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Supervisors take oath of office Coronavirus response remains top priority Davis police investigate a hit-and-run that left a man dead Sunday on Olive Drive. The area remained an active crime scene late Sunday night.
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Arrest made in Olive Dr. hit-and-run Victim identified BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer Ernest Ambrose Seyfert was the kind of guy who mostly kept to himself. “He would have people over, but he didn’t talk much,” said Robert Vulliet, Seyfert’s nextdoor neighbor at the Cesar Chavez Plaza apartment complex on Olive Drive. “He just did his thing.” But Seyfert, a longtime Davis resident, did have a core group of friends, and Vulliet said he heard Seyfert was helping one of them look for his lost dog when he was struck and killed
by a vehicle Sunday night east of Richards Boulevard. The driver fled the scene, but was in custody as of late Monday morning. Davis police identified him as Scott Bryan Ekoniak, a 47-year-old Davis resident. Officers apprehended Ekoniak at about 10:30 a.m. Monday in the area of Broadway and Riverside Boulevard in Sacramento’s Land Park neighborhood and booked him into the Yolo County Jail on charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, hit and run causing death and driving under the influence causing bodily injury, according to online arrest records.
Ekoniak remained in custody as of Tuesday morning, his bail set at $250,000. He’s due to make his first Yolo Superior Court appearance at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Deputy Police Chief Paul Doroshov said detectives continue to investigate the cause of the collision, which occurred at about 6 p.m. Sunday near the Bros Liquor store. Witnesses reported that a truck hit Seyfert in the darkened roadway as it traveled westbound toward Richards Boulevard. Seyfert, 66, died at the scene. Doroshov confirmed that Ekoniak’s truck had front-end damage at the time of his arrest, but whether the deadly collision
caused it hasn’t been confirmed. He declined to reveal how Ekoniak was identified as the suspect. Yolo Superior Court online records show Ekoniak has had a number of prior run-ins with law enforcement, most of them for misdemeanor and trafficrelated offenses. The most recent was an arrest for public intoxication in 2018. Gippy Kahlon, whose family owns Bros Liquor, said Ekoniak was an occasional customer at his store, as was Seyfert, who usually came in to purchase snacks. Kahlon said officers came
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UC Davis Health launches COVID-19 vaccine trial Fighting the virus
BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer
Woodland Clinic enrolling volunteers in trial
UC Davis Health launched a Phase 3 clinical trial last week to test an experimental COVID-19 vaccine, the health system announced. The vaccine is developed by Novavax and sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. The Phase 3 trial at UC Davis Health comes weeks after the medical center began administering its first COVID-19 inoculations with vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna, the first two vaccines granted emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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UC Davis Health is aiming to enroll 250 participants to participate in the Phase 3 trial at its testing clinic near the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. The participants will be required to make eight to 10 visits to the clinic over the course of an estimated 26-month study. To participate in the study, you must be 18 years of age or older, in good health and must not have already contracted COVID-19.
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County reports 14 more deaths BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Yolo County reported 14 more COVID-19 deaths in the last week — as deadly a seven-day period as the county has experienced during this pandemic. Those 14 deaths since Dec. 30 bring to 123 the total number of county residents who have perished from COVID-19. More than half of those who have died — 71 people— were Woodland residents. Another 21 lived in West
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The oath of office was delivered via Zoom on Monday to three men who will serve on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors for the next four years: recently re-elected supervisors Jim Provenza of Davis and Oscar Villegas of West Sacramento and newcomer Angel Barajas of Woodland. They, along with supervisors Don Saylor of Davis and Gary Sandy of PROVENZA Woodland, will conBoard tinue to oversee the chairman county’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including weighing in on everything from local pandemic-related restrictions and enforcement to allocating funding for relief efforts. “As we enter this new year, I am optimistic,” said Provenza, who will begin his fourth term as a county supervisor by also serving as board chair for 2021. “But I also know that it will be another difficult year,” he added, “and I am calling on the public to help us
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Briefly Man held on assault charges A Davis man has been arrested on assault charges, accused of attacking his new roommate. According to Lt. Art Camacho, Raul Jose Duran Jr., 40, had recently moved into an apartment in the 2100 block of Cowell Boulevard and, “for no apparent reason,” unleashed on his roommate at about 11 p.m. Sunday. Duran threw various items at the victim, including a board, chair and tire iron, Camacho said. Officers were called to the scene and arrested Duran on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and possessing drug paraphernalia.
Hayden’s poems will be read Davis Poet Laureate James Lee Jobe continues his online poetry reading series on Friday, Jan. 8, with poems from the awardwinning poet Robert Hayden This free reading will be posted online prior to 7 p.m. at james-leejobe.blogspot.com/ and at youtube.com/james leejobe. Both sites always have poetry or poetry readings available.
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IKE PENCE: PATRIOT OR PUSHOVER? ... It’s no secret that Donald Trump is using his considerable weight to convince Mike Pence that today he should defy the United States Constitution and deny Joe Biden the presidency. So much for the party of law and order and strict construction of the Constitution. In other words, according to the president and several of his misguided lawyers, don’t worry about the Constitution (12th Amendment) and the rule of law (The Electoral Count Act) and just refuse to accept Biden’s electors when the House and Senate meet jointly today in what should merely be a formality to rubberstamp Biden’s Electoral College victory of 306-232. Stunningly, if Pence and Pence alone truly does yield this breathtaking power to negate the will of 158 million voters in all 50 states, there would be no point in ever having an election in the first place. Just wait for the vice president to decide everything under his unique and singular power. Under this theory, in fact, Pence could presumably even declare himself as president. For life. Some think Pence will play it
straight and perform the ceremonial role that is legally dictated for him. Others think Trump’s demands will overwhelm him. We’ll know today. HYPOCRISY KNOWS NO BOUNDS ... Eight Republican members of Congress from Pennsylvania, all of whom were reelected on Nov. 3 with their names on the same ballot as Donald Trump, say they will vote to reject their own state’s Electoral slate that went to Joe Biden. Wrote the Ungrateful Eight, “The Pennsylvania election could be summed up as a free-for-all with no oversight and different standards applied throughout the Commonwealth. By definition, such unlawful, unregulated and inconsistent activities resulted in a highly questionable and inaccurate vote total. The scope of these
inaccuracies cannot be known until the legal ballots are identified and counted and the illegal ballots are disqualified. This has not been done. Therefore, the state’s official certification of electors was based upon a flawed system and an inaccurate vote count. The voters of Pennsylvania deserve integrity in the election process and equal protection under the law.” What these eight Representatives refuse to admit is that they were all re-elected in the very state and the very same election they claim was corrupt “throughout the Commonwealth.” And yet, I don’t recall hearing any of them complain that their own elections were fraudulent.
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THE POWER OF THE PARDON ... After that ill-advised phone call to Georgia’s Secretary of State last Saturday, President Trump would be wise to resign from office on Jan. 19 and beg newly installed President Mike Pence to grant him a full and legal pardon. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
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from those particular six states due to their deeply held belief that those states conducted elections plagued by statewide, systemic fraud and abuse that leaves them absolutely no way for this chamber or our constituents to trust the validity of their elections.” Adds Roy, further explaining why these members should not be seated, “After all, those Representatives were elected through the very same systems, with the same ballot procedures, with the same signature validations, with the same broadly applied decisions of executive and judicial branch officials, as were the electors chosen for the President of the United States under the laws of those states, which have become the subject of national controversy.” Thank you, Congressman. So sad you are retiring.
By appointment, UC Davis offers free COVID-19 saliva tests for Davis residents and those who work at UC Davis.
Symposium set on COVID-19 saliva, hospital, sewage tests BY KATHY KEATLEY GARVEY Special to The Enterprise Scientists will share information on COVID-19 saliva, hospital and sewage surveillance tests — as well as the Healthy Davis Together program — at a UC Davis virtual symposium set for 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13. UC Davis Chancellor Gary May will deliver the opening remarks. UCD scientists Richard Michelmore, Nam Tram and Heather Bischel will explain the UCD COVID tests and answer questions, said UCD distinguished professor Walter Leal, who is organizing and moderating the symposium. The public is invited to submit advance questions and also may ask questions during the symposium via the Zoom chat. “This symposium will yield important information that everyone should know,” said Leal, a chemical ecologist with the department of molecular and
cellular biology and a former chair of the department of entomology, now the department of entomology and nematology. Registration is underway at https://bit.ly/2Li9pnV. “Registration is required for the symposium, even if you cannot attend the live presentation but are interested in retrieving the symposium video later,” Leal said. This is the fourth in a series of COVID-19 symposiums that he has organized and moderated since April 23. A query from one of his students prompted the Jan. 13 symposium. Free COVID-19 saliva tests are being administered by appointment to the Davis community — those who live in Davis or work at UC Davis — at testing kiosks on campus. It is a rapid, comprehensive laboratory-developed test that detects whether a person is currently infected with the coronavirus. The UC Davis Genome Center processes the salvia
samples. Technically, the test uses a high throughput, realtime, quantitative polymerase-chain-reaction protocol run on machines repurposed from the agricultural genetics industry. The symposium also will cover how the COVID-19 tests administered in a hospital emergency room or at a bedside can distinguish between whether a patient has COVID-19 or the flu. In addition, wastewater surveillance tests, also known as sewage tests, are underway to detect the virus. “Healthy Davis Together” is a program partnering UC Davis with the city of Davis to prevent the spread of the virus and “to facilitate a coordinated and gradual return to regular city activities and reintegration of UC Davis students back into the Davis community.” More information on COVID-19 testing on UCD campus is at https://bit. ly/3baeEkz.
COVID-19-relief application deadline extended Special to The Enterprise SACRAMENTO — On Jan. 4, California’s Office of the Small Business Advocate, part of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, announced that the deadline for the first round of applications for the Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program will be extended until 11:59 p.m. Jan. 13. The program, which officially opened on Dec. 30, experienced high traffic — receiving thousands of completed applications. However, due to the high traffic, some businesses may have had trouble accessing the application.
Adjustments to the program’s website have been made and the application period has been extended to ensure that all interested applicants have the opportunity to apply. This grant program is not first-come, first-served, nor a rolling approval process. All applications will be reviewed following the now extended application deadline. The funds will then be disbursed as originally planned to avoid any possible delay to smallbusiness owners receiving their grants. The state’s selected intermediary, Lendistry, is working with other lenders and small-business advisory and technical
assistance providers to help small businesses with the application process in multiple languages and formats. Many of the state-supported small business centers are also available to help. For more information, visit careliefgrant.com.
Winters police announced the arrest of a local man on attempted murder and other charges Sunday evening. Salvador DuranGonzalez, 40, of Winters, was booked into the Yolo County Jail on three counts each of attempted murder and false imprisonment, as well as kidnapping and assault charges. He remains on a no-bail hold. On a social media post, the Winters Police Department reported that the charges “result from an incident that took place on Jan. 1.” Asked for
clarification, Chief John Miller said the alleged crimes involved domestic violence, and that further details were not released in order to protect the victim’s privacy. However, Miller said the incident has spurred his department to launch a public outreach effort targeting those suffering from domestic violence, and his agency has reached out to the Yolo County District Attorney’s victim services unit for assistance. “Domestic violence is not tolerated, nor should it be, and all victims are encouraged to come forward and report their status,” Miller said.
CHP offers local grants to help combat DUIs Special to The Enterprise The California Highway Patrol announced this week the availability of nearly $27 million in grant funds to help local communities combat impaired driving. The funding is the result of Proposition 64 — the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act — which provided specified cannabis tax funding to the CHP to administer local grants for education, prevention and enforcement programs regarding impaired driving. Funding for the grants comes from a tax on the cultivation and sale of cannabis and cannabis products sold in California since January 2018. For the current grant cycle, the CHP’s Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program will be awarding grants based on a competitive process to California law enforcement agencies and local toxicology laboratories meeting the eligibility requirements described in the 2021 Request for Application, available on the CHP website.
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Briefly Dodd hosts town hall on virus State Sen. Bill Dodd plans a virtual town hall at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, to hear the latest on the coronavirus pandemic, updates on the vaccine rollout and the outlook for the state, including schools. California’s schools chief, Superintendent Tony Thurmond, Dr. Allison Brashear, infectious disease/vaccine specialist and dean of the UC Davis School of Medicine, and other public health experts will discuss what to expect entering into this phase of the state’s COVID-19 response. Participants are encouraged to send in questions via email to townhall@ksvy.org or call the phone lines during the town hall at 707-933-9133. The event will be streamed live over multiple channels and broadcast on partner TV and radio station, KSVY Sonoma. To attend, go to KSVY.org for audio, and for video go to https://sd03.senate. ca.gov, https://www. facebook.com/Sen BillDodd, https://www. youtube.com/user/ SonomaTV/ or SonomaTV.org. The event also will be broadcast on KSVY 91.3 FM.
‘Davisville’ hears from Brett Lee Brett Lee just spent eight years on the Davis City Council, including two years as mayor. On one of his final days in office, he visited KDRT radio program “Davisville” to talk with host Bill Buchanan about where Davis is strong (volunteerism), some lasting effects of the pandemic on the town, what Lee will do next, and how his views changed on the perennial question in Davis: Where do you allow developers to add housing, if anywhere? “Davisville” is broadcast on KDRT-LP, 95.7 FM Mondays at 5:30 p.m., Fridays at 12:30 p.m., Saturdays at 8:30 a.m., and Sundays at 12:30 p.m. The interview with Lee began airing this week, will be broadcast through Jan. 17, and is available anytime at http://kdrt.org/ davisville or on Apple podcasts.
Learn about I-80 plan SACRAMENTO — Caltrans Districts 3 and 4 are planning a virtual open house and survey between Jan. 8 and 15 to inform the public about the Interstate 80 Comprehensive Multimodal Corridor Plan. Caltrans, partners and stakeholders are working together to develop a plan for the I-80 corridor. The I-80 CMCP covers about a 70-mile span of I-80 in Solano, Yolo and Sacramento counties and will include various modes of transportation including Capitol Corridor passenger rail, freight rail, the Ports of Benicia and West Sacramento, local and express bus routes as well as bike and pedestrian facilities. The website is scheduled to go “live” on Jan. 8. It will include a survey for the public to provide input. Caltrans staff will be available via phone from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15.
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VACCINE: Phase 3 kicks off From Page A1 30,000 people at sites in the U.S. and Mexico to participate in the Phase 3 trial. The trial will prioritize recruiting participants from groups most effected by the pandemic, including Black, Latino and Native American people. The vaccine testing will be done as a randomized double-blind trial. Some participants will receive the vaccine and others will be given a placebo. Neither the participants nor the researchers know who gets the vaccine or the placebo, which will be determined randomly. In the Novavax trial, two-thirds of participants will receive the vaccine while one-third will receive the placebo. Similar to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the Novavax vaccine is given in two doses. In the case of the Novavax vaccine, the doses are given as an injection in the upper arm 21 days apart. (Due to the slow roll-out and limited supply of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, health experts and political officials are now discussing the merits vaccinating the
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Clinical trial participants are needed for UC Davis Health’s latest COVID-19 vaccine research. public with a single dose.) The trial is led by Stuart Cohen, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and director of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention at UC Davis Health. Participants in the trial are not intentionally exposed to the virus. “The vaccine contains protein antigens that cannot replicate or cause COVID-19,” Cohen said. “The antibodies generated by the vaccine will help protect the body from the real, fully-potent virus.” UC Davis Health described in a press release how the vaccine works. “The Novavax vaccine, called NVX-CoV2373, has a subunit from the spike protein in SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The
spike protein is the main target for development of immunity. The subunit is combined with an adjuvant, a boosting agent to improve the body’s immune response to the vaccine. When this combination enters the body, it triggers an immune response to the spike protein and creates antibodies to fight it,” the press release said. The UC Davis Health research will monitor how many participants among the vaccinated and placebo groups naturally contract COVID-19. “One indicator that the vaccine is working will be if there are substantially fewer infected participants in the vaccinated group than those who received the placebo,” the press release said. Should it be shown to be safe and effective, the Novavax vaccine would have a distinct advantage over the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, which is a messenger RNA model, must be stored at subzero temperatures. The Novavax vaccine can be stored at temperatures between 36 and 46 degrees.
Woodland Clinic enrolling volunteers BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Dignity Health’s Woodland Clinic is participating in the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine trial and looking for volunteers. The Phase 3 clinical trial, part of the federal Operation Warp Speed effort to find vaccines to protect against the novel coronavirus, calls for enrollment of up to 30,000 participants in the United States and Mexico. The trial will include proportional representation among diverse populations most vulnerable to COVID-19, including by race, ethnicity, age and those with underlying health conditions. Currently two vaccines have been authorized for use in the United States — those by Pfizer and Moderna — but more are needed. “The COVID-19 pandemic continues to surge, with record number of individuals being infected every day. Continued research is needed in vaccines and treatments to help end the pandemic,” said Dr. Rajan Merchant, a clinical immunology specialist with Woodland Clinic. “The development of multiple vaccines will ensure options for patients, creating a larger impact in the fight against coronavirus.” The clinical trial will test the safety and effectiveness of NVX-CoV2373, a stable, prefusion protein engineered from the genetic sequence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease. NVX-CoV2373 was created using
Novavax’ recombinant nanoparticle technology to generate antigen derived from the coronavirus spike (S) protein. The vaccine does not contain a live virus; rather, it contains a purified protein that can neither replicate nor cause COVID-19. Trial participants will randomly receive either the vaccine or placebo in two doses, 21 days apart. Two-thirds of volunteers will receive the vaccine and one-third will receive the placebo. Participants who qualify for the study will receive study-related medical tests throughout the study and monitoring of health and follow-up care and compensation for trial participation The trial seeks participants 18 and over, particularly those that meet the following qualifications: ■ Represent a racial and ethnic group that has been greatly impacted by the pandemic (such as African American, Latinx, Native American or Asian American) ■ Have an underlying medical condition (such as diabetes or obesity) ■ Have a high risk of exposure through work (such as first responder, healthcare professional, or delivery person) ■ Live or work in an elder-care facility ■ Are retired or active military For more information, call 530-6695553 or email DHMFResearch@Dignity health.org Woodland Clinic, part of Dignity Health Medical Foundation, is a multi-specialty clinic with seven locations in Woodland and Davis.
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REPORTS: ICU data still below threshold From Page A1 Sacramento, 14 in unincorporated areas of the county, 13 in Davis and four in Winters. The county has also reported 734 new cases of COVID-19 over the last week, a week which saw limited testing available because of the New Year’s weekend.
accounted for 106 of the 281 cases while just 25 of the cases were in individuals ages 65 and up. As part of the greater Sacramento region, Yolo County remains under the state’s regional stayat-home order with ICU capacity four weeks out projected at under 15 percent.
The 281 new cases reported on Tuesday included numbers from both Monday and Tuesday due to issues with the state’s database system, CalREDIE, according to the county.
On Tuesday, the California Department of Public Health reported the region’s capacity was 11.7 percent. That number has fluctuated over the last week from a low of about 7 percent to more than 15 percent.
Also on Tuesday, 37 county residents were hospitalized with COVID-19, both in the county’s two hospitals and outside of the county as well.
Three other regions remain under the order as well: the Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California.
COVID deaths in Yolo County remain concentrated among older residents but cases themselves continue to spread among all age groups. Of the 281 cases reported on Tuesday, 45 were in children and 50 in young adults ages 18-24. Individuals between the ages of 25 and 44
Statewide, there have been nearly 2.5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began with more than 31,000 of those cases reported on Monday. Just over 27,000 Californians have died. — Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.
ARREST: Cops collect evidence From Page A1 into his store Monday to inquire whether the suspect purchased alcohol there prior to the collision, which wasn’t the case, and to review footage from security cameras that captured the fatal incident. News of an arrest came as a relief to Kahlon, who said he hopes the tragedy
leads to improvements along Olive Drive, including additional lighting and more security cameras on neighboring buildings. “In the future, if this ever happens again, they can easily catch the person,” Kahlon said. “Makes sense, right?” — Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenter prise.net.
SUPERVISORS: Board looks ahead to difficult agendas From Page A1 in every way they can, whether it’s wearing a face mask in public, avoiding mass gatherings or joining a community group that can help us with our various problems and concerns.” As chairman of the board, Provenza said his primary goal this year “will be to avoid unnecessary deaths in our county, whether from COVID-19 or other causes.” “I think that we’ve done a good job in addressing the pandemic but this is a crucial crossroads,” he said. “We’re beginning to vaccinate certain members of our public. We know that it’s going to be a long road and it’s going to be a priority to work as efficiently and effectively as we can and to dedicate our board to supporting our health officer, Dr.
Aimee Sisson, our health department and making sure that we do everything that we possibly can to get everybody vaccinated as soon as possible. “But at the same time,” he said, “we know that even when people are vaccinated, they may be continuing to spread the virus and we know that it will be some time before everyone is covered. So we must redouble our efforts to comply with all of the health orders.” In addition to addressing the pandemic, Provenza said the board’s other priorities in the months and years ahead will include addressing climate change as well as racial and ethnic inequality. Barajas echoed those comments. “The first issue that we have to tackle, and continue to do so, is the
COVID-19 pandemic,” said Barajas, who defeated incumbent supervisor Duane Chamberlain in a March primary battle to represent the 5th District on the board. “We’re working to ensure that everybody has access and opportunity and education when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine, so that way we can reduce and limit deaths in the region and Yolo County,” said Barajas. Barajas represents a significant change to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors. A young, Latino Woodland City Council member, he challenged and defeated a conservative white farmer who had served four terms representing the largely rural 5th District. But heading into 2021, the board itself remains the same in another respect: all male.
OBITUARY Cesario M. Ordonez Jr. July 15, 1948 — Dec. 10, 2020
Cesario M. Ordonez Jr. passed away on Dec. 10, surrounded by his family. He was also known fondly as Sam or Junior by his family and friends. Cesario graduated from Davis Senior High School in 1966. After graduation, he joined his father, Cesario Sr., as a partner in the farming business. Later in life, he was employed as a mail courier for the county offices of Yolo. Cesario will be remembered as a generous and loving man who cared for and loved his family.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Cesario Sr. and Philis Ordonez, as well by his sister and brother. He is survived by four sisters, Nancy, Helen, Toni and Melody, along with many nieces, nephews and brother-in-law Craig. A special thank you to his niece Tristy and sister Nancy for their loving care in his final days. Cesario will always be remembered with love, along with the memories of him that will forever be treasured.
No woman has served on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors since 2010, though several women have run over the last decade, including, most recently, Davis resident Linda Deos, who challenged Provenza this year. In 2018, Sandy defeated Meg Stallard in the race to replace former supervisor Matt Rexroad, who had chosen not to seek re-election, and in 2014, Villegas defeated Norma Alcala. Villegas, originally appointed to the Board of Supervisors by former Gov. Jerry Brown, faced no opponents in 2016 or this year. With 12 years on the board, Provenza is now the longest-serving county supervisor in Yolo County, followed by Saylor, who was first elected in 2010.
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Ethnic-studies battle continues
State looks W to put kids in classrooms BY LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND Special to CalMatters
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s one of the most challenging years we have faced in recent history is ushered out, we enter 2021 with trepidation and hope. Amid the darkest moments of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is light at the end of the tunnel, with new vaccines arriving and a renewed sense of purpose about how to make the country safe again. As solutions for addressing the virus come into view, we must also figure out how to keep solving for learning: how to maximize opportunities to learn for all our children and youth as we work to get everyone vaccinated. With new evidence about how schools can be open safely — and new resources to ensure that this can be done — we can start planning to bring many students back to school in-person in careful stages and with supports that enable success. Throughout this pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature have supported our schools with guidance, personal protective equipment and resources to support distance learning. Our investments have prioritized equity and the most vulnerable Californians. We worked hard to provide quality distance learning and devices to students in need. California has certainly made great strides in distance learning, and this option will remain for parents and students who choose it and for those whose health status does not allow them to return to school soon. Yet despite significant training that has helped teachers develop new instructional skills, remote learning is still challenging for many children and their caregivers, especially the youngest students, those with special needs and those dealing with family challenges due to the pandemic. Schools provide supports to children in all these situations, especially when they are open in person.
ith just two months before the legal deadline for the state Board of Education to decide on a new ethnic studies curriculum for all California public schools, new concepts have been introduced into the latest proposal and new people added to those who might be studied. Still, old prejudices figure to be reinforced. Among the new individuals to be studied for sure, if this program is adopted, are some that few would object to: Former state Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso, onetime Hawaii Congresswoman Patsy Mink, American Indian Movement founder Madonna Thunder Hawk, ex-President Barack Obama and the late former Brooklyn Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, the firstever serious Black presidential candidate. Among the new peoples: Irish- and Jewish-Americans, via new units on anti-Semitism and Sephardic (Middle Eastern) Jewry. Things get more controversial with other persons on the suggested list teachers would have the option of adding: Onetime Black Panther leader Bobby Seale, selfproclaimed “lifetime Communist” Angela Davis, convicted murderer Mumia Abu-Jamal, the vocally antiSemitic Arab-American leader Linda Sarsour and Emiliano Zapata, founder of an early 20th Century agrarian revolutionary movement that still influences governance in Mexico.
One thing these individuals have in common: All are or were figures on the left. There’s no room for American conservatives here, no one like the Black Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina or newly elected Republican Congresswomen Michelle Steel and Young Kim of Orange County, both Korean-Americans. There are also no Irish or Jews, or Indians or Armenians on the list of individuals to be studied for sure, no Chinese-Americans, no immigrant business leaders like the founders of Zoom, Google and other seminal California companies. That makes the list highly partisan, allowing the right to plausibly label it a propaganda instrument. There is also an objectionable, though optional, lesson on Aztec gods including Tezcatlipoca, supposedly the originator of human sacrifice and other problematic practices. Most of this will satisfy educators from the Critical Ethnic Studies Association, dedicated to teaching about the prevalence of white supremacy, racial privilege and oppression in American history. But there’s nothing here about more establishment
minority group members, like the scientist Booker T. Washington. This is deliberate, as made plain by state Schools Supt. Tony Thurmond. The curriculum, he said last August, “needs … fidelity to the four ethnic groups that launched the (critical ethnic studies) movement” during a 1968 student strike at San Francisco State University: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and Native Americans. He did not explain why the new curriculum must stay faithful to ideas conceived more than 50 years ago by emotionally heated students lacking solid academic credentials.
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he planned curriculum would also introduce some new concepts, bound to bring loud protests. Most prominent of those is the idea of “racial privilege,” introduced by Thurmond’s staff rather than by the generally leftist members of the state Education Department’s Instructional Quality Commission, designer of the first two versions of the curriculum. This segment of the program would feature a unit on Irish- and Jewish-Americans “redefining themselves as white and American” and thus gaining alleged racial privilege they may not previously have had. Never mind that both Irish and Jewish immigrants faced massive discrimination upon arriving in America, overcoming college admission quotas, ethnic
and religious exclusions in rental leases and land covenants by dint of hard work and academic effort. The implication is that other Caucasian immigrant groups like GermanAmericans, Italian-Americans and Hungarian refugees arrived with white privilege, no matter how difficult their lives may really have been. Meanwhile, Jews — who maintained their identity for millennia in the face of hundreds of massacres even before the Holocaust — would be portrayed as striving to shuck their longtime identity to present themselves as white, just to get ahead. This concept is only very marginally accurate, at best, and should have been laughed off, but now appears on its way into public school curricula. What’s more, the California program figures to be copied in other states. In short, the newest version of the proposed ethnic studies program may be improved, but still contains gaping holes, questionable subject matter, plus some bigotry. Which means it needs still more improvement before anyone dreams of adopting it. — Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. His book, “The Burzynski Breakthrough, The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It,” is now available in a softcover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, visit www.californiafocus.net.
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n order to continue to solve for learning for all these groups, Newsom has proposed new measures to support schools in safely bringing back the youngest children and those who are most vulnerable, starting in late January and early February, then phasing in other grade levels through March. To provide resources that schools need, the governor will continue to partner with the Legislature to secure $2 billion in early action state funds that schools can use for staff and student testing, PPE, ventilation improvements and other health and safety measures. We all know that, in a classroom of peers led by an expert teacher, students learn not only critical academic content and skills. They also learn to listen, to share, to wait their turn, to encourage others and to allow others to encourage them. They learn to focus despite distractions. They learn that everyone makes mistakes and that it’s OK to struggle with a difficult task — and to ask for help while doing it. They gain the confidence to take risks with their learning and to persist despite difficulty. And they begin to learn skills like selfawareness, social awareness, self-management and responsible decision-making that will carry them through life. Our creative and committed teachers have been doing as much of this as possible online, often while working overtime to educate their own children at home as well. Now it’s time to boost our support for their efforts with resources for getting and keeping schools open safely, so that we can, as a state, continue to solve for learning together. — Linda Darling-Hammond is president of the California State Board of Education, californiasbepresident@gmail.com. She is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University. She wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.
LETTERS Thanks to the community! It is with immense gratitude that I write to you, my Davis community. The Davis Community Church Gift Project 2020 (our 22nd year) went off without a hitch! You are all so generous, so kind, and so thoughtful to include in your Christmas planning the children of the DCC Gift Project. We provided for: ■ 35 teens of Empower Yolo’s Domestic Violence Shelter ■ infants in the CommuniCare PNDT program ■ boys housed in the Progress Ranch Group Home ■ children enrolled in the Yolo Crisis Nursery ■ Pamma’s Shoe Closet, for foster kids (over 60 pairs of new shoes!) ■ DCC’s own program: Friday Faith and Food meals to serve the food insecure of our community. Wow! You are amazing! You bless our
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Why another $4B to Israel? As part of the 2021 NDAA, Congress just voted $4 billion a year in U.S. tax money to Israel despite its long record of human rights abuses, systemic racism, and injury to American and Palestinian Christians, Muslims and progressive Jews. Senate Democrats tried to include an amendment to prevent Israel from using U.S. security assistance funds to unilaterally annex West Bank territory, but were defeated. That $4 billion in military aid to Israel might be a surprise to Americans, whose mainstream media have yet to report this news. Israel is the only Middle Eastern
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country with nuclear weapons but American officials are prevented from saying so publicly. U.S. media have not reported the efforts of hundreds of illegal Israeli settlers on Thursday to disrupt prayers at the Greek Orthodox St. Saba Christian Monastery, east of Bethlehem, by intimidating the monks who gathered there to pray. Palestinian Christians denounced this violation, but Christian-Zionist groups have not. Christian-Zionists ignore Israel’s targeting of the Muslims and Christians, and their holy sites, in occupied Palestine. The most powerful of all foreign lobbies in the U.S. is Israel’s. Our media’s reports on Israel are consistently proIsrael and anti-Palestinian. They usually portray Israelis as victims, although Israeli forces have killed and injured far more of their adversaries than the reverse. I have worked at the Yolo Food Bank since April and have seen thousands of hungry Americans there. Many are still working and many are living in their cars. I want my money back. Sherrill Futrell Davis
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The top Mexican-food trends for 2021 Special to The Enterprise
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s families constantly search for meal inspiration, one of the best ways is to look toward trendy tastes for new options to add to the menu. One of the country’s top Hispanic food brands, Cacique, tapped culinary experts and chefs Aarón Sánchez, Bricia Lopez and Santiago Gomez to curate the third annual “What’s Next in Mexican Cuisine” trends forecast uncovering popular flavors, techniques and dishes to expect in the coming year. “One way we can all honor the impact of Latin culture in America is through food,” Sánchez said. “One easy step you can take to connect with a culture is by using authentic ingredients, like in this Chorizo Ragu with Cheesy Toast, which uses three staple Mexican ingredients — queso fresco, crema Mexicana and chorizo. It’s inspired by my prediction that Mexican comfort foods and deep, rich sauces made from scratch will rise in popularity.” Consider these top Mexican food trends for 2021 according to Sánchez, Lopez and Gomez along with findings from a survey conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Cacique: ■ The bread baking craze of 2020 will now include homemade corn and flour tortillas with 55% of Americans reaching for masa harina, flour and tortilla presses to
make their own. ■ Americans have a thirst for dehydrated chiles with varieties ranging from pasillas to anchos set to become more popular in American kitchens. ■ Dried chiles, beans and cheeses such as queso fresco will find their way into more American kitchens as people adopt a “from scratch” approach and back-to-basics techniques. ■ Coziness, meet Cozumel as Mexican comfort foods reign supreme and people gravitate toward nostalgic “homemade” style favorites like enchiladas. ■ Get ready to dive into deep, rich sauces, including mole, which will continue to grow in popularity. ■ Salsa macha will share the spotlight thanks to exploration of the breadth of salsa varieties that exist within Mexican cuisine. ■ Food exploration will satisfy Americans’ wanderlust as 55% plan to travel less in 2021, and the same percentage report they’re looking to learn the stories behind famous Mexican recipes. To find more trendinspired recipes, visit caciqueinc.com. — Family Features
Chorizo Ragu with Cheesy Toast Recipe courtesy of chef Aarón Sánchez. Ingredients: 3 bolillo-style rolls or
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One of the on-trend meals for the new year will be Chorizo Ragu with Cheesy Toast. 1 long baguette 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 yellow or white onion, chopped 2 or 3 carrots, chopped ½ teaspoon salt 6 cloves garlic, divided 8 ounces white or crimini mushrooms, chopped 2 tablespoons tomato paste 1 tablespoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1¼ pounds ground beef 9 ounces pork chorizo 1 can (28 ounces) crushed or pureed tomatoes 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened 9 tablespoons Mexican
table cream, plus additional for serving 1½ cups crumbled queso fresco Putting it together: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Halve bread lengthwise. In heavy-bottomed pot, warm olive oil over medium heat. Add onions, carrots and salt then cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables just start to soften, 3 to 4 minutes. Mince 2 garlic cloves and add to pot with mushrooms; cook about 3 minutes. Use spoon to push
vegetables to edges of pan then add tomato paste, oregano and cumin to center of pan; saute until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Increase heat to high and add beef and pork chorizo. Break meat up with spoon but don’t overstir. When beef is no longer pink, pour in tomatoes and bring to simmer. Decrease heat to mediumhigh and let simmer, stirring occasionally. While ragu simmers, use fork to mash or whip butter with cream until smooth. Mince or finely grate remaining garlic cloves then stir into crema mixture.
Spread cream mixture evenly over bread, trying to cover as much area as possible. Sprinkle crumbled queso fresco all over and place bread on rimmed baking sheet, cheese side up. Toast 4 to 5 minutes until cheese is melted and bubbling. Finish under broiler 30 to 60 seconds for deeper browning, if desired. Cut bread into individual portions. After about 20 minutes of simmering, ragu should thicken and flavors meld. Swirl in additional cream, then serve ragu in bowls with cheesy toast or ladle over pieces of toast.
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few days ago I received a letter from a colleague in the brewing industry. He retired a few years ago after a long and successful career with one of the great brewing companies of the world. As many do in retirement he sought other outlets for his brewing knowledge and skills, and so has recently joined a small company making brewing equipment for the craft industry; he went from a large company to a small one and from one that buys equipment to one that sells it. It is not surprising that this change raises some interesting technological questions he has never before had to ask and it’s hard to adapt. Hence his letter to me. My colleague’s technological observations and questions are themselves interesting and I will recount them later. What has intrigued me is that those questions and answers may have broad application in the way we live our lives and how we think and how we regard each other, given the highly divided and brutally partisan would-be kingdom in which we find ourselves. What emerges are the following ideas: ■ The structures and practices and thinking of one particular environment with which we are intimately familiar indelibly stamps those qualities upon us. They are difficult to recognize
and change. ■ If that background experience teaches us certain measures by which to gauge success or failure or right or wrong, those measures stay with us. Unfortunately, we may then apply them in different circumstances in ways that are not only inappropriate but may be counterproductive. ■ What we name things conjures up complete sets of ideas that are ingrained at the core level of the brain; the tags we put on ideas are indelible pointers to the ways we will think about them. ■ We are uncomfortable with and even ignorant of compromise, especially if we have not learned what compromise is, or what it looks or feels like; we cannot recognize it because we have never previously experienced it. ■ We may or may not understand why other people have priorities that are quite different from ours. We can perhaps easily identify the costs those curious (to us) priorities carry, but we cannot believe those costs are
worth it. Let me now turn to the particular technical question my colleague asked. The issue revolved around the mashing process in the brewhouse. This is the stage at which cereal grain (mostly or entirely ground malt) is extracted with hot water to form a fermentable wash that brewers call sweet wort. Large breweries use two vessels for mashing. The first, called a mash mixer, stirs that ground malt with water that is progressively heated up. At the right time the whole mass is transferred to a second vessel called a lauter, where the liquid wort is separated. The lauter is a wide, shallow vessel that occupies a lot of space. In large breweries, mashing is organized to be repetitive and highly efficient and may make a dozen or more brews of 500 to 750 barrels in 24 hours. Brewers measure the effectiveness of that process by a metric called brewhouse efficiency. So brews-perday (throughput) and brewhouse efficiency are brewers’ priorities, at this stage, because missing an occasional brew and accumulating small differences in efficiency can lead to the loss of tens-ofthousands of barrels in a year. No wonder these metrics are a priority. I owned a manufactory that made small breweries for
brewpubs in the 1980s. I quickly learned that things are different in small breweries, especially brewpubs. Space is a prime consideration because brewery space displaces drinkers. So is the initial price of the hardware, as many brewpubs have limited investment money.
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urthermore, most small breweries need maximum flexibility: e.g. they often want to make high-gravity (more alcoholic) brews that demand much more malt in a more dense mash. On the other hand, they don’t need high throughput and their low efficiency is a minor issue. This caused me to adopt an ancient, cheap and slow but compact technology called an infusion mash tun. I christened this a “mash/lauter.” When building small breweries, many compromises can be made, indeed must be made, to meet the different priorities of small operations. However, my colleague, coming from the uncompromising background of a large brewery has difficulty appreciating the needs of small breweries. Many of his questions could be answered by saying, “The priorities are different because … and these are the compromises ...” The influence of the term “mash/lauter” really intrigued me. This name implies that this single vessel can do the same job that two vessels do in a big
Ibele renamed director of tax appeals Special to The Enteprise Gov. Gavin Newsom has reappointed Mark Ibele, 65, of Davis, as director of the Office of Tax Appeals, where he has served in that position since 2017. Ibele was staff director of the California State Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review from 2013 to 2017, where he served as deputy staff director from 2012 to 2013. He was the principal consultant for the California State Assembly Committee on Budget from 2010 to 2012, staff director and special assistant on financial research for the Commission
NAME DROPPERS on the 21st Century Economy at the California Department of Finance from 2008 to 2010 and a professional adviser at the State Board of Equalization from 2006 to 2008. Ibele was principal fiscal and policy analyst at the Legislative Analyst’s Office from 1998 to 2006 and senior research analyst at the Service Employees International Union from 1993 to 1994. He earned a doctorate degree in public policy and finance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and a master’s of public policy degree from UC Berkeley. Ibele was confirmed to this position by the state senate in 2018 and the compensation is $204,828. Ibele is a Democrat. ———— Names of students who have made the scholastic honor roll for fall term 2020 have been announced by Oregon State University. A total of 8,378 earned a B-plus (3.5) or better to make the listing. To be on the honor roll, students must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work. Students on the honor
roll included: ■ Davis: Erika L. Faith, junior, environmental sciences; Lauren J. Limburg, freshman, animal sciences; Samuel S. Luxa, sophomore, political science; Sydney N. Russo, senior, biology; Suzanne VanderGheynst-Karago, senior, food science and technology. ■ Woodland: Claire Schwarzgruber, senior, liberal studies. — Do you know of someone who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy? Email it to newsroom@davisenterprise. net.
brewery. This is true as far as it goes. However, the vessel is, in reality, an infusion mash tun as used for centuries to make British ales. As the name “infusion” implies, this is a soaking of the raw materials at a single temperature and without (or with minimal) stirring. Under such circumstances the tun works well enough; the costs of the compromise are worth it. However, if engineers misunderstand the inappropriateness of the term “mash/lauter” they will be tempted to introduce a heat exchange surface and a stirrer to imitate the mash mixer of a large brewery. This may work in relatively thin mashes for ordinary beers but not so well in thick mashes for making much more alcoholic products, as my colleague discovered. Now the added technology costs are not worth it. His vast experience and substantial skill gained in a long career at one of the most demanding breweries on the planet did not serve him well in a different environment that, viewed from the outside, was identical. I think there are lessons to learn from this that we might bear in mind as we look outward from Davis onto other worlds. — Reach Michael Lewis at lewiswales@me.com. Comment on this column at www.davis enterprise.com.
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Even more contagious? About the new strain of virus BY ANA B. IBARRA AND BARBARA FEDER OSTROV CalMatters As California continues to ride its worst wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health officials have more unsettling news: Six cases of a worrisome, potentially more infectious new coronavirus variant have been detected in California. The new strain, first detected in the United Kingdom, also has been seen in Colorado and Florida and 33 other countries. Last week, San Diego County reported it had identified the new variant, called B.1.1.7, in a 30-year-old man with no travel history. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the discovery in a live streamed event with Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading national voice in the pandemic. Over the weekend, San Diego county health officials reported three additional cases. Fauci said this news was expected, since international travel is ongoing and viruses generally mutate. “RNA viruses, they make a living out of mutating,” he said. “The more you replicate the more you mutate.” However, the lack of travel history in the San Diego case is an indicator that the new form of the virus is circulating among the community, health officials there said. By today, the number of cases with the new variant had grown to six – four in San Diego, with one hospitalized, and two in San Bernardino, the governor announced. “What’s really important is that detecting this lineage here doesn’t really change what we need to do other than we need to do it better,” Dr. Kristian Andersen, an infectious disease and genomics expert at Scripps Research in San Diego, said in a news conference. That includes wearing masks and maintaining social distance. Here’s what Californians need to know about the new coronavirus strain.
health agency following a surge of cases in the southeastern part of the country. The first two samples were discovered in Kent and in London in September. While mutations in viruses are common, this particular strain stood out because it carries more genetic changes than is typical, according to researchers.
What’s the concern? Public health officials say the new strain seems to be more easily transmitted than the standard form of the virus. This means people who are exposed are more likely to become infected. According to health officials in the United Kingdom, evidence shows that infection is growing more rapidly in geographical areas where this variant is found. A study from The Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases in London shows this particular strain is 56% more transmissible. The study is still being peer-reviewed. Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s health secretary, explained it like this in a recent news conference: “For COVID to enter a human cell, it needs to bind to a receptor, a sort of front door on a human cell,” he said. “And the new, mutated COVID virus seems to bind a little tighter, a little more easily and enter the cell of the human body easier than our current COVID virus.” It remains unclear how this mutant form of the virus has contributed to the current surge in California. Officials have said its prevalence here is still likely low. On Dec. 21, Ghaly said that California had been checking thousands of specimens daily over the last month, looking for mutations. “We’re concerned because of the unknowns,” Ghaly said. “We’re concerned that we aren’t sure how this impacts the broadscale efforts to contain and mitigate the virus as it exists now.”
How was it discovered? What is the response? The new virus variant was first reported by England’s public
The California Department of Public Health said health care
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Registered Nurse Reanne Takara administers the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to frontline health workers at UC Davis Medical Center on Dec. 15. Vaccines developed for the original strain of coronavirus should still be effective against emerging strains, according to health officials. providers are collecting specimens for genetic sequencing, and the state is analyzing samples suspected of being variant strains. “As variants and mutations are found, that information is used to inform public health decisions and critical information is shared with the public,” the department said in an email.
How widespread is it? After the new variant was detected in the United Kingdom, some 40 countries restricted travel from the UK. The variant has since been reported in France, Japan, Spain, Sweden and Canada among other countries. The first known U.S. case, in a Colorado National Guardsman in his 20s, was reported Dec. 30. Two variants that share some mutations with the UK variant also have been reported in South Africa and Nigeria, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. “We know there’s more. We don’t know how many,” said Andersen, the infectious disease expert in San Diego. “Its prevalence for now is relatively low.”
Vaccines still work? Scientists believe they will. Fauci told Newsom last week that the variant “doesn’t seem to evade the protection that’s afforded by the antibodies that are induced by vaccines.” But scientists are testing the variant against the currently authorized vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna. The CEO of AstraZeneca, which is developing another COVID-19 vaccine candidate, told the London Times that the company’s scientists believe the vaccine will protect against the new variant. But some scientists believe it’s possible that the UK variant, or future variants, may prove tougher for vaccines to overcome.
Will it make me sicker? Right now, there’s no evidence that this new COVID variant has a higher fatality rate or causes more severe illness than the currently predominant strain, according to the CDC. A recent UK government study compared patients infected with the new variant to those with the predominant strain and found no statistically significant differences in severity of illness, deaths or reinfection. Scientists around the world are still studying the UK variant, however, and more answers may come soon. — CalMatters COVID-19 coverage, translation and distribution is supported by generous grants from the Blue Shield of California Foundation, the California Wellness Foundation and the California Health Care Foundation.
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‘Phase 1A’ members react to COVID vaccination BY LYAH FITZPATRICK HUB Staff Davis High senior Jessie Finkelor works as a food server for the University Retirement Community. “So technically speaking, I’m a front-line worker,” Finkelor said. When offered vaccination as part of California’s Phase 1A vaccination plan, Finkelor hesitated. “(The vaccine is) completely new technology and it’s only really been used in mice,” Finkelor said. However, conferring with her pediatrician, she decided to get the vaccine. Last week, Finkelor stood in line at the retirement community, filled out some paperwork and was directed to a chair. “At work, we have a whole healthcare department; you can get any vaccine there,” Finkelor said. “Right before I was really panicky, (... but) it was just like any other vaccine.” Finkelor was observed
for 15 minutes after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to check for side effects. Lisa Wolfman, a speechlanguage pathologist for Kaiser Permanente, also received the vaccine. She works directly with patients, sometimes without masks, to perform swallowing tests. Unlike Finkelor, Wolfman did not hesitate to accept the shot. “I was actually very excited and relieved (for the opportunity) because I’ve been having anxiety throughout this whole process,” Wolfman said, referring to constant contact with patients. Wolfman claims the shot was more comfortable than a flu vaccine. “It didn’t hurt when it was administered, and the soreness was minimal,” she said. Catherine Allday-Davis, a Kaiser Permanente pediatrician, has been seeing pandemic patients in person. “(The vaccine is) optional, and of course I said yes,” she said.
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Doctor Catherine Allday-Davis takes a selfie as she receives her first dosage of the vaccine. Similar to Wolfman, Allday-Davis felt “no fear, just excitement” to receive the shot. Her experience was quick and smooth. “I
didn’t even feel the injection, I was too busy taking a selfie,” Allday-Davis said. Although Finkelor, Wolfman and Allday-Davis
have received the vaccine, each plan on continuing to social distance and practice safe pandemic behavior due to the fact that only a handful of people have been vaccinated. “There’s not a lot of research whether or not you can be a vector for the disease,” Finkelor said. Health care workers ers and other Davis residents advise others to take the vaccine if feasible. “This vaccine, I think, is unbelievably important to at least ast mitigating severe re symptoms of the disease and get us on track to (normal mal life),” Allday-Daviss said. To dispel concerns, Allday-Davis adds, “This vaccine wasn’t just created in the last few months;; it was built on science ce for years and years.” In her 14 years as a pediatrician, she has seen “almost
no” bad reactions to vaccines. “It’s good to know that I’m gonna be part of the solution,” Finkelor said. “This vaccine I think is unbelievably important to at least mitigating severe symptoms of the disease, and get us on track to (normal life),” Allday-Davis said. She and
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The 2019 Point-in-Time Count surveys people experiencing homelessness on a single day.
Youth Leadership Davis helps displaced population BY LAUREN LEE HUB Staff COVID-19 changed everything, including the way Davis serves its homeless population. For years, Davis’ Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter has been operating a shelter with dozens of clients sleeping in the same room. The shelter is usually open from November to March. But, with COVID-19, the congregate living model was no longer appropriate. The IRWS pivoted to work toward providing individual housing and apartments to the unhoused. That meant Youth Leadership Davis had to change its focus as well. High school students in Youth Leadership Davis (YLD) support homeless community members by working closely with IRWS. Students learn about the causes of homelessness, mental health, addiction and interpersonal skills. In the COVID crisis, YLD members volunteered to help build furniture for the apartments. DHS senior Sam Koenig helped distribute the blankets, silverware and apartment furniture with his younger brother. “(The Davis Emergency Shelter) has gotten so many people (from) the streets into the shelter. It’s a really big step,” Koenig said. Student volunteers like senior Emme Dunning miss the in-person interactions that they used to have with people experiencing homelessness. She used to be able to help with checking in, distributing items like sleeping bags and eating with people in the shelter.
“The original goal of YLD and IRWS has been to create community (while) housing people and bridge gaps between people experiencing homelessness and people that are housed,” Dunning said. Koenig also misses close interactions with homeless clients. “My favorite thing about working there was meeting the people. It’s nice eating with them and hearing their stories,” Koenig said. YLD adviser Mike Coleman believes students are getting something important from the experience. “We want to make this an experience which informs (students) to lead, be involved and to approach difficult situations or problems in society,” Coleman said. “While we call it ‘Youth Leadership Davis,’ it is not leadership in the traditional sense … It’s more about how we grapple with challenges in society.” With direct work with the homeless limited, students are taking on other challenges. Dunning’s volunteer work includes writing upcoming articles for The Enterprise, including the work of Davis Opportunity Village, a nonprofit dedicated to serving individuals experiencing homelessness. Dunning’s goal is to spread awareness of what YLD is doing and destigmatize homelessness. “There tends to be an idea that in order to become homeless you have to do something wrong or it has to be your fault. I think it’s important for young people to understand that homelessness can come from anything and each individual has a different set of problems,” Dunning said.
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Beginning with the New Year, all branches of the Yolo County Library have launched the Cozy Reading challenge, an initiative created to “promote literacy for people of all ages by providing incentives to develop and sustain a lifelong reading habit,” the library website said. Throughout January, participants can sign up for the challenge at yolocountylibrary.beanstack.org and build points to receive a prize during their selected library’s curbside pickup hours until Jan. 31. Participants can earn 100 points by reading for an hour. If they reach 1,000 points, they will receive a prize of hot chocolate and a bookmark. Activities and reading must be logged on the Beanstack Tracker app or on a physical copy of the Cozy Reading Challenge Printable Log, which can be printed at home or picked up at the local branch library. While suggested book titles for all ages are on the Cozy Reading page, Yolo County Library encourages all types of reading and literacy. This includes graphic novels, audio books, the internet and magazines, and will count this reading toward the challenge. Two Davis High students, senior
Booth heard about the Cozy Reading challenge from a friend and signed up immediately. “I hope this challenge will not only reignite my love of reading, but give me a list of titles to read in the future,” Booth said. Liu first learned about the challenge by accidentally clicking on the page instead of the library catalog. “Since I was a kindergartener at North Davis Elementary I’d always finish the 400 bookcount, and I’d always participate in book battles later,” Liu said. “This seemed interesting, and I would’ve been reading and bored anyway, so the two activities dovetailed quite nicely.” Sitting at his kitchen table or living room with sunlight filtering in through the window, Liu reads contentedly, determined to read 10 hours and complete the challenge. To collect prizes, stop by the curbside pick-up hours for the Stephens Branch Library, 315 E. 14th St., from 2 to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10 to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Pick-up times for other locations can be found on the Yolo County Library website.
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Are co-ops a model for going forward? T here was a lot of conversation last year about what we might learn from the pandemic, and specifically how what we learn might inform our approach to dealing with the climate crisis. A lot of this discussion focused on which industries and technologies should be supported and which not. Some of this involved decisions to channel investment away from fossil fuels and into renewables. In particular, the spotlight was on pension funds and efforts to persuade them to switch their bazilliions, or trazillions, of dollars from coal and oil into wind and solar. Much of the news has been positive with some of the world’s biggest pension funds and sovereign funds doing just that. And why not? Investing in socially good industries and technologies would seem to be a no-brainer. But it was not, and is not. The issue raised by those who manage these funds and resisted was usually summarized in what they termed as their responsibility to only consider shareholders and profit maximization in making investment decisions; environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations were not allowed on the table.
There were two recent articles, one in Bloomberg Businessweek and the other in the New York Times that shed a lot of light on this issue. The article in Bloomberg Businessweek charts the legal battleground on the ESG issue, tracing it back to Henry Ford, who ran his factories not for shareholder profit but instead so he could raise worker salaries and reduce the cost of his cars. Well, the Dodge brothers didn’t like that and sued to get more of the money to shareholders through bigger dividends. According to the article, that court case gave the Dodge boys a victory and required Ford to increase dividends, but it also “undercut the principle of shareholder primacy by affirming what’s known as the business judgment rule, which gives boards of directors wide latitude to decide what’s in the best interest of the corporation.”
So, ambiguity was firmly established in the law, and many, even most, investment managers took the overall decision conservatively to mean shareholder primacy is the most important, and even the only consideration in investment decisions. But, recently pension funds and others have been emphasizing that the two are not incompatible; ESG decisions (e.g. divesting from coal and oil) can also be seen as the most prudent decision for stockholders. Duh, you might say, and 26 percent of “professionally managed” funds in 2018 had ESG mandates. Looks good for the climate crisis, right? Well, hold your horses. This has made some industries mad. Alaska’s elected leaders complained that ESG’s had stopped lending for oil and gas projects in the Arctic. The gun industry and owners of private prisons also complained. These complaints reached ears in the current administration and three agencies of the federal government are proposing to reaffirm shareholder primacy. The Department of Labor has finalized a rule that investment decisions be based solely on monetary considerations. The SEC is taking similar action and the Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency is proposing to penalize banks that include ESG in their lending decisions. I don’t know if Henry Ford was all about ESG. He at least seems to have been interested in his workers and giving them a better life. The current financial system is so complex, so much influenced by lawyers and lobbyists not famous for looking out for the average Joe and Jane, it makes me wonder if maybe there’s a better, more transparent model for at least some economic activity that would see environmental, social and governance issues as integral to, not just sometimes additional to, economic activity.
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his brings me to the second article, this one in the Times and captioned “The Basque Model for Softer Capitalism.” It’s about the Mondragon Corporation in Spain, a collection of almost 100 cooperatives employing more than 75,000 people and annual revenues of nearly $15 billion, making it, in the words of the article, “one of the nation’s largest sources of paychecks.” It includes one of the country’s largest grocery chains and a credit union (hmmm, sounds a bit like our little burg) and employees have health care,
profit sharing and pensions. Many large corporations in the U.S., enthralled with the shareholder primacy model, increased dividends and bought back stock in order to raise prices on the stock market. This enriched stockholders, but left many of the companies unprepared for the pandemic, resulting in layoffs. At Mondragon, on the other hand, there’s a philosophy and practice of not firing people in difficult economic times. Since the owners are the workers, they can reduce salaries or otherwise exercise flexibility to respond. The pandemic cut demand and forced some factory closures and reduced production at others by 25 percent. Having set aside funds for just such exigencies, employees continued to receive their salaries, with 5 percent slated to be paid back in hours worked when the crisis abated. It would seem that if one of the lessons we are to learn from the pandemic and apply to the climate crisis is to “Be Prepared” there’s a potentially big role for cooperatives in our future. — John Mott-Smith is a resident of Davis. This column appears the first and third Wednesday of each month. Please send comments to john mottsmith@comcast.net.
Search is on for the first bumblebee of the year BY KATHY KEATLEY GARVEY Special to The Enterprise Be on the lookout for the first bumblebee of the year in Yolo and Solano counties. In memory of native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp (1933-2019), UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor of entomology, the Bohart Museum of Entomology is sponsoring the inaugural Robbin Thorp Memorial FirstBumble-Bee-of-the-Year Contest. Professor Thorp was a global authority on bumblebees, and always looked forward to seeing the first bumblebee of the year. He launched an impromptu contest several years ago with a small group of bumblebee enthusiasts/ photographers from Yolo and Solano counties. Now the Bohart Museum, where Thorp spent much of his time identifying bees and helping others, is sponsoring the contest. Participants are to capture an image of a bumblebee in the wild in either Yolo or Solano counties and email the image to bmuseum@ucdavis.edu with the details of time, date and place. The image must be recognizable as a bumblebee. The winner receives bragging rights and a special gift from the Bohart Museum, said Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart and UCD professor of entomology. Plans call for a Bohart coffee mug with a bumblebee image. The first bumblebee to emerge in this area is the black-tailed bumblebee, Bombus melanopygus. Native to western North America and found from California to British Columbia and as far east as
A black-tailed bumblebee perches on a rose in Benicia last winter. Below, the late Robbin Thorp is seen out studying bees. The Bohart Museum of Entomology is sponsoring a contest in memory of Thorp, a UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor, to see who can find the first bumblebee of the year in Yolo and Solano counties. KATHY KEATLEY GARVEY/ COURTESY PHOTOS
Idaho, it forages on manzanitas, wild lilacs, wild buckwheats, lupines, penstemons, clovers, and sages, among others. Thorp, a 30-year member of the UC Davis entomology faculty, from 1964-1994, co-authored two books, “Bumble Bees of North America: An Identification Guide” and “California Bees and Blooms: A Guide for Gardeners and Naturalists.” He achieved emeritus status in 1994 but continued to engage in research, teaching and public service until a few weeks before his death. A tireless advocate of pollinator species protection and conservation, he was known for his expertise, dedication and passion in protecting native pollinators, especially bumblebees, and for his teaching, research and public service. He was an authority on
pollination ecology, ecology and systematics of honey bees, bumblebees, vernal pool bees, conservation of bees, native bees and crop pollination, and bees of urban gardens and agricultural landscapes. Thorp co-taught “The Bee Course” from 2002 to 2019, an intensive nine-day
workshop affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History and held annually at the Southwestern Research Station, Portal, Ariz. Kimsey, who first met Thorp when she was a graduate student at UC Davis, said that although
he wasn’t her major professor, “my project was on bees and he was incredibly helpful and supportive. His enthusiasm about pollinators and bees in particular actually grew after he retired, and he continued helping students and researchers and was the backbone of so much research. His support and kindness was matched by his undemanding assistance and expertise. What a terrible loss to his family and to the research and conservation communities.” An authority on the critically imperiled Franklin’s bumble bee, Bombus franklini, Thorp began monitoring the bumble bee population in 1998 in its narrow distribution range of southern Oregon and northern California. He had not seen it since 2006 and was instrumental in placing Franklin’s bumble
Yolo Audubon has nature Sierra Club presentation discusses journaling workshop birds’ response to climate change Special to The Enterprise The Yolo Audubon Society is offering a free virtual Nature Journaling Workshop at 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, via Zoom. Alison Kent will introduce the art of nature journaling, with a discussion of tools and materials, for about 30 minutes. Participants will then go out in their own neighborhoods, or area of choice, to walk and journal. The group will reconvene at 11:15 a.m. to discuss and share their journals. No experience is necessary. Examples of nature
journaling, suggested art materials and additional resources and information are available at yolo audubon.org or facebook. com/yoloaudubonsociety. Those interested should register for the Zoom event on either website. Yolo Audubon, a chapter of the National Audubon Society, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster an appreciation of birds and conservation in Yolo County. The group will be offering virtual events in an effort to educate and inform the public about birds and birdwatching.
Special to The Enterprise The Sierra Club will give a presentation, “Avian Responses to Rapid Climate Change: Examples from the Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count” from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14. Birds have proven to be one of the most adaptable of taxonomic groups in responding to climate change and mass extinctions. 55 million years ago, a mass extinction event occurred during a period of rapid climate warming associated with rising
atmospheric CO2 levels. The Earth’s average temperature increased by about 5 degrees Celsius over thousands of years resulting in the extension of tropical conditions nearly to the Arctic Circle. In contrast, the current warming is noticeable within a few generations of birds or even within the lifespan of an individual bird. Adaption through evolution is not an option; birds will need to adapt immediately. The webinar presenter, Steve Hampton, has been
a prominent member of the Yolo County birding community for more than two decades and has written the monthly column on bird sightings for the Yolo Audubon newsletter. Click on the following link on the indicated date and time or copy it into a browser to join the webinar: https://us02web. zoom.us/j/85749319406. Preregistration is not required. For more information, contact Alan Pryor at ozone21@att.net or 916996-4811.
bee on the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Long active in the North America IUCN Bumblebee Specialist Group, Thorp served as its regional cochair, beginning in 2011. In August of 2016 a documentary crew from CNN, headed by John Sutter, followed Thorp to a meadow where he last saw Franklin’s bumble bee. Sutter wrote about Dr. Thorp, then 82, in a piece he titled “The Old Man and the Bee,” a spinoff of Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea.” Highly honored by his peers, Thorp was named a fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco in 1986; a recipient of the Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorship of UC Davis in 2010; and a recipient of the UC Davis Distinguished Emeritus Award in 2015. He also was a member of the UC Davis Bee Team that won the Team Award from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America in 2013. In addition, he was a past president (20102011) of the Davis Botanical Society, and former chair (1992-2011) of the advisory committee for the Jepson Prairie Reserve, UC Davis/Natural Reserve System. UC Davis professor and pollination ecologist Neal Williams, who organized a special symposium in Thorp’s honor at the 2019 PBESA meeting in San Diego, praised his “tireless efforts in research, advocacy and education” and how he “inspired a new generation of bee researchers.”
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NOTICE INVITING SUBCONTRACTOR BIDS Landmark Modernization Contractors dba Landmark Construction is inviting qualified subcontractors to submit proposals for the Birch Lane ES, Cesar Chavez ES, North Davis ES and the Willett ES Multipurpose Buildings Projects for our valued customer the Davis Joint Unified School District. Bids are due on January 29, 2021 by 2PM. ALL bids will be received at the Landmark main office via email at frontdesk@landmarkconst.net. The scope of work includes construction of a new one-story, fully sprinklered Multipurpose Building at each named school site, including music classroom, kitchen, servery, platform and related site work. A complete set of bid documents and requirements are available at: https://landmarkconst.net/plan-room/. Non-mandatory Subcontractor Job Walks will be held on January 5th, 2021 and January 13th, 2021 at 2PM. Interested subcontractors must RSVP attention Julie Hamblin, Bid Coordinator, via frontdesk@ landmarkconst.net. Any attendees will be required to adhere with the most current COVID-19 prevention protocols, including masks and social distancing. Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing subcontractors planning to propose on these projects must be pre-qualified prior to submitting proposals or bids. Prospective proposers or bidders must submit a pre-qualification questionnaire and financial statement at least 10 business days prior to the date bids are due. All pre-qualification information MUST be submitted to the District via QualityBidders. Current and complete prequalification information can be found on the District’s website here: https://djusd.net/departments/capital_ operations/capital_improvement. The site includes a link to QualityBidders. DVBEs are encouraged to provide proposals. Landmark is willing to break down work items into economically feasible units to facilitate DVBE participation. We are willing to assist qualified DVBE firms in obtaining bonds, lines of credit and/or insurance. These projects are being delivered via lease-leaseback and require a Skilled and Trained Workforce. 12/30, 1/6 1108 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: December 16, 2020 FBN Number: F20201006 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Batchelder Real Estate 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California. Business is located in Yolo County. 2917 Avila Bay Place Davis, CA 95616 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Batchelder Enterprises, Inc. 2917 Avila Bay Place Davis, CA 95616 4. Business Classification: Corporation 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: December 1, 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): John Batchelder 12/30, 1/6, 1/13, 1/20 1110 NOTICE OF LIEN SALE
Notice is hereby given pursuant to FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME California Business and Professional STATEMENT Codes #21700-21716, Section 2328 of Filed: December 28, 2020 the UCC of the Penal Code, Section 535 FBN Number: F20201024 the undersigned, Storquest Express Self 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Storage of Woodland, will sell at public VELOCITY STRATEGIES sale by competitive bidding the personal MEF CONSULTING property of: Name: Haley Ware, Matthew 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Butler, Shane Wright, Olivia Bighead, Principal Place of Business in California. Denise May, Jessica Pelfrey, Chris Business is located in Yolo County. Scheuerman, Angela Rivera, Lindsey 26957 E. El Macero Drive Cruz property to be sold: household El Macero, CA 95618 goods, furniture, appliances, clothes, 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), toys, tools, boxes & contents. Auctioneer Residence Address, State, and Zip Company: www.storagetreasures.com MEFC LLC The Sale will end at 10:00 AM, Jan. 21, 26957 E. El Macero Drive 2021 Goods must be paid for in CASH El Macero, CA 95618 at site and removed at completion of 4. Business Classification: sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the Limited Liability Company event of settlement between owner and 5. Beginning Date of Business: The obligated party. Registrant(s) commenced to transact Storquest Express Woodland business under the fictitious business 1610 Tide Ct. name or names listed above on: Woodland, CA 95776 March 9, 2011 (530) 338-3531 “I declare that all information in 1/6, 1/13 1111
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You know what to do Dear Annie: I have been seeing this guy, “Roy,” for a year and a half. When we are together, all he wants to do is hook up. He comes to my house all the time, but he never invites me to his. I actually still have no idea where he lives: I know the vicinity, but no specifics. He says he wants to keep some parts of his life private. And he only calls and talks to me on the phone when he is heading to or from work, but never when he’s at home. He tells me he loves me, but I’m not buying it. What do you think? — Help Me Dear Help Me: I think that there’s a 99% chance he’s married and a 100% chance he’s not worth your time. End it ASAP. Breaking things off is rarely easy, but I guarantee that you will not regret this in the long term. ——— Dear Annie: The holidays are here and gifts are arriving. Once again, we’re getting boxes of chocolates, tins of mixed nuts, gourmet cheeses, fancy cookies and pastries. My husband and I eat a healthy diet, get regular exercise and are allergic to nuts and dairy. We’ve explained to people that these foods make us extremely sick and can even be life-threatening but still the same gifts come year after year. Their attitude seems to be: “Hey, it’s Christmas, for Pete’s sake. Lighten up and just enjoy. A little won’t hurt you.” So, I write a note, thanking them for thinking of us and wishing them a happy holiday, and then donate everything to the local food bank and homeless shelter. If you or your readers have suggestions on other ways to handle this, we would appreciate hearing them. — You Really Shouldn’t Have Dear You Really Shouldn’t Have: Sorry to disappoint, but I have no real advice here. You’re already doing exactly what I’d suggest. As frustrating as these types of gifts might be for you and your husband, remember that there are many people who would be happy to receive any gifts at all. ——— Dear Annie: “Sincerely Confused” was concerned about the dogs that had attacked a couple of years ago. As a result, he or she said they “probably haven’t walked more than 15 feet outside (their) yard. “ If walking helped clear this person’s mind, then it would be worthwhile for them to get in the car and go to a place where they feel safe to walk. That would definitely help, in conjunction with the therapy and the study. Walking is therapeutic, it should not be replaced, just supplemented. — Lynne, Avid Walker Dear Lynne: You are absolutely right. Walking regularly has all kinds of benefits, both mental and physical, including increased longevity and a reduced risk of arthritis.
Simple gesture made a difference Dear Annie: Years ago, I read the toilet seat debate in the Ann Landers column. It featured women upset about men leaving the toilet seat up after use and men defensive about it. My wife and I were married for 45 and a half years, and she never complained about it, but I thought if such a simple thing might make her more pleased then why not do it. So, I always made sure to put the seat down when I was done using the bathroom. She died a little over a year ago, and I still put the seat down. — Caring in Spokane Dear Caring: I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m sure your thoughtfulness was something your wife loved about you. At a time when many couples have been cooped up together for months, your letter is a reminder to be kind to each other in every way we can, while we can. ——— Dear Annie: I’ve been in this relationship with a guy for four years. I think I can count on both hands how many times he’s said he loves me. I’ve always questioned his love for me. He barely touches me. If I touch him, he
jumps away from me, but when he’s ready to be affectionate, I’m always available to him. The last time we were intimate was many months ago. Another thing that concerns me: Whenever we have conflict, he always threatens to leave. I told him that I don’t appreciate the threats and that I would never ask a partner to leave unless I actually wanted him to go. The last time he threatened to leave, I told him to leave and that I would help him pack. So far, he’s stopped with the threats since then. I’m 49 years old, and I just can’t see myself wasting another year with this type of relationship. It’s hard and depressing, especially during the pandemic. I feel like he’s a manipulator and needs to go. What should I do? — Feeling Unloved Dear Feeling Unloved: I don’t think that you need me to tell you what to do. You’re just having trouble actually doing it. My advice: Stop thinking of the last four years as a waste. Far from helping you gin up the courage to leave, that mindset may actually paralyze you into staying. Instead, consider that the relationship offered valuable lessons and growth (and, hopefully, some happy memories), but it’s no longer serving you. The sooner you end this, the sooner you’ll be onward and upward.
Dear Annie: The letter from “CRC Survivor,” who only found out he had colon cancer when he went to donate blood, brings up two great points: The first is the importance of donating blood on a regular basis, since blood is always in short supply; the second is the value of routine colonoscopy, since colon cancer can be completely silent, I remember Katie Couric promoting it after her husband died at a young age from colon cancer. I hope that your readers follow your advice. — Haridas Dear Haridas: The American Red Cross is in critical need of blood and plasma donations right now — particularly from COVID19 survivors, whose plasma can help people fighting COVID-19 now. You can go to https://www. redcrossblood.org to sign up for an appointment.
More mindful celebrations Dear Readers: The letter from No More Balloons caused quite a reaction, with many of you offering suggestions for other ways of celebrating. Here is a sampling: Dear Annie: Bubbles are the answer instead of balloons. There are bubble machines, and there are large hoops to make your own. Dish soap is best if you are making your own. Bubbles are beautiful and iridescent. — Bubble Lover Dear Annie: In The Villages, Florida, we have thousands of golf carts. When someone has a birthday, we make a parade caravan. People decorate their carts with party regalia and then take their turn in line to drive past the hospital, senior center or the home of the special person. Usually, the person is sitting outside so we can see each other. No balloons in sight, but lots of funny gifts are left at a “gift corral” at the recipient’s driveway. My dad and I are poets, and we like writing a special poem for the occasion. But some paraders sing a favorite song. Lots of veterans are here who love to hear our national anthem, and everyone in the caravan joins in. I don’t like fresh-cut flowers because they die quickly. I just can’t keep them alive for more than two days. So, I appreciate your idea of planting a tree. It makes a forever gift. I’ve attended parties where we get a few people to pitch in to buy a tree or shrub or even seedlings. And we have
people signed up to do the planting. Great idea to keep our ocean life safe from plastics. Use reusable bags for shopping. I give them as gifts with pictures to match the recipient’s favorite things or places. — New Ideas Dear Annie: I have many suggestions for how to celebrate special occasions and help our world. — Plant a tree. Contact your local parks department, state parks department, national parks. They know all about this and can help make it very special. The Nature Conservancy could also help. Do it right with experienced arborists to make sure your tree has the best chance to thrive and procreate. Some people buy cheap trees, plant improperly and then endure grief when the tree fails. — Gather donations for a homeless shelter, extended care facility, animal rescue or other acts of mercy. — Sponsor a memorial for a walkathon, bricks for a new hospital, a park bench, a picnic table, a bus shelter (if allowed) or any number of needed things. — Pay for spaying or neutering. Work with local wildlife agencies to sponsor nesting boxes for birds, bats, butterflies and other wildlife. — Contact extended care facilities to see what their residents and employees need. — Sponsor a service animal for wounded veterans or others needing help. — Contact your Humane Society for memorial ideas. I could go on and on. Let the memories of your loved ones make a positive impact. And don’t forget to do it again on anniversaries of their birthdays. You don’t have to be rich to do these things. Any good done in their names keeps their memories alive. — May Your Hearts Find Peace Dear Hearts: What beautiful sentiment and wonderful suggestions. Thank you! ——— Dear Annie: My husband of decades has a habit that I don’t care for, and I can’t seem to make him understand the problem. I have run out of ideas, have asked counselors and anyone I can that might have an answer or suggestion. I am desperate to see whether you or your readers have any ideas. The issue is this: If he sees anything around and he doesn’t recognize it, he throws it away. If you are right there, then you can stop him. Otherwise, you’re out of luck. I check the garbage for items regularly. The last things he tossed out that I didn’t catch were my two photo albums from my childhood. My mom, dad and greatgrandma worked on those two albums. Needless to say, the albums contained pictures of many individuals who are gone. I can’t seem to forgive him and get over it. It’s mostly grieving for what I can never see ever again. I thought I’d made him understand that these sentimental items are mine and that he has no right to throw something away without checking with me. Please help... I have tried counseling, both me alone and us together. I have left notes on items from matter-of-fact to rather nasty. I have tried explaining, every day, not to throw my things away. Please tell me how to deal with this problem. I am at my wit’s end! — Missing My Things Dear Missing: While not considered its own psychological disorder, compulsive decluttering can be a symptom of obsessivecompulsive disorder. I encourage you to find a 2015 article on The Atlantic website, entitled “The Opposite of Hoarding,” and see whether the behavior described reminds you of your husband. Though you’ve tried therapy yourself and attended couples therapy with him, he may benefit from individual therapy on his own, potentially for the treatment of OCD. If I hear any insights from readers, I’ll be sure to print them here.
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Assemblywoman Shirley Weber gives a press conference in the capitol following the passage of her bill, AB 392, which would limit the use of deadly force by police in California in 2019.
Weber aims to show a fragile democracy BY BEN CHRISTOPHER CalMatters Seventy years ago, sharecroppers David and Mildred Nash refused to back down in a dispute with a white farmer, and fled from a lynch mob in Hope, Arkansas. With their 2-year-old daughter in tow, they found a new home out west in a place so different her grandfather, who would die without ever being able to vote, called it a “foreign land.” This year that toddler, Shirley Weber, is slated to become the first Black Californian to become the state’s top election official. Here’s a conversation with her, condensed and edited for clarity: Q: We all saw the video of the call in which the governor offered Secretary Padilla the job. I’m curious, did you receive a phone call? Was it an email? What was that ask like for you? A: I didn’t have the same experience that Padilla had with the tears and so forth and so on. I had gotten a phone call I think the night before when the governor made his decision as to what he was going to do. Q: Was this something that you were pushing for? Were you seeking out the position? A: No, no. It was not even on my radar, initially. It was not something I was pushing for, not something that I had asked for. I know others had … I knew there were others who had been called in to discuss the position … I was approached in a very general way — a “what do you want to do with your life?” sort of conversation. But I didn’t connect the dots that it was about the secretary of state position until it became more apparent. A: What are your priorities? I’m hoping that we will continue this change to make sure that voting is accessible to everyone and that there are various ways that people can vote … I also want to focus on civic education. I look at what kids know and even what adults know about the elected positions and voting and the balance of power. All of those things have really become civic lessons in the last four years! … So I’m looking at ways in which we can, in addition to all the stuff we normally do, help people have a good, strong civic lesson about voting, about democracy, about the relationship between the states and federal government. I’m not sure if our folks truly understand it. Because if you did, you would be vigilant about voting, you would understand how fragile the democracy is, and you would understand what tyranny is ... Q: Maybe it’s not surprising given your background, but you seem to view this job as another opportunity to be a teacher — this time for 40 million people. A: Education is in my soul. I’ve been a teacher since I was 5 years old on my mother’s back porch in the projects. I did everybody’s homework because I was stupid (laughing) and I love doing homework! Q: When you were
growing up, when your family came to California from Arkansas, was voting a big part of your family tradition? A: Oh, definitely. My dad came in ’51. That was before the Voting Rights Act. People knew very clearly in the South that you didn’t try to register to vote because you could be killed. So my father was not a registered voter. Neither was my grandfather. And after my father had to flee the South, when he came to California, among some of the first things he did was to register to vote. He and my mom voted in every election there ever was. My mother volunteered at the polls when we were in elementary school. She became one of the poll workers and eventually she became a supervisor at the polls. When my elementary school could no longer allow folks to vote in the auditorium because of the free and reduced lunch programs (which required the school to make) space for the kids to eat, my mother said, ‘Well, you guys can vote at our house.’ So our house became the polling place. Q: You were pretty vocal in pushing the governor to select a Black woman for Senator Harris’ soon-to-be-vacant seat. You told Erika Smith at the L.A. Times that you would be “very, very, very upset” if Newsom did not — A: And I am. I’m still upset and I’m still concerned … I met with the (Legislative) Black Caucus and one of the things I insisted that we do was send another letter to the governor saying that we still want a seat. If a seat becomes available, we want a Black woman’s voice in it because there are none in the Senate. California may have another opportunity, depending on (Democratic Sen. Dianne) Feinstein. If she runs again or if she resigns or whatever she does — if there’s a change, we still want a Black woman. Q: Your daughter (Akila Weber, who sits on the La Mesa city council) announced that she’ll be running for your Assembly seat once you leave it. Did you encourage her to get into politics? A: I would never try to get anybody to go into politics because that’s something you have to want to do … I never stopped going to meetings because I had children. So my kids learned to take their coloring books and sit in the corner while we had board meetings. … (Akila ran for student body president of her elementary school). Her principal, who I knew, called me and says, “Girl, I am shocked … I have never had a sixth-grade president come into my office and say, ‘Here is the agenda. Could you make copies for the meeting?’” … She’s always been a leader type. Q: Have you given her any campaign advice? A: The only advice that I’d ever give my daughter is: Don’t lose your sense of integrity; never become so angry that you become ineffective. There’s always a way to get things done.
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