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Council moves homeless services away from police

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy

Alex Harris was one of hundreds of seniors that made their way through the Davis High parking lot at the school’s class of 2020 celebration.

This year’s plans are for something more traditional.

Enterprise staff writer The Davis City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to move the city’s homeless services program from the Davis Police Department to the city manager’s office and a subcommittee of Mayor Gloria Partida and Councilman Will Arnold will spend the coming months determining which other services currently handled by the police should be reassigned as well.

All five council members said they believe there are a number of other service calls that should be answered by non-sworn — and non-armed — personnel as the city joins jurisdictions throughout the nation grappling with how best to improve policing and public safety. But there was not unanimity on whether a new department independent of the police should be created.

Most of Tuesday night’s council meeting was focused on city staff ’s response to the nine recommendations made by a subcommittee last year in its “Reimagining Public Safety” report.

Recommendations from that subcommittee — made up of members of three city commissions — included shifting nonviolent service calls to unarmed personnel, working with county partners to build a crisis response team for behavioral health emergencies, and committing to a

See COUNCIL, Page A5

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High schools plan graduations

By Edward Booth

“They’re trying to create plans that are really aligned to those two guidance documents but also keeping in the back of their head that they need iteration for that plan,” Allen said.

outdoor seating at live events and performances.

Enterprise staff writer The Davis school district is in the process of planning inperson high school graduation ceremonies.

Troy Allen, director of secondary education and leadership for the district, said that while firm plans don’t exist yet, ceremonies are being designed with guidance from two California Department of Public Health documents released on March 26. One of documents is specifically about preventing COVID-19 spread at graduation ceremonies and the other is guidance on how to manage

“All of the principals are of the mindset that they understand what a huge ritual this is for our students and our families,” Allen said. “So they’re working really hard to figure out how it can be a meaningful graduation with the kids at the forefront.”

The school principals also want to have conversations with their students, Allen said, about personalizing the graduation ceremonies. She added that all sites are trying to plan their own ceremonies that are in service to the students and the school culture.

Based on the guidance documents, Allen said, principals are planning for multiple possibilities so that the graduation ceremonies are adaptable to whether COVID-19 conditions stay the same, continue to improve, or worsen.

The principals are also trying to find ways to honor graduates who choose to remain at home.

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percentage of our population doesn’t want to come back to school because it doesn’t feel safe to them or their family, we also know that will be true of graduation,” Allen said.

Last year, the high schools held distanced graduation ceremonies. The experience of putting those on, Allen said, is informing the planning process, particularly around how to serve students at home and family members who aren’t able to attend the ceremonies in person.

Though firm plans for the ceremonies aren’t in place yet,

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County calls for more clinic volunteers School district details safety measures

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer More volunteers are needed to help out at Yolo County’s COVID-19 vaccine clinics.

Volunteers assist as greeters, translators, vaccinators, traffic controllers and medical observers and must be 16 years or older and able to volunteer at two clinics (a first-dose and a second-dose clinic, three to four weeks apart). Volunteers will receive the vaccine themselves at those clinics.

“Volunteers play a vital role and are the heart of

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our vaccine effort,” the county said on social media Wednesday.

Those interested must complete a brief training course online and can do so at https://yolopodclasses. org. After completing the course, a volunteer application can be submitted to the county.

“You’ll be contacted once a volunteer position opens up,” according to the county’s social media post.

Send questions to volunteer.coordinator@ yolocounty.org As of Wednesday, the county has administered

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Enterprise staff writer The Davis school district sent out a letter to parents Monday about safety measures students will have to follow if they’re returning to fiveday in-person instruction, which begins on April 12.

Next Monday, the district will welcome back students for in-person learning for the first time since March 2020. Students have instead been learning virtually, using the internet, for the duration of the the COVID-19

pandemic. Many students will continue with pure distance learning for the remainder of the school year — About 70% of of the district’s 8,200 students are entering back into in-person learning, while roughly 30% will continue with distance learning, according to a Thursday press release.

“Many in the school community have told us that they are eager for students to return to inperson instruction, and we are committed to ensuring that the health and safety of students and staff are

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top priorities as we reopen our campuses,” said superintendent John Bowes in the press release.

The press release goes on to say the district has worked closely with Healthy Davis Together — a nationally recognized partnership between the city and UC Davis created to tackle COVID-19 — to support a safe return to school.

With the help of HDT public health experts and scientists, the district has implemented a range of

See SAFETY, Page A3

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Briefly Get tips on cutting carbon Gerry Braun, clean energy expert and former chair of the Episcopal Church of St. Martin Care for God’s Creation Commission, will share the story of how this church has moved towards net-zero carbon emissions at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 18.

The church has received an interfaith national award for its efforts to address climate change. He will share the results to date, lessons learned and strategies to maximize cost savings. How the church did it and what the community could do in homes, businesss or organizations will be covered.

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Dunning online party is today All are invited to take a walk down memory lane this afternoon with Bob Dunning at an online celebration of his 51-plus-year career at The Davis Enterprise.

A virtual show will run from 4 to 5 p.m. and can be seen at https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=d8JQBnf TOAc. It will feature highlights of Dunning’s storied career as a columnist and sportswriter as well as a look back at his early years in Davis and his many philanthropic activities.

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Compromise is right way forward A L fter a tremendous amount of planning and considerable community discussion, the West Davis Active Adult Community proposal was put on the November 2018 ballot for the citizens of Davis to vote up or down.

The result of what was known as Measure L was strongly in favor. Donald Trump would have called it a landslide, which it wasn’t, but it was impressive nonetheless in a town that has a habit of voting “No” on growth.

There were 14,969 “Yes” votes (55.7 percent) and 11,915 opposed (44.3 percent), which was a strong indication that the tide is starting to shift.

The project had to go to a vote of the people under the provisions of Measure J/R, which pretty much says if you want to build something on ground where corn or tomatoes or alfalfa might thrive, you need citywide approval.

Not surprisingly, the approval came mostly because people recognized this as a good project, well thought out and proposed by a longtime respected local developer.

Obviously, public attitudes have changed somewhat from the days of the “I have mine, now let’s pull up the drawbridge” mentality that regularly sent growth proposals down to defeat.

just 3,000 residents. Actually, it would have just 2,993 residents since our family of seven wouldn’t have been allowed to move here in the first place.

Nowadays, there is more of a sense that restrictive growth policies are keeping a considerable number of people from the American dream of homeownership.

And that is no longer considered a “progressive” position to take.

The project had a stated goal of selling homes almost exclusively to Davis residents, primarily seniors, or people who have or had a close relationship of some sort to Davis either through family history or education or work.

Now known as Bretton Woods even though there are no woods, the project was sold to the voters with a so-called “Davis-Connected Buyers Program” that, according to the developer, was “designed to retain Davis’ senior population.”

If this sounds exclusionary, that’s because it is.

When our family moved to Davis from Portland, the town had just 3,000 residents. If these “Davis-Connected” rules had been in place then, it would still have

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

Among is them is Cabaret (A186580), a charming 1-year-old female shorthair black-and-white cat.

She can be a bit unsure of new friends initially but if you talk sweetly to her and she warms up quickly and turns into a purring rolypoly.

Also hoping for a good home is Cricket (A185130), a sweet 6-yearold German shepherd, ideal for an active family.

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Oroville loves having fun with other dogs. He’s small, easy to pick up and definitely a staff favorite.

The next Rotts of Friends’ adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 10, at 34505 County Road 29 in Woodland.

Come by 10 a.m., as it takes at least an hour to meet and adopt a dog; everyone who will be living with the dog should come out to meet it.

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

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

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household members and family members. Individuals who are sick or in isolation or quarantine must stay at home, the guidance says, and all attendees should be screened, or self-screen, for COVID-19 symptoms before heading to the event.

Social distancing requirements include adding barriers to create at least 12 feet of space between event attendees and the stage or podium, according to the guidance.

It’s possible, of course, that the tier-based system could be going away entirely in mid-June, as Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday. California could entirely open up, Newsom said, if COVID-19 vaccine supply is sufficient for state residents 16 and older and if state hospitalizations are low and stable. On Tuesday, UC Davis Health opened up vaccine appointments to anyone age 16 and older.

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the CDPH guidance documents give information about what the graduations could potentially look like. It’s likely, for instance, that all the ceremonies will occur outside. Safety measures could include physical distancing to the maximum extent possible, mandatory masking, assigned seating and a tightly controlled entry and exit procedure, according to the live performances guidance.

Under the current orange tier, venues must limit venue attendance to a maximum of 33% capacity, though the capacity can be increased to 67% if all guests show a negative test result within 72 hours prior to the ceremony or show proof of full vaccination. Under the less restrictive yellow tier, venues are limited to 67% capacity. In both tiers, only in-state spectators are allowed and attendance is restricted to those who pre register.

The CDPH graduation guidance adds that attendance must be limited to school staff, graduates,

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At Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue, you’ll find Pink, a 3- to 4-yearold spayed female terrier.

She is a shy but very sweet lap dog. She is small enough to be easily carried or picked up. She loves to play with other dogs.

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ast week the folks at Bretton Woods attempted to address this problem by releasing the “six key principles” of the Davis-Connected Buyers program.

Principle No. 5 states that Bretton Woods will “Implement policies and processes that achieve aforementioned (Davis-Connected) objectives, but do so in a manner that will not intentionally or unintentionally prevent the sale, directly or indirectly, of housing or otherwise result in housing being unavailable or restricted because of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, disability, familial status, marital status, sexual orientation or any arbitrary basis.”

I think that about covers it.

According to Managing Partner Dave Taormino, “The DavisConnected Buyers Program is rooted in the language of Measure J/R and intended to help address the extreme local housing crisis resulting from a lack of supply. It was always intended to promote a diversity of homeowners with an emphasis on meeting the needs of local seniors.”

The program’s goal, as stated by

the developer, is “to achieve a sale of ninety percent of the residential units within Bretton Woods to purchasers with a pre-existing connection to the city of Davis.”

Furthermore, according to the folks at Bretton Woods, “From its inception, the program was designed to comply with fair housing always, including a commitment to not perpetuate historical discriminatory housing practices or impediments to homeownership in Davis rooted in bias. Since the 2018 approval, this commitment has intensified in response to national and local attention surrounding racial injustice and implicit bias, spurred by the Black Lives Matter movement.

“Accordingly, as crafted, the DCBP exempts protected classes of buyers from needing to provide any evidence of a local connection,” which is a good thing and a breath of fresh air in this whole debate.

In other words, if you are a member of a protected class, you can be from El Dorado, El Centro, El Monte, El Cajon or even El Paso, and no one will bat an eye.

Which is as it should be. After all, when you look around our town you’ll find that all but a handful of our 70,000 residents came here from somewhere else.

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SAFETY: District to test students/staff, add air filters to classrooms From Page A1 health and safety protocols in schools. They include free asymptomatic COVID19 testing for students and staff at school sites; disinfecting classrooms daily and equipping each classroom with a health center containing masks, gloves, a handwashing station and informative posters, according to the press release.

Additionally, the health measures include installing air filters and purifiers in classrooms to increase air ventilation; air filter and surface sampling as an early warning system for detecting the virus; establishing a robust contact tracing and case investigation program to notify members of the school community of potential COVID-19 exposures; and providing relevant public health education in some classes at the high school level, according to the press release.

The letter sent on Monday about safety measures for students to follow includes a space for parents to sign and give informed consent, indicating that they’ll comply with the safety measures and that they understand the district can’t entirely eliminate the risk of COVID-19

exposure at its schools.

To elaborate on those measures, the letter has sections about checking for signs and symptoms of illness, physical distancing and limiting sharing, as well as face coverings and handwashing. The letter also asks parents to watch a roughly half hour return to campus training video.

There are two videos, one covering preschool to grade 6 and another covering grade 7 to grade 12, though both contain roughly the same information. The videos contain general health directions for how students should behave while at school given by a district nurse and punctuated by other short, explanatory video segments.

The videos cover the same ground as the letter.

On the signs and symptoms of the illness, the letter notes that everyone who is sick is expected to stay home. Parents are expected to use the district’s Daily Illness Screening Checklist each day and take their child’s temperature — if any positive risk factors or symptoms of illness are noticed in the student or any household member, the student must stay home from school.

Parents are also expected to report any instance of illness, positive or probable

cases of COVID-19, or an exposure to the virus to the District’s reporting line at covid19reporting@djusd. net. If a student becomes ill at school, the letter notes, parents will be contacted and asked to take the student home immediately.

“Ensure that a parent, guardian, or emergency contact is accessible and readily available to pick your child up from school in case of illness,” according to the letter.

Also according to the letter, all students and staff are required to wear face coverings while at school; individuals who are medically exempt from wearing face coverings are required to wear a non-restrictive alternative instead, if able.

The face coverings must be worn during exercise, must contain a minimum of two layers and should be cleaned after each day of use, according to the letter.

The coverings can be removed for eating or drinking, but students need to maintain at least 6 feet of social distancing when doing so.

The letter also talks about handwashing; students and staff are expected to wash and sanitize their hands frequently, including before coming to campus and when they arrive home from school. While at

school, students and staff at a minimum are supposed to wash their hands with soap and water before eating, after using the restroom and when hands are visibly dirty. Students are also required to wash or sanitize their hands when entering or exiting a classroom and when directed by school staff.

School will also look different in terms of physical distancing and sharing.

Recently updated California Department of Public Health guidelines allow a minimum of 3 feet of social distance between student desks as long as mask wearing is strictly enforced, though staff will continue to stay 6 feet away from students and other adults as possible.

The letter recommends that students bring a reusable water bottle to campus that can be refilled at designated “hydration stations.”

Students additionally should bring their personal electronic device (laptop or Chromebook) with them to school as needed, and not bring other unnecessary supplies or devices to campus, according to the letter.

Monday, which will kick off when in-person learning starts on April 12.

The free asymptomatic COVID-19 saliva testing is a result of the district’s partnership with Healthy Davis Together. According to the news post, the district recommends that students sign up through the Davis Joint Unified School District agency before they return to campus on April 12; students and staff currently registered for testing through Healthy Davis Together can transfer their registration to DJUSD. Students at Davis Senior High School and the Davis Adult and Community Education school can get tests at the nearby Veterans’ Memorial Center on Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (the center is closed 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.).

Likewise, students at the Davis School for Independent Study and Martin Luther King, Jr. High School can be tested at the Davis Senior Center Mondays from 7 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. and Tuesday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (the senior center is also closed from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.).

A testing site for staff, students and the community is also running out of the Montgomery Elementary multipurpose room on every weekday except Thursday, from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (and is closed 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.).

The full COVID-19 testing schedules purely for district students and staff are online at https://wp. me/p3aczg-3Z55.

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Joseph Austin Bettencourt passed away suddenly in a traffic accident on March 26. Joseph was born on May 15, 1998, to Christina Pesola and Mark Bettencourt.

Joseph was athletic and was into fitness, as well as getting outdoors.

He enjoyed long walks, just hanging out with family, gaming with his friends, playing chess, boxing and watching the sport. Joseph and his brother Kenneth loved to push each other on long-distance runs including two marathons and an ultra-marathon, and often went out for runs just to spend time and talk.

What Joseph probably loved most was leisurely spending time with his sister Nona, having fun together, being silly and talking with each other. Joseph was a handsome boy and did not need much to enjoy himself, and he never missed out on an opportunity to get together with his cousins when they were in town.

Joseph had an extremely easy-going, engaging personality, and never had a mean thing to say about anyone. He was known to make silly, quirky jokes and light-hearted, off-the-wall comments. He was always ready with a laugh and a smile.

Joe had a strong bond with his family, he loved to eat, he ate a lot and was the tallest in the family; his older-little brother Kenneth loved to call him “big dog” and Nona would call him “Joe-Joe”.

He worked several jobs and was most proud of his time at Save Mart where he was cross-trained for multiple departments just out of high school. He also worked in the family business, Bedrock Construction, and there he learned quickly. When he put his mind to something, he worked hard to do his best and finish the job.

From a child, Joe loved helping his

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Grandpa on the property whether it be harvesting grapes, olives, and almonds, or making wine, working on building projects, picking fruit, pulling weeds, digging holes or anything in between. He had a special connection with his grandfather, Giacomo Pesola. He loved to eat mounds of his grandpa’s pasta and homemade sauce and said that when he was at his grandpa’s house everything felt right.

Joseph had a natural way with people, he was inquisitive and always wanted to see himself and others do better.

Joseph loved his parents. In just a few words, his mom remembers Joseph as thoughtful, loving, kind, gentle and playful.

His dad loved his honesty; “he told you the whole story, bad or good.” He will be so gravely missed that words cannot express it; Heaven could not come quick enough. He believed in God and put trust in Jesus Christ.

His time was much too short to see the man he could have become or to measure the grandeur of his life by the length of his achievements.

Joseph is survived by his mother Christina, his father Mark, and his siblings, Robert Bettencourt, Daniel Bettencourt, Michael Bettencourt, Trisha Morgan, Kenneth Calvin Jr. and Nona Bettencourt.

The place Joseph held in his family’s and loved one’s heart is one only he could fill. Our beautiful, loving Joe — may you rest in peace.

The funeral services will be held Saturday, April 10 at Calvary Cemetery & Funeral Center on 7101 Verner Ave. in Citrus Heights to begin at 10:30 a.m.

The reception will follow the funeral service at Christ Community Church, 5025 Manzanita Ave., Carmichael.

The service is open to family and friends.

Richard (Dick) Davis, born Aug. 22, 1934, in South Dakota, took his final flight west into the sunset on March 7. He was at home with his much-loved wife, children, grandchildren and furbaby all by his side.

Dick spent most of his childhood in Davis until joining the U.S. Air Force to serve his country. For the next 21 years, he was privileged to serve many places around the world, flew the F100 and F-4 as a fighter pilot and spent a year in Vietnam. After retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel, he taught aircraft safety and accident investigation and prevention for 19 years at the University of Southern California.

He met Leah (Menifee) Davis, his wife of 63 years, in Phoenix. Ariz. They have two

children, Andra and Scott (Leigh Anne Oden) and two grandchildren, Joshua and Aleya Burg.

Dick is also survived by his brother Donn (Skip) and his wife Judy, sister-in-law Harriette, and brother-in-law Paul Menifee, along with many beloved friends, cousins, nieces and nephews. He is predeceased

by Elenore and Elvin (Scotty) (parents), and his brother Charles (Chuck).

His family will forever remember him as a deep-thinking, storytelling, loving, generous, dog-loving man with the best smile ever!

Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123. A celebration of life is planned for the near future.

Donald George Miller March 8, 1932 — March 4, 2021

Donald George Miller, Lt. Colonel USAF (retired), passed on March 4 following a long debilitating illness.

He was born in Madison, Wis., to Albert and Lauretta Miller and was the youngest of five children.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Allen, sister Beverly, and identical twin sisters Alberta and Roberta.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Claramae “Clancy’’ H. Miller; five adult children, Mathew V. Miller, Michelle D. Miller DDS, and triplet daughters: Christine W. Miller, Kelly K. Miller Schultz and Tracy C. Dunn; and three grandchildren, Aidan, Reese and Macy.

Following Air Force retirement he received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska, an MBA from University of Southern Illinois, and a JD from McGeorge School of Law. After law school and passing the bar, he flew 747 cargo planes for UPS for 25 years.

For the past three years, he and Clancy have resided at University Retirement Community in Davis. Don was well known for his wry sense of humor and his amazing Trivial Pursuit and fantastic bridge playing skills. Interment will be at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Davis, following a small private ceremony.

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Aug. 3, 1943 — March 29, 2021 Margaret passed away at home, surrounded by friends and family, of lung and GIST cancer. She also had end-stage kidney disease from an inherited gene mutation that causes Alport Syndrome. She is survived by her husband of 25 years, Murray Levison; her son Drew (Lisa) Teufel and adored grandchildren Leland and Emmy; stepsons Kyle (Charlotte) and Austin Spiller; sister Mabel (Tommy) Ligh; sistersin-law Mary, Mei, and Ellen Ong; numerous nieces and nephews; and a huge team of family and friends in the US and Mexico.

Born in San Francisco, Margaret also lived in Oakland, Tucson, Cincinnati, China Lake, and Berkeley. She moved to Davis in 1979 and to Woodland in 2016. Margaret met Murray in 1992 while taking personal development workshops in San José, where he lived. Although she never planned to marry again, she knew right away that Murray would be her life partner. Murray changed jobs and moved to Davis in 1994, and they were married on a smooth jazz cruise in 1996.

After graduating from St. Francis nursing school in San Francisco in 1965, Margaret started a wonderful 45-year nursing career.

She used her nursing skills in the Peace Corps in Bolivia (1966-1968), then followed her then-husband Bill Teufel to several assignments. After striking out on her own in Davis with Drew, she worked in

Sacramento for several hospitals before finding her niche in the Emergency Department at Kaiser Morse Avenue, from which she retired after 25 years (1983-2008).

For several years, she was the only nationally Certified Emergency Nurse in the Morse Avenue and Roseville EDs. She was the social director of the Morse ED retirees group.

Not wanting to work full-time in the busy Kaiser ED, she was hired to lobby the State EMS Authority to amend the regulations to allow automatic defibrillators to be used outside a hospital setting. Having accomplished that, she started selling portable defibrillators. After her first year of sales she was recognized for selling the most units nationally for her company. Other salesmen were certain there was a man helping her, not believing that a woman could be so successful.

One day while making a sales call to Sacramento Fire Chief Gary Costamagna, he asked what else he could do to improve pre-hospital medical care for the city’s residents. Margaret encouraged him to begin a paramedic program that would provide a continuity of quality care from the time 911 was called to the time the patient arrived at the hospital. Given only 6 months to build the program, Margaret worked with a dedicated team to write job descriptions,

develop qualifying tests, write care standards and medical protocols, and establish relationships with nine hospitals. For 20 years she worked as a consultant, and briefly as an employee (2005-2010), for the City of Sacramento. As former Fire Chief Ray Jones wrote, “I counted on you to jumpstart projects that were difficult, time-consuming and sometimes even treacherous. While the rest of the team was complaining, you were in my office making plans.”

Never the stereotypic quiet Asian woman, Margaret often was described as a force of nature and fearless. She always was up for an adventure with those close to her.

Whether it was chartering a plane to take friends to an LA Rams game; taking family and friends to Hawaii, Paris, and China; hosting numerous Chinese New Year’s banquets; or trying out new restaurants with her exercise buddies, she simply enjoyed being with people and would always fight for the check to pay the bill.

Margaret’s greatest achievement was being a compassionate, persistent, and generous family member, friend, and community member. She took the time to learn the names of those who waited on her wherever she did business, and they often became new friends. She supported numerous charities, volunteered at clinics, cooked

for a homeless shelter, was an enthusiastic supporter of school and team fundraisers, bought shoes for employees in Mexico, remembered the details of her family’s and friends’ lives and celebrated their life events, worked to influence elections, and spoke up about injustice. Even in her final days she was delivering presents to people and making a list of projects for Murray to complete.

Her 70th birthday party served as her celebration of life and there will be no additional services. After cremation, some of her ashes will be placed at the winter refuge in Cabo San Lucas she loved and so enjoyed with Murray.

Special thanks go to Jan Ebert, who donated a kidney to Margaret, and to Dr. Satpreet Sekhon and Dr. Gwen Ho, who took a strong personal interest in providing excellent care to Margaret over many years.

In lieu of flowers, consider a donation in memory of Margaret to the Kaiser Sacramento Nephrology or Oncology Departments at https://is.gd/5B0bis, or to the Alport Syndrome Foundation at alportsyndrome.kindful.com. Alternately, join us in donating to a fund supporting Kyle’s COVID medical challenges at www.gofundme.com/help-for-kyles-medical-bills. Fond remembrances may be sent to PO Box 128, Davis 95617. As Margaret often said, “Stop feeling sorry for yourself and live life to the fullest.”

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resident Joe Biden made history recently when he called on Congress to invest in a care economy by raising wages and benefits for home care workers.

Here in California, we have the opportunity to advance that vision by following the lead of care workers who are imagining a better future and demanding the right to basic health and safety protections.

My partner Jane Wagner and I employ two housekeepers, who have worked with us for more than 20 years. They are immigrants from Central America who came to the United States to make a better life for themselves and their families. They are conscientious and caring, and play an essential role in managing our household. Yet despite their tremendous contribution, they, along with 300,000 other domestic workers in California, have been excluded from our state’s healthand-safety labor laws.

I grew up in a blue-collar household in Detroit, in a predominantly Black neighborhood. My father was a factory worker and my mother a nurse’s aide. I was aware of how many good working people were bossed around and mistreated.

From the time I was about 10 years old, I listened to a radio program, “Beulah,” about a white family who employed a Black household worker, Beulah, played by Hattie McDaniel (and later Lillian and then Amanda Randolph). Looking back, Beulah’s character was in many ways a racist and sexist caricature, but as a child, the way Beulah exposed the power dynamics between a domestic worker and her employers, made an impression that has stuck with me since.

What I loved about the program was how Beulah held on to her dignity, despite the demands from her employers who would often run her ragged. When her boss asks her what is for dinner after repeatedly calling her up and down the stairs, she responds in a lower volume, “I’d like to take their supper and give it to the dog.” Her employer then says, “What’s that, Beulah? I couldn’t hear.” Beulah replies, “I said, the fire’s getting low, I better fetch a log.”

Beulah made my 10-year old sides ache from laughing. I sided with Beulah because I recognized her experience of being treated with disrespect.

This past year has been devastating for domestic workers across the country. Due to COVID-19, more than 90% of domestic workers lost jobs by late March.

And those who have continued to provide in-person care, have not had the legal protections to demand personal protective equipment, or other health and safety measures.

alifornia spent most of the last four years as a target, the object of continual presidential resentment from Donald Trump because he lost here in 2016 by almost a 62-38 margin, the state’s differential providing all 3 million votes by which Hillary Clinton defeated him in the popular vote that fall.

But with the end of successor Joseph Biden’s first 100 days in office drawing near, things look very different for California today.

First, a look back at California’s background with Trump.

The popular vote numbers against Trump were somewhat higher last fall than in 2016, but the percentage was virtually the same, this time slightly more than 64-34 percent, suggesting few minds changed over four years.

Trump took out his resentment in myriad ways, refusing to come here for almost anything but visits to his vaunted border wall and a couple of fundraising dinners. More substantially, his presidency meant less money for California schools than before, and less funding for police, highways, parks and almost anything else the federal government helps pay for.

When it came to new federal projects and climate change measures, forget about it. As for top appointments, almost no one from California except big donors to Trump campaigns got any. The big exception was Stephen Miller, the only close adviser who was not family that lasted the length of Trump’s term.

Miller, a Santa Monica High School graduate whose family suffered financial losses during his youth that forced a move from the most affluent part of his hometown to a lesser area, became the ideologue behind Trump’s extreme hardline policies on immigration.

With Biden’s accession — some-

another. UC Berkeley Prof. Janet Yellen became Treasury secretary, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra became head of Health and Human Services, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm — a Berkeley professor most of the time since she left office in 2011 — is Energy secretary. Many more Californians got sub-cabinet jobs.

thing Trump fought to stop right up to inauguration day — things quickly turned around for California.

Start with the vaccination program against the COVID-19 plague.

Under Trump, there was virtually no program. Some health care workers managed to get inoculated before Biden took over, but there were no mass vaccination sites, small supplies for hospitals and health systems and tiny numbers of people getting the shots.

Within less than a month after Biden’s arrival, California had dozens of large-scale vaccine centers, and six weeks into his term, about one-third of Californians (13.5 million) had been jabbed. There was some confusion, but except for weather-caused shipping problems, there have been no supply shortages or vaccination stoppages. With the advent of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson version of the vaccine, the rollout gained speed and hurtled toward herd immunity, slowed only by a chemical mixup in one J&J plant in Baltimore.

Biden aimed for 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days, but the campaign far exceeded what at first seemed an impossible goal.

California also ceased to be the center of resistance to federal policy, that role shifting to states like Texas and Arizona, run by conservative Republicans.

Instead, Californians — none part of the Biden family — moved into one top policy-making role after

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or California, this means treatment as a most-favored state rather than the least favored. It means California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s new bill to permanently ban offshore oil drilling along the West Coast — a direct descendant of the anti-drilling movement that began with the Santa Barbara oil spill of 1968 — stands a good chance.

Plus, Biden ordered a moratorium for new oil drilling from federal land and waters within less than a week of taking office.

Biden’s arrival also means the million or so Dreamers whose status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program established by ex-President Barack Obama and targeted by Trump, now breathe easier. Immigration raids and deportations of the undocumented, some of whom have lived and worked here for decades, are much reduced and targeted more to known criminals than others.

It leaves California’s universal mail balloting unmolested by federal interference.

For California, then, Biden has meant the last election had consequences that figure to increase every day.

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n California, domestic workers were asked to clean up in toxic and hazardous conditions after the devastating wildfires that ravaged our state. Some were even asked to stay and watch the properties of their employers, as the employers themselves evacuated for their own safety. It’s difficult to understand how anyone could willingly expose a person who provides care and support in their home to life-threatening conditions. Stories like this are why our country formed health and safety laws in the first place.

Domestic workers — the large majority of whom are Black women and immigrant women of color — were excluded from our country’s labor laws that were enacted back in the ’30s. And the legacy of exclusion has lasted until today. In addition to unsafe working conditions, too many workers receive poverty-level wages, experience abusive working conditions, and some are even threatened by employers because of their immigration status.

This exclusion is harmful and wrong.

Work that happens inside the home deserves to be valued the same as any other job and ought to have the same protections. This is why I have been following this campaign, and stand with domestic workers in their fight to win health and safety protections.

Jane and I do everything to avoid being like Beulah’s bosses. When the shelter-in-place order started back in March, we talked with our housekeepers, and together, we decided it would be safest for us and our loved ones if we all stayed at home. I haven’t seen them in person since, but we continue to pay them, because no one should have to make the choice between their own personal safety and earning a paycheck.

This month, domestic workers are demanding an end to the exclusion from health-and-safety laws through the Health and Safety for All Workers Act, Senate Bill 321, introduced by state Sen. Maria Elena Durazo.

The governor vetoed the bill last year, but this year, he has an opportunity to do right by our most essential workers.

Coverage under Cal/OSHA regulations would ensure they have equal access to health and safety at their workplaces, namely, our homes. Of course, this benefits us too; if our home is safe for our employees, it is also safe for ourselves and our families.

— Lily Tomlin is an actor, comedian and producer who lives in Los Angeles with her partner, writer Jane Wagner, MJT@twtomni.com. She wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.

Letters Let’s focus on aiding nations with vaccinations With COVID-19 vaccinations being distributed across America, many counties are ahead with vaccinating their residents: a third of their adult population have already received their first shot and around 15 to 25% of their populations are fully vaccinated.

In California, Mono County, Alpine County, San Francisco, Alameda County and Marin County are with the highest percentage of vaccinations. Even though we are making excellent progress and are seeing results, we can’t just focus on Americans getting the vaccine. Everyone has a right to be protected from this virus, especially third-world countries that have a more challenging time accessing the vaccines.

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A plethora of global health organizations are combining their efforts to ensure COVID-19 vaccinations and tests. Developed countries, such as New Zealand, are aiding the rest of the world. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pledged $7 million (NZD), ensuring equal and fast access to COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries.

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Unnecessary hazard Yesterday, a friend missed seeing this low concrete pedestal on the East Eighth Street shopping center! She actually flew over this useless obstruction and landed on her broken glasses!

She was a bloody mess so a kind couple stopped to help us. They said this was not the first time for accidents at this spot and the concrete obstruction had been reported to the city of Davis but nothing has been done!

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COUNCIL: Staff recommendations approved at meeting From Page A1 vision of reimagined public safety.

On Monday, those recommendations were reiterated in a letter signed by more than 600 Davis residents calling on the council to create a department of public safety independent of the police department. Such a department would expand access to social services and also take responsibility for calls that currently go the police, including welfare checks, code enforcement, traffic enforcement and noise complaints.

Partida said Tuesday night that while those 600-plus signatories are “a small sample of the many that support these recommendations,” she also said that she had “received a quiet influx of communications from community members expressing fear of having less policing, and we can’t forget these people are in our community.

“With any issue that is this large, that has this large of a shift of policy, (it) has to be done very thoughtfully and the community comes along,” Partida said.

And while she and her colleagues unanimously approved a series of actions Tuesday aimed at implementing the subcommittee recommendations, prospects for a future independent department of public safety remain up in the air.

“I support the shifting of as many responses that we can to non-sworn personnel,” said Partida. However, she said, “without continued training and check-ins with a new department, I see the old problems of equity and bias creeping into any new system.”

Partida said she was concerned about “how well non-sworn personnel will be at enforcing rules.”

“Anecdotally, seen in many different systems, people of color are

over-monitored even when they are more intently conscious of the rules, and their white counterparts push back against enforcements and get away with not having to adhere.

“Similar situations could occur in mental health settings where navigators are more likely to deem a situation dangerous and involve the police when dealing with a person of color.”

Additionally, Partida said, “With the separation of our police officers from any interaction except emergency interactions, I fear the continued deterioration of community-police relationships.”

“We have been asked to move forward boldly,” she said. “I believe what we are doing is bold.

But I don’t want to end up in a bold new place with all of the old problems.”

Traffic Councilman Dan Carson expressed reservations about moving services and creating a new department.

“My mind is open to (moving) parking services and code enforcement,” he said, but “I think we need to have the analysis to show those services will still be provided in an effective and costeffective manner.”

Traffic enforcement would be another matter, he said.

“I’m really nervous about moving traffic enforcement for two reasons,” said Carson. “One is, as we speak, we have an explosion of folks driving like crazy, speeding in this town, people racing, people doing all sorts of crazy stunts in high-powered cars, so I think that requires a police response. Because human life is at risk in this situation and we know our police department is

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“The other thing is … traffic stops are one of the most dangerous situations for our officers,” said Carson. “You drive around this state, you see those little signs that are dedicated on various bridges and highways to different people. By and large, most of those are officers who stopped somebody for not having the registration or something and got shot and killed. It’s a dangerous part of the job, so it will take some convincing for us to take the enforcement of traffic laws away from our officers.

“Convince me. Show me information. But I’m really skeptical,” said Carson.

Real fixes?

Councilman Josh Chapman expressed sentiments similar to Partida.

“I definitely agree with moving homeless services,” he said. “I think that’s a great step and I’m open to the other steps discussed tonight.”

However, he said, “What are we trying to accomplish by moving (other services) into another department? What is the problem we are solving by moving code enforcement out of PD into another department? Are we just doing this as an optics piece or are we solving something?

“I’m open to those conversations and analyzing it like (Carson) said, but I don’t want to just move something just because we are trying to move stuff out of PD,” said Chapman.

As he said back in the fall when first discussing the nine recommendations from the subcommittee, Chapman said Tuesday that implementing the first eight recommendations (the ninth is reimagining public safety) leads

“to something that could be a Davis model.”

“I don’t have a predetermined notion of what that is,” he said.

But Chapman cautioned against “just creating a new department right off the bat and thinking that is all of a sudden going to change everything without doing the groundwork that 1 to 8 is asking us to do.”

That groundwork — or at least the beginning of the groundwork — is contained in multiple steps approved by the council Tuesday, all of which were recommended by city staff, including Police Chief Darren Pytel, as responses to the nine recommendations originally put forward.

They include: n While state agencies analyze 2020 data related to racial and identity profiling in arrests and traffic stops, the city will engage independent professional researchers to undertake additional analysis n The city will consider a funding request for a public safety analyst in the city manager’s office who can work to compile and interpret data locally n The city will use timely qualitative analysis to identify officer deficiencies and to provide increased customized training and policy adjustments more promptly. n The police department will engage in dialogue with the Police Accountability Commission at their request. n Implicit bias training will continue as a priority. n Council will consider a police department request for $30,000 for education reimbursement for staff. n City staff, with the assistance of the council subcommittee, will engage with a professional consultant to create a plan to engage

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with the community at large and marginalized communities with the goal of building community dialogue and trust. n The city will identify funding for the city manager to hire a consultant to conduct a community survey which will include questions regarding public safety. n The city will fund a new management level position and expand services and coordination with the county on housing and homelessness and youth diversion programs. n Homeless services will shift away from the police department to the city manager’s office.

Next steps Vice Mayor Lucas Frerichs said he wanted the council to commit to moving forward on all nine subcommittee recommendations.

Moving homeless outreach services “is a really good step,” he said, adding that other steps would be creating some sort of housing or social services division located within the city manager’s office and possibly moving parking and/or code enforcement there as well.

“I want the Davis police department to actually be out there really engaging on crime and protection of our citizens from crime and following up when crimes do occur,” Frerichs said.

Frerichs and Chapman were appointed Tuesday to a subcommittee that will focus on further engagement with the county on crisis and social services while Partida and Councilman Will Arnold will serve on a subcommittee delving into what other city services should be moved from the police department to another branch of city government.

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Lupita Ramirez, Deputy Clerk This amount includes $5.9 million of Yolo County Board of Supervisors 4/9 1225 unclaimed funds from tranche one (CV1), plus $54.4 million of new funds from tranche two (CV2) and $16.8 million PUBLIC NOTICE from tranche three (CV3) of new federal NOTICE TO BIDDERS funds for the Community Development Notice is hereby given that the County Block Grant-Coronavirus Relief Round of Yolo Community Services Department 2 and 3 (CDBG-CV2/3) available for will receive sealed bids for construction local assistance specifically targeted of County Road 40 Bridge over Cache to prevent, prepare for, and respond Creek Replacement Project, on County to coronavirus. The County of Yolo Road 40 near the intersection of State formula allocation is CV2 = $314,259; Route 16 in Yolo County, California until CV3=$102,394; Total = $416,653.

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• Assistance to businesses and microenterprises impacted by COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and shut-downs Eligible cities and counties may submit applications for funding according to the NOFA and jurisdiction rules. Eligible activities under the CDBG program must meet one of the three national objectives listed in federal statutes: benefit to low –moderate income households or persons; elimination of slums and blight; or meeting urgent community development need (with prior department approval).

The County of Yolo is submitting an application under the CDBG-CV2/3 NOFA in an amount not to exceed $417,000 for the following eligible activity: Housing Assistance- acquisition of housing in response to vulnerable populations or individuals experiencing homelessness-two, one-bedroom modular, permanent supportive housing units at the East Beamer Way Shelter Project.

The County has or anticipates receiving an amount not to exceed $0 in CDBG Program Income that must be expended prior to expending awarded grant funds.

The purpose of this public hearing is to give the public an opportunity to make their comments known on the proposed activities/application.

If you require special accommodations to participate in the public hearing, please contact the Clerk of the Board at (530) 666-8195.

If you are unable to attend the public hearing, you may direct written comments to the County of Yolo, 625 Court St., Room 202, Woodland, or you may telephone/email Colleen Brock at (530) 669-2228 or cbrock@ych.ca.gov.

In addition, information is available for review at the above address between the hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Monday -Friday.

The County of Yolo promotes fair housing and makes all its programs available to low- and moderate-income families regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, or handicap. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the County of Yolo encourages those with disabilities to participate fully in the public hearing process.

DATED: April 9, 2021 Lupita Ramirez, Deputy Clerk Yolo County Board of Supervisors 1228 4/9

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Gallery exhibit features emerging artists Special to The Enterprise In an exhibition featuring the work of new and emerging artists, YoloArts presents “Emerging+ Artists=Show,” a multimedia exhibition featuring the work of nine new and emerging regional artists.

This exhibition includes ceramic, sculpture, paintings, drawings and mixed media and runs through June 1.

“Emerging+Artists=Show” includes the artwork of artists from Woodland, Davis and Sacramento: Taylore Amato, Nathan Blue, Sandy Calhoun, John Paul Cazares, Patrick Cosgrove, Heather Hogan, Jennifer Michel, Natalie Nelson and Polly LaPorte.

Exhibition curator Janice Purnell, creative director at YoloArts, says the definition of an emerging artist can vary in the field of art, although most can agree that an emerging artist is someone who is making art on more than an occasional basis or as a part-time hobby and has developed a body of work that demonstrates their growth as an artist. The artists featured in this exhibition are of all ages and some have had notable success in exhibiting and sales.

“This is an exciting collection of artwork representing artists of various ages and stages of their lives who all share the same desire to seriously pursue their passion — to make art

and share their stories with others,” Purnel stated.

By day, these artists are working in jobs such as pest technician, art gallery director, retired high school art teacher or television station art director or are students.

Cazares, an artist from Woodland, said in his artist statement that “he has been drawing since high school and recently began to seriously explore ways to weave together his music and art to bring more layers to the worlds I have created.” He is in a local band, The Phur Soles, and his artwork is featured on the album covers.

From Davis, Nelson, who

is also the executive director of the Pence Gallery, has this to say about her art: “Creating during a year of shutdown, which has seemed infinitely fast, I aim to slow the viewer down, to make them ponder their own relationship to recollections of the past. As much as we try to fix and preserve the past in place, with glue and nails, it slips away as we watch. My assemblages are full of things that are past their prime: old toys, discarded shoes, bent tools from a nearby field. In reclaiming them, they gain new life and purpose.”

Cosgrove, a retired studio art teacher at

McClatchy High School in Sacramento, who has also worked in the movie industry states, “I am humbled by the thought of needing to be considered ‘emerging’ as an artist at this stage in life, yet this is my goal — to emerge creatively in the context of finally being free to do so, to single-mindedly pursue my passion for image-making.”

A virtual tour of the exhibition will premiere on Facebook and Instagram @yoloartsCA at noon Monday, April 12, and will feature the artists talking about their work and artistic practice.

The virtual experience is produced by Jones Visual Arts Group and filmed at Gallery 625.

Featured in the exhibit are, at left, “In Orbit,” an oil on canvas by Polly LaPorte; far left, the acrylic-paint and micron-pen piece “A Touch of Happiness?” by John Paul Cazares; and, above, the ceramic piece “Blue”

by Sandy Calhoun.

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Gallery 625 is in Yolo County’s Erwin Meier Administration building, 625 Court St. in Woodland.

The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Public

health guidelines for physical distancing and the use of face coverings are required.

For more information contact YoloArts at ya@ yoloarts.org.

Outdoor art sale will raise some needed funds Special to The Enterprise

Pence Gallery

his month at the Pence, we are preparing for a one-day sale called Art in the Garden. Since we have canceled the Garden Tour for the second year in a row, this fun event creates a small-scale, safe outdoor sale to provide funds for the Pence and contributing artists.

We ask that visitors wear masks and socially distance, and we will limit admission if our space outside is too full.

Taking place outside in our courtyard from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1, Art in the Garden includes lovely steppingstones, birdbaths, ceramic pots and garden creatures of all shapes and sizes by local and regional artists.

Participating artists are Deb Hill, Sandy Whetstone, Kit Lam, Judy Catambay, Jackie Boutin, Susan Phelan, Marcia Smith, Jeff Nebeker, Marti Schoen and Jill Van Zanten.

We will also have fresh bouquets of flowers and potted plants available for sale, plus Hedgerow Farms has donated free pollinator seeds.

We’ll also have an ongoing display of outdoor scenes and floral subjects in our Andresen Gallery upstairs. Titled “Natural Abundance,” it honors artists who have painted during our previous Garden Tours.

Participating artists include Chris Kidd, Kristine Bybee, Marie Therese Brown, Naomi Bautista, Anne Lincoln, Janet Crittenden, Rebecca Ryland, Sompol Chatusripitak, Barbara Smithson, Linda Clark Johnson, Marlene Lee, Karen Fess, Mary Neri King, Cynthia Kroener, Adele Shaw, Kaye Gamper, Pete Scully and Patris.

It’s free to attend the sale or to see the exhibit, but of course, donations are always welcome.

Our event is sponsored by Tandem Properties, Bill and Nancy Roe, Kim Eichorn of Lyon Real Estate, MAK Design + Build, John Lescroart, Richard McCapes, Recology, Henry and Kathy Thornhill, Dr. Wayne Schrader, Kristin KelleherWong, Roger and Claudia Salquist, Jim Gray and Robin Affrime, Diane Lardelli and Cynthia Gerber/Coldwell Select,

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At left, Marcia Smith’s totem, a dramatic stacking of ceramic forms glazed in eye-catching colors, and, at right, Marti Schoen’s ceramic wall vase will be included in the Art in the Garden sale, coming up on Saturday, May 1, in the Pence courtyard.

Mike and Judy Davis, Mary Brooks, and Anne and David Hawke.

———— Mixed-media artist Melissa

Uroff is leading a virtual ecoart workshop for artists ages 16 and older from 1 to 2 p.m.

Wednesday, April 21. She’ll instruct participants on how to

create eco prints with leaves and flowers. They’ll discover how to turn these prints into a beautiful book, which will make a wonderful gift, with Mother’s Day right around the corner.

All materials are included (with the exception of fresh leaves and flowers) and can be picked up in person at the Pence.

All participants will be sent a Zoom link prior to the workshop.

The cost is $10 for Pence members and $15 for nonmembers. See our website to register

by April 20, or email pence gallery@gmail.com.

———— The Pence continues to offer free art education talks by regional scholars in our Art History Lecture Series. Art historian Mariah Briel, adjunct professor of art history for Los Rios Community Colleges, dives into the history of maps and their importance in contemporary art and current events from 2 to 3 p.m.

Saturday, April 17. This lecture is generously sponsored by Art Historian Jerry de Camp.

To register, see our website at www.pencegallery.org.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021

‘Godzilla vs. Kong’: Poor scripting and dull characters

By Derrick Bang

‘Godzilla vs.

Kong’

Enterprise film critic Back in the golden age of Universal Studios monster movies, when one character’s popularity began to wane, he’d be set against another.

Ergo, we got “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” in 1943, followed by the triple-threat of Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster and the Wolf Man in 1944’s “House of Frankenstein.”

And when Universal got really desperate, their monsters became shameful comedic foils for Abbott and Costello.

Despite being silly, pratfall-laden spoofs, even they were far more entertaining than this noisy, landscape-leveling dust-up between Godzilla and Kong (this revived franchise apparently having dropped the “King” from the latter).

In fairness, director Adam Wingard’s monster mash is somewhat better than 2019’s thoroughly deplorable “Godzilla, King of the Monsters” (although, yes, that’s damning with faint praise). Wingard and editor Josh Schaeffer move this entry along more efficiently — at least until the interminable third act — and the CGI animators get a welcome level of emotional depth from Kong.

But the major problem, as before, is the script: a sloppily assembled, seemingly random collection of set-pieces populated by — for the most part — stiff-asa-board characters too vacuous to be regarded as even one-dimensional. (A few exceptions stand out, and I’ll get to them in a moment.)

This (ahem) Frankenstein’s monster of a story is credited to Eric Pearson, Terry Rossio, Michael Dougherty, Zach Shields and Max Borenstein, the latter three responsible for writing the aforementioned “Godzilla, King of the Monsters.” So I guess we can credit Pearson and Rossio with this new film’s slight improvement.

Matters begin well, with Kong safely — but unhappily — housed in a huge biodome on Skull Island (presumably cleared of all the other huge and nasty beasts we met in 2017’s “Kong: Skull Island,” by far

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Although completely dwarfed by the massive Kong, Jia (Kaylee Hottle) isn’t the slightest bit afraid of him; indeed, she and the mighty ape share a special bond. the best of these films). He has bonded with Jia (Kaylee Hottle), a young, deaf/ mute orphan whom the mighty ape both trusts and — to a degree — obeys, via their shared sign language.

This relationship is the film’s strongest note, due to the nuanced sensitivity of Hottle’s performance; she immediately wins our hearts and minds.

Jia shares a similarly loving and caring bond with her adoptive mother, Dr. Ilene Andrews (Rebecca Hall), an anthropological linguist attached to Monarch, the world government’s crypto-zoological agency dedicated to the study of “Titans” such as Kong. Hottle and Hall work well together; it’s a shame they’re not granted larger roles. Like, in place of everybody else in the film.

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Monarch also has been tracking Godzilla, who has been acting — well — increasingly grouchy. After having defended mankind from Mothra, Rodan, three-headed Ghidorah and a couple of dozen other Titans in the previous film, the Big G has once again turned irritable. The reason? He senses the presence of Kong, and — in his lizard brain — Godzilla believes there’s room for only one alpha Titan on Earth.

The solution — the only way to save Kong, who (it’s feared) would lose such a battle — is to deliver the mighty ape to the one place

he might be able to thrive: his supposed original home in the fabled “Hollow Earth” thought to exist miles beneath our planet’s surface. Coordinating this difficult transportation challenge — in the hopes that Godzilla won’t notice — falls to Dr. Nathan Lind (Alexander Skarsgård), Monarch’s chief geologist and subterranean cartographer.

Coincidentally, APEX Industries — a tech company taking the lead in rebuilding the world following the previous film’s carnage — also is interested in this mission, having identified a mysterious energy source emanating from the Hollow Earth.

APEX CEO Walter Simmons (Demián Bichir) hopes that this energy source will further his corporation’s effort to develop a means to protect the world from Titans.

Simmons, therefore, adds his daughter, Maia (Eiza González), to Lind’s team.

As an early sign of Wingard’s clumsy handling of actors, Bichir and González don’t even try to pretend that Walter and Maia aren’t villains. González, in particular, does little but drop snarky remarks every so often; her character is completely useless.

Elsewhere, Madison Russell (Millie Bobby Brown) has maintained her faith in Godzilla. Since Kyle Chandler reappears only fleetingly as her father, her new companion is best

friend Josh Valentine (Julian Dennison), a flustered, nerd hacker who reluctantly follows in Madison’s monster-hunting footsteps.

They’re soon joined by Bernie Hayes (Brian Tyree Henry), a disaffected APEX engineer who moonlights as an underground podcastercum-conspiracy theorist.

He feeds Madison’s mounting suspicion that APEX might have something to do with Godzilla’s mood swings.

Ergo, on the one side we have Team Kong — Nathan, Ilene and Jia — and on the other side Team Godzilla — Madison, Josh and Bernie.

Brown must’ve been contractually guaranteed second billing — behind only Skarsgård — because she sure as hell doesn’t earn it.

Aside from some mildly amusing banter with Josh, Madison spends most of the film looking earnest.

Brown doesn’t approach anywhere near the emotional complexity that she brought to Madison in the previous film.

Shun Oguri and Lance Reddick pop up as, respectively, Ren Serizawa, son of

Monarch legend Dr. Ishiro Serizawa (Ken Watanabe, who perished in the previous film); and an upperechelon military guy named Guillermin. Neither character amounts to anything.

Alas, Lind’s initial attempt to move Kong — via aircraft carrier — does not go unnoticed by Godzilla. This prompts an ocean-based skirmish that is the film’s best action sequence, thanks to clever staging and (very important) brevity. This first fight doesn’t wear out its welcome.

This contrasts with the third act’s protracted battle royale, which completely destroys Hong Kong (as unintentionally timely and sadly ironic a metaphor as could be imagined, given current real-world events).

It goes on and on and on and on and even includes a “surprise” party crasher.

Aside from being boring and tedious, we’re apparently supposed to overlook the thousands of people who are perishing during this fracas (not that even a trace of such human misery is shown on screen, because

Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Kaylee Hottle, Julian Dennison, Shun Oguri, Demián Bichir, Eiza González and Kyle Chandler Rating: PG-13, for dramatic intensity, relentless carnage and brief profanity Available via: HBO Max and operational movie theaters that would spoil the fun — right?).

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this socalled film is, once again, little more than a coldly calculated product designed — by virtue of the illadvised marriage between Warner Bros. (U.S.) and the Wanda Group’s Legendary Entertainment (China) — to offend nobody on either side of the globe. Almost all of these international coproductions have been soulless, tumultuous, lowestcommon-denominator rubbish; this one is no different.

(Granted, American filmmakers can do just as badly on their own; one need look no further than director Michael Bay’s insufferable “Transformers” flicks.)

I’m sure we’ve not seen the last of Godzilla or Kong, but one can hope their futures are controlled by more talented hands.

— Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at http://derrickbang. blogspot.com. Comment on this review at www. davisenterprise.com.

In-person show!

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Davis-based folk-pop group According to Bazooka will play a concert from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 11, at the Davis Craft and Vintage Fair in Central Park, Third and C streets in Davis. The New Harmony Jazz Band will open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The show is free and for all ages.

Visitors must wear masks and socially distance. The fair runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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David Nasater’s photograph “Foggy Morning on the River” is part of his Pence exhibit of landscape photography, titled “Monochromatic Visions.”

PENCE: Current shows end April 18 From Page B1 Local residents may be familiar with David Nasater’s lovely blackand-white photographs of sunflowers and rural fields of our region.

Ongoing through April 25, the Pence is showcasing his distinctive scenes in a solo exhibit titled “Monochromatic Visions.”

I’ve watched over the past few years as he explored closeups of flowers and plant life that were truly mesmerizing to view. This show includes some images of flowers as well, especially as they decay long after their colorful prime.

Other subjects include

oak trees, rural fields and lovely views of coastal shores.

As Nasater admits, even with these wider views, he’s always “drawn towards those smaller in scale and more personal.

Most are taken close to home and are more human in nature. Elements of man’s influence often inhabit my images whether a cityscape, an old barn, a modern wind turbine or just the rows of trees in an orchard.”

I really enjoyed identifying a few locations that are close to Davis, such as a farm shed and tree on County Road 102. It’s an exhibit full of great images, from the local to

the regional and invites viewers to stay awhile for a visual voyage.

Continuing exhibits by Susan Tonkin Riegel and Judith Foosaner, both wonderful abstract artists, are still on view at the Pence through April 18. Be sure to visit before they close, and to enjoy the publications that both have published for their exhibits. Have a wonderful April, and hope to see you in the Gallery! Our hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays.

— Natalie Nelson is the executive director and curator of the Pence Gallery; her column is published monthly.

Stories on Stage podcast features memoir about writing, addiction Special to The Enterprise Stories on Stage Davis will release the 14th episode of its all-podcast eighth season on Saturday, April 10, with an excerpt from Joshua Mohr’s memoir “Model Citizen,” read by returning actor Eric Baldwin.

Told in alternating vignettes, this excerpt juxtaposes Mohr’s volunteer work teaching creative writing at a halfway house in San Francisco with his wild personal life as a heroin addict and married womanizer.

When his most promising student breaks parole, Mohr’s own peregrinations catch up with him, to the detriment of his first marriage, his health, and eventually a sober future with his second wife and baby daughter Ava. Joshua Mohr is the author of the memoir “Sirens” and of several novels, including “Damascus,” which The New York Times MOHR called “beat-poet cool.” His Featured novel “All This Life” won the author Northern California Book

Award. He is the founder of Decant Editorial.

Reading “Model Citizen” is Eric Baldwin, returning for his second performance with Stories on Stage Davis.

Baldwin has performed in BALDWIN diverse roles all across the Featured United States and Europe reader in productions of “Henry V,” “Macbeth,” “Death of a Salesman,” “Burn This” and “Talk Radio.”

He was the Artistic Director of the Quantum Theatre Company in Los Angeles, and was also the founder of Resurrection Theatre in Sacramento.

The Stories on Stage Davis podcast airs new episodes every second and fourth Saturday, and its eighth season will run from September 2020 to June 2021. Upcoming and past episodes, as well as ways to support the series, can be found on the Stories on Stage Davis website. Stories on Stage Davis is a sponsored project of YoloArts, a nonprofit arts organization.

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

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DHS readies for Saturday night clash Devil seniors will be honored in lone home game

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California Department of Public Health rules prohibiting youth-sports teams from competing with groups from counties other than those bordering their own were eliminated this week. The move now allows for sports teams, including high schools, to schedule contests with anyone in the state, just not beyond California’s borders.

This is welcome news for Davis High teams, which until now have been confined to conference-only campaigns with Sacramento County teams. The Blue Devils are set to kick off soccer, lacrosse, volleyball, basketball and track-and-field seasons in the coming weeks.

Football teams have just 14 days remaining in their pandemic-shortened spring seasons. But coupled with the flood of last-minute cancellations that occur each week as area players test positive for COVID-19, widening the pool of possible opponents will certainly help as teams scramble to reschedule games.

The Blue Devil baseball team has already done its share of what head coach Ethan Guevin calls “scheduling gymnastics” — rehashing three of its first five games this spring, all on less than a day’s notice.

DHS delayed its game against McClatchy, originally set for April 10 to 20, after the Lions quarantined their baseball and football teams following six potentially linked positive tests within the programs.

Devil teams continue to test weekly at no cost via the Healthy Davis Together partnership with Davis Joint Unified.

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t’s too early to say whether or not this amendment to sports restrictions will have any effect on postseason play, which was originally scrapped when athletic activities resumed back in February. Davis High athletic director Jeff Lorenson says it’s more than likely seasons will continue as originally planned.

“What this does change, especially for our lacrosse and water polo programs, is their ability to extend their competition schedule,” Lorenson explains. “Those are sports that typically play the majority of their contests outside the county borders — mostly against Bay Area schools.

“So they’ll be able to increase their number of contests significantly now.”

Lorenson says CDPH guidance may allow for increased fan attendance at outdoor events moving forward, but likely not until later this month at Blue Devil games.

“We’re still waiting to get more info from the county’s Department of Health,” Lorenson adds. “But until then we’re still restricting any attendance to athletes’ immediate family members for supervision purposes.”

Notes: DHS football (1-2) hosts Cosumnes Oaks (0-1) this Saturday for a 7:30 p.m. contest at Brown Stadium. Bella Vista High also visits town Saturday for the first Devil track-andfield meet this season, starting at 10 a.m. DHS baseball also hosts Casa Roble at noon on Saturday.

— Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@davisenterprise.net.

Follow him via Twitter at @530athletics.

By Will Wyman Enterprise staff writer The Davis High football team is set to make its long-awaited home debut of the 2021 campaign on Saturday.

The Blue Devils have not played an official game at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium in over a year, garnering much excitement and anticipation from the program as they prepare for what will be their first-and-only home contest of the spring against Cosumnes Oaks on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Veteran head coach Steve Smyte is as excited as anyone to be back in town to host a game, with the added layer of celebration for the squad’s seniors.

“It’s gonna be a lot of fun to play back home,” Smyte says. “Our guys are excited. Senior Night is a great opportunity for our seniors to play at home in front of their parents.

“Unfortunately, it’s not a typical Senior Night where we have 2,000 people in the stands. But the fact that their parents are there and they have the opportunity to do this, when even two months ago it looked like this wouldn’t happen, is great for them.”

The coach credits a great deal of his team’s success over the past few years to his senior core: “They’ve been such a big part,” Smyte adds. “We still are and will be for the last three years, the Delta League reigning champions.

“The guys like Patton Miller, Zach Brooks, Josiah Roa and Aaron Turner, they’re a big reason why we played in the playoffs two years in a row, why we were Delta League champions and why we had a 9-1 regular season and won a 2019 playoff game.

“That was the best back-to-back I think we’ve had in 40 years,” the veteran coach says. “(Guys like) Donovan (Garvin), who’s been such a huge part of our success — if they wouldn’t have gotten to play a Senior Night at home, it wouldn’t be right.”

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Zach Brooks (52) forces a fumble during the Blue Devils season opener against Vacaville on March 19. Blue Devils Ryan Jaramillo, left, and Liam Sheehan are there to help. Brooks has been playing guard and linebacker for DHS this spring.

The Devils’ home clash with the Wolfpack comes on the heels of the locals’ first win of the season, a 14-0 shutout at Sheldon High.

Smyte says the Blue Crew has been laser-focused this week to avoid any sense of complacency teams tend to get after big victories.

“They came out focused and ready to go,” Smyte said of last Friday’s win. “We had some guys nursing injuries after the game, but they all rallied and were practicing hard.”

Smyte credits his veteran leaders with keeping the team on the tracks despite a tumultuous start to the year: “I think our senior leadership has been great. Patton Miller and Zach Brooks really stepped up.

Andrew Baum has really stepped up. I think our guys are ready to go and they’re excited about playing.”

Davis lost its starting quarterback, Trajan Clark, to concussion safety protocol in the first quarter against Sheldon. There remains uncertainty surrounding his availability this weekend.

In his stead last week, the Devils turned to their understudy QB, receiver and safety Donovan Garvin. In the event that the

dynamic Clark is still unable to return to his starting job, Big Blue can find solace in their versatile backup, as he is fresh off of his first varsity win under center.

“We’ve gotta prepare for any scenario, so he’s getting reps,” Smyte reports. “There’s certain packages that we have dialed for him earlier in the year, so it wasn’t that big of a transition.

“Donovan is such a competitor, he’s gonna make things happen.

He’s a little bit different, he’s a shiftier guy and he throws a good ball. He’s had a great week of practice, so we’ll see. We’ll have a twoheaded monster out there.”

No matter what happens on Saturday night, Smyte is undeniably proud of his team for their performances in both practice and games this season.

“The character our team plays with, that can’t be downplayed enough,” the Canadian native says.

“They showed such resiliency, because the reality is, a lesser team with less character would have folded in that circumstance.

“We had a string of plays that was crazy: We lost our quarterback, our long snapper and our starting receiver. And our guys

didn’t bat an eye. We went with the Donovan game plan. They showed amazing resilience in a pressure-type situation. Our defense really stepped up, and I think what we have is a group of kids that have a lot of character.

They never quit.”

The theme of overcoming adversity is one that has stayed strong throughout the Devil ranks all season. The team has shown a fierce ability to compete, no matter the opponent or the situation.

“Vacaville was the same thing,” Smyte adds. “We slugged it out with them and they’re a very good football team, and we had them on the ropes. Our guys were going both ways; there’re guys that in the last three weeks have played over 140 snaps three games in a row.

They just keep going and I’m really proud of them.”

In their last meeting with Cosumnes Oaks in 2019, the Devils beat the Wolfpack, 27-14.

COHS is coming off a 57-21 loss to Monterey Trail last Friday in which it allowed 503 rushing yards.

— Reach Enterprise staff writer Will Wyman at wwyman@ davisenterprise.net.

DeLuca likes where UCD is headed n Editor’s Note: The following is the second in a two-part Q&A series with UC Davis Director of Athletics Rocko DeLuca. In this segment, DeLuca discusses how the Edwards Family Athletic Center building project is progressing and athletic department needs.

By Owen Yancher Enterprise sports editor Nearly every UC Davis athletic venue has seen some kind of improvement or enhancement over the last several years. First came construction of a team building at Schaal Aquatic Center. Later came locker-room improvements at softball’s La Rue Field, new batting cages at Dobbins Baseball Complex and tented bench areas at Aggie Field Hockey Facility.

The facelifts have all come under the watchful eye of athletic director Rocko DeLuca, who for the past several years has overseen all things development-related in Aggieland.

Today’s conversation with DeLuca picks up where the Aggie AD left off on Wednesday: Are there any needs in the department that you’ve identified?

“We really haven’t tapped the full potential of our alumni network yet. We’re going to continue expanding that outreach.

“One thing I’d like to do is create more of a connection to the greater community. I encourage people to reach out and engage with us. We’ve got some outstanding young

people in our program who compete and repbeing built right now. resent this university and town.

“It’s going to be a first-class facility.

“If you’re watching a UC Davis game, our “The Bermuda practice field next door to kids are three times more likely to be in STEM the construction site is playable right now. But our goal is to be inside that building around majors than any other Top 10 public school in July 2022.” the nation. That’s special.”

You’ve been around town since 2016, but With Barbara Jahn retiring after nearly a for Aggie fans that don’t already know half-century at the helm of the women’s swimming program, what does Rocko DeLuca, what would you like the timeline look like for hiring a them to know? new coach?

“I’m pretty much an open book.

“We’ll be announcing a hiring Love to cook. Love to build Legos committee in the next few weeks, with my daughter. I also golf and am chaired by our chief financial officer, looking forward to getting out and Anissa Nachman. And once we’ve playing more once we wrap up the rounded out that committee, we’ll work-from-home and school-frombegin the interview process. home routine.

“We plan to have a hire made “I’m originally from Colorado. I DELUCA before the end of the academic year.” grew up outside Denver in Greeley, UCD AD How is the 50,000 square-foot which is a town very similar to Woodland — a place with a lot of farms and Edwards Family Athletic Center agriculture right there in the community, right project coming along? next to a university.”

“The construction is progressing on-time Notes: DeLuca earned his undergraduate and at-budget. degree in kinesiology from Colorado and his “We’ve still got a few decisions coming master’s degree in sports administration from down the line, in terms of the building’s finish Northern Colorado. Before coming to Davis, he and interior, but we’re right where we want it served as a senior associate athletic director to be.

“Our senior staff went over and did a hard- and executive director of development at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Prior to hat tour the other day because it’s really hard UMASS, he was assistant athletic director at to tell what you’re looking at or get a sense of the University of Colorado, Boulder. DeLuca the scale of the building and weight room, and his wife, Kristen, live locally with their just driving by on Hutchison. It’s got a hydrotherapy and sports medicine area that’s daughter, Siena.

Watch the birdie Junior Annie Zhu takes a swing during the Blue Devil badminton team’s match Thursday afternoon against Armijo.

DHS lost, 6-3, with singles victories via Kako Hayishi (23-21, 21-18), Helena Wei (18-21, 21-15, 21-13) and Alicia Joo (23-21, 21-14). “It felt great to be able to host an indoor sport on campus after so long without any,” head coach Michele Salisbury said. “The girls were really excited to host a home match. It’s a little sad because we didn’t have spectators, but hopefully before our short season is over we can get some people inside to cheer these girls on.” DHS plays another two matches at home next week, against Rodrigues on Tuesday and Vacaville on Thursday.

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Designer to discuss movie, 3D design and sustainability Special to The Enterprise Julia Koerner, who worked on the “Black Panther” movie and is at the forefront of 3D printing and sustainable design, will be the guest for the UC Davis Alberini Family Speaker Series in Design.

Koerner, whose creative endeavors include architecture, fashion, sculpture and product design, will give a presentation titled “Models & Models” at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 22.

Koerner collaborated with Ruth E. Carter, costume designer for “Black Panther,” to create the 3D-printed crown and shoulder piece worn by the character Queen Ramonda. The movie won a 2019 Academy Award for costume design.

“The costumes of Queen Ramonda were meant to exemplify the combination of traditional African culture and the most hightech fashion,” Koerner said in an interview with Archinect.com.

Koerner’s online talk will focus on how architects and fashion designers are collaborating to create new looks and construction techniques with 3D printing, while also reducing shipping costs, waste and other environmental impacts.

“3D-printing designs in the costume world is such a great opportunity because there are no limitations on the form and geometries,” she said in an interview with DeZeen magazine.

Based in Los Angeles and Salzburg, Austria, Koerner teaches at the UCLA department of architecture and urban design and is founder of JK Design GmbH. Her

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Marlene Lee enjoys painting on location. Her still-life oil paintings are on display at Logos Books.

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Marlene Lee’s still-life oil paintings will be on display at Logos Books through April 30. The bookstore, at 513 Second St. is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Call 530-400-1083 for further information.

“Painting still life is painting a memory,” Lee said. “The pear I painted was quickly eaten; the orange vase that held the small purple flowers I found in my garden had

disappeared. The apple looks so juicy on the canvas but I cannot eat it because I’m allergic to it. The large china fish bowl held my favorite soup.”

She started painting in oils seriously in 2009 after she had received her second bachelor’s degree in studio art. Besides painting, she enjoys sketching on location.

One of Julia Koerner’s clothing creations has components that can be combined in various configurations. designs have been featured in National Geographic Magazine, VICE, WIRED and The New York Times, and exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Art Institute of Chicago, Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Museum of Applied Arts MAK Vienna and the Ars Electronica Center.

Her recent collaborations have included printed fashion pieces and she launched an entirely printed ready-to-wear collection. One of her jackets features an intricate network of multicolored 3D-printed bristles that mimic the hairlike structures on a butterfly wing.

Another collection is made up of a set of 38 components that can be

combined in various configurations to form different garments.

The lecture series is organized and presented by the UC Davis department of design.

“All of the Alberini series speakers have been uniquely different, but they are all at the cutting edge of design,” said Susan Taber Avila, professor of design. “Her ability and practice working with designers in architecture, product and fashion is a good fit with our program, as design disciplines are becoming increasingly more interdisciplinary and this is also the direction of our department.”

For more information and to register, go to https://arts.ucdavis.edu.

DMTC youths to present ‘HONK Junior’ Enterprise staff Opening on Friday, April 9, for four virtual performances on the Showtix4u platform, The Davis Musical Theatre Company’s Young Performers Theater division and Margaret Hill present the child-friendly musical, “HONK Junior.”

The modern retelling of

Hans Christen Andersen’s “The Ugly Duckling” features a Swan born to a family of ducks (Ida and her husband Drake) and his struggles in being different.

This production — recorded using the strictest of COVID protocols at DMTC on the green-screen stage — is directed and

choreographed by Ron Cisneros and music is directed

by David Chan.

Performances are 7 p.m.

Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 9 to 11.

Tickets are $10 per device and $20 for a family and are available at https:// dmtc.org/#YPT.

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Stock up on vehicle breakdown supplies Special to The Enterprise A flat tire or an engine malfunction is something no driver wants to experience, but those with a wellstocked vehicle emergency kit and breakdown strategy can get through most situations rather easily.

A 2017 survey from AAA found that 40 percent of drivers in the United States are not ready to handle a typical roadside emergency breakdown. The organization estimates it helps some seven million motorists get back on

the road each summer. A well-equipped roadside emergency kit may help drivers get their vehicles back on the road on their own.

First aid kit Having a first aid kit in the car to treat minor injuries can be helpful in the event of an accident or even after injuring oneself during a breakdown.

Fire extinguisher Cars are full of mechanical

parts and are susceptible to catching on fire. The National Fire Protection Association says vehicle fire extinguishers need to be rated for Class B and C fires.

Jumper cables A weak or dead battery is often the culprit in breakdowns. Jumper cables enable drivers to get a charge from another motorist, and may help get a person back on the road quickly. If possible, get a set of cables that also comes with safety gloves and heavy duty clamps, offers Defensive Driving Online, a defensive driving course.

tance, but the phone is only useful if it’s charged.

traction needed to get off of a slippery area of roadway.

Blanket

Flashlight

Keep a blanket in the trunk or another storage area.

Should the vehicle die in cold weather, that blanket can help keep passengers warm until assistance arrives.

A flashlight can help keep you visible and able to see your surroundings in dark conditions.

Basic tools

Should a breakdown occur in the dark, flares can alert other drivers.

Tools like a screwdriver, ratchet set and wrench may enable drivers to complete minor repairs. Tools also should include tire-changing gear, such as a jack and lug nut remover.

Mobile phone/charger

Traction aid

A mobile phone is essential for calling for assis-

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Flares

Snacks and water Water and food that stores

well, such as emergency rations, granola bars or trail mix, can quell hunger pangs and provide an energy boost while waiting for help.

Rope/bungee cords/tarp These items can be used in various situations to secure a vehicle.

While drivers can gather these items separately, many companies offer allin-one vehicle emergency kits. A safety kit is essential for all drivers.

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