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County grapples with racial disparity in foster care

UCD gets record number of applicants

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY

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BY CALEB HAMPTON

Enterprise staff writer The increase in Yolo County children entering foster care in recent years has compounded existing racial and ethnic disparities within the child welfare system, particularly for Black children, according to a self-assessment performed by the county.

In 2019, Black children made up about 2.5 percent of the total child population in Yolo County but 23 percent of the population in foster care here. They were also more likely to be placed in care outside the county, spend more time in foster care than their peers, and were less likely to progress to permanent placement.

“Racial and ethnic disproportionality in our foster care system has existed for as far back as we’ve looked,” said Karleen Jakowski, director of the Child, Youth and Family Branch in Yolo County’s Health and Human Services Agency.

“It’s a county problem, it’s a statewide problem, it’s a national and even international problem,” Jakowski told the Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.

“But what we can really state clearly … is that over the last several years, as our numbers of children entering foster care increased, our disproportionality increased significantly,” she said. “And it’s not a data point that we can explain away or … justify.

It’s one that we have to accept as the reality and say there’s something that needs our attention here.”

Some of those data points: ■ During the five-year cycle from 2014 through

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A wind-downed tree blocks a driveway on Catalina Drive on Wednesday morning after a fierce storm blew through Davis.

City digs out from storm

BY OWEN YANCHER Enterprise staff writer After more than 7,700 Davis households lost electricity during Tuesday night’s storm, roughly 150 Davis homes still remain without power.

PG&E estimates repairs for the Willowbank neighborhood of South Davis, where over 40 homes have been without electricity for four days, to be completed by 10 p.m.

Sunday. Restorations for the 2400 block of Sycamore Lane were expected by 10 p.m. Saturday.

One of the hardest hit areas in

the region, more than 80 PG&E crews came to Yolo County — some from as far as San Luis Obispo — to make repairs to downed power lines and blown transformers. Near the Davis Joint Unified School District offices, utility trucks worked late into the night Friday on the corner of Fifth and C streets to bring power back to Davis’ downtown core.

Without the blackout stretching through Thursday, businesses across town were forced to shutter, including the entire Anderson Plaza Shopping Center after a power line was struck by a falling

India seeks probe of Gandhi statue vandalism

BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer The Indian Ministry of External Affairs released a statement Saturday condemning the destruction of a statue of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the Indian independence leader, in Davis’ Central Park.

Indian Council of Cultural Relations made a gift of the statue to the city of Davis in 2016 at a cost of $22,000 to the Indian government. Earlier this week, unknown perpetrators tore down the statue and left it

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redwood tree along Anderson Road.

The Davis Food Co-op was able to reopen Thursday, but not before thousands of dollars worth of refridgerables and frozen items had to be tossed.

“Please bear with us as we try to restock all that we lost,” the Co-op posted to Facebook.

Even after regaining power, Xfinity customers across Davis reported service gaps for as much as a day, affecting thousands of local students in distance learning. At UC

More students than ever before applied for admission to UC Davis this year, according to data released this week by the University of California. A record 105,850 applicants applied to enter UC Davis as freshman and transfer students in fall 2021, a nearly 12% increase over last year’s 94,763 applicants.

The number of applicants applying for freshman status increased 13.3% and those applying to transfer increased 4.7% from last fall. In total, 87,118 applicants applied for freshman status and 18,732 applicants applied to transfer to UC Davis.

The rise in applications comes as UC Davis aims to reopen normal campus operations and return to in-person instruction in fall 2021. That objective hinges on evolving public health guidance and the success of an ongoing effort

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lying partly decapitated in Central Park.

“The Government of India strongly condemns this malicious and despicable act against a universally respected icon of peace and justice,” the press release from the Ministry of External Affairs stated.

According to the statement, the Indian Embassy in Washington, D.C., requested that the U.S. Department of State conduct a thorough investigation into the incident.

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The statue in Davis’ Central Park of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the Indian independence leader, was found Wednesday morning toppled and lying on the grass next to its plinth.

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Briefly West Sac PD probes death A suspicious death discovered in West Sacramento last week has morphed into a homicide investigation, police said.

In a Facebook post Thursday, the West Sacramento Police Department reported that officers performed a welfare check at about 12:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at a bus stop on Westacre Road, just south of West Capitol Avenue.

“The concern was for a female at this location who was nonresponsive at a bus stop,” the post said. “After further investigation it was determined the women had sustained a traumatic injury and her death is considered a homicide.”

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Get to know the new vice president I ’ll admit I didn’t know a great deal about Kamala Harris’ background until she became a United States senator from my home state. I suspect I am not alone.

When she was attorney general of California, I knew her name and her title, but I paid little attention to what happens in that state office, important as it may be.

And, of course, I did not know how to properly pronounce her first name.

If you’d told me she had been born in Seattle or Spokane or Schenectady or even Saskatoon, I’d have believed you.

Turns out she was born in Oakland, which made Donald Trump wonder out loud if she was constitutionally qualified to be vice president, which carries the same qualifications as president.

Trump, who believes Colorado is a border state and perhaps thought about building his immigrant-repelling wall at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, has no doubt never been to Oakland.

So, it was a great treasure and reliable resource for me when I received a copy of “Kamala’s Way,”

authored by Davis’ own Dan Morain and published by Simon & Schuster.

Morain is uniquely qualified to present an in-depth look into Kamala Harris’ rise to power, having followed her throughout his award-winning 40-year newspaper career, which includes 27 years at The Los Angeles Times and eight years as editorial page editor at The Sacramento Bee. Explains Morain, “As a columnist and editorial writer during her tenure as California attorney general, I wrote several times about how she ducked issues and was overly cautious. In reporting ‘Kamala’s Way,’ I came to see the grays, and gained a greater understanding of her reasoning behind her decisions. I saw her strategicness and perseverance. Something

about her always cut through as she carved out her laser-focused career path.”

Speaking of laser-focused, Sen. Harris caught my attention during one contentious Senate hearing when she refused to let U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr up for air.

No matter whose side you might have been on at the time, if that had been a boxing match, Kamala Harris was the winner by knockout.

“Kamala’s Way” is a compellingly honest work by Morain that draws a much more complete picture of our new vice president than most of us were aware. Even those who have followed Harris’ career for years will be stunned at the details Morain presents.

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he book is not full of praise or condemnation, but rather a factual detailing of a variety of aspects of Harris’ life, from waffling on the death penalty in the Kevin Cooper case to her decision to run for president to her backstage campaign to become Joe Biden’s running mate.

As Morain explains it, “The public perception of her may be that she is a leftist. She is liberal

Davis cops get a $25K PPE donation Power outage delays school-board agenda

BY LAUREN KEENE

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A firm that specializes in putting people to work has made it a little easier for Davis police and other first responders to do their jobs.

Human Bees, a staff augmentation company with offices in seven California locations including Davis, donated $25,000 worth of personal protection equipment to the Davis Police Department last week as part of its charitable outreach division, Humane Bees.

“We’ve always had a commitment to do more charity work,” said Dr. Geetesh Goyal, Human Bees’ CEO. So when the COVID

pandemic struck last year, Human Bees found itself ordering more PPE for the company’s use, then decided to take it a step further — ordering additional equipment to benefit the wider Davis community.

“We thought that would be a great way to launch our charity initiative,” Goyal said. “The Davis Police Department has always been great — we feel very lucky to have them here.”

So on Monday, a team of Human Bees staff dropped off 25 boxes containing 24,000 KN95 surgical masks and 500 face shields at the Davis police station on Fifth Street.

Davis police spokesman

Lt. Art Camacho said his agency is grateful for the donation, which will be shared with its partner agencies in the city, including the Davis Fire Department.

“It essentially supplements our own PPE source and gives us additional support to give back to the community if we need to,” Camacho said.

Goyal said community members interested in learning more about Human Bees’ charitable work may contact the company’s marketing manager, Angela Murray, at amurray@humanbees.com.

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

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on many issues. But she spent more than a decade prosecuting criminals. That had an effect.”

People say that Kamala Harris’ path to the vice presidency is uncommon, but truth be told, anyone’s path to the vice presidency is uncommon.

After all, in our country’s long history we’ve had only 49 vice presidents: Kamala Harris and 48 men.

Describing a more private side of Harris, Morain notes, “I came across numerous anecdotes of greatly empathetic moments when the cameras weren’t watching, such as when she jumped on a flight on the campaign trail to comfort the parents of Lili Smith, who had Apert Syndrome and died of a seizure at age 15.

“Harris is imperfect, but also is impressive. She was a woman in a hurry. She’s also a work in progress. She can be brusque, but also quite kind. She is not a woman to be underestimated.”

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Fights, shootings, stabbings keep Woodland police scrambling

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer Woodland police responded to a flurry of violent incidents in less than two hours last week, and an investigation is underway to determine whether all are related, officials reported Friday.

It all began at about 11:50 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, when officers spotted a fight among multiple subjects in the parking lot of the Jack in the Box on East Main Street.

“Several of the subjects attempted to flee the scene and had to be forcibly detained,” Sgt. Victoria Danzl said.

Three people were arrested and booked into the Yolo County Jail: Antonio Perez, 19, of Woodland, for resisting arrest; Yanadira Sepulveda, 20, of Knights Landing, for battery and resisting arrest; and Gissel Elias, 20, of Woodland, for battery and being drunk in public.

About an hour later, police were responding to a verbal argument in the 1000 block of Sixth Street when they received a report of shots fired around Everman Park.

“Officers contacted a subject by his house. The subject had also been associated with people at the earlier battery call,” Danzl said. “Officers recovered shell casings and an intact slug in the street in front of the subject’s house. Nothing appeared to have been hit by the bullets.”

As police investigated the Sixth Street shooting, dispatchers received reports of a stabbing in the 1200 block of East Main Street at about 1:15 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 24.

“It was reported that one person was stabbed, but officers arrived on scene and were told by witnesses that a knife was not seen,” Danzl said. “It is unknown exactly what transpired, and all involved individuals were gone on arrival.”

Just 15 minutes later, reports surfaced of a group of 10 people, some armed with bats and bottles, fighting near a freeway entrance on North East Street.

Upon their arrival, officers contacted two subjects who were associated with a vehicle that may have been connected to the East Main Street stabbing report, according to Danzl.

Both were in need of

“immediate medical attention,” she said.

“Based on statements from involved witnesses, a vehicle purposely collided with the first vehicle,” Danzl said. “The two males from the first vehicle exited the vehicle and began to swing a baseball bat at all those around.

Somehow, the two males became injured and were transported to UC Davis Medical Center for treatment.”

All four cases have been forwarded to the Woodland police investigations division to determine which, if any, are connected. Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at 530-666-2411.

BY JEFF HUDSON Enterprise photo The lengthy list of “Things that didn’t happen on time” due to last week’s extended power outage over much of the core area of downtown Davis includes the usual Friday afternoon posting of the agenda for the next Davis school board meeting.

The PG&E power outage last week, triggered by the big windstorm and heavy rains last Tuesday evening, left the Davis school district’s administrative offices dark for two days — effectively putting the offices’ computer systems on ice, delaying production of the agenda.

Superintendent John Bowes, speaking to The Enterprise on Friday evening, said that the tardy agenda for the school

board’s meeting on Thursday evening, Feb. 4, should be ready for posting online sometime on Monday, Feb. 1 ... most likely sometime late in the day, since staff has two days of catch-up work on the agenda to complete before the agenda will be ready to release.

The Feb. 4 school board meeting is scheduled to include a discussion of staff ’s revised “return-tocampus” plans for the Davis school district’s elementary school campuses — a topic that has prompted much impassioned public comment and lengthy discussion among the school board trustees during every school board meeting held since late November.

— Reach Jeff Hudson at jhudson@davisenter prise.net.

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Briefly Annual NAMI gala goes online NAMI-Yolo, the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, will hold its 42nd annual Pat Williams Mental Health Dinner and Fundraiser on Thursday, Feb. 18, in the comfort of your home as a virtual event from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Tickets, sponsorships and program ads may be purchased by going online at namiyolo.org or by calling NAMI’s local office at 530-7568181.

This year NAMI Yolo County is pleased to honor Dr. Captane Thomson, MD. Dr. “Cap� is a Yolo County psychiatrist and former mental-health director who has served the county for more than 55 years.

He has extensive experience seeing patients, serving as an expert for the courts, and as a mentor and advisor to multiple organizations.

Bronwyn Murphy, inclusion coordinator at University Covenant Church is the keynote speaker on the topic “Everyone is Worthy of Being Loved.�

The Pat Williams Dinner brings together more 200 attendees from our community who are invested in prevention, early intervention and recovery from psychiatric brain illnesses, including those with lived experience, loved ones, practitioners, medical providers, service provider agencies and staff, politicians, law enforcement, researchers, the judiciary, educators, and those who wish to honor and continue the work of the late Pat Williams, who established the majority of the mental-health services and housing for those in recovery in Yolo County.

FOSTER: Statistics paint a picture of inequality From Page A1 2018, the total number of Yolo County children about whom abuse or neglect allegations had been made increased by 18.6 percent. â– The rate of substantiations of maltreatment increased from 8.2 children per 1,000 in 2014 to 11.2 children per 1,000 in 2018. â– For Black children, allegations increased by 42 percent and substantiations by 133 percent. â– For Latino children, allegations decreased by 6 percent but substantiations increased by 37 percent. â– Between 2015 and 2019, the number of children in foster care in Yolo County increased by 79 percent, but the increase varied from 21 percent for white children to 101 percent for Latino children to 221 percent for Black children. â– Black children in Yolo County spent, on average, two months longer in foster care than white children and over four months longer than Latino children. â– Black children in Yolo County were less likely than their peers in Yolo County to be placed with a relative, more likely to be placed outside the county and less likely to exit the system to a permanent placement.

Speaking of the African American community, Jakowski said, “it is a community that is not always effectively served here in Yolo County because Black children make up such a

small portion of our child population but a much larger population of our foster care system, so to me that points to some enhanced needs, some targeted services that are culturally appropriate that we don’t currently have available.â€? “I think this is incredibly important and urgent for us to address,â€? said Supervisor Don Saylor of Davis. “African American children in Yolo County (are) more likely to be the subject of a report of abuse or neglect or concern; they’re more likely to have those sustained; they’re more likely to be removed from their home; they’re more likely to remain in foster care longer; they’re more likely to be placed in outof-county placements,â€? Saylor said. “So in every milestone in the treatment of children, African American — and Latino children — are more likely to experience an outcome that takes them further from their home and further from their family of origin and we cannot underestimate that and the impact it has on their lives and the impact it has on our criminal justice system ‌ the impact it has on their opportunity to thrive and their educational attainment.â€? “I agree wholeheartedly,â€? said Jakowski, who began leading the branch in 2020 and is now leading the development of a five-year system improvement plan

for which reducing racial and ethnic disparities will be a key component.

Some of the strategies developed thus far include implementing group decision making around referrals and investigations, a benefit of which would be to help counter any bias that occurs during decision making, Jakowski said, as well as implementing implicit and explicit bias training for all staff.

Another key, she said, is increasing the number of resource family homes (previously known as foster homes) that match the race, ethnic and language make-up of children and youth in foster care, as well as improving how the system engages with birth parents and families once they become involved

in the system.

And perhaps the biggest key: investing more in prevention and early intervention plans.

The county also faces sometimes conflicting goals, namely, placing children with relatives and also keeping them within Yolo County. “Sometimes family is in a different county,� noted Supervisor Jim Provenza of Davis.

Jakowski said there are sometimes good reasons to place children outside of the county, including if they’re being placed with family or receiving specialized services. “But we know that placing outside of our local community means that children move away from their schools, they move away further from their family of origin and sometimes from those community connections and natural supports that they have. “So it is ideal to keep kids in their community, in their schools, in their school districts, whenever possible,� she said.

In 2019, more than 80 percent of Black children were placed outside of Yolo County, compared to 55 percent of white children and 60 percent of Latino children.

Black children were also

less likely to be placed with relatives. Just 13 percent of Black children were placed with relatives in 2019, compared to nearly 30 percent of white children and 36 percent of Latino children.

Among the goals going forward are increasing the number of local foster homes, ensuring they can meet the needs of the children and are “culturally reflective of youth in care,� said Jakowski.

Research, she said, shows that practices which reduce disparity in child welfare are the same kinds of practices “that you would implement to improve outcomes for all children and families, but considering the unique needs of families in your community that you are finding are disproportionately represented in the foster care system. “And that’s exactly what we intend to do,� Jakowski told county supervisors.

The draft 2020-2025 System Improvement Plan is in a review process and after approval by the California Department of Social Services, will be brought to the Board of Supervisors for final approval. — Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

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STORM: Lights come back on

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer

From Page A1 Davis, professors postponed and cancelled quizzes scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday as the northern majority of the university campus remained without power.

In Sacramento, more than 100,000 SMUD customers lost power, with most regaining electricity in less than 24 hours.

Based on 30 years of weather data, PG&E meteorologists describe this week’s winter storm as the strongest since 2011 and say it caused the highest two-day and three-day outage totals since 2010.

Statewide, 870,000 customers lost electric service as PG&E found more than 1,500 instances of damaged infrastructure where equipment required repairs, including 365 broken poles and 1,417 spans of wire.

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County’s COVID cases see decline

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Fifty Yolo County residents were in hospitals with COVID-19 on Saturday, the most ever during the course of the pandemic.

The vast majority were hospitalized outside the county, with county data showing just 16 COVIDpositive patients at Sutter Davis and Woodland Memorial hospitals, including nine in intensive care beds.

The county has also reported 11 more COVID19 deaths over the past week.

The good news: The county has shown a decline in new cases, as well as a

continuing drop in the test positivity rate, over the last seven days. The positivity rate of 3.9 percent for the week of Jan. 14 to 20 is the lowest since mid-October.

The inclusion of all testing done by Healthy Davis Together — rather than only the positive test results — has been driving down the county’s test positivity rate for two weeks now.

But positive cases have also declined of late — after reporting 920 new cases between Jan. 17 and 23, the county reported 570 over the last seven days.

On Saturday, the county reported 97 new cases, 26 of them in Davis. Davis has been averaging about 16

new cases a day over the past 10 days.

The Davis City Council will receive an update on the county’s COVID situation from Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson at Tuesday’s council meeting.

The meeting, which begins at 6:30 p.m., is accessible to the public: â– Televised live on city of Davis Government Channel 16 (available to those who subscribe to cable television). â– Livestreamed online at https://cityofdavis.org/ city-hall/city-council/citycouncil-meetings/meetingvideos. â– Via Zoom at https:// zoom.us/j/96759886012.

Free COVID-19 testing will be plentiful in February, from daily salivabased testing in Davis to nasal-swab testing at sites throughout Yolo County.

Healthy Davis Together began offering its salivabased testing for anyone who lives or works in Davis at the Veterans Memorial Center, 203 E 14th St., last week. Testing there is in addition to that taking place at the Davis Senior Center, 646 A St., and Mondavi Center, 523 Mrak Hall Drive.

Testing at the Vets is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (closed for lunch from 11:15 a.m.

to 12:30 p.m.).

Senior Center hours are Mondays from 7 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. and Tuesday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (closed for lunch every day from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)

Weekend testing is available at Mondavi, which is open seven days a week. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed for lunch from 11:15 a.m. to noon).

Register for any of the locations at https:// healthydavistogether.org/ testing/ Meanwhile, Yolo County is offering free nasal-swab testing at multiple locations in the county, including every Monday in February from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Davis Senior Center.

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Revamped CommuniCare will open on Monday Special to The Enterprise On Monday, Feb. 1, CommuniCare Health Centers will reopen an expanded Davis Community Clinic following a 10-month closure.

CommuniCare Health Centers has been serving the people of Yolo County and the city of Davis for nearly 50 years, starting as the Davis Free Clinic in 1972. The Davis site moved several times over those years until it ultimately

landed on the Sutter Davis Hospital campus. The renovation will allow CommuniCare to expand access and was being partially supported by grant funding from the Federal Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources & Services Administration, as well as additional support from the Friends of CommuniCare, and other community partners.

The original plan was to complete the project in

three phases, over a yearand-a-half, which would have allowed for significant operations to continue through the construction.

However, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on care delivery, the organization decided to execute the project more quickly and at a lower cost.

CommuniCare renovated the entire interior of the Davis Community Clinic. The space is 13,000 square feet and now includes 16 exam rooms and 7 dental operatories.

The overall expanded capacity will provide more access to the community and improved services.

If you would like to take your own virtual tour of the new space CommuniCare invites you to visit https://communicarehc. org/locations/daviscommunity-clinic/ Patients of CommuniCare Health Centers are not required to have health insurance to receive services. Sliding Fee Discounts are available to all patients who meet family size and income requirements.

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A remodeled CommuniCare Health Center is ready for patients.

CommuniCare accepts some health insurance plans and coverage including (but not limited to) Medi-Cal, Partnership Health Plan, Medicare, County Medical Services Program (CMSP), Blue Shield and Anthem Blue

Cross. They also provide assistance to help patients enroll in health coverage programs.

Beginning Feb. 1, a full range of services will be available immediately at this renovated location including primary medical

care, perinatal care, dental care, behavioral health care. Appointments are being scheduled now. The health center offers services from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and evening hours until 9 p.m., three days a week.

OBITUARIES Jason Scott Davis May 22, 1980 — Jan. 23, 2021

It is with deep sorrow and much love that we announce the sudden passing of Jason Scott Davis on Jan. 23 in Vacaville. Jason was born on May 22, 1980, in Logan, Utah, to Lynn Gallacher Davis and Scott Paul Davis. Jason spent most of his growing-up years in Davis, where he graduated from Davis High School.

Jason was loving toward and beloved by his family and friends. He enjoyed family trips to Grandpa Bud’s cabin at Lake Tahoe where he spent many happy hours on the family’s wave runner. Young at heart, Jason also enjoyed riding his scooter, BMX bike and skateboard.

His mother was his greatest cheerleader and best friend. In addition, Jason treasured time spent with his older sister Jani,

niece Taylor and little brother Nicholas. Jason was tender-hearted toward animals and deeply loved his dog Chloe. He was a mentor to many friends who remember his warm heart and silly, hilarious sense of humor.

Jason is survived by his mother Lynn Davis of California, father Scott Davis of Utah, sister Jani, brotherin-law Shane and niece Taylor, brother Nicholas Davis, grandparents C. D. Gallacher (Bud) and Patricia Gallacher, as well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Due to COVID-19, there will be a private, family memorial service. In lieu of flowers, please send personal condolences to Lynn Davis and any other family member at JasonD052180@gmail.com.

Albert Globus, M.D. Oct. 13, 1931 — Jan. 24, 2021

Dr. Albert Globus, M.D., was born on Oct. 13, 1931, in New York and passed away on Jan. 24, 2021, in Santa Cruz. He lived to 89 and was a father to nine children. He healed the sick as a physician and psychiatrist and elucidated the workings of the brain as a scientist, making seminal discoveries in how the brain processes visual learning.

He was a dedicated therapist who took on many pro-bono cases and became a go-to forensic psychiatrist in the western United States, working for the defense in many capital-punishment cases.

While in practice in downtown Sacramento, he redeveloped and restored a Victorian building, converting it into a handsome multi-tenant medical office building titled The Jeffrey Building. He also was a lifelong writer, publishing a book of poetry and prose, “From Minefield to Mind Field.” He was the first Evans Scholar (National Golf Caddy Scholarship Foundation) from California and the youngest to ever receive the scholarship at 16.

Al was a true humanitarian activist, supporting several causes over many decades in the United States and abroad. Al was a perpetually curious, deeply studious, kind, enormously generous and adventurous person who cared deeply about making the world a better place. He lived his life values, helping to heal others and serving as a role model for all.

He leaves behind his wife, Elizabeth “Liz” Globus, children Al Globus Jr., Ruth Globus, Charlie Abdi, Sue Lincoln, Anna Della Corte, Lee Globus, Simon Mudahogora, Regina Muhamahoro, and Denise Uwingabire, 10 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and an extensive circle of family, friends and colleagues.

He was preceded in death by his brother, Robert Globus, and grandsons Daniel Moreno and Dimitri Weinstein. He brought a truly unique light to our world and will be deeply, deeply missed.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to The Friends of Rwanda Association, P.O. Box 1311, Elk Grove, CA 95759.

Michael G. Barbour 1942 — Jan. 7, 2021

Michael Barbour lived a full and generous life that ended peacefully in his home in Winters on Jan. 7, 2021. Born in 1942 to George and Mae Barbour of Jackson, Mich., he attended MSU, then completed a Ph.D. at Duke University in botany.

Recruited to UC Davis in 1967, he introduced many students to California’s botany. His students went on to transform the documentation of the California landscape.

Beyond academia, Michael performed with the Winters Theatre Company, sang with a Winters folk group and danced with Pam Trokanski’s Parkinson’s dance class.

He and his wife owned and ran Classic Video in Winters.

Throughout his life, he was evenhanded, congenial and humorous. He is survived by his wife, Valerie Whitworth of Winters, his daughter and son-in-law, Julie Barbour (Don) of Loomis, his son and daughter-in-law, Alan Barbour (Helene) of New York, Steven Whitworth

(Erin) of Elk Grove, his brother and sister-in-law, Paul Barbour (Eleanor), and his grandchildren, Jim, Sam, Max, Grace and Clio.

A celebration of life will be held in 2022.

A memorial page can be found at https://link.inmemori. com/560ryK. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make gifts in Michael’s honor to one of three organizations: • California Native Plant Society PO Box 161057, Sacramento, CA 95816; • Tenders and Gatherers Group of the Cache Creek Conservancy 34199 Road 20, Woodland, CA 95695; or • UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity Herbarium. Gifts can be made online at https://give.ucdavis.edu/AHER/222142 or by mailing a check to the UC Davis Foundation, in memory of Michael Barbour 202 Cousteau Place, Suite 185 Davis, CA 95618

Allan K. Forrest

Aug. 31, 1929 — Jan. 18, 2021 Allan K. Forrest, longtime resident of Davis and Amador County, passed peacefully after traveling the unpredictable path of dementia, surrounded by his family.

He was born on a farm outside Paden, Oklahoma, to Ruby Dowell Forrest Devoe and Clyde W. Forrest, Sr. For the rest of his life, he continued a love of growing his own food, and passed that heritage down to his family.

He also inherited artistic talent from his mother, and passed that on to his children and grandchildren.

Even in his last days he continued to make art that will be treasured.

He is survived by his loving wife, Sandra Clemons Forrest, and his four children: Lynne Conrad-Forrest (Jeffrey) of Davis, Jeffrey Forrest (Pam) of Avila Beach, Nanci McFarland(Jim) of Oakley, and Matt Forrest (Terri) of Davis, and his foster daughter Kathleen O’Meara Magana of Pioneer, as well as ten grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in

death by his parents and his younger siblings, Clyde W. Forrest Jr., and Patricia Forrest Killian.

Al and Sandy were avid square dancers and were active in local, state and national square dance organizations. They were on TV in the 1960’s long before “Dancing with the Stars”.

After serving in the US Army, Al was employed by General Electric for much of his life, first in the Emeryville office where he met his bride, and then joining the nascent corps of household appliance repairmen, and eventually as an executive manager.

He will be missed for his mischievous smile and zest for life and for being the chef for family feasts!

Donations to any tree memorial charity or Alzheimer’s Association would be appreciated. No public services are planned.

Funeral arrangements are through Smith’s Funeral Home of Davis and interment will be in the Dixon Veterans Cemetery.

Ronald Lagerstrom March 9, 1932 — Jan. 14, 2021

Ron Lagerstrom, who served for many years as senior pastor at University Covenant Church in Davis, died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, Jan. 14, in Santa Barbara.

A native Californian born in Kingsburg, Ron cherished the beauty of the Central Valley. After serving churches in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Illinois, he and his wife Velma were excited to be called to Davis in 1970. The couple found their 42 years in the community to be among the happiest of their life together. Here they raised their two sons, welcomed their daughter-in-law and son-in-law into the family, and celebrated the births of their grandchildren.

Ron served the University Covenant Church for 20 years, inspired by the faith and commitment of the charter families and energized by the dynamic and youthful Davis community. He led many sunrise services in the city’s parks, joined the throngs of bicyclists all over town, jogged the neighborhood paths in Covell Park, and enjoyed spiritual walks among the redwoods in the UCD Arboretum.

In 1990, Ron left the Davis church, accepting the position of associate superintendent of the Pacific Southwest Conference for the denomination. Upon retirement from the Covenant in 1998, Ron joined the Bread of Life Center in Sacramento as the spiritual director. Replacing “retire” with “re-fire,” he found renewed joy and passion with his work “encouraging souls and

guiding people to the energizing life of the Spirit.”

Ron and Velma left Davis in 2012, moving to the Covenant Living community in Santa Barbara. Ron embraced their new SoCal lifestyle, continuing his work in spiritual direction, meeting new friends and glorying in the natural beauty of the nearby mountains and ocean. As the veil of dementia dimmed Ron’s memory, he was fortunate to spend his final years with Velma and the caring Samarkand community.

Ron was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, mentor and friend. The family — his wife Velma, sons Larry (Lori) and Glen (Dave), and grandchildren Ryan (Naomi) and Linnea — along with so many others are blessed to have been a part of his life. They are thankful he now soars above us on his wings, cherishing the beauty of God’s Creation: “Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31.

In lieu of a service and as a remembrance, memorials can be made in Ron’s name to: Bread of Life Center 1260 Fulton Avenue, Suite A Sacramento, CA 95825 916-648-1803 www.breadoflife.org/donate

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Nonprofit Bike Garage opens in Davis T

he Bike Campaign just opened a Bike Garage in Davis, at 1550 Cannery Ave., east of The Barn.

The 10-year-old nonprofit has been running the Bike Garage from Douglass Middle School, 525 Granada Drive in Woodland. Bike Campaign director Maria Contreras Tebbutt said she and other volunteers didn’t want to work out of a closed school during the pandemic, so they started helping people out of the garage of her East Davis home.

“There were so many inquiries,” she said, “from people needing to repair bikes or get bikes (during COVID).”

She said that when the spot opened up at The Cannery, it was perfect. It’s sheltered but open-air, protecting volunteers and patrons from the elements.

The Bike Garage provides free bike repair and advice, and quality used bikes that are tested by mechanics. These used bikes last much longer than ones you’d buy at Target, she said.

Clinic winter hours are 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays, and 2 to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays. Volunteers and bike donations are welcome.

For more information, contact Tebbutt at funmaria@sbcglobal. net or visit https://www.thebike campaign.com/.

———— Sam’s Mediterranean Cuisine has been closed for nearly a year.

Owner Samir Abughannam kept telling me he didn’t think it was safe to open yet. Little did I know that his family was dealing with another battle — his wife’s acute monocytic leukemia. Sue Abughannam, 52, died on Dec. 20 after an unsuccessful stem cell transplant.

Caleb Hampton’s story last

week highlighted the family’s struggles. Like all Davis restaurants, Sam’s Mediterranean, at 301 B St., closed on March 17.

But it hasn’t reopened. The family used the time to care for Sue and minimize her exposure to COVID-19. Sam applied for government assistance for the restaurant but has not received any funds.

“I am left with back rent due, and other expenses that I have not been able to pay off,” Sam wrote on a GoFundMe page he created to save the restaurant.

“My family and I would deeply appreciate any help.”

As of Friday morning, some 2,000 people had pitched in, raising more than $144,300 in the first six days to save the popular restaurant. The goal is $150,000. Visit https://www. gofundme.com/f/help-savesams-restaurant-after-deathleukemia.

“Thank you so much for bringing our story to light and sharing it for others to see!” he wrote in a message to me, referring to an Enterprise article that posted on Tuesday. “My wife had a very rough journey; all she and we wanted was for the reality of what she went through to get some exposure. … We appreciate you for helping it get more awareness!”

———— Café Bernardo and its Wiki Bar were still closed on Thursday,

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Volunteers Micah Boughton, left, and John Hess work Dec. 19 at the new Bike Garage at The Cannery. and had been since Jan. 10. A note on the door at 234 D St. says it’s temporary.

———— Businesses across town were still recovering this weekend from Tuesday evening’s gusty storm. Damaged lines left thousands without power. The wind toppled trees, ripped awnings and demolished outdoor dining equipment. The extended lack of power forced many stores and restaurants to throw out food.

On Wednesday, Sergio Saenz, owner of Tres Hermanas at 805 Second St., said on Facebook, “As if we didn’t have enough to deal (with), last night’s storm trashed our patio.” A photo showed his restaurant’s temporary shelters destroyed.

Some businesses tried to remain open despite the lack of power. On Wednesday, Kobe Mini Mart on E Street announced on Facebook that though its lights were out, it was offering its frozen food at

half-price. No one showed and most was discarded.

Many downtown businesses remained closed late last week.

As of Friday morning, there were still several outages downtown, mostly between D and G streets and Second and Seventh streets.

As PG&E repaired lines and restored power, some like Woodstock’s Pizza and Red 88 Noodle Bar were back open on G Street.

On F Street, University of Beer reopened on Friday, and Armadillo Music planned to on Saturday.

The Davis Food Co-op reopened on Friday. Despite some outages around University Mall, Trader Joe’s was back open on Thursday, after cleaning out its freezers and fridges on Wednesday.

There were too many power outages to keep track of on my spreadsheet of Davis businesses.

That Google sheet includes more than 325 Davis businesses touched by COVID-19. It’s at

https://bit.ly/DavisBusinesses.

In it, there are sheets for Restaurants-open, Restaurantsclosed, Businesses-retail, Businesses-service, Special hours (for older adults or compromised shoppers), and more. Please email wendyedit@gmail.com to suggest updates or additions.

———— Woodland is getting a new restaurant. L&L Hawaiian Barbecue plans to open in midFebruary at 353 W. Main St., in the Westgate Shopping Center.

The 1,400-square-foot restaurant will join six other L&L Hawaiian Barbecue restaurants in the region: three in Sacramento, two in Roseville and one in Elk Grove. Eddie Flores Jr. and Johnson Kam founded the Honolulu restaurant in 1952.

Today, it has 207 franchised restaurants in 15 states and Japan.

My son, a University of Hawaii student, said L&L is a fast-food, inexpensive version of the traditional plate lunch, featuring a meat, rice and macaroni salad.

The regular plates are double what he can eat — and he’s a powerlifter with a massive appetite. He gets a mini mixed plate with barbecued chicken and chicken katsu.

The Hawaiian comfort food will be available for takeout, and will add dine-in services when the state allows. Hours will be 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. visit https://www.hawaiianbarbecue. com/.

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

Marrone Bio names Cheung CFO First Northern announces Special to The Enterprise Marrone Bio Innovations Inc., a Davis-based leader in providing growers with sustainable bioprotection and plant health solutions, announced that Suping (Sue) Cheung has been appointed chief financial officer, effective Feb. 18.

She succeeds James Boyd, who previously announced his intention to retire.

Cheung, a certified public accountant, brings to Marrone Bio 28 years of experience in international strategic and financial operations, including financial reporting, forecasting and budgeting; mergers and acquisitions; equity and debt financing; internal controls; and investor relations.

Most recently, she was the chief financial officer

for QuickLogic Corporation for five years and corporate controller in the eight years before that promotion. Prior to QuickLogic, she has held senior roles at both publicly traded and privately held companies in accounting, finance and operational management, and began her career as an auditor and tax consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

“We are delighted to have Sue join our leadership team, and look forward to her contributions to accelerating our global growth,” said Kevin Helash, chief executive officer. “Sue’s international experience is the ideal fit for Marrone Bio as we pursue a range of opportunities to cement our leadership in agricultural biologicals, while

effectively managing costs and driving toward profitability.”

As CFO, Cheung will lead Marrone Bio’s global finance organization and will be responsible for accounting, treasury, tax, financial planning and analysis, information technology and investor relations. She will be a member of the company’s executive leadership team.

Cheung is a graduate of Soochow University with a bachelor’s degree in financial management, and holds a master’s in accounting and a doctorate in business administration, both from Florida International University. She also completed the executive program at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Edward Jones gets top score for equity Special to The Enterprise Financial-services firm Edward Jones scored 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality.

“A purpose-driven culture begins with creating a place of belonging, committed to continual growth of people and possibilities,” said Kristin Johnson, Edward Jones chief human resources officer.

“Professional development, mentoring, networking — we use all of these tools to support our associates as they follow their passions and contribute where they add the most value.

“When our associates can be their authentic selves, they are empowered to support our purpose: to partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society today.”

The index rates companies on detailed criteria falling under four central

pillars: non-discrimination policies, equitable benefits for LGBTQ workers and their families, supporting an inclusive culture and corporate social responsibility-discrimination policies.

Edward Jones offers domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive benefits and associate volunteer self-identification.

The firm’s 600-plus strong LGBT+ and Allies Business Resource Group regularly meets to cultivate relationships, generate ideas and develop strategies to build and retain an inclusive workforce.

The group also champions Edward Jones’ participation in, and sponsorship of, the St. Louis and Tempe Pride parades.

In the summer of 2020, Edward Jones announced its Five-Point Commitment to inclusion, equity and diversity.

Edward Jones’ efforts in satisfying all of the CEI’s criteria earned a 100 percent ranking and the designation as one of the Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality. This marks the fifth consecutive year the firm has received a perfect score.

net income for last year

Special to The Enterprise DIXON — First Northern Community Bancorp, the holding company for First Northern Bank, reported a 2020 net income of $12.2 million, or $0.90 per diluted share, compared to net income of $14.7 million, or $1.08 per diluted share, for 2019. The net income totaled $3.4 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, for the quarter ending Dec. 31, compared to net income of $3.6 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2019.

Total assets as of Dec. 31, 2020, were $1.66 billion, an increase of $362.8 million, or 28.1%, compared to Dec. 31, 2019. Total deposits as of Dec. 31, 2020, were $1.48 billion, an increase of $339.5 million, or 29.8%, compared to Dec. 31, 2019.

Total net loans (including loans heldfor-sale) as of Dec. 31, 2020, were $885.0 million, an increase of $112 million, or 14.5%, compared to Dec. 31, 2019. The increase in net loans was primarily driven by loans made under the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program totaling $155 million as of Dec. 31, 2020, which was partially offset by a decrease in agriculture and residential construction loans largely due to payoffs and decreased demand.

The company continued to be wellcapitalized under regulatory definitions, exceeding the 10% total risk-based capital ratio threshold as of Dec. 31, 2020.

“While our annual net income went down $2.5 million from what we posted for 2019, we are quite pleased with our financial performance and believe we did a tremendous job in many areas of our business under the circumstances,” said Louise Walker, president and chief executive officer.

“With many of our local small businesses continuing to struggle from the ongoing effects of the pandemic, First Northern Bank’s relationship managers, branch personnel and support teams have remained fiercely committed to doing everything they can to assist. The new digital and mobile banking platforms we launched in March 2020 have been a tremendous help to our clients with a long list of added features and benefits, and our employees are enjoying streamlined processes.

“The April launch of our mobile wallets: Apple Pay, Android Pay and Google Pay could not have come at a better time — with the financial industry’s touchless payment adoption at an all-time high.

“Another bright spot for 2020 was in First Northern’s Mortgage Division.

Mortgage loan production for the full year 2020 was $107.9 million, up 47.7% over the $73.0 million posted for the same period in 2019.”

First Northern Bank has continued to actively assist communities by providing temporary loan relief under Section 4013 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act to customers who have been adversely impacted by the pandemic. This relief has included loan modifications which provided temporary forbearance programs (both full payment deferrals and interestonly payments).

The bank provided temporary forbearance relief for borrowers, and loans totaling approximately $7.8 million were still under a forbearance plan on Dec. 31. This represents a decrease of $83.6 million compared to Sept. 30, as a large number of the CARES Act modifications were granted for a period of six months.

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The statue in Davis’ Central Park of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the Indian independence leader, was found Wednesday morning toppled and lying on the grass next to its plinth.

STATUE: City promises thorough investigation From Page A1 Additionally, the statement said, the Consulate General of India in San Francisco has been in contact with the city of Davis and local law enforcement regarding the statue’s destruction. The State Department declined to comment on questions from The Enterprise.

The damaged statue was recovered Wednesday morning by city employees after a stormy night that knocked out power in much of downtown Davis.

“City staff discovered vandalism to the statue of Gandhi in Central Park this morning while surveying storm damage,” Davis City Councilman Lucas Frerichs wrote Wednesday night in a Facebook comment. “The statue is being removed and will be stored in a safe place until it can be evaluated.”

On Saturday, the city of Davis released a statement condemning the vandalism of the statue. “We do

not support any actions that include the destruction of property,” the city said. “We understand that our community reflects a diversity of views and values, but we expect that everyone will extend respect to each other and to shared spaces.”

The statue, which stood at the north end of Central Park for four years, provoked controversy from the moment it was given to the city and was the subject of repeated protests demanding its removal. It was previously vandalized last June.

Much of the opposition to the statue came from members of the local Sikh community, who argued that Gandhi had such reprehensible character flaws that he should not be publicly memorialized. “It is undisputed that Gandhi was a hero to many,” Sacramento businessman Amar Shergill said at a 2016 Davis City Council meeting. “He was also a bigot and predator of

members of his own family.”

Scholars and historians disagree on certain details of Gandhi’s life and legacy.

It is incontrovertible, however, that Gandhi was vocally racist at least into his late 30s, saying, for example, that Black South Africans “are troublesome, very dirty and live like animals.”

Reportedly obsessed with his celibacy, Gandhi developed a habit late in life — after his wife died in 1944 — of sharing his bed with naked women, including his personal doctor and his two teenaged grandnieces, purportedly for the purpose of testing his willpower to abstain from sex. The episodes were “inexplicable and indefensible,” acclaimed historian and Gandhi biographer Ramachandra Guha wrote.

Despite his flaws, Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance inspired civil rights leaders from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

to Nelson Mandela. On Jan. 30, 1948, Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist who opposed Gandhi’s acceptance of religious minorities. On Saturday, people around the world mourned the 73rd anniversary of his death.

“We sympathize with those who are grieving the destruction of the statue and promise a thorough investigation and full accountability for those who committed this crime,” the City of Davis said.

“It is our sincere desire that our community move forward with peaceful and positive discourse and reconciliation.” The Davis Police Department did not immediately respond to questions from The Enterprise.

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net.

Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.

California community colleges, 35% were from historically underrepresented groups, including gains of 5% among African American applicants and 5% among Latino applicants.

Among all California resident applicants, 41% were from low-income families and 42% would be in the first generation of their family to graduate from a four-year college.

“Our future Aggies come from all walks of life and reflect a broad diversity of thought, experiences, communities and backgrounds that embody a spirit of inclusive excellence,” Ebony Lewis, executive director of Undergraduate Admissions at UC Davis, told the campus news service.

“I am heartened and inspired by so many hardworking students who want to attend the University of California,” said UC Board of Regents Chair John A. Pérez. “The diverse backgrounds, many strengths and impressive talents of those who enroll will undoubtedly enrich the UC community.”

Undergraduate Admissions is evaluating applications and plans to notify applicants of admissions decisions in mid-March for freshman status and in April for transfer status, the campus news service reported.

Last year, UC Davis offered admission to 35,838 freshmen and 9,982 transfer applicants.

Of those who received an offer of admission, 9,241 new students enrolled, including 6,173 freshmen and 3,068 transfer students.

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net.

Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.

to vaccinate the public against COVID-19.

Systemwide, UC also received a record number of undergraduate applications. According to preliminary data, UC received a total of 249,855 applications, a 16% increase, from students who applied to at least one campus. Of those applicants, 203,700 applied for freshman status and 46,155 applied as prospective transfer students.

“Our record number of applications is a testament to the resilience of students and their families as well as their undeterred focus on higher education,” said UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D. “Californians continue to see us as the pathway for a better future.”

Like UC Davis, the UC system as whole anticipates a return to in-person instruction in fall 2021, the UC Office of the President announced earlier this month.

At UC Davis, 70% of applicants to be freshmen were California residents, a similar proportion to last fall. Nearly 85% of transfer applicants were California residents, marking a slight increase in the proportion of transfer applicants who were in-state residents.

UC Davis admissions data also showed increases in the proportion of California resident freshmen applicants who are from historically underrepresented groups. The campus saw a 21% increase in African American applicants, a 12% increase in Latino applicants, a 22% increase in Pacific Islander applicants and an 8% increase in American Indian applicants.

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Hall paces UCD women in sweep Enterprise staff SANTA BARBARA — Can the reigning Big West Defensive Player of the Year follow up by being named offensive player of the year?

UC Davis swingman Cierra Hall has been performing like it could happen.

Hall, the 6-foot senior from Cypress, finished making life miserable for UC Santa Barbara over the weekend by scoring 20 points in a lopsided 78-61 Aggie women’s basketball win on the road Saturday.

This most recent showing gives

Hall 42 points on the weekend.

She’s averaging 15 points a game for the 18th-ranked Aggies.

Still playing her dominant, position-counts defense, it’s been Hall’s scoring turning heads and drawing praise from UCD head coach Jennifer Gross after she watched her team build a 20-point, second-half lead.

“Cici refuses to let us lose,” Gross told The Enterprise after the contest. “She’s finding herself in opportunities where she knows she’s got the green light, and she’s just been ready to step up and make big plays for us.

“She’s always been somebody to

Aggie women 78, UC Santa Barbara 61 Next games: Friday, Feb. 5, and Saturday, Feb. 6, at San Luis Obispo. TBA

just do whatever we need: Sometimes that’s defend their best player, hit the boards and distribute the ball; other times that’s going to be ‘We’re going to go to you inside’ or ‘(Take advantage) of her outside shooting.’ ” While having the UCD women back on the court these past two weekends after a 59-day layoff

has been a treat for Aggie fans, Big West opponents are discovering this squad isn’t a one-flavor ice cream store ...

Over the two games, the Gauchos (2-9, 2-5 in BWC play) got big scoops of Sage Stobbart (29 points combined) and Evanne Turner (23 in the two games), some saucy play from guard Mackenzie Trpcic (23 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds) and sprinkles from Kayla Konrad, battling through a Friday injury to score 10, assist on five buckets and pull down five boards Saturday.

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oing further research, I uncovered an old story by Laura Sussman in The Sacramento Bee that noted, “The California State Fair is gearing up to host its annual cornhole championship on the Miller Lite Grandstand.

The winners will receive a stillundisclosed amount of prize money.”

So now we’re talking about professional cornhole, a game that basically involves tossing a palmsized bean bag into a hole on a slanted board.

It’s the kind of game that anyone with average coordination and a good pair of glasses ought to be able to master in about 15 minutes.

Once you’ve tossed the bean bag five or six times, you’re bound to get one in the hole, and then it’s just a matter of repeating the process over and over again. Muscle memory, they call it. I don’t know how a game so simple can attract so much attention.

SEE WOMEN, PAGE B2

Aggie men fall in OT to Gauchos

Is Tokyo ready for cornhole? ources in Tokyo claim that the 2020 Summer Olympics will go on as planned, even though we are no longer in the Year of Our Lord 2020.

Actually, I don’t have sources in Tokyo, but I know other people who do, so I’m relying on their sources.

A while ago, I learned that the International Olympic Committee had added 3-on-3 basketball to the Tokyo Games. At the same time, I read a story saying that the backyard game of “cornhole” was sweeping the nation.

Putting those two things together makes me wonder if maybe cornhole will be added to the Summer Olympics as well.

As I understand it, also under consideration for Tokyo are bowling, tiddlywinks, hopscotch, sack races, egg toss, speed typing, capture the flag and hide-and-seek.

time in this campaign that UCD (5-0, 4-0) put five scorers in double digits.

“It was about going on the road and bringing that consistent energy and effort. It doesn’t matter if it’s home or road, that’s who we want to be,” Gross said of another dominating effort.

“Our team did a really good job overcoming a lot throughout the weekend to get a couple of wins.”

On Friday, two Aggies left the court due to injury. Guard Campbell Gray hurt her knee, then

Pepper hits career high

BY BOB DUNNING OWEN YANCHER/ENTERPRISE PHOTO

Blue Devil Dashiell Papagianni-Weeks, left, watches teammate Donovan Garvin work through ladder drills during Thursday afternoon football workouts at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium.

Uncharted waters Davis High football hopes for a season

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET

Will the state ever emerge from the undertow of COVID-19? Does Enterprise sport editor abandoning all hope (canceling When your ship sails into the season altogether) make any uncharted territory, visions of sea sense? monsters, sirens, storms of hercuWhat is captain, er, head DHS lean proportions — and the football coach Steve Smyte doing thought of running out of provito boost his crew’s morale? sions — flash Smyte, whose through every capguys haven’t taken tain’s mind. the field since a The Good Ship playoff game on Blue Devil, at least Nov. 15, 2019, for football, is says the uncertainentering such ties are mindundocumented boggling ... waters.

How will footIt has already ball, once it’s given forded the uncerthe OK to conduct tain seas of a panfull-contact pracSteve Smyte demic that has tices, shoehorn its delayed the start of Blue Devil football coach sessions into a the season many Brown Stadium times. schedule that will be much in The uneven journey has claimed demand, with fall, winter and four nonconference games with spring sports going at once? the threat of even more contests Just how many games will Davis headed for Davy Jones’ Locker.

High football be working toward?

That fear of the unknown conSix, four, two? tinues not only for Davis High football but for all prep sports SEE UNCHARTED, PAGE B2 teams throughout California.

“This year is going to be crazy. I mean it has already been just crazy.”

Enterprise staff writer Although it was a dramatic turnaround from a 21-point blowout on Friday, the UC Davis men fell just short in overtime as they dropped a heartbreaking 89-86 decision to UC Santa Barbara in a Big West Conference basketball thriller Saturday afternoon in The Pavilion.

The loss drops the Aggies to 0-2 in Big West play and 3-5 overall, while the Gauchos move to 6-2 and 12-3.

Next games: Friday, Feb. 5. and UCD fought Saturday, Feb. 6, at CSUN. 4 p.m. back from an 8-point deficit in the second half to tie the game at 66-66 on a driving layup by Ezra Manjon with 6:55 to play.

The Aggies then took their first lead of the second half when Elijah Pepper hit a 3-pointer and Christian Anigwe added a pair of free throws for a OWEN YANCHER/ENTERPRISE PHOTO 73-71 advantage with 5:09 Aggie guard Ezra Manjon (5) races up the court on Saturday. remaining.

A trey from Manjon as the shot clock expired put the Aggies back in front, 83-80, with 46.3 seconds left — and UCD still led, 83-81, when Kennedy Koehler stepped to the line for two free throws with 16 seconds remaining.

Koehler, however, missed both free throws and UCSB’s Jay Nagle (a Will C. Wood High product) hit two free throws — his only points of the game — with 3.8 seconds left to force overtime.

The Gauchos proceeded to score the first 4 points of overtime and never trailed after that as a desperation, game-tying 3-point try from Pepper at the buzzer failed to connect.

SEE DUNNING, PAGE B2

UC Santa Barbara 89, Aggie men 86 (OT)

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he Colorado Rockies and St. Louis Cardinals are finalizing a deal that will send All-Star third baseball Nolan Arenado and $50 million to St. Louis In exchange for three prospects.

While Arenado is one of the best defensive third basemen ever, he is not, as one Denver scribe wrote, “the best third baseman ever.” For the immediate future, and probably long afterwards, that distinction belongs to former Phillies phenom Mike Schmidt.

■ What do the following schools — Navy, Stanford, Miami (Ohio), Michigan and Delaware — have in common as they relate to presidents and

Hail Marys? Answer at bottom.

■ The greatest player in the history of his sport turned 81 this month.

Jack Nicklaus won 73 PGA Tour events, including a record 18 majors. He had 286 Top-10 finishes overall. Perhaps his most remarkable achievement was that he was either first or second in 37 other major championships. One can only imagine how Nicklaus would have performed with the equipment and training regimen today’s golfers have.

■ Good move by Giants to sign infielder Tommy LaStella to a 3-year free-agent contract.

He’s a consistent contact hitter who can play several different

positions. LaStella, who bid farewell to Oakland, fits in nicely with team president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi’s philosophy.

But the Giants lost out to Chicago Cubs for ex-Dodger Joc Pederson’s services. Perhaps Pederson likes playing a lot of day baseball.

■ So many soccer matches at

all levels are called “friendlies.”

If this is the case, why do they bother to keep score?

■ Where Are They Now? One of the first and best baseball commentators to speak his mind on air (and keep their job) was former Yankee Tony Kubek.

Kubek was a New York shortstop from 1957-65 and transitioned to the booth upon his baseball retirement.

He had a 24-year career with NBC Sports and called ball games with Jim Simpson, Curt Gowdy, Joe Garagiola and Bob Costas.

He and Costas (plus Vin Scully and Garagiola) gave NBC the top-rated broadcast teams throughout the 1980s.

Later on, he worked for the Toronto Blue Jays. Now 85, Kubek lives in Appleton, Wisc., just outside Green Bay. ■ Why do so many football and basketball sideline reporters have to tell us “Coach So-and-So told me just a few minutes ago?” ... Who cares who Coach So-andSo spoke to?

Give the viewer the update and move on. Airtime is limited in that situation and all of it should be devoted to what everyone wants, and that’s information.

■ Hall of Fame Rams defensive end Jack Youngblood turned 71

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In case you missed it There seemed to be a run of good news of the sports front last week. Here’s a look back at what The Enterprise sports staff published online for its readers, just in case you missed it. Let’s start with the fun stuff ...

Cowboy/Aggie Jada McLean Jada McLean went from the UC Davis dance team to being named as a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. McLean’s “secret” was unveiled in CMT’s long-running reality show, “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team.”

Said McLean: “I honestly did not expect to make it past the first round.

“They’re looking for good dancers, but they also want someone who can talk to people. There are so many factors, and I didn’t know if I had the full package they’re looking for, but I gave it a shot and hoped for the best.”

Link: wp.me/p3aczg-3WES

Big West spring The Big West on Friday announced return-toplay and scheduling protocols, diving direction for baseball, softball, men’s volleyball and women’s water polo programs.

For baseball, the regular season will consist of four-game weekend series against each conference opponent. Softball teams will have a three-game weekend series.

Link: wp.me/p3aczg-3WJw

Doss remains valuable When the Las Vegas Raiders re-signed former UC Davis wide receiver Keelan Doss last week, they admitted once and for all that record-setting Aggie is in their future.

Doss didn’t see the light of day as the Raiders’ wideout corps crumbled in the second half of 2020. Maybe the answer was under coach Jon Gruden’s nose after all.

Link: wp.me/p3aczg-3WDA

Stobbart honored A force in the paint at both ends of the court since coming to UC Davis four years ago, junior post Sage Stobbart was last week named to the Naismith Women’s Defensive Player of the Year Watch List.

“It’s been exciting to see Sage’s growth over the past few years,” Aggie coach Jennifer Gross said.

“She has put in a tremendous amount of work and has developed into an elite defender who is able to change the game with her versatility.”

Hailing from North Vancouver, B.C., Stobbart is one of only four players outside a “Power Five” conference to be named to the list, along with UConn’s Olivia Nelson-Ododa, BYU’s Sara Hamson and Rice’s Nancy Mulkey.

Link: wp.me/p3aczg-3WBo

WOMEN: Unbeaten From Page B1 Konrad banged up her shooting hand. On Saturday, Konrad was back in the starting lineup, albeit tightly bandaged. However, Gray was wearing a long leg brace and using crutches on the sidelines.

Gross said more would be known this week as to the extent of sophomore Gray’s injury.

On Saturday night, it was Trpcic who again provided early spark. The Canadian transfer from the University at Albany tallied 7 points, had a big steal and provided three early assists in the initial 10 minutes.

On Friday, Trpcic’s early heroics kept the Aggies from falling farther behind (they trailed at one juncture 28-14).

Things were a little easier the second time around ...

The Aggies led, 18-13, after one; 37-29 at the break; and 56-47 heading into the final stanza.

In keeping UCSB at arm’s length at both ends of the court, any time the

Gauchos hit the gas pedal, Hall held up the stop sign.

When the hosts played off Hall, bam! The ball would fall for Hall.

UC Davis shot 53.6 percent overall, nailed 9 of 20 from beyond the arc and was 9 of 9 at the charity stripe.

Meanwhile, Hall’s individual season accomplishments have her at 19 for 19 on free throws and shooting 52-percent overall. She and Stobbart pace the Aggies, averaging 15 points per game.

“Give Santa Barbara a lot of credit,” Gross conceded. “They made a lot of plays. Every time we tried to pull away, they kept hitting shots. Give them credit: They played well.”

UCD has been able to fill next week’s scheduled bye date by moving Cal Poly from a Feb. 26-27 meeting to next Friday and Saturday in San Luis Obispo.

That leaves the later date available for back-to-back games with a previously canceled Big West foe. The Aggies have another bye date on Feb. 19-20 (thanks to CSUN opting out).

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DUNNING: There are two styles of hockey From Page B1 Adds Sussman, “The competition is held through the California Cornhole Association, which is working to promote the sport in the western region of the U.S.” Sport? I don’t have a dictionary handy, but I doubt that cornhole fits the definition.

“Frank Geers, CEO of the American Cornhole Association, said the sport has broad appeal. ‘We’ve got 12-year-old girls and we’ve got 92-year-old men pitching a bag.’”

CEO? That ought to make for some interesting conversations when you drop the kids off at school for the first day of fourth grade.

“What’s your dad do?”

“Oh, he’s a CEO.” “CEO of what?”

“The American Cornhole

Association.”

“Oh, so he’s a farmer?”

“Not exactly.”

The ACO is hosting World Series XII in Owensboro, Ky. ESPN, no doubt, already has the rights to this grand event.

Whether or not cornhole makes the 2020 Olympics — or even the 2021 Olympics — it’s certain to have become such a dominant sport that when the Paris and Los Angeles Games come around, it’s a lock to be included.

Imagine winning a gold medal in Team Cornhole as you take the victory stand and tears flow onto your red, white and blue jersey as they play the “Star Spangled Banner.”

Just to be sure this “sport” hadn’t already been added, I dialed up the IOC and heard laughing in the background when they put my call on

speaker phone.

They did ask me if it has any similarity to hockey, which in the Summer Games is apparently played on turf because it’s hard to keep the ice frozen.

According to the official site for the Tokyo games, “Hockey is played by two teams, each consisting of 11 players. The team that scores more goals at the end of the match wins.”

What a novel concept.

“Hockey is the oldest known sport that uses a ball and sticks. The pace of the game is fast and thrilling. Currently there is no offside rule in hockey.”

I’ll spare you the rest of the exciting details.

Let the games begin.

Whenever that might be.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

UNCHARTED: Lack of space is key concern From Page B1 And with as many as 15 Blue Devil sports — don’t forget that soccer, basketball, track and field and baseball could be playing all at the same time — just how many of Smyte’s gridiron mates will jump ship for possibly more definitive schedules?

“This year is going to be crazy,” Smyte told The Enterprise, adding: “I mean it has already been just crazy.

“Even if we go, trying to squeeze everything in (at the high school)?

It’s impossible.”

The disappointment among student-athletes has grown with each false start.

And while schools across the state have been flagged for illegal procedure, Davis High has played strictly according to the constantly changing rules.

“We’re still in safe, small pods,” Smyte explains. “The reality is we still don’t do offense versus defense, we still don’t do one-on-one drills.

We still don’t do all the stuff that’s football.”

After a short stay-at-home order

by Gov. Gavin Newsom that further crimped the Devils’ aspirations, Yolo County has returned to the bottomrung purple tier in the local Road to Recovery strata.

“When we get to even red (the next level), I’m not sure we’ll still be able to do contact,” points out the coach, who teaches special education at DHS. “It’s when we get to orange that we can actually go with helmets and shoulder pads and start the countdown to games.

“That’s more than a month away.

There’s so many things necessary going forward.”

Had the pandemic not hit, DHS would have played it first game against nonconference foe Vacaville last August.

Give that Davis was coming off a 10-2 season in which it won a league championship and a playoff game for the first time in 25 years — and with a spectacular ensemble of returning standouts — the waters of expectation ran high in Devil Nation.

Now the locals search out a puddle in which to play ...

“We still need to listen to health officials, but by the same token, it’s a complicated issue because there is

mental and emotional health at stake,” says the former UC Davis and Boise State assistant who knows of these things.

“If we don’t offer something for these kids, it’s going to be difficult.”

All-everything players like linebacker Zach Brooks and lineman Patton Miller haven’t laid out an opponent for 14 months, yet Smyte reports that they “and a core group of about 20” have been religious about attending socially distanced workouts, Zoom meetings and other activities to keep the team engaged.

“We want them to have that mental health, even if they don’t have football on the field,” continues the coach. “But unless there’s legislative change, (the soonest) we’d be (back with regular practice) is six to nine weeks.”

Eyeing the timeline, given a California Interscholastic Federation edict issued last week requiring football schedules to be finished by April 17, Smyte acknowledges that any thought of nonconference competition is probably out.

While CIF has now left schools to their own devices for making schedules work, Smyte thinks Delta League play as fans once knew it might even be a thing of the past ... at least this year.

A lot depends on what the other conference schools decide to do. Not all opponents may be up and running once the traffic light flashes to green.

“I don’t know. Everything changes tomorrow, three weeks from now ...

If we’re able to start real practices, then maybe we even have preseason games. Who knows?” Smyte says.

“It looks right now like there’s the potential to play six or seven games, which would be league.”

Would Smyte and his troops settle for a two- or three-game schedule if the deadline loomed?

“I would, if officials felt there were no health risks. Then yeah, I’d do it for a three-game season.”

But as the football season gets pushed deeper into foreign territory, finding room to work out is like panning for gold.

Smyte says 6:30 a.m. football sessions are in the cards. Some gatherings will go after other Brown Stadium events at 6 p.m.

“We’re trying to be good citizens

about (practice facilities),” promises the coach. “We’re still looking at alternative (practice) options not only to help us, but to help the school itself.”

While the mad scramble for space and dates continues, there’s still the prospect of mixing athletes with sports of preference as many programs compete for that same player.

Offshore AAU sports and ad hoc “all-star” training have plucked otherwise-idle athletes from the Blue Devil ranks, too.

In December, CIF told members that its athletes could simultaneously compete in their sanctioned school sports and play club games.

Last Wednesday, according to SacJoaquin Section officials, that permission was revoked, forcing another tough decision for student-athletes.

Smyte knows his guys aren’t alone.

He said he felt for every coach, not only in Davis, but across the nation: “It’s the same everywhere, really.”

But Smyte is frustrated and empathizes with his charges.

“We thought we going to start training in July. It got pushed back.

Then we thought we were starting in December. Boom. It got pushed back. Then we thought we were starting on Jan. 8. Boom. Got pushed back again,” Smyte reflected.

“It’s been hard on the players and the coaches, because the whole thing is that you’re looking forward to that next date and we’ve been crushed three times.”

Smyte says he understands why the season has been a non-starter and added: “I’m not bitter, but you’re talking about teenage boys … getting their hopes up, then it’s ‘Oh, geez,’ again.”

The coach was asked if he had one word that summed up the last 12 calendar months ...

“Chaotic,” came the reply. No hesitation. Emphatic.

Smyte says he keeps reminding his charges of the Blue Devil mantra: “ ‘Situations and circumstances change, but character doesn’t.’ Our guys have done a great job of living by it.

“I’m really proud of them.”

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

KELLY: Green Bay’s choice is mind-boggling From Page B1 this past Tuesday. Youngblood spent his entire career (1971-85) with Los Angeles, hated the Rams’ move to St. Louis, but rejoiced upon the team’s return to L.A. Youngblood worked in the Sacramento Surge front office in 1991-92, later did a talk show on KHTK with Mike Remy and is now a consultant from his Florida home with the NFL league office. Youngblood works hard to improve benefits for longago retired players and navigate current player safety issues.

■ Still can’t fathom Green Bay’s

decision to kick a field goal instead of going for a potential tying touchdown on fourth-and-goal last Sunday in its 5-point loss to Tampa Bay. The call effectively took the ball out of presumptive league MVP Aaron Rodgers’s hands. We are talking about Aaron Rodgers here.

Worst case scenario would have been a turnover on downs, Packers have all their time outs left and Tampa Bay deep in its own end.

Instead, Tom Brady eventually ran out the clock and put his team in next Sunday’s Super Bowl.

■ Quiz answer — Each school has produced a U.S. president and a Super

Bowl-champion quarterback. Navy (Jimmy Carter/Roger Staubach), Stanford (Herbert Hoover/John Elway or Jim Plunkett), Miami-Ohio (Benjamin Harrison/Ben Roethlisberger), Michigan (Gerald Ford/Tom Brady), Delaware (Joe Biden/Joe Flacco). Thanks to co-conspirator Rachel Shuster for this one.

— Reach DE columnist Doug Kelly at dkelly1416@aol.com. Kelly is Doug Kelly is director of communications for Battlefields2Ballfields and managing general partner of Kelly & Associates.

Kelly also is the longtime radio and television color man on UC Davis football broadcasts.

MEN: Aggies made a strong turnaround following Friday’s BWC loss From Page B1 Rather than lament the loss, Aggie coach Jim Les was optimistic afterward in light of his team’s gritty performance.

“I walked into the locker room and told these guys that I’ve never been prouder to be an Aggie,” Les said.

“This outcome is not what we hoped for and not what they deserved after their effort, but they

gave an unbelievable, herculean effort in light of all the variables we were facing.

“I said after Friday night’s game that I believe after all is said and done that this team is going to be playing great basketball at the end of the season. And if we keep improving like tonight, we’re going to have a lot of fun in the next month-and-a-half.”

Les explained that after Friday night’s lackluster disaster against

the Gauchos, the Aggies had a Saturday morning film session that laid bare all the mistakes from the previous night.

“Let’s just say it probably wasn’t the best part of their morning,” Les explained with a knowing smile.

“We lacked energy and we made mistakes in that game, so we challenged them and they responded.

Tonight was Aggie basketball. They could have gone the other way, but they accepted the challenge and

responded to the challenge and tonight there was juice in the building.”

Les noted that the playmaking on both ends of the court was “a huge building block” for the stretch run in a season when the Aggies had 11 consecutive games canceled, including eight in a row in conference play.

“Tonight is what Aggie basketball looks like. Day in and day out we have to maintain this intensity

and this group has shown that it accepts that challenge. We just have to make sure we stay sharp and keep our energy up and see where it takes us.”

With so many cancellations, Les said he was “just happy to get this weekend in” and hopes his team can continue to play out the schedule.

“Obviously we have a group that’s engaged and willing to do the work and that’s a really good sign for us.”

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Ask a veterinarian ... no, really, I’m asking!

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he amount of time S and I spend wondering about our dogs’ behaviors has inspired me to come up with a new column theme: Ask a veterinarian!

In a fun (read lazy) spin on the typical Q&A format, I haven’t actually asked a vet yet but am using this forum to pose my questions. So if you are a vet or know one, feel free to post your responses at the end of this column. Even if you are not a vet, I bet you’ve got some opinions, so share away!

For reference, Pauely is a 7-year-old Labrador/golden retriever cross and Sandy is a 3-year-old mutt who was rescued from the side of the road in Stockton, accompanied by her sister and dead brother. Her origin story is tragic, but we’ve truly never had a sweeter dog as happy to be part of the pack as Sandy. We’ve also never met her equal in lack of intelligence. She is a D-U-M-M-Y. By contrast,

Pauley is the smartest dog we’ve ever had and seems to be able to plot strategies many moves ahead.

Q: Are our dogs sad if they have to eat in the dark? This debate between S and I (that I have won) needs to be settled because I don’t want to be a crazy dog lady. If they are completely fine eating in the garage with the light off, I will leave the light off. I mean, it’s not like I’m putting out tablecloths and candlelight. Yet. Heck, maybe eating in the dark heightens their other senses and makes them enjoy their food even more! As of now, the garage

light is flipped on when they are supping, but if there were evidence that I am anthropomorphizing, just let me know.

Q: Does Pauley know she is not allowed on the new couch, or is she confused? As our smartest of all dogs, I think she’s willfully ignoring the rule and choosing to seem like she doesn’t understand. Her body language when we motion for her to get off is a combination of a shrug — “You can’t blame a dog for trying!” — and mild shame for doing what she knows is wrong.

We are trying to teach her that she needs to be invited on to the new couch, just like she needs to be invited on to beds. To be fair, she is never invited on to beds, but we see the dog-shaped comforter divots on our bed when we’ve been away, accompanied by a “thud” sound as she jumps off when hearing the front door open. Sigh.

Q: Regarding the dogs’ gentle leaders — a face harness

contraption that is meant to keep dogs from pulling on their leashes and thus from being choked by collar-connected leashes — we are stumped. From the way each dog steps up to accept the leader be put on, we have concluded this thing must feel like lying in a bed of nails with thumb screws on each digit.

While Sandy tolerates it much better — she simply goes flat on the floor like a doormat as we try to put on the leader — Pauley rubs her face so hard against every surface she passes, ostensibly to free herself. Of course we have adjusted them to be tight/ loose/in-between, hoping to reduce the torture.

We have deduced that the pups prefer to wear them and go for a walk than to not go walking based on eagerly running toward us when we hold up the leashes and gentle leaders. But, Lordy, is it pitiful to witness their anguish.

And when we take them off, they act like they have been covered

in biting ants for a week, smashing their faces into the rugs and couch cushions (of the couch they are allowed to be on). Why the theatrics? Is this true misery?

In the (highly likely) chance no vets actually respond to my queries, no hard feelings. Also, I should warn you: If any do respond, I have plenty of other “Ask a (blank)” columns in mind.

Like “Ask a chef!”, where I pose questions about what to make for the 945th meal at home in the past 10 months.

“Ask a lawyer!” about whether embarking on a multi-thousanddollar lawsuit is a good strategy to not pay $785 that I believe was wrongly charged.

— Tanya Perez lives in Davis with her family. Her column is published every other Sunday.

Reach her at pereztanyah@ gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter at @californiatanya.

Sharing stories of the breast-cancer community Special to The Enterprise

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his year, rather than hosting a customary gala dinner event with a stage and microphone to recognize honorees, Thriving Pink is taking a twofold approach. We are sharing stories of local breast cancer to spread awareness, and affirming our mission to help those impacted by breast cancer in our local community to thrive with a compassionate network of support and resources.

Why do we embrace this cause and this Thriving Pink community? For us, it’s personal — we’re supporting our mothers, daughters, sisters, friends, and neighbors.

Thriving Pink is the only local nonprofit organization which focuses on serving and supporting the needs of local breast cancer survivors.

■ A nurse holds the hand of a woman as she makes an appointment for a biopsy.

“Honestly, I had no idea. What 40 year old is told they have cancer after their first mammogram?”

■ A single senior is supported by disability income. “My doctor referred me to Thriving Pink. Thank you for these support groups and help with my medical bills.”

■ A mother with late-stage cancer and five children hasn’t been able to work the past six months. “My husband left me, and I’m embarrassed to be in this position to seek help from others.”

■ A breast cancer survivor who received a financial grant last year, nominates her newly diagnosed friend for a grant. “She is isolated and struggling with her recovery from surgery, hair loss, and fatigue. I hope you can help her.”

These four stories and more illustrate the great need for Thriving Pink’s meaningful and impactful programs. Many of

THRIVING PINK these local breast cancer survivors are also immunocompromised, and have rarely left their homes during this pandemic, except for medical appointments and treatments. Their voices and stories echo the hardships and challenges they are facing — and overcoming — with the support of their family, friends, and this caring community.

One past grant recipient, Kristen Pickus, wants to inspire and encourage other newly diagnosed women to not go through this journey alone. “I am a breast cancer survivor. It seems strange to write those words as I learn to accept this new identity. I am 50 years old ... Last summer, as I hugged my first class of fourthgrade students goodbye, my husband was waiting for me outside my classroom to tell me that Kaiser had called to say that I had an abnormal mammogram.I just completed five months of an aggressive course of chemotherapy, and will now be scheduled for two preventative procedures — a hysterectomy and another mastectomy.”

“The struggle many cancer survivors are facing right now is very real,” shares Kristen. “Trying to take care of our families and our own health at the same time.

My oncologist informed me that I would be unable to work as a teacher for one year due to all my cancer treatments.”

Kristen still remembers the positive impact of the grant and support she received from Thriving Pink. “Reaching out to Thriving Pink brought me such life-affirming, bucket-filling support!

This community continually lifts me up with hope and support. The grant from Thriving Pink represents so much more

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Thriving Pink grant recipient, Kristen Pickus, encourages other women to seek help and support. than just the financial support — it is a commitment to myself and to my health and well-being during these very challenging times.”

Granting Pink continues as a main core program for the local nonprofit Thriving Pink. The individual financial grant awards to local breast cancer survivors provide direct and immediate assistance for medical costs, care providers, rent/ mortgage, groceries, transportation, prescription costs and other urgent needs.

“Join me to help make a difference. If you know of someone in our local Yolo County community who has been diagnosed with breast cancer and needs some financial assistance, ask them to reach out to Thriving Pink’s grant program,” says Rose Cholewinski, Chair of the Granting Pink program and owner of SwimAmerica-Davis. With the support of many donors and community partners, Thriving Pink is providing over $50,000

in Granting Pink funds this year in 2021.

Individual grant applications are available at info@thrivingpink.org, and due

by Feb. 22.

Granting Pink applications are now available in English or Spanish. “I know there are many newly diagnosed women who are Spanish speaking. I immigrated to this country as a young child from Mexico, and graduated from UC Davis medical school,” says Dr. Alicia Silva, a Thriving Pink supporter and physician at Sutter Davis Hospital. “My heart is in this community, and I’m honored to help Thriving Pink with their programs and workshops to provide bilingual support in Spanish to recent immigrants.”

What’s Raised Here, Stays Here. Thank you for our recent Platinum Pink Partners — Davis Firefighters Local 3494, Patty & Dave Krueger/Greiner Heating & Air, The George and Lena Valente Foundation, Woodland McDonald’s; Hot Pink Partners — Brooks Painting, COVID-19 Relief Fund/Yolo Community Foundation; Bright Pink Partners — In Memory of Cindy Ditler, Dr. Robert Wiebe, Anthony &LaReaseProfaci/Colavita, Jim & Lucinda Childress, Vandergriff Brent Family Fund, NorthBay Healthcare, the Davis Enterprise; and many other generous donors.

The generosity of our community sustains our core programs, Mentoring Pink and Granting Pink. To donate to Thriving Pink, find support for someone newly diagnosed with breast cancer, or volunteer to join our Pink Team, please visit the website at www.thrivingpink.org. Thank you for your continued support of our Thriving Pink community!

— Submitted by the Thriving Pink Board of Directors.

Provenza honored for leadership in justice Enterprise staff The California State Association of Counties — the voice of California’s 58 Counties — honored Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza for his “strong leadership” at the state level in the area of administration of justice. Provenza represented California’s Counties for the past year as vice chair of CSAC’s Administration of Justice Policy Committee.

As vice chair, Provenza worked closely with CSAC Officers and the Board of Directors to review, update and advise the county platform that guides CSAC policy positioning on issues and legislation related to public safety and criminal justice.

“Provenza continues to play an active role representing Yolo County as a CSAC Board Member,” CSAC said in a statement. “We appreciate his strong, insightful voice and service to the County Family.”

———— Annie Oberholtzer of Davis and Makayla Tam of Woodland have been named to the dean’s list at Missouri State University for the fall semester. To attain this honor, students must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours and attain at least a 3.50 grade-point average (on a 4.00 scale).

Missouri State University is a public, comprehensive university system with a mission in public affairs.

———— Samantha Goss of Davis was recently named to the president’s list at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.

Goss was among the more than 5,000 Kennesaw State students honored for academic excellence in the fall 2020 semester. To be named to the president’s list, each student must have satisfactorily completed at least nine semester hours with a term grade-point average of 4.0.

Kennesaw State University offers more than 150 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees to its approximately 41,000 students.

———— Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, announced the hiring of Jesse Ortiz, the former Yolo County Superintendent of Schools, and Lois Cross, a former executive at Sutter Health, as senior district representatives in his district offices.

“I’m pleased to announce that Lois Cross and Jesse Ortiz will be joining my district staff,” Garamendi said. “I’ve had the privilege of working with both Jesse and Lois throughout my time in Congress.

They are both respected leaders in their community who bring a wealth of wisdom and extensive experience to the table. I have always valued their insight and knowledge when I’ve met with them and other local leaders to discuss the needs and interests of our communities,” Garamendi concluded.

Ortiz brings his lifelong commitment to public education to Garamendi’s office. Jesse has served as a professor, counselor and dean of students in community college districts throughout the region during his three decades of experience as

NAME DROPPERS an educator. This experience culminated most recently when he served as the Yolo County Superintendent of Schools, where he enhanced support services to five school districts representing over 30,000 public school students and collaborated with 57 other county school superintendents on public school advocacy.

Ortiz is also a United States Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam era and volunteers his time to many charitable causes throughout his community.

Cross holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in nursing and has dedicated her life to supporting public health. Most recently, she has served in several leadership roles for Sutter Health. She has worked in nearly every facet of the regional health care system throughout her career, and her service to her community led her to become one of Rep. Garamendi’s 2020 Women of the Year.

Cross has overseen operations for multiple care units in health care facilities throughout Rep. Garamendi’s district and developed partnerships between several facilities to bolster the quality of care for local residents. Her efforts have earned her the Dixon Citizen of the Year and the Yolo County Red Cross Heroes awards.

— Do you know of someone who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy? Email it to newsroom@davisenterprise.net.

BY ANDY JONES Special to The Enterprise 1. Mottos and Slogans.

What breakfast cereal with four O’s in its name uses the slogan “Follow Your Nose”?

2. Newspaper Headlines. GOP U.S. Sen. Rob Portman announced last week that he will not run for re-election in 2022. Of what state, along with Sen. Sherrod Brown, is Portman a senator?

3. Sports. What professional hockey team plays at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio?

4. Unusual Words.

What J-word do we use a literal or metaphorical

force regarded as merciless, destructive and unstoppable?

5. Pop Culture — Television. In the season finale of his second sitcom, what actor and comedian woke up from a dream in bed with the wife from his first sitcom?

Answers: Froot Loops, Ohio, The Columbus Blue Jackets, juggernaut, Bob Newhart.

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

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How to close the economic divide?

T Envisioning what’s next for the city

BY GLORIA PARTIDA Special to The Enterprise

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nd just like that we are at the end of the first month of the year. With an insurrection, inauguration and major wind storm it felt like more than a month’s worth of time passage.

Usually, a month is long enough for the shine of new year’s resolutions to wear off.

This year, my sister made us engage in vision boarding (me kicking and screaming). I begrudgingly admit that having a physical reminder on my peg board of the things I want to work on for the year is very grounding. Next month, the council will work on a vision-boarding of sorts for the city.

Two years ago, when I joined, we embarked on an afternoon of identifying a number of goals we wanted to work on. The thought was that they would be well defined and achievable. This year with new member in tow we will attempt the COVID version of this exercise. It is an important one. While many items the city works on are rarely realized in one City Council term it is possible to make real change through well defined small step projects. The Respite Center and our cannabis ordinance are a couple of examples.

If you would like to contribute to our city’s goals and objectives, consider serving on a commission. I am currently serving, with Dan Carson on the subcommittee to select new commissioners. It is a difficult but satisfying job. Difficult because we are blessed with many qualified and passionate citizens. Satisfying because Dan and I are committed to ensuring that our commissions truly reflect the diversity of our community in age, gender and views. It is important that as the make up of our city changes the voices of those living here are represented. This is how democracy is sustained. The application deadline is Feb. 19.

The city of Davis is accepting applications from residents, 18 years of age and older, interested in serving on one of the following commissions: ■ Civic Arts ■ Finance and Budget ■ Human Relations ■ Police Accountability ■ Recreation and Park ■ Senior Citizen ■ Social Services ■ Tree ■ Utilities ■ Unitrans Advisory Committee By serving on a city commission, a commissioner helps to plan the future of Davis.

Commissions serve as a conduit for citizen input — a way of gathering, analyzing and recommending options to the City Council.

Commissions also provide an important avenue for determining the community’s feelings about issues and extending the reach of the democratic process. Applications may be downloaded at: https://www. cityofdavis.org/city-hall/city-clerk/applytoserve-on-a-city-commission Please be aware that all applications and accompanying documents are considered public information and may be disclosed/released pursuant to the California Public Records Act.

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inally, I must remark on the sad incident of vandalism at Central Park that destroyed the Gandhi statue. Gandhi is a cultural icon for many in the community and the city is taking the matter seriously. I understand that we live among widely differing views and sometimes we may feel unheard. But no matter the conflict around controversial issues, it is important to respect each other and work through differences.

Vandalism is a violent act and disrupts a community’s sense of safety. I am committed to ensuring we create a community that is safe and welcoming for all.

— Gloria Partida is the mayor of Davis.

he Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) is one of the state’s treasures, supplying invaluable, in-depth research into our thorniest issues such as water, housing, transportation and, most importantly, the state’s socioeconomic fragmentation.

California’s politicians rarely make any progress in addressing those issues, but PPIC’s research — and its high-quality polling — ensure that they cannot claim ignorance and thus shirk accountability.

One of PPIC’s most valuable efforts has been its calculations of poverty county-by-county, using methodology similar to the Census Bureau’s alternative poverty measure that takes into account variances in both incomes and costs of living.

By the Census Bureau’s measure, California has the nation’s highest rate of realworld poverty and by PPIC’s data, more than a third of Californians are living in poverty or near-poverty.

Most recently, PPIC has charted how the COVID-19 pandemic and the partial economic shutdown ordered to slow infections have had a disproportionately heavy impact on those already stuck on the lower rungs

LETTERS Presidential inauguration I thought the inauguration was unique and exciting. On Jan. 20, I expected the Enterprise would have something about it on their first page. Nope. And not on Jan. 21, either. I am disappointed in my hometown newspaper. You blew off this inauguration completely. Why? Sandy Filby Davis

■ Editor’s note: The Enterprise ended its Asso-

ciated Press membership several years ago due to budget considerations, severely hampering our coverage of anything outside Yolo County. These days, we are an exclusively local operation, which we think gives our readers the best value we can offer.

Health care, Canada vs. U.S. Background: Before 1962, health care in Canada and the United States was similar. Similar payment systems. Similar costs. Similar number of administrators.

Then Canada adopted The Medical Care Insurance Act (Medicare) giving universal, single-payer care. By 1999, administrative costs averaged 31% in the United States and 17% in Canada.

All Canadians have universal care — the unemployed, gig-workers, students,

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of the socioeconomic ladder.

Simply put, poor Californians are more likely to be infected than those on the upper rungs and also are more likely to lose their jobs as employers curtail their operations — jobs that cannot be done from home via computer.

As the pandemic and the economic restrictions continue, without an end yet in sight, the disparate consequences will surely become more acute.

Given the current and likely future situation, PPIC this month laid out a prescription for an “equitable recovery,” written by three of its researchers who have delved into California’s growing economic divide.

In a nutshell, they advocate big increases in federal and state spending on new and expanded support services for the poor, including child care, direct income aid, job training and college education.

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“Over the long term, creating equitable economic growth will require investments in future opportunities for communities that have been consistently left behind,” the PPIC document declares.

However, it leaves many questions unanswered, particularly how much its prescription would cost — obviously many billions of dollars — and how it should be financed.

Moreover, it offers no evidence that the prescription would work and is silent on the most salient, historically proven factor in lifting people out of poverty — a vibrant economy that offers an abundance of well-paying jobs.

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nfortunately, the pandemic has also revealed California’s economic vulnerability. Its economy — and its public sector — are inordinately dependent on the high-tech industry centered in the San Francisco Bay Area and we’re seeing an erosion of that bedrock sector.

As a recent CNBC documentary points out, California’s high operational costs, including taxes, energy and housing, are driving core businesses such as Oracle and Hewlett-Packard out of the

single-income, all incomes, disabled. No co-pays, no complex bills. Fees may be reduced by taking educational programs.

To administer care, U.S. insurers and providers spent $812 billion or $2,497 per capita (34.2%, national health expenditures). Canada spends $551 per capita (17.0%). Item-by-item, U.S. vs. Canada: (1) $844 vs. $146 for insurers’ overhead. (2) $933 vs. $196 to administer hospitals. (3) $255 vs. $123 to administer private homes, nursing homes, and hospice. (4) $465 vs. $87 costs for physicians’ insurance.

Canadian patients may have to wait for nonemergency services. Expenses include monthly or yearly premiums and out-ofpocket. Taxes increase for higher — not middle class — income brackets.

The gap to administer health care between the United States versus Canada is exorbitant and widening. It seems to reflect gross inefficiencies in U.S. private insurance’s multi-payer system and denial of medical services. U.S. health care providers demand hidden surcharges to cover costly administrative burdens — in one infamous case — $7 for a Band-Aid, $622 for “emergency room facility fees.”

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The Capitol insurrection I saw a story that the Justice Department is considering not charging all of

Speak out President The Hon. Joe Biden, 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. Alex Padilla, B03 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510;

state, often to arch-rival Texas.

What the PPIC paper proposes essentially mirrors what left-leaning advocacy groups want Gov. Gavin Newsom to do and steps he has endorsed in concept, such as universal child care services and single-payer health care.

However, Newsom has also poured cold water on proposals for heavy new taxes on the affluent, who already provide the largest share of state revenues through a very progressive income tax.

That puts Newsom in an awkward position of advocating massive new spending but openly concerned that raising taxes to finance that spending could accelerate the exodus of taxpayers from California to other, more hospitable states, taking their payrolls with them.

Our compassion for the plight of the poor should not cloud the importance of lowering barriers to job creation that would make their climbs to lasting economic security truly feasible.

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those involved. Every single one of them needs to be charged, including the senators, representatives and Trump. Every single one of them needs to be imprisoned for felony time. We let Nixon off the hook. We let Reagan’s cronies off the hook. We let George W. Bush’s accomplices off the hook. It is time to finally hold these people accountable.

Rian McMurtry Davis

Trains still too noisy I read in today’s Enterprise that the Northern Railroad will desist from making loud noise late at night on the line parallel to F St in Davis. This is good, but the loud blowing of horns at all hours will continue. This is particularly annoying in warmer weather when we have our windows open.

About 10 years ago, or so, The Enterprise had a front-page article saying that the northern line was going to be changed and no longer will run through Davis. I thought “Hooray! An end to the endless blasting horns every night, and the line could be converted into a bike path to Woodland!”

What happened to that plan? Was it scrapped? Are they still working on it? Is it still a thing? Was someone just pulling my chain?

Gabe Lewin Davis

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Market forces with Randii MacNear I

have known Davis Farmers Market general manager Randii MacNear since 1980 when she did Aquathenics for pregnant women.

She also did prenatal and postpartum exercise classes for Davis Free Clinic patients. She is funny and has a variety of interests. Let’s get to know more about Randii.

Robin: Where were you born?

Randii: I was born in Long Island, N.Y. How did you get from New York to Davis?

I went to college in Ohio and graduated from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. I met my husband, Steven MacNear, there.

He was from Stockton, so we moved back to California. We chose to live in Davis. Even though I majored in art, I chose women’s healthcare as my profession. I got a job at the Sacramento State Student Health Center and was there for eight years. I left when I was pregnant with my son, Aaron.

How did you start working at the Davis Farmers Market?

It was coincidental. I went to the market every Saturday. I was very big on organic vegetables and fruit. I bought a lot of fruit to can directly from the farmer.

This included Annie Main from Good Humus. Annie noticed that I purchased quantities of fruit, mostly their apricots.

Annie wanted someone to can the organic apricot jam under their label for sale at the Davis Food Co-op. So I canned 1,500 pints of organic apricot jam at the Woodland Community Cannery.

I had my own crew. I turned the jam over to Annie who designed a label to sell at the newly formed Davis Food Co-op.

It is still for sale there. Someone else makes the jam. Because of this work, Annie asked me if I wanted to be the manager of the DFM. It was the right time for

me to try it out. This was 1978 to 1981, and there was only the small Saturday market. There were four farmers and a few bakeries at that time. I left to have kids.

Let’s switch direction and learn about your family and why you moved to Woodland.

Tell us more about your two kids.

I married Steven MacNear in 1978. Steven and I had two children, Aaron and Hailey. Aaron grew up in Davis; in fact, he attended every school in Davis, including UCD with a major in managerial economics. Hailey also attended all schools in Davis, except she went to Oberlin College in Ohio and majored in psychology.

She then went to UCD Medical School where one of her instructors was Joan Smith MacLean, who did her OB/GYN residency at UCD Medical Center. She was chief resident and trained Hayley Coker (née Smith MacLean) as an OB/GYN and eventually recruited her to work at Sacramento Women’s Health with her.

Tell us about your nuclear family.

I have two older brothers who still live in New York. Our mother was an artist, a singer and a dancer at the Copacabana.

She was known as a “Copa Girl.”

My dad was a businessman. My parents divorced and my dad moved to Palm Springs and remarried. We were already living in Davis, so we could visit my dad a lot. When she was 90, we moved my mom to Woodland to live on the same street as us.

All of us lived on the same

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Randii MacNear, general manager of the Davis Farmers Market. street so that I could help with Aaron’s and Dave’s children and my mom. That is why I moved to Woodland. We have a close family and my kids and grandkids got to know both their grandparents with this arrangement. For that I am grateful. My mom passed away in 2016.

I divorced in 1997 and met Dave in 1998. We have been together ever since. He is a builder. He and his family also live on our street.

Let’s go back to discussing your history as the manager of the Davis Farmers Market.

I took a break from the DFM to have two kids. I was ready to come back to the original market in Davis Central Park. Soon, the market expanded to include Wednesdays. The final Wednesday market took a number of years to develop.

This includes the “Picnic in the Park.” It was also known as “Summer Fest” when the market was held on the streets of Davis close to the park. This was a collaboration with the Downtown Business Association. We eventually finished the Central Park Expansion Project in 1994 and moved the Saturday and Wednesday markets under the structure in the park permanently. Picnic in the Park became

a permanent part of the DFM on Wednesday as well.

Saturday markets were in the morning and Wednesday markets were in the afternoon. The afternoon and evening park came to include music and dinner on Wednesdays alongside the farmer’s market.

The first geographic expansion was to develop and manage the UCD Market in 2006, located on the Quad. This market was offered seasonally in the fall and the spring. The partnership began to improve the quality and access to fresh vegetables and fruits. This market also coordinated with Cal Fresh (food stamps).

The fourth market is the Sutter Davis Hospital Farmer’s Market, located at the entry to the hospital. This started in 2010 and is celebrating its 10th year.

This market is operated from May through October during lunchtime. The fifth market just opened in Sacramento. It is a partnership with Sutter Health as well. It is held in the alleyway between the Sutter Medical Center hospital and the medical center offices. This site just opened.

It is run year-round from 3 to 6 p.m. on Thursdays.

(All of the markets are certified farmers markets. This means that the state has certified that the location is permitted for farmers to sell direct to consumers and what they sell is grown by the farmer. It is inspected at the farm to verify this. Currently, Randii and team are running five markets: Davis on Saturday, Davis on Wednesday, UCD Farmers Market on Wednesday, Sutter Davis Hospital on Thursday and Sutter Medical Center Sacramento on Thursday. Sutter Health is a major co-sponsor of the markets.)

The effect of COVID-19 on the farmers and the markets.

Yolo County was an early leader in working with the county and state to make sure that Farmers Markets remain

“Essential” and assure they could stay open with the following changes: ■ No sampling ■ Customers cannot touch any produce. The food must be bagged by the vendor. Customer directs what they want to purchase.

■ Expanded space between customers — 6 feet of separation. Staff has markings on the ground to help.

■ Vendors and consumers are required to wear masks. If the vendor does not have any, DFM will provide them.

■ Increased number of handsfree handwashing stations.

■ Added hand sanitizer at each station.

What did you like about living in Davis for 38 years?

I loved being able to ride my bike everywhere, especially when the kids were little and I pulled them behind me. I like all the amazing parks and swimming pools. It is easy to have fun in Davis. It is safe for kids.

Randii knows everyone in town. She has been with the DFM for over 35 years and is not interested in slowing down. Last year, the markets provided food to over 500,00 consumers. The organization was recognized as America’s Favorite Farmers Market voted by customers and the general public in 2009. And there are two ii’s in Randii because her father wanted her name to be like her other family members who had names with two letters in a row. Thank you for your time and being so accessible. I am glad to know more about you and the Davis Farmers Markets.

— Robin Affrime is a longtime resident of Davis and a recently retired health care executive. You can reach her at robinaffrime@ gmail.com for comments or suggestions of people you would like to know more about. This column publishes every other month.

Students struggle with housing Special to CalMatters

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ousing is so expensive in Santa Cruz County that the possibility of homelessness is a genuine fear for me and some of my fellow students at UC Santa Cruz.

Without accurate cost of living estimates and sufficient financial aid, I face the risk of dropping out of school due to the lack of affordable housing. As a student at UC Santa Cruz, I’ve often struggled to afford basic needs, such as housing, because of the overwhelming amount of financial responsibility that I have on top of all of my school expenses.

I am a first-generation college student and housing insecurity has added substantial stress on top of the pressure of figuring out college on my own. I have taken out the maximum amount of student loans every quarter since I started, and I still end up with very little to no money for basic needs once I have paid for all of my course materials and other student fees.

I am grateful to have found a community with other students on campus fighting against housing

insecurity. There has been a movement, started by graduate students, to fight for a cost of living adjustment. In this community are firstgeneration college students, people with disabilities, mothers, and so many more beautiful people. Our goal is to be able to afford our monthly rent without having to resort to skipping meals.

Did you know that UC students are only guaranteed housing for their first two years as undergraduate students? This matters because housing costs are so high in Santa Cruz that it is quite common for students to skip meals in order to save enough money for monthly rent.

Santa Cruz County is in the midst of a housing crisis. The cost of living index in Santa Cruz is nearly 40% higher than the national average.

It doesn’t seem like the higher education system takes into account students who are responsible for all their financial needs. These students are often overlooked with a system that assumes parents provide their financial support. It is unjust

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that students are obligated to report their parents’ income on financial aid applications, when many of us cannot rely on a single dollar of their income.

If I were a college president I would fight to reform financial aid so that housing is not an incredible burden on students. Financial aid should not take parents’ income into account if a student is not receiving financial support from them. Loans should be counted separate from grant aid.

These reforms may even convince more individuals, especially historically marginalized groups, to pursue higher education without fear of being responsible for an overwhelming amount of debt. Perhaps financial aid worked for students when it was first created, but now it is in need of reform. Students deserve better.

— Ruby Portillo is a student at UC Santa Cruz and a uAspire Student Advocacy Fellow. She wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.

Poem of the month Untitled night dew and moonlight mingle and shine friends don’t you know that this world is filled with blue flowers — jobe ———— I chose a short poem about hope for this month. This is an era of political change amid a horrid pandemic, but there is still beauty. Night dew reflecting the moon, an earth that still gives forth flowers. Keep hope alive; look for the beauty in life, even now. Especially now.

— James Lee Jobe

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Sea or marine turtles have outlived almost all of the prehistoric animals. Marine turtles were around during the time of the dinosaurs and are still present in the world’s oceans today.

On today’s Kid Scoop page, meet these incredible creatures!

In recent times, marine turtles have faced dangers. Entire turtle populations have been almost completely wiped out due to threats like hunters, habitat destruction, pollution, being hit by boats, and introduced predators.

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service there are seven kinds of sea turtles: hawksbill, green, loggerhead, flatback, Kemp’s ridley, olive ridley and leatherback.

Draw lines to connect the turtles whose shells are alike.

One way to tell one type of sea turtle from another is to look at the pattern of scutes, or plates, on their shells.

NOTE: Unlike other species of sea turtle, the leatherback does not have scales.

Instead, it is covered with firm, rubbery skin with several long ridges or “keels.”

Standards Link: Life Science: There is variation among individuals of one kind within a population.

Migrating leatherback turtles have been known to dive down 4,600 feet (1,400 meters) to avoid sharks and other predators.

They must surface every hour to breathe.

Sea turtles and land turtles are reptiles and they both have shells. One way they are different is that a sea turtle cannot retract its limbs or its head like a land turtle can.

Find the differences between these two turtles.

Sea turtles are long-distance travelers. Some species travel hundreds, even thousands of miles, from their feeding grounds to their nesting grounds. The adult females return faithfully to lay their eggs on the same beach where they hatched.

The breeding grounds for the Pacific population of loggerhead turtles are limited to a few beaches in southern Japan, but adults are known to migrate incredible distances in order to feed. One turtle tagged in Japan was found feeding off the coast of Baja, Mexico, a distance of over 7,500 miles (12,000 kilometers).

Loggerheads have been sighted from Chile all the way north to Alaska.

Help this turtle avoid the hazards and find her way to the island.

Find Select onethe article highest-priced from today’s and lowest-priced newspaper. home for sale listed Highlight or in this newspaper’s underline classified all ad section. of the What quotesisinthe difference between the article. the two prices?

Standards Link: Research: Standards Link: Math/ Use the newspaper toNumber locate Sense: Calculate differences. information.

Standards Link: Life Science: The sequential stages of life cycles are different for different animals.

The leatherback is the largest sea turtle. It can grow to be about 6 feet (1.8 meters) long and weigh as much as 1,400 pounds (637 kilograms).

How much is 1,400 pounds? Add up the numbers on each of the animals. The animals with even sums weigh about 1,400 pounds.

The others weigh less.

ANSWER: The cow, giraffe and horse each weigh about 1,400 pounds.

Standards Link: Math/Number Sense: Calculate sums.

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Ocean Scrapbook Look for newspaper pictures and stories about the ocean. Cut out the stories and pictures, include some illustrations of your own and create an “Ocean” scrapbook.

ANSWER: Vitamin sea.

Standards Link: Earth Science: Students know characteristics of oceans.

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Late husband’s family bothering me Dear Annie: I’m a 39-year-old mom of four. My husband passed away, in April of last year.

His family was never very kind to me when he was alive, and they haven’t changed now that he’s gone. I’ve been dealing with their judgment and hostility. They find any little thing they can to criticize me and gossip about me. And I’m just wondering how to stop them from talking about my life when they have no idea what they’re talking about. Please help! — Mrs. Fed Up Dear Fed-Up: I am so sorry that your husband died and that your in-laws are making life harder for you. I’m going to pass along something that someone once shared with me: What other people think of you is none of your business. That’s not an admonishment. It’s a mantra.

They’re entitled to their opinions, and you’re entitled to ignore them. The more you can accept that, the lighter you’ll feel.

Reach out to friends and family who shore you up rather than giving any weight to the opinions of people who would tear a grieving widow down. ——— Dear Annie: For six years, I’ve been with a man — let’s call him “Ben.� We have one child together and one on the way. I’m frustrated because I do all of the housework even though we’re both employed. We divided up expenses. He pays for the house payment and the babysitter when we need one, and I pay for all of the utilities and groceries. I also do most of the childcare tasks.

I don’t feel like I should have to ask for him to get off his butt and help; I feel like he should naturally want to help and just do it.

I’ve noticed that when we are around his family, he jumps to help them with anything in a split second. He seems like he would just rather be lazy when it comes

to our own home life, expecting me to do all the domestic work.

I’d try talking to him about this, but he’s not a talk-aboutyour-feelings type of guy, more of a sort-your-own-laundry type of guy. In the past, anytime I’ve brought up anything remotely uncomfortable, he seems to register it as a threat and says something negative directed towards me and not at all helpful to resolving the issue. Advice? — Unheard Girlfriend

Dear Unheard: I empathize with your hesitation, but to give up on honest communication is to give up on the relationship.

When you don’t feel you can express yourself, resentments will continue to pile up, like so many unwashed dishes.

Try finding a time when you’re both relaxed, and casually ask if he’ll help you make a list of priorities around the house. This will help you both better understand which tasks the other feels are important, and it will give you the chance to talk it out and compromise in areas where your views differ. Approaching it with

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Hoarding isn’t logical Dear Annie: My sister is 75 years old. She is a hoarder. She has lived at home her whole life and started accumulating junk soon after my dad died 10 years ago. If something comes into the house, it isn’t going out, as it is with most hoarders. So you can imagine what an appalling situation it has become.

My sister took care of my mom, who was in a wheelchair until she died two years ago at age 93. I spent thousands of dollars between the time when my mom became ill and when she died, driving a 50-mile round trip every day for six years to help my sister take care of her. And I continued to do so every other weekend after our mom died, bringing my grandsons to visit so my sister wouldn’t feel lonely.

Recently, I took a tumble at the dog park and fractured my kneecap. I asked my sister whether I could borrow one of Mom’s wheelchairs for a while. She told me to go look for one at Goodwill.

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——— Dear Annie: I recently filled a prescription for cough syrup that called for a 10-milliliter dosage.

We do not use liters in this country. I had to go online to convert the amount to teaspoons. Could you give a shout to physicians, nurse practitioners and pharmacists to let them know how dangerous this practice is to the patient? — Irked Dear Irked: I did some research to figure out why the pharmaceutical industry would use the metric system in the United States, where it might as well be Greek to many people.

According to the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, a nonprofit standards development organization, the International System of Units, known as SI, is better for designating dosages than the U.S. customary system. The reason is consistency. While the U.S. system has 300 different units, the SI has just seven base units. From the NCPDP: “The use of multiple volumetric units (e.g., teaspoons, tablespoons, droppersful) and multiple abbreviations ... (increases) the likelihood of dosing errors.�

That said, the most important thing is that the patient understands how to take the medication he or she is prescribed, and it’s health care providers’ job to see to that. The next time you pick up a prescription, ask your pharmacist for help with converting the dosage.

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

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important to her than my many years of loyalty, and I don’t want to ever visit her again. And she can’t visit me because she can’t bear the thought of getting rid of her broken-down Buick to buy a new one.

Do you think she would get help with her problem if I stopped seeing her, or would she just be happy alone with her stuff? — Snuffed Out by Stuff Dear Snuffed Out by Stuff: Hoarding is a form of obsessivecompulsive disorder. The disorder does not operate in the realm of logic. You can’t reason with it.

And you shouldn’t take it personally — because as much as it might seem to you that your sister is choosing her stuff over you, she’s not really choosing anything at this point. She’s simply acting on compulsions.

If you want to stop visiting her for the sake of your own wellbeing, I applaud the boundarysetting. But it sounds as though you want to stop visiting her because you hope it would spur her to get help. If that’s the case, you want to control the uncontrollable, and you’d most likely end up even more frustrated. Instead of basing decisions on how they might or might not impact her hoarding behavior, base your decisions on what’s healthy for you.

Visit the hoarding section of the International OCD Foundation’s website (https://hoarding. iocdf.org) for information on what causes people to hoard and how you might be able to help.

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Weather Davis’ 5-day forecast Today

Tonight

Monday

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Showers

Sunny 58° 42°

62° 39°

530-216-3371 HARDWOOD/FLOORING

Decreasing clouds

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High: 61°

Showers

Low: 44°

62° 49°

Tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs

Winters 45/61

Santa Rosa 43/58

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Yuba City 44/60

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Davis statistics Friday’s temperature High/Low ........ 55°/43° Normal ............ 55°/38° Record high . 68° (2014) Record low .. 25° (1975)

Air quality index Precipitation Friday .................. 0.00” Season to date .... 7.41” Last season ..........9.35” Normal to date .. 10.77”

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0-50 is good. 51-100 is moderate. 101-150 is unhealthy for sensitive groups. 151-200 is unhealthy. 201-300 is very unhealthy. 301-500 is hazardous. Source: SpareTheAir.com

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