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Enterprise staff writer Asymptomatic COVID19 testing by Healthy Davis Together has given Davis one of the lowest positivity rates in California, but those overseeing the unique city-campus partnership are alarmed by the decline in testing among community members. That testing, along with the genotyping by the UC Davis Genome Center, has helped officials identify multiple variants of concern circulating in Davis. While the B.1.1.7 variant now represents 75 percent of all positive test results picked up through community and campus testing, other variants present locally include the P.1. (Brazilian) variant and the B.1.351 (South African) variant, as well as variants first identified in India and New York, according to UC Davis officials. “The reason we were able to detect these variants was because we were looking for it in everybody who came in for asymptomatic testing,” Dr. Brad Pollock,
ferent additives he tried out to enhance the decomposition of the kitchen scraps. The decomposed food scraps can ultimately be used in a household garden (or something similar), rather than routinely sending the food waste off to a landfill. Xu said his family supported his project. His father, for instance, was helpful in setting up the portions of the project that went into the family home’s back yard. Xu is still adding elements to his emerging system ... in addition to his current work to add a solar panel to provide electricity for the blender, he’s looking at adding a small motor that would turn the
Joanna Regulska, the vice provost and dean of Global Affairs at UC Davis, is among 23 international educators inducted this spring into the inaugural class of the National Academy for International Education, an honorary society and think tank charged with shaping the future of international education. As part of the academy’s inaugural class, Regulska will help establish the group’s organizational structure and advance its mission of “reducing inequalities in and through international education,” the Institute of International Education, which formed the academy, said in a press release. “The National Academy for International Education provides a critical space for some of the most accomplished international education professionals to work together on pressing issues for our field,” said Allan Goodman, president and CEO of the Institute of IIE. “The Academy recognizes these distinguished
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Science! DHS junior Joshua Xu earned a scholarship for his project to hasten the decomposition of the food scraps.
Bringing science home BY JEFF HUDSON Enterprise correspondent Joshua Xu, a 16-year-old junior at Davis High School, was recently the recipient of a$500 Earth Day Scholarship from the National Society of High School Scholars Foundation in recognition of Xu’s efforts to develop a new homebased system for composting kitchen scraps more quickly. Xu is working on a system that uses a bin with a blender, which may ultimately be powered by a solar panel, to assist in the composting of ordinary kitchen waste. The system includes a second bin that stores wastewater to aid in irrigation. Xu runs the kitchen scraps
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through first bin’s blender, and he’s tried introducing several different added ingredients to enhance and hasten the decomposition of the blenderized food scraps.
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He said that he developed the idea for his homemade composting system while doing his regular weekly household chores, which include taking out the kitchen garbage, and periodically helping with the household garden. As Xu developed his emerging concept, he wrote notes and took photographs documenting the results of the dif-
Vote on stormwater fee will go ahead UCD panel talks virus, farmworkers BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer The city will proceed with a vote by property owners on whether to increase stormwater fees to pay for system upgrades and improvements. The increased fee would be based on property size, with smaller single-family homes paying about $10 per month and the largest residences closer to $20. The average mediumsized residential property would see its monthly fee increase from $6 to $13. Ballots will be mailed to
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owners of 16,476 parcels in the city later this month, due back to the city clerk by June 25. If a majority of those ballots returned favor the fee increase, it will take effect. The City Council will hold a hearing — tentatively scheduled for July 6 — to tally the votes. All of this follows a public hearing on Tuesday night where the effort would have been quashed altogether had some 8,240 written protests been submitted against the fee hike. Instead, just 18 were received by the close of the
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BY EDWARD BOOTH Enterprise staff writer UC Davis LIVE held a panel discussion Thursday about the state of agricultural workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Panelists included Hernan Hernandez, executive director of the California Farmworker Foundation, and Sarit Martinez, executive director of the Binational Center For The Development of Oaxacan Indigenous Communities. Also on the panel was Teresa Andrews, education and outreach specialist for the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety at UC Davis. The host, Soterios Johnson, introduced the discussion by noting that agricultural workers have been essential employees throughout the COVID-19 pandemic,
working to keep food on everyone’s tables. But, he said, farmworkers are vulnerable to the virus because they lack access to resources and healthcare. Hernandez said the pandemic has severely affected farmworkers in several different ways. Farmworkers worked less when the economy was shut down early in the pandemic, he said, meaning they had less money to spend on basic necessities. “What we have been noticing is that we have a community in need, a community that many times has been left behind by some of the structures there to help them,” Hernandez said. The role of the California Farmworker Foundation and other community based
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Briefly Shootings and crashes probed Chaos erupted in a West Sacramento neighborhood early Thursday morning, leaving one person dead and another injured following a pair of shootings and crashes. According to a West Sacramento Police Department news release, officers were dispatched at about 2 a.m. to reports of shots fired and a vehicle collision in the 600 block of Cummins Way, north of Sacramento Avenue in the city’s Broderick area. “After further investigation, it was determined there were two active scenes, where two separate shootings had occurred involving two vehicles,” police said. “Both vehicles came to rest with one crashing into the garage of a house and the other into a parked car in the driveway.” One person was pronounced dead at the scene, while another was transported to an area hospital in critical condition. Yolo County coroner’s officials had not released the deceased victim’s name as of Thursday afternoon.
Recall effort a big waste of our time L et’s start out by saying that Gavin Newsom is not exactly the most popular governor California has ever had. Let’s also say there’s a better chance of snow in Davis in July than there is of Newsom actually losing this recall election and being removed by force from the Governor’s Mansion. But wait, he refused to live in the Governor’s Mansion, which didn’t exactly aid his popularity. Hard to sell yourself as a man of the people when you insist on living in a much more expensive mansion in the Sacramento suburbs. His excuse? Well, you see, the Newsoms have four kids who need room to roam. Hey Gavin, we have four kids who need room to roam, which is why we put a trampoline in the backyard of our East Davis starter home. Yes, we are all tired of the really bad French Laundry jokes, but let’s face it, it was a selfish, boneheaded, do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do move that he will never live down. Ever. Some things fade with time. The French Laundry fiasco won’t. It’s not likely to cost him the governorship, but it most definitely took away any hope he may have had of
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Enterprise staff writer A Davis resident and former faculty member at UC Davis and other universities has been identified as motorist who died in a crash on the UCD campus Wednesday morning. John Troidl, 66, was driving along Old Davis Road at about 11:15 a.m. when he struck the pillars of the Interstate 80 overcrossing, according to a news release from the UCD Police Department. A passerby spotted the crash and reported to first responders that the vehicle was filling with smoke. “Officers, with help from passersby, removed the driver from the burning car and performed CPR until an ambulance arrived. The ambulance crew discontinued CPR and confirmed the fatality,” police said in a news release. Troidl taught public health and health-care management at several universities, including UCD, Sacramento State University and University of San Francisco, according to his LinkedIn page. He also founded his own consulting firm, Health Services Management, providing management expertise to health services providers. UCD police and the Solano County California Highway Patrol continue to investigate the cause of the collision, which resulted in a several-hour closure of Old Davis Road. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact campus police at 530-7521727.
French Laundry episode off the table, Newsom’s popularity would be about where every COVIDplagued governor in America would be. Put simply, there are very few governors who have dealt seriously with this pandemic who are popular with the voters right now.
making a serious run at the White House. But who knows, maybe he would have refused to live in the White House, too. And never mind those fake polls that claim 45 percent favor Newsom, 45 percent favor a recall and 10 percent ask “Who’s Gavin Newsom?” The problem for all those folks who wish to see Newsom removed is that no serious-minded Democrat is willing to throw his or her hat in the ring, and there aren’t enough people in Modoc County to elect a Republican in a statewide election. Additionally, the California Legislature has Democratic super majorities in both houses, which means every elected Democrat will be urging voters to keep the current governor so they can get their bills passed and signed, not vetoed. It’s odd, but if you took the
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arly on in the pandemic, no one knew what to do. Many mistakes were made. The rules kept getting changed as governors and others tried to deal with new information about the virus. All of this made our esteemed leaders look uncertain at best and incompetent at worst. Another thing that makes this whole experience interesting is that there is no “primary election” as part of the recall. In a perfect world, you’d have a recall election with just “Yes” or “No” on the ballot concerning Newsom’s removal from office. If voters vote “No,” he keeps his office in the Capitol and continues to live in his suburban mansion. If the voters vote “Yes,” he’s gone and can spend the rest of his days dining at the French Laundry and wondering what might have been if not for the pandemic. However, that’s not how this
BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer A former suspect in a Davis homicide was sentenced to prison this week following a conviction in a federal weapons case, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento. Carlos Biviescas, 29, of Vacaville, received a fouryear, nine-month term for being a felon in possession of ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert said in a news release. According to court
documents, Biviescas was arrested in May 2020 for driving on a suspended license, leading to a search of his car that revealed a backpack containing a ghost gun loaded with an extended magazine containing 29 rounds of .40 caliber ammunition. The backpack also contained an additional 21 additional rounds of ammunition. Biviescas cannot lawfully possess firearms or ammunition because he has previously been convicted of two felony offenses, Talbert said.
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He was one of six defendants charged with murder, assault and criminal streetgang activity in connection with the Sept. 19, 2015, stabbing death of Peter Gonzales at the nowdefunct KetMoRee nightclub at Third and G streets. Yolo County prosecutors dismissed the counts against five of the men, accused of aiding and abetting the crime, in January 2018 after the stabber admitted to voluntary manslaughter. All six men remain listed
as defendants in a civil lawsuit filed by Gonzales’ family in Yolo Superior Court. The case is scheduled to go to trial in August. The federal case was the product of an investigation by the Vacaville Police Department, Solano County District Attorney’s Office, FBI Solano County Violent Crimes Task Force and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods program.
CHP designates May as National Bicycle Safety Month Special to The Enterprise May is National Bicycle Safety Month. The California Highway Patrol reminds bicyclists and motorists to share the road and remember traffic safety saves lives. “Thousands of Californians ride their bicycles every day for exercise, leisure, and commuting,” CHP Commissioner Amanda Ray said. “Keeping California’s roads safe is a priority and the shared responsibility of motorists and bicyclists.” “More and more people are taking up bike riding, and it is important that drivers are aware of bicyclists
and travel safely around them,” added Barbara Rooney, director of the California Office of Traffic Safety. “If you need to move past a bike, try to provide at least three feet of space.” Motorists should look for bicyclists before turning left or right onto a road, and check before opening a vehicle door when parked on a street. The law requires motorists to give at least three feet clearance when passing a bicycle or to slow to a reasonable and prudent speed and pass only when doing so would not endanger the
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irst off, Explorit would like to thank everyone who donated to us this year during Big Day of Giving! Your generous contributions will help us to do some muchneeded planning and safety preparations with our facilities and programs as we head towards our reopening. We are cleaning up and taking steps to plan, plant, and maintain our backyard pollinator garden. We will be freshening up paint inside our exhibit space and our exterior signs. Explorit is also very excited for a new addition to our front picnic area. Generously donated from the Sacramento SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity and Aerojet Rocketdyne, we will be displaying the engines from a Titan II rocket. The Titan II rockets were first created for use in the military in 1960, succeeding the Titan I, which was built in the mid-1950s. Titan II rockets are probably most famous for their use in NASA’s Project Gemini as the launch vehicle. NASA modified the military rocket for their mission because they were the latest technology of the time and had accurate flight and guidance systems. The Titan II rockets have a twostage process, perfect for breaking
EXPLORIT SCIENCE CENTER through the many layers of atmosphere the Earth has. The first stage was powered by a modified LR87 engine, which has two separate combustion chambers and nozzles, but was fed by a single mechanism. The second stage of the rocket was composed of a single combustion chamber and nozzle. The second stage rocket used regenerative cooling, where some of the fuel is first passed through tubes or pipes to cool the engine, before being used in the engine itself. The rockets went through several other modifications to make it safe for manned missions. Flight and guidance systems were improved and updated. Violent vibrations and shaking was dealt with to make travel more comfortable for the astronauts. Various checks and sensors were put in place to notify crews of any issues or malfunctions. The Titan II rockets were used to launch twelve Gemini missions between 1964 and 1966, paving the way to the Apollo missions, when we first walked on the moon. When schools and guests come to visit Explorit, it would make for a great group picture. We hope these
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Gemini 8 blasts off from the Kennedy Space Center at 11:41 a.m. March 16, 1966. rockets and our programs will continue to inspire young scientists to keep looking and reaching for the sky and beyond. Currently, we are looking to reopen our exhibit doors to the public and schools sometime in the fall, after our Summer Science Camps are over, and we are confident we can reopen safely for everyone.
The rainbows will return this year, with a modified Davis Pride Festival in June. While organizers finalize the details, here’s an outline so far: Thursday, May 27: At 10 a.m., Davis Phoenix Coalition representatives will speak at the virtual Davis Chamber of Commerce meeting. It will offer tips on how businesses can be welcoming to LGBTQ individuals. Sunday, May 30: Volunteers will paint rainbows on the crosswalks surrounding Central Park from 5 to about 11 a.m. To volunteer, go to http://bit. ly/rainbowcrosswalks. The city will hang Davis Pride rainbow banners throughout town, on display throughout June. Business owners are asked to show their support by hanging a rainbow flag poster in their windows. Posters are free by emailing admin@davis phoenixco.org. Saturday, June 12: A
Rainbow Skate Party will offer an evening of inline skating under the Farmers Market pavilion, 401 C St. in Davis. Sunday, June 13: Davis Pride teams up with the Davis Craft and Vintage Market in Central Park, 401 C St. The Davis Pride Festival will provide entertainment from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., including live bands and a drag-queen revue. Health guidelines require participants to have tickets (donation-based) and assigned seating. Friday, June 25: Rainbows will light up the monthly Bike Party Davis ride. Participants will gather at 7 p.m. at the north end of Central Park. The ride will go from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on an easy, 8-mile loop through town. Festival proceeds support the Davis Phoenix Coalition (https://davis phoenixco.org/donate). The Davis Pride Committee is looking for stories of pride resilience. To share, email admin@ davisphoenixco.org.
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e seniors are relying on our smartphones more than ever these days. But sometimes dealing with those tiny photos, tiny keys and tiny little text messages can be frustrating. Fortunately, modern smartphones have a wide range of features that make the phone easier to hear, see and interact with. Generally referred to as accessibility features, these phone enhancements are often buried deep within the phone’s settings and as a result are often underused. Here are just some of the accessibility features you may not have tried out yet: ■ Use keyboard shortcuts. This feature allows you to use just a couple of keyboard characters to type out a much longer phrase or sentence. For example, you can tell your phone to type “I’m on my way, see you soon” when you type just three letters, o-m-w. For frequently used sentences and phrases, this is a great timesaver. ■ Make text larger and easier to see: Your smartphone has settings that allow you to increase text size, to make it bold, and to increase contrast (for better legibility). ■ Turn your phone into a magnifying glass: Many smartphones have a setting that allow you to use the phone’s camera lens like a magnifying glass — newer models of smartphone include a flashlight that works with the magnifier. Next time you’re in a dark restaurant trying to read a menu with small print, activate your phone’s magnifier and/or flashlight. ■ Zoom in on your phone’s screen: On most smartphones you can enable a setting that will allow you to magnify the text or items on the screen. This is a different feature from the magnifier we described above – the former magnifies what’s out in front of you, while the latter magnifies (zooms in on) what is actually on your phone’s screen. ■ Instead of typing, have your phone take dictation: (Dictation on iPhone, Voice Typing on most Android phones) There’s a learning curve for you – and your phone — with this feature, but once mastered it can
TECH OVER 60 save you time and make writing emails and text messages much easier. ■ Have your phone read the screen to you (VoiceOver on iPhone, TalkBack on most Android phones): This feature “speaks” what is on your phone’s screen. With most newer phones you can even fine-tune this feature so that it will speak only what you tap on, or read the whole screen to you. You can also vary the speed, pitch and even the accent of the “speaker.” ■ Try out color adjustments: If it’s easier for you to read white text on a black screen, try the Invert Colors setting on your iPhone (or Inverted Rendering on an Android phone). Additional color filtering options can often be found within the phone’s accessibility settings. ■ Use closed captions when available: Though not all apps and websites offer closed captioning, you can set your phone to use this feature when it is available, even while watching some videos. ■ Change how your phone responds to your touch: Most phones have various settings where you can customize how the phone responds to the gestures you use to operate it — for example, the speed with which you button-press, the
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alifornia is known for its innovative, entrepreneurial, think-different spirit that has born some of the most important industries and companies in the modern era. But California’s great attributes must be tethered by nuts-and-bolts basics and foundations that allow all Californians to enjoy living and working in this state. In other words, there is a time for dreaming and a time to be practical. With the governor set to unveil his revised budget proposal, we urge him to remember that now is a time to be practical. California now has tens of billions of dollars in excess funds between a budget surplus and federal COVID-19 relief. But we should not confuse that money with an excuse to start a bunch of unsustainable programs without first fastening the nuts and bolts. We do not need to overthink this. The state continues to be plagued with too many persistent problems: exorbitant cost of living, a lack of housing, homelessness, crumbling infrastructure, devastating wildfires, unreliable energy grid and government dysfunction. Though these problems have been discussed for years, it is impossible for anyone to say satisfactory progress has been made. On top of that, COVID-19 has not only revealed significant flaws in our ability to respond to a pandemic and shortcomings in our health care infrastructure, but it has also left a trail of wreckage in our schools and economy as kids have dealt with emotional anxiety and delayed learning, and families have suffered tremendous financial setbacks. We need to get people back to work. The state’s unemployment rate, at 8.3%, is still nearly double what it was prior to the pandemic. This, coupled with a lack of housing that’s affordable, has disproportionately affected minority and low-income communities, further dividing the haves from the have-nots. Schools must safely and fully reopen soon. We must focus on the struggles of our children and avoid making it worse. Lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill months ago calling for schools to reopen. Since then, few have. This must change. Our infrastructure, once the envy of the nation, is withering from neglect. We must repair our crumbling roads and alleviate congestion to improve commuters’ quality of life, while expanding broadband internet access to all Californians and tweak laws to promote distance learning and work.
ven in the midst of a pandemic and our days of social distancing, we’re finding creative ways to get “face to face” with the UC Davis community. That’s the premise of my new interview show that puts the spotlight on our dynamic students, faculty and staff. It’s called “Face to Face with Chancellor May,” and it gives me the opportunity to tap into my inner Phil Donahue (for those of you who know who he is). While students ask me questions via Instagram on my “Thursday Thoughts” video story, this time I turn the tables and sit in the interviewer’s seat and learn from people in our community who are contributing to the public good. I’m used to being a moderator for a variety of panels related to higher education. In my Chancellor’s Colloquium series, held once per quarter, I interview the invited speaker. I started with Alan Alda about science communication from the stage of the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. I interviewed William Shatner, a real treat for me, and LeVar Burton, both of Star Trek fame. In these and other interviews, I appreciate getting to know a person better, digging deeper into issues they care about, and sharing a laugh or two. On a side note, my next Chancellor’s Colloquium guest will be Rosie Rios. Rosie served as U.S. Treasurer under President Barack Obama. She’s the proud parent of a current UC Davis student. I hope you can join us on May 19 for this discussion. In “Face to Face With Chancellor May,” we get to hear from people who are having a considerable impact on the community.
They are people like Akshita Gandra, a UC Davis senior who’s majoring in cognitive science. She is also the founder of The Revival Zine, an online publication that’s dedicated to social justice and feminism and reaches college students all over the country. She co-founded the UC Davis chapter of PERIOD, which worked with campus administrators last year to stock restrooms with free menstrual products on a trial basis. No wonder that Forbes named Akshita among its “Forbes Under 30 Scholars.” Akshita and I covered quite a bit of ground in our virtual discussion. She talked about her decision to attend UC Davis (the diversity of its majors was a selling point), how she’s staying positive during the pandemic and her goals of serving underrepresented student voices through The Revival Zine. Akshita also flipped the script and asked me what hobbies and interests of mine impacted me the most. I mentioned how I liked to buy multiple jigsaw puzzles when I was a boy, throw all the pieces in the middle of the floor, and do all the puzzles simultaneously. My mom kind of shook her head, but it was actually a lesson in multitasking — something we all need to be adept with today.
I had another thoughtful and fun discussion with Theanne Griffith, who was the second guest on “Face to Face with Chancellor May.” Theanne is a relatively new UC Davis faculty member who is making big waves as both a neuroscientist and children’s book author. I spotlighted her in my “Chancell-ing” column back in November, as she was featured on the “Today” show’s web site for her series of books titled “The Magnificent Makers.”
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heanne talked about her combined interests in science, storytelling and writing and how she ultimately made the jump to become an author. “The Magnificent Makers” series is dedicated to passing along scientific concepts in fun and creative ways and making these stories especially relatable for children of color. We definitely need more books like these and it’s exciting to see Theanne leading the charge. I can’t wait for the next episode. On May 25th, I’ll be joined by Jennifer Gross, the head coach of the UC Davis Women’s Basketball Team. She’s among the most legendary of coaches at UC Davis, one who led her Aggies to the top of the Big West Conference for five years straight. The team has also earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament — the Big Dance, as they say — twice under her leadership. “Face to Face with Chancellor May” airs on the last Tuesday of the month and you can find them on UC Davis’ YouTube channel. I hope you’ll watch. — Gary May is the chancellor of UC Davis; his column is published monthly.
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rought is coming and years ago voters called for more water storage and access to water. It is time to stop delaying and take action now with critical long-term investments. Wildfires continue to be a threat not only to our lives and property, but to the environment as well. Even as California pursues aggressive climate change goals, those goals are undercut by wildfire emissions. We need to listen to the experts and properly maintain our forests and vegetation to combat wildfires. We need to bolster our health care staff and infrastructure, while investing in lowering the cost of medical education and providing incentives for essential health care workers to serve low-income, rural and underserved areas. Our energy policy is a disaster, as anyone suffering through summer months with intermittent energy blackouts knows. Instead of banning fracking permits (an extraction process deemed safe by the state), and instead of relying on foreign oil (which is the result of reducing domestic production), we should work with the energy industry to protect jobs and our energy independence, and come up with innovative ideas to continue to lead the world in protecting the environment while lowering costs on consumers. And we need to fix our unreliable and unresponsive government services. The problems at Employment Development Department, where more than a million unemployed Californians have been without benefits for more than a year because of government dysfunction, have laid bare the need for a more efficient, effective and accountable government, not a more expanded one. We need a complete overhaul of dysfunctional state agencies that provide no customer service. We could go on, but the main point is that we should not consider adding more programs and expanding the size of the government until we first learn to make government actually work effectively for Californians. This does not require new taxes or big ideas. It involves political will, sacrifice of personal ambitions and the can-do, hard-working spirit that made this state the wonderful place it is. We owe it to all Californians not to be irresponsible, but to be effective. — Assemblywoman Marie Waldron, R-Escondido, represents Assembly District 75, assemblymember.wald ron@assembly.ca.gov. She is the Republican leader of the Assembly. Assemblyman Vince Fong, a R-Bakersfield, represents Assembly District 34, Assemblymember. Fong@assembly.ca.gov. He is vice chair of the Assembly Budget Committee. They wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.
LETTERS You, too, can sequester carbon Davisites who still have a lawn can put that densely packed plant system to work sequestering carbon. Unlike the majority of the plant world that temporarily traps carbon dioxide in its above-ground vegetation, grasses expend the majority of their photosynthate building roots and storing or sharing excess fixed carbon with their soil microbiome, in effect trapping carbon dioxide below ground: longterm. This is especially significant when one considers the combined root mass of a healthy lawn comprised of densely packed grass plants, each with roots reaching depths of 6-to-7 feet, if a deep-rooted variety. Key to success, particularly with our clay soil, is the application of compost, at least twice during the growing season. Unlike inorganic fertilizers, compost brings with it the complex array of organisms that had a part in the decomposition process and invites the presence of higher organisms such as insects, worms,
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and beneficial nematodes that are characteristic of healthy, friable soil. A bonus benefit is the drought tolerance of deep-rooted grasses in a healthy soil. Research has shone that compost treatment can transform unhealthy soil in three years. The best news of all is the availability of free, unlimited quantities of exceptionally high-quality compost at the Yolo Landfill, from now through the end of May. Bring your own shovel and containers that can withstand very heavy compost. Observe pandemic rules. Linda Baumann Davis
Money from the American Rescue Act The American Rescue Act will provide the city of Davis with approximately $18.5 million dollars and Yolo County with about $45 million dollars. The Treasury will make two equal distributions, with the first installment paid in May. This money can be used for many purposes. In light of the obligation of our children and grandchildren to pay back this money, it is vitally important that it be spent on projects with
long-term benefits. The community should have extensive input and say over how this money is spent. Although I am sure that many citizens have ideas about how they would like to spend this money, I propose that half of it be spent fighting climate change. The American Rescue Act funds are sufficient to retrofit public buildings and other public facilities with energy conservation improvements and to install solar collectors so that all city and county buildings and facilities will be carbon neutral. Some money could be allocated to building more charging stations for electric vehicles, since many charging stations will be needed in the future. The city and county should use some of this money to convert their vehicle fleets to electric vehicles. I suggest that the other half of the money be used to reduce homelessness. The American Rescue Act money should be used to build residences that are carbon neutral to house some of the many people living without shelter. The American Rescue Act money should not be used to augment the operating budgets of the city and the county. Bill Kopper Davis
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Public Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: 04/08/2021 FBN Number: F20210310 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) ACCENT-AMERICAN 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California. Business is located in Yolo County. 711 College St. Woodland, CA 95695 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Catherine Lee Ojakangas 711 College St. 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: 03/01/2020 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) 6. Signature of Registrant(s): Catherine L. Ojakangas 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7 1241
business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 04/13/2021 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) 6. Signature of Registrant(s): Jason Dal Porto 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 1264
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: 03/19/2021 FBN Number: F20210254 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) ROBINSON REMOVAL MOVING SERVICES 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California. Business is located in Yolo County. 10 West Street Woodland, CA 95695 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Lamar Anthony Robinson 10 West Street Woodland, CA 95695 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME name or names listed above on: N/A STATEMENT “I declare that all information in Filed: 04/20/2021 this statement is true and correct.” FBN Number: F20210344 (A registrant who declares as true 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) information which he or she knows to be LOVELYKARE false is guilty of a crime.) 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of 6. Signature of Registrant(s): Principal Place of Business in California. Lamar Robinson Business is located in Yolo County. 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 1265 4721 COWELL BLVD. DAVIS, CA 95618 PUBLIC NOTICE 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip KATHERINE DA ROCHA 4712 COWELL BLVD. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DAVIS, CA 95618 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN 2020 4. Business Classification: Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF Registrant(s) commenced to transact DAVIS MUNICIPAL CODE 39.02.045 business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: “PROHIBITIONS AND ENFORCEMENT OF WATER WASTE” 02/03/2016 CITY OF DAVIS “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) 6. Signature of Registrant(s): KATHERINE DA ROCHA, OWNER 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 1258
The Davis City Council will conduct a public hearing at the City Council meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in the Community Chambers at City Hall, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, for the purpose of receiving comments on the City of Davis 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP), STATEMENT the Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP), and ordinance amendments to Filed: 04/07/2021 Chapter 39 of the Municipal Code Article FBN Number: F20210303 39.02.045 “Prohibitions and enforcement 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) of water waste” to update the code to LSTC of California, LLC 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of reflect changes to the Water Shortage Principal Place of Business in California. Contingency Plan. In accordance with Executive Order N-33-20 and N-29-20, this Business is located in Yolo County. meeting may be conducted electronically 65 W. Main St. or by teleconference, without a physical Woodland, CA 95695 location from which members of the Mailing address: public may observe and offer public PO Box 5350 comment. Information on how to observe Bend, OR 97708 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), the meeting and offer public comment electronically or telephonically will be Residence Address, State, and Zip included in the meeting agenda. Please Les Schwab Tire Centers contact the City Clerk’s Office for the of California, LLC approximate time this item will be heard. 20900 Cooley Rd. Bend, OR 97708 DESCRIPTION: 4. Business Classification: The UWMP is required by the Urban Water Limited Liability Company 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Management Planning Act, sections Registrant(s) commenced to transact 10610 through 10656 of the California business under the fictitious business Water Code. The goals of the Urban Water name or names listed above on: Management Plan are: to summarize historic, current and projected potable 10/30/2020 “I declare that all information in and recycled water use for the area; this statement is true and correct.” identify conservation and reclamation (A registrant who declares as true measures already adopted and practiced; information which he or she knows to be to evaluate the ability of the current water supply to meet future demands; to false is guilty of a crime.) evaluate potential alternative available 6. Signature of Registrant(s): supplies; to evaluate the effectiveness Corey J. Parks of specific alternative conservation CAO/Secretary, Les Schwab Tire measures; and to provide a schedule for Centers of California, LLC 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 1259 implementation of proposed actions. The UWMP includes a confirmation of the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME City’s compliance with Senate Bill x7-7 STATEMENT to reduce its long-term water demand by Filed: 04/20/2021 20% by the year 2020. The Public Review FBN Number: F20210343 Draft of the UWMP is available online at: 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) www.water.cityofdavis.org. MINI PROS SOCCER ACADEMY 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of The Water Shortage Contingency Plan Principal Place of Business in California. (WSCP), Section 8 of the UWMP, will be Business is located in Yolo County. separately adopted so that it can be 3122 Dove Ct. updated independently of the UWMP. West Sacramento, CA 95691 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), The Davis City Council will open and Residence Address, State, and Zip close the public hearing and intends Jason Christopher Dal Porto to adopt the City of Davis 2020 Urban 3122 Dove Ct. Water Management Plan including the W. Sacramento, CA 95691 Water Shortage Contingency Plan in 4. Business Classification: Individual accordance with state law on May 18, 5. Beginning Date of Business: The 2021. Registrant(s) commenced to transact
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The City of Davis will conduct a public hearing on the proposed ordinance amendments to Chapter 39 of the Municipal Code on “Prohibitions and enforcement of water waste” to update the code to reflect changes to the Water Shortage Contingency Plan on May 18, 2021. The staff report for the public hearing is generally available for review 5 days prior to the hearing date at http:// city-council.cityofdavis.org/councilmeetings. PUBLIC COMMENTS: All interested parties are invited to participate in the meeting electronically or by teleconference, or send written comments to Dawn Calciano, City of Davis, Public Works Utilities and Operations Department, 1717 Fifth Street, Davis, California, 95616; or via email at: water@cityofdavis.org, by the end of the public hearing. For questions, please call the Public Works Utilities & Operations Department at (530) 757-5686. The City of Davis does not transcribe its proceedings. Persons who wish to obtain a verbatim record should arrange for attendance by a court reporter or for some other acceptable means of recordation. Such arrangements will be at the sole expense of the person requesting the recordation. Individuals wishing to challenge the action taken on this matter in court are notified that, the challenge may be limited to only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk, at or prior to the public hearing. Stan Gryczko, Public Works Utilities & Operations Director Public Works Utilities & Operations Department April 30, 2021 4/30, 5/7 1266 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: In Good Company FBN Number: F20210355 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) In Good Company 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California. Business is located in Yolo County. 617 G St., Apt. B Davis, CA 95616 Mailing address: PO Box 74064 Davis, CA 95617 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Good Company Design Studio, LLC 617 G. St., Apt. B Davis, CA 95616 4. Business Classification: Limited Liability Company 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 04/19/2021 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) 6. Signature of Registrant(s): Allison Straus, Owner/Manager Good Company Design Studio, LLC 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 1276 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: 03/31/2021 FBN Number: F20210285 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) CLICKING SISTERS PHOTOGRAPHY 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California. Business is located in Yolo County. 509 Main Street Woodland, CA 95695 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Lindsay Marie Stover 55 Utah Ave. Woodland, CA 95695 Andrea Nicole Looney 975 Garcia Dr. Woodland, CA 95695 4. Business Classification: General Partnership 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/26/2021 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) 6. Signature of Registrant(s): Lindsay Stover 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 1277
STORAGE LIEN SALE There will be a lien sale at South Davis Storage, 4836 Chiles Rd, Davis, CA 95618 On: MONDAY May 24 2021 at 9am
All work shall be performed in accordance with the Contract Documents and all applicable laws and regulations. 4. Engineer’s Estimate: $500,000 Project Engineer: Kevin Fong, P.E.
This enforcement is authorized by Division 8, Chapter 10 of the California Business & Professions Code, commencing without warranty or guarantee for cash only. Purchased items must be removed immediately following the sale.
5. Contractor’s License Classification and Subcontractors: Unless otherwise noted in the bid documents, each Bidder shall be a licensed contractor: Class [A] General Contractor’s License, or combination of C-8, C-10, and C-12 The personal Property stored with the Contractor’s licenses undersigned by: Mark Seidenberg 6. Bid Bond, performance bond and FIRST UNIT B05 (bicycle, 10 luggage bags, material bod: Please see https:// misc boxes hhi, dvds, kitchen ware) cityofdavis.org/Home/Components/RFP/ The personal property stored with the RFP/1200/3101 for more information on undersigned by: Mark Seidenberg these requirements. SECOND UNIT C35 (Cloths, Bedding, 7. Prevailing Wages: All employees on luggage, dvds, cds, plastic bins, port the job shall be paid prevailing wages chair, duffle bags, bags misc hhi) and be registered with the Department The personal Property stored with the of Industrial Relations. See Contract Book undersigned by: Lynda Thompson for more detail. THIRD UNIT I31 (TV, barbecue, turn table, books, wood table, kitchen ware, chairs, 8. Award: City shall award the contract for the Project to the lowest responsible misc hhi, head board, coffee table) Bidder submitting a responsive bid as BOND#0342850 5/7, 5/14 1284 determined by the City from the Base Bid, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME and all Add Alternatives. City reserves STATEMENT the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any irregularities or informalities in Filed: 04/27/2021 any bids or in the bidding process. FBN Number: F20210365 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) 9. Notice to Proceed: This project will Route 16 Produce Stand LLC be awarded for a June 2021 start date. 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of The Notice to Proceed shall be issued no Principal Place of Business in California. sooner than June 15, 2021. Business is located in Yolo County. 10. Further Information: For further 36340 State Highway 16 information, contact Kevin Fong, Senior Woodland, CA 95695 Civil Engineer, at kfong@cityofdavis.org. Mailing address: Questions will only be considered and 17701 County Rd. 97 answered via email. Questions will not Woodland, CA 95695 be considered or answered 48 working 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), hours prior to the bid opening. Residence Address, State, and Zip 11. Pre-Bid Conference: No Pre-Bid Route 16 Produce Stand LLC Conference is scheduled for this project. 36340 St. Highway 16 —————————————————— Woodland, CA 95695 Deliver Bids To: 4. Business Classification: City Offices - City Clerk’s Office Limited Liability Company 23 Russell Boulevard 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Davis, CA 95616-3896 Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: April 27, 2021 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) 6. Signature of Registrant(s): Robert S. Frommelt, Member Susan M. Frommelt, Member Patrick F. Colin, Member Trudy E. Colin, Member Route 16 Produce Stand LLC 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 1287 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE INVITING BIDS 2020 SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, CIP NO. 8279
*Note* If you choose to mail your Bid Proposal via any of the overnight/ express services, the preferred services are FedEx, UPS and USPS and the delivery MUST be a timed delivery. The delivery service MUST deliver the bid during the TIME WINDOW stated below to the City’s Clerk Office. The outside envelope MUST be clearly marked as follows: [SEALED BID FOR: 2020 Signal Improvement Project, CIP No. 8279. DELIVER IMMEDIATELY TO CITY CLERK’S OFFICE] TIME WINDOW TO DELIVER BIDS (either by delivery service or dropped off in person by bidder): Tuesday, May 25, 2021 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM; No bids will be accepted outside of this time window.
Bids Due Date And Time: Tuesday, May 25, 2021; WINDOW FOR DELIVERY 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM; DEADLINE: 2:00 PM —————————————————— 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS City Council of the City of Davis (“City”) 5/7 1289 invites and will receive sealed Bids up to but not later than 2:00 PM on May 25, PUBLIC NOTICE 2021, at the City Clerk’s office of the City Manager, located at 23 Russell Boulevard, Yolo-Solano Air Quality Davis, CA 95616, for the furnishing to City Management District of all labor, equipment, materials, tools, Public Hearing Notice services, transportation, permits, utilities, Certification of Yolo-Solano’s and all other items necessary for the Nonattainment New Source Review 2020 Signal Improvement Project, CIP (NNSR) program for implementation of No. 8279 (the “Project”). At said time, the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Bids will be publicly opened and read Quality Standards (NAAQS) aloud. Bids received after said time shall be returned unopened. Bids shall be valid The Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management for a period of 90 calendar days after the District (District) Board of Directors will consider certification that the District’s Bid opening date. existing NNSR program used to meet 2. Requesting Contract Book: the requirements of the 1979, 1997, and The Contract Book (including all plans 2008 ozone standards also meet the and specifications) is required to be requirements for the implementation purchased for $60 per set from BPXpress of the 2015 ozone NAAQS. The existing Reprographics www.blueprintexpress. rules that implement this program are com/davis or by calling at (916) 760- Rules 3.4 and 3.14 (locally renumbered to 7281. Bidder must purchase the Contract 3.5) which are available on the District’s Book from BPXpress Reprographics AND website at www.ysaqmd.org, or may be be on the BPXpress plan holder list to be obtained by contacting Benjamin Beattie deemed responsive. Only bidders on the at (530) 757-3650. plan holders list shall receive addenda The public hearing will be held via notifications. teleconference on Wednesday, June 9, Please see further detail on bidding 2021 at 9:00 a.m. and can be accessed requirements by going to https:// as follows: cityofdavis.org/city-hall/public-works/ management-administration/rfps and By PC: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8404 selecting the respective link to this 8953069?pwd=QkhUU3pJZjd3djd4M1A 0cTBZdWlqQT09 Project. Passcode: 796489 3. Description Of The Work or The work includes traffic signal By Phone: (669) 900-9128 improvements to video detection, Meeting ID: 840 4895 3069 traffic cabinet replacements, signal heads, traffic signal controller assembly The District invites written public cabinet replacements, including all labor, comments to be submitted to Benjamin materials, equipment, and incidentals, Beattie at the above address. Comments to completely install a complete and are to be received by the District by May operating facility in accordance with the 26, 2021. 5/7 1290 Project Plans and Specifications.
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PANEL: Researchers hope for reforms REGULSKA: Part of From Page A1 organizations, Hernandez said, is to try and fill the gap of important services — healthcare, utility payments, rent — needed by the farmworker community. He added that there’s anywhere from 800,000 to 1 million farmworkers in California. Andrews said UC Davis started trying to provide farmworkers with informational support immediately after the pandemic started. In a good year, she said, the center can reach about 18,000 people with training. With funding from the state, the center has reached more than 160,000 farmworkers and almost 15,000 agricultural employers over the course of the pandemic. According to Andrews, the information communicated to the farmworkers through webinars is how the virus operates, how it spreads and how it affects
the body. That way, she said, the workers know what they’re preventing by following safety measures. Andrews also said the training involved talking about safety precautions, worker rights, and what the obligations of employers are. Martinez talked about special challenges faced by farmworkers from indigenous migrant communities. She said the migrant farmworkers are often an invisible population because of language barriers, and agencies that aim to protect workers face challenges because of that. And the language barrier, she said, isn’t simply overcome by a Spanish translation, as there are many unique languages and variants of those languages in Mexico alone. “We have seen through our work multiple violations that have happened because of that language access,” Martinez said. “Any
paper that is given to workers is either in Spanish or English, and we have seen workers signing it without understanding what they’re signing and not having the proper explanation in their language.” Martinez added that all the information about COVID-19 has similarly not been accessible to many members of the migrant farmworker community. Technology has presented barriers, she said, as COVID-19 testing and vaccines have required online sign ups. Additionally, Martinez said she hopes the value farmworkers have been identified as having during the pandemic will be reflected in increases to wages and benefits. If that happens, she said, the workers will have the means to protect themselves and their families in the case of another major event, such as fires. Andrews said she thinks
advocacy needs to be done for farmworker benefits. She said she doesn’t think policy solutions at the state level will be easy, but one major move that would be helpful would be immigration reform. Martinez also said immigration reform would be helpful, and that consumers pay attention to what they buy. But, she said, there are many violations of current laws that are happening, and so appropriate agencies need to enforce those laws. “We cannot go back to normal, and we need to start making changes now to ensure we’re building a different structure because the one we have right now is not working,” Martinez said. — Reach Edward Booth at edward.booth@ mcnaughton.media. Follow him on Twitter at @Edward_E_Booth.
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bin (and its contents) periodically, rather than turning a crank to do the task manually. Xu, who could be described as a budding entrepreneur and scienceoriented researcher, is ultimately hoping to develop his system into something that could be marketed to homeowners — drawing on Xu’s interests in the environment, mathematics and business. In addition to his academic work as a high school student and his composting project, Xu is a standout member of the DHS tennis team and also participates on the high
And he’s done some volunteer work with organizations that work with the homeless. The National Society of High School Scholars Foundation awards a variety of different scholarships to students who are enrolled in the STEM (science technology, engineering and math), business, economics, public policy and environmental science and sustainability fields, with the goal of connecting teenage scholars with additional opportunities to advance their education, personal growth and career interests.
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From Page A1 individuals and the role they play in shaping our world.” The academy includes distinguished leaders from countries around the world, including Australia, Canada, China, Ghana, Japan, Taiwan and the United States, who “represent the core tenets of the academy including diversity of perspectives and a commitment to equity, collaboration and pushing the boundaries of knowledge,” IIE said in its press release. Regulska, who is also a professor of gender, sexuality and women’s studies at UC Davis, was among a smaller group of seven international leaders who formed the academy’s initial framework. “I am truly honored to be a part of launching this National Academy for International Education with colleagues at IIE and around the world,” Regulska said in a press release. “It is critical we acknowledge and address global challenges and work to eradicate racism, xenophobia, sexism and other global inequalities within our field.” She will lead a group within the academy that will focus on several questions: “How can global learning address inequalities? What is missing from our conversation so far, but is critical to global learning? How do we immerse students in deeper global engagement and achieve true exposure to the world, including by using technology?” Regulska earned her master’s degree from the University of Warsaw,
Poland and Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research focuses on women’s political activism, grassroots movements and democracy, concentrating on Europe and the Caucasus. She has authored or co-authored seven books. In 2019, she was named the first-ever recipient of the Senior International Officer Award from IIE. At UC Davis, Regulska oversees Global Affairs, including initiatives like Global Education for All, which aims to give all UC Davis students a global learning experience, whether through studying abroad or interacting with global perspectives in Davis. The global learning opportunities are meant to equip students to graduate into an interconnected world as well as a globalized job market. In her role at the academy, Regulska will work towards further expanding access to international education. “The core principles that the National Academy for International Education will prioritize in our work include antiracism, equity, collaboration, and pushing the boundaries of knowledge and intellectual diversity,” Regulska told The Enterprise. “We are looking at the field of international education’s potential to be a greater force for positive change, so our mission is to shape and advance international higher education in ways that address grand global challenges and build a more peaceful, sustainable, and equitable world.”
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4 easily forgotten road trip safety tips Special to The Enterprise Getaways come in many forms. A getaway can be restful and relaxing whether it involves a journey to a small island thousands of miles from home or a favorite campsite that’s just a few hours away by car. As the world gradually emerges from a pandemic that put travel on the back burner for billions of people across the globe, people anxious to get away from home may finally feel comfortable seeking getaways that don’t involve air travel. If the open road beckons you in the months ahead, the excitement ahead can make it easy to overlook certain safety measures. The following are four easily forgotten safety measures to keep in mind as you head off for parts unknown.
Have your vehicle serviced before hitting the road
The pandemic affected people’s driving habits. Millions of people spent the pandemic working remotely, and many have continued to do so even after being vaccinated. Total driving distances fluctuated throughout the pandemic. The Federal Highway Administration reported that the total distances driven in July 2020 had declined by 11 percent compared to the same month a year earlier. Though driving may have increased as the pandemic wore on, it’s still a good idea for drivers to have their vehicles serviced before a road trip. Request a full tune-up that includes an oil change, a battery check and a tire rotation. These services and other maintenance tasks like fluid refills can reduce the likelihood of breakdowns and reveal any issues that might make driving less safe.
Determine if your vehicle is the subject of a recall Recalls are issued if a safety issue has been uncovered since a car hit the market. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a list of recalls available on its website at NHTSA.gov/Recalls. Recalls are fixed free of charge, and it’s best to look well in advance of a trip to ensure you have time to take the vehicle in for its update.
Get used to driving with accessories on the vehicle Summer road trips are typically taken with bicycle racks attached to rear windows or the top of the vehicle. Drivers unaccustomed
to having bicycles or storage units attached to their vehicles should make a few trial runs so they can get acclimated. Backing up with bike racks on the back of the car can be tricky for novices, so a little practice with the bikes on the back may be helpful. Drivers who intend to tow campers also may benefit from a little pre-trip practice.
Pack a map Though maps have long since fallen out of favor due to the availability of GPS, people traveling to remote areas may find their smartphone signals fading in and out as they get closer to their destinations. A map can help road trippers overcome ser-
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Making music, parades and a pandemic project BY AUTUMN LABBÉ-RENAULT Special to The Enterprise
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ast year, Davis Media Access and KDRT picked up the mantle of coordinating Make Music Davis. Since 2017, Make Music Davis had been part of international Make Music Day, the worldwide music celebration held each June 21. Long story, short, a pandemic happened, and thanks largely to the concerted efforts of DMA staff members Diane Crumley and Jeff Shaw, we successfully transitioned the event to a virtual format. We appreciated the support via the city of Davis Civic Art Grants program, and matched it with in-kind sources. When the arts grants were canceled during the pandemic, and DMA was unsuccessful in seeking foundation funding, it seemed the local celebration was not to be this year. So I’m very pleased to announce DMA just
DAVIS MEDIA ACCESS received funding for a significantly augmented event this year, supported in large part by a grant from the city of Davis Arts & Cultural Affairs program. This is a different fund, and geared at inclusive and diverse events that highlight what’s best in our community, and help build capacity along the way. I’ll have more to say about this in the coming weeks, but the focus this year is on providing some really sweet opportunities for local musicians, and we’ll be doing so in partnership with Davis Downtown Business Association, Davis Independent Music Initiative, Watermelon Music and the staff at the Veterans Memorial Theater. Recently, it was our pleasure to be involved with the phenomenal celebration that marked Davis Enterprise columnist Bob
Dunning’s amazing 50-plus years as a journalist. As the event clearly spelled out, Bob has been a friend to many and devoted most of his life to good causes in this community. I have fond memories of his service as master of ceremonies for KDRT’s launch party in 2004, and his starring turn as pundit on election shows past. The presentation includes his early years in Davis, covering community and UC Davis sports, writing a widely read newspaper column, supporting community activities, and raising a family. There are special appearances by friends, elected officials and community members, and Bob Bowen hosts. DMA streamed the event live on April 9, and you can watch it on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/d8JQB nfTOAc. DMA staff also got footage from the April 24 parade and that’s in the queue to be edited. On both a personal and a professional note, on April
UCD takes top spot for diversity BY JULIA ANN EASLEY Special to The Enterprise Category also considered inclusiveness, internationalization UC Davis has taken the top spot among universities in the nation for its inclusiveness, diversity and internationalization in rankings released on May 5. In the second annual QS USA University Rankings, UC Davis ranked ninth overall among public universities (34th among all institutions) in the nation and fourth among public universities (seventh among all universities) in California. In the diversity and internationalization category, the campus tied for the top spot with the private New York University; last year it also tied for first in the category with New York University and UCLA. The QS rankings follow Forbes’ ranking of UC Davis as 35th among America’s Best Employers for Diversity, published in April. “UC Davis is proud to be recognized for what are among our core values — promoting a welcoming and inclusive community, striving for equity, fostering social mobility and building meaningful partnerships
across the world,” said Chancellor Gary S. May. “Our inclusive approach helps drive the success of our students, faculty and staff.” The QS rankings’ diversity and internationalization category, which accounts for 25 percent of a university’s overall score, looked at the extent to which a university is striving to be as inclusive as possible, while promoting an environment that seeks to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of gender equality and reduced inequality. The category considers: ■ the number of Fulbright recipients (5 percent) ■ the proportion of international students (5 percent) ■ the ratio of undergraduates who receive Pell grants (5 percent) ■ the ethnic diversity of the student body (5 percent) ■ gender equality in pay at the university (2.5 percent) ■ faculty gender diversity (2.5 percent) The campus’s global engagement and its valuing of diversity, equity and inclusion meet in support for the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. Through membership in U.N. Academic Impact, University Global Coalition, and the U.S. Chapter of the U.N.
Pets of the week Special to The Enterprise Lots of animals are waiting for “forever homes” at the Yolo County Animal Shelter, 2640 E. Gibson Road in Woodland. Among is them is Pip (A187288), a gray, 1-year-old shorthair cat. Pip wants to spend his time with you playing or cuddling. Either way, he loves to spend time with his person. Also hoping for a good home is Nani (A186784), a 3-year-old German shepherd who is loving, good on a leash, gentle taking treats and loves to a good game of fetch the ball. For information on adopting, contact adopt ycas@gmail.com.
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Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the campus is fostering action to address all 17 of the goals — from ending hunger to achieving gender equality. In 2018-19, UC Davis was among research universities that were top producers of U.S. Fulbright students in what is the U.S. government’s flagship educational exchange program. Even last fall during the COVID-19 pandemic, international students from 99 countries accounted for about 15 percent of the student body. Among undergraduates in fall 2020, 33.9 percent were recipients of Pell Grants, and 30.5 percent of all U.S. domestic students were from historically underrepresented groups (African American, American Indian and Hispanic/Latino). QS, or Quacquarelli Symonds, is considered one of the most influential international university rankings providers. Universities were ranked according to 17 metrics in four broad categories, which, in addition to diversity and internationalization, included the employability of graduates, the learning environment and the impact of research. — UC Davis news
for their new homes. Mom is a purebred German shepherd and the sire is a husky/Doberman mix. The puppies are up to date on puppy shots. They will be spayed or neutered by our vet when they are older, and Rotts of Friends will cover the cost. They come with free lifetime obedience training classes. Come to the Saturday adoption from 8 to 10 a.m. on May 8 at 34505 County Road 29 in Woodland. Bring proof of homeownership or for renters bring letter from your landlord saying you can have a large dog. The adoption fee is $300. For more information, visit facebook.com/rotts offriends.
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26, I wrapped up the “COVID-19 Community Report,” a public affairs radio show I produced on KDRT for nearly 14 months. The decision to launch the show in March 2020 just days after we had to close the media center was not so much done on a whim, as from a deep and urgent need to do something that would be of service and continue to inform our community. Over the course of 99 interviews, I interviewed public health representatives, elected officials, community activists, nonprofit leaders, teachers, students, and more. The information, resources and strategies around COVID19 are ever changing, and hearing from decision makers and community
members in this moment has been powerful. For my last episode, I couldn’t think of any more fitting way to end than with a discussion of what comes next for Yolo Food Bank, so I invited executive director Michael Bisch and innovation and impact officer Robb Davis to join me for a conversation. We walk through some of the lessons learned, and big questions looming as the food bank strives to live out its mission of eradicating food insecurity in Yolo County. My hope is that this series helped tell the stories of how Yolo County, its communities and its people responded, pivoted, survived and thrived during a pandemic that tested us all. This, my friends, is the power of truly local media,
Notice of Public Hearing The City of Davis City Council will conduct a public hearing on the project, as described below, at a meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 in the Community Chambers, City Offices, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California. In accordance with Executive Order N-33-20 and N-29-20, this meeting may be conducted electronically or by teleconference, without a physical location from which members of the public may observe and offer public comment. Information on how to observe the meeting and offer public comment electronically or telephonically will be included in the meeting agenda. Please contact the City Clerk’s Office or Department of Community Development and Sustainability for the approximate time this item will be heard. Project Name:
Zoning Ordinance Amendment to Add a Conditional Use Permit Requirement for Dwelling Units with Six Bedrooms or More in the R-1 District
Project Location: City-wide Applicant:
City of Davis
Project Description: The proposed ordinance would amend Section 40.03.040 in Article 40.03, Residential One-Family (R-1) Zoning District, of the Davis Municipal Code to require a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for additions, conversions, or new construction that result in 6-bedrooms or more in a dwelling. In 2007, the City adopted Ordinance 2276 which added the CUP requirement to the R-1, R-2, R-2-CD, and R-R Districts and similar PD Districts. A subsequent amendment inadvertently deleted it from the R-1 District (Article 40.03). The proposed ordinance amendment would reinstate the CUP requirement in Article 40.03 for a dwelling with 6 bedrooms or more.
Regulations, as it merely requires a process for the review of additions, conversions, or new construction resulting in six or more bedrooms in a single-family dwelling in areas where single-family dwellings are already permitted by zoning, and therefore this Ordinance is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as general policy and procedure making. Furthermore, this ordinance merely replaces a provision of the code that was previously in effect and inadvertently deleted. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment. Availability of Documents: Additional information pertaining to the project is available for review at the Department of Community Development and Sustainability, Planning Division, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, 95616. Staff reports are available through the city’s website at: Agendas | City of Davis, CA. Staff reports for the public hearing are generally available five (5) days prior to the hearing date and may be available by contacting the project planner. Public Comments: All interested parties are invited to participate in the meeting electronically or by teleconference, or send written comments to Eric Lee, Project Planner, City of Davis, Department of Community Development and Sustainability, 23 Russell Boulevard, Suite 2, Davis, California, 95616; or via email at: elee@cityofdavis.org, no later than noon the date of the meeting. For questions, please call the project planner at (530) 757-5610, extension 7237.
The City does not transcribe its proceedings. Persons who wish to obtain a verbatim record should arrange for The City Council previously adopted an Interim Urgency attendance by a court reporter or for some other acceptable Ordinance for this requirement, which is effective for 45 days, in accordance with Government Code section 65858(a) means of recordation. Such arrangements will be at the sole expense of the person requesting the recordation. and section 36937. An extension to the interim ordinance If you challenge the action taken on this matter in court, is also currently being processed while the permanent the challenge may be limited to raising only those issues ordinance amendment is processed. raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in Environmental Determination: written correspondence to the Director of Community The City of Davis has determined that the adoption of the Development and Sustainability or City Clerk at, or prior ordinance is exempt from review under the California to, the public hearing. Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of Title 14 of the California Code of
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Notice of Public Hearing The City of Davis City Council will conduct a public hearing on the project, as described below, at a meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 in the Community Chambers, City Offices, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California. In accordance with Executive Order N-33-20 and N-29-20, this meeting may be conducted electronically or by teleconference, without a physical location from which members of the public may observe and offer public comment. Information on how to observe the meeting and offer public comment electronically or telephonically will be included in the meeting agenda. Please contact the City Clerk’s Office or Department of Community Development and Sustainability for the approximate time this item will be heard. Project Name:
Extension of the Interim Urgency Ordinance for a Conditional Use Permit Requirement for Dwellings with 6 Bedrooms or More in the R-1 District
Project Location: City-wide Applicant:
City of Davis
Project Description: The proposed project is an Extension for an additional 10 months and 15 days of the Interim Urgency Ordinance requiring a Conditional Use Permit for dwellings with 6 bedrooms or more in the R-1 District. The interim ordinance was adopted by the City Council on April 20, 2021 in accordance with Government Code section 65858(a) and section 36937. It is effective for up to 45 days and is scheduled to expire on June 3, 2021. Pursuant to Government Code section 65858(a), an extension up to an additional 10 months and 15 days of the interim ordinance may be approved at a public hearing. The adopted interim ordinance temporarily amended Section 40.03.040 in Article 40.03, Residential One-Family (R-1) Zoning District, of the Davis Municipal Code to require a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for additions, conversions, or new construction that result in 6-bedrooms or more in a dwelling. In 2007, the City adopted Ordinance 2276 which added the CUP requirement to the R-1, R-2, R-2-CD, and R-R Districts and similar PD Districts. A subsequent amendment inadvertently deleted it from the R-1 District (Article 40.03). The interim ordinance temporarily reinstated the CUP requirement for the R-1 District.
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and these kinds of archives will be important for those who come after us. The archive lives here: https:// kdrt.org/program/covid-19community-report I’m not going anywhere, and I’m sure I’ll still be interviewing people, but it’s time to shift my focus. Thanks to all who have listened and taken part in what has been a labor of love for me. — Davis Media Access s the only nonprofit community media center in Yolo County. KDRT 95.7 FM is a project of DMA. Autumn Labbé-Renault has served as its executive director since 2007, where she writes and blogs about a wide variety of media issues. Learn more at http://davismedia.org, email info@davismedia. org, or call (530) 757-2419.
the Interim Urgency Ordinance is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as the Extension merely continues the Interim Urgency Ordinance requirements for a process to review additions, conversions, or new construction resulting in six or more bedrooms in a singlefamily dwelling in areas where single-family dwellings are already permitted by zoning and was determined exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as general policy and procedure making. Furthermore, the approved Interim Urgency Ordinance temporarily replaced a provision of the code that was previously in effect and inadvertently deleted until a permanent correction can be made. The proposed Extension merely maintains the temporary requirement. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment. Availability of Documents: Additional information pertaining to the project is available for review at the Department of Community Development and Sustainability, Planning Division, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, 95616. Staff reports are available through the city’s website at: Agendas | City of Davis, CA. Staff reports for the public hearing are generally available five (5) days prior to the hearing date and may be available by contacting the project planner. Public Comments: All interested parties are invited to participate in the meeting electronically or by teleconference, or send written comments to Eric Lee, Project Planner, City of Davis, Department of Community Development and Sustainability, 23 Russell Boulevard, Suite 2, Davis, California, 95616; or via email at: elee@cityofdavis.org, no later than noon the date of the meeting. For questions, please call the project planner at (530) 757-5610, extension 7237. The City does not transcribe its proceedings. Persons who wish to obtain a verbatim record should arrange for attendance by a court reporter or for some other acceptable means of recordation. Such arrangements will be at the sole expense of the person requesting the recordation. If you challenge the action taken on this matter in court, the challenge may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Director of Community Development and Sustainability or City Clerk at, or prior to, the public hearing. Sherri Metzker, Principal Planner
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TESTING: B.1.1.7 variant accounts for 75% of local cases From Page A1 chair of the public health sciences department at the UC Davis Medical School, told the City Council this week. But that testing has been declining in the community at large since early March, despite Healthy Davis Together offering free saliva-based testing at four locations in the city with appointments available seven days a week. “We’re a little bit disturbed right now that community testing is dropping,” said Ken Burtis, chief operating officer of Healthy Davis Together. “We know that some people have come to the conclusion that once they’re vaccinated, they no longer need to be tested,” Burtis said. However, “we don’t think that’s necessarily the right thing to do at this point,” he added. It is not clear that someone who is vaccinated cannot carry the virus and transmit it to others, Burtis explained. “We know for a fact that we have just under 10 cases of vaccinated people in Davis who
nonetheless showed up as positives in our testing,” he said. “So it is possible to be both vaccinated and acquire the infection. “It’s certainly much less likely and we encourage everyone to get vaccinated. But it’s not impossible. So we would really like to see these (testing) numbers go back up again as we go.” Overall, the number of tests administered by Healthy Davis Together has increased with the addition of testing in the Davis Joint Unified School District as well as, more recently, in the Woodland Joint Unified School District. And the good news, Burtis said, is that “so far the positivity rate in the students and staff tested … has been very low, even as low as the on-campus (UCD) students … which is low indeed.” Two elementary school students recently tested positive, sending classrooms at Pioneer and Montgomery elementary schools into quarantine. As of Wednesday, a total of 32 DJUSD students and seven staff members were in quarantine, according to the district’s online
COVID dashboard. Meanwhile, Healthy Davis Together has detected the virus on air filters in classrooms at Korematsu and North Davis elementary schools multiple times in the last two weeks. In those situations, classes are not quarantined but HDT staff provide rapid testing on-site — at least to those students who have signed consent forms. However, Burtis said, “We’re not getting one hundred percent testing because we don’t have a hundred percent parental consent yet.” He said testing rates range from 25 percent to 55 percent in the schools. “So we’re still working on that,” Burtis said. “It’s a little frustrating if the air filter comes up positive but you’re not able to test the entire class to try to track down where it came from. We know it’s there somewhere, whether it’s a student or staff. So we’re hoping to continue to chip away at that … “But frankly,” he said, “it’s pretty reassuring to see how low the rate is. We don’t have enough data yet out of Woodland to see
what the rate looks like there, but Davis is definitely very low.” However, the decline in community testing remains a concern, given that it has been accompanied by a modest upward trend in cases, Burtis said. “The seven-day moving average is stubbornly moving toward a half-a-percent positivity, which is higher than it should be considering all of the resources that are available to the people in Davis, between testing and vaccination,” Burtis said. “(T)he amplitude of the changes is increasing and that’s a little bit disturbing.” Burtis said what is likely happening is what Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson predicted, that “the standard version of the virus is dropping away and you’re seeing the rise of the variants, which are more infectious. The more infectious variants have become predominant in Davis.” The B.1.1.7 or U.K. variant now represents 75 percent of all of the positives picked up in Davis. “So it is essentially moving toward fixation,” Burtis said. “The COVID virus that is circulating in
Davis now is a more infectious variant than what we had last winter. So what you did to avoid spreading the original variant may no longer need to be enough with the more infectious variant.” The U.K. variant is responsive to the vaccines, he added, “so that’s the good news.” The bottom line: “It’s time to get vaccinated,” he said. “There is no excuse for anybody in Davis that doesn’t have a good reason otherwise, not to be vaccinated. That’s how we will drive those curves down.” Pollock agreed, saying “we do want to get the highest percentage of the population up there with protection because it eliminates the pool of people that are susceptible.” But whether vaccination “will actually quash this thing 100 percent,” Pollock said, “no one is taking bets on that right now.” Evidence indicates the vaccines are very protective against the U.K., Brazilian and South African variants, he said. “But we may be looking at getting booster shots once a year, maybe once every two or three years.
FEE: Ballots going out in the mail From Page A1 collection. For those fees, increases can be enacted through a majority protest process. If that were the case for stormwater fees, Tuesday night’s public hearing would have been the end of the process, with the fees enacted after a majority of property owners did not protest. But stormwater fees are treated differently under the law, requiring a majority approval vote by property owners prior to implementing the fees. Thus the need now to mail out ballots to all parcel owners. City staff noted that the ballot process is not an election, so there will be no impartial analysis or ballot arguments for or against
the fee increase included with the ballots. All of this began when the City Council voted in December to initiate the Prop. 218 process and notices were mailed to all property owners within the city in March. The notices explained that the current combined fees for storm sewer and drainage amount to about $6 per month for the average single-family home in Davis and the programs funded through those fees “have been essential in protecting our community’s stormwater infrastructure, local creeks and regional wetlands.” “However, these funds do not provide sufficient revenue for capital improvements, which have been delayed due to lack of
funds,” the notice said. “For instance, the city is operating a pump station that is almost 100 years old and which was designed at a time when the needs of the city were much smaller than they are today.” That Richards Tunnel pump station was built in 1924, while the South Davis pump station is also quite old and subject to major flooding, according to the city. “Both of these pump stations are overdue for replacement with new, more energy efficient and higher capacity equipment, but there are no funds available from the current fees to pay for these and other high priority capital improvement needs,” the city said in a press release last month.
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THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2021
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Manetti Shrem Museum plans reopening Public to be welcomed back with timed tickets, new exhibitions Special to The Enterprise
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he Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, at UC Davis, will reopen to the public with advance timed tickets beginning June 3. The museum looks forward to welcoming visitors back in accordance with COVID-19 campus protocols prioritizing health and safety. “We are so proud to reopen with a diverse roster of exhibitions that explore the future of UC Davis’ important history. ‘Wayne Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation,’ assembled on occasion of the artist’s 100th birthday, celebrates Thiebaud’s achievement through the living legacies of the countless artists who acknowledge his influence,” said founding director Rachel Teagle. “Exhibiting Arnold Joseph Kemp’s exploration of selfmaking alongside painting inspired by Thiebaud makes for a timely and meaningful museum experience as we emerge from the pandemic.” Gallery capacity will be limited, allowing guests ample time and space during their chosen time slot to experience four new exhibitions. Visitors may choose to enhance their experience through the museum’s new exhibit website. Accessible from within the galleries and before or after the visit, the website features exclusive artist interviews,
original video and curatorial essays. The new exhibitions for 2021, originally scheduled to open last January, will run through Nov. 12, while a new neon installation will be on view through March 2022. The museum had been closed since last year due to COVID-19 protocols. ■ “Wayne Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation” The profound influence of Wayne Thiebaud is front and center in this celebration of the longtime UC Davis art professor’s centennial. Nineteen contemporary artists who have been inspired by Thiebaud as a fellow painter, including a selection of his former students, are highlighted. “Viewers can explore how Thiebaud forecast the future of painting through his personal journey to find meaning and reinvention in the medium’s history, in ways that are both current and timeless,” a news release said. The exhibit features Andrea Bowers, Julie Bozzi (’74, M.F.A. ’76), Christopher Brown (MFA ’76), Robert Colescott, Gene Cooper, Richard Crozier (M.F.A. ’74), April Glory Funcke (’87, M.F.A. ’89), Fredric Hope, Alex Israel, Grace Munakata (’80, M.F.A. ’85), Bruce Nauman (’66 M.A.), Jason Stopa, Vonn Cummings Sumner (’98, M.F.A. ’00), Ann Harrold Taylor (M.F.A. ’85), Michael Tompkins (’81, M.F.A. ’83), Clay Vorhes, Patricia Wall (’72), Jonas Wood and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Curators are founding director Rachel Teagle and associate curator Susie Kantor. Learn more at https:// manettishremmuseum.ucdavis. edu/ThiebaudNewGen.
Wayne Thiebaud’s “Gumball Machine” will be in “Working Proof: Wayne Thiebaud as Printmaker.” Shown adjacent to “Wayne Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation,” these works underscore the importance of printmaking in Thiebaud’s artistic practice. IMAGE LICENSED BY VAGA AT ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NY. ■ “Arnold Joseph Kemp: I would survive. I could survive. I should survive.” Featuring recent paintings, sculptures and photography by Arnold Joseph Kemp, “this exhibit asks viewers to consider the sensorial gestures that form the self and a people, the personal and the political, the
Andrea Bowers’ “Young, Gifted, And Black” will be part of “Wayne Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation” on exhibit from June 3 through Nov. 12. It will highlight 19 contemporary artists who have been inspired by his work. JEFF MCLANE/
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historical and the present,” a news release said. “Kemp stages encounters that invite the viewer into the artist’s aesthetic considerations of himself and the world that makes him. It is within this space that we are able to join him in considering how we are made and how we make ourselves.” The guest curator is Sampada Aranke (Ph.D. ’13). Learn more about the show at https://manettishremmuseum. ucdavis.edu/arnold-josephkemp. ■ “Working Proof: Wayne Thiebaud as Printmaker” Drawn from the university’s Fine Arts Collection, this exhibit features numerous printing “proofs,” many worked by hand, that were created as part of the printmaking process. Shown adjacent to “Wayne Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation,” these works underscore the importance of printmaking in Thiebaud’s artistic practice. The curator is Quintana Heathman.
Learn more at https:// manettishremmuseum.ucdavis. edu/working-proof. ■ “Andrea Bowers: Education Should Be Free (UC Davis)” This neon installation by Andrea Bowers invites visitors into a timely dialogue about education and access. During the course of the 2021-22 academic year, faculty and students are responding to the work in a series of onsite and online projects. This runs through March 2022. ■ New visiting, health and safety policies The museum has implemented safety protocols to protect staff and guests, including requiring that the campus’ Daily Symptom Survey be completed prior to visiting. Other required safety measures include wearing face coverings and maintaining 6 feet of distance from others outside of one’s household. More information about these measures and detailed visitor guidelines can be found at manettishrem.org.
‘THE SHOT’ reading to raise awareness for Empower Yolo Special to The Enterprise A filmed reading of Robin Gerber’s new play, “THE SHOT,” starring award-winning actor Sharon Lawrence, will stream at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 13, to raise awareness for the local organization Empower Yolo. To register for this online event, visit bit.ly/shotplay.
“THE SHOT” is about iconic Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, LAWRENCE and was Actress developed at The Ojai Playwrights Conference. It is a work of fiction based on
the book “Katharine Graham, The Leadership Journey of an American Icon” by Robin Gerber, and inspired by the women who shared their stories with the playwright. For more than 20 years, Graham was a selfdescribed “doormat wife,” secretly enduring years of domestic abuse from her husband, Phil Graham.
After his suicide, she took over as publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, where she defied the government by publishing the Pentagon Papers, took on Nixon in Watergate and stunned her male executives who had bet against her success. A town hall with playwright Gerber, actress Lawrence, J.R. Yancher,
director of development for Bike City Theatre Company, UC Davis theater and dance professor Mindy Cooper and panelists from Empower Yolo will follow the reading. This online event is part of a national initiative that uses performing arts to build awareness of domestic violence. To learn more about
the reading or Empoyer Yolo, visit bikecitytheatre. org, theshotplay.com or empoweryolo.org. This event is organized by Catalyst: A Theatre Think Tank and Bike City Theatre Company in collaboration with SPARK Theatrical and Empower Yolo and co-sponsored by the Manetti Shrem Museum.
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‘Pinocchio’: Enchanting chip off a magical block Classic kids’ tale gets sumptuous cinematic treatment
‘Pinocchio’ Starring: Roberto Benigni, Federico Ielapi, Rocco Papaleo, Massimo Ceccherini, Marine Vacth, Alida Baldari Calabria, Gigi Proietti, Davide Marotta and Alessio Di Domenicantonio Rating: PG-13, for disturbing images and fantasy peril Available via: Amazon Prime and other streaming services
BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic Disney has a lot to answer for. Any knowledge of Pinocchio that American viewers possess is based entirely on Uncle Walt’s 1940 animated version, which — while admittedly a familyfriendly classic — took serious liberties with Italian author Carlo Collodi’s 1883 novel (a book which, alas, I’m sure very few members of the previous several generations have read). Granted, Disney’s writers retained the essential plot beats, but the major shift concerns tone and atmosphere; 1940’s “Pinocchio” is a cheerful, song-laden frolic, which is wholly at odds with the darker, moodier and subtly subversive elements of Collodi’s novel. Director/co-scripter Matteo Garrone’s new live-action adaptation is much closer to its source. That’s merely one (massive) point in its favor; Garrone’s film also is gorgeously lensed by cinematographer Nicolai Brüel, and further blessed with truly astonishing work by makeup artist Dalia Colli, prosthetic makeup designer Mark Coulier and hair designer Francesco Pegoretti. (The fact that the latter trio didn’t win an Academy Award, proves there is no justice in the world.) It’s almost impossible to distinguish where human characters yield to animals and puppet work; the blend is flawless. And breathtaking. Don’t for a moment assume that their cinematic magic solely concerns the stringless wooden puppet carved by Geppetto (Roberto Benigni) from a magical chunk of wood. This saga is laden with all manner of human-size creatures: a canine coachman resplendent in regal white; a quartet of grim, black-clad rabbit undertakers; a brooding, cranky gorilla judge; bickering owl and crow doctors; and a greenskinned grasshopper.
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Much to the amusement of the Blue Fairy (Alida Baldari Calabria), every lie Pinocchio (Federico Ielapi) tells — each one a desperate attempt to undo a previous fib — makes his nose grow even longer. And a snail. With a massive shell, and a tendency to leave a truly disgusting trail of slime in her wake. Garrone and his makeup team painstakingly based all these individuals on Enrico Mazzanti’s illustrations in Collodi’s book, and the accuracy is stunning. The result is a film that displays a dazzling sense of wonder: movie magic in the true sense of the term. To be sure, the story focuses on — and is driven by — 9-year-old Federico Ielapi’s performance as the title character, his astonishing, oak-grained makeup meticulously applied by hand. As Pinocchio’s saga proceeds, his face and limbs begin to look worn, even chipped in spots. Indeed, we tend to forget that he is being played by a human boy, so persuasive is his (deliberately) clumsy and lopsided movements, as if he’s never quite able to manage limbs joined by pins at knees, elbows and shoulders. With very few exceptions, most of what we watch is produced “in camera,” as opposed to CGI trickery. That’s also quite impressive, particularly these days. So: Geppetto, impoverished and near starvation, eagerly accepts the aforementioned magical stump as a hand-me-down, when its original owner — a carpenter — becomes terrified by the wooden block’s apparent sentience. Geppetto intends to craft a puppet that he’ll sell to the traveling Great Marionette Theatre run
by the imposing Mangiafuoco (Gigi Proietti). But the closer Geppetto gets to completion, the more a latent fatherly devotion kicks in; he names his creation Pinocchio and treats him like a son. Not that Pinocchio deserves such affection. He’s an obnoxious, spiteful and selfish little brat: no surprise, since he skipped any sort of formative stage when he would have been taught life’s nicer, gentler qualities. The trusting, kind-hearted Geppetto is easily gulled by this rebellious child. Words of warning come solely from Grasshopper (Davide Marotta) — something of a “house spirit” — who cautions that disobedient children inevitably come to a bad end. Pinocchio naturally ignores this advice. It’s important to recognize that Pinocchio isn’t deliberately mean-spirited; he simply doesn’t know better. Even when trying to be good, he’s easily led astray while being tricked, kidnapped and chased by a colorful assortment of bandits, villains and ne’er-do-wells. Ielapi’s forlorn and piteous expressions — even through all that makeup — are heartbreaking. (On a passing note, be sure to watch this film in its original Italian, with subtitles; the English dubbing removes far too much of stars’ verbal nuances.) Pinocchio’s subsequent adventures are somewhat episodic, albeit linked via Grasshopper and a few other ongoing characters. The boy ditches school at first
opportunity, initially to take in the wonders of Mangiafuoco’s Great Marionette Theatre; subsequent encounters prove more hazardous, particularly when he falls in with the manipulative Cat (Rocco Papaleo) and Fox (Massimo Ceccherini), both of them shiveringly creepy. Garrone and co-scripter Massimo Ceccherini don’t shy away from Pinocchio’s grim handling by Cat and Fox: a horrific tableau that you’ll not soon forget. The little puppet fares much better in the company of the patient and ever-loyal Blue Fairy, introduced as a young girl (Alida Baldari Calabria) and later — quite magically — transformed into an even wiser adult (Marine Vacth). Pinocchio’s initial visit with the Blue Fairy teaches him the first important lesson, when his nose begins to grow (one of the rare CGI effects) as he tells a string of self-defensive lies. By this point, frantic with worry, Geppetto has begun to comb the countryside and coastal ports in search of his missing son; this proves hazardous in its own right, as we’ll eventually see. Benigni has a tendency to overact, and anybody who remembers his Oscar-winning performance in 1997’s “Life Is Beautiful” will recognize many of his signature mannerisms here. Fortunately, Garrone knows how to control his adult star; Geppetto remains sympathetic, and never quite becomes a Benigni caricature. Pinocchio’s final adventure is set in motion by Lucignolo
(Alessio Di Domenicantonio), a wayward little boy who extols the fun to be had at the Land of Toys, where children can play all day without being bothered by schools or adults. This enchanted place is supervised by a cheerful Coachman (Nino Scardina), who — proving once again that ill-advised actions have consequences — isn’t nearly as benign as his jolly features suggest. All of these fantastical realms — Mangiafuoco’s Marionette Theater, the Land of Toys, the Field of Miracles, the Blue Fairy’s dilapidated palatial estate, Geppetto’s humble workshop and so many others — are brought to vivid life by production designer Dimitri Capuani. Dario Marianelli’s lyrical orchestral score deftly enhances this story’s emotional impact. The overall effect evokes a sort of messy, boisterous alternate reality: very much in the imaginative mold of Terry Gilliam’s “Time Bandits,” “Adventures of Baron Munchausen” and “The Brothers Grimm.” The look of Garron’s film notwithstanding, our involvement rises or falls on the degree to which we bond with Pinocchio. Ielapi’s soulful performance easily wins our hearts and minds; every time Pinocchio succumbs to temptation, we hope — this time, please! — that he’ll finally learn his lesson. It’s quite a journey — and one that’ll be adored by lovers of wellcrafted fantasy. — Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at http://derrick bang.blogspot.com. Comment on this review at www.davis enterprise.com.
‘My Salinger Year’ is definitely worth booking This wistful drama recalls a literary world long gone BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic This is a valentine to writers. Director and scripter Philippe Falardeau’s gentle drama, adapted from Joanna Rakoff ’s 2014 memoir, is as delightful as her book. Imagine a less acerbic take on “The Devil Wears Prada,” set instead in New York’s mid-1990s literary world, and boasting a truly droll (mostly) offcamera supporting character. The charm of Rakoff ’s memoir derives from her witty, often self-deprecating glimpse back at her impulsive, fresh-faced younger self. Falardeau maintains this authorial presence by granting star Margaret Qualley (as Joanna) plenty of narration: off-camera voice-over and, rather cheekily, with occasional breakthe-fourth-wall glances at us viewers. Cinematographer Sara Mishara frames her in a lot of tight closeups. In most cases, so much narration would become a tiresome gimmick, but not here: Qualley is so endearing, so wide-eyed and ingenuous that we can’t spend enough time with her. The story begins as Joanna impulsively abandons UC Berkeley’s graduate school, without a formal farewell to her musician boyfriend
‘My Salinger Year’ Starring: Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth, Colm Feore, Brían F. O’Byrne, Yanic Truesdale, Seána Kerslake, Leni Parker, Hamza Haq and Ellen David Rating: R, for profanity and sexual candor Available via: Amazon Prime PHILIPPE BOSSE/COURTESY PHOTO
(Hamza Haq, as Karl), and moves to Manhattan with dreams of becoming a poet (having placed two pieces in the Paris Review). Lacking a job or place to live, she moves in with tolerant best friend Jenny (Seána Kerslake). Joanna makes the rounds and eventually sits across from Margaret (Sigourney Weaver), who heads her own modest literary agency. It’s a stubborn remnant of the mid-century publishing world, with plush, woodpaneled offices occupied by professionally dressed staffers who still rely on typewriters and Dictaphones, and where agents doze after three-martini lunches. Margaret, needing an assistant, is impressed by Joanna’s enthusiasm. “Be prepared for long hours,” Margaret archly warns. “A lot of college graduates would love this job.” The workload does prove grueling, particularly when
Finding it increasingly difficult not to empathize with so many of the adoring fans who write passionate letters to J.D. Salinger, Joanna (Margaret Qualley) grieves over the way this correspondence is treated by the author’s literary agency. Joanna — wholly unfamiliar with Dictaphones — initially can’t transcribe more than two or three words at a time. (I’ve been there; I recall how gawdawful that process was.) But while Margaret is stoic and old-fashioned, her workrelated demands aren’t unreasonable; she’s far from the savage martinet Meryl Streep made Miranda Priestly in “The Devil Wears Prada.” The “surprise” lands when it turns out that Margaret has long represented J.D. Salinger, whom she — and everybody else in the office — refers to as Jerry. Joanna is tasked with processing his voluminous fan mail, all of which must be answered via decades-old form letters. All the fan mail then is shredded: which is to say, Salinger never sees it. As he wishes.
Margaret, therefore, is less the reclusive Salinger’s literary agent — he hasn’t published anything since a short story in 1965 (!) — and more his protector. “Never, ever give out his address,” she cautions. Joanna, although wellread, never has experienced anything by Salinger: not even “Catcher in the Rye,” the seminal novel that prompts the vast majority of his fan mail. This comes as a shock to the new boyfriend she accumulates fairly quickly: Don (Douglas Booth), a condescending and insufferably smug socialist. (Frankly, I don’t understand what Joanna sees in him, and Booth’s one-note performance — he barely rises above the tired stereotype — doesn’t help.) At the office, Joanna finds it increasingly difficult to ignore the often
heart-wrenching letters that come to Salinger, from all over the world; being so callous isn’t in her sensitive nature. In another of Falardeau’s cinematic conceits, several of them are read aloud by their writers, addressing us with passion and sincerity, with the other people in their lives oblivious to this soliloquy. This stylized touch of heightened reality hearkens back to 2001’s “Amélie” and other slightly exaggerated character pieces. The New York that Falardeau and production designer Elise de Blois envision is both real and vaguely unreal: particularly with respect to the captivating retro touches within Margaret’s agency. No surprise: Margaret disdains computers and the Internet — hence the
electric typewriters — and loftily insists that they’ll never catch on. Films of this nature rise or fall on the strength of their various character dynamics and Falardeau deftly keeps us entertained. Weaver is a hoot as Margaret, whose carefully assembled sophistication never quite slides into arrogance; her statements are calmly measured as if she’s quickwitted enough to select the precise words placed within each sentence. Margaret’s frequent double-takes, in the face of Joanna’s bubbly eagerness, are a hoot. Qualley makes her spontaneous and unrestrained: qualities that Weaver’s Margaret simply doesn’t comprehend. Colm Feore is a quietly urbane presence as Daniel, the “special man” in Margaret’s life, and also one of the first to treat Joanna with respect. Brían F. O’Byrne, Leni Parker and Yanic Truesdale make an amiable group as office staffers Hugh, Pam and Max; the latter will be recognized from his long run on TV’s “The Gilmore Girls.” Ellen David is a stitch in her brief appearance as Joanna’s placement agent. Martin Léon’s frothy, often whimsical orchestral score occasionally sounds very much like Yann Tiersen’s score for “Amélie” (not a bad thing). Falardeau’s film likely will be too mannered and “precious” for mainstream viewers, but bibliophiles will lap it up like a cat taking to milk. And I had an equally delightful time with Rakoff ’s book.
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DHS returns to live theater with outdoor show Special to The Enterprise Davis High Drama will present a masked, outdoor production of “Heathers The Musical: High School Edition” on the Davis High campus. Based on the popular movie from the ’80s, “Heathers” explores the price of popularity and the hypocrisies of high school. Featuring a rocking score backed by a full band, this is the live theater experience everyone has been missing for the last year. The students invite the community to join them under the stars at Davis High as they usher in the return of live theater. In accordance with health guidelines, the
students will be performing outdoors in the P-Wing of Davis High School and will be offering limited tickets for distanced seating that must be reserved in advance. All performers will be masked, and audience members must remain masked throughout. Performances will be one weekend only, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 14, 15 and 16. For more information about the location and a link to the tickets, go to https://sites.google.com/ view/davishightheatre. Note: Due to mature content and adult themes, this play is recommended for audience members 14 or older.
From left, Davis High School actors Maya Bailey, Annika Fisk, Marina Greenwood and Avital Schwarz will put on an outdoor production of “Heathers The Musical: High School Edition.” COURTESY PHOTO
Scott Martin, left, as Captain Arthur Hastings and Darryl Strohl-de Herrera as that famously brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot appear in the Woodland Opera House production of Agatha Christie’s “The Count and the Curse” streaming beginning on Friday, May 14.
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Dylan McCarry performs in “Driven” by Stefano Bomparola, which was featured at the 2020 Film Fest at UC Davis. This year’s free virtual festival is planned for Wednesday and Thursday, May 19 and 20.
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See radio-broadcast production of ‘The Count and the Curse’ Special to The Enterprise Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s dapper detective, comes to the Woodland Opera House in a “live radio” adaptation by Sacramento playwright Bob Cooner. Christie’s “The Count and the Curse” will be recorded live in the historic theater and presented online. “Fortunately, the Opera House refuses to be stopped by the pandemic,” the play’s director, Matthew Abergel, says. “The show must go on, right? And that’s what we’re doing, while still keeping everyone safe.” The streaming presentation showcases Poirot in two of his earliest whodunnits, “The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman” and “The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb.” In the first mystery, Poirot and his stalwart companion, Capt. Arthur Hastings, investigate the death of the Italian Count Foscatini. In the second, they travel to Egypt to untangle a series of deaths supposedly caused by a mummy’s curse. The plays will be performed and filmed live on stage at the historic Woodland Opera House in the style of a live radio broadcast, with actors holding scripts and standing at microphones. There will be live musical accompaniment created and performed by Dean Mora, as well as live sound effects created and executed by Jason Hammond. Craig Vincent will take charge of technical direction and videography. The cast features Darryl Strohl-de Herrera as that famously brilliant Belgian detective Poirot and Scott Martin as Hastings. Other cast members taking multiple parts include Aaron Baikie-Rick, David Cross, Emily Delk, Rand Doerning, Jori
“I’m a huge Agatha Christie fan and a particular fan of Hercule Poirot. A great deal of the fun of these mysteries is trying to arrive at the solution before Poirot does — and most of the time, that’s a pretty tall task.” Bob Cooner playwright Gonzales and Skyler King. “I’m a huge Agatha Christie fan and a particular fan of Hercule Poirot. A great deal of the fun of these mysteries is trying to arrive at the solution before Poirot does — and most of the time, that’s a pretty tall task. Poirot’s ‘little grey cells’ are famous for good reason!” playwright Bob Cooner says. “I’m thrilled the Opera House has decided to present Agatha Christie’s ‘The Count and the Curse’, and I hope it gives the audience a much-needed escape as they join Poirot on his intriguing adventures.” “The Count and the Curse” will be streamed at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, May 14 through 23. Ticket information may be found at www.woodlandoperahouse.org.
WTC presents lighthearted look at creation Special to The Enterprise Members of the Winters Theatre Company are currently rehearsing for their upcoming virtual production of “In the Beginning: A Lighthearted Look at Creation.” This selection is inspired by humorist Mark Twain’s short story, “Eve’s Diary,” written in 1905. The audience will join
Eve, as they imagine her as a very young woman who wakes up one morning to discover herself the first and only woman in Eden. From her diary, she shares her adventures — and misadventures — with the other creatures in the garden. Her main theme, of course, concerns her relationship with the other occupant of Eden, Adam.
Twain clearly was having fun with his imagined version of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The show will stream ondemand on the Winters Theatre Company website, starting on Saturday, May 22 through Saturday, June 19. Visit the Winters Theatre Company website at http://www.winterstheatre. org/ for more information.
UCD film fest showcases new works by students Special to The Enterprise For over two decades, the Film Fest at UC Davis has premiered hundreds of short films by students. This year’s free virtual festival will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, May 19 and 20, with each night showcasing a different program of films. The festival features short films of eight minutes or less, submitted by UC Davis students and recent graduates. Submissions include a variety of genres, from animation to live action to documentary to experimental. This year, the selection committee also accepted submissions of original screenplays of eight pages or less.
Each night, audience members will be able to vote for their favorite film from that evening’s program. The winning films will be announced after the screening on May 20. “The festival is a wonderful venue in which students can experience what is happening in all areas of the moving-image arts at UC Davis,” said Darrin Martin, professor of art and faculty adviser for the event. “The festival helps to inspire what is possible and is often the first moment that students generously share their skills with a broader community beyond the classroom.” Alumni filmmakers have gone on to submit
works to numerous regional and international film festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival. Film Fest at UC Davis was established by students and faculty in the department of theater and dance and over time, other departments came on board. The 2021 festival is cosponsored by the College of Letters and Science’s departments of art and art history, cinema and digital media, design, music, and theater and dance. Some films contain adult themes and language. For details and access information, visit film freeway.com/FilmFest UCDavis.
Ginger Snap — from left, Don Johnston, drums; Catherine LeBlanc, vocals; Chris Sanborn, bass and vocals; and Phil Summers, acoustic guitars — will perform a small summer concert. COURTESY PHOTO
Ginger Snap to play backyard concert Special to The Enterprise Ginger Snap (formerly Yolo Mambo) will play an outdoor concert from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 19, at a private residence in Davis. Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite. ca/e/ginger-snapoutdoor-house-concerttickets-153044146161. Ginger Snap is made up of former members of the SAMMIE award-winning World Music quartet Yolo Mambo: Catherine LeBlanc, vocals; Phil
Summers, acoustic guitars; Don Johnston, drums; and Chris Sanborn, bass and vocals. They play original songs and jazzy pop. LeBlanc’s songs blend inspirational lyrics with world rhythms. She and Summers were founding members of the worldmusic band !Akimbo. Summers has been performing since the 1960s. Sanborn has performed with The Toons, Frankie and the Fabletones and The Austrian Radio Choir.
Johnston has been performing since the 1970s and has played with According to Bazooka, Amplified DNA and many more. The concert will be a controlled-number outdoor event in a private backyard. Tickets (paper or electronic) are required. COVID-safe practices, such as masking and social distancing, will be observed. Patrons should bring their own beverages. Seating is provided.
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Carper diem: UCD freshman wins BWC Enterprise staff UC Davis’ Lucas Carper ensured that his first collegiate victory would be a memorable one as the Aggie freshman finished with an even-par 72 in this past week’s final round, pulling away from the field on the back nine and claiming the 2021 Big West Conference individual title at the La Quinta Country Club. Following the effort, Carper was selected as one of 10 individuals to compete at the Karsten Creek Golf Course in Stillwater, Okla., as part of the 2021 NCAA Regionals on May 17 to 19. Overall, last week, UCD placed second, seven shots behind firstplace Long Beach State. A Leland High alum (San Jose), Carper finished with a 7-under 209 to win the tournament by five shots over Long Beach’s Clay Seeber and Cal State Fullerton’s Garrett Boe, becoming the fourth different Aggie to win
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UC Davis freshman Lucas Carper won the Big West Men’s Golf individual title this past week in La Quinta. As a team, UCD finished second overall. a Big West individual crown along with Austin Graham (twice in 2009 and 2011), Matt Hansen (2014), and Ryan Han (208). With the victory, Carper automatically qualifies for the NCAA
Regionals. A day after matching the school’s single-round conference championship record with a second-round 67, the three-time Blossom Valley Athletic League
champ’s final 209 is the secondlowest 54-hole score at a Big West Championship by a Davis player, trailing only Han’s winning score of 208 three years ago. Carper’s win is the 53rd by a UC Davis player since 1993, but the first since teammate Thomas Hutchison won the Windon Memorial Classic in 2018. As a team, UCD finished 3-under for the day and posted its second runner-up finish in the last three conference tournaments with a 1-over 865. Hutchison, who entered the day in a tie for seventh, posted his second straight top-five finish at a Big West Championship, finishing the tournament with his third consecutive even-par 72 to end the event in a tie for fifth. The junior from San Jose and brother of former UCD women’s standout golfer Samantha Hutchison finished second at the 2019 championship. At La Quinta, he posted birdies on the par-five sixth and
the par-four ninth to finish the front at 2-under, but gave both strokes back on the back nine. Carper finished with 12 birdies for the tournament, ending in a tie for third in the field in that category, while his 34 pars were tied for fifth. Notes: NCAA Regionals sites include: The Sagamore Club in Noblesville, Ind., hosted by Ball State; Seminole Legacy Golf Club in Tallahassee, Fla., hosted by Florida State; Championship Course at UNM in Albuquerque, N.M., hosted by New Mexico; Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla., hosted by Oklahoma State; Golf Club of Tennessee in Kingston Springs, Tenn., hosted by Vanderbilt; and Tumble Creek Golf & Country Club in Cle Elum, Wash., hosted by Washington. The NCAA men’s championship will be held from May 28 to June 2 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
FC Davis v. Academic SC rivalry dubbed ‘Cowtown Classic’ Special to The Enterprise Two agricultural towns. Two top NorCal clubs. One ridiculously awesome rivalry name. After over a year off the field, National Premier Soccer League rivals FC Davis and Academica SC (Turlock) will return to the pitch on Saturday, May 15, at 7 p.m. as the Lions take a trip down south to visit their Golden Gate Conference foe for the first-ever installment of the Cowtown Classic. Appropriately named after each town’s historic roots in agriculture, the yearly preseason series will showcase each team’s roster in preparation for their respective NPSL campaigns. “The name was a no-brainer,” said FC Davis owner Adam Lewin. “UC
Davis is a world class agricultural university that has cows on campus. Academica is a fantastic organization based in Turlock, where they are known as the Heart of the Valley for its agricultural production. The event not only has a great name, but will be an amazing community event for the hosting club leading into the NPSL season.” In a short period of time, Davis and Academica have taken part in some memorable NPSL matches. In 2018, Davis stormed back from a three-goal deficit in the final minutes to tie the game, 3-3. The equalizer was scored by Dixon product Allan Espinoza. In 2019, Academica came into Davis and stunned the Golden Gate Conference champions, knocking the
Lions out of the national playoffs in a second-half thriller. “Our rivalry has gone back and forth over the years and the teams always put on a great show,” said Academica SC President Simon Bettencourt. “We’re excited to bring an event to both our communities that can be leveraged for good while building upon the rivalry for years to come.” The first installment of the Cowtown Classic will take place in Turlock, with Davis hosting the 2022 rendition. Notes: Formed in 2018, FC Davis plays its home matches at Playfields Soccer Stadium in South Davis. To learn more about Davis’ semiprofessional soccer club, visit footballclubdavis.com or email info@footballclubdavis.com.
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Miguel Acevedo (middle) battles Academica SC defenders during a 2019 FC Davis match at Playfields Stadium.
Recent UCD football captain named Fulbright scholar Special to The Enterprise Tiger Garcia, a 2020 UC Davis graduate in managerial economics and a former team captain for the football team, earned a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to attend the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. He is the third Aggie student-athlete in as many years to earn such honors, following soccer’s Wallis Lapsley and field hockey’s Beth Lee. Distance runner Kenneth Smallwood also captured the award in 1987. Garcia will attend Strathclyde Business School, one of just three institutions around the globe to have earned the “Triple Crown” accreditation from the three largest organizations in the U.S., United Kingdom and European Union. He will begin his studies toward a master’s in financial technology — known as FinTech for short — this September. After all, Garcia has aspirations in the field of roboadvising, which uses artificial intelligence to help people manage
their investments. ranked among the team’s tackles “I’m very excited to study finan- leaders in his final season, and capcial technology over there,” said tured the program’s Mike Shaw Garcia. “I’ll take classes in portfolio Award as the outstanding scholarmanagement, which is what I’m athlete of the year. Garcia worked doing now, and get some back- internships at Franklin Templeton ground in programming, algo- and Stryker while completing his undergraduate degree and rithms and big data. These football careers, then are all things that are speworked as a finance associcific to financial technolate for Apple prior to his ogy now that finance is arrival at Penserra last fall. evolving so much down this automation route. I The 2019 graduate figure I should equip notes that he has never myself to go where the lived more than an hour industry is going.” away from his hometown of Moraga, what with his Garcia works as a portGARCIA time at UC Davis and his Fulbright folio manager for winner work at Stryker, Franklin, Penserra, an OrindaApple and Penserra. Now based financial firm that Garcia and his wife, former UCD manages more than $7 billion. A two-time CoSIDA Academic and Sacramento State thrower All-American and one of five 2019 Lauren Kinloch, will relocate Aggie seniors to make the National 5,000 miles east to Scotland in Football Foundation’s Hampshire August. Lauren looks to work as a Honor Society, Garcia rose from teacher while Tiger completes his walk-on status to serving as a team FinTech degree. co-captain and starting safety for “I’m so excited. I think it’s an the UC Davis football team. He incredible opportunity for me to
represent the UC Davis athletics department, the football team, my hometown of Moraga, and the Navajo nation in Arizona and New Mexico,” said Garcia. “It will be so much fun for my wife and me to experience something new, and for me, to enhance my expertise and skills. “Experiencing Scottish and UK culture in general will make me a better, more well-rounded individual. Learning to interact with people who are different than me is something that anyone would want, but especially in business. So much of the finance industry is connected to the UK. Interacting with people there and building friendships will help me a lot.” Garcia also credits Scott Palmer, Davis’ prestigious scholarship advisor and an alumnus of the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program himself, and hopes that this honor will continue the trend of Aggie student-athletes winning prestigious scholarships, including such honors as the Rhodes
and Marshall honors. For that matter, Garcia’s award continues a trend of his fellow Aggie classmates going on to successful careers in finance. Tight end and fellow Academic AllAmerican Wes Preece is earning his CPA license while working for the Sacramento firm Douglas & Pino. Kicker Max O’Rourke earned a master of professional accountancy during his final playing season and landed a job with PwC. Brandyn Lee, a member of the Aggie defensive back group alongside Garcia and a sales rep for Franklin Templeton, was accepted to the UCD Graduate School of Management’s MBA program earlier in April. “It’s all falling into place now, and Scott has been on the journey with me the whole time,” said Garcia. “He has invested in me and guided me through the whole thing. He has made such a difference in my life, and I will be forever grateful for the opportunity he has given me and my wife.”
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Davis returns to action Friday at 4 p.m. when River City visits town.
DHS led in all three sets Wednesday against the Eagles, but hitting errors proved costly as the Devils fell to Pleasant Grove, 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-23) in their season opener. Sophomore Lena Sundin’s six kills led the squad. Grace Heringer and Emma Thompson added five each. “Despite the loss, I was pleased,” Devil head coach Julie Crawford reported. “We played competitively and (nearly had them). We served well, 88 percent on the match, but we had a lot of unforced errors.” DHS will look to limit those miscues next Tuesday when the Devils host River City for a 5 p.m. home match.
Boys volleyball The DHS boys lost their season opener away from home against Pleasant Grove in three sets Wednesday; 13-25, 18-25, 17-25. Anthony Edson led the way on offense for Davis, racking up four kills, along with Marcus Blewett and Rowan Keller, who each provided a pair. On the defensive end, Owen Buzbee was tops with three digs and Ethan Wells contributed a block.
Boys water polo Breaking what had been a stalemate wide open, the Devil boys went on an uncontested five-goal scoring surge during the third quarter Thursday to pull away from Granite Bay in an eventual 13-8 victory. Devil netminder Juan Ramirez made nine stops and Trey Doten scored seven as the DHS boys improved to 3-0. Alex Cordone added a hat trick while other scorers included Ryan Pfeifer, Joshua Davis and Brennan Fuchslin. The Devils will travel to the Bay Area on Friday for a 6 p.m. date with Monte Vista (Danville).
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Summer Baron bursts down the sideline against Elk Grove. The Lady Devils tied The Herd 0-0.
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There was a whole lot of running and not much scoring — in fact there was no scoring at all — Thursday at Brown Stadium as the DHS girls couldn’t find the back of the net in a 0-0 draw with Elk Grove. It was the Lady Devils first scoreless match since 2018, when the Devils tied Whitney, 0-0, in their season opener. DHS returns to the turf next Tuesday for a road match at Pleasant Grove starting at 4 p.m.
The Grizzlies barely had a chance to come up for air Thursday as the Blue Devils swamped Granite Bay, 22-1, at the newly renovated GBHS Aquatic Center. Kenzie Walker ended the contest with seven goals, Lindsay Taylor scored five times and Malaya Wright netted four. Iz Meraz added a hat trick and Sara Kos, Maddie Walker and Alyssa Waterson chipped in single scores. In goal, Maddie Walker made seven stops and Lucie Lapuz dished out a team-high four assists.
The Lady Devils take on Monte Vista on the road Friday at 5 p.m.
Boys soccer Sophomore Declan Fee capped a 5-0 DHS boys soccer win Thursday over Elk Grove with a scoring strike late in the match. It marked the second straight shutout outing for the Blue Devils, who now sport a 3-1-1 record heading into next Tuesday’s 5:30 p.m. home game against Pleasant Grove at Brown Stadium.
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DHS girls lacrosse runs out of time BY OWEN YANCHER Enterprise sports editor Had the Lady Devils had 60 more seconds to work with, it might’ve been a very different outcome. But the clock wasn’t on Davis’ side Thursday as the Davis High girls lacrosse team fell to visiting Granite Bay, 13-11, at Brown Stadium. The loss to the Grizzlies came on the heels of what had been the Devils’ closest match this spring: a 10-8 win over Vista Next game: Today Del Lago on Wednesday. vs. Oak Ridge, In the 7:30 p.m. VDL clash, Colette Quaas scored four times, as did Amara Higgins, while Tory Agnew and Devon Morris recorded free position goals. Devil goalie Stella Cardenas made a season-high nine saves in the victory, adding another four in the loss to Granite Bay. “We battled hard in both games,” Devil attacker Lauren Lee told The Enterprise. “But (Thursday) we just missed a couple shots.”
Grizzlies 13, Devils 11
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Davis High senior attacker Lauren Lee stares down Granite Bay goalie Kelly Jones (4) while being pressured by Grizzly Summer Diemer on Thursday. The UCLA-bound senior slipped one past Granite Bay goalkeeper Kelly Jones Thursday — a netburner that capped a nine-goal, second-half effort as DHS battled back from what was at one point a seven-goal deficit. Lee credited the shift of momentum to a simple change of attitude at intermission:
“We wanted the ball and that showed with the ground balls and turnovers we forced in the second half,” the senior said. Collecting three ground balls and causing as many Grizzly turnovers, Grace Scheuring led the Devil defense. Meilla Blissett and Agnew each scooped up three ground balls and Higgins won
five second-half draw controls. In the scoring department, Agnew, Morris, Blissett and Higgins each netted two. Alee Holman-Evans, Lee and Quaas scored the balance. “It was a really good matchup,” Lee added. “And we’re playing them again Monday, so I’m hopeful we can win that one.”
But before the rematch with The Grizz, DHS hosts another Sacramento Valley Lacrosse Conference power in Oak Ridge, Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Trojans and Devils will enter the match with identical 8-1 records — with both their losses coming in two-goal decisions against Granite Bay. Davis’ last victory over Oak Ridge came in a 2019 thriller, with Higgins’ net-burner with 44 seconds remaining sealing the deal, 11-10. The win sent the Devils home happy and onto the league’s championship final two days later. Notes: In collegiate news, former DHS laxer Nicole Pugh (class of 2017) was crowned Big South Conference Champion along with her High Point University team last Saturday after the Panthers trounced Radford, 20-7, in the league title match. Pugh, a senior, scored in the beatdown, which earned HPU a fourth straight berth to the NCAA tournament. High Point will find out where it is headed in the selection show next Sunday (May 9). The top three teams in the field of 29 receive first-round byes with the remaining 26 battling it out in the first round on May 14 at campus sites to be announced during the selection show.
Uptempo cagers pull off big win BY WILL WYMAN
a 17-man roster this spring and every player logged minutes Thursday night. Contrastingly, on the other side of the hardwood, The Davis High basketball team put on a Pleasant Grove’s team only went seven deep. dominant display in Thursday night’s The huge gap in depth allowed the Devils to matchup against Pleasant Grove, suffocating run the Eagles ragged across all four quarthe visitors with rapid pace in an emphatic ters. victory, 64-47. The rout was Davis’ second Davis head coach Dan Gonzalez came into win of the season after defeating Laguna the game ready to give his whole team a Creek, 89-75, in nonleague play. chance: The Blue Devils set the tempo early, “We were gonna play everybody on this deploying a full-court press to disrupt PG’s team,” Gonzalez began. “(All) 17 players. offensive flow. When the Eagles were able to “This is the game where we thought we cross the timeline to initiate their offense, the were gonna be able to do that. Devils sent a quick double-team Unfortunately, I thought we kept to further the chaos. it a little closer than we wanted. On the offensive end, it was the But it was a good game to give familiar perimeter-centric game everybody a chance to play, everyplan for Davis. The Devils bomNext game: body some experience. That may barded the Eagles from range, not always be the case, but it’s nice putting up 12 threes when it was Thursday at to get that kind of a team win. And all said and done. The home team Sheldon, 7 p.m. the fact that we finished strong also mixed in a healthy sprinkle of means that as a team, in this game transition offense, aggressively I saw improvement.” pushing the tempo at every given opportuIsidor echoed his coach’s sentiment: nity. “It was good, we had a lot of players that Jackson Isidor was the perfect case study for the team’s ambitions on both sides of the got to go in and contribute. Almost everyone ball. The versatile senior connected on a trio on the team scored. “That’s what we want when they have of shots from downtown to go along with his 11 points. Isidor was a ball hawk on the small numbers. We have a lot of players, so defensive end, nabbing five steals and adding we can put a lot of players in and just run them down, make them tired.” a block. It can be easy for teams to fall out of “I’m just trying to play aggressive, that’s how our press is, that’s how you have to play,” rhythm and lose focus against shorthanded opponents, but the Blue Devils were able to noted Isidor, the Davis big man. He was aided by Isaiah Conlan’s team- ward off most of those issues. Gonzalez high 14 points and Bryce Barker’s 11 points knows the team can be sharper but acknowledged that his group is still growing. (three triples). “The guys saw that when there’s only seven The Devils’ relentlessness on both ends got a huge boost from the bench — Davis boasts guys, we should be able to run them off the
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Colin Walsh (20) zips past Pleasant Grove’s Jaisen Brown (11) while Jackson Isidor follows from behind. Walsh scored 2 points and grabbed a pair of rebounds in the Devils’ 64-47 rout. floor,” the veteran coach said. “That was part of the challenge and that’s part of the lulls in a game like this. We’re letting them hang in where they’re more comfortable than we’d like. I think we’re a young team, we’ve got a lot of young players, first-year varsity players and it’s a learning process.” The squad will continue their campaign
next Thursday on the road at Sheldon. They are riding the momentum of two straight wins to open the season and will look to continue their streak against the notoriously tough Huskies. Sheldon holds a 1-2 record overall and is 1-0 in league play. — Reach Enterprise staff writer Will Wyman at wwyman@davisenterprise.net.
Blue Devil hurlers continue to dominate the competition Enterprise staff Brian Chin became the latest in a string of Blue Devils to deliver sterling pitching performances, twirling four innings out of the bullpen in Davis’ 9-4 comeback victory over Sheldon on Thursday. On the road, the Devils fell behind 3-2 after three innings despite a solid start from Rockwell Lybbert, who struck out five. Chin entered in the fourth and allowed just one earned run while punching out three Huskies.
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The Davis bats tied the game in the fifth on Koen Carston’s RBI single, scoring Gizaw Baker. In the sixth, they broke out for six more runs, helped along by Saul Israel’s bases-loaded double. Jordan Painter tripled and singled and Lybbert doubled in the win. The Devils (13-5 overall, 3-5 league) host Sheldon (4-17, 0-11) on Saturday at 11 a.m.
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Girls basketball “Our bigs killed it,” Devil head coach Heather Highshoe said, referring to her quartet of posts in Tessa Schouten, who chalked up a career-high 20 points, Skylar Schouten (14), Alia Cordone (10) and Mara Bledsoe (7). The four were on fire Wednesday, offensively and defensively, as the Blue Crew beat Del Campo, 57-23, on the road in Fair Oaks. It was the second time this spring the Devils had limited an opponent to less than 30 Jared points and Umphress third time DHS had
Tessa Schouten brought down eight rebounds, Emme Eisenman added 3 points and Maddie Buzbee scored a single bucket as the locals improved to 4-4 overall. DHS visits El Dorado (Placerville) on Friday at 7 p.m.
Boys tennis Franklin forfeited its final two doubles matches Thursday as the DHS boys blanked the Wildcats, 9-0. It was the second time this season the Blue Crew had muted Franklin. Owen Sheppard rolled 6-0, 6-1 at the Devils’ No. 1 singles spot. At No.2, Jared Umphress won 6-0, 6-0, as did Nico Perez. Other singles wins came via: Julian Dunn
(6-0, 6-2); Nikhil Chander (6-1, 6-2) and Ayden Morgan (6-0, 6-3). Arjun Penmesta and Elias Toy also shut out their doubles opponents, 6-0, 6-0. DHS hosts Jesuit next Thursday in what is gearing up to possibly be the deciding match for the Delta League title this spring. That contest is set to start at 2:30 p.m. at the DHS Tennis Complex.
Softball Seniors Madison Rutherford and Stevie Spencer the Lady Devils’ lone hits Thursday and Rutherford came around to score Davis’ lone run as DHS fell for the thirdstraight game, this time to Elk Grove, 10-1. Alex Zurborg’s sacrifice knock in the opening frame plated Rutherford. But that was it for the Devil offense against The Herd. On the rubber, DHS hurler Zoe West fanned a pair and walked two across her six innings of work.
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