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T.R.O.T.R.’S Spring Open House Event!

On County Road 102 between Davis and Woodland, the Therapeutic Riding and Off-Track Rehabilitation (T.R.O.T.R.) is a non profit organization that provides adaptive horseback riding experiences to physically, mentally and behaviorally challenged community members.

The organization also offers riding lessons and volunteering opportunities.

May 15 & 16 from 9am - 3pm @ 22408 Co. Rd. 102, Woodland, CA 95776

• Free petting zoo including miniature ponies, llamas, goats, sheep, steer, and many more • $10 pony rides for ages 2 and older • Explore the ranch first hand • Free parking

(530) 867 3866 • info@trotr.org

Davis 57% vaccinated 44 percent countywide

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer More than half of Davis residents have received at least their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, well above other cities in Yolo County.

Some 39,557 Davis residents have been vaccinated so far — 57.2 percent of the city’s population. In comparison, just 34.7 percent of West Sacramento residents have received at least one vaccine dose, the lowest for any city in the county.

Also on the low end are the towns of Esparto (31.8 percent) and Clarksburg (39.3 percent).

Meanwhile, 41.8 percent of Winters residents and 44.8 percent of Woodland residents have received at least one vaccine dose, according to county public information officer Jenny Tan. Tan presented a slew of vaccine data during her Monday briefing, including breaking down vaccination rates by race and ethnicity, but with the caveat that 20

percent of county residents who have received a vaccine have declined to state their race or ethnicity, as vaccine registration paperwork allows.

“There are many reasons why people choose not to list their race or ethnicity,” Tan said, “such as they don’t identify or see themselves in the options listed; some people may be worried about how this information will impact them; they don’t trust giving that information out; or other reasons.

“Since 20 percent of those vaccinated did not give their race or ethnicity, we can’t provide you with an accurate percentage of those vaccinated by race in our county,” she said.

However, she did provide some data based on those who did check the race/ ethnicity box.

Of those county residents who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native, 531 have at least one vaccine dose, as have 11,337 county residents who identify as Asian and 507 who identify as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

Of those who identify as Black, 1,715 have been vaccinated and of those

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Yolo County public information officer Jenny Tan breaks down COVID vaccination rates by city on Monday morning. who identify as Hispanic/ Latino, 19,173 have been vaccinated. Some 836 county residents who identify as multi-racial have been vaccinated.

Those who identify as white totaled 44,718.

Not surprisingly, when broken down by age, the vaccination rate is highest among the oldest county residents, who were among the first groups to became eligible for vaccination months ago.

Of those 85 and older, 93 percent have been vaccinated, compared to the lowest age group for which Tan provided had demographic data, the 20

to 24 age group, where 31 percent are vaccinated.

Among other age groups: n 25 to 29 — 46 percent n 30 to 34 — 48 percent n 35 to 44 — 51 percent n 45 to 54 — 64 percent n 55 to 64 — 69 percent n 65 to 74 — 86 percent n 75 to 84 — 91 percent.

As of April 19, 79 percent of seniors 65 and older countywide have received at least their first dose as have 44.4 percent of all residents (54 percent of those 16 and up).

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

Trial date set for child-homicide suspect

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer WOODLAND — “I took it too far.”

That’s what Derrick Dimone Woods allegedly said to his mother and cousin shortly after unleashing beatings on his girlfriend’s two children, killing a 16-month-old girl and badly injuring her 3-year-old brother.

Woods later told a police detective he first abused Elijah Washington when he misbehaved, then turned on his sister Amanda Owens for reasons he couldn’t explain.

“Babies are innocent, and can’t do anything that deserves being disciplined,” Woods told Detective Robert Brazier.

Those and other details

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emerged during Woods’ preliminary hearing in Yolo Superior Court, where a judge upheld murder and child-assault charges in the West Sacramento homicide case earlier this month.

“You cannot look at the photographs in this case and not understand that something very, very inappropriate happened to both children,” Judge Paul Richardson said at the conclusion of the two-day hearing.

“The extent of the injuries to both these children … cannot be understated.”

Amanda died after suffering multiple blunt-force injuries, including a broken clavicle and apparent bite marks, in the Feb. 15 beating at Silvey’s Motel on West Capitol Avenue, according to court testimony. Elijah was hospitalized with bruising,

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Sixteen-month-old Amanda Owens, right, was found dead in a motel room on Feb. 15, allegedly murdered by her mother’s boyfriend; her half-brother Elijah Washington was also hurt in the attack. lash marks and possible liver damage.

Woods’ case is slated for

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trial in mid-July. The District Attorney’s Office, which charged him with the special-circumstance allegation of murder with the infliction of torture, is still considering whether to pursue the death penalty.

Also facing charges in the case is Woods’ mother, Annette Womack, who according to authorities helped her son flee the crime scene, then denied knowing Woods’ whereabouts during the 24 hours he remained at large.

A judge ordered Womack to stand trial on a felony accessory-to-murder count following a preliminary hearing Tuesday. She and Woods have pleaded not guilty to the allegations.

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By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Yolo County remained in the orange tier after the state updated its colorcoded blueprint on Tuesday, but the county is headed in the wrong direction.

All three of the county’s metrics worsened with daily new cases rising alongside test positivity rates.

The county’s adjusted case rate increased from 2.4 daily cases per 100,000 residents to 2.9 in Tuesday’s update while its actual case rate (which doesn’t take into account

the amount of testing being done) increased from 4.9 to 5.7.

Likewise, the countywide test positivity rate rose from 0.6 percent to 0.7 percent and the health equity quartile rate — which measures test positivity in the county’s most disadvantaged communities — increased from 2 percent to 3 percent.

Only the countywide test positivity rate meets the metric for the leastrestrictive yellow tier so the county will remain in orange — where it has been since March 24 —

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UC Davis releases details on fall reopening strategy

By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer UC Davis is planning to reopen classrooms, campus housing and dining facilities and other campus buildings at full capacity this fall, according to a letter published Monday by Chancellor Gary S. May and Mary Croughan, provost and executive vice chancellor, which detailed the campus’ fall reopening plans.

The University of California previously announced its intention to resume in-person learning on all of its

campuses in fall 2021.

Last week, the university announced plans to require students, staff and faculty to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before coming to campus in the fall.

The reopening plans are subject to evolving public health conditions and the vaccination mandate depends on at least one coronavirus vaccine receiving full approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Multiple vaccines currently have

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Briefly Library closed due to COVID The Stephens Branch Library in Davis will be closed until further notice after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.

The library was notified on Saturday of the positive test and all employees identified as having been in direct contact with the infected individual were sent home to selfisolate and get tested.

"We have taken additional measures to sanitize and deep-clean the Stephens Davis Library," the county said in a press release.

The library will post updates on its website.

Meanwhile, all library services will continue as scheduled at other county library branches.

Visit https://yolo countylibrary.org for more information.

Bet Haverim hosts book group Congregation Bet Haverim invites the community to a book study of “Here all Along” by Sara Hurwitz.

In this book, Hurwitz, best known as Michelle Obama’s head speechwriter, turns her writing chops toward Judaism.

Start reading now and then join the discussions planned for 7 p.m. Wednesdays, May 19, May 26 and June 2.

For more information, email raykub@ gmail.com.

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Sounds like a wonderful time out I received a friendly note the other day from the kind folks at the Pence Gallery, Davis’ perpetual downtown treasure for decades.

The Pence sponsors an annual Garden Tour every May, and for many people it is the highlight of the spring to be able to go from home to home and see the beauty that man and nature have created together.

It’s a great way to spend a spring afternoon and also to realize the several thousand species that not only can survive, but thrive, in our inland Northern California climate.

“Unfortunately, we had to cancel the Garden Tour for a second year,” the note begins, “and we are working on a new event.”

Sorry about the tour. The Pence’s many fans will be disappointed, but let’s hear about the new event. “ ‘Art in the Garden,’ a one-day

home that earned me a photo on inside page of the weekly Davis Enterprise that arrived in our mailbox every Thursday.

In those days, the mail carrier and the paper carrier were one and the same in this small town.

sale held in the Pence Gallery back patio on Saturday, May 1, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. We are really excited about this event that will have over 200 pieces of art specifically created to enhance any garden.”

And if the Lone Ranger shows up at Art in the Garden, no one will have to remind him to put on his mask.

“Gardening,” of course, is my middle name. When I was just eight years old, I grew a massive 13-foot-tall sunflower with a head bigger than a basketball in the backyard of my folks’ Oeste Manor (rhymes with Toasty Manor)

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eighbors came from miles around to see this mighty giant that stretched as high as the power lines in the backyard, making PG&E and Ma Bell nervous.

Sadly, there was no Pence Gallery back then, though there was a dentist named Joe Pence who occupied that downtown space and later donated it with his wife Hazel for what became the Pence Gallery.

Wait a minute. Let me think about that last sentence again. Joe Pence was a dentist. He was married to Hazel. When Joe stopped drilling molars, he and Hazel donated that space to what became the Pence Gallery.

Joe Pence did not “donate that space with his wife Hazel.” That makes it sounds as if he donated the space and Hazel if you read it a certain way.

“If you have some extra space in your column, the Pence would be most grateful for mentioning ‘Art in the Garden,’ ” the note goes on.

Not sure if I have any space left, but I’ll check and get back to you.

In any regard, it sounds like a great way to celebrate what many of us still call May Day, complete with surprise baskets full of flowers on the doorstep.

Silly me, I did not realize gardens need anything more than those well-known St. Francis statues watching over creation and helping everything to thrive.

I don’t know if St. Francis will be at The Pence on Saturday, but I’m sure he’ll be there in spirit.

Literally.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Witnesses thwart attack on woman in South Davis; suspect arrested

All invited to senior town-hall series

By Lauren Keene

Special to The Enterprise

Enterprise staff writer Davis police are seeking witnesses to what they described as a “vicious attack” on a woman Tuesday morning outside a South Davis shopping center.

A 28-year-old man faces felony assault charges in connection with the beating, in which several witnesses reportedly intervened to stop the attack and detain the suspect until officers arrived on scene.

According to preliminary information released Tuesday by Deputy Police Chief Paul Doroshov, the assault occurred at about 10:45 a.m. along Chiles Road near the Nugget shopping center, involving a 59-yearold homeless woman and the suspect, later identified as Joseph Michael Granken.

“Upon arrival, officers discovered a female victim who had been badly and violently beaten,” suffering “serious injuries to her face and head,” Doroshov said.

She was transported to the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento for treatment.

As for her condition, “I would say it’s serious,” Doroshov said.

A post on the Nextdoor social media platform said local man passing by the scene in his truck took swift action, making a U-turn and jumping “out of his truck to confront the attacker. The attacker then turned to fight this gentleman.”

Others took note of the chaos and also intervened, subduing Granken and tending to the victim until emergency personnel responded.

“His quick thinking and

willingness to get involved may have saved a life today.

The attacker was stomping and punching the victim while she lay helpless on the ground,” the post said.

“This is what a true hero looks like in real life. Thank you for getting involved and stopping this violent attack.”

Doroshov confirmed that Granken allegedly assaulted that man “while bravely trying to protect the victim.” He also thanked other helpers “for jumping in and getting involved.”

They and other possible witnesses who have not been interviewed by police are asked to provide statements by calling the Davis Police Department at 530747-5400.

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

Redistricting committee has two openings Special to The Enterprise WOODLAND — Yolo County is currently accepting applications to fill two seats on the Redistricting Advisory Committee. The committee will conduct the 2021 redistricting outreach on behalf the Board of Supervisors and will draft and present supervisorial district maps for the Board’s consideration.

The committee is composed of seven members, one person from each of the five districts appointed by that corresponding supervisor and two appointed by those

initial five members. Applications will be accepted through May 7. To apply, visit https://yolocountyca.seamlessdocs.com/f/ CommitteeApplication.

Redistricting occurs every 10 years after the U.S. Census is completed. District boundaries for federal, state and local elected offices are redrawn to reflect new population growths and equalize district populations.

The full committee plans to meet in late May to begin the redistricting process in earnest. For information, visit www.yolo county.org.

County simplifies access to assistance programs Special to The Enterprise The Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency has launched a new, consolidated phone line designed to simplify access to the agency's many programs for residents. The toll-free phone line is available in English, Spanish and Russian and can be reached by dialing 1-833-744-HHSA (1-833744-4472) with automated transfer options available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The new number provides quick and easy access to services for callers who do not know how to reach the programs or services directly. Direct phone numbers remain active and callers may continue to use those if they already know how to reach a desired program or service.

Yolo County residents can use the new number to connect with programs, including: n HHSA office locations in Woodland, West Sacramento, Davis and Winters n Mental Health and

Substance Use Disorder Access Line (24-hour) n Service Center eligibility programs, including Medi-Cal, CalFresh, Cash Assistance for Families, General Assistance and Refugee Cash Assistance n Employment and business-related services n Reporting of child abuse and neglect (24hour) and additional Child Welfare Services n Adult Protective Services (24-hour) and additional Adult and Aging programs n Pregnant or Parenting Services n Other Community Health programs, including Emergency Medical Services, Tobacco Prevention, Oral Heath and Infectious Disease n COVID-19 Public Information Line and COVID-19 Provider Hotline.

Reach the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency at 1-833744-HHSA or https:// www.yolocounty.org/ government/generalgovernment-departments /health-human-services.

People of all ages are invited to attend a local community conversation on how best to implement the California Master Plan for Aging to create an age-friendly community in Yolo County.

The event will include updates from elected officials on aging from their level of government, followed by the opportunity for attendees to ask the elected officials questions.

The group will then review the five goals of the plan, follow up on the 2019 senior town halls and then have smaller group discussions on how best to implement these goals in each community.

Each town hall will be held virtually via Zoom and will take place from 10 a.m. to noon with a call-in option available.

Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions of elected officials, provide their input, and discuss a vision for an age-friendly community.

To join, go to the zoom links at 10 a.m. on the following dates.

The Woodland Senior Town Hall will be on Friday, April 30. Elected officials will include Congressman John Garamendi. To join, go to https://us02web.zoom. us/j/5307575583? pwd=Njg1eHBYckpQa Uc0NHNCSWdvSHN SZz09.

The Davis Senior Town Hall will be on Friday, May 7. Elected officials will include Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry, Supervisor Jim Provenza, Supervisor Don Saylor and Mayor Gloria Partida. To join, go to https://us02web.zoom. us/j/5307575583?pwd= Njg1eHBYckpQaUc0N HNCSWdvSHNSZz09.

The Winters and Rural Senior Town Hall will be on Friday, May 14. Elected officials will include Supervisor Don Saylor and Mayor Wade Cowan.

To join, go to https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/5307 575583?pwd=Njg1eHBY ckpQaUc0NHNCSWdvS HNSZz09.

The West Sacramento Senior Town Hall will be held on Friday, May 21.

Elected officials will include Supervisor Oscar Villegas and Mayor Martha Guerrero. To join, go to https://us02web. zoom.us/j/5307575583? pwd=Njg1eHBYckpQaUc 0NHNCSWdvSHNSZz09.

Registration is encouraged, but not required. To register, go to https:// www.yolohealthyaging. org/events. For more information, or to register without a computer, contact Sheila Allen at 530757-5583 or Sheila. allen@yolohealthyaging. org.

Spanish translation is available at the event.

Obituary Elaine Santora Little Nov. 22, 1928 — April 17, 2021

Elaine Little, age 92, of El Macero passed away on April 17, surrounded by her friends and family. Elaine, born in 1928 in Watsonville, immediately brought joy and laughter into the world.

Elaine went on to graduate from high school and began her career as an operator for Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company. Elaine fell in love with her first husband, Ken Lintz, and shared two children together, Shari and Daniel. Elaine later married her second husband, Ken Little, and together they shared a daughter, Kristin.

Elaine was a fiercely dedicated mom to all of her children, raising all three of them to go on to accomplish great things. Family

came first and was above all else to Elaine, a value she instilled in all those around her. Elaine also had a great passion for volunteering and donating to the Crocker Art Museum and Ronald McDonald House.

The hole left by her absence is impossible to fill.

Elaine was predeceased by her husband, Ken Little. She is survived by her daughter Shari, son Daniel, daughter Kristin and grandchildren, Jennifer, MacKenzie, Naia, Finn and Gia. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to Eagle Lake Children’s Charities at https://rmhcnc.org/.

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Briefly Davis seniors to have a ball High school seniors of Davis are invited to a senior ball. The Davis High PTA and Supporting Our Seniors committee are sponsoring “An Enchanted Forest Ball” for all seniors at Davis High, Davis School for Independent Study, Martin Lurther King Jr. High and Da Vinci Charter Academy.

This outdoor ball will be from 7 to 11 p.m.

Saturday, May 22, at Heringer Estates, 37375 Netherlands Road in Clarksburg.

For COVID-19 safety reasons, the sponsors are adhering to California Department of Public Health guidelines.

Tickets must be prepurchased and are $50 each (financial assistance is available if needed).

Event registration requires parents and seniors to review and sign disclosures and all attendees will need to provide proof of full vaccination or have a negative COVID test prior to the event. Free charter buses are available to take seniors to and from the event.

Parents, guardians and seniors can learn more, including how to purchase tickets, at the Davis Senior Ball Info website, http://bit.ly/ DavisSeniorBall.

To donate, email davis2021seniorball@ gmail.com.

Learn bikeriding skills The Bike Campaign encourages community members to “Bike More. Drive Less.” Its Bike Garage locations in Davis and Woodland offer free bike repair and a certified biking instructor to help folks get rolling.

Hours are 2 to 5 p.m.

Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays.

Starting on June 15, the Bike Garage will switch to summer hours on Wednesdays (9 a.m. to noon).

One-on-one answers to questions are available at funmaria@ sbcglobal.net or by phone at 530-753-1125 (no texts).

PG&E to discuss its fire plans PG&E will host a wildfire safety webinar for Solano and Yolo County residents from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 29.

Access the event at pge.com/firesafety webinars or bit.ly/ 2RaEInJ. The attendee dial-in is 1-866-5016088 and the conference ID is 3094510.

To learn more about PG&E’s wildfire safety program, visit pge.com/ wildfiresafety.

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SUSPECT: Mother faces accessory charges, too From Page A1

‘I did something wrong’ Police began investigating the homicide case shortly before noon Feb. 15 after receiving a 911 call from Marquisha Brown, the mother of the two young children.

According to testimony, Brown began dating Woods in late December, and he occasionally stayed with her and the children at the motel room.

On the day of the beatings, Brown left the motel early to borrow money from a friend for rent, leaving Woods with the children as she’d done without incident several times before. She spotted Woods poking his head out of the motelroom door upon her return.

Woods left the room as Brown approached, “telling her that he

needed to go to the store,” Brazier said. As she grasped the door handle, Brown looked back and saw Woods running away.

That’s when he reportedly got into his mother Womack’s car, which she’d parked outside a nearby Subway restaurant.

Police arrived to find Brown “hysterically crying and falling down” in the parking lot after discovering her gravely injured children, Brazier said. A regionwide manhunt led to Woods’ arrest in Sacramento the following day.

“I know that I did something wrong,” Woods said during his police interview, according to Brazier, who described him as “extremely emotional.”

Brazier said Woods claimed Brown left the motel room that Monday morning “to go on a date,”

leaving him with the children. He said Elijah began “messing with his sister,” and appeared to be “choking her.”

Woods decided that “because of the way Elijah was acting, that he had to discipline him,” Brazier testified. Woods recalled hitting the boy with his hand, then lashing him multiple times with an electrical cord until he fell into a dresser.

Amanda became his target at that point, with Woods shaking her for several minutes during the assault, then covering her mouth with his hand to quiet her cries, Brazier said. When she became still, Woods checked for a pulse — finding one at first, but then it stopped.

Woods then called Brown, telling her Elijah was eating breakfast while Amanda slept, according to

the detective. His next call went to his mother, who drove to the motel along with Woods’ cousin; their movements there captured by surveillance cameras in the area.

The cousin later told police they arrived in the room to find Elijah looking “tore up” and a badly bruised Amanda “cold to the touch” on a bed, West Sacramento police Detective Nvard Avagyan testified at Womack’s hearing Tuesday. The cousin said she implored Woods and Womack to call 911, but no one did.

“It’s just the three of us,” Woods reportedly said to them after they left the motel. “No one tell anyone.”

— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise.net.

Follow her on Twitter at @lauren keene.

REOPENING: Classrooms, housing, TIER: Yolo County data heads in wrong direction dining to open at full capacity From Page A1 emergency use authorization from the FDA, with the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines expected to receive full approval as early as next month.

“We expect to return to full in-person activities on our Davis and Sacramento campuses,” May and Croughan said. “We will continue monitoring local and regional conditions, as well as public health guidance, and will have contingency plans in place if necessary to adjust to changing circumstances.”

With the number of local coronavirus cases diminished and vaccination rates on the rise, UC Davis is set to transition from almost entirely remote instruction this spring to operating at near full capacity in the fall.

“We are planning for instruction to be in-person with normal classroom occupancy,” May and Croughan said. “Students, faculty, and TA’s should expect to participate largely or solely in in-person instruction.” Laboratory instruction will also

happen in person in teaching laboratories at full capacity.

The campus leaders added that alternative modes of instruction may be available to accommodate faculty with specific needs, students with health or disability-related needs and international students impacted by travel and visa restrictions.

“We know that an inability to acquire a visa and other travel restrictions may prevent some students from being on campus in the fall, so we will do our best to have some alternative instruction options in place,” said May and Croughan, who implied that they do not expect all international students to make it to campus until winter quarter.

A forthcoming update will provide details on workplace arrangements for staff who have worked remotely during the pandemic. May and Croughan suggested that some pandemic-related changes could be maintained to save costs and provide employees with flexibility.

“In March 2020, the university pivoted to remote work as a mandate for many staff and it has proven to be a viable and efficient way to deliver some of our services,” May and Croughan said. “It also has the potential to save money, free up space and enhance employee satisfaction.”

Libraries, computer labs, student centers and other academic support spaces are all expected to be open at normal capacity.

In-person events and gatherings will also be allowed.

With campus coming back to life, May and Croughan urged students to secure housing as soon as possible. “We expect that on-campus housing and dining facilities will operate at their full design capacities,” they said. “We also plan to continue to have COVID-19 quarantine and isolation facilities available on campus for fall quarter.”

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.

Residents can get free gas cylinders Special to The Enterprise As families head out for Memorial Day Weekend and the beginning of summer, Yolo County would like to remind campers and tailgaters to “Refuel Your Fun” by using reusable propane canisters instead of disposables.

Single-use, disposable, 1-pound propane gas cylinders are hazardous waste and can be dangerous if not disposed of properly. These popular canisters are widely used to power a variety of devices including camping stoves, portable heaters, lanterns, portable showers, boat engines, scooters and lawn-care equipment.

Yosemite National Park staff found so many cylinders in the trash they started a collection program to ensure they are properly managed as

hazardous waste. The Joshua Tree National Park disposes more than 700 unwanted 1-pound cylinders per week from the park campgrounds.

The problem is not limited to parks and campgrounds.

Cities and counties also see costs and dangers associated with the cylinders. In 2015 and again in 2017, the city of Sunnyvale experienced explosions and baler fires likely caused by disposable propane gas cylinders.

These types of incidents can injure or kill workers and damage expensive waste processing equipment.

The good news for Yolo County residents is it is free and easy to properly dispose of single-use propane cylinders. Yolo County residents may take their empty 1-pound cylinders to the

Yolo County Household Hazardous Waste Facility from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. every Friday and Saturday for free disposal.

Yolo County, working with the cities of Davis, West Sacramento, Winters and Woodland, received a CalRecycle grant to educate residents on safely handling these cylinders and considering reusables to save money and reduce hazardous waste.

For more information, visit www.RefuelYourFun. org. Free cylinders are limited to one per household, while supplies last.

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until at least May 12.

Moving to the yellow tier — which requires an adjusted case rate below 2 — would allow for increased indoor capacity at gyms, wineries, breweries, and more, and would allow bars to open indoors at 25 percent capacity. More capacity would also be allowed at gatherings, private events and live seated events than is currently allowed in the orange tier under the state guidelines.

So far, four California counties have made it to yellow and others are on the verge. Los Angeles County, for example, is one week away.

Most of Yolo County’s

neighbors remain in the orange tier, with the exception of Sacramento and Solano counties, both of which remain in red with adjusted case rates above 8 per 100,000.

Dr. Aimee Sisson, the county’s health officer, expressed concern last week that Yolo County could see increasing numbers of cases because of the B.1.1.7 (or UK) variant.

Two-thirds of local cases are now linked to that variant, which is both more contagious and more deadly.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

Senate approves Dodd’s faithless-electors bill Special to The Enterprise SACRAMENTO — Legislation from state Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, that would ensure California’s presidential electors cast ballots for candidates who won the popular vote and do not instead switch candidates or abstain from voting was approved by the full Senate today.

“This is a commonsense measure that ensures electors uphold their responsibilities.

Those who go rogue threaten the underpinnings of our democracy and cannot be tolerated,” Dodd said. “We must protect the legitimacy of our free election process and prevent extreme partisanship from denying the will of the voters.”

Dodd introduced Senate Bill 103 amid increased national attention on the manipulation of the Electoral College

system following the 2020 presidential election. Although President Joe Biden was the clear winner over President Donald Trump, some groups in other states suggested electors might ignore the outcome and ratify Trump instead.

While 33 states and the District of Columbia have laws requiring electors to uphold their voting pledges, many do not have any enforcement mechanism and a majority have no way to make sure electors faithfully comply.

Dodd’s legislation governing California’s 55 electors would void their vote if they cast ballots for a candidate who did not win the majority of support in the state. The faithless elector would be immediately replaced by a new elector who would cast a ballot for the winning candidate.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021

New recall echoes Davis dismissal

What can help A get us through this drought?

By Chandra Chilmakuri Special to CalMatters

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iving in California means living with droughts — there’s no getting around it.

The devastating 2014-15 drought resulted in water shortages for our communities, farms and the environment, prompting California’s water leaders and decision-makers to implement early planning, improved collaboration, added conservation measures and new local supply projects to help balance the water needs of people and fish in preparing for the drought that is currently before us.

According to the U.S. drought monitor, roughly 90% of the state is already suffering from moderate to exceptional drought conditions. Precipitation in the Central Valley is about half or less than historical averages so far this year. And, with California’s snowpack about 59% of average, it’s unfortunately not in any position to alleviate current conditions.

This reality resulted in State Water Project allocations being reduced to only 5% of normal and the complete suspension of Central Valley Project allocations for agricultural water users south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

The State Water Resources Control Board sent warning notices to approximately 40,000 water users to prepare for potentially drastic reductions in water supplies. And all major SWP and CVP reservoirs in Northern California are being operated to conserve storage — being carefully managed to provide as much cold water as possible this summer for imperiled fish species.

With very little water available, ongoing and added investments in our state’s water delivery systems — making sure they’re modernized and capable of handling California’s needs — coupled with conservation, storage, reuse and reservoir forecasting are critical to getting through this drought. Federal, state and regional investments in projects like these help maintain affordability for ratepayers, especially in disadvantaged communities, and will improve drought resiliency by allowing water to be stored when it’s wet, for use when it’s not.

lmost all the usual rules of California elections are off today, as the state heads toward its second gubernatorial recall election of the last 18 years.

The list of candidates to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom will surely be interesting, but perhaps not as odd as what voters faced when they decided in 2003 who should replace then-Gov. Gray Davis. They plainly did not regret choosing movie muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger for his most interesting role ever, reelecting him easily three years later, in 2006.

Like this year’s will be, the timing of that election was a little weird: Oct. 7, a month earlier than normal fall elections. Then there was the post-election interaction between Schwarzenegger and Davis. Democrat Davis and the nominally Republican Schwarzenegger, whose liberal stances on items like climate change and voting rights made him unlikely ever to win his party’s nomination in a regular primary, often acted like good buddies during the month or so before power peacefully transferred.

We may never know if Newsom, the target of much more vicious rhetoric this year than Davis ever heard, would be as gracious. But it’s almost certain he would not pull the kind of stunts exPresident Donald Trump did

while he was transitioned out of power and into luxurious exile at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

Then there’s the list of candidates. With transgender reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner already on board, the current recall drive just might match the eclectic mix attracted by the unprecedented 2003 vote.

That ballot featured the diminutive former child actor Gary Coleman, who freely admitted he was not qualified and planned to vote for Schwarzenegger, along with former baseball commissioner and Los Angeles Olympics chieftain Peter Ueberroth.

Thus far, no major Democrat has ventured onto this year’s ballot, many prominent figures fearing they would become permanent pariahs in their party if they run. But if a significant Democrat does break loose — and perennial candidates like Tom Steyer and ex-Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa no longer qualify as very significant despite Steyer’s billions and Villaraigosa’s

name recognition — that could give Democratic voters a kind of license to vote Newsom out.

For sure, it would change the current dynamic that sees Newsom virtually unchallenged when he labels the recall a power grab by Trump supporters.

In 2003, the sole major Democrat on the list was Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, who has in fact been a party untouchable since his distant second-place finish behind Schwarzenegger.

There are no figures this year like either Ueberroth, who could claim to be a highly capable non-partisan technocrat, or former media mogul Arianna Huffington.

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ut there are plenty of folks taking ultra-conservative stances even more extreme than those of then Republican state Sen. Tom McClintock, who talked a lot during campaign debates but didn’t win many votes. In the long run, that cost him nothing; McClintock has been a GOP congressman from the Sierra Nevada Mountain foothills east of Sacramento since 2009.

As in 2003, when the recall field included the last previous defeated Republican candidate for governor, financier Bill Simon, 2018 loser John Cox, a San Diego County businessman, is in the race.

Other significant Republicans include ex-San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, who

often tries to seem like he’s Newsom’s sole rival, and Trump’s former acting chief of national intelligence, Richard Grenell.

So far, there are no singleissue candidates in the field, the way Los Angeles lawyer Bruce Margolin was last time, running solely to help legalize marijuana. That’s been done, so no need for such a candidate.

As large as the field will be this time, it may not match the 135 who ran 18 years ago. But one rule that governed then will also apply now: Newsom can get more no votes on the recall than the total for any candidate on the replacement list, but would still be replaced so long as the yeses beat nos on the entire recall concept.

All of which makes this vote very different from the norm, when Democrats might almost automatically dominate because of their sheer numerical superiority over Republicans.

And then there’s the fact another run for governor starts the day after recall results are in.

— Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. His book, “The Burzynski Breakthrough: The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It,” is now available in a softcover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, go to www.california focus.net

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oupling critical investments in our infrastructure with recent water management and planning improvements — based on lessons learned from 2014-15 — will help us better manage through 2021. For example, in 2018 the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and California Department of Water Resources amended their Coordinated Operations Agreement to more carefully manage cold water in existing reservoirs during dry years to help protect Chinook salmon and other species.

In 2019, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service released biological opinions that allow for realtime water operations management to protect endangered species like Delta smelt and winterrun and spring-run Chinook salmon, and include specific drought planning commitments.

The 2020 Incidental Take Permit issued by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for the SWP includes similar provisions. Today, fish agencies and water operators can determine fish presence and use hydrology forecasts and other key information to better protect fish when and where it’s needed most, but especially when there is less water in the system.

We enter this next dry spell having learned a great deal from the historic 2014-15 drought, and our state and federal regulators have incorporated all that we’ve learned into the latest and greatest drought management strategies. However, together we need to do more.

Let’s improve storage and conveyance so we can better manage our fluctuating and unpredictable climate. Let’s find funding to improve reservoir forecasting so that we can better manage when to store water for supply and when to release water for flood control. And let’s acknowledge that conservation, recycling and other local investments are both an important part of the water resiliency portfolio and require a modernized state system to make those investments work.

With the right leadership and investments in improved infrastructure, we can continue to improve our drought management and climate resiliency. The best time to start having these conversations was yesterday, but there’s no time like the present.

— Chandra Chilmakuri is the assistant general manager of the State Water Contractors, cchilmakuri@swc.org. He wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.

Letters HR 619 Recently, the Born-Alive Survivors Protection Act (HR 619) was introduced in Congress. Congress completely stopped the bill (before it even received one vote).

This legislation, if passed, would have protected babies who are accidentally born alive after an attempted abortion by forcing doctors to treat them or face criminal penalties.

The bill would require an abortionist to treat a baby who accidentally survives an abortion with the same level of lifesustaining care they would provide to a child born premature, rather than kill or neglect the child. Is it possible that we live in a time where a bill is needed to force doctors to treat a baby born alive?

Polls show 75 percent of independents, 70 percent of Democrats and 86 percent of Republicans support this legislation.

Regardless, House Speaker Pelosi is blocking the HR 619 again! It appears Speaker Pelosi is trying to cloak her buddies in Congress because she realizes if they go on record voting against this bill, the American public will vote them out at the ballot box.

Gratefully, a discharge petition was filed to maneuver around Pelosi’s barricade and force this life-saving bill to the House floor for a full roll-call vote. Did our local House

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Representative sign the discharge petition to take a stand against infanticide? Please contact congress about HR619 (capitol switchboard 202-224-3121) and ask to be connected to the office of your member of the House.

The message can be very simple: Representative Garamendi, Hello, my name is __ and I am a voter who resides in Davis, CA. The U.S. Congress has an opportunity now to strengthen life-saving care for babies who survive abortion. I hope I can count on you to sign the discharge petition, introduced on April 14th, the BornAlive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, H.R. 619. This bill does not restrict abortion but does protect those who survive it.

This is a matter that should transcend politics. Thank you for considering my request.

Lastly, you are encouraged to go to YouTube for moving stories of babies, now fully grown, having survived an abortion.

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Support voting rights I write to encourage residents who care deeply about voting rights and social justice to tell their House and Senate representatives how important voter protections and full representation are.

S1 — the For the People Act and HR51 — the Washington DC Admission Act are coming up soon for House and Senate

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

U.S. Senate Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3841; email: http://feinstein. senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me Sen. Alex Padilla, B03 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510;

votes. Both have strong support from our own senators Padilla and Feinstein and Representatives Garamendi and Matsui, as well as a majority of Democratic members of both houses. But Federal Voting Rights protection laws should enjoy nonpartisan support by all parties. Protecting every eligible voter’s right to fully participate in our democracy is a principle long championed by the League of Women Voters, who has also stepped up and taken a strong stand in support of both of these important bills.

Our Senators must hear that we support a Federal voter protection law like S1 to assure that voters in every state can cast a vote that is fully valued and counted. No voter should be disenfranchised by a state legislature that uses targeted registration, polling or ballot restrictions. This week, in the house, a vote on HR51 offers a historic opportunity to address the ongoing and unacceptable disenfranchisement of voters in our nation’s capital.

HR51, would finally give the 700,000 residents of Washington, D.C., full representation in the House and Senate. Reps.

Matsui and Garamendi are co-sponsors of HR51 because they know denying D.C. voters full representation in the House and Senate is unacceptable. Please contact our legislators today to let them know how much you appreciate their support of voting rights and full representation.

Michelle Famula Davis

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Ice cream made with love for Mom Special to The Enterprise

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ew relationships are as special as a bond between a mother and her child. There is often so much laughter, so much love and so many good times spent around food and family over the years.

From trying new foods together and cooking lessons at a young age to time-honored family recipes, there are few things better than mom’s cooking.

This delicious Very Berry and Creamy Coconut Ice Cream was created with mothers in mind. It’s melt-in-your-mouth delicious, especially when it’s made with fresh ingredients right at home for a perfect addition to Mother’s Day festivities.

This ice cream features the rich tartness of frozen fruit and a sweet creaminess from the coconut milk. The two flavors of ice

cream create a unique combination that’s out-ofthis-world delicious.

To make the Berry Ice Cream, blend 2 pounds of frozen berries, sweetened condensed milk, honey and salt until smooth then freeze for four hours.

To make the Coconut Ice Cream, beat 2 cups of whipping cream in a mixer until stiff peaks form. In a bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, coconut milk, salt and 1 cup of the whipped cream. Whisk then add remaining whipped cream and whisk until combined. Place in a dish and freeze for four hours.

Once properly chilled, both ice creams are ready to scoop and serve. Garnish with mint leaves for an extra pop of color, if desired.

Enjoy a delightful treat with your mom as you make memories year after year.

This time it may be mom’s turn to ask for the recipe.

Find more sweet treats for Mother’s Day at Culinary.net.

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Very Berry and Creamy Coconut Ice Cream Yield: 11 cups.

Berry Ice Cream: 2 pounds frozen berries (such as raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and blackberries) ½ cup sweetened condensed milk 1 tablespoon honey ½ teaspoon salt Coconut Ice Cream: 2 cups heavy whipping cream ½ cup sweetened condensed milk ½ cup coconut milk ½ teaspoon salt mint leaves, for garnish (optional) Putting it together: Berry ice cream: In blender, pulse frozen berries, sweetened condensed milk, honey and salt until

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Very Berry and Creamy Coconut Ice Cream. smooth, scraping down sides.

Pour mixture into 5-by9-inch loaf pan. Freeze uncovered 4 hours, or until set.

Coconut ice cream: In large mixing bowl, beat

whipping cream until stiff peaks form.

In medium bowl, whisk sweetened condensed milk, coconut milk, salt and 1 cup whipped cream until combined. Add remaining whipped cream

and whisk until combined.

Pour into 5-by-9-inch loaf pan. Freeze uncovered 4 hours, or until set.

Scoop desired amount of each ice cream into bowls to serve. Garnish with mint leaves, if desired.

Training and Costco’s new dog park I

see that Costco in Woodland has just opened as a dog park.

I was in the store the other day and I saw two families wandering around with their pooches that were properly leashed, and all, but for me they were entirely the wrong kind of dogs and in the wrong place. One dog was a little black and white pug-like animal with the perpetual testy look of those dogs and the other was a retriever mix of some sort looking, as such dogs do, rather goofy.

However, their visage was the least of the problem. The problem was that neither was wearing an approved official ADA jacket showing that the dog was a necessary trained assistant to a disabled person. A seeing-eye dog for a blind person is the obvious icon of this. No one would object to that and, besides, it is a legal exception to the general provision that dogs should not be in stores that prepare and sell food.

I am not sure how these animals got past the doorkeeper at Costco. They are generally fairly vigilant folks as the store requires a membership card and one has to flash that card to get in. Maybe the dog-owning families merely

marched straight past the doorkeeper who didn’t notice the dogs or chose to ignore them, which could be a failure of training?

Alternatively, the doorkeeper succumbed to the argument that animals are permitted because they are emotional-support animals and, the customer might wrongly insist, that is allowed by law.

Well, all pets are companion animals and so we see ponies and peacocks and pigs in airports and on planes using the support-animal ploy for approval. That is ridiculous. If the doorkeeper at Costco did see the dogs and succumbed to this argument I do not doubt it is a part of his job training and is a strategy by Costco management to avoid irritating customers.

However, there was a sign requiring masks and that could enrage a part of Costco’s customer base, too.

Now, I can understand that owners would be outraged that their animal was denied access to Costco on the argument that it posed a threat to the sanitary integrity of a food retailer. It suggests a deficiency in a much-loved pet and implies that the household in which the dog resides

must also be unsanitary. Outrageous! But an animal in a private home is a personal choice in which the pleasures of a dog outweigh any other consideration. I know of dozens of homes with treasured animal residents, and that’s OK. Not in food stores, however.

The doorkeeper at the exit asked me if all was well with my shopping experience at Costco. I told him I had been uncomfortable and why. He initially argued that the dogs were appropriate, maybe a part of his training again, but he shortly came around to my point of view, not so much I suspect because he agreed with me, but to encourage me to leave.

So, if it is too hot or too cold or too rainy or windy to walk your pooch around the block, zip over to Costco and walk the wide aisles of the store with your dog,

properly leashed, of course. There are all sorts of aromas for your dog to enjoy, many new people to meet and, pretty soon, lots of other dogs with whom Fido can socialize, all in air-conditioned comfort.

The training of employees is an important part of employment in any business, including Costco, and is the responsibility of management. Training is a fact of life in breweries to protect the personnel and the product, because certain tasks in breweries, though absolutely necessary from time to time, can be unpleasant and difficult and demanding. I would not rate keeping dogs out of Costco very high on the unpleasant/ difficult/demanding scale, but tasks high on that list abound in breweries.

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ell, to tell the truth, they used to be commonplace, and are still more common in small breweries than large ones, but because they were so essential and unpleasant/ difficult/demanding, such tasks have been largely automated in modern breweries. As a result, brewers, who used to have to slosh around with buckets of caustic soda and brushes and climb inside tanks, no longer risk exposure to

caustic burns or asphyxiation from residual CO2. Instead, they now monitor CIP or clean-in-place systems.

It is the responsibility of the head brewer to assure that every brewery worker understands that breweries are inherently dangerous places to work. Besides caustic burns and asphyxia from CO2, brewers face scalding from boiling wort or steam leaks; slips and falls on floors or stairs that can be like skating rinks; and injury from tipping forklifts and heavy things falling from high places, dust inhalation and amputation from whirling machinery. Brewers need effective training so that they can go home to their families unharmed at the end of each shift.

I have much respect for training, done well, because I have spent a good deal of my life engaged in it. One of the comments that struck home with me from the recent murder trial in Minnesota was a suggestion that police officers should stay well within the bounds of their training. If their training is of the right kind and done well, amen to that.

— Reach Michael Lewis at lewiswales@me.com. Comment on this column at www.davisenter prise.com.

United Way California honors Yolo programs, individuals Special to The Enterprsie United Way California Capital Region held a virtual showcase to honor its Yolo County partners that are working to increase the number of Woodland students that graduate from high school prepared for success in college and career through United Way’s Square One Project.

Yolo County Office of Education received the Outstanding Community Partner award. Sandy Holman with the Culture C.O.-O.P. received the Outstanding Community Leader award, and Ullrich Delevati CPAs received the Outstanding Corporate Partner award. The event also recognized Yolo County donors, volunteers and community partners.

Yolo County Office of Education was honored for its work with United Way to launch an internship program for youths ages 16 to 22. The program combines workbased, on-the-job learning with career-readiness training. Students in high school Career Technical Education programs will have the opportunity to connect to relevant technical education in the classroom. The program strives to ensure students graduate with skills to be ready for college, career and life. Yolo County Office of Education provides leadership, support and fiscal oversight for school districts in Davis, Esparto, Winters, Woodland and West Sacramento, serving 30,000 students.

Holman was honored for her longtime work with Woodland Kids Read, including the online version last year where she also provided a space for local kids to

Name Droppers talk about their feelings surrounding the pandemic. The Culture C.O.-.O.P promotes systemic change, inclusion, equity, cultural competency, diversity, literacy and quality education for all.

Ullrich Delevati CPAs was honored for its long-standing relationship with Woodland United Way prior to its merger with United Way California Capital Region and its continued support. A leading Northern California public accounting firm, Ullrich Delevati CPAs in Woodland and West Sacramento provides specialized tax and accounting services through expert guidance and innovative consulting to help businesses and individual clients achieve their financial goals.

———— Three professors from UC Davis, are among the newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences, as announced Monday, April 26.

The UC Davis honorees are Isabel P. Montañez, distinguished professor in the department of earth and planetary sciences, College of Letters and Science; Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, distinguished research professor in the department of anthropology, College of Letters and Science; and Michael Turelli, distinguished professor, department of evolution and ecology, College of Biological Sciences.

“This is a thrill for the UC Davis community to see three outstanding faculty members receiving one of the highest honors that a scientist can earn,” said Chancellor

Gary S. May. “Their research is helping us both to understand our past and prepare for a more resilient future. I extend my deepest congratulations to these outstanding scholars.”

Montañez is a sedimentary geologist and geochemist. Her work has informed a better understanding of Earth’s ocean, land and atmospheric records of the past half billion years and suggests what the ancient carbon dioxide record may mean for future climate change. Montañez’s research extends to Pleistocene and Holocene records of hydroclimate in California by studying stalagmites in Sierra Nevada caves to inform climate models.

Montañez studied geology at Bryn Mawr College before earning her doctoral degree in geology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She taught at UC Riverside from 1990 to 1998 before joining UC Davis, where she has been a professor for 23 years.

Montañez is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, Geochemical Society, Geological Society of America and received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship in 2011.

Borgerhoff Mulder, currently at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, was elected as an international member of the academy.

Borgerhoff Mulder is a human behavioral ecologist, working on projects relating to life history, inequality, natural resource

management and patterned cultural variation. She explores big “why” questions about our species: Why do people marry? What is the basis of gender roles in economic and social behavior? Why has fertility dropped so radically in most parts of the world? How can people cooperate over natural resource management? Why is economic growth in the developing world not reducing inequality?

She trained as a social anthropologist at the University of Edinburgh, working in journalism, teaching and museum archaeology before starting a doctoral program at Northwestern University, writing a dissertation on the behavioral, ecological and economic model to polygyny in rural Africa, a topic she has continued to explore throughout her academic life. In 2019, her research in Tanzania shattered stereotypical roles for men and women, finding that women, not just men, benefit from multiple spouses to buffer themselves against tragedy, gain access to resources and keep their children alive.

Borgerhoff Mulder joined the UC Davis faculty in 1991, retiring in 2019.

Turelli’s work has led to advances in using natural bacteria to transform disease-spreading mosquitoes so that they no longer spread diseases. In the 1980s, with Ary Hoffmann of the University of Melbourne, Turelli began working on Wolbachia bacteria.

When Wolbachia infects a female insect, it is transmitted to the next generation in her eggs.

Female insects infected with introduced Wolbachia produce fewer

eggs than uninfected females, but if an infected male mates with an uninfected female, all her eggs die. Thus, these bacteria spread through natural insect populations — and the transformed insects no longer spread disease.

Turelli’s mathematical work showed how Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes spread in nature.

Turelli has since worked with Scott O’Neill at Monash University, Melbourne, and the World Mosquito Program to test this approach to controlling dengue fever and other mosquito-borne viruses. Mosquito control programs based on Wolbachia have been tested or implemented in countries including Australia, Indonesia, Fiji, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. He has also contributed to understanding the maintenance of genetic variation in nature and the origin of species.

Turelli earned his undergraduate degree at UC Riverside and doctorate from the University of Washington, and joined the UC Davis faculty in 1977. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005. Both Turelli and Borgerhoff Mulder are affiliated with the UC Davis Center for Population Biology.

Montañez, Turelli and Borgerhoff Mulder are among 120 newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences announced April 26. Members are elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. The academy is the oldest scientific academy in the U.S. and membership is considered among the highest national honors for scientists.

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Briefly ‘Davisville’ puts eye on Woodland People sometimes refer to southeast Woodland as northnorth Davis. Ever wonder how that comment plays in Woodland?

On the latest edition of the KDRT program “Davisville,” host Bill Buchanan talks with Jim Smith, recently retired editor of the Woodland Daily Democrat, about Davis’ neighbor to the north, how Woodlanders view Davis, the growing overlap between the two communities, and aspects of Woodland that people might not know — he cites its artists and restaurants.

They also talk about changes in news over the 27 years Smith edited the Democrat.

“Davisville” is broadcast on KDRT-LP, 95.7 FM Mondays at 5:30 p.m., Fridays at 12:30 p.m., and Saturdays at 8:30 a.m.

The current program will be broadcast through May 8, and is available anytime at https://kdrt.org/ davisville or on Apple Podcasts.

All invited to Ramadan event Muslim Davis Engagement and Interfaith Network invites the community to participate in a virtual Ramadan event from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 29.

Ramadan is the month where Muslims fast from dawn to dusk.

Normally, Muslim DEIN holds a community iftar (end-of-theday breaking of a fast) and invites the community to share a meal.

At this year’s virtual event, called, “Fasting Across Faiths,” participants will hear not only about how Muslims fast during Ramadan, but how people from other faiths — like Sikh, Buddhist, Jewish and Christian — fast as part of their traditions.

Register for the event at https://bit.ly/ 2QSPSNI. After the event, Muslim DEIN will share a collection of recipes from presenters of different faiths — recipes of meals that they enjoy to break their fasts.

T.R.O.T.R. plans open house Therapeutic Riding and Off-Track Rehabilitation (T.R.O.T.R.), a nonprofit organization that provides adaptive horseback riding experiences to physically, mentally and behaviorally challenged community members, plans a spring open house from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 15 and 16.

The organization, at 22408 County Road 102 between Davis and Woodland, also offers riding lessons and volunteering opportunities.

At the open house, there will be a free petting zoo that will include miniature horses, llamas, goats, sheep and steer and $10 pony rides for ages 2 and older.

For more information, call 530-867-3866 or email info@trotr. org.

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Rotary plans ‘backyard edition’ for 43rd annual BBQ Special to The Enterprise Anyone who wants to support local youth groups and charities can do so by taking part in the 43rd annual Rotary barbecue’s “backyard edition” from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 15.

For 41 years, Rotary in Davis has come together in Central Park on the third Saturday of May to gather and share a meal at the annual Rotary barbecue.

The net proceeds, which were typically around $25,000 prior to COVID restrictions, are primarily invested in the Davis and Yolo County nonprofit organizations and individuals.

This year, as last, with the option to “gather in groups” still limited, the Sunrise Rotary Club and the Rotary Club of Davis are asking the community, once again, to join them in

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The Davis Community BBQ, sponsored by local Rotary clubs, usually means a meal under the trees of Central Park. an event that will facilitate the Rotary tradition of raising money for public service without physically gathering in the park.

Here’s how the “backyard edition” will work: Kits for eight people are being sold for $275. Meals will be cold

and include reheat instructions. Kits will include food (with all the trimmings) from local caterer Tommy J’s.

Options include individual vegan and tri-tip dinners; desserts from Ikeda’s; wine; and decor kits with

backyard games, lights, tablecloths and centerpieces.

Because food supplies must be ordered well ahead of the actual BBQ date, ordering of BBQ Kits and any add-ons must be completed online before midnight, Friday, May 7, by scanning the QR Code in the Enterprise BBQ ad, published on Sunday, May 2, and Wednesday, May 5.

Orders may also be placed at http://davis-rotary-bbq. square.site/.

Pick-up will be available from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at the University Inn and Suites parking lot, 1121 Richards Blvd. in Davis. For a small additional charge, Rotarians can deliver the dinner(s) directly to a residence between 2 and 4 p.m.

Rotarians in Davis support a diversity of

public-service areas, including young people in local schools, migrant camps and local charities.

Recent projects have included Student of the Month at the Davis High School, Da Vinci Charter School and King High School. Rotary also works with high school Interact Clubs and the UCD Campus Rotaract Club.

Adults and seniors are served through projects such as Meals on Wheels delivery, contributions to STEAC, Yolo Food Bank, Davis Community Meals and Housing and the Yolo Crisis Nursery.

Rotary is also active internationally, including the support of literacy in Zanzibar, improving women’s health in Uganda and water projects in various African and South American countries.

Arachnologist Godwin’s project details trapdoor spiders

By Kathy Keatley Garvey Special to The Enterprise Trapdoor spiders have long shared space with us, but few people are aware of their presence, behavior or biology, much less their taxonomy, which can yield surprising results.

Not so taxonomist and arachnologist Rebecca Godwin, who holds a 2020 doctorate in entomology from UC Davis and just published a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the New World members of the trapdoor spider genus, ummidia.

In a nearly 10-year project that encompassed 800 specimens from 16 natural history museums throughout the world (including the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis), she updated the descriptions of the 20 known New World spiders and described 33 new species.

“This study, along with many others conducted utilizing museum

collections, is indicative of the importance of natural history collections and their usefulness in discovering unknown biodiversity,” said Godwin, who joined the faculty of Piedmont University, Demorest, Ga., last August as an assistant professor of biology.

Ummidia Rebecca Godwin/ are mediumCourtesy photo sized trapdoor spiders that construct silk-lined burrows, usually with cork-type doors. Their burrows, often covered with leaf litter, are difficult to find.

“The revision was an undertaking,” Godwin said. “I first started working on it almost 10 years ago, but it was really only scratching the surface of the stories these spiders have to tell.”

Her major professor, Jason Bond, the Evert and Marion Schlinger Endowed Chair in Insect Systematics in the UC Davis department of entomology and nematology, co-authored the paper, “Taxonomic Revision of the New World Members of the Trapdoor Spider Genus Ummidia Thorell (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Halonoproctidae),” published April 2 in ZooKeys.

“The Ummidia revision really highlights the importance of taxonomic work and typifies the large number of arthropod species that remain to be described, even in North America,” Bond said. “In many instances, taxonomic work alone stands between a species being lost to both extinction and obscurity, particularly in light of the current

human-driven wave of mass extinction. As such, one could argue that never before has the discipline been so important; it is impossible to save, conserve and/or inventory undiscovered species.”

Godwin’s “richly descriptive taxonomic monographs represent important, hypothesis-driven science,” Bond said. “Rebecca started her work with a collection of specimens and then postulated tests of what constituted the limits of a species; where in the hierarchy of life that species is placed; and what homologous characters support her hypotheses.”

One of the new specimens in the revision is Ummidia frankellerae, which Bond discovered in Cayo, Belize on a 2019 Bohart Museum Bioblitz. He named it for Bioblitz leader, UC Davis doctoral alumnus and Bohart associate Mary Frances “Fran” Keller, a professor at Folsom Lake College.

Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter has become HEART of Davis Special to The Enterprise The Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter is now HEART of Davis.

The rotating shelter ran a mostly volunteer-based, 15-week emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness for 13 years.

But due to COVID-19 precautions, the facilities and volunteers associated with participating congregations were not available for the 2020-21 season.

Instead, IRWS learned about, applied for and received federal funds through Yolo County and the city of Davis to establish and run a noncongregant homeless shelter. It is located within an apartment complex that had an uncommonly high vacancy rate this year.

For the past six months, IRWS has provided shelter to the most vulnerable people experiencing homelessness, those deemed at greater risk of COVID due to age or medical condition. It houses 43 people in 23 apartments. The staff is now paid rather than mostly volunteer. A few bright spots include: none

of the clients tested positive for COVID, five have moved into permanent housing, others have now enrolled in or qualified for supportive services, and others have received rental vouchers and are waiting for subsidized housing.

IRWS and CommuniCare case managers helped a mother and daughter move into permanent housing and connected to social services. These two residents helped create and sustain a community “vibe” among all program

participants at the apartments. Another program participant has stabilized her life after years of living unhoused. She renewed her driver’s license, bought a car, and brightens the day of the staff and fellow participants.

IRWS is funded to run two follow-up programs.

One extends the original six-month program for four months and the other will provide 20 apartments to be used as bridge housing for an additional year.

The Bridge Program will

include a full-time licensed mental health professional.

Because the programs will continue to grow beyond the emergencyfocused, Interfaith-based, mostly volunteer, winteronly roots, the shelter has changed its name to HEART of Davis. HEART stands for Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rehousing Team.

The long-term goals are ambitious and include establishing a year-round emergency/navigation shelter; expanding the number

of affordable and subsidized apartments; and staffing a permitted camping area that is safe and sanitary.

Grant funding pays for program expenses (staff, rent, food, most insurance) but does not cover the necessary long-term planning, serious fund-raising or administrative support that typify well-run, professional organizations.

Mail donations to HEART of Davis, 412 C St., Davis, CA 95616 or visit interfaithshelter.org.

The 2021 Yolo County Fair will not run as planned and will not be open to the public.

When discussing plans for the fair, CEO Vannucci, Fair Board & staff expressed concern for public health, as well as the financial impact of hosting a fair that would adhere to current safety protocols and the lasting impacts of the long-term sustainability of the event.

Although vaccination rates are improving significantly each day, California continues to fight the battle against COVID-19 including the new variants. Where we are today in this struggle makes it difficult to plan a large-scale entertainment event like the free gate Yolo County Fair, especially not knowing where we will be, or what Yolo County and the State of California will look like, in August.

In addition, the important safety practices that have been put in place to protect Californians, including indoor seating capacities, live events seating capacities, proof of testing or vaccines, and other restrictions may lead to attendance that is considerably lower than previous years.

The financial implications of hosting a typical Yolo County Fair with the same overhead costs as previous years, but far less revenue, could be devastating to our association. In a typical year, the Yolo County Fair’s budget is designed to break even or have a nominal profit. Holding a full fair this year would likely lead to significant financial loss.

While we wish we had the ability to see the future we do not. Taking all the above into consideration CEO Vannucci, the Board of Directors and fair staff feel that the best decision is to greatly limit the traditional aspects of the Yolo County Fair. While this is a difficult decision, we feel it is the best way to protect the long-term sustainability of the Yolo County Fair, as well as the safety of those involved.

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The 2021 Yolo County Fair will be limited to FFA Market Animal exhibitors and their family members for a week-long event that will culminate with a Live Auction on Saturday August 21st.

We fully plan on bringing back the full Yolo County Fair in 2022, with its carnival rides, the 2-night demolition derby, the rodeo, entertainment, food vendors including local beer booths, livestock shows and all the homegrown exhibits you have come to expect.

Detailed plans for the FFA Market Animal Event are forthcoming on our website.

Stay tuned for news on our website about a Family Event Center coming to our grounds complete with Carnival Rides & Food July 29th to August 8th, plus a Virtual Stills Showcase where you can enter your arts, crafts, sewing & photography and just maybe a Summer Rodeo.

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Vaccinations open to teens in Yolo County

By Mia Croff HUB Staff Yolo County is vaccinating all residents age 16 and older who live or work in Yolo County. This announcement on April 13 opened eligibility to an important group within the Davis community: high school students.

Decisions regarding COVID19 vaccines and teenagers are made by the CDC and FDA. In California, the California Department of Public Health then implemented the decision of these organizations. “(These organizations) assess each vaccine and determine if it is safe and effective; this includes determining the age limits for each vaccine based on data from the clinical trials,” said Sheri Belafsky, medical director for Healthy Davis Together and director of Medical Surveillance for UC Davis Health.

For the time being, vaccine recipients ages 16 to 18 can only receive the Pfizer vaccination due to the inclusion of participants 16 and older in Pfizer’s initial Phase 1 clinical trial.

Healthy Davis Together, in partnership with Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency and Communicare, has a dedicated team of medical professionals working to provide vaccinations to all residents within the county who meet eligibility requirements. Belafsky is optimistic about the effects of opening the vaccine to this younger age group will have.

“My hope is that young people who are eligible to get vaccinated will sign up for their appointment,” Belafsky said.

The vaccine expansion beneftis the entire community.

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With most of the older population receiving their first dose, the supply of vaccines in the state is steady enough to start opening up for teenagers.

“Increasing the number of vaccinated teenagers should provide reassurance to the community members concerned about the virus spread in schools,” Belafsky said.

Davis High School nurse Abigail Serin agrees.

“As a community, we can start to have more confidence as more people get vaccinated,” Serin said. “The teenage population is not known for taking care with risky behavior such as not strictly adhering to physical distancing guidelines. But the more teenagers get vaccinated the more this risk is mitigated.

There is still a risk, and physical distancing is still a better choice, there is just an extra layer of protection.”

According to the California Department of Public Health, every person vaccinated adds to population or “herd immunity.”

That means enough people in a community are protected from getting a disease because they’ve been vaccinated.

Already, eligible students in the Davis Joint Unified School District are seizing the new opportunity and booking vaccination appointments, such as DHS senior Mia Mangney.

“I work at a gym and now I’m going to school, so I’m exposed to a lot more people,” Mangney said. “So I just wanted to be safer.”

Despite the safety benefits of receiving a vaccine, many experience nerves and hesitate when making the decision to get a vaccination.

“I get the nerves because this is so new and because ... there is a lot of information and disinformation about things. Especially so when you still don’t have a lot of life experience to fall back on, so you are being asked ... to just trust,” Serin said.

Mangey was reassured about getting the vaccine by listening to knowledgable teachers.

“In my anatomy and physiology class, we did a unit on COVID vaccines, so I had an open dialogue with my teacher to ask questions and voice my concerns. She was very helpful and it made me less nervous to get it,” Mangney said.

Individuals interested in booking a vaccine appointment are advised to do so through their healthcare providers so they can receive their vaccinations as soon as possible.

Belafsky advises that “until enough people have been vaccinated to stop the spread of the virus, it’s important to continue to take precautions including wearing a mask, physical distancing, frequently washing your hands and getting tested weekly, even after you’ve been vaccinated.”

To get more information about upcoming vaccination clinics and vaccine eligibility, visit the Yolo County website and myturn.ca.gov.

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English teachers take on extra work load

By Sarah Griffiths HUB Staff Teaching a hybrid class with both students online and in-person is hard enough; double the number of students and the task seems almost impossible.

After an English teacher took a leave of absence this spring, two teachers have picked up the classes on top of their own.

English teacher Richard Ferguson begins his lesson with 13 in-person students and about 20 online. But at the same, he is teaching online the other teacher’s students, including a small number who are in another classroom monitored by a substitute.

Despite the large number of students, Ferguson has had a smooth transition with students.

“It is working out fine. Students are excellent. Challenges are obvious in regard to a number of areas such as giving (the) students an opportunity to adjust, communicating my expectations and teaching style, synchronizing curriculum, equity in grading practices, and student-to-teacher ratio, among others,” Ferguson said.

Ferguson’s new students have to make an adjustment on the work they receive and how to execute Fergusons teaching methods.

With such a large number of students it can be difficult to make sure everyone is learning the material.

“To help ensure each student is learning the material, I have writing assessments such as essays, thesis paragraphs, etc., and detailed tests such as short-answer questions on ‘The Great Gatsby,’ so that I have a good handle on what the students are learning and how well they are articulating that learning through their writing,” Ferguson said.

Despite the new challenge, Ferguson is confident that he and his students will be able to handle the new challenges.

“I’m 800 years old. I love teaching. I love these students. I will happily teach whoever is put in front of me. I learn as much from

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Richard Ferguson teaches his third period English class, which now includes Carin Pilon’s students. them as they from me. Having 60-plus students only reinforces my belief in these young people,” Ferguson said.

When Drew Barclay heard a third period Senior Literature class needed a teacher, he happily accepted the job.

“The decision was simple really, the class needed a teacher,” Barclay said.

It’s been a busy transition due to using multiple classrooms.

“Jumping back and forth from period to period — breaking down equipment, setting back up, getting the Zoom going while welcoming and doing health checks on students at the door (while maintaining distance guidelines) and making sure students inperson are supported while distance learning students know a class is going on was a bit much for the first 10 minutes of each class. However, I made it work!” Barclay said.

Due to the short notice of his new class, Barclay was unable to create a curriculum that matched seamlessly with the previous teacher’s.

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“I’ve decided to use some material from my senior literature teaching days, and look forward to reading some early English literature (‘Beowulf ’) and more modern stuff as well (‘Brave New World’).”

Understandably this time has been stressful “Non-stop moving and thinking ahead to possible changes at the drop of a hat is coming each and every day with an amount of pressure I’ve never felt in this profession since I started six years ago,” Barclay said.

The hybrid system has brought a whole new host of worries, planning, work and anxiety.

“With all the last-minute stresses and distances/split learning, it just isn’t the same school — not just for you as students, but for us as teachers as well. I was hoping it would go back to feeling the same, but the reality is that it is very far from that. And I wish it was different,” Barclay said.

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Davis is known as the Bicycle Capital of the United States. With that, however, comes a hot market for thieves when looking for something to steal.

In 2020, 703 bikes were reported stolen in Davis, the highest year since 2015. Of those 703 bikes, only 50 were recovered.

For many Davis students, getting a bike stolen is a rite of passage Senior Alejandro Johnson’s bike was stolen when he was a seventh grader at Holmes Junior High.

“It was partially my fault because I had to leave my bike at school for some reason, and when I arrived at school the next day I saw my lock cut on the ground.

They did leave my helmet behind, though,” Johnson said.

Johnson’s bike was locked with a cable lock that can be easily removed with the right tools.

“It was just one of those cable locks so you can cut through it pretty easily,” Johnson said.

Johnson never reported the crime, but some sleuthing by his parents on Craigslist led him to the culprit: a ninth-grade boy.

“My parents set up a search on Craigslist for the specifications of my bike and a couple days later one popped up that looked exactly like mine. We requested to buy the bike and set up a meeting and the guy was like ‘Can we meet at the Dollar Store?’ and my parents went to meet up with the guy,” Johnson said. “When they got there he was a ninth grader and gave up the bike pretty much as soon as we told him we knew it was ours.”

Senior Shea Sorrentino also got her bike stolen her sophomore year at Davis High, after she left it at school over the weekend.

“I biked to school and then I had a game after school and this was a Friday. I had a ride to the game and then I got dropped off at school so my bike stayed there over the weekend and then on Monday I went to see if it was there and it wasn’t,” Sorrentino said.

Sorrentino also used a cable lock when her bike was stolen, and neither reported her bike stolen nor ever recovered it. She now makes sure she doesn’t leave her bike unattended overnight.

“When I’ve had games now I remember to not leave it the entire weekend,” Sorrentino said.

The city of Davis Crime Prevention Tips to Prevent Bike Theft says that the most effective way to lock your bike is to use two different types of locks.

“Any security device whether it is a cheap cable lock, a heavy duty U-lock, or a 30- pound tow chain, will stop the casual thief of opportunity. The most effective counter strategy for a cyclist is to use 2 types of locks; a solid steal combo U-lock combined with a cable or chain,” the document posted on the City of Davis website reads.

May is Bike Month, but be sure to take precautions so that at the end of the month you still have a bike to ride.

Johnson has a message for bike thieves: “Shame on you, bike thieves.”

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Blue Devil girls silence Troubadours

By Owen Yancher Enterprise sports editor Everybody wanted to get in on the scoring party Tuesday night at Brown Stadium as eight different Devils hit netbenders to send the Davis High girls lacrosse squad past rival St. Francis, 17-8.

Amara Higgins’ four scorchers led all scorers, while Colette Quaas and Devon Morris each tallied hat tricks. The win bumped DHS to 5-0 this spring, while the Troubadours dropped to 1-4.

“That felt really good,” Higgins told The Enterprise. “We’ve been anticipating this game since the start of the season, even before, like during tryouts.”

Quaas’ goal less than five minutes into the match set the tone for what would be the Devils’ highest scoring affair against the Troubadours since 2015. Morris, Grace Scheuring, Higgins (two) and Lauren Lee added first half goals as the

locals took a 6-3 advantage into intermission.

DHS ripped the bandaid off after intermission, with Tory Agnew (two), Gabby Laguero and birthday-girl Meilla Blissett joining the net-breach list.

“I think they scored two in a row, max,” Higgins said, pointing out the Devils’ solid defensive effort, led by the likes of Sydney Skinner, Gracie Hartsough and goalie Stella Cardenas (six saves). “But every time we came back to get them.”

One of the first Davis High teams to have a student section in the stands for their game, the DHS laxers were cheered on the entire contest by 30-some masked Blue Devils.

“The fans (Tuesday) were so exciting,” said Higgins, who will continue her lax career at Army West Point next year. “To have this many people during COVID is so great. It means so much to everyone.”

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Grace Scheuring (5) stares down a St. Francis defender during the Lady Devils’ victory over the Troubies on Tuesday at Brown Stadium.

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Stadium on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

Notes: Quaas added four

ground balls and three takeaways in the win.

Laguero, Blissett, Higgins

and Lee dished out assists.

Skinner won four draws.

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Endurance test DHS boys tennis edged by Wolfpack

By Owen Yancher Enterprise sports editor It was a match of endurance Tuesday at the Davis High Tennis Courts. And visiting Cosumnes Oaks flexed its stamina.

Winning not just one or two, but a trio of tiebreakers, the Wolfpack handed the Blue Devil boys their first Delta League loss of the spring, 5-4, in what was a battle of two unbeaten, 5-0 squads entering the match.

“That’s as close as you can get,” Devil head coach Dale Hersch explained after.

“They’re a good team. They’re deep. I think if we played them with this same lineup 10 times, it might go 5-5.”

DHS stayed undefeated in doubles play, winning its three games in straight sets.

At the No. 1 doubles slot, Itai Kalman and Julian Dunn rolled, 6-2, 6-2. Ian Hwang and Arjun Penmesta also secured a win (6-2, 7-6) as did Ayden Morgan and Nikhil Chandler (6-4, 6-2).

But the Devils dropped their first four singles games, leaving the DHS backend a deep hole to dig out of as the match progressed.

“When we played Jesuit the other day, it was down to the last match, too,” Hersch said. “But that was all straight sets.

“A match like this, with three games going to third sets ... it’s been a while. You do a couple of those, but that’s only every seven, eight, nine years.”

Jared Umphress was the Devils lone victor in singles play. The sophomore cruised, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 5, improving to 5-0 this spring overall.

Joshua Xu dropped his point at Davis’ No. 3 slot (7-6, 4-6, 10-6), while Elias Toy battled an ankle injury mid-match before

falling (3-6, 7-6, 10-8) in the sixth slot.

Dorado Barrios also battled to the bitter end, with the UC Davis-bound senior, nearly flipping the final point of the day in a 6-3, 3-6, 16-14 loss.

“I usually play at No. 5,” Dorado told The Enterprise, “but I had to step up and play at No. 4 this time since one of our players was injured.

“And that (was three sets), so I cramped.

“Going (that long), it’s always tiring,” Dorado said. “But it’s also really fun. It’s fun to play against people who can hang in there like that. It beats going out there and playing against someone who doesn’t really know how to play.”

With their first go-round of conference play now complete, the locals stand at 5-1 heading into another home competition, this time against Pleasant Grove, on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. Fittingly, DHS will get one more shot at the undefeated Wolfpack when the Devils travel to Elk Grove on May 20 for their final match of the season.

“We’ve still got to beat Jesuit again,” Hersch said, alluding to Davis’ clash with the Marauders, at home, on May 15. “But I’m confident we can and I know we beat (C.O.) too.”

Added Hersch: “Losses like these ... that’s sports. Usually we don’t have injuries like we have. But we had two. And when it’s that close, it makes a big impact.”

Notes: Other Devils in action Tuesday included Alan Cao and Owen Sheppard, at No. 1 and 2 singles. The losses for Toy and Barrios were their first this spring as both dipped to 3-1 overall.

— Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him via Twitter at @530athletics.

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Alan Cao strikes the ball during the Blue Devils’ match against undefeated Cosumnes Oaks on Tuesday. DHS lost to the Wolfpack in a heartbreaker, 5-4.

Lee, Wang net top-10 finishes at MEL badminton tourney Enterprise staff Finishing sixth and eighth, respectively, junior Melissa Lee and senior Lisa Wang were Davis High’s top finishers this past weekend at the Monticello Empire League badminton championships, hosted by Vacaville High.

Lee defeated her DHS teammate, Kako Hayashi, in the third round of the event (21-13, 18-21, 21-15) before downing Rodriguez’s Nhu Hin (21-16, 21-19).

She then fell to Rodriguez’s Riona Retiro in the semifinals.

Wang, who will attend the University of Chicago next school year, started the tournament with a victory over Armijo’s Danielle Tafolla (21-7, 21-6), before beating Rodriguez’s Nicole Raver (21-17, 21-15). She also gutted out a three-game win over Vacaville’s Kelly Han (21-17, 12-21, 21-16), before falling to Armijo’s Faustina Wan in the

DHS roundup fourth round of play (25-23, 21-14).

Blue Devil Chiara Wu also competed at the season-ending event, winning a pair of games.

Boys golf David Kim made his varsity debut Monday, carding a round of 40 along with teammates Garrett Tanguay and Ishan Malik as the Blue Devils beat Franklin, 186-210, in a dual competition at Barley Cavanaugh Golf Course in Sacramento.

Head coach Zeb Becker tipped his cap to the trio, which stepped up with other Devils unavailable to play in the match. Ryan Firpo added a team-low round of 34, with Logan Green (35) and Andre Zhang (37) both on his tail.

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Softball Nearly shutting out Franklin Tuesday at the DHS softball diamond, the Lady Devils led by five runs in the sixth inning. But the visiting Wildcats wouldn’t go quietly, tacking on four runs in the final two frames before succumbing, 7-4, to DHS. The win bumped the Blue Crew to 5-9 overall and was its first Delta League win of the spring.

Devil pitcher Zoe West registered five innings of shutout ball, tallying a pair of strikeouts. The senior also led the locals offensively, knocking in three RBI on her shot over the left field fence.

“Our freshman Naomi Kalenetra missed the last 10 days, quarantining (after a close contact),” Devil coach Tyler Gibson said. “And she came back, was 2 for 4 and played great

defense at third base.

“Stevie Spencer also made a great diving catch for us that saved a run and with two-outs they hit a hard ground ball up the middle that Carolena (Morales) dove to stop and stepped up right on the bag to make the play.”

DHS returns to action Wednesday for a road game against Woodland (0-5).

Girls basketball On the road Tuesday, the Devil girls fell to Colfax High, 40-38.

Davis will be back in town Wednesday for a 7:30 p.m. clash with Vista Del Lago.

Boys lacrosse Beating DHS, 10-3, Tuesday in Folsom, the Vista Del Lago Eagles earned their first-ever Sacramento Valley Lacrosse League win.

DHS hits the turf again when the Devils travel to Jesuit for a May 4 match.

Baseball Despite a complete game from Luke Carrell, DHS baseball fell in heartbreaking walk-off fashion, 3-2, to Pleasant Grove on Tuesday.

Playing on the road, the Blue Devils (10-4 overall, 0-4 league) tied the game in the seventh on a two-run single by Carter Stoltz to push the game to extra innings. But the Eagles (13-2, 6-0) walked it off in the bottom of the eighth.

Carrell spun 7 1/3 innings while striking out eight. Brian Chin singled twice, and Koen Carston, Jordan Painter, Mikey Finerty and Griffin Shorts each picked up base hits.

Davis, still looking for its elusive first win in the Delta league, hosts Pleasant Grove at 4 p.m. on Thursday.

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Here is the problem. Five years ago, my niece was getting married. The wedding day was on my 50th birthday. When we received the invitation for the wedding, it was addressed to my husband.

And in an afterthought, “and guess” — yes, they misspelled “guest” — was scrawled beneath his name on the envelope.

I know that Susie was the one who addressed the envelope, and she was intentionally snubbing me. I was hurt that they couldn’t even put my name on the invitation, or at least have addressed it to “Mr. and Mrs.” followed by our last name. We have been married for 15 years. And besides, I’m the

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one more closely related to my niece. My husband is only related through our marriage.

I was sure that a confrontation would have happened between Susie and me if I’d gone. I didn’t want to do that to my niece on her big day.

Because of that, and because I wasn’t really invited, I decided to skip the wedding and celebrate my 50th birthday instead. Well, it bothered my brother — a lot. And in the five years since, he’s hardly

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: 03/31/2021 FBN Number: F20210287 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Plumbeeze 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

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2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of (A registrant who declares as true Principal Place of Business in California. information which he or she knows to be Business is located in Yolo County. false is guilty of a crime.)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NOTICE OF HEARING STATEMENT Date: 5/20/2021 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Filed: 03/25/2021 Dept: #10 Room: ZOOM FBN Number: F20210261 The address of the court is 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 Rockydog Farm and Consulting Services 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of shall be published at least once a week Principal Place of Business in California. for four successive weeks prior to the Business is located in Yolo County. date set for hearing on the petition in 819 Donner Way the following newspaper of general Woodland, CA 95695 circulation, printed in this county: 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), The Davis Enterprise Residence Address, State, and Zip 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Renee C. Bailey Date: 4-1-2021 819 Donner Way Samuel T. McAdam Woodland, CA 95695 Judge of the Superior Court 4. Business Classification: Individual 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12 1250 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact PUBLIC NOTICE business under the fictitious business NOTICE OF LIEN SALE name or names listed above on: N/A “I declare that all information in Notice is hereby given pursuant to this statement is true and correct.” California Business and Professional (A registrant who declares as true Codes #21700-21716, Section 2328 of information which he or she knows to be the UCC of the Penal Code, Section 535 the undersigned, StorQuest Express Self false is guilty of a crime.)

Storage of Woodland, will sell at public 6. Signature of Registrant(s): sale by competitive bidding the personal Renee C. Bailey 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5 1239 property of unit: Anthony Jimenez, Victor Morales property to be sold: household FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME goods, furniture, appliances, clothes, STATEMENT toys, tools, boxes & contents. Auctioneer Filed: 04/16/2021 Company: www.storagetreasures.com FBN Number: F20210333 The Sale will end at 10:00 AM, May, 13, 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) 2021 Goods must be paid for in CASH PARKSIDE APARTMENTS at site and removed at completion of 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the Principal Place of Business in California. event of settlement between owner and Business is located in Yolo County. obligated party.

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was your niece’s. I don’t think it was fair to effectively punish her (and your brother) for a slight they had nothing to do with it.

But there’s no use dwelling on wouldas, couldas or shouldas.

Your second question — what to do now — is the one that really counts. And my advice on that front is to swallow your pride, let go of your anger and apologize to your brother. Let him know that your dad’s death has made you realize how short life is and how precious family is. Ask that you put aside your differences and open up a dialogue again. Send the letter via email and regular mail, so that he has a better chance of reading it. If he still shuts you out, you can find serenity in knowing that you’ve done what you can. The rest is out of your hands.

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Public Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: 04/08/2021 FBN Number: F20210311 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Knollwood and Willow Creations 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

672 Knollwood Drive Woodland, CA 95695 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Tamara Holt 672 Knollwood Drive Woodland, CA 95695 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 4-5-2021 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”

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spoken to me.

Since our dad passed away earlier this year, I’ve called my brother several times. He doesn’t answer the phone. A couple times, I’ve called my mom’s house, and he’s answered. But he’s quick to hand off the phone to her and hardly says a word. So now I’ve stopped calling or texting. Obviously, it still bothers him that I didn’t go. Now I’m an outcast to the family. My mom is the only one that speaks to me. I love my brother. I never expected him to get this mad. What I’m wondering is this: Should I have just bit the bullet and put my feelings aside and went to the wedding? What can I do now?

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF John E. Eck CASE NO. PR2021-0049 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: John Edward Eck A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: Ashley M. Eck in the Superior Court of California, County of: Yolo THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Ashley M. Eck be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on 05/21/2021 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 9 located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695.

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

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

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

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

Signed: Donna N. Shioya Attorney for petitioner 225 30th Street, Suite 300 Sacramento, CA 95816 916-231-0688 4/25, 4/28, 5/2 1267

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE-SEIZURE OF PROPERTY AND INITIATION OF FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS TO: $14,396.00 U.S. CURRENCY; $1,781.00 U.S. CURRENCY; $4,095.00 U.S. CURRENCY; $12,000.00 U.S. CURRENCY; $3,676.00 U.S. CURRENCY; $2,272.00 U.S. CURRENCY; AND $4,493.00 U.S. CURRENCY

The Prime Bidder must be a licensed contractor with the California Contractors State License Board (CSLB), with an active A - General Engineering and/or C-10 Electrical Contractor license. Proof of current, active licensing must be submitted with bid packages.

Potential bidders are responsible for accessing the Invitation for Bid (IFB) document (and any other applicable bid documents) from the State of California’s online marketplace portal, Cal eProcure, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT on at https://caleprocure.ca.gov/pages/ December 29, 2019, April 2, 2020, May 5, index.aspx); or, by contacting Sarah Best, 2020, June 18, 2020, July 30, 2020, July 31, Sarah.Best@fire.ca.gov 2020 and October 15, 2020 (respectively), the above listed property was seized A mandatory site visit is scheduled for at Co Rd 128A/Old River Rd West 10:00 a.m. on May 7, 2021, please confirm Sacramento, 1564 E. Main St Woodland, attendance to Sarah Best at the email 256 Muir Pl Woodland, 172 W. Main St provided.

Woodland, 2250 Lake Washington Rd West Sacramento, 2080 Freeway Drive West Sacramento, and 1810 W. Capital Ave West Sacramento (respectively), in Yolo County, California, by the Yolo Narcotic Enforcement Team or SIU for violation(s) of California Health and Safety section(s) 11351, 11352(A), 11359, 11378, 11379(A).

On December 29, 2019 – October 15, 2020, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office, by Sara Abrate and Amanda Zambor, Deputy District Attorneys, ordered the forfeiture of the aforementioned property.

You have until 30 days from the date of the first publication of this Notice or 30 days after actual receipt of Notice (whichever is earlier) to file a verified claim for this property with the Clerk of the Superior Court, County of Yolo, located at 1000 Main St Woodland, CA 95695. You must also provide the Yolo County District Attorney with an endorsed filed copy of your verified claim within 30 days of the filing in Superior Court.

Orig. signed by: __________________________________ Amanda J. Zambor Deputy District Attorney 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19 1268 PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION TECHNICAL SERVICES OFFICE CONTRACTS UNIT ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS PROJECT NUMBER: 8CA05153 PROJECT TITLE: L.A. Moran Reforestation Center: Electrical Upgrade Project LOCATION: L.A. Moran Reforestation Center, 5800 Chiles Road, Davis, CA 95618 The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is seeking services for electrical upgrades at the L.A. Moran Reforestation Center, located in Yolo County.

Services will include upgrading the existing electrical service, rated at 400 amperes, 120/240V, three phase, four wire (with stinger leg) to the new service which will be rated 1000 amperes, 120/208V, three phase, four wire.

Bid submission deadline is currently set for May 18, 2021 at 2:30 p.m., at which time a public bid opening will be held at 1131 S Street. Sacramento, CA 95811.

4/28, 5/5 1270 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Case No. 34-2020-00280954 In the Superior Court of the State of California, for the County of Sacramento, in the Matter of The Estate of Melanie A. Martindale, deceased.

Notice is hereby given that Shari L. Kantor, as personal representative of the Estate of Melanie A. Martindale, deceased, will sell at private sale, to the highest and best bidder, upon the terms and conditions hereafter stated, and subject to confirmation by the Superior Court of the County of Sacramento the right, title, interest and estate of decedent, at the time of death, and all right, title and interest that the estate has acquired by operation of law, or otherwise, other than or in addition to that of the decedent at the time of death, in and to the real property located in Yolo County, described as follows: 3610 Cooper Island Road, West Sacramento, California 95691 (Yolo County APN 045590-52-1). Written bids or offers are invited for the property and must be in writing and will be received by Shari L. Kantor, personal representative c/o the Law Offices of Mitchell S. Ostwald, 3001 I Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, California on May 12, 2021, or thereafter within the time allowed by law. The sale of the property herein described will be made upon the following terms and conditions: (i) minimum price of $399,000 cash or such credit terms and conditions as the court may approve; (ii) property is sold “as-is”, (iii) buyer’s assumption of any and all liabilities arising from physical condition of property and prior occupants use of property and indemnity of seller for any and all liabilities arising from physical condition of the property and from prior occupants use of property; (iv) sale is probate sale and is subject to court confirmation. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids before entry of a confirmation order.

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UC team aims to decarbonize travel Special to The Enterprise Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in California. In order to achieve the state’s goals of carbon neutrality by 2045 and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, decarbonizing this sector is essential. But such a transition is unlikely to occur rapidly without key policy intervention.

A team of transportation and policy experts from the University of California released a report today to the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) outlining policy options to significantly reduce transportationrelated fossil fuel demand and emissions. Those policy options, when combined, could lead to a zero-carbon transportation system by 2045, while also improving equity, health and the economy. A second study led by UC Santa Barbara was released simultaneously.

It identifies strategies to reduce in-state petroleum production in parallel with reductions in demand.

The state funded the two studies through the 2019 Budget Act. The studies are designed to identify paths to slash transportationrelated fossil fuel demand and emissions while also managing a strategic, responsible decline in transportation-related fossil fuel supply.

The University of California demand study was conducted by researchers from the UC Institute of Transportation Studies, a network with branches at UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, and UCLA. The UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy coordinated the report’s policy management, and the UC Davis Center for Regional Change led the study’s equity and environmental justice research.

Bringing about a zerocarbon transportation future will be challenging, but not impossible, the report states. Doing so requires urgent actions and a long-term perspective. Importantly, a major upfront investment in clean transportation through incentives and new charging and hydrogen infrastructure will soon pay off in net economic savings to the California economy, with net savings within a decade growing to tens of billions of dollars per year by 2045.

The report recommends flexible policy approaches that can be adjusted over time as technologies evolve and more knowledge is gained.

“This report is the first to comprehensively evaluate a path to a carbon-neutral transportation system for California by 2045,” said Dan Sperling, director of the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies.

“We find that such pathways are possible but will rely on extensive changes to existing policies as well as introduction of some new policies. The study also prioritizes equity, health and workforce impacts of the transition to zero-carbon transportation.”

Researchers from UC Davis led the scenarios, equity, light-duty vehicles and fuels portions of the report. The scenarios chapter estimates that a transition to low-carbon transportation will net billions of dollars in savings by 2045.

The equity aspects of the study identified policy options to ensure that the benefits from low-carbon options go first to the communities most in need. The light-duty vehicle and fuels sections identified specific technology and policy pathways to contribute to a zero-carbon transportation system while also supporting improved mobility.

Policy strategies Zero-emission vehicles: Many of the report’s policy options are centered on a rapid transition to zeroemission vehicles, or ZEVs, which is expected to dramatically reduce GHG emissions and improve local air pollution as the state’s electric grid is also decarbonized.

Light-duty and heavyduty vehicles are responsible for 70 percent and 20 percent of the state’s transportation GHG emissions, respectively. The report suggests a combination of enhanced mandates, incentives, and public charging and hydrogen infrastructure investments to speed the adoption of ZEVs. For medium and heavyduty vehicles, key policy priorities include increasing the availability of charging stations for longhaul freights, electricity pricing reform to make depot charging more affordable, and priority lanes and curb access for zero-emission trucks, among other possibilities.

Vehicle miles traveled: Even with widespread ZEV use, reducing overall vehicle miles traveled is necessary to reduce traffic congestion and emissions from vehicle manufacturing, and to enhance quality-of-life and land-use benefits related to traffic.

The report suggests policies that encourage active, shared and micromobility transportation; telecommuting; and land-use changes that reduce people’s reliance on automobiles and enhance community connectivity.

Fuels: About 86 percent of transportation fuel is petroleum. Shifting toward low-carbon clean energy requires major investments in electricity and hydrogen.

Low-carbon liquid fuels compatible with internal combustion engines will be needed to reduce emissions while the transition to ZEVs progresses, as well as in some specialized applications, like aviation.

California can support the needed investments in clean fuels with mandated blending levels and new incentives and credits to stimulate investment in very low-carbon liquid fuels for aviation, shipping and legacy combustion engine vehicles.

Getting to zero: Some residual emissions remain in every scenario examined.

The report states that at least 4-5 million metric tons per year of negative emissions capacity (equal to 2.5 percent of current transportation emissions) is needed by 2045 to counteract those residual emissions.

These could come from carbon capture and sequestration projects that pull carbon from the air to store it underground, as well as sequestration by natural or working lands.

In addition to direct economic benefits beginning around 2030, the transportation decarbonization policies could also lead to health, equity and environmental justice, and workforce and labor benefits.

Transportation is a major cause of local air pollution, as well as climate change.

Particulate matter harms lungs and hearts, while nitrogen oxide compounds contribute to ozone pollution and other health impacts.

The report found that cleaner heavy-duty vehicles would significantly reduce pollution in many of the state’s most vulnerable communities.

The health benefits of reducing local pollution will grow with the deployment of clean transportation technologies and could translate to more than $25 billion in savings in 2045.

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