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City to seek new manager for Pacifico

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer

Demonstrators hold up a banner in front of an apartment building in the Adams Point neighborhood of Oakland to protest rent payment and evictions during the coronavirus pandemic on Dec. 5.

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Clock ticking on evictions

BY NIGEL DUARA CalMatters Negotiations surrounding an extension of the state’s eviction moratorium are approaching the do-or-die point with little more than a week left to find a solution for renters and landlords alike.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers are trying to reach an agreement by Jan. 31, when the current eviction ban expires.

Without an extension, throngs of vulnerable renters could be thrown out of their homes during a pandemic and likely further exacerbate the state’s homeless crisis.

“Californians are staring down a very dark eviction cliff if we don’t extend the eviction moratorium,” said Assemblyman David Chiu, who proposed legislation to extend the moratorium until the end of the year.

At stake are between 240,000 and 700,000 California households at risk of eviction for failing to pay rent. The lower estimate comes from a recent collaboration between the Legislative Analyst’s Office and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, while the higher estimate came from research earlier in the pandemic from UC Berkeley.

Those involved in negotiations expressed optimism that a deal will get done, and said it’s likely a bit of brinksmanship will push the negotiations to the last day. Earlier this month, Newsom pledged to get a deal done, calling it “foundational.”

So far, tenant groups feel sidelined by the negotiations, landlord groups worry about their clients being left holding the bill and legislators have different ideas over how

long to push the moratorium deadline, according to multiple people involved in or briefed on the negotiations.

The most agreed-upon date for an end to the moratorium is June 30, although landlord advocacy groups are pushing for lifting the moratorium on April 1 for those who have not paid any rent during the pandemic. The governor has not publicly committed to the length of an extension.

Time is running short.

Due to procedural requirements, a bill needs to be in print for 72 hours before lawmakers can cast a vote, meaning lawmakers have even less time to strike a deal.

Practically, it means negotiators have this weekend to sort out some of the stickiest elements of the moratorium. For one, the

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UCD faculty body criticizes PE termination Administration commits to spending savings on campus recreation programs

BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer The Davis Division of the University of California Academic Senate, a faculty body with authority over academic matters at the university, pushed back last week against UC Davis administrators’ decision to terminate the campus’ physical education program last month.

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provost and executive vice chancellor Mary Croughan informed PE leadership of the program’s elimination effective Dec. 19, 2020. In October, Croughan requested the Academic Senate’s consultation, but administrators moved ahead with the decision to end the program before the Academic Senate completed its review.

On Jan. 15, UC Davis Academic Senate Chair Richard P.

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Tucker sent a letter to Croughan summarizing the faculty group’s findings. “At the current time, we cannot support the decision to discontinue the PE program,” Tucker wrote.

It is unclear what consequence, if any, the Academic Senate’s position might have. In an interview with The Enterprise this week, Croughan gave no indication that the decision to end the PE program might be reversed. She maintained that the program was discontinued after multiple reviews involving the Academic Senate over the past 15 years. “We took those

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reviews into account in our decision making,” she said.

Members of the Academic Senate told The Enterprise they were puzzled by that characterization of the process and PE lecturers and students vigorously objected to the elimination of the program, saying campus leadership violated procedural requirements by bypassing Academic Senate approval.

The Academic Senate generally determines the establishment and discontinuation of

Yolo County posted its highest ever one-day total of COVID-19 cases this week and had more county residents hospitalized with the virus than at any other time during the pandemic.

On Thursday, 45 county residents were hospitalized with COVID-19, including 15 in intensive care in the county’s two hospitals.

High hospitalization and ICU numbers are not unexpected, given the surge in cases following the holidays and the fact that hospitalizations lag by several weeks behind new cases. But the ongoing surge — including 1,040 cases in the last seven days — portends even more hospitalizations into February.

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The Pacifico affordable housing complex in South Davis will likely continue as is for the foreseeable future, albeit under new management.

The Davis City Council on Tuesday voted to close out a request for proposals it issued in 2019 — one that sought alternative options for the site — without accepting any of the proposals.

Instead the city will seek a new property manager for Pacifico and a subcommittee of Mayor Gloria Partida and South Davis’ representative on the council, recently elected Josh Chapman, will continue working with residents and neighbors to resolve issues and plan a path forward.

Those issues came to the fore in late 2018 after Yolo County proposed placing a residential treatment program and navigation center at Pacifico, which is owned by the city but managed by Yolo County Housing.

Located on Drew Circle adjacent to the Putah Creek bike path, Pacifico was originally designed as a 112-bed cooperative housing development for students but went into foreclosure

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Briefly Davis man faces stalking charges Davis police arrested a local man on stalking charges Tuesday morning following a disturbance at an apartment complex.

Officers were dispatched to the complex in the 600 block of Cantrill Drive after receiving several reports of a man “blasting loud music and walking around naked,” and later trying to enter an occupied apartment after repeatedly ringing the doorbell, Lt. Art Camacho said.

Sander Ian Findlay, 31, was taken into custody at the scene shortly before 9 a.m. and booked into the Yolo County Jail, according to Camacho.

Burglary caught on camera Davis police are seeking information about a burglary at an East Davis business that occurred earlier this month.

Police said in a Facebook post that the burglary at Schilling Robotics, 201 Cousteau Pl., occurred shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, and was reported to the agency five days later. The suspect entered the property and stole about $3,000 worth of tools.

The incident also was captured on surveillance camera, footage of which accompanied the Facebook pos.

Call the Police Department at 530-7475400 with information.

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STAR IS BORN ... Not that she needs another job, but I suspect that Davis Mayor Gloria Partida will soon be in demand as a voiceover specialist for a variety of concerns and perhaps even commercial products.

The mayor’s often-played pubic service announcement urging Davis citizens to take advantage of free COVID testing through the Healthy Davis Together initiative shows what a competent announcer she is.

Her voice is clear and comforting and she speaks with a clarity generally seen only in seasoned professionals.

Now, I don’t imagine her joining Cal Worthington and selling used cars on late-night television, but if another worthy cause needs a voice, Gloria might be just the one to effectively get their message across to the general public.

POMPEO FOR PRESIDENT ...

Apparently burnishing his credentials for a run at the White House in 2024, Mike Pompeo used his final day as Secretary of State to

affirmatively declare that multiculturalism “is not who America is.”

I could be wrong, but does this mean the esteemed former secretary thinks that those undocumented immigrants who landed the Mayflower at Plymouth Rock should not have mixed their culture with the culture of those who already inhabited North America at the time?

VOTER SUPPRESSION REARS ITS UGLY HEAD ... The newspaper headline said “Arizona lawmaker wants to require mailin ballots to have notarized signatures.”

Want to take a wild guess over which political party this particular politician belongs to?

CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS ...

When Kamala Harris was sworn in a few minutes before Joe Biden, our four teenagers screamed in unison, “So now we have President Trump and Vice President Harris.”

I presume they were right, at least for a few tense moments.

Fortunately, nuclear war was not declared during this constitutional crisis and all was well once Joe Biden was sworn in.

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PEAKING OF JOE BIDEN ... The record will show that Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office to President-Elect Biden at precisely 11:48 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

However, the 20th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which presumably is still valid across our great land, states that “The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January,” which means Biden and Harris were not validly man and wife — I mean president and vice president — until the clock struck noon, no matter what Justices Sotomayor

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GIFT HORSES ... During the traditional presentation of gifts in the Capitol rotunda after the inauguration, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California told Kamala Harris how proud Californians were of their “native daughter.”

Never mind that just two weeks prior McCarthy had sided with the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol and voted to overturn the will of the voters and deny Harris her rightful spot as vice president, “native daughter” be damned.

Harris smiled politely and said “thank you” as McCarthy’s gift was unveiled.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

RECORD: Hundreds EVICTIONS: Money complicates things of new cases daily From Page A1

From Page A1 On Wednesday alone, the county reported 298 new cases of the virus, “the largest increase that we’ve had in one day,” said county spokeswoman Jenny Tan, who urged residents “to social distance, stay home, wear masks and not gather.”

“We are not out of the woods yet,” Tan said.

“People are still contracting COVID and spreading it to others.”

They are also still dying. On Wednesday, the county recorded seven more deaths — two Woodland residents and five West Sacramento residents — bringing the death toll in Yolo County to 138.

New cases continue to be spread among all age groups. Of the 298 new cases on Wednesday, all but about 20 were individuals under age 65, including 118 children and young adults (ages 18 to 24). Of the 58 new cases reported in Davis on Wednesday, 44 were between the ages of 18 and 24.

Thursday brought similar numbers, including 167 cases countywide. All but 17 were under age 65. The city of Woodland reported 72 new cases on Thursday and now has surpassed 4,500 total cases.

———— Meanwhile, the county reported some good news and some bad news on the COVID vaccination effort on Thursday.

The good news: California on Wednesday advised counties and healthcare systems that

they could resume use of a batch of Moderna vaccines that had been paused following possible allergic reactions at a San Diego clinic.

“Yesterday, we convened the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup and additional allergy and immunology specialists to examine the evidence collected,” said state epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan. “We had further discussions with the county of San Diego Department of Public Health, the (Food and Drug Administration), (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and manufacturer, and found no scientific basis to continue the pause.”

Pan said the findings “should continue to give Californians confidence that vaccines are safe and effective, and that the systems put in place to ensure vaccine safety are rigorous and sciencebased.

“Members of my family who have qualified to receive the vaccine as health care workers or because of their age have already received the COVID-19 vaccine,” she said.

Yolo County had received 1,700 vaccine doses from the Moderna lot in question, none of which had been administered. Tan said the county will now move ahead with administering those.

As of Tuesday, Yolo County has received a total of about 7,100 vaccine doses, Tan said, and on Thursday had about 800 remaining.

California Apartment Association, which represents landlords, is hoping to secure additional state rental assistance for moderate-income tenants, as well as an earlier end of the eviction moratorium for people who have made no rental payments during the pandemic.

“Our demands are, we continue the consistent statewide (eviction moratorium) standard,” said Debra Carlton, the apartment association’s chief lobbyist. “Don’t create new standards that continue to encourage tenants not pay a portion of the rent. We continue to hear from landlords who have tenants who haven’t lost their jobs but who refuse to pay their rent.”

The association also wants to raise the burden of proof for people who claim to be affected financially by the pandemic. “Right now, you just check a box,” Carlton said.

Carlton said half of the state’s landlords are small mom-and-pop outfits not eligible for federal Paycheck Protection Program loans.

“We’ve got to get money to landlords,” she said. “We

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and Roberts may have declared.

No doubt Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley are at this very moment petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the inauguration of both Biden and Harris, sanction Roberts and Sotomayor, and reinstall Donald Trump and Mike Pence as the rightful President and Vice President for the next four years.

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worry they are on the brink of foreclosure.”

Chiu’s proposal for a year’s extension has little chance of passage, according to people involved in or briefed on the negotiations, because as urgency legislation, it would require a two-thirds vote. Instead, the deal is far likelier to pass as a budget trailer bill, which would require a simple majority for passage.

Multiple parties that have observed or participated in the negotiations say tenant advocacy groups believe they’ve been sidelined after a collaborative start with legislative leaders and landlords in December.

So what changed? A big pot of money.

Specifically, the $2.6 billion in federal rental relief proposed by Newsom in his budget wishlist issued earlier this month.

The federal strings require that money be targeted at low-income tenants and small landlords, specifically those making up to 80% of the area median income.

The apartment association wants a separate pot of state money to be spent on the next-highest rung of earners, those making between 80% to

150% of the AMI. “I don’t see the federal government changing their AMI standards,” Carlton said. “That’s where we have to look to the state.”

Another demand from landlords is a bifurcated eviction moratorium: two different dates for two different groups of people.

In the first group would be those who have paid at least 25% of their rent during the pandemic, who would have until the end of June until the moratorium lifts.

The second group would be those who have not paid 25% of their rent and for whom the eviction moratorium would end far earlier, on Apr. 1.

Legislative leaders expressed confidence a deal would get done on or before Jan. 31, but declined to discuss details of the negotiations.

“As negotiations are still ongoing,” said Katie Talbot, spokesperson for Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, “there’s nothing preventing these discussions from continuing.”

— This article is part of the California Divide, a collaboration among newsrooms examining income inequality and economic survival in California.

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FACULTY: Administration pushes forward with proposal From Page A1 academic programs. The PE program fell into a special category, which the Senate’s website incorrectly said was under its jurisdiction. “Authority for (the PE program’s) disestablishment rests with the administration,” Tucker clarified in his letter last week. He acknowledged that the wrong information on the website “understandably caused concern and confusion within the campus community.”

While acknowledging that the campus administration had formal authority to cut the program, Academic Senate members said the way it was terminated was unusual and concerning. “We viewed the unilateral decision to discontinue the PE program to be an affront to the cornerstone of shared governance,” said Karen Zito, chair of the Academic Senate’s Faculty Executive Committee for the College of Biological Sciences.

Best practices In terminating the program, UC Davis leadership expressed a desire to fall in line with other UC campuses and universities around the country. “Offering PE courses for academic credit is no longer considered to be either an appropriate or common practice in higher education,” UC Davis spokesperson Melissa Blouin told The Enterprise in the fall. UC Davis was one of three UC campuses that offered PE classes for credit.

“The reason there are so few universities offering academic credit for PE is because it often is linked with offering easier

courses to their athletes and therefore making it easier for them to graduate,” Croughan said, speaking generally about colleges in the United States.

“In no way are we suggesting that that is what’s happening at UC Davis,” said Ari Kelman, dean of the UC Davis College of Letters and Science, which oversaw the program. The vast majority of students who enrolled in PE courses at UC Davis were not student-athletes. “Our PE program has been extraordinarily well run,” Kelman said. “The lecturers involved in our PE program have sunk their heart and soul into it. We recognize that and we appreciate their effort.”

In 2015, an Academic Senate committee reviewed the PE program and requested that more theoretical content be incorporated into the classes. In 2018, the committee reviewed the program again and found it had “gone well beyond the call of duty in its response,” the committee said in its report.

However, for campus administrators, broader principles took precedent over the specifics of UC Davis’ program. “The question really is whether or not it is appropriate for a College of Letters and Science to have these courses offered for credit,” Kelman said. “Looking at peer institutions around the United States, we didn’t see this as aligned with emerging best practices.”

The Academic Senate disagreed with the administration’s position, arguing that in their assessment the PE program has academic value and that departing from norms by offering the classes for credit is not inherently bad. “One can just as easily argue

— as many have in the past several months — that UC Davis’ commitment to connecting physical health with academic wellbeing and rigor sets us apart positively from our counterparts,” Tucker wrote.

The Academic Senate also pointed out that students who work significant hours to put themselves through school sometimes need low-unit classes with a light workload in order to fill out their schedule and satisfy financial aid requirements.

Created before World War I, in recent years UC Davis’ PE program has offered dozens of courses per year, ranging from kickboxing to aquatics to women’s self-defense, as well as lecture courses on subjects like “Healthful Living” and “Sport in American Society.”

The courses are largely taught by current and former coaches of UC Davis’ athletics teams, an arrangement the campus’ Academic Senate insisted on preserving as a condition of UC Davis’ 2003 move to Division 1 athletics. As a result, the program has represented for many a unique commitment to community and mentorship. “The elimination of the PE Program would be a significant cultural shift for the campus,” a January budget analysis of the program stated.

Earlier communications from campus leaders cited declining enrollment in PE classes as a primary reason to disband the program.

However, subsequent information provided by PE program leaders indicated the data that suggested a decline in enrollment failed to account for important variables and that the program

remains popular with students.

Shifting resources Campus leaders emphasized that discussions about ending the PE program predated the pandemic, which has resulted in unanticipated financial losses.

“This decision did not arise because of budget implications brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Blouin said.

UC Davis would save $1.2 million per year by eliminating PE, according to the budget report.

The actual cost of the program is $2.5 million per year. However, $1.3 million goes towards the salaries of coach-lecturers who will keep their full salary as UC Davis assumes the termination of a coach’s lecturer position will be replaced by an increase in coaching responsibilities.

Campus leaders previously suggested that savings from cutting PE would be used to fund “high-priority academic programs.” However, Croughan told The Enterprise this week that she and UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May are willing to reinvest the entire balance in Campus Recreation programs that would serve as a substitute for some of the activities the PE program offered.

“The chancellor and I are willing to use the entire $1.2 million — if it comes down to that level of cost — to ensure that all of our students have access to Campus Recreation activities,” Croughan said.

The Academic Senate raised concerns with Campus Recreation activities — some of which cost money — being used to replace PE classes. Several of the Senate committees “expressed

concern about potential equity and health disparities with a shift to Campus Recreation,” Tucker wrote. “They suggest that student demographics be analyzed to determine who would be affected by a cut of academic courses in favor of fee-based activities.”

Such an analysis was not conducted prior to terminating the PE program, but Croughan said UC Davis leaders are committed to making Campus Recreation activities accessible. “Our intention is to expand the activities that we offer and to make those activities as low-cost as possible if not free,” she said. “We don’t have any issue with freeing up the money (saved from cutting PE) to still spend it on student physical activities and mental wellbeing.”

Campus leaders have already begun soliciting student input on what they want to see offered through Campus Recreation, Croughan said. According to results from the first survey, students who had regularly taken PE classes said they were most concerned about the loss of selfdefense classes and swimming lessons.

“Those two classes were immediately developed,” Croughan said. Once in-person campus operations resume, both will be offered as 10-week classes through Campus Recreation.

“The students will have a lot of opportunity for input,” Croughan said. “I think they will be pleased.”

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net.

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PACIFICO: Partida, Chapman will look at future of site From Page A1 and became public housing 10 years ago. The complex has four buildings, only two of which are currently occupied by low-income tenants; the other two are unoccupied due to the need for significant renovation and rehabilitation.

As the county’s proposal for the site began circulating in 2018, Oak Shade residents were urging city and county officials to do something about the negative impacts they said Pacifico was having on their neighborhood, including what they described as drug use, property crime and verbal and physical harassment of neighbors by residents of — and visitors to — Pacifico. Many were particularly critical of Yolo County Housing’s management.

Davis City Council members acknowledged problems at the location in 2019, apologized to residents and agreed to seek changes. The RFP issued that summer sought proposals for lease or purchase of the site, with or without incorporating the county’s proposal for a residential treatment facility.

Three proposals came in, but one — for market-rate housing at the location — was later withdrawn and the council decided

Tuesday to close the RFP process without accepting either of the other options, one of which focused on veterans housing and the other on housing for lowincome students and individuals with special needs.

Given changes in state law regarding disposal of surplus property, Councilman Dan Carson said, “we have no choice but to do a redo; we can’t move forward with the RFP responses.”

And while the council left open the possibility of issuing another request for proposals, the plan going forward is to find a new property manager, as Yolo County Housing is willing to continue managing the property only through the end of the current fiscal year.

But council members on Tuesday also made clear they want the site to continue to provide affordable housing. They — and Police Chief Darren Pytel — also questioned statements from Pacifico neighbors that the complex is a haven for crime.

Crime facts Pytel said Pacifico’s critics “are trying to say everything that’s bad that’s occurring in South Davis is because of Pacifico. That’s not necessarily true and

certainly the calls for service at Pacifico don’t bear it out, nor are our contacts with the actual residents of Pacifico bearing that out.

“I’m happy to talk about crime and I’ll be the first one to say that I’m very concerned about increasing crime rates in town,” Pytel said, “but I don’t think this complex is the driver of it.”

Asked by Chapman about neighbors’ complaints about drug use and prostitution at Pacifico, Pytel said neither appears to be an issue.

“We really aren’t getting any calls or complaints about drug use and we’re certainly not arresting residents there who are engaged in drug sales and things like that,” Pytel said.

“We do have a pretty significant drug problem in Davis,” he added. “The price of methamphetamine has dropped and we have a lot of meth users and we’re dealing with a lot of heroin.

“But this complex is not popping up on the radar as being one of the problems in town in terms of either sales or users.”

As far as prostitution, Pytel said what police are seeing around the city is what they call “survival sex,” where females in particular exchange sex for housing, drugs, property or security.

“This is not a complex

that’s on the radar for that occurring,” said Pytel. “That is really occurring primarily with our homeless population that’s unhoused… and certainly a major concern for all of us.”

But getting people into housing like Pacifico, he said, “actually removes them from some of that activity.”

Balancing point The rise in homelessness only emphasizes the need to continue providing housing like Pacifico, said Chapman, who said the issue is about more than just one parcel of land.

“It’s a discussion about the responsibility of us to look after and care for the most vulnerable populations in our community and at the same time balancing that responsibility with the responsibility of addressing serious concerns from neighbors within that neighborhood.”

“Some of the narrative around Pacifico,” said Chapman, “has been spun in a way that it feels sometimes, at least for me personally, that I’m in this position to choose between providing housing for atrisk members of our community or the safety of the neighbors.

“And to me, that isn’t a choice that I want to make

and I don’t think it’s an acceptable one or reasonable. I think we can do both.”

“I’m confident that Mayor Partida and I can work together to really bring in all stakeholders, to bring in members of the neighborhood, to bring in folks that are living in that building, bring in Yolo County Housing, to have a more well-rounded conversation about how to move this forward.”

Partida agreed.

“We are desperate for places for people that need housing,” said Partida, and Pacifico is under utilized, she added.

“I don’t discount any of the experiences that people had,” said Partida.

Pacifico “needed better management and, unfortunately, we were not made aware of that in a timely manner. It doesn’t mean that those experiences were not happening, but now that we are aware of that and we are aware that it needs some rehabilitation and good management, I think that it can be a place where we can house people that need housing. And we will definitely take into account the people who are living there and the people who live in the area.”

Both Carson and Vice Mayor Lucas Frerichs noted that there may be

new pots of money available to the city to improve the complex going forward.

“I feel like it’s an existing asset,” said Frerichs. “Obviously there’s an issue around cost in terms of rehab, especially for the two unused buildings, but I do think we should consider how to utilize the existing four buildings.”

Funding sources might include state affordable housing bond funds, Project Roomkey — the state program aimed at moving the unhoused into permanent housing — and future funds that may be made available by the Biden Administration.

“We should look carefully at what’s possible and what financial assistance we can get to make the quality of life for everybody in the neighborhood better,” said Carson.

In the end, the council voted unanimously to officially close out the 2019 RFP process without accepting a proposal, direct staff to seek a new management company for the property and direct the subcommittee of Partida and Chapman to work with staff on next steps.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

Authorities suggest ways to help as South Davis sees an increase in property crimes

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer South Davis neighborhoods experienced an uptick in property crimes over the past two months, prompting Davis police to issue an alert on social media this week.

Residents of that area filed nearly 50 theft reports during December and January, including vehicle thefts, residential and car burglaries, grand thefts and petty thefts, according to a Facebook post.

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encourage everyone to lock their vehicles and avoid leaving valuables inside your car,” the post said.

“Keep an eye on your neighborhood and please report suspicious activity.”

Police also noted that residents can reduce thefts

by forming Neighborhood Watch groups and usi9ng a free service called Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, which seeks out and addresses environmental factors that may lead to increased criminal activity.

DEATH NOTICES Dale Rogers Marshall Dale Rogers Marshall of Piedmont died on Jan.14, 2021, from complications of COVID-19 at a rest home in Berkeley. She was 83.

From 1972 to 1986, she was a member of the department of political science at UC Davis and also

served as faculty assistant to the vice chancellor of academic affairs and associate dean of the College of Letters and Science. She left Davis to become dean of the College at Wellesley and then was president of Wheaton College in Massachusetts until she retired in 2004.

Funeral arrangements will be private.

Phyllis Emily Conzelman Phyllis Emily Conzelman, 96, born Oct. 28, 1924, in Saskatchewan, Canada, died Jan. 5, 2021. She had lived in Davis since 1963.

She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. No service is planned at this time.

“Things like poor landscaping and poor lighting can make your house an attractive target,” the Facebook post said.

For information about the Neighborhood Watch and CPTED services, call the Davis Police Department at 530-747-5400

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BLM to hold a public workshop at Berryessa

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Special to The Enterprise The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office invites the public to the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument’s BLM Trails and Travel Management Workshop from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28.

This virtual workshop will provide an overview of the BLM travel management process, which is scheduled to begin later in 2021, and invites participants to provide comments.

The BLM and Mendocino National Forest manage the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument and believe partnerships and inclusion are vital to managing sustainable, working public lands. This workshop and associated planning efforts are specific to travel management within public lands administered by the BLM within the monument.

The BLM Trails and Travel Management Workshop is designed to engage stakeholders and members of the public on the vision for travel management at the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument. The plan will be important for designating a wide variety of roads and trails for motorized, nonmotorized and nonmechanized recreational opportunities. The BLM will use an online map and survey tools, provide an overview of roads and trails within the monument, detail the current status of travel management, present an overview of the BLM travel management process and offer opportunities to provide input.

To access the workshop, register at https:// register.gotowebinar. com/register/14788655 41170293776.

A second workshop will be announced at a later date. For more information, contact Rebecca Carr Wong at 707-468-4023 or rwong@blm.gov.

Dodd raises electricity reliability bill Special to The Enterprise SACRAMENTO — State Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, introduced legislation today to improve the reliability of California’s electricity grid, preventing rolling blackouts such as those that left hundreds of thousands of residents without power during summer and fall heatwaves.

Since the 1980s, industrial customers have contributed to grid reliability by curtailing manufacturing when capacity is scarce under an emergency system known as the Base Interruptible Program.

Dodd’s proposal strengthens the commission’s mandate to call for energy-use reductions, requires participation from the state’s three largest utilities and improves incentives for compliance.

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Students at Explorit’s outdoor camp setup adhere to COVID-19 safeguards.

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

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xplorit will be rebooting our afterschool science camps again in February and March! We will continue to hold the camps in our outdoor spaces where we can maintain proper social distance.

Our weeklong camps run from 2:30 for 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, and are open to students in grades K-6. Camp fees are $120 members and $145 for nonmembers.

The week of Feb. 8-12, the camp topic will be All About You. Students will learn about several systems of the human body, how they work, and how to keep them healthy. Experiments include examining X-rays, assembling a skeleton, and assisting with the dissection of sheep organs.

The week of Feb. 15-19 will focus on Earth Explorations. What forces help shape our Earth? Come learn how wind and rain can change a mountain, watch how water changes the landscape, and build a structure that can survive our earthquake shake

EXPLORIT SCIENCE CENTER table. Learn how geologists study rocks and minerals, and how fossils can help us look into the past.

The week of March 1-5 has a Need for Seeds. How do plants grow and what do they need to thrive?

Observe many types of plants that live right here in Mace Ranch Park and our Explorit pollinator garden and the types of animal and insects that need them. Learn how to sprout a seed and how to keep it healthy, and the importance of pollinators.

The week of March 8-12 is an encore of our popular Everyday Engineering.

Learn about everyday simple machines and how they are used. Build arches, bridges, and buildings to see how the engineering is different between them. Assemble simple circuits and make an electromagnet.

Additional information and registration for our camps can be found at https://www.explorit.org/ camps. We look forward

to continuing to serve the community with our after school science camps.

Explorit’s coming events: ■ Due to COVID-19 restrictions and the health and safety of our staff and visitors, our gallery will remain closed. Staff regularly check messages and email.

■ Like many small businesses the closures have had a significant impact on our income and sustainability. Now is a great time to donate and help Explorit continue to educate and inspire the scientists of tomorrow: https:// www.explorit.org/donate.

■ Continue to support Explorit during this uncertain time by becoming a member. An Exploit Membership not only support us but grants the recipient with free visits to Explorit’s regular public hours, discounts on events, summer and after-school camps, and workshops, and gives you ASTC benefits to visit other museums throughout the world. For more information visithttps:// www.explorit.org/ membership or call Explorit at 530-756-0191.

Among is them is Penelope (A168392), a 3-year-old female black border collie. She’s an easy walker and is always happy when she greets you. “Penelope is a darling girl who is looking forward to being part of lots of new adventures,” a shelter spokeswoman said.

Also looking for a good home is Roxy (A185111), a 5-month-old female tortoiseshell domestic shorthair cat. Roxy is a very sweet kitten who has a lot to say. She may give a bit of sass at first, but once she opens up to you, she is very persistent about getting more attention from you. She also has a cute, stubby tail.

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Yolo County unveils user-friendly revamped website for residents Special to The Enteprise On Monday, Jan. 14, Yolo County launched a more modern and user-friendly website with the goal of helping residents more easily find what they’re looking for while providing a fresh vibe. The county used website analytics and heat mapping to gauge the most popular content and services to help guide the redesign.

The new website includes an array of new or revamped features on the homepage, including: ■ An accessibility app on the right side of every page that assists users who have varying degrees of visual impairment or mobility issues, including increasing contrast, cursor size, and text size and spacing, and highlighting links; ■ A ‘Service Finder’ app in the top right corner that allows residents to filter and find the best option for their needs; ■ A larger search bar located in the middle of the page that provides easier and faster access to information; and ■ An ‘I Want To’ tab on the right side of the main menu that links to the most popular pages and services on the website.

The new site also offers larger font sizes and better optimization for mobile devices.

In addition, all of the forms will still be available and bookmarks to access frequently visited pages will not change.

“By making it easier to access the information most often requested by users, the new web page will contribute to greater citizen involvement in government and improved service for residents of Yolo County,” said Jim Provenza, chair of the Yolo County Board of Supervisors. “I appreciate the hard work of county staff in developing and completing this important project.”

In 2020, the county’s website averaged 560,000 views a month, making it a critical source of information for staff, residents and the public. Yolo County spent $12,100 on this revamp after a basic redesign credit of $8,000 was applied for four years of uninterrupted services by their website host, Granicus Inc., a company that provides cloud-based solutions for government communications and website design.

Yolo County has been working on this redesign since early 2019 and initially planned for a release date in mid-2020.

However, the coronavirus pandemic delayed the release until recently. The County collaborated with Granicus Inc. and county staff through a redesign committee that included the following departments: County Administrator’s Office, Human Resources, Geographic Information Systems, Community Services, Child Support Services, Probation, Finance and the Health and Human Services Agency.

City of Davis rec scholarships available Special to The Enterprise The city of Davis announced that applications are available for 2021 fee-subsidy scholarships to be used toward city recreation programs and classes for summer 2021, fall 2021 and winter/spring 2022.

Visit https://www.cityof davis.org/city-hall/parksand-community-services/ forms-and-publications to download the application.

Return it to senior services@cityofdavis.org or

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Applications are due at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26.

The city established the scholarship program to assist residents with limited

incomes and create opportunities to increase participation in recreation programs.

Residents who live within the DJUSD boundaries are eligible to apply.

For more information, contact Maria Lucchesi at 530-757-5696 or mlucc hesi@cityofdavis.org.

Interested in Public Service?

The Rotary Club of Davis has been living its motto, “Service Above Self” since 1926. Currently Zoom Meetings are being held on held most Mondays, 12:15 pm to 1:15pm.

The first few meetings are free for prospective members.

See www.rotaryclubofdavis.com to attend a meeting.

Future Programs: January 4 Janury 11 January 25 February 1 February 8 February 21 March 1

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For information on adopting, contact adoptycas@gmail.com.

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

The shelter is closed to the public for nonemergencies but the staff

is available to assist at 530-668-5287 during new temporary hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday to Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

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

At Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue, you’ll find Bernie, a 2-yearold neutered male Staffordshire terrier. He is a shy guy at the moment but is getting braver each day. His family moved and left him behind. Caring neighbors fed him for months before animal control was able to catch him.

He’s a real love bug and very smart. He just needs a home to call his own.

Buddy Buddy is a 12-year-old male terrier. Little 10-pound Buddy has one nonfunctioning eye but it doesn’t bother him at all.

He loves to play with other dogs He is a super friendly happy dog. His owner had to move into a convalescent home so Buddy needs a new lap to hang out on.

The next Rotts of Friends’ adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at 34505 County Road 29 in Woodland. Come by 10 a.m., as it takes at least an hour to meet and adopt a dog; everyone who will be living with the dog should come out to meet it.

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

All dogs adopted from Rotts of Friends are healthy, microchipped, up-to-date on their vaccines and come with free lifetime obedience training classes. For more information, visit face book.com/rottsoffriends.

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Researchers unveil new walnut ‘UC Wolfskill’ nut will allow earlier harvest

BY AMY QUINTON Special to The Enterprise

COURTESY PHOTOS

Charlie Casey Nicholson, a UC Davis postdoctoral researcher, won the contest to find the first bumblebee of the year.

Below, he took this image of the bumblebee on Jan. 14 in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.

UCD postdoc wins bumblebee contest

BY KATHY KEATLEY GARVEY Special to The Enterprise A UC Davis postdoctoral researcher who studied with global bumble bee authority Robbin Thorp is fittingly the winner of the Bohart Museum of Entomology’s inaugural Robbin Thorp Memorial First-BumbleBee-of-the-Year Contest.

Charlie Casey Nicholson photographed a black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, in a manzanita patch at 3:10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, in the UC Davis Arboretum to claim the honor. The site is near Old Davis Road.

He noted this was his seventh observation field trip to look for the first bumblebee of the year. He had searched six previous times (three 10-minute observations on the manzanita on each of two other days, Jan. 6 and 7).

The contest seeks a photograph — not a specimen — of the year’s first bumblebee within the two-county area of Yolo and Solano, said coordinator Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum and UCD professor of entomology.

As the winner, Nicholson will receive a special Bohart bumblebee coffee cup and a face mask, Kimsey said.

Nicholson, a researcher in the UCD department of entomology and nematology labs of Professor Neal Williams, a pollination ecologist, and Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño, is a 2015 alumnus of The Bee Course, where Thorp, a UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology, taught from 2002 through 2018.

The nine-day intensive workshop, geared for conservation biologists and pollination ecologists and considered the world’s premiere native bee biology and taxonomic course, takes place annually in Portal, Ariz., at the Southwestern Research Station, part of the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. “It is truly an honor to win the contest,” Nicholson said. “I was a student of Robbin’s during the 17th annual Bee Course in Portal, Ariz. I will never forget him wielding his canopy net.”

“The first night (Aug. 17, 2015) he gave the opening seminar — a whirlwind tour of what makes a bee.

It was so exciting to be at this research station surrounded by people whose names you’ve read all the time.”

“Robbin helped me learn to pay close attention to the arolia of Anthidiini. As we moved into identifying bees, Robbin was a great teacher as we worked through the dichotomous keys in ‘The Bee Genera of North and Central America: Hymenoptera Apoidea.’ He always had some morphological signpost that wouldn’t give away the ‘answer’ but would certainly guide you in the right direction.”

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“It is truly an honor to win the contest. I was a student of Robbin’s during the 17th annual Bee Course in Portal, Ariz.”

Charlie Nicholson postdoctoral researcher bachelor’s degree in biology (evolution, ecology and behavior), 2010, cum laude, from Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He received his doctorate in natural resources in 2018 from the University of Vermont, where he was a Gund Institute for Environment graduate fellow.

In his dissertation, he examined how landscape and farm management affect the multiple benefits provided by wild bees.

Nicholson joined UCD as a postdoctoral scholar in the spring of 2019 and receives funding support from the USDA Invasive Species and Pollinator Health Unit. He recently co-authored a paper, “Natural Hazard Threats to Pollinators and Pollination,” published in the journal Global Change Biology, that analyzed 117 published research papers on natural hazards that threaten pollinators and pollination.

His other interests include multiple dimensions of biodiversity, conservation planning, agricultural management, ecosystem services, and community and landscape ecology.

UC Davis, researchers have bred a new walnut variety designed to provide growers a way to harvest earlier and boost the harvest efficiency of California’s $1.6 billion walnut industry.

The new “UC Wolfskill” walnut has yield, quality and light color similar to Chandler, which is a lateharvesting walnut and the state’s leading variety. UC Wolfskill was bred in 2003 from a cross of Chandler with the Solano walnut. UC Wolfskill combines the color and shell traits of Chandler with the earlier harvest date and kernel fill of Solano.

“The release of UC Wolfskill means growers can spread out their harvest and still have a really highquality nut that will fetch top-notch prices and provide similar yields,” said Pat J. Brown, breeder and professor with the UC Davis department of plant sciences.

More than 99 percent of the nation’s walnuts are grown in California. More than half of the state’s bearing acres are the late-harvest Chandler walnuts.

“The California walnut industry needs earlier harvesting walnut varieties to provide efficient use of harvesting, drying and processing equipment,” said breeder Chuck Leslie, with the UC Davis Walnut Improvement Program.

“UC Wolfskill can be harvested 12 to 14 days earlier than Chandler and provides consistently light to extra light color.”

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UC Davis aims to allow an earlier harvest with the new “UC Wolfskill” walnut.

“The California walnut industry needs earlier harvesting walnut varieties to provide efficient use of harvesting, drying and processing equipment.”

at UC Davis, and field trials with growers began in 2011.

“The commitment of our walnut growers, as collaborators, is the foundation that makes this release possible. The Board is extremely grateful for the long-term partnership of our growers and the UC, in finding innovative solutions that help us solve for critical needs,” said Michelle Connelly, executive director of

the California Walnut Board.

The California Walnut Board funded the research.

UC Wolfskill is currently available to California nurseries for propagation in California and sales to growers throughout the United States. Nurseries interested in propagating and selling this cultivar may obtain a license from UC Davis InnovationAccess.

— UC Davis News

Chuck Leslie breeder with the UC Davis Walnut Improvement Program of a walnut based on its color and how well it halves while processing. In blind quality evaluations by commercial graders, the UC Wolfskill was often not distinguished from Chandler.

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‘The Prom’: Gotta sing! Gotta dance!

Raucous musical lampoons the Broadway vibe

‘The Prom’ Starring: Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Andrew Rannells, Jo Ellen Pellman, Keegan-Michael Key, Kerry Washington, Ariana DeBose, Mary Kay Place, Tracey Ullman and Kevin Chamberlin Rating: PG-13, for thematic elements and suggestive/ sexual candor Available via: .ETlIX

BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic It’s easy to see why director Ryan Murphy was attracted to this Tony-nominated stage musical; it’s basically a double-length episode of his hit TV series, “Glee.”

On steroids. With an A-list cast.

“The Prom” boldly blends serious social commentary with frivolous Broadway razzmatazz, and gets away with it because the Bob Martin/Chad Beguelin script cheekily acknowledges as much.

“This is how actors intervene,” proclaim the lyrics in one of the many patter tunes, “through fiery songs and dance breaks!”

Indeed, Beguilin’s lyrics — he co-created the stage musical, with Martin’s book and Matthew Sklar’s music — are wickedly clever, with snarky messaging, insider jokes and tonguetwistingly inventive rhymes that even Tom Lehrer would admire.

Assign this material to scenestealing talents such as Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman and Andrew Rannells, and the result — while a bit bloated, at 130 minutes — is a lot of fun.

The story kicks off during the opening night production of “Eleanor!: The Eleanor Roosevelt Story,” a wildly expensive and thematically ill-advised musical featuring New York stage stars Dee Dee Allen (Streep) and Barry Glickman (Corden). The postopening party turns into a disaster when reviews crucify the show, effectively flatlining their careers.

While commiserating with career chorus girl Angie Dickinson (Kidman), they decide that salvation lies is attaching their

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Having decided to save a small Indiana town from itself, our four Broadway stars — from left, Trent (Andrew Rannells), Barry (James Corden), Dee Dee (Meryl Streep) and Angie (Nicole Kidman) — salute themselves in song. star status to some sort of noble cause, thereby reaping the benefit of flattering publicity.

Trouble is, Dee Dee and Barry are unapologetic narcissists — and even admit as much, in song — and therefore embrace this notion for all the wrong reasons.

Meanwhile, in small-town Edgewater, Ind., the local PTA — led by the imperious and bigoted Mrs. Greene (Kerry Washington) — has canceled the annual high school prom, because it’s the only legal way to prevent Emma Nolan (Jo Ellen Pellman) from attending with her girlfriend. This has turned poor Emma into a public pariah, despite the best efforts of her one ally, Principal Tom Hawkins (Keegan-Michael Key).

Back in New York, Dee Dee smells opportunity: There’s our cause. Nobody has enough cash to fund a trip to Indiana, so they accept an offer from young actor Trent Oliver (Rannells), who has just been cast in a touring production of “Godspell.” Dee Dee, Barry and Angie therefore “slum”

by joining this gang on the bus.

Their arrival in Edgewater is a disruptive disaster, with brash, ostentatiously snooty Big Apple conduct immediately clashing with quieter, conservative Hoosier State behavior. (“I understand furious townsfolk,” Dee Dee stubbornly insists, in song. “I did ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ ”) Both sides take plenty of wellaimed hits, with the New York interlopers coming off much worse … because they aren’t actually well-intentioned, but merely opportunistic.

Even so, Emma is genuinely touched by the effort, and Pellman’s sweetly poignant performance is this film’s heart. It’s her feature film debut, following some minor TV appearances, and she certainly makes the most of it.

Amid the often distracting antics of her older co-stars, she makes Emma grounded, completely sincere and comfortable in her own skin.

Pellman is equally adept at the more vibrant power ballads, but she — and everybody else — are

blown out of the water by Streep’s sell-it-to-the-last-row-of-thesecond-balcony belting. We’ve known she can sing since 2008’s “Mamma Mia!,” but she’s flat-out astonishing here, adding tremendous brio to the often tonguetwisting lyrics.

Rannells is similarly vivacious — and quite athletic — during Trent’s featured number, “Love Thy Neighbor.”

Corden leans toward the Rex Harrison speak-sing approach, which is fine; at first blush, Barry is a stereotypical “theater gay,” with a mildly mincing gait and a talent for wardrobe and accessorizing. But Corden reveals additional layers as the story proceeds, and Barry becomes a more credible character with his own vulnerable side.

Kidman’s Angie is the quartet’s quieter member: more perceptive and attuned to their outsized influence in these surroundings. She also tries for genuine friendship with Emma, in contrast to Dee Dee’s superficial fluttering; Kidman and Pellman

share several nice scenes that feel warm and real.

Alas, Kidman is the cast’s weak link when it comes to singing; she has the sultry moves for the Bob Fosse-influenced song “Zazz,” but not the vocal chops.

Murphy hasn’t lost his touch for inventive staging, and choreographer Casey Nicholaw keeps everybody active. Several members of the “Godspell” ensemble — who double, at times, as Edgewater High students — are stunning.

Every time you think this is going to be just gaudy and frivolous, the story hits us with a nasty, real-worldish surprise: most notably the breath-catching shock that concludes the first act.

Later, if Murphy ladles the climactic sentiment and inclusiveness message with a trowel, during Pellman’s sweet solo song, that’s nothing new; he constantly did the same on “Glee.” (And, frankly, the message never grows old, because it’s still relevant.)

“The Prom” must’ve been a blast, live on stage, and this film translation definitely retains the show’s heart and pizzazz. It’s a hoot.

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

Comment on this review at www.davisenterprise.com.

Ten-Minute Play Festival goes virtual Special to The Enterprise

Matt Connor’s watercolors are on display this month at Logos Books.

Monthly exhibits of local artists’ work are planned throughout the year at the store.

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Logos Books displays Matt Connor’s art Special to The Enterprise Friends of the Davis Public Library has an ongoing art presence. Logos Books is continuing its commitment to local artists with exhibits even while the ArtAbout program has been shut down due to the pandemic.

All are invited to drop in to see the newest exhibit of watercolors by Matt Connor. These colorful, locally painted watercolor scenes

are on display through Jan. 29.

Upcoming art exhibits will be having monthly runs in Logos, 513 Second Str. in Davis.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays.

For more information, go to Logos’ Facebook and Instagram accounts or its website at https://davis libraryfriends.org/logosbooks/.

The Winters Theatre Company continues looking for ways to provide theatrical experiences during the current pandemic.

This past fall, WTC produced a Zoom version of “Robin Hood,” allowing actors a chance to interact in a fun and safe way, while giving audiences the opportunity to safely enjoy the show from the comfort of their homes.

Following in the footsteps of that production, WTC is presenting a podcast production for this year’s second annual TenMinute Play Festival.

First produced in early 2020, right before the pandemic shelter-inplace began, the inaugural Ten-Minute Play Festival featured eight plays with storylines ranging from astronauts in love to a young man coming out about his love of opera music.

Ten-Minute Festival organizers Ana Kormos and Jim Hewlett wanted

to continue the festival in 2021, but were concerned that the pandemic would not allow for the inperson theater event that occurred in early 2020.

So, the decision was made to reinvent the festival in a podcast format.

Script submissions were solicited, just as they were for the previous festival — and 99 scripts were submitted from all across the United States, as well as from Australia and New Zealand.

From there, the painstaking, but fun, process of selecting the winning eight scripts took place.

This year’s festival scripts feature storylines involving crossword puzzles, dating, mayflies, holy relics, dreams, maps and even the pandemic. These plays will make you laugh, cry, sigh and think ... all from the comfort of your couch.

The podcast is available from Friday, Jan. 22, through Sunday, Feb. 21, on the Winters Theatre Company website at winterstheatre.org.

Stories on Stage podcast features mourning mother, with a twist Special to The Enterprise Stories on Stage Davis will release the 10th episode of its allpodcast eighth season on Saturday, Jan. 23, with Jill Heffron’s story “It’s A Girl,” read by newcoming actor Tanya Lieberman.

Sharon, a mother who has experienced the loss of a daughter, compares the quiet, private grief she suffers with the traditional Jewish customs one is supposed to follow after the loss of a loved one. As Sharon focuses on feeling gratitude and acceptance

for both of her sons, the story reveals an unexpected, delicate twist centered around transitions that affect an entire family.

HEFFRON Heffron is a Featured author world traveler and an aspiring writer.

She has taught English in Spain, visited close to 30 countries, and lived and studied in China, Mexico and France. Her best-known

literary works include commencement addresses, various toasts and eulogies. Most recently she wrote and performed the ceremony for her stepson and daughter-in-law’s COVID-safe wedding.

After organizing study-abroad programs for college students for more than a 25-year period, Heffron retired in 2019 and finally has had time to pursue her passions for writing, dance and reading entire books at one go.

Reading “It’s A Girl” is Tanya

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Lieberman, who is thrilled to be making her first appearance with Stories on Stage Davis. She is a Davis resident and serves as an education policy consultant for the California Legis-

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She is a former voiceover reader, podcaster, teacher, author, lactation consultant and U.N.

civilian peacekeeper.

The Stories on Stage Davis podcast airs new episodes every second and fourth Saturday, and its eighth season runs through June. Upcoming and past episodes, as well as ways to support the series, can be found on the Stories on Stage Davis website.

Stories on Stage Davis is a sponsored project of YoloArts, a nonprofit arts organization.

For more information, and to listen to the podcast, visit stories onstagedavis.com.

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‘Let Them All Talk’: No, they really should stop The improv approach does this ensemble drama no favors

‘Let Them All Talk’ Starring: Meryl Streep, Dianne Wiest, Candice Bergen, Lukas Hedges, Gemma Chan, Daniel Algrant and John Douglas Thompson Rating: R, for profanity Available via: HBO MAX

BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic Although director Steven Soderberg’s gentle little drama has its charms, it’s more of an acting exercise than an actual film.

As revealed in the production notes, Deborah Eisenberg’s “script” was more an outline: the broad strokes of the story, with its key plot beats, and a general sense of the primary characters. Most dialogue was left to actor improv, which was fine-tuned during production.

Seasoned pros like Meryl Streep and Dianne Wiest clearly had no trouble with this approach. The rest of the cast … leave something to be desired.

New York-based author Alice Hughes (Streep) is celebrated for two novels: her debut, “You Always, You Never,” which brought her a Pulitzer; and the more recent “A Function of the Body,” which has just earned the Footling Prize.

She regards the latter as more prestigious because it’s bestowed by writers: an honor, therefore, coming from her peers.

That aside, Alice’s publisher has grown impatient over the lack of progress on her next book. Karen (Gemma Chan), a newbie literary agent, has been sent to extract some details.

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Alice (Meryl Streep, foreground) has just spotted a fellow writer — one who seems far more popular than she — much to the amusement of, from left, companions Tyler (Lukas Hedges), Susan (Dianne Wiest) and Roberta (Candice Bergen).

Much as Alice would love to attend the UK presentation of the Footling Prize, she can’t fly. (Streep’s visible discomfort at the very notion suggests a phobia.)

No matter, Karen replies brightly, clearly invested in the publicity that would be generated by a personal appearance; you could travel by luxury liner.

Alice accepts this suggestion, in part as a means to re-connect with old school chums Susan (Wiest) and Roberta (Candice Bergen), whom she hasn’t seen in 35 years. Both accept the allexpenses-paid invitation; Alice’s nephew Tyler (Lucas Hedges) completes the party, as a sort of wrangler.

Unknown to Alice, Karen also joins the cruise, still

hoping to learn something about the mysterious manuscript.

Once on board, the reunion is tense, even prickly. We gradually learn that Alice apparently mined details of Roberta’s tempestuous marriage for “You Always, You Never”; she, therefore, has long blamed Alice both for the subsequent divorce, and for the dead-end life she has led ever since. Worse yet, Roberta is convinced that the next book — rumored to be a sequel — will reopen old wounds.

Susan — psychologically perceptive, and a peacemaker by profession — does her best to mend fences … but, actually, her “best” isn’t very compelling.

This is where the production’s improv nature begins to fail. We keep waiting for Susan to do or say something profound; it never occurs. And while Roberta may have a valid reason for the long estrangement, one wonders why Susan also chose to stay out of touch with Alice.

Hedges is worst served by the filmmaking style.

Tyler’s awkward efforts at establishing a relationship with Karen are a nonstarter that becomes progressively more irritating.

He rarely gets beyond “ums, erms, uhs” and other monosyllabic grunts; it’s like he’s incapable of completing a full sentence.

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But if he — and Soderbergh — think that this affectation grants Tyler an actual personality, they’re sadly mistaken. It’s simply annoying.

Chan isn’t much better.

Karen is fairly fresh as a solo literary agent, having previously apprenticed for seven years; Chan, therefore, imbues her with the wide-eyed eagerness of one who knows she’s inexperienced and compensates by trying too hard. But it doesn’t work, particularly during Karen’s nonresponses to Tyler’s interest in her. Chan looks and sounds artificial: more like an inexperienced actress compensating, by trying too hard.

On top of which, such bashful mumbling might be appropriate for a high school crush, but between a mid-twentysomething and a mid-thirtysomething?

That’s ridiculous.

Bergen’s Roberta is

appropriately frosty, but her passive/aggressive behavior becomes bewildering, if not downright cruel. Alice keeps trying to bridge the divide — and Streep handles each barbed encounter with subtle graciousness — but Bergen soon becomes more of a bull in a china shop, amid the quieter approach taken by everybody else. Again, Bergen makes Roberta less of a persuasive character, and more of a clumsy acting class construct.

Which brings us to Streep, who is marvelous throughout; she’s such a master of the perfectly timed little gesture. When Alice pauses, searching for the right thing to say, it feels absolutely organic and natural, rather than artificial. She’s also hilariously pompous, in the manner of snobs who never recognize this shortcoming in themselves. Few can inject such condescending snark into a few choice words.

Thomas Newman supplies a terrific big bandbased jazz score, blended with classical excerpts by Mozart, Haydn, Schubert and Gershwin. The music has far more personality than several of the characters it supports.

Is all this enough on which to hang a film?

Probably not, despite the fascinating depth that Streep brings to her role.

As both Alice and Kelvin would agree, nothing beats the precision of the written word. Soderbergh should have allowed Eisenberg to supply more of them.

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BY DREW LIEBERT Special to CalMatters

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alifornia has always been a place of extraordinary contrasts. It has some of the wealthiest enclaves, and some of the poorest. It has some of the greatest diversity, and some of the most segregated neighborhoods. It is the birthplace of the world’s social media technology revolution and now is ground zero for its reckoning.

We are living in real time with the worrisome question of whether the state’s social media companies — Facebook, Twitter, Snap and others — will continue to be the organizational weapons used to threaten our democracy.

These past four years, and especially this past week, California’s social media platforms have underscored how their misuse through hate and conspiracy theories is at the heart of the greatest modern threat to our republic.

Now we just saw the inauguration of our 46th president, nervously wondering if social media platforms, or other secret ones, will continue to be the communication weapons that will result in continuing violence and destabilization.

We are seeing that there are uncanny similarities between two very different modern technological marvels: social media and nuclear power. Both initially offered enormous promise for human improvement.

Social media was predicted to connect billions of people to become a much more unified and peaceful planet; nuclear power promised to eliminate greenhouse gases and reverse climate change. The story for both has turned out to be far more complex, and troubling. Nuclear power has the risk of destroying the planet, and now we are witnessing how California’s social media platforms have the potential to divide our state and country.

As the home of Silicon Valley, California not only has a unique opportunity but a profound responsibility to quickly figure out how best to minimize the risks social media so obviously pose. This will surely be a difficult task, and we must proceed with great caution, both to protect our cherished speech rights as well as the “golden egg” currently shielding our state from much more economic dislocation wrought by the pandemic.

lex Padilla’s taking the oath of office as California’s junior U.S. senator marks a political landmark: it ends the longest regional domination modern California political life has seen.

Since Arnold Schwarzenegger left the governor’s office in early 2011, every major statewide elective office had been held by San Francisco Bay Area Democrats, several first anointed by former state Assembly speaker and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.

The ascent of Kamala Harris to the vice presidency triggered this sea change. Prior to that, Gavin Newsom, a former San Francisco mayor, was joined in high office by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, another former San Francisco mayor; former Sen. Harris, a onetime district attorney of San Francisco, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a San Francisco congresswoman.

Before Newsom became governor, ex-Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown had just spent two terms in the state’s top office, while ex-Marin County Supervisor Barbara Boxer spent 24 years as a California senator, retiring in 2016 and giving way to Harris.

Newsom broke up this ensemble when he chose Padilla, California’s secretary of state for six years and before that a state assemblyman from

the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. Padilla, an MIT graduate, once was the “boy wonder” of the Los Angeles City Council.

Then, to accent what he was doing, Newsom named Democratic Assemblywoman Shirley Weber of San Diego to Padilla’s slot as California’s chief elections official.

Maybe it took a former San Francisco mayor to ease the oversized influence of the Bay Area on this state and nation, where two San Franciscans now stand Nos. 1 and 2 in the line of succession behind new President Joe Biden.

Newsom didn’t approach it in terms of regional identity.

Pressured to make Oakland’s longtime Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee a senator, he went with Padilla, despite the numerous Black women who lamented that Harris’ departure from the Senate leaves it with no Black females.

Instead, Newsom went with personal loyalty in choosing Padilla, one of his earliest and most consistent backers while he spent more than eight years seeking to become

governor. There was also the fact that Padilla, a Latino and more moderate than Lee, might be a stronger candidate for election on his own next year.

For sure, Padilla will face Democratic competition in that upcoming primary, possibly from the likes of Burbank Congressman Adam Schiff, who spearheaded the impeachments of Donald Trump; Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna, a darling of the Democratic left; Lee; current San Francisco Mayor London Breed; or Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, a perpetual short-lister for other big jobs who never seems to land them. Orange County Congresswoman Katie Porter, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf also are possible entrants.

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chiff, a hero to many Democrats, and Padilla are by far the best known in that group, making Khanna, Breed, Lee and Schaaf longshots in any contest. This Senate seat appears likely to stay with a non-Bay Area resident.

Many of these folks could also be entrants in any race for Feinstein’s Senate spot, who will be 91 when her term is up.

If she serves out the term, several of them would no doubt run to succeed her in 2024, even though Feinstein improbably set up a reelection committee the other day.

What’s evident now is that any of the prominent Southern California possibilities would likely make a stronger statewide candidate next year or in 2024 than any Bay Area figure.

That’s a major change for the geographic tilt in California politics, one that could become even more significant if the current recall drive aiming to oust Newsom a year before his term is up should proceed to an election and succeed.

The last major recall, against ex-Gov. Gray Davis, gave California its only nonDemocrat, non-Bay Area occupant of a top office since 2002, as movie muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger catapulted into office by that route.

Two San Diego area figures, former Mayor Kevin Faulconer and businessman John Cox, a Donald Trump loyalist beaten by Newsom in 2018, figure to be on that ballot if it arrives and either could change the state’s politics even more than Newsom and Padilla already have.

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

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ecause the social media companies are uniquely Californian, as are their leaders and engineers, our state policymakers must urgently collaborate with the tech community and privacy advocates to prioritize the careful development of effective new legal guardrails to reduce the risk that those who seek to sew hatred and revolution in this country can continue to do so.

Some may argue that this is a power solely left to the federal government, but this is not the case. So far Congress has set very few limits in the Wild West of our internet ecosystem. Indeed, its principal blueprint has been to protect the social media ecosystem from legal responsibility for incendiary communications posted on its platforms pursuant to Section 230 of the ironically titled Communications Decency Act. California, on the other hand, has led the way in the past several years in enacting substantial and controversial laws to require meaningful consumer privacy protections and develop a set of consumer digital rights. Their legality has not been challenged.

It will thus be a natural continuation of the state’s ground-rule setting responsibility to quickly commence work with the state’s tech leaders, some of whom are now increasingly acknowledging the dangers of their technologies, and privacy advocates to develop the safest internet environment possible while protecting speech and constitutional rights.

The urgency of this effort is irrefutable – not just to ensure the critically important economic viability of our tech sector and its enormous contribution to our stressed state coffers, but to do our best to curtail the ability of those who seek to destroy our communities and democracy. It turns out this is the most important “communications decency act” California can take.

— Drew Liebert is an attorney who has worked in senior staff positions in the California Legislature for more than 25 years, as chief counsel to the Assembly Judiciary Committee and chief of staff to the Senate Majority Leader, liebertdrew@gmail.com. He wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.

LETTERS Veteran appalled by coup I’m a military veteran from Davis, and as someone who gave years of my life to defend this democracy and swore the oath to “uphold and defend the Constitution,” I must speak out about the disgraceful coup attempt that we witnessed on Jan. 6.

There must be accountability for all those who conspired to undermine our free-and-fair elections through violence and intimidation, and that includes the cynical elected officials who pandered to Trump and his vile conspiracy theories.

These enablers are equally complicit to Trump in the violent mob scene we saw desecrating the people’s Capitol, and we cannot allow promoters of seditious lies to enjoy the honor of serving in our Congress.

They have betrayed us.

This crisis has been brewing for years, as millions of people watched a growing political movement motivated by cruelty, resentment and ignorance grow to a violent mob now trying to seize power, whatever the costs to our country.

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American citizens still dedicated to rule of law is to unite and demand our remaining, rational elected leaders and law enforcement prosecute those political leaders responsible for this debacle. Anything else would invite further attempts to seize power and further acts of violence and chaos.

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Health care for all I am fortunate to have good health care thanks to employer health benefits and Medicare. However, I no longer feel safe unless we have health care for all.

If my neighbor loses her job and her tied-to-the job healthcare and gets sick, then I am not safe. If a store employee does not have healthcare or sick leave, I am not safe. The pandemic has informed us of the importance of community-wide health.

The health sector spent over $42 million on lobbying in California in 2019 led by the California Hospital Association, which spent about $2.7 million, according to the Sacramento Bee. Our healthcare system is a for-profit scheme linked to employment.

It benefits the insurance industry, hospitals, private practice doctors,

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

U.S. Senate Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3841; email: http://feinstein. senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me Sen. Kamala Harris, 112 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510;

pharmaceutical companies and the legislators who get contributions for doing the bidding of for-profit groups.

The United States ranks 26th of 35 countries for life expectancy, according to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, an international organization. We watch as other countries do better with COVID-19 due to universal healthcare.

Healthcare for All—CA (HCA) is advocating to transition to a single-payer financing system in California so everybody will have access to quality essential health care. Gov. Newsom made a campaign promise that he would lead California to make this a reality.

Please join me in asking the governor to request waivers from the incoming Biden Administration to permit federal funds, now spent on health care in California, to be transferred to our state.

Medicare was put together in one year and there was huge opposition but many of us are grateful for it today.

Time to fix a system that isn’t working.

Google tinyurl.com/HCA-CA-Petition to sign the petition and learn more information. After signing, please forward the link to your California friends.

Jean Jackman Davis

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Feeling snubbed Dear Annie: I’m 76 years old and need to know if I’m behind the times where etiquette is concerned. I have never been married and have not been around “young folks” a lot, so maybe I’m just behind the times.

My only niece, “Marji,” a 40-year-old, invited me to Thanksgiving dinner at her home. There would be only us and her daughter, whom I’ll call “Robin,” and Robin’s new baby.

Although there is no difficulty between us, I’ve never had Thanksgiving Day dinner at my niece’s house before.

As background, I have been helping Marji financially since her mother, my sister, passed away in 2018. Additionally, I am financially helping my great niece (my niece’s daughter). They live together and both work, but my niece has told me that they don’t earn enough to meet their modest expenses. They are aware that they are my only heirs.

The Thanksgiving Day invitation was made in person two weeks before, and I was delighted to accept. I was asked to bring a favorite side dish, which is no problem. There was no mention of any other obligation they had.

Marji called me the night before to give me some details of the gettogether. She said that I could join them between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. That sounded strange to me, so I asked her if she had somewhere else she had to be later in the day. She said that she and Robin wanted to visit with the grandmother of Robin’s new baby. Robin is not married to the baby’s father, and I had been told that the grandmother was not in the baby’s everyday life.

I’ll have to admit that I was hurt by this backhanded invitation but want to give my niece the benefit of the doubt. Thus my question: Is it proper these days to invite someone to your house

Legals@DavisEnterprise.net for a celebration dinner and then tell the guest that she must leave at a designated time?

— Perplexed by Modern Etiquette

Dear Perplexed: These particular days, it’s really not proper to invite anyone to your house for a celebration. Maybe COVID-19 Wanting health and cases aren’t prevalent in your happiness for daughter area, but that could quickly Dear Annie: I’ve noticed in the change if people are freely spend- past several months that my ing time indoors and unmasked 15-year-old daughter has been with people from other house- steadily gaining weight. I have holds. I don’t mean to lecture, but struggled with my weight most of friends of mine have lost loved my adult life and absolutely do ones to this disease, and I feel not want my daughter to have the compelled to speak up on their insecurities and low self-esteem behalf.

That aside, I understand why you’d feel snubbed with your niece Sabrina is a small changing plans at the black cat with last minute.

It short hair, yellow/ Have you lost a pet? sounds as though green eyes, and Do you want to help shelter she’s not in the runsmall bit of white animals get back home? ning for hostess of on her neck. Indoor cat. No collar.

Please join the Yolo County the year. She and Missing from Oak Avenue and Lost and Found Pets Group on Robin care about you E. 14th street. Last seen 12/24/20 Facebook at facebook.com/ at Beech Lane and Mills Drive. and the baby’s grandgroups/yolopets Call/text anytime (510) 220-8446. mother and wanted to include you both in the baby’s first (upside page down) B2 Your Puzzle Solutions from Thanksgiving. They didn’t realize that Sudoku 1 W Sudoku 2 W splitting the difference would injure you. Trust that their intentions were good, and next time, communicate from the outset that you’d like to spend the day with them.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Daniel W. Julian aka Daniel Winfield Julian CASE NO. PR2021-0006 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Daniel W. Julian aka Daniel Winfield Julian A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: Margaret Wisdom in the Superior Court of California, County of: Yolo THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Margaret Wisdom be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on February 25, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. in Department TBD located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b)

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matter if she is a good athlete; what counts is that she is having fun. I know that many sports are on hold for now because of lockdowns. By the spring, perhaps she can join a new team. In the meanwhile, the two of you could go for walks together, try yoga classes online or find time to dance to the latest TikTok craze.

Continue to focus on your own health and happiness, remembering that more is caught than taught.

If she sees you exercising, making healthy food choices and being kind to your body, then she is more likely to make the same choices.

——— Dear Annie: This is addressed to “Confused About Cellphones.” A partial fix would be to take data off the phones. Our kids have cellphones that text and call only.

They have internet usage at home on other devices, and this solution really helps! — A Different Way Dear Different Way: That sounds very clever. Thanks for sharing.

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Public Notices X FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: January 6, 2021 FBN Number: F20210013 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Acacia Counseling and Wellness 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

207 E Street, Unit B Davis, CA 95616-4514 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Acacia Psychological Corporation 281 Magnolia Ave., Suite 300 Goleta, CA 93117-3608 4. Business Classification: Corporation 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: January 9, 2017 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”

(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Jessica P. Rodriguez CBO, Acacia Counseling and Wellness 1119 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5

that I have.

She is not active at all, and remote learning isn’t helping the situation. I encourage her to make healthier choices but have to be very careful with what I say, especially because weight and self-image are such a touchy subject with any girl or woman. Is this something my daughter will have to figure out on her own?

— Hoping You Can Help Dear Hoping: The answer to your question — if this is something she has to figure out on her own — is yes and no. Take the focus off the numbers on the scale and move it onto feeling good in your body. If you start to walk and do a form of exercise that makes your body feel good, then she will follow you. Self-esteem is created from within; it’s not something we gain by looking a certain way.

Find a sport or activity that she might enjoy. Fifteen-year-olds have lots of energy, and she can channel some of that by being part of a sports team. It doesn’t

response was spot on to “Not a Fan,” the reader who wrote in about her mate singing in the morning and putting on a performance in the evening after he came home from work. He seems like a happy chap! Singing, as you stated, makes people feel good even if they are terrible. And the things we dislike about a mate or good friend are often the things we miss most about them when they are gone.

I sing, too, and I stink at it, too.

But guess what? I am in a band!

And I am a happy chap, too!

— Robert J. Dear Robert: Keep crooning.

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of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Signed: Nicole R. Plottel Attorney for petitioner 466 Vallombrosa Ave. Chico, CA 95926 530-893-2882 1/20, 1/22, 1/27 1121 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (UCC Sec. 6105) Escrow No. 13661T NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made. The name(s), business address(es) of the seller(s) are: MANORAMA SAH AND RAMAWATAR SAH, 1964 E 8TH STREET, DAVIS, CA 95616 Whose chief executive office address is: 1964 E 8TH STREET, DAVIS, CA 95616 Doing Business as: QUICK SHOP MARKET (Type – FOOD AND LIQUOR STORE ) All other business name(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s) within the past three years, as stated by the seller(s), is/are: QUICK SHOP MARKET The name(s) and address of the buyer(s) is/are: DHARAMVEER SIDHU AND HARPREET KAHLON, 11837 BLUSHING CIRCLE, RANCHO CORDOVA, CA 95742 The assets to be sold are described in general as: ALL STOCK IN TRADE, FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT AND GOODWILL And are located at: 1964 E 8TH STREET, DAVIS, CA 95616 The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: CAPITOL CITY ESCROW, INC., 3838 WATT AVENUE, SUITE F-610 SACRAMENTO, CA 958212665 and the anticipated sale date is FEBRUARY 8, 2021 The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2.

[If the sale is subject to Sec. 6106.2, the following information must be provided] The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: CAPITOL CITY ESCROW, INC., 3838 WATT AVENUE, SUITE F-610 SACRAMENTO, CA 958212665 THIS BULK TRANSFER INCLUDES A LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFER. ALL CLAIMS MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE DATE ON WHICH THE NOTICE OF TRANSFER OF THE LIQUOR LICENSE IS RECEIVED BY ESCROW AGENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL. Dated: DECEMBER 1, 2020 Buyer(s): DHARAMVEER SIDHU AND HARPREET KAHLON 161221 DAVIS ENTERPRISE 1/20/21 1122

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CV2021-40 1. Radha Elam filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Radha Elam to Radha Dolly Devi-Elanchezhiyan Elam 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: March 4, 2021 Time: 9 a.m.

Dept: #10 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: January 12, 2021 Samuel T. McAdam Judge of the Superior Court 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12 1123 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: January 15, 2021 FBN Number: F20210041 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) STEALTHSHARK DESIGNS 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

1410 Spruce Lane Davis, CA 95616 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Johnathon Vidaca 1410 Spruce Lane Davis, CA 95616 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: January 4, 2021 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”

(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Johnathon Vidaca 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12 1124 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: January 15, 2021 FBN Number: F20210044 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) REFLECTEE SHIRTS 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

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2525 Temple Drive Davis, CA 95618 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Alejandra Cuevas Rash 2525 Temple Drive Davis, CA 95618 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”

(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Alejandra Cuevas Rash 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12 1126

PUBLIC NOTICE ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 1533 NOTICE is hereby given that at its regularly scheduled meeting of January 12, 2021, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. 1533 amending Title 3, Chapter 14 of the Yolo County Code to update and streamline the County Code’s provisions regarding the County’s Facilities and Services Fee. The Ordinance was adopted by the following vote: AYES: Barajas, Villegas, Saylor, Sandy, Provenza.

NOES: None.

ABSENT: None.

ABSTAIN: None.

Copies of the full text of the Ordinance are available at www.yolocounty.org/ agendas or at the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Office, 625 Court Street, Room 204, Woodland, CA 95695.

Dated: January 22, 2021 Julie Dachtler, Senior Deputy Clerk Yolo County Board of Supervisors 1/22 1127 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: January 20, 2021 FBN Number: F20210057 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) FRESH AND CLEAN 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

1720 W. Miramonte Dr. Woodland, CA 95695 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Brenda Robles Javier Robles 1720 W. Miramonte Dr. Woodland, CA 95695 4. Business Classification: A Married Couple 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: January 19, 2021 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”

(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Javier Robles, Co-owner 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12 1128 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Ulrich Christian Knopf CASE NO. PR2021-0003 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Ulrich Christian Knopf A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: Oliver Michael Knopf in the Superior Court of California, County of: Yolo THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Oliver Michael Knopf be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal

representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on February 19, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 4 located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Signed: John B. Palley Attorney for petitioner 1555 River Park Drive, Suite 108 916-920-5983 1/22, 1/24, 1/29 1129 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: January 7, 2021 FBN Number: F20210018 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) BASKIN ROBBINS OF WOODLAND 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

91 W. Court Street Woodland, CA 95695 Mailing address: 3105 Octave Ave. Roseville, CA 95747 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Dhillon Group, LLC 91 W. Court Street Woodland, CA 95695 4. Business Classification: Limited Liability Company 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: November 30, 2020 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”

(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Sandeep Dhillon Managing Member, Dhillon Group, LLC 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12 1130

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2021

1/25/21.

THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE

Baby Blues

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Dilbert

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Pearls Before Swine

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Ambitious Sudoku 2 See the Sudoku solutions in today's classifieds.

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Spectacular Lake Alhambra Estates

1639 MOTTA STREET,

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$592,000 • 4 bedrooms with 1 primary bedroom downstairs & primary suite upstairs • 3.5 baths • 2 flex spaces downstairs…. work out room, office, play room, craft room…you decide!

• Spacious, updated kitchen with dining area, dining bar and great room • Upstairs loft • Courtyard • Large backyard with patio • Near shopping, walking paths, schools and parks

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44422 N. El Macero Drive

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Gorgeous California Mediterranean home will speak to the buyer with refined taste and a modern design aesthetic. With 2940 sq. ft. of perfectly executed space and upgrades throughout, Woodbury Lane has 4 spacious and bright bedrooms, 3.5 sparkling baths, and an open loft concept offering both form and function. Provenza Heirloom engineered hardwood floors, slab quartz countertops, Barbosa shaker cabinets with rain glass uppers and so much more!

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Lyon Real Estate

LISTING & SELLING DAVIS REAL ESTATE FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

Welcome...

TO OUR NEWEST AGENT!

2432 Leonardo Street, Davis 4-5BD/2.5BA/2,090 SQ. FT. 5IJT UXP TUPSZ 8JMEIPSTF IPNF JT OFTUMFE BNPOH UIF SFEXPPET BOE MPDBUFE CFUXFFO QBSLT BOE UIF HSFFOCFMU 5IF TRVBSF GPPU IPNF GFBUVSFT GPVS CFESPPNT XJUI B EPXOTUBJST PGÙDF QPTTJCMF ÙGUI CFESPPN UXP BOE B IBMG CBUISPPNT JOTJEF MBVOESZ SPPN MBSHF QBOUSZ ÙSFQMBDF JOTFSU BOE HSFBU SPPN DPODFQU $810,000 Greta Eoff | 530-902-1935 | LIC# 02012471

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1639 Motta Street, Woodland 4BD/3.5BA/2,712 SQ. FT. .05*7"5&% 4&--&3 5IJT VQEBUFE BOE XFMM NBJOUBJOFE IPNF JO 4QSJOH -BLF JT MPPLJOH GPS JUT OFX PXOFST 5IF IPNF IBT GSFTI exterior paint, lots of natural light and ceiling fans throughout. The MPWFMZ HPVSNFU LJUDIFO GFBUVSFT HSBOJUF DPVOUFS UPQT UJMF CBDL TQMBTI SFWFSTF PTNPTJT UJMF ÚPPSJOH BOE TUBJOMFTT BQQMJBODFT $592,000 Martha Bernauer | 530-304-4208 | LIC# 01273735

2750 County Road 89, Dunnigan 3BD/2BA/2,406 SQ. FT. &TDBQF UIF DJUZ BOE HFU UIF QSJWBDZ ZPV IBWF CFFO XBJUJOH GPS PO ZPVS BDSFT BDSFT XJUI IPNF BOE B BDSFT QBSDFM CPUI XJUI UIFJS PXO EJTUSJDU XBUFS PG QFBDFGVM MJWJOH XJUI FOEMFTT QPTTJCJMJUJFT of income producing orchards/crops on class 1 soil or a great horse property or even build another home. $1,200,000 Par Khagura | 916-996-4724 | LIC# 02089364

5701 Alpine Road, Santa Rosa 43.72 ACRES Meandering along the foothills of Mayacamas Mountain, nature FOHVMGT ZPV :PV IFBS UIF XBUFS ÚPXJOH GSPN .BSL 8FTU $SFFL " TIPSU TUSPMM VQ UIF IJMM BOE QFFL QBTU UIF EFOTF HSFFO GPSFTU ZPV TFF the valley open up before your eyes. 43+ acres of hills and meadows XFMDPNFT ZPV ZPV IBWF BSSJWFE BU "MQJOF 3PBE $899,500 Danny Lau | 707-712-0944 | LIC# 02030110

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Happy New Year!

I’m honored to be the #1 agent in Davis and Yolo County again for 2020! If you’re planning a move in 2021, I’d love to meet with you to offer my experience and expertise and lead you through the process of selling and/or buying. Here’s what a few of my 2020 clients shared about working with me: “We would give Kim the highest recommendation for her honesty, responsiveness, professional skills, DQG HIČŒFLHQF\ DOO WKH WUDLWV RQH ZRXOG wish for in a real estate agent. No higher praise is possible.â€?

Seller March 2020 “Kim is the best. She has amazing local knowledge of Davis and her attention to detail is superb.�

Buyer November 2020

KIM’S 2020 SOLDS

“Kim sets the standard for real estate transactions in our region. She is straight forward, knowledgeable and a creative marketer. She ensures that your needs are met, while maintaining reasonable expectations and providing support. Kim sold my house in under seven days, with multiple offers, and made sure the transaction was seamless.�

Seller March 2020

“Kim knows the Davis market really well and guided us perfectly through a tricky process of both buying a new house and selling our old house. She is extremely knowledgeable, patient, and kind. I wholeheartedly recommend Kim.�

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731 Peach Place $1,305,000

39423 Black Hawk Place $1,209,000

24319 Fairway Drive $1,205,000

810 Peregrine Avenue $1,201,000

3730 Gaviota Place $1,200,000

1106 Ovejas Avenue $1,145,000

1515 Magellan Street $1,049,000

748 Elmwood Drive $939,000

200 Huerta Place $905,000

422 Jardin Place $875,000

1226 Bucknell Drive $875,000

2340 Benton Place $810,000

1111 Eunice Drive, Woodland $799,000

522 Rutgers Drive $794,000

1024 Plum Lane $791,000

1103 Mesquite Drive $790,000

911 San Sebastian Street $755,000

1914 Regis Drive $754,500

742 Plum Lane $720,000

901 Pine Lane $715,000

502 W. Keystone Avenue, Woodland $710,000

2706 Tiber Avenue $701,500

1039 Acacia Lane $700,000

3901 Vistosa Court $679,000

2764 Brookshire Circle, Woodland $655,950

2009 Edgington Circle, Woodland $626,990

910 Sycamore Lane, Woodland $625,000

18257 Gadwall Street, Woodland $620,000

1388 Via Colonna Terrace $615,000

3152 Newport Terrace $610,000

1943 Renoir Avenue $591,000

1712 Cork Place $590,000

1518 Tulane Drive $590,000

720 Pamplona Drive $586,000

2744 Brentwood Place $575,000

2961 Layton Drive $563,000

1944 Henry Court, Woodland $557,500

34866 Pintail Street, Woodland $548,000

1215 Cypress Lane $525,000

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

963 Zaragoza Street $457,500

848 Laugenour Court, Woodland $450,000

1419 Crystal Springs Drive, Woodland $430,000

1445 Bridle Lane, Woodland $416,000

2849 Janet Drive, West Sacramento $415,000

748 Stonehaven Loop, Woodland $375,000

612 Clover Street, Woodland $358,000

1809 Fremont Court #1 $310,000

1811 Donner Avenue #2 $310,000

211 Cleveland Street, Woodland $300,000

132 Full Circle $165,000

11 Leisureville Circle, Woodland $113,000

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