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BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer

County health officer details need for new restrictions

Davis residents can find out if they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 — and notify others they may have exposed — by opting in to a digital exposure notification program that officially launches statewide on Thursday.

The program uses Bluetooth technology to alert people if they have been within a specified distance for a certain amount of time of a cell phone belonging to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.

CA Notify, developed

by Google and Apple, has been piloted on University of California campuses — including UC Davis — for the last two months.

During that time, the UC system estimates more than 250,000 people participated, with 60 positive COVID-19 tests

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Search committee tasked with replacing Blue

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor A 14-member Recruitment Advisory Committee has been invited to recommend a successor to outgoing UC Davis Director of Athletics Kevin Blue, The Davis Enterprise learned this week.

UCD Chancellor Gary S. May wasted no time in putting his desired search committee together.

In a letter dated Monday, May told his potential charges, “This will be a critically important hire for UC Davis, not only for our intercollegiate athletics program, but also for the campus as a whole as we aspire to meet our collective vision of excellence.”

Once the 14 candidates for the committee accept their invitations, May says the first meeting of the group will take place early in January.

Confirmed as the head of the panel will be Scott

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UC Davis Director of Athletics announced last week that he’s moving on, accepting the key role with Golf Canada in his hometown of Toronto.

Carrell, the UCD economics professor and faculty athletics representative who was in charge of the search committee five years ago when former Stanford administrator Blue was chosen from among candidates in a nationwide search.

“We (will) conduct the search during the winter quarter, then have the hire made by the start of the spring quarter,” Carrell explained. “That’s the goal.”

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May said his committee will work with an executive search firm to “identify highly qualified candidates, create a welcoming and inviting environment for prospective candidates and provide advice and guidance throughout the process.”

The hope is that lightning can strike twice for a Carrell-led team ...

Blue — who announced last week he is leaving to

head up Golf Canada in his hometown of Toronto — brought a multitude of changes and gains to the school’s athletic department.

Included among his accomplishments are the career-launch Aggie EVO framework for local athletes; establishment of a far-reaching diversity, inclusion and equality program; and a partnership involving benefactors and UC Davis Health that resulted in naming rights for the football stadium and groundbreaking last spring for the $52 million Edwards Family Athletic Center.

Along with Carrell, the search team includes key alumni donors Bruce Edwards and Darryl Goss.

Goss chairs the UC Davis Foundation, of which Edwards is a board member.

Aggie coaches Jennifer

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Yolo County faces a dire scenario where there are not enough ICU beds and trained caregivers to take care of patients, and those patients may die because they can’t get the care they need.

That was the message from county health officer, Dr. Aimee Sisson, on Monday, just days after she issued a new health order targeting three activities she said pose the highest risk for local COVID-19 transmission — dining out at restaurants, shopping indoors and playing contact sports.

Sisson’s order — which applies only to Yolo County — says only people who live together may eat together at restaurants;

limits retail businesses to 20 percent of customer capacity SISSON (except County health for officer grocery stores which are limited to 35 percent, effective Tuesday); and ends all athletic practices and competitions for youth, collegiate and professional sports.

In explaining the need for the restrictions on Monday, Sisson said, “our two hospitals are running out of ICU beds.”

By Tuesday morning, the state reported zero ICU capacity in Yolo County, though 18.8 percent capacity in the greater Sacramento region remained.

“Normally, low ICU beds wouldn’t be a big deal,” said Sisson, because “hospitals would simply

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After Thanksgiving, positive rate at UCD remains low

BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer Fewer than 1 percent of UC Davis students and employees who were tested last week for COVID-19 tested positive for the virus, according to the UC Davis COVID-19 dashboard. In total, 13,357 students and employees were tested and 39 positive results were identified.

The tests were conducted the week after Thanksgiving amid concerns that the holiday, which came as cases surged in Yolo County and across the country, could lead to outbreaks on campus if students were infected while traveling and then returned to Davis. Campus leaders urged caution — encouraging students not

to travel or to stay away until next quarter if they did — which appears to have been heeded.

The 39 positive test results register as the highest number of cases UC Davis has identified in a single week since it began its asymptomatic testing program in September. However, the increase in positive results corresponds with a dramatic expansion of testing on campus, and the positivity rate — roughly 0.3% — is similar to previous weeks at UC Davis and far lower than local and national trends.

Since the start of fall quarter, UC Davis has used a rapid saliva sample test developed by the

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T’S ABOUT TIME ... Several years ago I recall that the good people of California voted to give the legislature the right to establish permanent Daylight Saving Time.

So far, however, nothing’s happened. And predictably, when we set our clocks back in early November, the weather suddenly got colder and winter was soon upon us.

Clearly, if we had year-round Daylight Saving Time, we would enjoy summerlike weather all year long and we could grow red ripe tomatoes to go with our Christmas dinner.

As I understand it, the Pacific Three — California, Oregon and Washington — wish to make this radical change together, a move that apparently needs Congressional approval. Good luck getting Mitch McConnell to agree with anything California wants to do.

According to a trusted news source in Washington state, “If and when the law is finally approved, Washington citizens can expect about eight hours of

sunlight on the shortest day of the year.”

I hate to break this to our northern neighbors, but the last time I checked, even if the law is not finally approved, Washington citizens can expect about eight hours of sunlight on the shortest day of the year.

SPEAKING OF TIME ... Every time the subject of Daylight Saving Time comes up, my mind wanders back to a statement made by a prominent Northern California state senator who represents a district known for its agricultural bounty.

Said this learned man who helps to make the laws that will

Police make burglary, vehicle theft arrests

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer Davis police nabbed two suspected early-morning thieves during separate incidents this week.

The first occurred at about 1:30 a.m. Monday, when an officer patrolling the downtown area observed a man hitching a trailer to his vehicle in the area of Fifth and F streets where the businesses were closed for the night.

Suspicious, the officer contacted 27-year-old Tucker Neithercutt as he was about to leave the parking lot and determined the trailer didn’t belong to him, Lt. Art Camacho said.

Neithercutt’s next stop

was the Yolo County Jail, where he was lodged on suspicion of vehicle theft and possession of stolen property, Camacho said.

Shortly before 1 a.m.

Tuesday, a resident of Adeline Place reported to police that a man riding a bicycle had come into the garage and peered into their car. He was gone by the time officers arrived, but spotted about 20 minutes later at Fifth and L streets, according to Camacho.

Fernando MartinezPerez, 28, was booked into the Yolo County Jail on charges of burglary, possession of burglary tools and bringing suspected cocaine into the jail.

affect us all, “Our crops have gotten accustomed to daylight saving time. They’ve in fact been bred to deal with the longer harvest season.”

Presumably, some of our great plant pathologists and agronomists and pomologists at UC Davis helped to breed those crops that enjoy an extra hour of darkness in the morning in exchange for an extra hour of growth-inducing sunlight in the evening.

I believe the tomato harvester was developed specifically with Daylight Saving Time in mind.

I mean, who said that plants can’t think?

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LOWING IN THE WIND ... my friend Don, who shall remain nameless, fired off a letter to the editor the other day concerning climate change.

Like me, Don grew up in Davis, though he was probably a decade or so behind me.

Don contends that “The north wind blowing hard in late summer and fall is, I believe, by far our biggest climate change here in

Northern California.”

Before I disagree with this Davis native, I’ll let Don finish. “Born and raised here, I can’t remember the north wind ever blowing much between June and December, when everything is tinder dry,” he contends.

Don, my friend, you don’t remember riding your bicycle to West Davis Elementary against those strong and chilly north winds in October and November?

How could you forget?

I made a living off the strong fall north wind as a kid because that wind brought down the black walnuts that my brother and I could sell for a dollar a gunnysack at the feed store downtown. No north wind, no nuts, no dollar bills in our pants pocket.

It is indeed true that strong north winds in the late summer and fall have played a major part in a number of recent devastating wildfires in Northern California, but the winds aren’t unusual even if the fires are.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net

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Members of the Davis Odd Fellows, The Bike Campaign and Norcal Trykers celebrate having raised $5,500 for the creation of six custom tricycles for children with special needs. The funds came from sponsorships and T-shirt sales from the 2020 Zombie Bike Ride. There were more than 50 sponsors, collaborators and media partners who made the ride a success.

Help keep your loved ones safe this holiday season.

Do you live or work in Davis?

Visit HealthyDavisTogether.org to register for free COVID-19 testing up to twice per week, and scan the QR code below to download the California COVID Notify app.

When you add the app to your phone, you’ll get an alert if you’ve been exposed to COVID-19 and instructions on what to do next.

Let’s work together to protect our families, friends and neighbors from COVID-19.

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APP: Available to whole state tomorrow From Page A1 resulting in contacts being notified so they could quarantine, test and isolate as needed.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that the system will be made available to all Californians on Thursday.

“CA Notify will help slow the spread by alerting those who opt in to receive an alert if they’ve come into contact with someone who has tested positive,” Newsom said. “The process is private, anonymous and secure, and is one of the many tools in the state’s data-driven approach to help reduce the spread.”

Californians can enable CA Notify in their iPhone settings (via exposure notifications) or on Android phones by downloading the CA Notify app from the Google Play Store.

The tool uses Bluetooth technology to exchange random codes between nearby phones without revealing the user’s identity or location.

Users who test positive for COVID-19 will receive a verification code from the California Department of Public Health to plug into the app if they choose.

Then, any other CA Notify users who have been within 6 feet for 15 minutes or more of the COVID-19 positive individual will get an anonymous notification of possible exposure.

Participation is entirely optional, noted Ken Burtis, chief operating officer of Healthy Davis Together, which is encouraging Davis residents to opt in.

“Basically there are three points at which individuals can opt out of participating,” he told the Davis City Council last month.

“The first step is downloading the app: You have the choice of whether to put it on your phone or not.”

Having downloaded the app, someone who receives a positive COVID diagnosis has the choice of whether or not to notify the app about that diagnosis.

“That won’t happen automatically,” Burtis said.

“In order to do that, you’ll need to get a code number from your test provider.

And then you have to make another affirmative choice to share your COVID diagnosis with the app server.

“If you do (all) of that, all other phones that have been in proximity to your phone for a set period of time and a set distance … will be recognized and they

will get a message which will tell them nothing more than that they have been in juxtaposition to someone that has a positive diagnosis and it will give them instructions on what they should do next in terms of getting tested and quarantine,” Burtis said.

“It’s an adjunct to contact tracing,” he added.

“You might remember the three friends that you were with, but you might not remember the person that you stood behind at the Farmers Market for 15 minutes waiting to make a purchase. So if that person and you both have this app on your phones, that person will be notified. You won’t be identified, but the fact that there was an exposure will be.”

And when combined with wearing masks and physically distancing, CA Notify can help curb transmission of COVID-19, according to Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s secretary of Health and Human Services.

“Every day that is saved in alerting others of a possible exposure is a day that a possibly infectious person can begin self-quarantine and reduce the spread,” Ghaly said. “This technology is another way for Californians to take proactive steps to keep themselves, their loved ones and their communities safe.”

The state launched the exposure notification pilot in September for students, staff and faculty at UC San Diego and UC San Francisco. Five other campuses, including Davis, were added in November.

“Our pilot experience starting at UC San Diego and expanding to other UC campuses showed this technology was effective in identifying exposed individuals early for quarantine and testing and helping keep our communities as safe as possible,” said Dr. Christopher Longhurst, chief information officer of UC San Diego Health.

“This free and reliable smartphone technology can help all Californians.

As we enter a new, and hopefully final, surge in the pandemic, now more than ever is the time to put every possible tool to use to slow the spread of the virus.”

For more information about the system, visit CaNotify.ca.gov and Covid19.ca.gov.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

Follow her on Twitter at @ ATernusBellamy.

Aguiar-Curry introduces ‘Internet for all’ bill Special to The Enterprise SACRAMENTO — Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters, introduced Assembly Bill 14, known as the “Internet for All Act of 2021.” Aguiar-Curry also has agreed to work with state Senator Lena Gonzalez, D-Long Beach, to revolutionize the state’s broadband deployment program under the California Advanced Services Program, and provide new and increased funding to bring California into the technological 21st century.

The bills will build on the extension of the CASF program under AB 1665, signed into law in 2017.

“The ongoing COVID pandemic has laid bare the massive gaps in internet connectivity at sufficient speeds for too many Californians,” a news release said.

“As more families have struggled to conduct distance learning, virtual work, access telehealth services and safeguard small business participation in the virtual marketplace, the

need to connect the state at sufficient speeds with adaptable technology has reached crisis proportion.”

The legislation prioritizes the deployment of broadband infrastructure in California’s most vulnerable and unserved rural and urban communities by extending the ongoing collection of funds deposited into the California Advanced Services Fund to provide communities with grants necessary to bridge the digital divide.

“One in 8 California homes still do not have internet access and communities of color face even higher numbers of students and families who remain disconnected,” Aguiar-Curry said.

“Only miles from our State Capitol there are areas of our state where Californians have no access to broadband connectivity,” added Aguiar-Curry. “California, the home of the Silicon Valley, cannot continue to sustain the fifth-largest economy in the world with Third World technology.”

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Briefly Zoom meeting looks at policing Community members are invited to learn about the nine recommendations submitted by the Public Health and Safety Joint Subcommittee to the Davis City Council at 7 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 14, via Zoom.

To view the full set of recommendations, go to https://bit. ly/39REoBm. The event is being hosted by Indivisible Yolo, the Yolo Chapter of the ACLU, Yolo People Power, International House, Davis Phoenix Coalition and other civic groups.

This conversation is a chance to explore the content of the recommendations and to ask questions of researchers and commissioners.

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Byrds bassist on ‘Davisville’ Chris Hillman was a founding member of the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers and the Desert Rose Band.

He helped create iconic recordings like “Eight Miles High,” “The Gilded Palace of Sin” and “Sweetheart of the Rodeo” and his “Bidin’ My Time” record in 2017 was produced by Tom Petty.

In one of his earliest paying gigs, Hillman was part of a concocted band whose ersatz hillbilly songs included a tune about a mule. The music, he recalls, was “horrible.” But the Byrds and other great adventures were just ahead.

Now 76, Hillman has collected some of his stories and experiences in his new book “Time Between” and talks about a few of them on the latest edition of the KDRT program “Davisville.”

“Davisville,” hosted

by Bill Buchanan, is broadcast on KDRTLP, 95.7 FM at 5:30 p.m. Mondays, 12:30 p.m. Fridays, 8:30 a.m.

Saturdays and 12:30 p.m. Sundays. The interview with Hillman began airing this week, will be broadcast through Dec. 20, and is available anytime at http://kdrt.org/ davisville or on Apple podcasts.

Biberstein fund hands out grants Ten nonprofit social service groups in Yolo County have received grants totaling $14,500 from a fund established

by Congregation Bet Haverim, Jewish Fellowship of Davis.

The Biberstein Social Action Fund was established in 2002 to honor longtime Davis residents Ernie and Hannah Biberstein for their contributions to community service and social justice. The fund sponsors efforts to address problems related to poverty, discrimination, abuse and neglect.

The following organizations were funded: Empower Yolo, Fourth and Hope, Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter, Make it Happen for Yolo County, Meals on Wheels Yolo County, Multicultural Families Rock, NorCal Trykers, Personal Care Pantry (Woodland United Methodist Church), STEAC, Suicide Prevention of Yolo County.

Fourteen organizations applied for grants this year with requests totaling $27,025.

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Yolo County’s surge in COVID cases continues

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer While all eyes are on regional intensive-care-unit capacity, Yolo County’s own metrics remained elevated and solidly purple in Tuesday’s state tier update.

For the week ending Nov. 28, Yolo County’s adjusted daily case rate was 27.2 cases per 100,000 residents, according to the state Department of Public Health. Moving out of the purple tier requires an adjusted daily case rate below 7 per 100,000 residents.

Yolo County has been in the most restrictive purple tier in the state’s color-coded COVID-19 blueprint since Nov. 16 and shows little sign of moving out any time soon. The county reported 638 new cases of COVID-19 in the last seven days alone.

Restaurants here remain closed to indoor dining, and gyms, fitness centers, places of worship, movie theaters and more are prohibited from offering indoor services as well.

Should the greater Sacramento region’s ICU capacity dip below 15 percent, further restrictions will apply in Yolo County, including an end to outdoor dining at restaurants

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and the closure of hair and nail salons and playgrounds.

On Tuesday, the region’s ICU capacity was 18.8 percent, though Yolo County had zero capacity in its own ICUs, according to the state.

New COVID cases are appearing in all areas of the county and among all ages. But the city of Winters has the highest per capita rate of new cases over the last two weeks, with 771 per 100,000 residents, according to the Los Angeles

Times COVID tracker.

The cities of Woodland and West Sacramento each saw between 640 and 650 new cases per 100,000 residents during the last 14 days while the city of Davis reported 335 per 100,000 residents.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Davis has reported significantly fewer COVID-19 cases than Woodland or West Sacramento, despite having a larger population.

But the surge in cases over the

RESTRICTIONS: Local officials ‘cannot wait for a state order’ From Page A1 transfer people needing ICU care to other hospitals.

The problem now is that these other hospitals are also filling up.

“Unless we act now, we may soon reach a point where there are not enough ICU beds and trained caregivers to take care of the sickest patients,” said Sisson. “In this dire scenario, patients might die because they can’t get the care they need. This doesn’t just affect patients with COVID-19. It also affects people with cancer, heart attacks and strokes.”

The decline in available ICU beds across California prompted the state last week to issue a new regional stay-at-home order that goes into effect when a region’s ICU capacity drops below 15 percent.

That order goes further than Yolo County’s new order, limiting restaurants to take-out and delivery only; shuttering hair and nail salons; and also closing outdoor playgrounds.

Over the weekend, two of the state’s five regions — Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley — saw their ICU capacity drop below 15 percent and they are now under the new state order. The Bay Area, meanwhile, hasn’t reached the 15 percent threshold but five counties there voluntarily imposed the stayat-home order.

Yolo County’s new health order “won’t keep our region from triggering the state’s stay-at-home order,” said Sisson, “but it will slow the spread of the coronavirus and shorten the length of time hospitals are strained. And in doing so, it will save lives.”

The state predicts the 13-county greater Sacramento region that Yolo County belongs to will drop

below 15 percent ICU capacity within the next week or so, triggering the state order which will place additional restrictions on activities in Yolo County.

But with cases continuing to rise — including 125 new cases on Monday alone — the demand for hospital and ICU beds “is only going to increase,” Sisson said.

“We simply cannot wait for a state order before we make a change.”

That change, which took effect at midnight on Saturday included the following: ■ Only people who live together can eat together at restaurants. “Because you can’t wear a mask while you eat and drink, it is important to only share a table with people you live with,” Sisson said.

■ All athletic practices and competitions for youths, college students and even professionals must cease. “Sports that bring athletes from different households close together without masks are simply too dangerous right now,” Sisson said.

■ All retail businesses are limited to 20 percent of capacity and must count people entering to make sure the cap isn’t exceeded.

“This cap applies equally to big-box stores and small businesses, regardless of what they sell,” noted Sisson. “With fewer people in a store, people will be able to stay at least six feet apart at all times.”

Previously grocery stores were allowed to operate at 50 percent of capacity, but the state, in its stay-athome order issued last week, reduced all retail — including grocery stores — to 20 percent. However, on Sunday, the state’s public health officer amended that order to increase grocery store capacity to 35 percent “in order to ensure that California’s grocery stores

are able to safely deliver sufficient quantities of food to California households.”

Yolo County likewise amended its order on Tuesday, allowing grocery stores to operate at 35 percent capacity, which may reduce the sorts of lines that were seen at some Davis grocery stores on Sunday.

And while the new local order does not require county residents to stay home, “I strongly encourage you to stay home as much as you can,” said Sisson.

“Stores are staying open for now,” she noted, “but that doesn’t mean you should spend hours leisurely shopping. Get in, get out, and go back home.

“There is more virus in Yolo County now than there has ever been,” she said. “This means that activities that used to be safe simply aren’t safe any more. Don’t assume that because you did something last month and didn’t get sick that you will be fine doing that same activity now.

“We won’t have to do this forever,” Sisson added. “The COVID-19 vaccine is coming.”

In fact, she said, “Yolo County expects to begin vaccinating health care workers and longterm-care facility residents later this week.

“There is light at the end of the tunnel, but we are still in the tunnel,” said Sisson. “Please do your part to save lives by staying home and not gathering.

“It might not be just your own life that you save, but it might also be the life of your parent, your spouse, your sibling, your coworker or your neighbor.”

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

Dodd starts second state Senate term Special to The Enterprise State Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, was sworn into office Monday, Dec. 7, after winning his second fouryear term and announced new legislation aimed at improving conditions in California during wildfirerelated utility power shutoffs.

“I consider it a great privilege to continue to serve the public and will waste no time in getting to work,” Dodd said. “Wildfire safety remains a top priority, and the possibility of more power shutoffs puts a strain on emergency

services. This bill will ensure our local governments have the ability and resources to respond.”

The legislation follows a series of de-energizations from PG&E over the past two years that were intended to prevent fallen power lines and damaged equipment from sparking fires. It makes clear that such public safety power shutoffs are eligible for official emergency declarations, freeing financial assistance for local government under the Emergency Services Act. “I applaud Sen. Dodd for

his continued leadership to provide much-needed relief for local agencies as we continue to respond and recover from devastating wildfires,” said Napa County Supervisor Diane Dillon.

Dodd took his oath of office as the state Senate reconvened at the Capitol under strict COVID-19 safety protocols. He was reelected on Nov. 3 with 68% of the vote. He was first elected to the Senate in 2016 after serving two years in the Assembly and 14 years on the Napa County Board of Supervisors.

last several weeks has been felt everywhere. Davis hit 400 total cases during the first week of November but now appears likely to double that by the end of this week. As of Tuesday, the city had reported 769 cases.

Meanwhile, 40 percent of the county’s 5,549 total cases have come since Nov. 1.

Countywide, the 25-to-34 age group has the most cases but in Davis, the college-aged 18-24 age group has the most.

Of the 293 county residents who have been hospitalized during the course of the pandemic, just under half — 140 — have been over age 65. Another 105 were between the ages of 45 and 64, while 39 were between the ages of 25 and 44.

Four children and five 18-to24-year-olds have been hospitalized as well.

Meanwhile, 27 of the county’s 84 deaths have been individuals over the age of 85, while 44 were between the ages of 65 and 84. Ten adults between the ages of 55 and 64 have died, as have three individuals ages 45 to 54.

— Reach Anne Ternus-Bellamy at aternus@davisenterprise.net.

Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

BLUE: Aim to have new AD by spring quarter Gross (women’s basketball) and Daniel Leyson (men’s water polo) join student-athletes Andrea Gomez Lloret (women’s golf ) and Darius Livingston (football) on the panel with Academic Senate representatives Kristin Lagattuta (psychology professor) and chemical engineering professor Ahmet Palazoglu (who doubles as the Senate vice-chair).

ASUCD Vice President Emily Barneond has been named to the search team, as have administrators Vice Chancellor, Finance and Operations Kelly Ratliff, Student Affairs Vice Chancellor Pablo Reguerin and Jason Wohlman, associate vice chancellor for university development.

May has given committee members a sevenpoint checklist before starting interviews, as well as mandating participation in a workshop or online training “that prepares committee participants to recognize and minimize the effects of implicit bias in recruitment processes.”

Carrell told The Enterprise he expects to have a candidate recommended to May in time for the new director of athletics to be on board by the spring quarter.

— Reach DE sports editor Bruce Gallaudet at bgallaudet41@gmail. com or call 530-3204456. Follow Gallaudet on Twitter: BGsports inDavis.

UCD: School has tested more than 54,0000 From Page A1 campus and processed inhouse at the UC Davis Genome Center. At the start of the quarter, the pilot project was limited to on-campus residents.

After the test was validated last month, UC Davis expanded testing availability to all students and employees as well as to the wider Davis community.

Since Dec. 1, anyone wishing to access campus facilities has been required to get tested.

Testing for UC Davis students and employees is conducted at the Activities and Recreation Center by a team of 56 staff members and more than 50 student employees and volunteers. In total, UC Davis has tested 54,773 asymptomatic students and employees since September, identifying 94

positive results, a positivity rate of less than 0.2%.

The rapid on-campus tests are only for students and employees without symptoms. Those experiencing symptoms are directed to consult a health care provider and get tested elsewhere according to their provider’s advice. All students and employees are required to report positive test results to the campus by email. Those results are posted to a separate online dashboard on the UC Davis Safety Services website.

UC Davis has reserved 400 on-campus residence rooms for quarantine and isolation. As of Tuesday, 5% of those rooms were in use.

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net.

Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.

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City offers 10 ways to green your holidays ENVIRONMENTAL

BY JENNIFER GILBERT Special to The Enterprise

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here are a variety of ways to make your holidays more eco-friendly — here’s our list of top 10 ways to green your holidays.

1. Green your tree.

There are a lot of factors to consider when looking for the best tree for your holidays. Aside from what type of tree (blue spruce or Douglas fir or noble fir — the choices!), have you ever wondered what would be the best environmental choice? Do you look for a live Christmas tree, a cut tree or an artificial tree? Here’s a look at the factors to consider when choosing your tree.

Live trees help clean the air, and you can save money by reusing it year after year (if they stay alive). You can also plant it in your yard when it gets too large, or donate it to be planted elsewhere.

Cut trees are easier to care for than live ones, still give off the scent of a live tree and can be composted in your organics cart or yard material pile after Christmas (unless you flock your tree — more on that below).

They can be expensive, and depending on where and how they are harvested, there are carbon emissions associated with growing and shipping them. You also need to be sure to keep up with regular watering to prevent

UPDATE drying out your tree and accidental fires.

Artificial trees can be reused for many years, are often economical and can save time in set up and takedown. However, they are not recyclable, so if you choose an artificial tree, be sure that it can last a long time.

Whichever tree you choose, please keep in mind that flocking your tree can contribute to litter when the flocking falls off during transport or disposal. Cut trees that are flocked cannot be composted and are not accepted in yard piles or in organics carts; they have to go in the trash.

If you are able to compost your cut tree, remember to remove the lights, ornaments, tinsel and tree stand, and place the tree in your organics cart (if it fits — the lid must close). Larger trees may need to be cut in half or have the branches trimmed in order to fit into the cart.

Trees can also be placed in onstreet yard material piles. Be sure to cut trees over five feet tall in half (trees in piles should not be larger than five feet in any direction) and place the trees on the street for collection with other yard materials. Please note that yard material piles (and Christmas trees) may only be placed on the street seven days

before a scheduled pick-up.

2. Give the gift of experiences (don’t buy stuff ).

If you are looking for gifts for the holidays, instead of buying stuff, give the gift of an experience, such as local restaurant gift certificates, county, state or national park passes, day trips to a special place, etc. You can also consider giving a subscription to a useful service (CSA “farm box” subscription, audiobook memberships, online magazines or newspapers, etc.).

3. Think outside the box (don’t wrap stuff ).

If you do give physical gifts, instead of traditional wrapping paper, choose reusable ways to conceal gifts, such as reusable gift bags, baskets and reusable boxes. Beautiful cloth napkins can be a gift and a gift wrap all in one!

4. Buy local food and save the leftovers.

When planning your holiday menu, choose locally grown food for the freshest fruits and vegetables. Farmers markets and u-Pick farms are great places to find fresh food while supporting local agriculture. Got leftovers from your holiday meals? Freeze what you might not use right away or make soup with leftovers.

5. Keep fats, oils and grease out of the drain.

Avoid sewer back-ups by disposing of used cooking oils and fats properly. Although they

might seem like liquids when you’re done cooking, fats, oils and grease (FOG) can solidify when poured down the drain, building up on the walls of sewer pipes and blocking the plumbing, which can lead to sewer backups in homes, onto streets and into local waterways. Pouring hot water or soap down the drain will not help — it can only break up the grease temporarily.

Instead, soak up small amounts of cool, hardened fats and grease with paper towels and place in the organics bin.

While liquid FOG is not hazardous waste, you can recycle liquid oils and grease for free at the hazardous waste drop-off at the Yolo County Landfill, every Friday and Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Visit www.YoloCounty.org/Landfill for more information.

6. Make DIY gifts.

Show off your talents, and give a gift you make yourself, like homemade or decorated soaps, knitted, crocheted or sewn scarves, hats, blankets, etc., hairclip décor, reusable snack bags or custom T-shirts (iron-on decals).

7. Reuse, recycle, then compost.

Try to minimize waste during the holidays by using reusable dishware, recycle waste whenever possible, compost waste that’s not recyclable, and label waste bins clearly so there’s no guesswork in what goes where.

Remember that paper plates,

cups and napkins can all go in the organics cart!

8. Turn down the heat.

Turn the thermostat down a few degrees, and keep curtains open when there is sunlight to naturally warm your home.

Cooking yummy holiday food can make a room a little toasty. If it gets too warm, open a few windows, and enjoy the fresh air instead of running the air conditioning.

9. Choose less-toxic items.

Try using baking soda, white vinegar, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice or castile soap for natural and less-toxic cleaning.

Choose rechargeable batteries to power up your electronics instead of toxic single-use batteries.

10. Check for leaks.

With cooler weather and rain (hopefully!) on the horizon, irrigation systems are typically shut off or dialed back for the winter months. Now is a good time to use the city’s online customerwater-use portal, AquaHawk, to check for potential leaks around the home. If you are not already registered, go to SaveDavisWater.org for registration information and tips on using AquaHawk to detect leaks.

For more green holiday tips, visit DavisRecycling.org.

— Jennifer Gilbert is a city of Davis Conservation Coordinator; this column is published monthly. Reach her at JGilbert@CityofDavis.org.

Find out details on drinking water Special to The Enterprise

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This 18-year-old male southern resident killer whale, J34, is stranded near Sechelt, British Columbia, on Dec. 21, 2016. A postmortem examination suggests he died from trauma consistent with a vessel strike.

A free Drinking Water Virtual Forum is offered for residents of the Solano Subbasin, which includes parts of Davis, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17.

This community event will be held on Zoom and available in English and Spanish. All participants must register in advance at bit.ly/3mZVbWv. The event is hosted by the Solano Groundwater Sustainability Agency Collaborative, the Local

Government Commission and The Freshwater Trust.

The Solano Subbasin is a geographic area consisting of eastern Vacaville, Dixon, Rio Vista, parts of Davis and Winters, Walnut Grove, and Isleton.

The groundwater in the Solano Subbasin is the primary source of tap and irrigation water for a majority of residents, growers, and ranchers in the region.

In response to decades of overuse and a prolonged drought, the California legislature adopted

the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) of 2014.

The forum will cover SGMA and its connection to drinking water quality, how this local groundwater is managed, as well as the resources and tools available to residents regarding their drinking and tap water.

Staff members from Solano and Sacramento counties and the State Water Resources Control Board will present and be available for questions.

Study: What’s killing orcas?

Davis High DoSomething Club invites community to help create seed bombs

BY KAT KERLIN

Special to The Enterprise

Special to The Enterprise Pathology reports on more than 50 killer whales stranded over nearly a decade in the northeast Pacific and Hawaii show that orcas face a variety of mortal threats — many stemming from human interactions.

A study analyzing the reports was published Dec. 2 in the journal PLOS ONE. The study findings indicate that understanding and being aware of each threat is critical for managing and conserving killer whale populations. It also presents a baseline understanding of orca health.

The study was conducted by a team of marine mammal specialists led by a veterinary pathologist with the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and coordinated through SeaDoc Society, a Washington-based program of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. The study received guidance and support from Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and the United States’ NOAA Fisheries, the two federal agencies that manage this species.

The whales include those from healthy populations as well as endangered species, such as the southern resident whales regularly sighted off the coasts of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon.

Of 53 whales stranded between 2004 and 2013, causes of death were determined for 42 percent. For example, one calf died from sepsis following a halibut hook injury. Another starved from a congenital facial deformity. Two

whales died from the blunt-force trauma of vessel strikes. Additional causes of death include infectious disease and nutritional deficiencies.

Despite there being no singular common cause of death, the study found a common theme: Humancaused deaths occurred in every age class — from juveniles to subadults and adults.

“Nobody likes to think we’re directly harming animals,” said SeaDoc Society director Joe Gaydos, a wildlife veterinarian with the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center in the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine. “But it’s important to realize that we’re not just indirectly hurting them from things like lack of salmon, vessel disturbance or legacy toxins. It’s also vessel strikes and fish hooks. That humans are directly killing killer whales across all age classes is significant; it says we can do a better job.”

Gaydos and lead author Stephen Raverty, a veterinary pathologist with the BC Ministry of Agriculture, co-developed a standardized killer whale necropsy protocol in 2004. Revised in 2014 with help from Judy St. Leger, a pathologist working for SeaWorld, this guide helped improve examinations of deceased whales.

“The results from systematic necropsies of dead killer whales in this review is unique and will establish critical baseline information to assess future mitigation efforts,” Raverty said.

“This work contributes to a better understanding of the impacts that ongoing

human activities and environmental events have on killer whales.”

The authors acknowledge the report is an incomplete picture of orca health and mortality. Necropsies can only be performed on whales found in an adequate state to receive them, and even then, the cause of death cannot always be determined. But the report offers one of the most comprehensive looks yet at the multitude of human and environmental threats affecting killer whales and can help inform strategies to better protect them.

Additional co-authors include scientists from a wide range of institutions including Cornell University, NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services, Marine Mammal Pathology Service in Maryland, UC Davis One Health Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Cascadia Research Collective, University of Illinois-Brookfield, Portland State University and Oregon State University.

Funding was provided by NOAA Fisheries and multiple grants from the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program. Additional support came from Fisheries and Oceans, Canada; Vancouver Aquarium Research Program; SeaDoc Society; SeaWorld; Animal Health Center of the BC Ministry of Agriculture; Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; and numerous First Nations, Alaska Native and Inuit communities.

— UC Davis News

The DoSomething Club at Davis High School plans “Seed Bombs Away!,” a free event consisting of making seed bombs that will later be planted somewhere so they can sprout.

“The idea behind it is to get the community a bit more involved in actions

on climate change,” a news release said.

To participate, all those interested will need to stop by the high school sometime between 3:30 and 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18, to pick up the necessary materials. The instructions for how to make seed bombs will be inside the bag.

Participants will need to make the seed bombs and take them to Davis High between 2 and 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, so the club can find a place for them to be planted.

Everyone involved in the pick-up and drop-off will wear masks and gloves and socially distance.

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Finding beacons of light in the darkness I

t’s 11:35 p.m. on Dec. 7 and I have a deadline for a column staring me in the face. With every tick of the clock, I’m desperately trying to think of a cheery Christmas message to share with you.

Should I publish my favorite recipe for raspberry thumbprint cookies? Do you want to hear about my favorite Christmas carol or the precious expressions on my children’s faces when they open gifts?

Blech.

I’m not feeling very cheery. Or Christmasy.

Everywhere I turn, I hear and see the predictions of darkness ahead. Headlines that read “U.S. headed for dark winter” and “Pandemic will bring dark times” don’t inspire holiday cheer.

As we approach the “happiest” time of the year (which, by the way, isn’t actually “happy” for a large percentage of the world), it’s hard to see beyond the dark, angry clouds hanging over our heads. Sickness, unemployment, racial injustice, isolation, evictions, business closures, food insecurity, conspiracy theories, division, mistrust, anger, hatred, death. Are we sure we don’t want talk about Christmas cookies?

Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the winter solstice are all upon us, all celebrations of joy and light. But I’m finding it difficult to feel the anticipation of celebration and joy with the darkness that envelopes our country and world.

Where is the joy of the season? Where is the light?

After sitting up most of the night, pondering the sadness around me, I think I’ve found it.

I think I know where the light is.

The light is my friend, who, along with her family, has prepared and delivered multiple meals every week to a large number of folks in need. They’ve done it since March and they’ve done it with joy and humility. I’d share my friend’s name, but, in addition to being incredibly kind, she is humble.

The light is Daniel Watts, who, for the past 263 nights, has charmed and entertained the Facebook world with his Governor Watts Apocalypse Piano Concerts. Back in March, he committed to share his lovely music every night until the apocalypse was over. My guess is that he had no idea how long this pandemic would last, and yet he’s still tickling the keys every single night, taking requests and making us smile. Considering I no longer commit to brushing my teeth every night, Daniel’s commitment is extraordinary.

Find him every night at 9 p.m. at facebook.com/ danielwatts.

The light is Shannon O’Quinn from my hometown of Casper, Wyo. After a public meeting to update residents on the danger of the raging pandemic, health officials were heckled to the point the meeting had to be adjourned.

Many of us were appalled.

Shannon was appalled and motivated. Within days, Shannon, with the help of

Quilted Hearts are being left around Davis by an unknown artist to brighten the finder’s day.

SHELLEY DUNNING/ENTERPRISE PHOTO

her mom, Donna, had designed lawn signs, set up a donations page and mobilized the community to show their love and support for the embattled healthcare workers.

Their efforts are a huge success, uniting their town, supporting their heroes and drowning out the hecklers. If you’d like to support the doctors, nurses and hospital staff of Casper, you can do so on Facebook at Casper Healthcare Heroes.

The light is the mysterious and endearing Quilted Heart movement. Who are these people? I don’t know, but they must be busy because I, myself, have found multiple quilted hearts hanging on random tree branches and fence posts around Davis. There is no request for the lucky finder to do anything. No “ask” for money and no gimmicky ad for a product.

Just a sweet homemade fabric heart with a little paper tag directing me to www.IFAQH.com where I’m told the heart is mine to keep and it’s meant to brighten my day.

The light is Heidy Kellison, a champion for small, local businesses. If Heidy was an advocate before the pandemic, she is a downright hero now. In her words from her website, “This is a tough time and we have no idea how long

life will be disrupted.

Nonetheless, I invite you to imagine what you’d like to see on the other side of this crisis and work now to keep it going … Small businesses — the lifeblood of our communities — cannot afford for us to wait.”

If you have no other reason to be on Facebook, Heidy is your reason. She is funny, passionate and full of great information.

And she is, quite possibly, saving your favorite local business. Follow Heidy on Facebook at downtown norcal and find her website at www.downtown norcal.com.

The light is UC Davis Chancellor Gary May and his team who have managed to roll out a COVID19 plan that has succeeded as few other universities have in keeping their campus and surrounding communities safe. You can see the numbers at campus ready.ucdavis.edu. And if it

wasn’t enough that campus leaders are keeping their students safe and, in turn their families and our community, they are providing fast and accessible testing for the people of Davis.

The Mondavi Center is now open seven days a week for asymptomatic Davisites who’d like to be tested. When it comes to planning, implementation, communication and community leadership, UC Davis is top notch.

Finally, I see light in all the strong, brave people who have gotten out of bed every morning for the past nine months to do their jobs even though those jobs have become so very difficult and too often dangerous. The work every one of these people does makes life better for the rest of us.

I see light in the scientists who dropped everything else to create a

vaccine in record time. I see light in the farm workers, meat packers, truck drivers and grocery store workers who made sure our shelves were always stocked. I see light in our faith leaders — the ones who valued our health and safety rather than their own egos — and found creative and meaningful ways to provide for our spiritual nourishment when we needed it most.

I see light in the people who lead our social service agencies when the need is greater and the lines are longer than they’ve ever been. I see light in the doctors and nurses and respiratory therapists who experience loss that I can’t imagine, day after day. I see light in local and state election officials who defend democracy in spite of threats to their lives and protests in front of their homes.

I love all these people.

They are our light. They are the tea lights on my advent wreath, the shamash that lights the menorahs, the colorful candles flickering on the Kwanzaa kinara and the sun, that beginning on Dec. 22, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, will begin to shine longer every day.

They are the lights that give us hope and shine on a path that is otherwise indiscernible in the darkness. During this dark time, let’s look for the light. Let’s cheer for the light, support the light, be more like the light.

— Shelley Dunning is a Davis resident and a mom of four. Reach her at dunningsm@gmail.com.

Advent candles shine on childhood memories ■ Editor’s note: The original version of this column ran in December 2018.

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n the Christian liturgical calendar, next Sunday will be the third Sunday in Advent, which is a four-week festival of hope, faith, joy and peace that looks forward to the birth of the Christ child.

Advent has ancient roots.

The winter solstice (Dec. 21 this year) was important to PreChristians in northern climes on those short, dark and cold winter days. They looked forward to the coming spring and the renewal or rebirth of the earth after a winter at rest. And so Advent is replete with pagan symbols including bringing greenery into homes.

We put up our Christmas tree yesterday.

Our Christmas tree looks nothing like the decorative creations I see in smart stores. Our tree is history. Every bauble tells a story of a person or a place or an occasion.

It is a tree of memories.

When I was a small boy in Britain, during Advent the sun struggled above the horizon at about 10 a.m., hovered weakly, and soon sank again as if exhausted by the effort. Not that we often saw the sun through the piling clouds and, when we did, it was pale and wan and of no

warming value.

We small boys froze each winter in our short pants, and we needed no scolding to pull up our socks or wear our school caps or snug up our tie and school scarf.

Almost the whole of Britain is far to the north and west of London, and stretches almost to the Arctic Circle; the mild weather of London is unlike those harsh northerly and westerly winters that probably account for the Scots and Welsh.

It was dark and cold most of the time.

There was ice inside my bedroom window in the mornings that made astonishing patterns and I would huff on the window to melt the ice and watch it freeze again. There was ice too in the little bottle of milk, provided free of charge to all school children thanks to a post-war Labour government, that we drank daily; but in winter we had to thaw it on the radiator for half an hour.

There was no relief and no fun. Not enough snow, hardly ever, to build a snowman or even throw snowballs or toboggan down our hill. There was just wind and rain and cold and everything flapping and wet against bare raw knees and freezing feet and iceberg ears.

During Advent, we made plans for Christmas. Dad bought

crates of bottled light ale for visiting uncles, a small bottle of gin for Mam and a large one of South African sherry for Granny Bunce. We made cockleshell decorations with crepe paper and flour. There were a few storebought decorations — a big bell, I remember, that hung in the center of the room and cut out the light, Mam said. And there was tinsel that the cat ate and was sick, and holly over every picture and mirror and pagan mistletoe over every portal to ward off who knows what?

Dad cleaned the chimney so that Father Christmas could descend unsullied. It was my job to signal from outside when the brush emerged from the chimneytop. I took that job very seriously. With a cleaned chimney we could have proper fires — ones with actual flames instead of the smoldering mass that usually heated our water and dried our clothes and doubled as a cooking range when the electric went out, which was often.

The Christmas fire was

allowed to glow and flame in a jolly way.

Dad always put a fire in the front room in case the vicar visited, which he did at inopportune moments. He once found Dad up to his armpits in soot.

Dad said he had never been more embarrassed but I didn’t believe him because he laughed too much.

Mam made memorable aromas and heaps of mince pies and Welsh cakes and apple-andgooseberry tart and zesty lemon cake and the great, heavy, brown, marzipaned and hard-iced Christmas fruitcake with Guinness and brandy that we would nibble at for weeks.

W

hen Granny Bunce came she helped in the kitchen. This was dangerous, as the kitchen was small and Granny was large. She took snuff, and had a more or less permanent dewdrop on the end of her nose that threatened whatever she was doing. Dad said he preferred to see the dewdrop hanging there than to contemplate where it might have gone. Granny also frequently enjoyed an occasional glass of sherry and was always very mellow by dinnertime.

Granny Bunce had a veritable avalanche of grandchildren. To her dying day at 96, she sent a 10-shilling note every Christmas

to Mikiel (me) for which I had to slave over a thank-you letter to tell her I had put the money in my post-office savings account.

Regrettably, this was true, as I have no recollection, ever, of spending it.

Grampa Bunce added to the Christmas smells with his great briar in which he smoked “twist,” the blackest tobacco I have ever seen; Mam said the burn holes in the carpet were a small price to pay for the pleasure of his visit, but I think she was glad to see him go.

This was the time of year we saw the “Panto.” The pantomime was a traditional story such as “Puss-in-Boots” or “Cinderella” that was specially designed for children. We shouted “Behind you!” when the bear appeared to threaten the hero. We had icecream at halftime.

As we light the Advent candles on Zoom this year, childhood memories such as these will tumble through my mind of days long ago anticipating Christmas.

It’s a special time of year. Let’s be sure to relax and enjoy it as best we can under the circumstances. Trust me, with the advent of a new president and new vaccines, we can look forward to Advent 2021.

— Reach Michael Lewis at lewiswales@me.com. Comment on this column at www.davis enterprise.com.

5 UC Davis students take top prizes in entomological competitions Special to The Enterprise Five UC Davis entomology doctoral students won top awards in the Entomological Society of America’s student competitions, part of the organization’s Nov. 16-25 virtual meeting. The UC Davis winners are Erin Taylor Kelly of the Geoffrey Attardo lab, Hyoseok Lee of the Christian Nansen lab, Jill Oberski of the Phil Ward lab, Lacie Newton of the Jason Bond lab, and Clara Stuligross of the Neal Williams lab.

■ Kelly won first place for her poster, “Metabolic

NAME DROPPERS Snapshot: Using Metabolomics to Compare NearWild and Colonized Aedes aegypti,” in the Physiology, Biochemistry and Ecology Section.

■ Lee won first place for his entry, “Predicting Spring Migration of Beet Leafhoppers, Circulifer tenellus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Natural Overwintering Sites into Tomato fields in California” in the Graduate 10-Minute Papers category of the

Plant-Insect EcoSpecies Complex,” systems, Behavioral in the Graduate Ecology Section.

10-Minute Papers category in the Sys■ Oberski won tematics, Evolution first place for her and Biodiversity entry, “Why Do Section, Genomics.

Museum Collec■ Stuligross won tions Matter?” in OBERSKI second place for her the Graduate Infoentry, “Larval Pestigraphics category, Systematics, Evolution and cide Exposure Reduces Adult Wild Bee ReproducBiodiversity Section. tion,” in the Graduate ■ Newton won second place for her entry, “Integra- 10-Minute Papers category in the Plant-Insect Ecosystive Species Delimitation Reveals Cryptic Diversity in tems, Pollinators 2 Section. the Southern Appalachian The first-place winners Antrodiaetus unicolor received a $75 cash prize, a (Araneae: Antrodiaetidae) one-year membership in

ESA and a certificate, while the second-place winners won a year’s membership and a certificate.

Oberski wrote in her abstract: “Cabinets of curiosity and natural history museums are the original basis of our knowledge of global biodiversity. Such collections, however, are more than just wellorganized dead organisms.

Museums are enormous libraries of identified species, localities and dates, constantly updated and reorganized based on the best new information.”

The Bohart Museum of Entomology, part of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is one of the insect museums Oberski was referring to in her infographic.

Directed by Lynn Kimsey, UC Davis professor, the Bohart houses a global collection of nearly eight million insect specimens.

Oberski, who joined the Ward lab in 2017, holds a bachelor of arts degree, cum laude, from Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn., where she majored in biology and German studies.

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BY KATRINA HAWS HUB Staff Flames hover above crimson candles and the smell of incense wafts through the air. With a rose quartz crystal in one hand and a journal in the other, eyes closed and contemplative, Davis High senior Ana Fenton positions herself on her carpet in her central Davis home to begin an evening of witchcraft.

According to Pagan author and educator Patti Wigington, Paganism is an all encompassing term that includes an array of earth-based faiths, including Wicca. However, the terms Wicca and witchcraft are often used interchangeably. Not all witches identify as Wiccan yet all Wiccans practice witchcraft.

UC Davis professor Elisabeth Krimmer teaches a course titled, “Witches: Myth and Reality”. She has studied the evolution of witchcraft.

“The contemporary Wicca movement is extremely diverse so you find all kinds of groups ... I would say the vast majority are life affirming, environmentalist and gender conscious, often with a feminist component,” Krimmer said.

According to Krimmer, the environmental aspect of modern witchcraft is particularly attractive to young people, as they are at the receiving end of climate change.

“The environment usually also goes together with appreciation for one’s body and sexuality as a positive force, not as something that needs to be demonized. (Witchcraft) also often goes together with a rejection of hierarchies,” Krimmer said.

Although the witchcraft community is composed of a large female demographic, others also practice witchcraft. Davis resident Charlie Julian doesn’t fit that mold, yet many aspects of witchcraft deeply resonate with them.

“A lot of folks I see who get into witchcraft are people that are marginalized. I am disabled. I am queer.

So witchcraft is really a way to bring back power that has been lost to society, lost to people telling you you can’t do things, people telling you that you need to act a certain way,” Julian said.

Fenton identifies as a witch and follows practices from the Wiccan faith. She centers her practice around intentional meditation and enjoys exploring the many different avenues associated with witchcraft.

“I don’t make anything float, none of it’s like literally abracadabra at all,” Fenton said. “A lot of people think it’s kind of absurd and like believing in unicorns and elves ... but it’s not any more absurd than anything else people believe in. People believe in all sorts of things.”

Witchcraft provides a spiritual practice with few restrictions.

“There’s no creed, there’s no Bible and there’s no God almighty. We are bonded together by our interest in magic but every person believes something different,” Fenton said.

DHS senior Aesreal Brekner also finds this autonomy attractive.

Breckner attended St. James Catholic School through eighth grade. However, the Catholic faith did not resonate with them so they began searching for a new spiritual path.

“What drew me to (witchcraft) was the good energies. Like if you put out something good in the universe you’re gonna get that back,” Breckner said.

Christmas tree lot a Boy Scout tradition

BY ALEXANDER MIYAMOTO HUB Staff Freshman Howie Smith and other Boy Scouts are dressed in warm jackets, soft beanies and puffy gloves as they await the arrival of families looking for festive centerpieces for the holidays. Several Boy Scouts are already scattered around the Christmas tree lot, helping families carry trees to cars.

Davis Boy Scouts have been running this Christmas tree lot for more than 50 years.

Robert Webster and Murray Fowlar took the initiative to start the fundraiser in the 1970s.

Chuck Aldous, a retired Boy Scout troop leader, remembers the tree lot initially being funded by a Davis church.

Today the lot is run as a nonprofit, with all money raised going to the Boy Scouts. Without the tree lot, many essentials such as needed equipment and camping permits would not be possible.

At the time that the lot opened, there were only four troops operating in Davis.

Aldous was the Scoutmaster for one of the troops, Troop 199.

In the earliest days of the lot, troops would “borrow large bed trucks and venture into the wilderness,” according to Aldous. Scouts would harvest varieties of trees to be sold in the lot.

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Boy Scouts are continuing their annual tradition of hosting a Christmas tree lot in South Davis. opportunity and took it.

“They effectively capitalized on trees that were going to be discarded in the thinning process anyway,” Aldous said.

Concerns about insurance and the safety of the boys eventually arose and the trees were instead purchased through vendors. Today, the Davis Christmas tree lot purchases trees from Oregon.

With artificial trees becoming more popular, local Boy Scouts have thought about whether buying a natural tree opposed to an artificial tree has a greater impact on climate change. Boy Scouts strive to earn an environmental science merit badge, which teaches them about

climate change.

Lynn Wunderlich, cooperative extension farm adviser for commercial agriculture at UC Davis, however, says that natural trees create a smaller carbon footprint and use smaller amounts of resources.

The Davis tree lot has been a tradition in families for generations.

Aldous said when his son was young, he couldn’t wait to participate in the tree lot. “I found him sleeping on the trees in the back, he was so eager to work,” Aldous said. “Scouts look forward to working at the lot, it’s a part of a tradition,” Aldous said.

“The lot endorses taking on responsibility and maturing.”

Boy Scout Howie Smith has been working at the Christmas tree lot for four years as a part of Troop 66. He helps set up, sell and tie trees to customers’ cars.

When tying trees to the top of cars, “knowing your knots is really important and crucial,” Smith said.

One time, Smith accidentally tied the string holding the tree through the car’s windows. “Their doors wouldn’t open so they had to come back,” Howie said.

Howie’s mom, Yannette Smith, has been the chairwoman for the lot in recent years and is still involved in the committee. One of her duties is helping coordinate the lot each year.

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Despite COVID-19, the tree lot is going to be open “with extra precautions,” she said.

Brain Meux, a member of the tree lot committee, stressed the importance of sanitation this year along with added space between trees to allow adequate social distancing.

The Christmas tree lot opened the first Friday after Thanksgiving. It can be found on the corner of Mace Boulevard and Cowell Boulevard, and is open from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The lot closes on Dec. 24, or when all the trees are sold out.

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The market features crafts from miniature terrariums to upcycled keys. Market director Debra Ariola organizes the market and runs her own booth.

Locals hold weekly Crafts and Vintage Market

BY LYAH FITZPATRICK HUB Staff Pop by Central Park on a Sunday afternoon, and you’ll see Market Director Debra Ariola selling jewelry and rainbow face masks alongside her son. A few steps down, Debra Tidwell stands behind her collection of handdecorated keys.

The Davis Crafts and Vintage Market provides a space for small business owners, or simple crafters, to sell wares.

Sellers will come

together every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Christmas. At-risk shoppers have the option of arriving at 10 a.m.

When the market was first created in 2012, it featured a fair-like environment with live music and open tables. In 2016, the “vintage” aspect was added on.

This year, shoppers and sellers follow pandemic precautions. Face masks are required, and sanitizer bottles top booths.

“That wasn’t a

problem at all, everyone cooperated, everyone was on board,” Ariola said. “It was a great thing to see.”

Crafters say the market brings people together.

“It’s really community oriented,” said Barrett Hale, owner of Barrett’s Balms and two year market vendor.

Tidwell, owner of FindersKeypers, adds, “The people are very fun and friendly … there’s all sorts of different kinds of people.”

Vendors also form

connections with each other. “We help each other out if need be,” Tidwell said.

Most Sundays, Tidwell arrives at around 7:50 a.m. to park and unload her car.

Next to her, other crafters set up their booths.

“They were like, ‘We’ll take care of each other,’” Tidwell said. If one crafter leaves, the other watches over their station.

Each seller holds a shared interest. “We all have one thing in common, and it’s crafts,”

Hale said. “We’re all creative in some aspect.”

The market is run by Couleurs Vives, a nonprofit art gallery and studio that often supports artists with special needs. “It’s actually a very inclusive operation,” Ariola said.

As director of the Crafts and Vintage market, Ariola has a primary goal: “to create a way for local small businesses, creative small businesses, to be able to sell and be successful.”

“It’s nice to be back,” Tidwell said.

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Remodeling fosters positive outlook

BY PENNY LORAIN Special to The Enterprise

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Vivian Li, who played the role of the Forest Fairy in 2018’s “Davis Children’s Nutcracker” dances amid the activity of rehearsal.

Celebrate the spirit of the Nutcracker Enterprise staff With the holiday season upon us and the annual Davis Children’s Nutcracker canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Davis will be hosting several activities to honor this classic local tradition.

Starting Dec. 7 and continuing throughout the month, the city will be “Celebrating the Spirit of Nutcracker.” Families and fans will be able to participate in a variety of activities from the comfort of their homes as we celebrate what would have been the 44th annual production. Activities will include: ■ Nutcracker storytime with Ann Smalley; ■ Grandmother’s Goody Bag Pick Up; ■ Viewing past performances on local channels;

Families and fans will be able to participate in a variety of activities from the comfort of their homes.

■ Coloring Nutcrackers and other show characters; and ■ Past cast and crew sharing show memories via video.

For all the program details, visit the Davis Children’s Nutcracker webpage at https:// www.cityofdavis.org/nutcracker.

For more information, contact the Parks and Community Services registration office via email at csweb@cityofdavis.org or by calling 530-757-5626.

With the world outside beyond our control, remodeling our homes into beautiful places to feel safe and secure is restoring our sense of power and positivity. Homeowners are planning remodels like never before, with national building materials sales reaching their highest level ever this October and home values continuing to increase locally and around the country.

I asked some clients whose remodel project we are finishing this week, “What motivated you to proceed with your project now?”

Their answer? “We realized halfway through the remodel that it was only partially about the house. The other part was about creating something new in the midst of chaos — of gaining some sense of control. And very unconsciously, we moved from a neutral grey palette to a happier yellow one.”

The long days and months spent at home is motivating people to charge ahead with improvements they have been wishing for and make positive changes in their lives. This holiday season, rather than buying loved ones holiday gifts they don’t need, people are planning bathroom updates and significant kitchen renovations, making time spent at home more pleasurable. With vacations and travel much reduced, the Coronavirus has turned our focus homeward and given us permission to spend our vacation money on home updates that bring us happiness 365 days a year.

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Is it safe to start a remodel now?

Interior designers, architects and general contractors recognize the need for safety precautions to keep everyone’s risk of coronavirus exposure to an absolute minimum. Many design meetings can take place by video conference or even at an outdoor meeting table.

Design professionals and contractors are now accustomed to arriving at your home with the appropriate personal protective equipment and can exercise additional protective measures as needed so everyone is comfortable about their safety.

What home projects would make your daily life more enjoyable and fulfilling?

Consider what rooms have the most potential to improve.

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Many professionals will also recommend the best materials and contractors for your project and create the construction drawings you will need for building permits.

Whatever improvements your home needs, we hope your remodel plans bring you the joy and sense of empowerment that other home remodelers are experiencing this holiday season.

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Have a personal chat with Santa on Zoom Special to The Enterprise The Davis Odd Fellows Lodge has organized and hosted the very popular “Breakfast with Santa” — bringing joy to thousands of local children, their parents, grandparents and guardians — for more than 15 years. In 2020, however, the traditional Breakfast with Santa is not feasible due to the pandemic.

That’s not stopping the Odd Fellows or Santa. This year, ensuring everyone’s safety, the Odd Fellows offer the children of the community an exciting alternative: individual “Zoom Visits with Santa.”

The dates available for the Zoom visits are Friday through Sunday.

“Individual time slots can be reserved for a Zoom Visit with Santa,” the Zoom Visits with Santa Committee announced.

“Reservations can be made by visiting the Davis Odd Fellows Lodge website at www.davislodge.org. On the homepage, you will find a link to sign up and reserve a time to visit and chat with Santa, with a minimum donation of $10. Proceeds will be donated to the Yolo Food Bank to help families in need over the holiday season.”

Once a time slot is reserved, an email will be sent confirming the reservation and providing the Zoom link for the private chat with Santa. Santa is firing up his computer and looks forward to taking a brief break from his toymaking to chat with local girls and boys.

The Davis Odd Fellows Lodge, chartered in 1870, is the oldest organization in the city of Davis. Currently, 311 men and women are members of the Lodge. The Lodge is

well known for many signature community events including Odd Fellows Bingo, Thursday Live! music at the Lodge, the Davis Chocolate Festival, Breakfast with the Bunny, A Taste of Davis, the Davis Classic Film Festival, and the Zombie Bike Parade, among others. Members of the Zoom Visits With Santa Committee are Dave and Lea Rosenberg, Danny Tomasello, Beth Dovi, Diana Schmiegel, Doug Hatton and Juelie Roggli.

With so many traditions and ways to celebrate the holiday season, the options are nearly endless for families looking to spend special moments together. One of the tastiest and most enjoyable activities you can engage in with family and friends is to team up and create sweet eats in the kitchen.

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Gingerbread Cupcakes with Whipped Vanilla Buttercream Recipe courtesy of Megan Gundy of “What Megan’s Making” on behalf of Milk Means More Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 25 minutes Servings: 20 Ingredients: Cupcakes: 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 ½ tablespoons ground ginger 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon ground cloves ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg ½ teaspoon salt 1 ½ cups unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 ½ cups granulated sugar

One of the tastiest and most enjoyable activities you can engage in with family and friends is to team up and create sweet eats in the kitchen.

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3 tablespoons molasses 4 large eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Whipped Vanilla Buttercream: 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 4 cups powdered sugar 2-4 tablespoons heavy whipping cream 1 pinch salt cinnamon, for topping Putting it together: Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and preheat oven to 350 F. Line muffin pan with cupcake liners.

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UC student entrepreneurs adapt, thrive

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020

We’re just flailing at the virus I

BY AMY STURSBERG AND VICTORIA SLIVKOFF Special to CalMatters

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hen the University of California partnered with Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars in September 2019 to expand the student entrepreneurship network to eight UC campuses, no one anticipated that the first year would be defined by a global pandemic.

The shift was quickly made to a virtual model.

Based on data from LaunchPad’s first Entrepreneurship Outlook Survey, entrepreneurship can thrive in a remote environment, while helping students develop resilience in response to challenging circumstances.

Results from the survey showed the pandemic did not cause students to lose hope. Eighty-two percent reported optimism about the future of entrepreneurship in the U.S.; 76% accelerated or changed their business plans because of COVID19, while less than 2% shut down, and perseverance was named the most important skill for student entrepreneurs.

Lindsey Hoell, a student at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and founder and CEO of Dispatch Goods, was one of 22 UC LaunchPad students to participate in a cross-campus accelerator program. Prior to the pandemic, Dispatch Goods, which provides reusable containers for food takeout and delivery, worked with restaurants and companies like Yelp to pick up, clean and return containers to restaurants.

When COVID-19 struck, Hoell pivoted to working directly with restaurants and individuals for both pickup and delivery, ensuring zero-waste delivery for people working from home.

Eighty-four percent of survey respondents indicated that mentorship was the most critical resource for their success. The first Summer Startup Fellowship reflected this as 11 UC LaunchPad teams participated in an eight-week virtual program with other teams from across the network.

Seventy-three percent of the UC teams had a diverse founder, including 54% with a female founder. Two teams were led by veterans, and more than half were social-impact ventures.

t is well established that wearing face masks confers a high degree of protection from the coronavirus plague on both wearers and those around them.

Plenty of documentation shows social distancing also helps, as do frequent hand washing, good ventilation and disinfecting surfaces that are frequently touched.

Also effective are quarantines of new arrivals from other states and countries, as well as isolating those with positive COVID-19 test results.

But as infections of the virus accelerated across California this fall, some other tactics ordered by authorities like Gov. Gavin Newsom, the state health department and most county health officers looked a lot like guesswork, seemingly flailing at the virus without much science to back the moves.

Justifiably desperate to keep hospital beds and front-line personnel available and healthy in the face of advancing infection rates and hospital admissions, these officials mandated sweeping lifestyle changes in at least 41 counties with 94 percent of Californians.

It’s unknown whether the new measures can do what once was called “flattening the curve.” No one knows if the current almost statewide 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew will slow infection. One thing for certain: it won’t achieve much if it’s not enforced, and many county

sheriffs from Los Angeles to Sacramento and beyond are not bothering. None has been disciplined yet for such scofflaw practices.

That’s because of uncertainty over the curfew’s efficacy. Authorities also say much of the recent COVID spread stems from family gatherings large and small, from weddings to Thanksgiving dinners to relatives watching TV together. Curfews won’t touch that.

Plus, no one has reliably measured how much of the spread can be traced to such gatherings if attendees were masked. Which raises the question of whether some of what we hear from health authorities stems not from reality, but from theories taught in graduate epidemiology classes.

It’s a one-size-fits-all approach unjust to areas where folks have not crowded mask-free into bars and nightclubs.

Things are similar with restaurants and gyms, mostly closed to indoor activity since mid-July. This also is a sweeping approach that ignores vast differences in how safely these businesses operated. Some gyms, for example, installed

thorough ventilation systems while they were shuttered between mid-March and late June.

Many gyms also limited occupancy when they reopened for a while in the summer, sanitizing machines and weights hourly, while requiring all users to wear masks.

But one-size-fits-all rule makers reclosed conscientious businesses at the next disease surge right along with irresponsible outfits.

Regular inspections could have determined which ones might safely stay open and which should not, but this did not happen.

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t’s similar for restaurants, where authorities months ago banned indoor dining in most counties, but later allowed outdoor service. One November report indicated just 3.5 percent of all infections successfully contact-traced in California originated in restaurants. Yet, as infection rates and hospitalizations spiked during the late fall, all outdoor dining was ordered to close in many areas, including Los Angeles County, the state’s biggest population center.

That county’s health director said inspectors found at least 80 percent of eateries serving in open air did not socially distance their tables properly. So all restaurants were closed.

How fair is this to the 20 percent that lost money by separating tables widely for the sake of social distance?

Plus, the wholesale restaurant closings put several hundred thousand people out of work, some of that toll probably unnecessarily.

The well-meaning but autocratic health officials now serving as benevolent dictators under various laws for dealing with emergencies believe what they impose does save lives.

Could they save those same lives if they enforced their rules mainly on businesses that ignore safety procedures, rather than on everyone?

Meanwhile, hope is now widespread that an impending mass vaccination campaign can end this crisis and the unfairness it has inflicted as officials flailed at a situation no active medical professional had previously experienced.

And after it ends, lawmakers at every level from county boards to Congress must re-examine emergency laws and make appropriate changes to create new rules hinging on information, not speculation and untested theory. If they don’t, we will have learned nothing from this year’s very painful experiences.

— 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.

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irtual programming increased students’ access to high-quality mentors. Speakers who were not available to attend in person, including Allbirds co-founder and CEO Tim Brown, spoke to students in biweekly virtual fireside chats. More than 160 virtual meetings were held with mentors from the Blackstone, Techstars and Future Founders networks.

Meeting virtually also enabled socially isolated students to connect with peers from other UC schools and across the LaunchPad network.

When surveyed, 72% of students indicated that a supportive network is second only to mentorship as the most critical resource. As UCLA student Luke Allera, co-founder and CEO of Protean Surgical Instruments, said: “Connecting with a diverse group of entrepreneurs helped us improve our presentation for a wider audience.”

As we enter the second year of our partnership with the Blackstone Charitable Foundation’s program, we will continue to provide online programming to connect students with peers and mentors.

UC San Diego’s entrepreneurship center, The Basement, has already shifted online, using technology developed by UCSD student Monal Parmar, founder of Educational Visions Technologies. Support for cross-campus programming will continue. In October, UC San Francisco hosted a virtual workshop.

Currently, 15 UC student teams (73% with a diverse founding member, 67% with a female founder) are participating in an eight-week virtual program for social impact founders, who are turning entrepreneurial efforts in health care, education, mental health and sustainability toward helping communities respond to COVID-19.

No one can predict what next year will bring, but it is clear that young entrepreneurs are undaunted by the global pandemic and prepared to adapt, whether online or otherwise, to turn their ideas into successful businesses.

— Amy Stursberg serves as the executive director of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, Amy.Stursberg@blackstone.com. Victoria Slivkoff is the Global Head of Innovation & Entrepreneurship for the University of California system, victoria.slivkoff@ucop.edu. They wrote this for CalMatters, a public-interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.

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crimes — In many stores a policy is in place for employees not to use any type of physical force to stop shoplifting, allowing thieves to walk out the door unimpeded. Even if the police are summoned, by the time law enforcement arrives, the thieves are long gone. In consequence, shoplifting is rampant in this town, and every customer pays dearly for this crime through higher prices. Criminals know the drill and take complete advantage of the situation. This is exactly what will happen if the use of physical force is prohibited for fleeing suspects committing minor crimes.

Recommendation 4: Nuisance/code enforcement, minor traffic violations, property theft, and mental health and welfare checks are primary candidates for near-term diversion to unarmed responders: And what happens if these calls turn violent because it turns out the person is armed? Unarmed responders are being asked to face a potentially dangerous situation with no weapon.

For instance, it is not uncommon for a

minor traffic stop to turn deadly if the driver is armed. Many social workers take armed police officers along to make mental health and welfare checks because of the potential for violence.

Recommendation 5: Demilitarizing the appearance of officers, for example through permitting more casual clothing: On picnic day a few years ago, we saw what happens when police wear casual clothing — confusion on the part of the public and assault against police officers. There is good reason for police uniforms, so the police are clearly identifiable as the voice of authority.

You cannot have it both ways, complaining because the police are not easily identifiable without their uniforms, but at the same time insist they wear casual clothing so they are not as easily identifiable.

I would argue more work needs to be done before any of these proposals are considered.

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Public Notices X FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: November 5, 2020 FBN Number: F20200904 1. Fictitious Business Name(s)

By Design Studio, Inc. 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

528 D Street Davis, CA 95616 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip

By Design Studio, Inc. 528 D Street Davis, CA 95616 4. Business Classification: Corporation 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 1996 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”

(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Elma Gardner 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9 1054 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: November 16, 2020 FBN Number: F20200928 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Firearms Defense Institute 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

91 Utah Ave. Woodland, CA 95695 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Nicolas Jack Marquette 91 Utah Ave. Woodland, CA 95695 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”

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6. Signature of Registrant(s): Nicolas Marquette 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9 1055 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: November 20, 2020 FBN Number: F20200945 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Olson Investigation Services 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

397 Cardinal Drive Woodland, CA 95695 Mailing address: P.O. Box 1304 Woodland, CA 95776 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Tamara Pelle 397 Cardinal Drive Woodland, CA 95695 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”

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6. Signature of Registrant(s): Tamara Pelle 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16 1060

teleconference and video conference applications that will be identified on the agenda released for the meeting at least 72 hours in advance. The proposed ordinance is entitled: “An ordinance of the Yolo County Board of Supervisors Amending Title 3, Chapter 14 of the Yolo County Code (County Facilities Authorization and Fee).” If adopted, the ordinance would update and streamline the County Code’s provisions regarding the County’s Facilities and Services Fee. The Ordinance, if adopted, will be effective 30 days after passage.

Those wishing to comment on the foregoing matters may either appear telephonically or by video at the meeting or submit written comments prior to the public hearing. Written comments should be sent to the Clerk of the Board, County of Yolo, 625 Court Street, Room 204, Woodland, California 95695 or via email to clerkoftheboard@yolocounty. org.

Dated: December 9, 2020 Lupita Ramirez, Deputy Clerk Yolo County Board of Supervisors 12/9 1071

Dated: December 9, 2020 Lupita Ramirez, Deputy Clerk Yolo County Board of Supervisors 12/9 1072 PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Dated: Dec. 4 and 9, 2020 Lupita Ramirez, Deputy Clerk 1062 Yolo County Board of Supervisors 12/4, 12/9 1073

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Notice is hereby given pursuant to California Business and Professional Codes #21700-21716, Section 2328 of the UCC of the Penal Code, Section 535 the undersigned, Storquest Express Self Storage of Woodland, will sell at public sale by competitive bidding the personal property of: Name: Rachelle Calderon, David Garcia, Haley Ware, Javontae Felix property to be sold: household goods, furniture, appliances, clothes, toys, tools, boxes & contents. Auctioneer Company: www.storagetreasures.com The Sale will end at 10:00 AM, Dec.17 2020. Goods must be paid for in CASH at site and removed at completion of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

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for the developer to provide certain temporary amenities for the community in the East Block area.

a.m. on Fridays.

When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle upon any of the The above summary constitutes the following enumerated streets between major highlights of the proposed 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any Friday ordinance. A reading of the document morning: in its entirety may be necessary to obtain a full understanding of the C Street, from First Street to Fifth Street, ordinance. A certified copy of the full both sides of street. text of the ordinance may be viewed D Street, from First Street to Fifth Street, by contacting the City Clerk’s Office, 23 both sides of street.

Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, and/ E Street, from First Street to Fifth Street, or copies may be obtained at a nominal both sides of street. charge.

F Street, from First Street to Fifth Street, both sides of street.

Additional information may be found G Street, from First Street to Fifth Street, at https://cityofdavis.org/city-hall/ both sides of street. c o m m u n i t y - d e v e l o p m e n t - a n d - First Street, from B Street to G Street, sustainability/development-projects/ north side of street. the-cannery.

Second Street, from B Street to H Street, 12/9 1078 both sides of street.

Third Street, from B Street to H Street, PUBLIC NOTICE both sides of street.

Fourth Street, from C Street to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, both sides of street.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 17, 2020, the City Council PUBLIC NOTICE of the City of Davis introduced, and on December 1, 2020, the City Council SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE unanimously adopted the following NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Yolo entitled ordinance: County Board of Supervisors will consider ORDINANCE NO. 2590 adoption of the ordinance described AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE below at its public meeting on Tuesday, CITY OF DAVIS MUNICIPAL CODE December 15, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., or ARTICLE 32.04 (“DIVERSION OF as soon thereafter as the matter can CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION be heard, utilizing teleconference and video conference applications that will DEBRIS”) TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE CODE REGARDING CONSTRUCTION be identified on the agenda released at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting. AND DEMOLITION WASTE DIVERSION REQUIREMENTS. The proposed ordinance is entitled: “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 14, TO BAN THE CULTIVATION, The adopted ordinance amendments MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING, to Chapter 32 of the Municipal Code AND STORAGE OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP, on Management of Garbage, Other WITH CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS.” The Wastes, Recyclables and Fees Therefor, ordinance, if adopted, will update and makes changes that would bring modify existing County regulations the City’s ordinance into compliance applicable to industrial hemp cultivation, with the California Green Building manufacturing, processing, and storage. Code by extending the construction The County currently has a moratorium and demolition debris diversion on the cultivation of industrial hemp requirements to all projects that require in force through January 14, 2021. This a permit, except for projects that are ordinance will supersede the moratorium exempt from the State requirements: ordinance and replace it with a ban on projects with hazardous materials or industrial hemp cultivation and related projects associated with emergency work activities, subject to certain existing (demolition, construction, addition, or exemptions that the proposed ordinance alteration performed in conjunction with will preserve. The ordinance will apply an emergency or a building/structure throughout the unincorporated area of deemed substandard by the California Building Code through the chief building the County. official).

Those wishing to comment on the foregoing matters may either appear In 2014, the diversion percentage for telephonically or by video at the meeting construction and demolition projects was or submit written comments prior to increased to 65% when the City adopted the public hearing. Written comments the California Green Building Code. should be sent to the Clerk of the Board, However, as the City’s ordinance has not County of Yolo, 625 Court Street, Room been updated, and still references the 206, Woodland, California 95695 or via 50% diversion requirement, the City has email to clerkoftheboard@yolocounty. been unable to fully enforce the California Green Building Code requirements. org.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Yolo County Board of Supervisors will be conducting a public hearing on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, utilizing teleconference and video conference applications that will be identified on the agenda released for ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR the meeting at least 72 hours in advance.

CHANGE OF NAME The purpose of this hearing is to adopt Case Number: CV2020-1533 1. Emily Faith Rosell filed a petition with the update to the 2020-21 master fee this court for a decree changing names resolution to incorporate changes since June 23, 2020; and approve the proposed as follows: fees associated with the Community Emily Faith Rosell Services Department, Public Defender’s to Office, Probation Department, Sheriff’s Emily Faith Levin-Rosenshine 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons Department, and Health & Human interested in this matter shall appear Services Agency. before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the All interested parties are invited to attend the meeting and provide any comments petition should not be granted. they believe are appropriate. Send NOTICE OF HEARING written comments by December 14, 2020 Date: January 7, 2021 Time: 9 a.m. to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at Dept: #9 Room: N/A 625 Court St., Room 204, Woodland, CA The address of the court is 95695 or by email to clerkoftheboard@ 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause yolocounty.org. List of proposed fees shall be published at least once a week are on file with the Clerk of the Board for for four successive weeks prior to the public review. You may also subscribe date set for hearing on the petition in online to receive e-mail notifications and the following newspaper of general updates on proposed fee changes. To subscribe, go to www.yolocounty.org, circulation, printed in this county: select the Email Subscription Signup and The Davis Enterprise check ‘County Fees.’

315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Date: November 13, 2020 Daniel M. Wolk Judge of the Superior Court 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020

PUBLIC NOTICE

The update to the City’s ordinance will include the following modifications, to bring the ordinance into full compliance with the California Green Building Code: • Increase the required diversion of general construction and demolition debris from 50% to 65% and the diversion of rock, dirt, and vegetative debris from 50% to 100% • Expands the applicability of the waste diversion requirements to construction and demolition projects • Require all projects to submit landfill receipts and a final diversion report before their final building permit can be signed.

SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase added by this Ordinance, or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases are declared unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective.

SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause a summary thereof to be published at least five (5) days prior to the meeting at which the proposed ordinance is to be adopted and shall post a certified copy of the proposed ordinance, and within fifteen (15) days of its adoption, shall cause a summary of it to be published, including the vote for and against the same, and shall post a certified copy of the adopted ordinance, in accordance with California Government Code Section 36933.

ORDINANCE NO. 2591 AN ORDINANCE DELETING THE CITY OF DAVIS MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 22.08.350 (“STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING PROHIBITED—2:00 A.M. TO 6:00 A.M. ON TUESDAYS”) AND AMENDING THE CITY OF DAVIS MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 22.08.365 (“STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING PROHIBITED—2:00 A.M. TO 6:00 A.M. ON FRIDAYS”) TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE CODE REGARDING PARKING RESTRICTION ON CERTAIN STREETS ON FRIDAYS FROM 2:00 A.M. TO 6:00 A.M. WHEREAS, parking restrictions on certain streets on Tuesdays and Fridays from 2am to 6am had been implemented to facilitate street sweeping; and

INTRODUCED on the 17th day of November, 2020, and PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Davis on this 1st day of December, 2020, by a unanimous vote.

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comply with the following.

• New single-family dwellings. New mixed-fuel, single-family dwellings shall be required to meet a Total Energy Design Rating (EDR) margin of 9.5 as defined by the 2019 California Energy Code. In addition, the electrical system design shall provide capacity for a future retrofit to facilitate the installation of all electric appliances. This includes capacity and space at the electrical service panel, pre-wiring and installed circuit breakers for the following appliances: o heat-pump water heater; o induction stove top and oven; o electric clothes dryer; and o heat-pump for code-required comfort heating.

• New low-rise multifamily dwellings.

New mixed-fuel, low-rise multifamily dwellings shall be required to meet a Total Energy Design Rating (EDR) margin of 10 as defined by the 2019 California Energy Code. In addition, the electrical system design shall provide capacity for a future retrofit to facilitate the installation of all electric appliances.

This includes capacity and space at the electrical service panel, pre-wiring and installed circuit breakers for the following appliances: o heat-pump water heater (if applicable); o induction stove top and oven; o electric clothes dryer (if applicable); and o heat-pump for code-required comfort heating.”

WHEREAS, due to street sweeping schedule changes, some of the streets no longer require these restrictions as NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on November parking enforcement is no longer taking 17, 2020, the City Council of the City of place; and Davis, California, introduced, and on December 15, 2020, the City Council will WHEREAS, City Council must approve consider adopting an ordinance entitled: amendments to the City of Davis Municipal Code in order for these parking AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL restrictions to be lifted.

OF THE CITY OF DAVIS APPROVING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE OF THE CITY OF DAVIS DOES HEREBY A “mixed-fuel dwelling” is a dwelling that CANNERY PROJECT ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: uses natural gas or propane as fuel for The following description summarizes SECTION 1. The City Council hereby space heating, water heating (including the aforementioned ordinance to be adopts the recitals of this Ordinance as pools and spas), cooking appliances, or adopted by the City Council: true and correct and such recitals are clothes drying appliances or is plumbed for hereby incorporated by reference as such equipment.

Development Agreement. The though fully set forth in the text of this The above summary constitutes the major proposed Ordinance will amend the Ordinance. highlights of the ordinance; to obtain Development Agreement to The Cannery Project as the Fourth Amendment to the SECTION 2. Deletion of Section 22.08.350 a full understanding of its provisions a PUBLIC NOTICE Cannery Development Agreement. The and amend Section 22.08.365. Section reading of the document in its entirety SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE amendment removes a requirement 22.08.350 is deleted from the Davis may be necessary. A certified copy of the that tied occupancy of the multifamily Municipal Code and Section 22.08.365 full text of the adopted ordinance may NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the residential units to the construction and of the Davis Municipal Code is hereby be viewed in the City Clerk’s Office, 23 Yolo County Board of Supervisors will permitting of a minimum of 50% of the amended to read as follows: Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, and/ consider adoption of an ordinance at its commercial buildings on the West Block or copies may be obtained at a nominal public meeting on Tuesday, December of the Cannery Marketplace mixed-use 22.08.365 Stopping, standing and charge.

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ORDINANCE NO. 2593 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 2.02 OF THE DAVIS MUNICIPAL CODE MODIFYING THE PROCESS TO SELECT THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DAVIS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: Section 2.02.010 and 2.02.020 are hereby amended to read as follows: Article 2.02 MAYOR 2.02.010 Election—Duties generally.

The city council shall designate one of its members to be its presiding officer, who shall have the title of mayor. Except as provided by resolution of the City Council for the years 2021-2023, the mayor shall serve a one-year term and may be selected based on criteria identified by the city council. A councilmember shall serve as mayor no more than twice per 4-year City Council term. The mayor shall be the official head of the city for all ceremonial purposes. The mayor shall preside at city council meetings and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance or as may be imposed by the city council consistent with the office. The mayor shall serve in this capacity at the pleasure of the city council.

2.02.020 Vice Mayor.

The city council shall also designate one of its members to be vice mayor for a one-year term. . The vice mayor shall perform the duties of the mayor if the mayor is absent or unable to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. The vice mayor shall serve in this capacity at the pleasure of the city council.

SECTION 2: The term “mayor pro tem” and “mayor pro tempore” shall be replaced “vice mayor” throughout the Municipal Code, including but not limited to Sections 2.01.100 and Section 2.19.020.

INTRODUCED on the 17th day of November, 2020, and PASSED AND SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take ADOPTED by the City Council of the City effect and be in full force thirty (30) of Davis on this 1st day of December, days from and after the date of its final 2020, by a unanimous vote. passage and adoption.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 17, 2020, the City Council of the City of Davis introduced, and on December 1, 2020, the City Council unanimously adopted the following entitled ordinance: ORDINANCE NO. 2592 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DAVIS AMENDING SECTION 8.01 OF THE DAVIS MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT NEW ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR NEW SINGLE FAMILY / LOWRISE MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS The above summary constitutes the AND NON-RESIDENTIAL / HIGH RISE major highlights; to obtain a full MULTIFAMILY BUILDNGS UNDER THE understanding of the ordinance, a GREEN BUILDING CODE reading of the document in its entirety may be necessary. A certified copy of the The adopted Ordinance will: full text of the proposed ordinance may Amend Municipal Code Section be viewed in the City Clerk’s Office, 23 8.01 to require that in addition to all Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, and/ requirements of the California Energy or copies may be obtained at a nominal Code applicable to new single-family charge. dwellings and new low-rise multifamily 12/9 1079 dwellings, mixed-fuel dwellings shall PUBLIC NOTICE

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: November 20, 2020 FBN Number: F20200944 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) BLACKLINE LLC BLACKLINE ATHLETICS BLACKLINE NUTRITION BLACKLINE CONSULTANTS BLACKLINE APPAREL 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

310 Carlsbad Place Woodland, CA 95695 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Blackline LLC 310 Carlsbad Place Woodland, CA 95695 4. Business Classification: Limited Liability Company 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: October 20, 2020 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”

(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Robert Hurt, Chief Executive Officer, Blackline LLC 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30 1084 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CV2020-1580 1. Roman Alexander Huff filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Roman Alexander Huff to Roman Aryssies Alexander 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: January 21, 2021 Time: 9 a.m.

Dept: #10 The address of the court is 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Date: November 30, 2020 Samuel T. McAdam Judge of the Superior Court 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30 1086

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Celebrating the holidays Dear Readers: Look into all of the beautiful, life-changing benefits that gratitude can have for our health and the health of the people and animals around us.

When we practice noticing the big things we’re grateful for, the small things, annoyances and disappointments don’t overwhelm us so easily. We remember how we are blessed to experience every moment and don’t get caught in the joy-sucking pettiness of life, which can make everyone around us miserable, too.

Gratitude helps us to not sweat the small stuff and to remember that it’s all small stuff.

Gratitude blesses you. It opens you so that more can come in. It expands the vibrational space around you.

When you’re living in that expansive space, more of everything will flow into your life.

And this year, due to COVID19 and other circumstances, many families and friends will be celebrating separately. In the spirit of merriment and gratitude, here are some classic poems to celebrate the holidays as curated by poetry experts Bob Holman & Margery Snyder. While your loved ones might not be physically together, you can have fun reading these to each other.

Known as “Over the River and Through the Wood,” this poem from 1844illustrates a snow-filled New England Thanksgiving journey. In 1897, it was made into the familiar song.

“The New-England Boy’s Song About Thanksgiving Day” by Lydia Maria Child

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Know any pumpkin pie lovers?

They might enjoy this poem from 1850.

“The Pumpkin” by John Greenleaf Whittier “And the prayer, which my mouth is too full to express, / Swells my heart that thy shadow may never be less, / That the days of thy lot may be lengthened below, / And the fame of thy worth like a pumpkin-vine grow, / And thy life be as sweet, and its last sunset sky / Golden-tinted and fair as thy own Pumpkin pie!”

This 19thcentury poem harkens back to Thanksgiving memories of yore.

“No. 814” by Emily Dickinson “One day is there of the series / Termed “Thanksgiving Day” / Celebrated part at table / Part in memory-” This 1918 poem of surviving through hardship and still being thankful is very relevant in 2020.

“Fire Dreams” by Carl Sandburg “I remember here by the fire, / In the flickering reds and saffrons, / They came in a ramshackle tub, / Pilgrims in tall hats, / Pilgrims of iron jaws, / Drifting by weeks on beaten seas, / And the random chapters say / They were glad and sang to God.” And, finally, this 1921 verse is perfect to share with children.

“Thanksgiving Time” by Langston Hughes “When the night winds whistle through the trees and blow the crisp brown leaves a-crackling down, / When the autumn moon is big and yellow-orange and

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Husband doesn’t want me talking to family Dear Annie: My husband tells me that I’m cheating on him by talking to my friends and family.

He talks to people on the phone who I don’t even know, but I don’t ever worry about it or get on his case about it. What can I do?

— Needing Help in Virginia Dear Needing Help: Your husband’s controlling attitude is not just toxic but may constitute emotional abuse. According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, two hallmarks of abusive behavior are showing extreme jealousy and preventing and discouraging you from spending time with friends, family members or peers. I encourage you to call the National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233 or chat with someone via their website (https://www.thehotline.org) for further perspective as well as resources. Partners are meant to lift each other up.

——— Dear Annie: The letter from “Sad Mom” (regarding her son’s upcoming wedding, to which she is not invited due to coronavirus precautions) struck a chord with me.

My son and his then-fiancee in 2013 decided to marry in Alaska and had only the immediate wedding party in attendance.

They wanted to keep it small, and families were not invited.

Not my choice, but it was what they wanted, and we respected their wishes and sent champagne and good vibes.

Several months later, we held a party for them, and those who couldn’t go to Alaska were able to

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The most positive and loving thing “Sad Mom” can do is to focus on the fact that her son has found someone he loves and to celebrate and honor that. It is time for them to take this step as a couple and for themselves. For “Sad Mom” to focus on her feelings is to add to the stress over the decisions they are forced to make and to bring heaviness to their wedding day. Giving the couple open and full support will be appreciated by the couple for years to come and will give them a model of good parenting of adult children.

— Missed the Wedding But Love the Couple Dear Love the Couple: Your signature says it all. I appreciate your perspective and positivity.

——— Dear Annie: Your advice to “Strained Communication” was perfect: “Run, run, as fast as you can.” Our son married a charmer who wanted to get married quickly. She had a great reputation and nice family, but things aren’t always as they seem.

Shortly after marriage, we began to see the real person who was extremely controlling, crying uncontrollably, emotional meltdowns/tantrums and vindictive behavior, just to name a few. She ruined every holiday, family gettogether and vacation we had as a family. No doubt, she has a mental issue, but she was refusing to try and improve herself, and, instead, blaming everyone else. Please, please don’t marry quickly. In our situation, she had to get married before we saw the real person; otherwise, the marriage never would have happened. Our son and family learned the hard way. They’ve since split up.

— Wiser in Tennessee Dear Wiser: I appreciate your sharing the wisdom, though I’m sorry to hear how it was earned.

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Dear Annie: I’ve hit a dead end and am not sure what to do. My family has become dysfunctional to the point of my wanting to take my husband and kids and move far away from them all.

I have an adult brother, “Joey,” who has become a complete burden to all of us. Up until recently, Joey was pretty self-sufficient

and had a good-paying, steady job and his own house. Joey’s “taste” in women has never been good, but his current girlfriend takes the cake. She is an alcoholic, and she is ruining his life.

He’s lost his job and barely leaves the house. They fight and call the cops on each other, break up, get back together, shack up at her mom’s apartment for days on end... No one can get a hold of him and he won’t return calls or texts. He has a 1-year-old daughter with an ex-girlfriend. My parents are attached to this child and can’t get Joey to step up and do what needs to be done so that they can see her.

My mom is so sad and worried sick most of the time. We suspect drug use, but he vehemently denies it. He has this sick loyalty to this awful girlfriend. He gets mean and defensive when talked to or questioned about his recent life choices. He shuts down and shuts everyone out. He refuses help and won’t stick to any plans to improve anything. He only contacts people when he needs something.

It has completely taken over everything in my parents’ lives to the point that it is all I even hear about when I talk to them. I need to walk away from this mess for my own sanity so that I can focus on my own family. I want nothing to do with him until he gets his life together and walks away from his trainwreck of a girlfriend. I told my mom that, and she is now giving me the silent treatment. I feel guilty. What should I do?

— Feeling Guilty in Minnesota Dear Feeling Guilty: As much as we’d like to, we can’t rescue our family members from pits of dysfunction and addiction. The most helpful thing we can do is stand by with an arm outstretched for when they’re ready to grab hold.

Though Joey’s girlfriend is not your friend or relative, her apparent alcoholism (and Joey’s potential substance use) has had ripple effects throughout your family.

To learn how to live more calmly despite the chaos around you, I encourage you to consider attending a virtual support group through an organization such as Al-Anon (al-anon.org) or SMART Recovery Family and Friends (https://www.smartrecovery.org/family). The only criterion for participation in such groups is that someone else’s drinking bothers you.

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CITY OF DAVIS ORDINANCE SUMMARY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on November 17, 2020, the City Council of the City of Davis, California, introduced, and on December 1, 2020, the City Council unanimously adopted the following three (3) entitled ordinances: ORDINANCE NO. 2594 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DAVIS AMENDING THE CITY OF DAVIS MUNICIPAL CODE ARTICLE 18.05.060(b)(10) TO ADD TEXT THAT ALLOWS GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN CONSIDERING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPOSALS THAT PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL, SUPPORTIVE, OR OTHER SERVICES ORDINANCE NO.2595 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 40.01.090 OF CHAPTER 40 OF THE CITY OF DAVIS MUNICIPAL CODE TO REZONE TWO PARCELS (APNs 069-530-030 AND 069-530-031) COMPRISING APPROXIMATELY 7.34 ACRES LOCATED AT THE NORTHERN CORNER OF RESEARCH PARK DRIVE AND COWELL BOULEVARD THAT IS ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT #7-95 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT #1-17 FOR THE PROJECT COMMONLY KNOWN AS PLAZA 2555 ORDINANCE NO. 2596 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DAVIS APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF DAVIS, JOHN OTT, AN INDIVIDUAL, AND BLUE BUS L.P., A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS PLAZA 2555

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The following description summarizes surrounding area; the aforementioned ordinances adopted d) Promotes and ensures that the new by the City Council: residential uses will be in harmony with the existing and surrounding Affordable Housing Ordinance. The neighborhoods; Ordinance will amend Davis Municipal e) Respects the privacy of adjacent uses Code Section 18.05.060(B)(10) To Add and properties through reasonable Text That Allows Greater Flexibility setbacks, architectural design and In Considering Affordable Housing general landscaping plan; and Proposals That Provide Transitional, f) Encourages alternative modes of Supportive, Or Other Services. The transportation and promotes energy and purpose of the proposed ordinance resource conservation. amendment is to allow the City Council the ability to adjust the amount of Planned Development #1-17 establishes required affordable housing units for the allowed uses, building height, projects that provide an alternative development standards, parking that includes transitional, supportive standards, and special conditions. It housing or related housing services that addresses the intensity of the land uses help serve low income-households and within the subject site. It also addresses address or reduce housing insecurity, development standards, building as determined by the City Council. The height, landscaping, parking, and amendment is intended to support the special conditions. It sets the primary Plaza 2555 project’s proposal to provide standards for the review of Final Planned approximately 1-acre land contribution Development and Design Review to the Yolo Crisis Nursery (YCN). applications yet to be processed for the project. The Planned Development is Rezone for Planned Development. subject to findings and conditions of The Ordinance will amend Davis approval.

Municipal Code section 40.01.090 for the the approximately 7.34 acres of Development Agreement. The parcels located at the northern corner Development Agreement by and of Research Park Drive and Cowell between the City Of Davis, John Ott, an Boulevard (APNs: 069-530-030 AND Individual, and Blue Bus L.P., a California 069-530-031), and rezones it to Planned Limited partnership relating to the Development (P-D) #1-17. The purpose development of the property commonly of Planned Development #1-17 (R-HD) known as PLAZA 2555, which provides is to establish a planned development a vested right to develop the property district with the base zone of Residential in accordance with the terms of the High Density that principally allows Plaza Agreement, for the 15-year duration.

2555 multi-family residential uses, which Highlights of the obligations of the Agreement include, but are not limited would serve the following goals: to: a) Provides for a portion of the city’s housing by providing market-rate and A. Development Impact Fees, Connection affordable housing units of various Fees, and Community Enhancement sizes and designs near existing mobility Funds B. Affordable Housing Plan infrastructure; b) Satisfies a portion of the City’s need C. Local Hiring Program for market-rate and on-site affordable D. Environmental Sustainability housing units through infill development; Implementation Plan c) Stabilizes and protects the residential E. Memorandum of Agreement character of the district and the

Additional information may be found at: https://www.cityofdavis.org/cityhall/community-development-andsustainability/development-projects/ plaza-2555.

The above summary constitutes the major highlights of the adopted ordinances. Included in the DA is the agreement reached during the City Council meeting on November 17, 2020, in which the Developer agrees that no more than 50% of the total units in the Project shall be rented by the bed rather than by the unit. A reading of the documents in their entirety may be necessary to obtain a full understanding of the ordinance. A certified copy of the full text of the ordinances may be viewed in the City Clerk’s Office, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, and/ or copies may be obtained at a nominal charge.

12/9 1083 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Aina G. Hewitt CASE NO. PR2020-0212 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Aina G. Hewitt A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: Lissa K. Dashe in the Superior Court of California, County of: Yolo THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Lissa K. Dashe be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions,

however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on January 15, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. in Department TBD located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Signed: Barbara Sonin Attorney for petitioner 21 Court Street Woodland, CA 95695 530-662-2226 12/9, 12/11, 12/16 1085

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020

IN VACAVILLE! Vacaville Holiday Windows walking tours offered Friday and Saturday evenings Price includes a Downtown Vacaville Campfire Mug filled with hot cocoa or cider.

Enterprise staff Missing the merriment and magic? Bring the family out for a guided walking tour of Downtown Vacaville’s festive holiday window displays.

The decades-long tradition of local merchants’ hand-decorated holiday retail displays inspires pure holiday joy. This year marks the 13th year Downtown Vacaville has been recognizing their designs in the annual Window Decorating Contest. Now, it’s your turn to vote.

The one-hour tours are offered Friday and Saturday nights in December and guided by Brooke Fox, executive director of the Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District.

Participants can hear first hand from merchants how they were inspired to create their windows through a series of exclusive video interviews.

The ticket price includes an official Window Contest voting ballot and a souvenir Downtown Vacaville

Campfire Mug filled with hot cocoa or cider. Kids under 12 walk free.

Tours are conducted entirely outdoors and limited to 15 participants to comply with state COVID safety regulations. Masks or face shields are required.

Proceeds from ticket sales support the Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District.

Tours are rain or shine.

Best efforts will be made to reschedule due to inclement weather.

The tour will begin at the Downtown Vacaville Office, 313 Parker St. in Vacaville.

Visit www.downtown vacaville.com, call 707-4512100 or email info@ DowntownVacaville.com.

Coffee, sweetness whipped to perfection Special to The Enterprise Do you know that moment when something sweet hits your taste buds and a smile instantly spreads across your face? It’s almost magic to some.

To others it’s just simply bliss. This holiday season, try something that’s simple yet sophisticated for an easy way to ensure smiles all around.

Try an Easy Tiramisu Dip because whether you’re relaxing at home, having a small get-together with friends or joining your annual family gathering virtually, this dip is sure to spread culinary cheer.

The recipe starts with “easy,� and it holds true to its name. With a short list of ingredients and only a handful of instructions, this is something you can whip up (literally) in just a few moments. Also, using minimal tools in the kitchen is always a plus for athome chefs. The only appliance needed to make this recipe is a mixer.

The outcome is fluffy, rich and

sweet with a hint of espresso. It’s not overpowering, however, so little ones or non-coffee lovers can still enjoy this delicious dip.

This is also a unique dessert because it can be served cool or chilled. If you are planning to take a sweet treat to a party this holiday season, this is nearly perfect. No oven time needed and simple to serve to kids and adults alike.

For more easy dessert recipes, visit Culinary.net.

Easy Tiramisu Dip Servings: 4 Ingredients: 1 cup heavy whipping cream 1 tablespoon espresso powder 4 ounces cream cheese, softened 8 ounces Mascarpone cheese ½ cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 teaspoons cocoa powder wafers or fruit, for dipping

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Putting it together: In medium bowl, whisk heavy whipping cream and espresso powder until blended.

In large bowl, use hand mixer to beat cream cheese until smooth.

Add Mascarpone cheese and beat until combined. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating after each addition. Add vanilla extract; beat mixture. Add espresso mixture; beat until soft peaks form.

Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.

Spoon mixture into serving bowl.

Sprinkle with cocoa powder. Serve with wafers or fruit.

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