Application (A.20-09-019) P.O. Box 7442 San Francisco, CA 94120

CONTACT CPUC Please visit cpuc.ca.gov/A2009018Comment to submit a comment about this proceeding on the CPUC Docket Card. Here you can also view documents and other public comments related to this proceeding.

CONTACT CPUC Please visit cpuc.ca.gov/A2009019Comment to submit a comment about this proceeding on the CPUC Docket Card. Here you can also view documents and other public comments related to this proceeding.

If you have questions about CPUC processes, you may contact the CPUC’s Public Advisor’s Ofﬁce at: Email: Public.Advisor@cpuc.ca.gov Mail: CPUC Public Advisor’s Ofﬁce 505 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102 Call: 1-866-849-8390 (toll-free) or 1-415-703-2074 For TTY, call 1-866-836-7825 (toll-free)

Please reference Application A.20-09-018 in any communications you have with the CPUC regarding this matter.

Please reference Wildﬁre Mitigation and Catastrophic Events Application A.20-09-019 in any communications you have with the CPUC regarding this matter.

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COMMENTARY

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2020

DISC will hurt Davis downtown BY HEATHER CASWELL Special to The Enterprise

s the founder of Save Davis and owner of downtown Davis’ Wardrobe for the past 33 years, I feel it is important that citizens stand up for our community and local businesses by voting no on Measure B on the current ballot. Last week, I decided to create a petition against Measure B to learn and reveal what other business owners were thinking. I approached 34 businesses and 33 signed the petition. There are four important reasons why we need to reject the politically powerful but locally ruinous plan known as DISC: terrible traffic, adverse impact on local businesses, immense carbon emissions and negative environmental consequences. In terms of the overhyped positives of the deal, like tax revenues for schools: this is piein-the-sky and years, or more likely decades, away. It will do nothing to mitigate the immediate economic devastation caused by the pandemic. You can read more about why this plan is detrimental for our city at www.votenoon disc.com. I will summarize the objections of the growing number of Davis citizens who oppose this misguided effort. ■ DISC could destroy Downtown Davis’ businesses: The project will single-handedly shift the center of our city away from our historic hub to an area a mile outside of downtown. It adds 100,000 square feet of retail and more than a million feet of office space on the edge of town. In the time of COVID-19, when most local businesses are in a fragile state and the demand for office space is plummeting, why on earth would we vote for this monstrosity? Why on earth would we endorse a plan that lures our office workers, diners and shoppers away from downtown Davis?

t is also why I am disappointed by the illadvised endorsement of DISC by the Downtown Davis Business Association. This endorsement was done irresponsibly without any real poll of the membership over a year ago before the proposal was anywhere close to final and should be reversed immediately due to the disastrous impacts DISC will have on our downtown and the strong opposition recently expressed among DDBA members. ■ Traffic Nightmare: An estimated 24,000 new car trips will be added to the Mace mess that already, with only 18,000 car trips, can cause an hour delay just getting out of town at rush hour. ■ Unmitigated climate disaster: This is 2020 and we are trying to reduce our carbon footprint, not expand it. According to the project Environmental Impact Report, “Because net emissions in the year 2035 would equal 37,724.31 MTCO2e/year, the project would not meet the city’s target of net carbon neutrality by the year 2040.” DISC alone will increase — not reduce — the city of Davis’ carbon footprint by the equivalent of more than 83 million pounds of CO2 per year. ■ Critical farmland, habitat and our last views of the Sierra and Sacramento skyline will be lost. DISC will pave over 200 acres of designated prime farmland and habitat usable by sensitive species like the burrowing owl and Swainson’s hawk. Land like this is dwindling in supply and is more critical now than ever. DISC will also destroy the last remaining city views of the Sierra Nevada mountains and the Sacramento city skyline. Instead, our view will be blocked by six- to seven-story buildings. When is enough, enough and when is it time to seriously embrace Davis’ general plan goal of infill as a viable alternative to sprawl? These times require new ways of seeing and doing things with high environmental integrity and transparent leadership. I urge you to vote no on B to create a pause to help us learn how to become more vibrant and better adapted to doing business not as usual. One step at a time. Be bold. Be the change. Vote no on Measure B. — Heather Caswell is the owner of The Wardrobe in downtown Davis.

LETTERS Multiple grounds to vote no on Measure B Measure B (DISC) is perhaps the worst development project that has ever come before Davis voters. Above all, it will have major adverse and irreversible environmental effects, and instead of helping to solve the housing problem, it will only aggravate it. Finally, it will do nothing to solve the city’s major fiscal issues, and indeed only exacerbate them. A year ago, Davis leaders declared a “climate emergency” and declared it would achieve carbon neutrality by 2040. This massive project (over twice the size of the Cannery project) will spew more than 37,000 metric tons of carbon emission every year from the traffic it generates, according to the EIR, a net increase of 8% in Davis’ existing carbon footprint. The project will generate 24,000 additional car trips daily, and the EIR (Appendix F, p. 123) says that at 14 intersections traffic will deteriorate to Level F. This does not take full account of the cumulative traffic impacts produced by the building of the many many thousands of units completed, under construction and approved in the last few years. Moreover, the developers are in no way committed to mitigating in any way the inevitable traffic deadlock. Furthermore, the EIR notes that DISC will create a minimum need for 3,760 housing units to accommodate the jobs generated. But it will only provide 850 units, and 83% of them will be at highend market rates. Finally, this development, even on its own terms, will not provide the revenues to offset the city’s serious fiscal deficit, quite to the contrary. The city’s Finance and Budget Commission was deeply skeptical of the developers’ claims, three doubted that there would be a net fiscal profit, and one even called the fiscal projections a “fairy tale.” This does not even take into account the major infrastructural spending by the city necessary to try and mitigate the environmental impacts. What’s not to abhor? Please vote No on B. Dan Cornford Davis

Support Colin Walsh Please join me in supporting Colin Walsh for Davis City Council. Colin is a passionate environmentalist who will make climate change and mitigating anthropogenic environmental damage council priorities. From serving on the Tree Commission to his past involvement with the Native Plant Society to his concern for the harm done to wildlife by rodenticides, Colin has shown he has a deep and abiding passion for both making our communities healthier and protecting our increasingly threatened natural world. I am also impressed by his compassion for animals, including his three rescue dogs, and the way he cultivates a love for nature and animals in his children. I enthusiastically endorse his candidacy for city council. Janet Krovoza Davis

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Larry Guenther has some frustrations with Davis, but mostly, he has positivity. He brings hope for a better future to Davis. But not just hope alone — hope teamed with ability and passion to make hope come to fruition. He brings hope for more effective and people-oriented development projects. Hope for more advanced tech for all Davis. Hope for more effective, earthfocused solutions to our energy and waste needs. Hope for improved fiscal responsibility to better serve all Davis. If you share these hopes, vote for Larry Guenther for City Council (District 3). Catherine Rudiger Davis

Will is honorable and reasonable I have known Will Arnold for many years here in Davis. I have been consistently impressed with his commitment to the city of Davis, and more importantly, to the people of Davis. In all of the issues I have discussed with Will, he has always given them intelligent and thoughtful consideration and has acted in an honorable and wellreasoned manner. I support Will to represent me here in Davis, and I urge you to do the same. Vote for Will Arnold! Logan Kittle Davis

Deos for smart change While I have supported political candidates throughout the years, I have rarely actively worked on any campaign until I met Linda Deos. As a longtime child care advocate both in Yolo County and statewide, I appreciate Linda’s support for a service that has long been seen as “a woman’s issue.” From the start, Linda has supported child care for working families. She understands it is part of the “economic engine” that keeps communities moving forward. Long before COVID-19, when child care for essential workers became so important, Linda had child care high on her list of important community issues. Unlike other political leaders who have only supported child care once it became an important issue to check off on their résumé, Linda worked hard to listen to the experts and craft a plan that she has already started working on. Linda also understands what few others understand: child care is a full-day, full-year program for children from infancy through school age, not a partday educational program for 3- and 4-year-old children. While acknowledging the importance and benefits of partday preschool, Linda understands the importance and value of all earlylearning and education programs: they both benefit the children they serve and bring peace of mind to the families who work to support them. Try asking yourself: What is currently being done to maintain support for family child care, child care centers and preschool programs that are struggling to stay open during the pandemic? Is anyone even asking those questions? Is anyone doing anything meaningful to ensure that those programs are available when people return to work outside the home? I am confident that those questions are prominent on Linda’s mind. She is

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Hyder for school board I am writing to voice my support of Betsy Hyder for DJUSD School Board, Area 5. I am a personal friend, fellow parent for over 12 years and PTA member who formally served with Betsy at Pioneer Elementary. Betsy and her husband Chuck have a biracial family, which is part of the reason why they moved to California from Georgia. She recognizes that there is much work to be done around equity, inclusion and learning differences. She has also been privy to seeing many children who have benefited from educators that change student’s lives and wants to continue this advocacy. Like Betsy, I am a parent whose child has been lost in the system due to a lack of recognition of unique needs and creative collaboration of services. Betsy recognizes that we have a diverse student body, which includes, race, socioeconomics and abilities with individual unique needs throughout. She is committed to seeking, listening, engaging and bringing in diverse voices, especially those that are different than hers. She recognizes that the definition of family has many facets, and all should be honored. She is committed to collaborating with educators, bringing families and educators together to best serve students. She has profound respect for educators as professionals whom she believes are inherently and deeply committed to student success. Betsy’s extensive professional background as an engineer and attorney (specializing in child advocacy) makes her the best choice for DJUSD School Board. She has served in many capacities throughout the years with children in foster care — from advocate, program developer, board member to eventually adopting her own children. Betsy has extensive professional experience that lends itself to a wellhoned skill set of strategic thinking, analytical problem solving, collaborative teamwork, broad perspective and assessment tools, and comprehensive discernment in decision-making. Gracie Sachs Davis

Leadership needed now We are incredibly fortunate to have Jim Provenza as our representative on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors. Based upon his years of service to the Davis community and broader region, his steady leadership, and his wealth of knowledge on issues as diverse as early childhood support, environmental sustainability, eldercare and animal welfare, he is deserving of re-election to the Board in November. Jim is a great listener, does his homework, makes thoughtful decisions, works to bring stakeholders together to solve problems and truly reflects the inclusive values of Davis. Please join me in voting for Jim! Bob Poppenga Davis

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Lead with compassion Dear Annie: My son and daughter-in-law have been married for about three years. She used to be a very nice girl when dating my son. When they told me they were getting married, it was just so that she could be put on my son’s health insurance because she couldn’t work anymore. I was still happy. She sold her house and moved into his house. I live five hours away, so when I visit, I usually stay four days and play with my granddaughter, who is 9 years old. I was kidding around one day when my son was leaving for work and I said, “Aren’t you going to kiss your wife goodbye?” She yelled, “We don’t have that kind of relationship!” I quickly shut my mouth. When I used to go down, I would ask if I could take my granddaughter for a walk, but now she always says no. She says she doesn’t trust me. She accuses me of all kinds of things that are not true. When I tell my son what she says to me, he always answers that’s just how she is. Once my son and his wife went to a ballgame, her mother was babysitting at her house because I can’t be trusted. I had nothing to do, so I vacuumed the house. When they came home, she had a fit. She considers that I’m saying she’s dirty. When she got pregnant again, I was not allowed to know until my son called months later and told me they were having twins. That’s why they were telling me — because he said it wasn’t a good time to come down, instead of just telling me she is pregnant (everyone else knew). He said there would never have been all that arguing. My daughter-in-law and I have not spoken since she became pregnant nine months ago. She started messaging me nasty things, saying it wasn’t any of my business why I couldn’t come down. She states, “STAY UP WHERE YOU ARE NOBODY LIKES YOU DOWN HERE ANYWAY.” So we started arguing back and forth on Messenger. I was talking with my doctor about this, and he says to stay away from her. What do I do if I’m invited to birthdays or the twins’ christening? She took away my bonding time with my granddaughter. I don’t want to be around her, but I want to see my grandchildren. — Shut-Out Grandma Dear Shut-Out Grandma: Your daughter-in-law does sound unstable, or certainly like she believes you cannot be trusted. That must be so hurtful for you as a grandmother, and I’m sorry you are going through this. Grandparents are a gift to children, so let’s try and find a way for you to be back in their lives. You should attend events if you are invited. Birthdays and christenings are memorable days that you don’t want to miss. When you’re there, focus on the love you have for your grandchildren and your son. If you can take it a step further, send your daughter-in-law some love. Clearly, she is hurting deeply. Have an open and honest conversation with your son about your feelings. Tell him you are willing to go to family counseling or do whatever it takes to have a relationship with him and your grandchildren. Don’t give up on them. How someone treats you is a statement about who they are as a human being, not a statement about you. How you respond is a statement about you. When you are with them, it’s probably best to avoid making any comments whatsoever about their marriage.

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Of course, you were right in your comment about a kiss goodbye, but that makes her even angrier. If she says hurtful things again, don’t engage in an argument on Messenger. Remember she is hurting and that is why she is acting out. Act with compassion, and keep being there for your son and grandchildren.

Financial planning brings up past pain Dear Annie: My husband and I are 72 and have had a good life together, raising two boys who have become really good men. Their wives and our grandchildren are the best. Here’s my dilemma: We’re meeting with a financial planner in a week, and we were given papers to read and questions to answer prior to the actual appointment. The final question focuses on “a family disaster,” asking each of us how we would want our estate divided up, if we, our sons, their wives and all of our grandchildren would perish at the same time. My husband assumed I would designate my only sibling, an older sister, and was surprised when I said I wouldn’t. He grew up close to his family, in a supportive, loving relationship with his parents and continues to enjoy all of his siblings. I didn’t have that with my parents or my sister. We live 1,500 miles apart, which has probably helped, because I’m sure that if we’d have been closer to any of them, then they would have disrupted our lives with their dramas. Much has happened over the years that has made me realize that if we weren’t related, I’d never want to be her friend. Throughout our lives, she’s been manipulative and mean; I’ve also caught her in many, many lies. I’m wondering if I’m a terrible person for not wanting to designate her. I know the likelihood of a family disaster is remote, but I still have to have an answer soon, and, I’m feeling guilty for not being loyal to my sister. I almost feel as though I’m being manipulated once again, and she doesn’t even know what’s going on! My husband and I have been married for 47 years and have a solid relationship, and there’s no pressure from him. I think he was just genuinely surprised, which I find interesting given he knew my family that long and how they treated me. But it’s been very upsetting to me, feeling this way. — A Family Disaster Dear Family Disaster: You’re not a terrible person for not wanting to designate your sister. These types of questions are challenging and can bring up old hurt feelings as well as new worries. The most important thing is for you to relieve yourself of some of your guilt. Feeling guilty about being upset with your sister is a lot of baggage to carry around. Take this as an opportunity to do some introspection. See if you can forgive your sister for her behavior, as she was the product of the same parents that you had. Maybe then you could slowly start a relationship with her, assuming you have the right

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Sympathy for stepmom Dear Annie: I come from a large family. Our mother died at a young age (39), and there were seven children at that time. Years later, our father married a woman with three children. One of our sisters lived with our mother’s parents until their deaths. Eventually, our father and stepmother had a child. The child living with our grandparents was apparently jealous of our stepmother and has shown it every step of the way. We all got along except for her. After our father died, two stepbrothers learned that they were only half brothers and had different fathers. Our stepmother had it rough with her first husband. He was mentally abusive to her, and she searched for support from others. Our stepmother forgot about the possibility of someone else being her son’s biological father, especially since the oldest one looks like his father. Since this information came out, my sister-in-law and sister have been putting down our stepmom. They call her all kinds of names and none of them speaks to her. Apparently, they don’t consider the fact that she married a man with seven children, with three of her own, and another on top of that. Two of our father’s kids were ill and have since died. This woman went through a lot in her life. Why can’t they just move on from there instead of being so disrespectful? — Sad Life in PA Dear Sad: You sound like a person who has perspective, someone able to see life not just in black and white but in shades of gray, which it is. People are rarely all good or all bad, but judgments are formed by us viewing them that way. It sounds like your sister-in-law and sister, by putting on their judge’s robes and saying hurtful things about your stepmom, are stuck in this “all bad” type of thinking. Your compassionate approach of seeing her as a woman who went through a lot in her life and who made some mistakes, as we all do, is very healthy. This same attitude also goes for judging your sister and sister-in-law. By bringing compassion to your conversations with them, they, too, might find some in their hearts for your stepmom. Simply share that you don’t feel right saying mean things about your stepmom, given all that she went through in her life. ——— Dear Annie: Your response to “Missing Love” was spot on. My

beloved husband passed away eight years ago. It was not only his death that I had to deal with but the death of life as I knew it. Attending a spousal grief support group and being around other people who “got it” gave me the most comfort. Now, I help lead the group to pay it forward. Nothing can prepare you for widowhood, but people can help you through it. I know. I’ve been there. — Know from Experience Dear Experience: Thank you for your letter. I am sorry for your loss but happy to hear that you have found support through meeting others with similar experiences.

Busting ballot blunders Dear Annie: Recently, you published a letter in which someone recommended putting a stamp on an election ballot, even if it had already had prepaid return postage, in order to hasten its delivery. That isn’t how it works. The bulk-mail misunderstanding may stem from some election bureaus sending the blank ballots or applications to voters via bulk mail instead of first class. But the business-reply mail already is first class. And in many states, such as here in Pennsylvania, the county elections offices are making them postage-paid through one of several options; some might physically stick stamps on them. I’m afraid you fell for “be sure to repost and pass along” misinformation on the internet. — John Z. Dear John: I deeply regret sharing any inaccurate information about postage for ballots. I appreciate your (and several other readers’) setting me straight. Note that the process may vary slightly depending on your state. The USPS has stated that while those voting in states where prepaid postage is not provided should buy their own stamps for the return envelope, USPS cannot reject votes without postage. Readers can find more information by visiting www. usps.com and clicking on “Election Mail.” ——— Dear Annie: I had to write to ask your opinion on something that’s been irking me for years now: I know many people who only call me when they’re in the car. More and more friends are doing this; with everyone using cellphones (as opposed to home phones), you can’t tell if they are in their car when calling so you answer it. I feel I am being used to make their trip to wherever go quicker and fill in the void. Then they get to their destination and say, “Well, I am here,” and hang up. Oh, and don’t forget the commentary on other drivers or spying something different or whatever. Am I the only one who is bothered by people only calling when they are in their car? Am I just old-fashioned and need to realize that this is the new normal? — Call Me From Home Dear Call Me From Home: It seems that long, leisurely calls from the sofa on a Sunday afternoon have gone the way of the landline, but we ought to revive the tradition. As tempting as it can be to catch up on calls from the road, it can leave call recipients feeling slighted, and, even more importantly, it’s dangerous. It greatly reduces our ability to recognize and react quickly to hazards while driving. These negative impacts hold true even with hands-free calls, according to a 2016 study from the Univer-

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: September 14, 2020 FBN Number: F20200753 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) West Sacramento Vehicle Registration West Sacramento Auto Registration 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California. Business is located in Yolo County. 3001 Evergreen Ave., Suite 102 West Sacramento, CA CA 95691 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Michael Junemann 1405 Cypress Lane Davis, CA 95616 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: N/A “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) 6. Signature of Registrant(s): Michael Junemann 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14 975

TIME WINDOW TO DELIVER BIDS (either by delivery service or dropped off in person by bidder): October 29, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. No bids will be accepted outside of this time window.

classification(s) throughout the time it submits its Bid and for the duration of the contract: Class A – General Engineering Contractor’s License.

Subcontractor Substitution requests shall Bids Due Date And Time: October 29, be made within 35 calendar days after 2020; WINDOW FOR DELIVERY 10:00 the award of the contract. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 3400(b), the AM to 2:00 PM; DEADLINE: 2:00 PM City may make findings designating that certain additional materials, methods or services by specific brand or trade name ATTENTION: The Bid Opening shall other than those listed in the Standard commence according to the following Specifications be used for the Project. Such findings, if any, as well as the procedures: materials, methods or services and their specific brand or trade names that must BID OPENING PROCEDURE The bids shall be opened according to be used for the Project may be found in the Special Conditions. one of the following procedures:

1. Council Chambers at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95616. Bidders will be allowed to sit in the Council Chambers but at least 6 feet apart to adhere to social distancing requirements. 2. Outside of the Council Chambers at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95616. Bidders will be allowed to sit outdoors near the Council Chambers but at least 6 feet apart to adhere to social distancing FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME requirements. STATEMENT 3. Taped Video. City staff will record the bid opening and make viewing of Filed: September 17, 2020 the video available to bidders to view in FBN Number: F20200779 separate rooms at City facilities. 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) 4. Live Video Feed. City staff will E-Z SMOG broadcast the bid opening by live video EASY SMOG 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of feed. Principal Place of Business in California. For this project, City staff have Business is located in Yolo County. determined that bid opening procedure 3001 Evergreen Ave., Suite 101 No. #2 will be employed. West Sacramento, CA 95691 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), If the live video feed is selected, then Residence Address, State, and Zip results of the bid opening will be scanned Michael Junemann immediately and made available on the 1405 Cypress Lane City’s website for viewing by all bidders. Davis, CA 95616 4. Business Classification: 2. Requesting Plans And Specifications Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Plans and specifications (not including Registrant(s) commenced to transact standard specifications and other business under the fictitious business documents included by reference), and proposal forms, may be obtained by name or names listed above on: logging on to www.blueprintexpress. June 1, 1999 “I declare that all information in com/davis or by calling BPXpress. The this statement is true and correct.” cost is $40 per set (plus shipping and (A registrant who declares as true handling) and is non-refundable. Any information which he or she knows to be bidder that Reprographics at (916) 7607281 fails to purchase a complete set false is guilty of a crime.) of plans, specifications and proposal 6. Signature of Registrant(s): forms from BPXpress Reprographics Michael Junemann 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14 981 prior to the bid opening date and time OR is not included on the BPXpress plan ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR holder list shall have their bid deemed CHANGE OF NAME non-responsive. In other words, the Case Number: CV2020-1121 bidder must purchase the plan set from 1. Joanna Rometsch Mathias filed a BPXpress Reprographics AND be on the petition with this court for a decree BPXpress plan holder list to be deemed changing names as follows: responsive. The only exception shall Maximus Frederick Rometsch Mathias be in the event a bidder’s name is not to included on the plan holders list but the Jack Maximus Frederick Mathias bidder can produce proof of purchase 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons of the plans, specifications and proposal interested in this matter shall appear forms from BPXpress Reprographics with before this court at the hearing indicated a purchase date that occurred prior to the below to show cause, if any, why the close of bidding. Any bid produced from petition should not be granted. plans, specifications and proposal forms NOTICE OF HEARING obtained from sources other than those Date: November 3, 2020 Time: 9 a.m. purchased from BPXpress by bidder shall Dept: #9 Room: N/A be deemed non-responsive. Only bidders The address of the court is on the plan holders list shall receive 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 addenda notifications. 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week It is the responsibility of each prospective for four successive weeks prior to the bidder to pay the fee and download and date set for hearing on the petition in print all Bid Documents for review and to the following newspaper of general verify the completeness of Bid Documents circulation, printed in this county: before submitting a bid. Any Addenda The Davis Enterprise will be posted on www.blueprintexpress. 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 com/davis. It is the responsibility of each Date: August 18, 2020 prospective bidder to check the BPXpress Stephen L. Mock Reprographics website listed above on Judge of the Superior Court a daily basis through the close of bids 9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21 994 for any applicable addenda or updates. The City does not assume any liability PUBLIC NOTICE or responsibility based on any defective or incomplete copying, excerpting, scanning, faxing, downloading or printing of the Bid Documents. Information on BPXpress Reprographics may change NOTICE INVITING BIDS West Area Tank – Structural Upgrade without notice to prospective bidders. The Contract Documents shall supersede Program No. 7522 any information posted or transmitted by BPXpress Reprographics. 1. Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Davis (“City”) invites Bids must be submitted on the City’s and will receive sealed Bids between Bid Forms. To the extent required the hours of 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM by section 20103.7 of the Public on October 29, 2020, at the City Clerk’s Contract Code, upon request from a office of the City Manager, located at 23 contractor plan room service, the City Russell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95616, for the shall provide an electronic copy of the furnishing to City of all labor, equipment, Contract Documents at no charge to the materials, tools, services, transportation, contractor plan room. permits, utilities, and all other items necessary for the West Area Tank – Contract documents will not be available Structural Upgrade, Program No. 7522 for inspection or purchase from the City (the “Project”). The main doors to City Hall by potential Bidders. will remain locked, so please call (530) 757-5648 when you arrive and someone 3. Description Of The Work will meet you and provide a receipt for West Area Tank – Structural Upgrade, you. At the end of said time, Bids will be Program No. 7522. The work includes publicly opened and read aloud at the City sawcutting, installing reinforced concrete Office. Bids received after said time shall strengthening beams, pipe fitting and be returned unopened. Bids shall be valid pipe support. for a period of 90 calendar days after the All work shall be performed in accordance Bid opening date. with the Contract Documents and all *Note* If you choose to mail your Bid applicable laws and regulations. Proposal via any of the overnight/express services, the preferred services are FedEx, 4. Engineer UPS and USPS and the delivery MUST be Engineer’s Estimate: $70,000 a timed delivery. The delivery service Project Engineer: HDR MUST deliver the bid during the TIME WINDOW stated below to the City’s 5. Contractor’s License Classification Clerk Office. The outside envelope and Subcontractors MUST be clearly marked as follows: Unless otherwise provided in the [SEALED BID FOR: West Area Tank Instructions for Bidders, each Bidder – Structural Upgrade, Program No. shall be a licensed contractor pursuant to 7522. DELIVER IMMEDIATELY TO CITY sections 7000 et seq. of the Business and Professions Code in the following CLERK’S OFFICE]

10. Substitution Requests Substitution requests shall be made within 35 calendar days after the award of the Contract. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 3400(b), the City may make findings designating that certain additional materials, methods or services by specific brand or trade name other than those listed in the Standard Specifications be used for the Project. Such findings, if any, as well as the materials, methods or services and their specific brand or trade names that must be used for the Project may be found in the Special Conditions.

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ACTIVITIES.” The Ordinance, if adopted, will extend existing restrictions on the foregoing activities, with minor amendments, and provide for 2021 implementation of a pilot project relating to industrial hemp cultivation. The Ordinance will apply throughout the County, including within the incorporated cities to the maximum extent permitted by law. Those wishing to comment on the foregoing matters may either appear telephonically or by video at the meeting or submit written comments prior to the public hearing. Written comments should be sent to the Clerk of the Board, County of Yolo, 625 Court Street, Room 206, Woodland, California 95695 or via email to clerkoftheboard@yolocounty.org.

11. Award City shall award the contract for the Project to the lowest responsive, responsible Bidder as determined by the City from the BASE BID ALONE City reserves the right to reject any or all 6. Bid Security Each Bid shall be accompanied by cash, bids or to waive any irregularities or Dated: October 14, 2020 a certified or cashier’s check, or Bid informalities in any bids or in the bidding Julie Dachtler, Senior Deputy Clerk Yolo County Board of Supervisors Bond secured from a surety company process. 10/14 1006 satisfactory to the City Council, the amount of which shall not be less than 12. Notice to Proceed PUBLIC NOTICE ten percent (10%) of the submitted Total This Project, if awarded, will be awarded Bid Price, made payable to City of Davis for a fall start date. Project work will Prime Development Land for Sale as bid security. The bid security shall be occur during the months of November provided as a guarantee that within five through February. SEALED BID SALE (5) working days after the City provides Suggested Asking Price: $3,500,000 the successful bidder the Notice of 13. Further Information/Questions Award, the successful Bidder will enter For further information, contact Terry 3031 2nd Street, Davis, CA 95618; into a contract and provide the necessary Jue, at tjue@cityofdavis.org. Questions ±6.56 acre development parcel, bonds and certificates of insurance. The will only be considered and answered via APN: 071-403-010. bid security will be declared forfeited email. Questions will not be considered if the successful Bidder fails to comply or answered 48 working hours prior to For information, showings, and/ within said time. No interest will be the bid opening. paid on funds deposited with City. or bid package, contact Jim Gray or The Bid Bond submitted shall be 14. Pre-Bid Conference: A MANDATORY Nahz Anvary, who may be reached at provided by a surety duly authorized pre-bid conference and site visit will be 916.947.5142 (Jim) / 916.284.8385 (Nahz) by the Insurance Commissioner to held on Thursday, October 15, 2020 at or jim.gray@kidder.com / nahz.anvary@ transact surety business in the State of 10:00 AM at the West Area Tank, 3003 kidder.com, of Kidder Mathews. John Jones Road, Davis, CA 95616. This California. conference will be held to allow potential Bids to be delivered to The Regents of 7. Performance Bond and Labor and bidders to view the project location. the University of California, c/o RESS Questions asked by Bidders at the PreMaterial Bond 1111 Franklin St., 6th Floor, Oakland, The successful Bidder will be required Bid Conference not specifically addressed CA 94607-5200. Attn: Brendon Lydon, to furnish a Faithful Performance Bond within the Contract Documents shall be no later than 5:00PM PST on Thursday, and a Labor and Material Payment Bond answered in writing and shall be sent November 12, 2020. Public bid opening to all Bidders. Bids will not be accepted each in an amount equal to one hundred will be on Friday, November 13, 2020 percent (100%) of the Contract Price. from any bidder who did not attend the at 10AM. Each bond shall be in the forms set forth mandatory Pre-Bid Conference. 10/14, 10/21, 10/28 1009 herein, shall be secured from a surety company that meets all State of California 15. Award: City shall award the contract PUBLIC NOTICE bonding requirements, as defined in for the Project to the lowest responsive bidder. California Code of Civil Procedure Section NOTICE OF SALE-LIQUOR LICENSE ————————————————— 995.120, and that is a California admitted Pursuant to BPC 24049.5 and RTC 6796, Deliver Bids To: surety insurer. the California Department of Tax & Fee *Note* If you choose to mail your Administration (CDTFA) will sell the Bid Proposal via any of the overnight/ Pursuant to Section 22300 of the Public following ABC License during a public express services, the preferred services Contract Code of the State of California, the auction held at 3321 Power Inn Road, are FedEx, UPS and USPS and the successful Bidder may substitute certain Sacramento, CA 95826 on November securities for funds withheld by City to delivery MUST be a timed delivery. The 11th at 10:00 am, unless the liability is delivery service MUST deliver the ensure its performance under the contract. bid during the TIME WINDOW stated paid by the licensee. 47-453679 (Yolo) Minimum bid $30,000. Contact CDTFA at below to the City Clerk’s Office. The 8. Labor Code Requirements Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1773, outside of the envelope MUST be clearly (916)309-8779 marked as follows: [SEALED BID FOR: 10/14, 10/21, 10/28 1013 City has obtained the prevailing rate of per diem wages and the prevailing West Area Tank – Structural Upgrade, PUBLIC NOTICE Program No. 7522 wage rate for holiday and overtime DELIVER IMMEDIATELY TO CITY work applicable in Yolo County from the PUBLIC NOTICE CLERK’S OFFICE] Director of the Department of Industrial ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 1527 Relations for each craft, classification, or NOTICE is hereby given that at its TIME WINDOW TO DELIVER BIDS type of worker needed to execute this regularly scheduled meeting of October (either by delivery service or dropped contract. A copy of these prevailing wage 6, 2020, the Yolo County Board of off in person by bidder): October 29, rates may be obtained via the internet at: Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. 1527 2020 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. No www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/ amending Title 10, Chapter 11 of the bids will be accepted outside of this time window. Yolo County Code of Ordinances to add In addition, a copy of the prevailing a schedule of fee increases, based on the rate of per diem wages is available at Bid Due Date And Time: October 29, fee amounts and formulas established the City’s Public Works Department and shall be made available to interested 2020; WINDOW FOR DELIVERY 10:00 by prior Board of Supervisors action, to AM to 2:00 PM; DEADLINE 2:00 PM align with current practice and clarify the parties upon request. The successful ————————————————— per ton gravel fee amounts following the bidder shall post a copy of the prevailing END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS annual four percent increases . wage rates at each job site. It shall be 10/7, 10/14 999 mandatory upon the Bidder to whom The Ordinance was adopted by the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME the Contract is awarded, and upon any STATEMENT following vote: subcontractors, to comply with all Labor Code provisions, which include but Filed: October 1, 2020 are not limited to the payment of not FBN Number: F20200816 AYES: Provenza, Chamberlain, Villegas, less than the said specified prevailing 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Saylor, Sandy. wage rates to all workers employed by Classic Business Solutions NOES: None. them in the execution of the Contract, 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of ABSENT: None. employment of apprentices, hours of Principal Place of Business in California. ABSTAIN: None. labor and debarment of contractors and Business is located in Yolo County. subcontractors. 19 Yolano Drive Copies of the full text of the Ordinance Woodland, CA 95776 are available at www.yolocounty.org Pursuant to Labor Code sections 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), > Board meetings > Meeting Agendas 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and Residence Address, State, and Zip and Minutes or at the Clerk of the Board subcontractors that wish to bid on, be Muhammad Ahmad Waheed of Supervisors Office, 625 Court Street, listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a 19 Yolano Drive Room 204, Woodland, CA 95695. contract to perform public work must Woodland, CA 95776 be registered with the Department 4. Business Classification: Individual of Industrial Relations. No Bid will be 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Dated: October 14, 2020 accepted nor any contract entered into Registrant(s) commenced to transact Lupita Ramirez, Deputy Clerk without proof of the contractor’s and business under the fictitious business Yolo County Board of Supervisors 10/14 1017 subcontractors’ current registration name or names listed above on: N/A with the Department of Industrial “I declare that all information in FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Relations to perform public work. If this statement is true and correct.” STATEMENT awarded a contract, the Bidder and its (A registrant who declares as true subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain information which he or she knows to be Filed: October 5, 2020 FBN Number: F20200823 active registration with the Department false is guilty of a crime.) of Industrial Relations for the duration 6. Signature of Registrant(s): 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) of the Project. Notwithstanding the Muhammad Ahmad Waheed STOARCEY RESEARCH foregoing, the contractor registration 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28 1005 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of requirements mandated by Labor Code Principal Place of Business in California. PUBLIC NOTICE Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1 shall not Business is located in Yolo County. apply to work performed on a public 506 Marina Circle SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE works project that is exempt pursuant to Davis, CA 95616 the small project exemption specified in NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Labor Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1. Yolo County Board of Supervisors will Residence Address, State, and Zip This Project is subject to compliance receive the introduction, waive the first Stuart Andrew Ross monitoring and enforcement by the reading, and consider public comment 506 Marina Circle Department of Industrial Relations. In regarding the ordinance described Davis, CA 95616 bidding on this Project, it shall be the below at its public meeting on Tuesday, 4. Business Classification: Individual Bidder’s sole responsibility to evaluate October 20, 2020, which begins at 9:00 5. Beginning Date of Business: The and include the cost of complying with a.m., utilizing teleconference and video all labor compliance requirements under conference applications that will be Registrant(s) commenced to transact this contract and applicable law in its Bid. identified on the agenda released for business under the fictitious business the meeting at least 72 hours in advance. name or names listed above on: 9. Retention The proposed ordinance will then be July 27, 2011 Pursuant to Public Contract Code section continued to the next regular Board “I declare that all information in 7201, the City has made a determination of Supervisors’ meeting, scheduled for this statement is true and correct.” that the project described herein is November 3, 2020, for consideration for (A registrant who declares as true substantially complex, and therefore a adoption. The proposed ordinance is information which he or she knows to be retention of 5% will be withheld from entitled: “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING false is guilty of a crime.) payment until after the work is complete. EXISTING RESTRICTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL 6. Signature of Registrant(s): HEMP CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURING, Stuart A. Ross PROCESSING, STORAGE AND RELATED 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4 1018

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‘A basic need’ The Office of Campus Community Relations launched the book project in 2002-03 in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, as a means of providing a shared topic of conversation, to bring people together to express their views, respectfully. By so doing, the project fosters diversity and promotes equity and inclusiveness, leading to improved campus climate and community relations. “This year’s mental health theme invites our campus and wider community to engage in dialogue and collective learning around a basic need — one that is more vulnerable today than ever,” said Megan Macklin, book project coordinator. “But more important, the program is an opportunity to participate in these conversations in community." Events normally span the Davis and Sacramento campuses (this year's programming, by the way, features especially strong representation by UC Davis Health), and each year’s project includes, as the concluding event, or near the end, an evening lecture by the author, and in recent years, a Forum @ MC.

Here is the author's schedule for the 2020-21 book project: ■ The Forum @ MC, time to be announced, Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Free and open to the public. ■ Evening talk, Monday, March 1, 7:30-9 p.m., Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center. Buy tickets at https://www. mondaviarts.org/event/ 2020-21/ellen-forney The organizers are hoping the two author events and one or two of the project’s other events can be held in person. The rest will be virtual — something that Macklin sees as a positive. “We’re hopeful that our virtual format will allow for greater accessibility and will provide spaces for community-building and healing during a time when we need it most,” she said.

Future events The first week of the book project coincided with National Mental Health Awareness Week, Oct. 4-10. Coming up: ■ Alternatives to Policing in Mental Health Care ■ Understanding Your Stress and Ways to Manage It. ■ Coping with COVID: Short- and Long-Term Approaches. ■ The Adventures of Comic Book Readers vs. Genre Snobs: Fighting for Respect. ■ Bipolar Disorder: A Medical, Cultural and Historical Perspective. ■ Push-Ups for the Mind: Strengthening Our Effectiveness and WellBeing With Mindfulness Meditation. ■ Bias and Racism in Mental Health and Mental Health Treatment. ■ Stigma and Mental Illness: The Final Frontier for Human Rights. ■ Burnout Prevention. ■ Losing Our Marbles: Mental Illness Narratives. ■ Mental Health: Reimagining and Reinventing Our Community Response (forum). ■ Holistic Healing: Finding Harmony Between the Mind, Body and Spirit. ■ Mental Health in the Black Community: Experiences, Perspectives and Healing. Plus: ■ The Mental Health Comedy Show, presented by UC Davis’ Standup Comedy Club. ■ Screening of “Inside Out,” a Disney-Pixar animated film about conflicting emotions in an 11-year-old girl’s mind. ■ Invisible Disabilities Comedy Show.

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Affirmative action may return for California admissions BY CHARISSA ZEIGLER HUB staff In less than one month, California voters will decide if Proposition 209, which banned affirmative action, should be repealed. If Proposition 16 passes, admission officers reviewing applications could consider race among other factors for students applying to UC and CSU schools. In 1978, Davis was at the center of a contentious court decision surrounding affirmative action. Medical-school applicant Allan Bakke sued the UC Davis School of Medicine over its quota system, which set aside 16 seats for minority candidates. The case went to the Supreme Court in the case of Regents of the University of California v. Bakke. The 4-1-4 decision, led by Justice Lewis Powell, set a precedent for future affirmative action cases. Quotas were banned by the Supreme Court, but holistic review, that includes race, remained permissible until Proposition 209 banned affirmative action as a whole. However, with Proposition 16 now on the ballot, California universities could return to an admissions process that factors in race. Affirmative action is being reconsidered in response to the percentage black and Latino students enrolled in UCs falling to levels to below the percentage of each demographic’s California population. “(Powell’s) opinion (was that) universities have the right to choose their students and assemble the most dynamic group possible,” UC Davis law professor Brian Soucek said. Justice Powell argued that variation in students’ backgrounds such as coming from the Midwest or their ethnic background would enrich the perspectives of all those enrolled. Senior Nathan Solomon disagrees and believes alternatives such as improving funding for schools where the majority of students are low-income should be policymakers’ first priority. “I think it’s a band-aid solution,” Solomon said of affirmative action. Solomon argued that redlining — denial of services to a certain region where residents are mostly people of color and receive unequal school funding — are the root causes of minority underrepresentation at universities. He argues that these issues must be addressed first for equity to be achieved. Senior Valdy Ngassam acknowledges that affirmative action can seem unfair. “(However), we still live in a country (where) many leaders assume the prosperity of others based on their status ... rather than their intellect,” Ngassam said. Ngassam argues that affirmative action is an essential pathway for minority groups’ success until ongoing prejudices are overcome. “When you look at the ways in which donors are treated at many schools, letting people in after donations ... why are people so focused on the racial ones compared to all the other ways in which various factors play into admissions?” Soucek said.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2020

Ceramics students continue to craft from home BY DAHLIA KRAUS HUB staff Davis High senior Luke Carrell is adding a coil to his vase from home. At the same time, he is watching his ceramics teacher, Doug Wright, explain the details of his own sculpture through Zoom. The DHS ceramics class looks different, but students and teachers alike are adapting. Wright originally planned to assign his ceramic students sculpture projects involving other mediums, not clay. However, a conversation with his daughter, sophomore Malaya Wright — who is taking his ceramics class — changed his mind. “She’s like, ‘So we’re going to be like glueing sticks together?’ “And I go, ‘Well, maybe.’ “And she’s like, ‘I don’t want to glue sticks together ... Dad, people signed up for ceramics; they want ceramics,’” Wright said. After that conversation, Wright got to work. He took inventory of the 6,000 pounds of clay stored in the ceramics

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Junior Tavi Maes chooses a few glaze bottles out of 300 to take home for his projects. classroom — just enough to make it through the school year. He scheduled a pickup day at the high school for students to each take home a 25-pound bag of clay and several tools. Students have been successfully working on ceramics from home for the past month, submitting photos of their creations through the Canvas learning management program the district uses. A typical day in online ceramics class starts with

five minutes of flex and five minutes of mindfulness, a time for deep breathing. The rest of the class is designated studio work time. While students work on their projects, Wright works on his own ceramics as he explains technique and troubleshoots. “They’re watching me work, and it’s a verbal kind of consciousness, a release. And what’s great is that all the things I like to communicate about building

or art or things like that, it just starts to flow,” Wright said. The online environment, however, is not the same as last year’s inperson environment. “I definitely preferred being in the classroom; you can talk with other people, talk to Mr. Wright,” said Carrell, a second year AP Ceramics student. Wright agrees, adding that only about a third of his students even have their cameras on

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Wright waits for students at Davis High from 5-7 p.m. on Sept. 25.

during Zoom. “I miss that human connection,” Wright said. Over Zoom, Wright also finds it difficult because he can not physically put his hands on student projects to assist them. “I literally can’t help them. I can kind of talk them through it; they show me what’s going on and I can give them some advice, but they’re kind of on their own, which is hard,” Wright said. A challenge for students can be “finding the motivation to start a project because in class, (the teacher) is looking over your shoulder or making sure you’re putting in the effort, but you have to moderate that yourself when you’re at home,” junior Tavi Maes said. A significant positive to distance learning is the time flexibility. Instead of having about three total hours per week of studio time like usual years, students now have access to their projects at home. With the first weeks of sculpting complete, Wright’s ceramics students are on to firing their projects in the kiln.

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Carrell drops off his projects, several large vases with nature components.

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Campus safety supervisor Timothy Groth helps pass out and facilitate pick-up and drop-off for textbooks and other supplies students need for their classes.

Non-teaching staff adapts to a campus without students BY KATRINA HAWS HUB staff With school online and the Davis High campus empty, non-teaching staff members at DHS are faced with major changes to their duties. Abby Serin, one of the two nurses at DHS, is still able to fulfill some of her typical duties, including special-education health assessments and meeting with other staff members over Zoom to provide students with individual support. However, Serin is unable to connect with students in the ways she previously did. “Obviously I don’t have students coming through

my office, and that is the thing I miss the most. I really miss the student interaction, so I am trying to figure out ways to reach out to the student population so they know how to access me,” Serin said. Serin misses spontaneous interactions in the halls with students and fellow staff members. However, Serin believes the change allows people to think more creatively. “What distance learning is doing is challenging (our regular routine). I don’t have my usual (structure) so I have to think outside the box and that can be really frustrating sometimes, but it can also be really, really

rewarding,” Serin said. In addition to her work at DHS, Serin also works at Montgomery Elementary School once a week. There, she implemented a monthly newsletter. Ultimately, she hopes to start a frequent newsletter for the DHS student body in the hopes of appearing more approachable to students so that they will come to her for resources. “Say somebody needs new glasses but can’t afford them. Say a student comes from a non-English speaking family and needs help navigating the health care system. Say somebody needs access to reproductive health care. Those are things that I want students

to know they can still access me for,” Serin said. The four campus safety supervisors, whose primary focus was to ensure the safety of students by monitoring assigned areas of campus, have seen a significant shift in their role without a busy campus to oversee. “It’s just completely different with nobody there ... Obviously I’m not doing my usual job, so it’s a lot of just waiting to see what the school needs from us as campus supervisors,” campus safety supervisor Tim Groth said. Since switching to virtual learning last spring, the supervisor’s duties primarily consist of

monitoring the pick up and drop off of necessary supplies. Groth, who used to work five days a week as a district employee, is now only called in a couple days a week as needed. “I’ve had a lot more free time. The school district has been great providing lessons and things I can do online to try and get professional development. I’ve done a lot of coaching clinics, binge watching (and have) played more than my fair share of video games,” Groth said. Although Groth has taken advantage of his new free time, he misses work and daily interaction with students on campus.