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Council supports policing reforms

The Varsity Theatre sits idle in May as the first COVID shutdown bit into Downtown Davis’ social life. In December, things don’t look much better.

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer

“Hopefully we are on the last leg of this marathon we’ve been in for many, many months now,” Brett Maresca, DDBA’s executive director, told local business

The City Council expressed support this week for recommendations put forth by a subcommittee tasked with reimagining public safety and policing in Davis.

City staff now will take the recommendations, along with the council’s input and return with a range of options and roadmap for moving forward, according to City Manager Mike Webb.

Nine recommendations in all were put forth by the subcommittee, which included members of three city commissions: Human Relations, Police Accountability and Social Services.

They ranged from shifting nonviolent service calls to unarmed personnel to decriminalizing victimless offenses and expanding crisis services for behavioral health emergencies.

During the council’s Dec. 1 Zoom meeting, more than 160 people called in during public comment to weigh in on the recommendations with the vast majority urging the council to support them.

Two weeks later, during Tuesday’s meeting, council members largely did.

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A welcome boost for businesses Healthy Davis Together to provide $500,000 to local merchants

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Healthy Davis Together, the unique partnership between UC Davis and the city of Davis aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19, has been receiving national attention for the ease of and access to testing it provides to anyone who lives or works in Davis.

By offering free, saliva-based

testing — with results arriving within 24 hours in many cases — the city and university hope to minimize spread of the virus here.

But the partnership is focusing not just on saving lives and keeping the community healthy.

It’s now aimed at keeping local businesses healthy as well.

The Healthy Davis Together Business Partners Program —

in partnership with the Davis Downtown Business Association and Davis Chamber of Commerce — will provide an infusion of $500,000 in initial funding to local businesses who choose to participate.

Grants of up to $5,000 per business will be available to reimburse for expenses related to COVID compliance and enhancing public health, while a gift card program will infuse cash directly into businesses as well.

protective equipment for businesses, free marking support and more.

The goal: helping businesses in Davis become or remain COVID-compliant during the course of the pandemic and facilitating a coordinated and gradual return to normal city activities.

Other elements of the program include free personal

Softball coach sentenced to life in prison

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer WOODLAND — A former youth softball coach convicted of sexually assaulting two of his teenage clients received his fate Wednesday: 37 years, four months to life in state prison.

A Yolo County jury convicted Jack “Buck” Maldonado Thomas of forcible sexual assault of a minor, sexual battery on a minor and first-degree burglary in October. His offenses occurred in West Sacramento during the summer of 2018 as he trained the 15- and 16-year-old girls whose parents paid thou-

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daughter. She will never be the same.”

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no longer loves softball the way she once did, the girl’s mother said in court.

“You not only took our daughter’s innocence, you took her dreams,” she told Thomas.

“You pose a serious danger to society,” Richardson said as he handed down Thomas’ sentence, adding that the former coach violated a position of trust.

“Their dreams have been crushed because of what you’ve done, Mr. Thomas.”

To the victims, Richardson noted that “due to their courage and willingness to stand up ... Mr. Thomas’ behavior finally caught up

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Bad news for UCD hoops as early league games canceled

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor In another blow to the UC Davis women’s and men’s basketball seasons, the two Aggie teams have canceled their first Big West Conference series and have scratched all nonleague games between now and the end of the month.

The actions were taken Thursday in compliance with Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency orders.

Insiders in the UCD athletic department say there is frustration among

some with the Yolo health edicts, given that all other Big West Conference teams have been given the green light to play.

“We’re nothing but supportive ... of what (county health is) doing to keep the community safe, and we’re trying to work within their guidelines to allow our teams to compete,” Interim Director of Athletics Rocko DeLuca told The Enterprise on Thursday.

“We’ve had open communication with the county ... and we’ll

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Briefly Poetry features Kenneth Rexroth Davis Poet Laureate James Lee Jobe continues his online poetry reading series today, with poems by Kenneth Rexroth.

This free reading will be posted online by 7 p.m. at james-lee-jobe. blogspot.com/ and at youtube.com/james leejobe. Both sites always have poetry or poetry readings available.

Engineers offer mentorship The Society of Women Engineers at UC Davis recently concluded its 10-week mentorship program for underrepresented high school seniors considering applying to engineering majors.

The Prospective Engineers Mentorship program had 300 high school students and 60 mentors who are current students from the College of Engineering at UC Davis.

There were weekly sessions with College of Engineering advisers, faculty, students and alumni, as well as smaller group mentorship sessions.

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City trying to turn over a new leaf L T EAVES OF ABSENCE ...

After thousands of citizen complaints about giant leaf piles sitting for days on the streets of Davis’ residential neighborhoods, a city of Davis survey estimates that 2,116 parking spots are now occupied by massive piles of leaves, some as tall as 10 feet, with one East Davis pile covering over half an acre.

As a result, the city has now changed the rules so that leaf piles on the street are allowed only when 40 mph north winds are forecast within the next 24 hours.

“That way all our leaves will quickly end up in Dixon and it will be their problem, not ours,” explained city spokesman Leaf Erickson.

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EXIT STRATEGY ... Nobody asked me, but as the furor over Governor Newsom’s truffle-laden dinner in Yountville refuses to go away, I have a brief bit of advice for our state’s esteemed leader.

Remember that Southwest Airlines “Wanna Get Away?” ad?

Well, the best way for the governor to get away is to name himself to

The president’s crack legal team is preparing to report this compelling evidence to the United States Supreme Court even as we speak.

URNAROUND IS FAIR PLAY ... it’s odd to see Republicans suddenly attacking the Electoral College after twice in the last 20 years having their guy be awarded the presidency despite having lost the nationwide popular vote.

replace Kamala Harris in the United States Senate.

Once he starts to rub elbows with the likes of Tom “Slavery was a necessary evil” Cotton, people will forget all about the French Laundry.

HAIL TO THE THIEF ... President Trump is now claiming that voting machines throughout the country were rigged to send 68 percent of his votes to Joe Biden.

If true, the president clearly won all 50 states, plus Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

FURTHER EVIDENCE OF ELECTION FRAUD ... during the counting of electoral votes last Monday, President Trump raced out to a nearly insurmountable

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Leaf us out of this.

35-7 lead, but once the Democrats realized what was happening, they started pulling ballots out of hidden suitcases and all of a sudden Biden won, 306-232.

Now, 35-7 is a common score in football. But in the long history of the game dating back to Princeton vs. Rutgers in 1869, only once in 94,788 such occurrences has a team come back from a 35-7 deficit to win the game.

GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE ... the president certainly deserves credit for delivering an effective vaccine against a deadly disease in record time.

As such, he could ride out of town on a wave of goodwill if he would drop his desperate challenges and instead offer his congratulations to Joe Biden, then suggest the two of them sit down together and be vaccinated at the same time on national television.

I think we could spare a couple of doses in the interest of national unity.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

COACH: More victims came forward COVID-19 testing at ARC From Page A1 with him in Yolo County. I say to them, thank you for being able to do that.”

Thomas’ public defender, Emily Fisher, could not be reached for comment on the sentence. Richardson declined her request for Thomas to have two weeks of freedom before prison to say goodbye to his mother and get his affairs in order.

Prosecutor Rachel Raymond told jurors during the trial’s opening statements in September that Thomas sexually battered and assaulted the victims while giving them sports massages and positioning

their bodies during batting instruction. The older girl told authorities the assaults escalated when she traveled to Thomas’ Arizona home for additional training.

Fisher, who acknowledged in her opening remarks that her client could be “crass,” “vulgar” and “rough around the edges,” denied the assaults, suggesting instead that the younger girl’s father manufactured the allegations when Thomas, who diagnosed the teen with a back injury that curtailed her training, refused to refund the family’s $4,500 fee.

But additional victims from Arizona and Nevada

also came forward, including the three now-adult women who testified that Thomas’ inappropriate conduct with them dated back more than a decade.

West Sacramento police brought the case in cooperation with the Sheriff ’s Office in Maricopa County, Ariz., where authorities arrested Thomas on Jan. 4, 2019, on suspicion of assaulting the 16-year-old girl. It was unclear from online court records whether he still faces charges there.

— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenter prise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene.

Cops investigate apartment burglaries

BY LAUREN KEENE

generators, police said in a Facebook post.

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"During these break-ins, the suspect cut several shed/storage building locks, spray painted at least one camera and stole several items," the post said. "The Davis Police Department is currently investigating these cases to decide if they are related."

Davis police are seeking information about recent burglaries at two local apartment complexes.

Sometime between Dec. 11 and 13, unknown suspects broke into the sheds at the Stonegate Village Apartments, 2950 Portage Bay West, and Twin Pines Apartments, 3333 F St., stealing tools or

Anyone with any information about these crimes is asked to contact the Davis Police Department at 530-747-5400.

Bet Haverim will host presentation on Mental Health and Addiction Court Special to The Enterprise Congregation Bet Haverim’s Social Action Committee will host a presentation of Yolo County’s Mental Health and Addiction Intervention Courts at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, on Zoom.

The public is invited. Go to https:// yolocounty.zoom.us/j/ 95788069443.

Participants will hear from each of the partners from the MHC/AIC team including: Judge David Rosenberg, Chief Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Raven, Chief Deputy Public Defender Allison Zuvella, Deputy Probation Officer Jasmine Gonzalez and Forensic Behavioral Case Manager Terri Lipelt.

Mental Health and Addiction Intervention Courts are both minimum 18-month court-based treatment and monitoring systems for adult offenders with a serious mental illness or substance use disorders. These courts are

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designed to increase the treatment engagement of the participants while reducing both arrests, hospitalizations and jail time both during and after their involvement and participation in the program.

The program is a collaborative effort between the Yolo County Superior Court; Probation, Health and Human Services Agency; the public defender; and the district attorney.

Mental health and addiction intervention courts follow the forensic assertive community treatment model, in which participants get intense services two hours per week or meet with staff four times per week. The team provides participants with wraparound treatment that

BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer The COVID-19 testing center in the UC Davis Activities and Recreation Center will be closed from Dec. 21 through Jan. 1, with the exception of a half-day, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 26, the UC Davis news service announced this week.

UC Davis students and employees have been tested weekly at the ARC since November. With testing now available to all students and employees, and required for anyone entering campus facilities, more than 13,000 tests were conducted at the site last week.

During the winter holidays, UC Davis student employees are invited to get tested at the Healthy Davis Together testing sites at the Davis Senior Center in downtown Davis and the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on campus. They will need to schedule an appointment through the Healthy Davis Together website. The Healthy

Davis Together testing sites will be closed on Dec. 24, Dec. 25, Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.

Before and after the winter break, the Healthy Davis Together testing sites are reserved for community members and UC Davis students and employees must get tested at the ARC. With the exception of the winter holidays closure, the ARC is open for testing seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The temporary closure and shuffling of COVID19 testing sites comes amid an increase in cases both on campus and in the community, as well as in Yolo County and in many places across the country.

Last week, 82 UC Davis students and employees tested positive for COVID-19, while the campus reported that approximately 50 people have moved into on-campus quarantine and isolation residences. There are designated rooms on campus to house up to 400 people in isolation and quarantine.

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The goal is to address the criminogenic factors and reduce recidivism. The program ends with a restorative justice conference and a graduation.

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Pet Tales

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Pets of the week

Hope for animals in need

BY EVELYN DALE Speical to The Enterprise

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s 2020 winds down, it’s time to look ahead with hope in our hearts for all its creatures great and small.

What we do in our personal world matters a great deal. We can choose to give of our time and money by volunteering, fostering, adopting and donating to organizations that support animals and the environment.

In spite of the 2020 pandemic, local animal rescues and shelters have continued to do their good work saving the lives of homeless pets and finding them loving forever homes where they will thrive. In the new year, rescues and shelters will continue their hard work helping animals.

So what can you do in 2021 to help the animals?

Volunteer your time and expertise on their behalf.

Even during the 2020 pandemic, there has been a need for volunteers to help shelters and rescues with community outreach and care for the animals. With greater control of COVID19 in 2021, there will be even more volunteer opportunities.

What about fostering a pet? Fostering gives pets temporary homes. Most pets in shelters and rescues come from homes. For this reason, a temporary home is a much better place than a kennel or cage. Of course, injured or sick animals benefit greatly from being in a foster home during their recovery. It should be noted that shelters and rescues provide pet food, collars, leashes, crates, bedding and medical care for their fostered pets. Fosterto-adopt is also a good way to decide if you are ready for a life-long commitment to a pet. If not, fostering is a great way to enjoy pets on

PAWS FOR THOUGHT a temporary basis.

Adopting a pet is a wonderful way to give it a loving home and, in return, receive unconditional love.

That’s what President-elect Joe Biden did back in 2018 when he fostered and then adopted a German shepherd from the Delaware Humane Association. In 2020, “Major” will be the first “rescue” dog in the White House. That’s something all pet lovers regardless of political party can applaud!

Many pets have been adopted during this pandemic so you may have heard about the scarcity of adoptable pets. That scarcity, however, may be in the eye of the beholder. Every Friday, The Davis Enterprise “Pets of the Week” section features adoptable pets at Yolo County Animal Services and Rotts of Friends rescue. These pets are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. To find more local adoption and fostering resources, go to Unleashing the Possibilities at http://unleashing yolo.org/ and select Pet Resources.

Donations make a big difference too. In addition to supporting your favorite rescue or shelter, consider donating to Unleashing the Possibilities. This local nonprofit is raising funds to build a new state-of-theart animal shelter for all Yolo County animals in need.

Happy Tails Ziggy is one of the happy family dogs at Stabler’s A-1 Appliance in Woodland.

Carmen writes, “We had just lost our Boston Terrier, Sassy, and a good friend

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Ziggy is one lucky pup! Sick and abandoned he was adopted

by Carmen and her husband Paul. Now Ziggy is with his forever family 24/7. You can meet him and the other Stabler dogs at A-1 Appliance in Woodland. sent me an email about this little dog down in Los Angeles that was very, very sick with Parvo, flea infested and had been abused. It was another Boston terrier that they had, named Ziggy.

“The picture I received of him was at the hospital lying in the ICU unit with tubes everywhere. I got to work the next morning to check and see how he was doing. They said he made it through the night and now was a waiting game. I decided to go ahead and put in an application and send a picture of our home and work because our dogs are always with us. The L.A. Animal Rescue ... was amazing.

“The next day, I received a call that he had made it and was doing great. So my husband and I took off to

L.A. after work on Friday to meet with him on Saturday morning. We fell in love with him the minute we laid eyes on him. We named him Ziggy Hollywood Stabler because of where he came from...lol That was 4 years ago and Ziggy is thriving and doing amazing.”

While Ziggy’s story about a hard luck pooch is perfect for the Holidays, it’s also a reminder that you don’t need to go to a breeder to get a “purebred” dog. Happy Holidays to the Stabler family and their happy canines!

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

Contact her at pawsfor thought@sbcglobal.net.

This column appears monthly.

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

Among is them is Gus (A183943), a 6-year-old male pit bull mix. He’s a big boy who loves to lounge around and cuddle. Gus’ foster family has parrots, cats and another dog whom Gus adores and even kisses on their daily walks together. Gus is very kind and sensitive and adjusts to changes slowly. If you want to meet Gus or any other available shelter animal please contact adoptycas@ gmail.com.

Also looking for a good home is Mindy (A184370), a 6-yearold female black shorthair cat. She came in with her friend Torty and is a chatterbox, but you won’t hear her most of the time, because her meow is barely a whisper.

She would do best in a quieter home, since new spaces can make her unsure at first.

To meet any adoptable YCAS animal, email adopt ycas@gmail.com.

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

The shelter is closed to the public for nonemergencies but the staff is available to assist at 530668-5287 during new temporary hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday to Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturdays.

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

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At Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue, you’ll find Julie, a 2-year-old spayed female Pomeranian mix.

She loves to play with other dogs and is happy being held. Julie weighs about 10 pounds, so is easy to take places.

Froggie is a 10-month- to 1-year-old spayed female Rottweiler. She is full of enthusiasm and loves to run around and chase balls.

Froggie has a natural tail. She needs some work on her obedience but comes with free lifetime obedience training classes at our location.

The next Rotts of Friends’ adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, at 34505 County Road 29 in Woodland. Come by 10 a.m., as it takes at least an hour to meet and adopt a dog; everyone who will be living with the dog should come out to meet it.

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

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Biases to avoid in ethnic studies Special to CalMatters

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California students certainly should have the opportunity to learn about and appreciate the diversity of our state. Gaining deep knowledge of the experiences and contributions of our many ethnic and racial groups is a valuable goal, especially for students who may be learning about their own heritage.

However, there are pitfalls to be avoided in how ethnic studies courses are designed and taught. They can be informative and positive. Or they can go off in negative and counterproductive directions — unduly selective in topics presented, divisive and designed to indoctrinate students. Regrettably, these adverse effects have arisen in the ongoing state government effort to develop an Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum for California’s high schools.

We offer this critique about the content and teaching of ethnic studies courses. While also applicable to college courses, our focus is on California’s high schools. This is a vast educational landscape, with 2 million students in about 2,500 high schools governed by 450 school districts.

In 2016, legislation required the California Department of Education to develop a model curriculum for use in high schools statewide. The first 550-page draft, prepared by an advisory committee in 2019, was widely criticized for bias and

selectivity. A later draft eliminated some of the objectionable material.

In early October of 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom found the revised version “not sufficiently balanced and inclusive,” and vetoed legislation which would have made ethnic studies a graduation requirement. The issue is still in play, with a final version of the model curriculum expected in 2021.

Drawing from this history, we identify the following four forms of bias to be avoided in the design and teaching of ethnic studies courses. Contained in the initial draft of the model curriculum, they are still in circulation in efforts to get them adopted by local school boards and their high schools.

A sharp division of the world into good and bad guys. Either you are in the “oppressed” group or you are one of the “oppressors.”

Ignored are the complications of the real world where some entities exhibit both positive and negative features. In this scheme, groups and causes in the “oppressed” category are automatically linked together. If you favor one you favor the others — a phenomenon known as “intersectionality” in academic circles. Such forced conformity harms students who hold contrary or uncertain views, or who belong to suspect groups, subjecting them to peer and teacher disapproval.

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Nursing homes need to be a vaccine priority

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eachers’ unions, police and firefighters argued in early December they ought to get the expected new coronavirus vaccines before anyone else but health workers.

They got a tough response at the federal Centers for Disease Control, now operating as it is supposed to for the first time since Donald Trump became president. Freed after the fall election of censorship by political operatives Trump stationed in its executive offices, the CDC let its vaccine advisory committee of top epidemiologists and ethics experts write the priority guidelines most states will follow in distributing still-scarce vaccines.

They very properly placed nursing home residents alongside medical personnel as the first recipients. But that’s not how California now says it will operate.

Yes, health workers will be the first Californians to get the vaccine. But not nursing home residents. This is a huge failing in the state’s plan for prioritizing inoculations against the plague that has killed almost 300,000 Americans — about one-third of them living in long-term care.

Yes, just about everyone agrees front line medical responders need first crack at the two new vaccines entering national use.

Beyond that, things are murkier. People with underlying pre-existing medical conditions like suppressed immune systems and heart disease ought to go next, some academic ethicists said. Nope, said others, the vaccine should go first to the elderly, about 65 percent of the COVID-19 patient load.

Teachers, cops and firefighters should make up the second group, said their unions, teachers arguing that schools can only reopen widely after they get their shots.

This has some validity, but ignores the one group which fits into both the medical condition class and the elderly category: nursing home residents.

Regrettably, these adverse effects have arisen in the ongoing state government effort to develop an Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum for California’s high schools.

Predetermined conclusions about the evils of the world. Students are provided with a ready-made ideology, told to oppose such targets as “neocolonialism,” the “academic industrial complex” and “capitalism.” And in some course versions they are required to act on these views outside the classroom. This is indoctrination, not factbased education which aims to give students the knowledge and tools to come to their own conclusions.

A negative focus on one country and one ideology — Israel and Zionism. In some versions of ethnic studies curricula, only Israel and Zionism are singled out for negative treatment. Overlooked are the many totalitarian and truly racist nations in the world and their antidemocratic beliefs. As portrayed in the original model curriculum, Israel is always the oppressor and the Palestinians are continually the oppressed, when the 72-year

history of the relationship is much more complex and nuanced.

Excessive use of ideological jargon. The frequent use of terms not commonly known distorts key concepts.

If you do not understand or accept the ideological baggage of terms like “hxrstory” and “cisheteropatriarchy,” you are disqualified from contributing in the ethnic studies arena.

Our bottom line: Ethnic studies courses offer California high school students a valuable educational opportunity. But the devil is in the details. Whatever model curriculum is eventually adopted by the state, high school districts may pick and choose their own versions. The challenge is to avoid course content and teaching approaches that are divisive, biased, and designed to dictate thought and action.

— Al Sokolow is a retired political science professor at UC Davis. Tony Tanke is an attorney in Davis. They wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters. Also contributing to this commentary: David Siegel is a retired professor of medicine at UC Davis. Deanne Meyer is a professor of animal science at UC Davis. Boaz Arzi is a professor of veterinary medicine at UC Davis. Barry Klein is a retired professor of physics at UC Davis. Stephen White is a professor of veterinary medicine at UC Davis.

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he proportion of disease victims and the degree of isolation among denizens of nursing homes has been staggering.

Most have been deprived of virtually all direct contact with family and friends for the ninemonth (so far) duration of anti-virus lockdown measures.

For some, this causes extreme disorientation and distress as they suffer diseases and death in isolation, notwithstanding a few ground-floor window sightings and the occasional outdoor visit.

The coronavirus has also taken more lives in nursing homes than anywhere else — about 40 percent of California deaths from the virus.

With each viral surge, the scene in nursing homes grows more grim. Especially in larger facilities catering mostly to Medi-Cal patients, who often turn their life savings over to government in order to qualify for financial aid.

During October and November, new COVID-19 cases in nursing homes surged fourfold in more than 20 states. Unlike most others, residents of the homes can’t do much about it.

They cannot avoid close contact with nursing home staffers, from nurses and other aides to administrators. Those staffers come and go daily, subject to the same contagions as the general public. That’s why even California’s plan gives them the same priority as other health workers.

Residents of the 14,000 facilities belonging to the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living may be followed statistically more closely than people in other homes.

This all explains why the CDC committee had nursing home folks share top priority for the new vaccinations.

If the lives of people in the homes have value — and California’s newly set priorities suggest some think they don’t — they must get the new shots before anyone other than frontline medical workers.

But in California, it appears they won’t, and that is both inhumane and unfair.

— Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol. com. His book, “The Burzynski Breakthrough, The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It” is now available in a softcover fourth edition.

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LETTERS Scofflaw drivers Do not favor the behavior of any scofflaw of any mode of transport on public roads.

I’ve seen all sorts run stop signs and red lights, and yes, even cars without their lights on at night. I also see vehicles veer across bike lane lines for no good reason, and people not respecting the rules of the road in general.

But remember this: No matter who was the one to run the red light, when a bike and car meet, the driver of the car isn’t the one in the most danger. Those who exercise the privilege of operating within an armored box should recognize that.

We all share responsibility for the safety of all travelers on our public roads, and should make our best effort to ensure safe and expedient passage.

But if it comes down to it, I will gladly sacrifice expediency for a few brief

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Why take the risk?

In reference to a sports article from Nov. 25 in The Enterprise about student athletes playing club sports, I am a strong supporter of youth sports both at the school level and the club level. My daughters played club sports while attending Davis High School, and went on to play softball or volleyball in college.

Club sports are wonderful as the competition is at a very high level. I do, however, feel it is irresponsible tournaments for youth sports are being held at such a critical time relative to the COVID virus.

I guess it is how much risk a student, team and family want to take traveling to and from tournaments and attending club games. My granddaughter’s friend recently went with her dad to an important softball tournament in Las Vegas.

I thought this was a risk, but these kids

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are so driven to play the sport they love and also get possible college attention, the risk may be worth it.

The family returned from the successful softball tournament. Several days after returning, the club coach tested positive for COVID and is in the hospital.

The father, who attended the softball tournament with his daughter, tested positive.

Now, the high school softball catcher tested positive yesterday. Thanksgiving plans down the drain and also the concern having the virus. My point, these student athletes should not be enticed to attend tournaments during this time with the virus. I will again state, tournament directors are irresponsible to hold such events. Wait till the virus is under control; then return to important tournament play.

True, the coach, dad and player could have become infected with the virus elsewhere and not at the softball tournament ... but why take the risk?

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REFORM: Council runs down list of recommendations From Page A1 “I do support the recommendations,” said newly sworn-in Councilman Josh Chapman, who noted as other council members did that conversations about police reform have been going on a long time, “so we really need to dig in and do the work here. And I’m committed to doing that.”

The nine recommendations before the council: 1. Determine why racial disparities in arrests, recommended charges and stops exist in Davis.

2. Encourage the Davis Police Department to dialogue with the Police Accountability Commission on the content of its Use of Force policy.

3. Evaluate the impact of

de-escalation, crisis intervention, procedural justice and implicit bias trainings.

4. Shift nonviolent service calls to unarmed personnel.

5. Reinvent the policecommunity conversation.

6. Deprioritize, decriminalize and offer restorative remedies for minor, victimless offenses through warm hand-off programs, an expansion of the specialty court system, and other measures.

7. Work with county partners to build an integrated, “crisis now”type model for behavioral health emergencies.

8. Expand the city’s community navigator workforce.

9. Commit to a vision of reimagined public safety.

Council members highlighted which of the recommendations stand out to them as high priority, which could be — and therefore should be —accomplished quickly and which will take longer.

“I think we should prioritize where we want to focus first,” said Councilman Dan Carson, who added that each member may have their own criteria but that acting quickly “to keep the direction of reform going is a good strategy.”

“Of the nine items on this list, the area I hope we really can make progress and work on is on item seven, relating to how we address mental-health issues,” he said. “To me this is the area where we could do the most good the soonest if we can figure this one out.

Chapman said some of the

recommendations could be accomplished sooner than others, but at the end of his term in four years, “there’s probably still going to be conversations happening around this.”

Vice Mayor Lucas Frerichs said he is “fully supportive of one through eight and I think we’re working on many of them one way or another.”

But the first recommendation, said Frerichs, “is an issue of key concern to me and it should concern us all.”

Councilman Will Arnold noted that there is a hope among many in the public “that we would act very quickly, that it is decades in the making.”

Mayor Gloria Partida said, “I do think we are all pretty much

BOOST: Funding will back grants, gift cards From Page A1 owners participating in a Zoom forum about the partnership on Wednesday.

The program, he said, is “an extremely important part of how we are moving forward through some tough winter months and the spikes once again with COVID. Hopefully this is the final leg of the battle.”

The gift card component of the plan, said Maresca, “is to incentivize and reward both the businesses — the business owners, employees, staff — and consumers for COVID compliance and displaying excellent public health practices.”

Up to $250,000 in initial funding is available for the program to purchase gift cards from local participating businesses “to infuse money into our economy and to incentivize our business community as a whole,” he said.

The Healthy Davis Together Business Partnership Program will make one or more purchases of $250 in gift cards — in $10

reimburse for expenses incurred on or after Nov. 1.

“The overall point of the program is to allow businesses to apply for a set of funding to help them comply with either materials or services or equipment necessary to deal with and prevent the spread of COVID-19,” said Cory Koehler, executive director of the Davis Chamber of Commerce.

Eligible expenses include outdoor heaters, tents, rain covers, disinfectants, cleaning supplies, as well as the cost of PPE, including gloves, goggles and face masks.

Also, “if you need to hire a company to reconstruct or reconfigure your business operation, we’ll look at that as well,” Koehler said.

Ineligible for reimbursement would be lost revenue, legal settlements, rent or lease payments and employee wages or benefits.

There are eligibility requirements for both the grants and gift card program. Businesses must become Healthy Davis

increments — from a partner business and half of the gift cards will be retained by the business to distribute to consumers as an incentive for safe patronage.

Remaining gift cards will be allocated to other partner businesses to distribute to their employees for exemplary adherence to health guidelines and a portion of the gift cards will be used by the Healthy Davis Together ambassadors to distribute to members of the public for the same behavior.

“We’re going to focus on those who are patronizing our businesses in town,” Maresca said.

“We are making these purchases from you,” he told the business owners. “It’s infusion money into your business.”

Meanwhile, another $250,000 is available for the grant program.

Grants of up to $5,000 per business are available to help pay for eligible COVID-19-related expenses needed to keep businesses operating safely.

Funds may be used to

Together business partners and be in compliance with all program requirements, including: ■ Being a licensed city business in good standing; ■ Being compliant with the Yolo County Green Check program (as applicable); ■ Actively promote public health and education; ■ Require proper and consistent use of PPE by employees; ■ Provide employees with access to free weekly testing provided by Healthy Davis Together; and ■ Promote voluntary use of the California COVID Notify App Business owners can learn more about becoming partners — and how to apply — at https://healthy davistogether.org/partners.

All of the funding for the program is coming from UC Davis.

“It’s a great program,” Koehler said. “We look forward to implementing the program as the months go forward.”

on the same page here and I’m really pleased to see that we’re in agreement around the recommendations being doable.”

She thanked the community members who have engaged on these issues “and have responded to the national call to reimagine the police,” as well as the Davis Police Department, “which has been a willing participant and I think that’s a key part of whether or not this will be a successful endeavor.

“It’s important to remember that when the ‘defund the police’ movement started, at its core was a desire to invest in communities in order to address some of the socioeconomic determinates that lead to outcomes that involve the police.

CANCELED: Next date is Jan. 8 ... perhaps From Page A1 continue to work down that path.”

Men’s basketball coach Jim Les told his team, via Zoom meeting, on Wednesday about the further interruptions in the season. His team hasn’t practiced since Dec. 3 — the day before its last game, a win over William Jessup.

Les said his team will not practice again until after Christmas. Concerned about being away from workouts, the coach doesn’t want them to return full-bore: “We’ll come back a little bit at a time.”

For the men, it means Saturday’s game at Sacramento State is scrapped, and they will not travel to Cal State Bakersfield for BWC games on Dec. 27-28. The UC Riverside two-game set (Jan. 1-2) has also been canceled.

For the women, Sunday’s game versus Northern Arizona is out, as are

the Big West openers versus Cal State Bakersfield (Dec. 27-28) at The Pavilion and a trip to UCR the following week.

According to Big West officials, canceled conference games are officially declared to be no-contests.

If COVID-19 cases don’t spiral out of control even further (most California counties are in the most restrictive purple activity tier), the UCD men will play UC Irvine in Orange County on Jan. 8-9 while the Aggie women host the Anteaters on those same dates.

This week, both Long Beach State and Riverside men placed their programs on hold for two weeks because of positive COVID-19 contact tracing.

Earlier this fall, the CSUN women — stymied when eight players opted out of play (and with a couple more unable to re-enter the country) — canceled their 2020-21 campaign.

OBITUARIES Patricia Parker Robinson

Juanita Purvis Shacklett

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.

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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.

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March 8, 1917 — Oct. 14, 2020

Juanita Bohannon Purvis Shacklett, born March 8, 1917, passed away peacefully at her home in Davis on Oct. 14 at the age of 103 1/2.

Juanita’s beautiful smile and generous heart were beacons of warmth to all who knew her and she remained lucid and vivacious until the end of her life.

Juanita was born in Kentucky on March 8, 1917, the eldest child of Cleo Purvis and his wife Lily Bohannon Purvis. As a young woman, she graduated from Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky., and subsequently earned a master’s degree from Lexington Theological Seminary.

She served as an editor of children’s publications in St. Louis, Mo., before moving to New York, N.Y., in 1955 to become a writer and editor of children’s publications at Friendship Press. In 1958, she married Dr. Comer D. Shacklett, a research chemist at E.I. duPont de Nemours, Inc. The couple relocated to Westfield, N.J., where they lived from 1963 until 2004. In Westfield, Juanita was active in the Parent-Teacher Organization, served as a volunteer librarian at Tamaques Elementary School, and was a Girl Scout troop leader.

A talented singer and pianist, she was active in the Musical Club of Westfield. She enjoyed decorative painting as a member of the Garden State Society of Tole and Decorative Painters. She was also very active in both the College Woman’s Club and the Woman’s Club of Westfield, serving as president of WCW for several years in the 1980s-early 90s and as co-president in 2000-2001, “retiring” at age 84.

In June 2004, she and her husband

DEATH NOTICE Judith Faith Kryder Judith Faith Kryder was born on Feb. 26, 1939, and died on Nov. 29, 2020. Arrangements are under the care of Hill Funeral Home in Grand Blanc, Mich.

moved across the country to Davis, where her husband died later the same year. She continued to live independently in her own home until her death, remaining in contact with friends and family around the country and traveling to Europe in 2006.

In 2017, Juanita celebrated her 100th birthday, surrounded by family and friends, and participated in the Centennial celebration for the city of Davis. In March 2020, she was fortunate to celebrate her 103rd birthday with a small group of friends just days before COVID-19 restrictions began.

Appropriately, her birthday (March 8) falls on the day designated by the United Nations as International Woman’s Day. Survivors are her daughter Barbara Shacklett and son-in-law Jean-Jacques Lambert, both faculty members at UC Davis. Other survivors include daughterin-law Rose Lambert, eight nieces and one nephew, several grand- and great-grand nieces and nephews, one first cousin, and friends too numerous to count.

She will be greatly missed. A virtual memorial service will be held within the next few weeks. Juanita’s remains will be interred alongside those of her husband in the columbarium of the church where they met and were married, Park Avenue Christian Church in New York, N.Y., once travel restrictions have ended.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the UC Davis Hospice Memorial Fund. For detailed information on donations, please see https://health.ucdavis. edu/homecare/hospice/donations.html or https://health.ucdavis.edu/homecare/pdfs/ Online%20Donation%20Form.pdf.

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‘Jingle Jangle’ is sparkling all the way Opulent musical fantasy is full of seasonal charm

‘Jingle Jangle’ Starring: Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Madalen Mills, Ricky Martin, Anika Noni Rose, Phylicia Rashad, Hugh Bonneville, Justin Cornwell and Lisa Davina Phillip Rating: PG, for no particular reason

BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic This is an impressive slice of holiday razzle-dazzle.

The tag line for writer/director David E. Talbert’s opulent fantasy promises that viewers will “discover a world of wishes and wonder,” and that’s an understatement. This often breathtaking blend of “Alice in Wonderland,” “Babes in Toyland” and “Hugo” also seems to be gunning for the seasonal crown long worn by “The Wizard of Oz.” Because yes: Just as we’re getting accustomed to the production design and special-effects overload, John Debney’s orchestral underscore shifts into a Broadway-style prelude, and we realize, goodness, these folks are about to break into song.

Which they do. In addition to everything else, “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” — a Netflix original — is an old-school musical, complete with a few extravagant dance numbers.

Actually, Talbert might hit us with too much of a good thing: a notion emphasized midway through this saga when we’re introduced to an oh-so-cute little robot dubbed Buddy 3000 (and looking like he wandered in from WALL-E’s universe).

Events are related in storybook fashion, much the way Peter Falk narrated the action in “The Princess Bride” to grandson Fred Savage. The raconteur here is Grandmother Journey (Phylicia Rashad), who shares her childhood adventure with a pair of rapt young listeners.

First, a prologue, set in 1860 in

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Perky Journey (Madalen Mills), not one to be denied, insists that her grandfather Jeronicus (Forest Whitaker) take another crack at perfecting his Buddy 3000 robot toy. the quaint Dickensian torn of Cobbleton. Jeronicus Jangle (Justin Cornwell) is proprietor and designer of the delights found within Jangles and Things, the town’s famed toy shop. It’s chockablock with colorful, steampunkinspired gadgets, gizmos, whachamacallits, thingamabobs and doomaflatchies, including a huge pendulum clock and a contraption called the Jangulator.

Production designer Gavin Bocquet went absolutely nuts with this eye-popping set, with its checkerboard floors, damask wallpaper and stairwell filigree; it’s impossible to take it all in.

Anyway…

Jeronicus uses the Jangulator to grant life to a doll-size, Spanish matador puppet dubbed Don Juan Diego (and played, via deliberately jerky motion-control,

by Ricky Martin). Ah, but Don Juan is an evil little creature, and

he persuades Jeronicus’ assistant, Gustafson (Miles Barrow), to set up a separate shingle and claim this miracle as his own.

Flash-forward three decades: Cobbleton’s gas lamps have yielded to electric lights, and the street’s horse-drawn carriages have been replaced by motor vehicles. Devastated by the longago betrayal, Jeronicus (now played by Forest Whitaker) has become an embittered hermit, his once-effervescent store reduced to a dimly lit pawnshop.

Meanwhile, Gustafson (KeeganMichael Key) — assisted by the crafty Don Juan — has become the town’s “genius” toymaker.

Ah, but Jeronicus’ tenacious and equally brilliant young granddaughter, Journey (Madalen Mills), isn’t about to tolerate this sorry state of affairs. With the (not always helpful) assistance of Edison (Kieron L. Dyer), her

grandfather’s devoted but accident-prone apprentice, she decides to Set Things Right.

The seven songs (and five reprises) come from Philip Lawrence, Davy Nathan and Michael Diskint. Although they’re lyrically well integrated into the storyline, most aren’t likely to live beyond this film. You might hum “Over and Over” for a bit, and an allimportant eighth song — “Make It Work,” written by John Legend — is a solid power anthem.

Talbert doesn’t coax much in the way of actual acting from any of his cast members; most settle for simple quirks and tics, and hit-the-back-row-of-the-secondbalcony gusto. Whitaker mutters, putters and flutters as the reclusive Jeronicus, who begins to show signs of life when targeted by love-starved mailwoman Ms. Johnston (Lisa Davina Phillip).

Key’s Gustafson is suitably

smarmy, and has a lot of fun with his character song “Magic Man G”; Martin is equally droll as the manipulative puppet-turnedpuppeteer. Dyer is a suitable wide-eyed and eager-beaver as the hapless Edison.

Mills, a veteran of Broadway’s “School of Rock,” is a genuine force of nature as Journey. She puts heart and soul into this larger-than-life role and can belt out a song with the best.

Visual effects supervisor Brad Parker and his massive team were kept busy, thanks to the wealth of whimsical, Seussian gadgets and full-blown entities such as Don Juan and Buddy 3000. I particularly love the interstitial sequences that bridge live-action events, animated in a fashion that evokes a steampunk version of clockwork figurines.

These proceedings display no sense of actual menace, and at just north of two hours, the film overstays its welcome by about 20 minutes (and at least one song).

That said, it’s easy to be seduced by the wealth of energy and good cheer that burst from the screen.

— Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at http:// derrickbang.blogspot.com.

Comment on this review at www.davisenterprise.com.

Watch ‘Downtown Tom’s Christmas’ for free DMTC will present Special to The Enterprise For years, Davis residents and visitors knew Downtown Tom — a fullgrown male turkey who roamed the city’s downtown streets, leaving an impression wherever he wandered. And while the real-life Tom met a somewhat inharmonious fate, he has inspired an assortment of stories sure to entertain generations to come.

Accomplished local director Krissy Schwerin has adapted a 10-minute mini-musical from a book about the turkey, written earlier this year by her husband, Jay Schwerin. She gathered some of the area’s top young musical-theater talent via online and individual on-location shoots to produce “Downtown Tom’s Christmas — a Mini Musical.” The show is available online for free through Dec. 31 at MadeInDavis. net/Tom.

Theater lovers of all ages should enjoy this heartwarming holiday tale of a self-aware Tom, who wanders through downtown Davis during the holiday season, encountering local personalities and locales, all the while wondering if he will make it to Christmas.

Local youth actors participating include Sacramento Theatre Company actor and veteran of multiple professional productions, Miller Traum, who plays the role of Downtown Tom. Other notable local kids include Tessa Fisk and Django Nachmanoff as Erin and Brett Arnold from Avid Reader, and Lucy Niland as Stray Kitty, based on the well-known cat Milo that roamed the area outside Zia’s Delicatessen.

For additional information, including a complete cast list, and to watch the musical, visit MadeinDavis. net/Tom.

virtual holiday show Special to The Enterprise

Davis Musical Theatre Company will present “Home for the Holidays with DMCT,” a virtual fundraiser for the nonprofit theater. Its performers (children, teens and adults) have recorded any holiday videos — with songs, stories, dances, instrumental performances and more — for the whole family.

The show will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 19, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20.

Tickets are $10 per person or $20 per family, but all are invited to consider a year-end donation since donations are DMTC’s only income during the pandemic.

Tickets are available at https://www.showtix4u. com/event-details/44367.

You can still see Home for the Holidays concert Enterprise staff COURTESY PHOTO

Young actor Miller Traum stars as Tom in “Downtown Tom’s Christmas — a Mini Musical,” available to watch for free online.

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For those who missed last night’s broadcast of the 17th annual Home for the Holidays concert, Davis Media Access will

rebroadcast the show at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21, on Channel 15. The show is also available online via KDRT.org by clicking on the video link.

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Dilbert

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By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

Pearls Before Swine

By Stephan Pastis

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Although it is their prerogative how they choose to behave within their bubble, as my sister continues to participate in high-risk activities, she also demands that other people in our family disregard their own level of comfort and safety to interact with them and their young daughter in person, including our mother, who is nearly 70.

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for wanting to follow the recommended COVID-19 guidelines, the situation has grown progressively worse.

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Besides dropping our own level of safety and comfort to align with her high-risk lifestyle, which we will not do because of my older son’s health risks, how would you suggest families like ours navigate this situation?

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Reclamation Project is now available for review. Public comment on this The aggregate excavated from the document is invited for a 46-day period subject site would be processed at extending from Friday, December 18, the adjoining Teichert Woodland 2020, to Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Plant, which has been operating since An online public meeting in front of the 1950s. The processing plant and the Planning Commission will be held associated processing facilities are on Thursday January 21, 2021, at 8:30 located on 132.2 acres comprised of am to accept oral comments on the three parcels (APNs 025-350-018, 025DEIR. More information is provided 350-037, and 025-120-039). Teichert also has a long-term lease agreement with herein. the County for the use of a fourth parcel Yolo County is the Lead Agency for the as a part of their plant operations. This preparation and review of a DEIR for the parcel, totaling 6.65 acres, is known as Teichert Shifler Mining and Reclamation the County Borrow Site (APN 025-120Project. The project site consists of 041). The plant, including associated approximately 319.3 acres located three processing facilities, is considered part of miles west of the City of Woodland in the proposed project; however, no new unincorporated Yolo County, California. areas of disturbance at the Woodland The project site is bounded by Cache Plant site are proposed.

Creek to the north, County Road 94B to the west, County Road 22 to the south, The project requires the following County and unpaved dirt access roads to the approvals: General Plan Amendment east. The site contains all, or portions of, (GPA) to extend the Mineral Resources the following Assessor’s Parcel Numbers Overlay (MRO) land use designation (APNs): 025-120-032, 025-120-033, 025- over approximately 212 acres of the 430-001, 025-430-002, 025-430-009, and 319-acre project site; rezoning to add a Sand and Gravel Overlay (SG-O) over 025-430-011. the entire project site; approval of the Teichert Aggregates has submitted an proposed 30-year Off-Channel Surface application to the County to conduct Mining Permit for excavation on the mining and reclamation activities on Shifler site and to allow continued 277.1 acres and undertake proposed operation at the Woodland Plant site; modifications to portions of the Moore approval to transfer permitted tonnage and Magnolia Canals. The proposal allocation from the Teichert Esparto and provides for setbacks, visual screening, Teichert Schwarzgruber operations to noise and safety berms, aggregate the Teichert Shifler operation; approval conveyors, access roads, and other of the proposed Reclamation Plan; project-related uses on an additional 42.2 authorization to exceed the maximum acres. The key proposed elements of this annual “base” permitted tonnage by project are as follows: 1) relocation of a up to 20 percent as provided in Section segment of Moore Canal to the northerly 10.4-405 of the Yolo County Off-Channel portion of the site and modification Surface Mining Ordinance (OCSMO); of Magnolia Canal to align with the approval to mine closer than 700 feet relocated Moore Canal; 2) transfer of from the channel bank pursuant to tonnage from the Teichert Esparto and Section 10-4.429(d) of the OCSMO; Teichert Schwarzgruber operation to the and approval of a new Development Teichert Shifler operation; 3) continued Agreement between Yolo County and operation and expansion of the Teichert Teichert Aggregates.

Woodland Plant facilities (including new equipment and increased processing The County and its consultant, Raney capacity); 4) excavation at the Shifler Planning and Management, have site; 5) reclamation of the Shifler site; prepared a DEIR pursuant to the 6) delayed reclamation at Woodland California Environmental Quality Act Plant site; 7) dedication of various (CEQA). The DEIR identifies significant reclaimed properties to the County; and impacts in the following analysis areas: 8) completion of an in-channel gravel bar agricultural resources; air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and energy; removal project. biological resources; cultural and tribal The applicant proposes mining of 41.6 cultural resources; geology and soils, million tons (35.25 million tons sold) of mineral resources, and paleontological

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resources; hazards and hazardous materials; hydrology and water quality; noise; transportation and circulation; and cumulative impacts (agricultural resources and transportation and circulation). A Final EIR (Response to Comments) will be prepared following public review and comment period. The County will consider this information when deliberating the project. Following certification of the Final EIR, the County may take action to adopt the proposed project.

The DEIR is now available for public review at the following website: www. yolonaturalresources.org. Printed or electronic copies (via flash drive) may be ordered at cost (including costs for delivery). An electronic copy of the document has been provided to the Woodland Public Library (250 First Street, Woodland, CA 95695) and the Esparto Regional Library (17065 Yolo Avenue, Esparto, CA 95627); however, access to these facilities may restricted or prohibited due to COVID-19 orders.

Please contact Stephanie Cormier, Principal Planner (Planning Division), at (530) 666-8041 or Stephanie.Cormier@ yolocounty.org for more information or to request a flash drive of the EIR. You may submit comments on the DEIR during the 46-day public review period, which begins Friday, December 18, 2020, and ends Tuesday, February 2, 2021, at 4:00 pm. All comments on the DEIR must be received by the Yolo County Community Services Department by 4:00 pm on Tuesday, February 2, 2021, in order to be considered. Comments may be submitted by postal service, electronic mail, hand delivery, or provided verbally at the Yolo County Planning Commission meeting on Thursday, January 21, 2021. Pursuant to Section 15088(a) of the CEQA Guidelines, late comments will be considered only at the County’s discretion.

All comments must be directed to: Stephanie Cormier, Principal Planner Yolo County Department of Community Services, Planning Division 292 W. Beamer Street Woodland, CA 95695 Stephanie.Cormier@yolocounty.org (530) 666-8041 Please note that County offices may have limited or modified hours due to COVID-19 orders. It is recommended to verify hours by visiting https://www. yolocounty.org/community-services.

Additionally, the Community Services Department will be closed for the holidays from Friday, December 24, 2020, to Friday, January 1, 2021, and will reopen on Monday, January 4, 2021.

An online public meeting in front of the Planning Commission will be held on Thursday January 21, 2021, at 8:30 am to accept oral comments on the DEIR. There will be no transcription of oral comments at this meeting. Comments

received will be summarized by staff for inclusion in the Final EIR. Those who wish to have their verbatim comments incorporated in the Final EIR must submit their comments in writing (via US postal service delivery or electronically to the contact information listed above).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: December 4, 2020 FBN Number: F20200976 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) EMBELLISH DECOR LLC 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

519 Main Street Woodland, CA 95695 Mailing address: 3 Rice Court Woodland, CA 95695 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Embellish Decor LLC 3 Rice Court 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: November 10, 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.)

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2002 HD SPORTSTER VIN# 1HD4CEM302K132496 CA LIC# 16F1865 You may watch and/or participate, in the LIEN SALE 01-06-21 8:00 AM meeting via computer by clicking on the 965 OLIVE DRIVE link below and entering the Meeting ID DAVIS, CA 95616 1092 Number: https://zoom.us/j/912176931 12/18 77?pwd=bHRTaGxoSUlKOElON1E1czB FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME jeVlEdz09, Meeting ID: 912 1769 3177.

STATEMENT You can also listen and/or participate Filed: December 8, 2020 by phone by calling: 1-669-900-9128, FBN Number: F20200989 Meeting ID: 912 1769 3177# Passcode: 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) 174319 Manolitos Auto Detailing 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of If you require special accommodations to Principal Place of Business in California. participate in the public hearing, please Business is located in Yolo County. contact the Yolo County Department of 224 A Street, Apt. 13 Community Services at (530) 666-8078. Davis, CA 95616 Please make your request as early as 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), possible and at least one-full business Residence Address, State, and Zip day before the start of the meeting.

Manolo Cirilo Santos 224 A Street, Apt. 13 In compliance with CEQA Guidelines Davis, CA 95616 Section 15087(c)(6), the project site 4. Business Classification: Individual (including the plant site) is not identified 5. Beginning Date of Business: The as a known hazardous waste or disposal Registrant(s) commenced to transact site on lists specified under Government business under the fictitious business Code Section 65962.5.5 (see page 4.7-4 of name or names listed above on: the DEIR).

December 7, 2020 “I declare that all information in Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65009(b)(2) and other provisions this statement is true and correct.” of law, any lawsuit challenging the (A registrant who declares as true approval of a project described in this information which he or she knows to be notice shall be limited to only those false is guilty of a crime.) issues raised at the public meeting or 6. Signature of Registrant(s): described in written correspondence Manolo Cirilo Santos 1093 delivered for consideration before the 12/18, 12/25, 1/1, 1/8 For more specific questions about the project, please contact Stephanie Cormier at the phone number or email identified above.

12/18 1088 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: November 16, 2020 FBN Number: F20200930 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) T&L Exotics 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Sacramento County.

1100 Howe Ave. #242 Sacramento, CA 95825 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Christine Jones 1100 Howe Ave. #242 Sacramento, CA 95825 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: October 30, 2020 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”

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50th annual Christmas Should we say, ‘Here we go’ Bird Count is Sunday or say, ‘Here we go again’?

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The first count was in 1900, but before that, people went out and shot birds on Christmas. We’ve advanced. Now we count.

It’s another citizen-science event that helps us understand the status of birds.

Normally, beginners are included but this will be a restricted year with small teams of one or two people.

Steve Hampton, the compiler for the count, has volunteered for that job for 20 years and presented an informative identification workshop on Zoom this week. Each year, approximately 140 species are identified in a day in our local count.

It will be interesting this year since 60% of our circle area was burned in the LNU Lightening Complex fire. The Pleasant Valley Bridge over Putah Creek is the center of our count.

Hampton showed photographs of many burned areas. What was eerie were photos of oak trees that burned completely and left white-ash ghost-like outlines on the ground.

Last year, there were 2,585 Christmas bird counts — a record. The counts are in the U.S. and Canada, and increasingly in Caribbean, Latin American and Pacific Islands.

Our count leads the nation in four species: the northern flicker, redbreasted sapsucker, scrub jay and yellow-billed magpie.

At a December restricted Friends of North Davis Ponds bird stroll led by Ed Whisler and Chris Dunford, 36 species were spotted.

One person on the stroll remarked, “It is amazing how many birds you see when you slow down.�

Green heron, red-tailed hawk, western bluebird, hermit thrush, spotted towhee, American goldfinch and northern flicker were among the varieties.

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pleasurable. Books, binoculars or a long camera lens could make your birding much more exciting.

I challenge everyone to learn the name of one new bird this year. Why? It just pulls you into learning more. The “Sibley Guide to Birds� is a gold standard. But for beginning birders, what is really easy is a pocket naturalist guide, “California Birds, An introduction to familiar species.� Most birds you see around town will be on that easy-to-access guide.

It’s a good time for looking since leaves are off the trees and birds are easier to spot.

A new best-selling bird book is “What It’s Like to Be a Bird, What Birds Are Doing and Why,� by David Sibley. He insists that a bird’s experience is far richer, more complex and more thoughtful than he’d imagined. Birds are making decisions all of the time. It’s a book of essays and can be read in any order.

It’s hard to appreciate birds without a good set of binoculars or a long camera lens. Audubon makes choosing good binoculars easy. It had professional ornithologists and

dedicated birders review 50 pairs of binoculars from 16 companies. They scored the binoculars in six price categories. You can be a starter with a $200 pair or go for the top-of-the-line at nearly $3,000.

I use the long lens of my camera as my binoculars.

I’ll never forget when I first got my good long lens and took a photo of a little brown bird perched on top of a bulrush. When I got it home and blew it up, I was amazed to see a male kestrel with so much color that it looked like a tropical bird.

Need a little variety in your exercise walks? Check out the West Pond, where volunteers have put holiday decorations throughout the hummingbird and butterfly garden as well as the educational message board. Check out the message board for Friends of North Davis Ponds, between the Northstar Pond and the soccer fields.

Kelli O’Neill does a changing educational display.

And, for a little walking variety, walk the new gravel paths on our new Uplands Open Space Habitat Area along F Street and Anderson Road. It’s a work in progress, with weekly work parties planting, mulching and weeding. You can watch the transformation of those 3 acres over the next few years. — Jean Jackman is a Davis resident. Her column appears monthly. Contact JeanJackman@gmail.com

admit to becoming somewhat cynical about news reports of countries pledging to take real, substantive actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but, in the spirit of the season, and also admitting to a slightly dormant but unquenchable hope, I’m letting Lucy line up the football and I’ll charge forward hoping this time it doesn’t get jerked away. We’ll find out soon enough if it is “here we go� or here we go again.�

A recent New York Times article noted the state of New York’s $226 billion pension fund would divest from fossil fuels in the next five years.

Importantly, according to the article, the trustee of the pension fund who had staunchly resisted divestment for years, arguing that his fiduciary responsibility to the millions of state and local employees who rely on the fund for their pensions meant he could not take social issues into account when determining where to invest, “signaled that his main reason for adopting the new plan was to protect the fund and set it up for long-term economic success in a world that is moving away from fossil fuels.�

Whaddaya know?

Activists have for years been arguing that fiduciary responsibility is exactly the point of divestment.

By the way, the article indicates that “the movement to dump fossil fuel stocks began as an effort to make an ethical statement and to cast polluters as pariahs, much like the push to divest from apartheid-era South Africa.�

While it may be going too far to claim complete credit, the city of Davis was on the forefront of advocating divestment from South Africa (thank you Patti, Dave, Melinda, Dallas and friends) and it is nothing short of wonderful and appropriate to point out the city’s and its citizen’s role in germinating this form of social activism that is now being used to address the climate crisis.

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Another Times article reported that Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain “promised to end direct taxpayer support for fossil fuel projects overseas as soon as possible.� This is where my cynicism kicks in. For one, what does “as soon as possible� mean? Britain will be hosting a United Nations forum on climate change and big plans are often announced prior to such events but often seem to dwindle away afterward.

Second, this apparently applies to ending “financing, aid, and trade promotion for new projects overseas.� It’s the word “new� that raises my eyebrows. Though it may be difficult, or nearly impossible, to address horses already out of the barn, in the last four years British banks have supported overseas projects to the tune of nearly $30 billion.

Similarly, he announced “plans to end the sale of new gas and diesel cars within a decade� Call me greedy, but, again, plans, not actions, and not addressing the huge number of vehicles already out there.

Another recent article reported on an online summit recognizing the fifth anniversary of the Paris Accord. Several countries made new commitments or upgraded old ones. Canada said it would substantially increase its tax on carbon.

Pakistan indicated it would stop building coalfired power plants by 2030.

The European Union was probably the star of the show, announcing its member countries would “slash emissions by 55 percent over the next decade, relative to 1990 levels.� All good, but not everyone was on board.

France, which had hosted the Paris Accord, made no new commitments, nor

did India, a huge contributor to the problem, and some didn’t even participate including the U.S. (of course), Australia and Brazil.

China did participate, and Xi Jinping somewhat mysteriously pledged to do many big things in the future but he didn’t want to talk about details until the U.S. said what it would do. Huh? So, he indicated they’re going whole hog for solar and wind and would be at net zero CO2 emissions by 2060.

For our (USA) part things appear to be looking up, but it’s hard to say whether this lifting of our gaze from our feet to the horizon, will be enough to overcome massive political opposition and sabotage from the current administration. Suffice it to say, however, it appears we are off to a great start, or will be on Jan. 20.

President-elect Biden may not have embraced the Green New Deal in its entirely, but he has indicated, both through what he says and by his directions to cabinet appointees, that the climate crisis will be embedded in every branch of the government; housing, health, the military, the treasury, the whole ball of wax.

And, he has elevated the climate emergency to an office in the White House to be occupied by John Kerry.

Several people who say they should know about these things indicate that when he becomes president, Biden will make investing in reducing greenhouse gas emissions a focus of his overall program for repairing the damage done to the economy by the pandemic.

One has to have hope that a “whole of government� approach to the climate crisis will finally get us on track and maybe, just maybe, the example will encourage state and local governments to do the same. — John Mott-Smith is a resident of Davis. This column appears twice a month. Please send comments to johnmott smith@comcast.net.

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The Davis Enterprise, Friday, December 18, 2020

Happy Holidays!

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KIM’S 2020 SOLDS

731 Peach Place $1,305,000

39423 Black Hawk Place $1,209,000

24319 Fairway Drive $1,205,000

810 Peregrine Avenue $1,201,000

3730 Gaviota Place $1,200,000

1106 Ovejas Avenue $1,145,000

1515 Magellan Street $1,049,000

748 Elmwood Drive $939,000

200 Huerta Place $905,000

422 Jardin Place $875,000

1226 Bucknell Drive $875,000

2340 Benton Place $810,000

1111 Eunice Drive, Woodland $799,000

522 Rutgers Drive $794,000

1024 Plum Lane $791,000

1103 Mesquite Drive $790,000

911 San Sebastian Street $755,000

1914 Regis Drive $754,500

742 Plum Lane $720,000

901 Pine Lane $715,000

502 W. Keystone Avenue, Woodland $710,000

2706 Tiber Avenue $701,500

1039 Acacia Lane $700,000

3901 Vistosa Court $679,000

2764 Brookshire Circle, Woodland $655,950

2009 Edgington Circle, Woodland $626,990

910 Sycamore Lane, Woodland $625,000

18257 Gadwall Street, Woodland $620,000

1388 Via Colonna Terrace $615,000

1943 Renoir Avenue $591,000

1712 Cork Place $590,000

1518 Tulane Drive $590,000

720 Pamplona Drive $586,000

2744 Brentwood Place $575,000

2961 Layton Drive $563,000

1944 Henry Court, Woodland $557,500

34866 Pintail Street, Woodland $548,000

1215 Cypress Lane $525,000

400 E. White Oak Place, Winters $470,000

963 Zaragoza Street $457,500

848 Laugenour Court, Woodland $450,000

1419 Crystal Springs Drive, Woodland $430,000

1445 Bridle Lane, Woodland $416,000

2849 Janet Drive, West Sacramento $415,000

748 Stonehaven Loop, Woodland $375,000

612 Clover Street, Woodland $358,000

1809 Fremont Court #1 $310,000

1811 Donner Avenue #2 $310,000

211 Cleveland Street, Woodland $300,000

132 Full Circle $165,000

11 Leisureville Circle, Woodland $113,000

530.304.4947

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