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Council OKs apartments at Cannery

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer The Davis City Council gave the green light this week for construction to proceed on a 72-unit apartment building in The Cannery’s mixed-use district even though a requirement that commercial buildings be built concurrently will not be met.

The original development agreement calls for 50 percent of commercial buildings to be built before the apartment building can be occupied.

But Cannery developers said the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in financing for the commercial buildings being rescinded.

“The applicant desires to move forward with the construction of 72 multi-family units and has requested relief from the condition that ties occupancy to commercial construction given that the issues related to the pandemic are out of their control and not foreseeable when the condition was originally agreed to,” city staff noted in the report prepared for Tuesday’s council meeting.

The Davis Planning Commission voted 5-2 against the request back in June but city staff recommended the council vote in favor of it “as the city is still in need of housing.”

That’s what the council did on Tuesday evening.

Originally approved by the Davis City Council back in December 2013, The Cannery Project has resulted in

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Roy Charles Waller was found guilty Wednesday of 46 counts related to raping nine women in six Northern California cities between 1991 and 2006, in Sacramento Superior Court.

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Waller convicted of NorCal Rapist crimes, including Davis attacks

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himself as Michael H. “He couldn’t challenge the DNA at all.”

Enterprise staff writer SACRAMENTO — “The DNA don’t lie.”

That’s how a juror in the NorCal Rapist trial summed up the deliberation process resulting in 46 guilty verdicts read Wednesday against Roy Charles Waller.

“It was an open-and-closed case. Everything was there for us,” said the juror, who identified

Waller, 60, showed no apparent reaction during the nearly hour-long period it took Sacramento Superior Court Judge James Arguelles to read the verdicts, which covered the NorCal Rapist’s 15-year crime spree in six Northern California counties.

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Waller consults with defense attorney Joseph Farina, left.

Biden gives international students new hope

BY CALEB HAMPTON

anxiety many foreign students interviewed by The Enterprise expressed throughout Trump’s presidency.

Enterprise staff writer In July, the Trump administration issued a rule change that would have revoked the visiting student status of all international students who could not prove they were taking an inperson class this fall — a move that threatened to expel most of the United States’ 1 million-plus foreign students in the midst of the pandemic.

While the administration ultimately withdrew the rule after universities across the country sued to stop it, UC Davis graduate student Sasha Pesci, an international student from Argentina, described the episode as “an emotional rollercoaster,” a phrase that befits the collective

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“The past four years have been one BIDEN of the most chalChange on the lenging periods in way? the history of our field, during which international educators have shown unparalleled strength and resilience,” Esther D. Brimmer, CEO and executive director of NAFSA: Association of International Educators said in a statement this month, “They have defended the field against travel bans, executive orders,

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detrimental regulatory actions and xenophobic rhetoric.

In addition to threatening to expel students during the pandemic, the Trump administration banned travel to the U.S. from several Muslim-majority countries, curtailed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and tried to terminate it, made it harder for foreign graduates to obtain visas allowing them to stay and work in the U.S., and barred newly admitted students from coming to the U.S. to study exclusively online during the pandemic.

After four years navigating a barrage of policy changes meant to deter

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Yolo skilled nursing facilities report new COVID cases

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Multiple skilled nursing facilities in Yolo County reported new cases of the novel coronavirus this week, including two with full-blown outbreaks underway.

One of those outbreaks is at Cottonwood Post-Acute Rehab, located on Cottonwood Street in Woodland, were 28 COVID-19 cases were confirmed as of Wednesday, including 22 residents and six employees. No deaths from

COVID-19 have been reported but one resident has been hospitalized, according to the county.

Cottonwood has reported a total of 31 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began and is one of seven skilled nursing facilities in the city of Woodland that have reported COVID-19 cases.

Additional cases were reported this week at three other facilities in that city: Alderson Convalescent Hospital, The Californian

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He’d need crazy math to win now T HIS JUST IN ... Presidential lawyer Rudy Guiliani plans to argue before the United States Supreme Court that he is an “originalist” when it comes to the U.S. Constitution and that African American votes in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Milwaukee and Detroit should count as three-fifths of a vote compared to those of white voters.

“Thomas Jefferson and George Washington never imagined in their wildest dreams that their slaves would be allowed to vote or the descendants of their slaves would be allowed to vote,” Guiliani will contend, hoping to appeal to other “originalists” on the high court.

EVEN MORE RUDY G. ...

Based on the above, Giuliani is asking the Supreme Court to declare Donald Trump the winner in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania once the threefifths mandate is instituted.

FOR THE RECORD ... Before we proceed, in the six states where Trump’s folks have filed lawsuits, it should be noted that with nearly all votes counted, Joe Biden won Michigan by 155,629 votes, Pennsylvania by 81,361, Nevada by 33,596, Wisconsin by 20,605, Georgia by 12,284 and Arizona by 10,457.

And, even though it has no bearing legally, he also won the nationwide popular contest by just short of 6 million votes.

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UR ESTEEMED JUSTICES SPEAK ... in their only ruling on the 2020 election so far, members of the U.S. Supreme Court rightly stated that the Pennsylvania Legislature derives its authority to make rules governing the conduct of elections for federal office from Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 and Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution.

Article I states: “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the Legislature thereof.”

When it comes to “Manner,” the Court went on to note that the Pennsylvania Legislature was well within its rights and duties when “In a law called Act 77, the legislature permitted all voters to cast their ballots by mail.”

In other words, the court endorsed the fact that it was entirely constitutional for the Pennsylvania Legislature to allow all voters to vote by mail in that state, no matter what the

president of the United States might have to say about the matter.

If the court had any objections to the constitutionality of mail-in voting, this would have been a good time to raise the issue.

Act 77 is not some dusty law passed in 1799 that makes it illegal to spit on a downtown sidewalk between 1 and 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.

No, it was passed in late October of 2019, just a year before this year’s election, by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 138-61 in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and 35-14 in the state Senate. Both houses have a Republican majority.

At the bill signing by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, numerous representatives of both parties were present. Said Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman “We are thankful for the governor’s willingness to work with us to enact the most historic change in how we cast votes since the election code was enacted in 1937. Compromise has given Pennsylvanians a modernized election code that preserves the integrity of the ballot box and makes it easier for voters to choose the people who represent them.”

Added Republican House Majority Leader Bryan Cutler, “This bill was not written to benefit one party or the other, or any one candidate or single election. It was developed over a multi-year period with input of people from

different backgrounds and regions of Pennsylvania. It serves to preserve the integrity of every election and lift the voice of every voter in the commonwealth.”

And yet, the president’s lawyers are now arguing that all mail-in votes in Pennsylvania should be declared both illegal and unconstitutional.

AS FOR ARTICLE II ... “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress.”

As such, the Legislature enacted Section 1501 of the Pennsylvania Election Code that states plainly that the state’s electors are chosen only by the popular vote of the commonwealth’s voters.

Noted Corman, the Republican Senate Majority Leader, “To settle the record once again, without question, the only and exclusive way that presidential electors can be chosen in Pennsylvania is by the popular vote. The legislature has no hand in the process whatsoever.”

Still, the president’s hired guns persist in ignoring both the law and the legally expressed will of the people.

And they dare to call themselves patriots.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Nighttime curfew begins in Yolo County on Saturday

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Residents of Yolo County and all other counties in the state’s purple tier will be subject to a curfew beginning Saturday and lasting through Dec. 21.

The curfew prohibits most nonessential activity outside the home from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. in counties where widespread

coronavirus activity exists.

The order mirrors the Stay at Home order issued in March but applies only to those nighttime hours and only in counties on the purple tier.

“We are asking that people are home by 10 and stay home,” said Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s secretary of health and human services.

Activities still allowed include going to the grocery store or drug store; walking the dog; and getting takeout from a restaurant.

“We know from our stay at home order this spring, which flattened the curve in California, that reducing the movement and mixing of individuals dramatically decreases COVID-19

spread, hospitalizations and deaths,” said Ghaly.

“We may need to take more stringent actions if we are unable to flatten the curve quickly. Taking these hard, temporary actions now could help prevent future shutdowns.”

Statewide, COVID-19 cases increased by about 50 percent during the first week of November,

prompting state officials to pull the emergency break on the blueprint for reopening — a move that landed Yolo County back in the purple tier this week.

Since the first week of November, Yolo County’s COVID-19 cases have continued to increase, by an average of about 43 new cases a day between Nov. 8 and Nov. 18.

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

Among them is Herbert (A73513), a 7-year-old male pit bull who loves people.

He’s a strong dog but very sweet. Due to his size, he would be more suitable for families with older children. Herbert tested positive for heartworm so he will need a family willing to help him complete the needed treatment.

Email adopt ycas@gmail. com to meet any adoptable shelter animal.

Also hoping for a good home is Panini (A183082), a female domestic longhair tabby cat, about 10 years old. She is looking for a home that can give her attention on her terms and maintain her long, gorgeous coat with daily brushing.

She may be a bit shy at first when moving to a new place, but once she’s acclimated to her new home, she will be a total love with a big personality and will have a lot to say.

All shelter animals are up-to-date on vaccinations, microchipped, and spayed or neutered.

The shelter is closed to the public for nonemergencies but the staff is available to assist at 530-668-5287 during new temporary hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday to Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

For information, visit www.petfinder.com/ member/us/ca/woodland/ yolo-county-animalservices-ca283/.

Keeping pets safe in the crisis

BY EVELYN DALE

Panini

Special to The Enterprise

At Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue, you’ll find Milton, a 1-year-old neutered male purebred Rottie. He’s a silly love bug with a shiny, healthy coat.

Milton needs some training but he comes with free lifetime obedience training classes at Rotts of Friends.

Dillon is a 1½-year-old neutered male Siberian husky.

He’s sweet, friendly, walks well on leash and knows some commands.

The next Rotts of Friends’ adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at 34505 County Road 29 in Woodland.

Come by 10 a.m., as it takes at least an hour to meet and adopt a dog; everyone who will be living with the dog should come out to meet it.

Bring proof of home ownership, such as a mortgage statement or property tax bill. If you rent, please bring proof that you are allowed to have a dog in your home, such as a pet clause in your lease or a note from your landlord.

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

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he holiday season is upon us, but this year it’s different. The Centers for Disease Control advise us to be careful and avoid large family gatherings. So what about pets?

According to the CDC, it’s possible people infected with COVID-19 could spread the virus to pets and advises keeping pets away from anyone who is infected with the virus. The risk of animals spreading COVID19 to people is low. At this point, the CDC has found no evidence that viruses, including COVID-19, spread to people from petfur, hair or skin. Since animals can sometimes carry other germs, it is still important to wash hands and maintain good hygiene after handling any animal.

Cats should stay indoors as much as possible. Walking pets while keeping a safe distance from others is good for you and your pets. What about going to a dog park?

The CDC acknowledges dog parks provide many dogs with socialization and exercise but advises caution because of the number of people and dogs there.

If you do go, maintain a safe distance from others and limit your and your dog’s interaction with people outside your household.

Clean, disinfect and thoroughly rinse items such as leashes, toys or water bowls brought to the dog park. Do not wipe or bathe pets with chemical disinfectants, alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, hand sanitizers, countercleaning wipes, or other industrial surface cleaners.

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vaccinations and necessary medical care. If your pet needs grooming or goes to daycare, remember to clean leashes and other items your pet had afterwards.

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Bats, whose populations have been declining, are important to natural ecosystems. For this reason, people need to be careful and not harm bats.

Details are at Pets and Animals, Center for Disease Control at https://www. cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019 -ncov/faq.html#Pets-and -Animals.

Happy Tails Have you met “Lucy” at Hoffmann Automotive on Second Street in Davis? If so, you are among Lucy’s many admirers.

Lucy’s story started when Jason Hoffman and his future wife decided to adopt a dog. Jason writes, “When my wife and I had been dating for a few years, she started talking about getting a dog. She always wanted a dog growing up but her parents never allowed it. I had always grown up with dogs and love them but I was not convinced we were in a position at that point to responsibly raise one. She

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Want a little TLC from a four legged friend? Stop by Hoffman Automotive in Davis where Lucy (right) and her pal Juno will be happy to oblige. secretly started searching Petfinder and eventually came across a litter of black lab/treeing walker coon hound mix.

“She convinced me to go and, of course, when I saw them I knew we were coming home with one. We sat down and watched the dogs interact and my wife noticed Lucy (who was the runt) was the only dog who really stopped playing and came over to say hello to us.

We played with her for a bit, made our decision and filled out the paperwork to bring her home.

“Ever since then, Lucy has been by my side everyday at work and really every moment of my day. She goes everywhere with me. Her early years with us were filled with weekend hikes, camping trips, beach days, dog parks and walks. Eventually, our kids came into all of our lives and Lucy handled it with love and grace.

We were slightly concerned that when we brought our

first daughter home from the hospital that Lucy, like a lot of pets, would have a hard adjustment period.

Not Lucy, she became a great protector of Iris and then two years later, Eliza, when she came.

“Lucy has a large following of admirers in our customer base, many of whom schedule their appointments around her work schedule. She loves work.

She gets a lot of pets and treats from our customers and remembers many of them by the sound of their voice. She is happy to spend time with her adopted sister Juno at the shop on Mondays. They play, nap, play then nap again all day when they are together. Lucy is getting on in age but is still spry.”

— Evelyn Dale of Davis is a volunteer and advocate for shelter animal welfare.

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INTERNATIONAL: Advocates see a glimmer of optimism From Page A1 them from studying here, international students have good reason to expect a reprieve under the incoming administration of Joe Biden, education and immigration experts say.

Biden campaigned on a message of inclusivity and has said he will issue executive orders on the first day of his presidency repealing the travel ban and reinstating the DACA program, which shields undocumented students brought to the U.S. as children from deportation and allows them to work in the U.S. On his campaign website, Biden says he wants to increase the number of work visas and exempt foreign graduates of U.S. Ph.D. programs in STEM fields from any visa caps.

His website also states that “Biden believes that foreign graduates of a U.S. doctoral program should be given a green card with their degree and that losing these highly trained workers to foreign economies is a disservice to our own economic competitiveness.”

Offering permanent residence to all doctoral program graduates would provide a significant incentive for students thinking of studying in the U.S., but it would likely take an act of Congress to achieve.

Since Trump took office,

international student enrollment in the U.S. has steadily declined. This fall, it plummeted, dropping off by 43%. Economists have long sounded alarms over the Trump administration’s alienation of foreign students. During the 2018-19 academic year, international students contributed $41 billion to the U.S. economy and supported 458,290 jobs.

There are an estimated 6,000 international students at UC Davis, comprising 17 percent of the undergraduate population and 24 percent of the graduate student population. During 2018-19, UC Davis international students contributed $441 million to the California economy and supported 5,948 jobs, according to NAFSA. It remains unclear how long it will take to reverse all of Trump’s policies that affect international students, let alone win back their trust. Trump’s actions following his defeat in the presidential election will likely make that process more difficult.

Instead of facilitating a smooth transition of power, the Trump administration appears to be jamming through as many rule changes as it can before Jan. 20, when Trump’s term ends. One rule would dramatically restructure

the student visa system by requiring students in many cases to reapply for new visas after just two years, leaving them uncertain of whether they would be permitted to stay in the U.S. long enough to complete their degrees.

Other regulatory changes that are now in the proposed rule stage would make it nearly impossible for most international students to stay and work in the U.S. after graduating, an obstacle that could discourage students who see a career in the U.S. as their only way to pay off student loans.

Whichever policy changes are finalized as new rules will take time to reverse, as Biden’s administration would need to go through its own rule-making process to revoke them.

“I think there can be an immediate sense of relief and awareness that the climate has changed, but the actual work of rolling back different rules, regulations and other directives is going to take time, and rebuilding the reputational certainty is going to take time,” Miriam Feldblum, executive director of the Presidents’ Alliance, told Inside Higher Ed. — Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net.

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OBITUARIES Louise Micke

Feb. 8, 1939 — Nov. 17, 2020 Louise (LaBelle) Micke died peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at home with her family around her after a long battle with kidney disease and vascular dementia.

Louise was born on Feb. 8, 1939, in Edgartown, Mass., to Louis and Angela LaBelle. After growing up on Martha’s Vineyard, she moved to California after high school to be closer to her brother, Roland LaBelle.

Louise worked for UC Davis Pomology Extension where she met her husband of 58 years, Warren Micke. After moving to Hayward, Santa Barbara and Auburn, they finally settled in Davis in 1964, where they raised their two children, Catherine and Stephen.

Louise worked as a paraeducator for DJUSD, mainly working in the special ed department. She loved her time working with students, and enjoyed seeing them around town years after they graduated.

Louise was very involved in her children’s lives and activities, and has been manager of various sports teams, scorekeeper and

club leader. She enjoyed singing in the church choir, playing golf, knitting, and spending time with her pets. Most of all, she loved being a mother and grandmother!

Louise is survived by her husband Warren Micke; daughter Catherine Pereira; son Stephen Micke; grandchildren Briana Pereira, Sofia Pereira, Jordyn Micke and Joshua Micke (all of Davis); and her brother Paul LaBelle (Florida). She is predeceased by her parents, and her brother Roland.

There will be a public viewing at Smith Funeral Home, 116 D St. in Davis, from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23. Due to COVID, there will be a private funeral mass for family only, but a public burial at Davis Cemetery at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, following COVID guidelines.

Louise’s family wish to thank the caregivers at APEX, Yolo Hospice, and Doctors Alcalay and Cotterel, for their excellent care of Louise.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to your favorite charity.

Milton Clay Blackman Nov. 17, 1938 — Nov. 16, 2020

Milton Clay Blackman, O.D., was born at home in Archie, La. on Nov. 17, 1938. He had no birth certificate when he needed one for a passport. His mother wrote a pleading letter to assert his birth and “she was there.”

His death resulted after a gradual decline from Alzheimer’s. He spent the last three years living at Carlton Senior Living with the excellent and compassionate care provided in memory care. Before moving to Carlton, he received wonderful care and companionship at Yolo Adult Day Health Care, Citizens Who Care, and more recently, from the nurses and caregivers from Yolo Hospice.

His parents, Clay and Althea (Richardson) preceded him in death.

The family moved to Los Angeles when Milt was a baby and he spent his school years in Maywood. After high school, they moved to Chico where Milt started college.

The U.S. Army soon called him to service.

Milt finished in Chico and was then accepted to the School of Optometry in Berkeley.

His first practice took him to Davis where he remained practicing optometry for the next 42 years. He soon became an avid Aggie fan and celebrated his retirement with a “day as a coach” for an Aggie game.

Music was a joy for Milt. His lovely baritone was a part of his church choirs, a local barbershop chorus, and, more recently, the

Woodland Chamber Singers. The highlight was performing with the WCS at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Milt’s love of the outdoors began with camping and later skiing. He joined the Davis Aquatic Masters in 1976 where he met his wife, Lorna.

Water skiing every summer with dear friends, bike trips with the Davis Bike Club and even training for mini triathlons kept him fit for many years.

He had yearly golf trips in Palm Springs with his best friend Paul Hiss.

Thanksgiving was spent camping and hiking at Big Sur with family and friends.

Milt and Lorna began their travels with a honeymoon in Tahiti and continued with several trips to Europe and Africa, and memorable trips to Alaska.

Milt is survived by his wife, Lorna Belden; children Kelly (Matt Roseberry) and Kevin (Christina); grandchildren Jessica (Chris Grubbs), Elizabeth and Mason; greatgrandson Hunter Grubbs; stepchildren Mike Stark, Wendy (Dave Banas); and stepgrandchildren Nicholas and Brenna Banas.

Milt will continue to be missed by his family and friends following the long progression of Alzheimer’s. There will be no services and the family will celebrate his life at a later date.

Donations in his name may be made to Progress Ranch Treatment Services for Children; Giffords: Courage to Fight Gun Violence; or the Alzheimer’s Association at alz.org.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020

NURSING: UCD will provide additional staff testing From Page A1 and Woodland Skilled Nursing.

Alderson’s two new cases this week — one resident and one staff member — bring to 104 the total number of cases there, along with 18 deaths. That exceeds the COVID-related deaths at the nowclosed Stollwood Convalescent Hospital in Woodland, where an outbreak early in the pandemic left 17 dead.

No city in Yolo County has had more outbreaks in congregate care facilities than Woodland and no city or area of the county has had more cases among the general population.

Skilled nursing facilities in Woodland account for 240 of the 282 coronavirus cases and all 42 of the deaths in congregate care facilities reported by Yolo County since the beginning of the pandemic.

Likewise the city accounts for 1,652 of the county’s 3,933 total cases and 41 of the county’s 71 deaths since the pandemic began.

Health officials have repeatedly said that the coronavirus is brought into skilled nursing facilities by unsuspecting and asymptomatic employees who have contracted the virus in the community.

The more widespread COVID-19 is in the larger community, the higher the likelihood of congregate care centers being impacted.

“Locations like nursing facilities, where people are living in congregate settings and the population served are older or elderly with underlying health conditions, are at the highest risk of being infected,” the county said in a press release Wednesday.

Yolo County supervisors have discussed increasing testing of staff at skilled nursing facilities, moving from the currently mandated once a week to possibly twice a week, and UC Davis has agreed to provide increased testing at nursing homes in Davis, Supervisor Jim Provenza said this week.

However, that testing is limited so far to only Davis nursing facilities, noted Yolo County health officer Dr. Aimee Sisson.

“This is where I think partnering with UC Davis would be wonderful. ” Aimee Sisson Yolo County health officer “I would hope that we might be able to expand out from there,” Sisson said.

“I support increasing testing potentially to twice weekly from the currently mandated minimum weekly testing,” Sisson said, but she added that she remains concerned about “testing fatigue and compliance in those staff if nasal swabs are being used twice a week.

“So this is where I think partnering with UC Davis would be wonderful.

Their innovative saliva testing … I think would allow us to push for increased testing without upsetting the staff by having them getting their nose swabbed twice a week.

“They would be doing the county a big favor if they extended their testing to these facilities,” Sisson said of UCD. Provenza agreed.

“It would be great if we could have a saliva test in all the nursing homes in the county,” he said.

Woodland is not alone in dealing with outbreaks in skilled nursing facilities.

The city of West Sacramento, which has the second-most cases in the county, is also experiencing a skilled-nursing facility outbreak.

As of Wednesday, Riverbend Nursing Center in West Sacramento had reported 22 cases of COVID-19, involving nine residents and 13 staff members. Riverbend had reported a handful of cases earlier this summer. No deaths have been reported at the facility.

Meanwhile, Courtyard Health Centers in Davis reported one new COVID-19 case this week.

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

CANNERY: Crisis causes change From Page A1 the development of the 100-acre site north of Covell Boulevard and east of F Street.

The project is now nearing build-out with a mix of low-, medium- and highdensity residential uses, parks and open spaces.

But the mixed-use commercial district remains the last major undeveloped piece, consisting of 12 acres split into east side and west side parcels.

According to the developer, with the arrival of the pandemic and subsequent economic recession, potential lessees and purchasers of those commercial buildings canceled leases and escrows, prompting lenders to withdraw loan commitments.

However, city staff said, “the applicant is confident

that it is still possible to finance construction of the apartment building and related site improvements.

“Once construction progress is made, they believe that they will have a better opportunity to attract commercial tenants, obtain commitments, and begin the commercial construction.”

Cannery residents who spoke during public comment on Tuesday night were somewhat divided, with some opposed to adding more residential units before retail or other commercial and others preferring that the longvacant space be developed.

“I can understand the frustration of the neighbors here,” said Mayor Gloria Partida. “It has been a long time for this to come to fruition.”

However, Partida said,

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simply saying the commercial elements must be built before the residential could just put everything off for two years or more.

“So as much as we would like to play hardball and get the applicant to stick to the original idea,” Partida said, “I don’t think the outcome that people are hoping for is … what they’re going to get.”

Vice Mayor Lucas Frerichs noted that there are a number of Cannery residents who want the commercial district developed, particularly with retail, “but there are a lot of folks who recognize the situation we’re in and think we should allow this compromise to get the apartments going on the far western edge.”

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GUILTY: Technology, persistence help catch serial rapist From Page A1 “We’re just thankful the DNA was there. The victims were able to get the justice they deserve,” said Sacramento County Deputy District Attorney Keith Hill, who tried the consolidated case with fellow prosecutor Chris Ore. Joseph Farina, Waller’s lead attorney, declined to comment as he left the courthouse Wednesday morning. Waller now faces a life sentence in prison at his sentencing hearing, set for Friday, Dec. 18.

Several of Waller’s victims attended the verdict reading, some dabbing at their eyes as he was convicted of multiple sexualassault, kidnapping, burglary and weapon-related crimes that for years went unsolved.

“It’s a good day,” said Nicole Earnest-Payte, one of Waller’s earliest victims from Sonoma County. “Twenty-nine years of waiting and waiting, Amazing.”

‘So afraid, so scared’ Testimony in Waller’s monthlong trial began on Oct. 19, roughly two years after Sacramento County law-enforcement leaders announced his arrest based upon Waller’s DNA match to multiple NorCal Rapist crime scenes, using a technique known as Investigative Genetic Genealogy.

At the time, Waller worked as a longtime safety specialist at UC Berkeley, living in Benicia with his wife.

The NorCal Rapist committed his first known assault in 1991

A juror in the Roy Waller/NorCal Rapist trial speaks to reporters after Wednesday’s verdicts. “The DNA don’t lie,” he said.

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and went on to target nine victims in Sonoma, Solano, Contra Costa, Yolo, Butte and Sacramento counties, carrying out his final offense in Natomas in 2006.

Waller’s dozens of charges included 11 counts in connection to the suspect’s two Davis attacks.

He raped two roommates, both UC Davis students, in their Adams Street apartment on Jan. 25, 1997, then returned three and a half years later to abduct a recent UCD graduate from her Alvarado Avenue townhouse and sexually assault her in her own car.

Two of the Yolo County victims testified during Waller’s trial, who despite the passage of decades offered detailed recollections of the horrific crimes, one woman breaking down in tears at the memory of her assault.

“I was so afraid, so scared,” said T. Doe, a 1997 victim whose name

was altered in court to protect her identity. She remembered trying to jump out of a second-story window to avoid the assault, and that she and her roommate initially felt ashamed of what had happened to them.

“We didn’t want anyone to know,” she said, adding that to this day only seven of her relatives are aware of the attack. For her two sisters who accompanied her to court, “this is the first time they heard my story. … I never told them in detail.”

The 1997 crime revealed one of the first-known images of the NorCal Rapist, whose masked face was captured by a ATM camera as he used one victim’s bank card in Woodland.

Although DNA science was still in its early stages back then, investigators were able to collect the suspect’s genetic material

from the back seat of the 2000 victim’s vehicle.

DNA clinches case Despite the physical evidence against him, Waller denied being the NorCal Rapist while testifying in his own defense last week.

“All I can say is, I was never at these locations and I never did what I’m accused of,” Waller said, as reported by The Sacramento Bee. “As far as the DNA thing, I’m not a DNA expert.”

But the jury didn’t buy it, especially after hearing Waller try to justify having items such as duct tape, zip ties, handcuffs and ski masks — all used during the NorCal Rapist’s attacks — in his home and personal storage lockers.

“Who carries around that kind of stuff?” said Michael H., the

juror, who noted that the jury needed only two-and-a-half hours of deliberations to reach its decision. Waller’s lack of a sensible explanation, along with the DNA, “were the main reasons we found him guilty.”

Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel, whose agency investigated Waller’s local crimes, praised the jury and prosecutors for “the work that was done to bring him to justice.”

“I especially appreciate the work done by the Sacramento County District Attorney (Anne Marie Schubert), who is a true leader when it comes to using DNA to resolve cold cases,” Pytel said. “Roy Waller evaded justice for far too long and I hope now that all of his victims can feel some relief that his reign of terror has stopped.”

The Waller case is one of three cold cases with Davis ties solved through DNA evidence in recent years.

Joseph James DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer/East Area Rapist who assaulted two women and a married couple in Davis during the summer of 1978, was sentenced in August to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to multiple murder, rape and other charges.

Mark Jeffrey Manteuffel, linked to three area rapes, pleaded guilty in July to two Sacramento crimes and is expected to admit to the 1994 Davis offense — the sexual assault of a UCD student as she jogged along a South Davis greenbelt — on Dec. 11.

Notice of Public Hearing Renewal of Annual Downtown Business Improvement District Assessment Fee The City of Davis City Council will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday December 1, 2020 on the adoption of a Resolution to Levy and Collect the Downtown Business Improvement District Annual Assessment Fee for the Core Area benefit zone and Periphery Core benefit zone.

handy-persons, repair, maintenance, or cleaning services, secretarial services, recreation halls, theaters, other entertainment events, travel agencies, service stations, equipment leasing, locksmiths, photocopying services, commercial and portrait photography, and businesses or personal services not otherwise specified.

The Council meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be held in the Community Chambers, Davis City Hall, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California. In accordance with Executive Order N-33-20 and N-29-20, this meeting may be conducted electronically or by teleconference, without a physical location from which members of the public may observe and offer public comment. Information on how to observe the meeting and offer public comment electronically or telephonically will be included in the meeting agenda, which is generally available five (5) days prior to the hearing date on the City’s Website. Please contact the City Clerk’s Office for the approximate time this item will be heard.

Group IV - Professional and Wholesalers. Businesses including, but not limited to, appraisers, accountants, advertising agents, architects, attorneys, brokerage firms, designers, dentists, consultants, physicians, optometrists, veterinarians, etc., and wholesale businesses which sell, handle, or store merchandise solely for the purpose of resale in the regular course of business.

On November 10, 2020 the City Council adopted a Resolution of Intention (No. 20-169) to levy and collect the annual assessment fee for the Davis Downtown Business Improvement District (DBID) Core Area Benefit Zone and Periphery Core Area Benefit Zone for fiscal year 2021-2022, pursuant to the Parking and Business Improvement District Area Law of 1989. Information on the classification of businesses; assessment estimates and boundaries of the Core Benefit Zone and Periphery Core Benefit Zone are shown below.

The levy is an ongoing annual assessment and the City of Davis collects the assessment at the same time as the annual renewal of the business license tax that begins in December of each year. The funds received from the DBID assessment are used for the following proposed improvements and activities: the promotion of business activities within the District; promotion of public events which are to take place on or in public places within the District; furnishing of music in any public place in the District; decoration of any public place in the District; and acquisition, construction, or maintenance of parking facilities for the benefit of the District.

At the PUBLIC HEARING, the City Council will consider any written or verbal protests on the levy of the annual DBID assessment for the activities specified pursuant to the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989.

Following the public hearing, the City Council will be asked to adopt a resolution levying the DBID assessment in accordance with the 2020 DBID Report.

Protest Information Any interested person, who would be charged the assessment may file a written protest with the City Clerk, or having previously filed a protest, may file a written withdrawal of that protest. A written protest shall state all grounds of objection and shall contain a description sufficient to identify the business and business owner. If written protests are received at or before the public hearing from the business owners who will pay 50% or more of the assessments proposed to be levied and protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the protests to less than 50%, no further proceedings to levy the proposed assessment as contained in the Resolution of Intention shall be taken for a period of one year from a finding of a majority protest by the City Council. If the majority protest is only against the furnishing of a specified type or types of improvement or activity with in the area those types of improvements or activities shall be eliminated. The City Clerk’s office is located at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, 95616.

Availability of Documents See https://www.cityofdavis.org/city-hall/city-council/city-council-meetings/ agendas for the 2020 DBID Annual Report and Staff Report providing further information including: a full description of the improvements and activities to be funded, the boundaries of the assessment district, the zones within the district, and the proposed 2021 assessments to be levied upon businesses in the district. Staff reports for the public hearing are generally available five (5) days prior to the hearing date. For additional questions contact Sarah Worley, Business Engagement Manager at (530) 747-5882, sworley@cityofdavis.org.

Public Comments All interested parties are invited to attend the public hearing or send written communications to the City Manager’s Office no later than the hearing date.

The City does not transcribe its proceedings. Persons who wish to obtain a verbatim record should arrange attendance by a court reporter or for some other means of recordation. Such arrangements will be at the sole expense of the person requesting the recordation.

If you challenge the action taken on this matter in court, the challenge will be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Mike Webb, City Manager ****************************************************************************** Downtown Business Improvement District Assessment and Classification of Businesses The businesses within the District are classified so as to promote the equitable imposition of assessments. The method and basis of levying the Assessment (as described in Ordinance No.’s 1491, 1509, and 1635, Sections, 15.10.060, 15.10.070 and 15.10.100 of the City of Davis Municipal Code) is detailed below.

The classifications shall be as follows: Group I - Individual Licenses Held. Individually licensed agents, including, but not limited to, real estate and insurance agents.

Group II - Retail, Manufacturing and Utilities. Businesses including, but not limited to, retail sales, restaurants, hotels and motels, art galleries, commercial printing, newspaper publishing, manufacturing or processing, utilities, etc.

Group III - Services. Businesses including, but not limited to, building contractors,

Group V - Financial Institutions. Financial institutions including, but not limited to, banks, credit unions, and savings and loan associations.

Group VI - Branch Locations. Businesses qualify as a branch business when both the primary and the branch are under the same name and both are located within the boundaries of the core area benefit zone.

Group VII - Commercial Leasing Businesses. Commercial leasing businesses located in and/or leasing property within the Downtown District. An assessment shall be levied for each separate property leased to a business within the Downtown District. (Ord. 1491, § 1 (part); Ord. No. 1635, § 1; Ord. No. 1677, § 1; Ord. No. 2195, Amended 12/14/2004) Computation of Fees Separate assessment schedules shall be used to levy assessments for businesses within each benefit zone and each business group. The following schedule of fees assessment shall apply in the DBID, except that not-for-profit charitable organizations shall be exempt: (a) Core Area Benefit Zone Annual Assessment Rates - Businesses located in the core benefit zone pay 100% of the normal DBID fees assessments which are listed below. (See the Location Map attached hereto.)

* To compute the assessment in the periphery zone multiply the corresponding assessment by 0.75.

Exemptions for Home Based Businesses and Newly Established Businesses Owners of home based businesses as defined by Section 40.26.150 (Home Occupations) of the City’s Municipal Code may receive an exemption from the assessment for each year that they qualify under one of the following: (a) a homebased business netting less than $5,000 per year; or (b) a homebased business in compliance with the following four conditions: (1) The home based business does not engage in on-site retail sales; (2) The owner of the business lives on-site; (3) No sign is posted on the premises to identify the business; (4) The business uses a P.O. Box for all business correspondence.

A business newly established in the District is exempted from paying the District fee for a period from the day of opening until the end of that calendar year.

DAVIS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT EXHIBIT A - CORE BENEFIT ZONE

(b) Periphery Core Benefit Zone - Businesses located in the periphery zone pay 75% of the normal DBID fees assessments which are listed below. The projects and activities of the DDBA generally include the businesses in this periphery zone; however the reduced fee recognizes the fact that businesses outside the “core of the core” receive diminishing benefits from downtown promotions. (See Location Map attached hereto.)

Assessment Estimate The assessment schedule is described below for review and analysis by business owners. The maximum that would be paid by any one business in Fiscal Year 20202021 is an $2,028.04 annual assessment for retail businesses with gross receipts of over $2,000,000. This amount would increase by 3% per year thereafter.

DAVIS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT EXHIBIT B - PERIPHERY CORE BENEFIT ZONE

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Here’s the truth about turkeys

BY SARA THOMPSON Special to the Enterprise

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ith Thanksgiving coming in the next week, we often also think about the post feast nap many of us take. Many have attributed the post meal sleepiness to the amino acid, tryptophan, found in turkeys. While it is true that tryptophan is found in turkey meat, it may not the reason you feel tired after Thanksgiving.

Amino acids are the building blocks for protein in our bodies, and this includes tryptophan. We are not able to naturally create it in our bodies and are required to obtain it from our diets. All amino

EXPLORIT SCIENCE CENTER acids have their own function and importance, but tryptophan helps to create other compound in our bodies.

Tryptophan is a biochemical precursor to serotonin, which then creates melatonin, which are some of the “feel good” brain chemicals. Tryptophan also helps with the creating of niacin, which is a variety of vitamin B. Tryptophan is often blamed for our postThanksgiving meal feelings of sleepiness and naps. Even though tryptophan is found in turkey

meat, it does not have more than other foods that have tryptophan in it.

Other foods that contain tryptophan include other poultry meat, such as chicken. It can also be found in some types of fish, such as cod and salmon. It is also found in some dairy products such as milk, cheeses and yogurts. There are many foods that contain tryptophan other than turkey, and some that contain much more than turkeys, so what is causing our sleepiness?

During Thanksgiving we feast on not only turkey, but a number of sides and desserts as well. The cause of our sleepy state after our meal is due to the

sheer amount of food we ate. Many eat larger portions than normal, and food high in carbohydrates. The kinds of foods we eat at Thanksgiving, and the larger sizes take a long time to digest.

The opposite of “fight or flight” is “rest and digest”, so after eating a large meal our body will want to rest so it can dedicate blood vessels to digestions rather than to our limps for moving. Therefore, the reason we feel tired after Thanksgiving is not completely to blame on the turkey, but the whole meal and just our natural need to rest and digest it.

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Living Senior A Thanksgiving turkey gets its basting.

How was your experience?

BY JACCI O’CONNOR AND JAY WOODS Special to The Enterprise

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ou’ve just spent an exasperating hour or more on the phone with a bubbly customer service representative. The reason for your call may or may not have been resolved. You’re frustrated and feeling like you’ve just been through the ringer. Not five minutes later, you receive a friendly email asking, “How was your experience?”

They’re everywhere.

Every time. Every trip to a store. Every call to customer service. Every delivery from a retail shipping service. Every doctor appointment — including a trip to the lab for a simple blood draw. We’ve even received a customer survey email after simply picking up a coffee to go.

And there’s the one that finally prompted us to write this column: a dental appointment.

It comes in automated phone calls, emails and text messages. “How was your experience?” “Please take a few minutes to answer our survey, “We’d like your feedback...” and so on.

But the dentist — really?

How do you think my experience was? I mean, it’s the dentist.

We’ve all watched the frequency of these customer feedback requests increase in recent years, most of us with some degree of irritation.

Maybe just an eye roll, but at times, actual annoyance. Especially when we’ve just spent a torturous hour or more on the phone with an agent from our internet service provider who was going to be “happy to help” us but who did not even almost resolve our issue. We just look at each other and laugh. Do they really want us to tell them how our experience was and to rate our level of, uh, satisfaction with the service we received?

For the most part, and like many of you, we have largely ignored these relentless requests for feedback.

Then the pandemic hit.

And we started thinking.

We remembered an occasion last year when our car battery died in front of Nugget Markets and our insurance company dispatched an onthe-spot battery replacement service. It was pouring rain that day. We recall the young man who tested and replaced our battery telling us when he was done (and soaking wet) that we would be

TECH OVER 60 receiving a request for feedback from his company and that “When we get anything less than excellent ratings on customer surveys it counts against us.” We of course don’t know if he was being 100% honest, but since we had indeed received excellent service we had no problem completing the survey and saying so.

So back to the pandemic. What if our willingness to answer these surveys does significantly impact the employee evaluations of those front line workers who deliver our packages, check us out at the pharmacy or grocery store, and tend to us at the doctor’s office? What if customer feedback does make a difference for their job standing or even their pay or chances of promotion?

These folks step up every day, risking their health and that of their loved ones to an unknown degree. Every day. Perhaps it’s time to reconsider those surveys we’ve grown accustomed to ignoring.

So we pay more attention now. We’re more likely to take the time to say yes to a request for feedback.

To give a thumbs up when a package we ordered has been delivered on time and right to our doorstep. To say OK when asked if we’d answer a few questions following a medical appointment.

We’re taking a little more time to do these things, not because this pandemic has us bored enough to do so (although we know a few folks who have developed a pandemic pastime of completing customer surveys!), but because we want to acknowledge those essential workers for their efforts. And if it does help them out in any way related to their job security or pay grade or opportunity for advancement, we certainly can take a few minutes to support them.

Not all “How was your experience?” notifications merit a response. Pandemic boredom notwithstanding, most of us don’t have the time or inclination to deal with the volume of survey requests we receive nowadays. If we have just ordered something online and the entire process was automated, we likely will delete the email that follows the transaction asking us to fill out a questionnaire regarding our experience. However, when the package arrives safely on our front porch we will gladly note our satisfaction with the delivery

person when asked.

And if we’re not in a situation where we’ll be sent a survey, we’ll find another way, albeit small, to say thanks to someone on the front line. We’ve become more conscientious about tipping. For example, when a Trader Joe’s employee shops for us and brings the groceries out to our car. Or a Starbucks barista hands us our coffees at the drive-thru with a smile and wishes us a nice day.

As life lessons from the pandemic go, we’ve learned to pause and take a few extra minutes to recognize the good people who serve us on so many levels. It feels good, and it’s worth it.

But we’re still not sure what to say when the dentist’s email arrives asking, “How was your experience?”

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DHS alumnus releases new album

BY JULIETTA BISHARYAN Enterprise correspondent

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hile others picked up baking or painting during the nationwide lockdown, Grayson McKim spent his days in quarantine producing a full-length album.

McKim, who grew up in Davis, spent nearly fiveand-a-half months creating the album, entirely from scratch.

The project began on a whim, after his plans to help shoot a film in India got postponed to the summer.

He composed “Solitude,” the second track on the album, and decided to center the album around that particular song and the feelings it evoked.

“Basically, over time that evolved and eventually, I decided to make an album from that,” McKim said.

The album, titled “Hollowmax,” is made up of 10 songs, running about 30 minutes. McKim describes the album as a soundtrack to a nonexistent video game or movie, or rather a series of songs trying to tell a story. As a genre, the album is categorized under “new age.”

The title of the album derives from a video game McKim had recently finished playing, called

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Grayson McKim composes and records part of a song in his home studio. He says he makes music solo and composing and recording is “a linked processes” for him.

“Hollow Knight,” as well as the composer GermanBritish Max Richter.

Together, the two inspired the name “Hollowmax.”

“The central feeling that I was trying to get at with the album, the feeling I was experiencing during corona, was loneliness but also a lot of potential at the same time,” McKim said.

“The analogy I use is being in a new place, where you are completely alone but you’re surrounded by opportunity, like traveling or exploring space. That was kind of the feeling I think Hollowmax loosely captures because you’re like hollow but you’re also feeling the maximum.”

His friend, Marcella Maggio, who is an animation major, designed the album art. The artwork features a solitary figure standing in what appears to be a cave with gaping arches.

The instrumentation is primarily orchestral with a few hints of soft synthesizer — heavily produced

orchestral sounds. McKim intentionally tried to maintain a stylistic ratio of 90 percent orchestral feel and 10 percent elated synthetic feel to keep the listener alert.

McKim also worked with some professional musicians to help convey the orchestral feel. For instance, one musician

performed the flügelhorn solo featured on the sixth track of the album, “Porteil.”

At certain points throughout the album, a piano can be heard alone playing a repeating phrase, while at other times it will be joined by a suite of strings, vocals and woodwinds.

“In the end, there’s not really an answer to this feeling, but I think that it paved the way for some very interesting musical ideas.”

As for musical inspirations, McKim cites Hans Zimmer, Nicholas Britell, Christopher Larkin and Gareth Coker, to name a few, as his many influences for the album’s sound and style. Some of his friends have even compared his work to that of Zimmer.

From an early age, McKim took piano lessons until fifth or sixth grade.

Though reluctant at the time, he now appreciates his parents for forcing him to do so. Afterward, he played cello for one year and then played tuba for six years during middle school and high school.

Around the end of high school, McKim got his first midi keyboard and began messing around, playing

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Manetti Shrem Museum art exhibitions go virtual Special to The Enterprise Visitors can engage with contemporary art and artists and experience a museum exhibition coming to life via a new website from the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis. The site launched Nov. 15 in celebration of the centennial birthday of artist and Professor Emeritus Wayne Thiebaud.

The “Exhibition in Progress” website invites the public behind the scenes as the museum documents the development and installation leading up to its winter exhibition, “Wayne Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation.”

The site will provide a window into the challenges and innovative approaches that are part of building an exhibition during a global pandemic.

“It’s with the UC Davis spirit of experimentation that we launch this site documenting and exploring the ways the Manetti Shrem Museum has responded to bring our visitors the engagement and intellectually rigorous exhibits they expect,” said founding director Rachel Teagle. Every other week, visitors can expect rich content including significant updates as new art is received and unpacked, and the exhibition’s “New Generation” artists are introduced through exclusive video interviews.

Teagle and associate curator

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Susie Kantor, the exhibition curators, will preview the upcoming exhibition and the site at a special virtual winter exhibition program at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, on Zoom.

“Wayne Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation” is scheduled to open Jan. 31 at the Manetti Shrem Museum. Select pairings of Thiebaud works with those of exhibiting artists explore how he forecast the future of painting

through his personal journey to find meaning and reinvention in the medium’s history — and inspired his students to do the same.

Works by contemporary artists who have been inspired by Thiebaud as a fellow painter as well as former students are highlighted.

Andrea Bowers, Robert Colescott, Alex Israel, Jason Stopa, Jonas Wood and Lynette YiadomBoakye pay homage to Thiebaud’s

Wayne Thiebaud’s 1975-76 oil on panel “Three Treats” will be included in “Wayne Thiebaud lnfluencer: A New Generation” scheduled to be on display Jan. 31 to June 13. The piece is part of the fine arts collection at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis, and a gift of Betty Jean and Wayne Thiebaud. Also part of the show will be Jason Stopa’s 2014 oil and enamel on canvas “Red Cup, Ice,” at left. work and sensibility in a variety of ways.

The other 13 artists studied with Thiebaud directly: Julie Bozzi, Christopher Brown, Gene Cooper, Richard Crozier, April Glory Funcke, Fredric Hope, Grace Munakata, Bruce Nauman,

Vonn Cummings Sumner, Ann Harrold Taylor, Michael Tompkins, Clay Vorhes and Patricia Wall.

For more information about the exhibition and how to reserve a timed ticket, visit manetti shrem.org.

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Nachmanoff’s concert to help share Yolo’s bounty Special to The Enterprise

unique style of high-energy “philosophical folk-rock” appeals to a wide age range and has led one promoter to say, “Dave Nachmanoff seems to carry his own electricity with him ... The lights burn a bit brighter when he is on stage!”

Of this month’s livestreamed concert, Nachmanoff says, “It will be very special. I’ve partnered with Yolo Food Bank and pledged to give them 18% of all donations to help families in need. With the COVID-19 pandemic happening, this year has been especially hard on everyone and I’d like to give back to those who have been affected most.”

He will perform some

outstanding guest musicians. The CD was recorded in Los Angeles with longtime friend and Grammynominated producer and engineer, Bill Smith.

The COVID-19 crisis has increased demand for food assistance in Yolo County by more than 60%, and Yolo Food Bank is responding. They’re distributing approximately 800,000 pounds of food countywide per month, and providing nutrition safely to 6,000 senior citizens and other vulnerable residents.

Through their work, they’re ensuring daily meals for atrisk homeless poeple sheltered in local motel rooms.

And they’re expanding and adapting distributions,

including drive-through access locations.

Nachmanoff lives in Davis but has toured internationally as a solo artist and as accompanist for folk-rock artist Al Stewart (“Year of the Cat” and “Time Passages”). He recently launched the website for NachVille (www. nachville.com), specializing in helping people express their musical creativity in a few different ways: through creating custom songs, producing songs and albums, recording tracks for their music and helping them to become better songwriters.

For more information, visit www.davenach.com or www.yolofoodbank.org.

ALBUM: He began composing by writing film music scores

Kids invited to audition

Singer-songwriter Dave Nachmanoff will perform a live-streamed concert on his YouTube channel (www. youtube.com/davenach) called “Live from NachVille: Thanksgiving Edition” at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22.

Portions of the proceeds will benefit the Yolo Food Bank’s “Sharing Yolo’s Bounty” initiative, bringing Thanksgiving home to local families most in need of the hope and the heart of the holiday season.

To donate, visit www. paypal.me/davenach.

Nachmanoff is known as a sophisticated lyricist and virtuoso guitarist. His

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Singer-songwriter Dave Nachmanoff of Davis will perform a live-streamed concert on Sunday, Nov. 22. Portions of the proceeds will help Yolo Food Bank bring Thanksgiving to local families in need. previously unreleased music and will do a live Q&A after the show. His

latest release, “Cerulean Sky” has an expanded sonic palette and features some

From Page B1 familiar pop songs on the piano by ear. For the chords that he was unable to predict within a song, he would improvise, which piqued his interest in composing.

After graduating from Davis High School, McKim went on to attend Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, to study screenwriting with a minor in computer science and philosophy, where he is currently a junior.

At film school, he began composing more since there was a great need for music scores for the myriad of student-produced films.

As for future projects, McKim plans to compose a score for a feature film as well as for a film in India.

He also is working on a research project for a video game adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment.”

The goal of the game,

Special to The Enterprise Acme Theatre Company will host one-day acting workshops via Zoom on Nov. 20 and 21.

Students ages 11 through 13 will rehearse and perform scenes from the mysteries of Sherlock Holmes from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov 20.

Students ages 7 through 10 will work together to rehearse and perform a “ChooseYour-Own-Adventure” short play from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov 21.

Each workshop will culminate in the creation of a performance video, which can be emailed to family and friends.

The cost is $20.

Register at www.acme theatre.net/education.

Contact Ian Bourne to receive for more information at education@ acmetheatre.net.

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Grayson McKim’s friend Marcella Maggio, an animation major, designed the album art for “Hollowmax.”

McKim says, is to investigate utilitarian ethics through an interactive medium.

Before composing “Hollowmax,” McKim had produced a score for a thesis short film, called “Criminal

Mimes.” This soundtrack is also featured on his Spotify.

“Hollowmax” is available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music and Google Play.

His work can also be found on SoundCloud.

When he was 7 years old, Grayson McKim performs at a recital at the Davis home of his piano teacher Sandra Brown. He took lessons with her through most of elementary school. “I’m very glad I had the experience of working with her — she taught me all the fundamentals I still use today,” he said.

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‘Clouds’ brings a bright ray of sunshine Fact-based drama is a poignant tear-jerker

‘Clouds’ Starring: Fin Argus, Neve Campbell, Sabrina Carpenter, Madison Iseman, Tom Everett Scott, Summer H. Howell, Lil Rel Howery, Vivien Endicott Douglas and Dylan Everett Rating: PG-13, and too harshly, for brief profanity

BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic John Kennedy Toole was 25 when he wrote “A Confederacy of Dunces.” He committed suicide six years later, having long suffered from grief, escalating paranoia and (very likely) despair over having failed to get his book published.

His mother found a carbon copy of the lengthy novel in his effects; she, too, struck out with several publishers before Louisiana State University Press accepted the manuscript.

The book was published in 1980, became a best-seller and — the following year — won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: a level of recognition Toole was long past being able to enjoy.

Zach Sobiech, on the other hand, did get to watch one of his songs become a hit.

But only briefly.

Director Justin Baldoni’s deeply moving “Clouds” depicts Sobiech’s final tumultuous year — as a high school senior — after having battled osteosarcoma (bone cancer) for several years. Baldoni’s heartwarming film is a dramatized expansion of an episode of the documentary series “My Last Days,” which he produced in 2013, and which featured Sobiech.

This film’s screenplay —

by Kara Holden, Casey La Scala and Patrick Kopka — is adapted from the memoir “Fly a Little Higher,” by Sobiech’s mother Laura.

The scripters have taken a few liberties — shortening the key timeline, adding a bit of dramatic tension and a few “movie moments” — but the core story is quite accurate.

Accurate enough, in fact, to have earned the approval of Zach’s family and close

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Zach (Fin Argus) and Sammy (Sabrina Carpenter) noodle their way through the first few lines of a song-in-progress, little realizing where this creative burst eventually will lead. friends (many of whom pop up in various background shots).

Fin Argus, best known for the TV shows “The Commute” and “Total Eclipse,” makes a solid feature starring debut as Zach.

It’s a challenging role; under Baldoni’s careful direction, Argus deftly navigates the extremes of stubborn determination — without becoming some sort of overly cheerful poster child for cancer sufferers — and, alternatively, bouts of grinding despair.

The family dynamic also feels wholly natural, notably the good-natured teasing and jostling that takes place with older siblings Alli (Vivien Endicott Douglas) and Sam (Dylan Everett), and younger sister Grace (Summer H. Howell). The interactions between Argus and Howell are particularly strong, and one of their later scenes is a killer.

Neve Campbell does well with her equally difficult role as Laura. I can’t imagine how such a parent would be so torn in real life, between wanting to hover over every hint of setback or relapse, and also wanting a young adult to enjoy — as much as possible — living his own life, and making his own decisions.

Campbell often seems to silently “vibrate,” as if

Laura wants to be everready for the next crisis; Campbell’s expression also speaks volumes at times, as Laura checks her impulse to argue or say the wrong thing.

Campbell also shares one of this film’s toughest scenes with Argus, late in the third act; it, too, is a killer.

It took a while to accept Tom Everett Scott’s performance as Zach’s father, Rob; unlike the others, who are so natural, Scott initially appears false, like an actor feigning a role. But this, too, is deliberate; it eventually becomes clear that Rob has had the most trouble accepting this situation, and therefore tries (badly) to surf above the turbulent waves.

Lest you assume that this film is a relentless tearjerker, that’s far from the truth, thanks to the talented young actresses who portray the other two important people in Zach’s life.

Sabrina Carpenter, late of TV’s “Girl Meets World,” is radiant as his best friend Sammy; as she jokes at one point, they’ve been inseparable since they “were in diapers” (absolutely true).

As this film begins, they’ve also been making music together for years, although she’s shy about exposing her writing or singing skills

to the greater world.

One of this script’s nice touches is the depiction of her stage fright in an initial scene, and that moment’s outcome, which then circles back at the end of the film.

Despite his crutches and bald pate — the result of chemo treatments — Zach is a popular fixture at high school, in part because his fellow students see only his jovial side. But Sammy is present for the moments of despair; perhaps even more so than Zach’s family, she’s able to bring him out of a funk. Carpenter makes the young woman wise, perky, snarky and sympathetic.

And deeply, deeply in love. We see it in Carpenter’s eyes. And, in the true nature of such stories, Zach is oblivious; to him, it would be like falling in love with one of his sisters.

To further complicate matters, Zach has long been admired by Amy (Madison Iseman), a member of the high school dance troupe. He has noticed her, of course, but believes himself “undateable” and not good enough for her. Sammy persuades him to make the leap, at which point he and Amy become a couple.

Iseman is buoyant and equally adorable; she makes Amy candid and persistent, particularly

when a still-disbelieving Zach wonders aloud why she’d want to be with him, given his condition.

“Do you like me?” she asks, and of course he says yes.

“Even though I don’t have cancer?” she continues, with an impish smile.

What a perfect line — and Iseman delivers it with complete sincerity.

It seems almost inconceivable that one guy would be lucky enough to have two such wonderful female companions in his life, but Baldoni and his scripters make this seem absolutely reasonable. Nor is there any competitive angst between Sammy and Amy; they remain good friends (although this film emphasizes Sammy’s silent, unrequited love more than was the case in real life — according to what the actual Amy and Sammy claim, at any rate).

Lil Rel Howery is a hoot as the school’s English teacher, Mr. Weaver; Howery nails the charismatic dynamic that characterizes the best instructors we remember from our own childhoods. He also serves as a wise mentor during some of Zach’s down and doubtful moments. Howery and Argus share a warm moment while stretched out on the otherwise empty school football field.

Although Zach’s deteriorating condition is a constant, Baldoni pays equal attention to the exhilarating creative process shared

by Zach and Sammy, and the can’t-be-ignored

impulse that prompts one or the other to jot down a few lines of lyrics. Their collaborative energy is palpable, and if where that eventually leads seems unlikely — well, that’s what actually happened.

I’m also impressed by the fact that, although an entry in the “faith cinema” genre, this film neither preaches nor proselytizes; the religious element is quite subtle. These folks have God and love in their hearts, and it’s simply one of many character traits. (How totally refreshing, for numerous reasons.)

That said, a brief family vacation to France — prompted by Laura’s hope that a dip in the healing waters at Lourdes might prompt some sort of miracle — seems a bit contrived amid the rest of this saga.

It’s out of character for the Zach we’ve gotten to know (even though it actually happened in real life).

A film so engrossed with music naturally requires a busy song score, and music supervisor Jordan Carroll delivers. We initially hear snatches of pop and spiritual tunes such as “Sexy and I Know It,” “I’m Yours” and “Jesus Be a Fence Around Me”; as we move into the second and third acts, the score becomes dominated by Zach and Sammy’s songs — “Blueberries,” “Coffee Cup” and others — under their collaborative band name, A Firm Handshake.

Make no mistake: This is an unapologetic tearjerker, and you’d need a heart of stone to avoid being moved at least half a dozen times. But these moments of tragedy are leavened by equally powerful moments of uplifting triumph.

Baldoni’s film does quite well by the young man who once said, “I want to be remembered as a kid who went down fighting, and didn’t really lose.”

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

‘On the Rocks’: This movie is piquant, with a twist This slow-burn dramedy plays with assumptions and expectations

BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic Folks love to speculate about what Bill Murray’s character whispered to Scarlett Johansson’s neglected young wife at the end of writer/director Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation.”

Or, digging even deeper, whether the two of them might have been able to establish some sort of longterm relationship, perhaps on a father/daughter level.

Coppola gives us an answer, of sorts, in “On the Rocks,” an Apple TV+ exclusive.

This time, Murray’s Felix is father to Rashida Jones’ Laura, although we don’t meet him right away. Coppola spends a lengthy prologue depicting Laura’s routine: devoted wife to husband Dean (Marlon Wayans); full-time mother to young daughters Maya and Theo; a practical, down-to-earth approach to things.

But this is mere background gloss. Coppola’s focus is more relationshiporiented, as was the case with “Lost in Translation.”

Dean has been working longer hours of late, trying to get a start-up business off the ground; he’s therefore not around as much, to handle his share of home chores. Laura is tired — indeed, Jones often looks wan and exhausted — and feels taken for

granted. Disconnected.

Coppola is astutely gifted at recognizing the little gestures, comments and expressions that characterize a given thought, moment or desire; Jones deftly conveys this wealth of nuance.

The crisis hits as a result of an equally small thing … except that, maybe, it’s not so small. Dean returns home late one evening, stumbles into bed with Laura, and briefly pauses with what seems like surprise … as if she isn’t the person he expected to see.

At least that’s the way she reads it when she thinks about it later.

Wanting “a man’s take” on the incident, she contacts her father, knowing — since he has been an unapologetic playboy his entire adult life — that he’ll have an opinion.

Enter Murray, in a delightful role that Coppola obviously designed to his strengths.

Felix is a larger-than-life holdover from the oldschool, Rat Pack era of impeccably tailored suits, martini lunches, brazen charm and sophisticated tastes.

He’s an upper-level art dealer, and obviously quite successful, as it finances an expensive lifestyle. He seems to know everybody worth knowing, and everybody he needs to know, no matter how unexpected or

‘On the Rocks’ Starring: Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans, Jenny Slate, Jessica Henwick, Barbara Bain and Juliana Canfield Rating: R, for profanity and sexual candor

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He’s a font of obscure and arcane knowledge, which he shares spontaneously (always delivered with Murray’s signature, to-die-for deadpan expression). And, yes, he’s also full of advice, appropriate or not.

Felix’s analysis of Dean’s “odd little moment” is instantaneous: The man is having an affair.

Although Laura’s emotional, trusting side finds this ridiculous — she knows they’re happily married — her apprehensive lizard brain can’t help assembling the tell-tale clues. All those late nights, many of them unplanned. Phone calls from odd places. And, worst of all, considerable time spent with a gorgeous new co-worker, Fiona (Jessica Henwick).

Could it be?

Only one way to find out, Felix insists. Surveil the guy.

And so begins an unlikely adventure, as Laura and Felix become amateur sleuths on a quest that takes them throughout New York City by day and night. Cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd turns these excursions into a giddy, partially romanticized haze, with visits to classic Big Apple hot spots such as Midtown’s 21 Club, and Soho’s Prince Street bistro, Raoul’s.

We gradually realize that Felix has embraced — and embellished — this role of amateur gumshoe as a means of spending quality time with a daughter who, we suspect, hasn’t had much use for him. And it seems to be working;

despite the frequently rolled eyes and occasional snark with which Laura greets some of Felix’s nonsequiturs, the cautiously blossoming bond is detectable.

Their banter becomes less contentious, more playful: less superficial, more intimate. But it comes at a cost: As Laura begins to realize that her father has a kind, thoughtful side — despite being a cad — her anxiety mounts, as the signs of Dean’s infidelity become blindingly obvious.

Murray and Jones are marvelous together, both adept at impeccably timed slow takes and dry remarks.

It’s a mistake to claim that Murray remains completely stoic; Felix’s apparent detachment has degrees of emotional subtlety. At

times there’s a playful spark in his gaze; alternatively, he looks wary, as if worried that this sojourn with his daughter can’t possibly last for long.

At first blush, Wayans makes Dean an amiable, loving husband and father.

But once suspicion sets in, we — and Laura — view these qualities through a different lens. Is he too jovial? Trying too hard to appear “normal”? And aren’t the reasons for all those late nights starting to sound thin, and contrived?

Ultimately, though, I’m not sure this film’s destination is worthy of the journey. “Lost in Translation” cleverly gained additional emotional heft by placing its romantically angstridden characters in a setting (Tokyo) that amplified their cultural displacement. That film is a full meal; “On the Rocks” is lighter, less solemn, and — as a result — feels like an appetizer.

Mind you, it’s a tasty appetizer.

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State polls were more accurate

Post-Prop. 22, a I different take on ridesharing

BY STEVEN HILL Special to CalMatters

N

ow that Uber and Lyft have prevailed in their $220 million battle royal to win Proposition 22 and roll back California labor law, it’s time to step back and look anew at this industry. California could learn a lot about how New York has handled ride-hailing.

The problem with Uber and Lyft has always been their business model. Their modus operandi has been to heavily subsidize passenger fares and flood streets with their cars to achieve a transportation monopoly.

These companies continue to lose billions of dollars every year because their predatory business model massively subsidizes more than half the cost of passenger rides in their bid to grab market share. That’s a greater subsidy than public transportation receives from city governments.

Such “predatory pricing” used to be illegal when the Federal Trade Commission cared about antimonopoly enforcement. Instead, traditional taxi owners and for-hire drivers, who don’t have deep pockets to subsidize rides, have been pushed to the desperate edge of bankruptcy, and airport shuttle companies have been driven out of business.

Subsidized rides have in turn contributed to a flood of ride-hail vehicles on the streets. Uber and Lyft vastly outnumber traditional taxis by 4 to 5 times, since taxis have a regulator-imposed limit.

One of the most ambitious studies of ridesharing impacts, conducted by researchers at UC Davis’ Institute of Transportation Studies, found that ridesharing results in a dramatic rise in the number of trips made and miles driven in an automobile, as well as a pronounced reduction in the use of mass transit. Even before the COVID pandemic, public transit ridership had declined in nearly every major U.S. city, as commuters opted for half-priced Uber and Lyft rides.

So people have turned away from transportation modes that are better for the environment, draining away the revenue needed to sustain public transportation. For the minority of people that use ridehailing — about 20% of city dwellers, according to various studies – Uber and Lyft have provided a convenient transportation option. But for everyone else riding on the bus, bicycle or driving personal vehicles stuck in “Uber congestion,” ride-hailing has taken us a giant step backward.

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ortunately, there is a fairly simple and straightforward fix. It’s all about supply and demand.

Regulators should limit the number of ridehailing cars that can be on the street at any one time.

Traditional taxis already have such a sensible limit, designed to minimize traffic congestion and stabilize driver wages. Why should ride-hailing be any different?

Back in 2013, Gov. Jerry Brown and the California Public Utility Commission made a colossal blunder. They legalized ride-hailing with lightweight regulations that anticipated none of the problems. Especially unwise was that the regulation took a “one-size-fits-all” approach that included a statewide preemption handcuffing the ability of local governments to establish their own rules, like New York has done — even though California cities already were doing that for traditional taxis.

This was the original sin because it meant that municipal governments lost all control over this commercial activity clogging their streets.

Just modifying this one state regulation to allow local governments a “home rule” option to limit the number of Ubers and Lyfts would unfreeze the current paralysis. Local governments know their communities’ needs. Big cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles have very different transportation conditions than Fresno, Redlands or Lancaster.

In addition to limiting the number of ride-hail vehicles, Uber and Lyft should be required to charge at least the true cost of each ride. If they continue subsidizing rides, a “fairness fee” dedicated to improving public transit should be added to each fare.

Just these two changes — limiting the number of ride-hailing taxis and eliminating fare subsidies — will decrease traffic congestion and carbon emissions, and increase drivers’ wages by ensuring enough work for remaining drivers. A balance must be found between having enough taxi-type vehicles to service demand, but not so many that the streets are choked with traffic and hurting drivers’ wages.

Proposition 22 does not address any of these daunting problems, and we cannot count on these billiondollar Silicon Valley companies to do the right thing.

— Steven Hill is a journalist and author of seven books, including “Raw Deal: How the Uber Economy and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers,” shill@igc.org. He wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.

t didn’t take a genius to know that California would vote big against Donald Trump, and that’s just what every pre-election poll showed. But the fact those surveys also got Democratic Joseph Biden’s landslide California margin very close to correctly showed that pollsters learned something from their 2016 debacle.

Just not enough. In fact, the surveys had already made adjustments in time for the 2018 midterm election, successfully pinpointing the seven California congressional districts Democrats would flip away from Republicans in this state.

Here’s the lesson the polls learned: They could no longer settle for surveying stratified random samples of registered voters, but from now on would have to do the extra work of figuring out who was really certain to vote and who was not, and then pretty much exclude others from their surveys.

There was also the matter of “secret” or “shy” Republican voters who would go for Republican Donald Trump in the privacy of the voting booth or their kitchen table, while telling pollsters they were either undecided or planning to cast ballots for Trump’s opponent.

It turns out the Republican websites and other

Trump supporters were dead right when they loudly contended the number of those hidden Trump supporters was far greater than even new polling techniques used in many major surveys detected. Some surveys mixed computerized responses and answers to robocall questions with results from live telephone interviewers, trying to find out who was who. The results indicate those tactics were nowhere near good enough.

Yes, the polls were correct in a few tightly contested states like Iowa and Arizona, but in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, the three states that figured — correctly, as it again turns out — to decide the election, they were off significantly, almost all picking Democrat Joe Biden to win all three by anywhere from 2 to 5 percent.

Most major polls, including those touted by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, counted on a supposed factor cited by Sean Trende, the wonderfully named

senior elections analyst at the RealClearPolitics pollaggregating website. Said Trende in a pre-election interview: “In Internet polling, you click on your keyboard and no one really knows how you answered.

When you get a robo-poll, it’s just an automated voice and you’re pressing buttons.” So what’s to be shy about? Apparently something.

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ith Election Night returns largely in and large numbers of mail ballots yet to be counted in key states, it was apparent the outcome would not be known for days or weeks.

Which means Democrats who doubted the (for them) positive poll prospects were right to be worried. Many felt like football fans whose team held a lead after three quarters, but had a history of blowing big advantages.

Biden might yet sustain his early lead and the final results may show he actually padded it in the last pre-election weeks by campaigning repeatedly in battleground states from Wisconsin to Arizona, Nevada to Michigan.

But Trump demonstrated that hard work and myriad rallies in key states have power even when a candidate is down in the polls and many big donors have deserted.

Biden’s war chest rose to

about $500 million in the pre-election weeks, while Trump’s fell below $300 million, one result of Trump’s early spending, but Trump’s hard work helped in states like Georgia and Florida, where almost all polls gave Biden pre-election leads, but Trump won handily.

Another reason polls proved less reliable this year than in 2018’s midterm election is that voters appeared more volatile than expected, many changing their minds months before the vote.

Four years ago, every poll showed a narrow election, with the lead fluctuating back and forth and the likely margin projected at 2 percent for Democrat Hillary Clinton. This year, Biden had poll-average leads of 5 percent or more since he essentially clinched the Democratic nomination on Super Tuesday in early March.

The bottom line: Polls were far from perfect this fall, about as unreliable as four years ago, especially in state-level polls outside the West.

— Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. His book, "The Burzynski Breakthrough, The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It" is now available in a softcover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, visit www. californiafocus.net.

LETTERS A big beer-booth thank you The members of Soroptimist International of Davis would like to thank the Davis Farmers Market for the opportunity to serve the Davis community through our beer and wine booth at Picnic in the Park. We were honored to be a part of this event that brought the community together to support farmers, food vendors, musicians and our Soroptimist programs.

Davis is a special community, and the farmers market is at the heart of it.

We understand the tough decision the market’s board made. Our volunteers thank them for allowing us to serve you for 25 years.

We also thank the community members who supported our club and its programs by purchasing beer and wine from us — especially our “regulars.”

And we’re so grateful for our partners, Sudwerk Brewing Co. and many of our best Yolo County wineries.

Evie Wright President, Soroptimist International of Davis

A lesson in civic disengagement On Nov. 3, Davis elected three City Council members following a campaign that was a lesson in civic disengagement.

The presidential battle took much of the heat and honoring pandemic restrictions removed much of the entertainment of a local campaign, but the true culprit in this election is the newly instituted district elections. What were the results?

Judging from the 19,898 ballots cast for and against Measure D, approximately 20,000 Davis residents voted.

However, only 10,996 ballots were cast for a candidate for City Council. Why the discrepancy? Voters in District 1 and 4 were not eligible to vote for Council members in this election.

Of the 10,996 ballots cast in the council race, 4,992 were cast for candidates who were not elected. Add these 4,992 voter to the 8,902 voters who did not cast a vote in the Council election, the result is 13,894 voters — a full 70% —

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who have no personal link to a member of the Davis City Council.

Successful candidates were Will Arnold with 9% of the total vote, Lucas Frerichs with 13% of the total vote and Josh Chapman with 8%. Certainly not a mandate to lead.

Compare this to previous at-large elections with three open seats. In 2016, 22,000 ballots cast, winning candidates received 60%, 52% and 50% of the votes. In 2012, 14,700 votes cast, winning candidates received 69%, 47% and 42%. In 2008, with 12,400 votes cast, the winning candidates received 64%, 60% and 53%.

As soon as the new Council is seated, the Council should establish a Citizen’s Commission on Council Elections to examine options and find a way to legally reinstate at-large Council elections. Other cities in California who were similarly threatened by lawsuits have found paths to a more involved electorate.

Janice Bridge Davis

Dodd’s maternity bill will improve access I want to acknowledge the herculean work of state Sen. Bill Dodd to author, lobby and ultimately secure passage of SB 1237, the Justice and Equity in Maternity Care Act during the final minutes of the 2020 legislative session. The bill was signed into law this month by Gov. Newsom.

SB 1237 removes supervision of California nurse midwives by physicians when managing normal pregnancy and delivery.

Sponsored by the California Nurse

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

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

Midwives Association, Black Women For Wellness Fund, NARAL, United Nurses Association of California and the Women’s Foundation of California Women’s Policy Institute, and supported by a robust coalition of reproductive health and justice organizations, the change will enable better access to prenatal, pregnancy and postpartum care for all women in California.

Four previous attempts to rewrite the nurse midwifery practice act over the previous 5 years were unsuccessful.

When Senator Dodd and co-authors Assembly person Burke and Senator Mitchel created a fifth bill, they did so after reviewing the report of the Legislative Analysts office which recommended removal of the physician supervision requirement. When COVID and wildfire losses hit the state hard, legislators were asked to only submit bills of high priority. Senator Dodd made our bill his priority. His ability to get this work done amidst challenging times demonstrates his commitment to justice, equity and safety for pregnant people in our state, values that I share.

With an intention to do the right thing, Mr. Dodd supported the roughly 1,300 nurse midwives in our state. This action will improve pregnancy and newborn health in California and save lives. I offer my sincere gratitude to Senator Dodd, Marisol Prieto-Valle and to all those on staff for delivering our win. As a woman, a mother, and a nurse midwife, I am proud to have Senator Dodd represent my district. Thank you to those who have written and called in support of our bill, Parie Lambert, MS, CNM, Napa Parie Lambert Napa

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HELP WANTED Public Works Inspector II, Public Works E&T, FFD: 11/30/20

Salary: $4,518.80 - $6,042.40 Monthly; City of Davis, 23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616. FFD: 11/30/2020. See job bulletin at www.cityofdavis.org for min. req. or call (530) 757-5644, TDD (530) 757-5666; City emp. appl. req. EOE.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

City of Davis Combined Notice of Public Comment Period and Public Hearing The City of Davis City Council will conduct a public hearing at their meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 1, 2020 beginning at 6:30 p.m.

In compliance with the Shelter in Place Order, and as allowed by the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20, which allows for a deviation of teleconference rules required by the Brown Act, Public Meetings will be held by teleconference only until further notice. In-person attendance in Community Chambers will not be permitted.

The City Council will hear comments from the public and review and adopt the 2019 HUD Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).

Project Description: The CAPER has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the federally funded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and the Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME). The CAPER contains information on performance and program accomplishments during the 2019-2020 CDBG and HOME program year. It addresses progress made by the City towards completion of ADA retrofit projects, public service activities, and affordable housing projects.

Public Comment & Meeting Requirements: Per the CARES Act Public Law 116-136, HUD Secretary is authorized to grant specific waivers, and alternate requirements to permit flexibility and speed in program implementation.

Therefore, per HUD, a reduced public comment period for CAPER’s is approved from 30 days to 5 days and allows the option of virtual meetings in lieu of in‐person public hearings, in order to comply with national and local social gathering requirements.

The City will make available the draft CAPER for an 11-day public review/ comment period on the city’s webpage at www.cityofdavis.org . Public comment will be accepted from all interested

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parties up to and including the City NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Council public hearing on December 1, 2020.

In accordance with the provisions of State law, there being due and unpaid charges Remote Public Comments for Public for which the undersigned is entitled to Hearing: All interested parties are satisfy an owner and/or manager’s lien invited to comment at the public hearing of the goods hereinafter described and by submitting written comments to stored at the Life Storage location listed the City Manager’s Office no later than below.

12:00 p.m. on the hearing date. Written comments may be submitted by mail Life Storage #635 to Kelly Stachowicz, City of Davis, 23 3280 Jefferson Blvd.

Russell Blvd., Suite 1, Davis CA, 95616, West Sacramento, CA 95691 or via email to cmoweb@cityofdavis. (916)492-2056 org. Public Comment may also be submitted by following instructions for And, due notice having been given, to public comment on the City Council the owner of said property and all parties Agenda, located at www.cityofdavis.org/ known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice councilagendas. for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold to the highest Availability of Documents: The CAPER will be on the city’s bidder or otherwise disposed of at a webpage at www.cityofdavis.org. Per public auction to be held online at www. the Governor’s Executive Order N-29- StorageTreasures.com, which will end on 20, public computers are not available December 14, 2020 at 10 a.m. for online viewing, nor are documents available for review at City Hall, as the Khristine Mccurdy: Hsld gds/Furn, TV/ building is closed to the public at this Stereo Equip Mary E Wade: Hsld gds/Furn time.

Eduard Serikov: Hsld gds/Furn, TV/ By request, alternative document formats Stereo Equip 1050 are available to person with disabilities. 11/20, 11/27 To request alternative document format FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME or to arrange aid or services to modify or STATEMENT accommodate persons with a disability to Filed: November 18, 2020 participate in a public meeting, contact FBN Number: F20200936 the City Clerk by calling (530) 757-5648 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) (voice) or 757-5666 (TDD) or emailing WOODLAND STORAGE clerkweb@cityofdavis.org.

WOODLAND SELF STORAGE 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of The City does not transcribe its Principal Place of Business in California. proceedings. Persons who wish to obtain Business is located in Yolo County. a verbatim record should arrange for 1434 East Main Street attendance by a court reporter or any Woodland, CA 95776 other acceptable means of recordation. Mailing address: Such arrangements will be at the sole 1620 North Main Street #5 expense of the person requesting the Walnut Creek, CA 94596 recordation.

3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Individuals wishing to challenge the California Commercial, LLC action taken on this matter in court 591 Colusa Ave. are notified that, the challenge may be Yuba City, CA 95991 limited to only those issues raised at the 4. Business Classification: public hearing described in this notice, or Limited Liability Company in written correspondence delivered to 5. Beginning Date of Business: The City Manager’s Office prior to the public Registrant(s) commenced to transact hearing. business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A Kelly Stachowicz, Assistant City Manager “I declare that all information in City Manager’s Office this statement is true and correct.”

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cityofdavis.org . Public comment will be accepted from all interested parties up to and including the City Council public 1057 hearing on December 1, 2020.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Remote Public Comments for Public Hearing: All interested parties are invited to comment at the public hearing by submitting written comments to the City Manager’s Office no later than 12:00 p.m. on the hearing date. Written comments may be submitted by mail to Kelly Stachowicz, City of Davis, 23 Russell Blvd., Suite 1, Davis CA, 95616, or via email to cmoweb@cityofdavis. org. Public Comment may also be submitted by following instructions for public comment on the City Council Agenda, located at www.cityofdavis.org/ councilagendas.

City of Davis Combined Notice of Public Comment Period and Public Hearing The City of Davis City Council will conduct a public hearing at their meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 1, 2020 beginning at 6:30 p.m.

In compliance with the Shelter in Place Order, and as allowed by the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20, which allows for a deviation of teleconference rules required by the Brown Act, Public Meetings will be held by teleconference only until further notice. In-person attendance in Community Chambers will not be permitted.

Availability of Documents: The Critical Needs List and the RFP Schedule will be on the city’s webpage at www.cityofdavis.org. Per the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20, public computers are not available for online viewing, nor are documents available Project Description: The CDBG and HOME programs provide for review at City Hall, as the building is federal funds from the US Department of closed to the public at this time.

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to cities for the purpose of implementing By request, alternative document formats a number of community development, are available to person with disabilities. affordable housing and social services To request alternative document format projects and programs that aim to or to arrange aid or services to modify or benefit very-low and low income persons accommodate persons with a disability to and households. The RFP is a document participate in a public meeting, contact inviting local organizations to submit the City Clerk by calling (530) 757-5648 applications for funding of eligible (voice) or 757-5666 (TDD) or emailing projects under the CDBG and HOME clerkweb@cityofdavis.org. programs. The hearing will focus on the draft Critical Needs List for program year The City does not transcribe its proceedings. Persons who wish to obtain 2021-2022 and the issuance of the RFP. a verbatim record should arrange for Public Comment & Meeting attendance by a court reporter or any Requirements: Per the CARES Act Public other acceptable means of recordation.

Law 116-136, HUD Secretary is authorized Such arrangements will be at the sole to grant specific waivers, and alternate expense of the person requesting the requirements to permit flexibility and recordation. speed in program implementation.

Therefore, per HUD, a reduced public Individuals wishing to challenge the comment period for CAPER’s is approved action taken on this matter in court from 30 days to 5 days and allows the are notified that, the challenge may be option of virtual meetings in lieu of limited to only those issues raised at the in‐person public hearings, in order to public hearing described in this notice, or comply with national and local social in written correspondence delivered to City Manager’s Office prior to the public gathering requirements. hearing.

The City will make available the draft Critical Needs List and RFP Schedule Kelly Stachowicz, Assistant City Manager for an 11-day public review/comment City Manager’s Office 1058 period on the city’s webpage at www. 11/20

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Expansive & Elegant Mediterranean

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Expansive and elegant Mediterranean style Warmington home welcomes with inviting and open spaces. Includes an entry courtyard for social distance visits.

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I’m thankful for the Davis Community and being part of the Kiwanis Club of Davis. It is a pleasure to support the Downtown Holiday Flag project and the Davis Food Bank deliveries.

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Lyon Real Estate LISTING & SELLING DAVIS REAL ESTATE FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

5112 El Cemonte Avenue, Davis 4BD/3BA/2,052 SQ. FT. PRICED TO MOVE QUICKLY. This 1-story ranch style home has been updated yet retains a classic sense of home. Large front lawn and brick patio, well manicured landscape, new windows, and backyard oasis complete with pool, spa and up-lighting. Brand new paint, water heater, and replacement of an outdated electrical panel.

Breakfast nook complete with banquette seating and formal dining room. Located on one of the most desirable South Davis streets, home of the famous 4th of July Block party and kiddie parade; close to freeway access and Pioneer Elementary school. $899,900 Greta Eoff | 530-902-1935 | LIC# 02012471

1639 Motta Street, Woodland 4BD/3.5BA/2,712 SQ. FT. Beautifully updated and maintained home in Spring lake is looking for its new owners! Fresh exterior paint, lots of natural light and ceiling fans throughout. The lovely gourmet kitchen features granite countertops, tile back splash, dimmable VOEFS DBCJOFU MJHIUJOH SFWFSTF PTNPTJT UJMF ÚPPSJOH TUBJOMFTT appliances and is a great room concept with dining area and large family room for entertaining. The downstairs includes a Jr primary bedroom and two other areas that can be used for GPSNBM EJOJOH PGÙDF FYFSDJTF QMBZSPPN PS $605,000 Martha Bernauer | 530-304-4208 | LIC# 01273735

2070 Alta Loma Street, Davis 3BD/1.5BA/1,200 SQ. FT. Open your back gate to the Davis-Covell Greenbelt, in north central Davis. A short distance to downtown Davis or the University using the pedestrian bridge. Keep your vehicle parked in the designated carport in front of the unit. This condo has been updated to include double paned windows (double lifetime warranty), kitchen cabinets & countertops, electrical QBOFM )7"$ ÚPPST BOE NPSF "MM CFESPPNT IBWF DMPTFU PSHBOJ[FST OFX DMPTFU EPPST XJUI NPUJPO MJHIU ÙYUVSFT 5IF laundry space has been updated with cabinets. $479,000 Tom Nelson | 530-228-0680 | LIC# 02081246

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IT’S A GREAT TIME TO SELL! NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

2611 Corona Drive

$849,000

NEW LISTING

963 Zaragoza Street

$465,000

3152 Newport Terrace

$625,000

4 Beds • 2.5 Baths • 2,121 Sq. Ft.

2 Beds • 1 Baths • 969 Sq. Ft.

3 Beds • 2.5 Baths • 1,644 Sq. Ft.

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4102 Cowell Boulevard $519,000

1040 Pierce Lane

$1,197,000

1712 Cork Place

$549,000

3 Beds • 2 Baths • 1,476 Sq. Ft.

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901 Pine Lane ........................................... $715,000 502 W. Keystone Avenue, Woodland ......... $710,000 2706 Tiber Avenue ..................................... $701,500 1039 Acacia Lane ....................................... $700,000 3901 Vistosa Court..................................... $679,000 2764 Brookshire Circle, Woodland............ $655,950 2009 Edgington Circle, Woodland ............. $626,990 910 Sycamore Lane, Woodland ................. $625,000 1388 Via Colonna Terrace.......................... $615,000 1943 Renoir Avenue ................................... $591,000 1518 Tulane Drive ...................................... $590,000 720 Pamplona Drive .................................. $586,000 2744 Brentwood Place............................... $575,000 2961 Layton Drive ...................................... $563,000

1944 Henry Court, Woodland .................... $557,500 34866 Pintail Street, Woodland ................. $548,000 1215 Cypress Lane .................................... $525,000 400 E. White Oak Place, Winters ............... $470,000 848 Laugenour Court, Woodland .............. $450,000 1419 Crystal Springs Drive, Woodland ..... $430,000 1445 Bridle Lane, Woodland ..................... $416,000 2849 Janet Drive, West Sacramento ......... $415,000 748 Stonehaven Loop, Woodland .............. $375,000 612 Clover Street, Woodland ..................... $358,000 1809 Fremont Court #1 ............................. $310,000 1811 Donner Avenue #2 ............................ $310,000 211 Cleveland Street, Woodland ............... $300,000 11 Leisureville Circle, Woodland ............... $113,000