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A UC Davis graduate dances on stage as Mary Croughan, provost and executive vice chancellor, looks on at a 2020 makeup commencement on Friday.

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UCD grads celebrate — a year-and-a-half later By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer In June 2020, a few months into the first lockdown of the pandemic, UC Davis held virtual commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2020, with the promise that one day in the future, when it was safe, a traditional in-person commencement would be held for the graduates. Last week, nearly 3,000 alumni from the Class of 2020 returned to campus to participate in their graduation ceremonies.

In a message to the graduates, UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May emphasized the adversity they overcame to earn degrees in the midst of difficult and unpredictable circumstances. “When you came to UC Davis, you joined a community that works to make the world a better place,” he said. “You learned to outgrow the expected, to exceed what’s needed and to do what’s just. And you did it all in the midst of a global pandemic, during some

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Cops investigate threat at Emerson/Da Vinci A threat of violence at the Emerson/Da Vinci Junior High campus last week led to a police investigation and plans for officers’ presence at the West Davis campus on Monday. Matt Best, interim superintendent of the Davis Joint Unified School District, alerted district staff to the alleged threat via email Sunday evening, two days after a student reported it to authorities. According to Best, the threat indicate that “violence would be carried out” on Monday. “School administrators, in coordination with the District Safety Coordinator, immediately began an investigation. Subsequently, a district administrator conducted a threat assessment with the two students who are

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UC Davis Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Mary Croughan also commended the graduates for their perseverance. “This past year-and-a-half have presented extraordinary challenges, but you have persisted, excelled, and completed your degree,” she said. “For this, you should feel very proud.”

vaccine trials and developing an in-house rapid COVID-19 testing program that formed the backbone of the Healthy Davis Together initiative. The University of California system made headlines in July when it became the largest university to announce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all university affiliates. The commencement ceremonies held last week were made possible by UC Davis’ 98% vaccination rate, widespread

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of the most challenging times in recent history.”

With COVID-19 cases up 47 percent across the state since Thanksgiving, on top of the uncertainty posed by the Omicron variant, California announced Monday that it will reinstate a universal indoor mask mandate effective Wednesday. All residents statewide will be required to mask up in indoor public settings regardless of vaccination status beginning Dec. 15 and lasting through Jan. 15. A previous statewide mask mandate was dropped six months ago, though a number of counties — including Yolo — later reinstated local mandates as cases surged due to the Delta variant. The new state mandate won’t change anything for Yolo County residents who must already wear masks in indoor public settings, but it will mark a change for about half of the state’s residents who live in counties where masks are not currently required indoors.

alleged to have made threats,” the email said. “In addition, Davis Police Department also conducted a threat assessment with the two students in their homes.” “There is no evidence to suggest there is a credible threat to the school site. Out of an abundance of caution, however, the Davis Police Department will be present on the Emerson/Da Vinci Junior High campus on Monday, Dec. 13,” Best wrote. Davis police Lt. Ilya Bezuglov said a case was taken for documentation, but the students would not be facing criminal charges. “We investigated it and it was unfounded or not a credible threat,” Bezuglov said Monday morning. In his email, Best asked that parents and guardians “take this opportunity to speak with your

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student to ensure they understand that any threat of violence against another person, our school, or our community is never acceptable.” “If a student does hear another student make a threatening comment, or if they observe behavior that is concerning to them, they must report it to a trusted adult immediately,” Best wrote. “We will always investigate any reports of threats and take appropriate actions to keep our community safe.” The school district has offered access to mental-health resources to students and families affected by this and other recent incidents of school violence across the country. For information, visit www.caresolace.com/djusd, call 888-515-0595 or go to the DJUSD’s Mental Health & Wellness website.

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Briefly Student cited for drug possession Davis police cited an Emerson Junior High School student after he allegedly brought methamphetamine onto campus Tuesday. Lt. Ilya Bezuglov said officers were summoned at about 9 a.m. to the Calaveras Avenue school after a campus security officer found the 13-year-old boy in possession of “a significant amount” of methamphetamine and cash. Based on the amounts seized, “we have probable cause to suspect it was for sales,” Bezuglov said. Officers cited the teen for possession of a controlled substance and released him to a parent’s custody.

Crash leads to DUI arrest A Davis man faces impaired driving charges after his vehicle reportedly collided with two parked cars before coming to rest in a residential front yard Monday night. According to Lt. Ilya Bezuglov, the driver struck the cars in the area of Arthur Street and Colusa Avenue, then proceeded onto Humboldt Avenue, where his vehicle hit a tree in the front yard of a house in the 1700 block shortly before 11:30 p.m. Brandon Maurice Brown, 38, was taken into custody on suspicion of drunken driving and booked into the Yolo County Jail, Bezuglov said.

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f for no other reason, I take The New York Times at this time of year to have the honor and privilege of leisurely waltzing through its annual 30-page Holiday Gift Guide. Actually, this is “The” Holiday Gift Guide. The Times says so itself. I’m not very good at presents, whether trying to come up with the perfect gift for a loved one or suggesting what sort of gift I might like for myself. This is where the Second Greatest Newspaper in the World comes in with an all-encompassing gift guide that features all sorts of stuff no one has thought of before. If there’s a long pause here or I lose my train of thought, it’s because I’m flipping through The Guide even as we speak. I especially like the fact that each potential gift is described in detail and the price is always included. Takes a lot of the guesswork out of things. The Guide also contains gift suggestions that are just plain stupid or much too expensive, so that helps me narrow things down as well.

T For instance, instead of sending Aunt Mary a box of Medford’s finest pears from Harry and David, how about the Miami Fruit Variety’s exotic selection that includes Mamey Sapote. I’m pretty sure Mamey Sapote was a classmate of mine at Davis High School long ago, but I could be wrong. For $77, I guess I can find out. Do you know someone who needs “Vibrant new tablecloths” in six vivid patterns? You can send them along for a mere $352, with no supply chain issues to worry about. Apparently, all these gifts have been vetted by trusted Times staffers, so if you see a name you trust, you can believe the product review is trustworthy, too.

he Cuisinart ICE-21 is recommended because it’s “barely distinguishable” from the homemade ice cream that comes out of more expensive machines. I got a migraine trying to figure out exactly what the phrase “barely distinguishable” means, but in any regard, no home ice cream machine has ever made anything close to the real thing. It’s always too runny, too sweet and devoid of any character. Reminds of the times when we lived in Portland and would scoop snow off Mt. Hood into a paper bowl, stir in some sugar and pretend we were eating ice cream. The operative word here being “pretend.” Still, if you go to a birthday party and the hosts pull out a homemade ice cream machine, you are required by law to absolutely rave about it. Since the world seems to be obsessed with hydration these days, you may wish to consider the Osprey Dyna 6 1.5-liter hydration vest that promises to “solve everything.”

Pair plead not guilty in theft case By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer WOODLAND — Two Antioch teens have pleaded not guilty to four felony charges stemming from three commercial burglaries that authorities have characterized as “organized retail thefts.” Taveon Thompson, 18; and Dorian Adams, 19; made their first Yolo Superior Court appearances Monday, four days after their arrests while allegedly fleeing from a theft at the East Davis CVS store. Prosecutors say the pair also struck CVS and Walgreens stores in Woodland earlier in the day, stealing a combined $1,250 worth of merchandise. They face three counts of conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor in addition to the organized retail theft charge. The three-page criminal complaint defines the organized retail theft crime as “willfully and unlawfully acting in concert with one or more persons to steal merchandise from a one or more merchant’s premises on two or more separate occasions within a 12-month period, and with an aggregate value exceeding $950, with the intent to sell and exchange and return the merchandise for value.” Thompson remained in Yolo County Jail custody as of Monday’s court appearance, while Adams appeared free on a $50,000 bail bond. Both requested

court-appointed attorneys to represent them. Deputy Public Defender Peter Borruso, who accepted Thompson’s case on his office’s behalf, asked that Thompson, who has no criminal history, be released from jail on his own recognizance while his case is pending — a request that prosecutors took issue with. Deputy District Attorney Deanna Hays noted that in addition to the potentially "terrifying" nature of the crimes, Thompson gave probation officers what she alleged to be false home and family addresses, including one in New Orleans, as well as an aunt’s address in Woodland that doesn’t exist. “I have a very strong suspicion that public safety is at risk,” Hays told Judge Tom Dyer. “The fact that he’s giving false information I think is a red flag.” Dyer ultimately ordered Thompson’s release with possible GPS monitoring, advising the defendant to remain in contact with Yolo County probation officers as he awaits his next court date.

“If you’re not, you have a warrant hanging over your head,” Dyer said. Both Thompson and Adams are due back in court Dec. 27 for further proceedings. Dyer also ordered the pair to stay away from the CVS, Walgreens and Safeway stores in Davis and Woodland. Meanwhile, Davis police continue to investigate a series of organized retail thefts that have occurred locally in recent weeks, including one just hours after the East Covell Boulevard incident that resulted in Adams and Thompson’s arrests. In that case, four suspects got away. “We’ve got detectives dedicated to this activity, and we’re continuing to investigate it aggressively,” Deputy Police Chief Paul Doroshov told The Davis Enterprise last week. Anyone with information about these or other similar thefts is asked to contact the Davis Police Department at 530-7475400. — Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise .net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene

I don’t know about you, but that seems like an awful lot of water to have sloshing around on your chest while you’re trying to summit Mt. Lassen. The vest comes with some sort of long tube, apparently to deliver the water to your parched body, but I don’t know if you’re supposed to put the tube in your mouth or hook it up directly through your belly button. Finally, on Page 28 of The Guide, I found an item I can actually use at a price I can afford. Yes, it’s the Mighty Bright bendable and rechargeable light that clips easily onto whatever you’re reading. Perhaps for those hotel stays where rooms no longer have overhead lighting. I knew I’d find something, but since it’s better to give than to receive, I plan to gift the Mighty Bright to someone close by, then borrow it back whenever I need it. That’s what you call the gift that keeps on giving. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Yolo Education Board Trustee Matt Taylor resigns By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer After serving for the past seven years, Matt Taylor, a West Sacramento resident, announced that he is resigning from the Yolo County Board of Education. Taylor has represented Trustee Area 1 since 2014, which covers the majority of West Sacramento, excluding portions of the Broderick and Bryte neighborhoods. He is currently president of the Board. During its regular meeting on Tuesday, Taylor was set to be recognized and honored for his longtime service and contributions. Taylor resigned in an email to County Superintendent Garth Lewis. “My overly busy schedule and role as a school leader has made it extremely difficult for me to continue serving our students to the best of my ability,” the email said.

His resignation was effective Dec. 14. In his resignation, Taylor said, “It has been one of the greatest pleasures in my professional life to serve the community where I live and the students of Yolo County.” Taylor is in his second term on the Yolo County Board of Education. He was elected to the Board in Nov 2014, after beating incumbent Xavier Gamez by 332 votes. He was re-elected to a second term in Nov 2018. The term was set to expire in December 2022. Taylor is Superintendent of the River Charter Schools, which operates charter schools in West Sacramento and Clarksburg. He is also a commissioner on the State Board of Education’s Advisory Commission on Charter Schools and serves as an adjunct professor in the School of Education at William Jessup University.

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’m not much of one for holidays, but I admit New Year’s Day stimulates reflection on the past and guessing about the future. Starting with the past, the news lately has made me think back to when I began writing this column in 2007. I doubt it was in the first, second, or even the 25th column that I may have mentioned that acting then, call it 2010, to curb greenhouse gas emissions to avoid potential tipping points would have the advantage of being relatively non-disruptive, whereas waiting, let’s say to 2022, would require stronger, more disruptive measures. The observation was not unique to me, of course, but it bears remembering and repeating now. The talk not so long ago was about actions needed to avoid devastating adverse conditions foreseen for the year 2100. This was reduced incrementally as the world effectively failed to act. Reduction targets have been compressed now to the year 2030, thereby requiring actions that are frankly far beyond the scope of individuals and vastly more dependent on governments and businesses. Not that individual action was ever a realistic highway to

solving the climate crisis in the first place, but it at least involved people in a discussion of voluntary measures we could do to help. In my opinion, that is out the window, long gone. Our path out of the climate mess, if there is a path, will depend primarily on governments. Of course, individuals can and should influence governments. That may be the single most important thing we as individuals can do. It also helps that more and more people are experiencing extreme weather events. It’s sad to say, but people seem to understand there’s a problem if it’s happening to them, making the connection to the cause of the problem, a warming planet, much easier. But it is not as simple as a light bulb suddenly going off in their heads. While for some this is a learning experience, for others with less flexible world views,

there may not be any learning. Instead, there is denial and anger at those who propose solutions or the solutions themselves, particularly if the solutions require them to change or adapt, and especially if they see tor imagine potential negative consequences for themselves. For example, whereas it has up to now been a choice whether to purchase an electric vehicle, it will, not so far in the future, be the only option available. This may be annoying or angering to some. While we can and should argue that the change to all-electric vehicles is important and necessary, we should also take a deeper look at this anger. What will happen to the workers who build cars, the companies that supply parts for internal combustion vehicles, the mechanics who fix those cars, the employees and families involved in looking for oil and gas, extracting it from deep under the ocean or fracking it from underground? What about the coffee shops, grocery stores and other points of commerce depending on the paychecks of those will be displaced? Compressing the timeline for change means this will not be

gradual transition. It will happen quickly with less time to adapt. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as an example that perhaps hints at, or maybe shouts about, how people will respond to rapid change that has a significant impact on them and their families, this could get ugly.

dd in the impact around the globe of economic disruption and it’s not unreasonable to expect increases in conflict, riots, violence, migration, hunger, poverty, and desperation. Interestingly, or maybe humorously, some of the loudest voices cautioning against tightening the transition window are bankers and executives of companies that finance the fossil fuel industry, proclaiming that to go too fast on developing and requiring wind and solar will lead to divestment in oil and gas exploration and higher gas prices that will unfairly land hardest on people who can least afford it. While this argument sounds pretty self-serving and potentially an effort to place blame on efforts to leave oil and gas in the ground, there is nonetheless a kernel of truth that we ignore at our peril as we manage the tran-

sition from fossil fuels. This leaves all of us who see the need for and advocate urgent action to treat seriously the idea that if not done correctly there may be a backlash, and backlashes are seldom characterized by reasoned analysis and debate, and even less frequently seem to drive things in a positive direction. It seems torches and pitchforks are the more common result. One more thought about the future. Is it possible that the transition from fossil fuels to an economy, or at least the transportation sector of our economy, is itself a transition to hydrogen? Just asking. Electricity in cars is very resource-dependent, and some of those resources are both global political footballs and rely on horrible conditions for those who, for example, mine the precious metals on which the cars rely. Hydrogen, which surely has some of its own challenges, is ubiquitous and can be, depending on how it is produced, carbon-free. — John Mott-Smith is a resident of Davis. This column appears the first and third Wednesday of each month in the print edition of the Enterprise. Please send comments to johnm,ottsmith2comcast.net.

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ould you like to feel refreshed and to see and hear thousands of birds, have long views of coastal mountains, Mount Diablo in the distance, sky, water, the green, blue, gold colors of nature — all practically in your own back yard? Get out to the Yolo Basin for an auto-tour loop. It’s a 15-minute drive heading out Chiles Road. Then up the levy on a gravel road and the loop tour is marked. You can drive the tour in an hour with stops to gawk. I went out midafternoon and drove the auto tour with windows open. It’s helpful to look from the car because it functions as a hide or a viewing blind. Usually, I’m frustrated photographing the elusive, beautiful, bright yellow breasted Western Meadowlark but from inside a car, it didn’t notice as I took photos as it sat on a close island. I listened to its lovely rich song — sleep loo lidi lidijuvi warbled over and over. There are hawks, waterfowl, shorebirds. The sky fills at time with thousands of birds, a murmuration of blackbirds, starlings, grackles shape-shifting their cloud dance, rising, swirling, forming complex patterns and then resting. A great blue heron slowly works its way along a bank

and then takes off with its majestic six-foot wingspan. There were a few snow geese, lost from their flock mixed in with ducks. Sun angle is important for viewing. If you arrive in mid-afternoon, at the start of the loop you will see only silhouettes of birds but don’t despair because when you get to the other side of the loop, you’ll see the distinctive colors of species.The stark black and white plumage of the black-necked stilt with its long red legs. There’s the distinctive cinnamon teal, a duck with its rich bright reddish plumage on the male. If you want to see thousands of snow geese, you’ll have to drive a bit further. We are on the Pacific Flyway and snow geese are attracted to the rice fields. You can view them at the Colusa National Wildlife Refuge in Colusa County, the Sacramento National wildlife Refuge near Willows and Gray Lodge near the town of Gridley. While you are out and about, you could also view the majestic sandhill cranes at the

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There are thousands of birds now at the Yolo Wildlife Basin in the flooded rice fields and the predominant one here is the Northern shoveler. Below, an American kestrel, our smallest and most delicate falcon is in our area year around and often present at the Yolo Basin. Consumnes River Preserve or the Woodbridge Ecological Reserve. It’s that present giving time of year. Good binoculars are a must. Optics have improved. The $250 ones today match the quality of top priced binoculars of years ago. Cornell bird had experts evaluate 100 pairs in 2013 in five price ranges. More recent evaluations can also be found online. A folding pocket guide to familiar California birds is so much more helpful than a bird book for beginning birders. And now David Allen Sibley, who produces the book loved and used by many birders has come out with Sibley Backyard Birding Bingo: A Game for Bird Lovers. Ah yes, during these challenging times, it is so healthy to get out in nature. Increasing evidence shows that spending time in nature is responsible for many changes in the body like lowered blood pressure, promotion of cancer fighting cells, help with depression and anxiety and it puts a smile on your face. Be your own best friend and take yourself on a nature trip, nature bathing.

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Don’t forget: kids can help in the kitchen n Editor’s note: This column first ran on Dec. 21, 2016

t’s the week before Christmas, and all over Davis people will attempt to cook with children. Whether it’s cookies with your kids and all their friends, brunch with your visiting nephew or tamales with your granddaughter, cooking with kids can be a blast — you just need a few keys to success! After years of teaching cooking classes to kids and visiting Davis classrooms to cook, I’ve got a little list. First and foremost, choose a non-essential cooking project. If you’re racing a deadline, making something that has to be perfect, or cooking with the last four eggs in the house, chances are you’re going to be more interested in making the food come out right than in teaching a child to cook. Invite them to do something else while you get on with work and everyone will end up happier. When you do cook, consider what tools will work best. You don’t need miniature cooking tools for kids, who would really rather use the real thing anyway. That being said, there are often several ways to accomplish a job, and choosing the right one can make things much easier on both of you. Grating cheese instead of dicing it, or using scissors to cut up dried fruit are good examples. A good solid step-stool is an important tool! Choose a recipe that lets a kid do most of the work. You may have to structure the steps to make them kid-friendly: putting flour into a bowl for scooping instead of a (oh-so-likelyto-spill) 10-pound bag, for example, or breaking eggs one at a time into a small bowl in case of shells (good for adults too, actually!) Kids excel at measuring (very slowly) and stirring. Some of them are great at finicky tasks like picking herb leaves off of stems or rolling tiny balls of dough for monkey bread. Younger ones will wash dishes enthusiastically if not well. Which brings us to one of the most important parts of cooking with kids: your attitude. You’re teaching them a skill, and they

probably won’t be very good at it at first. (I wasn’t!) Be honest but kind about their work (“I love mac and cheese! This is a little salty, though — maybe next time we should taste before we add more salt.”) Don’t take things out of their hands and do them yourself! It’s fine if things are imperfect, or take too long. That’s how we learn. What should you cook? Sweets are a tradition. There’s certainly nothing wrong with that on occasion, particularly if you’re cooking a family recipe that has stories to go with it. Consider some other options when possible, though. Here are a few suggestions. — Have a question? Visit Julie on Facebook at The New Home Ec or email jacross@dcn.org

Fresh Ricotta Gnocchi Homemade pasta is grand for kids who like repetitive work. This one is very good served with just butter and parmesan, and would make a great Christmas Eve dinner. Serves four.

Ingredients: 2 cups whole-milk ricotta 2 large eggs, lightly beaten (or 6 tablespoons egg whites) ½ cup finely grated parmesan cheese 1¼-1½ cups all-purpose flour Putting it together: You’ll need a clean surface on which to roll your gnocchi. A large cutting board will work, as will a clean counter. (Only one of them is easy to put in the sink after.) You’ll also need a place for the rolled gnocchi to land: a cookie sheet or large platter works well. You’ll want a butter knife and a fork as well. Measure ricotta into a bowl. Add egg and a pinch of salt. Beat it with a fork until uniform. Add the half cup of parm and beat a little more. Measure ¾ cup of allpurpose flour. Add that to

the bowl. Measure another ½ cup of flour and set aside. Gently stir the contents of the bowl just until things come together. Sprinkle about half of the reserved flour onto your work surface. Scrape the dough onto the work surface. Put the bowl in the sink and run cold water into it so you don’t hate me later. If you just grab the dough and start squishing it, you’ll need to add a lot of flour and you’ll end up with tough gnocchi. You can do that if you want to, but what I suggest is getting your hands floury and very gently kneading and turning the dough until it resembles super fresh Play-Doh. Divide the dough into four parts. Set three parts aside. Roll your chunk of dough out into a snake about as big around a wine cork. (A little smaller is fine, a little bigger will be doughy.) It won’t be perfect, and that’s OK. Use your butter knife to cut the snake into gnocchi about as wide as your finger (3-year-olds will attempt to hold their finger on the dough while cutting with their off hand, so you’ll have to show them a safer way.) For fancy, roll the long side of the gnocchi with a fork to make ridges. Toss cut gnocchi on the sheet with a little flour. Repeat with remaining dough, making sure the gnocchi are in a single layer on the sheet. To cook, bring a large pot of water to a boil. While that’s happening, heat your choice of sauce in a large pan with a lid. Lots of kids like just melted butter and Parmesan. Add a pinch of salt to the boiling water and add the gnocchi. They will sink like stones. In about 3 minutes they’ll start bobbing to the top like little toy boats. Skim them off with a slotted spoon and add to whatever sauce you’re using. When all gnocchi have landed in the sauce, give everything a stir and put the lid back on. Let them stand on low heat for a couple of minutes, then serve. Uncooked gnocchi on their baking sheet freeze just fine. When frozen, you can transfer them to a zipper bag (double bagging is recommended.) They’ll keep up to a month. To cook, drop them straight into boiling water — it’ll take an extra minute or two for them to cook.

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Use a fork to give your gnocchi those fancy ridges.

Veggie-Cheese Triangles These can be made with leftover dinner vegetables, or with frozen vegetable mix. They’re nice cold in a lunchbox or served hot as an appetizer or with salad for dinner. Makes eight.

Ingredients: 1½ cups biscuit mix 1 cup milk 1 cup diced or grated cheese 1 cup diced vegetables 2 scallions, sliced Putting it together: Mix the biscuit mix and milk together, and let it stand while you make the cheese and vegetables. Mix the cheese and vegetables together in a bowl. Divide the dough into eight equal parts. Pat or roll each part out into a square about 4-by-4 inches. Put one-eighth of the filling on the point of each square. Fold the top of the square over so it covers the filling. Press out any air in between the two pieces of dough. Press the edges of the dough together to seal all the filling inside. Put the little triangles on a baking sheet. Bake them at 350 degrees until they’re puffy and browned, about 20 minutes. Biscuit Mix Ingredients: 1½ cups all-purpose flour 1½ cups whole wheat flour ¼ cup wheat bran 2 tablespoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 stick (8 tablespoons) cold butter

Putting it together: Put everything except the butter in a bowl and stir with a fork. Cut the butter into 6 pieces and put it in the bowl. Mash the flour into the butter. Keep mashing until the butter is broken into tiny pieces and covered with flour — it should look a lot like wet sand. Or your grown-up can do the same thing in the food processor, which is much quicker. Put your biscuit mix in a container with a tight lid, and put it in the refrigerator. It will be good for at least two weeks. Makes about 3½ cups.

Drop Herb-Cheese Biscuits The same biscuit mix used in the Veggie Triangles can make drop biscuits.

Ingredients: ½ cup biscuit mix 1/3 cup milk ¼ cup grated cheese 1-2 tablespoons fresh herbs, chopped Putting it together: Add the herbs, milk and cheese to the biscuit mix and stir until it sticks together in a big ball. Use a spoon to drop biscuits on to a cookie sheet. Try to make them all the same size, so they’ll cook evenly. Bake the biscuits in a 350-degree oven for about 15 minutes, until they are nice and brown.

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pion of the World’s favorite food. It’s also a slightly dangerous recipe, which makes it extra exciting. If you leave out the cheese you have individual Yorkshire puddings, which can be served with roast beast and gravy. Makes 12 individual servings.

Ingredients: 3 large eggs (about ½ cup) an equal amount of milk as eggs an equal amount of flour as eggs ½ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons oil sharp cheddar cheese or small sausages Putting it together: Mix the eggs and milk and salt very well. Leave to stand for 10 minutes. Sift in the flour and mix in very well. There should not be any lumps. Let the batter stand for a long time. Half-an-hour or even an hour is good. Heat the oven crazy-hot — 500 degrees is good. While the oven is heating, cut sticks of cheddar cheese or sausages the size of your finger. Check to be sure they aren’t too big to fit in the muffin tin. Add ½ teaspoon of oil to each hole of the muffin tin and pop the tin in the oven for 2 minutes. Beat 2 tablespoons of cold water into the batter. Take the tin out of the oven and carefully add enough batter to fill the tins one-third full. Drop the cheese or sausage right in. Put the tin in the oven and cook until puffy and golden brown, about 20 minutes.

What to do? Wineless and sunless in San Diego

ack in the old days when I used to get out of town once in a while, I could count on my destination to provide one or two interesting wines to write about. So when a big family birthday got scheduled for San Diego, I figured I’d stumble upon at least one good bottle there. Of course, I also had to take a deep breath and decide that I could manage a short plane ride (only half-true, it turns out) and some (fully vaxxed) company. All went well (meaning that only half the things that could go wrong actually did), except for that bottle. We toasted the birthday boy and girl with the Roederer Estate Brut NV that you can get just about anywhere (and “anywhere” was all we had in our exclusive Pacific/Mission Beach neighborhood). Don’t get me wrong. This is a good, reliable sparkler, made like a real Champagne and quite tasty. But you’ve no doubt all tried it many times, as have I, so not exactly column fodder. (I can, though, recommend it for your New Year’s Eve toast.) I instructed the shoppers to come back with a bottle of interesting light red, and the poor darlings — experienced wine shoppers all — could find nothing better than a mediumbodied Argentinian Malbec, also ubiquitous, that wasn’t terrible but certainly nothing to write about.

My second attempt was courtesy of the rental that daughter Julian arranged for us, which turned out to have only two bedrooms instead of the promised three (it was rather comic to see several adults searching a tiny house for a third bedroom — “It must be here somewhere!”). At first, the management company tried to insist that the fold-out couch in the living area counted as a bedroom, but we were having none of it. They really wanted their five stars, though, so they sent us an apology and a bottle of California pinot noir made by a Napa producer that shall remain unnamed. Ah, I thought. Maybe I can write about this. Alas, when we left three days later, the bottle was still three-quarters full and there were 12 of us, so you can judge its popularity among us, grantedly picky, wine drinkers. It tasted like oak chips, vanilla and mega-purple, the latter no doubt the source of the dark deep color that no respectable pinot noir should be. Those management folks are lucky if we give them two stars. It was, then, a relief to get home and pop the cork on a bottle of an old pinot favorite, the Folk Machine Pinot Noir. It comes from winemaker Kenny Likitprakong, who blends fruit mostly from two vineyards in Arroyo Seco (Central Coast AVA) and ferments the grapes whole-cluster with native yeasts. He then ages the

wine for nine months in old French barrels. It’s light in both color and weight, fun but still very elegant and layered. Lean and fresh with classic pinot cherry and strawberry and earth, it’s eminently food-friendly. We drank it with a trumpet-and-porcini tomato sauce over corn-quinoa (don’t ask) spaghetti, and it made the meal seem just as elegant as the wine. Mushroom and pinot is a classic pairing, but I would have given anything to have a glass of this wine with one of my (many) San Diego fish tacos. The wine likes a short (20-30 minutes) chill by the way, as do most light reds. Under $20 (and under 13% alcohol) at the Co-op, it’s a pinot bargain that I marvel at every time I taste a new vintage — we’re now on the 2020. Folk Machine pinot may be an old favorite, but, while I’m extolling Folk Machine, I also have a new Folk Machine recommendation — the Kristy Vineyards Riesling. Kristy Vineyards — a foggy, windy site perfect for cool climate

grapes — is also in Arroyo Seco. This 2020 is Kenny’s second vintage of the wine. He had previously been using some of the riesling grapes in his White Light blend. The vines were planted in the 1960s, which means that by now the yields are low and the flavors quite concentrated. This is an unusual riesling, drier even than riesling labeled “dry,” with lemons and apples and a mineral crunch. Like the pinot, the grapes were whole-cluster pressed — then fermented in stainless steel and aged a bit in old French oak. This is an excellent wine for your holiday table, local(ish), interesting, versatile and fun.

ince the holidays often involve pre-meal or standalone appetizers, I’d like to recommend another festive and really interesting (and definitely not available in your generic supermarket) wine to go with them, the 2020 Naken (Co-op, $14). It comes from the Burgenland region of Austria and is produced in partnership with four organic, family-owned vineyards. I could classify it in a couple of different ways — the label announces it as a skin-contact wine. Or you could call it an orange wine, a wine made with white wine grapes (in this case pinot gris and muskateller) that have had several days of skin contact for color, flavor and light tannins. When you pop the crown

cap, you get a burst of bubbles, so, yes, you could call it a bit of a sparkler, too. It’s quite beautiful in the glass. All the grapes are organic and naturally processed with indigenous yeast and no additions or filtration. The result is a tiny bit funky, with clementine and other citrus flavors and a hint of winter spice. Don’t serve it too cold — I’d suggest an hour in the fridge before opening, or if the bottle has been thoroughly chilled, half an hour out of the cold. If you have beer lovers among you — our San Diego group was filled with them — they’ll appreciate this yeasty, lightly sparkling wine that some have compared to a good Belgian wheat beer. Have fun shopping for your holiday wines wherever you are. Just be warned, should a warm sunny climate beckon, that San Diego is a beer town. We didn’t venture far from the beach (the drinking/dining scene is much different in the downtown or Little Italy areas), but in all our neighborhood explorations, as I counted dozens of brew pubs and beer tasting establishments, I didn’t see a singe wine shop. And did I mention that our three days there were cold and foggy? — Susana Leonardi is a Davis resident; reach her at vinosu sana@gmail.com. Comment on this column at www.davisenter prise.com.

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Healthy Davis Together reports two more Omicron cases By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Testing by Healthy Davis Together has detected two more cases of the Omicron variant in Yolo County. The variant was identified in two positive samples collected during the week of Dec. 5-11, according to HDT data, bringing to three the total number of Omicron cases identified locally. Another 71 positive samples collected that week and sequenced by the UC Davis Genome Center were caused by the Delta variant. The 73 total positive tests collected by Healthy Davis Together in Yolo County marked a decline from the 114 the week before, but total asymptomatic tests performed at the genome center also declined from 44,699 tests the week of Nov. 28 to Dec. 4 to 32,515 tests the week of Dec. 5-11. A total of 39 Omicron cases had been identified in California as of Monday, according to the state Department of Public Health. The variant is on its way to becoming dominant in parts of Europe as it has in South Africa, though questions remain about the severity of illness it may cause as well as how well vaccines will protect against it. ———— Yolo County's COVID-19 case rate increased over the last week from 8.4 cases per

day per 100,000 residents a week ago to 13 as of Tuesday. The case rate among vaccinated residents is 5.9 and among unvaccinated residents is 25, according to county data. Two people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Yolo County on Tuesday, both of them vaccinated. Since Thanksgiving, the city of Davis has seen 89 new cases of COVID-19; Woodland has reported 100; West Sacramento has experienced 175; Winters 35; and the unincorporated areas have seen 86. Winters has had the highest case rate in the county over the last two weeks, followed by West Sacramento. Both cities have a lower percentage of vaccinated residents than Woodland and Davis. The city of Davis has the lowest case rate over the last 14 days and is the county’s most vaccinated city. ———— Yolo County has COVID19 vaccine clinics scheduled for Woodland and West Sacramento this week. On Thursday, Dec. 16, a clinic will be held by appointment only at the Health and Human Services Agency building located at 137 N Cottonwood St., from 5 to 7 p.m. To make an appointment, visit myturn.ca.gov or call 1-833-422-4255. A large clinic will be held on Friday at Sutter Health

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Park in West Sacramento from 2 to 9 p.m. All vaccine doses — including pediatric and booster — will be available. Appointments are recommended but not required and volunteers are still needed to assist. To volunteer, visit http:// yolopodclasses.org for a training and sign up. On Sunday, the county will host a pediatric Pfizer first and second dose clinic

at Lenise’s Cafe, 3150 Jefferson Blvd. This clinic is for walk-ins only. The county will not be holding vaccine clinics during the last two weeks of December and will resume in January. In addition to clinics, Yolo County continues to offer its Door Vax program, providing in-home COVID-19 vaccinations for residents. County staff will

deliver and administer first doses of the vaccine to residents 12 and up as well as booster shots to those ages 65 and up, homebound or with special needs.

As of Dec. 6, 69.8 percent of Yolo County residents have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 63.1 percent are fully vaccinated. Boosters have been administered to 27.5 percent of fully vaccinated adults.

Call to schedule a home vaccination Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For English, call 530-902-3230; for Spanish, call 530-379-3465; and for Russian, call 530908-0721.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

BOARD: DHS schedule reviewed From Page A1

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UC Davis Chancellor Gary May, left, shares an elbow bump with a graduate crossing the stage at a 2020 makeup commencement on Friday.

GRADS: Aggie pride on display From Page A1 testing and low testpositivity rate, which has largely remained under 1% for the past several months. Still, there were plenty of signs of the lingering pandemic present when the graduates crossed the stage to collect their diplomas roughly 18 months after they left UC Davis. The ceremonies were held from Dec. 9 to 11 at the University Credit Union Center (formerly known as

the ARC Pavilion). To limit crowding, commencement was divided into three ceremonies for undergraduate students and a fourth ceremony for graduate students. All attendees were required to wear face coverings, pass UC Davis’ online Daily Symptom Survey and display proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. “I hope you leave UC Davis with cherished memories and the utmost

confidence in your knowledge and abilities,” May said. “I hope you keep our values of excellence and openness to diverse perspectives and new ideas. Now is the time to imagine what’s possible and to consider how you will make an impact and contribute to the public good.” — Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @ calebmhampton.

MASK: Threat of variants looms From Page A1 In announcing the mandate, Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s secretary of health and human services, acknowledged that “people are tired and hungry for normalcy. “Frankly, I am, too,” he added. “That said, this is a critical time where we have a tool that we know has worked and can work. “We are proactively putting this tool of universal indoor masking in public settings in place to ensure we get through a time of joy and hope without a darker cloud of concern and despair,” Ghaly said, adding that “Californians have done this before and we, of course, believe we can do it again.” Ghaly also announced two other changes aimed at heading off a surge in hospitalizations:

n Individuals attending mega events with more than 1,000 attendees who do not show proof of vaccination must show proof of a negative test taken within one day if it is an antigen test and two days if it is a PCR test. That marks a change from the previous interval of 72 hours. n Travelers who visit or return to California are now recommended to get tested within three to five days of their arrival. In announcing the mask mandate and other changes, Ghaly laid out his concerns about what may be coming as the state’s case rate increased from 9.6 cases per 100,000 residents to 14 just since Thanksgiving. “We see what’s happening in parts of Europe,” he said, including the announcement out of the UK on Monday of the first

death due to the Omicron variant, as well as mitigation measures being implemented across the continent. Likewise, Ghaly said, “we see other states in the United States struggle with overwhelmed hospitals and high numbers of cases.” “Masks do make a difference,” he said. Universal indoor masking in California’s schools have ensured they stay open, said Ghaly, who added, “even a 10-percent increase in indoor masking can reduce case transmission significantly.” “As we head into the holidays, where people are mixing with others they’re not normally around in public places, then wearing a mask is going to be one of the most important things to help us get through this period of uncertainty.”

done to reduce it. Coming hand-in-hand with that will be the approval of Resolution 49-22. This will be a reaffirmation of the board’s commitment to educating the district community about the importance of everything from proper gun storage to the legal obligations to protect minors from accessing improperly stored firearms. Also being discussed will be the approval of recognizing Juneteenth Independence Day as a local holiday. Every June 19 — or Juneteenth — is a celebration and recognition of the end of slavery in the U.S. A returning topic for discussion is the adoption of an updated senior high school schedule. For months, members of a Secondary Schedule Review Committee have created variations of a schedule that will comply with Senate Bill 328. With input from staff, parents and students alike, the board will consider approval of the updated schedule. Also making its return to the to-do list is the approval of the Educator Effectiveness Block Grant plan that was presented during the board meeting on Nov 18 (for Da Vinci Charter Academy as well). This five-year grant intended to boost the equity, quality and effectiveness of

teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals and classified staff. The Facility and Bond Program Agreements are also in line for approval during the upcoming meeting. This will cover various program agreements, purchases, consultation services and construction of the Davis High School A & L wing roofing project. Taking place in the meeting will also be a secondary course approval or proposed changes to the secondary program. This comes as an annual review the board takes of staff-recommended additions or changes to the secondary program to improve it and the value it offers students. Coinciding with that will be the approval of additional Work Experience Education — or WEE — program materials. Created to assist students in finding a career path based on interests and aptitudes, the WEE is constantly being improved and modified to improve its overall effectiveness. With other minor fiscal approvals on the docket, the meeting will take place at the Community Chambers on 23 Russell Blvd. in Davis at 6:30 p.m. Watch the meeting on cable television on DJUSD Education Channel 17 or online at www. djusd.tv. — Reach Aaron Geerts at aaron. geerts@mcnaughton.media.

City offices close, alter hours during holidays Special to The Enterprise Several city offices will be closed or have altered hours during the winter holidays. The following offices will be closed starting Friday, Dec. 24, through Sunday, Jan. 2, with a reopen date of Monday, Jan. 3: n City Hall (City Manager’s Office, Community Services/Parks and Recreation, Finance, Community Development and Sustainability and Public Works permit counter) n Community Services Corporation Yard, 1818 Fifth St. n Public Works Utilities and Operations, 1717 Fifth St.

Death notice Enterprise staff Rudolf Godfrey Barton of Davis, died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. A retired pilot and technical writer, he was 89.

n Fire Business Office, 530 Fifth St. n Public Works Engineering and Transportation, 1717 Fifth St. n Senior Center, 646 A St. (Meals on Wheels will provide services on Dec. 27, 29 and 30). n Veterans Memorial Center (Closed with the exception of private rentals) Davis Community Transit will continue to operate regular service hours. The Police Department’s front counter will be closed

on Friday, Dec. 24, and Friday, Dec. 31. Regular counter hours of Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. apply. Normal business hours will resume on Jan. 3. Parks and Public Works emergency services will continue uninterrupted. For issues that cannot wait until the next business day, call the police non-emergency line at 530-747-5400 and press 0 to speak with the dispatch operator.

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City implements Bike Index registry to combat bicycle thefts Special to The Enterprise The holidays are here and ’tis the season for buying someone you love a new bicycle. But before you wrap that bicycle in a bow, help fight bike theft and register the bicycle in the new City Bike Index system. The city of Davis is partnering with UC Davis, Bike Davis, the Bike Campaign and Ken’s Bike Ski Board to combat bike theft by offering free, online bicycle registration through Bike Index, a national bicycle serial number registry. The online registration system allows people to submit detailed information regarding their bicycles, including a photo and/or a copy of a purchase receipt. There are two ways to register a bike. Do so online at www. cityofdavis.org/bikes or register in person at Ken’s Bike Ski

Board at 650 G St. Owners will provide information about their bicycles including manufacturer, serial number and identifying details into a database. Owners can also download an image of the bicycle. Davis police cannot return a bicycle without evidence of ownership. In addition to details about you and your bicycle being easily accessible to law enforcement, your bicycle will also be outfitted with a Bike Index tamper-proof, water-resistant, QR-coded Bike Index sticker. Law enforcement can scan the sticker to retrieve your information and notify you that your bicycle has been stopped and/or recovered. Bike theft is one of the leading property crimes in Davis and identifying stolen bicycles and

returning them to their rightful owner is difficult. On average, more than 600 bikes are reported stolen each year here. It’s estimated that far more are actually stolen, but no police report is made. Of those bicycles that are recovered, few are ever returned to their owners because no police report was made or the owners did not have serial numbers to identify the stolen bicycles. “Now that we have Bike Index in our city, we need to get community members registered to make this program successful,” said Vice Mayor Lucas Frerichs, who added that, “the Bike Campaign organization will be hosting a registration event on Jan. 1 at 2 p.m. at the Davis Food Co-op after its Polar Bear Bike Ride.” According to the city, Bike

Index is more than just a registration database. Having a Bike Index sticker on your bike can deter theft. In Bend, Oregon, bike theft decreased by 60 percent within one year after implementing Bike Index, according to the city. “With bike theft on the rise, we need our bike shops to get on board and provide bike registrations at the point of sale. Bike Index is a great way for bike shops to protect their customers before they leave the shop,” said Councilman Will Arnold. “With the help of volunteers, city staff will be reaching out to bike shops and apartment complexes to help register bicycles.”

What to do if your bike is stolen n File a police report online at

https://www.cityofdavis.org/ city-hall/police-department/ online-crime-reporting. n Report your bike stolen on Bike Index at https://bikeindex. org/ so the community and law enforcement can be provided with information about your bike.

What to do if you find an abandoned bicycle n Contact the Davis Police at 530-747-5400 or online at https://www.cityofdavis.org/ how-do-i/make-a-service-request n You can also add the bike to Bike Index by selecting “Add an abandoned bike you found” to the registry. For more information, contact Jennifer Donofrio, city of Davis bike and pedestrian coordinator, at jdonofrio@cityofdavis.org

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TREE LIGHTING: On Dec. 2, community members gathered downtown in the E Street Plaza to celebrate and watch the annual Christmas tree lighting. The Davis High cheer team, including Kathleen Doherty and Bella Dolcini, helped decorate for the event, and also sold popcorn and hot chocolate to raise money for the team.

Christmas trees, mistletoe, lights, presents — as the holiday season approaches, many families begin to decorate their homes and perform annual traditions to get in the holiday spirit. Early Europeans first started celebrating during this time of year as a way to get through the dark winter days. Many designated Dec. 21, the winter solstice, as a holiday. People would hold large celebrations, gathering with friends and family and exchanging gifts to honor light and day. Today, virtually all Davis High students who celebrate Christmas do so with some of these community-based traditions. “I always go to my grandparents’ house, and my siblings and I have a gingerbread house competition,” junior Reese Quick said. Gathering with family and friends has become common for many people during the holidays, regardless of their religious beliefs. “I get together with all my relatives, and we make special foods and exchange presents,” junior Mick Dunning said. For some families though, Christmas holds more significance. In the fourth century, the Christian church introduced the

birth of Jesus into the existing pagan winter celebrations of the solstice, establishing Dec. 25 as Christmas. This means that for some, Christmas entails more religious traditions. Bronwyn Murphy, a director at University Covenant Church, is involved in the annual holiday celebrations. “We spend the weeks leading up to Christmas celebrating Advent, the waiting for the birth of Jesus … We light one candle each Sunday to symbolize and celebrate hope, joy, love, peace and Christ,” Murphy said. “For our family, Christmas is a celebration of when Jesus came into the world. It is a reminder of the hope he has given us,” sophomore Anya Dejong said. “I love the joy that comes with Christmas.” Part of junior Ethan Lujan’s Christmas celebrations include attending a special Christmas Eve service. “While the other sermons are about the rest of the Bible… this one is about the birth of Jesus and the story surrounding the time of his birth,” Lujan said. Despite seeing Christmas as a religious holiday, many religious families still celebrate with the same traditions as non-religious families. These are usually family focused events. “Our family spends our Christmas with our immediate family and extended family… My grandpa always dresses up as Santa,” Dejong said. “At home, we have a few books that we read with my kids,” Murphy said. Junior Ethan Guerrero, a member of University Covenant Church, still performs many of the same traditions as non-religious families. “We still get a tree and watch “Elf ” every year,” Guerrero said.

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How Hanukkah became a winter staple for American Jews By Shira Kalish HUB Staff While for the vast majority of Jewish history Hanukkah was a relatively minor holiday, it has become an important time for many to reconnect with Judaism. For many secular American Jews, Hanukkah is one of the only Jewish traditions that they do. “Since my family is not religious, Hanukkah makes me feel more connected to my Jewish heritage than anything else,” junior Lyra Farris Goldenberg said. The eight-day celebration of Hanukkah commemorates the Jewish people’s rebellion against persecution from the Greek empire in the second century BCE. To celebrate the holiday, Jews light the menorah as a symbol of survival, tenacity and hope. “It’s a holiday about resilience. The whole thing is about being resilient enough to light the menorah and keep moving forward. It’s about lighting up the darkness,” senior Eitan Rosenheim said. Rosenheim said that Hanukkah is important because it is fun and festive, and involves ancient cultural traditions. “Hanukkah is a nice holiday to connect with the Jewish community. But it doesn’t carry the same religious importance as other holidays do,” Rosenheim said. Prior to the last few decades, Hanukkah was considered a very

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Junior S. Spann lights the Hanukkah menorah with their grandfather, Barry Klein. minor holiday. According to Joan Parnas Sublett, a Davis resident who grew up in the 1940s in a Jewish neighborhood in St. Louis, “Back then, we did celebrate Hanukkah, but it wasn’t nearly as big of a deal as it is now.” As Jewish people integrated more and more into the larger American society, they started feeling safer talking about their traditions with non-Jews, and Hanukkah became better known in the non-Jewish world.

“The Jewish kids could say, ‘well yes, you have Christmas, but we have Hanukkah. And it’s eight days, and we get more presents,’” Parnas Sublett said. The role of gift-giving during Hanukkah has also changed. Since Christmas was centered around gifts, Jewish kids wanted something like that too. And so the tradition of Hanukkah presents was born. “To make sure that the Jewish kids weren’t feeling left out of the

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fun and the presents, there was a resurgence of celebrating Hanukkah,” said Barry Klein, junior S. Spann’s grandfather. Since gift-giving was not originally a Hanukkah tradition, many Jewish families place less emphasis on Hanukkah gifts as their children get older. This year, Farris Goldenberg’s family decided to stop giving gifts altogether. “When I was a kid, I couldn’t imagine not getting gifts for Hanukkah. But now I can

understand not getting them, if that’s not our real tradition,” junior Leila Ordonez said. Ordonez said that corporations use Hanukkah’s physical proximity to Christmas as an opportunity to commercialize it. Due to this, she believes that many do not understand the true meaning of Hanukkah. “When I was a kid, people would ask me what Hanukkah is, and I would try to explain it to them, and they wouldn’t get it. So I would tell them that it’s basically Jewish Christmas,” Ordonez said. Parnas Sublett said that Hanukkah was bound to be commercialized from the moment it became a “present-buying spree.” “I don’t get too bent out of shape about it. Our capitalist society finds a way to make a profit from everything,” Parnas Sublett said. Senior Noa Vinokurov, copresident of the DHS Jewish Student Union, said that the commercialization of Hanukkah makes Jewish kids feel more included during the winter holidays. “It’s a very easy holiday to teach people about … over the years it’s how I’ve told my friends more about myself, which has made it more special for me,” Vinokurov said. “Hanukkah is a way to have Jewish cultural continuity even for those who are assimilated,” Farris Goldenberg said.

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Nicholson trades Cardinal for Blue and Gold Former Stanford assistant is newest UCD baseball coach By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor Tommy Nicholson has become familiar with the UC Davis baseball diamond in recent years — now the Stanford assistant coach will be on the Aggies diamond on a regular basis starting in January. On Tuesday, UC Davis Athletic Director Rocko DeLuca announced that Nicholson has agreed to

become the new UC Davis baseball head coach. Nicholson was one of four candidates who was interviewed for the job. “It feels great,” said Nicholson in an exclusive interview with The Enterprise. “I’m really excited to get this opportunity. I really enjoyed meeting with Rocko and the staff. I really love the people that are in place at Davis. Everything I know about the community is just awesome,

and I can’t wait to On Tuesday, be a part of it. I’m Nicholson held a really excited to Zoom meeting build something with UC Davis special. I’m super baseball players excited about it.” who are planning to return next Nicholson, spring. whose wife, Marin, is a UC Davis “I’m just getting graduate, replaces to know them,” NICHOLSON Matt Vaughn, who Nicholson said. New skipper resigned in Novem“The guys that are for UCD ber in the wake of a there are there baseball hazing scandal that because they want received national attention. to be there. I know they Vaughn ran the Aggies want to make things better baseball program for 10 and that’s what I want to be seasons. Last spring’s team a part of. It’s really wanting posted a 14-43 overall to build something and record. take pride in.”

Both Nicholson and DeLuca said that they are still working on the Aggies’ preseason schedule. UC Davis plays in the Big West Conference. For the last four seasons, Nicholson was an assistant coach at Stanford, where he was the infield, hitting and third base coach. According the Stanford website, in Nicholson’s first season on The Farm in 2018, the Cardinal finished with a .978 fielding percentage. That was the third-highest in program history while the Cardinal won their first conference

championship in the Pac12 since 2004. On Feb. 19, 2018, Stanford played a nonconference game at UC Davis. The visiting Cardinals posted a 3-2 win. Nicholson spent the 2017 season at Sacramento State as the team’s infield and hitting coach. That is when Sacramento State played UC Davis in home-andhome series in April; the Aggies won the first game on their field April 4 and the Hornets pulled out the win in Sacramento on April 11.

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UCD’s season hit rock bottom after consecutive losses to Sacramento State and Academy of Art in late November, but rather than give in to the downward spiral, UCD responded with wins over Pacific and UC Merced and now Oregon State. By Bob Dunning Already in this young season Enterprise staff writer the Aggies have wins over repreCORVALLIS, Oregon — Jim sentatives of the Mountain West Les said he wrote one word on the (Utah State), Big Sky (Eastern board before sending his UC Washington), West Coast ConferDavis men’s basketball team onto ence (Pacific) and the Pac-12 the floor of legendary Gill Coli- (Oregon State.) seum to battle Pac-12 foe Oregon “You don’t get many chances to State Tuesday night. win in a Pac-12 arena and I was “Opportunity,” explained the really glad we could finish it after they made a run,” Les Aggie head coach. noted. “Our condi“We have a great tioning is really good. opportunity to do We didn’t get tired something special down the stretch. We here.” were able to handle The Aggies seized Next game: Sunday everything they that opportunity for at Pacific, Stockton, threw at us and make all it was worth, noon. building a 13-point Listen: KHTK 1140 AM some clutch shots at the end.” second-half lead, After a back and then turning back several challenges by their hosts forth first half that ended with to take a hard-earned 71-64 non- Oregon State up, 30-28, Ezra Manjon led a second half surge conference win. “This group of young men have that gave the Aggies a 50-37 lead truly high character and they with 13:17 remaining. The Beavers responded with a deserved this win,” Les added. “We had a couple of tough losses 10-2 run to trim the margin to earlier this season when we just five, but could come no closer played well below our standards, the rest of the way. Two buckets by Manjon and a but these guys stayed together and never doubted and practiced 3-point play from Christian hard and paid attention to Anigwe helped keep the Aggies in details. We executed at a high control the rest of the way. level tonight.” The final dagger was a layup by The win, UCD’s third straight, Caleb Fuller on a perfect feed gives the Aggies a 5-3 mark, while from Kane Milling for a 69-62 Oregon State, which reached the lead with 0:43 remaining. Elite Eight last year, dropped to “We have a number of guys 1-9 with its ninth straight loss. who have been in a lot of close

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UC Davis guard Ezra Manjon (5), seen battling against UC Merced players on Dec. 4, scored a career-high 27 points in the Aggies’ 71-64 nonleague win against Oregon State in Corvallis on Tuesday. game situations and they have a lot of trust in each other. It was awesome the way they executed at the end,” Les explained. Oregon State head coach Wayne Tinkle, whose team was the Cinderella of last year’s NCAA tournament, said simply “No excuses. We lost to a very good basketball team. It’s disappointing obviously, but they just

imposed their will on us right out of the gate in the second half.” Manjon was the best player on the floor with 27 points, while Fuller added 15. “Ezra put us on his back tonight and took over the game,” Les added. “There’s a lot of history in this building and this is a game our guys are going to remember for a long time. It’s

great when you play your heart out and get a W. When you have that kind of mentality, good things will happen to you.” The Aggies return to action Sunday at noon at Pacific, then return home Dec. 22 for a 2 p.m. game against the University of Portland. — Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Davis goalie Maddie Walker goes up to block a shot from an Oak Ridge player in a Sac-Joaquin Section Division I girls water polo playoff game on Nov. 4.

Davis High’s Lindsay Taylor (6) gets into the face of an Oak Ridge player during a Sac-Joaquin Section girls water polo playoff game. Mike Bush/ Enterprise file photos

It’s been a lucky 7 years for this Davis duo By Mike Bush Enterprises sports editor Lindsay Taylor is looking forward to moving to the East Coast in 2022. Maddie Walker will be making the move to Southern California next year. Although the high school water polo season has been over for almost a month, the two Davis High girls water polo players have built up memories the last four years that each will cherish for the rest of their lives. But their friendship started before they took their first steps onto the Davis High campus at the start of the

2018-19 school year. Both four-year starters on the squad, Taylor and Walker were on this year’s squad that accomplished a lot during the fall season. The Blue Devils posted a 30-4 record, which included beating Granite Bay in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I championship game in November. Davis has won 13 D-I section titles since 2000 and a combined 16 — that includes three in D-II — since 1991. On top of that, Davis earned a California Interscholastic Federation State NorCal D-I playoff berth. The Blue Devils’ won their first two games, which

included a heart-pumping 9-8 win over Soquel in four overtimes on Nov. 18. It was the first time a Davis High girls water polo team played for the CIF NorCal regional title since state playoffs started during the 2017-18 school year. Miramonte, which had beaten Davis three times during the regular season in three tournaments, had the Blue Devils’ number a fourth time, as it posted an 11-4 win for the crown on Nov. 20. “It’s been a great season,” said Taylor, who played the attacker position. “I mean, all four years of my high school water polo career has just been amazing. I’ve

learned so much. I’ve bonded so much with the girls. It’s been a great experience that I’ll remember forever. Winning sections ... being second in regionals is all going to be part of my high school memories. I’m thankful for that.” Walker, who was a goalie, added, “This year was definitely unique, for sure. Given the circumstances and everything to overcome through COVID.” Each player talked about the perk about this year’s team, which was the growth of their camaraderie during the season. The team’s growth became stronger at each practice and games,

which ended at the CIF State NorCal title game. “The unique drive was we were able to accomplish what we never had before,” Walker said. “Unfortunately, we didn’t win. But you know what? We are so proud of what we did in the end.” Taylor on the Soquel game, “It was an intense game. It was very, very physical. Our team went through a lot of ups and downs. It was pretty insane.” Advancing to the NorCal title game, after an abbreviated spring season that had no playoffs because of the pandemic, was rewarding for the duo and the

Blue Devils. “One day, we will bring a championship home to Davis High School,” Walker said. Taylor played in 30 games this season. During that time, she had 123 goals, 53 steals and 45 assists. In 33 games, Walker had 32 steals and 13 assists. She had 281 saves, including many critical ones in the Blue Devils’ semifinal game against Soquel. Taylor and Walker have known each other for the last seven years. They first met when they were on the Davis Water Polo Club

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DUO: Ready for next step DHS boys are consolation champions From Page B2 10U girls team, which won the 2014 USA Water Polo national championship. “Growing up with someone who is very special is definitely something else,” Walker said. Taylor recalled, “We had a bunch of different 10-year-old girls. It was pretty new, so there weren’t a lot of girls teams in that division yet.” Davis High girls water polo head coach Doug Wright and Lindsay’s mother, Christine, were able to get a few more girls out for the 10U team. Wright was the Davis Water Polo Club 10U head coach in 2014. “Any swimmers, any family or friends that we knew interested in playing water polo,” recalled Lindsay Taylor. “Just word of mouth ... a couple of girls from the Bay Area. We just created this 10U team. We were young. We had so much fun.” Now their paths are taking a new direction after they receive their diplomas from Davis High next spring. Taylor will be attending Indiana University. Last month, she signed a National Letter of Intent to play in the Hoosier women’s water polo program. “Right now, it’s been all about training for Indiana,” Taylor said. “Swimming, (weight) lifting, going to water polo practice. Just improve my game, so when I get to Indiana, I’ll be ready. And also, ready to learn more there.” Walker will remain in California, but becoming a Southern California resident. She

will be attending UC Santa Barbara, and will be a part of the Gaucho women’s water polo program. Walker plans to major in mathematics and physics. “I was pretty much set on UCSB because I realize the family dynamic at school was a great fit for me,” Walker said. “The environment. The fact that they have a great math and physics majors. Also, I already knew a couple of girls from the team, which I think is a very good thing to have when you’re going to a new school.” Here’s another unique thing about their friendship. Taylor and Walker were each born on March 9, 2004. “We’ve had a couple of birthday celebrations at water polo practices in the club years,” Walker said. “I thought that was kind of fun.” Taylor recalled of their first meeting in 2014. “We were talking in the locker (asking) simple questions; your favorite color, when’s your birthday? March 9th? Oh, my birthday is also March 9th,” Taylor said. What could be another amazing memory for Taylor and Walker? If the Hoosiers and Gaucho women teams, somehow, face each other in a game. One thing is certain: No matter the winner of that game if it happens, the duo can add another memory that they can share with family and friends, and their own children. — Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise.net. Follow on Twitter: @MBDavis Sports.

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor ANTELOPE — A fast start to begin the second half helped the Davis High boys basketball team post a 68-64 victory over Oakmont’s squad in the consolation championship game at the 12th annual Titan Holiday Classic at Antelope High on Saturday. The Blue Devils’ defense also held off a late Vikings rally toward the end of the fourth quarter But Davis (3-3) did its job in the final 10 seconds of the game to hold off Oakmont (4-4). “This is what happens with a big lead early,” said Davis head coach Dan Gonzalez, who enters his 23rd season. Leading 37-33 at halftime, Davis started the third quarter with a 10-0 run for a 47-33 lead on the Vikings at 5:27 on the clock. The Blue Devils’ defense forced two turnovers during the first 2 minutes and 23 seconds. On offense, Davis forward Jackson Isidor canned a 3-pointer and Younes Chantit grabbed two rebounds during the run. Substituting throughout the quarter and game, Gonzalez shuffled different players in the final four minutes of the quarter to keep fresh legs on the floor and wear down the Vikings. During a stretch in the quarter, Blue Devil players Jai-Jai Reepolhaha, Aidan Crawford and guards Tavi Maes and Keaton Carpenter helped Davis finish the quarter with 19 points. “We were just trying to put in our hands team,” Gonzalez said. Davis entered the fourth quarter with a 56-42 lead. But Oakmont’s defense was tough inside the paint, pulling down rebounds and preventing the Blue Devils from grabbing missed shots for second and, in some cases, third offensive

chances. The Vikings also forced nearly a half-dozen turnovers in the final two minutes of the game by using a mixture of full and halfcourt presses. “Credit to them, they were just putting a lot of pressure that we just couldn’t break,” Gonzalez said. “But you know, that happens in games. Especially in December, you’re really not ready for a lot of situations.” Although the Vikings were aggressive in the fourth quarter, Davis kept its cool for the win. That included at the free throw line, where Isidor sank two free throws with 2:50 left in the game that increased the Blue Devils’ lead to 68-58. The Vikings made their shots in the final two minutes of the game to cut the Blue Devils’ lead. But they missed back-to-back 3-pointers in the final nine seconds of the game, with the second missed shot hitting the rim and floor. That is where Walsh wrestled the basketball away from two Viking players for a Davis possession and locked up the victory. “They’ve got good shooters,” said Gonzalez of the Vikings. The Blue Devils, who were tied with Oakmont 21-all after the first quarter, broke the tie in the opening seconds of the second quarter when junior forward Jack Anderson canned a 3-pointer. Then Davis continued to build its lead to 27-23. Both the Blue Devils and Vikings concluded the final four minutes scoring 10 points each, which gave Davis a 37-33 halftime advantage. Isidor was the Blue Devils’ leading scorer with 17 points. Chantit followed with 16 points and guard Colin Walsh 10. Will Ackerman had 6 points and Reepolmaha had 5. Davis had 28 rebounds in the

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om — I’m really scared. Is this the apocalypse?” I woke up blurry-eyed in the middle of the night to a text message from Emet, one of my children. Emet had just read the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s most recent forecast. For the first time in my life, I didn’t know how to respond to my kid. I couldn’t make Emet feel better. Because I was scared, too. All my life, I’ve prided myself on being a good mother. Emet and Zoie are adults now, and they’re embarking on their own futures. But as their mom, I worry about what kind of future they’ll have. Here in California, our lives and livelihoods are under threat by massive wildfires, toxic air, drought and deadly heat waves. And despite the recent COP26 negotiations in Glasgow, the Washington Post has reported that our planet is on track for a catastrophic 2.5 degrees Celsius of warming. It’s always been my role to assure them, “It’ll be OK.” I can’t do that anymore. And that breaks my heart. It’s time to do something about it: and I’m not holding my breath for COP27. More than two decades ago, my commitment to my children turned me into a climate activist. Later on, they provided the inspiration I needed to run for mayor of San Luis Obispo. As a three-term mayor, my city became a national leader on climate policy. We set one of the most ambitious carbon neutrality goals of any city in the United States, implemented a carbon-free building code, and joined and advocated for the expansion of the clean energy utility that now powers California’s Central Coast. In partnership with our community, my colleagues and I made San Luis Obispo a model of equitable climate action for the region, but all our victories at the local level aren’t enough to calm my children’s fears.

itcoin and Ethereum — the two most conspicuous cryptocurrencies — have taken a big hit since those novel commodities reached record prices in early November. Yet despite that drop, there likely has not been a better investment over the past five years. On Nov. 7, each Bitcoin was worth $65,466.84; an Ether $4,626.36. By Dec. 12, Bitcoin had declined nearly 25 percent to $49,109; Ether fell 13.5 percent to $4,002.95. By contrast, if you bought the S&P 500 index on Nov. 8 and sold on Dec. 12, you would have made a small capital gain (0.22 percent) plus dividends. Most investment advisors — I am not one — suggest a good bet over the long term is to buy and hold a broad index of stocks (like the S&P 500) and a dependable bundle of bonds. That will give you a solid, if not spectacular return, and it will (over decades) largely protect you from dramatic descents like we have seen with crypto since early November. If you followed the broadindex stock strategy the last five years, you would have done great — more than doubling your capital and earning dividends as well. The S&P climbed from $2,258 on December 12, 2016 to $4,712 on the same day five years later. But taking that sensible strategy meant missing out on the extraordinary elevation of Ethereum and Bitcoin. The latter lifted from $790.53 to $49,109 — up 6,212 percent; the former from $7.87 to $4,002.95 — up 50,896 percent. Those two are not the only cryptocurrencies that have made spectacular returns in the past five years. According to investopedia.com, “there are more than 10,000 cryptocurrencies in existence as of

November 2021.” Nine — including Ethereum (second best) and Bitcoin (fifth) — inflated in price more than 1,000 percent over the past five years. The vast majority, however, still have little trading value. That was the case for Dogecoin — which was started as a joke in December, 2013 — for most of its first seven years. On Dec. 6, 2020, one Doge sold for roughly 30 percent of a penny. Then a famous person, Elon Musk, started tweeting his love for Doge. Dogecoin hit its all time high trade of 73.8 cents and its highest market close of 57 cents on May 2, 2021. By Dec. 12, one coin could be had for 16.5 cents — a 78 percent decline over seven months. Yet speculators, who bought Doge when it first surfaced and sold on Dec. 12, still earned a return of more than 634 percent. A reasonable question is why any crypto units have any value at all. Unlike paper money, very few purchases are made with digital currencies. Most crypto transactions are between buyers and sellers of these new forms of money. Each is speculating. Like paper money printed by governments today, including the U.S. dollar, digital currencies are not backed by gold or silver or other hard assets. They have value because people think they have value. One selling point for Bitcoin is that it may be a good hedge against inflation. Its

founder — pseudonymously called Satoshi Nakamoto — fixed the total number of coins that can be produced at 21 million. Some other cryptos, including Ethereum, cap the yearly increases in supply. By contrast, governmentbacked money can and will lose value if the supply grows too fast. We are seeing that today in our country. From October, 2020 to October, 2021, our liquid money supply (M1) increased by 14.2 percent. Too many dollars are chasing too few goods, and thus the price in dollar-terms of just about everything is going up. Another alleged value of some cryptocurrencies — especially Ethereum — is they can be used to execute transactions called smart contracts.

ccording to gemini. com, “A smart contract is self-executing code that carries out a set of instructions, which are then verified on the blockchain. … A key characteristic of smart contracts is that they are trustless, meaning they can reduce or even eliminate the need for third-party intermediaries.” Consider a real estate transaction. It has closing fees, title fees and broker fees. According to gemini.com, “These are costs that might be reduced or even eliminated by automatically executing smart contracts that function free of intermediaries.” Other supposed benefits of making financial transactions with crypto, when compared with using traditional banks, include lower or no transaction fees, speed and ease of transfers, privacy, security and, because the accounts are anonymous, an inability for governments to seize a holder’s account. Several of these qualities have made Bitcoin a preferred

vehicle for drug traffickers, money launderers, traders in stolen goods and ransomware hackers. “Bitcoin has gained a reputation for its use in criminal activity,” according to CNBC, “because people transacting with the cryptocurrency don’t have to reveal their identity. “However, the digital ledger that underpins Bitcoin is public, meaning researchers can trace where funds are being sent.” A secondary problem with blockchains — the decentralized computer networks that cryptocurrencies operate on — is they use a lot of carbonemitting electricity. These massive computers run 24/7, 365 days a year, mining new coins, recording and validating blocks and solving cryptographic puzzles. According to a report on fortune.com, “each Bitcoin transaction consumes 1,173 kilowatt hours of electricity.” Soon Bitcoin will consume more power than Australia. In the very long run, it makes no more sense to invest in cryptocurrencies than it does to keep printed money locked in a safe. Crypto, just like cash, does not pay interest. But many speculators believe that digital currencies will grow in value — over the coming decades. Their reasoning is that the benefits noted above will drastically increase their use in transactions, and that in turn will drive up demand for these coins. Even if they are right, it’s impossible to know now which cryptocurrencies will flourish and which will vanish. So when some famous person advocates one coin or another, it’s wise to be skeptical. — Rich Rifkin is a Davis resident; his column is published every other week. Reach him at Lxartist@ yahoo.com.

I had to think bigger. I recently joined the Let’s Green CA! initiative and dedicated myself to making California a model of climate action for the nation and the world.

ur state has an incredible history of environmental leadership, from celebrating the first-ever Earth Day to leading the nation to higher fuel efficiency standards. Today, we’re falling behind, as Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon recently said. But it doesn’t have to be this way. As the fifth largest economy in the world, California has the power to model serious climate action, and set the bar for other states and nations. In the absence of federal leadership, this is our moral responsibility. That’s why I’m calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state of climate emergency. The science on the climate crisis is clear, and the technology to solve it is here. All that’s missing is the political will to act. It’s clear that top-down approaches to climate action, like those on display at COP26, simply don’t work. So we must implement a new model, one that puts the power in the peoples’ hands. When the California Legislature convenes in 2022, we expect to introduce legislation to electrify California’s homes and personal transportation infrastructure over the next decade, remedy historic environmental injustice and ensure good-paying union jobs for the professionals who will build California out of the climate crisis. It is time for our state to step up. Let’s ensure that all of our children look to the future with hope, not fear. Together, we’ll make California the leader our children, our nation, and our world needs. — Heidi Harmon is the former mayor of San Luis Obispo. During her three terms, the city set new standards for municipal climate policy. She was recently named senior public affairs director for the Romero Institute’s Let’s Green CA! program.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CV2021-1995 To all interested persons: Petitioner: Wei Che Tsai filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a) Present name Wei Che Tsai to Proposed name Jerry Weiche Tsai b) Present name Wei-Che Tsai to Proposed name Jerry Weiche Tsai c) Present name WeiChe Tsai to Proposed name Jerry Weiche Tsai d) Present name Wei_Che Tsai to Proposed name Jerry Weiche Tsai THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: January 7, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Dept. 9 The address of the court is Yolo Superior Court Clerks Office - Civil 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each 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: Davis Enterprise. Date: November 12, 2021 DANIEL M. WOLK Judge of the Superior Court Published November 24, December 1, 8, 15, 2021 #1573

PUBLIC NOTICE ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 1545 NOTICE is hereby given that at its regularly scheduled meeting of December 7, 2021, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. 1545 to approve minor amendments to the Yolo County Zoning Ordinance. This ordinance includes numerous text changes to Title 8 of the Yolo County Code that will update zoning regulations with respect to commercial cannabis activities. Amendments to Article 3 (Agricultural Zones), Article 5 (Residential Zones), Article 6 (Commercial Zones), Article 7 (Industrial Zones), Article 8 (Public and Open Space Zones), and Article 9 (Specific Plan and Overlay Zones) of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Yolo County Code clarify the specific types of commercial cannabis activities allowed in each respective zone with citation to Cannabis Land Use Ordinance (Article 14). Amendments to Article 14 (Cannabis Land Use Ordinance) of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Yolo County Code include corrections to multiple citations of the Department of Cannabis Control Regulations (California Code of Regulations, Title 4, Division 19); modification of the timeline for accepting cannabis use permit applications from existing licensees; and clarification of requirements for personal use cultivation, fencing, and indoor cannabis use buffers. The Ordinance was adopted by the following vote: AYES: Barajas, Villegas, Saylor, Sandy, Provenza. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.

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Business is located in YOLO County Fictitious Business Name: 1) RT GRAPHIX Physical Address: 707 SYCAMORE LANE UNIT 101 DAVIS CA 95616 Mailing Address: 707 SYCAMORE LANE UNIT 101 DAVIS CA 95616 Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) ELK PACE INC 07 SYCAMORE LANE UNIT 101 DAVIS CA 95616 Business Classification: Corporation Starting Date of Business: N/A s/MUHAMMAD RIZWAN TUFAIL Official Title: PRESIDENT Corporation Name: ELK PACE INC I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal. Jesse Salinas, County Clerk/Recorder, kquam, Deputy Clerk State of California, County of Yolo Published: November 24, December 1, 8, 15 2021

NOTICE TO BIDDERS 1. Notice is hereby given that the governing board (“Board”) of the Winters Joint Unified School District (“District”) will receive sealed bids for the following project, Winters High School Gym Floor Replacement Project, Bid No. 22-001, (“Project” or “Contract”): 2. The Project consists of: Replace flooring in Gymnasium at Winters High School. Work to include demolition and removal from site the existing wood gymnasium flooring system. Install a moisture protection system, new flooring, game lines, school logo, name, volleyball floor covers and 6” wide aluminum thresholds around perimeter of floor. 3. To bid on this Project, the Bidder is required to possess one or more of the following State of California Contractor Licenses: B-General Building and/or C-15 Flooring The Bidder's license(s) must remain active and in good standing throughout the term of the Contract. 4. To bid on this Project, the Bidder is required to be registered as a public works contractor with the Department of Industrial Relations. The Bidder’s registration must remain active throughout the term of the Contract. 5. Contract Documents are available on December 15, 2021, at WintersJUSD.org and navigate to Facility Bond Measures. In addition, Contract Documents are available for bidders’ review at the following builders’ exchanges: Marin Builders Association, Sacramento Regional Builders’ Exchange and Placer County Contractors Association & Builders Exchange. 6. Sealed Bids will be received until 2:00:00 p.m., January 12, 2022, at the District Office, 909 W Grant Avenue, Winters, California, 95694 at or after which time the bids will be opened and publicly read aloud. Any bid that is submitted after this time shall be non-responsive and returned to the bidder. Any claim by a bidder of error in its bid must be made in compliance with section 5100 et seq. of the Public Contract Code. 7. Winters Joint Unified School District adopted the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act. On October 1, 2015 Resolution number 990-15 was filed with the California Controllers Office. Pursuant to Public Contract Code § 22032(a) informal bids will be received for projects under $200,000.00. 8. Contractors must have on file at WJUSD Facilities Department a California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act Pre-Qualification application. 9. All bids shall be on the form provided by the District. Each bid must conform and be responsive to all pertinent Contract Documents, including, but not limited to, the Instructions to Bidders. 10. A mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit will be held on January 4, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at Winters High School, located at 101 Grant Avenue, Winters, CA 94694. Meet at the flagpole at Winters High School, 101 Grant Avenue, Winters, CA 94694. Failure to attend or tardiness will render bid ineligible. 11. The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a 100 % Performance Bond and a 100% Payment Bond if it is awarded the contract for the Work.

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FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20211004 11/19/2021 mlindstrom, Deputy Business is located in YOLO County Fictitious Business Name: 1) YOLOyardcare Physical Address: 216 F St #77 Davis CA 95616 Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) MICHAEL ROJAS 835 EUREKA AVE DAVIS CA 95616 Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 10/1/21 s/MICHAEL ROJAS Official Title: Corporation Name: I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal. Jesse Salinas, County Clerk/Recorder, Micha Lindstrom, Deputy Clerk State of California, County of Yolo Published: December 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 #1591

ORDINANCE NO. 1544 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF YOLO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ALLOWING THE ADOPTION OF FUTURE SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES THROUGH PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors must adjust supervisorial district boundaries every ten (10) years using decennial federal census data so that the supervisorial districts remain substantially equal in population as required by the United States Constitution; and WHEREAS, the County of Yolo has traditionally amended supervisorial district boundaries through the passage of an ordinance; and WHEREAS, the Yolo County Code Title 2, Chapter 1, Article 4 identifies the 2011 supervisorial district boundaries for each of the five (5) districts within the County of Yolo; and WHEREAS, Elections Code section 21500, subdivision (e), effective September 27, 2021, allows a county to adopt supervisorial district boundaries by resolution or ordinance; and WHEREAS, generally the adoption of an ordinance requires a two-hearing process as set forth in Government Code section 25131, and ordinances are not effective until thirty (30) days after their final passage pursuant to Government Code section 25123, which ultimately results in ordinance adoption taking approximately sixty (60) days; and WHEREAS, the redistricting process has traditionally occurred over multiple months, but because of delays in the release of the 2020 federal census data the timeline for redistricting in 2021 is greatly compressed; and WHEREAS, given the greatly compressed timeline for redistricting, there is a corresponding need to streamline the district boundary adoption procedure to provide maximum time for creation, review and approval of new district boundaries; and WHEREAS, the purpose of this Ordinance is to update relevant provisions of the Yolo County Code to comport with state law regarding the adoption of supervisorial district boundaries by resolution; NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Supervisors, of the County of Yolo, State of California, ordains as follows: SECTION 1. Sections 2-1.401 through 2-1.407 of Article 4 (entitled “Supervisorial Districts”) of Chapter 1 (entitled “Board of Supervisors”) of Title 2 (entitled “Administration”) of the Yolo County Code are hereby repealed from the Yolo County Code, effective upon the passage of a resolution of the Board of Supervisors establishing new or revised supervisorial boundaries. SECTION 2. A new Section 2-1.401 (entitled “Supervisorial District Boundaries by Resolution”) shall be added to Chapter 1 (entitled “Board of Supervisors”) of Title 2 (entitled “Administration”) of the Yolo County Code, to read in full as follows: 2-1.401 Supervisorial District Boundaries Supervisorial Districts may be established by resolution. The resolution establishing supervisorial districts shall be published and available on the County of Yolo website for as long as said districts are in effect. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its passage. SECTION 4. A summary of this Ordinance shall be published at least once five days before adoption and a least once before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage in the Davis Enterprise, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Yolo, together with the names of members voting for and against the same. The foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Yolo, State of California, held on the 23rd day of November 2021, its first reading waived, and passed and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Yolo, State of California, on the 7th day of December 2021, by the following vote: AYES: Barajas, Villegas, Saylor, Sandy, Provenza. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTENTION: None. _________________ Jim Provenza, Chair Yolo County Board of Supervisors Attest: Julie Dachtler, Senior Deputy Clerk Yolo County Board of Supervisors By:_______________ Deputy (Seal) Approved as to Form: Philip J. Pogledich, County Counsel By:_______________ Ronald J. Martinez, Chief Assistant Published December 15, 2021 #1613

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@ 7pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe

@ 1pm SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco

@ 12pm SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco

Sunday Jan 2nd

Editor's Voice

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The �nal collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to be‐ come the world's most beloved musical. Featuring a trove of cherished songs, including "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," "My Favorite Things," "Do Re Mi," "Sixteeen @ 9pm / $32-$42 Rotary Club of Winters Going on Seventeen" and the title number, "The Sound of Music" won the The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Weekly Lunch //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// hearts of audiences worldwide, earning �ve Tony Awards and �ve Oscars. The inspirational story, based on the Village Way, South Lake Tahoe @ 12:15pm / $5-$20 memoir of Maria Augusta Trapp, follows an ebullient postulate who serves as governess to the seven children of //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Immersive Van Gogh Buckhorn, 2 Main Street, Winters the imperious Captain von Trapp, bringing music and joy to the household. But as the forces of Nazism take hold (Peak) [N] //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// of Austria, Maria and the entire von Trapp family must make a moral decision. @ 3pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Titou

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Sat 12/25

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@ 8pm / $23 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Avenue, San Francisco

@ 3pm

Wed 12/29

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@ 7:30pm / $16 Downtown Theatre, 1035 Texas Street, Fair�eld

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"The Sound of Music"

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Fri 12/24

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@ 6:30pm / $16 Downtown Theatre, 1035 Texas Street, Fair�eld

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@ 11am SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco

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@ 7:30pm / $20 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Avenue, San Francisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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Immersive Van Gogh (Peak) [N]

(Peak) [N] @ 4pm SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco

Immersive Van Gogh (Peak) [N] @ 5pm SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco

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Magic Fusion Starring Titou

@ 8pm / $8 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Ave, San Francisco

Robert Hall

@ 9pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe

Thu 12/30

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Editor's Pick

Valeria Garcia, Lex Culture, Katana, Alyssa

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Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Touring) //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, San Francisco

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(Peak) [N]

@ 5pm / $30-$42.50 A.C.T.'s Strand Theater, 1127 Mar‐ ket St., San Francisco

@ 11am SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco

@ 12pm

Van Ness Ave, San Francisco

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gettable evening of organic food, live music, dancers and dancing! Peña Pachamama, 1630 Powell Street, San Francisco. email pachamama@gmail.com, 415-6940845

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"BratPack", the Immersive '80s Theatrical Concert Experience

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@ 9pm Bergerac, 316 11th St, San Fran‐ cisco

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Magic Fusion Starring Titou

"The Sound of Music"

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@ 9pm Fort Mason Center for Arts & Cul‐ ture, 2 Marina Blvd Building C, San Francisco

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Cobb's "Comedy Countdown!" @ 8pm / $11.50 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Ave, San Francisco

Hall �n�ltered (21+) @ 9pm / $75 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe

The Filharmonic

@ 8pm Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline

Featured

@ 8:30pm The Regency Ballroom, 1290 Sut‐ ter Street, San Francisco

"Gently Down the Stream"

Immersive Van Gogh (Peak) [N]

Magic Fusion Starring Titou

@ 5pm SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco

@ 12pm SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco

@ 9pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe

Sacramento's Last Laughs @ 8pm / $20 Punch Line Comedy Club - Sacra‐ mento, 2100 Arden Way, Sacra‐ mento

Ness Avenue, San Francisco

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@ 7:30pm War Memorial Opera House, 455 Franklin St., San Francisco

Christmas With The Filharmonic

Kenny G!

@ 8pm / $38.48 South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline

@ 10:30pm / $149 Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main Street, Napa

Magic Fusion Starring Titou

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Immersive Van Gogh (Peak) [N]

@ 7pm / $20

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New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness Avenue, San Fran‐ cisco

@ 8pm The Independent, 628 Divisadero St, San Francisco

The Gilmour Project

Shen Yun Performing Arts

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Editor's Pick

@ 8pm Great American Music Hall, 859 O'‐ farrell St, San Francisco

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Black Label Society

@ 6:30pm / $16 Downtown Theatre, 1035 Texas Street, Fair�eld

The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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Melvins

"The Sound of Music"

The Regency Ballroom, 1300 Van ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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"The Woman in Black"

@ 5:30pm Toy Soldier, 52 Belden Pl, San Francisco

Editor's Pick

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Mon 12/27

Immersive Van Gogh (Peak) [N]

New Year's Eve with The Dinner Detective Interactive Mystery Show | San Francisco

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@ 8pm

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Donovan Plant Music: Donovan Plant (Solo) @ Toy Soldier

@ 7:30pm / $16 Downtown Theatre, 1035 Texas Street, Fair�eld

2708 J St, Sacramento

@ 4pm SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco

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The Emo Night Tour Sacramento

The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe

@ 11am SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco

Fri 12/31

Quinn Hedges: Hedges @ Gregory - NYE @ Hyatt Regency Sacramento ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

@ 7:15pm / $49 Feinstein's at the Nikko, 222 Ma‐ son Street, San Francisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

@ 1pm / $30-$42.50 A.C.T.'s Strand Theater, 1127 Mar‐ ket St., San Francisco

Immersive Van Gogh (Peak) [N]

@ 12pm The Palace of Fine Arts Exhibition Center, 3601 Lyon Street, San //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Francisco

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"The Woman in Black"

@ 2pm SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco

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@ 10pm 1015 Folsom, 1015 Folsom St, San Francisco

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Comedy Allstars

@ 4am The Great Northern, 119 Utah St, San Francisco

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Gareth Emery New Year's

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Magic Fusion Starring Titou

Folsom

Magic Fusion Starring Titou ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

@ 8pm The Independent, 628 Divisadero St, San Francisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Immersive Van Gogh (Peak) [N]

Jessie Leigh

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David Harness: It's A New Day + Breakfast Of Champions Block Party

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B8 THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE

UC Davis forward Cierra Hall (32) shoots over teammate Lena Svanholm and Sacramento State players earlier this year at the Golden 1 Center. Hall scored her 1,000th career point against Stanislaus State on Monday.

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Hall scores 1,000th career point in win Special to The Enterprise Cierra Hall became the 21st player in UC Davis women’s basketball history to reach 1,000 career points, as she had a double-double as the Aggies posted an 84-55 win over Stanislaus State on Monday at the University Credit Union Center. Hall had 11 points and a career-high 16 rebounds. She became the first Aggie to hit the millennium scoring milestone since 2017, scoring nine of her 11 points in the second half and reaching the mark on a free throw with less than a minute to play in the third quarter. Hall’s rebounds are tied for the most by an Aggie this season, matching the program’s single-game Division I mark that was set by teammate Sage Stobbart and her 16 boards against Saint Mary’s on Nov. 13. UC Davis shot 55 percent from the field and finished with four players in double figures to improve to 5-3 overall on the season, with 12 players eventually finding their way into the scoring column. The Warriors remained 9-1 overall on the year as the contest was an exhibition for them, playing only seven players with Da’Myiah Lewis and her 17 points leading the way. Kayla Konrad finished with a season-high 14 points on 6-of-8 from the field, adding four rebounds and two assists in 16 minutes for the Aggies. Freshman Sydney Burns

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Football UC Davis football was represented across four teams as HERO Sports announced its FCS AllAmerican Teams on Tuesday. Returner Lan Larison earned All-American honors on the Freshman Special Teams list, tight end McCallan Castles on the Sophomore Offense, punter Daniel Whelan Second Team Special Teams and defensive back Jordan Perryman was a Third Team Defense All-American. Castles, Perryman and Whelan were all HERO Sports FCS Preseason AllAmericans in August. Castles finished the regular season as UCD’s secondleading receiver with 363 yards and averaged 14.52 yards per catch with four touchdowns. Larison made the cut as a kick returner as he built on a reputation as one of the more electric in the nation this season. He averaged 29.91 yards per return, which included a 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in a Big Sky Conference game against Eastern Washington on Nov. 13. Perryman was third on the Aggies with 42 solo tackles with 2.5 for losses. Whelan will finish his collegiate career as arguably the greatest punter in Aggie history, averaging 46.34 yards per punt for his career.

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NICHOLSON: Worked with Sac State squad From Page B2 “I like it,” said Nicholson of the Aggies’ diamond. “It’s got a great stadium, great place to watch a game.” He spoke highly of UC Davis, which he described as “a beautiful campus.” “It has a lot to offer for guys to develop,” Nicholson said. “Get them in the weight room and get strong.” Nicholson also served as the Hornets’ infield and hitting coach during the 2011 and 2012 seasons. During the 2012 season, the Hornets had a school single-season record .979 fielding percentage, as they committed just 47 errors in 59 games. Before his first tenure at Sacramento State, Nicholson also had two stints at his alma mater, University of Texas, from 2013-16 and 2009-10. He was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Longhorns. Nicholson played in the Texas Longhorns baseball program, where he was an All-American second baseman. He missed just three starts in three years. During Nicholson’s playing days, the Longhorns posted a 50-16-1 mark and were

runners-up at the College World Series in 2009 before registering a 50-13 record and advancing to NCAA Super Regional play in 2010. In 2009, Texas was ranked eighth nationally with a .976 fielding percentage. In 2010, the Longhorns led the nation with a .980 mark. Nicholson’s first recruiting haul at Texas, the class of 2013, was ranked No. 2 nationally by Baseball America. Before he started coaching collegiate baseball, the Chicago White Sox drafted Nicholson in the 11th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft. During his professional career, from 2000 to 2005 with the White Sox and Colorado Rockies organizations, he reached the Triple-A level. During his collegiate playing career, Nicholson compiled a .327 batting average with 147 runs scored, 223 hits, 37 doubles, four triples, nine home runs, 114 RBIs and 20 stolen bases. He was named the team’s most valuable player in 1999 and 2000. — Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise. net. Follow on Twitter: @MBDavisSports.

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