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Marissa Barrera speaks to family members and friends gathered outside the Yolo County Courthouse on Monday, the four-year anniversary of her brother Michael Barrera’s death while being detained by Woodland police. To her left is her father Daniel Barrera. To her right are Barrera’s daughter Michelle, 14, and his mom, Christine Amaro.

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Keeping up the vigil, 4 years later Barrera’s family marks anniversary of death in police custody

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer Family and friends of Michael Barrera gathered outside the Yolo County Courthouse on Monday, the four-year anniversary of his death while being detained by Woodland police.

“They tortured my son, Tasing and beating him. He was handcuffed with several officers on top of him, with his face in muddy water,” said Christine Amaro, Barrera’s mother. “Then

my son said those famous words: ‘I can’t breathe.’ ” “Now, we are here to fight for the rights and justice for all the fallen,” Amaro said. “We demand accountability, because murder is murder, with or without a badge.”

Barrera, 30, died on Feb. 8, 2017, after he stopped breathing during an altercation with police officers on Garfield Place.

Woodland police officials reported that Barrera was seen acting erratically prior to the

confrontation, wielding a knife, scissors and a golf club, and that he charged at officers who then subdued him with control holds and multiple Taser strikes.

Barrera’s family disputes those details, saying Barrera was unarmed, had raised his hands and posed no threat when detained by the officers, who then ignored his pleas that he couldn’t breathe.

His sister, Marissa Barrera, contends police “targeted” Barrera because he was “speaking out on things.” She said that on the day he died, her brother told a witness that three unidentified men attacked him inside his house, leaving blood and

evidence of a struggle.

She also claims police gave her family conflicting reports regarding Barrera’s conduct during the confrontation, and “started the narrative to show that my brother was some crazy guy,” Marissa Barrera said.

“That’s the narrative that the community has stuck with.”

The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office cleared the five involved officers of any wrongdoing and declined to file criminal charges, concluding the officers used “reasonable and necessary force” in light of Barrera’s alleged erratic behavior.

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Farmworker advocates call for vaccination priority

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With COVID-19 vaccines still in short supply, reprioritizing who gets them and when becomes, as Yolo County’s health officer said Tuesday, “a zero sum game.”

“Whenever you expand eligibility for one group, you take away vaccines from another group,” Dr. Aimee Sisson told the Board of Supervisors.

Up until last week, there was no game involved — the state

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was requiring counties to prioritize residents 65 and older before moving on to the rest of the Phase 1B, Tier 1 cohort: essential workers in food and agriculture, education and childcare, and emergency services.

For the last few weeks, Yolo County has been doing exactly that: using its limited allotments of doses to vaccinate seniors throughout the county.

But the state has since authorized counties to open up vaccinations to everyone in Phase

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1B, Tier 1, and as a result, some counties have begun vaccinating teachers with the goal of getting students back in school, while others have begun targeting farmworkers and first responders.

Yolo County, however, has kept to the 65-plus standard, opening vaccinations to all county residents in that age group regardless of insurance.

Large clinics in West Sacramento last week and in Woodland and Davis this week will insure thousands of the county’s

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Since November, Healthy Davis Together — a joint effort of the city of Davis and UC Davis — has been providing free saliva-based testing to anyone who lives or works in Davis.

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This quarter, the task force is seeking input from the campus community and the general public through a series of virtual town hall events, focus groups and a survey.

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Put the money where it’s needed F REE MONEY ... The latest from the folks in Washington, D.C. who are trying to stimulate the economy is to send monthly checks to those of us who are raising children.

The plan is to provide $300 a month for every child 5 or younger and $250 a month for those ages 6 through 17. Some lawmakers want it to last for just one year while others want it to be provided until all those kids go off to Stanford.

I don’t know about you, but I’d say those dollar amounts are flat out backward. I mean, kids under 5 get into just about everything for free. And they can go months without ever eating even one bite of their dinner. Teenagers, meanwhile, can wipe out an entire shelf on the refrigerator in one sitting.

In the first couple of years of life, toddlers generally run around in a diaper and not much else.

They do not go shopping at the

cheese is considered a balanced diet. It’s amazing they gain any weight at all given that there’s always more stuff in their diaper than what they put in their mouth.

Put simply, if the under 5 set deserves $300 a month, teenagers need $3,000 a month.

mall. They do not sit in their bedrooms ordering things online from Amazon.

Babies do not need braces or a dress for the prom or a new glove for Little League. They do not need their own phone. They do not spend four hours in the shower as the water meter goes into a crazy spin, recording every drop. Toddlers ride hand-medown tricycles. Teenagers want gym memberships.

Under the age of 2, more food ends up on a kid’s face than in his or her mouth. A couple of mashed up bananas and some mac and

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UCKING AN UPSET ... I suppose it’s all a matter of perspective.

You see, the Aggie women’s basketball team went up to Eugene last weekend and nearly pulled off the Upset of the Century against the nationally ranked Oregon Ducks. The Aggies led by four points entering the final quarter, but eventually dropped a 63-57 decision.

But, as folks back home were saying it might have been the greatest win in UC Davis history had the Aggies held on, The Oregonian said the Ducks escaped “what would’ve been on the short

list of the program’s worst losses.”

Wow. The Oregonian noted that COVID had kept the Ducks from playing for the last 13 days, from which we were supposed to infer that they may have been a bit rusty. What The Oregonian failed to point out was that earlier this season the UC Davis women were sidelined through 13 straight cancellations over two frustrating months.

Truth be told, it was a fair fight between two great teams and the Ducks won by six. On their home court. End of story.

THE SUPER BORE ... I know Dr. Fauci was concerned that Super Bowl parties might become superspreader events all over the country last Sunday. But not to worry, the game was so bad that most parties broke up long before halftime.

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VARIANT: Faster-spreading virus will displace the others From Page A1 predict that it will spread rapidly in the United States, doubling in relative frequency approximately every 10 days. So far, studies suggest that antibodies generated through vaccination with currently authorized vaccines recognizes this variant, Healthy Davis Together reported.

Concerns remain about two other variants: B.1.351, first identified in South Africa, and P.1 out of Brazil.

“Even though Davis has an overall low rate of COVID-19 positive tests, it has always been a matter of when, not if, we would see new variants in the area,” said David Coil, project director of environmental monitoring for Healthy Davis Together and a project scientist at the Genome Center.

“A variant that spreads more easily, such as B.1.1.7 ... will eventually displace other variants,” he said. “The Genome Center added genotyping of positive samples to its testing protocol to monitor for any variants of concern so we can quickly alert the community and double down on community efforts to prevent spread.”

Yolo County's health officer, Dr. Aimee Sisson, said, “given that the B.1.1.7 variant has already been found in Southern California and the Bay Area, it is not surprising that it has now been detected in Yolo County.

“However, detecting this more infectious variant locally is a reminder that even though case rates are declining in Yolo County, we must maintain our vigilance and continue using protective measures against coronavirus.

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distancing and avoiding indoor gatherings are as important as ever, and will continue to be critical until most of the population has immunity. We cannot let down our guard.”

The person who tested positive for the B.1.1.7 variant has been notified and is in isolation, and contact tracing efforts were started immediately, Healthy Davis Together reported. The individual is an adult and may have acquired the variant through travel outside of the community.

The B.1.1.7 variant, estimated to have emerged in the United Kingdom in September, has now been detected in 33 states. It was first reported in the United States in Colorado on Dec. 29, reported two days later in San Diego by scientists at UC San Diego, and is believed to have been

spreading in the United States since late November.

The test used to genotype virus samples is being done on the same instrument that Healthy Davis Together uses to screen COVID-19 test samples.

The IntelliQube PCR System, which was designed as a genotyping instrument by LGC Biosearch Technologies, permits rapid genotyping of all positive samples, and in its first week of use revealed a virus sample with two of the mutations associated with B.1.1.7.

Whole genome sequencing of the sample was done in the laboratory of UC Davis professor Samuel L. Díaz-Muñoz to confirm the identity of the variant as B.1.1.7. Díaz-Muñoz, who studies viral evolution, noted that variants emerge during viral replication in

infected individuals, and that widespread transmission of the virus contributes to the emergence of new variants.

“These variants shouldn’t be a sign that we should give up, but rather be a wake-up call” that people should take control measures seriously, he said.

Testing remains key to fighting the virus and Healthy Davis Together continues to urge anyone who lives or works in Davis to get tested twice a week.

Testing takes place at three locations in the city, is available daily and is free.

Appointments can be made at https://healthy davistogether.org/testing.

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If we want to do it, we have to do it right L ast night after dinner and an episode of “WandaVision,” our family sat together in the living room discussing how difficult the last 11 months have been.

Like every person in Davis, our country and the world, our routines, plans and relationships have been upended. In our house with four teenagers, all of them students, nothing has been harder than the loss of in-class learning.

As our kids talked about all the things they have missed, including friends, athletics, dances and all the activities a normal school day used to bring, the conversation steered itself to memories of past school years. Almost as a challenge, each teenager took turns naming every teacher they’d had, from preschool to this day.

More than 100 teachers during the course of 16 years and with each of them, a multitude of lessons and memories.

There is a lot of debate right now around when our kids should return to learning in the classroom.

When will it be safe? When can our teachers know that they will be safe and their families be safe?

What about the teachers who are more vulnerable to COVID-19 because of underlying conditions? What about teachers with vulnerable family members? Is it enough for the experts to suggest that the return can be “relatively safe?” How can we get vaccines to teachers? How do 5-year-olds keep masks on and how do thirdgraders socially distance? What about the new variants?

Expert opinions, science, unknowns and ever-changing

conditions can feel, all at once, encouraging, confusing and terrifying.

As my family and I try to see our way through all of this, I can’t help but realize, in the midst of the uncertainty and frustration, something I have always known: The steadiest, surest, most competent and compassionate presence comes from our teachers.

When we say we want our kids back in school, we are saying we want them back with their teachers. When we worry about their mental health, it’s because they aren’t thriving without their teachers. When we talk about school being the safest place for them to be, it’s because at school, they are with their teachers.

This is precisely why, in the cacophony of information and opinions that seem overwhelming, we should be listening for our teachers’ voices right now. If they are the entire reason we all want our children back in class, shouldn’t we make way for their voices? Shouldn’t we do absolutely everything in our power to make sure they are safe?

Of course we should.

I appreciate the guidance of experts and I know they are offering their best advice as they know it today. I also appreciate the passion of Davis parents who realize how very important it is to

physically reunite their children with teachers.

The fact is, though, the experts and parent groups are not the ones who will be there with your children for the remainder of their school career. The CDC Director won’t be there when your child cries every day of his first week of kindergarten. Dr. Fauci won’t be there when your first-grader has trouble reading or your second-grader has a bathroom accident. Health officials and physicians won’t be the ones calling you when your 10thgrader is struggling in chemistry.

They won’t be there. But our teachers will be. Just like they always have been.

Our kids shared lots of memories last night, many funny, some thoughtful, and some, absolutely striking.

The four of them recalled being in lockdown on the floors in their dark elementary school classrooms and knowing it wasn’t a drill. All of them remembered exactly what their teachers did during those hours to keep them safe and calm, playing quiet games and reading them stories.

One child shared about being so homesick in first grade that her teacher sat with her during lunch every day for a week.

When I asked what were the most valuable things they had learned from their teachers so far, aside from academics, the replies included lessons that have had positive impacts on every member of our family. Maev spoke about learning how to continue on with a project even when it doesn’t go the way she had planned it.

Molly shared about having a

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greater understanding of empathy after reading “To Kill a Mockingbird” in ninth grade. Emme learned the concept of active listening, and Mick talked about how the value of Growth Mindset, a different and positive way of thinking, has added to everything he does.

I can’t speak for every parent in Davis, but in my case, I owe our teachers more than I could ever give them. No PTA-plannedAloha-themed teacher appreciation lunch would be enough. No gift card, no “Best Teacher in the World” coffee mug, no gift basket would come close to adequate for the time, encouragement, knowledge, expertise, kindness and love they have given to the people I love most in the world. They have helped my husband and me build these children that we are so proud to parent.

I think about the lockdowns

our kids and teachers have endured over the years and the risks that come with being a teacher today. There isn’t a doubt in my mind that in the most dangerous situation, one that might threaten any of our children, our teachers would do everything they could to keep them safe.

Now it’s our turn to keep our teachers safe.

As the debate about when to return to school continues, you will find me listening to the teachers, supporting the things they support and calling for all the mitigations they want and need to return safely to school.

When we look at our kids, safe and smart, and yes, struggling, we should realize, our support right now is the very least that we owe our teachers.

— Shelley Dunning is a Davis resident and a mom of four. Reach her at dunningsm@gmail.com.

New reds are great for late-winter warming T hinking about appropriately celebratory wines for New Year’s, the inauguration and Valentine’s Day has led to drinking a lot of bubbles. I’m getting restless.

But before giving up the sparklers for a few weeks, I want to suggest one for your last-minute Valentine’s Day purchase, a very, very local and very, very delicious one — The Berryessa Gap Brut Rosé. Part of BG’s new Highway 128 collection (“a series of wines created in partnership with respected growers and producers along the historic, scenic wine route”), this bottle is a traditional Champagne blend of pinot noir, chardonnay, and pinot meunier — all from the North Coast AVA. An added incentive to write about this sparkler came from a reader who wrote, “$40 a bottle ... I complained but then I drank it — no complaints ... Do yourself a favor and try a bottle, you may want to get a few for Valentine’s Day!” My wine budget doesn’t extend as far as “a few,” but the one bottle I drank really did live up to her assessment. Bright, fresh, bursting with berry and citrus, it’s nevertheless quite restrained and elegant. And I was mesmerized by the persistent tiny bubbles that just kept

bursting through the surface and making a perfectly ordinary occasion seem wonderfully festive. I paired it with a sauteed rapini-and-pasta dish, and the two seemed as happy together as Valentine lovers — I suspect it would go with almost anything.

The catch is that you have to drive to Berryessa Gap to snag a bottle (you can have bottles shipped but it’s a bit late for V-Day). With these lovely proto-spring days, though, it’s a good excuse to give your poor underused car (I hear that car batteries are dying all over town) a little exercise on Highway 128.

Or, a slightly shorter drive, you can pick up a bottle at the BG tasting room in downtown Winters.

And now to the reds. For my own Valentine’s Day celebration, I bought a bottle of the current vintage of Broc Cellars Love Red — at the Coop ($19).

This unfiltered blend of 77% carignan, 15% valdiguié and 8% syrah has lots of things going for it

— it’s local and the heart-studded label is appropriate and charming, as Broc labels always are, and it’s entirely natural, and I love pretty much everything that comes out of Berkeley’s Broc Cellars. But you’ve heard this pitch many times before. I could have picked a bottle of Love Rosé or Love White (all three also available in cans), but for some reason, I’ve been craving reds of late — and finding some fascinating ones.

Two other current discoveries come from abroad via The Pip Wine Bar in Dixon. The more unusual, Domaine Paterianakis Kotsifali and Mandilari, is from an unexpected place — Crete. But it shouldn’t be unexpected — Crete has a 4,000-year-old tradition of wine production.

Domaine Paterianakis is family-owned and now in its third generation at this site. Current winemaker Emmanouela Paterianaki along with her sister Nicky have made their winery an important part of the new Cretan wine enterprise.

Their vineyards are entirely organic (certified) and dedicated to indigenous grapes. This is a blend of kotsifali and mandilari, two grapes native to the island and totally unknown to me, which

makes it even more exciting. It’s medium-bodied, spicy, and earthy with subtle velvety tannins and flavors of dark berries and mushrooms. At only 12.5% alcohol, it’s surprisingly rich. And just plain surprising.

It will age for many years but it’s perfect to drink right now and with a wide variety of foods including cheeses. I can confirm the winery’s claim that it works especially well with tomato-based dishes. Only $19, it drinks like a much more expensive wine.

Another recent discovery (at $18 also a bargain) is the 2016 Chateau L’Argentier Vieilles Vignes de Cinsault Herault from one of my favorite French regions, Languedoc. Cinsault is native to the area and these old vines were planted by the family of current winemakers Elisabeth and Francois Jourdan, young Languedoc wine pioneers during the ’80s and now established leaders of the Languedoc fine-wine scene.

At first sip, this cinsault was almost shockingly tart, but it mellowed quickly into a silky, pure, and rich wine filled with dark red fruit and herbs.

Like the Paterianakis, it’s medium-bodied and terrifically food-friendly. If you’re eating trendy rabbit these days, this would be

perfect, but I think I’ll drink my next bottle with grilled vegetables over farro or maybe a mushroom quiche. You can pick up either of both of these reds at The Pip — or Amy will deliver them to you.

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Finally, I return to an old favorite in its latest (2019) incarnation — the Camp Cabernet Franc. The Sonoma grapes are organic — half from the Mojon’s Bench vineyard in Alexander Valley and half from the Puma Springs vineyard (biodynamic) in Dry Creek Valley. As always with Kenny Likitprakong’s wines, the manipulation is minimal — 20% wholecluster, native yeasts and a bit of old-barrel aging.

It’s a bright, really flavorful wine tasting of dark tart berries, herbs and

earth. Every time I go to the Co-op I buy a bottle or two ($18); knowing we’ll be drinking one for dinner brightens up the whole afternoon. I like it best with a long-simmered tomato sauce studded with mushrooms and served over linguini or white bean and mushroom stew made with plenty of red wine.

Perfect late winter eating and drinking.

On my daily walk around North Davis, I’ve been tracking the budding of the tulip trees, the incipient flowering of Lenten roses, and the proliferation of narcissus and daffodils.

In response to these signs of spring, I’m stocking up on a slew of exciting whites — stay tuned.

— Susana Leonardi is a Davis resident; reach her at vinosusana@gmail.com.

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FARMWORKER: Hispanic residents dying at higher rates From Page A1 doses, Sisson has repeatedly explained the rationale this way: Individuals in that age group are 141 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than those under 50, and preventing deaths remains the public health priority.

But there’s another group that has a higher-than-average death rate as well.

“We know that Hispanics are overrepresented in Yolo’s cases and deaths,” Sisson said Tuesday.

“Hispanics,” she said, “account for at least 41 percent of cases and 36 percent of deaths but only 32 percent of Yolo’s population.”

Meanwhile, “69 percent of all COVID-19 deaths among Yolo County residents ages 50 to 64 are among Hispanics,” she said.

At particular risk are farmworkers — around 7,000 of whom will be in the county for the upcoming harvest season.

The vast majority, Sisson noted, are Hispanic, and also at increased risk of exposure to the virus because their work can only be done in person and often requires being within six feet of co-workers.

That’s why some in the county — as well as on the Board of Supervisors — are urging that farmworkers be prioritized along with seniors for vaccines.

Supervisor Angel Barajas of Woodland expressed frustration about what he saw at recent rural

VIGIL: Coroner’s report ambivalent From Page A1

A coroner’s report released two months after the incident listed Barrera’s cause of death as sudden death with methamphetamine intoxication during restraint by law enforcement, but stopped short of ruling whether the manner of death was accidental or homicide.

“There is a possibility the decedent could have died with the quantitated level of methamphetamine in his blood without getting into an altercation with law enforcement,” Deputy Coroner Sheik Ali wrote, quoting the forensic pathologist, Dr. Brian Nagao, who conducted Barrera’s autopsy.

“On the contrary, Dr. Nagao stated that he cannot determine if the physical contact pathologically caused or contributed to the death, but we cannot exclude the restraint (by police) which was the actions of another,” the report says.

The document also noted that Barrera had received prior treatment for drug intoxication and symptoms of mental-health issues, including a hospital visit one month prior to his death. His family has disputed that as well.

Sgt. Victoria Danzl, spokeswoman for the Woodland Police Department, declined to comment on the family’s allegations, citing pending litigation in the matter.

Barrera’s family is pursuing a wrongfuldeath lawsuit accusing the officers of using unreasonable force. A trial originally scheduled to begin next month has been delayed due a shift in the family’s legal representation.

Marissa Barrera said the family also has hired a private investigator to conduct an independent investigation into her brother’s death, with plans to publicly release the document once it’s complete.

— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@ davisenterprise.net.

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vaccine clinics where “more affluent individuals who do have healthcare, who do have healthcare providers, actually cut in BARAJAS line and received a vaccine where Advocating for ag workers maybe that vaccine should have gone to somebody in West Sacramento or Knights Landing or Esparto and Madison.

“What is our priority as a county? Is it really just to give it to everybody and anybody?

Because if that’s the case, you know historically those who are more privileged, affluent and have access to resources are going to get those,” he said.

But farmworkers, he said, “need it the most.”

“What we should do is really look at providing vaccines for ag workers,” Barajas said.

His comments were echoed by nearly a dozen people who provided comment during Tuesday’s board meeting.

“With the farmworkers arriving in the next few weeks, we are in a time-sensitive situation,” said Emily Henderson, a former assistant to Supervisor Don Saylor.

Yolo County’s Latinos, she said, represent around 30 percent of the county’s population and 43 percent of Yolo’s COVID-19 cases, but only 13 percent of those who

have been vaccinated.

“I’m concerned that spending six to eight weeks to complete vaccinations for those over 65 will have unacceptable impacts on our predominately Latino farmworkers who are the backbone of Yolo’s community and critical to our ag sector,” said Henderson. “I would like to urge the board and Dr. Sisson to direct staff to vaccinate farmworkers of all ages, concurrently with the 65-plus population.”

Likewise, UC Davis Professor Natalia Deeb-Sossa urged “Yolo County officials to immediately begin vaccinating farmworkers who are already here, regardless of age.”

Farmworkers, she said, often ride to work together, work in proximity and have no potential for remote work.

They also have a lower life span than the average American, said ApoYolo founder Anoosh Jorjorian, “as low as 49 years.”

Additionally, she said, the farmworker population skews older than other worker populations, “so they are already elders in their community.”

Said Jacquelin Plasencia: “Yolo County has always taken a lot of pride in the agriculture that this county produces and our farmworkers have stayed on the front lines throughout this entire past year regardless of rain, shine or pandemic, so I think … prioritizing their access to the vaccine

should be a high priority for our county.”

Supervisor Jim Provenza of Davis suggested sub-prioritizing farmworkers ages 50 to 64, placing them in the same tier as everyone 65 and over, something Sisson said she and the vaccine advisory committee could discuss.

Barajas indicated focusing on farmworkers 50 to 64 would be an acceptable compromise but suggested focusing on the farmworker community as a whole prior to concluding the 65-andover age group.

“We need to really look at this as, ‘Who is our priority?’ Is it those who don’t have healthcare and don’t have access? Or is the county’s focus everybody?

Because teachers do have healthcare… their labor organizations do have that connection to these hospitals where they can work something out and get their vaccinations quickly.

“We do have to hone in on the farmworker population,” Barajas said. “And whether in the next two weeks we have it specifically for 50 to 65 or in the next four to five weeks, we expand it to all farmworkers… we have enough justification and data and statistics to show that ag workers deserve the vaccination as soon as possible.”

And while the county does expect to focus its vaccination efforts primarily on underserved

populations in the future — when vaccines are plentiful and large healthcare systems can focus on their own members — for now the county remains the largest provider of vaccinations.

Of the nearly 27,000 first and second doses administered to Yolo County residents thus far, more than half were provided by the county’s health department.

Dignity Health, Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health and UC Davis Health have administered a combined 12,308 first and second doses to county residents.

Meanwhile, no decision was made on Tuesday about where farmworkers will fall on the vaccination schedule, but Sisson did lay out the farmworker vaccination plan that has been created thus far, elements of which include: n Allowing vaccination without appointments n Vaccinating oldest members of multigenerational households now n Minimizing transportation barriers by vaccinating at the workplace or migrant centers n Reserving appointments at community clinics to avoid competition with those with more access to technology n Offering clinics at night and on weekends.

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

County reports 13 more COVID deaths, Davis toll stands at 18

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Yolo County reported 13 more COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, bringing to 170 the total number of county residents who have died during the pandemic.

New deaths were reported in Woodland, the unincorporated

areas of the county and Davis, which has now lost 18 residents.

After surpassing 12,000 total cases on Monday, the county reported 47 more on Tuesday and has now averaged 50 new cases a day for the last week.

Even with adjustments made for all the COVID-19 testing being

done here, the county remains solidly purple in the state’s colorcoded blueprint for reopening.

The state on Tuesday presented data for the week ending Jan. 30, which put the county’s daily new case rate at 21.5 per 100,000 residents and its adjusted case rate at 13.7, nearly double the adjusted

case rate of 7 or below needed for the red tier.

The countywide test positivity rate continues to drop, down to 2.8 percent, but the positivity rate in the lowest socioeconomic quartile was 9 percent, which exceeds the red tier benchmark of 8 percent for health equity quartile.

Obituaries Joan Barker Lopez April 2, 1946 — Jan. 28, 2021

Joan Barker Lopez passed away peacefully on Jan. 28 after many years of battling Parkinson’s disease. Joan was born and raised in Winters, California to James and Mildred Barker. She was an outstanding student and involved in athletics, band, 4-H and many other activities.

She married John Lopez in 1963 and moved to Davis to live out her entire life.

She devoted herself to raising their two children, Lori and Jonathan, but went back to school to fill the days once they were in school and found her passion for nursing. She worked at Sutter Davis Hospital for the majority of her career and then spent the last few years at Sutter Medical Center Sacramento. Joan managed the Sutter Davis emergency room for many years where she helped many community members through difficult times and led the design of the emergency room space in the new hospital.

Along with her devotion to her work, she was also a fixture at her children’s and then grandchildren’s activities.

Many of these allowed her to combine

her love of sports and theater with travel, taking her to every corner of California, Hawaii, Illinois, South Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Arizona and Oklahoma to name a few.

Always one for an adventure, Joan traveled to many parts of the world whenever she had the opportunity and returned several times to Spain and England to visit her and John’s families.

She is survived by her husband John of 58 years; children Lori Bloomfield (Tony) and Jonathan Lopez (Debbie); six grandchildren Brittany Sadoma (David), Lindsey Day (Quinten), KC Lopez (Lici), Brett Bloomfield, Kelli Lopez and Jake Lopez; two great-children Sophie and Leo Day; her sister Jill James (Lyle), in-laws Maria Lopez and Joe Lopez (Wendy) and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Due to COVID-19, no service is planned at this time. The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to Sutter Davis Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 160045, Sacramento, CA 95816 or www.sutterhealth.org/davis/giving.

Alice Nishi

Nov. 5, 1923 — Jan. 13, 2021 Alice Nishi, 97 years old and a Davis resident, died at Carlton Senior Living on Jan. 13.

She was born in San Francisco and graduated from Mission High School.

When Alice was a freshman at UC Berkeley, she was sent to Topaz internment camp near Delta, Utah.

After the war, Alice received her master’s degree in education from CSU San Francisco.

After being a teacher in San Francisco, Alice retired from the federal government working as an administrator for the U.S.

Biological Survey.

Alice was a longterm member of the Davis Community Church and served on the board of the Presbyterian Chuch USA. She was an active member of the local community, serving as PTA president and on the Davis School Board.

Alice is survived by her daughter and son and her grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at the Davis Community Church. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes for donations to be made to the Davis Community Church.

John Wray Steggall Sr. Aug. 31, 1934 — Jan. 8, 2021

John Wray Steggall Sr. died at home of natural causes at the age of 86 under the care of his devoted wife Gratia, eldest son John Jr., grandson Patrick and caregiver Claudette.

Anyone who knew John, whether encountering him for the first time or the hundredth time, enjoyed his good-natured sense of humor.

John was born on Aug. 31, 1934, in Kansas City, Mo. He was the first child of Howard Bate Steggall and Helen Hurd Mitchell. His sister Elizabeth joined the family a few years later. John spent his childhood in Pittsburg, Pa., and Birmingham, Mich., where he attended Cranbrook School.

After earning a mechanical engineering degree at Yale University in 1956, he flew planes as a lieutenant for the Navy while stationed in Pensacola, Fla., where he met his wife, Gratia Brown. He later earned an MBA from Kent State in 1971.

John worked as a mechanical engineer for his entire career with Detroit Diesel and Terex, a division of General Motors, where he designed diesel engines for earth moving equipment.

John ran track and played ice hockey at Cranbrook and Yale and continued to play in hockey leagues until he was 78. When not watching hockey on TV, John could be found at the gym or riding 30-60 miles with various cycling clubs. He was an avid fan of classical music and Shakespeare. John

enjoyed singing in Yale’s Glee Club and in church choirs. He also enjoyed teasing and wrestling with his grandkids and taking them on ski trips.

John and Gratia were married in 1957 and moved to Washington D.C. to establish a family. John Jr. was born in 1958 in Bethesda, Md. After moving to Birmingham, Mich., their family expanded again in 1960 with the birth of their second son, James Howard. The family later moved to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where the boys attended high school. After retiring, John and Gratia moved to Tucson, Ariz., finally settling in Davis in 2011.

John Sr. reveled in raising his sons. He coached them in sports, canoed rivers in the mid-West and Canada with them, played countless hours of catch and sat patiently at swim meets. He organized many family cross-country camping trips to expose his sons to the wonders of U.S. and Canadian national parks and historic monuments. Throughout their marriage of 63 years, John and Gratia traveled the world and kept fit by biking, skiing, golfing and playing tennis.

John is survived by his sister Elizabeth, wife Gratia, sons John Jr. and Jim, grandchildren Patrick, Erik, Haley, Nathaniel and Helen and great-granddaughter Elin.

John was interred at the Veterans’ Cemetery in Dixon in a private military-honors ceremony.

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REFORM: Ten more events on schedule

From Page A1 the recent police killings of Black men and women as well as the infamous 2011 incident at UC Davis when a campus police officer pepper-sprayed nonviolent student protesters who were seated in the Quad.

That incident prompted some campus safety reforms nearly a decade ago. “Since the incident, the campus leadership and several UC Davis police chiefs, including the current once, have worked to change the culture and systems in place and reform the practices of the UC Davis Police Department,” the report states.

One reform that was immediately implemented was a policy that police can only respond to campus protests if they are authorized to do so by the chancellor or provost. In 2014, UC Davis established a Police Accountability Board that has the authority to investigate and evaluate claims seeking discipline of police officers.

With a focus on racial justice, the task force is now looking to make new reforms. “Nobody can reasonably deny that, despite the best of intentions of many Americans, racial injustice in the United States unfortunately has been an enduring feature of U.S. social life,” the report states. “The university needs a public safety function that addresses the diverse needs of all UC Davis, including making every member of our community feel physically and mentally safe.”

In one task force meeting, the student members of the task force raised several concerns, including the lack of connection between the police and the community, the need for the police to build trust with students, general fear of the police, a perceived lack of transparency in policing, and immigrant students’ fear of law enforcement.

In its preliminary report, the task force made eight initial recommendations for reforms, ranging from issues of transparency to how the police respond to mental health crises.

The first recommendation is for campus police to improve communications about how police officers are achieving the department’s public safety goals.

“The student community, but also faculty, staff, and other community members, in particular would benefit from information about public safety functions at UC Davis,” the report states. In line with that recommendation, the task force advised that UC Davis “engage in a campus information campaign on public safety.”

Another of the preliminary recommendations is

that police evaluate the use of uniforms by their officers and consider wearing attire that identifies them as police but is not a police uniform. “Many students and other community members feel intimidated by police officers in uniform,” the reports states.

In 2019, the UC Davis student government put forward a resolution to disarm campus police. The resolution failed but the topic has remained a point of controversy, which the task force acknowledged.

“The fact that the police force is armed alone creates a significant divide between police officers and community members,” the report states, adding that the task force will consider the issue this spring.

Additionally, the task force recommended that the UC Davis Police Department continue exploring the possibility of sending mental health and social workers, instead of police officers, to respond to calls that involve mental health emergencies.

“The Task Force will think about redefining what the campus wants in public safety measures, including possibly narrowing the scope of the duties of police officers,” the report states.

According to the report, task force members “expressed deep reservations” about the possibility of abolishing the UC Davis Police Department — which some students and faculty have called for — after they learned it would mean ceding the department’s responsibilities to the Yolo County Sheriff ’s Office. The report indicated that abolition will be a topic of discussion at the forthcoming town halls.

The first of 11 town hall events scheduled for this quarter was held Tuesday with undergraduate students. Future town halls, which are scheduled through March 23, will be held with campus staff, faculty, students from the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, faculty from the School of Medicine, international students, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and alumni and community members.

There will also be two town halls, scheduled for Feb. 22 and March 23, that will be open to the general public.

“Extensive and meaningful community input is essential,” the report states.

After receiving feedback from the community and various campus groups, the task force plans to complete its work and deliver a final report this June.

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net.

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Multi-sport athletes pressured to choose one sport

By Sean Gallagher HUB Staff Davis High sports teams just got the go-ahead to begin practices. But, with spring, fall and winter sports overlapping, multisport athletes are asked to choose just one sport to participate in.

Athletic guidelines set into place by the California Department of Health and the California Interscholastic Federation prevent student athletes from participating in more than one team during the same season, including club teams and any other team not affiliated with Davis Joint Unified School District.

DJUSD must embrace these guidelines. The DHS athletic department recently sent a statement to parents and athletes that said, “We cannot allow students to participate in any other programs while participating on a DJUSD sponsored team.”

Senior Grace Heringer plays lacrosse and volleyball for the high school and her club team. “I haven’t decided (which sport to play) yet because I just don’t know for sure what

will happen. Since things seem to change every week, I’m not sure what to expect, or if we’ll even get seasons,” Heringer said. “I just really don’t want to have to choose.”

While all teams can start practicing, different sports must meet different conditions to compete.

Yolo County is still in the most restricitive purple tier, allowing only sports like snowboarding, cross country, tennis, skiing, golf and swimming to compete.

Women’s lacrosse and field hockey can begin games when Yolo county moves into the less restrictive red tier, while soccer and volleyball players won’t see competition until Yolo moves into the orange, moderate tier.

Senior Amanda Berry is currently involved in lacrosse and soccer for the high school and her club team. Like many, Berry will have to be forced to choose one team once

going to have trouble fielding a J.V. team this spring.

We have five to six upperclassmen who are planning to play lacrosse... due to the pandemic, it has been hard to recruit freshmen,” “We Hogan said. are Despite the lack of athletes Hogan feels confident that she will have a strong varsity team even if she needs to pull up several sophomores.

Hogan supports all of her athletes in whatever sport they choose espeteams like cially since there may field hockey be better playing to have opportunities in other enough sports. players.

According “We may not be to head allowed to play many varsity games in our season field due to the current CIF rule that does not allow teams to cross more than one county to play. Most of the teams in our league

Grace Herringer/courtesy photos are in the North section and more Senior Grace Heringer has to choose between lacrosse and volleyball this year. than one county competition starts.

“I haven’t really decided what I am going to do yet. I honestly am just holding out hope that COVID restrictions will be relaxed a bit so that I can play soccer and some lacrosse as well since it’s my senior year,” Berry said.

The new guidelines make it difficult for

hockey coach Beth Hogan, almost half of her team consists of multisport athletes.

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away,” Hogan said.

The overlap in fall, spring and winter sports also brings potential scheduling challenge when it comes to sharing the facilities at Davis High such as the track and the gym.

However, Hogan hasn’t experienced any issues so far.

“Currently besides worrying about hitting track athletes with our field hockey balls, we are practicing in the earlier afternoon. So it’s actually easier than fall when we have to compromise with football,” Hogan said.

According to Heringer, she and her teammates’ decision on which team to play for will come down to which team will get to play for longer, especially for athletes looking to get recruited.

“Most of my teammates have said that they’ll play club over school, which will take even more athletes from the school teams. I really wish they would get rid of that rule for just this year. I still haven’t decided what I’ll do in that regard,” Heringer said.

Opinion: When should students return to campus?

We must go back now for the We are not ready to go back in-person just yet sake of our students

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avis High students should transition to a mix of in-person and online hybrid instruction before the end of the school year. The cost of not attending school has fallen heavily on low-income students whose comparative lack of access to learning resources has made it harder for them to participate in class.

Many students find it difficult to actively engage in class lessons that are occurring on screen. Zoom classrooms are often composed of a majority of students with their video cameras off and some students are unresponsive.

A study by the independent consulting group McKinsey suggested that districts with minimal experience with online instruction before the pandemic are finding that their students have lost 3 to 4 months of learning that they would have had in a typical instructional environment. Average-level is defined as districts that transitioned to online school suddenly and with minimal experience with online instruction before the pandemic.

School data cannot account for many chronic absences during online instruction because they are difficult to track.

Students may appear to be attending class but may not actually be present or are distracted. Youtube and other

online entertainment are available with a click of the mouse as a gratifying alternative to class and can be run alongside Zoom, obscuring the drastic lack of active learners in many classes.

The loss of traditional benchmarks of progress, such as graduation and prom disincentivizes attendance.

This process has been disrupted by the social-distancing requirements of the pandemic and resulted in students who would otherwise be motivated to attend school because of their peers to not attend.

The impact of chronic absences on educational attainment, the alarming rate of dropouts from school and the increasing disparities between lowincome students and their peers indicate the need for students to return at the least to hybrid in-person instruction.

Some are afraid that in-person school will not be safe. However, many Davis High sports teams have been running safe practices for several months. The same must be done for students falling behind due to missing school.

The success of nearby private schools such as Woodland Christian and St. Francis in holding safe in-person schools demonstrates that transitioning to hybrid learning is possible.

Hybrid instruction will require educators to be flexible in their problem solving and incorporate nontraditional classroom styles to promote safety but is key to increasing student participation.

Once a small handful of teachers are vaccinated, the district should prioritize beginning a hybrid model of instruction.

The hybrid learning model will be a safe environment that will encourage students who have struggled through the visual teaching style of Zoom and the trauma of months of isolation to engage in their classes.

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harm the stability that schools have been working to establish. “Learning virtually may not be ideal, but we have created routines and there is security in routines,” Baker said.

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Potential disorder aside, returning teachers to classrooms before they are vaccinated would put them at unnecessary risk.

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oll out of bed, flip open the laptop, plunk down in the desk chair. Open the Zoom meeting only to be greeted by a teacher accompanied by rows of black boxes with the names of unfamiliar students. Distance learning is undoubtedly challenging, for students and teachers alike, but now is not the time to go back to in-person learning.

With less than a semester of the school left, it does not make sense to begin a transition to a new model of learning.

“In a school year where one of the primary goals was to create a stable experience for students, throwing us back into the classroom in the middle of the year only disrupts that stability,” Davis High English teacher Christine Baker said in a public comment to the Davis Joint Unified School District Board of Education Feb. 4.

Public schools in the area have attempted to return to in-person learning with mixed success. KCRA3 News reported that Roseville High School reopened on Jan. 5 only to go back to distance learning from Jan. 14 to 22 after 18 teachers were sent into quarantine.

With the uncertainty of an in-person or hybrid learning model, it would

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Public schools are given the responsibility of providing parents with child care, feeding students and providing mental health care. With school closures, the schools’ heavy burden of responsibility has become increasingly apparent.

So many students are struggling right now and our sole answer to the overwhelming issue is to return students to classrooms. So I ask you, as members of the Davis community, how can we better support our students and teachers during this time? What are we doing to protect the mental and physical wellbeing of all of our students until it is definitively safe to return to school?

As a community, we could have prioritized sending students back to school with stricter COVID-19 regulations from the get-go and yet we prioritized opening bars, restaurants and allowing sports. As a result, our community is not ready for in-person instruction.

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The Fly Fishers of Davis will hear from Ernie Gulley, via a Zoom webinar, who will talk about “Chironomids from Top to Bottom,” at the monthly meeting set for Tuesday, Feb. 23.

This meeting is for everyone who ever wondered why other anglers are consistently catching fish. Gulley will share his philosophy and tactics on becoming a better and more consistent angler. He has been aggressively fishing and guiding in one of the toughest and technical stillwaters in the West and wants to share this knowledge. He will show his leader setups, types of fly rods and reels, fly lines, fly patterns and the chironomid life cycle.

He will also share how and when to put fly patterns at the proper depth. Depth, color and size of flies in that order are the most important aspect of learning how to fish chironomids successfully. He will share his secrets of success from thousands of hours on the water.

Gulley was born in Southern California, and started fishing with his father as soon as he could walk. At age 7, he and his family moved to New Orleans where he learned how to fish Lake Pontchartrain for speckled trout and other saltwater species. Later, he moved back to SoCal and began fishing Lake Crowley, Bridgeport Reservoir and many lakes in Utah, Idaho and Nevada. He resides in Riverside with his

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In 1997 his curiosity about fly fishing began and a true love affair was born. He was mentored by Bob Slamal, one of his legends in the fly fishing industry, and he also joined many local fly fishing clubs to learn as much as he could. In 2007, he won the “Double Hall in the Fall” tournament at Lake Crowley, now his home waters for guiding; this is where he won both individual and team division titles.

He is a professional fly fishing guide in Southern California and the eastern Sierra, with 23 years of experience, and is known as one of the Sierra’s premier stillwater guides. Even when he is finished guiding for the day, he’s back out on the water until sunset, always exploring, testing, observing, analyzing and putting in the

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extra time and effort to master his craft. His philosophy is simple: You can always learn something new every time you are on the water.

Gulley is a “Pro Ambassador” for the Hardy Fly Fishing Company and the Cortland Line Company, among others. He takes great pride in sharing his knowledge of fly fishing and his greatest passion is teaching stillwater fly fishing tactics.

Learn more at www. erniegulley.com.

The Fly Fishers of Davis club usually meets to swap fish stories at 7:30 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month in the multipurpose room at Harper Junior High School.

During the pandemic, the club has been meeting virtually through Zoom. The meetings are free and open to newcomers and guests. For information, visit https:// flyfishersofdavis.org/about/ faq.

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Dept: #9 Room: N/A The address of the court is 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Date: January 14, 2021 Daniel M. Wolk Judge of the Superior Court 1032 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CV2021-0061 1. Md Nazmul Huda & Mst Rashida Akter on behalf of Rushdan Huda Najib, a minor, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Rushdan Huda Najib to Rushdan Najib Huda 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: March 3, 2021 Time: 9 a.m.

Dept: #9 Room: N/A The address of the court is 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Date: January 14, 2021 Daniel M. Wolk Judge of the Superior Court 1131 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17 NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Notice is hereby given pursuant to California Business and Professional Codes #21700-21716, Section 2328 of the UCC of the Penal Code, Section 535 the undersigned, Storquest Express Self Storage of Woodland, will sell at public sale by competitive bidding the personal property of: Name: Shane Wright, Adam Luster, Xiao Lan, Hu, Christine Mendez, Matthew Thiecke, James, Cullison, Megan Lusk, Joseph Hernandez. Property to be sold: household goods, furniture, appliances, clothes, toys, tools, boxes & contents. Auctioneer Company: www. storagetreasures.com The Sale will end at

New data indicates that electric vehicles may not be an easy future substitute for the gasoline-powered fleet, as EVs are currently being used half as much as conventional cars.

That is according to a white paper published from the University of Chicago, UC Davis and UC Berkeley.

As the Biden administration voices its commitment to moving the country toward electric vehicles, or EVs, and states like California work to ban the sale of new fully gas-powered cars in the next 15 years, the pledge for an EVpowered fleet leaves a question unanswered: Are consumers actually driving them? New research shows EVs are being driven far less than policymakers think.

“There’s still so much we don’t know about the costs and benefits of EVs, so it seems appropriate to have some humility around this energy transition,” said co-author David Rapson, an associate professor at the UC Davis Economics Department. “Approaches that leave multiple technology pathways open are desirable; bans and mandates seem premature.”

The research team combined billions of hourly electricity meter measurements with address-level EV registration records in California — home to about half of the EVs in the United States. They find that the arrival of an EV increases household electricity consumption by 2.9 kilowatt hours per day — less than half the amount assumed by state regulators.

Adjusted for the share of out-ofhome charging, the electricity consumed translates to about 5,300 electric vehicle miles traveled, or eVMT, per year, roughly half as large

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STATEMENT (A registrant who declares as true Filed: January 21, 2021 information which he or she knows to be FBN Number: F20210062 false is guilty of a crime.)

1. Fictitious Business Name(s) 6. Signature of Registrant(s): Wolfgang Services Jennifer Tan 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24 1146 Principal Place of Business in California.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER Business is located in Yolo County.

ESTATE OF 880 Alvarado Ave., Apt. 139 Salvadore Saragoza, Jr. Davis, CA 95616 CASE NO. PR2021-0023 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, Residence Address, State, and Zip contingent creditors, and persons who Robert Connor Wolfgang Kearny may otherwise be interested in the will or 880 Alvarado Ave., Apt. 139 estate, or both, of: Salvador Saragoza, Jr. Davis, CA 95616 A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The by: Annette S. Saragoza in the Superior Registrant(s) commenced to transact Court of California, County of: Yolo business under the fictitious business THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Annette S. Saragoza be appointed name or names listed above on: as personal representative to administer January 1, 2021 “I declare that all information in the estate of the decedent. this statement is true and correct.” THE PETITION requests authority (A registrant who declares as true to administer the estate under the information which he or she knows to be Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal false is guilty of a crime.) representative to take many actions 6. Signature of Registrant(s): without obtaining court approval. Before Robert Connor Wolfgang Kearny 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17 1136 taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME be required to give notice to interested STATEMENT persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

Filed: January 25, 2021 The independent administration FBN Number: F20210068 authority will be granted unless an 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) interested person files an objection to Genied 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of the petition and shows good cause why Principal Place of Business in California. the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be Business is located in Yolo County. held on March 23, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.

3558 Mono Place Dept.: N/A located at 1000 Main Street, Davis, CA 95618 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Woodland, CA 95695.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of Residence Address, State, and Zip the petition, you should appear at the Ayon Kabir hearing and state your objections or file 3558 Mono Place written objections with the court before Davis, CA 95618 the hearing. Your appearance may be in 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The person or by your attorney.

Registrant(s) commenced to transact IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent business under the fictitious business creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy name or names listed above on: N/A “I declare that all information in to the personal representative appointed this statement is true and correct.” by the court within the later of either (A registrant who declares as true (1) four months from the date of first information which he or she knows to be issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) false is guilty of a crime.) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 6. Signature of Registrant(s): days from the date of mailing or personal Ayon Kabir 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24 1145 delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Other California statutes and legal STATEMENT authority may affect your rights as Filed: January 8, 2021 a creditor. You may want to consult FBN Number: F20210023 with an attorney knowledgeable in 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) California law.

Syrendell YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of court. If you are a person interested in Principal Place of Business in California. the estate, you may file with the court a Business is located in Yolo County.

Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) 2754 Ganges Place of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or Davis, CA 95616 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice Residence Address, State, and Zip

10:00 AM, February 18, 2021. Goods must be paid in CASH at site and removed at completion of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

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as EV driving estimates used by regulators and also half as large as vehicle miles traveled in gasoline-powered cars.

“The takeaway here is not that EVs should never or will never be our future,” said co-author Fiona Burlig, an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. “It’s rather that policymakers may be underestimating the costs of going fully electric.”

The research also studied different types of EVs and found that Teslas consume almost twice the amount of electricity per hour than the others studied. This is likely due to a combination of factors, including Tesla’s higher battery capacity.

“There are several potential explanations for why EVs are driven much less than conventional cars, and unpacking these reasons is next on our research agenda,” said co-author James Bushnell, a professor at the UC Davis economics department, who also noted that California’s high electricity prices may be a factor. “It is important to understand why EVs are being driven so much less in order to properly way that costs and benefits of EV policy and maximize environmental benefits.”

“Along with incentivizing people to purchase and drive EVs, policymakers should be investing in the infrastructure needed to ensure that EVs take full advantage of renewable sources of electricity,” said co-author Catherine Wolfram, Cora Jane Flood professor of business administration at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.

“Doing so ensures that EVs follow through as a vital pathway for pollution reduction.”

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Signed: Michael T. Holy Attorney for petitioner Sacramento, CA 95818 916-542-1867 2/7, 2/10, 2/14 1150 PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL #02-2021 Turnkey Furniture Supplier Davis Joint Unified School District (“District”) is requesting a turnkey furniture supplier utilizing cooperative pricing to provide design, project management and furniture solutions to the District for new furniture for new construction, expansion, modernization, and/or renovation projects (“Project”, “Projects”, or “Project(s)” relating to the District’s facilities development of its public schools under the Measure “M” Bond Program (“Program”). Furniture solutions are required for the Early Learning Center at Korematsu Campus, Emerson Jr. High Science Classrooms, DA Vinci Charter High School Tech Hub, Elementary School Multi-Purpose Rooms at Birch Lane ES, Cesar Chavez ES, North Davis ES, and Willett ES, and the Davis Senior High School STEM building.

At this time, the District is requesting proposals for design, project management and furniture solutions from respondents interested in being considered for the Projects noted above under this Program. Based upon the information presented in the Proposals, the District’s Selection Committee will choose to contract with one or more vendor(s) who operate in the educational market segment and demonstrate the most qualified capability to provide turnkey services and the greatest overall benefit to the District.

The Request for Proposals (“RFP”), which includes instructions for its completion, is available from the District’s website at the following link: https://djusd. net/departments/capital_operations/ capital_improvement Respondents to this RFP shall submit a completed Proposal by email attachment in pdf format conforming to the requirements of this RFP to: DAVIS JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 1919 Fifth Street Davis, CA 95616 ATTN: David Burke, Director of Capital Operations RE: RFP #02-2021 Dburke@djusd.net & amy@visionsmgmt.com Questions regarding this RFP may be directed to both David Burke (dburke@djusd.net) and Amy Garber amy@visionsmgmt.com and must be submitted in writing on or by 5:00:00 PM on Tuesday, February 16, 2021.

Answers will be emailed and posted on the District website on Friday, February 19, 2021.

ALL RESPONSES ARE DUE ON OR BY 5:00:00 PM ON Friday, February 26, 2021. Proposals received after this date and time will not be accepted and will be returned unopened.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: February 1, 2021 FBN Number: F20210095 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Just Like a Dream 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

1557 Griffith Drive Woodland, CA 95776 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Michele Hardy 1557 Griffith Drive Woodland, CA 95776 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”

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

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Michele Hardy 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, 3/3 1152

The Davis Enterprise is giving away prizes to people who shop local for Valentine’s Day! INCLUDED IN EACH BASKET: Wine from Turkovich Family Wines • Coffee from Steady Eddy’s • Olive Oil, Vinegar, Wild Flower Honey and more from Davis Home Trends • Gourmet Truffles from the Candy house and other goodies!

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Only one entry per person. Send receipts to The Davis Enterprise at 315 G Street, Davis CA 95616 postmarked by 2/15/21. Winners will be contacted by 2/22/21.

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Still bumpy ride for Yolo roads Help business O climate by reforming AB5 ne blessing of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the dramatic increase in cycling for transportation and recreation across the U.S. American commuters who previously took a subway or bus to work feel safer from the virus riding a bike. People whose gyms closed or whose indoor fitness classes were canceled bought new bicycles and are exercising outdoors.

I’ve seen a substantial increase in cyclists riding our rural roads. Especially when the weather is nice, it’s common to find twice as many people pedaling to and from Winters, Woodland and Dixon as I would pass on a typical pre-pandemic day.

Yet a challenge on some rural roads in our region is perilous pavement — protrusions, potholes, ruts, cracks and chasms.

Public television travel expert Rick Steves says, “You need to take risks, get out of your comfort zone, have a positive attitude and enjoy the bumps in the road.” I’m all for enjoying the bumps in the road — except when they cause a bruised backside, a torn tire or a calamitous crash.

A good example of a nice ride marred by bumps in the road is the trip from West Sacramento to Clarksburg along the Sacramento River.

The riparian views are lovely.

The old oaks and vast vineyards are impressive. But the 6-mile stretch of South River Road from West Sacramento to Freeport Bridge is literally a pain in the posterior.

As far as I can tell from riding on it dozens of times, that segment has not been fully repaved in decades.

Because the asphalt surface sits on a levee, the road is probably more prone to settling than one built on the

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s California inches toward progress on COVID-19 vaccinations, we must face overlapping challenges of an unprecedented health crisis and an economic crisis. At the top of the list of issues we must deal with: California’s business climate; it is one of the worst in the country.

Once the pandemic tore through our communities, small businesses were forced to shut their doors and jobs were lost at a speed that no one could have prepared for.

And now, what we need is to get people safely back to work, and we need to do it fast.

A year ago, Assembly Bill 5 was enacted into law. While Proposition 22 saved the day for gig economies and Assembly Bill 2257 created a carveout for professional services and music, we need to consider the outlying small businesses that have still been impacted.

AB 5 and COVID-19 was a double punch for so many businesses and employers in this state.

We have seen the consequences of reclassifying certain categories of independent contractors as employees.

When the bill became law, Californians lost their flexibility to work their own schedules and be their own boss. Employers were required to provide their employees benefits, restrict them to work for one entity and totally revamp their business models in order to accommodate.

On top of the new costs and logistics of hiring a worker full time rather than as an independent contractor, lawsuits over classification shortly followed.

The loss of the majority of independent contracting work in California equals a massive loss in jobs.

And today, it means limited opportunities for work, exacerbating the unemployment crisis brought about by COVID-19.

In addition to job loss, employers are faced with the burden of making sure that they are properly classifying their employees, at risk of being fined, or worse, sued.

natural lay of the land.

In place of reconstruction, Yolo County has repeatedly repaired small sections where the tarmac disintegrated and plugged potholes with new asphalt. But new craters regularly appear where old gaps had been patched. The result is a really rough ride.

Fortunately, there is hope on the horizon. Todd Riddiough, Yolo County’s principal civil engineer, told me in a recent email that plans are in place to fix this fiasco this year.

“It’s an approximate 8-mile long major rehab/ maintenance project currently in design from the city of West Sacramento to Rose Road (just north of Clarksburg) on top of the Sacramento River levee,” Mr. Riddiough wrote. “The roadwork portion of the project is planned to be entirely paid for with SB-1 funds.”

That is the money Yolo County has received from the increase in the fuels tax passed by the state legislature in 2017. All cities and counties in California receive SB-1 funds for road repairs and maintenance projects.

Every month, local governments get an SB-1 deposit from the state. Since last September, Yolo County has taken in an average of $381,000 per month.

For the last two years, our county has been banking SB-1 funds for the South River Road project. Currently, the Road Maintenance

and Rehabilitation Account has $8,423,282 available. According to Riddiough, that will cover the entire hard cost of the roadwork.

The county has budgeted $186,293 — from the general fund — to pay for pre-construction and planning expenses.

The project also includes replacing 2.16 miles of guardrails. Mr. Riddiough explained to me that the expense “will be reimbursed with Highway Safety Improvement Program funding.”

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he South River Road project is not the only place Yolo County is fixing its roads.

Since the passage of SB-1, the county partially used this funding source to upgrade or rebuild parts of County Road 13 and CR 14 in the Zamora area; CR 85 near Capay; Second Street in Yolo; and a 2-mile section of CR 27 northeast of Winters.

There have also been rehabilitation projects on County Road 29 northwest of Davis; on CR 102 near Knights Landing; CR 22 east of Woodland; and Old River Road north of West Sacramento.

Just as the city of Davis is doing, Yolo County’s pavement projects include coating asphalt that is currently in good condition with a slurry seal to extend the life of the tarmac. Other county roads have been chip-sealed.

Seals are cost-effective measures. But they don’t repair or improve surfaces that are in poor or failed condition.

Certainly, SB-1 funds are an important source — sometimes the only source — for the projects described above.

The problem is they are insufficient.

Not counting roads within incorporated cities, Yolo

County has approximately 755 miles of “maintained” roadways. In 2014, the California State and Local Roads Needs Assessment found that Yolo County’s average pavement condition was in “poor” shape.

The updated 2018 assessment was essentially the same — giving a PCI of approximately 49. (Including the four incorporated cities, the countywide PCI score was 58.)

While all California counties are struggling to fix their failed roads and keep pavement in good condition, Yolo County’s challenge is especially tough.

On the revenue side, Yolo County has suffered from a severe shortage of sales tax and property tax dollars ever since the 1987 incorporation of West Sacramento.

To make matters worse, since 1992, when the state approved the educational revenue augmentation fund (ERAF), Yolo County has lost tens of millions of local property tax dollars. No county in California has been as badly harmed by ERAF as Yolo County has.

But our problem is not just one of revenues. Like the city of Davis, Yolo County is overwhelmed paying the unsustainable medical and pension benefits of its current and former employees and retirees. This pension predicament keeps getting worse.

While I’m comforted that the ride to Clarksburg will be much smoother later this year, the unsolved budgetary bind of Yolo County ensures bountiful bumpy roads ahead.

— Rich Rifkin is a Davis resident; his column is published every other week.

Reach him at Lxartist@ yahoo.com.

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he lawsuits that followed AB 5’s enactment take extraneous time both on the companies and civil justice system. It wasn’t just Uber and Lyft that faced litigation — local businesses everywhere struggled to adhere to the new regulation.

In fact, because AB 5 is set up to be applied retroactively, not only can an employer be sued for misclassifying an employer today, they can be sued for a misclassification that happened any time in the past four years.

These cases are still being litigated in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ever since its passage, AB 5 has become a trial attorney’s favorite new excuse to bring suit against hardworking business owners in order to make a profit.

With its technicalities and its retroactive application, AB 5 simply makes it too easy for entrepreneurial lawyers to take advantage of the law. So, lawsuit after lawsuit continues to be filed, and business after business will continue to go under.

It costs a lot of time and resources to fight off a lawsuit, and California business owners simply can’t afford the risk given the fragility of the economy.

When AB 5 was enacted a year ago, no one saw the COVID crisis on the horizon.

But today, it is just one more reason to scrap AB 5.

It’s time we bring proper reform to this destructive law so that California can finally have the chance to recover from the economic, coronavirus-led recession, without these roadblocks in their way.

— Manuel Cosme Jr. is a small business tax specialist at Vacaville-based Professional Small Business Services Inc. He is the former chair of the California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the NFIB California Leadership Council. He wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.

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“It doesn’t matter who the opponent is, if we bring that sense of defensive energy and play composed on offense, we always give ourselves a great chance.”

Jennifer Gross UC Davis women’s basketball head coach

Back to Big West business for UCD

Aggie guard Mackenzie Trpcic (00) drives against an Oregon defender in Saturday’s game.

By Bruce Gallaudet

solid game from guard Mackenzie Trpcic.

The senior transfer from the University Enterprise sports editor at Albany had 13 assists (one off Molly After taking then-No. 12 Oregon down Gruebel’s school mark of 14) and eight to the wire on Saturday, the UC Davis rebounds. Her early 3-pointers served women have even more important tasks at noticed that Oregon would have to bring it hand this weekend when they head south on that night. to meet front-running Long Beach “I thought Mackenzie was exceptional State in a Friday-Saturday Big West in every way: really pushing the pace for crucial series. us on offense, getting our team great The Aggies, (5-1, 4-0) meet a shots,” Gross points out. “She and 49ers’ crew that has won 10 Kayla (Konrad) hitting those first straight and is particularly couple of threes just to get us tough at the Walter Pyramid. going ... That was huge. Those Long Beach is 11-1 overall shots early gave us a lot of and 10-0 in conference. confidence early.”

“That’s what we preIt was a second-half pare for … big games,” 13-0 run by Oregon UCD coach Jennifer that changed the Gross told The Enteradvantage, but Davis prise. “To play Oregon, to took a 46-42 lead into the final go on the road and take on 10 minutes.

Long Beach.

“It was fun to have the “We’re excited. For us, it’s opportunity to compete with what we always talk about: one of the top teams in the home, road, it doesn’t matter. country, to test ourselves,” We’re always going to bring an the head woman, now in incredible amount of focus and her 10th year at the helm, energy to the court. explained. “It came at a “That’s the thing about UC good time and we really Davis basketball … that’s the thing had to take a big step forevery game: it doesn’t matter who ward with our rebounding the opponent is — if we bring that and our defense … sense of defensive energy and play composed on offense, we always “… And it was (rewardgive ourselves a great chance.” ing) to see our players Such was the case on Saturday execute our game plan as the Aggies roared unfazed and bring a lot of confiinto Pac-12 territory and scared dence to the court.” the beejeebers out of the Ducks.

The Aggies are a JENNIFER Up by as many as 6 points, tough out. It’s GROSS UCD was paced by another never just one

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player making a difference. Double post Sage Stobbart, the guards — like they did against Oregon — can pick you clean on the boards. Focus on wing Cierra Hall and things open for sophomore guard Evanne Turner (19 points versus the Ducks).

Konrad, Trpcic ... it doesn’t matter.

Somebody will get it done for these fourtime, defending regular-season Big West champions.

“Seeing different people emerge and gaining confidence with what they bring to the court,” Gross continued. “Certain nights, we need certain things from different people and everyone’s always ready to step up.”

And it will take another team effort this weekend if Long Beach is to be derailed.

In back-to-back wins over UC Santa Barbara, The Beach’s swingman Jasmine Hardy had two double-doubles and earned the Big West’s Player of the Week honors.

The junior set new career highs in points (19) and rebounds (14) on Friday then posted 15 points and 10 rebounds the following afternoon.

Hardy, rounding into shape after missing three games with injury, joins Justina

UC Davis women’s hoops

Next games: Friday and Saturday at Long Beach State, 4 p.m Listen: KDVS 90.3; Watch: ESPN3.

King (15 ppg) and Naomi Hunt (11.9) as the big three at Long Beach.

Notes: Despite their “quality” loss to Oregon, the Aggie women fell to No. 19 in the Collegeinsider.com mid-major Tuesday poll. ... While Gross and Crew mix it up down south, the Aggie men (4-6, 1-3) will be at The Pavilion against the 49ers (3-5, 2-2). ... UCD is coming off an encouraging split at CSUN. In addition to the normal all-league play of guard Ezra Manjon, Caleb Fuller had 44 combined points and Elijah Pepper accounted for 26 in the two games. ... For the women, both games will be streamed on ESPN3. All men’s and women’s outings tip off at 4 p.m. ... Apparently the Ducks hadn’t fully recovered from the UCD women’s visit, losing, 79-59, to No. Arizona at home on Monday.

Despite youth, Aggie softball rounds into shape n Editor’s note: This is the second part of a series looking at UC Davis diamond prospects. Today: Aggie softball.

By Bruce Gallaudet Enterprise sports editor “It’s really neat to see that we’re such a young team, but we’re young with experience,” believes UC Davis softball coach Erin Thorpe. “We’re going to be relying a lot on (veterans) Isabella Leon and Marissa Jauregui, our two fifth-year seniors, to really come in and lead us this year.”

And the charge these past two weeks since the Aggies have been back on the diamond?

“Get the young ones up to speed,” says Thorpe. “And so far they’re doing a great job.”

The Aggies didn’t quite make it to Big West play before youknow-what ended the season.

“But our focus is a little different this year.

We’re just hoping to get some games in and have some type of a closure for those fifth-year seniors.”

THORPE Head coach At first blush, Thorp’s term “young team” might go over one’s head. But a closer look reveals that the seventh-year Aggie mentor means it when she says “young team.”

After shortstop Leon and centerfield Jauregui — both back for a second senior year via special NCAA pandemic rules — UCD will field three sophomores and 10 freshmen from its 15-player roster.

Yep. Read that right — 10 freshman.

Doesn’t that give Thorpe pause, being so very young?

“It’s awesome. I’m really excited,” Thorpe told The Enterprise.

“When you have a young team like this, they get experience and have to mature quicker. Right?

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Aggie shortstop Isabella Leon fires to first during 2020 softball action. Leon and Marissa Jauregui are expected to provide veteran leadership for coach Erin Thorpe’s women.

“And this is always the fun thing: when you get a group together like we have … and they can play on the field together for four years. That’s really exciting, too.”

Thorpe admits there will be challenges, but adds: “We have a great group. These girls are committed, they want to play, they have fun with each other. They understand what we’re trying to do, who we’re trying to be.

“The future is bright.”

With the graduation of Katie Kibbie, the Aggie pitching staff will come down to three freshman hurlers.

(Remember, everybody who returned to Davis gets their 2020 year of elibility back, making a freshman-dominated team like the Aggies one with some experience.)

Back to the pitchers ...

“Freshman” Kenedi Brown of Sheldon High returns with her 4.08 earned average after going 5-5 with 59 strikeouts in 56 innings. Her colleagues in the

“We have a great group. ... The future is bright.”

Erin Thorpe Softball head coach circle will be Red Bluff native Sarah Reineman and Rocklin High product Taylor Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald elbowed her way into the fray as a 2020 Aggie, going 3-1 with a 3.03 ERA. For Reineman, her last complete season was with her prep Spartans — and it was a good one. The righty was 10-4, striking out 119 in 90 innings to go with a 1.56 ERA and 12 complete games.

While having some great pitching would certainly be a help, UCD will look to the offense to take pressure off that trio.

Oak Ridge High’s Leah Olson is a play-anywhere infielder who hit .265 with a home run and seven RBI in her “first” season as a freshman. In her second

go-round as a sophomore, Miramonte High’s Megan Bower (.237) is back in the outfield with infielder Sarah Starks, the Christopher High (Gilroy) infielder, returning for another freshman campaign. Starks hit two roundtrippers last spring.

But it should be the bats of Leon (.362 whose seven homers helped account for 59 runs), Sommer Kisling (West Torrance High) and Jauregui of Grand Terrace High (Fontana) who are expected to supply a lion’s share of the clout.

Kisling is coming off a .392 season. Her on-base percentage of .435 is best among returners and she scored 18 runs. Jauregui batted .297 and scored 20 times.

In hoping to put COVID constraints in the real-view mirror, Thorpe talked about what it was like during the seven-month pause in activity ...

“Oh man. It was so difficult.

But under the circumstances, because we were so disappointed having the season ripped away, we really had to focus on things

other than softball … “… Until we (saw things) ahead that were promising our return to the sport.

“Once we got back to campus in the fall, we were able to come out and have a pretty decent fall season, actually, being able to get more individual skill work done,” Thorpe continued.

Amid social distancing and wearing masks, “We were able to do more softball-specific work this fall, which was really nice.”

Off and on again since Jan. 12, Thorpe’s charges will open Thursday with a doubleheader against Cal Baptist, then two with Nevada the next day. Both twinbills start at 11 a.m. with games streamed at BigWest.org. On Feb. 21-20, the Aggies are at San Diego State for three.

Cal is on the agenda on March 13 at the four-game Bulldog Classic at Fresno State.

On March 20, the Aggies open Big West play at Cal State Fullerton.

Thorpe knows her team — and JAUREGUI the slated oppoHit .297 sition — have to last year be uber-careful about obeying all protocols to keep 2021 moving forward.

“We talked about it a lot,” the coach points out. “Within our COVID policies, we’ve been able to be out here, six feet apart for the first time (since last March).”

“Last three weekends we’ve been able to get three intrasquads in. It felt pretty nice being able to do that.”

As for the season itself?

“No expectations, and just go out there and have fun,” Thorpe concludes. “Be as good as you were as a senior (in high school) and see happens. Let’s go!”

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