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Members of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department drug lab investigation team confer Friday outside the Creekside Apartments, where Davis police discovered a suspected drug lab the night before.
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Meanwhile, police evacuated several of the apartment’s surrounding units following the discovery, affecting about seven people who received temporary
During the summer of 2018, the relationship between the city of Davis and UC Davis seemed to have reached a nadir, complete with threats of litigation. Earlier that year, both the city and Yolo County had called on UC Davis to help alleviate the region’s housing crisis by building more student housing on MAY campus. UC Davis Over the years, as chancellor university enrollment had increased and on-campus housing had not, more and more students were spilling into the city and even further into the county in search of housing, packing into single-family homes and exacerbating the housing shortage. In a resolution passed by the Yolo County Board of Supervisors, and in the city’s response to an environmental impact report prepared for the UC Davis Long Range Development Plan, UC Davis was urged to commit to housing more students. Davis officials wanted more density
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Police discover alleged drug lab BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer Police officers serving a search warrant at an East Davis apartment Thursday night stumbled upon a suspected drug lab, triggering evacuations and a hazardous-material investigation that lasted well into the day Friday. “This caught us by surprise,” Paul Doroshov, deputy chief of the Davis Police Department, said of the discovery at Creekside Apartments, 2990 Fifth St. That’s where members of the
police department’s communityoriented policing unit arrived at about 9:45 p.m. to serve the warrant, which Doroshov said involved a drug-trafficking investigation. Finding no one home, officers forced entry into the apartment.
being used to manufacture the hallucinogenic drug DMT, formally known as N,NDimethyltryptamine, though the state Department of Justice will perform further testing to confirm that suspicion, Doroshov noted.
“When they went in, they basically discovered what appeared to be a drug lab,” prompting the officers to retreat and seal the apartment in order to avoid exposure to caustic chemicals and fumes, Doroshov said.
Davis police summoned a drug lab investigation team from the Sacramento County Sheriff ’s Department to assist with further investigation and hazardous-materials cleanup.
Police believe the lab was
the complex parking lot, which was cordoned off with yellow crime-scene tape. A staff member on the property declined to comment on the incident. Police made no related arrests as of Saturday, but Doroshov said that is part of the ongoing investigation.
Multiple police units remained Friday afternoon in
UCD, Gotham Greens announce partnership BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer Gotham Greens, a Brooklyn-based greenhouse company, announced a partnership with UC Davis this week geared around a new state-of-theart greenhouse slated to open later this year in Dixon. The 10-acre greenhouse will employ up to 60 people and produce more than 6 million heads of lettuce per year, according to a Gotham Greens press release. The company is a pioneer in indoor agriculture, having launched the United States’ first commercial-scale rooftop greenhouse nearly a decade
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Gotham Greens currently and owns and manages greenhouses in New York, Illinois, Rhode Island, Maryland and Colorado. Its products are sold in more than 40 U.S. states and 2,000 retail stores. “We are proud to bring Gotham Greens to the West Coast and partner with one of the highest-ranked agricultural research centers in the world to advance the entire agriculture system,” said Viraj Puri, Co-Founder and CEO of Gotham Greens.
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The Davis school board unanimously approved a plan Thursday to launch a hybrid learning model in district schools April 12 that will run for the remainder of the school year. The plan is contingent on COVID-19 conditions remaining stable and the continued availability of vaccine doses for education workers. As part of the approved motion, the board also approved on-campus “welcome back to school” activities starting on April 5, and directed staff to
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number of months ago in this space we were talking about a woman in Millarville, Alberta, who injured her back when she sat down in a defective chair and is thus no longer able to live in her $1.7 million dream home in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. Actually, one of our daughters heard about this story before I did, but as sometimes happens with second-hand information, a few details were lost in the translation from Canadian to Californian. As the story was told to our daughter, this kind Albertan named Alla Wagner was holding an essay contest to give away her 5,000-square foot home to the most compelling entry, with the winner then being able to buy the house for a mere $25. In actuality, the $25 is an entry fee for all contestants, with the stipulation that if fewer than 68,000 entries are received, the deal is off and all that cash will be returned to sender. Additionally, if someone comes along and is willing to pay the full asking price, they don’t even need to write an essay. The home will be theirs and the contest will be canceled.
In other words, Alla plans to get that $1.7 million one way or the other. I don’t know about you, but unless Ella is a speed-reader, I doubt she’ll be able to plow through 68,000 entries and notify the winner before Christmas of 2030. Still, when I first heard about this contest I was intrigued enough to give it a shot. Then again, I’m virtually certain either a winner has been declared already or the contest has been canceled for any one of a dozen reasons. But I’m going to go at this as if it’s still alive and kicking. I should note that twenty-five dollars is not exactly chump change in my neighborhood. Then again, we don’t have any $1.7 million homes on my street either. According to the official Contest Terms & Conditions, there is a
350-word limit, but “You may choose the format — letter, essay or simply a few paragraphs.” In other words, it’s going to cost me approximately 7 cents a word to win this house. Sounds like a bargain to me. Additionally, “The story should be about you and why you should win this contest.” After much thought, I have decided to use the letter format. Here goes.
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ear Alla — I’m sorry about your back. If you decide to call off the contest and continue to live in your dream home, I’ll be disappointed, but I’ll understand. “As much as I would hate to leave East Davis, the kids are growing before my very eyes and we really could use the extra square footage your home provides. “Plus, there’s just something so special about the Canadian Rockies. I mean, if you didn’t believe in God before seeing Lake Louise and the Athabasca Glacier, you certainly would afterward. “I am also fond of your healthcare system, your stirring national anthem, ‘O Canada’ and all those things that western Canada is famous for, including elk and
bison and wolves and moose, not to mention Moosehead. “Additionally, I think it would be good for the kids to learn the metric system through total immersion in their day to day lives. As long as they live in the land of yards, feet and inches, they’ll never be able to gain a true appreciation of meters, centimeters and kilometers. “Having to constantly convert Centigrade to Fahrenheit before deciding whether to put on their mittens can only be good for their rapidly developing brains. “Plus, my sweetheart is a Montana native and she says she really misses the snow. “All in all, it’s a win-win for our entire family. “Because I believe that shipping American money to Alberta would violate several provisions of NAFTA, I have enclosed 10 Toonies and 5 Loonies left over from our honeymoon a few years back in Victoria. “We have the U-Haul packed and are ready to roll in your direction. Our compass points north and we anxiously await your response. “All the best, Bob.” — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
Davis schools brace for looming enrollment drop BY EDWARD BOOTH Enterprise staff writer The Davis school board received a presentation Thursday on enrollment projections that indicate the district will continue to have a declining resident student population over the next several years. Enrollment is tied to state funding in California school districts; an ongoing decline in enrollment may lead directly to a diminishing district budget. “Demographic planning is used to make budgeting, staffing, programming and facility use decisions for the future,” said Amari Watkins, associate superintendent of business services. “The three main factors affecting enrollment are birth rates, mobility of resident students and local housing growth.” The demographics presentation was given by Scott Torlucci, a senior project manager at Davis Demographics who has been doing demography studies for the district since 2006. Torlucci said the enrollment analysis takes into account a roughly 300 person drop in student population from last year to the current school year. In total, the district went from having 8,537 students in 2019-20 to 8,221 students in the 2020-21 school year, as students left the district during the pandemic.
Watkins said a decline of 300 students adds up to a loss of about $3 million in state funding. But some recovery of students is expected as in-person learning resumes, Torlucci said. The district has managed to maintain its enrollment numbers over the years by increasing its non-resident student population. Resident student enrollment has declined by 1,228 since the 2005-06 school year, while non-resident enrollment has increased by 892, according to the presentation. On average, the district has lost 76 resident students and gained 56 non-resident students each year. Superintendent John Bowes said non-resident students are brought into district schools through interdistrict transfers, and most non-resident students are the children of parents that work in Davis, often for the district or UC Davis. Da Vinci Charter Academy, because it’s a charter school, can bring in students from outside district boundaries without using an interdistrict transfer. “We have been bringing in students on interdistrict transfer to help shore up declining enrollment,” Bowes said. The decline in enrollment looks to continue, Torlucci said, especially considering several trends in Davis. The average births per year in the area dropped from 623
in 2000 to 467 in 2019. Over 800 city approved residential units are planned to be built within the next five years, but 75% of those units are apartments that don’t typically house school-age children, Torlucci said. Trustee Vigdis Asmundson asked Torlucci if there’s any reason to think the availability of out of district students will run out. Torlucci said there’s a real possibility that interest in interdistrict transfers will be saturated at some point, but he sees the trend continuing on consistently in the near future. “You guys have a spigot and as long as you keep it open I believe you have enough people in the area that are going to want to join and come to Davis Joint Unified school district,” Torlucci said. Laura Juanitas, associate superintendent of student support services, said one point in the district’s favor is that UC Davis continues to grow and bring more people to Davis and the surrounding areas. University staff members might not live in Davis, she said, but they’re motivated to have their children attend Davis schools. The district therefore expects to see more students with UC Davis affiliated parents in the coming years, she said. Trustee Tom Adams asked Torlucci whether the stock of the city’s housing,
and housing developments, is working against the school district’s enrollment numbers. Torlucci said California is going through a housing crisis and the types of housing being built in Davis aren’t conducive to bringing in a large student population. “The best case scenario is that we remain flat in enrollment,” Adams said. Trustee Lea Darrah said the high price of housing and declining birth rates in Davis are huge factors behind the declining enrollment. “We’ll have less students in seats,” Darrah said. “We’re going to need to figure out ways to make very thoughtful cuts that are as far away from our students’ needs as possible. But at some point there’s going to be some hard decisions.”
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RELATIONSHIP: From deep division to national acclaim From Page A1 on campus as well an agreement that the university would compensate the city for the impacts of a growing student population on everything from city streets to police and fire service. It was time, said Davis City Councilman Dan Carson, “to insist … that the campus help offset the impact of campus growth on housing, traffic, parking and city infrastructure and services. “Our quality of life is at stake here.” The university, however, brought its long-range development plan to the University of California Regents for approval in July 2018 without those guarantees in place, prompting city officials to travel to San Francisco to urge the regents to delay action on the plan. While the final EIR included plans for additional on-campus housing, it did not “adequately address or evaluate the potential environmental consequences of this growth,” Carson told the regents that summer. “The city is obligated to point out the deficiencies in the plan and do what it can to ensure that UC Davis mitigates the impacts,” he said. And doing what it could would extend even to possible litigation, regents were warned. “If you certify the EIR today,” Heidi Tschudin, a city staff member, told the regents, “we have 30 days under state law to accept or act on the situation. We don’t want to make that choice. We are requesting your support for solutions, not conflict.” The regents went ahead and certified the EIR and approved the long-range development plan, but they also directed UC Davis to work with the city. City officials, meanwhile, returned to Davis to discuss whether to take legal action. But before it could come to that, all sides — the city, county and university — entered into confidential mediation, and in less than two months, in September 2018, had
reached a legally binding memorandum of understanding that satisfied the concerns of the city and county. Steps were also taken to ensure better cooperation and understanding going forward, including adopting UC Davis Chancellor Gary May’s suggestions for annual “town-gown” meetings and more frequent meetings of city and campus staff. Fast-forward to last week and a virtual town-gown meeting that brought together May and other UC Davis staff, the full Davis City Council and county supervisors who represent the city of Davis. Absent was any conflict; rather it was an evening with almost a celebratory hint as participants looked back on a year that solidified the town-gown relationship in ways no one could have foreseen back in 2018. “We’ve all been through quite a lot this year, both personally and professionally, but right now I couldn’t be prouder of our Davis community and I couldn’t be more optimistic about what lies ahead for us,” said May. “The ongoing collaboration between UC Davis, the city of Davis, Yolo County and our friends from throughout the region has really carried us through some historic times.” Those historic times, of course, have revolved around the COVID19 pandemic. And that collaboration resulted in the nationally recognized Healthy Davis Together — a joint city-university program with its roots in the UC Davis Genome Center, which, ironically, was the site of the last town-gown meeting held in October 2019. “We met in the auditorium of the UC Davis Genome Center and who could have known then how pivotal that building would become for us,” said May. “Now it’s the very heart of Healthy Davis Together. The Genome Center has processed more than a quarter-million COVID-19 tests since the pandemic began. “Through this expertise and our
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UC Davis alum David Dinh receives instructions while testing for COVID-19 at the Veterans Memorial Center in Davis last month. collaboration, we’re showing the world how Davis is on the leading edge of the fight against COVID19.” City Council members agreed. “We are so grateful for the partnership that we have forged,” said Mayor Gloria Partida. “This annual meeting emerged from our groundbreaking 2018 MOU. Our collaboration and partnership has grown and strengthened ever since.” Vice Mayor Lucas Frerichs noted that in the years leading up to that 2018 MOU, “frankly, the relationship between the university and city was strained at times.” “But there was a real intentional effort to literally come to the table and be very mindful about working together collaboratively and being very dedicated to trying to come to some sort of mutual understanding and agreement,” said Frerichs. That such a partnership would not just survive but actually strengthen during the pandemic wasn’t entirely a given. Back in late summer and early fall, as college students returned to campuses across the country and COVID-19 outbreaks ensued, wariness about the return of UC Davis students set in. Residents wanted to know what UC Davis would be doing to ensure the safety
of the community. City Council members did as well. But by then the roots of Healthy Davis Together had already been planted, with city and university staff working together to ensure the safe return of students and the safety of the community at large, including through frequent salivabased COVID-19 testing, first just on campus and then extended to the entire city. A student code of conduct revolving around safe COVID behavior was created by the university with consequences for violations by students living both on campus and off. Meanwhile, public health messaging that included incentives for students and community members to get tested and follow COVID guidelines would benefit the city’s businesses. Those gift-card incentives have provided an infusion of hundreds of thousands of dollars into Davis businesses, as Healthy Davis Together buys them directly from merchants and then distributes them to the community. Kevin Wan, owner of Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, said last month that since the gift-card program began in early February, “our sales have been up 20 percent.” “The spend per gift card has been on average four times what
the gift card is,” he said. “People come with a $10 gift card, they usually spend 40, 50 bucks. So it’s been a tremendous boon for us.” That was part of the goal of Healthy Davis Together in the first place — not just to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but to also ensure the return of regular city activities and the reintegration of students back into the broader community — including as a key source of revenue for local businesses. The work of Healthy Davis Together extended beyond the university and city as well, to partnerships with the county related to testing and vaccinations. “Everybody is working together in a remarkably successful way,” said Supervisor Jim Provenza of Davis. “We came together because of a housing crisis for students,” he said. But since the start of the pandemic, “every step of the way we’ve been working together … If there is anything that makes me proud about living in Yolo County, it’s how everyone has come together to meet this crisis and will continue to do so until we get to the other side.” Davis City Councilman Will Arnold noted that the pandemic “has really tested our partnerships and our ability to work together in collaborative, innovative fashion.” But history, he said, “will show that we were equal to that task, and that is something that, having been a part of it in my council tenure, I will always be proud of. “One refrain I’ve said constantly,” added Arnold, “is that if I had the opportunity to bug out to the middle of the desert during COVID to avoid it all, I wouldn’t, because we have what we need here in this community and a key element of that is the partnership among our organizations. “We just are so very fortunate and it has helped keep our community healthy and safe.” — Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@davisenter prise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.
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BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Yolo County continues to show a decline in new COVID-19 cases, with the seven-day period ending on Friday one of the best the county has seen in months. Between Feb. 27 and March 5, the county reported an average of fewer than 18 new cases a day, down from an average of 34 new cases per day the week before and less than half the 42 cases per day the week of Feb. 6 to 12. Hospitalizations also dropped dramatically over the last month, from 47 county residents hospitalized at the beginning of February to just seven on Friday. That’s not to say all those hospitalized with COVID-19 recovered, though; rather, 36 deaths were reported by the county in February. As of Friday, 12,778 county residents — about 5.8 percent of the county’s total population — had tested positive for COVID19 since the pandemic began and 185 residents have died. Nearly 9 percent of Woodland residents have tested positive during this pandemic, the highest percentage anywhere in the county, while less than 3 percent of Davis residents have, the lowest percentage. About 7 percent of Winters residents have contracted the virus, as have 6.5 percent of West Sacramento residents and 4.8 percent of residents in the unincorporated areas. ———— Vaccinations continued throughout Yolo County this week with county-run clinics held every day focused on restaurant and grocery workers; farmworkers; law enforcement; education and childcare workers; and residents 65 and up.
More than 6,000 doses of vaccine were expected to arrive during the first two weeks of March. More clinics will be scheduled for next week, so residents should keep an eye on the county’s vaccine webpage, www.yolocounty. org/coronavirus-vaccine. Residents should also check with their healthcare providers about their vaccine eligibility. ———— The county has offered the following tips for individuals seeking COVID-19 vaccinations: ■ Sign up for notifications through the state’s MyTurn website, myturn. ca.gov. (Appointments will not be available through MyTurn until mid-March when the county is onboarded). ■ Sign up for a first-dose appointment with the county. ■ Register via the Eventbrite links posted on the county’s vaccine webpage if you are eligible and meet the requirements. Clinics fill up quickly when links are posted so check back frequently at www.yolo county.org/coronavirusvaccine. ■ Once you have your first dose appointment, add it to your calendar. Show up at the designated time; do not come early or late. ■ You will also receive your CDC vaccine card that tells you which dose (Moderna or Pfizer) you received. ■ Your second dose will be at the same time and location as your first dose. ■ For Pfizer, your second dose is 21 days later (3 weeks). ■ For Moderna, your second dose is 28 days later (4 weeks). ■ You will receive a reminder for your second dose from the county by phone, email and text 24-48 hours in advance of the clinic.
food safety and worker welfare have demonstrated the need for continued innovation. Gotham Greens offers consumers clean, safe and sustainably grown leafy greens, herbs and versatile, time-saving plant-based dressings, dips and cooking sauces.” Gotham Greens plans to sell produce from its Dixon greenhouse to retailers, food service operators and consumers across the West Coast. The company and campus are also touting a “first-of-its-kind” partnership that will advance research and innovation in the areas of indoor agriculture, advanced greenhouse technology and urban agriculture. Working with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources and the UCD College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Gotham Greens and the university will collaborate on research focused on advancing the science, workforce, technology and profitability of indoor agriculture, according to a press release from UCD CAES. “We are building a Controlled Environment Agriculture Consortium to support and advance the indoor farming industry, grow more fresh produce on less land and create new jobs for Californians,” said Gabriel Youtsey, UC ANR Chief
Innovation Officer. “Gotham Greens is an anchoring partner of this research and industry collaboration that we hope will spur innovation, create a new indoor farming workforce and support industry growth.” “We’re excited about collaborating with Gotham Greens, which is a coveted employer for tomorrow’s leaders in agriculture and engineering,” said Helene Dillard, dean of UC Davis CA&ES. “This partnership will offer our students the chance to learn best practices from leading experts in indoor farming.” “We are delighted for Gotham Greens to join Solano County’s thriving agricultural economy and help to usher in a new era in farming innovation, job creation and economic growth for the region,” said Solano County Supervisor John Vasquez. Gotham Greens purchased the land for the greenhouse facility, which abuts I-80 in Dixon, from UC Davis in 2019. UC Davis sold the 33.6 acre plot, which it deemed surplus land, to the highest bidder for $954,000, or roughly $28,400 per acre. The property was described by Realtor.com as “prime irrigated row crop land with a 2-acre mature homestead, enclosed by chain-link fencing.” According to the real estate
company, the property included a fenced-in yard and an old boarded up dwelling from 1920, an old storage shed and an office building. The property is zoned A40, meaning it is suitable for rural residential, with an existing agricultural well and ample irrigation water. In 2019, UC Davis’ executive director of real estate at the time, Grant Rockwell, explained to The Enterprise why the property was sold. According to Rockwell, the land had been gifted to UC Davis, with any proceeds from the rental or sale of it allocated to benefit Intercollegiate Athletics (ICA). The property didn’t generate a lot of rental income, Rockwell said, because the house was uninhabitable and the leased farmland and office building were not bringing in much revenue. “Selling it was more lucrative, and the endowment goes back to ICA,” he said. Rockwell noted that the money was “earmarked for specific scholarships for ICA — off the top of my head, for men’s football, men’s and women’s basketball, and women’s volleyball.” — Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @caleb mhampton.
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SCHOOLS: District works out details From Page A1 will almost certainly be met next Tuesday. The other condition is that teachers and district staff have access to both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and that two weeks of recovery are provided following the second dose. Deputy superintendent Matt Best said in an email sent to district employees March 1 that while the plan to reopen schools for hybrid learning relies on a continued supply of vaccine doses, the district expects sufficient doses will be provided to education workers over the coming weeks. Laura Juanitas, associate superintendent of student support services, said the district has surveyed staff each week for the last three weeks to determine how many staff members have had access to the vaccine. Last week, 483 out of 716 staff members, or about 67 percent, who responded to the survey said they’d received at least one dose of the vaccine. This week, Juanitas said, more than 89 percent of respondents said they’d had access to at least one dose. “We feel confident that all staff that want to be or are able to be vaccinated have had that opportunity,” Juanitas said. District parents will need to decide in the coming weeks whether they’d like their child to learn on school campuses or continue with only distance
learning. The district will soon be sending out a return to campus family guide and a family survey, said superintendent John Bowes, available in English and Spanish and accessible on the district website. The guide will provide a full description of the hybrid program and all planning and safety considerations the district has put in place, Bowes said.
Public comments The return-to-campus item came after the board decided to limit public comment on the item to 20 minutes. Near the end of the meeting, the board also received a presentation on a new, voicemailbased public commenting system that will come into effect for the board’s next meeting on March 18. During the virtual school board meetings that have occurred for about a year now because of the pandemic, public comments have been periodically submitted by email and read out loud during the meeting by a district staff member. The new system will involve calling a district phone number and leaving a voicemail limited to three minutes. The recordings will be played during the public comment sections of the board meetings. Board president Joe DiNunzio said the board takes all public commenters seriously, and the
board members read and do their best to respond to every comment received. But, he said, it would have consumed most of the evening to read out each of the 81 public comments received on the return to campus item. DiNunzio added that the board’s last several meetings had proceeded well past midnight, owing partially to lengthy public commenting periods. Board policy allows the board to limit public comment on any item to 20 minutes, he said. And, he said, a vote by the board wouldn’t be needed because the ability to limit public comment is already in board policy. All public comments submitted — 97 pages of them, for the return to campus item — are available as attachments on the meeting agenda. “The reality is that (the policy) was put in place because the board meetings are intended to be a way for the board to conduct its business in public view,” DiNunzio said. “We appreciate receiving comment from the public, we are absolutely informed by and guided by comments from the public, but board meetings generally aren’t designed to be town halls or opportunities for extended public expression.” The other board members agreed with DiNunzio. Trustee Lea Darrah said allowing meetings to be seen by community members in a reasonable
amount of time, and for those meetings to not run past midnight, is good governance. Trustee Tom Adams estimated that reading each comment on the return to campus item, limiting each one to the board’s three-minute time limit for public comments, would take 240 minutes. “No one would get the chance to see what decisions were being made if we read them all,” Adams said. The 81 public comments attached to the agenda contained both support for the district’s approach to reopening schools and critiques of it. A few public comments were read by district staff for 20 minutes, in the order they were received. The commenting system was criticized by some public commenters near the end of the meeting, during the demonstration of the board’s new commenting system. Jeremy Taylor wrote that the board wasn’t hearing the community. “When it’s time for public comment, you don’t arbitrarily pick seven speakers to meet a 20-minute timeline,” Taylor wrote. “You listen to all public comments. Please never again cut short our First Amendment.” — Reach Edward Booth at edward.booth@ mcnaughton.media. Staff writer Jeff Hudson contributed to this report.
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It’s time for Girl Scout cookies once again Special to The Enterprise It may not be as obvious as in years past, but right now is the height of Girl Scout cookie season. Like everyone else, Girl Scouts have had to adapt their activities to pandemic life, and that has meant far fewer Girl Scouts out selling cookies in person this year. To stay safe, Girl Scouts maximized door hangers, emails and social media instead. The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girlled business in the world. When Girl Scouts sell cookies, they build a lifetime of skills and confidence, and the funds from cookie sales pay for most troops’ trainings, travel, activities and badges, as well as council events and camp properties. Here in Davis, Girl Scouts is a strong and welcome part of community life, enjoying the support of many residents. And some customers this year have gone above and beyond to help Girl Scouts in this time while helping many others along the way. Girl Scouts Chloe and Sophie Webb, from Davis troops 510 and 1559, blanketed their neighborhood with flyers in January to help promote their cookie sales. This year, many customers chose to purchase cookies for donation, using the Cookie Share program to automatically send cookies to local food
banks and the Blue Star Moms organization. Some customers also preordered cookies and requested delivery to their favorite local organizations. One neighbor (who wished to remain anonymous) ordered 60 packages, with express instructions that they be distributed to Meals on Wheels, the Davis Police Department and the Davis Fire Department, spreading the benefit to so many in our town. Local Girl Scout cookie sales end March 28. With the county’s transition to the red tier, some cookie booths have been able to open, including in the parking lot of the Davis Joint Unified School District administration building on Saturday mornings, and on weekends at the PDQ Parcel Dispatch office downtown as well as at the East Covell CVS. Another way to order Girl Scout cookies is through the Find Cookies tool on the Girl Scouts Heart of Central California website at https://www. girlscoutshcc.org/en/ cookies/about-girl-scoutcookies/find-cookies-.html By entering your zip code, you can get connected to a local troop for delivery, to order cookies to be shipped to you, or to find a cookie booth time and location.
OBITUARIES Robert Sommer
April 26, 1929 — Feb. 27, 2021 Like George Orwell, Bob didn’t want to make the world perfect; he only wanted to make it better. He did not fail at everything he attempted. The best baseball player averages only 1 hit in 3 times at bat. Bob was pleased with his research on mental illness, environmental design, bike paths, farmers markets, urban forestry and mushrooming. Bob was born in Manhattan, N.Y., on April 26, 1929, and grew up there, with summers spent in Stroudsburg, Pa., where his dad ran a handbag factory. After graduating from Columbia Preparatory School, he attended Hobart College, graduating in 1950. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from Kansas University in 1956. It was there he met his first wife, Dorothy Twente, whom he married in 1957. While in graduate school, Bob worked at the Menninger Clinic in nearby Topeka. A postdoctoral fellowship took him to Southeast Louisiana State Hospital. He declined to work on a lobotomy project and left Louisiana the day after Mardi Gras. He found a more imaginative work setting on the Canadian prairie working with Humphry Osmond, mental hospital superintendent and LSD pioneer. Osmond is best remembered today for coining the word
psychedelic. The hospital became a questioning community, with staff at all levels asking how they could do their jobs better and supplying answers through empirical research. In addition to mental health studies, Bob wrote humor for underground periodicals such as Worm Runners Digest and Journal of Irreproducible Results. In 1961, he moved to the University of Alberta as an assistant professor and director of the Psychological Clinic. In 1963, he and his young family (there were now three children) came to UC Davis as an associate professor of psychology. He became the department chair of psychology in 1965 and later chaired the departments of environmental design, rhetoric and communication, and art. Bob taught at UC Davis until his retirement in 2003, after which he continued teaching summer school until 2013. He had visiting appointments in architecture at Berkeley and the University of Washington, in design at the University of Nevada, Reno, at Tallinn Pedagogical Institute, and Tokyo Institute of Technology. He lectured at half the architecture schools
Virginia Aalborg
Oct. 15, 1926 — Feb. 13, 2021 Virginia Aalborg, 94, passed away peacefully on Feb. 13. She was born on Oct. 15, 1926, in Fort Wayne, Ind., to Harry and Edna Krudop. She studied journalism at the University of Florida. She married Arnie Aalborg in 1947. They raised four children in Estherville, Iowa. After Arnie’s death in 1965, Virginia moved her family to San Francisco to be close to her siblings. Virginia worked full-time while attending night school earning a double master’s degree in psychology and special education from San Francisco State University. She had a long and fulfilling career as a learning specialist and math teacher at A. P. Giannini Middle School in San Francisco. Virginia was an avid reader and a lover of the arts, frequenting the opera and museums. She was an excellent cook and loved hosting dinner parties. Virginia loved to travel and took trips to Mexico and Europe and traveled solo to Turkey in her 70s. Virginia moved to Davis in 2002, immersing herself in the community where she became an active member of the Davis
Lutheran Church. In 2014, she was one of the first residents to move into Carlton Plaza in Davis where she made many new friends. Virginia was preceded in her death by her siblings Margaret, Ann, Jim and Harriet; husband Arnie; son Terry; grandsons Solomon and Benjamin, and her beloved dog Daisy. She is survived by her daughters, Annette, Beth (Paul) and Mary (Jules); her grandchildren Laura, Hannah, Jacob, Joshua, Anna, Nicholas, Greta, Brianna and Camille, as well as nine great-grandchildren who will surely miss her. Virginia will be remembered by family and friends for her love, generosity, independence, spirited spunkiness, dedication, abiding faith and sense of adventure. We will keep her in our hearts. A memorial service will be held at Davis Lutheran Church and a burial ceremony will take place in Estherville, Iowa, once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. In lieu of a memorial fund, donate to a local SPCA or animal shelter to honor Virginia’s love of all our canine friends.
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in the United States. Bob and Dorothy divorced in 1969, and Bob married Barbara Baker Wulfsberg a year later. He continued to rise at 5 a.m. to let in the cat, make a pot of coffee and write. He was the author or co-author of 14 books and more than 600 published articles. His best-known book was “Personal Space,” which went through 25 printings in English and was updated in 2008. With mycologists Mike Davis and John Menge, he co-authored “Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America,” published by UC Press in 2012. His awards included the first Davis City-University Research Award; California Alliance for the Mentally Ill Research Award; Career Research Award of the Environmental Design Research Association; Kurt Lewin Award from Division 9 of the American Psychological Association; Fulbright Award to Estonia; President 1999-2000, APA Div. 34; the Newman-Proshansky Award from APA Div. 34, and an honorary doctorate from Tallinn University. His partner Barbara was the light of his
life, keeping his feet on the ground while occasionally holding them to the fire. The couple enjoyed hiking, drawing, X-C skiing, cooking, gardening, mushrooming and wildflowers. Their travels and hobbies became sketchbooks (both printed and online) and CDs. After retirement, Bob continued to write technical and popular articles (he still rose at 5 a.m.) and had columns in The Davis Enterprise and Mushroom, the Journal. He also had an exhibit of his veggie paintings at the International House gallery. Bob died Feb. 27 in his Davis home, surrounded by family. He is survived by his partner Barbara, children Ted Sommer (Jennifer) of Davis, Kenneth Sommer (Emily Merideth) of Oakland, and Margy Sommer of Alameda. Bob is also survived by his loving grandchildren Duncan Sommer, Lyle Sommer, Chloe Sommer, Bob Kirwin, Ken Kirwin, Ben Sommer and Nate Sommer. Bob will be truly missed by his family, but we celebrate such a force of a life lived with good intentions. Instead of flowers, the family suggests buying a bottle of sauvignon blanc and toasting a life spent with modest success trying to make things better.
James Burchill
April 12, 1946 — Jan. 16, 2021 James (Jim) Burchill passed away at home in Davis on Jan. 16 at the age of 74 of natural causes. Jim was a longtime Davis community member and owner of James Burchill & Associates Inc., a public affairs firm he led for more than 25 years. Born in Long Beach to Wayne and Lillian Burchill, Jim attended San Juan
High School in Citrus Heights and Sacramento State. It was at Sac State that he met his wife, Naomi Sakai, of over 47 years. He is survived by his beloved wife, Naomi, children Emiko, Kiyomi and James Burchill and granddaughter Natalie Burchill Couk. Memorial donations may be made to Yolo Food Bank (yolofoodbank.org).
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wo new restaurants will open this month in Anderson Plaza. Davis Barbecue Pit takes over the Dickey’s Barbecue Pit spot, putting a new rub on a similar concept. And Casablanca fills the former Chickpeas Kitchen space with Middle Eastern and Moroccan cuisine. Though the fares sound familiar, the Davis residents who own the new restaurants promise fresh ideas. Kristin Johanson, a Davisite for 25 years, plans to open Davis Barbecue Pit on Friday, March 12. Though the pricing will be similar to Dickey’s, the menu will be sustainable (farm-raised pork, chicken and beef ), and the packaging will be eco-friendly and compostable. All of the sauces and rubs will be made onsite at 640 W. Covell Blvd., Suite D. “Smoked slow ... Served fast” is the slogan for the restaurant, which will initially focus on four proteins: a half-chicken, beef brisket, pulled pork and St. Luis pork ribs. Johanson said they’ll also do char-broiled, smoked Angus burgers on a brioche bun, because “there aren’t any good hamburgers this side of Davis — just Carl’s Jr. and Burger King.” There will be options to add pulled pork and/or cheese to the burger. Later, they plan to add tri-tip, sausage and possibly a meat alternative to the menu, and feature a new meat each month. “The chef is making his own sauces and rubs,” Johanson said by phone on Thursday. “They’re really incredible. He made three sets of ribs the other day, and every single one tasted different.” Sides will include fries, dirty fries (topped with brisket, cheese and barbecue sauce), fried pickles, fried green beans, bourbonbaked beans with burnt ends of brisket, two versions of macaroni and cheese, corn on the cob, potato salad, macaroni salad, hush puppies, cornbread, and two kinds of dinner rolls:
Hawaiian and Southern. Soon, they will add green salads with the option to add a protein. The ice cream machine that used to be filled with a powdered ice cream base will be used to make real vanilla soft-serve ice cream, Johanson said. The longtime bookkeeper ran her own firm for many years, but wanted a change. She said she was casually looking at taking over the Dickey’s spot before it closed a couple of months ago. Then in December, Johanson’s sister, 59, died of COVID in Sacramento. She said it woke her up. “All of a sudden, you take stock of your life.” Johanson raised three sons in Davis — now 23, 30 and 33 — and calls herself a walking commercial for her hometown. She wants her restaurant to support community fundraisers like the ones that boosted her boys’ activities. She’s doing OK financially and thinks it’s time to give back. “What better way to do that than to have good comfort food?” Davis Barbecue Pit hours will be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, and noon to 6 p.m. Sundays. A website is started at https://www.davisbarbecuepit.com/. ———— Davis resident Ibrahim Zabad owns Casablanca, filling the former Chickpeas Kitchen spot at 640 W. Covell Blvd., Suite A. Chickpeas, which specializes in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine, closed its Davis restaurant in December. Casablanca will focus on Middle Eastern and Moroccan food,
with plans to open on Monday, March 15. Zabad is from Lebanon and his wife, Maoida, is from Morocco. He joked, “We always fight on whose food is better.” They moved to Davis in 2004, and have two children — attending Chávez Elementary and Emerson Junior High. He earned his Ph.D. in political science from UC Davis in 2011 and teaches political science and international relations at St. Bonaventure University in New York. Zabad used to split his time between Davis and Western New York but with remote learning, he’s been able to spend most of his time in Davis. Zabad said he’s been searching for a suitably small restaurant site for about two years. The concept includes Middle Eastern staples like kabobs, shawarma and falafel, and Moroccan couscous and tagine. Dishes, often served with pita bread and with garlic paste, will feature beef, kofta (beef meatballs), chicken and lamb, and lots of vegetarian options. Also, stuffed grape leaves, tabbouleh with bulgur or quinoa, Moroccan carrot salad, a Middle Eastern salad, hummus, fries, and three eggplant sides: baba ghanoush, moussaka and Moroccan zaalouk. He plans to focus on takeout and outdoor seating since the inside space is small. Starting hours will be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily but may be adjusted with demand. A website is under development. ———— Pannier Foods just signed a one-year lease at University Mall, filling the spot vacated by Ramen Hook, a small interior space at 825 Russell Blvd. There are no plans for a sit-down restaurant at this time; it’s just the opportunity to have their own kitchen and much-needed fridge space. The popular dinner-delivery business uses the Davis Odd Fellows’ commercial kitchen at 415
Second St. Pannier’s gourmet, sustainable dinners — delivered Tuesdays through Fridays — sell out each Saturday, just 10 minutes after the weekly menu goes online. It also competes for space with Foodies, the Odd Fellows’ caterer, which offers dinners to the public on Thursdays and Fridays. Chef Michael Raub, who owns the Pannier with his wife, Cynthia, said the new space is a chance for them to meet increasing demand. Today, they sell 400 to 500 items a week. They plan to continue with their dinnerdelivery business model, possibly adding opportunities for drop-in purchases of take-and-bake meals. “Once things open up and we’ve figured out our capacity,” Michael said, he may add a quick-service retail option, with an eye on salad and grain bowls made to order. (He worked with Pluto’s for a short time before starting Pannier, and knows how popular their salads were.) He said the main goal is to serve more people, “then a little bit more of a retail experience. I’ve been doing this for 25 years, and I don’t feel like doing fullservice at this time. … Until restrictions are completely opened up, I already have a sustainable business model.” He feels Pannier’s success is attributable to Davis residents’ support of a local business that delivers farm-to-table food. “We really support local farms and businesses, and change the menu each week to adapt to what farms have.” And he’s grateful for the opportunity to use the Odd Fellows kitchen. It also doesn’t use a delivery app. Most restaurants model their business on patrons coming in. If it’s delivered by a fooddelivery app like DoorDash, it removes all of the restaurant’s profit margin, he said. Pannier is hiring staff to ramp up production starting in April but doesn’t plan to add operating
VCE makes major power-purchase deal Special to The Enterprise With its recent approval of a new power-purchase agreement, the Valley Clean Energy board of directors took another significant step toward the agency’s goal of providing cost-effective renewable energy — and resilience — to its customers. VCE is the local electric generation provider for Davis, Woodland, Winters and unincorporated Yolo County. The VCE board approved the 20-year agreement to purchase the output from the Resurgence Solar I project currently under development in San Bernardino County by a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. The total capacity of the solar photovoltaic project is 90 megawatts of power and 75 MW of battery storage. This project supplies enough energy to power two-thirds of the households served by VCE, and the storage delivers power to the electricity grid when it’s needed the most, in the early evening. “We are very pleased to work with Valley Clean Energy to help meet their renewable energy goals and bring clean, affordable, home-grown solar energy to their customers,” said Matt Handel, senior vice president of development for NextEra Energy Resources. Added Dan Carson, chair of the VCE board and a Davis City Council member, “This agreement, along with a series of other recent
actions taken by VCE, is a turning point in our efforts to deliver cost-effective, renewable power to our customers. Once the solar power and battery storage from the Resurgence Solar project come online, we project that more than 60 percent of VCE’s power will come from renewable energy.” Carson said this one agreement alone will power the equivalent of 40,000 homes annually in VCE’s service territory. He added that these types of initiatives are possible “when your power provider is a locally controlled and responsive agency with a board that understands local needs.” The contract includes two extras, paid for by a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources and distributed over a 10-year period: a $200,000 contribution to a
days. There may be some downtime, possibly a week in early April, during the transition. He said he’s excited about the redevelopment plans for University Mall, and said the property manager, Brixmor, does not plan to begin demolition for a least a year. It calls for two separate buildings erected in phases, with the first one going up before the old space is eliminated. The location, close to the university, will expose more UC Davis students to plant-forward meals. Visit https://www.pannierfoods.com/. ———— Sadly, that means the end to my favorite ramen restaurant, Ramen Hook, which has been closed since at least January at 825 Russell Blvd. Back then, a note on its doors said it was temporary, and it would stay closed “until (UC Davis) classes are back in-person.” The university plans to bring students back to the classrooms in the fall quarter, which starts Sept. 20. No news on whether the ramen restaurant will look for another spot then. The owner still maintains a Sacramento restaurant called Sushi Hook. ———— I keep track of affected Davis businesses on my Google spreadsheet, which includes more than 325 Davis businesses affected by COVID-19. It’s at https://bit.ly/ DavisBusinesses. In it, there are sheets for Restaurants-open, Restaurants-closed, Businessesretail, Businesses-service, Special hours (for older adults or compromised shoppers) and more. Please email wendyedit@gmail. com to suggest updates or additions. — 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.
A subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources will construct Resurgence Solar, the new photovoltaic solar project, on the existing site. It will look similar to the project shown in this photo. COURTESY PHOTO
workforce development fund and a $100,000 donation to a local sustainability fund. Jesse Loren, vice-chair of VCE’s board and a Winters City Council member, said, “The board will be looking for partnerships with local nonprofits, educational agencies and others to help solve energy-related issues here in Yolo County, or to help to train the diverse clean power workforce of tomorrow that VCE needs to serve our customers.
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wind with a half-dozen community choice aggregators: Central Coast Community Energy, CleanPowerSF, Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, Marin Clean Energy, Silicon Valley Clean Energy and Sonoma Clean Power Authority. Through the contract with VCE, NextEra Energy Resources will construct Resurgence Solar on the existing site. Using updated technology, the project will allow the company to provide VCE and its customers with solar energy for many years to come, Carson said.
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The one day we’re all Irish BY LLEWELLYN KING Special to The Enterprise
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here I live things are beginning to turn green with a hint of spring. But it isn’t just the flora here that has an intimation of green. The whole country, indeed, the whole world, is greening for St. Patrick’s Day. The most extraordinary thing happens on that day: People around the world shed their ethnic identities to take on an Irish one. On March 17, the world decides it is Irish and that it must, as the Irish do, take a drink. No other country commandeers the world more than that small island nation set in the North Atlantic. On the day when an otherwise obscure saint is celebrated, the world wears some item of green and quaffs something fermented or distilled. For me, Ireland has always been a place of glorious contradictions and great writers — Joyce, Yeats, Shaw, Wilde, Swift, O’Brien, Beckett and Lewis come to mind in no order, and there are hundreds more. It isn’t just that its writers are among the greatest, but also that the Irish speak poetically, eschewing the simple answer, embroidering the boring cloth of fact, and sometimes confusing those who don’t have the gift of deciphering eloquence. In Ireland, the facts are often delivered in fine gift-wrapping. In a restaurant, my wife asked whether the fish was fresh. The waiter replied, “If it were any fresher, it would be swimming, and you wouldn’t want that now, would you?”
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spent two decades visiting Ireland as the American organizer of the Humbert Summer School in Ballina, Co. Mayo. Summer schools in Ireland are study groups that meet once a year and can focus on literature, like the Yeats school, or politics like the Parnell school. They are akin to Bill Clinton’s Renaissance weekends. The Humbert Summer School, created by John Cooney, the eminent historian and journalist, and sadly no longer operating, was named for Gen. Jean Joseph Amable Humbert, who was sent by Napoleon to assist the Irish with the uprising against the English in 1798, remembered in “The Year of the French” by Thomas Flanagan. The uprising failed, but Humbert became an Irish hero. (He fought gallantly in the Battle of New Orleans and ended his days in the city as a French teacher.) Our summer school examined the position of Ireland in the world, especially its role in Europe. Every year I would try and bring a few Americans to the northwest of Ireland to enjoy the discussions, the great lamb, salmon and potatoes, and, of course, the free flow of Guinness. That part of Ireland historically had been hard used by the English, from the time of William of Orange in the 17th century to the Black and Tans in 1920, who were illtrained and equipped English policemen, many teenagers, raised in England and inserted into the Royal Irish Constabulary, to oppose the Irish fight to overthrow English rule. They wore surplus green tunics and khaki trousers, hence their naming. Their conduct was brutal and thuggish. I had told this dreadful history of English oppression in some detail to one of my American guests, Ray Connolly, who was from Boston. Driving back to Dublin, after the summer school session, we stopped at a pub. When the publican heard my English accent, he asked me about the weather “over there.” I knew he meant England. I told him that I used to live in England, but I had lived in the United States for many years and had become an American citizen. Rather than curling his lip at me, he threw his arms around my neck and said, “God bless you. You haven’t lost your accent.” My friend was askance. I explained to Ray that the Irish love to denounce the English, but they are especially proud when their children have homes and careers in London. In Ireland, your enemy can also be your friend. That is why I shall wear the green on the great day and sip something stronger than usual and celebrate a Frenchman who fought with the Irish against my ancestors. Slainte! — Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. His email is llewellynking1@gmail. com. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.
his week representatives from the city of Davis, Yolo County and UC Davis met to hold the second annual “Town and Gown” meeting. This event was born out of the groundbreaking and binding 2018 memorandum of understanding between the trio to collaborate and partner on a series of shared goals and commitments. A yearly check in to report out on progress and discuss further collaboration was part of the agreement. With COVID-19 interrupting 2020’s Town and Gown, this was the second time this meeting was held. Several projects were highlighted in the areas of housing, transportation and student support services. The terms of the MOU require the university to grow the number of on-campus beds available to students, starting with the baseline of 9,818 and building to at least 15,000 beds by fall 2023 (10,500 beds by fall 2019, and 12,500 beds by fall 2021). In addition to the formation of a partnership on many significant community issues, UC Davis also agreed to contribute $2.3 million for traffic improvement projects for a number of areas, including the Richards/I-80 interchange, County Road 98, Russell Boulevard bike path west of Highway 113, and the Russell Boulevard Corridor. The three entities will develop a joint transportation plan together, which will include how to improve bicycle and pedestrian experiences. UC Davis will also contribute annual funding to the city Rental Resources Program. Our renewed partnership has resulted in outstanding collaboration and amplified
resources for the whole community. The gleaming example is the Healthy Davis Together initiative, which could not have even been imagined to be needed back in 2018, but which has been made possible by our collaboration and open lines of communication and serves to highlight the importance of regional synergy. The future possibilities of this synergy are exciting and can result in improvements in our entire region. Improvement is truly the driver for much of what the city does. Unfortunately, deliberate progress is often hard to detect. So, it was wonderful during the meeting this week to receive updates on the long list of ambitious projects that are in the works or that have been recently completed. It was a reminder that even though the gears may move slowly, real and steady progress is being achieved. The science of best practices, be it for better infrastructure or service delivery, is well studied and constantly changing as more information is known. While this always introduces a level of uncertainty that uncertainty is exponentially amplified when dealing with living systems. his uncertainty was tragically manifest when a large tree branch fell from an evergreen ash tree at Slide Hill park
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resulting in a young mother’s death on Feb. 23, during a major wind event. Since I have been on council, there have been a handful of deaths in our community. Each has affected me deeply as a fellow community member, but even more so as an elected official charged with the safety of the community. I am proud of the fact that we honestly and diligently strive to maintain infrastructure to measurable standards. That infrastructure includes trees, and while we can control to a great degree the parameters of engineered things, like roads, play structures and buildings, trees and nature are much less controllable. The city has bolstered its investment in urban forestry over the last few years. In addition to utilizing contractor services, in the last three years we have added an Urban Forestry Technician position to add to our inhouse team. We have funded and completed a citywide comprehensive inventory of all city trees, obtained a CalFire grant for $514,000 to prepare an Urban Forest Master Plan, and partnered with Tree Davis to plant 1,000 trees in Davis. The Master Plan process is getting under way and is crucial to inform the strategic tree planning and investment needs for our urban forest for the coming decades. We are proud to have achieved Tree City USA status for 42 consecutive years by meeting the Arbor Day Foundations core standards of sound urban forestry management. We are also in the midst of a comprehensive update to the city Tree Ordinance. True to our commitment to
improvement, we recognize there is more work to be done. In the coming weeks, the city manager will be presenting to the City Council changes to our Urban Forestry organizational structure to improve program support, to oversee the completion and implementation of the Master Plan, and to leverage systems and resources to improve upon customer service.
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e have hired an independent arborist to assess the trees in Slide Hill Park. While the arborist is still evaluating all of the other trees to determine whether further pruning, removal or other modifications are needed, next week the city will remove the evergreen ash tree in the park at the recommendation of the arborist. The recommendation was made out of an abundance of caution due to its proximity to a play area and taking into account that a Davis resident lost her life when a limb from the tree fell on her while she was at the park. The community is encouraged to report tree issues or other city service matters using the online service request system at: www. cityofdavis.org/how-do-i/ make-a-service-request. Monday through Friday (8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.), community members may also call 530-757-5686 or email: PWweb@cityofdavis.org for Public Works issues. For tree issues, call 530-757-5633 or email: citytrees@cityofdavis. org. After business hours and for non-emergency issues, call 530-747-5400 and press 0. As always, in an emergency call 911 or 530-7583600. — Gloria Partida is the mayor of Davis.
LETTERS We need this legislation The American people find their democracy in a precarious position— despite his heinous acts to inspire and incite the insurrection of Jan. 6 that tried to stop the peaceful transition of power, the U.S. Senate fell 10 votes short of convicting the former president. Sad, but true. But the scarier reality is that voter suppression, gerrymandering and buying elections continue apace. In response to the historic voter turnout by Black and brown voters in states like Georgia, Texas and Arizona, Republican-led legislatures are working to add additional barriers to accessing the ballot box. That’s why our first priority should be fixing our democracy and ensuring that structural reform rebalances power for the people — before it's too late. We need Congress to pass H.R. 1, the For The People Act, to get money out of politics, expand voting rights, combat corruption, secure our elections, and much more. These reforms to our democracy are pivotal to preventing future tyrants. The Democratic House passed H.R.1 last year, with every Democrat voting yes. It’s time for them to do the same and for the new Democratic majority in the Senate to do the same. Partisan gridlock appears all but assured unless Congress does its part to fix our badly broken democracy and pass H.R. 1, the For the People Act. If the filibuster must be eliminated to do so, so be it! Steve Murphy Davis
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Not accessible to all I have been singing the praises of Healthy Davis Together and its free and easy saliva testing program since its inception and since my first easy-peasy experience at Davis Senior Center. Since then, I have enjoyed and appreciated the ease and frequency with which I can schedule my weekly appointment from my phone, flash my QR code and get tested. Until today. My experience trying to register my daughter exposed a major accessibility issue that could easily be considered elitist. Having had difficulty trying to register my 5-year-old daughter for testing through my online account, I brought her with me to the Mondavi Center, assuming that it would simply be easier to register her onsite. It just so happened that I had left my smartphone at home, but assumed this wouldn't be an issue, since I am already in the system, and knew that I would have to sign a waiver for her anyway. But this minor oversight made it impossible to register her and get
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her tested today! The nice tech person showed me what to do on my smartphone once I got home, but was told there was no way to register her there on-site without my smartphone. So I had dragged her down there with me for nothing, which was a minor inconvenience for me, but what about people who don't have smartphones???? Does this mean that the easy and frequent testing that I am able to enjoy is only available to those who are able to carry $600 devices in their pockets, or, at the very least, have access to the internet? This sadly seems to be another example of the disparities that seem to be endemic to this pandemic. To say I am disappointed is an understatement. Who would have thought that a program so good and seemingly well-meaning, because of its high-tech efficiencies, is only able to serve the privileged? I'm hoping that Healthy Davis Together can figure out a way to fix this and do better. Skya Livingston Davis
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Is it weird to look forward to COVID tests? T ESTING, TESTING ... Of all the things in life, I find myself strangely beginning to look forward to my weekly COVID-19 saliva spit test through Health Davis Together. It’s become such a regular part of my routine that it’s no longer viewed as a burden, but an outing I get excited for. Maybe it’s because they’ll sometimes hand out gift cards to local businesses after you test. I’ve been handed $5 to Cultive Frozen Yogurt and a $5 Davis Farmers Market voucher in recent visits. One time they even had Common Grounds Coffee on site at the Davis Senior Center, whipping up complementary lattes, espressos and hot chocolate. Maybe it’s because the entire process only takes about two minutes from start to finish. Maybe it’s because the student athletes I coach at Davis High can walk into any testing site in town, at any time, and have their results back to them in less than 24-hours. And did I mention HDT is making a donation to the Davis Blue Devil Athletic Boosters for every DHS athlete that’s tested four times per month? In his column this week, UC Davis Chancellor Gary May said the campus’ Genome Center has processed more than a quartermillion COVID-19 tests since the pandemic began. That’s incredible. I think I’m Healthy Davis
Together’s biggest fan. IN-N-OUT... After more than two decades covering local education and arts for The Enterprise, my colleague Jeff Hudson retired last week. Not one to call attention to himself, I’ll gladly do so: During his time on staff, Jeff covered thousands of school, theater and music events, including nearly 500 Davis Joint Unified Board of Education meetings. A former school board president told me trustees often referred to him their ‘sixth board member,’ because of his institutional knowledge. Last year, when he received the California School Boards Association’s Golden Quill Award (an honor that highlights the essential role journalists play in increasing understanding of the objectives, operations, accomplishments, challenges and opportunities related to public schools) I asked Jeff how many DJUSD superintendents he’d covered. He responded by immediately rattling off every Davis schools
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superintendent, interim and official, since 1998. The man knew his beat, inside and out. Now he gets to enjoy sevenday weekends. Congrats, Jeff. His successor, Edward Booth, is a Davis native and UC Berkeley School of Journalism graduate. Edward has also worked as a reporter for the Richmond Pulse and covers city government for the Winters Express.
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cake for best social media post with The Enterprise tagged in it. French bulldog Ruby’s owner sent in this proud pic of her scanning last Sunday’s paper. Our readers come in all shapes, sizes and species. Good girl, Ruby. DESK MATES... In a previous column, I wrote about the late Rush Limbaugh and how the radio maverick had a connection to Davis through former mayor and now Yolo Superior Court judge, Dave Rosenberg. Enterprise film reviewer Derrick Bang pointed out to me that he, too, brushed shoulders with Rush during the 1980s: “Sacramento’s indie UHF station, Channel 31, created as
Help is, at long last, on the way COMMENTARY
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mericans deserve help. This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “American Rescue Plan,” which includes muchneeded support to crush COVID-19, put students safely back in classrooms, put vaccines in arms, put money in people’s pockets, and put Americans back to work. As we grieve over 500,000 American lives lost to COVID-19, an almost unfathomable number, we must make it a priority to ensure that Americans do not experience the added stress of financial instability. Help is on the way. Under the “American Rescue Act,” Americans who qualify will receive $1,400 in direct checks, bringing the total — including the $600 down payment from December 2020 — to $2,000 per person. The bill also provides direct housing and nutrition assistance, extends and expands unemployment insurance to ensure Americans who have lost their job during the pandemic can afford to pay their bills, and expands the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to support small businesses and their employees. Last week marked 50 million vaccines administered in the United States since President Biden took office, which is well on track to meet the Biden Administration’s goal of 100 million vaccine doses administered to Americans in President Biden’s first 100 days. We have
more work to do to build on this success. The “American Rescue Plan” provides approximately $50 billion for testing and contact tracing, approximately $19 billion for the public health workforce, and approximately $16 billion for vaccine manufacturing and distribution. These funds will also be used to ensure that there are sufficient community vaccination centers and robust communication on how communities can sign up to get vaccinated. Small and local businesses have been crushed by COVID-19. The “American Rescue Plan” provides $25 billion in funding grants for restaurants and bars and $15 billion for Economic Injury Disaster Loan Advance grants of up to $10,000 per business. Additionally, this legislation allocates an additional $7.25 billion for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgivable loans. Over the last year, students have been forced out of their classrooms and into virtual learning, putting added pressure on parents, teachers, and students themselves. One thing is clear: we must find a way to get students safely back in their classrooms. The “American Rescue Plan” includes $128 billion in direct funding to school districts nationwide to support remote learning, help K-12 programs safely reopen, and address lost time in the classroom. Of this $128 billion, $48,535,000 will go to Yolo County schools. The breakdown of
funding for Yolo County is as follows: ■ Davis Joint Unified School District: $6,608,000 ■ Esparto Unified School District: $1,224,000 ■ Washington Unified School District: $17,564,000 ■ Winters Joint Unified School District: $1,635,000 ■ Woodland Joint Unified School District: $21,504,000 These dollars will help build a robust vaccination plan for teachers and other school staff, ventilation upgrades, cleaning supplies, and COVID-19 testing. Remote learning has posed many challenges for both students and parents. Getting students safely back in the classroom is one of my main priorities in Congress. The “American Rescue Plan” includes financial relief to local communities so they can continue providing essential services like firefighting, public safety, health care, and more during the COVID19 pandemic. $26.264 billion will be granted to the State of California, and an estimated $43,000,000 will go to Yolo County. Of this $43,000,000, an estimated $17,000,000 will support the city of Davis. This will allow local communities to cover budget shortfalls incurred by the pandemic, provide services that will stop the spread of the virus, and offer economic relief to local residents. Additionally, the “American Rescue Plan” provides new federal funding to support local public
transportation agencies throughout the nation. Davis will receive $830,150 to cover revenue losses for Yolobus, improve and expand the Yolobus route, and increase service. This funding will help frontline health care workers and other essential workers who rely on Yolobus for their commute. As we reckon with one of the biggest challenges in American history, it is imperative that Americans are supported. No family should worry about where their next meal will come from or wonder if they will be evicted from their home. This aid is urgently needed to save lives, jobs and the wellbeing of our cities, states and citizens. I won’t rest until it becomes law and aid is in the American people’s hands. ———— I will keep you up to date with monthly columns in The Davis Enterprise, as well as on my Facebook page at http:// www.facebook.com/ repgaramendi, and on my government website at http://garamendi.house. gov. I can better represent you in Washington if I know your views and suggestions. You can contact me at my Davis district office, 412 G St., Davis, CA 95616, or 530-753-5301; or at my Washington, D.C., office, 2368 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515, or 202-225-1880. — Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, represents the 3rd Congressional District, which includes Davis and Yolo County.
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KMUV in 1974, re-branded itself as KRBK with considerable fanfare, in the spring of 1981,” Derrick said. In 1985, the station decided to mount its own nightly news show and made the then-gutsy decision to hire CBS Sports Spectacular host Christine Craft as its evening anchor. Craft assembled a team that included Mr. Bang as the channel’s resident film critic. “To this day, I’ve no idea how I out-interviewed what must’ve been a pretty large list of far more seasoned print and TV film critics,” Derrick says. “But I suspect Christine tipped the scale in my favor.” Every two weeks, he’d go to the station and type up his copy for the teleprompter, working in a trailer parked adjacent to the studio building. “And, seated at my left, pounding furiously on his own typewriter, was Rush. He predated the rest of us, having been brought to the station the previous year. “And he certainly had conservative views,” Derrick added, “but he definitely wasn’t aggressive or overbearing about them; I recall him as an affable journalist/commentator.” So there you go. Another 1-degree of Davis separation to Rush Limbaugh. — Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@davisenterprise.net. Follow him via Twitter at @dhspunter.
Another teacher’s view BY TRACEY SCHWENGEL Special to CalMatters
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ike teachers across the country, I’ve been on Zoom for what feels like forever. And while I do my best to fill my third-grade class with positivity and silliness, I know many of my students are struggling. When their cameras go off, it’s often because they are holding back tears. Parents tell me their children are depressed. The kids tell me too, in oneon-one lessons sprinkled through the day that often turn into minitherapy sessions. All they want is to go back. Often, they’ve asked me why we haven’t gone back, and I’ve struggled to come up with an answer. These are kids with parents working full-time in offices, hospitals, hair salons and supermarkets. They see stores and restaurants open in their neighborhood, and they struggle to understand why school is the big exception. Telling these kids that it’s not safe — or that it’s safe to return only a few hours a week, as my district is preparing to do — feels inadequate. Elementary schools in adjacent neighborhoods are open and operating, which means many of my fellow teachers are back full-time. Community spread is now under control, and my county, Los Angeles County, says elementary schools are clear to reopen their doors. I’d love to go back Monday-Friday, right now. I’m aware, of course, that many teachers don’t agree, or feel hesitant to jump in until they know that safety protocols are in place and working. I’m aware, too, that arguments over reopening have become contentious and divisive; many parents don’t feel heard, and many teachers don’t feel valued. Still, parents and teachers have never disagreed that distance learning is not giving our kids the education they deserve and the social-emotional
COMMENTARY support they desperately need. Often, the ones struggling most are the ones you’d never suspect. When one of my students has a birthday, we all try to come up with an imaginative idea for a present — and one of the most common is “a vaccine so we can go back to school.” My fellow teachers hear much the same. We’ve all worked tirelessly to deliver curriculum and prevent learning loss, and we’ve all chalked up our successes. But I’ve also watched students become apathetic and distracted. Without a teacher looking over their shoulder, some simply aren’t working up to their potential. My school, Will Rogers in Santa Monica, is a Title I school, and I’ve watched the achievement gap in my own class grow ever wider. That gap is only going to keep growing if we don’t ramp up reopening. I certainly don’t claim to have all the answers, and as a classroom teacher I’m not sure it’s my job to. We need effective leaders who not only give us a return date, but tell us how to make it work. We need imagination and funding to create safe outdoor classroom spaces. As a healthy 50-yearold, I’m not high-risk, but I have a 19-year-old son with a medical condition who is. Our family has certainly learned to weigh the risks. The risk is there, but it is small and far outweighed by the damage to our students’ academics and emotional health. It’s time, for all of us. — Tracey Schwengel is a third-grade teacher at Will Rogers Learning Community, a public elementary school in Santa Monica. She 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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Jitters out of the way, Aggies roll UCD rallies late to win first football game in more than 450 days BY BOB DUNNING Enterprise staff writer For most of the first half, UC Davis looked like a team that hadn’t played football in 469 days. On defense, the Aggies allowed Idaho to score on its first possession. On offense, UCD fumbled its first snap from center. However, once Davis shook off all that rust and realized it was in a real football game — one where someone was actually keeping score — it roared back from a 17-7 third-quarter deficit to dominate the 19th-ranked Vandals, 27-17, in UCD’s Big Sky “spring football” opener before a crowd of 1,823 Saturday afternoon at Idaho’s Kibbie Dome. It was the first game played in the month of March in the 102year history of Aggie football and it was indeed UCD’s first competition, dating back to a 27-17 loss to Sacramento State in November of 2019. Hunter Rodrigues ended any talk of a quarterback controversy by using his first start in an Aggie
uniform to complete 23 of 29 passes for 243 yards and three scores. He didn’t thrown an interception. All-American candidate Ulonzo Gilliam picked up where he left off more than 15 months ago, rushing for 145 yards on 26 carries, including 102 yards in the second half alone. “I’m just super-proud of our kids and of our university for making this happen,” said Aggie head coach Dan Hawkins afterward. “Yes, we were behind today and there were some little things we needed to clean up, but it wasn’t time to panic. We made some adjustments and beat a good football team.” Hawkins, however, said the real story wasn’t the Aggie win, but everything that had to come together for this game to even be played. “You look at the monumental effort of the administration and the doctors and the equipment people and everyone else to make this happen and provide some joy and some normalcy for 64 kids
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Aggie running back Ulonzo Gulliam, center, slips through openings in the Idaho defense in Saturday’s game. today (and over 100 on the team), it’s just been phenomenal,” Hawkins noted. “This whole ordeal has been hard on everybody. And to go on the road and finally get to play a game and get a win against a ranked team, it means a lot to us and makes me very proud to be a part of this.” Idaho, which upset Big Sky powerhouse Eastern Washington
to open the season last Saturday, took the opening kickoff and moved with relative ease to take a 3-0 lead on a 47-yard field goal from Logan Prescott. The Vandals pushed the count to 10-0 with a 19-yard TD strike from Mike Beaudry to Logan Kendall. But the Aggies responded just before the break on a 25-yard TD
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Men earn No. 4 seed BY WILL WYMAN Enterprise correspondent UC Davis capped off its unusual regular season with a win over Hawaii on Saturday afternoon at The Pavilion. The 74-66 win gives the Aggies six wins in their last seven games and provides them with a first-round bye as the No. 4 seed at this week’s Big West Conference tournament in Las Vegas. On Thursday, Davis (9-7, 6-4)
will meet Cal State Bakersfield (1510, 9-7) at 2 p.m. at the Mandalay Bay Events Center at 2 p.m. Just 24 hours after losing to the Rainbow Warriors, Davis turned up the physicality to dominate the glass and the paint. The Aggies hauled in 36 rebounds to only 22 for Hawaii on Saturday. It was a 180-degree turnaround given that
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An 11-2 run opening the second half provided a little breathing room on Saturday as the UC Davis women managed to stop a subborn Hawaii, 54-46, in Honolulu and protect their top seed going into this week’s Big West Conference Tournament in Las Vegas. The win elevated the Aggies’ overall record to 10-2, and 9-1 league, and marked their fifth straight Big West title. Davis will open the BWC event at the Mandalay Bay on Wednesday (11 a.m.) against Tuesday’s Next game: Wednesday UC Riverside-Cal State Ful- vs. UC Riverside/Cal State lerton winner. Fullerton winner, Mandalay It looked early like UCD Bay, Las Vegas, 11 a.m. would lay waste to Pele’s kin, jumping to an 8-0 firstperiod lead. But when the first-half smoke cleared, the Rainbow Wahine had rallied to lead, 29-27. But starting in the third period, two buckets each from Cierra Hall and Kayla Konrad melded with Sage Stobbart’s basket to put Hawaii (8-7, 7-6) behind for good. Evanne Turner paced UCD with 13 points, hitting 3-of-5 from beyond the arc. Hall and Stobbart each scored 12 with Stobbart collecting nine boards and four more blocks a night after setting the school record with nine. Konrad had 9 points with Mackenzie Trpcic scoring 8 to go with eight rebounds and seven assists. Davis held Hawaii to just 17 points in the second half.
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or decades the NCAA has insisted that the athletes who compete under its jurisdiction remain strictly amateurs, forbidden from accepting so much as a free tuna sandwich on a Friday afternoon from a downtown restaurant. Never mind that a non-athletic kindergartener can make any sort of name, image and likeness deal he or she can swing. Did you think all those cute little kids in the peanut butter commercials are working for free? Writes ESPN’s Murphy, “A new federal bill introduced Thursday would make it illegal for the NCAA or other college sports associations to place any restrictions on the type or size of endorsement deals that college athletes could sign in the future.” In other words, once you open this door just a crack, you may as well just kick it wide open. “The bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Chris Murphy and Rep. Lori Trahan,
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Women take their fifth BWC crown
Athletes move from nil to NIL ederal bill pushes for unrestricted NIL endorsements for NCAA athletes,” said the headline over a story by ESPN senior writer Dan Murphy. NIL? Yes, we all need a “Dictionary of Abbreviations” these days to know what people are talking about. I mean, once we get past the FBI, the IRS, the CIA and the CDC, I’m pretty much lost. If you see BLM today, you immediately think of Black Lives Matter, but for years, and even now, it also stands for the Bureau of Land Management. Does DWR refer to Davis Waste Removal or the Department of Water Resources? So, to decipher the two abbreviations in the headline above, the NCAA is the National Collegiate Athletic Association, while NIL stands for “Name, Image and Likeness,” though it could stand for the National Ironman League. NIL is in the news along with the NCAA because Congress is about to get involved in the question of whether collegiate athletes can sell their names, images and likenesses to the highest bidder — perhaps without limit.
toss Rodrigues-to-Carson Crawford to make it 10-7 at the half. Idaho pushed the lead back to 17-7 early in the third quarter when Beaudry scored from 9 yards out. After that, though, it was all UC Davis, as the Aggies went on a 20-0 run to leave no doubt about
Rising from the ashes BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor
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After a challenging year for Davis High sophomore distance runner Ryan Mitchell, the future could all be downhill from here.
When you compete as a long-distance runner, you learn to push through the tough spots. But exhaustion, rough terrain or bad weather don’t compare to what Davis High harrier Ryan Mitchell has had to overcome during the Year of the Pandemic. It’s difficult enough to survive the isolation, being off campus to learn while getting ready for a socially distanced running season — but also to have endured the loss of his home, which burned to the ground last August ... Well, Blue Devil sophomore Ryan Mitchell is a
profile in courage. “He really has clicked with the guys on the team,” DHS associate head cross country coach Tim Groth points out. “And that bond seems to have increased since the fire. He’s a guy who sets goals for himself and knows who to turn to in accomplishing those goals ... whether it’s a coach, his mom or a teammate.” Mitchell, 16, was at a running camp in Mammoth when the LNU Lightning Fires were raging through Sonoma and Napa counties. The Mitchells — mom Dena, brother Matt and Ryan — lived in English Hills outside of Vacaville. No one dreamed the blazes would burn so far east.
But on Aug. 19, 2020, Dena Mitchell’s phone rang at 1:30 a.m. A friend, whose husband was a volunteer firefighter, told her to get out of there. Evacuate her home of 13 years. “I just happened to be awake doing paperwork,” explained Dena. “My friend said I might want to consider evacuating. I stood up and looked out our back door …” The wind was gusting, and the Mitchell matriarch saw flames maybe 10 miles away. “I thought we had time to get ready,” so Matt and Dena began collecting things.
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JITTERS: Hawkins finds QB starter From Page B1 the outcome. Following the Vandal’s last score, UCD marched 75 yards with the payoff coming on a 7-yard toss from Rodrigues to Jared Harrell. Even though they trailed, 17-14, entering the final quarter, the momentum had shifted as the Aggies took full control on both sides of the line of scrimmage. UCD took the lead for good on an 11-yard pass from Rodrigues to Crawford with 7:41 remaining, then sealed the deal with a 9-yard TD run by freshman Lan Larison with 3:12 left. Larison, coincidentally, is an Idaho native who was a superstar at Vallivue High in Caldwell. He finished with 66 yards on 10 carries and provided a lethal 1-2 rushing punch with Gilliam in the
second half. Afterward, Hawkins was pleased that the Aggies had no turnovers and yielded no sacks and had only CRAWFORD three penalties, 8 receptions remarkable for 120 yards accomplishments for a sea- and 2 scores son opener that was 15 months in the making. “I’m really happy for Hunter,” Hawkins said of his junior quarterback out of Whitney High (Rocklin). “He was super efficient and ran our offense well. He did everything we wanted him to do.” Earlier in the week, Hawkins said he was still weighing six candidates for the starting quarterback job, but Rodrigues
finally emerged. “I wouldn’t call it a game-day decision, but it was more like a Friday decision,” said the Aggie coach. “We RODRIGUES would have liked 23 completions to have Miles for 243 yards, (Hastings) see 3 TDS some action, too, but it didn’t really work out that way.” After a slow first half, the Aggies ran up 310 yards in the final 30 minutes to finish with 481 yards to 345 for the Vandals. Said a disappointed Idaho coach Paul Petrino, “Obviously, we just didn’t do a good enough job in the fourth quarter to win the game. When we get a lead like that, we have to win the game. I have to do a better job making
sure we do that.” The Aggies will stay on the road next Saturday at conference favorite Weber State before opening their home season March 20 against Cal Poly. Notes: Isaiah Thomas and Connor Airey both had interceptions for the Aggies. Airey, a 6-0, 215-pound linebacker out of SoCal power Servite, led the Aggies with 10 tackles, while Thomas and Chris Venable had seven each. Airey and Thomas both had five solo tackles, as did Devon King and Teddye Buchanan. Crawford led Aggie receivers with eight grabs for 120 yards and two scores, Khris Vaughn had five catches, while Harrrell and McCallan Castles had four apiece. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
Late field goal beats T-birds, 26-24 Wire services CEDAR CITY, Utah — A 30-yard field goal by Kevin Ryan with 5 seconds remaining catapulted Idaho State to a 26-24 Big Sky Conference win over Southern Utah before 2,301 wind-blow fans at the Eccles Coliseum on Saturday. With gusts blowing up to 30 mph, Ryan was dead on after his Bengals drove 60 yards on 13 plays in 3:34 to seal the deal. Idaho State improved to 1-1 and SUU fell to 0-2. The Bengals received a big day from their quarterback, Tyler Vander Waal, who threw for 238 yards and three scores. The game featured a couple of long-range touchdowns when Dayne Christiansen ran
BIG SKY FOOTBALL ROUNDUP 69 yards for a T-bird TD and Landen Measom caught a 45-yard scoring toss from Idaho State’s Justin Miller.
The Eagles soar SPOKANE — Eastern Washington wasn’t going to wait around until the end on Saturday — like they did last week in losing on a last-minute touchdown to Idaho. The No. 22 Eagles (1-1) scored three second-quarter touchdowns en route to a 45-13 shellacking of visiting Northern Arizona on the red turf of Roos Field. It was All-American signal-caller Eric
Barriere’s three scoring strikes in the quarter that turned a 3-3 first-quarter tie into a route. Barriere finished the game with 413 yards through the air. Tamarick Pierce rushed for 105 yards and two more scores, while the Eagles outgained their guest 607-344. EWU kept the Lumberjacks in terrible field position.
Two more byes In the revamped eight-school spring schedule, No. 2 Weber State (1-0) and yet-toplay Cal Poly each had byes. The Wildcats entertain UC Davis (1-0) next Saturday while the Mustangs finally came out of the corral by hosting SUU.
MEN: Manjon leads Aggies with 16 points Aggie men 74, Warriors 66
From Page B1 the Rainbow Warriors had crushed the locals, 42-22, on the boards Friday. The smoking-hot Aggies also shot 51.9 percent in the important victory. Just how big was ending the regular season on a high note? “It’s huge,” UCD’s swingman Elijah Pepper reported. “It’s a good bounce back game. The problem is it’s just one game, one opportunity. We have to figure out how to make it work the first night (in the tournament or) we aren’t gonna get a second night in Vegas.” The Aggies were able to offset their poor 3-point shooting (1 of 11) with stout perimeter defense, holding the visitors to 25 percent on 16 attempts from deep. The intensity on the wing was apparent, as the Aggies fervently dodged screens and communicated well with one another. Four of the five starters recorded 14 or more points with Ezra Manjon leading the charge with 16 points. Pepper, Damion Squire and Christian Anigwe each canned 14. Pepper led the way on the glass, hauling in 11 caroms to complete his double-double. The sophomore knows how important a good mentality is to winning games, but also acknowledges that it has to be consistent. The attitude for the night was fueled by the prior day’s loss, and it was critical to go above and beyond to earn the victory. “I think it was just a lot of intensity, physicality, competitiveness, everything that you can do outside of basketball. It’s just wanting to win the game more,
Aggie Christian Anigwe (4), seen driving against a Long Beach State player earlier this season, scored a career-high 14 points Saturday against Hawaii. getting more competitive, getting more physical than they were,” Pepper continued.
The Aggie mindset going into the Big West Tournament is formed by their experience during
A grand slam by Aggie shortstop Isabella Leon in the first game of a doubleheader in the Capital Classic gave UCD a 7-6 victory over Pacific on Saturday. Then Davis went on to win a marathon 2-1, 13-inning decision in the nightcap when Leah Polson’s double drove home Marissa Jauregui with the game-winner. In that second contest, it was a baker’s dozen of innings of 10-hit, 1-run ball by freshman hurler Kenedi Brown that kept the Aggies in the game. The lone UCD run until Polson’s heroics came courtesy of a lead-off triple by Megan Bower and an RBI single from Sarah Starks in the sixth.
UCD ROUNDUP The only blemish on Brown’s gem was a fourth-inning homer by Tiger Carly Lucchetti. Davis (4-9) will play two with Santa Clara today beginning at 11 a.m.
Baseball Cruising with a 4-1 lead into the final frame, the UC Davis bullpen spit the bit as visiting Cal Baptist scored three in 9th and one more in the 10th to take a 5-4 victory from the Aggies. The loss meant UCD dropped to 3-6 on Saturday at Dobbins Stadium.
The top of the Aggie order, a tough journey for any opposing pitcher this spring, had again set the tone for the lead. Jalen Smith was 2 for 5 with a homer and two runs scored, Cooper Morrison was 2 for 4 and Michael Campagna had driven in a run. But Davis squandered 6 1/3 innings of Jake Spillane’s five-hit, 1-run ball. On Friday, CBU held the locals to three hits and won 6-1. The same two teams play today at 1 p.m. (However, fans are not allowed in attendance.)
Lacrosse An early deficit turned into a
UC Davis 0 7 7 13 — 27 Idaho 3 7 7 0 — 17 SCORING SUMMARY
First quarter Idaho — Logan Prescott 47 field goal 8:06. Drive: 12 plays, 45 yards, 6:54 Vandals 3, Aggies 0 Second quarter Idaho — Logan Kendall 19 pass from Mike Beaudry (Prescott kick) 4:22. Drive: 8 plays, 76 yards, 4:01 Vandals 10, Aggies 0 UCD — Carson Crawford 25 pass from Hunter Rodrigues (Isaiah Gomez kick) 2:42. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 2:42. Vandals 10, Aggies 7 Third quarter Idaho — Beaudry 9 run (Prescott kick) 9:04. Drive: 8 plays, 87 yards, 3:45 Idaho 17, Aggies 7 UCD — Jared Harrell 7 pass from Rodrigues (Gomez kick) 4:28. Drive: 14 plays, 75 yards, 4:36 Idaho 17, Aggies 14 Fourth quarter UCD — Crawford 11 pass from Rodriguez (kick failed) 7:41. Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 3:50. Aggies 20, Vandals 17 UCD — Lan Larison 9 run (Gomez kick) 3:12. Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards, 3:25 Aggies 27, Vandals 17 Final
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Passing
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State Bakersfield (15-10), Big West Tournament quarterfinal, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, 2 p.m.
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Passing 27-37-2
the regular season, seeing a large chunk of games canceled due to safety protocols. “It’s really a blessing to be able to play. We were out for six weeks, and we were all talking about, ‘If we’re able to play, we gotta play like it’s our last game.’ ” recalled the Selah, Wash., native. “Because last year we finished our last game, and we went to the tournament thinking we were gonna play, and then all of a sudden it’s canceled. So that’s our mentality, play like it’s your last game, because you never know if it’s actually going to be your last one.” Pepper’s confidence for the postseason is in abundance ... “I think we have the best allaround team in the league,” Pepper added. “We have solid bigs, good guards, we play well together, we work hard. I think it’s coming together at the right time for us.” Notes: Elsewhere in the Big West on Saturday, No. 1 tourney seed UC Santa Barbara topped Cal Poly, 70-54, Cal State Fullerton lost to UC San Diego, 85-78, UC Irvine bested Long Beach State, 73-58, and CSUN got nipped by UC Riverside, 66-65. ... Hawaii (11-9, 9-9), who was led by James Jean-Marie’s 19 points, will meet UCR on Thursday at 8 p.m. — Reach Enterprise correspondent Will Wyman at wymanw26@gmail.com.
Aggie women sweep Tigers in softball Enterprise staff
Aggies 27, Vandals 17
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Next game: Thursday vs. Cal
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runaway victory for the UC Davis women’s lacrosse team, as the Aggies handed San Diego State an 18-7 defeat at the Aztec Lacrosse Field on Friday. UC Davis (4-1 overall) leads the series 6-5 against the Aztecs (2-3). Aggie senior Maddie Myers had eight points on the day thanks to five goals and three assists on nine shots, adding four ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers. Senior Sorana Larson, who entered the week ranked No. 2 in the nation in goals, bent the net five more times on nine shots and added an assist, collecting her third match with at least five goals scored this season and her fifth hat trick in as many games.
481
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345
3-0
Fumbles/lost
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2-18
Punt returns
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0-0
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2-58
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Punts/avg. 4-45.8
3-35
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1-8
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Individual stats Rushing: UCD — Ulonzo Gilliam 26-145; Lan Larison 10-66 TD; Hunter Rodrigues 6-18; Jared Harrell 1-(-2). Idaho — Mike Beaudry 8-44 TD; Romano 9-32; Roshaun Johnson 4-21; Logan Kendall 1-3; Dylan Thigpen 3-3; Tre Walker 1-(-1). Passing: UCD — Rodrigues 23-29-0-243, 3 TDs; Carson Crawford 1-1-0-36. Idaho — Beaudry 27-37-2236 TD. Receiving: UCD — Crawford 8-120, 2 TDs; Harrell 4-55 TD; McCallen Castles 4-51; Khris Vaughn 5-35; Lance Babb II 1-14; Blake Thorpe 1-2; Gilliam 1-2. Idaho — Hayden Hatten 8-74; Nick Romano 3-61; Cutrell Haywood 8-39; Michael Noil 2-22; Elijah Lilly 2-19; Kendall 1-19; Johnson 3-2.
UCD defensive stats Leading tacklers: UCD — Conner Airey 10; Isaiah Thomas 7; Chris Venable 7; Devon King 6; Teddye Buchanan 5; Cole Hansen 5; Chubba Maae 5. Idaho — Walker 19; Fa’avae Fa’avae 11; Tyrese Dedmon 10; Tommy McCormick 9; Josh Jones 7; Christian Elliss 6. Interceptions: UCD — Airey, Thomas. Idaho — None. Sack — Airey.
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Don’t worry, the Cats will return T
hose of you pining for the start of the River Cats season will have to be patient a while longer. The Giants’ AAA affiliate won’t begin play until May 6 and the first 12 games are on the road. While the home opener is May 20 at Sutter Health Park, baseball delayed is better than no ball at all. ■ The five toughest things to do in sports (one of many opinions on the subject): 1. Hit a 90-mile-an-hour pitch consistently. Degree of difficulty is such that hitters are considered good if they are successful three times out of 10. 2. Be an elite NFL quarterback. 3. Be an elite NHL goaltender. 4. Ride as a thoroughbred jockey 5. Pitch a big-league perfect game. Only 23 have ever been thrown and no one has thrown more than one. Matt Cain was perfect for the Giants in 2012. Catfish Hunter (1968) and
Dallas Braden (2010) did so for the Athletics. ■ Headline in The New York Times: “In Doncic, an Old Celtic Sees ‘Larry Bird Reincarnated.’ ” The quote’s author was Cedric Maxwell, who played six seasons with Bird and won two NBA championships along side Larry Legend. A veteran of 40 years in the NBA in various roles, Maxwell told Marc Stein of The Times: “Luka is better than Larry was at that age,” as Doncic recently turned 22. “The biggest thing is that there’s an arrogance, a cockiness Luka has that is directly out of the bloodstream of Larry Bird.” The point here? The Kings could have selected Doncic with the second pick in the 2018 draft. But they passed on him in favor of Marvin Bagley III. Doncic went to Dallas instead. The rest is history. ■ Where are they now? Willie Kirkland played right field in the
Giants’ first-ever game in San Francisco on April 15, 1958. He would do so again in 1959 and ’60 before being traded to Cleveland. Once Willie McCovey was called up in ’59, a third of the Giants lineup gave opponents the Willies: Mays in center, McCovey at first and Kirkland in right. Kirkland toiled in Cleveland and briefly in Baltimore before three final years with the Washington Senators. Over nine seasons, he was a .240 hitter with 148 home runs, 509 runs batted in from 195866. A Siluria, Ala., resident Kirkland is now 87-years old, among the oldest living big leaguers.
■ Ran across an ancient black-and-white film of the second Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) vs. Sonny Liston “fight” from 1965. Then, as now, the film doesn’t lie. Sonny took a dive. Over the ensuing 55-plus years, the narrative has been that Sonny owed a substantial amount of money to some fellows who don’t like being owed money. Sonny could throw the fight, or suffer the consequences. He chose the former, but, overweight and out of shape, wasn’t even able to make it look good. Liston went down via a soft-asfeathers punch and stayed down for a count that exceeded 10. ■ Lastly, a personal note ... Over a four-decade-plus career in sports communication and administration, Larry Wahl earned a legacy that few can match. He worked at some fine addresses along the way, notably the New York Yankees, ABC Sports, the University of Miami football program (for Jimmy
Johnson and Dennis Erickson) and later the Orange Bowl Classic football game. More than anything else, he trod the fine line between working with the media and keeping them mostly satisfied while always remembering for whom he worked. Larry and I traveled to Taiwan in 2013 to work the World Baseball Classic, an experience that enriched each of us more than we ever knew at the time. This past Wednesday, multiplemyeloma claimed him following a four-year fight. Larry touched many lives, but none more so than those who knew him well. I am proud and humbled to have been his friend. — Doug Kelly is director of communications for Battlefields 2Ballfields and managing general partner of Kelly & Associates. Kelly also is the longtime radio and television color man on UC Davis football broadcasts. Reach him at DKelly1416@aol. com.
DUNNING: Student-athletes can now cash in on fame From Page B1 is the latest in a series of proposed national laws that aim to help college athletes make money and reform a multi-billion-dollar college sports industry that several members of Congress believe is fundamentally unfair,” the scribe Murphy adds. “This proposal is the only option to date that doesn’t provide any means for Congress, the NCAA or any other governing body to regulate what products athletes can endorse.”
Calendar Today UC Davis BASEBALL — Aggies vs. Cal Baptist, 1 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY — Aggies vs. Cal, 2 p.m. LACROSSE — Aggies @ USC, 3 p.m. SOFTBALL — Aggies vs. Santa Clara DH, 11 a.m. TENNIS — Aggie men @ UC San Diego, 11 a.m. WATER POLO — Aggie women @ Pacific, 11 a.m. Monday UC Davis GOLF — Aggie men @ Lamkin Grip Classic, San Diego CC, all day; Aggie women @ Juli Inkster Invitational, all day. Tuesday Davis High GOLF — Blue Devil boys vs. Christian Brothers @ Bing Maloney Golf Club, 3 p.m. TENNIS — Blue Devil girls @ Consumnes Oaks, 2:30 p.m. UC Davis GOLF — Aggie men @ Lamkin Grip Classic, San Diego CC, all day; Aggie women @ Juli Inkster Invitational, all day. Wednesday Davis High GOLF — Blue Devil girls vs. Franklin/Elk Grove @ Wildhorse Golf Club, 3 p.m. UC Davis GOLF — Aggie men @ Lamkin Grip Classic, San Diego CC, all day. Thursday Davis High FIELD HOCKEY — Blue Devils vs. Bella Vista, 3 p.m. GOLF — Blue Devil boys vs. Bella Vista, Wildhorse Golf Club, 3 p.m. TENNIS — Blue Devil girls @ Pleasant Grove, 2:30 p.m. UC Davis EQUESTRIAN — Aggies @ Fresno State, 11 a.m. TENNIS — Aggie women vs. Nevada, noon. Friday Davis High FOOTBALL — Blue Devils vs. Will C. Wood (scrimmage), 7 p.m. UC Davis BASEBALL — Aggies vs. Pepperdine, 2:30 p.m. BEACH VOLLEYBALL — Aggies vs. Arizona, noon FIELD HOCKEY — Aggies @ Cal, 6 p.m. WATER POLO — UC Davis vs. UC Irvine, noon & 4 p.m. Saturday Davis High BASEBALL — Blue Devils vs. Jesuit (scrimmage), noon. UC Davis BASEBALL — Aggies vs. Pepperdine, DH,11:30 a.m. BEACH VOLLEYBALL — Aggies vs. Arizona, 8 a.m. EQUESTRIAN — Aggies @ Fresno State, TBA FOOTBALL — Aggies @ Weber State, noon. SOFTBALL — Aggies vs. Cal, Bulldog Classic, 12:30 p.m. & 6 p.m. LACROSSE — Aggies @ Fresno State, 2 p.m. TENNIS — Aggie women @ San Francisco, 2 p.m. Notes: By order of the Yolo County Health and Human Services Dept., no fan attendance is allowed at either Davis High or UC Davis sporting events. At DHS, two parents or guardians are admitted to supervise to their studentathletes.
Another bill basically says the same thing, though it does restrict athletes from endorsing tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, adult entertainment or gambling. As reasonable as that might sound, once the legislation becomes law, it will be hard to keep athletes from endorsing anything they wish. I was one of those folks fortunate enough to compete for my alma mater, but other than the basic gear necessary to our sport and $7.75-a-day meal money when we were on the road, we got nothing. If any adoring fans — there weren’t any — wanted my autograph, it would
have been free. The NCAA brass has seen the handwriting on the wall for some time and hopes to somehow limit the amount of compensation an athlete can receive, but this will quickly become an exercise in futility. I mean, what are they thinking, a 50-cent limit for an offensive lineman’s autograph up to $1,000 for the starting quarterback’s signature on the back of the game-day program? Word will quickly spread among high school seniors about which universities have super boosters who pay top dollar for name,
image and likeness and which schools don’t. But why should the head coach be able to make millions off a shoe endorsement deal while the athletes who wear the shoes the coach endorses get not a penny? In this brave new world, of course, the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer, but it’s been that way in major college athletics for some time now. Players used to get nil for their efforts. Now NIL can make them hit pay dirt. Literally. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@ davisenterprise.net.
RISING: Ready for a new beginning From Page B1 When the electricity went out about 10 minutes later, Dena peered out a front window ... “The whole neighborhood was on fire,” she remembers. “That’s when I went, ‘Oh my God, we have to get out of the house,’ and we just drove off. “It was like a movie. It was insane.” The Mitchells saved some keepsakes and personal things. They couldn’t find the household cat, but they herded the family dog, Karl, into the car and left. Their cat died in the blaze. “The whole time you don’t think you won’t be back. You think ‘I’ll be coming back,’ ” Dena told The Enterprise. They did. To a home that now stood as a pile of ash. Ryan was told about what had happened, but was urged to stay with the camp’s coach and his family for a few extra days. “It was too complicated to go back home then,” Ryan explained. “I was in Mammoth for three weeks. I had a lot of clothes, but I lost a lot of personal stuff … things on my walls. Fortunately, no physical objects lost that I couldn’t replace. “Just the memories.” Ryan continued: “You can lose a lot of stuff, but it would be really bad if someone COURTESY PHOTO was caught in the fire. (My family) is way more important than a place, a house. It The razed English Hills home of the Mitchell Family is shown after the August California wildfires. could have been a lot worse.” Davis High harrier Ryan, his brother Matt and mom Dena have relocated to Davis and are finding Then, Dena and Matt spent less than a 2021 on much more solid footing. week at family’s and friends’ houses before relocating to Davis. The community had “So, coming back from the fire, I felt with Gonzaga-bound senior Tucker has already become a legion of support, most super-displaced, so it was nice to have provided a quantum leap forward for notably through an early GoFundMe camsomething to go back to. Some of my best Mitchell. paign. friends — Ansel Tucker, Diego Perez, Zach “I think it’s great Ryan has someone of Dena said her friend, Ayres, Luca Maes, Cole that caliber to run with,” Groth said. “It’s Marge Steplight, insisted Dudley — are on the team, made him a better runner and better teamon setting up the account so it meant a lot to be able mate. It’s wonderful to see that Ryan has and, in retrospect, it was a to run with them every day. not only embraced Davis, but the Davis cushion that allowed the “After everything that running culture.” Mitchells to take their first happened at once, having Groth was asked what traits best steps toward recovery. something that didn’t describe Mitchell: “cerebral, self-reflected, “We were lucky, we had change was nice.” analytical.” insurance,” said Dena, addBefore COVID and the And Dena bursts with pride at how her ing that the fund helped her summer blazes, Ryan frekids have handled a rugged year. “not stress out about going quently went mountain “They adapted super-well. That has to right back to work,” and biking. He’d hang out with do with the fact that they’re good kids, allowed her to take care of friends. He was the typical they’re good people and they’re loved. They her family and move forteenager. know they are. ward. “(GoFundMe) He sees things inching “Everybody had tough years,” mom conallowed me to take a breath back to normal. Coaches tinued. “A lot of people lost their homes. and get some things orgalike Groth have helped give There’s nothing unique about us. We’re nized.” the entire team confidence just another family that picked up the Mitchell is a physical and support. pieces and moved on. therapist. After spending “It’s really nice having “But it’s given me and my kids the expeseven months in a duplex (Tim and head coach Bill rience of complete ungroundedness: You near DHS, she has purGregg),” Ryan offered. don’t even have a home anymore. They had chased a home in Davis into “They haven’t been just the opportunity to see how they can which Matt (a senior at people giving you a workrecover from that and be OK. Vacaville’s Buckingham out — you develop a bond “That’s a huge life lesson for any human Ryan Mitchell Charter School), Ryan and with them. Tim has been being. It’s now part of their life story, their Davis High runner she will move to in May. super-helpful, starting me character, that I hope they can draw on.” Ryan, meanwhile, has with the new school year Ryan Mitchell has taken the adversity been hard at work to help his Devil teamand now running. and run with it. mates through a unique spring cross coun“Then, Bill helped spread the word — Reach DE sports editor Bruce try season. about our GoFundMe, donated and Gallaudet at bgallaudet41@gmail.com or checked up on me.” “I’m doing what I can,” he said. “My first call 530-320-4456. Follow Gallaudet on year on a high school team was super-fun. Groth explained that having Ryan run Twitter: @BGsportsinDavis.
“You can lose a lot of stuff, but it would be really bad if someone was caught in the fire. (My family) is way more important than a place, a house. It could have been a lot worse.”
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What does gray hair change, exactly? W
hen I was 14 years old my mother began an effort that would have knocked the socks off me if I’d been more aware. After many years as a stay-at-home mom, she took classes, earned a master’s degree, and interned in order to become a junior high English teacher. When she was in her 50s, she looked for her first job. I remember that summer of discouragement. We lived in suburban New York where teaching jobs were plentiful and several times she made it to the interview. But they always chose someone else. One day she sighed and said, “I look too old.” With the same determination she showed going back to school, she drove to Rexall Drugs, bought some product and colored her hair. The next job she applied for was the one she got. These events made an impression on me, scared me a little, and explain why I began coloring my hair early and kept coloring it for more than 20 years. To me, gray suggests not only age, but potential rejection. In recent years, however, I tired of the hassle of coloring my
hair and began thinking about going gray, perhaps when my term as board president of Yolo Hospice came to its conclusion. Even though many board members are as old as I am, I still associated holding a position of authority with looking youthful. My mother’s experience colored (ahem) mine. Then along came COVID-19, which closed beauty salons. Everyone’s hair went natural. ———— My term as board president ended last June, just as my COVID look was declaring itself. At first, my hair remained mostly brown, then less brown, then bright white in front, gray in other places. Because I no longer went to my hairdresser, my hair also grew long in an unruly way that contained a surprise.
Have you ever gone someplace where you expect to know no one and encountered a long-lost friend? That’s what happened when my hair grew out and started producing waves that I hadn’t seen since my 30s. People noticed them. My husband invited me to twirl around and show friends just how wavy the hair in back really was: an ocean with white caps. When I was young, straight hair was preferred and women ironed their tresses to achieve that glory. Now people applauded my wavy locks. Even the Davis Enterprise has a role in my story. Over the 25 years I have penned this column, my photo has been updated five times, showing me in new clothes, earrings and glasses. I look older in each photo, of course, but the recent switch from dark hair to gray is the most striking. I’m not sure I like it. ———— But that’s how it goes, good things and bad things both emerging from my new look. I’ll start with the good. I recognize now that my mother’s experience is not universal. In fact, we currently have quite a
few old people in powerful positions — think Biden, McConnell, Pelosi — and some of them are doing great. Whether we’re talking about politicians or ordinary folk, some younger people are fully able to appreciate the gray-haired crowd. They make eye contact with me, talk to me, even kid around with me, despite my mask and my new gray hair. I feel as if they see the current me and the previous me, and they recognize the fact that I am as awake and alive as they are. ———— But a negative side remains. Many people discount those who look old, and the nightly news shows me that some, sadly, don’t even care about protecting the elderly from COVID-19. Why does empathy rupture? To properly appreciate older people, you need to be able to picture them enthusiastic, vibrant and engaged in the world. We seniors all have that in our past. Many of us have that in our present. But how many observers recognize it? Even seventysomethings like me sometimes have trouble perceiving the vigor — past or present — of others from the same generation.
I’m embarrassed to admit that this is a big deal to me. Why can’t I just age, and show my age, and be OK with it? I get less attention, but so what? I’m one of the lucky ones, after all. If you’re ready to scream, “Marion, what’s so terrible about looking older?” I’m not surprised. What’s so terrible is that people don’t always respond to me the way they used to. Sometimes I feel left out. How can I signal that I want much more? I want to connect, to have young friends, to know what’s new and happening, just like my mother did. ———— I’m thrilled to be done with dyeing my hair. I treasure my waves. I love it when my husband has me twirl around to show them off. I even love washing my longer hair because it feels soft and youthful and reminds me of when I was 21 and kept it down to my shoulders. There’s lots of good in this choice that COVID led me to make. And yet. And yet. — Marion Franck has lived in Davis for more than 40 years. Reach her at marionf2@gmail. com.
During pandemic, reimagine a more equitable future BY EVAN SCHMIDT AND NATALIA BALTAZAR Special to The Enterprise
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he pandemic has impacted every facet of life over the last year. With people increasingly at home and more isolated, domestic violence and substance use, as well as depression and anxiety are peaking in communities across the nation and our region. To understand how COVID-19 has impacted our region over the last year, Valley Vision and Capital Public Radio in partnership with the Institute of Social Research at Sacramento State, have conducted The COVID-19 Resilience Poll. This is a public opinion poll that tracks experiences and perspectives on the impacts of COVID-19 in the Capital region, including Yolo, Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer, Yuba and Sutter counties, and is both demographically representative and statistically significant. The poll shows that physical safety at home and mental health effects of COVID-19 are significant and impact people of color, younger people, and women most significantly. “In Yolo County, Empower Yolo continues to support an influx of clients with increased domestic violence cases; clients needing help with basic necessities as well as emergency relief support to help pay rent, utilities and childcare. Over the past year, Empower Yolo’s restraining order clinic has been
EMPOWER YOLO busier than ever. Many clients are struggling to provide basic needs for their families such as food, clothing and the ability to pay their rent and utilities. The need for childcare so that clients can go back to work is a real problem for working parents. We continue to work with community partners like the Yolo Food Bank to meet the huge rise in food distribution for vulnerable families, seniors, and the immigrant community,” says Lynnette Irlmeier, executive director of Empower Yolo.
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verall, a quarter of respondents (25%) from the poll are concerned about being physically or emotionally harmed by other members of their household. About a third of respondents are concerned about alcohol or substance abuse (34%) and the well being of children in the household (32%). As many as 63% of respondents reported feeling depressed at least once in the last seven days, and 82% of respondents reported feeling anxious at least once in the last seven days. These health impacts also continue to reflect different experiences in different communities. Communities that were already on the margins and struggling due to systemic racism and oppression are hit the hardest due to increased daily stressors like a loss of job, homeschooling, or the inability to provide basic
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needs like food, clothing or paying rent. “Most of the clients I work with every day are strong individuals,” says Josie Enriquez, Program Manager, Empower Yolo. “One of our clients was working in a restaurant and was laid off due to COVID. She spent all of her savings, but refused to get help because she is undocumented. Her brother has been helping her pay rent. She is also a survivor of domestic violence,” says Enriquez. Some families have to rely on older children to help out with childcare when they have to work. “Low-income children are the ones suffering the most; many of the older children need to attend school, but they are also taking care of their siblings,” says Enriquez. Families that become sick need extra support to get back on their feet. “One of my clients had COVID and he had to quarantine. The entire family had COVID except for their 5-year-old
daughter who was asymptomatic. His daughter was not able to participate in distance learning until we connected him with the local school district for support. He ended up staying home for about two months because the symptoms were severe.
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e had heart problems and anxiety on top of the regular COVID symptoms. Because he was home during this time to recover, he was able to support his daughter in virtual learning and she made progress. Empower Yolo also referred the family to STEAC, and is assisting the family in completing their tax return,” says Enriquez. Women (89%) and younger respondents aged 18-38 years old (93%) more frequently reported anxiety and depression or hopelessness (71% of women, 82% of younger respondents) in the prior seven days. Empower Yolo’s counseling department has been very busy throughout the pandemic trying to
support clients’ various mental health needs. “Therapists are reporting seeing more clients than ever before; we are seeing a much higher rate of clients being depressed or anxious as a result of the pandemic,” says Amy Groven, director of clinical pograms of Empower Yolo. Depression and anxiety seem to impede many clients on things like getting a job so they can escape abuse. Because of quarantine clients are more isolated. “Clients are not reaching out to the support they do have as much, and many are experiencing feelings of being helpless or very lonely as they go through the pandemic trying to navigate a new life for themselves,” says Groven.
Call to action Our clients continue to face many challenges at this time. Local grant funding from Yolo Community Foundation, Travis Credit Union, Sierra Health, United Way and the Josey Starkweather fund have helped us support many basic needs and emergency relief for families in need. We continue to need the community’s support. As we navigate through different challenges every week we are also improving and reimaging better ways to support clients. The community can continue to support our efforts in many ways: 1) make a donation to support unfunded programs and services any time at
empoweryolo.org; 2) become a sponsor or corporate partner for one of our awareness months; 3) donate your stimulus check if you don’t need it and want to help families in need; 4) donate an appreciated asset (you’ll also receive the tax benefit); 5) make a planned gift; 6) participate in one of our monthly donation drives; 7) create a peer-topeer fundraiser for Empower Yolo to support a need during the Big Day of Giving this year on May 6, 2021; 8) join our email list at empoweryolo.org; 9) follow us on Facebook @empoweryolo, Instagram and Twitter @ empower_yolo; like and share what’s happening at Empower Yolo. Together we can move forward to help rebuild our community to be safer, healthier and more resilient. Help Empower Yolo support clients recovering from the setbacks of COVID-19, but even better, and in line with the purpose of Valley Vision’s COVID-19 Resilience Poll, help us reimagine and build a more equitable, sustainable, and just future for our clients and their families. — Evan Schmidt is the CEO of Valley Vision, and the Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of Empower Yolo. Natalia Baltazar is the Director of Development and Community Relations of Empower Yolo.
Genealogy club to discuss New England research Special to The Enterprise The Davis Genealogy Club invites the public to attend a free virtual presentation by genealogist Stuart Robertson titled, “Creative Connections – Linking Your Ancestors in 18th Century Massachusetts,” from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, via Zoom. Robertson will describe what to do when there are no census documents or the existing vital records contain minimal information or are incomplete. According to Robertson, “You have to get creative in where you look and persistent in your search. Sources such as probate files, tax lists, church records, town records, pension records and journals become important in your search and key to helping you build a case
for the connection (between generations).” This presentation will offer two case studies to demonstrate how alternative sources can help establish or build a case for a connection, and this knowledge can be creatively applied to almost any location. Robertson learned at an early age that his family descended from the Mayflower passenger William Brewster and that knowledge became the catalyst for a life-long pursuit of tracing the family’s ancestry. Along the way, he earned a bachelor’s degree in history and multiple degrees in education. Starting in 2007, he began work as a research consultant specializing in qualitative data analysis — a perfect match with his love of genealogy. Robertson specializes in 18th and 19th century New England research,
with a focus on Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He has a certificate in genealogical research from Boston University, received training from The New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston and is a member of ProGen49. He is also a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists. Davis Genealogy Club meetings are on the third Tuesday of most months and guests are always welcome as capacity allows. For a guest pass, email President @DavisGenealogy.org. The club’s genealogy library remains closed until further notice. For more information about the club, call Lisa Henderson at 530753-8943 or visit DavisGenealogy. org.
BY ANDY JONES Special to The Enterprise 1. Books and Authors. What are the two cities in the Charles Dickens novel “A Tale of Two Cities”? 2. Film. What S-word is in the title of the Golden Globe-winning second Borat film? 3. Davis Pizza. How much is a Family Size Thin Crust Gourmet Vegetarian Pizza at the Papa Murphys on Covell Boulevard in Davis: $9.99, $14.99 or $18.99? 4. Countries of the World. Was the country of
Brazil named after a mountain, a person, a ship, or a tree? 5. Sports. When Hank Aaron broke the home run record, whose record was it? Answers: London and Paris, “subsequent,” $18.99, the pau brasil tree, Babe Ruth’s. — 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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In it for the long haul Dear Anne: I’m a 49-year-old who has been dating and living with my girlfriend for almost one year now. I’m madly in love with her, and she says the same. We have talked about marriage, and I would love to, but she keeps saying no. She went through a 25-year marriage that she thought would last forever. She had been single for a few years, until the time we started dating. When we talk about it, she says her fear is that, one day, I will leave her, too. I can’t get her to understand that I’m not like that, and she would have to try hard to push me away. What can I do or say to ease her mind? — Confused and In Love Dear Confused and In Love: It sounds like she is traumatized from the abandonment she suffered during her first marriage. She is frozen with fear, anticipating that what happened to her the first time will happen again. As a couple, communication is key. Rather than trying to “get her to understand” that you’re not like that, listen to her concerns. Then, instead of pressuring her to do something she does not feel comfortable with, try creating some future plans. Continue to express what your needs are, and allow her to express her needs, without trying to change her. And encourage her to seek professional help for her trauma. It sounds like she is hurting. ——— Dear Annie: This is for “Unheard Girlfriend,” the woman whose future husband doesn’t help with the housework even though they both work, while she also does the majority of the child care tasks. Years ago, I had a very good male friend with whom I spent a lot of time. We watched ball games while his wife spent the evening doing household chores. It frustrated me that he didn’t help, so I presented it to him as follows: I just don’t get why, if you really love someone, you’d want them to work full time like you, and then spend the evening working while you sit here enjoying yourself. If you both share the work, then you’ll have more time to enjoy each other and she won’t be so exhausted. It worked! After that, he took pride in showing me the list of chores she’d given him to accomplish while she was gone
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Woes,” where the husband of the disabled daughter is not invited to the wedding. This is wrong on every level. But if the daughter really wants to go, perhaps her husband could assist her with the arrangements and travel but not attend the wedding. (Perhaps her mom could take over during the ceremony and reception.) Then the daughter and her husband could enjoy a few days on vacation and turn a “challenging” trip into something fun. The wedding only lasts a couple of hours, but the fun vacation memories could last a lifetime. — Making the Best of It Dear Making the Best of It: Thank you for your letter and the advice to take a possibly distressing event and make it work for everyone. When life gives you lemons make some lemonade and enjoy.
Employer doesn’t care Closing the book on childish behavior Dear Annie: My stepmother is the epitome of a wicked stepmother. My sister and I are grown and have our own lives and families. Our father married “Mary.” We believe it was out of loneliness. She is 15 years younger than him and has a drinking problem. She says the drinking is under control, but it is quite clear it isn’t. She has a record for driving under the influence and for drug possession charges. Again, we were told it was all under control. My sister and I have been ignored, talked about, lied about and made to feel unwelcome in our dad’s home. However, we put all that aside because our dad said he was happy and that she took care of him. We continued to try and get along with Mary. The problem is that he is seriously ill now after having his second stroke, and she is being very cruel and secretive with information and updates on our dad’s health. She has said more than once, “He is my husband.” So? He is and always will be my dad and my responsibility. I’ve tried to explain that this not the time for childish drama; we need to come together and do what’s best for our dad. But she slams the door in our face every time. I am not walking away from my dad. What is the resolution here? When our dad gets out of the hospital, he does not need this. What do I do? — Emotionally Drained Dear Emotionally Drained: First, I am very sorry about your dad’s stroke. May his recovery and rehabilitation be easy. Second, I’m sorry to hear that your relationship with your stepmother is so strained. You don’t deserve to be treated rudely, and “Mary” does not own your father. However, let’s take a look at who’s being childish here. You’ve labeled Mary a “wicked stepmother,” cite her history of addiction as a moral failing and fault her for wanting to take care of her husband. I agree with you. It’s time to set aside the dramatics and focus on what matters here — your dad’s health. If you’re willing to own where you’ve been at fault in this not-so-happily ever after, your “wicked” stepmom might do the same. However, if your stepmom continues to keep her husband from his children, that could constitute abusive behavior. Your best option would be to find an attorney to advise you on your options. Dear Annie: I’d like to comment on the letter from “Wedding
Dear Annie: I’ve been at my current job for nearly 10 years. But over the last year, I’ve become very discouraged, as the pandemic has helped to shine a bright light on my employer’s true character. He has asked us to work in unsafe conditions this entire pandemic, exposing us to risk every day so that he can continue to rake in money through his business. The greed and lack of regard for his employees has been truly eye-opening. Even now that we’re seemingly pretty close to a return to “normalcy,” and I won’t have to worry about health on the job, I can’t forgive him for how he acted throughout this whole thing. Before this past year, I had a great deal of respect for this person and enjoyed my job. I had a lot of pride in working for the person I thought he was. This realization of his true character has very much soured my perspective and motivation going forward. Do I quit, or do I honestly tell my boss how disappointed I am? At the end of the day, he is only about the dollar, and the show he puts on pretending to care is all lies. He has gone to extreme measures to protect only himself and could care less about us. How can I continue to work for someone who is only in it for himself? — Employee for the Moment Dear Employee: This may be a silly question, but I have to ask: Did you let your boss know (in writing) that you feel unsafe in the current conditions? If not, that should be your first order of business. If he continues to disregard your safety even after you’ve expressed your concern, then document his negligence as thoroughly as possible. On Jan. 21, 2021, the White House issued an executive order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety, which may entitle you to further protections and recourse. It’s worth talking to an employment lawyer for guidance on next steps. Legal facets aside, to your ultimate question of how you continue working for a person who has made it clear he cares more about his wealth than his employees’ health: Crisis reveals character, and now that your boss showed his true colors, it will be hard to unsee them. Looking for a new job is a wise idea. It’s prudent to secure another position before leaving your current one. ——— Dear Annie: I got hung up on your response to “Unheard Girlfriend,” who wrote to you about her boyfriend. She said they “have one child together and one on the way” and that she was
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frustrated because she does all of the housework even though they’re both employed. She mentioned that they divide up expenses, with the boyfriend paying the house payment and her paying for the utilities and all the groceries. I wonder if she is on the title of their home. If not, she should have that taken care of at once. If this man decides he is unhappy sometime down the line, then she needs to protect
SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2021 B5 herself and those children. Forgive my intrusion; I just felt she needed to cover herself and those children. And now I can rest easier. — From Florida Dear From Florida: No need to apologize for raising astute observations. Your point about the house title is important. I’m printing your letter for the benefit of “Unheard Girlfriend” and anyone else in a similarly precarious situation. Thanks for writing.
Public Notices • E-mail your public notice to legals@davisenterprise.net • Be sure to include your name and phone number • View public notices at www.capublicnotice.com name or names listed above on: February 16, 2021 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be City of Davis false is guilty of a crime.) Notice of Public Comment Period 6. Signature of Registrant(s): The City of Davis announces a re- Christine Jones, Owner 1179 publishing of the public comment period 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21 for the 2019 HUD Consolidated Annual FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Performance and Evaluation Report STATEMENT (CAPER). Filed: February 25, 2021 FBN Number: F20210182 Project Description: 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) The CAPER has been prepared in Casablanca accordance with the requirements 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of of the federally funded Community Principal Place of Business in California. Development Block Grant (CDBG) Business is located in Yolo County. program and the Home Investment 640 W. Covell Blvd., Suite A Partnerships Program (HOME). The CAPER Davis, CA 95616 contains information on performance Mailing address: and program accomplishments during 1500 Shasta Dr., Apt 234 the 2019-2020 CDBG and HOME program Davis, CA 95616 year. It addresses progress made by the 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), City towards completion of ADA retrofit Residence Address, State, and Zip projects, public service activities, and Casablanca affordable housing projects. 640 W. Covell Blvd., Suite A Davis, CA 95616 Public Comment Requirements: The 4. Business Classification: Corporation City made available the draft CAPER 5. Beginning Date of Business: The for an 11-day public review/comment Registrant(s) commenced to transact period on the city’s webpage at www. business under the fictitious business cityofdavis.org from November 20, name or names listed above on: 2020 through December 1, 2020. Per February 2, 2021 the CARES Act Public Law 116-136, HUD “I declare that all information in granted specific waivers, and alternate this statement is true and correct.” requirements to permit flexibility and (A registrant who declares as true speed in program implementation. information which he or she knows to be This included reduced public comment false is guilty of a crime.) periods to 5 days. 6. 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Per “I declare that all information in the Governor’s Executive Order N-29- this statement is true and correct.” 20, public computers are not available (A registrant who declares as true for online viewing, nor are documents information which he or she knows to be available for review at City Hall, as the false is guilty of a crime.) building is closed to the public at this 6. Signature of Registrant(s): Mark J Cimino time. CEO, CiminoCare 1188 By request, alternative document formats 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28 are available to person with disabilities. NOTICE OF PETITION TO To request alternative document format ADMINISTER ESTATE OF or to arrange aid or services to modify or Sidney L. Linver accommodate persons with a disability to CASE NO. 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A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been Kelly Stachowicz, Assistant City Manager filed by: Mark Linver in the Superior City Manager’s Office Court of California, County of: Yolo 1187 THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests 3/7 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME that: Mark Linver be appointed as STATEMENT personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. Filed: February 19, 2021 THE PETITION requests the decedent’s FBN Number: F20210161 will and codicils, if any, be admitted to 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) probate. The will and any codicils are Superglass Windshield Repair 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of available for examination in the file kept Principal Place of Business in California. by the court. A HEARING on the petition will be Business is located in Yolo County. held on April 16, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. in 17189 County Road 96B Department TBD located at 1000 Main Woodland, CA 95695 Street, Woodland, CA 95695. Mailing address: See court website for Zoom appearance; P.O. Box 97 yolo.courts.ca.gov Esparto, CA 95627 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the Residence Address, State, and Zip hearing and state your objections or file Ryan Fullerton written objections with the court before 17189 County Road 96B the hearing. Your appearance may be in Woodland, CA 95695 person or by your attorney. 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent Registrant(s) commenced to transact creditor of the decedent, you must file business under the fictitious business your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed name or names listed above on: by the court within the later of either May 1, 1995 “I declare that all information in (1) four months from the date of first this statement is true and correct.” issuance of letters to a general personal (A registrant who declares as true representative, as defined in section 58(b) information which he or she knows to be of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal false is guilty of a crime.) delivery to you of a notice under section 6. Signature of Registrant(s): 9052 of the California Probate Code. Ryan Fullerton 2/21, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14 1163 Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME a creditor. You may want to consult STATEMENT with an attorney knowledgeable in Filed: February 16, 2021 California law. FBN Number: F20210147 YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) court. If you are a person interested in T&L Exotics Total Beauty the estate, you may file with the court a 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) Principal Place of Business in California. of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or Business is located in Yolo County. account as provided in Probate Code 179 First Street section 1250. A Request for Special Woodland, CA 95695 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Notice form is available from the court clerk. Residence Address, State, and Zip Signed: Christine Jones Preston L. Morgan 1100 Howe Ave. Attorney for petitioner Sacramento, CA 95825 417 E Street 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Davis, CA 95616 Registrant(s) commenced to transact 530-758-0757 1189 business under the fictitious business 3/7, 3/10, 3/14
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Join the scavenger hunt in the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Special to The Enterprise Yolo Basin Foundation is hosting a family-fun scavenger hunt as a way for local residents to get out and enjoy the spring in their local wetlands from Saturday, March 2,0 to Sunday, April 11. A map, labeled with the scavenger hunt stations, will be provided. At each station, guests will have a clue to solve, then hop out of their cars to search the back of existing signs and posts for information about the plants and animals that depend on these wetlands. Anyone who visits at least five stations will enter a prize drawing. Participants can submit a hard copy of the form, filling it out by pencil or they can fill it out electronically on a smartphone or tablet as they go. During the scavenger hunt, visitors may find river-otter scat or an owl
pellet, learn about the restoration for the Monarch butterfly or learn how farmers remove dams to help salmon in their journey through the wildlife area. For the directions, map and more information to participate, visit http:// yolobasin.org/scavengerhunt/ or call Yolo Basin Foundation at 530-7573780. A $10 donation to support the wetland education programs is suggested. Yolo Basin Foundation members are free. Yolo Basin Foundation offers environmental education programs for all ages related to wetlands and wildlife. The Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area is almost 17,000 acres of restored wetlands and farmland managed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. That is about 25 square miles of habitat in the shadow of the state capitol and it’s not
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A family of river otters takes in some sun at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area. Visitors can view otters and other wildlife and plants at the bypass. just for the birds. Although many people visit to birdwatch, there are
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Free talk features tips on day hikes for families Special to The Enterprise Spring is in the air, and it’s the perfect time to get out into nature and get moving. Winters Friends of the Library is hosting a free online talk about great local hiking trails for families at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, on Zoom. Sarah Shin Madsen will share photos and talk about a few local spots that she has come to love. These hikes are all within a 30-minute drive of Winters and good for all ages and abilities. She will also go over some basic trail safety and basic equipment and supplies to keep on hand. There will be time for questions after her presentation. Madsen has been hiking
farming — helping both wildlife and providing food for humans.
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A hiker enjoys the view at the top of Peña Adobe Hill in Vacaville. and exploring for most of her life. She is married, with two teen boys who join her on the trail. She says that some of the most amazing conversations she’s ever had have been on hikes. Last year, she finished a
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