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Mask mandate still in effect in Yolo County BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer

The UC regents on Thursday approved a mixed-use residential building planned as part of the Aggie Square complex in Sacramento. UC DAVIS/ COURTESY RENDERING

Regents OK Aggie Square housing BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer A mixed-use residential building planned as part of the Aggie Square complex in Sacramento received approval Wednesday from the University of California Board of Regents’ Finance and Capital Strategies Committee. The full Board of Regents approved the housing plans on Thursday. Aggie Square is a $1.1 billion campus and innovation hub planned for the Oak Park neighborhood near the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. The 1.2 million square-foot campus will host research and academic activities, continuing

education and job training, and business startups, especially those working in the fields of life science, technology and healthy communities, and bring substantial economic investment to Sacramento. The regents also approved plans this week for the Alice Waters Institute for Edible Education at Aggie Square, which will house research on more equitable and sustainable food systems. “We are grateful for the support given by the UC regents for Aggie Square,” said Chancellor Gary S. May. “We expect our first-ever housing project on the Sacramento campus to be popular and attractive to both

undergraduate and graduate students. And the Alice Waters Institute for Edible Education will benefit local K-12 students by fostering curricular development to support food-based learning and environmental stewardship.” In March, UC Davis, the city of Sacramento and Aggie Square developer Wexford Science & Technology reached a community benefits agreement and resolved objections raised by community groups that sued the university over concerns related to gentrification and increased housing costs the project could bring to the surrounding neighborhoods. The groups dropped their lawsuits

following the Sacramento City Council’s approval of the community benefits agreement. The agreement includes $50 million for local affordable housing and infrastructure and a guarantee that local residents are prioritized for jobs that come out of the project. City officials have said Aggie Square could bring 5,000 construction jobs and up to an additional 5,000 new ongoing jobs. “Aggie Square is the single biggest high-wage jobs and housing opportunity we have had in this city in decades,” Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said in March.

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HDT offers students loot to get tested BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer With less than half of the approximately 8,200 students in the Davis Joint Unified School District registered to test for COVID-19 and only a portion of those who are registered actually testing regularly, Healthy Davis Together is rolling out some big incentives: Thousands of dollars worth of gift cards and raffle prizes students can win simply by testing weekly. A lucky Davis High School student could win a $500 Southwest Air gift card just for popping in to the Veterans Memorial Center for a quick saliva test. A few junior high students could win new AirPods for testing on campus or at one of Healthy Davis Together’s four community testing

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sites. And all students in grades 7 to 12 will receive a $10 gift card to a Davis business whenever they test two weeks in a row between now and the end of the school year. The incentive program is a partnership between Healthy Davis Together, the school district and the Davis Schools Foundation. Healthy Davis Together is covering the cost of the incentives, which includes a grand prize worth up to $500 and three secondary prizes worth up to $100 at each elementary, junior high and high school. Every time students take a COVID test, they will receive a raffle ticket for the drawing at their school. Raffle tickets will be available at both campus testing sites and community

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UC gets funding boost in revised state budget BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer

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Apple AirPods are among the raffle prizes available to DJUSD students who continue to get COVID-tested by Healthy Davis Together. Water bottles and masks were already distributed to students.

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Vaccinated or not, Yolo County residents are still required to wear face coverings in certain settings, including indoors and when attending crowded outdoor events. The county follows the state’s lead on face coverings and the California Department of Public Health has not amended its mask mandate in the wake of new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC changed its face mask recommendations on Thursday, saying people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in most settings. “However, these recommendations do not go into effect locally unless CDPH amends its current facecovering mandate,” the county announced in a press release Friday. Current state guidance requires that vaccinated people wear a mask indoors and when attending crowded outdoor events or other similar settings. The unvaccinated are required to wear a face covering outdoors any

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The University of California, along with other public colleges and universities in the state, will receive a significant funding increase under a state budget revision proposed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The increase includes a boost in base funding along with targeted funds that would help universities expand affordable housing for students, make repairs to campus facilities and provide students with career training. The budget revision came after Newsom revealed an unexpected $75 billion surplus. UC leaders had already applauded the state budget that was announced in January, which restored more than $300 million in cuts made in 2020

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Yolo DA, bank host shredding The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office and Umpqua Bank will co-host another free shred event for Yolo County residents and Umpqua Bank customers on Wednesday, May 19. This event will take place from at Umpqua Bank, 203 Main St. in Woodland, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., or until the truck is full.

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Feels like a free-for-all is coming W ell that was quick. As I understand it, even the Lone Ranger has taken off his mask. Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty we’re free to shed the mask. This, directly from CDC headquarters: “Update that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in any setting.” Just between you and me, I’m having a bit of trouble with the words “in any setting.” I realize the folks at the CDC have more initials after their names than I do, but I’m not yet ready to strip and go naked. The CDC even included a helpful chart comparing the activities that are acceptable or unacceptable depending on your vaccination status. Five of the activities are outdoors and a whopping nine activities are indoors, but these are only samples. Shockingly, considering where we’ve been, all 14 activities listed can now be enjoyed without masks by “fully vaccinated people.” On the flip side, only two of the activities — both outdoors — can be safely enjoyed by unvaccinated people without a mask. If you’re fully vaccinated, you can “Go to an indoor movie theater,” though butter on the

fully vaccinated, I suspect there is a bit of a political calculus in this decision as well. Such as “look at all the wonderful things you can do if you just get vaccinated,” aimed squarely at the unvaccinated.

popcorn remains optional. And, praise the Lord, you can “Attend a full-capacity worship service” and “Sing in an indoor chorus.” Do I hear an alleluia? The only outdoor activities the unvaccinated can enjoy without a mask are walking or biking outdoors “with members of your household” and attending a small outdoor gathering if everyone else is vaccinated. Of course, checking everyone’s vaccination cards — or lack of them — before tossing their steak on the barbecue might just ruin the moment. Still, I’ve never understood why it’s always safe to do just about anything you want with your own family, even if everyone is unvaccinated. Can’t members of the same family transmit this dread disease to each other? While I trust the CDC means what it says and truly believes it is safe to open wide the doors for the

OBITUARIES Alex Jordan Shepps

May 21, 1997 — March 20, 2020 Alex Jordan Shepps passed away March 20, 2020. Alex was a kind and gentle soul who will be missed by many. Alex was many things — funny, smart, goofy, loving, a devoted friend, talented and headstrong. He was a happy and outgoing child, who especially loved his furry animal friends. As a child, some of his favorite activities included riding bikes/scooters, going to the park and playing Legos. Later he excelled in soccer and tennis. Alex was incredibly creative and passionate about music and a gifted guitar player. His taste in music was eclectic and wide ranging. As a teenager, he loved quizzing people with the game, “Would You Rather?” Alex attended Montgomery Elementary, Harper Junior High and Davis High School. He worked at Grocery Outlet and El Toro Bravo in Davis and Station One in West Sacramento. Alex is survived by his

parents, Susan (Zube) Steven Shepps and his brother Ian Moch. SHEPPS He leaves behind many aunts, uncles and cousins. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Charles and Clara Zube and Edwin and Shirley Shepps. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: Yolo Community Care Continuum, Y3C.org for online, or mail checks to: P.O. Box 1101 Davis, CA 95617. Please indicate in memory of Alex Shepps We are hosting a Celebration of Life for Alex at 4 p.m. Friday, May 21, at Hotel Woodland, 436 Main St. in Woodland. Please RSVP to Meg at 530-9020321. Formal wear is not needed.

Carol Vivian Klippstein d. April 17, 2021

On the evening of Saturday, April 17, 2021, Carol Vivian Klippstein died at the age of 62. Carol was a talented quilter, an avid animal lover and made a lifelong habit of taking in “orphans” both animate and inanimate. Carol was born in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of George and Charlotte Klippstein. Her mother died in 1966 when Carol was only 7 years old. A subsequent move to Sandpoint, Idaho, with her father opened up her world to animals, 4-H, sewing and eventually quilting. Carol attended FarminStidwell Elementary School and Sandpoint Junior High before graduating from Sandpoint High School in 1976. She had many interests, which included clubs

such as H.E.R.O. and Leohono. Carol was very involved in 4H and some of the classes she completed were Dog Obedience Training and Aviation. During these years, her father often took her to rock and gem shows and gun shows. Many weekends they could be found hiking and fishing in the wilderness areas surrounding Sandpoint. Carol’s early adult years included the study of interior design, business school, travel planning, care for her father, and eventually landed her on long-term staff at the Holden Village Lutheran retreat center near Chelan, Wash., in 1986 that changed the direction of her life. Upon leaving Holden in

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here are some people, for any one of a number of reasons, who have not yet been vaccinated. I heard from a grown man the other day who sincerely told me that for him it all boiled down to a fear of needles. I honestly hadn’t thought of that one. And let’s be honest, for a while there it was harder to score a vaccine than it was to win the lottery, so some people simply gave up and have never come back to the table. This is especially true of people who, after 15 months in an unvaccinated state, have become convinced that they are invincible and will simply never catch the virus. Nevertheless, the vast majority of the unvaccinated are trying to make some sort of a political statement about lack of trust of the current occupant of the White House. They do so at their own peril. They may grudgingly wear masks to gain admittance to the supermarket or the hardware store, but they’re not happy about it.

1987, she moved to Seattle to dedicate herself to becoming an occupational KLIPPSTEIN therapist and graduated from the University of Washington in 1992. During this time, she met Peter Hernes and they hiked and contra danced their way to marriage on Sept. 27, 1991. With Peter, she began the process of building their family through multiple trips to Russia to adopt their three children, Alexander,

But now they’ll simply waltz into any store they wish without a mask and no one will know if they’re part of the newly liberated, fully vaccinated group or simply rebels who feel they won this game of chicken with the coronavirus. Most red states have either passed, or are about to pass, laws banning so-called “vaccination passports” that will allow people into formerly restricted activities if they have proof of vaccination. Regardless, UC Davis has announced it will require all students, staff and faculty to be fully vaccinated by fall, given that vaccine is no longer a scarce commodity. We may well see a spike in cases among those unvaccinated people who choose to go maskless while freely participating in activities the CDC recommends only for the vaccinated. Trust me, this thing is going to be a free-for-all with folks making up the rules as they go along, no matter what the CDC has to say about it. We may have rounded the corner, but I’m not sure the finish line is in sight just yet. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Katrina and Charlotte. Carol and her family moved to Irmo, S.C., for three years in 1999, and then again to Davis in 2002, where Carol stayed home to raise kids and began ramping up her quilt creations. Forays into graphic design, pet-sitting and secretarial work were always surrounded by quilting. She was also passionate about her pets (dogs, cats, birds, fish, rats and guinea pigs), trying to fulfill a childhood dream of owning a zoo. Carol loved the outdoors, trees, mountains, lakes, rivers and the ocean. She was

a lifelong active member in the Lutheran church, and felt that Holden Village was a magical place. To honor this connection, the family is asking that all donations be made to Holden Village in Carol’s name (www.hold envillage.org). Carol was preceded in death by her parents, George (1995) and Charlotte (1966). She is survived by her husband Peter, and children Alexander, Katrina, and Charlotte. A memorial service will be held at Lutheran Church of the Incarnation in Davis at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 29.

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Phone helps nab suspect BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer Woodland police arrested a man on vehicle theft and evasion charges, with help from the victim’s cell phone. According to a Woodland Police Department Facebook post, the victim reported his truck stolen from the East and East Main streets area around 9:15 a.m., noting that his cell phone was still inside the vehicle. Jose Jesus Garcia, 44, of Woodland, allegedly tried to run away but was apprehended. Police booked him into the Yolo County Jail.

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FUNDING: Unexpected boost LOOT: About 40% of From Page A1 due to the pandemic. The proposal released this week promises more than $807 million in state funding for the UC system, the largest ever state investment in the university, including more than $506 million in ongoing funding for core campus operations, student needs and medical training. “The governor’s proposal recognizes University of California Health’s leading role in the state’s response to the pandemic by offering additional support to UC programs that expand access to health care in underserved and geographically isolated communities,” UC President Michael V. Drake and Board of Regents Chair John A.

The regents’ approval this week of Aggie Square housing and the Alice Waters Institute gives further momentum to the project, which is slated to break ground early next year, UC Davis said this week in a press release. The first phase of construction will include buildings designed for science, technology and engineering along with a lifelong learning building that will host public programs for the local community.

Pérez said Friday in a press release. “The budget also proposes vital increased funding for student mental health support and technology assistance on our campuses.” California colleges and universities would also have access to $4 billion in state funding for affordable student housing to be used over the next two years. “This proposed investment in affordability demonstrates the governor’s commitment to students and families,” Drake and Pérez said. “We thank Gov. Newsom for his strong commitment to UC as well as to higher education. We also look forward to working with the Legislature to identify additional funding for ongoing priorities, including closing graduation

equity gaps, expanding online education, and supporting undocumented students and foster youth.” UC student leaders also voiced appreciation for the revised budget proposal. “With historic investments in UC students, Gov. Newsom’s revised budget proposal will bring CA higher education roaring back,” UC Student Association President Aidan Arasasingham said. “By directly addressing high costs of education while bolstering financial aid and basic needs support, this budget will make UC more affordable, accessible, and excellent for all.” — Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.

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time physical distancing cannot be maintained, as well as indoors. There are a few exceptions for those who are vaccinated when visiting indoors with others who are fully vaccinated or low risk individuals. “The updated CDC recommendations do not change anything on the ground in Yolo County,” said Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson. “Yolo County follows CDPH’s masking order, which has not been updated. Unless and until CDPH changes its masking

guidance, fully vaccinated persons still need to wear masks indoors in California, including in Yolo County.” People with no or few symptoms of COVID-19 can still spread the disease and the use of face coverings, combined with physical distancing and frequent hand washing, will help reduce the spread of COVID-19, said Sisson. Residents also are urged to get vaccinated as soon as possible. “Current data show that the COVID-19 vaccines protect residents from circulating strains, including

variants, significantly reducing the chance of getting severely ill or dying from COVID-19,” according to the county. “All of the COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to be safe and effective and are free for all residents. The more people who are vaccinated, the harder it is for COVID-19 to spread.” Make a vaccine appointment by visiting MyTurn. ca.gov.

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testing sites. The Davis Schools Foundation has been coordinating with the parent-teacher organizations at each school to select, purchase and distribute raffle prizes. At Davis High School, for example, a raffle will be held on June 7 where one winner will receive a $500 Southwest Air gift card and three runnersup will receive prizes up to $100, including AirPods and a skateboard from The Vault. A message sent to Da Vinci Charter Academy families said a $500 gift card will be the grand prize in a raffle drawing at that school. Meanwhile, through June 10, all junior-high and high-school students and staff in Davis can participate in the “Super Tester” program. “Just take a free COVID-19 test at school or at a Healthy Davis Together site for two weeks in a row, get a stamp on your DJUSD super tester card each time and then turn in your completed stamp card to get a $10 gift card to a local business,” according to a social media post by Healthy Davis Together.

Students will receive gift cards from a variety of Davis businesses, including Bohème Clothing and Gifts, Davis Creamery, Dos Coyotes, Posh Bagel and Zumapoke. “We are hoping that the HDT incentive program rolled out this week will encourage more students and families to test weekly,” said Laura Juanitas, associate superintendent of student support services. According to Juanitas, 3,354 students are registered with the district for COVID-19 testing, about 40 percent of the district’s enrollment population. During the week of May 3, 2,187 of those students took a COVID-19 test. The percentage of students testing regularly varies week to week and from campus to campus, but the bottom line is fewer than half of all DJUSD students are even registered to test with Healthy Davis Together and fewer still are testing. With just a few weeks to go before the end of the school year, Healthy Davis Together is aiming to improve those numbers. — Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

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This happened when I flew close to the sun S even months ago, back in November, I submitted to The Sun magazine a short piece that I was eager for them to accept. I saw what I wrote as a gift to friends and I spent a lot of time crafting those 450 words. The Sun is a unique, littleknown, ad-free publication that features personal writing and black-and-white photography. Among its fans are the members of my Sun discussion group in Placerville who meet monthly, like a book club, to discuss the magazine. Each issue features a section titled “Readers Write” where readers are invited to submit short pieces on a specific topic. For some time, I have considered every topic with an eye to writing about our group, now going on 13 years in existence. I’m proud of our longevity and the friendships that have grown among us, but mostly I wanted to give my pals a surprise. I considered topics like “Noise” and “Nourishment” but they didn’t fit with what I wanted to say. When I finally encountered “Starting Up” I went from simmering patience to bubbling excitement: this topic could work. As I wrote, I revealed my plan to only one other group member,

the woman whose husband I mentioned by name. “Do you think Mike would mind?” I asked. “Not at all,” she said. It was excruciating to keep silent for seven months as the magazine went through its review process. Eventually, I told a few other people — my husband, a neighbor, one friend — what I had done. Everyone crossed their fingers for my piece to be accepted. While I waited, I had fun imagining my friends’ reactions when they would encounter my piece in the magazine: the smiles, the guffaws, the pride in our group. Making people happy in the time of COVID is something I didn’t get to do very often. I was thrilled at the chance to pull off a surprise. Here’s what I wrote (slightly shortened).

———— Going with a man into a cave I wanted to explore seemed like a perfectly good idea until it didn’t, but by then I was committed. At the time, January 2008, I was a new reader of The Sun and, while exploring the website, discovered the idea of joining other readers in a Sun discussion group. Clicking further, I found a discussion leader named Mike who lived in Placerville, not far from me. I emailed him to say, “I’m interested. Tell me about your group.” He replied, “It doesn’t exist.” He wanted a group; he didn’t have one. I didn’t know how to proceed and neither did he, but we decided to meet for dinner, Mike, his wife and me. It was when we were chatting about the neighborhood that Mike mentioned a cave only 20 minutes away. “I’d love to see it,” I said. “I’ll take you,” he replied and we made plans to meet a couple of weeks later at a parking lot about a half-mile walk from the cave entrance. His wife had to work, so it would be just Mike and me. When the day came, I felt my

nerves go chilly. I didn’t know Mike. He wasn’t an intimidating person, but he also wasn’t slight. As we started walking the deserted trail to the cave, my imagination picked up, like a wind getting stronger. By the time we reached the entrance, I had a tornado in my head. The cave was dark. No one else was around. If you wanted to do something bad to someone, this was the perfect setting. But shouldn’t a Sun reader have gumption? How about confidence in life and in herself? I said nothing. Breathing shallowly, I followed Mike in. Now, 13 years later, this story makes us laugh. From that nervous start came many good things, especially our Sun group that meets monthly with eight faithful members. We address our emails to each other affectionately, writing “Dear Sunbuddies” or “Dear Sun Lovers.” Like many book groups, we spend a lot of time talking about topics other than the writing at hand. But, conversely, the writing at hand leads us to talk about things we might not have braved without The Sun. We have favorite Sun contributors and some we never read. We forgive The Sun its flaws as if it were another human being,

maybe our ninth member. Through the gloom of COVID19, we carry on, friends always happy to talk with each other. Sometimes the future looks sunny. Sometimes it looks like a cave. We’ll continue together as long as we can. ———— When I recently reread my entry, it wasn’t as good as I hoped, and I realized that I should have consulted my trusty home editor, my husband. Still, I thought the magazine would be attracted to a piece about a Sun group. As the publication date grew closer for the “Starting Up” selections, I visited the Sun website dozens of times. For weeks my entry remained stubbornly categorized as “in progress,” which I figured was The Sun’s term for “being considered.” As the decision date neared, my excitement began to crest. I told one more person, my daughter, what I had done. She, too, became happy and eager on my behalf. Then, five days ago, I found a new word on the website. “Declined.” — Marion Franck has lived in Davis for more than 40 years. Reach her at marionf2@gmail. com.

From Haight to hospice: Tales, truth from a retiring chaplain BY CRAIG DRESANG Special To The Enterprise

ong before Micah Murdock, 76, became a hospice chaplain in 2014, he had already enjoyed a storied life that allowed him to be everything from a Franciscan Friar to Janis Joplin’s roommate. “It’s the color in my life that keeps me connected to the Divine,” he says. Before marrying his current husband of 17 years, Murdock was wedded to a woman for nearly two decades. Across the two marriages, he has five children, more than a dozen grandchildren and seven great-grandkids. Prior to his work at Yolo Hospice, Murdock served in pastoral leadership positions for 30 years. He is the former director for Unity Worldwide Spiritual Institute and the former pastor of Unity in Vacaville. Some of his most spirited tales, however, are from an earlier era, when he lived with the late Janis Joplin in the HaightAshbury neighborhood of San Francisco. Joplin, an iconic musician and figure of the hippie and women’s liberation movements, was known as a ballsy, toughtalking young woman who liked to drink and be outrageous. “I moved to San Francisco with a friend who knew people in Janice’s band (a little-known San Francisco psychedelic rock group called Big Brother and the Holding Company),” says Murdock. “When I had the chance to leave the Midwest, I packed my duffle bag, a pair of boots, a few

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Hospice chaplain Micah Murdock and former hospice patient Doris Blossom fit the puzzle pieces together, literally and figuratively. work. “I grew up in Ohio. We believed in God, but I did not believe in myself or in my own worth,” Murdock says. “I was trained to believe that we all need to get back to God ... that we have to straighten our ways and follow certain beliefs. But I later realized that I don’t need to get back to God because God is already in me and part of me. God never left and neither did I. I just needed to awaken to that truth.” One of Murdock’s most memorable hospice experiences involves a UC Davis professor suffering from late-stage Alzheimer’s disease.

“He was one of our early palliative care patients before he enrolled in hospice,” Murdock explains. “He was super smart and had such a warm inquisitive personality.” It eventually became difficult for the former professor to talk, and he was terrified of the changes happening in his body. One day he told Murdock, “I don’t know if I am going to make it through all of this.” Murdock gently held his arm and replied, “You don’t need to worry about all of the changes to your body. We will do this together ... one hour and one day at a time. I am

here for you. I have you.” After that conversation, Murdock said his patient spoke mostly through eye contact. “I could tell that my presence and my assurance gave him a sense of peace.” The professor lived eight more months before he quietly died in a circle of love and support. Murdock guides his patients through a process that allows them to uncover or rediscover their beliefs and values, and their hopes and fears. He frequently encourages patients to discuss who

they really are and how they face their own illness and mortality. Through these conversations, the patient usually discovers the power they have in their own stories and in their own truths. “The truth will set you free,” says Murdock. “It’s an important lesson, especially in this tender time of life.” “Too many people think they are separated from God because of something they did. I tell them to read Romans 8:38. It reminds us that, ‘nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow — not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below — indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God,‘” says Murdock. Reflecting on his life as a former Franciscan monk, Murdock closes our conversation with a gentle sigh of satisfaction for a life well lived, and a closing thought, “I think — I hope — Saint Francis would have appreciated my life. But now, it’s time to retire and to pray even more.” — Craig Dresang is the CEO of Yolo Hospice & Citizens Who Care.

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Don’t Let Outside Money Dictate Land Uses and The Future Of Yolo County Communities The Greater Capay Valley and other communities are being destroyed by marijuana cultivation. Now, the cannabis industry is lying so you won’t do anything about it. Cannabis Industry Lie: We want to “kill cannabis” and take away your “medical marijuana.” FALSE. TRUTH: We want to protect people’s legal right to use marijuana and the County’s right to tax it. But we also think the people should have a voice in where it’s grown – which is not in rural or residential communities, but enclosed in industrial areas, away from families, schools and sensitive populations. “I’m pro-cannabis. But it needs to be grown away from rural communities, because cannabis cultivation is incompatible with farming and is destroying people’s lives.” Dennis Pruett, Owner of Valley Hydraulics and Capay Valley land owner and farmer Cannabis Industry Lie: Cannabis production is just farming. FALSE. TRUTH: Cannabis cultivation is industrial, not traditional farming. During the grow season, it stinks like skunk for months on end, permeating homes and communities for miles around. Cultivators use armed security and guard dogs, urban/industrial lighting, generators and refrigerator trucks running incessantly while depressing neighboring land values and creating blight. Because of intensive water use, herbicides and fertilizers, cannabis production can harm the land and destroy other crops, such as rice and wine grapes. That’s why cannabis is so often produced indoors. And it should be grown indoors in Yolo County. All this is a black eye to Yolo County farming, including the wholesome, farm-to-fork brand so many have worked to create for the Greater Capay Valley.

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he taps are flowing and the hours are expanding at local breweries. Here’s the latest draft on the local beer scene. For fun, I’ve included my beer recommendations, too. Super Owl Brewing is back open on Saturdays. The brewery at 1260 Lake Blvd. is open Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 3 to 8 p.m., and Sundays from 3 to 6 p.m. Outside food is permitted at most breweries, and ordering from nearby restaurants is encouraged. My favorite beer is the Bicycle Rights pale ale. Three Mile Brewing recently added Mondays. It’s open Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 10 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from noon to 10, and Sundays from noon to 9. It’s at 231 G St., Suite 3. It partners with several eateries for food orders. I’m obsessed with a new hoppy pilsner called the Great Pretender. Dunloe Brewing, 1606 Olive Drive, is open 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays, and 2 to 7 p.m. on Sundays. It recently expanded its outdoor seating to add a lovely beer garden. There’s often a food truck too. The Hula Skirt pale ale and Sunshine Highway IPA are terrific. Sudwerk Brewing, 2001 Second St., is open from 4 to 8 p.m.

on Thursdays and Fridays, noon to 8 p.m. on Saturdays, and noon to 6 p.m. on Sundays. It has its own kitchen. I’m a fan of its new low-calorie IPA called Solar Haze. See a trend here? I enjoy low-alcohol, hoppy beers. In Winters, Berryessa Brewing is open Thursdays through Sundays at 27260 State Highway 128, with a food truck some days. I buy Mini Separation Anxiety IPA at Nugget. At just 4% alcohol by volume, it’s a mainstay in my weekend porchbeer-with-dominoes ritual. Hooby’s Brewing is open Thursdays through Sundays at 9 E. Main St., Suite J. My husband and I recently visited the huge new Ruhstaller Farm & Yard at 6686 Sievers Road in Dixon. It’s open Tuesdays through Sundays, and has its own kitchen. The open-air setting has a wide range of seating styles and lots of beers. We liked the EP47 Hazy IPA the most.

Woodland’s Blue Note Brewery is the only one open every day, at 750 Dead Cat Alley. Its hours are 3 to 8 p.m. Mondays, 3-9 Tuesdays through Thursdays, 3-10 Fridays, noon to 10 Saturdays, and noon to 7 on Sundays. It often has food trucks. I recommend the Dog Daze IPA. ———— The upcoming Guads Tacos & Beer is making progress at 231 Third St. One of the owners, Shekib Nayebkhel, said it could open as early as mid-June. The menu will be similar to the two Taqueria Guadalajara restaurants in town. ———— The UC Davis Manetti Shrem Museum of Art will reopen to the public — with advance, timed tickets — beginning June 3, a UC Davis news release said. The featured show, “Wayne Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation,” marks the artist’s 100th birthday. The new exhibitions will run through Nov. 12, while a new neon installation will be on view through March. ———— Yeti Mini Mart is closed. The store, under the same ownership as Yeti Restaurant next door, was at 232 E St. The restaurant remains in business.

Purple Tree Cafe, the Davis nonprofit that provides community-based employment to people with disabilities, is back at the Davis Farmers Market on Saturdays. It sells organic coffee and handcrafted vegan and wheat-free baked goods. The market runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays at Third and C streets. ———— Sacramento’s Tower Café is set to reopen on or before July 20, according to its Yelp page. The popular breakfast and brunch café is at 1518 Broadway. ———— I keep track of affected Davis businesses on my Google spreadsheet, which includes more than 325 Davis businesses affected by COVID-19. It’s at https://bit.ly/ DavisBusinesses. In it, there are sheets for Restaurants-open, Restaurants-closed, Businessesretail, Businesses-service, and more. Email wendyedit@gmail. com to suggest updates.

———— Davis BBQ Pit recently expanded its hours to include lunch. It’s open from 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays at 640 W. Covell Blvd., Suite D. ———— De Vere’s Irish Pub is still staffing up and prepping for a reopening of its Davis pub at 217 E St. Meanwhile, it’s remodeling its midtown Sacramento pub at 1521 L St., getting it ready to reopen as well. Dates are still TBD. ———— The two Davis Regal cinemas — Regal Davis, 420 G St., and Regal Davis Holiday, 101 F St. are scheduled to reopen on May 21. Varsity Theatre, 616 Second St., is already back open. ———— While the main Goodwill store 1640 E. Eighth St. remains open, two Goodwill Donation Express sites remain closed. Originally temporary closures due to COVID, it appears they may be permanent. The Express locations were at 2939 Spafford St., Suite 110, and 1351 W. Covell Blvd., Suite A. The regular store is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, with donations from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ————

— Wendy Weitzel is a Davis writer and editor. Her column runs on Sundays. Check for frequent updates on her Comings & Goings Facebook and Instagram pages. If you know of a business coming or going in the area, contact her at wendyedit@gmail. com.

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Tips for reducing garden water use BY DON SHOR Special to The Enterprise With a drought emergency officially declared for most counties in California, it’s time to revisit how gardeners can do their part to reduce water use. ■ First is to water right. Water deeply and infrequently. Most established shrubs and trees can be watered thoroughly once every week or so. Most people could easily reduce their water use by 20% or more just by watering more deeply but less often. When we ask about watering schedules, it is common to learn that shrubs are being watered three to four times a week. That's too often! And they're being watered for 10 or 15 minutes. That's not long enough! ■ Zone your plants by water need. Some plants need more water: Japanese maples, hydrangeas and ferns. You might want a lawn area. If you have a sprinkler timer, have these plants on their own valve and station. ■ Water thoroughly. Shallow watering leads to shallow roots. Frequent watering leads to fungus problems. Sprinklers and drip watering systems that don't water evenly can lead to stress during hot spells, causing unsightly leaf burn. However you water, you need to get the soil wet in the whole area where the plants are growing and soak it to a depth of a foot or more. Then let the soil

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Take a cue from the farmers this year. This walnut orchard is being irrigated until the soil reaches full saturation because the rainfall this season has been so limited. dry out before you water again. Good news: the clay loam soils typical in our area store water for several days. ■ Mulch well, mulch wisely. Bare soil areas can be covered with two to four inches of compost or wood chips to help the soil retain moisture. Earthworms will feed on the mulch, soil microorganisms will decompose it, all of which helps build better soil. Just make sure the mulch isn't up against the bark of shrubs or trees, else it might trap moisture and cause crown rot. Just keep a few inches bare around your landscape plants. Fall leaves make great mulch! Don't send them to the landfill! Spread them out over your vegetable garden or orchard.

Decomposing leaves help create loamy soil. ■ Water your fruit trees like an orchard! Fruit trees especially prefer deep, fairly infrequent soakings, so they are great for low water landscapes. Orchards are typically flooded or watered with micro-sprinklers for many hours at a time, at long intervals. You can water established fruit trees deeply, every couple of weeks, in the summer here. A few types can tolerate considerable drought once established, including citrus, figs, jujube, persimmons, pineapple, guava and pomegranates. ■ Reduce your lawn area. Lawns are the biggest landscape water users, about a gallon per square

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foot each week. Many people apply more than that. We like lawns for kids and dogs, and to help cool the part of the yard where we're active. But often lawns are planted where they're just for show. Put turf where you will use it, not just where you'll look at it. ■ Think about a “Smart timer.” These high-tech timers log in to weather stations to determine how much water to apply. If you have a large lawn with multiple valves, one of these timers could probably save you money in the long run. You could monitor evapotranspiration rates and adjust your sprinklers accordingly. This may be intuitive: if it's cooler than average for the time of

year, cut how long your sprinklers run a bit, or skip a watering cycle now and then. If you do that, or if you don't happen to have a sprinkler system, just keep an eye on your lawn. Poke a trowel into the soil and assess the moisture. If it is looking duller green than usual, it is probably water stressed. If it doesn't spring back when you walk across it, it's definitely stressed. ■ Change your type of grass. In new neighborhoods, you probably already have the lower-water tall or dwarf fescues. But old neighborhoods have blends of ryegrass and bluegrass, which are higher water users. Tall and dwarf fescues can take 20% less water than those older types, so changing over your turf can yield immediate savings. Even better are the fine fescues such as creeping red, chewings, and hard fescues. More tolerant of shade as well, they can take as much as 30% less water than conventional turf species. We should all be using these fine fescues more. With all fescue lawns, it is very important to mow them high: fescues have a high growing point. If you cut them too short, especially in hot weather, the lawn will thin out. Mow at three inches if possible. ■ Rethink your lawn: consider a meadow. Fine fescue makes a very

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Where T have all the waiters gone? BY LLEWELLYN KING Special to The Enterprise

he restaurants are back. Bravo! Across the country, restaurants are open or beginning to open. Cheers! But there is something amiss. Something unexpected and as-yet-unexplained is going on: There is a national shortage of restaurant workers. During the lockdown, I was among many who lamented the fate of those who prepped, cooked, served and cleaned up, enduring bad hours, difficult conditions and uncertain earnings. However, there have always been those who want to work in restaurants. For some, like college students, it is a way of earning on the journey to somewhere else. For others, and there are many, it is because they love the ethos of restaurant life: its people intensity, and its real-time energy and urgency. And for those who link ambition with acumen, restaurant work has always fostered the possibility of, as I have heard waiters say, “a place of my own.” Chez Moi beckons to those who would sell foie gras, as well as those who would sell hot dogs. For unabashed entrepreneurs, it is probably impossible to beat restaurateurs. The chance of self-employment, to my mind, is the great motivation of the free-spirited. A food truck is a start and may be enough. We knew the pandemic would change things. But to change employment in the restaurant industry, even a reduced one? That isn’t only a puzzle, but also a hint of how the pandemic has altered things. There are those in Congress and the statehouses who hold that restaurant workers are lolling at home because they would rather collect unemployment benefits. I doubt that there are hundreds of thousands of Americans who are so lazy, so workaverse that they would rather stay home — after more than a year of staying home — than returning to their restaurant jobs. Something else is happening. Horizons have changed, new jobs have been found, and the grueling but satisfying work of restaurants has given over to something else. After the plague, a new dawn. The country is resetting, and lives are being reset, too. A waitress I know of in Florida found work in a print shop. She prefers the regular pay there to the uncertain income from waitressing. That is a reset in her life. As we go forward, as the pandemic is less dominant in our lives, we are going to experience changes — some anticipated, some surprising like the restaurant labor shortage. We don’t know whether the full complement of workers will go back to their offices; we don’t know how schools will deal with the lost year, and we don’t know whether the mini-migration from town to country that has been a feature of the last year is a trend to stay or a product of panic.

hat we do know and rejoice in is that we can go back to being restaurant patrons. In brief travels around New England, Washington, D.C., and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., I found people are eating out with joy. Restaurants are milestones of life. It is in them we celebrate birthdays and anniversaries, advance romance, or simply eat something that we wouldn’t get at home. But that isn’t all. Restaurants, however modest, are destinations. During this long pandemic, we have missed having a destination. Restaurants in all societies are part of the fabric of how we live. Eating out is woven into our lives, whether it is a humble hamburger or a great ethnic food feast. The first step in the American Dream for many immigrant families is to start a restaurant, to employ the social capital that they brought with them: their cuisine. Bon appétit! We need restaurants because, in their great variety, they add spice to our lives, especially after the long lockdown. — Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. His email is llewellynking1@gmail. com. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.

he traditional school year will soon end, but the maltreatment of California’s 6 million public school students — especially those from poor non-white families — shamefully continues. Although on paper California’s schools have reopened their classrooms after being closed to battle the spread of COVID-19 infection, most pupils will close out the year still struggling to learn at home or, in too many cases, having given up for a lack of technical and human support. EdSource, an online site devoted to California education trends, detailed the educational disaster in a recent article, having delved deeply into state Department of Education data. “Although 87% of California’s traditional public schools have reopened for some form of in-person instruction, fewer than half of students have returned either full-time or part-time in a hybrid model,” EdSource revealed. “A total of 55% of all public school students, including those in charter schools, were at home, in distance learning, as of April 30, according to an EdSource analysis of new data released by the state.

“EdSource found that twothirds of students in district schools with the largest proportions of low-income families were in distance learning, compared with only 43% of students in schools with the fewest low-income families — a disparity that may partly explain a widening learning gap between wealthy and poor students that researchers and teachers suspect the pandemic has enlarged. “Higher COVID rates in poor communities contributed to the disparity. Parents in highly infected areas have been reluctant to send their children back to school, and teachers in those areas resisted returning. Parents in low transmission areas, meanwhile, pressured school boards to reopen.” California is something of an outlier, according to monthly surveys of school reopening by the federal government’s Institute of Education Sciences. With full

LETTERS Get tested again this week How long has it been since you’ve been tested for COVID-19? No reason to, you think, you have no symptoms, and maybe you are one of the lucky ones with the vaccination. But if it has been more than two weeks, get over to Healthy Davis Together testing site for one of their easypeasy coronavirus tests. This week you may have been to a store, eaten out with some friends or attended a family gathering. Or maybe one of these types of exposures is on the calendar for next week? You have a low but non-zero probability of exposure to the virus. If you have been vaccinated, you can still carry the virus, even without any symptoms. Or, if your vaccine has 95% coverage, that leaves a 5% vulnerability that you could still come down with symptoms if exposed. In the likely event you get a negative result, this will give you the peace of mind that you will not be the source of infection of your friends or family. We are so lucky to have free, easy and

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classroom access available to only 11% of its students, the state is at or near the bottom, according to its March survey. Other states ranged to as high as 100%. In arch-rival Texas, 93% of students have full classroom access. Months-long stalemates between teacher unions and local school leaders over the terms of reopening have been a major factor in California’s tardiness. Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature’s dominant Democrats, who are politically allied with the unions, have been noticeably unwilling to intervene.

owever, leaving reopening decisions in local hands has undermined the promise of universal public education and led to the disparity that EdSource noted — classroom access for kids in upscale communities and homebound status quo in poor communities. California already had an immense “achievement gap” before the pandemic flared and there’s absolutely no doubt that the disparity has widened over the last 14 months, as a December report from McKinsey & Co. on national school trends underscores. “Educators, parents, and students know firsthand the

fast COVID-19 testing for residents and workers in Davis. I wish every community had this kind of resource. And every positive test gets genotyped to identify it as either a garden variety SARS-CoV-2 or one of the scarier variants such as originally identified in Great Britain, Brazil, South Africa, or elsewhere. This is vital information for the county to asses the level of risk. And the negative results are important to lower the percent positive rate, allowing us to open more businesses. So your next test is contributing to the knowledge of this new and deadly virus, helping to save local businesses and protecting your family. Thank you for getting tested, and thank you to Healthy Davis Together for making this possible. Make an appointment through https://healthydavistogether.org. Susan Hulsizer Davis

Missed opportunity It’s a shame that Bob Dunning in his column of Sunday May 9, didn’t try to educate Enterprise readers instead of essentially saying “new bill allows cyclists

high cost of this prolonged period of remote learning, from rising rates of depression and anxiety to the loss of student learning,” the report declared. “The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an especially heavy toll on Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous communities. Along with robbing them of lives and livelihoods, school shutdowns could deny students from these communities the opportunity to get the education they need to build a brighter future.” Newsom, facing a recall election next fall, has been running around the state declaring that the worst of the pandemic is over, that California’s economy will soon fully reopen and that he expects that schools will return to normal schedules after summer. Even if those predictions come true, California’s neediest children will have fallen further behind their peers with diminishing chances of ever catching up. — CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more stories by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/ commentary.

to blow stop signs.” Had Bob done any background investigation, he would have found that cyclists running stop signs when other traffic is present is not permitted by the proposed legislation AB122. What is permitted is for cyclists to slow at an intersection controlled by a stop sign and then, if clear, cross the intersection without stopping. The net effect is the stop sign becomes a yield sign for a cyclist. The cyclist behavior he describes at 5 p.m. at Eighth and J will not be made legal by the proposed new law. What would be made legal is the already common behavior of cyclists when cross traffic is absent: slow, look/listen and go. John Hess Davis

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LIEN INVASION … was the first explanation offered when one of my South Davis neighbors posted on the Nextdoor app to see if anyone else had seen a string of satellites moving in close succession to one another the other night. Those satellites, which do move in an eerie chain-like fashion, happen to be a part of SpaceX’s $10 billion Starlink internet venture. If, like me, you’re a fan of The X-Files, you’ve gotta go out one night to see these. You can look up when they’ll be passing at: findstarlink.com. The “shows” last about 5 minutes. STRANGER THAN FICTION … Earlier this week I witnessed three men, rolling a queen-size mattress and boxspring down the F Street railroad tracks. The leader had what looked to be a bungee cord strapped around his

waist, with each end tethered to the mattress, while he ran ahead of it, pulling it forward. The other two men stood at each side of the mattress, making sure it stayed on the tracks as it rolled on top of what looked like a pair of PVC pipes. Don’t tell me the folks living in the F Street ditch aren’t creative … LOVE THAT DIRTY WATER … “Vote on stormwater fee increase will proceed following lack of protests” read last

week’s headline. Clearly the city council missed the regular demonstrations I’ve been holding in my boxers as I march to my mailbox every evening. According to Anne TernusBellamy’s report, homeowners could see increases of $10 per month and the largest residences closer to $20 per month if this fee is approved in a vote, done by mail. In other words, if this passes, you’ll be paying more in stormwater taxes than you will be for The Enterprise. Let’s not.

TO TEST OR NOT TO TEST … Both Healthy Davis Together and UC Davis officials say I should continue to test weekly for COVID-19, despite the fact that I’ve been fully vaccinated for well over two weeks. Here’s why I still do:

■ To set an example for others: Anyone who knows me personally, knows I rave about Healthy Davis Together constantly, especially the teenage studentathletes that I coach at Davis High. Up until recently, they weren’t eligible to receive the vaccine. However, all of them are required to test weekly in order to compete and train with DHS. If I’m going to make them do it, I’m doing it as well. ■ It’s so easy: No appointment? No problem. You’ll still be in and out of the spit test site in 5 minutes or less. HDT has the process streamlined to the point that I regularly receive same-day results now. That’s down from a 48-hour turnaround at the beginning of the pandemic and a 24-hour result return just a few months back. It’s incredible. ■ Free stuff: Maybe I’m a mooch? But at least I’m a

Priorities: The Yolo Way meets the federal American Rescue Plan Special to The Enterprise

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ou may have seen an internet meme that began as a March 2020 Graeme MacKay editorial cartoon. In one version, a “COVID” tsunami threatens a coastal city; behind it comes a larger “Recession” tsunami; behind it a “Climate Change” tsunami; and finally behind it a “Biodiversity Collapse” tsunami. Despite Yolo County’s inland location, we need to take seriously the message of this cartoon — that our recovery from the pandemic must also be a response to the climate emergency. It must also address deeply entrenched economic and social inequities causing these crises to strike some communities and demographics much harder than others. One immediate way to do this is to use our American Rescue Plan funding to develop narratives, programs, and projects that do all three: repair damage from COVID-19, fight climate change, and follow the leadership of frontline and long-disadvantaged communities for whom these efforts have the highest stakes. We can call our approach to these problems “The Yolo Way,” by which we signal our local recognition of what Martin Luther King called “an inescapable network of mutuality” and our commitment to making that network more healthy, just, fair and sustainable. The American Rescue Plan authorizes the expenditure of $1.9 trillion in COVID-19 support to individuals and families, businesses, public health providers, and state, local and tribal governments. Yolo County will likely receive $42.7 million, its four incorporated cities $40.9 million, and its public schools $41.1 million. There is additional categorical funding for transportation agencies, capital projects and disaster assistance. Half the

funds will be available immediately; the other half in 2022; all funds are required to be spent by 2024. The timeline for the county to create its plan is short, with approval by the Board of Supervisors as soon as July. Community workshops are not scheduled until June, after internal and cross-agency consultations. Those who have been most affected by the pandemic and by manifestations of climate change, such as wildfires and extreme weather events, must speak up now and make known our priorities for healthier people and a healthier environment. ■ People-friendly and climate-friendly transportation. Public transportation took a significant hit in the pandemic, as people stopped riding due to the lockdown. The county should partner with the cities to create a substantially enlarged and improved bicycle infrastructure. Many parts of the county need major safety and connectivity upgrades. Safe bike lockers are needed in apartment complexes, workplaces, commercial developments and schools. Bike-share systems, especially ones offering electric bicycles, are sorely needed. Complementing a robust countywide bike infrastructure should be abundant electric buses, including school buses, with benefits for health, safety and the climate. ■ Neighborhoodserving community gardens. Problems with food insecurity pre-existed the COVID-19 pandemic, as households — including families with kids, college students and seniors on fixed incomes — were encountering increases in regular expenses, most notably in the cost of housing, while incomes were not keeping pace. Then as people lost jobs and

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We can call our approach to these problems “The Yolo Way” income in the pandemic, food insecurity grew, as did lines at food banks. A network of community gardens serving city neighborhoods and small towns would provide lessadvantaged households with greater food sovereignty and security. In addition to people raising food for themselves and neighbors, they could also be the basis for community tianguis, or open-air markets, where food could be sold, food-related classes could be held, and small food businesses could be established. Yolo County, as well as its incorporated cities, could help acquire land, water and equipment for these endeavors, and hire staff to launch this program. ■ Resilience hubs. Community centers traditionally offer a variety of services to local residents, designed with awareness of local cultures and languages. A resilience hub adds to this mix of programs those resources that will help neighborhoods cope successfully with the impacts of climate change. These might include classes on how to weatherize and decarbonize your home; nurses on site to do health checks when the air is smoky from wildfires or the temperatures become threateningly high; and consultants who can help you solve problems with your bike, your digital technology, or your garden. Resilience hubs would also become shelters during emergencies when people had to leave their homes. Yolo County needs to create a network of resilience hubs across the unincorporated county and to coordinate with cities doing the same. In addition to suitable

programming, resilience hubs also need supplies and equipment for disaster preparedness. Photovoltaic panels and a battery storage system could allow them to function off the grid for several days. The American Rescue Plan could fund a model resilience hub as a demonstration project. ■ Climate-friendly landscapes. Local governments, including the county, should cooperate to review the landscaping of all their properties to identify opportunities to boost carbon-sequestering capacity, in vegetation and in soil. Landscapes should be transitioned to native species suited to withstand hot, dry summer conditions. Collaborating with landscape maintenance workers, practices that do not require gas-powered equipment or fossil-fuel derived chemicals could be developed on these local public lands. Patwin native plant experts should be hired to participate in landscape transformation projects and related educational programming. Potential benefits include new jobs and the healthy air, water and soil called for in the county’s strategic and sustainability plans, as well as desirable in recovery from the COVID pandemic. Please support these ideas by contacting your Yolo County supervisors, city council representatives, school board members, and other agencies receiving funds from the American Rescue Act. Also contact nonprofit organizations and businesses who are likely to be interested in your ideas and who can join you in advocating for them. — Adelita Serena serves on the Woodland Sustainability Advisory Commission. She is the Climate Action Organizer for the Mothers Out Front Capital Region team and a member of the Yolo Climate Emergency Coalition.

ICYMI: OUR TOP 5 STORIES OF THE WEEK News ■ Yolo County remains in orange tier as case numbers worsen: http://wp.me/p3aczg-408x ■ County ready to administer Pfizer vaccine to ages 12-15: http://wp.me/p3aczg-4063 ■ West Sacramento shooting victim ID’d: http://wp.me/p3aczg-407Q

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COVID-safe mooch. Healthy Davis supports local businesses everyday, whether it’s through gift cards (purchased from Davis stores and restaurants) they pass out to people post-testing or through safety supplies they donate to Davis shops and companies. By this point I’ve accumulated a small stack of gift certificates I’ve obtained via testing. And I hear great things from local business owners about the aid they’ve received from HDT. Yolo County says it’s unnecessary to continue testing postvaccination, as long as you remain asymptomatic. And that does make sense. But at the same time, for a virus we still appear to know so little about, I say it can’t hurt. — Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@davisenterprise.net. Follow him via Twitter at @dhspunter.

A blueprint for behavioral health BY CARMELA COYLE AND JESSICA CRUZ Special to CalMatters

alifornians are looking forward to when immunity from COVID-19 is widespread. It is a goal that is closer thanks to the multiple vaccines and expanded distribution. Even when the virus is beaten clinically, a global behavioral health crisis will still exist, and it’s been exacerbated by the pandemic. Now is the time to double down to address this next pandemic — affecting, not millions, but billions of people all over the world. Since COVID-19 changed our lives, there has been an alarming spike in the number of people who need mental health and substance use disorder care and treatment. People are struggling. No one is immune. This struggle is deeply personal and can be incredibly isolating. We all know someone who has faced these feelings. Before the pandemic, behavioral health was a complex challenge. It is now much worse. Last July, nearly half of all Californians reported they were experiencing symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder or major depression tied to the health crisis. A national study found that 13.3% of adults were reporting new or increased substance use as a way of coping with the stress they were facing. The effects are disproportionately worse for low-income Californians and communities of color. More than a third of adults with an annual income under $40,000 say stress related to COVID-19 had a major negative effect on their mental health. Black and Latino adults were more likely to say that they or someone in their household has experienced economic loss due to the pandemic. Against this backdrop, there is hope in new solutions and a united effort

COMMENTARY to improve Californians’ behavioral health and wellbeing. Behavioral Health Action, a diverse coalition of more than 50 statewide organizations with extensive behavioral health experience and expertise, released a new blueprint for behavioral health care in California to guide policymakers as they address the many challenges to the current system to solve the crisis with proactive, preventive solutions. The BHA Blueprint for Behavioral Health flips the script. Instead of reactive and expensive alternatives including acute care, the BHA Blueprint prioritizes investments in prevention, early assessment, identification of needs and aggressive treatment. This minimizes the impacts, protects resources and — most importantly — is better for people’s health and wellbeing. While we must always provide care for those who are suffering, prevention, early intervention and treatment to support a person’s overall wellbeing will save lives and resources. Investment priorities in behavioral health should mirror that of primary care, in which the goal is to prevent illness and detect signs of trouble as early as possible. California has an enviable nationwide reputation for leading the way to meaningful solutions. It is now time to transform our behavioral health system with the same sense of urgency that went into the discovery of the COVID-19 vaccine. Until then, the pandemic will not be over. — Carmela Coyle is president and CEO of the California Hospital Association. Jessica Cruz is CEO of NAMI California. They wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.

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Mini Darts Summerdarts coach Vivian Crow directs swimmers at the Davis City Championships meet in 2018. DART offers options for children ages 4 through teens. Sessions are June 14 to July 9, and July 12 to Aug. 6. Summerdarts (ages 6 to teens) is an introduction to competitive swimming for new, novice and intermediate swimmers in a low-key and fun approach. Minidarts (ages 4 to 7) introduces younger swimmers to competitive swimming. For information, visit www.aquadarts.org or email davissummerdarts@ gmail.com.

From Page B8 ■ Things missed during the pandemic, No. 5,134: Al Stewart performing with Davis musician Dave Nachmanoff. ■ E6 Columnist: In our list of rockguitar legends we’d have liked to see on the same stage last week, we inexplicably forgot Stevie Ray Vaughan. ■ After 27 years at the Worldwide Leader, ESPN management made Kenny Mayne a contract renewal offer they knew he would refuse. So the talented and likable commentator is now a free agent. He won’t be one for long ... ■ George Kliavkoff, whose career has taken him in many directions, is the new Pac-12 commissioner in a unanimous vote by the conference presidents. Kliavkoff ’s experience does not include much of anything in the area of intercollegiate athletics. When it comes to football, however, he will have a very helpful ally in Merton Hanks, the one-time 49ers player whose football management experience spans two decades. Hanks played from 1991 to 98 with the Niners, ’99 in Seattle, then took on management roles in the NFL and Conference USA before coming to the Pac-12 as Senior Associate Commissioner for Football Operations last September. Kliavkoff also advocated for College Football Playoff expansion. You would, too, if your new employer had made just two appearances in seven years. ■ Days remaining until the first UC Davis fall football game, Sept. 2 at Tulsa: 107 ■ The series finale of Seinfeld aired on NBC 23 years ago this past Friday. — The longtime radio and television color man on UC Davis football broadcasts, Doug Kelly is director of communications for Battlefields2 Ballfields and managing general partner of Kelly & Associates. Reach him at DKelly1416@aol.com.

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VICTORY: Bledsoe’s 26 paces girls hoops over S.F. From Page B8 goal to go ahead. But Colette Quaas (three goals) responded with a scoring strike of her town, converting an 8-meter penalty try to force extra time. In OT, Davis’ Grace Scheuring and Tory Agnew’s doubleteam defense forced a Troubie turnover, with Agnew scooping up the loose ground ball. Blissett hit paydirt on the ensuing possession. “We had to battle,” Morris added. “But we pulled it out. Lauren Lee was a consistent presence for us all game and Devon (Morris) played great as well.” Additional DHS scorers in the win included: Morris (three), Scheuring and Amara Higgins. Ella Heringer added a pair of takeaways and goalie

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Girls basketball Mara Bledsoe went ham Friday, scoring a season-high 26 points as the Lady Devils outlasted St. Francis, 48-41, in Sacramento. The 5-foot-10 junior post began the contest on a tear, netting all 11 of Davis’ firstquarter points. But the Troubies kept things close, trailing DHS by just two, 26-24, at halftime. But Bledsoe never let up, dominating the paint after intermission as she pumped in her next 15 points in quarters three and four. Bella Oliva added a pair of three balls to finish with 6 points, while Skylar Schouten

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Carter Stoltz, Koen Carston, and Lybbert each collected hits in the loss, which dropped Davis to 15-8 overall and 5-8 in the Delta League. Jesuit moves to 12-9 overall and 8-6 in league. The Devils host Elk Grove at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

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Baseball Davis High fell to Jesuit on the road Saturday, dropping the series finale, 3-1, despite a solid start from senior Jack Wright. Wright tossed four-plus innings and struck out four while allowing two earned runs. Matt Young entered in relief and got four outs and struck out one while allowing no baserunners The Devils’ lone run came in the top of the fifth as Gizaw Baker singled, Rockwell Lybbert walked and Brian Chin drove in Baker. Chin’s RBI single tied the game, but the Marauders jumped back ahead in the bottom half.

Boys lacrosse The Blue Devil boys lacrosse squad dropped a home game to Vista Del Lago, 14-5, on Friday night. DHS trailed by just one after the first quarter, but the Eagles broke it open with five goals in the second. With the loss, Davis fell to 1-6 on the season, while Vista del Lago jumped to 6-3. Next up, the Devils host Oak Ridge (2-2) on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

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(203) 558-1957 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PHI-PHUONG KIEU LAMSON aka JULIETTE LAMSON CASE NO. PR2021-0081 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: PHI-PHUONG KIEU LAMSON aka JULIETTE LAMSON A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: CHRISTINE TAYLOR in the Superior Court of California, County of: Yolo THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: CHRISTINE TAYLOR be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on JUNE 3, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 9 located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as

a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Signed: HIDEKO INOUYE GRAVES Attorney at Law 196 Del Monte Boulevard Pacific Grove, CA 93950 831-521-5881 5/14, 5/16, 5/21 1302

one owner is 65 years or older, may apply special tax, by filing an application with for a tax exemption of the special tax to the Davis Joint Unified School District by be levied by filing an application with June 15, 2021. the Davis Joint Unified School District by FURTHER INFORMATION June 15, 2021. To apply for the Senior Citizens, SSI, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) SSDI and Employee Exemptions and Exemption: Property owners receiving Reduction, visit: https://djusd.net/ Supplemental Security Income for departments/business_services/tax_ disability, regardless of age, and who exemptions. own and occupy the property as their principal residence can qualify for an Contact Business Services for the Low exemption by filing an application with Income Rental Housing Exemption the Davis Joint Unified School District by application, or for further information about DJUSD tax exemptions. June 15, 2021.

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Exemption: Property owners receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, who own and occupy the property as their principal residence and whose PUBLIC NOTICE annual income does not exceed 250 DAVIS JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT percent of the 2012 federal poverty NOTICE OF TAX EXEMPTIONS and guidelines issued by the United States REDUCTION Department of Health and Human Services, can qualify for an exemption by MEASURE H PARCEL TAX filing an application with the Davis Joint Senior Citizens Tax Exemption: Unified School District by June 15, 2021. Property owners who can provide evidence that they reside in a home, DJUSD Employee Tax Exemption: which is their principal residence, and Property owners who can provide one owner is 65 years or older, may apply evidence that they live in a home which is for a tax exemption of the special tax to their principal residence, and one owner, be levied by filing an application with as of July 1 of the tax year for which an the Davis Joint Unified School District by exemption is sought, is an eligible DJUSD employee, can qualify for an exemption by June 15, 2021. filing an application with the Davis Joint Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Unified School District by June 15, 2021. Exemption: Property owners receiving Supplemental Security Income for COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 1 disability, regardless of age, and who Senior Citizens Tax Reduction: Senior own and occupy the property as their Citizens who can provide evidence that principal residence can qualify for an they reside in a home, which is their exemption by filing an application with principal residence, and one owner is 65 the Davis Joint Unified School District by years or older, may apply for a 50% tax June 15, 2021. reduction of this special tax to be levied by Social Security Disability Insurance filing an application with the Davis Joint (SSDI) Exemption: Property owners Unified School District by June 15, 2021. receiving Social Security Disability Low Income Rental Housing Insurance benefits, regardless of age, Exemption: Owners who can provide who own and occupy the property as evidence that their property constitutes their principal residence and whose low income rental housing have the annual income does not exceed 250 option of applying for a low income percent of the 2012 federal poverty rental housing tax exemption from the guidelines issued by the United States special tax, by filing an application with Department of Health and Human the Dais Joint Unified School District by Services, can qualify for an exemption by June 15, 2021. filing an application with the Davis Joint COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2 Unified School District by June 15, 2021. Low Income Rental Housing MEASURE G PARCEL TAX Exemption: Owners who can provide Senior Citizens Tax Exemption: evidence that their property constitutes Property owners who can provide low income rental housing have the evidence that they reside in a home, option of applying for a low income which is their principal residence, and rental housing tax exemption from the

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CV2021-0827 1. Darrian Nugent Deilami filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Darrian Nugent Deilami to Darrian Shaheen Deilami Darrian Shaheen Nugent Dailami to Darrian Shaheen Deilami Darrian Deilami-Nugent to Darrian Shaheen Deilami Darrian Shaheen Deilami-Nugent to Darrian Shaheen Deilami 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 7/20/2021 Time: 9:00 AM Dept: #9 Room: The address of the court is 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Date: 5/10/2021 Daniel M. Wolk Judge of the Superior Court 1307 5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6

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A heart-rending Friday for all of DJUSD I t’s the phone call no person ever wants to wake up to. “I’m so sorry,” the voicemail started. I sat up in bed and braced myself for what was next ... The local swim community was rocked Friday morning by news of the death of Ryan Gard, a sophomore at Davis High and member of the DHS swim team, which I coach. In a message to school district families, Superintendent John Bowes said Ryan took his own life on Thursday night. I did not know Ryan well. He didn’t practice directly with my group. But he was absolutely part of the Blue Devil swimming family and the Davis swim community as a whole.

And this hurts. I’m still processing his death. I’m sure many of my student athletes are as well. Ryan’s family is likely overwhelmed at the moment. But I hope they know that I’ve received so many supportive phone calls, emails and text messages in the past day, from people asking how they can support the family and swim team. I’ve been surprised by how many of those who’ve reached out aren’t even connected to the sport. Again, I’m reminded of how lovely the people of Davis are and how time and time again they respond with grace and compassion during times of toughness.

For a coach, this is a situation where there’s no playbook to fall back on. And for that reason, I’ve been very thankful for how the Davis Joint Unified School District has quickly been there for my students and Ryan’s family. I immediately received calls from school administrators and counselors Friday, who I know spent much of the day checking in with

kids across the district. They’ll continue to do so through the weekend. Still, I’m heartbroken. As I was reminded by a friend and fellow coach at DHS, we never really know what’s going on inside kids’ heads, even if we think we do. Just the other week, I was out having breakfast with my friend Dave, discussing the social stigmas associated with mental health. We all have to be better. Better at recognizing and treating mental illness. Better at supporting one another. And better at simply listening and being nonjudgmental. One death like this is one too many.

Notes: If you are worried about a student, you can fill out the DJUSD Social Emotional Support Form and a referral will be sent to a school counselor or another staff member who will provide support for the student. District families and staff may access mental health support by reaching out to your student’s school counselor, visiting www.caresolace.com/djusd or calling 888-515-0595 to speak with a specialist who can connect you directly with community mental health services. The DJUSD Mental Health & Wellness page has additional mental health resources. — Reach Enterprise sports editor Owen Yancher at oyancher@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him via Twitter at @530athletics.

Aggies capture Big West titles Enterprise staff

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omorrow is the 42nd anniversary of the wildest, craziest game in MLB history. On May 17, 1979, the Cubs hosted the Phillies at Wrigley Field. The wind was 18 MPH and blowing out. The linescore went as follows: R H E Phi. 7 0 8 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 — 23 24 2 Chi. 6 0 0 3 7 3 0 3 0 0 — 22 26 2 Mike Schmidt had two homers for the Phillies; Dave Kingman hit three and had six RBIs for the Cubs and Bill Buckner and Bob Boone each drove in seven for their respective clubs. The totals: 45 runs, 11 homers, 10 doubles, two triples, 27 singles and 15 walks. Time of game: 4 hours, 3 minutes. The Phillies’ ERA that day: 17.10; Cubs was 18.90. Pitchers used: only 11. Two Hall of Famers figured prominently in the ending. Schmidt homered off Bruce Sutter in the top of the 10th for the winning run. Little-known fact: Mike Krukow pitched for the Cubs in ’79. His job that day? Charting every single pitch as the next day’s starter. He estimates the pitch total for both teams combined “had to be over 500.” Per John Labombarda of the Elias Sports Bureau, total MLB pitch counts weren’t kept until the late 1990s. ■ MLB this week fired a shot over the bow to the city of Oakland. It was, as longtime SF columnist Scott Ostler wrote, a little “chin music.” In other words, Oakland needs to get its act together in terms of getting a new stadium built for the A’s. This “process” has dragged on over four years. MLB made it clear that rebuilding on the current Coliseum site is no longer on the table. It’s the Howard Terminal location or nothing. The Lords of Baseball have never seen Sacramento as a viable A’s alternative. Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf declared, “Hell no, we won’t let them go.” So get the deal done. ■ The 2020-21 San Jose Sharks will probably not look much like the group that played its final regular-season game this week. Changes are forthcoming and inevitable. San Jose gave a lot of ice time to young players in their early 20s. The coaching staff is expected to stay. The Sharks must re-evaluate their entire roster somewhat quickly because the expansion draft for the new Seattle Kraken franchise comes in July. The Kraken will select one player from each existing NHL franchise with the exception of Vegas. This comes to a total 30 players: 14 forwards, nine defensemen, three goaltenders.

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Marlene Gutierrez unleashed a career-best throw of 14.61 meters — or 47 feet, 11.25 inches — to capture the individual women’s shot put title, highlighting UC Davis’ second day of action at the Big West Conference track-and-field championships at Anteater Stadium Friday in Irvine. Gutierrez remains the only woman in the Big West to surpass the 14-meter barrier this season. UC Irvine’s Taylor Crenshaw finished second at 13.60 (44-7.5), more than a full meter behind. Thursday, pole vaulter Jered Española successfully defended his 2019 Big West Conference individual championship, posting a winning leap of 5.21 meters, or 17 feet, one inch, on his first attempt at that height. Saturday, the Aggies claimed three more BWC titles, with Matthew Okonkwo topping the field in the men’s 400 (47.26) and 200 (21.23) and Ben Goodwin winning the 100 in 10.67, one one-hundredth ahead of Cal Poly’s Chineme Allison. Also competing in Irvine was Davis High alum and now-Hawaii distance runner Sophie Lodigiani, who placed 24th in the 5,000 in 18:44.27.

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UC Davis’ Marlene Gutierrez lets loose on a throw during an Aggie track meet earlier this spring. The UCD sophomore claimed the Big West Conference women’s shot put title Friday in Irvine.

UC Davis punter Daniel Whelan earned a spot on the 2020-21 Stats Perform FCS AllAmerica first team and claimed similar honors Friday as the American Football Coaches Association announced its FCS All-America squads. The sustainable environmental design major from Rancho Mirage becomes the first Aggie specialist to earn first-team AllAmerica status since kicker Eric Friend earned such honors from the AFCA in 2000. He becomes the 15th AFCA All-American (17 total awards) in school history, according to the orgaWHELAN All-American nization’s press release. Originally a Dublin, Ireto return for land, product who attended fifth season high school in the Coachella Valley, Whelan posted 17 punts for 815 yards for a 47.9 average — a rate that led the Big Sky Conference and would have topped the NCAA leaderboard had he met the minimum of 3.6 attempts per game. Of those attempts, seven went for 50 or more yards, eight pinned opponents inside their 20-yard lines, and another seven resulted in fair catches.

UCD ROUNDUP Opponents amassed just 56 return yards, resulting in Davis leading all FCS teams with a 43.47 net punting average. Whelan, who also took over kickoff duties during the 2021 spring season, launched a career-long 67-yarder in the March 27 home game against Idaho State. That marked the longest punt by a UCD player since Colton Schmidt booted one for 68 yards in 2012. The 6-foot-6, 215-pounder will return for a fifth season this fall with a career average of 43.20, putting him well on pace to eclipse Schmidt (41.12) for the school’s career record. He’s a three-time All-Big Sky honoree, garnering first-team distinction this spring. Additionally, Whelan was selected as a finalist for the FCS Punter of the Year award for the second straight season.

Carper to NCAAs UCD freshman and 2021 Big West Conference men’s golf individual champion Lucas Carper carries the Aggie banner into the postseason this coming week, heading to Stillwater, Okla., for this year’s NCAA

Regional at Karsten Creek Golf Club. Carper is one of 10 individuals joining a 13-team field with a berth to the NCAA Championships on the line. Play begins on Monday with Carper scheduled to tee off at 7:20 a.m. PT. The tournament runs through Wednesday, with the top five teams and the low individual not on an NCAA advancing team moving on to the finals at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., on May 28 throughJune 2.

Softball Sarah Starks homered and Kenedi Brown struck out a career-high 14 batters in a nineinning complete game win, as UCD clipped Hawai’i, 5-2, in the nightcap of a Big West Conference softball doubleheader at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium Friday night in Honolulu. Davis lost the opening game, 8-2. The twinbill wrapped up the 2021 season for UCD (19-24 overall, 13-11 league) and the careers for graduating seniors Marissa Jauregui, Isabella Leon and Katie Steffen-Brune. Leon finished with career totals of 176 hits and 113 runs, finishing sixth in school history in the latter category. Her 16 career homers are tops in the program’s D-I history.

Blue Devil boys pull off upset victory Enterprise staff It’s been more than two decades, but the wait was worth it ... The Davis High boys basketball team knocked off perennial Delta League powerhouse Sheldon on Thursday night, sealing a 66-64 win with a Jackson Isidor 3-pointer in the final 30 seconds of play. The win was the Devils’ first against Sheldon since a 61-59 victory on Feb. 9, 2000. (Note: Prior to 2015 and a realignment of the conference, the two schools rarely met.) The Husky toppling gives the Devils a massive confidence boost, according to head coach Dan Gonzalez: “This is a team that’s had a good history in recent years,” Gonzalez said “At least 10 years of solid basketball. It’s a team we all measure ourselves against ... one of those teams

DHS ROUNDUP that you hope to knock off at some point.” Led by a tantalizing second half from junior guard Bryce Barker, whose 16 points after the break were the difference for Davis, Isidor added another 10 in the win. Barker finished the game with 21 points. “I think (Bryce) felt he hadn’t played well up until this point,” Gonzalez added. “He’s probably our best athlete on the team and getting it together and seeing him succeed was huge. “I think 16 in that second half is something he can do every half. He’s capable of games of 30, and I think Jackson is as well.” The veteran coach lauded Isidor, who returned to action Thursday after nursing an ankle injury for several days. “The other kid that I thought

played really well was Colin Walsh,” the coach said. “Colin hit three threes and just controlled the floor for us really well.” Walsh added 14 to the Blue Devil tally. Now 3-0, DHS will aim to continue its unbeaten streak Thursday when the locals host Cosumnes Oaks at 7 p.m.

Girls water polo Welcoming St. Francis to Arroyo Pool, DHS handed the Troubies a decisive loss Friday night, lighting up the visitors to the tune of an 18-2 drumming. The Blue Devils outshot their opponents 32-22 and dominated shot percentage, finding the back of the net at a .563 clip compared to the visitors .091. Lindsay Taylor and Malaya Wright led the way offensively with four goals apiece. Sara Kos

was the playmaking catalyst, garnering a game-high three assists. On the other side of the ball, Taylor nabbed five steals. Saturday in Moraga, DHS picked up a second win, beating Las Lomas, 9-5, behind a hat tricks from Lucie Lapuz, Taylor and Wright.

Girls lacrosse Meilla Blissett was the hero Friday night, scoring the golden goal in overtime as the Lady Devils beat St. Francis, on the road, 10-9. Overcoming a three-goal deficit, the win bumped the Blue Crew to 11-2 this spring. “With about eight minutes left, we were tied, 8-8,” Devil head coach Jenn Morris explained. St. Francis scored a quick

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