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Restaurant patrons sit in a parklet along Valencia Street in San Francisco on July 25, 2020. Since last July, Valencia Street has been shut down to traffic on the weekend to allow for additional outdoor activity. San Francisco is one of several cities across California that is considering expanding the outdoor dining program started during the pandemic.
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Is it just the new normal? State extends outdoor dining, to-go drinks through December BY MIRANDA GREEN CalMatters When Los Angeles shut down indoor dining, DK Marikan did everything in his power to reinvent his 28-year-old Mediterranean restaurant and deli to keep it afloat. “At some point we only did to go, and that was nothing. Nobody wanted to come,” he said of Garo’s, a staple with downtown workers and residents who would hang out and
linger over Greek salads and pastrami sandwiches. “Maybe 10% of our business was to go. That’s it.” Once the city allowed businesses to expand dining onto sidewalks and streets through its Al Fresco program, Marikan went all in, investing nearly $8,000 on cafe chairs and awnings. He called outdoor dining a lifeline. Now, even as the state prepares to lift all COVID-19
restrictions on June 15, some pandemic changes such as outdoor dining and to-go drinks will likely remain in many California cities — and many small business owners are embracing the proposed extensions. Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced extending those restaurant extensions through the end of the year. “It’s going to bring in a lot of people because, I want to say 90% of our customers, they don’t want to dine indoors anymore. They want to be outdoors,” Marikan said of LA’s proposal to make its outdoor dining program permanent.
“We would love to see this be permanent. I pray they do it.” Aiding hard-hit restaurants When the pandemic ravaged businesses across the country, it hit the restaurant industry especially hard. The California Restaurant Association last August warned that of the 90,000 restaurants operating in the state, at least 30% would close without significant government aid. As California counties and cities prepare to reopen entirely to prepandemic capacity limits, state and city leaders are exploring ways to permanently adopt
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UCD Health adopts race-neutral kidney function test BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer UC Davis Health eliminated the use of race in a clinical algorithm used to determine kidney function, the health system announced last month. The change, which was prompted by students at the UC Davis School of Medicine and went into effect May 4, puts UC Davis health among a handful of medical centers to have recently adopted a race-neutral kidney test. Glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a metric for tracking how well a patient’s kidneys
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filter their blood. The test is used to diagnose kidney disease and the specific eGFR level is a clinical marker used to determine what care a patient receives. The equation used for the test factors in age, gender, blood creatinine level and other variables. For years, most medical laboratories in the United States have also included race — specifically whether or not a patient is Black — in the equation. The inclusion of race in the algorithm stems partly from a stereotype that Black people
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have more muscle mass and therefore higher creatinine levels in their blood. To adjust for that assumption, most laboratories add points to the eGFR scores of Black patients. (Healthy adult kidneys typically score around 90 on the test. Patients must score 20 or below to be added to the kidney transplant waitlist.)
published by the New England Journal of Medicine highlighted problems with race correction in clinical algorithms including eGFR. Several medical centers, including the University of Washington, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, have already dropped race from the equation.
Black physicians and medical students have long warned about the dangers of the racebased algorithm, which has recently come under wider scrutiny. Last year, an article
“Race adjustments that yield higher estimates of kidney function in Black patients might delay their referral for specialist
The Davis school board on Thursday heard updates about COVID-19 and the district’s ongoing full return to campus, the district’s budget and unanimously approved history and social studies materials for secondary students. Additionally, the board members gave brief updates about their ongoing listening tours, which involve the
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During the first four days that adolescents ages 12-15 were eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, 2,200 Yolo County junior-high and highschool students did so, drawing praise from local health officials. But in the 18 days that followed — despite numerous clinics held on school campuses throughout the county — just 2,000 more did. That means of the 11,000 Yolo County residents in the 12-15 age group, more than 60 percent remain unvaccinated. Hoping to improve those numbers, the county’s education and health offices teamed up Thursday for a webinar aimed at convincing students and parents that the COVID19 vaccine is safe and effective. The panel featured six physicians, including Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson as well as local pediatricians Dr. Mary Ann Limbos of CommuniCare and Dr. Jann Murray-Garcia of UC Davis, and was held not long before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report about increasing hospitalizations from COVID-19 among young people ages 12 to 17. Researchers have said the increase
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After this, we’re all going to be rich S o the city of Davis has so much COVID-relief money that we now need some “guiding principles” for how to spend it. Yes, according to Anne TernusBellamy’s front-page piece in this very newspaper “Funding transformational projects and recovering from COVID-related revenue losses are among the principles that will guide how the city of Davis utilizes its windfall of American Rescue Plan funds.” If you’re not already sitting down, this might be a good time to do so. “The city is expecting to receive $19,730,600 in ARP funds, with the first half available now and the remaining funds in the spring of 2022.” Note, these are ARP funds, not AARP funds, though they are both pronounced like a long burp. “Additionally, the city will receive another $1.37 million in separate ARP funds allocated for the provision of affordable housing and related costs.” But wait, there’s more. “In addition to the $19.7 million
Crash kills passenger BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer A 27-year-old Esparto man was arrested on felony drunken-driving charges following an early-morning collision that killed his passenger Friday west of Woodland. According to the California Highway Patrol, Uriel A. Magallanes was at the wheel of a Toyota Corolla that ran off eastbound Highway 16 near County Road 94B at about 1:10 a.m., crashing into a culvert and pole. The impact caused his passenger, a 29-yearold Esparto woman, to eject from the car.
that Davis will receive, Yolo County is expecting to receive $42.7 million.” And, since Davis has nearly onethird of the county’s population, even more dollars will be flowing our way down Putah Creek. And never mind if this is federal money, state money, county money or city money. It’s all our money. It began in our pockets and hopefully will be returned to our pockets one day in one form or another. Speaking of which, my friend Carl’s plan has 50 percent for paving streets, 40 percent for a big raffle and 10 percent for a worldclass barbecue with live music provided by well-paid musicians. Carl also suggests that proof of
Davis residency be required to attend the festivities lest folks from the dreaded three W's — Woodland, Winters and West Sacramento — try to crash the party. Speaking of affordable housing, we could buy up 30 East Davis starter homes at $640,000 apiece and award them through a drawing to hardworking longtime Davis residents who have been permanently shut out of the homeownership market. Or, to be perfectly fair, take the entire $19.7 million, divide it evenly by 70,000 residents, and send us all a check on our birthday.
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pparently, none of the above is being considered by our esteemed elected officials, who have put together a set of “guiding principles” for how to spend the money, without yet citing specific projects they’d like to throw money at. I suppose it’s the right and relevant and proper thing to do, but it’s not much fun. As Ternus-Bellamy notes, “The set of guiding principles unanimously approved by the City
Council includes maximizing opportunities to leverage funds through partnerships and avoiding duplication of other funding sources.” I told you it wasn’t much fun. One of the guiding principles is to “Prioritize projects with a clear link to City Council goals.” Silly me, I thought the council already and always prioritizes projects with a clear link to their goals. I mean, are they in the habit of prioritizing projects that don’t align with their goals? Like, let’s approve an open pit coal mine in Wildhorse even through carbon neutrality is one of our goals. Another guiding principle is to “Focus recovery from COVID revenue losses and accelerating city fiscal re-stabilization as a priority so that the city can be in a stronger position to assist via projects and assistance to the community at large.” At present there is no English translation for the above statement. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
OBITUARIES Joan Yvonne Rosenwald
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Joan Yvonne Rosenwald (Jo), a longtime resident of Davis, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. She was 92 and for the last few years resided at a senior-living facility in Sacramento. She was a registered nurse and worked for several doctors in Davis before joining the staff at the UC Davis Student Health Center, from which she retired. She was born in Michigan to Arthur Taylor and Mildred Eason Taylor on
Dec. 14, 1928. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Pat Nims, son John Tyler and husband Arnold Rosenwald. She will be interred in the Richland Township Cemetery, McBain, Mich. As she was a friend of Dr. John Jones and volunteered at the Davis Community Clinic at its infancy, memorial gifts can be made to the Davis Community Clinic, 2051 John Jones Road, Davis.
June 1, 1941 — April 27, 2021 Julia Mary Rigsby (Judy), passed away on Tuesday, April 27, at Woodland Memorial Hospital due to gallstone pancreatitis. She was 79 and had lived most of her life in the Woodland, Davis and Dixon area, and moved back to Woodland several years ago. She was a wife, mother and homemaker. Judy was born June 1, 1941, in Huntsville, Texas, to Walter White Sadler and Julia
Diemer Sadler and was the older of two children. She moved to Davis when she was 9 years old and graduated from Davis High School in 1960. She is survived by her daughters Julie Myers and Janet Archer; granddaughters Ashlyn Archer and Erin Archer; and greatgranddaughter Ava Archer. Memorial donations can be made to the Yolo County SPCA.
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A moment of lemonade from the lemons I ’ve regularly lamented that the high school graduates of 2020 have had it about as bad as a cohort could. To be the highly sensitive age of 18 and have so many things canceled on you — Davis kids, in particular, missing their proms, graduations and Grad Night festivities? Dreadful. Then for the next phase of life to be so weird no matter what path you took — no fulfilling freshman years of college, or career entries or gap years? It’s just been so much compounded disappointment. Of course, I am talking from a place of understanding that there have been far worse developments for millions of people because of the pandemic. I’m simply concentrating on some social disappointments for this column. In this past year of constant setbacks, I’ve been continually thankful that our kids are not in beginning or ending years of school. Older son, D, is wrapping up his second year of grad school, while younger son, T, is finishing his third as an undergrad. Neither missed out on big,
life-changing transitions. Both had time to meet some people, develop some networks and look forward to post-COVID life on their campuses. Also, neither has had their big send-offs into the real world be virtual and impersonal. From my vantage point, married to a university administrator and working for a different university, I feel like I’ve had a front-row seat to how plans have needed to change constantly, and the resulting dissatisfaction that has understandably ensued. So as California State University, Sacramento — aka S’s employer — set about a “CARmencement” ceremony for this year’s graduation celebration, I had some trepidation. Honestly, I thought, “Uh-oh. People will
hate this, and the complaints will be bountiful.” On Friday, May 21, S had his first day as one of the CARmencement workers. He came home that night giddy, telling me how fun it was to scan in students’ IDs and ask them their majors or other quick chit-chatty things. “The students love this!” he gushed. He told me to check out the live-streaming on Saturday, Day 2 of the graduation celebration. While watching the festivities from various cameras on Saturday, I texted S to say it was really cool looking. He texted back, “It’s super super fun! If you wanna come down here, you’re more than welcome!” Well, heck, if I wasn’t gonna be in the way, “The Real Housewives” could wait! I am so glad I went. It was like the most fun, slow ride at Disneyland, where the focus was on you. I don’t know how often Davisites get themselves A) across the Causeway and B) onto a rival campus, but Sac State is a very
pretty place. The trees and flowers are announcing their presence with authority right now, and the slow, windy trail where the cars were directed to go felt like Disneyland’s Autopia. The route included a “rave tent” for cars, where loud music and strobe lights played, a DJ and mascot Herky the Hornet revved up the crowd, and the marching band played tunes to cheer the drivers along. President Robert Nelsen sat along the route, waving and giving a big “stingers up!” to all the passersby, and department chairs and deans also lined the car parade’s path with pompoms and well-wishing. When they got to S’ station, students had their IDs scanned so that their photos and a brief bio about their time at Sac State appeared on a big screen where they — still in their cars — had a professional photographer take their pictures. From my observation, people were quite excited throughout the adventure. Students were thrilled to see themselves on the big board, and whole families
were in the car together, experiencing the slow parade of celebration about their kids. Extra fun for S was he got to tell the same jokes a thousand times and get laughs every telling. “Which one of you is the graduate?” he’d ask, when one person was clearly wearing all the regalia. And it was way more pleasant than those 100-degree days/ pouring, rainy days, in a stadium surrounded by thousands of drenched (in sweat or rain) people hoping for a glimpse of their teeny, tiny loved ones on the football field. I’ve been a part of the traditional commencement ceremony as both the student and the parent and I’m feeling like CARmencement is more my speed. Hats off to the (pit)crew who made this glass of lemonade out of some COVID lemons. — Tanya Perez lives in Davis with her family. Her column is published every other Sunday. Reach her at pereztanyah@ gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter at @californiatanya.
Building equity and inclusion into summer programming BY NATALIA BALTAZAR Special to The Enterprise
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s summer quickly approaches, many parents are picking out the perfect camps and planning out summer schedules for their children. For many of the families that Empower Yolo serves, children lack resources and opportunities during the summer, this can mean fewer enriching activities and limited peer interactions. For children staying in Empower Yolo’s safe house, summer may not be fun and carefree, but may lead to more stress and isolation for these children.
Summer at the safe house Empower Yolo’s child advocates are preparing ways to provide fun, healthy and enriching summer activities for the children residing at our emergency safe house. “This summer Empower Yolo hopes to combine fitness, wellness, and recreation programs for our kids at the safe house through a wide variety of programs, which include crafts, sports, outdoor activities and field trips.
EMPOWER YOLO We hope to provide our youth with experiences that will encourage leadership, teamwork, friendship skills, communication, and responsibility, all while having fun,” says Patricia Cortez, Empower Yolo senior child advocate. Parents at the safe house are not only trying to keep their children safe, but like many parents they are trying to find summer activities for their children. Families at the shelter have additional barriers and many kids struggle with other issues. “Children in the safe house typically struggle with communication skills, peer-to-peer interactions, and the lack of resources available to them. This can lead to feeling isolated from their friends or peers during the summer,” says Cortez. As with other issues around equity and inclusion for these children, not all summer experiences are created equally. “With the lack of resources available to our families in the safe house it is hard to take children on vacation, enroll them in summer camps or attend field trips,” says Cortez. This summer, Empower
Yolo wants to change this to create its own summer camp experience for the children in a warm, welcoming, safe environment where the children can flourish and grow with new experiences. The community can help by making donations to Empower Yolo’s summer camp or donate experiences such as pool passes or movie tickets. Items for water play, outdoor activities, materials for crafting projects, art supplies and snacks are also welcome.
After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Empower Yolo’s ASSETs team is planning and organizing leadership and athletic activities for teens at Woodland and Pioneer High Schools. ASSETs is collaborating with local partners to offer the Freshman Leadership Academy (FLA). Now in its third year, FLA is a fiveweek program running from June 21 to July 23. It will focus on supporting incoming first year students as they transition into high school through programming focused on
leadership development, social-emotional learning, and academic success. FLA is made possible through the generous support of Woodland Joint Unified School District, UC Davis Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP), Travis Credit Union, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, and the City of Woodland. “We look forward to welcoming incoming freshmen and preparing them to be leaders within their high schools,” says Tony Morales, ASSETs youth/ parent engagement specialist. There will be a variety of interactive workshops and activities throughout FLA. “Each staff member from both ASSETs and EAOP has worked hard on lesson plans and scheduling in order to get the most out of the time we have with students each day. We also want to make sure that students are having fun and building unique relationships with one another focusing heavily on teambuilding activities. Our goal is always to empower students and create spaces for them to feel heard so with each lesson plan, activity, icebreaker and game we put together we keep this in mind,” says Morales.
The ASSETs team welcomes and encourages community support in increasing awareness of safe and enriching engagement opportunities for youths this summer. “Our hope with these programs is for our students to have safe outlets to be physically, academically and socially engaged with role models that can help them develop leadership, personal responsibility, and academic self-regulation skills,” says Fabian Iglesias, Empower Yolo Director of Youth Programs, ASSETs Program Manager. In addition to FLA, ASSETs and Woodland High School are collaborating to host a summer sports camp with coaches and teachers from WHS. The program will include football strength and conditioning from June 14 to 23; and open gym from June 21 to July 30. Open gym will provide space to play intramural soccer and basketball, and for boxing sessions with WHS alum, professional boxer and former Olympian Vicente Escobedo. Program goals are to support students’ social emotional growth. “Due to the challenges of the past year and the ongoing pandemic, many of our
programs over the summer will focus on the social emotional needs of our youth. FLA has social emotional learning built directly into the curriculum to help support some of those needs, while ASSETs summer sports will address the social and physical wellness of our students. Both programs have been carefully planned and designed to provide healthy outlets for students’ stress and anxiety, as well as provide opportunities to safely socialize and re-engage in outdoor activities,” says Pretell. The community can support our teens by helping us spread the word about these programs. We hope that each student who is in search of a safe and productive space is aware of the opportunities we are offering to them throughout the summer. Reach out to Paola Pretell at paola@empower yolo.org or Tony Morales at antonio@empoweryolo. org with any questions. To learn more about Empower Yolo, or to donate any time visit empoweryolo.org. — Natalia Baltazar is the director of development and community relations of Empower Yolo.
Chinese Association awards scholarships Enterprise staff
BY ANDY JONES Special to The Enterprise 1. People Named Paul. The author of “The Mosquito Coast” came out with a new book this spring titled, “Under the Wave at Waimea.” Name him. 2. Countries of the World. What country was the leading producer of avocados in 2019, supplying 32% of the world total? 3. Album Titles. The album Jagged Little Pill made what singer/songwriter the first Canadian to achieve doublediamond record sales? 4. Books and Authors. Published in 1943, what novella is the top-selling
French work of fiction written in the 20th century, having sold more than 100 million copies? 5. Sports. What Major League Baseball team plays its home games at Wrigley Field? Answers: Paul Theroux, Mexico, Alanis Morrisette, “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Chicago Cubs. — Dr. Andy Jones is the quizmaster at de Vere’s Irish Pub and author of the book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People.” Dr. Andy is now also sharing his pub quizzes via Patreon. Find out more at www. yourquizmaster.com.
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KIDNEY: UCD at forefront of trend BOARD: Trustees hear feedback From Page A1 care or transplantation and lead to worse outcomes, while Black people already have higher rates of endstage kidney disease and death due to kidney failure than the overall population,” the New England Journal of Medicine article stated. By adding points to the calculated eGFR of Black patients, the algorithm delays their diagnosis of chronic kidney disease and makes it more difficult for them to qualify for dialysis or for a kidney transplant. Shortly after the article’s publication, the National Kidney Foundation and the American Society of Nephrology convened a task force to evaluate the use of race in estimating kidney function. The task force has not released its final report, but the groups published an update this year recommending that race modifiers be eliminated from eGFR equations. “The use of race in clinical algorithms normalizes and reinforces misconceptions of racial determinants of health and disease,” Paul M. Palevsky, president of the National Kidney Foundation, said in a statement. “We must move beyond this if we are to address the racism and racial disparities.” Momentum to remove race from the kidney function test at UC Davis Health began early last year when fourth-year medical student Megan Byrne brought up the use of race in eGFR calculations during a class presentation in a
race and health course taught by Associate Clinical Professor Dr. Jann MurrayGarcía. “The idea that a social construct (race), so oversimplified as this single binary variable, reliably tracking for overall renal function, did not fit my understanding of physiology and biology,” Byrne said in an interview with the UC Davis Health news service. Later that year, shortly after the murder of George Floyd prompted racial justice protests around the world, another medical student, Bisrat Woldemichael, questioned the rationale for using race in evaluating a patient’s kidneys. Murray-García and internal medicine professor Dr. Rachael Lucatorto relayed the students’ critique of the test to their colleagues and a workgroup was formed to address the subject. The group, which began in September 2020, included internists, nephrologists, pathologists, lab professionals and other clinicians from the Office of Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, according to the UC Davis Health news service. Dr. Alex Ladenheim, a resident in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UC Davis Health, did an extensive review of the research around race correction in the kidney function test and conducted a retrospective review of eGFR data from 376 patients to assess the potential impact of changing the algorithm.
“The results showed that eliminating race from the eGFR would not lead to inappropriate treatment or false-positive results,” the UC Davis Health news service reported. On the contrary, eliminating race from the equation could improve outcomes for Black patients by correctly demonstrating when they actually need treatment for chronic kidney disease. “Lab test results greatly influence decisions about patient care,” Lydia Pleotis Howell, professor and chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UC Davis Health, told the health system’s news service. Last month, clinical laboratory scientists, the health system electronic medical record team and the laboratory information system team made the necessary changes to eliminate race from the eGFR algorithm. The UCD students who sparked discussion about race correction in the kidney function test said they were gratified to see the concerns they raised prompt meaningful change. “It makes me feel heard,” Woldemichael said in an interview with the UC Davis Health news service. “It inspires me to continue asking questions.” Woldemichael and Byrne both said there is still work to be done. While there appears to be growing momentum — with UCD at the forefront — to remove race from the formula for determining a patient’s kidney function.
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Return to campus Noting that the Thursday meeting was the last board meeting while school remains in session, superintendent John Bowes thanked students, parents, teachers and everyone else involved in the community for their effort this past year. “We will always remember the current school year as one of the most challenging in anyone’s history,” Bowes said. Bowes also said the district was excited about the
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There will also be a second dose clinic on Tuesday June 8, a walk in clinic, at the Harper gym from 2 to 6 p.m. Juanitas added that anyone may receive a vaccine dose from these clinics, and the second dose clinics for anyone who receives a first dose will be held at Davis Senior High School on June 29 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. “At both clinics there will be enough vaccines for students, staff, parents and community members to receive a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine,” Juanitas said. “No appointment is necessary for any of these clinics but those receiving their second dose must bring their vaccine card they received when they got their first dose.” Saliva testing for COVID-19, done through a partnership with Healthy Davis Together, will also continue through the summer, though only on a few campuses, Juanitas said. The campuses where saliva testing will continue to be available to the community include Montgomery Elementary, Harper Junior High and Emerson Junior High. And district staff and students will have access to testing clinics at Korematsu and Davis Senior HIgh School, according to Juanitas. “We will continue to encourage all staff and students that are attending summer school to have a regular weekly saliva test,” Juanitas said.
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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
NOTICE OF IMPENDING POWER TO SELL TAX-DEFAULTED PROPERTY (Rev. & Tax Code, Sections 3361, 3362) Pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Codes sections 3691 and 3692.4, the following conditions will, by operation of law, subject real property to the tax collector’s power to sell. 1) All property for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for five or more years. 2) All property which has a nuisance abatement lien recorded against it and for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for three or more years. 3) Any property that has been identified and requested for purchase by a city, county, city and county, or nonprofit organization to serve the public benefit by providing housing or services directly related to lowincome persons and for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for three or more years. The parcels listed herein meet the one or more of the criteria listed above and thus, will become subject to the tax collector’s power to sell on July 1, 2021, at 12:01 a.m., by operation of law. The tax collector’s power to sell will arise unless the property is either redeemed or made subject to an installment plan of redemption initiated as provided by law prior to close of business on the last business day in June. The right to an installment plan terminates on the last business day in June, and after that date the entire balance due must be paid in full to prevent sale of the property at public auction. The right of redemption survives the property becoming subject to the power to sell, but terminates at 5 p.m. on the last business day prior to the date of the sale by the tax collector. All information concerning redemption or the initiation of an installment plan of redemption will be furnished, upon request, by Chad Rinde, 625 Court Street, Room 102, Woodland, CA 95695, phone (530) 666-8190. The amount to redeem, including all penalties and fees, as of June, 2021, is shown opposite the parcel number and next to the name of the assessee. PARCEL NUMBERING SYSTEM EXPLANATION The Assessor's Parcel Number (APN), when used to describe property in this list, refers to the assessor's map book, the map page, the block on the map, if applicable, and the individual parcel on the map page or in the block. The assessor's maps and further explanation of the parcel numbering system are available in the assessor's office. PROPERTY TAX DEFAULTED ON JULY 1, 2014 FOR THE TAXES, ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER CHARGES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014 ASSESSOR'S ASSESSEE NAME/ AMOUNT PARCEL NO. PROPERTY ADDRESS TO REDEEM
trustees going around to different school campuses and listening to feedback from students. Trustee Betsy Hyder said she learned from distance learning students that they enjoy turning in their assignments online, and that the system makes organization easier. Hyder said she heard this feedback at multiple levels, especially among secondary students. On the positive side, Hyder added, she heard that distance learning felt less intense in a lot of ways and some stress was alleviated with increased privacy of grades. On the negative side, she said, tech issues in distance learning still present a problem. Board president Joe DiNunzio said there will be an agenda item to discuss the listening tours at the board’s next meeting, scheduled for June 20.
five in-person high school graduation ceremonies being held next week, and reminded the community to check rules and guidelines to make sure they’re following appropriate safety restrictions. Laura Juanitas, associate superintendent of student support services, said COVID-19 case rates continue to fall and that Yolo County will remain in the orange tier of the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy reopening system until June 15, when the system officially ends. The district also continues to see low rates of COVID19 infection with students and staff members, with only two students and one staff member testing positive throughout May. Juanitas said that though most restrictions will be lifted on June 15, the county expects that restrictions related to students will continue, such as masking and social distancing. “We’re expecting that most of these guidelines will focus on unvaccinated youth but we have not heard any specifics yet,” Juanitas said. Vaccine clinics are also continuing, Junanitas said, as the district continues to see a strong interest from families to have students age 12 and up vaccinated. On Sunday, June 6, a drive through clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Harper Junior High Campus primarily for students who received their first vaccine dose on May 16, Juanitas said.
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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:
PUBLIC NOTICE
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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 5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6 1307
initiated and maintained; the property will become tax-defaulted and may be sold subsequently at a tax sale to satisfy the tax lien. That a detailed list of all properties remaining tax-defaulted as of July 1, 2024, and not redeemed prior to being submitted for publication, shall be published on or before September 8, 2024.
That information concerning redemption or the initiation of an installment plan of redemption of tax-defaulted property will be NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX DELINQUENCY furnished, upon request by Chad Rinde, 625 AND IMPENDING DEFAULT Court St., Room 102, Woodland, California Made pursuant to Section 3351,3352, 95695, telephone number (530)666-8190. Revenue and Taxation Code I certify, under penalty of perjury, that the I, Chad Rinde, Yolo County Tax Collector, foregoing is true and correct. State of California, certify as follows: Chad Rinde That at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2021, by operation Yolo County Tax Collector of law, any real property (unless previously Executed at Woodland, Yolo County, tax-defaulted and not redeemed) that have California, on May 17th, 2021 any delinquent taxes, assessments, or other Published in Davis Enterprise on May 23rd, charges levied for the fiscal year 2020-2021, May 30th, and June 6th, 2021. 1318 and/or any delinquent supplemental taxes levied prior to the fiscal year 2020-2021, shall be declared tax-defaulted. PUBLIC NOTICE
That unless the property is completely redeemed through payment of all unpaid amounts, together with penalties and fees prescribed by law or an installment plan is
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CV2021-0788 1. Angel Del Valle Short, Jr. filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Angel Del Valle Short, Jr. to Angel Del Valle 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: 7-1-2021 Time: 9:00 AM Dept: #10 Room: ZOOM 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 Samuel T. McAdam Judge of the Superior Court 5/30, 6/6, 6/13, 6/20 1336
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SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2021 A5
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wo popular downtown murals were removed when the former Davis Ace Housewares building was painted late last month. Bob Dunning mentioned it in his May 28 column, and told me later, “People are simply outraged. I’m getting a lot of response.” In 2012, the Davis Mural Team, under the direction of the artists and John Natsoulas, painted “Splash,” by Kerry Rowland-Avrech and “Still Life with Billie Holiday” by Guy Diehl. “Splash” was on the east side of the building, facing H Street and the railroad tracks, and “Still Life” was just around the corner, facing Third Street. The building’s address is 240 G St. but takes up much of the block. Natsoulas, owner of Natsoulas Gallery, said he was contacted on May 13 by Jennifer Anderson, the former owner of Davis Ace, notifying him that the building would be painted and eventually torn down. He said he was told it was in the process of being sold to a Southern California company that develops apartments. Anderson would not confirm the building’s sale. She explained that it was under contract, but they continue to accept offers. “I never disclose any information until the deed is recorded.” The 22,632square-foot retail building is still listed on LoopNet for $6.5 million. She cited repeated graffiti tagging on the building as the reason for the new paint job. Natsoulas said Anderson was great to work with when the murals went up. And he was grateful for the advanced notice when they were removed.
“We were quite devastated, but this is a risk that you take when you do public art on private property,” said Natsoulas, who — with the artists — paid for the 2012 mural work. Since then, the city has noticeably boosted its support of public art projects. He said two other downtown murals suffered similar fates in recent years. “Quantum Leap” by Joseph Bellacera was destroyed several years ago with the remodel of the Third and G streets building that houses Temple Coffee. And James Chaffee’s “Guardians of the Grape” was lost when the former Valley Wine Company building was condemned and demolished. Natsoulas said the team that painted the murals will likely never get together again. “It’s one of those things … we have really, really fond memories of — what we gave to the city of Davis, and all that time we spent together.” “Splash” artist RowlandAvrech moved to Seattle, and “Still Life” artist Diehl is now quite famous, Natsoulas said. He noted how UC Davis graduates loved to take photos below the colorful “Splash” mural, leaping and throwing their caps in the air. A photo of that mural once ran on the cover of the travel section of the San Francisco Chronicle. With some minor maintenance, the 9-year-old murals would have lasted for another 50 or 100 years, Natsoulas said, because “we use very
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Kerry Rowland-Avrech discusses her mural ‘Splash’ on the back wall of Ace Hardware in 2012. expensive, 100-year paint.” “We are so blessed that no one has ever tagged it with graffiti,” Natsoulas said. He noted that the only recent graffiti on a public mural was inside the parking garage at First and F streets. Anderson also owns the former KetMoRee building that’s vacant at 238 G St. Crews recently removed the restaurant signage and touched up the paint but did not tamper with the butterfly mural “Hidden Treasures” by Myron Stephens. Diane Parro, director of community and business engagement for Davis, said the city was not notified of the removal of the murals. That’s probably because the city was not involved in the creation of the murals, and pieces were not considered part of the city’s public arts collection. ———— De Vere’s Irish Pub started with a soft opening on Wednesday, with limited hours – and a fresh new orangish exterior. Management expressed concern that my announcing its opening would create an undue burden on
the new staff. I can’t withhold that kind of information, but I can ask that patrons be patient as De Vere’s makes this transition. The bar and restaurant at 217 E St. had been closed since August 2020. ———— Repairs to The Dumpling House continue to make progress. The restaurant, at 129 E St., Suite B in Orange Court, has been closed since a May 2018 fire. Owner Jetty Li said most of the structural work is complete. Flooring and baseboards are underway. They still need to add kitchen equipment and then do inspections. She anticipates a few more months. Meanwhile, there are lines for its famous dumplings at the Davis Farmers Market each Wednesday, from 3 to 6 p.m. in Central Park. ———— In preparation for next weekend’s graduations at UC Davis, organizers with Davis Downtown removed the tents in the E Street Plaza parking lot on Wednesday, freeing up more spaces. The picnic
tables that were under the tents moved to nearby businesses. Meanwhile, the G Street closure between Second and Third streets will continue at least through the end of August. Personally, I would love to see the closure continue, and add E street as well, also between Second and Third. Cars would still have access to the E Street lot from F Street. ———— The owners of the axthrowing business The Smart Axe are waiting for installation of their heating and air system. As of May 27, lead owner Doug Link said, “I think we’re still a month out.” The business is coming to 720 Olive Drive, Suite U2, near Rocknasium. The premise is a fun outlet and team-building activity where patrons throw an ax at a target. ———— Guads Tacos & Beer is still coming along at 231 Third St. It doesn’t have an opening date to announce, but it’s getting closer. One of the owners, Shekib Nayebkhel, said the restaurant is waiting for a
few inspections. The menu will be similar to the two Taqueria Guadalajara restaurants in town. The state is expected to lift many of the COVID occupancy and mask restrictions on June 15. That, along with the staffing shortages, may be enough reason for some businesses to delay opening – or reopening – until later in the month. ———— Pannier Foods phased out its delivery service as it adjusts to its new takeout location at 825 Russell Blvd., Suite 27 – the former Ramen Hook spot inside University Mall. It specializes in farm-totable seasonal foods, with preordered meals. Visit https://www.pannierfoods.com/. ———— Like many restaurants, Water Pig is struggling to find employees so it can open. Calvin Liu, owner of the South Davis restaurant coming to 2120 Cowell Blvd., Suite 143, said it’s been especially hard to find cooks. He’s also looking for help at Open Rice Kitchen, downtown at 204 G St. ———— I keep track of Davis businesses on my Google spreadsheet, which includes more than 325 Davis businesses affected by COVID-19. It’s at https://bit.ly/Davis Businesses. In it, there are sheets for Restaurantsopen, Restaurants-closed, Businesses-retail, Businesses-service, and more. Email me (address below) to suggest updates. — 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.
Berryessa Gap gets some enthusiasm from Wine Enthusiast Special to The Enterprise WINTERS — Berryessa Gap Vineyards’ 2018 Durif has been awarded a 93 Point Rating and Editor’s Choice from the internationally recognized team at Wine Enthusiast magazine. Wine Enthusiast utilizes a 100-point wine-scoring rating system and considers ratings of 90-93 to be “Excellent” wine.
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“We are honored to receive this outstanding rating from such a highly respected publication as Wine Enthusiast,” said Nicole Salengo, winemaker at Berryessa Gap. “Our goal is to produce wines that truly express our winemaking philosophy: allow each varietal’s characteristics to shine. Our Durif is not only pleasing
now, but is a rich, ageworthy wine.” This 100% Petite Sirah varietal wine was also awarded Best of Class in the 2021 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition and Gold/90 points in the 2021 Winemaker Challenge International. Other Wine Enthusiast 90-plus Point Rating wines are Berryessa Gap’s 2018
team, led by our winemaker Nicole Salengo,” said Corinne Martinez, proprietor, president and chief operating officer. “We must also recognize the vital role our great vines and vineyard play in making great wine. We are unique in that our founders own Martinez
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SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2021
Can state close failed projects?
Nuclear-plant W drama raises green issues BY LLEWELLYN KING Special to The Enterprise
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ormally, a trial involving a nuclear power plant would garner national attention. But there has been a significant struggle underway over an unfinished nuclear power plant in Hollywood, Ala., and nary a word of it has caught national media attention. Even in the area affected by this trial, served by the giant Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), coverage has been modest. The importance of new green energy hasn’t been raised, which is the backstory here. The bench trial (before a single judge) which opened in Huntsville, Ala. on May 16 and concluded three days later involves the two units of TVA’s Bellefonte nuclear plant. TVA started construction on the plant in 1975, then suspended it. Later TVA revived construction, and finally mothballed the plant in 2o15. A year later, TVA declared the plant surplus to its needs and put it up for sale. This attracted just three bidders and a purpose-specific company, Nuclear Development LLC, won. It was the high bidder at just $111 million. Two lower bidders both planned to cannibalize the plant and ship parts to other plants, some abroad. TVA accepted the Nuclear Development bid without reservation, or none was expressed. According to Nuclear Development, the company went ahead inventorying the plant and doing customary due diligence prior to the deal closing after two years. When the deal was to close in November 2018, TVA asked first for a two-week extension and then scrapped the deal, claiming the purchaser had failed to get the necessary licenses transferred from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as required by the Atomic Energy Act. The judge has already affirmed this much in a pre-trial opinion. TVA told me in a statement, “Nuclear Development had two years to obtain the necessary Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval to transfer Bellefonte’s NRC-issued construction permits. Nuclear Development failed to obtain NRC approval before closing, making it illegal for TVA to close the sale.” Bill McCollum, president of Nuclear Development, told me that the license issue wasn’t raised in the time from the sale in 2016 to the abrupt change of heart on the verge of signing in November 2018. NRC hasn’t been a party to the trial and neither has any other federal agency. After the cancellation, Nuclear Development immediately sued for breach of contract.
e human beings hate to admit failure. Even though our brains may know when some endeavor has failed, our emotions and our egos may drive us to continue trying to make it work. Indeed, the syndrome has developed its own linguistic phrases, such as “throwing good money after bad,” or “sunk costs,” or “cutting our losses.” Private businesses are usually — but not always — willing to shut down or sell off ventures that don’t pan out. Ford Motor Co. famously jettisoned the Edsel, a car named after the beloved son of founder Henry Ford, when the car failed to attract enough buyers. But the Boeing Co. stuck with an elongated version of its 737 jetliner even after two crashed and killed 346 people, and is still trying to make it acceptable. Government officials are generally less willing to admit failure, perhaps because, unlike business executives, they have no personal financial stakes in outcomes. Their guiding, albeit informal, rule is that launching new programs enhances one’s standing while shutting down those
that fail just angers their stakeholders. California’s recent history is replete with examples of programs and projects that deserved merciful deaths but have continued to soak up billions of dollars in taxpayer money. The woebegone bullet train project is the most spectacular. Voters were promised a statewide network of high-speed trains when they passed a $9.95 billion bond issue in 2008. Thirteen years later, we have only a few concrete structures in the Fresno area — no track, no trains and no certain date when even a relatively short segment will be operative despite the many billions of dollars spent, or wasted, so far. It would take a book — a thick book — to fully describe all of the state government’s highly touted, very expensive digital information projects that have
failed to deliver the promised benefits. While it lacks the scale of the bullet train and the failed information technology projects, Calbright may fall into the same category. It’s former Gov. Jerry Brown’s pet project — an online community college that would offer highquality, low-cost instruction to help working Californians upgrade their job skills. Tens of millions of dollars have been sunk into Calbright over the past few years but it’s actually provided instruction only to a few dozen students — at an enormous per-student cost, of course.
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ast month, State Auditor Elaine Howle catalogued Calbright’s failures, declaring that “A primary reason … is that its former executive team failed to develop and execute effective strategies for launching the college.” If Calbright doesn’t shape up by next year, Howle told the Legislature, it should be axed. Five days before Howle issued her report, the state Assembly voted unanimously for legislation that “makes the California Online Community College
Act inoperative at the end of the 2022-23 academic year.” To be fair, the legislation, Assembly Bill 1432, does not merely reflect an unwillingness to continue a project that has fallen short of its lofty goals. The bill is sponsored by the union that represents faculty at the state’s 115 local community colleges and it opposed Calbright from the onset, fearing that it would undermine the existing system. However, Calbright’s obvious shortcomings made it vulnerable to a political death sentence. The fight over its fate now shifts to the state Senate, or perhaps will be decided when legislative leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom negotiate a final 2021-22 budget deal behind closed doors this month. If Calbright is jettisoned, perhaps it would mark a new willingness to stop throwing good money after bad. Now how about that bullet train to nowhere? — 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
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he dispute is important in the national context with the Biden administration straining to end carbon emissions from electricity generation and the two units of Bellefonte representing between them 2,700 megawatts of clean green power. There is some controversy over the state of completion of the plant, but Unit 1 is put at 88 percent by the purchaser and Unit 2 at around 58 percent. McCollum knows the plant: A career nuclear engineer, he was the chief operating officer at TVA until he retired in 2011. Previously, he served for 33 years in the highly respected Duke Energy nuclear program. Nuclear Development is owned by Franklin Haney of Chattanooga and his family, who have amassed a fortune in real estate development in Tennessee and around Washington, D.C. Creative financing has been Haney’s specialty, and he had devised a plan to finish the Bellefonte plant using private funding and federal tax credits and loan guarantees. He first shared this possible plan with TVA in 2013 — so it has been longgerminating. Haney had worked with TVA on creative financing for another nuclear project. He was a known quantity to TVA. Purchaser sources believe that TVA pulled back when it realized that Nuclear Development wanted to sell its electricity output from Bellefonte to the City of Memphis, TVA’s largest customer, at a discount. Otherwise, it could have made the sale contingent on the license transfers. At a time when clean air is a national priority, it seems the litigation in Alabama is more than a commercial dispute. It is an environmental one. After all, TVA is a federal independent agency, and the NRC is a federal independent commission. Couldn’t they have worked out the licensing problem before it came to legal fisticuffs? In my years of writing about TVA, it has always been a nuclear champion and keenly aware of its social responsibility, having been born in the New Deal. — 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.
LETTERS Gun violence I share Pastor McBride’s sadness on the number of our youths who never get to enjoy their full lives because of gun violence. Seldom is this tragedy raised in today’s discussions of law-enforcement tactics. Even his own views move to the critical view of “a criminal justice system that disproportionally arrests and incarcerates Black and brown people.” As he cites, the justice system goes after the perpetrators of the crimes, which we aim to reduce with the view that the arrests of the perpetrators will lead to greater safety for everyone else. What I find interesting is that the funeral he cites happened while Kamala Harris was San Francisco’s attorney general. Her success of fighting crime led her to being elected as California’s state attorney general. Are we to now think that completely reversing her policies and legacy would serve us better? Ryan Baum Davis
Dunning: tennis legend A May 18 Enterprise article mentioned that Bob Dunning played Bobby Riggs in a well-publicized tennis match in 1977, but didn’t say who won. Well,
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I’m writing to say who won, and more ... Bob won, according to my research, 6-3, 0-6, 7-6 (5-3 in the tiebreaker), indicating a seesaw battle that ended very close, and gives an indication of Bob’s famous competitiveness. Bob played tennis for my dad at UC Davis in the late ’60s. I was in high school back then and came to all the matches. Bob was a home-grown Davis player who played his way up to the No. 2 spot on the UCD team, only beaten by UCD’s No. 1 player back then, a formerly highly ranked, pro-coached player from L.A., Mike Talmadge (yes, of the silver-screen family). Being a home-grown and self-made player, this clearly indicated by his second serve and backhand, Bob regularly beat guys who had grown up under pro coaching at tennis clubs, mainly by rushing the net and not letting the poor frustrated and whites-bedecked guy get anything past him. By refusing to wear dress-code tennis whites, Bob made sure his opponents knew he was not one of those club boys. He would show up at matches in Hickey gym-issue pocketless gray shorts, a T-shirt and canvas shoes instead of the cool new leather ones. Our rival team, who I won’t name, had No. 1 and No. 2 players who were classic club guys, but who also had tantrums when they were losing and worst of all, as I recall, often called shots out that were several inches inside the line. I remember the No. 1 guy throwing his wooden racket against the fence as
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Talmadge cooly beat him in a very close match. When faced with cheating calls, Bob and Mike would just look over at us and play harder, never stooping so low as to reciprocate with bad calls. They and the other guys on the team were great role models for this high-schooler and embodied the most important core value of my dad’s teams: being a class act. Don Lotter Davis
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It’s time to form a New Republican Party COMMENTARY
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he time has come for politicians of all stripes to rise above partisanship for the sake of saving our democracy. This will require courage and uncomfortable choices by all, patriotic Democrats and Republicans alike. A democracy is not healthy, indeed cannot survive, without a loyal opposition party. And that is precisely where the United States finds itself right now. If this is not remedied, and quickly, the risk of sliding into autocracy is much to high. How can we create a new path? By encouraging and nurturing the formation of a New Republican Party (NRP); a party founded based on truth, integrity, pro-democracy and inclusion. This means inclusion for Blacks, Whites, Latinx, Asians, LGBTQ…. people of any creed, race, ethnicity or background that are believers in truth, science, integrity and democracy who come together in a party
that gives priority to developing a platform and that believes in compromise. How can this be accomplished? Let’s start with the recent Senate vote on the formation of a Jan. 6 Commission. Fifty-four Senators, including six Republicans, voted in favor; 35 Senators, all Republicans, opposed the measure, and 11 Senators did not vote, including nine republicans. Over 60% of those who voted, voted in favor of the measure, yet it failed. This vote alone clearly shows that our democracy is broken in so many ways. Surely, among the 15 Republican senators that did not oppose the measure there are patriots who would participate in the formation of a New Republican Party free of lies and fear. How can this be fostered? Here are some thoughts on the necessary ingredients: ■ Security: Behind the scenes, there are reports of threats,
including death threats, being used to keep Republicans in line. What happened to the 100 prominent Republicans who were a day away from releasing a manifesto calling for a new conservative party if the Republican Party did not accept the truth? President Biden, the FBI, the NSA and other appropriate agencies should form a task force and devote the resources necessary to quickly and thoroughly investigate any credible threats and provide security as needed to Republicans and others ready to start a new party. ■ Resources: All patriots, including Democrats, liberals, conservatives, independents and Republicans should help fund the creation of the New Republican Party, even the Democratic National Committee. Let’s all show that we really care about our country, even if it may hurt our own partisan preferences. ■ Political safety: Longtime Republicans need to know a safe landing pad awaits them once they exit the GOP. As much as many Democrats would love to
see two, four or even six Republican Senators switch to the Democratic Party, how realistic is that? Instead, let’s help them create a more comfortable and realistic landing place. Dare I suggest that the DNC pledge not to run Democratic candidates against Republican Senators and Representatives that become genuine founders of the NRP for at least one election cycle? ■ A Path Forward: This must include elimination or major modification of the filibuster. What if a measure passes in the Senate with 55% or more of the votes cast — abstentions excluded? The NRP must also pledge to vote in favor of a Jan. 6 Commission, for the voting rights bills and for other measures designed to secure our democracy. Let’s leave it to the Democratic leadership, including President Biden, along with the new leaders of the NRP to work out the details, but quickly. ■ Alacrity: Perhaps discussions along these lines are
already underway. It’s probably best if the Fourth Estate not publicize such discussions and that we all learn of them when an esteemed group of Republicans and independents jointly announce the formation of the NRP and the imminent, bipartisan passage of these urgent measures. Am I a dreamer? Yes. Am I realistic? For the sake of our democracy, I certainly hope so. For I am an American first. I’ve been a Republican (voted for Ford, Reagan and Bush I), an independent (Perot) and a Democrat (Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Obama and Biden). But more that anything else, I consider myself pro-democracy. So in these trying times, I implore pro-democracy citizens of all political stripes to come together and foster the birth of a loyal new party that is prodemocracy first and that Republicans, conservatives and others can feel comfortable joining, for the sake of us all. — Mark Berman is a Davis resident.
State must bury wildfire- Yes, Virginia, there causing power lines now is hope for the future Special to The Enterprise
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s we enter the summer fire season, the inescapable fear on everyone’s mind must be — when and where will the next catastrophic fire break out? Will there be the massive power shutdowns; the hazardous smoke that can take years off our lives; the billions in economic damage; and the thousands of homes destroyed, lives lost, and millions displaced due to mandatory evacuations? Since 2017, four of our state’s most destructive fires were started by overhead power lines. That is why we are working on a timely grassroots campaign and petition on Change.orgto use 2% of California’s budget surplus to bury the highest risk fire-causing power lines. Next coming week, we will be introducing an appropriations bill for the legislature to allocate $1.5 billion to bury 500 miles of the highest-hazard overhead lines that run through dry, high-wind rural forested and grassy rural areas. According to PG&E, Butte, Calaveras, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Sonoma and Yuba Counties, home to both the Camp and the Tubbs fires, the two worst in state history, have a total of only 532 overhead power lines of the total of 88,000 miles of overhead lines they manage. This proposed $1.5 appropriation would pay to bury about 500 miles of the high-risk lines around Santa Rosa, Paradise, Malibu and Santa Barbara during the next two years to prevent such catastrophic fires, which are started by sparks from power lines whipped up by high winds and tree limbs. Like Governor Newsom’s recent funding proposal, a package of new bills announced last week by Senator Dodd and six other members of the Senate’s “Wildfire Working Group,” focuses on preparing for the fire season by clearing brush to diminish the spread of fires, formulating evacuation plans, making insurance available to farmers and providing the staffing, training and funding to fight fires. Not a single California tax dollar is being spent on what is by far the most effective way to prevent the fires in the first place, which is to bury the overhead power lines that cause many of the fires before they happen. This would also eliminate the planned power shut-offs, an increasingly frequent occurrence that can threaten
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residents in retirement, assistedliving, nursing homes and private residences whose well-being and life depend on machines and reliable electricity. Moreover, shutdowns waste refrigerated and frozen food in every market and home — just add up the carbon footprint from growing, harvesting, processing and transporting all these valuable fresh foods and products that cannot be used or sold. Public utilities like PG&E own the power lines and are responsible for their maintenance. The regulatory obstacle we have identified that this proposed $1.5 billion allocation overcomes is that the state’s Public Utility Regulatory Commission controls a utility company’s ability to recoup the capital cost of installing and maintaining its power line, and in so doing only reimburses, through rates passed on to consumers, the lowest cost option for delivering power through those lines. This means that PG&E and SoCal cannot get reimbursed, through higher rates, for the $3 million a mile it would cost to bury the power lines. Furthermore, because the state does not own the lines, but only regulates them, CalFire has no mechanism to allocate state funding to bury the lines to prevent fires before they are sparked. It’s a terrible Catch-22 and a recipe for inaction, delay and disaster. We have a choice: stick with the status quo, which means allowing the utilities to expand their pre-emptive power to employ shutdowns. Or use $1.5 billion of the new funding from California’s budget surplus to bury, over the next two years, just a fraction of 1% of the state’s overhead power lines, focusing on the 500 miles of the most dangerous, riskiest lines identified by CalFire. We should follow the governments of Japan, Germany and Sweden, which bury the lines that run through fire-prone areas. We are certain that adding fire prevention to our state’s budget, instead of only preparation and response, is a step towards positive change that will show everyone what can be achieved when the state takes responsive action to protect lives and property in high risk and fire-prone areas. — Davis Community Vision Alliance — Heather Caswell, Nancy Price, Karen Beardsley and Liliana Ma.
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ear Davis Enterprise reader, You might be asking, why is a retired Davis High School social science teacher and former crosscountry coach writing an article on global climate change and the rapidly deteriorating world environment? I am not a scientist or mathematician, nor am I an elected official who purports to be an opinion leader. I am merely a concerned citizen with two daughters and two grandchildren, who will inherit this planet long after I am gone. So why am I writing this? Most of what we read in the media covers climate change in a shroud of gloom and doom. Humans are polluting this planet faster than plant life can clean it up. The oceans are warming, polar ice caps are melting and storms are more frequent and more destructive. Even the U.S. military gauges climate change and the approaching environmental disaster the No. 1 enemy we will face in the coming century. So why do I have hope that we will leave this planet in habitable form for future generations? Since I retired from the
COMMENTARY Davis Joint Unified School District, I have become an active participant in the Davis Sunrise Rotary. Our club has active committees focused on community development, youth activities and international projects. We are professionally linked to other Rotary Clubs in our region, state, nation and on the international level. Rotary International, up until recently, has named six major areas of global focus; among them is “Polio Plus,” the effort to eliminate polio from the planet. With the help of the Gates Foundation and billions of dollars in contributions, polio now only exists in two countries in the world. Rotary International has named a seventh area of focus, “Protecting the Environment.” In the introduction to announcing this new area of focus, RI stated, “We are committed to supporting activities that strengthen the conservation and protection of natural resources, advance ecological sustainability, and foster harmony between communities and the environment.” As is the case when Rotary International jumps in with two feet on an issue, there
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has been considerable study, thought and discussion. To get the flavor of the hope this brings to a possible solution to climate change and environmental destruction, consult https://www.rotary.org/ en/supporting-environmentbecomes-new-area-focus. In addition to the environment-related activities of Rotary International, the Big West Chapter of Rotary has a local activist arm, called ESRAG, Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group. You can find more about this organization at https:// www.esrag.org. And, finally, one organization that is working closely with environmentalists attempting to correct decades of post-industrial CO2 emissions is the Foundation for Climate Restoration (F4CR). This organization, led by Dr. Erica Dodds, is working on industrial solutions to remove carbon from the atmosphere, through a process known as carbon sequestration. You can learn more about this foundation at https://foundationfor climaterestoration.org. So, yes, Virginia, and citizens of the greater Davis area, there is hope for the future. — Don Winters is a Davis resident.
Editors’ choice for web comment of the week “What about addressing the noise of all those street racers that have been congregating in West Davis and zooming down our streets?” From Sarah Bee
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SHOTS: Kids get COVID, sometimes severe From Page A1 may be related to more transmissible variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, the return to in-person instruction for many students as well as changes in behavior, including less physical distancing and mask wearing throughout the country. Locally, more than 1,700 Yolo County children have been infected with COVID19 and two were hospitalized with a serious condition called MultiSystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), which is a known complication of COVID, said Sisson. “While most serious and deadly COVID infections do happen in adults, it’s important to note that kids do get infected with COVID-19, some get very sick and some even die,” she noted. “We’ve been fortunate in Yolo County that no children have died from COVID," Sisson said, but “across California, 21 children have died from COVID-19.” Additionally, as with adults, some children infected with COVID-19 have long-lasting symptoms known as “long COVID.” “One study from the United Kingdom estimated that 15 percent of children infected with COVID still had symptoms five weeks after infection. So, yes, COVID in kids can be serious,” said Sisson.
And while the vaccine does come with side effects for many people, the most common one seen in Pfizer’s clinic trial of teens, Sisson said, was pain at the injection site, “a sore arm about 80 percent of the time. Other common side effects included fatigue, headache, chills, muscle aches, fever and joint paint but “in the the clinical trial, there were no serious adverse events related to vaccination seen,” said Sisson. The panel of physicians at Thursday’s webinar included doctors representing some of the communities that have been most vaccine hesitant locally, including Russian-speaking residents as well as Black and Latino residents. Murray-Garcia said distrust of the medical system “is not unusual and it’s not unfounded,” but also noted that Blacks and Latinos have died of COVID-19 at a much higher rate than white folks. “This has been a much deadlier experience,” she said. “We have lost proportionately many more people than other groups.” It’s so important, Murray-Garcia said, “for us to think beyond our fear about the history of racism in medicine, which is real, and to really consider that this is an important step for our families, because we are dying disproportionately from COVID and unnecessarily, especially with the creation of this
vaccine.” Among children who die of COVID, three out of four are Black or Latino or Native American, she said. “Of those who get this very … serious disease, MIS-C, three out of four of those children will be Black or Latino and we don’t make up anywhere near that proportion of the population generally,” she said. “So there are reasons for us to take that recommendation to get vaccines very seriously." Murray-Garcia added that she studies the history of how different groups have been experimented on and treated by the American healthcare system and "I’m here to lend my voice to confidence, to help you be confident in making the choice to get this vaccine for your children.” Dr. Jose Cueto, a Sutter Health OB/GYN, echoed Murray-Garcia, saying, “the Latino community is … predominately at risk to get COVID and to not get vaccinated.” “I’m here just to reiterate it’s a very safe vaccine and it prevents COVID and it’s safe for children 12 and up,” he said, adding that those children can help influence their parents to get vaccinated as well. Dr. Yekaterina Axelrod, a Russian-speaking Kaiser physician, said, “I’ve had a very disheartening experience of taking care of a large Russian population. Some of the first folks who were infected in Sacramento
County came from one Russian church and many of those people spent a lot of time in our ICU and some of them died. “And unfortunately," Axelrod said, "even after all that, many of the Russians still decline vaccinations. And just like everybody else said, there is nothing dangerous about the vaccines. Yes, some people experience side effects. Most of the time it’s just pain in the arm. So I encourage every Russian person, and every person, to get vaccinated.” And that goes for all eligible children as well, said Dr. John Belko, a Kaiser pediatric disease specialist. “I definitely have had the opportunity of taking care of kids with COVID, so yes, it does happen. And while it does not happen as often as adults get sick with COVID, their severe disease can actually be just as bad,” said Belko. The Pfizer vaccine is authorized for use in everyone ages 12 and up and Belko said authorization for children under 12 could come as soon late August. Vaccines are plentiful in Yolo County, including at West Sacramento City Hall, Woodland Community College, Winters Healthcare, the UC Davis ARC, healthcare providers and pharmacies, as well as at county-run clinics. For assistance in making a vaccine appointment or finding a walk-in clinic, visit MyTurn.ca.gov or call 1-833-422-4255
NORMAL: Customers appreciate changes From Page A1 some of the emergency measures. Two bills making their way through the state Legislature, one in the Senate and one in the Assembly, aim to permanently allow restaurants to sell to-go alcoholic beverages. And several cities across the state are voting on whether to extend or cement their outdoor dining programs. “We haven’t been able to operate at full operations in over a year, so anyone still hanging on is barely hanging on. So every piece of possible revenue is going to be critical,” said Matt Sutton, senior vice president of government affairs and public policy at the restaurant association. “The restaurant recovery has not started. It won’t start ‘til after June 15 and it will need a long runway.” State Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, introduced a bill to allow continued offsite alcoholic beverage sales after realizing how much businesses in his Napa Valley district relied on tourism and alcohol sales to stay afloat. “To say it was devastating to the restaurants would be an understatement,” Dodd said. “I know a lot of locals tried to take out as much as
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Seniors ready to graduate after pandemic year BY EDWARD BOOTH Enterprise staff writer The senior class of 2021 will head off into the sunset next week, their high school experience capped off with in-person graduation ceremonies following a year of COVID-19 restrictions. The graduating class has, of course, been hard at work with classwork, college applications, jobs and extracurricular activities despite their prolonged absence from high school campuses. They entered the school year in the midst of the pandemic and adapted to distance learning as it became the new status quo. Any extracurricular or club that could adapt to the new conditions did, with mixed results. When in-person activities started up again, with restrictions, the seniors were quick to get involved. And slightly more than half the class returned for inperson learning in April when high school campuses opened back up for the final weeks of the semester. Sarah Griffiths said she
filled her year by playing for the DHS softball team, cheerleading, working a job and reporting for the Davis high school newspaper, The HUB. She said it feels surreal to be graduating this year because it doesn’t feel like the school year ever really got started. “It hurts thinking about all the things we missed out on, like meeting new people, going to parties, even class field trips,” Griffiths said. “But at the same time I think this time was a huge opportunity for growth and self discovery. You had so much time with yourself to figure out what you wanted to change or what things you wanted to work on to be the best you could be.” Griffiths isn’t entirely sure what’s next for her, but one plan is to head off to New York University to learn more about journalism, media and explore the huge variety of options out there — one of her dreams is to be a writer for Saturday Night Live. Her favorite part of writing a journalism story, she said, is interviewing people she wouldn’t normally talk to. She said she has a fear of missing out on enjoying
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s Davis High wraps up its ludicrous 27-sport spring season this week, my head is still spinning. How the Blue Devil athletic department managed to coordinate such a massive facility and field-use overlap is nothing short of amazing. I think I spent more of my spring running between the bajillion athletic events happening each afternoon than I actually did watching them. On any given day, between five and 20 DHS athletic events occurred simultaneously. Coaches, athletes, administrators and parents alike, all went the extra mile in order to make it happen. With some sports teams only stretching their practices and contests across
three or four weeks, others managed to fill in five, six and seven week schedules. As a consequence, certain sports and their respective leagues have decided to forgo the typical All-Conference honors this academic year. Others, however, presented them as usual. Because of those discrepancies, The Enterprise has named this spring 62 deserving Devils to the inaugural All-Davis Enterprise Sports Team. The
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activities or options, that there’s so much one could potentially do and only a few activities one can actually choose to pursue, and journalism has allowed her a vicarious access to other people and interests. Griffiths added that working online presented barriers in both reporting and collaborating with other students at The HUB. But, she said, she feels grateful for the experience of seeing how adaptable journalism can be. Griffiths also said it was great to come back to school in person, and to feel connected with classmates despite the masks and safety restrictions. “When the school opened up there was this energy in the air,” Griffiths said. “I really feel like all the students had a connection to each other because we all had to deal with months of being online.” Artur Fedrizzi, a senior at Da Vinci Charter Academy, said the year and the shortened amount of class time gave him an opportunity to learn on his own about nutrition, real estate, entrepreneurship, psychology and finance. He said he
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Graduation caps fill the air around the rising moon at Davis High’s 2017 celebration. plans to become a realtor, and that he’ll be heading to Sacramento City College to be a business major in the fall because he wants to make connections and meet people. Fedrizzi, who moved to the United States from Brazil three years ago, said he actually enjoyed distance learning because he never connected with his classmates that well. He had more time to learn this
year, he said, and to virtually hang out and play video games with his friends in Brazil. Fedrizzi also said he appreciates that people will be able to attend the graduation ceremonies virtually this year so relatives from far away are able to watch. “I definitely think that when COVID is over and when everything is 100% in-person they should keep the option for parents that
live on the other side of the country, or out of the country or wherever in the world to watch it through Zoom,” Fedrizzi said. “There’s no downside to it.” Nolan O’Hara, DHS senior class vice president, said the experience of this year is still difficult to articulate, considering COVID-19 is still around, and that people might have
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And the graduating classes are ... Martin Luther King High School Davis Adult School Da Vinci Charter Academy Grace K Allen Summer L Baron Colin E Blosch Matthew D Borrelli Nathan D Capozziello Antonio J Castellanos Matthew H Ceppos Alex-Chaun T Curtin Seamus C Dawson Shaun E Jack C Eastham Tobin B Erecius Artur Fedrizzi, Abby H Fisher Simon J Fisher Cole J Fowler Phillip M Friedlander Isaiah Gaines Jeimy V Galicia-Lopez Nicholas J Greaves Ryndi C Greenwell Rozlin M Gutierrez Logan N Haug, Ethan E Heeren Joseph M Hendrix Bryce W Hinds Benjamin G Holderbein Alexa E Holland Gyrlande M Holm, Ethan M Horowitz Jonathon R Huneke Jack H Jester
Francisco A Jimenez Maria G Jimenez Sebastian A Johansen Jakob B Juarez Tovia M Keeley Mayie C Kohl Lorelei S Krebs Adrian Labrador Devan P Langley Philip Langreck Naomi H Leifson Samuel J Leveau Kyril Logvy Alyssa N Lozano Luc M Marie Mia J Mark Noor Mashiana Olivia F McCutcheon Christopher Lee D McGann Maya R McNeese Alexander L McPeck Josue L Medellin-Sicairos Dylan J Michaelis Patton A Miller Garrett W Milner Vanessa J Mo Aaron O Montalvo Joseph Munsterman Brian Naranjo Solorio Lee L Navalta Joshua C Needham Rachel Olive
Evan P O'Neill Talia R Ordonez Anna Pankova Ashton L Perfecto Kaelyn J Perkins Ethan L Quaas Madelyn C Roberts Ethan Rosendale Owen Ross-Majeske Max H Samrick Om S Satarkar Timothy Schilling Ricardo E Setka Jenna C Sheppard Kaden J Shin-Lee William Shuler Benjamin Silver Jacob Simpson Sydney Skinner Nico Skow Liam W Stelly-Hawkes Anna G Sutton Audrey Teresi Kaili L Turnipseed Christina Urena-Webber Rylan T Valdepena Antonio Velasquez Samuel I Washburn Brandon J Wells Cuillin T Wise Aidan Woodcock Landon Wright-Johnson
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Phia Barger Bianca Seed Cody Fields Rachael Boyd Liam Booth Gaetano Euceda Thor Ruhs Kevin Halozan Logan Buckley Francisco Castillo Dylan Hoang Shanty Ramirez Chavez Jose Ramirez Maravilla Jr.
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Awards, scholarships honor the 94th graduating class Local community scholarships Aaron Aronson Memorial Scholarship: Grace Hartsough Armstrong Family Education Scholarship: Brian Naranjo Solorio Barbara Hubbard Memorial Scholarship: Gabriela Caceres Fernandez Barbara Neu Memorial Scholarship: Henry Stem Beeghly-Merritt Memorial Scholarships: Celia Cariou Gomez, Rayyan Islam, Austin Thornburg Bob Dunning Journalism Scholarships: Katrina Haws, Lyah Fitzpatrick California Retired Teachers Association Scholarship: Hazel George, Brian Naranjo Solorio California School Employees Association (CSEA) Scholarships: Supphakrit Daorueng, Rosie Mariano David Murphy Scholarship: Brian Naranjo Solorio, Zatara Nepomuceno Davis Blue Devil Athletic Boosters Scholarships: Gabriela Caceres Fernandez, Skylar Schouten Davis Chinese Association Scholarships: Alexander Di, Riley Liu, Kaitlyn Osborne, Renee Xiang, David Yang, Maya Zingaro Davis Senior High School PTA Gap Year Award: Emma Falk Davis Senior High School PTA Graduating Senior Awards: Marleyna Adler, Lang Bledsoe, Joseph Fields, Danika Greiner, Rose Moylan, Zeynep Tunckol, Felix Yang Davis Sunrise Rotary Club Scholarship: Luis Garibay Davis Teachers Association Scholarship: Kyu Choi Dewey Halden Team Player Award: Xavier Chambers, Sydney Skinner Heather Carr West Memorial Scholarships: Natalie Bercutt, Xavier Chambers Jacob Cole Schneider Memorial Scholarships: Sydney Alexander, Summer Baron, Kyu Choi, Supphakrit Daorueng, Emileeann Eckels, Luis Garibay, Jillian Geist, Grace Hartsough, Nicole Holt, Joshua Jaison, Amber Kao, Sam Koenig, Luc Marie, Brian Naranjo Solorio, Zatara Nepomuceno, Asher Reising, Natalie Ries, Joshua Santoyo, Sophie Zhang John Barovetto Memorial Award: Emily Chapman Katie Sallee Memorial Scholarship: Katrina Haws Kiwanis Club of Davis Scholarship: Marleyna Adler Lily Nisen Memorial Scholarship: Rosie Mariano Mary Ellen Dolcini Memorial Scholarships: Brian Naranjo Solorio, Zatara Nepomuceno, Joshua Santoyo Novozymes, Inc. Scholarship: Sophie Brennan Officer Natalie Corona Memorial Scholarships: Nicole Holt, Shea Sorrentino Paul Makley Memorial Scholarships: Brian Naranjo Solorio, Zatara Nepomuceno, Joshua Santoyo Petersen Family Scholarship: Vivian Lee Project Pink Scholarships: Nargiz Abduli, Hannah Dapkewicz, Danika Greiner R. L. “Dick” and Marilyn Mansfield Scholarship:
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Recognitions from colleges, universities and organizations Society of American Military Engineers Scholarship, P.E.O STAR Scholarship and Elks Legacy Award: Sydney Alexander California Association of Former Senate Staff Greg Schmidt Scholarship: Kaden Andolina Boston University College of Fine Arts Scholarship: Maya Bailey Baylor University President’s Scholarship and Baylor University Sibling Scholarship: Amanda Berry Davis Odd Fellows Academic Scholarship: Lang Bledsoe Tri Counties Bank Scholarship and Cal Poly Merit Scholar Award: Sophie Brennan Parsons The New School Merit and Grant Scholarships and Chubb Foundation Scholarship: Gabriela Caceres Fernandez Race to End the Stigma Scholarship and Bryn Mawr College Presidential Scholarship: Emma Carney Saint Mary’s College Honors upon Entrance Scholarship: Megan Cross Schwab Rosenhouse Scholarship Finalist: Nicholas Cross Lewis & Clark Faculty Scholarship: Feya Dawkins P.E.O. STAR Scholarship: Corinne DeJong Cal Poly SLO Academic Merit Scholarship and National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist: Padyn denDulk Saint Mary’s College Gael Scholars Award Scholarship: Luke Eberhart University of Puget Sound Provost’s Scholarship: Emme-Kate Eisenman Girl Scouts Kristin Anne Chapman-Elbon Memorial STEM Scholarship: Anna Ermoian National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist: Lyah Fitzpatrick Burger King Scholarship: Manulya Gunasekera Eugene and Thora Chin Scholarship and Tri Counties Bank Scholarship: Amber Kao University of Richmond Presidential Scholarship: Rowan Keller National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist: Samuel Koenig Schwab Rosenhouse
Scholarship Finalist: Priscilla Lee Brigham Young University Athletic Scholarship: Rockwell Lybbert Gonzaga University Dean’s Scholarship: Connor McIlraith UC San Diego Presidential Scholarship: Siddarth Merchant Banatao Family Filipino American Education Fund Scholarship: Zatara Nepomuceno National Merit Scholarship Program Scholarship: Ellen Ohler Pepperdine University Institutional Scholarship, Pepperdine University Grant and Golden One Credit Union Scholarship: Kaitlyn Osborne Fratellanza Women’s Social Club Scholarship and Italian Catholic Federation Scholarship: Claudia Peri University of Portland President’s Scholarship: Sophie Russell Sonoma State Provost’s Scholarship: Andres Serrano Colorado Mesa University Presidential Scholarship: Sydney Skinner Oregon State University Provost’s Scholarship: Brett Wiebe UC Davis Regents Scholarship and UC Davis University Honors Program: Marcin Wroblewski National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist: David Yang United States Marine Corps Naval Reserves Officers Training Corps Scholarship: Noah Yeung National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist: Sophie Zhang
Outstanding participation in departments, clubs, activities Activism Club Senior Stars: Frances Bridges, Emma Carney, Alex Freedland-Wolford, Katrina Haws (Co-Founder), Samuel Koenig, Riley Liu, Kavi McKinney, Valdy Ngassam, Oluwadara Ogundiwin, Madeline Senter, Reyna Shauman Agriculture Department: Agricultural Mechanics Design & Fabrication: Tanner Mandelaris, Jaylee Miller, Perez Miguel, Benjamin Rayls, Bryce Schutte Agrisciences: Josie Beoshanz, Veronika Edson, Tanner Mandelaris, Miguel Perez, Benjamin Rayls, Braeden Schimmel, Griffin Szymoniak Animal Sciences: Emileeann Eckels, Natalie HusseyThompson, Evelin Ibarra, Anneliese Magolske, Joshua Shaw, Hannah Sippola FFA Blue Recipient: Benjamin Rayls FFA Gold Recipient: Veronika Edson FFA Honorable Mention: Josie Beoshanz, Jairi Diaz Marin FFA Community Service:
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DHS awards, scholarships and honors Blue and White Yearbook Awards: Editor-in-Chief: Olivia Price Principal Yearbook Editors: Acacia Sisneros, Maya Sorter Yearbook Seniors: Zachary De Wit, Caden Difuntorum, Athena DiLello, Cristobal Flores, Mya Gbriel, Victor Luis Martin, Jackson Mank, Asha Mosley, Kaylee Osorio, Georgia Postema, Rodrigo RojasMartinez California Scholarship Federation (CSF) Lifetime Members: Active Lifetime Members: Marleyna Adler, Sydney Alexander, Amanda Berry, Sophie Brennan, Gabriela Caceres Fernandez, Kayla Chan, Caroline Chilcott, Sadia Chowdhury, Supphakrit Daorueng, Sophia Davis, Corinne DeJong, Yangming Di, Veronika Edson, Anna Ermoian, Adam Ferguson, Lyah Fitzpatrick, Sadie Forsyth, Alexandra Freedland-Wolford, Sean Gallagher, Alex Gao, Jillian Geist, Laila Golde, Manulya Gunasekera, Katrina Haws, Grace Heringer, Jonathan Ho, Mesara Jayalath, Grace Ji, Mason Johnstone, Allyson Kang, Shruthi Karthik, Sarah Kim, Dahlia Kraus, Amanda Kwok, Lauren Lee, Emily Lin, Riley Liu, Sarah Maranta, Rosie Mariano, Siddarth Merchant, Zatara Nepomuceno, Maria Orozco, Kaitlyn Osborne, Anh Ramirez, Natalie Ries, Henri Schulz, Sungho Seo, Reyna Shauman, Liam Sheehan, Nathan Solomon, Connor Tang, Olivia Taylor, Isha Thoreson, Faith Vu, Haomin Wang, Jaeli Williams, Emeline Wong, David Yang, Joshua Yoon, Charissa Zeigler, Anne Zhao, Antony Zhao Lifetime Members: Anisha Dhakal, Sophie Duhameau, Jessica Finkelor, Jack Maurantonio, Claudia Peri, Abdullah Riaz, Kevin Rockwell, Griffin Szymoniak, Tyler Venner, Nicholas Viatella CSF Scholarship Recipients (DSHS Local Chapter): Adam Ferguson, Kaitlyn Osborne, Sungho Seo Associated Student Body Special Awards: ASB President: Keane Deas ASB Vice President: Elias Yasui Triple “D” Awards: Benjamin Buettner (Diving Team, Lacrosse, Ski Team) Athletes of the Year: Zachary Brooks and Amara Higgins Classified Staff of the Year: Maria Leigh Certificated Teacher of the Year: David Van Muyden Floyd Fenocchio Memorial Educator of the Year Award: Fern O’Brien Gordon H. True Service Cup Awards: Emily Chapman and Zatara Nepomuceno
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Ryan Holgate has been on the diamond his entire life. Through Little League, travel ball and high school, Holgate was always more likely to have dirt in his shoes and grass stains on his pants than not. After crushing for skipper Dan Ariola’s Blue Devils for four years he found yet another field to play on, this one at the University of Arizona, where he committed in 2018. The one thing that finally kept him off the grass and dirt: a global pandemic. The Wildcats’ 2020 season was cut short after just 15 games last year, as the entire sports world fell into a sudden blackout. So when Holgate finally got back between the chalk lines again this year, he made the most of it. The third-year outfielder played in and started all 55 of the Wildcats’ games this season, leading them to a 40-win season, a Pac-12 Conference Championship, and, as of this weekend, an NCAA Tournament berth. “I think it’s a terrific accomplishment,” Arizona head coach Jay Johnson told assembled media last week. “I think it’s more meaningful this year, because frankly for every team it was two years of work for one season. And I’m incredibly proud of that.” Johnson, who earned the Pac-12 Coach of the Year honor, also recognized the contributions from Holgate and his fellow outfielders that have gotten them to this point. “I think we have probably the deepest outfield unit of anybody in college baseball,” Johnson said. “And Ryan has
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Former Blue Devil slugger Ryan Holgate (42) celebrates a home run with his University of Arizona teammates earlier this spring at Hi Corbett Field in Tucson, Ariz. had a terrific year.” Holgate’s breakout campaign was as red hot as the Arizona heat, featuring a sizzling .344 batting average paired with a .969 OPS. He posted career-highs in almost every offensive category — cooking the Wildcats’ opponents defenses with 74 hits, 18 doubles, eight home runs, and 48 RBI. This week, the 6-foot-2, 195-pound slugger earned a Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention nod. Now the Wildcats get what Holgate and every other college player dreams of: extra baseball. Friday, No. 5 Arizona faced off against Grand Canyon University in the first round of the NCAA Regional, beating the Lopes 12-6. And the Wildcats will enjoy home field advantage as long as they continue winning — Arizona was selected to host the Tucson Regional, which
also features UC Santa Barbara and Oklahoma State, at its own Hi Corbett Field. A pair of wins in the tournament and the ‘Cats will play in the Regional Championship game at 6 p.m. on Sunday. If they go 1-1, that sets up a noon contest Sunday, with a chance to move on to the title tilt should they win (all games will be broadcast on ESPN3). The end goal is a ticket to Omaha and the College World Series. Holgate — who hit .363 with a 1.037 OPS in his illustrious Blue Devils career — was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 32nd Round of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft. He chose Grand Canyon State instead, and is pursuing a major in learning literacy and leadership with an emphasis in community education. Since arriving in Tucson, the Davis native has racked up multiple honors right along-
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side base hits. He earned the College Sports Madness National Player of the Week in February of 2019, the C.A.T.S. Academics February Student Athlete of the Month in 2020, and this year was honored with the Frisco Classic AllTournament Team and Perfect Game Preseason All-Pac-12 Honor. Translation: the Wildcats got a good one. And if they reach Omaha, Holgate will get to show it on the biggest stage in college baseball. Notes: Holgate shares the Wildcats clubhouse with Jesuit High product Daniel Susac, who took home Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors. Holgate and Susac faced each other often in Delta League play Holgate’s junior and senior years... Also competing in the college baseball playoffs this weekend are former Blue Devils Josh Catacutan (Nevada) and Nick Vogt (UC Santa Barbara).
Leading the Blue Devil offense Friday afternoon, Trey Doten pumped a team-high five goals past the Jesuit netminder as Davis High beat the Marauders, 15-9, in both schools’ final water polo match of the spring at Arroyo Pool. Along with his teammates Joshua Davis (who scored three times), Asher Reising, Ben Rayls, Kevin Sarti and Alejandro Johnson, it marked the final high school contest for Doten, who will continue his water polo career at UCLA next season. Ryan Pfeifer added a hat trick in the Devil win, while Ryan Mayeur scored a pair. Jonny Vochatzer and Alex Cordone netted a single goal each, while Devil goalie Juan Ramirez made five saves. The Blue Crew closes out the season 15-2 overall with Doten’s 78 goals, Joshua Davis’ 37 assists and Ramirez’s 132 saves tops on the team. OWEN YANCHER/ ENTERPRISE PHOTO
DHS volleyball campaigns end with Elk Grove matches Enterprise staff Davis High’s boys and girls volleyball seasons came to a close this week, with the Devils hosting Elk Grove for their season finalés. In girls action, Emma Thompson led the DHS charge in a 25-12, 25-17, 25-9 straight set win, while it was Marcus Blewett and Jason Hein-Gilley’s five kills apiece that spearheaded the Devil boys’ 4-0 victory.
Boys The Davis High North Gym was the deafening setting for a volleyball battle Friday night, as the Blue Devils bounced the Thundering Herd in four sets, 25-16, 25-23, 23-25, 25-19, after which they were stormed by a celebratory home throng. The indefatigable crowd full of family members and fans alike fed the home team all the energy they needed to secure the win on Senior Night. “Tonight it was wild,” began head coach Chris Sortor. “They brought all the energy they had in their last practice and we saw that in the game.” “It was all they could have given to me,” the first-year coach said of the season. “(This effort), on their Senior Night, three of their last
games...they made it really exciting.” After winning the first two sets, the Devils dropped the third. A late serving run from freshman Liam Langley was not enough to keep Davis afloat, but the energy remained for the decisive fourth set. Senior Jason HeinGilley was conscious of how far the energy and momentum from off the court affected the team’s performance after dropping a set. “I loved the intensity out here, you could really feel it from the fans and the bench,” Hein-Gilley said. “We had crazy (energy) in practice Thursday night and we kept the hype (Friday) and we really showed that.” Sortor echoed the senior’s words, crediting program alumni like assistant coaches Sophie Varland and Will Wyman for inspiring his crew. Hein-Gilley racked up five kills on the evening, tied for the team-high with Marcus Blewett. Three aces for both Mick Dunning and Rowan Keller kept the visitors on their toes, while Owen Buzbee’s eye-popping 26 digs steadied the Devil defensive front. The promising performance gives Sortor hope for the future of the program, even as
he won’t be returning next school year, with plans to continue his college studies at Chico State. “I think they came out and played their best game I’ve seen all season (Friday),” Sortor said. The win bumps Davis’ final record to 3-4 overall and 3-3 in league play to conclude the season. Sortor honored his three seniors, Hein-Gilley, Keller and Colin Reeve, before the game with a ceremony and a large ovation from the crowd.
Girls The Lady Devils’ spring season ended the same way it started: with an Emma Thompson smackdown. The senior outside shed a tear at the DHS North gym as she lined up for the final serve of her high school career and proceeded to discharge a match-ending ace. The Devils’ kill leader in 2021, she finished with a team-leading 16, along with another six aces in the 3-0 win. The match featured the final appearance for four additional DHS seniors in Nika Edson, Emily Wells, Grace Heringer and Caroline Brennan. Davis dominated the opening set, with Grace Heringer
pounding down three of her eight kills on the evening. But the Thundering Herd quickly bounded ahead in Game No. 2, taking a 6-1 lead before Thompson ignited — her five kills in the set effectively extinguishing Elk Grove’s momentum for the remainder of the contest. Thompson was equally impressive on the defensive end, tallying eight kills. Brennan and Heringer added five apiece, while Lena Sundin and Kate Nelson both ended the match with a trio of kills. “I’ve been so lucky as a coach,” longtime Devil volleyball mentor Julie Crawford said. “Year after year I have incredible groups of seniors. This year was no different. “I only wish these girls could’ve had a full season together.” Come fall, Edson will join the track and field team at UC Santa Barbara to compete as a thrower. Wells will attend Arizona State, Heringer will continue studies at UC Davis, Thompson is headed south to San Diego State and Brennan will matriculate to Oregon State. The Lady Devils end the spring 5-2 overall and 3-1 in Delta League play.
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Sixty-four named to All-Davis Enterprise honor roll Enterprise staff At Davis High, nearly 1,500 students participated in athletic activities this academic year, with 27 separate sports cramming their seasons into a threemonth spring period. Across the board, the Blue Devils excelled, finishing first in multiple league races, among them: boys golf, girls basketball, girls water polo and girls swimming. In recognition of their stellar performances this year, The Enterprise has named 64 athletes to the 2021 All-Davis Enterprise Sports Team along with a Blue Devil Boys and Girls Coach of the Year. Badminton Melissa Lee Lisa Wang Baseball Luke Carrell Rockwell Lybbert Boys basketball Jackson Isidor Isaiah Conlan Girls basketball Tessa Schouten Mara Bledsoe Cheer
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Yancher: Top coaches honored From Page B1 paper has also selected a Davis High Boys and Girls Coach of the Year. As The Enterprise’s Sports Editor, I want to congratulate each and every student athlete in Davis for their accomplishments this spring, both big and small. Though I may have only caught a glimpse of them in action, watching them reunite with their friends and classmates, in the pool, on the hardwood, golf course and playing fields, following almost a year of isolation, brought me more joy than any buzzer-beater victory ever could. Girls Coach of the Year — Tim Groth, Cross Country & Track and Field Over the course of the Davis High cross country season, it was near impossible to converse with any member of the team not singing praises of Blue Devil coach Tim Groth. GROTH “He’s been amazing,” Girls Coach senior harrier Corinne of the Year DeJong told me, unprompted, after racing at a home meet in April. “We’ve been able to have this season, largely because of all the hard work and time Tim’s put in.” Following restrictive county health guidelines, Groth took it upon himself to create an on-campus loop for DHS runners to race on — an effort that led to the Blue Crew hosting the school’s first athletic event in nearly a year, back on February 17, on a half-mile course within school district property. A DHS alum, Groth has coached Devil runners for over a decade. Boys Coach of the Year — Zeb Becker, Golf Mentoring the Blue Crew to its first
conference title since 2017, golf coach Zeb Becker had his unit focused on so much more than wins and losses this spring. Though the Devils did collect victories left and right, finishing the season BECKER with a perfect 6-0 perforBoys Coach mance in league (winning of the Year matches by an eye-popping average of 44 strokes), time and again, Becker talked with the team about perseverance and the importance of work done when no one else is watching. Across several matches, that extra work came into play. Freshmen and sophomores were plugged into the Devil lineup with upperclassmen away on college visits. “And every single time, those kids stepped up,” Becker said. “Looking back to the first day of practice, I remember all the huge smiles (guys) had on their faces. And that didn’t change all season. There was a glow. “This was a special group,” he went on. “These parents are raising their children right and it shows. They’ve been great role models to my son and daughter, when I bring them out to the course.” In his second year coaching the ‘Hoofin’ Blue Devil golfers, Becker’s screen printing and sports equipment business, Rally Factory, also supplied DHS athletics with the Blue Devil masks student athletes and coaches donned throughout competition this spring. — Enterprise sports editor Owen Yancher coaches swimming at Davis High. Reach him at oyancher@davis enterprise.net. Follow him via Twitter at @530athletics.
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SENIORS: Grads have big dreams From Page B1 a better grasp of their experience in a few years time. With a good internet connection and computer, O’Hara said, he had a relatively good time with online schooling. It gave him a chance to visit his grandparents in October for a few weeks, and he’s had extra time to learn instruments and produce music. But, he said, he understands why people in different situations would have trouble, and the online nature of the year made organizing student government-led events more difficult. O’Hara said he’s taking a gap year to pursue his musical interests and is then planning to attend the University of Oregon. Lyah Fitzpatrick, the DHS senior class president, said her main job throughout the year was to help move events along and promote those events through social media. She said parents helped the student government plan throughout the year, and she was very thankful for that. With online school, she said, there was definitely a sense of disconnection, but returning to school in person felt amazing, like the start of a normal year despite the masks. She said graduation isn’t hitting her as hard as she expected, perhaps because it feels strange to consider it’s actually happening. Renee Xiang, who worked as an editor at The HUB alongside Lauren Lee, said she’s looking forward to graduating after
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