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Pharmacy technician Joel Miyake checks on boxes of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shortly after they arrived at the UC Davis Medical Center.

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vaccinating employees with the Moderna vaccine,” said Chad Hatfield, chief pharmacy officer at UC Davis Health. The Moderna vaccine is also given in two doses, the second taken 28 days after the first.

Clinical trials found that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are both safe and about 95% effective against COVID-19.

They cannot be mixed, however.

If your first dose is the Moderna vaccine, for example, the second dose must also be the Moderna vaccine. The same goes for the Pfizer vaccine.

Opportunities for free COVID-19 testing will continue through the holidays, though hours and days will be limited at some locations through the end of the year.

Nasal-swab testing offered by the county will be available on Monday, Dec. 28, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Davis Senior Center, 646 A St., and Monday, Dec. 28, and Wednesday, Dec. 30, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Elica Health Center in West Sacramento, at 1276 Halyard Dr. Testing at these locations is free and all ages are welcome. However, participants must be residents of Yolo County and will need to bring a document that has their name and address on it, such as a driver’s license, ID card or utility bill. Items such as a magazine or piece of mail with name and address are also acceptable.

Registration is recommended but not required. When you register online you will not be able to select a time slot and you will not receive a confirmation of receipt. Register at: https://www.avellinocoronatest. com/patient.

———— Testing offered by Healthy Davis Together to those who live and work in Davis will be available at the

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Moderna shot arrives at UCD Health

BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer On Tuesday, UC Davis Health received its first batch — about 4,300 doses — of a COVID-19 vaccine made by the pharmaceutical company Moderna, the health system announced this week in a press release. The shipment arrived just days after the vaccine received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration.

The Moderna vaccine is the second COVID-19 vaccine to arrive at UC Davis Health. Last week, as part of a nationwide rollout of the country’s first

FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine, the medical center received 4,875 doses of a vaccine made

by Pfizer and BioNTech.

Since then, UC Davis Health hasn’t wasted time. According to the press release, the health system has already given more than 4,000 employees their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

The employees will need to get a second dose 21 days after their first.

“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 health system said last week in a press release.

“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.

UC Davis Health said it expects to use up the rest of its initial supply of the Pfizer vaccine this week. “When that happens, we expect to begin

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Children’s Alliance distributes hundreds of toys for local kids

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer The Yolo County Children’s Alliance provided a little early holiday joy on Saturday to more than 780 children.

The annual Holiday Toy Distribution held at the West Sacramento Family Resource Center was a little different this year thanks to COVID-19.

To keep everyone as safe as possible, the toy distribution was a drive-thru event, with nearly 300 families participating.

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ages 0-16 were distributed to 783 children while Santa and a few superheros were on hand to greet them from a distance.

“This year, with the unprecedented times our staff and our clients have experienced, it was especially important for us to host our annual holiday toy distribution event,” said Katie Villegas, executive director of the children’s alliance.

“Many of the families that we serve have lost significant amounts of their

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Yolo County Children’s Alliance volunteers distributed toys to more than 780 children during the annual Holiday Toy Distribution in West Sacramento on Saturday.

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In a strange and tumultuous year, 2020 delivered this paradox for Gov. Gavin Newsom: As Californians endured enormous suffering amid devastating wildfires and a deadly pandemic, their governor accumulated an unusual trove of power to shape Democratic politics for years to come.

Newsom filled two major positions Tuesday — naming Secretary of State Alex Padilla to the U.S. Senate

seat held by incoming Vice President Kamala Harris, and tapping Assemblywoman Shirley Weber to replace Padilla as California’s top elections official.

The governor will likely fill one more elected office early next year, naming an attorney general to replace Xavier Becerra, whom President-elect Joe Biden has nominated to his cabinet.

It’s a spate of political christenings California hasn’t seen in nearly 70

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Christmas in a galaxy far, far away ■ Editor’s note: This column was first published Dec. 21, 2014.

very good, just that they had seen it. Nevertheless, I was thrilled at the attention and certain that a Pulitzer could not be far behind.

Ted is no longer 4 years old, but he now has three little boys of his own, all of whom marvel at the wild collection of “Star Wars” toys that Ted has lovingly held on to from those wonderful days so many years ago.

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few days ago I received an email from a man who is both an English professor and a freelance writer in Cleveland. He said he was conducting some research for an article he was writing for the “official Star Wars website” and had somehow tripped across a column I had written at Christmastime in 1978.

The column was titled “The Night Before Christmas in a Galaxy Far, Far Away” and was written as “Star Wars” mania was sweeping the country.

My newfound friend from Cleveland wondered “whose idea was it to incorporate ‘Star Wars’ into a Christmas carol?” and also wanted to know “how did you come up with it and why did you write it?”

The answers to those questions are simple. The idea came about because my 4-year-old son, Ted, was incredibly taken with “Star Wars,” and his unbridled enthusiasm pulled me along as well. I wrote it as a Christmas present of sorts that I could read to him.

Because Ted was much more attuned to “Star Wars” than I was, he served as my technical adviser on the project, which started on a Saturday afternoon and stretched almost to the stroke of midnight.

Much to my surprise, the day after the piece ran in The Enterprise, the folks at United Press International called and wondered if they could “put it on the wire.”

In those pre-internet days, this would be the equivalent of posting it online, given that UPI was a large news service to which many newspapers across the country subscribed.

No, it didn’t go “viral,” but the first evidence I received that it had traveled beyond the Davis city limits came in a phone call from my Uncle George that he and Aunt Sally had seen it in the Ukiah Daily Journal in Mendocino County.

Soon thereafter came reports from aunts, uncles, cousins and friends in Oregon, Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota and deep in the heart of Dixie that they, too, had seen it in their local newspapers.

None of them said that it was

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o, at the risk of being accused of self-plagiarism, here is that piece from Christmas of 1978: ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the void, not a creature was stirring, not even a droid; The stockings were hung in the Starship with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; Chewbacca was nestled all snug in his bed, while visions of Stormtroopers danced in his head; And Princess Leia in her kerchief and I with my pipe, had just settled down for a long winter’s flight; When out on the X-Wing there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my command post to see what was the matter; Away to the window I flew like a blazer, threw open the shutters and pulled out my laser; What to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature

Land Speeder and eight tiny reindeer; With a little old driver so lively and quick, I feared for a moment this was a Darth Vader trick; Soon up to the Starship so quickly they flew, with a Land Speeder full of toys and St. Nicholas, too; I drew in my head and opened the latch as jolly St. Nicholas squeezed through the hatch; He was dressed all in fur from his toes to his snout, and his clothes were all tarnished with meteor fallout; He had a broad face and a big black shoe, and his body was so round he looked like R2-D2; But the wink in his eye and the dimple on his chin soon gave me to know the Force was with him; He drank all our milk, but he ate just one cookie, then unpacked his gifts for C3PO and Wookie; He spoke not a word but left piles of toys, then roared off in his Land Speeder to a deafening noise; He took to the sky without giving his name, but before he disappeared I heard him exclaim; “For the children of the universe these toys are well suited, but I’m sorry to say, batteries are not included.”

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County has tree recycling, holiday closures Fire damages home Special to The Enterprise Residents may recycle Christmas trees from Dec. 26 through Jan. 15 at the Yolo County Central Landfill, 44090 County Road 28H in Woodland, and the Esparto Convenience Center, 27075 County Road 19A in Esparto.

Tree-cycling turns trees into a valuable, renewable and recyclable resource as trees are biodegradable and will eventually decompose to provide essential organic matter. Residents should ensure that trees are free of all ornaments, flocking, tinsel, garland and lights.

Note that this program is only for Yolo County residents and there is a limit of two trees per customer for free recycling.

In addition, residents can safely dispose of, or recycle, waste at the landfill, which regularly holds weekly collection of household hazardous waste from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, except on holidays. The Esparto Convenience Center transfer station provides free recycling of glass, plastics, mixed paper and metals as well as used oil, filters, cardboard and e-waste from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays and

Saturdays, except on holidays.

Both the landfill and the Esparto station will be closed on Friday, Dec. 25, and Friday, Jan. 1. All services, including hazardous-waste drop and transfer station activities, will resume Saturday, Dec. 26.

Household hazardous waste events and holiday recycling programs are sponsored by the Yolo County Department of Community Services, Division of Integrated Waste Management. For more information on the proper disposal of household waste, call 530666-8856 or visit www.yolo county.org/landfill.

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer The Davis Fire Department says smoke detectors warned an East Davis family to a kitchen fire early Wednesday morning, possibly saving their lives in the process.

Crews arrived at the 5 a.m. blaze on Belhaven Place to discover heavy flames coming out a window, threatening the home next door, according to a social media post.

“Luckily, the family of four had working smoke detectors, which alerted them to the fire and most likely saved their lives,” the post said.

“This is a classic example of the importance of working smoke detectors in every home.”

Although the home sustained significant damage, no injuries were reported, firefighters said.

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Not just the same old deer

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mages of reindeer are common this season, but what makes them so special? These animals live in some of the most extreme locations on Earth, staying exclusively in the Arctic in the Northern Hemisphere.

There are more than a dozen different subspecies of reindeer worldwide, with several native to North America. Called caribou in North America and reindeer everywhere else, they are the same animal. Reindeer, like all deer, elk and moose, are part of the Cervidae family and share many characteristics of other members of the family, but also have several unique ones.

Like their relatives, reindeer are herbivorous mammals with four cloven hooves. One of their most recognizable characteristics are their antlers, just like with all of the other deer species. Antlers are used in defense of predators, competing with each other during breeding season, and to help find food.

One of the unique things about reindeer antlers that differs from other deer species is that the females also grow annual antlers, and not just the males.

The males will grow their antlers in the springtime around March and April and will keep them until after breeding season and will fall off in late fall or early winter. Females grow their antlers in the

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A reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) strolls through the Kebnekaise Valley in Sweden.

EXPLORIT SCIENCE CENTER warmer summer months and will keep them until after they have calved usually in May. Male reindeer are usually bigger, weighing between 350 and 400 pounds, while the females usually weigh between 180 and 260 pounds. Reindeer have the second-largest antlers of all living deer Cervids, behind only the moose, but the largest in terms of antler-size-tobody-size ratios. As well as body size, male antlers are also typically larger than the females.

Reindeer have a duallayer coat to help them survive in the cold regions they call home. A dense, wooly undercoat and

much longer hairs in an overcoat help keep their core body temperature up.

Reindeer have also adapted a heat exchange system in various parts of their body known as countercurrent heat exchange.

This process is mainly done in their legs, where blood traveling in arteries to the legs runs closely to the blood traveling in veins away from the legs.

The blood exchanges heat between the arteries and veins instead of dissipating, helping to keep the core of the animal warm. A similar mechanism is also present in their noses.

When a reindeer breathes in the cold air is warmed by the body before entering the lungs, and any moisture is retained when the animal exhales.

Reindeer can also change their coat color

during the seasons to best match their environment, much like weasels and hares. Their eyes also change color to better adapt to changing sunlight in different seasons. Reindeer are also believed to have ultraviolet sensitive eyes to better see things in the snow, such as animal fur and urine.

Reindeer and caribou have also been partially domesticated in that the herds still roam but are maintained and protected by people. They have many special and unique adaptations that have helped them survive thousands of years.

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Renewables are a roadmap to eco goals

BY KAT KERLIN Special to The Enterprise While the pressures of climate change bring a sense of urgency to renewable-energy development, a new study serves as a roadmap toward uniting the goals of a lowcarbon future with that of ecological sustainability and conservation.

The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Sustainability from the UC Davis and John Hopkins University, aims to help decisionmakers avoid the unintended environmental consequences of renewable energy development.

“Renewables aren’t always sustainable, but they can be if we think proactively,” said co-leading author Sarah Jordaan, an assistant professor at John Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. “There is a huge misalignment between United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and climate goals. This is a call to action for leaders to come together to address it.”

To develop the roadmap, the authors assessed public and private investments in renewable energy and analyzed the tradeoffs and synergies of clean energy. They also identified research themes drawn from a twoday workshop held by the Electric Power Research Institute in 2019 with 58 leading experts in the fields of renewable energy and sustainability from across academia, industry,

government sectors.

Among the key research priorities identified for sustainable solar and wind developments include site selection and understanding interactions with wildlife.

For example, Florida’s longleaf pine forests have, for centuries, helped store carbon, protect water quality and provide wildlife habitat.

Now, only a fraction of the historical range of longleaf pine forests in the state remain. Yet a sliver of that remaining sliver is slated to be replaced by a solar installation.

Meanwhile, in the same state and just a few miles away, waterbirds squawk, preen their feathers, and hunt for food atop a floating array of solar panels – a “floatovoltaic” installation. Here, both wildlife and greenhouse-gas-reduction goals appear to coexist gracefully.

“We can’t pursue climate change mitigation blindly,” said co-leading author Rebecca. R. Hernandez, a UC Davis assistant professor and founding director of the Wild Energy Initiative in the John Muir Institute of the Environment. “We must consider the impacts of renewables on the few ecosystems we have left.”

Other key considerations and priorities the scientists identified were public acceptance of clean energy projects and the study of end-of-life management for wind and solar. For instance, the composites in wind blades are not recyclable, and solar panels contribute to a growing electronic waste problem.

Pushing forward The authors said the work highlights how the field of sustainable renewable energy is in its infancy, with many of the questions and solutions unclear. The roadmap, they emphasize, is a living document, designed to change as the field matures.

“We’re pushing forward into maturation something that is really just being born,” Hernandez said of renewable energy. “Across its sectors, everyone is trying to figure things out as quickly as possible. This roadmap points to the fact that we all need to get organized and work together to share knowledge, innovation and results.”

Jordaan said while the roadmap highlights problems, they are solvable.

“We need to research the things we don’t know, implement solutions we do know, and develop technology as needed and ensure accountability,” she said.

Additional co-authors include Ben Kaldunski and Naresh Kumar of the Electric Power Research Institute.

The research was funded through grants from the Electric Power Research Institute, California Energy Commission, Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office, Agricultural Experiment Station Hatch projects and a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Land Management and a Catalyst Award from John Hopkins University.

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GLASS Senator Dodd reappointed DAVIS & SCREEN to lead key committee Special to The Enterprise State Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, was reappointed to the chair of the Senate Governmental Organization Committee, which oversees a wide array of important policy areas — from emergency services to alcoholic beverage laws.

“It’s a great privilege to continue my leadership role on a committee that is charged with shaping policy in so many vital areas,” Sen. Dodd said. “Recent wildfires across the state make oversight of disaster services policy absolutely critical. And of course, California’s dominance in the wine and craft beer industries makes legislation in those areas highly relevant. I thank Sen. Atkins for putting me in a spot where I can do the most for my district and our entire state.”

Over the past two years, Dodd wrote laws for a statewide wildfire weather forecast center, to ensure the creation of defensible firefighting spaces around homes and to improve horse racing safety, among other things.

In addition to emergency services and alcohol regulation, the committee oversees more than two dozen diverse policy areas including state contracts, tribal compacts, state property, interstate agreements, seismic safety, the lottery, horse racing and gaming.

Dodd also was recently appointed to the following policy committees: Energy, Utilities and Communications; Insurance; Transportation; and Business, Professions and Economic Development.

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

Among is them is Nico (A184035), a male longhaired orange tabby. He is a super sweet and mellow boy who loves chest scratches and food! He is extra shy with new people and will need a family who can give him lots of time to settle in. Nico does great with other cats and is very respectful if they want space. Your patience will be rewarded with a loving teddy bear of a kitten.

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Also looking for a good home is Angus (A183865), a 2-year-old male American Staffordshire terrrier mix. He has been in a foster home recently to help him overcome his shyness.

Angus enjoys walking but can become interested in squirrels and other dogs sometimes and working on his manners. If you are interested in Angus or any adoptable shelter animals, contact adoptycas@gmail. com.

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

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

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

Hazel At Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue, you’ll find Hazel, a 1- to 2-yearold spayed female Anatolian shepherd. She is super people- and dogfriendly, but no sheep ... she can’t resist chasing them.

Nugget is a little 9-year-old neutered male terrier mix. Nugget came from an abusive home, so he is distrusting of strangers but once he gets to know you, he’s a complete love. He plays well with other small dogs. He’s looking for an adult home with patient, loving people.

Nugget The next Rotts of Friends’ adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 26, 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.

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Wreath Project remembers veterans

BY SUSAN HILAND McNaughton Newspapers DIXON — A global pandemic could not keep people from honoring their loved ones Saturday as the holidays approach.

They just had to do things differently.

The Sacramento Valley National Cemetery each year has hundreds of visitors who come at Christmastime to lay wreaths on the graves of those who served their country.

Things changed this year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but the end goal was the same.

Volunteers in support of RememberAVet.net have been laying wreaths on the gravesites of veterans for the past six years with the help of family and community members.

The day typically includes a ceremony with thousands of visitors by the fountain, but not this year. The volunteer workday Saturday featured small, individual groups who scattered to place wreaths on the graves while maintaining distance from one another.

People could pick up the wreaths for the event during the week and come out Saturday or sooner for placement — and hundreds were expected to do just that.

The inspiration for the

local group to place wreaths came from something seen on TV. “It started when I saw a show on television about Wreaths Across America,” Wreath Project organizer Susie Stocking said.

They began laying wreaths at the Dixon cemetery for 325 veterans the first year. It has grown since then to 26,000 gravesites.

Organizers expected more than 450 people to help lay wreaths throughout the morning Saturday.

The year has presented challenges for achieving the goal of having a wreath on 26,000 veterans’ graves at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery. The annual RememberAVet.net fundraiser was canceled due to the pandemic, which meant the 500 expected guests were not able to help raise money this year for the wreaths.

Instead, Stocking planned a “We’d Love To See You, But Can’t Right Now” fundraising noevent event. Like everything else, it went online.

People were able to help by donating what they would have paid for a table at the event — or whatever they could give.

To save costs, Stocking opted to place evergreen boughs this year rather than wreaths. Organizers

said the change makes the overall goal more attainable, which they said is the most important thing.

The boughs are nearly the size of the wreaths and every bit as splendid to behold.

“That was a lot cheaper,” she said. “The boughs are about the same size as the wreaths but they just aren’t in a circle.”

Stocking said she felt they were lighter than the wreaths but just as beautiful.

The boughs seemed to make people happy.

Sivilay Thiphakhinkeo came out with her nieces, nephews, brothers and sisters to lay an evergreen bough on the grave of her mother, Saengchanh Thiphakhinkeo.

“They are so beautiful,” she said of the boughs. “I am very thankful we could have her here.”

Her mother, who died in 2017, was the wife of a veteran, Tech. Sgt. John Paul. Her being buried at the cemetery meant the world to the kids and family.

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To make a donation by check, send it to RememberAVet. net, P.O. Box 773, Winters, CA 95694.

TESTING: Some holiday closures From Page A1 following days and times: At the Davis Senior Center, 646 A St.: Friday, Dec. 25: Closed Monday, Dec. 28: 7 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 29: 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (closed for lunch 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)

Wednesday, Dec. 30: 8 a.m. to noon Thursday, Dec. 31: Closed Friday, Jan. 1: Closed At Mondavi Center, 523 Mrak Hall Drive: Thursday, Dec. 24: Closed Friday, Dec. 25: Closed Saturday, Dec. 26: 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, Dec. 27: 8 a.m. to noon Monday, Dec. 28: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed for lunch 11:15 a.m. to noon) Tuesday, Dec. 29: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed for lunch 11:15 a.m. to noon) Wednesday, Dec. 30: 8 a.m. to noon Thursday, Dec. 31: Closed Friday, Jan. 1: Closed Register online at healthydavis together.org.

———— The state continues to offer testing via its partnership with OptumServe at a site in Woodland through the end of the year.

The location is a portable next to the Juvenile Detention Center at 2780 E Gibson Road.

Nasal-swab testing at this location is Tuesdays through Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. but holiday closures are expected.

Testing is by appointment only and can be made by calling 888-634-1123 or completing an online application at https:// lhi.care/covidtesting.

This testing is open to anyone in the community, including agricultural workers, the homeless, undocumented employees and residents.

———— Free drive-though testing is available at the Rite Aid at 295 W. Main St. in Woodland.

The site uses a self-swab nasal test overseen by Rite Aid pharmacists. Hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with holiday closures possible. The test is limited to those ages 13 and up.

Register online at www.riteaid.com.

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

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2020 A5

PICKS: Gov. Newsom uses his power to add diversity From Page A1 years. Not since Gov. Earl Warren made three major appointments over several weeks in December 1952 and January 1953 has a governor named so many people to such heights of power in such a short period of time, said California historian Alex Vassar.

“It’s a tremendous amount of power to, through fiat, be able to turn the page on generational leadership within the Democrat party, and therefore California,” said GOP political consultant Rob Stutzman.

In appointing Padilla and nominating Weber, Newsom demonstrated that he’s using his authority to bring more ethnic diversity to state politics, as many Democratic activists urged in a year when Americans poured into the streets to protest racism. Padilla — the son of immigrants from Mexico who grew up to become an MIT-educated engineer — will be California’s first Latino senator. Weber — the daughter of an Arkansas sharecropper who became a scholar of the African diaspora — will be California’s first Black secretary of state.

But the decisions apparently didn’t come easily.

Though Padilla, 47, was seen as a frontrunner all along — a longtime ally of Newsom’s, he got his start as an aide to Sen. Dianne Feinstein and was widely known to be interested in running for the office — Newsom said last month that picking someone to replace Harris was a “vexing decision” that he wouldn’t “wish even on my worst enemy.” He complained of being inundated by messages from people who wanted the job.

In the end, identity politics were at the heart of the strongest advocacy campaigns: Those who wanted Newsom to pick a Latino to represent California’s largest ethnic group, versus those who wanted him to pick a Black woman to replace Harris, the only Black woman in the U.S. Senate. By making a double appointment — announcing he’d picked Padilla in the morning, and Weber in the afternoon — Newsom

seemed to try to appease both camps.

“It’s a well thought PADILLA out stratOff to Senate egy, politically,” said Fernando Guerra, a political science professor at Loyola Marymount University. “He totally deflects the criticism from the other major interest group lobbying for that appointment.”

Latino advocates hailed the decision as a victory for equality, a generation after Californians voted to prohibit undocumented immigrants from using public services by passing Prop.

187. The measure was later overturned by the courts but opposition to it helped propel a cadre of Latino Californians — including Padilla — into politics.

“What a turnaround today marks for California from a mere quarter century ago when Latinos were the target of irresponsible state leaders and punitive ballot measures,” said a statement from Thomas A. Saenz, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

Taisha Brown, chair of the California Democratic Party’s Black Caucus, said Newsom “has denied Black females representation in the United States SenWEBER ate … at a time when Next California secretary of Black state women were critical in delivering the White House” to Democrats.

Still, she said the governor “couldn’t have picked a better person” in nominating Weber as the next secretary of state.

“I know she will do a wonderful job, but it is not a substitution for the US Senate seat,” Brown said.

Weber must still be confirmed by both houses of the Legislature, a process that will likely go smoothly given her relationships there.

Weber was elected to the Assembly from San Diego

in 2012 and has built a track record carrying education and police reform bills that cross influential labor unions. She worked with Newsom last year to pass a law that limits when police can use deadly force. A powerful public speaker, Weber often refers to her childhood in rural Arkansas and her father’s 6th grade education as inspiration for her work to advance civil rights.

“Expanding voting rights has been one of the causes of my career and will continue to motivate me as I assume my new constitutional duties,” Weber said in a statement announcing her nomination.

The appointments come as Newsom fends off a mounting effort to recall him from office, with many Californians angered by business closures he imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus. If the recall qualifies for the ballot — a big if, since the campaign so far lacks the money necessary to pay signature gatherers — the secretary of state would oversee that election.

“I am sure there will be opponents to Gavin … trying to shape the perception that because the secretary of state was appointed by Newsom, it simply cannot be fair,” said political analyst Sherry Bebitch Jeffe.

“I can’t believe that the Republicans won’t take advantage of that move, and scream and yell.”

Should Weber, who is 72, decide to run for re-election in 2022, her candidacy could scramble electoral politics in the state. Two other Democratic assembly members were already gunning to replace Padilla: Lorena Gonzalez, a San Diego assemblywoman and one of organized labor’s staunchest allies in the Legislature, has already opened a campaign account to finance her run.

Padilla wasted no time in looking ahead to 2022, sending out his first fundraising pitch less than two hours after Newsom announced his appointment. The governor also blasted his email list with a request for donations to Padilla’s 2022 campaign.

It was the first sign of how Newsom’s picks could shape California politics years into the future.

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COVID in the community: Employees suffer, too Special to The Enterprise

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A Santa riding a masked, red-nosed praying mantis at the Davis home of UC Davis entomologists Robert and Lynn Kimsey is drawing a lot of attention. Unfounded (and unfunded) scientific research indicates that passersby have laughed at the mantis, but it is not known whether anyone has ever called him names or banned him from playing reindeer games.

Discovery in the UCD Hammock Lab may lead to treatment of Alzheimer’s

BY KATHY KEATLEY GARVEY Special to The Enterprise Inhibitors of a key regulatory enzyme in humans and experimental animals studied in the lab of UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock may lead to a role in treating people with Alzheimer’s disease by reducing inflammation in the brain.

“Inflammation in the brain, or neuorinflammation, is strongly implicated in Alzheimer’s disease,” said Hammock, co-author of a research paper, “An Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibitor Reduces Neuroinflammation in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease,” published Dec. 9 in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

“This paper is getting worldwide attention, and I hope it stimulates research on the role of lipid mediators in brain health” said Hammock, who holds a joint appointment with the

department of entomology and nematology and the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Some 5.8 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, an irreversible brain disease that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills.

A team of eight scientists, led by Hui Zheng of the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, explained that the enzyme, soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH), is elevated in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and in an amyloid mouse model with AD. Blocking sEH “may replenish the natural epoxy lipids, combat neuroinflammation, and improve cognition,” they said.

Hammock describes sEH as a key regulatory enzyme involved in the metabolism of fatty acids. It regulates a new class of natural chemical mediators, which in turn resolve inflammation while reducing blood pressure

and pain.

Hammock and his lab have been involved in research on this enzyme more HAMMOCK for than 50 UC Davis years. professor The team, including three researchers from the Hammock lab — Hammock, Sung Hee Hwang and Debin Wan — and five from Baylor — Zheng, Anamitra Ghosh, Michele Comerota, Fading Chen, Nicholas Propson — identified a lipid metabolic pathway regulating neuroinflammation.

Further development of sEH inhibitors may lead to a potential treatment for AD, they said.

At present, someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer’s disease every 66 seconds.

Worldwide, some 44 million people have Alzheimer’s.

SACRAMENTO — Anastasiya Ivanko is used to running. The 22-yearold junior specialist in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine played soccer in high school and college.

She’s also sprinted up and down soccer fields as a referee. Her job keeps her moving as she meets with clinical trial patients at various UC Davis Health locations in Sacramento.

But these days, just going from the parking lot to her office is exhausting.

Trying to carry something up a flight of stairs leaves her breathless.

Ivanko is still recovering from COVID-19. She tested positive for the virus in early August. She didn’t return to work for two months. One of the many UC Davis Health employees who’s fallen ill from the disease this year, Ivanko has no idea where she got infected.

“No one from my office tested positive,” said Ivanko, who ironically has been working on vaccine clinical trials at UC Davis Health. “The contact tracing team couldn’t figure out where I might have gotten it. It’s totally possible I contracted it at the grocery store.”

Along with endless coughing and nausea during the height of her illness, Ivanko suffered intense pain and trouble breathing.

She was fatigued and slept a lot.

Twice she visited the emergency room when coughing made it difficult to speak and low oxygen levels made her fear pneumonia.

At one point, Ivanko says her “entire body was just throbbing” and she couldn’t walk because everything was so painful.

She also lost her sense of taste and smell, which haven’t fully returned.

Fortunately, her brother smelled a pan she’d left on

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Anastasiya Ivanko was a healthy, active 22-year-old until COVID-19 struck. the stove recently, because she was unable to smell the burning food.

“This entire thing has been a shock,” Ivanko added. “It was shocking to my doctors. It’s crazy how it affects you.”

A life turned upside-down COVID-19 also shocked Janine Carlson. A nurse coordinator for the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Program, Carlson had to take five weeks off work to grapple with her illness.

“I am grateful that my symptoms were never severe enough to have to go to the hospital, but I am one of the ‘long haulers’ with persistent symptoms,” said Carlson, who fell ill in July and has had bouts of fatigue, nausea and headaches since then.

“My life of constantly being active, checking off my daily ‘to do’ list and feeling productive has been turned upside-down.”

Like many other COVID victims, Carlson lost her sense of smell and taste, and it has yet to fully return. She also felt so poorly for more than a week at Thanksgiving that she thought she had been re-infected. Her primary care provider said it was likely just another troubling aspect of the virus: that it waxes and wanes, allowing people to feel

good for a while and then hitting them hard just when they thought the illness was completely gone.

A grandmother of two, Carlson is nearly certain she contracted the illness from her mother. She’d picked her up from a Central Valley hospital and they drove home together, unmasked, in the confined space of the car. Her mother was asymptomatic and never became ill. Carlson, on the other hand, started feeling sick within a day. By that night, she was suffering from a high fever, severe body aches and cough.

“As I lay in the bed, I knew then that my husband, who falls into the high-risk population, was being exposed to whatever I had,” Carlson said in a post on her Facebook page. “But in my misery, (I) could not bring myself to move.”

She tested positive for COVID-19 the very next morning. Fortunately, her husband, who was highly exposed, never had any symptoms and tested negative several days after the onset of her illness.

Grace toward others Carlson’s debilitating illness and recovery has given her new insights and sensibilities about the public health controversies arising from attempts to control the pandemic.

“I feel strongly that we all need to take this seriously, and set aside ‘our rights,’ political agendas and minor inconveniences that a small gesture such as wearing a mask represents,” said Carlson. “We need to be kind and feel good about doing our part in preventing the spread of COVID-19. Have grace toward those who don’t see eye-to-eye with us. We are all in this together, and it’s time we start acting like it.”

— UC Davis Health

OBITUARIES Lynn W. Gallagher June 2, 1943 — Dec. 15, 2020

Lynn W. Gallagher died on Dec. 15, 2020. He was born in San Francisco and raised in Marin County. After earning a bachelor’s degree at UC Davis in political science, he joined the Peace Corps. He taught primary school for two years on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, and then joined an agricultural project on the shores of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya.

This last experience caused him to refocus his goals from law to agriculture so he returned to UC Davis to earn a doctorate in plant genetics. His first job was in Debre Zeit, Ethiopia, after which he joined the University of Minnesota’s agricultural program in Morocco, spending eight years there breeding barley, teaching, and developing a faculty of agriculture. The last 30 years of his professional life were spent at UC Davis

as its barley breeder.

He released a great many varieties of feed, food, forage, and malting barleys. His most recent achievement was the invention of several malting barley varieties bred specifically for California conditions, the first since World War II. One of them, Butta 12, has been enthusiastically received by California growers and artisan brewers.

Lynn loved to travel. At any opportunity, he would board a plane or ship to explore new places and people. He was a skilled photographer who shared his travel photos on Facebook.

He is survived by his wife, Judy Smith; his brother and sister-in-law Bill and Liz Gallagher of Santa Rosa; and two nieces and their families.

He was cremated and his ashes will be scattered at a later date.

Enterprise obituaries will be edited for style and grammar. Submissions may be made via www.davisenterprise.com/obit-form/. For further information, please call 530-756-0800.

Eiko Ihara Taylor d. Nov. 21, 2020

Eiko (Miichan) Ihara Taylor, age 88, passed away peacefully on Nov. 21 due to Alzheimer’s disease. She was born and raised in Osaka, Japan, along with two brothers and two sisters.

Miichan came to Davis in 1953 after marrying Everett Williams (Bill) Jameson Jr., in Kyoto. Bill was in Kyoto on an assignment for the U.S. government and Miichan was working in Kyoto.

Together Miichan and Bill bought a lot in what is now known as Old Willowbank, sickled and leveled the land, and made and laid 60-pound bricks to build the “mud pile,” a beautiful adobe inspired home, in which she raised their daughters. Miichan made friends easily and was invited to play bridge with the local ladies’ bridge club and their friendships lasted longer than some of their marriages.

After the marriage to Bill ended, Miichan moved to Japan with her three daughters and worked on her bachelor’s degree. Miichan used her subtle powers of persuasion as she insisted to the principal at the public elementary school in Tokyo that education should be free for all children. While the principal tried to charge fees for the school,

Miichan convinced him to admit her daughters at no cost.

Upon returning to Davis, Miichan moved back to the mud pile. She became a lecturer in Japanese at University of the Pacific, UC Davis and UC Berkeley, as well as other colleges in the area.

She began an internship program at UCD where students taking Japanese could be selected to spend 10 weeks in the summer at Children Homes. These children were orphans or had parents that could not care for them. To give the children an opportunity to be exposed to another culture and the UCD students to experience Japan, the program was developed to facilitate the exchange and it is called Japanese Children’s Home Internship Program, JCHIP. At one time, there were 10 homes involved in this program, sending 20 students to Japan.

Many students kept in contact with her long after the internship, expressing it made

a big impact on their lives.

In 1977, Miichan married Warren Taylor, a Superior Court judge in Yolo County and a well-known wine judge.

They traveled to many places around the world, especially locations where wine and/or opera could be enjoyed.

Miichan maintained a beautiful garden in Willowbank, where longtime bridge friends and Japanese families would come to have a picnic and enjoy the cherry blossoms in the spring.

Miichan invited Japanese graduate students and visiting scholars for Easter and Thanksgiving as traveling home would not be possible. She would store household goods from previous Japanese graduate students to help incoming students set up their new homes. She helped with the Davis Senior Center garden and placed flower arrangements there for several years.

After Warren’s passing, Miichan relocated to San Diego to a memory-care home closer

to her oldest daughter. She was well cared for and loved by the caregivers there. She became the welcome lady and was friendly and inviting to everyone. Several people have placed their loved ones there after seeing how well cared for and happy she was.

She is survived by her daughters, Lee Frincke of San Diego, Margo Jameson of Portland, Ore., and Laura Eaton of Stanford; her grandchildren Alisa Frincke, Leana Frincke, Kyle Jameson, Lainey Eaton and Di Eaton; and her great-grandchildren Franco Braghieri and Enrico Braghieri.

Miichan requested that there would not be a funeral. Memorial contributions may be made to one of the programs that gave her much joy: * Davis Senior Center at “YCF Davis Senior Services Improvement Fund” at https://ssl.charityweb.net/sacregcf/ or Sacramento Region Community Foundation, 955 University Ave., Suite A, Sacramento, CA 95825; or * Japan Children’s Home Internship Program at https://www.facebook.com/ JCHIP4KIDS or JCHIP, 1442 Pastal Way, Davis, CA 95618.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2020 A7

Tuleyome organization plans naturalist course Special to The Enterprise Tuleyome is once again providing a Certified California Naturalist course in partnership with the University of California.

Beginning in January, the course will introduce students to California’s ecology and engages them in the study of, and fosters a sense of stewardship of, the region’s natural communities.

The course runs from noon to 4 p.m. for 10 consecutive Fridays from Jan. 15 to March 19. In addition, students are required to attend three field trips on Saturdays, Jan. 23, Feb. 20 and March 13. These in-field classes help students understand and apply what is learned in the classroom and how to collect data and interact with nature. Tuition is $500.

Due to COVID-19, the classroom portion will begin virtually. Tuleyome has developed field trips to ensure the safety of all participants.

The program uses hands-on learning, citizen science, problemsolving and volunteer service to build an appreciation for and deep understanding of the Northern Inner Coast Range Mountains and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument region. No special degrees or previous naturalist experience is required.

Participants are also eligible for four academic credits through UC Davis Extension for an additional fee.

Visit Tuleyome’s website at www.tuleyome.org/ projects/calnat for more information and to sign up.

TOYS: Community out to help From Page A1 income, so we were fortunate enough to be able to provide a Christmas morning to over 780 children,” said Villegas.

Villegas credited donors such as Pure Form Fitness, the Davis Food Co-op and the California Highway Patrol for making the event possible, as well as local partners including West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero, Council

members Quirina Orozco, Chris Ledesma and Norma Alcala.

Last month, the children’s alliance held a similar drive-thru event for its annual Community Giveaway Day. There, more than 750 families received holiday meals, children’s jackets, blankets, socks and more.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

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Boxes of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine sit in a freezer at the pharmacy of the UC Davis Medical Center.

SHOT: New option bolsters supplies From Page A1 While UC Davis Health has depleted its first batch of the Pfizer vaccine, it expects to continue receiving shipments of both vaccines and has ample storage facilities at the medical center in Sacramento. UC Davis Health can currently store at least 200,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine in regular freezers and, with the expected arrival of more ultra-cold freezers, will soon be able to store up to 400,000 dozes of the Pfizer vaccine.

According to the health system, its vaccine supplies are already reliable enough that employees, students and physicians who want to be vaccinated can schedule their own appointments. UC Davis Health

expects to be able to start offering the vaccine to the general public in the spring.

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, high-risk health care population and ability to distribute the vaccine in the community.

“It’s a huge logistical undertaking,” Dr. David Lubarsky, CEO of UC Davis Health, said last week. “But we’re ready to do it.”

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net.

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McCutcheon concert will help out The Palms Virtual show aims to give back to music presenters during pandemic Special to The Enterprise Folk-music veteran John McCutcheon has been a fixture on the scene for nearly 50 years.

In that time he’s built a unique bond with a wide-ranging audience and one of the most diverse groups of presenters of any touring musician.

On his annual tour of California each January (euphemistically dubbed his “Left Coast Tour”), for instance, he is regularly presented by proper concert promoters, community radio stations, peace and justice groups, folk music societies, regional environmental groups, churches and even the Sierra Nevada Brewery.

When his 2021 tour was canceled, he knew his pocketbook was not the only one taking a hit.

“A lot of these presenters have become old friends by now. I want and need them to survive so that we can continue our work together on the other side of all this.”

So McCutcheon and his longtime agent, Mike Green, came up with a plan. They are staging two online concerts and have gathered a consortium of five to six presenters to co-sponsor each one, including The Palms Playhouse in Winters on Jan. 16.

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John McCutcheon shows off his musically inspired mask while sheltering in place.

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Folk icon John McCutcheon, seen here on stage before the pandemic, is offering an online concert that will allow audiences to support their favorite music venues, including The Palms Playhouse in Winters. ‘their’ audience. They get a cut of the sales that they sold, just as if I were there live. In fact, it’s a better percentage and they don’t even have to turn the lights on.”

The concerts are being broadcast on Mandolin, a new presenting platform that uses higher-quality audio and video production.

In McCutcheon’s words, “We’ve done a couple concerts using this model and they’ve been really successful. I can’t wait to gather my audiences from California and get them all sitting together

for the first time.”

There are tiered ticketing options, including a $5 “unemployed/laid off ” ticket. “Everyone needs music these days, so we want to keep it affordable,” notes the musician.

“The bottom line,” McCutcheon says, “is that the places that have brought us together all these years are taking a terrible hit, not just the musicians. We’re in this together and we need to look out for one another. It’s the only way, in the music business or in ‘real life’ that we’re going to make it.”

The two concerts are scheduled for: Jan. 9: co-sponsored by The Freight & Salvage (Berkeley), KVMR (Nevada City-Grass Valley), the Sebastiani Theater (Sonoma), Modesto Peace & Life, and KZFR (Chico). Go to www. folkmusic.com/jan-9-2021.html.

Jan. 16: co-sponsored by The Palms Playhouse in Winters, Montalvo Center for the Arts (Saratoga), St. James Episcopal Church (Fremont), Devil Mountain Coffeehouse (Walnut Creek), World Records (Bakersfield),

“A lot of these presenters have become old friends by now. I want and need them to survive so that we can continue our work together on the other side of all this.”

John McCutcheon Folk musician who has performed at The Palms Playhouse many times Foothill Conservancy (Sutter Creek) and Fresno Folklore Society. Go to https://www.folkmusic. com/jan-16-2021.html and scroll down to find the link to purchase tickets from The Palms.

Podcast episode features Alcott’s Dickens-inspired holiday story Special to The Enterprise

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The Davis Youth Flute Choir just released a video of holiday tunes.

Youths present holiday flute concert Special to The Enterprise The Davis Youth Flute Choir, under the direction of Maquette Kuper, just released its holiday 2020 performance virtual video.

The performance of “A Christmas Banquet, A Renaissance Collection for Flute Choir” arranged by Judy Nishamura can be viewed at https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=2QudEvSD0k.

Performers met throughout the fall and were able to get in a few “socially distanced” outdoor rehearsals in Kuper’s backyard.

“It was a special bonus to be able to hold a few live

rehearsals during COVID since the online version of rehearsal does not allow for actually playing together and listening to each other to match intonation and timing and to remember how to follow a conductor,” Kuper said.

“That said, the ultimate task was to listen to ‘click tracks’ of the music while each person records their individual part and submits it to be mixed by audio and video engineer Stephen Bingen.”

Usually at this time of year, the Davis Youth Flute Choir would perform several holiday concerts free to the community in various

locations. They were all set to bring some music and cheer to the residents of Atria Covell Gardens from their outdoor courtyards, but, unfortunately, when Yolo County hit the purple tier level again, that, too, had to be canceled.

The Davis Youth Flute Choir participants in the video are Mallika Bhargava, Edwin Chang, Hannah Cui, Kent Gao, Victoria Gorden, Amelie Ingram, Sharon Kang, Samuel Liao, Rudy Mahajan, Nathan Pham, Estevan Romero, Shivan Seneviratne, Margot Thompson, Ludi Wang, Chuer Yang and Andre Zhang.

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Stories on Stage Davis will release the eighth episode of its all-podcast eighth season on Saturday, Dec. 26, with Louisa May Alcott’s holiday story “A Christmas Dream, and How It Came to Be True,” read by Marcia Gollober.

In Alcott’s story, a welloff little girl named Effie, who has everything a 10-year-old could want and expresses her blasé attitude toward Christmas, reads “A Christmas Carol” and dreams about bringing the spirit of generosity to those who have less than she does. As her mother pulls off the Christmas surprise of Effie’s dreams, the story speaks to the infectiousness of giving: the warmth we can stir in each other’s hearts in the coldest, darkest season.

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist, shortstory writer and poet, best known as the author of the novel “Little Women”

(1868) and its sequels “Little Men” (1871) and “Jo’s Boys” GOLLOBER (1886).

Raised in Featured New Engreader land, she grew up among many of the wellknown intellectuals of the day, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

(Adapted from Wikipedia.)

Reading Alcott’s story is Marcia Gollober, who is making her first appearance with Stories on Stage Davis.

In the earlier part of her acting career, Gollober appeared in “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown” (Lucy), “Oliver” (Bet) and “Hello Dolly” (Ermengarde and Minnie Fay), among others.

After she retired in

2017, she reconnected with her love of theater.

Since then, she has appeared in “My Fair Lady” (Mrs. EynesfordHill), “It’s A Wonderful Life” (Mrs. Hatch), “Annabelle Broom,” “The Unhappy Witch” (Lydia ), “Rumpelstiltskin Game of the Name” (Rumpelstiltskin), “Jingle Argh the Way” (Swill), and “Curious George and the Golden Meatball.”

She has received an Elly Award and nomination.

The Stories on Stage Davis podcast airs new episodes every second and fourth Saturday, and its eighth season will run through June. Upcoming and past episodes, as well as ways to support the series, can be found on the Stories on Stage Davis website. Stories on Stage Davis is a sponsored project of YoloArts, a nonprofit arts organization.

For more information, and to listen to the podcast, visit storiesonstage davis.com.

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‘Happiest season’: Romantic holiday angst Two performances elevate this holiday dramedy

‘Happiest Season’ Starring: Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Mary Steenburgen, Victor Garber, Aubrey Plaza, Dan Levy, Alison Brie, Mary Holland, Burl Moseley and Jake McDorman Rating: PG-13, for occasional profanity

BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic Some people approach the holidays with far too much emphasis on expectation — everything must be just so, and God forbid any little detail goes awry — rather than simply basking in the comforting glow of seasonal spirit.

Add a supplementary “important” reason for gathering, and the pressure becomes enormous.

(And the stuff of countless Christmas movies.)

Abby Holland (Kristen Stewart) has suffered the Christmas blahs ever since losing her parents a few years back. Hoping to cure this, her lover Harper Caldwell (Mackenzie Davis) impulsively insists that Abby come along for a family celebration in her home town. Warming to this suggestion, Abby decides it’ll be the perfect time to meet Harper’s folks, and then propose to her on Christmas morning.

Ted Caldwell (Victor Garber), in turn, wants his entire family present during the few days leading up to Christmas, as a pictureperfect “showcase” to help fuel his run for town mayor.

Except …

Ted’s family is far from perfect.

Harper’s younger sister Jane (Mary Holland) is an aggressively giddy nerd with no concept of social boundaries, who constantly babbles about the epic fantasy novel she has been writing for the

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When Harper (Mackenzie Davis, left) and her family decide to hit the local ice-skating rink, she doesn’t think to ask if her lover, Abby (Kristen Stewart), knows how to skate. past 10 years. Perfectionist mother Tipper (Mary Steenburgen), although polite to a fault, insists on recording everything for her new social media presence.

Snooty elder sister Sloane (Alison Brie) and her husband Eric (Burl Moseley) abandoned their law careers in order to craft custom-made gift baskets. (Correction: Sloane archly calls then “curated gift experiences inside of

handmade reclaimed wood vessels.”)

On top of which — little problem — Harper confesses, during the drive from Pittsburgh to her family’s upstate Pennsylvania town, that she hasn’t yet come out to her parents.

Despite having told Abby that she did so, quite a few months back.

And, well, y’know, now probably isn’t the best time, given Dad’s

mayoral run, and their community’s conservative values. So how ’bout you just pretend to be my straight roommate?

At which point, a gal with even an ounce of common sense and self-esteem would bolt from the car, and hitch a ride back to Pittsburgh. (But then we’d have no movie.)

Play all of this too broadly, and the result would be insufferably burlesque. To her credit, director Clea DuVall — who also co-wrote the script with Holland — minimizes sitcom-style exaggeration.

Granted, most of these characters — notably all three Caldwell sisters — are slightly exaggerated archetypes who tend to exist only in movies.

But the film and story are anchored solidly by Stewart’s surprisingly strong and nuanced performance. As this five-day visit becomes an interminable barrage of small (and large) slights, accidental and intended, Abby slowly succumbs to quiet heartbreak. Stewart makes it persuasive and palpable. We want to reach into the screen and throttle Harper, for being so thoughtless, clueless and — yes — bloody cruel.

Pretty much on her own, Stewart elevates this film from a Christmas-themed trifle to a study of genuine romantic angst.

DuVall and Holland deal with serious relationship issues here, and they have a credible sense of the wounds we unintentionally inflict upon those we love.

Stewart isn’t alone; the story also gains dramatic heft from a similarly grounded performance

by Aubrey Plaza, as Harper’s first, long-ago girlfriend, Riley. Abby latches onto her with the desperation of a drowning victim clutching a life preserver, and their subsequent bonding is quite touching. Plaza’s quiet handling of Riley is deeply poignant.

Davis delicately navigates her very difficult role. On the one hand, Harper’s quality time with Abby — early on, during a walking tour of DuBoistown’s Candy Cane Lane — is giddy with mutual affection; you can’t imagine two people being more in love. But Harper’s later behavior, increasingly self-centered, seems unacceptably insensitive, if not outright mean-spirited; can this really be the same woman?

It’s a hazard, in stories of this nature: We worry that Harper’s conduct will escalate to the point that she no longer deserves redemption.

Or Abby.

“Happiest Season,” a Hulu original, is by no means perfect, but — ultimately — its core message resonates. And it delivers what we desire from Christmasthemed movies.

— Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at http://derrick bang.blogspot.com. Comment on this review at www.davis enterprise.com.

‘Hillbilly Elegy’ a story about survival of the fittest Gut-wrenching drama fueled by powerful acting

BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic Family ties, even when the dynamic is volatile, can be intractably strong.

As a child, James David (“J.D.”) Vance was an unlikely candidate for escaping his working-class origins, while shuttling between small-town Ohio and the grimly struggling Appalachian environment of his grandparents; that challenge alone would have seemed insurmountable to most.

Toss a toxic mother into the mix, and the boy should have been doomed.

But he didn’t merely survive; he thrived, eventually graduating from Ohio State and obtaining a Yale Law School degree; he depicted this journey in his 2016 memoir “Hillbilly Elegy.”

Under the sensitive guidance of director Ron Howard and scripter Vanessa Taylor — Oscar-nominated for co-writing 2017’s “The Shape of Water” — Vance’s saga has become an absorbing and frequently gutwrenching Netflix original film. The narrative glides smoothly between two time periods: J.D.’s realization, as a young teen (Owen Asztalos), that his mother has serious problems; and his reluctant decision, while at Yale (now played by Gabriel Basso), to return to the home he has tried to forget in order to navigate a fresh

family crisis.

The film is dominated by two powerhouse performances: Amy Adams, as J.D.’s unstable, unkempt and vicious-tempered mother Bev; and Glenn Close as her mother Mamaw, who becomes J.D.’s surrogate parent.

Both actresses chew up the scenery in grand style, but never to a degree that feels exaggerated or baroque.

We meet young J.D., visiting his grandparents with his mother and older sister Lindsay (Haley Bennett); this is the final day of summer vacation. When Bev drives her two children back home to Middletown, Ohio, the dynamic shifts.

Lindsay decamps to the company of her boyfriend — and soon to be husband — Kevin (Jono Mitchell), leaving J.D. in the sole company of his mother.

Along with her revolving door of male companions (apparently an ongoing thing, since the boy got his last name — Vance — from husband No. 3).

Money is always tight; Bev’s lack of patience becomes chronic. The atmosphere is palpably tense, particularly given the strength of Asztalos’ performance; J.D. continually tries to be a calm presence, while attempting to navigate his mother’s increasingly explosive behavior.

It’s genuinely heartbreaking as the young teen begins to recognize that he can’t “solve” the situation.

Years later, now at Yale, J.D. is on the verge of landing his dream job: a giddy moment interrupted by a phone call from Lindsay.

‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Starring: Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Owen Asztalos, Bo Hopkins, Keong Sim, Morgan Gao and Jono Mitchell Rating: R, for profanity, violence and drug content

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Lindsay (Haley Bennett), J.D. (Owen Asztalos) and their grandmother (Glenn Close) watch helplessly as events spiral out of control, thanks to an increasing police presence.

Bev, now a heroin addict, has exhausted all her chances. Lindsay, with a family of her own to care for, can’t handle this on her own anymore; can J.D. please come and help?

Basso’s anguished expression speaks volumes. We want him to refuse — he has just scored a crucial call-back interview! — but we understand that, regardless of conflicted feelings about his mother, he can’t let his sister down.

And so now we meet Bev 2.0, Adams having added a drug addict’s cunning insincerity to the woman’s already combustible package.

The key to this performance comes from the way Adams manages to insert vulnerability into Bev’s personality. As abusive, meanspirited and self-destructive

The film is dominated by two powerhouse performances: Amy Adams, as J.D.’s unstable, unkempt and vicious-tempered mother Bev; and Glenn Close as her mother Mamaw, who becomes J.D.’s surrogate parent. as her behavior becomes, at times helpless frustration shows through; we glimpse the anguish of a woman whose lifetime limitations were set in place when she became a teenage mother.

Improbable as it seems, we do sympathize with her. (If only a little. And only occasionally.)

It’s far easier to relate to Close’s Mamaw, who better controls her outward self, thanks to the wisdom of

her advanced years. But she’s still gruff, occasionally intolerant, and bluntly nononsense. Although she loves J.D. deeply, she’s not about to let him sloth off or feel sorry for himself … which becomes more challenging when the boy falls in with bad company.

On a lighter note, Mamaw also is granted the most biting of Taylor’s tart one-liners, which Close delivers with shrewd comic

timing: often as her eyes flash a warning.

Bennett is more quietly memorable as Lindsay. Her often silent, crestfallen expressions speak volumes about how much she must have endured, as the initial target of Bev’s mercurial wrath, and how often she later must have protected J.D. during his early childhood years.

Freida Pinto is terrific as J.D.’s Yale girlfriend and law school classmate Usha: just the right blend of concern, encouragement and curiosity (because, up to this point, he hasn’t admitted much about his upbringing).

I’m often intrigued by cinematic serendipity, and “Hillbilly Elegy” makes an excellent bookend to “Uncle Frank,” also in current release. Both films get their narrative intensity from excellent performances and an unflinching, even painfully intimate, dissection of uncomfortable family dynamics.

Both are powerful and memorable.

And instructive.

DMTC plans paint-a-tile fundraiser Kids can audition for ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Special to The Enterprise The tile walls leading into the theater at Davis Musical Theatre Company were created from past tile fundraising campaigns.

Now community members can purchase and paint a tile to be permanently installed on the DMTC walls.

The cost of each 6-inchsquare tile is $65 and includes painting supplies and instruction, tile firing

and eventual wall installation. There is no limit on the number of tiles per individual or family and no skills required.

Upon purchasing a tile, participants will receive an email with a gift certificate and a link to sign up for a date in late January (when stay-at-home orders may be relaxed) to paint tile(s) in a safe, masked and distanced setting. If it is still not safe to do in person in

January, participants will receive a kit to paint at home.

Mugs and plates with a “DMTC 2020: Covid Survivor” logo will also be available for painting in January at a cost of $40 each. Reserve the mugs and plates now.

Order tiles, mugs and plates at dmtc.org.

For more information, write to Jen Nachmanoff at tile@dmtc.org.

Special to The Enterprise The Woodland Opera House Young Adult Performers Series will be producing “A Wizard of Oz” for streaming performances on March 6 and 7. The cast size is 16 and is open to actors ages 11-18.

Tuition is $150 for those cast.

Adapted for the stage by Jon Jory from the book by L. Frank Baum, this version is faithful to the original novel and follows Dorothy’s journey over the rainbow and into the land of Oz. This short adaptation is perfect for the streamed performances and Zoom rehearsals necessary to distance actors.

Auditions will be on Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 4 and 5, by appointment on Zoom. All roles are open and include Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, Wicked Witch of the West, The Great Oz and Glinda, as well as kalidahs, poppies, citizens of the Emerald City, flying monkeys and munchkins.

The show will be directed and edited

by Cheryl Watson, with costumes by Denise Miles.

Rehearsal information, audition script sides and audition appointment registration are available at www.woodland operahouse.org. For more information, visit the website or call 530-666-9617.

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Feinstein may face the music Care to test T your holiday trivia IQ? he game of musical chairs that is the upper echelon of California politics in late 2020 began with the election of U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris as vice president and continued with President-elect Joe Biden naming state Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra his secretary of Health and Human Services. Will Dianne Feinstein create the next empty seat?

Feinstein enjoys nothing more than chairing an important U.S. Senate committee. Anyone looking on from 2006 to 2008, years when Democrats last controlled the upper house of Congress, could see this as Feinstein ran the Senate Intelligence Committee.

But left-wing Democrats stirred a national outcry over her courtesy to Republican Judiciary Committee chairman Lindsay Graham of South Carolina during the Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearings, even raising questions of senility. Feinstein took this silently for awhile, but when leading Senate Democrats failed to defend her, she relinquished her spot as Judiciary’s ranking Democrat, along with her plain hope that the Jan. 5 runoff races for two Georgia Senate slots might make her committee chair.

Will she now feel motivated to keep taking red-eye flights back and forth to Washington, D.C., or might

BY SARAH A. MORGAN SMITH Special to The Enterprise

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lthough the holidays seem different this year, the majority of people in the United States celebrated Hanukkah from Dec. 10 through 18 or will celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25. The quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, provides an opportunity for you to test your knowledge of the holidays’ traditions and history in America.

1. In what year was Christmas declared a federal holiday?

A. 1870 B. 1898 C. 1921 D. 1956

2. Which U.S. president said, “It is the day when we remind ourselves that man can and must live in peace with his neighbors and that it is the peacemakers who are truly blessed” in his annual Christmas message?

A. Woodrow Wilson B. John F. Kennedy C. Ronald Reagan D. Barack Obama 3. Which U.S. president had a Christmas Tree farm on his property?

A. Ulysses S. Grant B. Calvin Coolidge C. Franklin D. Roosevelt D. George W. Bush

she just retire quietly? It now looks like an even bet, with Feinstein noncommittal so far.

Without the responsibility to shepherd Biden-appointed judges through hearings and onto the Senate floor, Feinstein is merely one of 100 senators, with no distinguishing status. What would motivate her to stay on?

There is, of course, her avid interest in California issues, from desert preservation to creating national parks and monuments to making sure her state gets the funding it’s entitled to. While paired with Harris in recent years, Feinstein did much more for California, letting Harris seek spotlights. There was no contest in the accomplishment department.

So although Feinstein is 87 years old and would be 91 if she ran for reelection when her current term is up in 2024, it’s just possible the rumors of her resignation might not be fulfilled soon.

Working quietly for this state, Feinstein will not have to apologize to anyone for the friendships and relationships she’s developed with the

Republican likes of Graham and Iowa’s Chuck Grassley.

When she got in trouble, it was for doing what most pundits say American needs more of: Being kind to people across the aisle.

Far-left Democrats like Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de Leon can’t stomach that. They would rather play smashmouth politics. De Leon, then a termed out state senator, took that hardline approach when he challenged Feinstein in an all-Democrat runoff during the 2018 election.

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e Leon’s attitude won him majority support from delegates to the state Democratic Party convention that year, but not the two-thirds supermajority needed for party endorsement.

What followed in the 2018 primary election showed how misleading the seeming leftist domination among California Democrats can be: Feinstein took more than 70 percent of the Democratic vote despite de Leon’s constant carping.

By contrast, De Leon scored less than 13 percent in that primary, but still came in second and made the fall runoff thanks to some support from mischievous Republicans who wanted an obstacle for Feinstein. Their ploy failed.

Folks who have taken over the once-noble progressive label usually miss the fact

that Feinstein’s collegial approach allowed her to accomplish more for California over the last quartercentury than any of the state’s other representatives in Congress — including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Feinstein’s fellow San Franciscan.

She has created national parks, steered large defense contracts to state companies and steadfastly upheld the women’s rights so key to the vast majority of Californians.

The evidence suggests her approach still appeals to more Californians than that of any other state politician.

Hence her longevity as a San Francisco supervisor, mayor and senator.

It was rare and unexpected for Feinstein to be deterred or discouraged by the kind of scoldings she got after the Barrett hearings. But she’s still pursuing California’s interests actively, showing the same determination she’s demonstrated all her life.

So despite some indications Feinstein may quit, California just might continue getting effective, firm and civil representation from her for some time to come.

— 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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4. Which president first lit the National Menorah at the Ellipse across from the White House?

A. Harry Truman B. Lyndon Johnson C. Gerald Ford D. Jimmy Carter 5. The governor of which state said in a proclamation that “the message of (Hanukkah) resonates powerfully with the fundamental principles of American life because this nation was founded on the principles of hope and religious freedom”?

A. Connecticut B. Georgia C. Iowa D. Nevada 6. According to Jewish studies professor Tatjana Lichtenstein, by the 1950s 40 percent of Jewish households in which U.S. city had Christmas trees?

A. Boston B. Chicago C. Los Angeles D. New York 7. According to the book “Hanukkah in America: A History,” two rabbis from which city are responsible for popularizing Hanukkah in our country?

A. Cincinnati B. Minneapolis C. Philadelphia D. Richmond 8. What is Santa Claus called in Hawaii?

A. Kanakaloka B. Kamehameha C. Mahalo D. Ohana

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9. Thomas Nast, the preeminent political cartoonist of the 19th century, popularized our modern vision of Santa Claus in the holiday illustrations he drew for which publication?

A. Reader’s Digest B. The New Yorker C. Harper’s Weekly D. The Atlantic Monthly

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10. The U.S. Postal Service released its first Hanukkah stamp in what year?

A. 1996 B. 1898 C. 1951 D. 2000 ANSWERS: 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D, 5-C, 6-B, 7-A, 8-A, 9-C, 10-A — Sarah A. Morgan Smith is director of faculty for the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio. She wrote this for InsideSources.com.

My heart breathed a sigh of relief reading the op-ed by Roberta Millstein and others on “Measure B Failure Suggests Need for New Vision.”

It’s been at least one year now that I’ve felt a growing unease between the sensed disconnect between the Davis City Council and council members’ decisionmaking logic. A logic that appears to be highly disengaged from what me, citizen Jane, and other citizen Toms, Mikes and Beths want and need from their leaders.

How can this be?

Measure B was clearly designed by money-hungry influences, looking to create a money-making scheme for the city.

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approach should be in-line with what the average citizen who is conscientious about things like climate crisis, cars polluting the immediate Davis and Yolo County environment, and housing for underserved and minority communities.

The op-ed comforted me because I saw a contingent of others that desperately wants the city council, and this especially includes those who were revoted into office in November, to realize your votes matter to us. Stop listening to those interests that represent money, they do not prioritize your citizens, your environment, or your streets or air. I hope that Ms. Millstein and others on the byline can successfully convince the council of another path. We are waiting to have you see us, and listen.

Maybe Mayor Partida can use her Mayor’s Corner to address us, and make a suggestion for how she will bridge the

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

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divide. As a citizen paying taxes to Davis and Yolo County, I expect this out of her and others.

Nikki Martin Davis

Retailers, join Yolo.Boutique This morning, after reading in The Enterprise about the new online shopping website Yolo.Boutique, I eagerly logged on. Alas, just a few vendors were listed from four cities. I encourage retailers to hop on this exciting opportunity to reach out to your customers! The delivery and shipping options are especially welcome for those, like me, who are over age 65 and health compromised. We are staying out of stores, as really everyone should be right now. Let’s support our local stores!

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Put a ring on it Dear Annie: I have been dating and living with my man now for one and a half years. We are not young; he’s 66, and I’m 58. He’s been married twice, and both times ended in divorce. I have been married once and am divorced.

When we first got together, we both told each other “no” to getting married again, but now I would like to be his wife. We love each other. But I’m not sure how to go about changing his mind.

We both have older kids from our previous marriages.

We have a house together, pay bills together and are doing great with life. I am wondering how to

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EMPLOYMENT HELP WANTED Payroll Technician I/II, Finance Department - FFD: 01/04/21 Salary: $4,023.07 - $5,380.27 Monthly; City of Davis, 23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616. FFD: 01/04/21. See job bulletin at www.cityofdavis.org for min. req. or call (530) 757-5644, TDD (530) 757-5666; City emp. appl. req. EOE.

EMPLOYMENT HELP WANTED

WPCP Operator In Training (Temporary Part Time) – Public Works U&O – FFD: 12/28/2020 Salary: $23.70 - $28.81 Hourly; City of Davis, 23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616.

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go about changing his mind so that I could be Wife No. 3.

— Wanting Commitment Dear Wanting Commitment: If you want commitment, then continue to show your commitment to growing this relationship. You have to open up the conversation.

It’s not about changing his mind; it’s about expressing to your partner how much you love him and that you would like to be joined in marriage. He might be more

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Public Notices X FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: December 8, 2020 FBN Number: F20200989 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Manolitos Auto Detailing 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

224 A Street, Apt. 13 Davis, CA 95616 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Manolo Cirilo Santos 224 A Street, Apt. 13 Davis, CA 95616 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: December 7, 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): Manolo Cirilo Santos 12/18, 12/25, 1/1, 1/8 1093

Salary: $4,023.07 - $5,380.27 Monthly; City of Davis, 23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616. FFD: 01/04/21. See job bulletin at www.cityofdavis.org for min. req. or call (530) 757-5644, TDD (530) 757-5666; City emp. appl. req. EOE.

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holiday — or birthday of a family member — we celebrate together.

Yes, I mean ALL of us! Three exwives and their husbands, and all the children, along with my present wife and myself.

Some people may think that is crazy, but my children have thanked us and told us many times how it made their lives so much better. They’ve seen many of their friends whose parents had gone through a similar bitter divorce, and now the family was completely divided, leaving the children with the dilemma of wondering which parent they were going to spend their birthday, holiday, school program or athletic event with.

All six of my children through these marriages are best friends and get together all the time.

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receptive than you think, especially because your lives together are going so well.

——— Dear Annie: I read so much in your column about divorce and all the pain, anger and divisiveness that can go with it. It doesn’t have to be that way. I have gone through three divorces, but have now been married to my present wife for 16 years. Two of my exwives were having extramarital affairs, and the divorces were quite nasty. I had children with all three ex-wives, and it was extremely painful for the kids.

But time has passed, and we have all “buried the hatchet.” We are not only civil with each other but are all good friends. In fact, we have gone on several family vacations together. And every

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: December 22, 2020 FBN Number: F20201013 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) PHO TASTY 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

301 G Street Davis, CA 95616 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Allison Lo 7425 Bruno Way Sacramento, CA 95828 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): Allison Lo 12/25, 1/1, 1/8, 1/15 1104

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.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Rebecca L Roncoroni Officer, Embellish Decor LLC 12/18, 12/25, 1/1, 1/8 1094

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They never think of themselves as “half ” brothers or sisters.

I give a lot of credit to my present wife. When we were first married, she wasn’t happy about the fact that I was friends with my exes, but she quickly realized that they were not a threat to our marriage, and she is now very close friends with them all.

I also give credit to a quote from Mark Twain that made me realize that bitterness and anger weren’t the best way to respond to a divorce — or any other situation. He said, “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” It doesn’t hurt the person you are bitter at, but it eats you alive. It sure has made our lives much happier!

— Made It All Work Out in the End Dear Made It Work: Your letter offers many good tips, and it points out that, despite the ups and downs of life, things can work out in the end. Your wife sounds like a real peach, and a saint, too.

——— Dear Annie: Some thoughts for us all, in this time of shopping during the pandemic. Recently, I have seen shoppers overloading their carts with products of all kinds, and not leaving at least one for the next customer. I have seen this happen multiple times with all manner of household essentials, from cleaning supplies to paper products such as toilet paper and paper towels. This happens even when there are signs asking customers to limit themselves to one or two of each of these items. I wish others would be considerate enough to leave at least a few for the other customers and not clear the shelves of items. We are all experiencing a time we’d never imagined, and we need to be in this together to cope and survive until our previous lifestyle returns. I hope that we all can learn to share and show kindness to our fellow Americans.

— Shopper in Need Dear Shopper: I hope so, too.

Fears about shortages are selffulfilling prophecies, as people hoard essential items and create the very situation of which they were afraid. There is plenty to go around, so let’s start acting like it.

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