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Karen and Christopher Ogata sit down to eat at the annual holiday meal in 2013 in the crowded multipurpose room at the Veterans’ Memorial Center. This year, with pandemic rules in place, it will be strictly a to-go affair.
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Spreading season’s joy (And only joy ...) BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer The coronavirus pandemic has brought significant changes to how Davis celebrates the holidays this year. But some time-honored traditions will continue, despite a little tweaking. That holds true for the Davis Food Coop’s 35th annual Christmas Eve holiday meal, a free event enjoyed by as many 700 people who otherwise would not have a place to get one. While this usually festive sit-down meal will be to-go only due this year to current health guidelines, it carries on nonetheless. “Traditions were made to stand the test
of time and persevere, even in the most difficult of circumstances,” Co-op marketing manager Vince Marchese said in a blog post about the Dec. 24 event.
potatoes and gravy, green beans, cranberry sauce, a dinner roll and multiple dessert items donated by members of the community.
“They bring people together to accomplish a common goal of upholding the values and beliefs that are passed on through each generation. For each tradition there is a story to tell, and many more stories to come, about the positive impact that it has had on the people who take part in it,” Marchese wrote.
The Co-op also is accepting clothing donations to be made available for those picking up meals. Clothes may be dropped off until Dec. 23 at the Co-op, which also has information about dessert donations and volunteer opportunities for the event.
Meals will be distributed from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Davis Veterans Memorial Center, 203 E. 14th St. Offerings include turkey or a vegan bake, stuffing, mashed
Any leftover food from the holiday meal will be promptly donated to the Yolo Food Bank, while leftover clothing will go to HOPE at Davis, an organization of UC
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Coronavirus vaccine arrives at UCD Health BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer UC Davis Health received its first shipment of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday as nearly 3 million doses were shipped across the country, more than 325,000 of which are on their way to California. The batch that arrived Tuesday morning at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento contained 4,875 doses. Within hours of the shipment’s arrival, UC Davis Health nurse Heather Donaldson administered the first vaccination to Eva
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Teniola, an Emergency Department nurse at UC Davis Health who has been on the frontlines fighting the virus. “I have been waiting for this day,” Teniola said. The vaccine rollout comes amid a surge in coronavirus cases both locally and across the country, with public health experts urging continued caution. Earlier this week, the national COVID-19 death toll surpassed 300,000 people. Leaders at UC Davis Health said the arrival of a vaccine was
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COVID-19 cases in Yolo County are rising at rates never before seen, the county’s two hospitals are full and nine new deaths were reported on Tuesday. The only spot of good news: the promise of a vaccine, which is expected to arrive in limited numbers in Yolo County later this week. Asked to sum up what lies ahead for the county, Dr. Aimee Sisson, the county health officer, SISSON cited Dickens. County health officer “The opening line of A Tale of Two Cities, ‘the best of times and the worst of times’ is where we are at right now,” Sisson told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday morning. “We are probably about to enter one of the darkest times of the coronavirus pandemic so far, based on the rise in cases, the rise in hospitalizations, and the predicted continued rise in hospitalizations that may exceed our healthcare system’s capacity. “Yet at the same time, we have a vaccine now available, but in small
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State guidelines delay high school sports even more BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor
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UC Davis Health nurse Heather Donaldson administers Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to Eva Teniola, an Emergency Department nurse at UC Davis health who has been on the front lines fighting the virus.
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Possible sports competition between high schools in California has now been pushed back to at least Jan. 25, 2021, by the state Department of Public Health as new guidelines were issued as to when prep and youth teams are able to reconvene for certain activities. The timing of the late Monday announcement by Gov. Gavin Newsom came as a surprise to many in public schools. The new state guidelines, according to one Sac-Joaquin Section official, weren’t expected “until after the first of the year.”
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Briefly Luminary event rescheduled Due to last weekend’s weather, the Luminary Display in the historic Woodland has been rescheduled to Friday, Dec. 18. It takes place on College and First streets from Lincoln to Marshall streets and numerous blocks of Second, Third, Fourth, Cross and Pendegast streets. The best viewing is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Visitors are asked to drive slowly or to park outside the area and enjoy a candlelit stroll (with masks and physical distancing) through the neighborhoods. Viewers are asked to consider a donation to the Woodland Food Closet at www.woodland foodcloset.org.
Art program to return virtually The Pence Gallery’s ArtSmart Program for kids will return virtually in January. Designed for ages 6-11, this afterschool program includes four projects designed to stimulate creativity. The first program, “Abstraction,” meets online from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 5, 12, 19 and 26. Students will work on four collage-based projects inspired by the abstract work of Michael Shemchuk. Register at https:// pencegallery.org. education.html. Fees are $70 for members and $80 for nonmembers.
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Grasping for any last straw he can C OURAGE IS AS COURAGE DOES ... The president, in his infinite understanding of our judicial system, had high praise for Supreme Court justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, claiming they had shown great courage and wisdom that was lacking in their seven high court colleagues. But, if you read the decision in the now-famous Texas electoral challenge carefully, you will realize that Alito and Thomas slamdunked the president in a manner the other seven justices didn’t. The majority, in refusing to hear the case because Texas lacked standing, wrote, “Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections.” Justice Alito, however, joined by Justice Thomas, noted, “In my view, we do not have discretion to deny the filing of a bill of complaint in a case that falls within our original jurisdiction.” In other words, these two felt as a matter of law — not because of the facts of the case — that the court was required to allow it to be filed. But here comes the slam-dunk. Added Alito, with Thomas, “I would therefore grant the motion to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief.” (Italics mine). Thus, Alito and Thomas are saying they would have allowed the case to be filed, but they would have ruled against Texas on the merits, which is a position the other seven justices did not take
one way or the other. I wonder if anyone on the president’s crack legal team has explained this to him. THE WILL OF THE VOTERS BE DAMNED ... Republican “electors” in six swing states that Joe Biden won — Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada — gathered privately on Monday to “vote” for Donald Trump in direct violation of Article II, Section I, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution. They then sent those fraudulent votes along to the president of the U.S. Senate, Vice President Mike Pence, for his consideration. Says Article II, “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the state may be entitled in Congress.” Thus, the state legislature and only the state legislature has the authority to determine the manner in which electoral votes are awarded. Not the courts, not the governor, not the secretary of state, not the state attorney general, not 12 guys gathered in a bar on Main Street in Green Bay and
BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer No area of Yolo County has seen a bigger increase in COVID-19 cases since Thanksgiving week than the city of Davis. Over the last three weeks, the city’s total number of cases increased by 74 percent, going from 528 cases on Nov. 24 to 918 on Tuesday. The increase in cases coincides with the expansion of asymptomatic testing in the city thanks to Healthy Davis Together. That partnership between the city and UC Davis is offering free saliva-based testing to people who live or work in Davis, with testing available daily at two locations. Between Nov. 23 and Dec. 12, 7,395 tests were administered with 119 people testing positive, according to Dr. Sheri Belafsky, who is overseeing testing for Healthy Davis Together. The test positivity rate has also doubled over those three weeks, from 0.9 percent to 1.85 percent, she said. “I am concerned about this trend and would really like to reinforce the message that testing is recommended for anyone who is interacting in public,” Belafsky said. “For workers who face the public, twice weekly testing is strongly recommended.” UC Davis, which has been doing asymptomatic testing of students and staff on campus since September, has seen an increase in cases as well, with 85 positive test results between Nov. 29 and Dec. 12, according to the university’s online dashboard. The campus has reported
“I ... would really like to reinforce the message that testing is recommended for anyone who is interacting in public.” Dr. Sheri Belafsky overseeing testing for Healthy Davis Together 142 positive cases from its on-campus asymptomatic testing since Sept. 14, so the two-week period through Friday accounted for 60 percent of the campus’s total. The campus test positivity rate remains very low — 0.34 percent for the week of Dec. 6-12 — but that rate has also increased of late. The cumulative test positivity rate for all tests done since Sept. 14 is 0.2 percent. All areas of Yolo County saw COVID cases increase by more than 35 percent in just the last three weeks. Cases in the city of Winters increased by 53 percent, from 179 on Nov. 24 to 274 on Tuesday. During that same time period, cases increased by 47 percent in unincorporated areas; by 43 percent in West Sacramento and by 40 percent in Woodland. The city of Woodland has seen the most cases per capita over the last two weeks, followed by Winters, West Sacramento and then Davis. Countywide, COVID cases increased by 46 percent in the last three weeks, up from 4,363 on Nov. 24
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not the starting lineup of the Pittsburgh Steelers. By vote of the state legislatures in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada, the winner of the popular vote in each of those states is awarded that state’s electoral votes. Joe Biden won the popular vote in all six of those states. The Republican “electors” in those six states have no more authority to send those illegal votes to the president of the Senate than I do to gather 55 of my California friends and neighbors and have them sign a document assigning Gloria Partida all of our state’s electoral votes and sending them along to Mike Pence.
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EATH TO DEMOCRACY ... According to the Pennsylvania Republican Party, the Trump campaign asked his electors to cast their 20 electoral votes illegally for Trump, even though the U.S. Constitution dictates that the state legislature is the only body that controls how electors are chosen. So much for being the party of law and order, and strict construction of the United States Constitution. The voters of Pennsylvania, by the way, picked Joe Biden by exactly 81,660 votes, which, by law, means Biden was awarded Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes. Said Pennsylvania Republican Party chair Bernie Comfort, “This was in no way an effort to usurp or contest the will of the Pennsylvania voters.” Your honor, when we shot
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to 6,377 on Tuesday. Tuesday was a particularly grim day, with nine new deaths reported by the county, bringing to 98 the total number of residents who have died of the virus since the pandemic began. And that trend may continue. “There may be an influx of deaths being reported over the next few days as there have been delays in getting confirmation from labs,” the county noted on its online dashboard. Supervisor Don Saylor of Davis said on Facebook the deaths reported Tuesday were residents of longtermcare facilities who died between Nov. 30 and Dec. 8. “Each of these nine souls is dear to our communities and their families,” he said. “I mourn their loss.” Three of the nine new deaths reported Tuesday were Davis residents, one over the age of 85 and two between the ages of 75 and 84. So far six Davis residents have died of COVID19 since March. The city of Woodland lost five more residents, four of them over the age of 85, and one between the ages of 65 and 74. Twentynine Woodland residents have died since the pandemic began. The ninth death reported by the county on Tuesday was a man between the ages of 55 and 64 who lived in an unincorporated area of the county. Of the 110 new COVID cases reported countywide on Tuesday, 14 were children ages 0-17; 15 were ages 18-24; 20 were ages 25-34; 23 were ages 35-44; 13 were ages 45 to 54; 13 were ages 55 to 64; and 12 were 65 or older.
democracy 10 times in the head and 10 times in the heart and then tossed it over a 5,000-foot cliff, we had no intention of actually killing democracy. THIS FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE ORLANDO SENTINEL ... “We apologize for endorsing Michael Waltz in the 2020 general election for Congress. We had no idea, no way of knowing at the time, that Waltz was not committed to democracy. “During our endorsement interview with the incumbent congressman, we didn’t think to ask, ‘Would you support an effort to throw out the votes of tens of millions of Americans in four states in order to overturn a presidential election and hand it to the person who lost, Donald Trump?’ Our bad. “Waltz’s loyalty isn’t to the Constitution but to a president whose flaws are deep, profound and dangerous. We didn’t know then that Waltz is willing to undermine the nation to ensure his political party remains in control of the White House. “Every American should be appalled at the attempted usurpation, and at elected officials taking part in this terrifying fiasco and violating their oath to protect the country from enemies, foreign and domestic.” Amen. Dear editors: please sign me up for a subscription. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
Three killed in crashes BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer Three people, including an 11-year-old boy, died in collisions on Yolo County roadways over the weekend, the California Highway Patrol reported Monday. The child was a passenger in an Infiniti that struck a tree shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday on westbound Interstate 80 near the West Capitol Avenue exit in West Sacramento. CHP Officer Rodney Fitzhugh said the vehicle was speeding as it entered a slight curve in the road. Yolo County coroner’s officials identified the driver as 48-year-old Kenneth Ledbetter of Suisun City. The boy, a Vallejo resident, was not publicly identified as of Tuesday afternoon. Another motorist was killed on Saturday following a two-vehicle crash on County Road 98 south of County Road 30, northwest of Davis. According to the CHP, Dixon resident Jaxon West, 18, was driving southbound on Road 98 at about noon when, for unknown reasons, he
drifted into the northbound lane and struck a Ford. “All parties involved sustained major injuries and were transported to local hospitals,” including the Ford’s driver who succumbed to crash injures, Fitzhugh said. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Woodland CHP office at 530-662-4685.
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JOY: Unique Davis holiday tradition goes back 35 years
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“the most exciting day in the last 20 years” and a light at the end of the tunnel. “This is truly the beginning of the end on the war on the pandemic,” said Dr. David Lubarsky, CEO of UC Davis Health. “One cannot waste one minute when getting the vaccine to our workforce. We owe it to them.” UC Davis Health was chosen as one of seven California hospitals to be an initial vaccine distribution site. The selection, made by the California Department of Public Health, was based on the hospitals’ storage capacity, highrisk health care population and ability to distribute the vaccine in the community. “It’s a huge logistical undertaking,” Lubarsky said. “But we’re ready to do it. We’re ready to help with it and we’re starting with our own workers.” During transportation and storage, the Pfizer vaccine must be frozen at extremely low temperatures. The vaccines were transported from a Pfizer distribution center to Sacramento in special temperature-controlled
Davis who help provide resources for the homeless community. Those wishing to make a monetary donation to the event can do so through the Co-op’s Eventbrite page or send a check to the Davis Food Co-op, attn: Vincent Marchese, 620 G St., Davis, CA 95616. Questions? Contact Marchese at marketing@davisfood.coop or 530-758-2667 ext. 152 for more information. The Co-op’s holiday meal dates back to 1985, when an LGBTQ couple working at the Co-op had nowhere to go during the holidays, because neither of their families would take them, Marchese noted in his blog post. “The couple, recognizing that there were others facing the same dilemma, organized a meal for any and all to attend,” he wrote. “The event has evolved into a community-wide effort every Christmas Eve to provide a free and warm meal for as many
as 700 people. It brings together a broad spectrum of people from those in our homeless community, UC Davis students, Co-op owners and anyone else looking for some holiday cheer and good food.” Coordinated and operated by Davis Food Co-op employees, the annual event also is supported with generous contributions from the city of Davis, the Davis Veterans Memorial Center, Sysco Foods, Putman Farms, Earl’s Organic Produce, General Produce Co., Upper Crust Bakery and others. “This free and festive dinner for the entire community is a remarkable Davis tradition and has become an important part of the holiday celebrations of local people from all walks of life,” Marchese said. “Although this year’s meal will look different, one thing that will not change is the strength and ability of our community to pull together to provide a warm meal on Christmas Eve for all to enjoy.”
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thermal shippers that use dry ice to maintain the recommended storage conditions. After arriving at UC Davis, the vaccine vials — each 2-milliliter vial holds five doses — were transferred to a freezer capable of maintaining a temperature of minus-112 degrees, according to a press release from UC Davis Health. The Medical Center expects additional freezers to be delivered in the coming weeks, allowing UC Davis health to store up to 400,000 doses at once. Before the vaccine can be used, it must be taken out of the freezer, thawed and diluted with saline. It must then be administered within 48 hours. According to UC Davis Heath, the Medical Center is prepared to vaccinate up to 400 employees per day. The process is not new to UC Davis Health, which is one of 150 sites worldwide that has participated in the clinical trial for the Pfizer vaccine. More than 40,000 participants have volunteered for the study, including 225 at UC Davis Health. The federal Food and Drug Administration authorized the
Pfizer vaccine for emergency use on Friday. Another vaccine, designed by Moderna, is expected to receive emergency authorization by the FDA this week. The Moderna vaccine would add to the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses available to health care workers and certain segments of the general public in the coming weeks and months. “A working group from UC Davis Health has spent several weeks developing tiers to determine an equitable process for vaccine administration for employees who choose to be inoculated,” the press release said. “Under this tiered approach, staff and employee vaccinations will be based on the risk of COVID-19 infection associated with the work functions being performed.” Among those in the highest priority group At UC Davis Health are Emergency Department physicians, nurses, first responders, custodial workers and clerks. According to the CDPH, vaccination for the public at large will likely begin in the spring.
OBITUARIES Patricia Parker Robinson Oct. 7, 1924 — Dec. 8, 2020
We celebrate a life full of love and family as we mark the passing of Patricia Robinson at age 96. Patricia Parker Robinson was born in Berkeley, on October 7, 1924, and lived most of her life in Berkeley. She attended Berkeley schools, Anna Head School and Cal. While at Cal she met her loving husband Bill Robinson, and they married June 24, 1944, in Roswell, N.M. prior to Bill being sent overseas with the Army Air Corps. They were married for 52 years. Pat is survived by two of her daughters Carol Henshaw (Paul) of Clayton and Lynn DeLapp (John) of Davis and preceded in death by Ann Heinemann (Bill). They had six granddaughters and four great grandchildren.
While at Cal, she joined Gamma Phi Beta where she made life-long friendships. Throughout her life, Pat volunteered in her community at John Muir Elementary School, Girl Scouts, Alta Bates Hospital, and the Oakland Museum. Her first love was her family and their many happy times at their cabin near Lake Tahoe. Pat lived in Berkeley, Moraga, Rossmoor in Walnut Creek, and finally at University Retirement Community in Davis. The family will gather at the family cabin next summer to honor Pat. Any contributions in her name, can be made to The Heifer Project or the League to Save Lake Tahoe, 2608 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150.
Roland Hartsough Jan. 31, 1928 — Aug. 18, 2020
Roland was born in Merced to Josephine and Douglas Hartsough, joining older brother, Walter. When Douglas passed away in 1936, Josephine moved the family to San Francisco to live with her mother. Although Roland was initially not fond of the move, he came to love the city. After completing high school, he attended UC Berkeley, studying aeronautical engineering. In 1948, after one year at Berkeley, he was offered a position with International Business Machines as a customer service engineer. He accepted, and remained with IBM for 41 years, receiving several company awards for innovations. He viewed each service call as a challenge — a puzzle that he enjoyed solving. While repairing IBM equipment at the National Weather Bureau in San Francisco, he met Lorraine Di Grazia. He was enchanted by her beauty and intelligence, she by his intellect and charm. They married in 1950 and lived in San Francisco until moving to Mill Valley in 1955. Their sons were born in 1952, ‘54 and ‘58. After Roland retired in 1989, he and Lorraine moved to Healdsburg. When Lorraine passed away in 2013, Roland moved to Davis.
Roland was curious, creative, productive, precise and the perfect gentleman. He designed the two homes in which he and Lorraine lived. He wrote voluminous notes on topics as varied as interpersonal relationships, investing and auto maintenance. He was fascinated with flying. He built and flew model airplanes as a child and then with his sons. He enjoyed photography, a hobby he took up after receiving a camera as a gift from his brother. He also loved jazz music from the 1940s, by artists such as Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman. When working on maintenance projects around home, he enjoyed listening to NPR or talk radio. He is survived by his sons Bruce (Marjorie), Gary and David, daughter-in-law Carlette, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The family thanks the staff of Carlton Senior Living and, especially, personal caregivers Isabel Gutierrez, Amber Bratton, Neelam Ralh and Capriah Lindsey for their attention to Roland’s needs during the past several years. Roland will be interred at the Davis Cemetery. The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America.
Viv-ette Jo Clark July 2, 1944 — Sept. 3, 2020
Viv-ette Jo Clark passed away on Sept. 3 surrounded by her three sons. She was born on July 2, 1944, in Orange. Her father, Myrl Shaw, was 27, and her mother, Tully, was 26. After she graduated from Cal State Fullerton majoring in English, she married Jerry Allen Clark on March 18, 1967, at the Naval Chapel in Long Beach. They had three children, Bryan, Mike and Steve. They moved to Davis in 1977 from
Gallatin, Tenn. She was a substitute teacher in Davis and president of the local Kiwanis branch in 2001. She was an avid golfer and shot a hole-in-one at the Davis Municipal Golf Course on the 12th hole. In addition to her three sons, she was survived by two daughtersin-law Stacy and Theresa, three grandsons, Frank, Ryan and Scott, two granddaughters, Christina and Darlene, and five great-grandsons, Jacob, Caleb, Owen, Emmett and Wyatt.
Alvin Dale Lucas
Jan. 7, 1943 — Nov. 26, 2020 Alvin Dale Lucas passed in the early hours of Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. He was 77 years old. Al or Luke, as he was known to many, was born in Muskogee, Okla. He moved to Davis in his early teens, graduated from Davis Senior High (class of ’61), and raised his family in Davis. He spent most of his career working at UC Davis, as a manager in the Mail Division. After retiring from UCD, he did handyman and roofing work for local residents. He liked to keep busy, and had many hobbies, including fishing, hunting, golf and spending time with family. Alvin was preceded in death by his parents Alvin H. Lucas and Pauline Lucas, and his siblings Donald Lucas and Betty (Lucas) Wentz.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Anna Lucas. He was very close to, and enjoyed spending time with his children Dondra (Lucas) Nickell, Debbie (Lucas) Press, Jerry Lucas and Dana (Lucas) Andersen; grandchildren Kyle Lucas, Ryan Andersen (Salina), Tanner Press, Corey Lucas, Ashlin Andersen and Casey Gray (Mason); and his great-grandchildren Kaden Gray and Reagan Andersen. Alvin served in the U.S. Army, as a paratrooper. He will be laid to rest in the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, in Dixon. Due to current restrictions, a private ceremony will be held for Alvin’s immediate family. A memorial service is planned for a later date. Those who wish to sign a guestbook online may do so at: www.smith-funerals.com.
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Wanda Mary Ann Kennedy & Donald William Kennedy Aug. 19, 1931 — Nov. 22, 2020
Wanda Mary Ann Kennedy passed away on Sunday, Nov. 22, at the age of 89. Wanda was born on Aug. 19, 1931, in Oakland to Ada and John Dillon. The family moved to Sacramento where she attended school in North Sacramento and graduated from Grant Union High School, Class of 1949. After moving to Davis in 1962, Wanda started working at UC Davis and worked her way to director of human resources for the UC Davis Medical Center. After retiring, Wanda worked for El Dorado County Human Resources. Donald William Kennedy passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 24, at the age of 89. Don was born on April 10, 1931, in Oakland to Anne and William Kennedy. Don grew up in the Arden-Arcade area of Sacramento, played American Legion Baseball and graduated from Grant Union High School, Class of 1949. Don served in the Air Force after high school and was a volunteer fireman with the Arcade Fire Department. He worked for Teichert and Granite Construction Companies and worked for El Dorado County as deputy director of transportation before retiring. Wanda and Don were high school
sweethearts and married shortly after graduating from high school on Aug. 20, 1950, and celebrated 70 years of marriage this year. They started their life together in Sacramento, but over the years, they moved frequently and moved the family to Davis in 1962, and lived there for more than 30 years. They also lived in Placerville, South Lake Tahoe, Bucerias, Mexico, Arizona and most recently Folsom. The family jokes about moving on average every two-and-a-half years while they were growing up. It seemed that Don’s hobby was to surprise the family with “We’re Moving!” There were many memories of family camping trips to Sardine Lake and the coast. Don and Wanda continued trips to Sardine Lake over the years with the family to fish and relax. In addition, they had a sailboat on Lake Tahoe for a number of years and would spend weekends on the boat all summer long. Once they moved to Bucerias, Mexico, they enjoyed retirement with new friends from around the world. While living in Mexico,
April 10, 1931 — Nov. 24, 2020
Wanda helped establish a local children’s library and a cultural exchange between fifth-grade students in Placerville and Bucerias. In all the communities they lived in, they were active in volunteering in many ways. After retiring, both Don and Wanda volunteered for the El Dorado County Sheriff ’s Office S.T.A.R. program and were active in CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). Wanda especially loved her involvement with the Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter in Davis, organizing meals and rides to the church for the overnight stays. She worked tirelessly to serve their needs. Don helped with fundraising to provide scholarships for graduating seniors at Grant Union High School. Their life was about giving to others in need. They were longtime active members of Lutheran Church of the Incarnation and then at Davis United Methodist Church in Davis. They were predeceased by Wanda’s sister Patricia Taylor and brother Michael Dillon,
Don’s brother Robert Kennedy, two of their children, Joseph Kennedy and Nancie Kennedy Ludlow, and granddaughter Franky Kennedy (Sean’s wife). They are survived by Don’s brother Warren (Darlene) Kennedy, and their children Jeff (Vicki) Kennedy, Judy (Brian) Cecil, Peter (Debbie) Kennedy, Bruce Kennedy and Shann (Kathy) Kennedy. They leave behind a legacy of 19 grandchildren: Matt (Mix) Kennedy, Sean Kennedy, Molly (Andrew) Kimber, Sarah (Scott Thorpe) Clemons, Sam (Kristy) Clemons, Patrice Clemons, Michael Cecil, Danny (Mary) Cecil, Annie (Ryan) Nelson, Elizabeth (Martin) Sophia, Marie (Brett) Stovall, Devon Kennedy, Shawn Kennedy, Rachel Kennedy, Emily Kennedy Ludlow, Tyler Kennedy Ludlow, Madeline Kennedy, Emerson Kennedy and Easton Kennedy; as well as 13 great-grandchildren. A celebration of life will be held at a later time when it is safe to gather. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter (interfaith-shelter.org), Grant Union High School Scholarship fund (GUHSAA, P.O. Box 660412, Sacramento, CA 95866) or a favorite charity.
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ith every passing year, California continues to shatter records with devastating fire seasons, and 2020 is no exception. This year, the state has lost 4.2 million acres, approximately 9,000 structures, 31 lives, and fire season has not even ended. Gov. Gavin Newsom attributes these wildfires to what he calls “a climate damn emergency” and has enforced his solution via recent executive orders, “to protect our communities from climate change-driven events such as wildfire.” But instead of championing proper forest management to combat wildfires, he opted to unilaterally phase out gas-powered cars by 2035. This begs the question: Will banning gas-powered cars result in fewer devastating wildfires, and if so, at what cost? Global CO2 emissions in 2017 were 37.1 billion tons, of which California contributed 424 million tons. Even if California were able to reduce our emissions to zero, the reduction globally would be a mere 1%. As such, California’s climate strategy would make the largest impact if it served as a model for the entire world to follow. Therefore, it is imperative that we set an example worth following. In 2018, wildfire emissions in California contributed 45.5 million metric tons of CO2 to the atmosphere, and not coincidentally, overall emissions actually increased in California for the first time since 2012. Estimates for the 2020 wildfires are that more than 90 million metric tons of CO2 will have been released, indicating that in all likelihood our overall emissions will again increase rather than decrease. It is clear that addressing emissions from wildfires is critical if California is going to achieve its aggressive environmental goals, as opposed to banning gas-powered cars. Even if eliminating gas-powered cars from California’s roads reduced the severity of wildfires, this one action would not even make a dent for well over a decade. Yet it will most definitely have a real impact on the pocketbooks of the average Californian. The vast majority of car buyers either cannot afford or do not want to buy a new car at all.
ince Donald Trump was defeated in his bid for reelection on Nov. 3 — losing by more than 7 million votes and getting crushed Monday in the Electoral College — the president of the United States and his surrogates have filed more than 60 lawsuits, attempting to throw out votes, overturn results, halt vote counting, delay certification and sew discontent. Mr. Trump’s effort to win in the courts, after having lost at the ballot box, has been an abysmal failure. According to Democracy Docket, he won one case and lost 59. Trump’s lone victory was immaterial. That suit invalidated a few ballots in Pennsylvania, where President-elect Joe Biden won by more than 80,000 votes. Last week, in the case that Trump called “the big one,” the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously against his side. Texas and other Republican states were reproached by the justices, finding that the plaintiffs had “not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest” and they had a “lack of standing.” The loss was a fatal blow to Trump’s cause. Several commentators, rightfully, declared the decision in Texas v. Pennsylvania a triumph of the Constitution. That case ended a final attempt by our sitting president to void the vote of the American people who did not want Trump to remain in office. The 59 other cases demonstrated unambiguously that when you have no legal justification, no facts and no sound evidence to support your lawsuits, every honest court, even ones dominated by right-wingers, will rule against you. Trump’s endless lies and baseless claims may have fooled Republican
morons. But they did not defeat democracy. Yet, the fact that our Founding Fathers had the wisdom to formulate a system where one branch of government can check another — in this case the judiciary stopping an unscrupulous executive — does not prove the Constitution is without faults. Donald Trump is a case in point. He never should have become president. In 2016, he lost by more than 3 million votes. What other “democracy” declares the guy who came in second place the winner? Yet our flawed Constitution allows that. In fact, five times the person who finished second in the popular vote won in the Electoral College. Many major mistakes made by our Founding Fathers were eventually fixed. Obviously, the worst was allowing slavery after having declared, “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” We also constitutionally corrected how we elect the vice president and U.S. Senators, and we amended the document to enshrine universal suffrage. But amending the Constitution in any meaningful way is no longer possible — entrenched interests effectively have a veto. That
means we have to suffer the flaws of our foundation. The worst mistake in the Constitution is giving each state two members of the U.S. Senate. California has 40 million people. Wyoming has 550,000. Per capita, Wyoming voters have 73 times the representation we have in the Senate. It is undemocratic and unfair. Conservatives have dominated the U.S. Senate for most of American history. That is not because racist Democrats in the Jim Crow South or today’s right-wing Republicans across rural America have won more votes nationally than moderates or liberals. They never have. Their power is a consequence of the unfairness built into the Constitution that heavily overweights voters in smaller, more rural states.
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s every student of American history knows, giving less populated states more power than they deserve was a constitutional compromise to conclude the Confederation. Alexander Hamilton, correctly, cursed it. In Federalist 22 Mr. Hamilton wrote, “Every idea of proportion and every rule of fair representation conspire to condemn a principle, which gives to Rhode Island an equal weight in the scale of power with Massachusetts, or Connecticut, or New York; and to Delaware an equal voice in the national deliberations with Pennsylvania, or Virginia, or North Carolina. “Its operation contradicts the fundamental maxim of republican government, which requires that the sense of the majority should prevail.” If all American voters were equitably represented in the Senate, we would not have the absurd unfairness of the
Electoral College, where each state gets votes based on its representatives and senators in Congress. Once again, votes in rural, largely unpopulated states are massively overweighted. That is what allowed George W. Bush to “win” when he finished second to Al Gore; and it put Donald Trump in power after being beaten by Hillary Clinton. To make the Electoral College even more absurd in a “democracy,” the electors occasionally are unfaithful, voting not for the candidate the people picked, but someone else they like more. But for the EC, we not only never would have had President Trump. We would not have had Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court. While it is just that the judiciary will check a corrupt president, the Constitution should limit the terms of each justice to 18 years — with a new member joining every other year. Because justices can serve until they die, some presidents get to make appointments and some don’t. And those who do have an incentive to pick young candidates — in order to extend their influence for decades beyond their time in office. We should be thankful for the Constitution’s wisdom. But we shouldn’t be fooled into thinking it has no flaws. Short of a violent overthrow of our government, American government will continue to be fundamentally undemocratic, unpopular and unfair. — Rich Rifkin is a Davis resident; his column is published every other week. Reach him at Lxartist@ yahoo.com.
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ather than imposing climate austerity measures that perpetuate poverty, there are wiser investments we can make today that will have a greater impact on reducing wildfires and creating healthier forests without adversely impacting disadvantaged communities, people of color and the struggling middle class in our state. As of September, California’s 10.8% unemployment rate was third highest in the United States. California cannot continue heaping the cost of “green” policies on marginalized and impoverished communities of color. Instead, we should invest in solutions that we know are cost-effective and achieve the desired results. As a result of the extreme wildfires California experienced in 2018, the Legislature passed SB 901, which committed $200 million a year from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund through 2023-24 for a total of $1 billion for projects that: improve forest health, reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by uncontrolled wildfires and fund fuel reduction projects. Yet, after only one year of funding, the Legislature failed to provide the $200 million as promised for the 2020-21 budget year. While the revenues from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund were down this year, wildfire prevention deserves long-term, dedicated funding for the foreseeable future and deserves to have a continuous annual allocation. This investment would make funding permanent and no longer subject to debate on a yearly basis, thereby eliminating the need for an annual debate on the specific amount of budget appropriation. Republicans and Democrats do not always agree on public policy, but there are issues that Californians need us to work together on, such as healthy forests, protecting our most vulnerable communities and providing sufficient and dedicated wildfire funding. California’s well-being depends on it. — Assemblywoman Megan Dahle, R-Bieber and Assemblyman Jim Cooper, D-Elk Grove, wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.
LETTERS Away in a manger During this time each year, the Christian community faithfully gathers around a barn to remember an infant whom others called king, a title he never took for himself. And, during this time this year, other faithful are circling their arms around a child-man who claims to be king and isn’t. He just lives in a palatial home. They defend his kingship as if their lives depended upon it, refusing to recognize that their king has no clothes.
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Thus, it might be appropriate if his lackeys and toadies, to protect the childman, would carefully swaddle him, gently place a pacifier in his mouth and tenderly deliver him to Mitch McConnell’s doorstep, where he could be nurtured and protected from the harsh realities of a life he never knew. John E. Moren Davis
Thanks for the flag I want to thank whoever raises the flag at our Davis U.S. Post Office: It flew at half-mast on Monday, Dec.7. I presume it was in remembrance of
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Pearl Harbor Day. In 1941, President Roosevelt said it was “a day that will live in infamy,” but I’m afraid it has died in ignorance. While our neighbor’s Sac Bee carried a survivor’s remembrance, not even the New York Times reminded readers of the surprise attack on our Pacific fleet tied up at Pearl Harbor. It launched us into the Pacific War; a few days later Hitler declared war on the U.S. Both attacks finally broke the isolationist bloc in Congress and launched us fully into World War II. Thanks, Davis P.O., for remembering that sacred day! Dale M. Heckman Davis
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Easy and delicious last-minute gifts ■ Editor’s note: This is an updated version of a column that first ran in December 2013. It’s nine days until Lockdown Christmas, which is bound to be a very strange holiday. The food part will probably be OK, and some people started decorating for it on Nov. 1, but presents are a puzzler. Shopping is difficult, shipping is difficult, many things are in short supply and we’re certainly not gathering with the extended family on Christmas morning. You can still shop: many local businesses are doing a fantastic job of curbside delivery, and our Davis restaurants would be delighted to sell you a gift certificate. Wendy Weitzel of Comings and Goings has been doing a bonza job of keeping track of which businesses are operating right now, which you can view at https://bit.ly/ DavisBusinesses. Alternatively, you could step into the kitchen and manufacture one of these very quick and easy gifts. I like to package edible gifts in the ubiquitous canning jar. They’re useful in and of themselves, they match every décor and they’re easy to decorate with ribbons and stickers. If you’d like to get fancy, a cupcake paper (or even a coffee filter!) adds a pretty ruffle — put the lid on, put the cupcake paper over it and screw on the ring. You also can go with packaging that matches the gift: cocoa mix packaged in a mug, chocolate chip pancake mix in a mixing bowl or glass measuring cup. However you package it, don’t forget to label it and add instructions! If you’re an infrequent chef, do check the quality of open ingredients before you start mixing. If your flour has an “off ” smell or your sugar is hard as a rock, discard it and start fresh. Baking powder can be checked for freshness by putting a small spoonful in a large bowl and adding boiling water — if it fizzes up, it’s still good to go.
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Sand Art Brownie Mix Ingredients: 1 wide-mouth quart (4-cup) canning jar 2/3 teaspoons salt 1 1/8 cup sifted flour, all-purpose, divided 1/3 cup cocoa powder 2/3 cups brown sugar 2/3 cups sugar 1/2 cup chocolate chips 1/2 cup white chocolate chips 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans Putting it together: Wash, rinse and dry canning jars. Sift flour before measuring. Layer ingredients as follows: 2/3 teaspoon salt 5/8 cup flour 1/3 cup cocoa powder 1/2 cup flour 2/3 cup brown sugar 2/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup chocolate chips 1/2 cup white chocolate chips 1/2 cup walnuts Close jars with lids and rings. Decorate and make a tag with ingredients and baking instructions. Directions for baking, to be included on tag: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease one 9×9 baking pan. Pour the contents of the jar into a large bowl and mix well. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla, 2/3 cup vegetable oil and 3 eggs. Beat until just combined. Pour the batter into the prepared 9×9 pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.
Chocolate Chip Pancake Mix Ingredients: 1-pint mason jar 1 cup whole wheat flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sugar 1/4 cup chocolate chips Putting it together:
Wash, rinse and dry canning jars. Mix the dry ingredients together and put them in a jar. Directions for baking, to be included on tag: When you want pancakes, empty the jar into a mixing bowl. Mix together in a bowl: 1/2 cup milk 1 egg 1 cup yogurt 2 teaspoons oil Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and stir just until they are mixed. Don’t stir too much! Heat up a pan or griddle. Put a little oil on it. Put 1/3 cup of batter on the griddle. Let it cook until one side is brown, about 3 minutes. Flip it and cook the other side. Put fruit, butter, syrup or powdered sugar on top and eat it up.
Special Popcorn Yum Topping! Ingredients: 1 half-pint mason jar 1/4 cup salt (try kosher, sea salt, Himalayan pink salt or Maldon salt) 1/4 cup sugar (try superfine, maple, coconut or brown) 1 to 2 teaspoons spices (try pumpkin pie spice, curry powder or chili powder) Putting it together: Mix together in a jar. Directions to be included on tag: When you want popcorn, pop it up and top it with butter, coconut or olive oil and some Popcorn Yum. We like to shake ours up in a paper bag so every single piece gets YUMMED!
Hot Cocoa Mix Ingredients: 5 1-pint mason jars 2 cups powdered sugar 1 cup unsweetened cocoa
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The makings for Wintery Curried Lentil Soup is a tasty gift. (Dutch-process recommended) 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons cornstarch 1 pinch cayenne pepper 3 cups nonfat dry milk powder Putting it together: Add sugar and cocoa to food processor. Pulse until well-mixed. (Or, combine ingredients in large bowl and whisk until well mixed.) Add salt, cornstarch and cayenne; pulse until mixed. Add powdered milk; process for 20-30 seconds until well mixed. Transfer to jars. Directions to be included on tag: Fill 1/3 to 1/2 of mug with cocoa mix. Add hot water or milk and stir until mix is dissolved.
Homemade granola Ingredients: 3 1-pint jars, or 1 to 2 large quart jars 5 cups rolled oats 1 cup slivered almonds 1 cup cashews 1 cup unsalted, raw sunflower seeds 2 tablespoons sesame seeds 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons maple syrup 1/2 cup vegetable oil 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup raisins, or favorite dried fruit — cherries, currants, chopped apricot Putting it together: Preheat oven to 250 degrees. In a large bowl, combine the oats, nuts, spices and brown sugar. In a separate bowl, combine maple syrup, oil, and salt. Combine both mixtures and pour onto 2 sheet pans. Cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes to achieve an even color. Remove from oven and transfer into a large bowl. Add raisins and mix until evenly distributed. Once completely cool, fill up jars and decorate!
Wintry Curried Lentil Soup Mix Ingredients: 1-quart mason jar 1 cup brown lentils 1/2 cup yellow lentils 1/2 cup red lentils 5 sun-dried tomatoes, chopped into slices 1 tablespoon of your favorite curry powder 1/2 teaspoon turmeric 1 dried Indian chili pepper 2 bay leaves
Putting it together: Make sure to thoroughly sort over all of the lentils, remove any clumps of dirt or rocks. Place the curry powder and the turmeric into a small zip-top bag and seal-up. Using a canning funnel to create layers, pour all your brown lentils, then your red lentils, then your yellow lentils. Place the sun-dried tomatoes and bag of spices on the next layer. Then add the dried chili pepper and top with the two bay leaves. Seal it up, decorate the jar if you would like and include the following recipe. Directions to be included on tag: Heat 3 tablespoons of butter or vegetable oil in a large stock pot over a medium high heat. Add 4 cloves of minced garlic and one small chopped, medium size red or yellow onion. Sauté until the onions begin to caramelize. Then add the contents of the spice bag, the bay leaves and the chili pepper from the soup mix and cook about 3 minutes. Add the remaining soup mix and 8 cups of water, and simmer until the lentils are soft, about an hour. Season with sea salt and pepper to taste. Garnish each bowl with a little bit of sour cream, diced avocado and chopped fresh cilantro. Serves 8.
Sparkling toasts to the seven days of New Year’s
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tocking up on bargain bubbles for a New Year’s Eve bash won’t be necessary this year, so I suggest accumulating a few bottles of brilliant bubbles and welcoming 2021 by celebrating New Year’s week instead. Drink them in place of your usual dinner wine — I can’t think of a more go-witheverything drink. Roasted duck? Caviar? Winter vegetables au gratin? Mushroom lasagna? Sushi? Thai curry? Filet mignon? Leftover turkey sandwiches? Whatever your festive meal plans, sparkling wine comes to the rescue. And what could add more to the festivity than tiny bubbles breaking to the surface of your best wine glasses? (In years past, flutes were de rigueur, but the latest thinking is that while flutes might preserve the bubbles a tad longer, regular wine glasses more readily and efficiently release aroma and flavor. But if you need an occasion to pull out the elegant crystal flutes, by all means, do so. This is a week to imagine a more elegant future. You know, one without masks.) Despite the horrors of 2020, we have many people to toast, so extending days of bubbles give more chances to honor heath careers, essential workers (Wall Street traders not included despite their claims), teachers, friends, neighbors, and family, of course, mostly absent from our
tables this year. And don’t forget Joe and Kamala and gang who have a gigantic, messy job ahead. So — to the bubbles. Some I’ve recommended before and won’t say much about here. And all are made by traditional methods (bottle fermentation of one sort or another, not bulk). Some folks — and who can blame them? — insist on real Champagne. So let’s go for it on New Year’s Eve itself. You don’t have to spend $150 to get a really good bottle. I’ve recommended this one several times, but since I like it so much, I urge you to try the Veuve Fourny & Fils “Grande Reserve” brut premier cru, a radiant blend of chardonnay and pinto noir, made by a family with generations of experience, and imported by Kermit Lynch. The Pip has it for $52 — a lovely splurge for a special day. But we all know by now that there are worthy sparkling wines coming from all corners of the world, including California, of course. So let’s try a California sparkler for Jan. 1, itself. I loved our bottle of J Cuvée 20 Brut with its pinot noir, chardonnay
and pinot meunier grapes from the Russian River Valley. It has flavors of apple and lemon, a creamy middle, and a crisp finish. Hand-harvested and whole cluster fermented, this is a lovely — and much-acclaimed — wine. The bottle couldn’t be more elegant with a simple brush-stroked J the only thing on the front. It retails for $35, but Nugget has the less expensive J California Cuvee (same elegant label) for $26, and I’m sure it’s almost as delicious. “Gorgeous and often underpriced” (Financial Times), wines from South Africa are especially in need of our support. SA has a terrible unemployment problem, and its wine industry has been greatly hurt by stringent COVID regulations that have entirely forbidden exports for weeks on end and only allow domestic sales during certain hours. So, for the evening of Jan. 2, I suggest a sparkling wine from the sustainable Malan-family-owned Simonsig Estate. The family is a legend in Stellenbosch, Johan Malan (son of the late founder Frans Malan) just last month having received a prestigious South Africa “winemaker of the year” award. We drank a bottle of the brut, which could easily pass for a real Champagne, and a good one at that. Although The Pip has sold out of it, owner Amy has brought in the brut rosé, which she assures me is equally good, a little less
Champagne-like, and even more interesting. At $22, it’s an excellent bargain and a wine I’ll be buying for my own celebration. Made by the “cap classique” method rather than “methode champagnois,” both the brut and the rose are fermented in the bottle from traditional hand-harvested Champagne grapes. For Jan. 3 we pivot to an Italian red — the Cleto Chiarli Lambrusco d’Fondatore. I wrote about this recently — it’s one of the most fun wines imaginable. With its cherry, orange and lemon flavors, this small-lot sparkler is completely dry, filled with soft bubbles, and completely delicious. James Suckling gave it 90 points, and it’s a favorite of the staff at Back Room Wines in Napa; for just $20 (The Pip) you can’t go wrong.
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y pick for Jan. 4, which got 90 points from tasting.com, comes from Austria — the Biokult Rose Secco, 100% pinot noir. The least expensive of the wines here, it’s just $15 at the Co-op, a great price for a completely organic, natural wine that’s tangy and crisp with a creamy finish. I’m a huge fan of Biokult wine in general, as you know if you’re a regular reader — stock up. Jan. 5 we return to France, but not to the Champagne region. This Victoire de Chastenay Cremant de Bourgogne Brut comes, of course, from just-to-the-south Burgundy. It’s a bright, fruity but
clearly Champagne-y (especially as it warms up) blend of pinot noir, gamay, aligote and chardonnay. Made from 40-year-old vines, it’s quite complex for the price — $16 at the Co-op. Jan. 6 will be the last day of bubbles — conveniently also the 12th day of Christmas if you’re a fan of that charming song. But I’ll take a good bottle any day over 12 drummers drumming. So get Amy Grabish to add to your Pip order (she’ll deliver it herself ) a sparkler from Spain, the Naveran Brut Vintage 2017. A blend of native Penedes grapes xarello, macabeo and parellada, it’s a bright, racy, citrus-y wine with a touch of ginger and good persistent bubbles. The grapes, from a premium Cava producer, are 100% organic and 100% estate grown. Cava is generally a great value in the world of sparkling wine. The least interesting bottles I’ve tasted have been perfectly palatable, and the best, like this one, easily rival the best sparklers around. Enjoy. Celebrate. And, of course, you don’t have to drink these wines all in a row. Lover of bubbles though I am, I’ll no doubt alternate mine with some wonderful winter red discoveries. Stay tuned. — Susana Leonardi is a Davis resident; reach her at vinosus ana@gmail.com. Comment on this column at www.davisenter prise.com.
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DARK: Pandemic will worsen before conditions get better From Page A1 numbers,” Sisson said. That vaccine will not be available to the general public until the spring or later, and in the short term, Sisson said, “things are going to get worse before they get better.” Just how bad they will get is the question. On Tuesday alone, the county reported 110 new COVID cases and nine deaths. Over the last two weeks, Yolo County has reported 1,357 cases and 17 deaths. “The testing positivity rate in Yolo County is also rising,” Sisson said Tuesday. That rate increased from 10.4 percent last week to 11.4 percent this week. But more concerning right now, she said, “is the rise in hospitalizations for COVID-19 in Yolo County’s two hospitals. “Yesterday, there were no regular adult hospital beds or ICU beds left at either Yolo County hospital,” Sisson said. And while both hospitals are part of larger health networks, and typically transfer patients
to other hospitals in their networks as needed, those other sites are also running low on beds. “COVID is hitting every hospital hard,” said Sisson, “making it hard to find facilities with available beds.” As a result, one county hospital has already stopped inpatient elective surgeries, Sisson said, and the other is considering doing so. On Tuesday, 32 county residents were hospitalized with COVID-19, according to the county’s online dashboard. Health officials have said that approximately 12 percent of all COVID-19 cases result in hospitalizations and between 10 and 30 percent of those hospitalized end up needing intensive care. But hospitalizations lag behind new cases, typically by 12 days, Sisson said. “This means that we don’t expect hospitalizations to peak until 12 days after cases peak. The bad news is that cases haven’t peaked yet, which means the availability of hospital beds in Yolo County is only going to get worse.”
Sandy of Woodland. “It’s troublesome for me to see the rates rising the way they are and the lack of adherence to health measures that we see, which seems to be fairly widespread to me. “Do you have any answers for us?” he asked Sisson.
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Fears that hospitals and ICUs across California will be overwhelmed by Christmas prompted state officials to institute stay-athome orders in regions where ICU capacity dropped below 15 percent. Yolo County has been under that order — along with the rest of the greater Sacramento region — since last week. On Tuesday, the region’s ICU capacity stood at 14.9 percent.
The situation is far more dire in the southern part of the state, with ICU capacity in the San Joaquin Valley region at 1.6 percent on Tuesday and in Southern California at 1.7 percent. Yolo County supervisors expressed worry and frustration about where things are headed here. “Where are we going with all this?” asked Supervisor Gary
Sisson replied with the Dickens quote, about being in the best of times and the worst, and said, “Unfortunately with COVID, with the up to 14-day incubation period, the next two weeks are kind of locked in by behavior that has already occurred, in terms of the number of cases that we will see, the number of hospitalizations that will result from those cases. “But moving on,” she said, “the changes that we make today in terms of not gathering, in terms of distancing from others, washing our hands, wearing face coverings, those will play out in our numbers two to three weeks from now. So it’s not too late … it’s never too late to make a difference by changing behavior. But it won’t change our numbers for at least two to three weeks.”
DELAY: Football running out of time to get in any sort of season From Page A1 Davis High Athletic Director Jeff Lorenson, who oversees 27 varsity programs at the local school, said Newsom’s statement on sports during the pandemic “gives us something to work with,” but was viewed with mixed reviews. “It’s good news for some. Not so much for others,” Lorenson told The Enterprise. He said some seasons — most notably wrestling and football — are going to need major rescheduling, “if seasons are conducted at all.” At the Sac-Joaquin Section office, assistant commissioner Will DeBoard had this to say about the new directive: “It’s tough to tell what it means right now.
Honestly, it really depends on where we are after the (coronavirus) case increase that is sure to happen postChristmas.” DeBoard echoed Lorenson about the future, adding, “There’s no guarantees we’ll be able to go on Jan. 25. We’re meeting with the other section commissioners (Tuesday) and our Executive Committee later this week, then a meeting of all our schools. “What we know right now is, we can’t play until Jan. 25, at the earliest. Even if we were allowed to play right now, the stay-at-home order says we can’t do much of anything. But he added, “There is a reason for optimism for the outside, noncontact sports.”
Lorenson says sports like track, cross country, tennis and golf — essentially involving individual athletes who avoid contact — agreed with DeBoard’s assessment “that it looks like (those are) going to happen.” After a brief layoff, some teams at DHS began new workouts on Monday. Football, ski and snowboard team members, plus a small number of track and cross country participants, were back on campus for socially distanced, mask-wearing, limited-pod sessions. “Sports (including youth, adult, collegiate, recreational and professional) ... are limited to drills and conditioning only. And only outdoors,” say the Yolo County and state purple tier guidelines.
Most California counties are mired in that lowest purple tier. It takes at least three weeks, according to state and county health officials, to advance to the next level (less-restrictive red, orange and yellow strata await). Each new level requires a three-week stay before moving up. If hospital-bed availability doesn’t increase with the advance of a new dedication to mask wearing, social distancing and the dawning of the COVID-19 vaccine, counties like Yolo will continue in the purple — further jeopardizing the start of inter-school athletes. At the end of the summer, the California Interscholastic Federation delayed championship playoffs, in essence
moving fall competition into 2021 and sharing the next sixth months with winter and spring sports. In a July 20 announcement, CIF postponed football, girls and boys volleyball, cross country and water polo to 2021 beginnings. Basketball, wrestling, soccer, tennis and golf (all boys and girls teams) were then considered Season 2 sports (early spring). If allowed to go forward, those sports will see an overlap with the further-delayed programs and regular spring sports of track and field, baseball, softball and swimming. That first reaction to the pandemic created a nightmare for schools in scheduling and finding appropriate practice times as sports
began to compete on their own campuses for facility use. Davis High was to have opened football’s nonconference campaign in less than a month, Jan. 8 hosting Vacaville. The purple-tier status made that start date impossible. And now, Lorenson says, a Delta Leagueonly schedule seems to be the only possibility for football. Pushing the start of football even further back could sound the death knell for that season this spring, say state sports officials. Football teams, by CIF rule, have to conduct a week of non-contact practice followed by two-weeks of fullpads workouts before they are able to play a game.
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Online learning challenges students, teachers BY SARAH GRIFFITHS HUB Staff The transition from in-person classes to online has caused the basic principles of school to change; students are now just a name on a screen. Students and teachers alike are changing their academic expectations. Most students have obligations and distractions at home, including senior Evelin Ibarra. “I have to share the household with four other siblings which makes it hard for me to concentrate with all the noise going around,” Ibarra said. Ibarra notes that math has been especially challenging. “It’s been difficult because I don’t have my teacher to ask questions when I need them at the moment. Having to wait until being put in a breakout room with them is hard,” Ibarra said. Some students have noticed an increase in their workloads following the transition to remote learning this school year. “For some reason, I’ve been more stressed about school during quarantine than before. I think teachers like to assign us work to make sure we stay engaged, which is valid, but having a lot of online assignments has us looking at a screen for longer than we should,” senior Puck Reusken said. English teacher Christine Baker has adjusted her late policy for online learning. Last year, she allowed assignments to be turned in up to a week late. This year, she is taking assignments up until a week before the quarter is over. Baker also allows students to resubmit their work. Baker has also altered the way she presents material to her classes. Her novel-based classes now focus on shorter texts such as short stories, essays, speeches, poetry and short films. “Kids are far more likely to go home and finish reading the short story than to read four chapters of ‘Lord of the Flies.’ Because of that, they come prepared to class and can actually talk about the story,” Baker said. Baker understands the struggles of remote learning, only expecting her students to try their best and maintain good mental health. Government teacher Peter Reilly has extended due dates on assignments, giving his students longer to complete work. “I have 10 to 15 kids with exceptions that need more learning accommodations. In real school I would never give a week for an assignment. With cameras off I have no idea what people are doing so all I can do is go off of what people turn in,” Reilly said. Despite the challenges that remote learning brings, Reilly is choosing to focus on the positives. “In this situation we have no code book for the rules,” Reilly said. “I can find a million reasons that this sucks. How can I model a positive candid attitude that teaches more than government, but about life?” Considering online learning is a new experience for both teachers and students, it’s an experimental process for everyone. “It’s important that teachers realize that no student voluntarily signed up for online learning. I think that reexamining the policies that would work in person is just really necessary,” Baker said.
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Gearheads find a hobby in modifying cars BY SEAN GALLAGHER & LAUREN LEE HUB Staff Senior Jesse Smith performs a muffler delete on his 1997 Lexus sc300. Senior Georgia Postema installs LED lights on the inside of her 1998 Jeep Wrangler. And senior Kaden Andolina swaps in a 2005 turbo engine for the 1993 Mazda Miata he’s building. These Davis High students g their cars their own are making through modifications. en work“I’ve been rs since ing on cars e. I’ve 10th grade. been into cars before since st didn’t then, I just pportunity have the opportunity to work in a shop,” Andolina said. na has been able Andolina to use thee Davis High auto shop to work on his ’93
Mazda Miata. Andolina hopes to use the car in his daily driving and practice on the track at Sonoma Raceway. “It’s expensive to build a car. Car parts are not cheap, unfortunately. I worked in the summer and got another job during the school year to help fund these kinds of things,” Andolina said. Smith recently purchased a ’98 Lexus sc300. So far he’s removed the muffler
from his car and is planning on buying new coil covers and wheels. “I did the muffler delete because I love the sound of a straight-six (engine),” Smith said. Although Smith is in the DHS Advanced Auto class, due to COVID restrictions, he isn’t able to use the auto shop on campus. However, Smith has found new ways to continue to work on his car at VanderHamm GoodYear. Unlike Smith and Andolina, Postema adds cosmetic modifications to her car. She decorates her car to make it
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her own. “It was my sister’s car before it was mine. It’s not going anywhere after me, so I could do whatever I want with it,” Postema said. In addition to adding LED lights to her ‘98 Jeep Wrangler, Postema got her windows tinted, added a steering wheel cover and set up a light bar on the outside roof. “I feel like it fits me better and makes it more ‘homey’,” Postema said. According to Postema, stumodificat dents add modifications because it adds originality and vehic personalization to the vehicle. “I like working on cars because it gives me somet something to do. I have made so m many memories working on cars with my coworkers and frien friends,” Smit Smith sai said.
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Smith showcases his Lexus sc300. Smith purchased the car himself three months ago.
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DHS ski team members exercise in pods of approximately 10 students at 7 a.m. on a Monday in preparation for the season.
Seniors saddened by looming ski season cancellation BY STEPHANIE THOMPSON HUB Staff As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in California, Davis High’s ski team may have to halt practices. In previous seasons, the ski team would travel to the Sugar Bowl ski resort twice a week and practice or compete. In addition, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday the team would have dry-land — core strength and conditioning — in order to build muscles needed for skiing. Now, the team only meets once a week for dry-land, and as of now, practices at Sugar Bowl are uncertain. Due to COVID19 regulations, the ski team can only have limited contact. According to Mike Mullen, DHS’s head ski team coach, in
addition to traveling solo, the ski resort is putting in their own set of rules to ensure the safety of everyone. “There’s no lodging … the (ski resort’s) have a limited number of people on the chair (lifts), masks at all times on the mountain as well as goggles,” Mullen said. As the original ski season passes, the probability of the ski season happening continues to decrease. Should it get too late into the season, it would become unreasonable. “When that is, it’s a little bit fluid, but it’s probably around the middle of January,” Mullen said. “If we’re not skiing by then, we have to say ‘look, this isn’t happening.’” For seniors especially, this year has been disheartening. Many were looking forward
to seeing friends and getting to race during their last year at DHS, but now they might not be able to. Senior Chase Johnson is sad that his final ski season may be shut down. “If the season was canceled, honestly I wouldn’t be too surprised with all the stuff going on. Of course it would really suck because I really want to ski with friends during my senior year,” Johnson said. Senior Ben Presto is an has skied since he was 2 and began racing when he was 8. “I joined the (DHS) ski team because I liked ski racing. I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity,” Presto said. The two agree that if the season were to not be canceled, they would still participate and
follow all COVID-19 regulations. Additionally, recruitment for freshmen and sophomore skiers is low. “For new kids to the team who may not know if they like (ski) or not, or are on the fence about it, this could mean that they don’t do it because they don’t want to waste all that gas to get up there because it’s really expensive,” senior Tyler Murphy said. Although the ski season may be canceled this year, Johnson, Murphy and Presto are appreciative that they got to participate in the ski team and improve their skills. “I’m happy I’m able to ski for my school and to be able to go every weekend especially with my friends is a great experience,” Presto said.
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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.” (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): Tamara Pelle 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16 1060
Emily Faith Levin-Rosenshine 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 7, 2021 Time: 9 a.m. Dept: #9 Room: N/A The address of the court is 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Date: November 13, 2020 Daniel M. Wolk Judge of the Superior Court 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16 1062
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
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or sneezes (into the sleeve or elbow, not hands), regularly cleaning Order of the Yolo County Health Officer to Shelter in Place Page 7 of 7 high-touch surfaces, and not shaking hands.
5238(068)] : This work shall include construction of Safe Routes to School infrastructure improvements for Montgomery Elementary School neighborhood. The work shall include realignment of Lillard Drive from Danbury St to Drummond Ave., striping of Danburry street, and of the intersection of Lillard dt and Faragut circle. This work includes reconstruction of pavement section, curb and gutter, concrete flatwork, signage, striping and pavement markers including removal of striping, slurry seal work, restriping to striping plans. All labor, materials, equipment, and incidentals, to completely install an operating facility in accordance with the Project Plans and Specifications. The Project is funded partially by grant funds from a Federal Grant. Accordingly, all Federal Requirements set forth in the Contract Documents must be complied with.
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Aina G. Hewitt CASE NO. PR2020-0212 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME may otherwise be interested in the will STATEMENT or estate, or both, of: Aina G. Hewitt A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been Filed: November 20, 2020 filed by: Lissa K. Dashe in the Superior FBN Number: F20200944 Court of California, County of: Yolo 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests BLACKLINE LLC that: Lissa K. Dashe be appointed as BLACKLINE ATHLETICS personal representative to administer the BLACKLINE NUTRITION estate of the decedent. BLACKLINE CONSULTANTS THE PETITION requests the decedent’s BLACKLINE APPAREL 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of will and codicils, if any, be admitted to ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR Principal Place of Business in California. probate. The will and any codicils are CHANGE OF NAME available for examination in the file kept Business is located in Yolo County. Case Number: CV2020-1533 by the court. 310 Carlsbad Place 1. Emily Faith Rosell filed a petition with Woodland, CA 95695 THE PETITION requests authority this court for a decree changing names 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), to administer the estate under the as follows: Independent Administration of Estates Residence Address, State, and Zip Emily Faith Rosell Act. (This authority will allow the personal Blackline LLC to representative to take many actions 310 Carlsbad Place
00 11 16 – NOTICE INVITING BIDS POLE LINE ROAD / OLIVE DRIVE CONNECTION / MONTGOMERY WBAR IMPROVEMENTS CIP No. 8313 – [Federal Project No. 5238(068)] 1. Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Davis (“City”) invites and will receive sealed Bids between the hours of 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM on January 7th, 2021, at the City Clerk’s office of the City Manager, located at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95616, for the furnishing to City of all labor, equipment, materials, tools, services, transportation, permits, utilities, and all other items necessary for the POLE LINE RD / OLIVE DR. CONNECTION / MONTGOMERY WBAR IMPROVEMENTS, CIP NO. 8313 – Federal Project No. 5238(068) (the “Project”). The main doors to City Hall will remain locked, so please call (530) 757-5648 when you arrive and someone will meet you and provide a receipt for you. At the end of said time, Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the City Office. Bids received after said time shall be returned unopened. Bids shall be valid for a period of 90 calendar days after the Bid opening date. BID OPENING PROCEDURE The bids shall be opened according to one of the following procedures: 1. Council Chambers at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95616. Bidders will be allowed to sit in the Council Chambers but at least 6 feet apart to adhere to social distancing requirements. 2. Outside of the Council Chambers at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95616. Bidders will be allowed to sit outdoors near the Council Chambers but at least 6 feet apart to adhere to social distancing requirements. 3. Taped Video. City staff will record the bid opening and make viewing of the video available to bidders to view in separate rooms at City facilities. 4. Live Video Feed. City staff will broadcast the bid opening by live video feed. For this project, City staff have determined that bid opening procedure No. 2 will be employed. If the live video feed is selected, then results of the bid opening will be scanned immediately and made available on the City’s website for viewing by all bidders, Yolo County Order on COVID-19 You are hereby reminded that, pursuant to Section 10.c of the March 18, ORDER OF THE YOLO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER DIRECTING INDIVIDUALS TO SHELTER IN PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND RESTRICTING NONESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 OUTBREAK, WITH EXCEPTIONS AND EXEMPTIONS, AS SPECIFIED (full order is attached), individuals may leave their residence to perform any work necessary to the construction, operation, and/or maintenance of “Essential Infrastructure”, as defined, provided that they carry out that work in compliance with Social Distancing Requirements, to the extent possible. The full order is available here: pdf of the March 18 order https://www.yolocounty.org/home/ showdocument?id=62366 Yolo County main page for updates https://www.yolocounty.org/healthhuman-services/adults/communicabledisease-investigation-and-control/ novel-coronavirus-2019 Social Distancing Requirements are defined in Section10.j of the Order as follows:
You are hereby directed to cause all workers and subcontractors on the Project to comply with Social Distancing Requirements, to the extent possible. 2. Requesting Plans And Specifications Plans and specifications (not including standard specifications and other documents included by reference), and proposal forms, may be obtained by logging on to www.blueprintexpress. com/davis or by calling BPXpress Reprographics at (916) 760-7281. The cost is $175 per set (plus shipping and handling) and is non-refundable. Any bidder that fails to purchase a complete set of plans, specifications and proposal forms from BPXpress Reprographics prior to the bid opening date and time OR is not included on the BPXpress plan holder list shall have their bid deemed non-responsive. In other words, the bidder must purchase the plan set from BPXpress Reprographics AND be on the BPXpress plan holder list to be deemed responsive. The only exception shall be in the event a bidder’s name is not included on the plan holders list but the bidder can produce proof of purchase of the plans, specifications and proposal forms from BPXpress Reprographics with a purchase date that occurred prior to the close of bidding. Any bid produced from plans, specifications and proposal forms obtained from sources other than those purchased from BPXpress by bidder shall be deemed non-responsive. Only bidders on the plan holders list shall receive addenda notifications. It is the responsibility of each prospective bidder to pay the fee and download and print all Bid Documents for review and to verify the completeness of Bid Documents before submitting a bid. Any Addenda will be posted on www.blueprintexpress. com/davis. It is the responsibility of each prospective bidder to check the BPXpress Reprographics website listed above on a daily basis through the close of bids for any applicable addenda or updates. The City does not assume any liability or responsibility based on any defective or incomplete copying, excerpting, scanning, faxing, downloading or printing of the Bid Documents. Information on BPXpress Reprographics may change without notice to prospective bidders. The Contract Documents shall supersede any information posted or transmitted by BPXpress Reprographics. Bids must be submitted on the City’s Bid Forms. To the extent required by section 20103.7 of the Public Contract Code, upon request from a contractor plan room service, the City shall provide an electronic copy of the Contract Documents at no charge to the contractor plan room. Contract documents will not be available for inspection or purchase from the City by potential Bidders. 3. Description Of The Work POLE LINE / OLIVE DRIVE CONNECTION CIP No. 8313 [Federal Project No. 5238(068)] : This work shall include construction of connection of Olive Drive Pedestrian Bicycke Trail to Pole Line Road Overcrossing Bridge at I-80 and UPRR railroad. The Connection will consist of a linear ramp bridge cast-inplace reinforced-concrete box-girder bridge approximately 14 ft. wide and 408 ft. long. With a longitudinal slope of 8 percent and for the proposed bridge six piles of supporting columns that reach depths between 60 and 80 feet and be approximately 8 by 6 feet square; including all labor, materials, equipment, and incidentals, to completely install an operating facility in accordance with the Project Plans and Specifications. The Project is funded partially by grant funds from a Federal Grant. Accordingly, all Federal Requirements set forth in the Contract Documents must be complied with.
For purposes of this Order, “Social Distancing Requirements” includes maintaining at least six-foot social distancing from other individuals, washing hands with soap and water for at least twenty seconds as frequently as possible MONTGOMERY WBAR IMPROVEMENTS or using hand sanitizer, covering coughs CIP No. 8313 [Federal Project No.
All work shall be performed in accordance with the City of Davis' Standard Specifications January 1996 Edition, Addenda through July 2017 (cityofdavis.org/engineering/citystandards), City of Davis Street Standard 2017, the latest edition of California Department of Transportation Standard Specifications and Plans dated 2015, Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations, General Prevailing Wage Rates, Labor Surcharge and Equipment Rental Rates, and the Contract Documents. 4. Engineer’s Estimate Engineer's Estimate: $4,000,000.00 Project Engineer: MICHAEL MITCHELL
PUBLIC NOTICES Legals Submission email legals@ davisenterprise.net. View legals at www.capublic notice.com
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
Pursuant to Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code of the State of California, the successful Bidder may substitute certain securities for funds withheld by City to ensure its performance under the contract.
12. Buy America: This project is subject to the "7" provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 as amended by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
8. Labor Code Requirements Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1773, City has obtained the prevailing rate of per diem wages and the prevailing wage rate for holiday and overtime work applicable in Yolo County from the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to execute this contract. A copy of these prevailing wage rates may be obtained via the internet at: www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/
13. Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE): This project is subject to a Construction Contract DBE Commitment Goal of 17%. See Federal Requirement Exhibits.
In addition, a copy of the prevailing rate of per diem wages is available at the City’s Public Works Department and shall be made available to interested parties upon request. The successful bidder shall post a copy of the prevailing wage rates at each job site. It shall be mandatory upon the Bidder to whom the Contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractors, to comply with all Labor Code provisions, which include but are not limited to the payment of not less than the said specified prevailing wage rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the Contract, employment of apprentices, hours of labor and debarment of contractors and subcontractors. This Project is partially funded by grant funds from a Federal Grant. The successful Bidder and all subcontractors shall comply with federal prevailing wage requirements under the federal Davis Bacon Act and shall pay the higher of the state and federal wage rates for each labor classification necessary to perform the Project. See the Federal Requirements section of the Contract Documents for additional details.
5. Contractor's License Classification and Subcontractors Unless otherwise provided in the Instructions for Bidders, each Bidder shall be a licensed contractor pursuant to sections 7000 et seq. of the Business and Professions Code in the following classification(s) throughout the time it submits its Bid and for the duration of the contract: Class A (General Engineering Pursuant to Labor Code sections Contractor) License. 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and subcontractors that wish to bid on, be Subcontractor Substitution requests shall listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a be made within 35 calendar days after contract to perform public work must the award of the contract. Pursuant to be registered with the Department Public Contract Code Section 3400(b), the of Industrial Relations. No Bid will be City may make findings designating that accepted nor any contract entered into certain additional materials, methods or without proof of the contractor’s and services by specific brand or trade name subcontractors’ current registration other than those listed in the Standard with the Department of Industrial Specifications be used for the Project. Relations to perform public work. If Such findings, if any, as well as the awarded a contract, the Bidder and its materials, methods or services and their subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain specific brand or trade names that must active registration with the Department be used for the Project may be found in of Industrial Relations for the duration the Special Conditions. of the Project. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the contractor registration 6. Bid Security requirements mandated by Labor Code Each Bid shall be accompanied by cash, Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1 shall not a certified or cashier’s check, or Bid apply to work performed on a public Bond secured from a surety company works project that is exempt pursuant to satisfactory to the City Council, the the small project exemption specified in amount of which shall not be less than Labor Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1. ten percent (10%) of the submitted Total Bid Price, made payable to City of Davis This Project is subject to compliance as bid security. The bid security shall be monitoring and enforcement by the provided as a guarantee that within five Department of Industrial Relations. In (5) working days after the City provides bidding on this Project, it shall be the the successful bidder the Notice of Bidder’s sole responsibility to evaluate Award, the successful Bidder will enter and include the cost of complying with into a contract and provide the necessary all labor compliance requirements under bonds and certificates of insurance. The this contract and applicable law in its Bid. bid security will be declared forfeited if the successful Bidder fails to comply 10. Retention within said time. No interest will be Pursuant to Public Contract Code section paid on funds deposited with City. 7201, the City has made a determination The Bid Bond submitted shall be that the project described herein is provided by a surety duly authorized substantially complex, and therefore a by the Insurance Commissioner to retention of 5% will be withheld from transact surety business in the State of payment until after the work is complete. California. 11. Substitution Requests 7. Performance Bond and Labor and Substitution requests shall be made Material Bond within 35 calendar days after the award The successful Bidder will be required of the Contract. Pursuant to Public to furnish a Faithful Performance Bond Contract Code Section 3400(b), the City and a Labor and Material Payment Bond may make findings designating that each in an amount equal to one hundred certain additional materials, methods or percent (100%) of the Contract Price. services by specific brand or trade name Each bond shall be in the forms set forth other than those listed in the Standard herein, shall be secured from a surety Specifications be used for the Project. company that meets all State of California Such findings, if any, as well as the bonding requirements, as defined in materials, methods or services and their California Code of Civil Procedure Section specific brand or trade names that must 995.120, and that is a California admitted be used for the Project may be found in surety insurer. the Special Conditions.
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
14. Award City shall award the contract for the Project to the lowest responsive, responsible Bidder as determined by the City from the BASE BID plus any Add Alternatives. The award shall be based on Bid Items 1 through 57 and Bid Items A1 through A71 plus any add alternative Bid Item AA1. City reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the bidding process. 15. Notice to Proceed This Project, if awarded, will be awarded for a SUMMER start date. The Notice to Proceed shall be issued after April 1, 2021. 16. Further Information/Questions For further information, contact MICHAEL MITCHELL, at MMITCHELL@CITYOFDAVIS. ORG. Questions will only be considered and answered via email. Questions will not be considered or answered 48 working hours prior to the bid opening. 17. Pre-Bid Conference There will be no Pre-Bid Conference. Contractor can review the Project's existing conditions at the Olive Drive cul-de-sac near the connection point of the bike ramp. Questions will only be considered and answered via email. Questions asked by Bidders not specifically addressed within the Contract Documents shall be answered in writing, and shall be sent to all Bidders. Social distancing protocols as currently recommended by the County shall be adhered to for site visits. 18. Time for Completion As defined in the Contract, section 00 52 13 CONTRACT b., the time for completion for this project is 180 working days. ————————————————— Deliver Bids To: CITY OFFICES - CITY CLERK'S OFFICE 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95616-3896 (Building is located on the corner of Russell Boulevard & B Street) * Note* If you choose to mail your Bid Proposal via any of the overnight/express services, the preferred services are FedEx, UPS and USPS and the delivery MUST be a timed delivery. The delivery service MUST deliver the bid during the TIME WINDOW stated below to the City’s Clerk Office. The outside envelope MUST be clearly marked as follows: [SEALED BID FOR: POLE LINE RD / OLIVE DRIVE CONNECTION / MONTGOMERY WBAR IMPROVEMENTS, CIP No. 8313 FEDERAL PROJECT NO. 5238(068). DELIVER IMMEDIATELY TO CITY CLERK'S OFFICE] TIME WINDOW TO DELIVER BIDS (either by delivery service or dropped off in person by bidder): Thursday January 7, 2021 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. No bids will be accepted outside of this time window. Bids Due Date And Time: Thursday January 7, 2021 by 2:00 pm; WINDOW FOR DELIVERY 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM; DEADLINE: 2:00 PM SEALED BID FOR: POLE LINE RD / OLIVE DRIVE CONNECTION / MONTGOMERY WBAR IMPROVEMENTS, CIP No. 8313 FEDERAL PROJECT NO. 5238(068) DELIVER IMMEDIATELY TO CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ————————————————— END OF NOTICE INVITING BID 12/16 1089
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00 11 16 – NOTICE INVITING BIDS 2020 PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROJECT – BIKE PATH PACKAGE CIP No. 8250 1. Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Davis (“City”) invites and will receive sealed between the hours of 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM on January 12, 2021, at the City Clerk’s office of the City Manager, located at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95616, for the furnishing to City of all labor, equipment, materials, tools, services, transportation, permits, utilities, and all other items necessary for the 2020 PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROJECT - BIKE PATH PACKAGE (the “Project”). The main doors to City Hall will remain locked, so please call (530) 757-5648 when you arrive and someone will meet you and provide a receipt for you. At the end of said time, Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the City Office. Bids received after said time shall be returned unopened. Bids shall be valid for a period of 90 calendar days after the Bid opening date. BID OPENING PROCEDURE The bids shall be opened according to one of the following procedures: 1. Council Chambers at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95616. Bidders will be allowed to sit in the Council Chambers but at least 6 feet apart to adhere to social distancing requirements. 2. Outside of the Council Chambers at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95616. Bidders will be allowed to sit outdoors near the Council Chambers but at least 6 feet apart to adhere to social distancing requirements. 3. Taped Video. City staff will record the bid opening and make viewing of the video available to bidders to view in separate rooms at City facilities. 4. Live Video Feed. City staff will broadcast the bid opening by live video feed. For this project, City staff have determined that bid opening procedure No. 2 will be employed. If live video feed is selected, then results of the bid opening will be scanned immediately and made available on the City’s website for viewing by all bidders. Yolo County Order on COVID-19 You are hereby reminded that, pursuant to Section 10.c of the March 18, ORDER OF THE YOLO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER DIRECTING INDIVIDUALS TO SHELTER IN PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND RESTRICTING NONESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 OUTBREAK, WITH EXCEPTIONS AND EXEMPTIONS, AS SPECIFIED (full order is attached), individuals may leave their residence to perform any work necessary to the construction, operation, and/or maintenance of “Essential Infrastructure”, as defined, provided that they carry out that work in compliance with Social Distancing Requirements, to the extent possible. The full order is available here: pdf of the March 18 order https://www.yolocounty.org/home/ showdocument?id=62366 Yolo County main page for updates https://www.yolocounty.org/healthhuman-services/adults/communicabledisease-investigation- and-control/novel-coronavirus-2019 Social Distancing Requirements are defined in Section 10.j of the Order as follows: For purposes of this Order, “Social Distancing Requirements” includes main-
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taining at least six- foot social distancing from other individuals, washing hands with soap and water for at least twenty seconds as frequently as possible or using hand sanitizer, covering coughs or sneezes (into the sleeve or elbow, not hands), regularly cleaning Order of the Yolo County Health Officer to Shelter in Place Page 7 of 7 high-touch surfaces, and not shaking hands. You are hereby directed to cause all workers and subcontractors on the Project to comply with Social Distancing Requirements, to the extent possible. 2. Requesting Plans And Specifications Plans and specifications (not including standard specifications and other documents included by reference), and proposal forms, may be obtained by logging on to www.blueprintexpress.com/ davis or by calling BPXpress Reprographics at (916)760-7281. The cost is $75 per set (plus shipping and handling) and is non-refundable. Any bidder that fails to purchase a complete set of plans, specifications and proposal forms from BPXpress Reprographics prior to the bid opening date and time OR is not included on the BPXpress plan holder list shall have their bid deemed non- responsive. In other words, the bidder must purchase the plan set from BPXpress Reprographics AND be on the BPXpress plan holder list to be deemed responsive. The only exception shall be in the event a bidder’s name is not included on the plan holders list but the bidder can produce proof of purchase of the plans, specifications and proposal forms from BPXpress Reprographics with a purchase date that occurred prior to the close of bidding. Any bid produced from plans, specifications and proposal forms obtained from sources other than those purchased from BPXpress by bidder shall be deemed non-responsive. Only bidders on the plan holders list shall receive addenda notifications.
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each in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price. Each bond shall be in the forms set forth herein, shall be secured from a surety company that meets all State of California bonding requirements, as defined in California Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120, and that is a California admitted surety insurer. Pursuant to Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code of the State of California, the s uccessful Bidder may substitute certain securities for funds withheld by City to ensure its performance under the contract.
8. Labor Code Requirements Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1773, All work shall be performed in accordance with the Contract Documents and City has obtained the prevailing rate of per diem wages and the prevailing all applicable laws and regulations. wage rate for holiday and overtime work applicable in Yolo County from the 4. Engineer Director of the Department of Industrial Engineer’s Estimate: Bike Path Package: Relations for each craft, classification, or $758,500.00 type of worker needed to execute this contract. A copy of these prevailing Project Engineer: Franz Haidinger, PE wage rates may be obtained via the internet at: www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/ 5. Contractor’s License Classification and Subcontractors In addition, a copy of the prevailing rate Unless otherwise provided in the of per diem wages is available at the Instructions for Bidders, each Bidder City’s Public Works Department and shall be a licensed contractor pursuant shall be made available to interested to sections 7000 et seq. of the Business parties upon request. The successful and Professions Code in the following bidder shall post a copy of the prevailclassification(s) throughout the time it ing wage rates at each job site. It shall submits its Bid and for the duration of the contract: Class A, or a combination be mandatory upon the Bidder to whom the Contract is awarded, and upon any of C12 and C8. subcontractors, to comply with all Labor Code provisions, which include but are Subcontractor Substitution requests not limited to the payment of not less shall be made within 35 calendar days after the award of the contract. Pursuant than the said specified prevailing wage to Public Contract Code Section 3400(b), rates to all workers employed by them the City may make findings designating in the execution of the Contract, employment of apprentices, hours of that certain additional materials, methlabor and debarment of contractors and ods or services by specific brand or subcontractors. trade name other than those listed in the Standard Specifications be used for the Project. Such findings, if any, as well Pursuant to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and subconas the materials, methods or services tractors that wish to bid on, be listed in and their specific brand or trade names a bid proposal, or enter into a contract that must be used for the Project may to perform public work must be regisIt is the responsibility of each prospecbe found in the Special Conditions. tered with the Department of Industrial tive bidder to pay the fee and download Relations. No Bid will be accepted nor and print all Bid Documents for review Subcontractor Substitutions any contract entered into without proof and to verify the completeness of Bid of the contractor’s and subcontractors’ Documents before submitting a bid. Any Subcontractor Substitution requests current registration with the Addenda will be posted on www.blueshall be made within 35 calendar days printexpress.com/davis. It is the respon- after the award of the contract. Pursuant Department of Industrial Relations to sibility of each prospective bidder to to Public Contract Code Section 3400(b), perform public work. If awarded a concheck the BPXpress Reprographics web- the City may make findings designating tract, the Bidder and its subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain active registrasite listed above on a daily basis through that certain additional materials, methtion with the Department of Industrial the close of bids for any applicable ods or services by specific brand or Relations for the duration of the Project. addenda or updates. The City does not trade name other than those listed in Notwithstanding the foregoing, the conassume any liability or responsibility the Standard Specifications be used for based on any defective or incomplete the Project. Such findings, if any, as well tractor registration requirements mandated by Labor Code Sections 1725.5 copying, excerpting, scanning, faxing, as the materials, methods or services and 1771.1 shall not apply to work perdownloading or printing of the Bid and their specific brand or trade names formed on a public works project that is Documents. Information on BPXpress that must be used for the Project may exempt pursuant to the small project Reprographics may change without be found in the Special Conditions. exemption specified in Labor Code notice to prospective bidders. The Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1. Contract Documents shall supersede 6. Bid Security any information posted or transmitted Each Bid shall be accompanied by cash, This Project is subject to compliance by BPXpress Reprographics. a certified or cashier’s check, or Bid monitoring and enforcement by the Bond secured from a surety company Department of Industrial Relations. In Bids must be submitted on the City’s Bid satisfactory to the City Council, the bidding on this Project, it shall be the Forms. To the extent required by section amount of which shall not be less than 20103.7 of the Public Contract Code, ten percent (10%) of the submitted Total Bidder’s sole responsibility to evaluate and include the cost of complying with upon request from a contractor plan Bid Price, made payable to City of Davis all labor compliance requirements under room service, the City shall provide an as bid security. The bid security shall be electronic copy of the Contract provided as a guarantee that within five this contract and applicable law in its Bid. Documents at no charge to the contrac- (5) working days after the City provides tor plan room. the successful bidder the Notice of 9. Retention Award, the successful Bidder will enter Pursuant to Public Contract Code secContract Documents will not be availinto a contract and provide the necesable for inspection or purchase from the sary bonds and certificates of insurance. tion 7201, City by Potential Bidders. The bid security will be declared forfeit- the City has made a ed if the successful Bidder fails to comdeterminaply within said time. No interest will be tion that Sudoku 1 3. Description Of The Work paid on funds deposited with City. The The work shall include bike path and Bid Bond submitted shall be provided the project described lighting improvements in the Green by a surety duly authorized by the herein is Meadows neighborhood and along Insurance Commissioner to transact substantialDonner Avenue within the City of Davis surety business in the State of ly complex, as follows but not limited to: removing California. and thereand disposing of AC surfacing and base fore a materials, removal and disposal of con7. Performance Bond and Labor and retention of crete improvements, curb, gutter, sideMaterial Bond walk, curb ramp, bike path repairs and The successful Bidder will be required to 5% will be replacements, removal and replacement furnish a Faithful Performance Bond and withheld from payof landscape features, aggregate base a Labor and Material Payment Bond
ment until after the work is complete. 10. Substitution Requests Substitution requests shall be made within 35 calendar days after the award of the Contract. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 3400(b), the City may make findings designating that certain additional materials, methods or services by specific brand or trade name other than those listed in the Standard Specifications be used for the Project. Such findings, if any, as well as the materials, methods or services and their specific brand or trade names that must be used for the Project may be found in the Special Conditions. 11. Award City shall award the contract for the Project to the lowest responsive, responsible Bidder as determined by the City from the Base Bid alone. City reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the bidding process. 12. Notice to Proceed This Project, if awarded, will be awarded for an April 5, 2021 start date. The Notice to Proceed shall be issued no sooner than April 5, 2021. 13. Further Information/Questions For Further information, Contact Melissa Marshall, PE, Senior Civil Engineer, mmarshall@cityofdavis.org. Questions will only be considered and answered via email. Questions will not be considered or answered 48 working hours prior to the bid opening. 14. Time for Completion As defined in the contract, section 00 52 13 CONTRACT b., the time for completion for this project is 65 working days. ————————————————— Deliver Bids To: CITY OFFICES - CITY CLERK'S OFFICE 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95616-3896 Building is located on the corner of Russell Boulevard & B Street *Note* If you choose to mail your Bid Proposal via any of the overnight/ express services, the preferred services are FedEx, UPS and USPS and the delivery MUST be a timed delivery. The delivery service MUST deliver the bid during the TIME WINDOW stated below to the City’s Clerk Office. The outside envelope MUST be clearly marked as follows: [SEALED BID FOR: 2020 PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROJECT - BIKE PATH PACKAGE, CIP No. 8250 DELIVER IMMEDIATELY TO CITY CLERK'S OFFICE] TIME WINDOW TO DELIVER BIDS (either by delivery service or dropped off in person by bidder): Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. No bids will be accepted outside of this time window. Bids Due Date And Time: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 ; WINDOW FOR DELIVERY 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM; DEADLINE: 2:00 PM ————————————————— END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS 12/16 1087
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WCC students to get on-site healthcare BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Students at Woodland Community College will have access to on-site health services under a new partnership announced by the county on Monday. CommuniCare Health Centers will provide physical and behavioral healthcare as well as related social services “in a client-centered and culturally and linguistically competent manner,” the announcement stated. The program is being paid for with a grant of up to $150,000 per year from the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency and $60,000 a year from the Yuba Community College District. “Yolo County’s partnership with Woodland Community College on student health marks an important step forward in the continuing evolution of the college and in expanding vital services to students,” said Yolo County Supervisor Gary Sandy of Woodland. “Most WCC students hold down jobs in addition to attending classes and too often lack access to health
services. Through this unique partnership, we’ll be able to provide students from our own community with some basic physical and mental health services to keep them in school and moving forward.” The program will run through June 2023 with a possible extension to June 2025. “This collaborative really highlights what we can do when we work together and focus on our mutual goals of increasing access to critical services like healthcare to all our communities and within our institutions of higher education,” said Art Pimental, president of Woodland Community College. “Our students will have access to important baseline health services and will be better served by this partnership.” CommuniCare will provide students with access to behavioral health services at least three work days per week, and physical healthcare services at least threeand-a-half work days per week. Extended evening hours will be made available for both services.
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Dodd law would ensure electors vote for winners Special to The Enterprise SACRAMENTO — State Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, today proposed new legislation for California that would ensure the state’s presidential electors cast ballots for candidates who won the popular vote and do not switch candidates or abstain from voting. “When the people of California speak, electors must listen,” Dodd said. “Those who go rogue threaten the underpinnings of our democracy and cannot be tolerated. I call on every state in the nation to
protect the legitimacy of our free election process and enact laws to prevent these faithless electors.” While 33 states and the District of Columbia have laws requiring electors to uphold their voting pledges, many do not have any enforcement mechanism and a majority have no way to make sure electors faithfully comply. Dodd proposes legislation governing California’s 55 electors that would void their vote if they cast ballots for a candidate who did not win the majority of support in the state.
Learn about UCD food pantry Special to The Enterprise The Davis Branch of the American Association of University Women invites the community to learn more about the ASUCD Pantry and how to support its cause in a video showing at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19. Register on Eventbrite at https://www.eventbritecom/ e/feeding-ucd-a-virtualcelebration-of-the-pantrys10-years-fighting-hungertickets-132208179223. Ryan Choi, director of the ASUCD Pantry, and his fellow student leaders at UC Davis will share their stories about addressing food insecurity among students. For almost 10 years, the pantry has fed UC Davis students in need, reducing the impact of hunger on their pursuit of higher education. With more than 800 students using the pantry
every day before COVID-19, they are proud of the close support from the Davis community that makes the pantry a welcoming place for everyone. The pantry’s services are made possible by more than 100 dedicated volunteers. During COVID-19, the pantry served more than 200 households, supporting students facing difficulties shopping at grocery stores. The pantry will be moving into its new home in the UC Davis Memorial Union in the spring, with renovations underway. Organizers are looking to raise $150,000 to fund new refrigeration, shelving and food to serve thousands more students in the upcoming year. For more information on the pantry, go to https:// tinyurl.com/what-is-theasucd-pantry or https:// linktr.ee/pantryatucdavis.
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