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Man gets 25 years for girlfriend’s killing

Anoosh Jorjorian speaks at a community reading event in June at a solidarity space in Central Park created in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Jorjorian’s many contributions to the community earned her the city’s Brinley award this year.

Body found in Woodland

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer

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Jorjorian earns Brinley Award

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because obviously a family losing a parent was a terrible thing and we wanted to figure out how we could prevent this from happening in the future,” Jorjorian recounted last week.

The group thought perhaps they could provide outreach through the school district, connecting with families at risk and providing assistance.

But then COVID-19 hit, and their plans shut down along with the schools themselves.

Problems for immigrant families, however, were only multiplying, with many workers losing their jobs and limited assistance available for the undocumented.

Enterprise staff writer Early in 2020, Anoosh Jorjorian learned that the parent of a child in the Davis school district had been detained and ultimately deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Jorjorian, a Davis resident and parent of two DJUSD students, has long been active in support of immigrant communities in Yolo County, particularly since the election of Donald Trump as president in 2016, and was, as she often is, moved to action.

“A group of us got together

“It was really obvious that these families were going to need some support during the pandemic,” said Jorjorian.

So she, Ximena Jackson and others who were part of the effort, approached the Yolo Interfaith Immigration Network seeking assistance in helping these families. They also connected with Kate Snow at the school district to get referral forms distributed to school counselors who could pass them on to families in need.

Thus was born ApoYolo, which since the pandemic began, has raised more than a quarter-million dollars in

private grant funds that have been directly provided to 65 Spanish-speaking families in Davis and Winters to cover the cost of rent and other critical needs. ApoYolo’s 30 volunteers serve as navigators for each family, connecting them to services.

These families, notes Jorjorian, face challenges even with existing eviction moratoriums in place.

“A lot of these families had a really traumatic journey to get to the United States in the first place,” she said, “and they are very afraid of running afoul of

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Council to consider extension of respite center

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer The Davis City Council on Tuesday will consider extending for another year the daytime respite center pilot project that’s been serving the homeless near downtown since February.

The center, on city property on L Street just north of Fifth Street, has been providing everything from shelter to food, access to laundry, showers and bathrooms, as well as connections to housing, counseling, medical care and more.

The City Council approved the respite center as a one-year pilot and doors

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officially opened on Feb. 24.

Three weeks later, the city declared a local emergency because of the COVID-19 pandemic and “this emergency, which remains in place today, has significantly influenced the operations of the center,” said city staff.

“It quickly became and continues to serve as a vital piece of the complex public health puzzle, with a goal to limit the spread of COVID-19 among the homeless population and the broader community.”

Open six days a week, the respite center has averaged 111 guests per week, with six to seven new intakes per week, according to city staff.

Since it opened, 341 separate people have

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visited. Sixty-one of them were connected to CalFresh; 50 to long-term or permanent housing; 131 to short-term or motel housing; 57 to Medi-Cal, and 34 to mental health services, according to city staff.

“The number of individuals linked to more stable housing situations and to medical/behavioral health services is encouraging,” the staff reported noted.

Among the amenities and services on site: ■ Two trailers with showers and bathrooms, one ADA accessible (the most popular attraction at the center, according to

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Because of the pandemic, the University of California and California State University systems each suffered about $300 million in state budget cuts in 2020-21, along with massive losses in revenue from campus housing and dining and unforeseen expenses associated with shifting to remote learning.

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A Colusa County man who killed his former girlfriend and dumped her body in Woodland — just days after the victim’s sister died in a horrific head-on crash — was sentenced to prison last week after pleading guilty to manslaughter and other charges.

Originally charged with murder, Salvador Vaca Garcia Jr. GARCIA struck a plea deal in Agreed to plea which he admitted deal to the voluntary manslaughter of Karen Garcia Romero, as well as the use of a firearm, kidnapping and robbery, according to Colusa Superior Court online records. He also pleaded guilty to a domestic-violence charge pending at the time of Garcia’s death.

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Briefly Thief takes car from dealer Davis police reported Thurday a vehicle theft from a local car dealership earlier in the week.

A Davis Police Department Facebook post says the theft occurred Tuesday afternoon at Hanlees on Chiles Road, where someone took a key fob off an employee’s desk and “and used it to steal a 2020 white Dodge Charger off the lot.”

“According to the employee, the suspect was an African American adult male, approximately 30 years old, wearing a dark-colored hoodie and dark jeans,” the post said.

Anyone with information about this theft is asked to contact Davis police at 530747-5400.

Cyclistt peppersprayed at UCD A man reported being pepper-sprayed Tuesday evening in the UC Davis Arboretum, according to campus officials.

UCD spokesman Andy Fell said the victim was riding his bicycle in the arboretum when an altercation occurred between him and another man riding what may have been an electric skateboard.

During the incident, “the cyclist was sprayed with a chemical irritant (pepper spray).”

Anyone with information is asked to contact the UCD Police Department at 530754-2677.

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Was faint praise still too much?

L ast Friday in this space I offered praise for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for coming to his senses and rounding up enough votes among his Republican colleagues to prevent overturning the will of the people in a free and fair election and handing the presidency illegally to Donald Trump.

McConnell spoke first and spoke forcefully after an angry mob of crazed insurrectionists rampaged through our nation’s Capitol, threatening our democracy and leaving five people dead in their wake.

Despite McConnell’s efforts, when the mayhem finally subsided, 147 Republicans returned from hiding, ignored the death and destruction all around them and voted to give the insurrectionists exactly what they wanted.

Fortunately, those votes fell short of the majorities needed in both the House and the Senate to overturn the election.

But, it was nevertheless terrifying

chose to be on the right side of history.

Said McConnell, “The voters, the courts and the states have all spoken. If we overrule them, it would damage our republic forever. Our democracy would enter a death spiral.”

to consider what the consequences might have been had the criminals in the rampaging mob been given their way.

On Friday I wrote of McConnell, “While I’ll readily admit it’s strange to heap praise on someone simply for doing the right thing, you have to take whatever nuggets of good news you can find after the strange and difficult year we’ve all just come through.”

In other words, while I’m not forgiving or forgetting my many differences with the Majority Leader, at this critical moment when his power and position could have been used to move the result in a terrible direction, he

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he reaction to my stated opinion was swift and certain. As Richard Nixon liked to say, the mail is running 10-to-1 in my favor.

“You’re crazy, Bob,” said one.

“I can’t believe you praised McConnell,” offered another.

“He was just covering his youknow-what,” came a third.

My friend Scott probably put the opposition to my words best when he wrote, “Complimenting McConnell is like thanking the bank robber who returned ‘some’ of the money at the last minute.

When we start congratulating people for doing what they should have done in the first place, we’re in trouble. Instead of congratulating Mitch, we should be asking him why it took so long for him to

find a conscience.”

I can’t say I disagree with any of Scott’ thoughts, but I still think the stakes here are so high that we’d better welcome every bit of support we can get, even if it’s motivated by expedience or selfinterest.

I’d rather have Mitch McConnell stand with of those of us who believe in the Constitution than join with those who wish to see the Constitution go up in flames as they parade through our Capitol with the Confederate flag.

Whether this country can ever be united seems like a distant dream at this point. Maybe we never were truly united despite calling ourselves the United States of America.

Obviously, hearts and minds will have to change if we are to move forward, and if Mitch McConnell wishes to join the vast majority of Americans in a spirit of cooperation and compromise, I’ll welcome him aboard.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

‘Deep purple’: Sisson gives school board update

BY JEFF HUDSON Enterprise staff writer Yolo County Public Health Officer Aimee Sisson offered an updated analysis of the county’s current COVID status at Thursday evening’s Davis school board meeting. And much of what she said was not exactly music to the ears of the trustees.

Sisson said the number of new COVID cases in the county shot up through late December and the first week of January, putting the county deep into Purple Tier status. Actually, Sisson used the term “deep purple” status to indicate that Yolo has a long ways to go before a return to the less restrictive Red Tier can be contemplated.

The number of Yolo County deaths due to COVID is now approaching 130. The number of new cases is still distressingly high, week after week, with more than 100 new cases being diagnosed on

many days in recent weeks.

And the county isn’t receiving as many doses of the new COVID vaccines as Sisson had hoped.

What’s more, Sisson is worried that the situation is about to get worse. “I expect that we are going to have a (further) increase in cases, she said, due to the number of people who disregarded the advice from public health authorities to stay home, and instead traveled to visit with friends and family, or attended holiday season parties,” significantly increasing their chance of picking up the COVID-19 virus.

Consequently, “I expect we will see an increase in case rates,” she said, adding that “every other holiday I’ve seen (during the COVID pandemic) has been followed by an increase in new cases” — an increase that would come on top of the big uptick in new COVID cases during December.

“So it’s difficult (for me) to see when we might reach Red Tier status (again),” SISSON Sisson said. “No Holiday trend is worrying one (in the public health office) is suggesting that schools should reopen right now, especially with the high COVID case rate.”

Regarding the availability of the new vaccines, Sisson said that at the moment, “We don’t have enough (vaccine)” on hand to cover the hundreds of teachers who will be eligible for vaccination — likely starting in February.

School board president Joe DiNunzio asked “So we could be looking at quite a while” before a high percentage of teachers can be vaccinated.

Sisson, taking a deep breath, sighed, “Yes.” She also pointed out that “it

depends on (how much vaccine) we get from the state. I can’t vaccinate people unless I have (enough) doses to do it.”

Trustee Tom Adams suggested that if the school district remains in the Purple Tier for a good deal longer than was anticipated just five or six weeks ago, perhaps the school district could “create some kind of ‘social pods’ that can allow for small in-person meetings on campus, in part so that students could talk with classmates they haven’t seen in many months.”

Superintendent John Bowes acknowledged that the likelihood that Yolo County will linger in Purple Tier status for some time to come has put the school district in a position where it has been a sort of a “three steps forward, two steps back” situation regarding many school athletic teams and other extracurricular programs that ordinarily involve bringing 10 or more

students together in person.

Bowes added that “there is a flood of important (new) information (about the pandemic) coming in” from the state level now that the holiday season break as concluded. Bowes pointed out that “the governor issued his January budget proposal last Friday.

The legislature comes back on Jan. 11, and the California Department of Public Health will release more information (about COVID) on Jan. 12” — all of which will likely influence the Davis school district’s decisions about when and how to bring students back onto school campuses.

School board president Joe DiNunzio summarized the situation by observing, “We are in the deepest of ‘deep purple’ right now ...

Even if we wanted to open (campuses) right now, we could not.”

— Reach Jeff Hudson at jhudson@davisenterprise. net.

County reports nearly 1,000 new cases since Jan. 1

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer The local surge of COVID-19 cases has shown no sign of letup, with the county reporting 973 new cases since Jan. 1.

After surpassing 8,000 total cases on Dec. 30, it took the county just nine days to top 9,000, bringing the county’s total to 9,203 cases as of Saturday.

Sixteen COVID-related deaths have been reported since the first of the year, bringing to 127 the total number of Yolo County residents who have perished since the pandemic began.

Cases in recent days have

been spread out among all ages and all areas of the county, though the city of Woodland continues to see the most cases per capita and most cases overall.

Since the pandemic began, 3,832 Woodland residents have tested positive for COVID-19 and 71 have died.

By comparison, the largest city in the county — Davis — has seen 1,352 positive cases and 14 deaths.

Davis did see an uptick late this week, with 58 residents testing positive just in the past two days, including 32 between the ages of 18 and 24.

On Saturday, the county’s two hospitals — Sutter Davis and Woodland Memorial — reported 19 COVID-19 patients in nonICU hospital beds and 14 COVID-19 patients in ICU beds.

ICU capacity in the 13-county greater Sacramento region had dropped to 6.4 percent on Friday, well below the 15 percent threshold set by the state in its regional stay-at-home order.

But conditions were worse elsewhere in California, with ICU capacity at 3 percent in the Bay Area and zero in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley.

Vehicle chase ends with two arrests

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer Woodland police arrested two Oakland men following New Year’s Day vehicle pursuit, the agency reported Friday.

The incident began at about 8 a.m. when a patrol officer spotted an Audi “swerving and driving erratically” near Beamer and College streets, Sgt. Victoria Danzl said. The driver allegedly fled during an attempted vehicle stop.

“The driver, 27-year-old Oakland resident Jaime Amezcua, led officers on a six-minute pursuit through town, reaching speeds of around 60 miles per hour, while violating numerous traffic laws,” Danzl said.

Amezcua eventually stopped near Freeman Park

and fled on foot to a yard near the Court Street post office, where officers surrounded the yard and took Amezcua into custody, Danzl said.

A passenger in the Audi, 33-year-old Gerardo Del Toro of Oakland, was also arrested, after officers reported finding drug paraphernalia, methamphetamine, hash oil, 100-plus

The 11-county Northern California region was reporting 27.5 percent ICU capacity.

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors will receive its first COVID-19 update of the year on Tuesday from Health Officer Dr.

Aimee Sisson.

The meeting, which begins at 9 a.m., is accessible to the public via Zoom.

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— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

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Amezcua was booked into the Yolo County Jail for charges associated to the pursuit, fleeing the vehicle and narcotics sales, while Del Toro was booked on suspicion of narcotics sales and possession of burglary tools, according to Danzl.

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Burma Eat, Chando’s open; others close I t’s been an ugly few days.

And the business scene furthers the gloom. I’m starting to see more closures in the new year, as owners can’t stomach a new lease amid the uncertainty of a global pandemic.

But before I dish out the bad news, there are a few good nuggets to report.

Burma Eat opened Friday in Davis Commons. It fills the former Mikuni spot at 500 First St., Suite 11. The Japanese restaurant and sushi bar moved to the larger (former Gap) spot in the same center.

Owner Myat Mon graduated from UC Davis in 2007 with a degree in managerial economics.

She and her husband, Jordan Kyu, also own Experience Burma restaurant and bar in Pleasanton, Burma Grub in San Francisco, and are partners in Burma Unique in Walnut Creek.

Burmese food is described as a cross between Thai and Indian food. Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) is in the same region of Southeast Asia. Curry dishes are brown, and use different spices — primarily onion, garlic and ginger. Potatoes and vegetables are often added, as well as a protein like beef, lamb, chicken, pork or tofu. Curry sauces are made ahead but all other menu items are made to order.

“It’s like Thai with more explosive flavor,” Kyu said. It’s not as strong as Indian, but not spicy or sweet like some Thai food. He said people who don’t like spicy food can handle it.

Mon said a staple they are famous for is Tea Leaf Salad.

“China and India use a lot of tea, but Burma is the only place that uses the tea leaf in a meal.” It’s a snack that is customarily offered to guests, with rice. The Burma Eat dish lists ingredients of fermented tea leaf, lettuce or cabbage, peanut, fried garlic, tomato, sunflower seeds, fried yellow chickpeas, jalapeños, sesame seeds and lemon.

The restaurant’s menu features soups, noodles, veggies and dishes using chicken, beef, pork, lamb or seafood. Popular additions are Coconut Rice, Brown Rice, Jasmine Rice, Fried Rice and other variations. One of Mon’s favorite breakfasts is fried rice with peas, onions, turmeric and eggs, similar to the menu’s Caviar Butter Fried Rice.

Mon said opening plans stalled because of COVID dining restrictions. They wanted to make sure they could at least pay the rent. They don’t expect to make a profit at first.

“We had to be mentally ready for the challenge. We already have that mentality. We are hoping in summer, it will be a good location … once there is outdoor dining.” The restaurant has a beer and wine license, and plans to have a full-service alcohol license by then.

She’s excited to return to Davis, even with the challenges.

“Once there is outdoor dining, it’s a good town to be in.” Davis Commons recently finished some upgrades to its outdoor greenspace. The muddy spots in the grass have been repaired and there are several new built-in fire pits.

Burma Eat hours for takeout and delivery are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Mondays through Thursdays.

Fridays and Saturdays are similar, but it stays open till 9 p.m.

Visit https://burma-eat.com/.

Once dining is allowed, it will close between 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

———— Chando’s Tacos is coming to Davis, taking over the landmark Murder/Redrum Burger restaurant at 978 Olive Drive. The landlord is cleaning up the building, which has been vacant since Redrum closed in August 2019.

But the wait will be short.

“We’ll be cranking tacos out of that location as of Monday,” Lisandro “Chando” Madrigal said by phone on Thursday. They are starting with a food truck but hope to open the permanent location by April. Hours will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.

This is the 10th location for Chando’s Tacos, which focuses on Tijuana-style Mexican street food. It manufactures its tortillas out of its West Sacramento facility, and makes fresh food at each restaurant and food truck. Its first location was Arden Way in Sacramento in 2010, and has since expanded all over Sacramento, and into West Sacramento, Citrus Heights, Roseville, El Dorado Hills and Elk Grove.

He spoke on the phone from Atlanta, where he was scoping out possible locations, too.

Tacos are served with fresh cilantro, onion, guacamole and choice of produce and protein.

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Burma Eat, shown on Wednesday, opened Friday in Davis Commons. The center recently updated its grass area and added several fire pits.

One of its signature dishes is its Mulitas, a quesadilla from two corn tortillas, made with jack cheese and meat. Other items include tortas (on a roll), tostadas, quesadillas (large flour tortillas), flautas, nachos and papas (nachos with fries instead of chips). Fillings include chicken, steak, pork, fish, shrimp and carnitas, and several delicacy pork and beef meats for those who are brave.

“I want to express my family’s gratitude to our supporters,” he said. “And I want everyone to know we are going into Davis with the same passion we had when we opened our first Chando’s location.”

Though the family-owned company has a strong online presence with website and app orders accepted, those won’t be available for Davis by Monday.

“We’re working on that,” he said.

Visit https://chandostacos.com/.

———— Taste of Thai, 301 G St., is closed permanently, a manager at its Sacramento restaurant confirms. He said it’s being replaced by a Vietnamese noodle restaurant.

The building is owned by McNaughton Newspapers, which publishes The Enterprise.

Publisher Burt McNaughton said he couldn’t comment on or confirm a tenant until a deal was finalized.

Taste of Thai had planned to rebrand as soon as August, into a Thai/Japanese fusion restaurant named Ramen Gu. That never came to fruition.

———— Next door, The Davis Enterprise building is up for lease.

With the staff working remotely, it’s trying to make use of the 7,900-square-foot spot at 315 G

Coniglio is new CEO of Recology Special to The Enterprise Michael Sangiacomo retired Dec. 31 after 37 years Recology has announced that Salvatore “Sal” Coniglio has been appointed chief executive officer. Prior to this appointment, Coniglio served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Recology.

He took over on Jan. 1 as part of a transition plan put in place in anticipation of the retirement of Recology’s long-serving chief executive officer, Michael Sangiacomo, on Dec. 31.

“I have dedicated over three decades of my professional life to Recology, and I am deeply proud of the work we have done together to reduce waste and promote recycling with a focus on sustainability,” Sangiacomo said. “I have had the privilege of acting as a mentor to Sal over the course of his five years with Recology, and I wish him and Recology every success going forward.”

Coniglio has worked in the waste management industry since 2000, beginning as a weighmaster in Pittsburg, Calif.

He worked his way up, serving as a route auditor and then transitioning into managerial roles, overseeing various aspects of the business, including collection operations, transfer stations, material recovery facilities, landfills, composting, customer service, information technology systems, and finance.

Coniglio joined Recology

in 2015 as the general manager of Recology Butte Colusa Counties and was promoted in 2018 to be the group manager of the Inland Group, overseeing many of the company’s Central Valley collection and processing facilities in California. He was promoted to his most recent role of executive vice president and chief operating officer in July 2020.

Coniglio graduated from St. Mary’s College in Moraga with a bachelor’s degree in leadership and organizational studies.

“We are delighted that Sal is now stepping into this role. He is a proven leader who knows our business top to bottom,” said Christa Steele, chair of the Recology board of directors.

“He understands the critical importance of waste reduction, and he is committed to advancing Recology’s sustainability efforts and to building strong relationships with the communities we are privileged to serve. We look forward to working closely with him in the years to come.”

Recology is a 100% employee-owned integrated resource recovery company providing materials collection, processing, commodity sales, and outreach and education to customers throughout California, Oregon and Washington. Recology finds new ways to process and reuse what was once considered waste, collecting and recovering recyclables to be

re-purposed into new products. Recology has more than 3,700 employees, who serve over 150 communities.

“I am honored by this appointment,” Coniglio saod. “Over the past five years, I have come to know our extraordinary base of dedicated employee-owners, and I have every confidence that together we can deliver outstanding customer service, advance Recology’s environmental stewardship, and support our communities across California, Oregon and Washington.

“As the chief executive officer, I pledge to continue to embrace our strong employee-owner culture and to strive to have a diverse and experienced workforce at all levels of the organization. I am also grateful to Mike for his leadership and for his confidence in me to guide Recology’s next chapter.”

During Sangiacomo’s tenure, Recology implemented numerous industryleading recycling and diversion programs. Taking the company’s commitment to recovery a step further, Sangiacomo led an effort to add a third cart for the collection of organics, dubbing the larger program “the fantastic three.”

This move marked the nation’s first large-scale curbside organics (compost) collection program and laid a foundation for further success using a three-cart system in San Francisco and beyond.

St., which includes several private downtown Davis parking spaces.

———— The Davis Chamber of Commerce office at 604 Third St. has been closed since early March.

On Dec. 31, it ended its lease.

Executive Director Cory Koehler said the organization is looking for something smaller and less expensive. “Like other businesses in the city, we really have been impacted by the pandemic, and it’s really affected our membership and our events.” He said 60 percent of its income came from events.

“Right now, we’re just trying to stabilize, save our money and do the prudent thing. We’re still open, doing lots of different programs and services, and going to re-do our website.” He’s hoping that by June or July, in-person events can resume.

———— Cable Car Wash, 904 Third St., is temporarily closed, and it’s not just because of rain. “Due to the Yolo County restrictions, we will be closed until further notice,” its voicemail says. Follow its Instagram page @cablecar wash for updates.

———— Executive Cleaners closed its store at 1260 Lake Blvd., Suite 110, in the Westlake Plaza Shopping Center. A note on the door, dated Dec. 31, thanked customers and referred them to the Executive Cleaners at 2101 Cowell Blvd., under separate ownership. The South Davis store has customers’ items and will honor their credits, the note said.

“Like many small businesses, I have tried hard to stay open but it is just not a viable option anymore,” the note, signed

“Executive Cleaners,” said. It said it was a last-minute decision.

———— The downtown Starbucks at 623 Second St., was closed when I checked on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. A sign on the door said it was temporary, and referred customers to its website or app to find other stores.

“Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience. We are working to reopen our store as quickly as possible.”

The University Mall store closed permanently in October.

———— Dos Coyotes just celebrated its 30th anniversary. It opened Jan. 5, 1990, in The Marketplace, specializing in Southwest cuisine. Today, there are 11 stores.

Bobby Coyote said two locations, Arden and Thunder Valley Casino, are temporarily closed.

Our town’s two Dos Coyotes restaurants are at 1411 W. Covell Blvd in North Davis, and 2191 Cowell Blvd. in South Davis.

———— Davis Natural Food Works, 624 Fourth St., recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.

“Today, we prepare locally sourced and super climate friendly real food meals, glutenand casein-free,” owner Rose Anne DeCristoforo wrote in a Facebook comment. It offers a subscription meal service, and online shopping for groceries and produce. Farmers Kitchen Café and Grocery is at the same address, under the same ownership.

———— I peeked into the future Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers site at 207 E St. (formerly Watermelon Music). From what I can see, there’s been no progress.

———— Wondering what businesses are still open? My Google spreadsheet, updated at least weekly, lists more than 300 Davis businesses affected by COVID-19. It’s at https://bit.ly/ DavisBusinesses. In it, there are sheets for Restaurants-open, Restaurants-closed, Businessesretail, Businesses-service, Special hours (for older adults or compromised shoppers), and more.

Please email wendyedit@gmail. com to suggest updates.

— Wendy Weitzel is a Davis writer and editor. Her column runs on Sundays. Check for frequent updates on her Comings & Goings Facebook and Instagram pages. If you know of a business coming or going in the area, contact her at wendyedit@ gmail.com.

MBI announces the effectiveness of Form S-3 resale registration statement Special to The Enterprise Marrone Bio Innovations Inc., a Davis-based provider of environmentally responsible pest management and plant health products, announced that its Form S-3 resale registration statement relating to the potential resale of shares of common stock, including common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants held by certain shareholders per the company’s previously announced warrant transaction, was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Jan. 5.

“This registration statement was filed to comply with the terms of our warrant restructuring transactions that we previously announced in April of 2020, and to facilitate the cash exercise of the

warrants to finance our operations,” said Jim Boyd, chief financial officer of Marrone Bio Innovations.

“We are not offering any new securities, and we will not receive any proceeds from the resale of stock under this Form S-3.

However, while the registration statement remains effective, we will continue to receive proceeds from the cash exercise of the April 2020 warrants.”

Securities registered pursuant to the registration statement are not required to be sold, and the registration of the securities does not necessarily indicate that any stockholder intends to sell its securities. The registration statement, while effective, permits resale of the securities already issued or issuable from warrants and covered by

the registration statement, subject to the satisfaction by the seller of the securities with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.

The offering of the securities covered by the registration statement may only be made by means of a prospectus. The registration statement and prospectus may be accessed through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. A copy of the prospectus related to the offering may be obtained from Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., 1540 Drew Avenue, Davis, California 95618, Attention: Investor Relations, or by calling 530-750-2800.

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KILLING: Case featured on TV BUDGET: UC funding up by 3% From Page A1 to 25 years in prison, the Colusa County Sun-Herald reported.

“The defendant is nefarious, heinous and downright evil,” Colusa County District Attorney Matthew R. Beauchamp said during the sentencing hearing, according to the Sun-Herald. “He has destroyed the lives of Karen’s mother and her siblings.”

The newspaper also reported that Garcia delivered a brief statement apologizing to Garcia’s family.

Garcia, 24, is suspected of fatally bludgeoning the 21-year-old Garcia Romero — the mother of the couple’s then-toddler daughter — inside his apartment in early January 2018, then abandoning her body inside her vehicle at a Woodland shopping center.

He went on the lam several days later, but not before giving multiple media interviews in which he claimed to have seen Garcia Romero drive away from her apartment the morning she vanished, and that she seemed “in a rush to get out.”

“And the next day I tried

calling … sent her a message to let her know her mom was worried. No reply,” a tearful Garcia told CBS 13. “Tried calling her multiple times throughout the day. No response.

Phone rings but nothing.”

Authorities arrested him in August 2019 after tracking him down in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The case was featured in a February 2019 episode of “In Pursuit with John Walsh,” an Investigation Discovery program dedicated to the search for missing children and fugitives on the run. It wasn’t immediately clear whether that exposure led to Garcia’s capture.

Garcia Romero’s homicide served a double-dose of grief to her family, who just the day before she disappeared saw her younger sister Jessica, 19, and four of her friends killed in a head-on I-5 collision in northern Yolo County caused by an intoxicated wrong-way driver.

On the day Garcia Romero went missing, Jan. 8, 2018, texts were sent from her cell phone indicating she planned to run errands in Vacaville and

Roseville and that she “needed time for myself.”

Her family filed a missingperson report when she failed to return home.

Colusa Police Chief Josh Fitch has said that Garcia and Garcia Romero had a volatile history, having broken up shortly before her disappearance after Garcia’s arrest on domestic violence charges the previous month.

Investigators served a search warrant at Garcia’s Oak Street residence in Colusa, where they reported finding “evidence of a homicide,” according to a police news release at the time. Garcia Romero’s body was found Jan. 14 inside her vehicle parked at the Marshall’s shopping plaza at West and Main Streets in Woodland.

She had died of bluntforce trauma to the head, Yolo County coroner’s officials ruled. Garcia is believed to have driven the body there, then contacted an unsuspecting relative for a ride home, saying he had been stranded.

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

Town hall to give update on COVID response Special to The Enterprise 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, 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.

To attend, go to KSVY.org for audio, and for video go to https://sd03.senate.ca.gov.

From Page A1 Newsom’s 2021-22 budget proposal provides $136.3 million of new ongoing funding to the UC system, including $103.9 million to partly restore the $300.8 million in cuts made last year to the system.

The budget also includes $32.4 million for ongoing targeted investments, such as expanding access for student mental health services and supporting UC Programs in Medical Education.

Overall, the budget provides a 3% increase in base funding for the UC and CSU systems. It also provides $225.3 million in one-time funding, including $175 million for deferred maintenance and energy efficiency projects and $20 million for UC’s California Institutes for Science and Innovation.

The budget proposal comes with the expectation that public universities not raise tuition or fees for students. “We do not believe it’s time for tuition increases and fee increases,” Newsom said at a

briefing in Sacramento. “And we do believe it’s time to invest more in student aid across the spectrum. And that’s exactly what this budget proposes.” UC had proposed a tuition increase but later put it on hold due to the pandemic.

On Friday, UC leaders applauded the proposed budget. “We thank Gov. Newsom for these critical investments in UC students and California’s future, especially given the fiscal uncertainty during COVID-19,” UC Board of Regents Chair John A. Pérez and UC President Michael V. Drake said Friday in a public statement.

“We will collaborate with the governor and Legislature in the months ahead to secure additional funding and continue our university’s vital work of expanding access and affordability for California students, delivering quality health care, and driving the state’s economic recovery,” the university leaders said.

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.

Former Davis author publishes latest novel Special to The Enterprise Longtime former Davis resident Emily Gallo recently published her sixth novel, “The Last Resort,” and is working on a seventh.

Gallo writes about the misfits, the forgotten, the eccentrics and the loners in unique and unconventional settings.

The plot centers around an old ’60s musician and his trim mama, who run a pot farm in the Emerald Triangle of Northern California.

They welcome an exonerated ex-con, a Las Vegas prostitute, a union organizer from the Bronx, an

escapee of a sex slave cult, a retired carney with Parkinson’s disease GALLO and an Still writing old Mississippi blues guitarist down on his luck. Together they create a last resort, a modern version of home and family.

Gallo lived in Davis from January 1990 through September 2006 and then moved to Chico after marrying her husband, David. She was a

parent member of the academic senate and was involved with Picnic Day festivities at Emerson Junior High when her kids attended school there.

She helped organize Move On and Democratic marches and rallies in Davis during the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004. She took part in the UC Davis Writing Project when she was teaching elementary school in Sacramento and became a writing mentor for her school district.

She was also a founding member of TALK: a program to Teach Another Language to Kids.

OBITUARIES Barry Reid Tanner Born and raised in Davis before moving to Santa Cruz, Barry Tanner valiantly fought a six-year battle against cancer before taking his final breath and finding peace.

He will be deeply missed by his immediate family, Kyli Tanner (son), Kendra Tanner (sister) as well as their families and his many close friends. Additionally,

his many friends and colleagues in the music world will miss his support, enthusiasm and love of song and performance.

He was predeceased by his parents, Mickey Barlow and Dick Tanner. Due to COVID-19, no formal event is currently planned to celebrate his life, although this will be revisited when a gathering can be arranged.

Paid obituaries in The Davis Enterprise allow for controlled content with the option for photos. Obituaries will be edited for style and grammar. Submissions may be made via www. davis enterprise.com/ obit-form/. For information, on obituares and death notices, call 530-756-0800.

Robert Elbert Johnston 1930 — 2020

Robert Johnston died five days after his 90th birthday on Dec. 8, having successfully lived with several illnesses for many years. He was born in Oakland, the elder son of John and Louise Johnston.

After graduating from Piedmont high school in Oakland, he enlisted in the U.S. Airforce and then the Air Force Reserve. He was honorably discharged in 1957 just in time for his marriage to Delorale (Doe) Johnston.

After receiving his Masters degree from UC Berkeley, Robert moved with his wife and young children to Vallejo where he began his teaching career in Physical education. A sport enthusiast, Robert coached basketball and was very involved in team sports. Soon after receiving his doctorate in education he moved again, this time to Davis, arriving there in 1971.

He spent the next 22 years as principal of Emerson Junior High and also Holmes Junior High, retiring in 1992. He was a dedicated teacher and administrator, much beloved by his colleagues for his quiet wisdom and supportive attitude.

He spent every summer and sometimes

whole years near or in Yellowstone National Park. He worked there as a ranger in the summer months while he was teaching, living in the Lamar Valley. During retirement, he worked at concession stores in the park.

He built his dream cabin in Cooke City, Mont., to fulfill his love for the outdoors. Fly fishing was his favorite and he became very proficient. He loved sharing this time with as many friends and family who could make the journey to Yellowstone.

Robert was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Delorale Ann Proctor and his younger brother, Howard. He will be greatly missed by his son Clay with his wife Carol, his daughter Jill Murphy and his four grandchildren Jason and Jenna Tullis and Robert and Mark Murphy. He also leaves behind Edelgard Brunelle, his latelife companion of 10 years.

A memorial service in Cooke City, Mont., is planned for a to-be-determined summer date. Memorial contributions can be made to the donor’s favorite wildlife charity.

Paul William Boulware Nov. 30, 1960 — Jan. 6, 2021

Paul William Boulware passed away at his home in Pennsylvania on Jan. 6, after a courageous yearlong battle with cancer.

He lived in Davis and graduated from Davis High School in 1979 before moving to Pennsylvania in 2001.

Paul was devoted to his family and is survived by his wife Jodi Sanders and children Madison, Rorie, Taylor, Stephanie and Joseph. He is also survived by his mother Patricia Boulware, sister Nina (Richard) Rorke and son Kevin, brother Robert

Mildred Strickland Skaggs

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Nov. 11, 1955 — Jan. 4, 2021

(Janet) Boulware and sons Paul Henry (Caitlin) Boulware and their children Andilyn and Lyric and Jeffrey (Carly) Boulware.

He was preceded in death by his father Robert L. Boulware.

Services will be held for Paul in Pennsylvania on Jan. 11. Online condolences may be given at www.Lindsay-JobeFuneralHome.com.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Norwin, Irwin PA https:// secure.acsevents.org.

Aug. 25, 1934 — Dec. 8, 2020

Mildred Irene (Strickland) Skaggs, 86, passed away Dec. 8, 2020, in Yuma, Ariz.

She is survived by son Greg (Celeste); daughter Megan (Ben Cohen); grandchildren Jason (Monica), Jonathan and Jordan Broadway, Alexis Volkman (Wes), and Kate Cohen; and great-grandchildren Nora and Henry Volkman. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Robert E. (Bob) Skaggs, parents John C. and Mildred Strickland, and brother John W. Strickland (Susan).

Milli was born in Cisco, Texas, graduated from East Bakersfield High School

Flora FukWa Cheng Dec. 17, 1927 — Jan. 2, 2021

Flora Cheng passed away peacefully on Jan. 2, 2021, at the age of 93, at home in Davis, under her daughters’ care. Known by many as “Grandma Flora”, she will be remembered for her inherent ability to love and care for everyone and her sweet spirit.

Flora was born in southern China in 1927. She studied nursing and after graduating, worked for the Queen Mary hospital in Hong Kong. There she met and married Kingsley, they were married 51 years. In 1959, the family immigrated to the USA. Eventually settling in Davis, Flora worked as a surgical nurse at Woodland Memorial and then Sutter General hospitals. At one time, Flora and Kin were the owner/operators of “The Ice Cream Store,” formerly on G Street.

Throughout her life, Flora loved travel, real estate, gardening and feeding people.

Although dementia took her memory, Flora maintained her gentle and generous spirit and her steadfast faith in God. Her concern was for others, even to the end.

Elizabeth P. Strnad April 12, 1994 — Oct. 25, 2020

With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of our daughter, Elizabeth Pearl Strnad, on the morning of Oct. 25, 2020. Elizabeth spent her entire life in Davis. She was born on April 12, 1994. She was an “old soul”, wise beyond her years. People were drawn to her gentle and kind nature.

Elizabeth is survived by her parents, Doreen Barcellona Cole and Dan G. Strnad;

and the University of Arizona, earning a bachelor’s degree in theater arts. Milli and Bob raised their family in Davis, where Milli was the Executive Director of the Yolo County Unit of The American Cancer Society. Later Bob, and Milli moved to Arroyo Grande on the Central Coast for their retirement years. After Bob’s death in 2018, Milli moved to Yuma to be closer to her children.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the funeral service will be delayed to later in 2021.

Donations may be made to The American Cancer Society.

her grandmothers, Dorothy Barcellona of New Jersey and Audrey Strnad of Wisconsin; plus many cousins, aunts, uncles and friends.

Her memory will live in our hearts forever and always. She had a special gift of spreading loving kindness in all her affairs. She will be greatly missed.

A celebration of Elizabeth’s life will be announced at a later date.

Flora is preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Kingsley, and daughter Christine. She is survived by daughters Grace Cheng and Gloria Purnell (Ron Purnell); grandsons Coren Turne, and Zachary and Joseph Purnell; and many others who loved and treasured her.

Her family is thankful for the extraordinary support and love Flora received. Her family would like to thank the Yolo Adult Day Health Center and Saturday Club through Citizens Who Care programs. Dr. Ron Cotterel and the staff at Sutter Hospice provided compassionate care. Flora was a member of Pole Line Road Baptist Church for almost 50 years and because of the love and support of her church family, she was able to attend church until the pandemic. Flora received loving care from her roommates and caregivers — she loved them like family.

An online celebration of life is being planned. Additional information and an online guest book is available at smith-funerals.com

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BRINLEY: Tireless work for community RESPITE: Pandemic From Page A1 the law or bringing attention to themselves in any way. They will go hungry and skip meals in order to get enough money to pay the rent in full.”

And while helping with rent has been the priority for ApoYolo — which covered $30,000 in rent payments for January alone — families have also been connected to food assistance, help with utility payments and more.

It has been an enormous effort — the organizing, the training of volunteers, the never-ending need to raise funds to help these families — and Jorjorian has been at the forefront.

Jorjorian, said YIIN cochair John Ketonah “has given much of herself … for many of the essential workers and their families during this pandemic.”

But it’s not the first time Jorjorian has stepped up in service to the community.

Her efforts on behalf of LGBTQ+ youth and families and work on inclusion and diversity have impacted the community in many ways.

“She has instilled her presence into the fabric of our social justice movements so seamlessly that her absence would cause the tapestry to unravel,” said Davis Mayor Gloria Partida.

“Any issue she has taken up, and there have been many, has gained momentum, reached its full actualization and done so in a crucible of fidelity under Anoosh’s watchful eye.”

That’s why Partida, along with Davis Phoenix Coalition co-chair Tracy Tomasky; Yolo Community Foundation executive director Jessica Hubbard; and Davis Arts Center executive director Stacie Frerichs nominated Jorjorian for the A.G. Brinley Award.

The award, established in 1969 by John W. Brinley in honor of his father, Samuel, recognizes outstanding service to the city in a particular area. Each year a committee culls

Jorjorian also was named a “Woman of the Year” by Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove.

Jorjorian, left, was joined by Davis Mayor Gloria Partida, Garamendi, and fellow recipient Bonnie Mintun at an awards ceremony.

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through the nominations received and selects a recipient. This year, it’s Jorjorian.

Jorjorian, 47, and partner Kevin Miller (head of special collections and university archivist at UC Davis’s Shields Library) moved to Davis from Los Angeles just five years ago, with their two children, now ages 10 and 12.

But Jorjorian’s impact on the community belies the relatively short time she’s lived here.

She almost immediately became a local lead of Moms Demand Action, the gun-safety organization, and soon became coordinator for Yolo Rainbow Families, a social and advocacy group for families with LGBTQ+ members. Her involvement has included supervising a youth group where kids gather not just for support and connection, but to grow into leaders.

“These kids are already pretty extraordinary,” said Jorjorian. “I love them so much … just watching them grow and bloom and go off into the world is such an experience for me and just being able to give them a space to connect, being able to sometimes introduce ideas to them that they wouldn’t have encountered any where….

I assume I’m getting more out of it than they are.”

Meanwhile, the work Jorjorian did for years in supporting local immigrant communities paved the way for ApoYolo.

That work began right after the 2016 presidential election when former mayor Robb Davis called community activists together to plan a response. An initial gathering at the Davis Senior Center drew a massive crowd of Davis residents.

“That was a really big moment because we were identifying which of the communities in Davis and Yolo County would most likely be having a really hard time during the next four years,” Jorjorian said.

“Out of that moment I started doing some work with immigrant communities,” she said. “That process over the last three years is when I was really learning about the immigrant community here, getting connected with those working with that community for years.”

Having all that in place enabled ApoYolo.

But Jorjorian and the other volunteers never imagined what they started in March would still be needed 10 months later.

“We wouldn’t have done it if we’d known at the beginning we’d be doing it this long,” she said. “It’s a really difficult model.”

But “people have been responding enormously to the project,” she added.

“It’s really overwhelmed me, their generosity and care for a community that often goes overlooked.”

She singled out local nonprofits who have partnered in the effort, from

the Yolo Food Bank and Empower Yolo to CommuniCare, the Yolo Crisis Nursery and more.

Grants, large and small, have come from the Travis Credit Union Foundation, the Yolo Community Foundation, the Latino Community Foundation and the faith community, including St. Martin’s Church, the Unitarian Universalist Church and Davis Friends.

Jorjorian’s focus on ApoYolo over the last year — not to mention her ongoing volunteer work in many other spaces — limited her ability to move her own new business along.

She formed that business, Inclusive Futures Consulting, LLC, she said, “because I just tend to get a lot of people asking, ‘How do I talk about racism or gender difference?’ ” It’s for parents, educators and institutions, “to teach them how to talk about identity difference and teach children how to be inclusive across the identity lines,” said Jorjorian. “My dream is to do workshops for DJUSD faculty and staff about how to make the DJUSD system more inclusive for all students.”

As for receiving the Brinley award, Jorjorian said she is “completely overwhelmed.”

“The privilege of living in Davis is that I feel like I’m constantly surrounded by conscientious, smart, caring people who want to make a difference, so I was really blown away,” she said of learning she was the recipient.

“I feel deeply honored.”

Said Partida: “In this year of racial uprising, a global pandemic that highlights inequalities and a yearning by Davis residents to be part of the solution to this inequality, Anoosh’s work has been a bright spot in working towards a more inclusive, just and equitable world.”

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

clouds evaluation From Page A1 CommuniCare staff ) ■ Two washers and two dryers for guests to do laundry ■ A large, lockable storage shed in which larger belongings can be safely stored for a period of time ■ Outdoor seating area ■ Covered resting space with cots and blankets ■ Pet assistance (wellbehaved animals are permitted on site) with assistance from students and faculty members of the UC Davis Veterinary School of Medicine ■ Mail service set up by the city so guests can receive mail at the center.

Operating the center has cost $382,500 to date, according to city staff, including $60,000 for one-time start-up costs and about $33,900 per month for the city’s contract with CommuniCare Health Centers to staff the site, the cost of leasing bathroom and shower facilities and costs related to food, repairs, janitorial services and more.

The city has been using CARES Act funding to pay for those services as well as funding from the county.

“To continue the program into the next fiscal year will require the council to include funding in the upcoming twoyear budget,” according to the staff report prepared for Tuesday’s meeting.

City staff will return to the council with a recommendation to allocate COVID-related block grant funds in February.

When designed as pilot project, the respite center was to be evaluated with consideration given to moving the center to a different location in the city.

However, city staff said, “because the center is currently serving as a critical piece of the city’s emergency infrastructure for

COVID-19 prevention, and because the city at this time does not have a suitable alternative site for consideration, staff is not recommending relocating the center.

“Maintaining the project in pilot status for another 12 months leaves the door open to consider alternative sites should council be interested.”

As for evaluating the success or failure of the pilot project, “because of the pandemic, staff is not able to adequately evaluate the program outside of a COVID-19 environment.

“The provision of additional services, number of guests that can access the respite center at a given time, presenting guest needs, case management priorities and availability of services … have all been impacted by the pandemic,” city staff said.

“The initial pilot program outcome measures do not reflect this shifting landscape of needs and role of the respite center as a piece of critical infrastructure in the city’s pandemic response strategy.”

As for one of the biggest issues when the council approved the pilot project last February, the impact on the surrounding neighborhood remains a concern to many.

A city survey in December, sent to 1,100 people living near the center, drew 130 responses with 51 percent saying the respite center had negatively impacted their neighborhood and 49 percent responding that it had not.

The biggest impacts noted were an increase in general safety concerns, trash and littering and increase of unhoused individuals in the area.

“Most survey participants stated there were minimal impacts to crime, traffic, noise and property values,” according to city staff.

OBITUARY Gayle Joanna Erlandson Flanders Sept. 24, 1919 — Dec. 23, 2020

It is with deep sorrow that the family of Gayle Erlandson Flanders announces her passing Dec. 23, 2020. She was 101.

A devoted wife and mother to five children, she was a born fighter. Her parents were first-generation Swedes, Sara Ellamine Erlandson, a schoolteacher, and Oscar August Erlandson, a homesteader, who made a life for his family in North Dakota. The youngest of five, Gayle had to elbow her way into the world. A bright, vivacious and incredibly quick child, she excelled at school and earned the highest grades recorded at her high school and played clarinet in the school band. She made friends for life in North Dakota who shared a history of living through the depression in a small town where everyone knew everyone else.

There was a Jersey cow in the back for milk which her mother skimmed, chickens behind the house, five raucous kids, books to read, Mahatma her cat, Trixie her horse, and Jungle Red nail polish to sport behind cereal boxes so her father wouldn’t see. She learned to drive at 12 on a tractor on one of her father’s wheat ranches. She remembered the plague of locusts that darkened the skies and descended upon the screens of her home, making the house pitch black and eating the laundry off the line. And her memory of those depression years, of the dust, made her a life-long conservationist. Somehow throughout her life, she always found a way to use water incredibly sparingly and sometimes for three different purposes.

She learned tennis through a WPA program and she loved sports and maintained a very active lifestyle until late in life.

She attended Macalester College. She took a year off to help her brother establish his new John Deere franchise, and following that, she transferred to Iowa State University where she majored in home economics. The course was rigorous. She took classes in running a house, in design, in economics and in hygiene and health, and she put these to use making beautiful homes wherever she went.

At Iowa State, she met John Elbridge Flanders, a chemical engineering major.

The first Democrat she had ever spoken with, he soon converted her to the policies

of FDR, and she became a registered Independent who voted Democrat.

This put her at odds with her family.

John and Gayle were married on a hot August afternoon in North Dakota in 1941. There were so many local ranchers at the wedding that her new husband described it as a lumber convention masquerading as a wedding, organized as an occasion for Gayle’s father, Oscar, to hard-sell his new Lumberyard.

Gayle and John started their life together moving to Port Arthur, Texas, where John had $8 in his pocket and a job. Her husband was unable to enlist in the U.S. Navy because he was considered more valuable as a maker of bombs stateside. So John and Gayle moved to Pine Bluff, Ark., where he ran a munitions factory, and Gayle worked in payroll. Gayle had two babies only 12 months apart, Sara Joanna and Marian Gayle.

Following the war, their lives became peripatetic. Housing was short, and they moved where work could be found. In Decatur, Ill., Gayle gave birth to John E. Jr. and Martha Jane, and went on to live in Frederick, Md., and Cleveland and Lakewood, Ohio.

She cleaned diapers on washboards and boiled bottles for babies’ milk. She made homes in each place and then she packed the house, and piled the four children under the age of 6 into a car. And moved. And then she did it again. And again. Sarah attended first grade in three states. The constant uprooting took all of Gayle’s strength.

In 1954, John accepted a job that moved the family to Glendale, Calif., and then to Burlingame. Here, finally, the children would set down some roots. In between working as a Cub and Girl Scout leader, a librarian at the school, and as a teacher at Sunday school, she ferried her children to countless extracurricular activities.

She took Haute Couture Sewing, Haute Cuisine cooking and Ikebana flower arranging classes. The gorgeous work she did on prom dresses, and the Cordon Bleu meals she set before her children were extraordinary. For she was of the generation of women educated, smart and creative who, rather than enter the workforce, harnessed their talents within the home and whose

sacrifices were often not appreciated or acknowledged.

Always engaged in current trends and philosophies of the times in which she lived, Gayle and John joined a film club in North Beach and viewed all the avant-garde movies from France and Italy and topped off the evening with an Irish coffee at the Buena Vista Café.

They took the kids out of school to attend JFK’s rally at the Cow Palace in South San Francisco in 1959. They wanted to be where the action was. Gayle had her fifth child, Kristin, in 1963. The first three children all went off to college – John Jr. at 16 years old — to UCLA. The family moved to Los Angeles for a brief period, but soon after, John was offered a job in Europe with Bechtel. The plan was to live outside the U.S. for two years. It stretched to 13. First London, then The Hague and back to London.

John, Gayle, Martha and Kristin enjoyed living in the Netherlands. But then Martha went to college leaving the smallest unit.

Gayle and John now drove across Europe just as they had driven across the United States and visited as many museums as there were towns and checked out the crops in the fields as they drove. They read the Herald Tribune and Herb Cain, and discussed politics endlessly.

The children came home from Barnard and Berkeley – cigarettes were smoked, plates were thrown. The home in The Hague was a hotbed in the summers. Later in London, Gayle studied to become an accredited Montessori School teacher.

Deeply engaged in her church, St. Paul’s, she attended Bible study and cooked and fed the homeless several times each week.

She always remembered her Depression years and her responsibility to the hungry.

John retired in 1979 and they came to Davis in order to be close to their first grandchild Corrina, Marian’s daughter.

Gayle spent her remaining 41 years in Davis. She joined the University Covenant Church and volunteered for yard duty in Pioneer School where she was legendary and is no doubt remembered by a generation of schoolchildren. She made her great friend

Janet Day at Pioneer School. The two were neighbors and would walk together each evening. They talked to everyone they met on the street. They brought wine and rye bread to recent transfers to the area. And through these walks, they brought the community together. She became known as her neighborhood’s mayor.

What made Gayle special was her desire to know everyone’s story. She listened and, most importantly, she remembered. One story at a time, she deepened her understanding, her picture of your life. And she did this for everyone. And then she linked the stories, yours, your neighbor’s, and in this way helped bind a community. John died in 2003.

She returned to her roots and became a member of the Davis Presbyterian church.

Gayle kept walking and talking and listening to Fresh Air and attending meetings of the New Yorker Club and volunteering at All Things Right and Relevant. To be engaged in rigorous thinking, in what was happening in the world, this is what mattered to her. When she was unable to read due to macular degeneration, her neighbors and Alan Jones, her ex-son-in-law, would read to her. Her mind was still fierce.

Weeks before she died, she listened to Fresh Air. She called her youngest child and said, “I have been listening about Black Lives Matter, and you know what, they do. I hadn’t given this enough thought throughout my life. We have to change.” This was Gayle. Always evolving. She voted always and especially in 2020, she made sure to vote. If anyone moved hearts and minds, it was Gayle on her beat, walking and talking.

She will be missed so very, very much.

Her survivors include her children, Sara, Marian and her husband Leo, John, Martha, and Kristin and her husband Bart; her grandchildren Corrina, Nathaniel and his wife Susie, Eleanor, Emma and her husband Scott, Andrew and his wife Lauren, Catherine, Lucia and Phoebe; her great-grandchildren Henry, Calvin, Charlotte, Antony, Abel and Jake; and her dear friends Janet, Beverly, Karen, Ruth and many others.

Donations in her memory may be given to the Environmental Defense Action Fund (https://bit.ly/34VZH1z) and Action Against Hunger USA (https://bit.ly/38TW3qi).

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Also on this terrible week, we lost Daisy I t’s a hard to watch the raw, open pain of a person who just lost their pet. It’s even harder when the animal was more than a pet: a community resource valued and loved by people in Davis and in the wider world.

I saw the pain of this loss when I Zoomed a few days ago with Lori Raineri, human companion to Daisy the dog. Lori asked to be interviewed as part of her effort to notify friends and admirers of Daisy that she is gone.

Daisy left this world last Saturday just after sunset, helped by a caring vet after an avalanche of cardiac symptoms made it clear that it was her time. On her last day, Lori took Daisy around Davis in her dog bike cart to see the places she loved. Two days earlier, finding strength in her commitment to Lori, Daisy took her last long walk.

Before then, for almost 15 years, Daisy lived a remarkable life, contributing not only to Lori’s health and happiness, but also to our community. Working out of Yolo County’s Multidisciplinary Interview Center in Woodland, she served as the county’s first comfort dog to

abused children. When children needed to speak to officials or testify in court, they could choose to have Daisy by their side.

She could do tricks for them or put her head on a lap. Children were attracted to her gentle style.

I wrote about Lori and Daisy three times. The first time I described Daisy’s work for the county, but I was more amazed by what she did for Lori, who has a seizure disorder. Daisy alerted her to seizures before they happened, in time to take medication.

When I wrote about Daisy again, I was touched by her changing role during Lori’s second bout with cancer. Like a family supporting each other in time of COVID, they spent more and more time together.

Now I want to acknowledge the mark this pair made on the

world around them, a larger world than you might think.

During my zoom with Lori, I asked, “How many people do you think Daisy touched?”

“Thousands,” she said, explaining that she printed 10,000 copies of Daisy’s calling card, which she handed out to interested people wherever they went. The reverberations of those contacts in people who later acquired service dogs, or maybe just became more optimistic about training their pet, are almost too big to imagine.

Daisy even appeared in Guidepost Magazine.

Travel was enormous in both Lori and Daisy’s lives, Lori because of her job, and Daisy as her service dog. Trains, planes and automobiles: they rode them all. Daisy would notify Lori of an impending seizure — now a less frequent event — and watch over her and her property if one occurred.

“Daisy took 92 plane flights in 2019,” Lori told me. Every time she traveled she met people who noticed her vest, asked to pet her, and learned about service dogs. Daisy sat through business meetings, visited national parks and art museums, and attended

baseball games. Only in 2020 did she stop traveling because of COVID-19.

When she was home, Daisy worked one day a week in Woodland. She attended Sunrise Rotary meetings with Lori, where she was named a member. hat I could feel from Daisy, and I guess other people felt it, too, was her heart. I don’t think she had a Harvard-level IQ, although she was intelligent, but her gentle, cooperative nature was immediately obvious.

“Daisy never thought she could rearrange the world,” Lori said. If her blanket or favorite toy was on the bed, she wouldn’t snatch and move it. She waited for Lori to notice and give it to her.

Lori has taken a lot of time explaining to me, a non-dogowner, the nature of their relationship, which was so close as to be irreplaceable.

“I don’t have an expectation of an experience like this to be duplicated,” she said about her life with Daisy. “I don’t know why the universe or God picked me to have this privilege. I’m grateful I got to have it and I got to share it with all these other people.”

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Because Daisy gave so much, her loss leaves a giant hole. Lori and I talked about what an obituary for Daisy might look like, if there were such a thing as obituaries for dogs. We talked about Daisy’s accomplishments, including her participation in an ultra-marathon.

“What would you write about memorial donations?” I asked.

“Oh,” Lori said, “Daisy met so many people. She has lots of friends. I think she would be a ‘in lieu of flowers, give to a charity of your choice’ kind of gal.”

This week Lori has been receiving messages, some from people she barely knows, who write things like, “I’m so sad with this news. Daisy was a gift to us all. The two of you were able to light up a room when you walked in.”

“Some people are more eloquent than others,” Lori says, “but that doesn’t matter. I can’t believe what people are telling me Daisy meant to them.”

For a person who has lost her precious companion, this is what eases the pain.

— Marion Franck has lived in Davis for more than 40 years.

Reach her at marionf2@gmail. com.

Ripple effects of abuse can’t be cured by vaccine

BY TRACY FAUVER Special to The Enterprise

N

ot much changed when the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Day, except the renewal of hope that a fresh year brings with it. With the promise of vaccines lingering in the future, it’s hard not to imagine a very different world next New Year’s Eve … one that might even involve out-ofhousehold hugs and maybe even an end to the pandemic. However, for children experiencing abuse and neglect, vaccines are only the beginning.

In April of 2020, the Los Angeles Times reported that calls to child welfare plummeted to historic lows, and this trend remained largely unchanged throughout the remainder of 2020. Did child abuse magically stop? No. In fact, according to the Washington Post, ERs saw more cases of child abuse and neglect in 2020 than ever before … and the cases were reported to be more severe than usual.

At Cook County Children’s Hospital in Texas, two children lost their lives to the abuse they endured in March. The hospital usually sees 4 to 6 deaths at the hands of child abuse a year, let alone two in March. So why weren’t these incidents of abuse and neglect stopped earlier?

According to the Federal

YOLO CASA Health and Human Services Department, about 21 percent of calls made to child protective services come from educators.

Schools, indeed, are often the first line of defense to protecting children from abuse and neglect.

With many schools still closed, and summer break approaching faster than we think, 2021 is already looking pretty bleak for educators to be in a position where they can spot the early signs of abuse and neglect. When you can’t physically see a child, many of the early warning signs go undetected.

Another first-line defense is combatting poverty … and many families who had never experienced financial or food insecurity in their lifetimes slipped into those ranks in 2020. In fact, according to Feeding America, food insecurity was at an alltime low, affecting 37 million Americans. Now, more than 54 million people and counting are experiencing food insecurity.

When a parent is carrying that kind of stress with them, it’s easier to snap, and easier to see a child as a further financial burden. It is projected that many families will continue to experience some degree of poverty … long after the pandemic ends.

Finally, with the advent of

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For kids in abusive environments, effects from the coronavirus crisis will last for a long time. online learning, many children and teenagers are online (often alone) for hours and hours.

Unsuspecting parents may not realize that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reported a doubling of calls reporting online exploitation from 2 million to 4.2 million, in March and April of 2020 alone.

Unfortunately, the ripple effect of these events cannot be cured by a vaccine, but I am confident that the work we do at Yolo County CASA and as a community will help.

I am happy to say that our winter training is currently full.

We have provided our volunteers with many tools and tips as possible to spot red flags, even at a distance, as well as lots of ways to connect virtually. In short, we continue to be inspired on a daily basis by our volunteers, the kids they are serving and the caregivers and families who are doing their best under stressful circumstances to care for each other with compassion.

If you’re reading this wondering what you can do to improve our current situation for abused and neglected children, here are a few places to start: If you’ve ever considered

becoming a CASA volunteer, please head over to our website at yolocasa.org and apply. Our spring training is around the corner.

You’ve continued to be generous in your financial support of us to support our prospective CASA trainings and our current volunteers. We always accept financial support in the “donate” section of our website. Thank you again for your generosity in these hard times.

Finally, always be on alert. If you wonder about something you see at the grocery store, speak up. If a niece or nephew starts talking about new online relationships, be on alert and notify their parents or proper authorities. In the absence of our usual safeguards, everyone’s role in protecting our children becomes more important.

Speaking of helping and protecting our children, I’d like to thank Dr. Tan and his office for hosting his Holiday Giving Tree for CASA for the umpteenth year in a row! (It really is more years than we can count!) Thank you Dr. Tan and Staff and all the patients who have been so generous these many, many years.

YOU make a difference in the lives of foster children.

— Tracy Fauver, LCSW, is the executive director of Yolo County CASA.

Harvath is president of gerontological society Enterprise staff Terri Harvath, of the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis, is the new president of The Gerontological Society of America — the nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging. She was elected by GSA’s membership, which consists of more than 5,500 researchers, educators, practitioners and other professionals. Harvath was installed earlier this month.

“We’re proud to have one of our own leading this prestigious national organization focused on the growing older-adult population,” said UC Davis Health CEO David Lubarsky. “Her expertise is well suited to lead national aging efforts and her spirit of collaboration will benefit the work we’re doing at UC Davis Health and share what we’re doing with others around the nation.”

Harvath’s new role puts her in a position to learn about cuttingedge issues impacting UC Davis Health’s patients and caregivers and network with colleagues who can help ensure that the UC Davis Health Aging Initiative takes advantage of all the programmatic innovations that help older adults. As senior director for strategic initiatives at the school of nursing, she leads initiatives and partnerships across UC Davis Health to ensure the best care, research and innovation for the older adult population.

NAME DROPPERS For the aging initiative, Harvath leads the committee overseeing the development of a new geriatricfocused clinic in Sacramento.

“Our goal is to create the highest functioning older-adult population in Northern California through our care, research and education,” Harvath said. “The collaboration fostered by GSA presents an incredible opportunity for me to connect with physicians, nurses, biologists, behavioral and social scientists, psychologists, social workers, economists, policy experts, and many other scholars and researchers in aging from more than 50 countries.”

An internationally recognized expert in gerontological nursing and nursing education, Harvath is the 77th person to hold the office since the society was founded in 1945. As president, she oversees matters of GSA’s governance and strategic planning, while also managing the program for GSA’s 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting. She chose “Disruption to Transformation: Aging in the ‘New Normal’” as the theme for this conference, scheduled for Nov. 10 to 14 in Phoenix, Ariz. She also assumes the board of directors’ chair position.

“2020 disrupted the lives of so many people across the globe.

Between the pandemic, the acrimonious political climate, the

protests against structural racism and the disasters wrought by climate change, no one was left untouched. Older adults, especially older adults of color, have borne a disproportionate burden of these events,” Harvath said.

Harvath also serves as the founding director of the school’s Family Caregiving Institute, which launched in 2017 to advance research, education and policy to support caregivers.

It has hosted three international conferences and GSA workshops.

Prior to her UC Davis appointment, Harvath was the director of the Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence and the Advanced Practice Gerontological Nursing Program at Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing, where she was also a professor. She has 25 years of nursing education experience and 10 years’ experience as a clinical nurse specialist and staff nurse. She earned a master’s degree and a doctorate in nursing from Oregon Health & Science University and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

“Whether in teaching, research or clinical practice, Dr. Harvath is passionate about the health and health care of older people, as well as their family caregivers,” said GSA CEO James Appleby. “We welcome her leadership expertise and look forward to implementing her vision for society in the year ahead.”

BY ANDY JONES Special to The Enterprise 1. Sports. What sport whose name starts with the letter U is unlike most sports due to its focus on self-officiating, even at the highest levels of competition?

2. Science. In biology, what T-word do taxonomists use for a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms that form a unit?

3. Unusual Words. What verb that means to refuse to answer questions is also the name of a famous gay bar?

4. Another Music Question. More famous composers have lived in what European city than any

other city in the world?

5. Anagram. While many novels have been printed on dot matrix printers, there’s one novel that is so old (1605) that it was first printed on a DOT EQUINOX printer. Name the novel.

Answers: Ultimate (AKA Ultimate Frisbee); taxon; stonewall (as in The Stonewall Inn); Vienna, Austria; “Don Quixote.”

— Dr. Andy Jones is the quizmaster at de Vere’s Irish Pub and author of the book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People.” Dr. Andy is now also sharing his pub quizzes via Patreon. Find out more at www.yourquizmaster. com.

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The Tide will wax Ohio State

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he big difference between Monday night’s college football national championship game and last year’s college football national championship game is that Donald Trump will not be there.

But, as always, Alabama will be there.

Back in September, when teams from the Southeastern Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference began their COVID-threatened seasons, I noted that we ought to just have Alabama and Clemson play for the national championship and call it a day.

After all, the Big Sky Conference where UC Davis resides had already decided to scrub the entire fall season with the hope of playing this spring. That hope remains to this day, though it’s 50-50 at best that it will actually happen.

While Alabama and Clemson did indeed make it to the four-team College Football Playoff this season, a funny thing happened on the way to Monday night’s championship game: Clemson got creamed.

More than creamed, actually. How about crunched? Or maybe folded, spindled, mutilated and many other descriptions not fit for a family newspaper.

The damage was done by Ohio State, a team that had won only six games the entire season (and lost none).

As I understand it, Campbell’s Soup is coming up with a new flavor, Cream of Clemson, and plans to serve it on the Ohio State campus where it will be a big seller.

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es, the Buckeyes shocked the experts (see photo above) who were dead certain this would be no con-

test.

Actually, truth be told, it was no contest. Ohio State dominated Clemson in a manner that rarely happens to the orange-clad Tigers.

Before the game was played, it was revealed that Clemson coach Dabo Swinney had listed Ohio State No. 11 on his ballot for the top 25 teams in the nation.

As Swinney explained it, Ohio State had played only six games and had no business being ranked in the nation’s top 10, no less No. 3 where the Buckeyes ended up in the final poll.

What Swinney did is known as “bulletin board material” in the world of college football. Words like that end up on the bulletin board of the offended party, whose warriors are then expected to be so mad that they take their anger out on the field of play.

Well, I’ve talked to enough college football players over the years to know that all that “bulletin board” nonsense is just that: nonsense.

Once the game starts it’s hard enough to think about the play ahead and your assignment and the fact you might get your head knocked sideways without worrying about what the other guy’s head coach said two weeks ago about your ranking.

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The doctor is in ... the winner’s circle UC Davis graduate Ferrin Peterson is turning heads in the East Coast jockey colony.

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Vet school grad turns jockey

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor From an early age, growing up in Roseville, Ferrin Peterson was an accomplished English-style and dressage rider.

She was a spectacular athlete in high school, then later at Cal Poly. As a pole vaulter, she set a record that still stands at Oakmont High.

After graduating with her animal sciences degree in San Luis Obispo, Peterson went on to earn her DVM at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. It was while at UCD that internships and study grants took her from California to Kentucky to Japan, Ethiopia and Dubai.

Oh, and did we mention that Peterson is currently working as a thoroughbred jockey?

Coming off a recent meet at mounts at fair-circuit tracks Monmouth Park where she and Golden Gate Fields in was the second-leading rider, Albany. the 28-year-old now hangs her It was on March 11, 2018, tack at Aqueduct Racetrack in that Peterson broke through, New York. winning her first race on Lovely “I’ve always Lioness at Golden looked for open Gate for condidoors and opportioner Aggie tunities,” Peterson Ordonez. told The Enterprise. “I was fortuA couple of nate when I was at wins later, PeterUC Davis ...” son got a mount Julie Crone Peterson Hall of Fame jockey at Del Mar, and career was off relates that the on Ferrin Peterson her and running. husband of her Vet School colIt was “where league Monica Romero was a the turf meets the surf down jockey; he told the aspiring at old Del Mar” that Peterson rider that the pair “could met Julie Crone, the Hall of teach me how to be a jockey.”

Fame jockey who became a riders’ agent.

Working with the Romeros was followed by breaking Crone was impressed with horses with trainer Ellen Peterson and, before long, Jackson before getting live became her representative.

“She’s so mentally tough.”

“She’s so mentally tough,” Crone once told Horse Racing Planet. “And people really like her ... plus, she never makes the same mistake twice. She’s sharp and heads up.

“Everyone enjoys her company, but she’s tough as nails and so consistent. She loves riding racehorses and loves being at the track.”

One summer day last year, Peterson rode four winners.

But being at the track, especially at Aqueduct as a newcomer, can be a grind.

After her uber-successful stay at Monmouth, Peterson certainly could fit into one of the toughest rider colonies on the planet, Crone believed.

But during that transition to Aqueduct, Crone returned to the West Coast to be with

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Search is on for new UC Davis AD Input gathered from coaches, players, locals

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor The search for a replacement for departed UC Davis Director of Athletics Kevin Blue has begun.

Blue — who, during his tenure of more than four years, oversaw sweeping program changes and infrastructure gains for Aggie sports — left his local post Dec. 31 to head up Golf Canada in his hometown of Toronto.

With UCD economics professor and faculty athletics representative Scott Carrell as chair of the 16-person search committee, Blue’s right-hand

man, Deputy AD Rocko DeLuca, has been at the department helm.

The panel, formed in December, had its first meeting last week after Chancellor Gary May employed search firm Witt-Kieffer to assist.

“We’re embarking on a series of listening sessions,” Carrell told The Enterprise.

Carrell met with Aggie head coaches on Tuesday and the school’s Athletics Board on Wednesday and says he will soon get together with student government (ASUCD) representatives and the Academic Senate.

“There also will be an open town-hall meeting,” promises Carrell, who headed the search panel that hired Blue five years ago. “So, there’s a whole list of constituents ... for those targeted listening sessions, as well as open discussion. The

date of that town hall has not yet been set, but it will be advertised.

“From those (sessions), the search firm will take that information and put together a candidate profile.”

May hasn’t given the committee a targeted date for finding Blue’s replacement, but Carrell expects the top three candidates will be identified by mid-March. From there, May will make the final decision.

The search firm has set up an email address — ucdavis ad@witt-kieffer.com — to field sundry inquiries and recommendations for the open position.

Like most on the West Coast, Carrell sees the UCD position as one that will draw substantial interest, given the growth of the school’s athletic programs and facilities during

Blue’s watch.

“The email address is for anybody who wants to provide feedback or nominate candidates,” says Carrell. “Or, candidates who are interested can contact Witt-Kieffer there.”

Since the committee appointments were announced, there has been one change and two additions to the committee: alum and benefactor Darryl Goss could not serve.

Taking his place is former Aggie and NFL football player Daniel Fells. Also, Senior Associate Athletics Director (compliance) Katherine Zedonis and Paul Sallaberry, a foundation board member and UCD football alum, have joined the panel.

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

A grandmother’s labor of love covers Davis Schweitzer’s masks fill a void from STEAC to athletics programs

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor

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Davis resident Nancy Schweitzer has been making masks for local organizations and sports teams since the pandemic began — and she says she’s available if teams or groups need more.

She’s not quite Clara Barton, and she falls a little short of Betsy Ross, but somewhere in between those two stands Davis grandma Nancy Schweitzer — hard at work at her sewing machine, making sure there are enough face masks to cover her beloved community during this pandemic.

Schweitzer, a former kindergarten teacher from Mountain View, moved to town 20 years to be closer to her family.

It’s been her granddaughters’ involvement in Davis High sports and concern

for the first responders that has seen the 82-year-old turn out almost 1,000 handmade masks since March.

“The sewing provides me with an opportunity to do something for the community that I love,” explained the volunteer who has worked with Cool Davis and STEAC. “It also keeps me occupied. I call it my sanity project.”

With Cool Davis, Schweitzer helped make those popular “veggie bags” that Davisites use to cart around their produce at the Davis Farmers Market.

Her masks, in turn, to date have mostly been made from scraps left over from all those bags.

Schweitzer’s grandkids, Sarah and Emma Carney, and neighbor, pediatrician Beth Ward, were among the early recipients of her handiwork. It was Ward pointing out how difficult masks were to

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L.A.sorda was woven into Dodgers fabric S aying that Tommy Lasorda, who passed away Thursday at age 93, was woven into the Dodgers fabric is like saying fire is hot and the Arctic Circle is cold. When he managed the team, in what other clubhouse might you bump into Frank Sinatra? Or Don Rickles? Or any A-list Hollywood celebrity worth his or her salt?

Lasorda knew them all. He reveled in their presence ... and they in his.

He won enough games — and two world championships — to get himself into the Hall of Fame.

Wrote Davis resident Mark Kreidler in a tribute, “His entire life, post-managerial career, was about being a Dodger.”

Lasorda protected the Dodger brand like no other player, manager, coach or front-office type.

His only equal in that department is Vin Scully.

No mention of “Tommy” is complete without noting his infamous 1978 expletive-filled verbal tirade. A clueless radio

In case you missed it It’s been a busy week for sports online: more UC Davis basketball games were canceled, Davis High football practices resumed and the Aggie gymnastics and indoor track-andfield seasons were scrapped.

Here’s a reminder with links to articles you might have missed.

Biggs coaching tree grows The Atlanta Falcons interviewed Green Bay offensive guru Nathaniel Hackett for their vacant head coaching job. Meanwhile, assistant coach Rich Scangarello stepped down with Philadelphia Eagles. Both are former assistants to long-time former UC Davis head football coach Bob Biggs. Link: wp.me/ p3aczg-3W3w

DHS back on gridiron After a two-week hiatus, Davis High football players have returned to socially distanced practice. It is the hope of schools around the Sacramento area that a truncated season still can be played. Link: wp.me/p3aczg-3VYk

Games, season canceled Due to Yolo County health guidelines, UC Davis announced its winter gymnastics campaign is canceled.

Also, thanks to the state’s most restrictive COVID-19 protocols, both the Aggie men’s and women’s basketball programs have lost two more series. Link: wp.me/p3aczg-3VVM

Health official stands by edict Despite some of the most stringent testing protocols in college athletics, the UC Davis basketball teams fall further behind their Big West Conference colleagues as Yolo County Public Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson stands behind her edict forbidding formal Aggie competition of any kind. Link: wp.me/ p3aczg-3VTQ

reporter asked Lasorda “What is your opinion of Kingman’s performance?” after the Cubs’ Dave Kingman hit three out-ofthis-world home runs to beat L.A. It remains a YouTube classic 42 years later.

■ More than 5,800 major league baseball players have amassed at least 450 plate appearances. Ty Cobb at .366 owns the highest all-time batting average.

The lowest?

Try the .066 that belongs to Dean Chance, a pitcher mostly for the Angels and Twins (196171). Chance had 662 official times at bat, 44 hits.

■ The Nationals signed exCub Kyle Schwarber — he of a .188 batting average last season — to a one-year deal ... for $10 million.

■ Gerry Marsden left us this week at age 78. You know him as the “Gerry” of Gerry and the Pacemakers in the early 1960s.

Marsden and his bandmates were from Liverpool, same as the Beatles. They had several No. 1

songs on U.S. charts, most notably “Ferry ‘Cross The Mersey” and “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying.”

■ One reason John Elway is no longer calling the personnel shots in Denver is this man: Paxton Lynch.

Lynch was the 26th selection in first round of the 2016 draft.

The former Memphis quarterback lasted all of two NFL seasons with the Broncos. He played in five total games, starting four with a 1-3 record. Seattle released him in 2019 preseason and Pittsburgh did the same last summer. Lynch made more than $8 million dollars is his abbreviated NFL tenure.

■ Where are they now?

This man won 98 games as the 49ers head coach from 1989-96, including two Super Bowls. Earlier on he worked as an usher at the team’s original home, Kezar Stadium, which was located across the street from where he attended Polytechnic High.

Now 80 years young, George Seifert lives in Bodega Bay with his wife Linda.

■ J.C. Tretter is a Cornelleducated center for the Cleveland Browns. He is also president of the NFL Players Association.

Tretter believes that the quality of play this past season, given all the COVID issues, indicates there is no longer a need for offseason practices, notably minicamps and organized team activities (OTAs).

“We are the only major sports league with an offseason program,” Tretter says. “The most physically demanding sport is the only league that brings their players back for extra practices outside of the season. Our

collective level of play has never been higher.”

Look for this issue to be debated endlessly over the next six months.

■ This is the time of year when hundreds of college and pro assistant football coaches are on the move, searching for their next job. When the head coach gets cashiered, so too go much of his staff. In some instances, a letgo assistant will hook on with another school, then get a better offer from yet another school and be gone after a week or two on the job. It’s a wacky business.

■ Few days in our nation’s long history have been darker than this past Wednesday. Let us pray something like it never happens again.

— Doug Kelly is director of communications for Battlefields 2Ballfields and managing general partner of Kelly & Associates. Kelly also is the longtime radio and television color man on UC Davis football broadcasts.

Reach Kelly at dkelly1416@aol. com.

WINNER: Peterson started in the saddle at a young age From Page B1 family, leaving Peterson without an agent. Still looking the right rep, Peterson said her winter in the Big Apple has been a challenge: “So far, I’ve had a pretty tough meet,” Peterson said. “With COVID, all the top jockeys stayed here, otherwise, some would have gone to Florida or out West.”

Without Crone’s presence, mounts for the UCD grad have been few and mostly longshots.

Through the first half of the meet, the 5-foot-4, 110-pound rider hasn’t been in the winner’s circle.

To make connections in an established riders’ colony without an agent means one has to be seen, interact and offer oneself for workouts. But during the pandemic, jockeys and agents haven’t been allowed in shed row.

“With COVID, it’s been really hard to network,” Peterson pointed out. “All of the other jockeys already have all of their connections. So, yeah, it’s been a strange season to make that transition.”

Still, that successful meet in New Jersey and her part-time work at a small-animal general veterinary practice has paid the bills.

Peterson knows her background gives her myriad roads to travel, but she hasn’t moved off her childhood dream — and she knows

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Jockey Ferrin Peterson holds up four fingers after guiding her fourth winner of the day during the summer meet at Monmouth Park in New Jersey. The rider from Roseville is a UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine graduate. that brighter days are ahead.

“The long-term goal is to be a jockey,” a determinted Peterson relayed.

A lot of that stick-to-it-ness comes from her work with her former agent.

“Julie was such an inspiration,” says the student. “Great as a teacher, able to articulate the finer points (for) a rider, including the mental aspect.”

But it was Peterson’s parents who provided the early nurturing

and encouragement.

Her father, Rad, is a sixthgrade teacher who doubled as Ferrin’s pole vault coach: “He’s been a big supporter of my jockey career because he likes highadrenaline sports.”

It was mom Connie, a family and marriage counselor, who introduced Ferrin to the world of horses very early in life.

“She’s the one who taught me to ride,” Peterson said. “When I was a baby, she’d put me in her

lap and we’d go on trail rides. She was my first riding instructor … and she also loves it that I’m a jockey.”

Peterson knows that once things return to normal, with her educational background, she’ll have a leg up on many of the other jockeys: “Just having that veterinary knowledge and being able to have those conversations with trainers and owners, I think they do appreciate that.”

Soon, once the pandemic shakes out, trackside publicaddress systems once again will be blaring, “Paging Dr. Peterson to the winner’s circle. Dr. Ferrin Peterson.”

Notes: While studying at UCD, it wasn’t unusual for Peterson to wake at 4 a.m., drive 60 miles to Golden Gate Fields to start working out horses at 6 a.m., ride for 90 minutes, then blaze back to campus in time for class. Then she’d often work at the clinic until 7 p.m. or later ... Peterson won her first stakes race on Share The Ride in the Mr. Prospector at Monmouth (Sept. 12, 2020). ...

While at UCD, Peterson received the Zoetis Equine Scholarship.

— Reach DE sports editor Bruce Gallaudet at 530-320-4456 or bgallaudet41@gmail.com.

Follow Gallaudet on Twitter: @BGsportsinDavis.

DUNNING: A close one

LABOR: She fills a vital need

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So Monday night we won’t get Clemson versus Alabama at all.

But can Ohio State play spoiler once again and turn back the Mighty Tide.

It’s an interesting matchup, to be sure.

Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields was on fire against Clemson, despite taking a nasty hit that appeared to knock his rib cage into the cheap seats.

Clearly hurt, Fields soldiered on as if nothing had happened.

I think Fields might be the son of the famous Mrs. Fields and was raised on nothing but chocolate-chip and oatmealraisin cookies, but I can’t be certain.

Alabama, on the other hand, has Heisman Trophy winner DeVonta Smith, a

humble kid with unbelievable talent as a wide receiver. He’s also the first Heisman winner in 30 years who didn’t have to thank the offensive line at the awards ceremony.

All that Alabama quarterback Mac Jones has to do is toss the ball 50 yards down the field and somehow Smith will come up with it on the other end. It’s been that way all year long for the Crimson Tide.

With all that offensive firepower on the field, some are expecting to see the scoreboard light up like a pinball machine, but there will be some fairly decent defensive ends and linebackers and strong safeties in this game as well. They will all have their say.

Take the Tide, 24-23.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise. net.

obtain for the medical community that was the catalyst for the onewoman assembly line.

Since then, Yolo Food Bank, the UC Davis Student Pantry and STEAC are but a few of the groups to which Schweitzer has provided masks. She does it at no charge, and she won’t accept donations.

With Emma and Sarah as former Summerdarts and Aquadarts swimmers, there was a recent donation of 30 masks to DART coach Carolee Gregg. Sarah (now at Lewis and Clark University) once ran cross country — and Emma still does — for Gregg’s husband Bill at DHS, so those masks got spread around.

“At Christmas, I gave each DART coach a mask and a note telling them who it was from,” Carolee noted. “It’s just a sweet gesture.”

And now, Schweitzer says she’s available to make masks for others who need them — including athletes and coaches at DHS and UC Davis.

Schweitzer loves her sewing. She says she began with a needle and thread in elementary school making clothes for her dolls (using remnants from her mother, who was making clothes for little Nancy to wear).

Through high school, Schweitzer was making most of her own clothes and says she’s happy her skills are again helping fill a need.

“Sewing has always been a part of my life,” she adds.

Notes: Need masks for your organization? Email Schweitzer at nancyschweitzer@att.net. There are no promises on ETA, but knowing she’s churned out 1,000 in less than 10 months, chances are you’ll get yours soon. ... Emma and Sarah are the daughters of UCD Finance and Business Assistant Director Laurie and former Stockton Assistant City Manager Scott Carney.

— Reach DE sports editor Bruce Gallaudet at 530-320-4456 or bgallaudet41@gmail.com. Follow Gallaudet on Twitter: @BGsports inDavis.

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The Capitol enshrines our aspirations

■ Editor’s note: Rep. Garamendi’s column was submitted on Jan. 4, two days before a violent mob stormed the Capitol building in Washington.

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ry, the beloved building.

I have been lucky and have walked the halls of the Houses of Parliament in London, visited the Elysée Palace in Paris, the Bundestag in Berlin, and the Kremlin in Moscow.

But it is the Capitol, the building on a hill in Washington, that fills me with awe but it isn’t awesome or frightening, and doesn’t exalt in power.

The Capitol is at once romantic, imposing and egalitarian. Ever since I first set foot on Capitol Hill, the building has been for me, an immigrant, the elegant expression of everything that is best about America: open, accessible and shared.

Until terrorism changed things, anyone could walk into the Capitol without security checks. Taxis could draw up and let you out under the arches that designate the Senate or House entrances.

It hurt me in profound ways to see a mob, inspired by the rogue president and his lickspittle enablers, trash that hallowed place; try to lay waste to the temple of American tolerance, freedom, excellence and uniqueness; to treat it as an impediment to their coup, to their lie-fed catechism of overthrow.

To see any great building desecrated is painful, but to see it happen to the Capitol is to witness heresy against democracy, against Americanism, against our better angels and highest aspirations.

When Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was engulfed in flames, I realized the building was a prayer: the elegant stone, wood and plaster embodiment of man’s search for God. By that measure, the Capitol is the embodiment of man’s search for fairer government.

As a reporter, the first thing you notice about the Capitol when you go there is how open it is once you have gotten through the metal detectors at the entrances. You walk the halls, ride the elevators and the little trains that run between the Capitol and the House and Senate office buildings, and eat in the cafeterias.

The members have privileges, like their own entrances, reserved elevators and reserved train seats. But you can see legislators in the corridors and snack bars, conferring with aides, and often those who are there to get help or to lobby for a cause.

The work of government is at its most accessible to outsiders in the Capitol.

Although there are tours, it is still best to roam the building alone, from the tunnels in the basement (where you end up when you take the elevator or stairs and go down too far) to the glory of the Rotunda.

The tiled floors, paneling, frescoes, paintings and statuary are all art of the voice of the people, cobbled into a great building.

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here are secret places in the Capitol, too. I once had lunch with Sen. Bennett Johnston (D-La.), chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, and The Wall Street Journal’s Paul Gigot in a dining room assigned just to the chairman of that committee — one that neither of us guests even suspected existed. The old Joint Committee on Atomic Energy had a near-secret set of offices accessible through a discreet elevator, unmarked and looking as though it might carry freight instead of nuclear secrets.

But mostly the work of the Congress, which is carried on in the Capitol and its adjacent office buildings, is surprisingly open, accessible and, in that, democratic.

My fervent hope is that freedom, which has been somewhat eroded over the years with new layers of security, isn’t further eroded after the Jan. 6 assault.

Looking forward, maybe the horror of government by the Great Lie will be held at bay. While we will never see an end to politicians’ fibs, we can hope that politicians will be called out for them, won’t have them respected as an alternative truth, which is the ignominious and extraordinary achievement of the Trump administration.

— Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. His email is llewellynking1@gmail. com. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.

ould the key to reopening our nation’s schools, businesses, and economy be found right in our backyard? Recently, UC Davis unveiled an innovative testing program that uses saliva samples to provide rapid, accurate COVID-19 test results to students and faculty for free.

This innovative testing model is a critical component of the actions UCD has taken to safely reopen portions of its campus to students. Our nation would be wise to observe the research at UCD and academic institutions throughout the country to find new effective ways to defeat COVID-19 and safely reopen our country.

The salvia-based testing model that UC Davis implemented across campus was so effective that it has been used throughout neighboring communities to help track the spread of COVID-19 and produce results with 88%

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These tests had been limited to UCD and emergency room patients in the initial weeks they were introduced.

However, as communities throughout Northern California have begun providing these tests to the general public in recent weeks they’ve been able to gain a more timely and accurate understanding of where the virus is spreading to help contain it and stop the rapid spread we’ve witnessed recently. This rapid test will be the key to reopening our K-12 public schools. Parents, teachers, and children will immediately know if it is safe to attend.

The path to achieving this significant breakthrough for our region’s COVID-19 testing strategy was made possible by robust investments in our public education system.

That's why I supported the Heroes Act, which provides over $100 billion in direct emergency funding for students, schools, and institutions to maintain access to education.

Evidence suggests that the general public enjoys a 20%

LETTERS Keep educators in mind At this time, while most of us are doing our best to stay safe and limit contact with people outside our family pods, some DJUSD paraeducators — among whom is my wife — are preparing to join other special education staff and return to work in early January.

It is important work: staff love their students, students love the staff, and the virtual learning environment has been challenging for parents and everyone involved. DJUSD’s plan for return to inperson special education does not change based on statewide restrictions, and new pods of children for onsite learning are being formed. Most staff returning inperson have received explicit recognition in the form of a $2 per hour pay raise for the hardship and because they may have students they wouldn’t normally work with.

This raise has not been given to paraeducators in my wife’s class because their work is deemed to be merely a continuation of normal duties. While modest, the lack of this raise leaves my wife and other staff in her class feeling unappreciated by DJUSD. The option of taking a leave of absence was available, but out of commitment to students and their families as well as solidarity with other essential workers, my wife and her colleagues opted to

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return on public investment into research. As President Obama said, “In America, innovation doesn’t just change our lives, it’s how we make our living.” Investing in public research — like the critical research that’s conducted at UCD every day — is one of the wisest and most effective uses of our taxpayer dollars.

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s I returned to Washington to be sworn into the 117th Congress on Jan. 3, I was thinking about how the men and women of UC Davis have been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic from the beginning. Whether it’s conducting research into therapies to save the lives of patients with COVID-19 or distributing the vaccine that will protect millions of people from ever contracting the virus, UCD and other institutions like it will always work for the public’s benefit. Congress must work to support these efforts to ensure America keeps investing in the crucial research that benefits countless lives and helps our nation address any challenge it faces.

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return in person.

Face masks and no contact are generally impossible for these special needs students. We look forward to 2021 ultimately being better than 2020, but the remainder of the school year will be difficult for paraeducators and other special education staff until vaccination is complete.

Please spare them a thought.

Marin Greenwood Davis

California grid I agree with Amit Narayan that California’s electric grid needs an overhaul.

In general, we have a grid designed to transmit power in one direction from large generators that are turned up and down nearly instantaneously to meet the minute-by minute demand of power users, the shape of which has been relatively stable and predictable for decades.

Supply must match closely demand each instant or the grid fails. With on-site generation, electric vehicles, and new generators like large solar and wind facilities that cannot be easily turned up and down, we’re moving to a grid in which home demand can be much more variable with power flowing away from the home during solar hours and homes asking twice as much power from the grid when the EV is plugged in.

The rapidly growing and relatively inflexible solar and wind resources mean that the necessary matching

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pandemic and any other challenge we face has always been in our backyard and in countless communities throughout America. A strong public research sector helps create a strong, resilient country. As your representative in Congress, I will always fight to ensure our nation’s research and education systems receive the support they need to keep pushing our nation forward.

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— Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, represents the 3rd Congressional District, which includes Davis and Yolo County.

capability must come from fewer supply resources, demand flexibility, and storage.

However, Amit misfires when he talks about California’s high energy rates and the impact of an increase in customerinstalled solar and storage.

California’s electricity rates are high on average, but California’s mild climate and strong energy-efficiency efforts result in average electricity bills being among the lowest in the country, $90 per month according to a 2015 CPUC analysis, for an annual cost of about $1,000 (rounding) or about 1.25% of the average annual household income.

Acknowledging that any rise in utility costs is problematic for those with minimum income, I seriously doubt the increases Amit worries about, even if rates are doubled, will put many remaining utility customers in “financial jeopardy.”

Additionally, there is a natural limit to on-site solar generation that is maybe 10-20% of the homes in the state. The remainder has roofs that are unsuitable due to lack of suitable solar space — too much shading, wrong slope, or too weak.

No other on-site generation technology is readily available.

On-site storage alone uses slightly more grid power and users pay slightly more of the infrastructure costs. The so-called utility “death spiral” will fizzle out with traditional utilities very much alive.

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It’s foolproof: All I need now is the baby A

NY TAKERS? … Since seeing the New Year’s First Davis Baby Contest advertised in The Enterprise last week, I have been determined to take the crown (and, obviously, the myriad gift cards that come along with it).

The contest rules do not stipulate the need to be the father of the first child born in the new year in order to obtain the prizes.

The only specifications are that “the baby must be born at Sutter Davis Hospital” and that “one parent must contact The Davis Enterprise office and provide the necessary information verifying the child as the first baby of 2021.”

The clock may be ticking, but I have the utmost confidence in my crunchtime wooing abilities.

What I’m afraid of is the possibility of a tie — a circumstance under which the rules state the “prizes will be distributed evenly.”

ELECTRIC GROCERIES …

For the last few months I’ve been monitoring construction progress in the parking lot behind the South Davis Rite-Aid. Only, I had zero clue why the lot was being torn up.

Now that they’ve wrapped up the project, it turns out they’ve installed almost 20 Tesla electric vehicle charging ports in the lot.

According to the company website, this is one of over 2,000 “Supercharger Stations” located

across the U.S. So now I get to shop at Safeway and feel bad about the car I drive for no extra charge.

PUMPING IRON … I was really sad to hear Get Fit Davis (formerly Peak Performance) has closed on Second Street. I coach Masters swimming at its sister site, Get Fit Davis Sport, on Picasso Avenue.

Local gyms have done an incredible job during the pandemic, even while ever-changing county health orders have led to their constant closing and reopenings. Right across from The Enterprise’s downtown office on G Street, FitHouse transformed its parking lot into an outdoor studio, as did Performance 22 owner Joshua Reese on Fifth Street.

STOP THAT TRAIN ... The Union Pacific Railroad Company has made its way onto my Naughty List. For whatever reason, the railroad has altered its scheduling over the last month, resulting in rail car coupling and

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Sixteen newly installed Tesla electric vehicle charging stations are now located behind the Rite-Aid in South Davis. decoupling taking place between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m.

The car switches, which normally take place during working hours, involve loud banging and brake screeches as the cars are thrust forward and back. In North Davis, near the tracks, the noise is unbearable and has made an already tough pandemic worse for my friends, who are overworked health care employees already operating on just a few hours of sleep.

Friends of mine with small children haven’t been thrilled either.

TESTING, TESTING ... Bravo to the incredible Healthy Davis Together partnership between UC Davis and the city. The collaborative effort has allowed thousands of residents to be tested free of charge for COVID19 over the last several months.

I’m not sure Davisites realize how fortunate we are to have a testing system in place through

the UC Davis Genome Center that can produce results in as quickly as 24 hours. As of Thursday morning, the Genome Center processed its 100,000th virus test. And starting this month, up to 8,000 saliva-based screenings can be processed daily.

It might be the best partnership in the nation.

— Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@davisenterprise.net.

Follow him via Twitter at @dhspunter.

How did state lose grip on coronavirus?

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ith the COVID-19 pandemic surging to critical levels in California, we naturally wonder how it happened.

How did California go from exemplifying success in taming the coronavirus last spring to an epicenter of disease, with 2.5 million COVID-19 cases, nearly 28,000 deaths and the second highest infection rate of any state?

Gov. Gavin Newsom describes it as a “surge on top of a surge” and “more deadly today than any time in this pandemic’s history.”

As infection rates soared, state and national media outlets almost immediately began exploring underlying causes and a consensus of sorts emerged.

Californians, we were told, let down their guard and began ignoring pleas from Newsom and health officials to wear masks, stay home as much as possible and avoid gatherings.

“If there’s no sort of enforcement, people are going to do what they want to do,” Dr. Lee Riley, a professor and head of the division of infectious disease and vaccinology at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, told the San Francisco Chronicle in one of his many media interviews. “That was clearly demonstrated just looking at the airports during the holidays — Thanksgiving, Christmas, we had more travelers. People are definitely not following the recommendations and so that’s going to have an impact, two weeks from now, for sure.”

Riley and others also cited the disproportionate impact in Southern California, particularly in Los Angeles, where poverty, overcrowded housing and work outside the home are infection catalysts.

Los Angeles County has a quarter of the state’s population but has a third of the state’s COVID19 cases and 40% of the state’s pandemic deaths.

The county’s socioeconomic situation is “like the kindling,” Paula Cannon, a microbiologist at the University of Southern California, told the Associated Press. “And now we got to the stage where there was enough COVID out in the community that it lit the fire.”

These factors no doubt contributed heavily to the surge, but erratic decrees from Newsom and other officials that left Californians bewildered at what they could and could not do also played a role.

Newsom assumed one-man management of the pandemic in the spring and over the ensuing 10

months has repeatedly imposed and relaxed restrictions on personal and business activity, always asserting that he was following scientific advice.

However, some of his orders defied logic, creating widespread cynicism about underlying motives.

Why, for instance, were restaurants forbidden to serve customers outside while film production continued unabated, complete with catering tables for casts and crews?

One restaurant owner cited that exact anomaly in a lawsuit challenging Newsom’s directive. And in fact, film production had gained an exemption from restrictions on business activities by being designated “critical infrastructure” — another example of how the industry gets special treatment from California politicians.

Ultimately, industry leaders voluntarily suspended production as infection rates reached crisis levels.

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opular cynicism peaked when it was revealed that Newsom and his wife had attended a maskless birthday party in a posh Napa restaurant for his long time friend and adviser, Jason Kinney, who counts a major Hollywood studio as one lobbying client.

Initially, Californians responded positively to Newsom’s pleas to “bend the curve” by altering their behavior. But eventually, the more he beseeched them, the less they listened.

California has gone from nearly first to nearly worst in controlling COVID-19 and now is trying to recoup with a massive vaccination program.

However, so far that’s not proceeding very well either, with Newsom conceding that the pace of immunizations has “gone too slowly for many of us.”

— CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more stories by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/ commentary.

We deserve breathable air

BY CATY WAGNER Special to CalMatters

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he first time my lungs seized up on me, I thought I was going to

die.

I had made the trek to a government building to file some paperwork in the heat of the Central Valley summer day, only to find that the gate I parked near was shut. Not wanting to come back another time, I circled the perimeter looking for a gate. It was 110 degrees, and I felt my lungs struggling to keep me going.

Suddenly, I was gasping for air, and there was nobody in sight. Panicked, I called a friend who urged me to retreat to my car and crank the air conditioning. Fortunately, that did the trick.

I had only lived in the Central Valley for two months when I developed asthma. I had never suffered from it as a child in Connecticut, but it did not take long before the air quality in my new home led to my diagnosis as one of the 1 in 12 American adults with asthma — one of millions of people in this country who cannot trust their lungs to supply their body with life-giving oxygen in every circumstance.

This diagnosis is all too common for many people. The rate of Americans with asthma is growing every year: 5 million more people suffered from the disease in 2009 compared with 2001. It’s especially common in the Central Valley, where 1 in 6 children have it.

While I lived in Visalia, I heard from young people who developed severe asthma after living

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All of this is most damaging to historically marginalized communities, including Black and Latino Californians, who often live in neighborhoods and find work in jobs that expose them to hazardous air.

Black Americans are three times more likely than white Americans to die from an asthma attack.

In the Valley, particulate matter from soil erosion and traffic exhaust hangs heavy in the hot, dry air. For 10 months out of the year, you cannot see the Sierra Nevada because of pollution. The mountains are obscured by the dust of the harvest and the fog of the winter. The only time they’re truly visible is when it rains. But while the mountains cannot be moved, none of this is inevitable. We can take action to clean up our air.

If we can develop a system of agriculture where the waste is composted instead of burned and a system of transportation where electricity rather than gasoline powers our vehicles – if we can rethink our habits of polluting the air that we breathe — we can improve our air quality.

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he economic costs of pollution in the Central Valley is enormous — more than $3 billion per year, according to one study. The benefits of investing in a clean agriculture system are correspondingly huge — $8 billion a year for rural communities nationwide, according to one report.

As climate change warms our planet, these steps are all

too necessary. Much of the agriculture in the Valley depends on the water harvested from melting snowpack.

But what happens when the snow no longer descends upon the mountains? We need to take serious steps to preserve soil moisture, conserve our water and protect our health.

The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis released a report last year that laid out a plan for ending the crisis with steps including electrifying heavy-duty vehicles by 2040. Such a step would benefit the health of anyone who has ever called the Central Valley home.

Before the fires this summer, I was in Kings Canyon National Park. I had just found a parking spot when I looked up to see a mother bear and her two cubs walking along the river. I’d never seen a bear before, and the moment provided an exciting reminder that we are not the only ones who call this planet home. As I watched those bear cubs trundle along the riverbank, asthma was the last thing on my mind.

All Californians deserve to enjoy the natural beauty of our state with safe and healthy air.

We need to find ways to build a more sustainable society, or those wild moments of surprise and joy risk disappearing forever.

— Caty Wagner is an environmental activist who lives in Los Angeles, catywagner@ gmail.com. She wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.

Kid Scoop

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© 2014 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 30, No. 43

Why do I have to get a shot, Doctor? I’m not even sick!

We give kids shots to protect them.

Protect them?

How?

Blood carries tiny cells to all parts of your body. There are fat, round, red cells. There are white cells, too. The white cells have a special job.

They fight germs and kill them.

White cells keep you well. When germs get in, your white blood cells go to work.

But some germs are too strong for an unprepared body. When a doctor gives you a shot, or immunization, this helps your white cells prepare for certain kinds of germs.

To understand that, you need to know a little more about how your body works.

White blood cells are larger than red blood cells and they eat germs.

Are you an eagle-eyed reader?

Circle the seven errors in the article below. Then, rewrite it correctly.

Why go to the docttor when you’re not sick? Regular checkups is important for kids. These visits can happen when your feeling fine and are sometimes called “well-child” visits because, well, you’re well. Get it?

At a checkup the doctor cheecks to see that you're growing and developing normally. It’s also a chance for you and you’re parents to tawk with the doctor about your body. For example, you might wonder when you will grow taller, or if you weigh the right amount.

Germs can get into your body in many ways. They can enter through your mouth or through your nose or even through a cut in your skin.

Shots are like a fire drill.

A fire drill gets you ready in case of a real fire. A shot gets you ready in case of a real attack by germs.

Standards Link: Health: Students understand ways to prevent disease.

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Long ago, whooping cough killed many people.

Now most people never get this disease because they have been immunized with a shot.

Help the antibodies kill the germs.

Draw a line from each antibody to the germ it kills.

Trace your body on a large sheet of paper. Find information in the newspaper about the human body.

Paste the articles in the outline where you found the body part mentioned.

When the doctor gives you a shot with a small amount of weak whooping cough germs, certain white cells in your body start making a germ-killing chemical called an “antibody.”

Each antibody kills only one kind of germ. When an antibody and a germ match up, the antibody kills the germ.

Standards Link: Health: Students identify body parts and describe their functions.

Standards Link: Health: Students understand ways they can maintain their own health.

When you take polio vaccine drops, killer white cells in your body find the polio germs and kill them. After that, these cells act like polio police and keep on looking for more polio germs.

Help the “Polio Police” find the polio germs.

Standards Link: Health: Students understand ways they can maintain their own health.

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Immune means to be protected from a disease naturally or by getting a vaccination.

S C A R U C C P H Y T Y N A M H Y A E S S E S A E S I D V B S E I D O B I T N A Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Katie was immune to the flu bug going around school last winter.

Try to use the word immune in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members.

How to Survive a Shot

Stay Healthy Cut out five advertisements in the newspaper that show products designed to help you stay healthy. Why did you choose each product?

ANSWER: A short cut.

Standards Link: Health: Students understand ways they can maintain their own health.

... continuing to practice something at which you want to succeed.

Do you remember the last time you had to get a shot from the doctor? Can you offer younger children tips on how to make getting shots easier?

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Stressing over accents Dear Annie: Sometimes, in the course of conversation with someone who has an accent, I’ll find myself mimicking their speech. It’s entirely unintentional and embarrassing, and I’m sure it irritates the other person. I’ve had to explain multiple times to people of varying vernaculars that I’m not mocking them. How do I defuse awkward situations like this, short of avoiding conversation in the first place?

— Don’t Shoot the Mockingbird Dear Mockingbird: Your flock is bigger than you’d think. A common psychological phenomenon known as “mirroring” or “the chameleon effect” leads people to unconsciously emulate those with whom they’re speaking. Though it can be embarrassing, this tendency is not inherently a bad thing. In fact, psychologists believe that it signals high levels of empathy, and a 2013 study found that this kind of unconscious imitation actually tends to make conversational partners feel more positively about the speaker.

Of course, we shouldn’t go around deliberately imitating people’s accents. But when you do find yourself slipping up, briefly apologize when it feels appropriate, and then move on. You’re not intentionally hurting anyone, and you’re probably not the first person they’ve encountered who’s done it.

——— Dear Annie: Concerning the

lady who was attacked by her neighbor’s dogs: You were exactly right to recommend she contact the authorities. I can’t imagine any local jurisdiction where vicious unleashed dogs attacking citizens would be allowed or their owners not held responsible. I’m sure I will be one of many voices who would encourage her to immediately contact an attorney to file a civil suit for wrongful injury. There’s no doubt she has a case.

— Lawyer Dave

Dear Lawyer Dave: If ever I miss the mark, then I can count on my readers to help me find it.

Dozens of you wrote that I should have recommended that “Sincerely Confused” hire a lawyer.

The following letter includes a few more tips.

Dear Annie: “Sincerely Confused” should notify the dogs’ owners’ home insurance company of the incident. She’ll need to provide a detailed, written personal account of what happened. She should also seek such statements from those good samaritan witnesses, too, if possible. Additionally, she should include copies of

the police reports, as well as copies of her hospital records and any notes from follow-up doctor visits. And she should compile an itemized list of every single medical cost associated with her attack (the full charges, not just copays).

Since some time has passed, it seems she might be reluctant or fearful of pursuing a lawsuit. But she should still talk it over with an attorney. At the very least, she may be able to negotiate a settlement with the insurance company privately. I encourage her to choose an amount sizable enough to compensate her for all expenses incurred, plus the lifelong burden caused by her injuries. Project what it will cost to pay for future medical visits and to buy the equipment and therapies necessary to cope with her condition for the rest of her life.

If the cops or city doesn’t do it first, a claim like this might get the dog owner’s attention. If they hope to stay insured, I’ll bet they build a fence. My heart goes out to her!

— Bitten Once in ND Dear Bitten: I’m sorry to hear that you learned from a similar experience, but I appreciate your wisdom, and I’m sure “Sincerely Confused” will as well.

——— Dear Annie: Your column in the Cape Cod Times brought back memories of how I “celebrated” Christmas when my son and his wife were living thousands of miles away.

Over a period of a few weeks, I

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(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): Natalie Bondartchouk 12/27, 1/3, 1/10, 1/17 1106 PUBLIC NOTICE Area 4 Agency on Aging will issue a Request for Proposals on February 10, 2021 for organizations interested in federal Older Americans Act funds to serve Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo and/or Yuba counties.

Title III-B Supportive Services: up to $1,349,115. Title III-C Nutrition: up to $4,933,198. Mandatory Letter of Interest due February 17. Mandatory Bidders’ Conference for all applicants on February 24. Proposals due March 17, 2021 by 12 Noon Pacific. Services begin July 1, 2021 and end June 30, 2022; renewable thru June 30, 2025. See details at: agencyonaging4.org, (916)486-1876 or 1401 El Camino Ave, #400, Sacramento, CA 95815.

1113 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CV2020-1777 1. Cristian Valencia filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Cristian Valencia to Cristian Stark 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: February 18, 2021 Time: 9 a.m.

Dept: #9 Room: N/A The address of the court is 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Date: December 31, 2020 Daniel M. Wolk Judge of the Superior Court 1/10, 1/17, 1/24, 1/31 1116

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF SPECIAL PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING The Yolo County Planning Commission will hold a special public meeting and consider the following matters on January 21, 2021, via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91217693177?pw d=bHRTaGxoSUlKOElON1E1czBjeVl Edz09 Meeting ID: 912 1769 3177 or by telephone 1-669-900-9128, Meeting ID: 912 1769 3177# Passcode: 174319 at 8:30 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the matters may be heard as indicated below.

TIME SET AGENDA 8:30 a.m.

ZF #2020-0038: Public hearing to consider a request to amend Condition of Approval 11 for the Villas at El Macero Subdivision Map No. 5064 to allow inclusionary housing funds collected to be used for alternative affordable housing projects. The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. Applicant: Yolo County Housing; Planner: JD Trebec ZF #2020-0036: Public hearing to consider a general plan conformity determination for vacation of a portion of right-of-way for County Road (CR) 100B, located between CR 18C and CR 18A (Best Ranch Rd). (APNs: 027-250-005 and 027-250-006) The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. Applicant/Owner: Wes Washburn/Clark Pacific; Planner: S Cormier ZF #2018-0078: Public meeting to accept comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Teichert-Shifler mining and reclamation project located three miles west of the City of Woodland in unincorporated Yolo County (APNs: 025-120-032, 025-120-033, 025-430-001, 025-430-002, 025-430-009, and 025430-011). Applicant/Owner: Teichert Materials/Shifler Family Trust; Planner: S Cormier/H Tschudin The starting time of the public hearing for each individual item on the Time Set Agenda is listed for the convenience of applicants and other interested parties.

The public hearing will not start before its scheduled time. Adequate time will be provided for each public hearing to accept all relevant public testimony.

Public comments on all items are encouraged.

Copies of staff reports and the environmental document for the projects are on file in the office of the Yolo County Community Services Department, 292 West Beamer Street, Woodland, California. All interested parties should appear and will be provided an opportunity during the public hearing to present relevant information.

Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65009(b)(2) and other provisions of law, any lawsuit challenging the approval of a project described in this notice shall be limited to only those issues raised at the public hearing or described in written correspondence delivered for consideration before the hearing is closed.

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watched for and bought items that I thought they might like. It was important that each item be wrapped separately, so I did so, and I tagged them and put them into one or two cardboard banker’s boxes. I sent to them to be opened on Christmas morning.

Some of the items were “serious,” real gifts, but others were chosen because they would cause the kids to have a good laugh.

If any of your readers want to do this, possible items could include individual single-serving cartons of their favorite breakfast cereals, favorite candy bars, joke books, puzzles, small games, a calendar (perhaps with family dates added to it) — anything that would be appropriate for the particular recipient.

I believe I had as much fun choosing and wrapping these gifts as I suspect they had in opening them. It was a great way to be together while being apart!

— Mama M. Dear Mama M.: What a wonderful suggestion for making the best of a challenging situation. I especially love the idea of a calendar with family dates added to it!

Thanks for sharing.

Not her fan Dear Annie: Like so many others, I lost my old job because of COVID-19. I was a waitress in a small restaurant and bar. Now, I work in a yarn mill. I am not unfriendly with my co-workers, but don’t socialize with them, as we have very little in common.

There is a former co-worker, who now is having modest success musically. She is playing in regional venues and appeared on statewide PBS. She is somewhat of a local hero. I am not a fan in the least! I heard from mill management that she was a very poor employee, and, more importantly to me, I heard from teacher friends that she was a very neglectful parent. She will be playing a concert at the mill after work. They’ll have a catered meal for us that we can eat while watching the concert before going home. I would much prefer to leave after the work is done, as I am not a fan of her’s and would rather spend the time with my family. Would I be rude to leave?

— Heard Enough Dear Heard: As soon as you clock out, your time is your own.

I see nothing wrong with going home to your family. It’s also the safer option, COVID-19-wise.

As an aside, though, I encourage you to celebrate your coworker’s musical success, because it will be much better for your

health than resenting it.

——— Dear Annie: I, as well as many others, do not understand why television shows have to play music when the people on the show are talking. I may not have the best hearing, but it is very difficult to understand what the actors are saying. Sometimes, the music covers up their voices completely. If I want to listen to music, I’ll turn on the radio, not the TV. If there is something you can do to convince them to stop playing the music, that would be awesome. — What Did You Say Dear WDYS: I wish I had that kind of power! As it is, I’m happy to print your letter to raise what awareness I can, because you’re not the first person to write to me about this problem. For what it’s worth, some hard-of-hearing readers have reported that closed captioning makes watching TV far less frustrating. Also, some televisions come with a “Clear Voice” audio setting that might help.

——— Dear Annie: I have a salaried job and can mostly work from home. I have fared better during this pandemic than many people, but right now I feel like butter that’s been spread over too much toast. I find myself obsessed with current events — constantly refreshing Twitter or turning on the news. I scroll through my phone in bed. And it’s the first thing I look at when I wake up. I feel so hopeless, but I can’t stop looking.

— Fading Fast Dear Fading: First and foremost, make your bedroom a phone-free zone. Having our phones around keeps our brains engaged and makes it difficult to fall asleep and get high-quality sleep. And quality sleep is essential to mental health.

Secondly, go on a news diet. Set a certain amount of minutes or a certain window of time during which you’ll check the news, and steer clear of it otherwise. (There are even apps designed to help with this: The program SelfControl allows users to block themselves from accessing certain sites for a designated amount of time.)

You shouldn’t stick your head in the sand, but you shouldn’t stare straight into the sun, either.

Lastly, you’ll feel less depressed about the general state of the world if you feel you’re doing your part to improve it. Figure out which causes you care most passionately about, and get plugged in with a relevant organization in your area. As Muhammad Ali said, “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CLAIM EXCESS PROCEEDS (PARTIES OF INTEREST) I, Chad Rinde, Yolo County Tax Collector, State of California, certify that: Excess proceeds have resulted from the sale of tax defaulted property listed on this notice on December 7, 2020. Parties of interest, as defined by California Revenue and Taxation Code section 4675, are entitled to claim the excess proceeds.

All claims must be in writing and must contain sufficient information and proof to establish a claimant’s right to all or any part of the excess proceeds. Claims filed with the county more than one year after recordation of the tax collector’s deed to the purchaser on December 14, 2020, cannot be considered.

——————————————————————————————————— ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO. PROPERTY ADDRESS PARTIES OF INTEREST 051-182-015-000 3070 CR 88B Spears Patrick Shay 051-182-015-000 3070 CR 88B Solano County Child Support 051-182-015-000 3070 CR 88B Humboldt County Child Support ——————————————————————————————————— Claim forms and information regarding filing procedures may be obtained at the Yolo County Tax Collector’s Office, 625 Court St, Room 102, Woodland CA 96695, or by calling 530 666-8190 between 8 am and 4pm, Monday through Friday.

I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct.

Chad Rinde, Yolo County Tax Collector Executed at: Woodland, Yolo County, California, on December 21, 2020.

Published in: The Davis Enterprise on: December 27th, 2020, January 3rd and January 10th, 2021 1098 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CLAIM EXCESS PROCEEDS (PARTIES OF INTEREST) I, Chad Rinde, Yolo County Tax Collector, State of California, certify that: Excess proceeds have resulted from the sale of tax defaulted property listed on this notice on October 26, 2020. Parties of interest, as defined by California Revenue and Taxation Code section 4675, are entitled to claim the excess proceeds.

All claims must be in writing and must contain sufficient information and proof to establish a claimant’s right to all or any part of the excess proceeds. Claims filed with the county more than one year after recordation of the tax collector’s deed to the purchaser on November 16, 2020, cannot be considered.

——————————————————————————————————— ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO. PROPERTY ADDRESS PARTIES OF INTEREST 051-201-009-000 NO SITUS Chappell Carnegie & Mildred Estate ——————————————————————————————————— Claim forms and information regarding filing procedures may be obtained at the Yolo County Tax Collector’s Office, 625 Court St, Room 102, Woodland CA 96695, or by calling 530 666-8190 between 8 am and 4pm, Monday through Friday.

I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct.

Chad Rinde, Yolo County Tax Collector Executed at: Woodland, Yolo County, California, on December 21, 2020.

Published in: The Davis Enterprise on:. December 27th, 2020, January 3rd and January 10th, 2021 1099

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2021

Makeover planned for Hunt-Boyer Mansion plaza

BY OWEN YANCHER Enterprise staff writer Susan Shelton knows her way around a bronze cast.

Between work on bronze seals on campus at UC Davis, for former California First Lady Maria Shriver’s Minerva Awards and the Spanish-Mexican Seal that punctuates the West Steps of the state Capitol building in Sacramento, Shelton’s spent a fair amount of her career as an artist hunkered over shining masterpieces.

Her latest creation, however, will soon be visible in downtown Davis.

Tapping her talents, the city of Davis Civic Arts Commission enlisted Shelton (as part of the city’s centennial celebration in 2017) to produce the 7-foot diameter bronze seal that will serve as the centerpiece to the future facelift of the Dresbach-Hunt-Boyer Mansion Plaza.

Constructed during the 1870s for a mere $12,000, the mansion, located at 604 Second Street, is one of the oldest-surviving buildings in town and a Davis landmark. Its first owner, William Dresbach, is often credited for naming the town of Davisville after local rancher, Jerome C. Davis.

“The city wanted to do something special to commemorate the centennial,” says Bill Roe, who along with his wife Nancy, were lead donors that helped jumpstart the Centennial Plaza project.

Early plans were for a ceramic piece to be placed inside the City Chambers.

But those discussions evolved as both the Arts Commission and the Roe’s sought out something more visible and accessible to the general public.

And as one of the highest areas of foot traffic in town, the mansion’s plaza near

UCD vet school still top value Special to The Enterprise

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A 7-foot diameter bronze seal will serve as the centerpiece to the future facelift of the Dresbach-Hunt-Boyer Mansion Plaza. The new seal will be visible in front of the landmark mansion on Second Street (above).

Mishka’s Café and the Varsity Theatre was a natural fit.

Headed up by local landscape architect Margot Anderson and sponsored by the Pence Gallery, the plaza project will also include the installation of bricks inscribed with names commemorating Davis citizens whose contributions, large and small, past and present, have helped to shape the foundation and character of the community. Emil Mrak, Hattie Weber, Jim Sochor, Peter J. Shields and Dick Brunelle will be among the many names of personalities and families memorialized.

Personalized bricks can also be purchased for a taxdeductible $150 to help fund the effort at engraved bricks.com/campaign/ DCP. A UC Davis graduate, Shelton says each panel of the commemorative bronze seal tells stories related to the origins and shaping of Davis.

“I found out so many fun facts about Davis through research for this project,” Shelton says.

Her fact-finding mission led to countless |

informational interviews with local historians, trips to the Hattie Weber Museum downtown and extensive reading on the development of Yolo County.

“It gave me an even deeper understanding of why this is such a special place to live,” Shelton says.

The seal’s first ring represents Davis’ early history prior to corporation, the native Patwin people and imagery of the flora and fauna of Putah Creek. Its second ring chronicles early settlement in the area, ending with the establishment of Jerome C. Davis’ homestead in the mid 1850s near the site of what is now Gus Olsen Hall on the UC Campus.

The following circle outlines the ongoing partnership between the university and city, highlighting the successful restoration of the riparian habitat along Putah Creek and the UC Davis Arboretum.

Finally, the seal’s center panel reflects the idea of Davis as a crossroads, an orienting concept Shelton says was inspired by talks with Robin Kulakow, a founding member of both the Yolo Basin Foundation and Putah Creek Council.

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“It’s the convergence of geographical and infrastructural elements that were at the core of the founding and development of Davis,” Shelton explains.

“Putah Creek, the California Pacific Railroad, the Lincoln Highway, Interstate 80 and Highway 113.”

Work on the DresbachHunt-Boyer Mansion Plaza makeover is slated to begin this spring, with completion expected during the summer.

Notes: Major donors to the project included Foy and Barbara McNaughton, Jennifer Anderson and Doby Fleeman, Reed and Susan Youmans,

Manny and Debbie Carbahal, Roger and Claudia Salquist, Jim Gray and Robin Affirme, Camile Chan, Carol and Gene Livingston, Guneet and Bubbly Bajwa and Louise Walker — First Northern Bank. The work of City of Davis Arts and Cultural Affairs Liaison, Rachel Harstsough, also helped make the effort possible. ...

Those interested in purchasing a brick by check can also fill out a mail-in flyer available for download here.

— Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@davisenter prise.net. Follow him via Twitter at @dhspunter.

UC Davis continues to offer the best value among veterinary schools, based on its No. 1 rankings and updated financial information from the American Veterinary Medical Association.

The AVMA recently released the 2020 Economic State of the Veterinary Profession, which includes data on veterinary schools, including information regarding the debt loads of recent DVM graduates. The report is free to AVMA members and available to anyone else at a cost.

In the latest report, the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine was found to: ■ Have the most optimal debt-to-income ratio of all 30 U.S. veterinary schools at 0.8, an improvement from second-most-optimal last year; ■ Have the secondleast median debt of any of the 30 schools, an improvement from third-least last year; and ■ Be one of the two schools with the highest median starting salary of graduates (the top school of the two was not identified, although in the previous year UCD was ranked No. 1).

“I’m pleased to see that we have improved our standing even further this year in this AVMA report,” said Michael Lairmore, dean of the school. “With our leading educational experience and excellent financial outcomes, UC Davis remains the best value in veterinary education.”

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