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Colleges miss out on millions By Julian Mendoza, Stephanie Zappelli and Sindhu Ananthavel CalMatters Four California public universities could have received $47 million more in coronavirus aid if they sought funds from a different federal agency, a recent state audit found. As a result, some students may have missed out on support services and equipment during what has been an unprecedented disruption in schooling worldwide.

California colleges could apply to two pots of money — one supplied by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the other by the U.S. Department of Education, called the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. Of six University of California and Cal State University campuses audited, four used Department of Education funding for expenses where they should have asked FEMA for reimbursement, the audit said.

The audit recommended that Chico State, Cal State Long Beach, UC Merced, and UC San Diego apply to FEMA for reimbursement of about $7.5 million in past expenses and $39.7 million in planned expenses so they can use that money to support students. The other two universities in the audit — Sonoma State and UC Riverside — had used and sought reimbursement appropriately, according to the audit. In total, the six universities

Council votes to restore three police positions By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Back in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Davis City Council made some significant budget cuts to account for a decline in revenue. Cuts were made across all city departments and included freezing a handful of vacant positions in the Davis Police Department. Among them: a corporal, two officers, a dispatcher, a records specialist and an officer trainee, according to city staff. On Tuesday, the City Council voted unanimously to restore three of those positions — a corporal, one

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officer and a dispatcher — but not without objections from some community members who believe the decision diverts the city from its path of reimagining public safety. Seven members of the public called in to Tuesday’s meeting urging the council not to restore sworn officer positions to the department. The council voted unanimously to do so, however, with Mayor Gloria Partida acknowledging those concerns but explaining why she believed the move is necessary — namely, because the department is

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Since ground was first broken by city and community leaders over the summer, work has continued apace to construct Paul’s Place, an innovative emergency shelter, transitional housing and permanent supportive housing development on H Street. The effort was made possible by $5 million in funding raised almost entirely from private sources and the goal was completion by July 2022. Davis Community Meals and Housing, which owns the site at 1111 H St. and previously operated a shelter there, will run the new center as well. But unanticipated increases in the cost of construction materials and labor have thrown a hitch in the plans for completion by July. “The project will run out of funding in the spring unless it receives a new infusion of money,” city staff reported to the City Council Tuesday. In fact, backers of Paul’s Place reported in October the funding gap is $2 million.

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School pride is facing long odds N ow here’s a headline I never thought I’d see in my lifetime. Or anyone’s lifetime. “Maryland becomes first Big Ten school to partner with sportsbook,” it said. The story on the ESPN website noted that “The University of Maryland on Wednesday announced a new multi-year deal with sportsbook PointsBet, the latest partnership between an NCAA program and a bookmaker and the first for a Big Ten school.” For those who don’t follow this stuff, a “sportsbook” is not a place where kids go to read inspiring stories about athletes in their favorite sports. No, it’s where people go to gamble. “As part of the agreement, PointsBet signage will appear in and around Xfinity Center and Capitol One Field at Maryland Stadium.” You betcha. “The sportsbook will provide education on responsible gambling to university staff, students and fans.” Let’s see. Don’t bet more than the cost of a year’s tuition. Always have fun betting, even when you lose. Do not steal money from you roommate to place a bet. And remember, gambling is actually entertainment, like going to a

movie or out for an ice cream. “The partnership also will include a philanthropic component that will be announced at a later date.” The philanthropic component, of course, will be funded by people who made bad bets. In fact, maybe when you place your bet you can designate your favorite charity if you lose. “Financial details were not disclosed, but a source familiar with the partnership said it is a sevenfigure deal.”

hich way those seven figures are flowing is unclear, but let’s just say that PointsBet assumes that losing wagers will more than cover any costs of making this deal. This is, after all, a business decision. “Investing in the University of Maryland athletics program expands our ability to impact local communities and the greater DMV region while also connecting

PointsBet with alumni that remain actively involved in reverence to their alma mater,” PointsBet USA CEO Johnny Aitken said in a release. “Sports betting education and safe gambling is key to our longterm strategy, as is making a tangible impact on the communities we invest in. We are proud to work with such a high-profile, storied university to further these objectives.” Such lofty and principled aspirations. The next thing you know the University of Maryland will partner with a major brewery to put a beer vending machine in the lobby of every dormitory in exchange for running a seminar on responsible drinking. Said University of Maryland Associate Athletic Director Brian Ullman, “If it’s legal and we think we can manage it in a responsible way, then I think athletic programs are going to take advantage of that, and certainly the University of Maryland athletic program is taking advantage of that.” Some changes, of course, will have to take place so those same reverent alums can enjoy the full benefits of in-person gambling. In addition to showing downand-distance and how much time is left in the quarter, the Jumbotron will now have a prominent display featuring the over/under

and the point spread and how much a $100 moneyline bet on Maryland will pay. The official final score will be posted only after the game-day point spread is added to the underdog’s total, since that will now be the only score that actually matters to anyone in attendance.

ow let’s just imagine for a minute that Maryland is a 21-point favorite to beat Rutgers on a fine Saturday afternoon in College Park. Maryland does as expected and races out to a 20-0 lead late in the fourth quarter and has a first-andgoal with the ball at the Rutgers two-yard-line. Any kind of score and everyone who has a bet on Maryland wins. However, being a sportsman and a humanitarian, the Maryland head coach orders his team to take a knee rather than run up the score on a Rutgers outfit that has clearly suffered enough. Rather than leaving the stadium happy with an impressive 20-point win, 54,000 Maryland fans, including many reverent alums and legions of starving students, are fighting mad because their team didn’t “cover.” Petitions to fire the coach begin circulating early Sunday morning. Go Terps. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net

UC Davis employees affected by cyberattack By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer More than 1,000 UC Davis employees were affected this week by a global ransomware attack on Kronos, a human resource company and cloud provider that UC Davis Dining Services uses for its digital timecard system. The impact of the attack on UC Davis employees was first reported Thursday by CBS Sacramento. “UC Davis recently became aware of the global ransomware attack on Kronos, which resulted in the company taking all of its cloud services offline worldwide,” UC Davis spokesperson Melissa Blouin told The Enterprise Thursday. “Kronos is currently used as the timekeeping system for Dining Services for approximately 250 career staff and 1,000 student employees, and the unavailability of the service will prohibit these employees from submitting timecards using the Kronos system.” The global ransomware attack was discovered Sunday evening, according to a Kronos press release. The company’s human resource services are used widely by companies and government agencies across the U.S. to

track employee hours. According to Blouin, UC Davis was not the only University of California campus affected by the attack. “The University of California Office of the President has reported the issue to authorities,” she said. The cyberattack has sent companies around the country scrambling to come up with workarounds and backup plans to ensure employees are paid correctly. “In order to issue ontime paychecks to UC Davis employees, Dining Services plans to pay career staff full-time hours for the last pay period ending in mid-December and student employees based on the average work hours recorded on their last two paychecks,” Blouin said. “This will enable employees to continue to receive income for the affected pay period.” Adjustments for overpayment or underpayment will be made in the new year. “Should the service outage extend into January, Dining Services is developing an alternate time reporting process to be implemented if needed,” Blouin said. — Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.

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MILLIONS: Schools hope to get more From Page A1 Though campus officials said FEMA reimbursement is a more difficult process, education advocates said that was not a good enough reason to give up millions. “Students were having trouble meeting their basic needs,” said Yvonne Muñoz, a higher education policy analyst for the nonprofit advocacy group Education Trust West. “The emergency funding really should have been distributed with an urgency that recognizes that.” The potential $47 million could have been used to directly support students, Muñoz said. Education Trust and the Global Strategy Group polled 1,010 students about their experiences during the pandemic and found that more students struggled with paying for necessities including rent, food and tuition during the pandemic, and a third of survey respondents frequently skipped meals because they couldn’t afford them, the poll found.

Getting the money back Chico State officials said seeking reimbursement from FEMA isn’t so simple. About three years ago, they asked FEMA for reimbursement for

costs associated with the deadly and destructive 2018 Camp Fire, and their claims were fully settled only recently, said Stacie Corona, Chico State’s associate vice president of financial services. Corona said it took almost three years to close out their FEMA claim for the Camp Fire. “It’s quite a process, it’s a lot of back and forth,” Corona said. Still, they’ve asked FEMA to reimburse $367,409 for pandemic-related expenses, and the campus hasn’t yet been paid, she said. The costs covered by the claims include PPE, cleaning supplies and sanitation stations, Corona said. The university has also filed a claim with FEMA for the additional $164,00 that the audit said it should reallocate from their HEERF spending, she said. An official at UC San Diego — which lost out on the most with $4.3 million in spent dollars and $36.3 million in planned spending that FEMA could reimburse — also “indicated that FEMA’s claims process puts a large administrative burden on campuses to gather all of the required documents, such as invoices and receipts associated with each expense,” according to the audit. During a normal year, FEMA typically took about three to six months to process and approve applications for

funds. During the pandemic, though, it could take about six to 12 months, according to the audit. Though campuses would have to wait for the money, the audit urged officials to apply anyway. “Regardless of the amount of time it takes FEMA to process these claims, the millions of dollars the campuses could receive should outweigh their reluctance to engage in this process,” the audit said.

What’s next? The audit found the UC Office of the President and the Cal State Chancellor’s Office should have given more guidance to schools on how to disperse the federal funding to avoid any mistakes. Universities distributed the grant money to their students differently. So students at some colleges received grants while students at other colleges didn’t, even if they were in similar financial situations. As the audit recommended, the UCOP will require each campus to write a report on their pandemicrelated expenses to ensure all eligible items are submitted to FEMA for reimbursement, according to university spokesperson Joanna McWilliams.

PAUL’S: Pandemic drives up costs for project From Page A1 The City Council took the first step in filling that gap on Tuesday by unanimously authorizing $1 million in American Rescue Plan funding for the project. The county has been asked to allocate its own ARP funds to close the rest of the gap and county supervisors have previously indicated a willingness to do so. The city has been collecting community input on how to spend its nearly $20 million in ARP funds, and while some funding commitments have already been made — including for a Crisis Now program and other public safety reforms, as well as for extended Healthy Davis Together community testing — the council is not expected to approve additional allocations until January. However, the council’s ARP subcommittee of Councilman Will Arnold and Vice Mayor Lucas Frerichs recommended Tuesday moving forward with an immediate allocation of funds for Paul’s Place to ensure its completion. “We wanted to make sure we moved that forward post haste,” explained Arnold. Said Frerichs: “We felt

like this was a very prudent item to bring forward to the council for consideration, especially because the need is great in the community for these types of services around the unhoused as well as considering this project has already been robustly supported by the city and the county.” Bill Pride, executive director of Davis Community Meals and Housing, noted the long history of community support behind the project. Paul’s Place, he said, came about because of a conversation that was started back in 2017 with then Mayor Robb Davis, the city manager and city staff as well as Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel, Yolo County Housing and other community members “to discuss a way to rehabilitate 1111 H St.” The longtime homeless shelter Pride oversaw at the location had become run down and was not nearly large enough to serve the needs of the unhoused in Davis. “Out of that came the building of Paul’s Place,” said Pride. Named after Pride’s father, Paul’s Place is a firstof-its kind vertical tinyhome village that will

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provide shelter to dozens of unhoused individuals every year along with an array of supportive services. Once completed, the project will provide: n Four emergency shelter beds, staff offices, a dining and kitchen area, laundry, bathrooms and a resource center on the first floor; n 10 transitional singleoccupant bedrooms with shared kitchen, laundry, living room, bathrooms and offices on the second floor; and n Nine single-occupant permanent supportive micro-units on each of the third and fourth floors (18 total micro units). Among those who helped make it possible were local business owners Reed and Susan Youmans, who paid for the feasibility study to see if there was sufficient community support and then led the fundraising effort; Partnership Health Plan, which provided a $750,000 grant; nationally recognized Davis architect Maria Ogrydziak, who designed the project;

“We worked hard over the last several years to raise funding,” noted Pride. “And then COVID hit and, of course, our costs raised considerably.” In approving $1 million to help cover those costs, the council “will hopefully prompt the county to match the allocation of American Rescue Plan funds so that we can complete construction of Paul’s Place by this summer,” said another of the project’s supporters, Carrie Ziegler. The council subsequently voted unanimously to allocate the funds for Paul’s Place and will discuss additional ARP funding requests and recommendations in January. — Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

short-staffed. According to the city, the police department has struggled to maintain minimum staffing levels with multiple employees out on injury/disability leave or parental or medical leave. “When public safety staff are on an injury/disability leave, which can last for one year or more, the city is unable to fill that position,” explained the staff report prepared for Tuesday’s council meeting. “Without increasing the allocation of positions to compensate for those out on extended leaves, as well as dealing with position vacancies and rolling attrition, the city will continue to have difficulties maintaining minimum staffing levels, which leaves both the community and current employees vulnerable.” Staffing shortages, the report noted, “also result in the department incurring significant overtime, causing severe employee burnout and fatigue.” Those issues prompted City Manager Mike Webb to ask the council to reinstate three positions. “As we emerge from the impacts of COVID, when temporary reductions in staffing levels were more feasible, police-related activity has been picking up in very visible ways with a recent rash of burglary and vandalism activities, for example,” city staff noted. Partida said Tuesday night that she appreciated the comments made by community members opposing restoration of any sworn officer positions but that the city remains on course with its

efforts to reimagine public safety. Back in October, the council voted unanimously to create a department of social services and housing to oversee crisis response, homeless services and more, with four positions to be shifted from the police department to the city manager’s office to run the department. “This council has had a lot of conversation around this issue and I think that we are all in agreement that money is better spent on social services and I think we have indicated that … by forming a department of social services. And I also agree to some extent that there is an issue with the institution of policing as it is constituted right now,” said Partida. However, she said, “that institution is made of people, actual people that are doing work and sometimes for very long hours because they are understaffed. “I think that having a police officer that’s worked 14 hours and has to extend that shift because there’s nobody to cover him is not a person that you want going into a situation that they have to de-escalate, a very volatile situation.” Her four colleagues on the council all agreed, voting to restore the three positions. According to the staff report, as part of the 2021-22 budget, the city set aside salaries and a benefits contingency appropriation to be used for the reinstatement of positions “and will not cause an additional burden on the General Fund available balance.”

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Pets of the week Special to The Enterprise

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Sherri Cowden taught senior pup Cookie a new trick last summer. They look forward to more paddle boarding together in the New Year.

About that puppy under the tree ... By Evelyn Dale Special to The Enterprise

s it a good idea to adopt a pet during the holidays? It all depends. Statistically, pets adopted during the holiday season are not more likely to be returned. According to the Richmond SPCA, holiday adoption returns are generally a bit lower than its annual return rate, which is 10-11%. The ASPCA highly encourages pet adoptions during the holidays and has found that 86% of pets adopted during this time remain in their new home. If you do want to bring a pet home for the holidays, here are a few pros and cons to consider. Pros: It’s hard to imagine a better gift than a warm and fuzzy pet. The holidays can provide extra time for a pet to transition to its new family because people are home with time to bond with and train a new pet. Adopting a shelter or rescue pet saves a life because it frees up space for another homeless pet. Cons: Surprising someone with a living, breathing gift needing daily care may not work. Choosing a pet is pretty personal involving the person and pet meeting to decide if it’s a good fit. What about holiday chaos? Dealing with new surroundings, new people, and new noises can upset any pet, especially, a new one. Still interested in adopting a pet this holiday season? Think locally. The Yolo County Animal Shelter and non-profit rescues like Rotts of Friends, Hearts for Paws, and Yolo County SPCA have plenty of pets waiting for loving homes. Here are a few tips to ensure that the transition

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would get to see them again, but sadly my Aunt LaDell passed away just before Christmas.

of a newly adopted pet goes smoothly. Make it a family affair. Gift a pet with a holiday card that explains a new pet will be joining the family and everyone is invited to go to the shelter or rescue to adopt it. Be sure to set aside ample time at home to get to know your pet and provide important behavioral training such as potty and leash training. Keep surroundings as calm and peaceful as possible. Limit the hustle and bustle of visitors until your new pet is comfortable in its surroundings. Not sure? Consider fostering-to-adopt a pet. It’s a win/win for you and the pet. You get to see how the pet does in your home with your family. The pet has a chance to relax in a home environment. If it works out, the pet gets a forever home. If not, the shelter or rescue gains a better understanding of the pet and is better able to find it the right home

“Since my poor Uncle Steve was more disabled than Aunt LaDell, I offered to keep Cookie while he figured out how to navigate his new life. Ultimately, he felt he was unable to care for her, and Cookie became a permanent member of my immediate family.

Happy Tails Sherri Cowden gave a gift of love twice, once to her Uncle Steve and once to his dog “Cookie.” Sherri writes, “We met three years ago on Thanksgiving. Cookie was sitting on my Aunt LaDell’s lap in all of her cream colored poodley glory, wearing a perfect Lamb Cut and Holiday bows in her ears. “My aunt was a bit disabled so I offered to take Cookie for a walk. She warned me that Cookie could be a sassy handful, and she was right. I thought she was wonderful and I looked forward to next Thanksgiving when I

Lots of animals are waiting for “forever homes” at the Yolo County Animal Shelter, 2640 E. Gibson Road in Woodland. Among them is Hershey (A191302). He is a lovely and kind 5-yearold cat whose owner became ill and could no longer care for him. Hershey is 25 pounds and needs a home that will encourage him to lead a more playful life. Also hoping for a good home is Cosmo (A191061), a gorgeous 1½-year-old Siberian husky, with a personality to match. He likes people and other dogs and will need an experienced husky owner. For information on adopting, contact adoptycas@gmail.com. All shelter animals are up-to-date on vaccinations, microchipped, and spayed or neutered. The shelter is closed to the public for non-emergencies but the staff is available to assist at 530668-5287 during new temporary hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Mondays to Fridays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. For information, visit

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Polly www.petfinder.com/ member/us/ca/woodland/yolo-county-animalservices-ca283. At Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue, you’ll find Polly, a 2-year-old super sweet spayed female cattle dog. Her front left leg had to be amputated but she is adjusting well. She loves to play and is a happy friendly girl who loves everyone. Bucky is a 10-year-old neutered male Chihuahua. Bucky loves to play; he’s sweet, loving and not nippy. Bucky gets along with other dogs and still has a lot of good years left. The next Rotts of Friends' adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, at 34505

“This girl was a 13-yearold lap dog who just found herself in a lively new family. I initially thought she didn't know her name, but it turned out she is almost totally deaf. “Uncle Steve called her ‘a runner’ because she would run out of the door and down the street at any opportunity, happily trotting along as we ran behind her screaming her name to no avail. She screamed like a banshee when she saw other dogs, and, worst of all, she was only potty trained when she felt like it. “Thank goodness old dogs can new learn tricks! She now walks happily on a leash and greets new dogs with happy squeals. She can hear me clap to her and she can hear a clicker, and is learning hand signals. Her potty training has much improved, and she is no longer ‘a runner.’ “People have said I am very kind to take in an old poodle. But I think, who wouldn't want a super smart, expert snuggler who doesn't shed, smells nice and is always up for a good time?” — Evelyn Dale of Davis is a volunteer and advocate for shelter animal welfare. Contact her at pawsforthought.comments@gmail.com.. This column appears monthly.

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‘Nightmare Alley’: Not worth a visit By Derrick Bang Enterprise movie critic Mid-20th century touring carnivals, by their very nature, seem … well … sordid. Squalid. Uneasily unpleasant, as if something nasty is happening in the tent around the corner. No surprise, such an environment proved alluring to director Guillermo del Toro. “Nightmare Alley” began life as a 1946 novel by William Lindsay Gresham (who, rather disturbingly, in 1962 committed suicide — via sleeping pills — in the same hotel room where he had written the first draft). Dashing Hollywood star Tyrone Power, looking for something meatier than the romantic and adventure roles for which he had become famous, persuaded 20th Century Fox’s Darryl F. Zanuck to buy the rights for him. The resulting film was rushed into production and hit theaters the following year; alas, nobody wanted to see Power play such a morally tainted character, and the movie also endured considerable bad publicity — and moral outrage — due to the story’s squalid elements (quite strong, for the time). History has been much kinder; it’s now regarded as one of the era’s finest film noir entries … a reputation del Toro’s remake hasn’t a chance of attaining. Granted, this new adaptation looks terrific; production designer Tamara Deverell and cinematographer Dan Lausten persuasively establish the late Depression era, down to the grime and foulness; and an atmosphere of impending dread hovers over the carnival setting like a shroud. The performances are uniformly strong, and the characters are riveting, with most of them displaying various shades of corruption. It’s also nice to see del Toro and coscripter Kim Morgan retain Gresham’s grim conclusion. (The 1947 version “softened” the ending, which is that film’s sole flaw.) Alas, del Toro’s pacing is lethargic and ponderous to a degree that ruins everything. The Los Angeles Times recently ran an article titled “Are movies too long?,” and this one’s a poster child for a resounding YES. The 1947 version knew when to get off the stage; it’s a just-right 111 minutes. Del Toro’s remake is a

‘Nightmare Alley’ Starring: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Willem Dafoe, David Strathairn, Toni Collette, Richard Jenkins, Ron Perlman, Holt McCallany Rating: R, for strong bloody violence, sexual content, nudity and profanity Available via: Movie theaters butt-numbing 150 minutes, with nothing to show for such expansion. Indeed, the additional length actually works against the story’s atmosphere and suspense. That’s a shame, because all concerned otherwise do their best, and the classic elements are in place. Every true noir requires a louse; a very, very, very bad gal; a second, usually trusting and naïve woman whose virtue will be compromised; and assorted sidebar characters of dubious moral quality. So. The story: Driven mostly by curiosity, charismatic drifter Stan Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) wanders into a carnival one day; he catches the eye of hardnosed Clem Hoatley (Willem Dafoe), the outfit’s gruff manager. That aside, Clem is inherently fair; he offers Stan a job as a barker. Stan initially is drawn to Zeena (Toni Collette), the carnival’s resident seer and tarot reader, but he’s far more curious about the quiet Molly (Rooney Mara), who performs as “Elektra, The Lady Who Can Absorb Any Amount Of Voltage.” This interest isn’t appreciated by Bruno, the strong man (Ron Perlman), long protective of Molly; unlike Clem, Bruno doesn’t trust the manipulative Stan at all. (Nor do we.) Bruno also notices that, despite Stan’s quick smile and superficial charm, he doesn’t put much effort into becoming part of the “family.” The carnies look out for each other, with Clem, Bruno and the diminutive Major Mosquito (Mark Povinelli) as the caring patriarchs. Stan chooses to remain on the outskirts, mostly because he’s

Although Molly (Rooney Mara) is instinctively wary around charismatic carnival newcomer Stan (Bradley Cooper), his charm and aw-shucks persistence eventually wear her down. Which isn’t good news … Courtesy photo

always seeking the next angle. He finds it in Zeena’s husband, Pete (David Strathairn), who long ago devised a hit mind-reading act, based on an ingenious code, that wowed high-paying audiences. But he eventually took it too seriously, turning the act into a “spook show” that psychologically damaged audience members; guilt and remorse transformed him into a barely functioning alcoholic. Strathairn’s performance is sublime. Shame radiates off Pete like a sad smell, and his melancholy bearing is heartbreaking; even so, he’s occasionally able to summon a vestige of the pride he once felt, having devised and mastered such a great stage act. Stan smells opportunity. His plan requires a colleague, at which point his overtures to Molly become more serious. And we think, Oh, nothing good can come of this. The story is divided into two distinct acts; only the first concerns Stan’s time with the carnival. The second half, jumping ahead two years, finds him and Molly the cream of big city Buffalo’s high society, entertaining appreciative, sold-out crowds with a genuinely stunning mind-reading act. The stage trickery aside, Stan also has become quite adept at

“cold reading” people: a talent he puts to good use when the alluring Lilith Ritter (Cate Blanchett) oozes into the audience one evening. As a Freudian psychoanalyst, she’s intrigued and amused by Stan and his “talent”; he, in turn, once again smells opportunity. Consider the deliberate, delicious irony: Despite its atmosphere of shocks, squalor and wonder, the carnies function as a kind-hearted, mutually caring family. But now that the story has entered the halls of wealth and power, seduction and treachery will run rampant. Blanchett is, as always, absolutely stunning; one cannot imagine any 1940s femme being more fatale. Lilith’s mocking, condescending smile conceals a gaze that misses nothing, and she reads Stan like a book. Their subsequent jousting — with the intensity of a sexually charged pas de deux — is the film’s high point. These scenes also are Cooper’s strongest moments, because Stan’s eternally cocksure attitude finally sways in Lilith’s presence, although he still believes he’s outmaneuvering her. It becomes difficult to determine who’s actually manipulating whom. And the story, which has flirted with malice and dishonesty up to

this point, soon explodes into allstops-out villainy. Molly serves as the saga’s conscience; she’s the sole truly virtuous character. Her innocence eventually becomes quite disturbing, because she seems no match for the calculating Stan. Mara makes her waiflike and vulnerable, and we grieve at the thought of something bad happening to her. Richard Jenkins is flat-out scary as Ezra Grindle, a wealthy man haunted by his past, who views Stan’s supposed clairvoyance as a means of finding peace. But Grindle has been fooled before, and isn’t to be trifled with; once again, the brash Stan doesn’t seem to realize that he’s stepping into the web of a particularly nasty spider. Mary Steenburgen pops up briefly, but tellingly, as one of Stan’s first wealthy “believers.” Many modern filmmakers have attempted to replicate the classic film noir vibe; few have succeeded. It’s particularly frustrating that del Toro gets so close, but then blows it with his puffed up, self-indulgently sluggish delivery. Such a shame. — Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at http://derrick bang.blogspot.com. Comment on this review at www.davisenter prise.com.

Memorial concert honors teacher lost to COVID Special to The Enterprise The historic Woodland Opera House, 340 Second St. in Woodland, announced a concert and scholarship fund to honor local teacher and Opera House musical director James C. GlicaHernandez, who died on Jan. 10 from complications due to COVID-19. To honor his legacy, a group of his friends and former students have arranged a special evening of music at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28. Tickets are $5. Glica-Hernandez had an impact on everyone he met,

and most especially “We can think of no better way on his students in to honor James’ whom he instilled a enduring legacy love of music and a and commitment sense of discipline to excellence than and professionalhis former stuism. Many of his dents sharing students have gone music together on on to pursue music GLICAthe Woodland and theater as their HERNANDEZ House life’s work and it is WOH musical di- Opera rector to be stage,” concert in no small part honored with organizer Amy due to the role James played in others who died Shuman said. from COVID nurturing them as The Opera young artists. He House is excited to taught them voice and welcome back the following music but also how to be performers who studied good people, respectful of under Glica-Hernandez as others, and authentic to they celebrate his life and the their own true selves. positive impact he’d made in

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theirs and so many others: Spencer Alexander, Ellieza Barth, Erin Bruni, Casey Camacho, Ryan Everitt, Devon Hayakawa, James Hayakawa, Jordan Hayakawa, Tara Keeble, Spenser Micetich, Marley Michel, Jimin Moon, Severin Moreno, Emily O’Flaherty, Bailey Robinson-Burmester, Chloe Sears, and Cole Souza. Musical numbers will range from broadway classics such as “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from “Funny Girl” and “Master of the House” from “Les Miserables” to a song that GlicaHernandez wrote himself, “The Star That You Are.”

The concert will benefit a scholarship created in his name, the James C. GlicaHernandez Memorial Scholarship. A goal of $20,000 is set and the scholarship funds will be used to enable local young artists who otherwise may not be able to afford classes through the Woodland Opera House Education Department. Proceeds from the scholarship will be awarded each session based on need, talent, and commitment to studying music, dance, and acting. Scholarship donations can be made at https://

secure.givelively.org/ donate/woodland-operahouseinc/james-c-glicahernandez-memorialscholarship-fund, or by mail to: Woodland Opera House, P.O. Box 1425, Woodland, CA 95776. Tickets to the live concert on Dec. 28 can be purchased on the Opera House website at www.woodlandoperahouse.org, by phone at 530-666-9617 or at the box office at 340 Second St. in Woodland. Box office hours are Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m., also open two hours prior to the concert for walk-in purchases.

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Briefly Auditions open for ‘Urinetown’ Auditions for Davis Musical Theatre Company’s production of “Urinetown: The Musical,” will be on 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9, 10 and Jan. 11 at the Jean Henderson Performing Arts Center, 607 Pena Drive No. 10 in Davis. Bring a prepared song (not from “Urinetown”), sheet music with the piano accompaniment (piano accompanist is provided), and there will be cold readings. Everyone entring the building will be asked to providee proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test within the previous 72 hours. Performers will be asked to remain masked during auditions, rehearsals and performances Sign up at https:// www.signupgenius.com/

Try out for ‘Beauty & The Beast Jr.’ The Davis Musical Theatre Company Young Performers Theater Division announces auditions for the awardwinning musical, “Disney’s Beauty & The Beast Junior.” This production is for ages 7-17 (18 if still in high school). Go to https://dmtc.org/ auditions#ypt to sign up. Masks are required during auditions.

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Flower arrangers get into winter spirit Special to The Enterprise The Davis Flower Arrangers are honored to announce that Sensei Yasmin Spiegel will present the first program of 2022, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan 5, via Zoom. Sensei Yasmin will demonstrate the various qualities of Winter arrangements viewed through Sogetsu Ikebana, Japanese flower arranging. She will highlight the beauty of this special time of the new year using the materials that we can find in our gardens or in our neighborhood. She emphatically insists that even though we no longer have the luscious fall colors and have likely pruned our trees and roses, that there really is something special to work with. As she beautifully expresses, “When the bright colors and brilliant foliage recede, the beauty of line and texture can be seen and appreciated. Nature’s subtlety of form is revealed and can be powerfully incorporated in arrangements that emphasize the grace of Winter and the ancient ways that humanity has always celebrated the new year.” She discovered Ikebana through good friends who knew of her involvement in theater, costume and set design as well as her creations in ceramics and stained glass. Her fascination with the reflection and translucency of light in

various materials led her to begin studying Ikebana with Sogetsu Master Kika Shibata Sensei in 2003. She proudly received her fourth teachers certificate in 2014. Spiegel is comfortable with traditional Sogetsu forms as well as the more modern sculptural arrangements. Exploring a wide variety of materials and composition is what draws her to Sogetsu, as well as the ability to enter a meditative space while creating arrangements. Spiegel earned her flower name “Ki Doh,” which means “Her own Special Way” acknowledging her wide range of visual, tactile and artistic interests. Spiegel is a favorite presenter and longtime member of the Davis Flower Arrangers. She has been teaching Sogetsu Ikebana

for Ikebana International, at Wakamatsu Farms, and demonstrating at the Sacramento Home and Garden Show, in the greater Sacramento area and in San Jose. Classes that she teaches at Wakamatsu Farms are offered through American River Conservancy. For more information about her upcoming classes at Wakamatsu Farm contact: julie@ARConservancy.org or 530-621-1224. Or better yet, join Davis Flower Arrangers via Zoom and ask Yasmin about her future classes, workshops, and exhibitions. To join Davis Flower Arrangers for the 2021-22 season, which runs through May, send a check to Davis Flower Arrangers for $40 to Jo Anne Boorkman, 2205 Butte Place, Davis, CA 95616. Members have access to all monthly Zoom

presentations, held at 7 p.m. on the first Wednesday from September to May. Members receive a monthly newsletter from Myra Appel, the president of the Davis Flower Arrangers, with the description of each month’s program or workshop. An invitation to the Zoom meetings will be sent to you a few days prior to the meeting and a recording of the meeting will also be available. Members are

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you down with him. If things continue this way, you may need to consider whether you can truly live under the same roof as him without it taking a toll on your mental health. To gain some clarity and insight, I encourage you to make an appointment with a therapist who specializes in addiction. You may also find solace and strength in support groups such as AlAnon (https://www.alanon.org) or SMART Recovery Family and Friends (https://www. smartrecovery.org/family). ——— Dear Annie: I’ve been in a relationship with “Wanda” for three years, living with her for eight months. She’s cheated on me many times. When I found out, we’d already been dating for two years, so I figured I’d stay. However, I suspect it’s still happening. On top of this, she hits me, spits on my face and calls me names. I guess it’s pretty clear that I need to walk away, but for some reason, I don’t. I think it’s because I’m 38 and have never had a serious relationship work out in the long term. Call me crazy, but I just can’t seem to leave. What advice do you have for me? — Beleaguered Boyfriend Dear Beleaguered: You deserve better. You owe it to yourself to get out of that house and out of that relationship. Please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline (800-7997233) — which deals with all forms of domestic abuse — for emotional support and assistance making an exit plan. Give yourself the chance to live the life you’re meant to live. ——— Dear Annie: In response to “One Grieving Grandmother to Another,” who was upset about not seeing her children and grandchildren on holidays, I was thinking she could try making her own “holidays” or special Sundays. If invited ahead of time, her family might come together and be with her. Competition on regular holidays makes it hard for grown children to see all the family. If there are birthday celebrations for grandkids,

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Dear Annie: I am a woman in my mid-30s, and my wife is in her early 40s. We met a little less than two years ago and haven’t left each other’s side since. We got married about a year ago. Needless to say, we both fell fast and hard for each other. When I met her, my whole world changed, and I look at the world in a completely different way. She makes me want to be a better person altogether. But we have a problem. My wife already had trust issues from a previous relationship in which she was betrayed. Well, several months ago, I broke her trust by talking to my ex on the phone. It was an innocent conversation, but I knew that it would upset my wife. I felt terrible and immediately admitted what I’d done, admitted that it was wrong and promised that it wouldn’t ever happen again. Fast-forward four months, and nothing seems to be enough for my wife. She continues to throw it in my face. Every time my phone makes a noise, she wants to look at it. There’s not a day that goes by that she doesn’t make a smart-

aleck remark about my talking to my ex on the phone. I am truly lost because I love this woman more than life itself and have never been happier. But I can’t continue to allow her to say the mean and hurtful things she’s been saying, and I can’t take the distance between us, and I can’t take any more of the barrages of questions. I love her and don’t want to ever face life without her, but the cruelty is breaking me down quickly. I don’t know what to do anymore. — Heartbroken Wife Dear Heartbroken: Jealous, controlling behavior is not the stuff of a healthy relationship, and it can veer into emotionally abusive territory. Your wife’s past relationship issues don’t give her license to treat you poorly. You love her and want her in your life — but she needs to seek individual counseling and/or to attend couples counseling with you so that you can both have a shot at a healthy, sustainable life together built on trust. ——— Dear Annie: So many of your letters come from disgruntled people who feel alienated by other people’s text messages. I think it is important to realize that when you read a text message, you do not hear the inflection of the person’s voice. The sender’s words can come across totally differently to the person reading it. A simple phone call following up a text might solve many misunderstandings. — Wiser in North Carolina Dear Wiser: Wise words indeed. I know many people who have ended up in huge arguments over misunderstandings that arose over text message. Reserve texts for light chitchat, words of encouragement and basic logistics only. Anything other than that deserves a phone call.

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——— Dear Annie: You recently told “At Our Wit’s End,” a couple whose adult child was struggling with alcoholism, to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. You should have told them to attend a meeting of Al-Anon, the organization for family and friends of alcoholics. I hope you will publish a correction. — Grateful Al-Anon Member Dear Grateful: I regret the error. That was indeed due to a mix-up. Thanks for setting the record straight.

Self-reflection is essential Dear Annie: I feel the need to provide a different view to the “Grieving Grandmothers” who wrote in saying that their daughters-in-law keep their grandkids and sons away from them. First, your son is a grown adult who can make choices for himself, so maybe start taking the blame off the daughter-inlaw. Second, maybe reflect on yourself to see if there are reasons your son does not want to attend gatherings with you or have their children around you. I’m sure my mother-inlaw could write in saying all these things about me, but it is not the truth. My husband finds his mother and immediate family unhealthy and toxic. He prefers attending gatherings with my family and doesn’t trust his mother to be around our children. We ended up in marriage counseling because the weight of trying to deal with all of it was affecting our marriage. It was our therapist, not me, who suggested to my husband that he create boundaries with his own mother. My hus-

band always knew the dynamic was unhealthy, but it wasn’t until we were married that he felt he had a safe space to distance himself from his immediate family. While it is easier to blame someone else, it may be worth looking inward to see what we are bringing to the problem. — Family Scapegoat Dear Family Scapegoat: Self-reflection is always a good thing. I’m glad that your husband was able to create boundaries with his mother, but try not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Just because she is not perfect does not mean you don’t have to show her some respect and compassion. Grandchildren intuitively love their grandparents, and anything that helps them get together, with the oversight of the parents, is a good thing. Boundaries set by the parents can promote harmony — provided they include entrances and exits for the grandparents. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF HIROKO KOWTA CASE NO. PR2021-0269 FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20211026 11/29/2021 Business is located in YOLO County Fictitious Business Name: SESAME Physical Address: 213 E STREET #A DAVIS, CA 95616 Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) Meili Lei 825 Sycamore Ln. Davis, CA 95616 Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 11/29/2021 s/ Meili Lei Official Title: Owner Corporation Name: N/A Published December 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021 #1599

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CV2021-2088 To all interested persons: Petitioner: Alena Pafelova on behalf of Naum Lyustiger filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name Naum Lyustiger to Proposed name Naum David Lyustiger 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: 1/19/2022 at 9:00 a.m. Dept. 10 Room: Zoom 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: The Davis Enterprise. Date: 11/20/2021 Samuel T. McAdam Judge of the Superior Court Published December 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021 #1601

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: HIROKO KOWTA A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: Matthew Kowta in the Superior Court of California, County of: Yolo THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Matthew Kowta be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on January 20, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 9 located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Signed: Matthew Kowta, Petitioner 1639 Joshua Tree St. Davis, CA 95616 530-219-0682 Published 12/10, 12/12, 12/17 #1604

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here will be plenty of political battles next year, starting with likely re-election challenges to Gov. Gavin Newsom and similar efforts to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla. Heated contests for the insurance commissioner’s job and an effort to unseat appointed state Attorney General Rob Bonta have already started. Initiative fights are also pretty certain, on subjects from sports gambling to flavored tobacco, state funding of private and religious schools to jury trials in child custody cases, online voting and a proposed requirement to spend 2 percent of the state’s general fund on water projects every year. But Bonta, a former ultraliberal assemblyman from the East Bay suburbs of San Francisco named attorney general when President Biden picked Xavier Becerra to be his secretary of Health and Human Services, has assured that housing will vie to be the year’s No. 1 issue. Bonta, never yet elected to statewide office and already with one serious challenger, almost seems to be using reverse psychology that might inadvertently promote a proposed initiative aiming to restore full authority over local zoning and land use to local governments, where until very recently it has resided as long as California

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nder a 1975 California law known as MICRA — the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act — the victim of medical malpractice may collect no more than $250,000 for pain and suffering, regardless of how devastating the injuries might be. As the state that leads the nation in protection of consumers, how can this gross injustice be allowed to stand? Forty-seven years after it was enacted, the cap has never been adjusted for inflation. It is worth less than $50,000 today’s dollars. The cap prevents many patients from getting justice and deepens the racial inequalities in the health care system, disproportionately harming low-income patients, communities of color, women and children. Medical negligence is the third leading cause of death in the U.S., killing more than 200,000 people every year and injuring millions more. Black, Hispanic and Indigenous patients experience more preventable medical errors and suffer worse health outcomes, because they are more likely to be uninsured, underinsured and receive lower quality health care. Real life examples here in California: a young mother and baby lose their lives after signs of a common pregnancy complication are ignored; a patient dies after a misplaced IV causes a month-long infection; post-operative pain goes untreated until it becomes a near-fatal infection; and a brain cancer survivor is denied treatment for mild pneumonia, leading to his death. As a former California Insurance Commissioner, I know that the cost of doctors’ insurance isn’t an excuse. California’s Insurance Commissioner has more power than any other state to keep physicians’ malpractice insurance rates fair. Commissioners use that authority to require malpractice insurers to justify every rate increase and have lowered unreasonably high malpractice insurance rates by more than $100 million after direct public challenges.

has been a state. Bonta backed two new laws best known by their state Senate bill numbers, SB 9 and SB 10, which together could virtually eliminate single-family neighborhoods all over this state. He also has threatened to start enforcing previous state laws that require every city and county in California to boost housing supplies hugely on pain of lawsuits and financial penalties. Bonta named a 12-member “strike force” within the state’s Justice Department to “look at local jurisdictions’ responsibilities to build more housing,” adding that “there will be consequences, there will be accountability” if cities and counties don’t knuckle under. Those pre-existing laws, via guidelines from the Department of Housing and Community Development, have already forced many cities to plan vast new developments that could produce as many as a million new housing units. Relatively few of those units have been built, for lack of well-financed

developers and the fact that buyers for new homes can be hard to find. Now come several groups determined to preserve single-family neighborhoods that embody the longstanding “California Dream” of owning private open space and greenery. Their initiative runs completely counter to what Bonta and his longtime ally, Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, are trying to do, which is essentially to remake California cities into dense New York-ish anthills of high-rises and brownstone-style duplexes.

B 9 and SB 10, for example, combine to allow six units on every lot where there is now one home. They also call for highrise developments near “major transportation corridors” and light rail stops. All without any requirements for affordability, parking, new water supplies or new schools. In response, the initiative due to start circulating this winter would remove from the state all the powers Bonta, Wiener and allies like Oakland-based YIMBY (Yes in My Back Yard) want to exert over local land use. Says the proposed law, “The purpose of this measure is to ensure that all decisions regarding local land use controls, including zoning law and regulations, are made by the affected communities …”

In short, this proposed state constitutional amendment would make it impossible for the state Legislature ever again to try reshaping the state by seizing powers traditionally held by local governments. This is a change of the usual tactic used in trying to nullify new laws. It is informed by what happened after voters last year passed a referendum cancelling a state law ending cash bail. Legislators responded by proposing a different new law that left a few circumstances allowing cash bail, but mostly would eliminate the current bail system. Expect that to pass in 2022. Advocates of local decisionmaking and single family homes want to prevent similar end runs around their initiative, so they’re trying to eliminate all state powers over local land use. It’s an extreme solution to a problem foisted on neighborhoods by highly ideological lawmakers like Wiener. Given the way today’s legislators often won’t accept the voters’ will, something that strong may be needed. — Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. His book, “The Burzynski Breakthrough: The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It,” is now available in a softcover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, go to www.californiafocus.net.

ow does California’s $250,000 cap compare to other states? Twenty states plus Washington, D.C., have no cap on pain and suffering (non-economic) damages at all. Only California, Montana and Texas have caps as low as $250,000 with no exceptions. Some say that low caps help attract more doctors. But in 2019, the Association of American Medical Colleges’ State Physician Workforce Data Book report shows there are 15.5% more physicians per capita in states without caps than in states with caps. According to the same report, California has fewer doctors per capita than 20 other states. Eleven of those 20 states have no cap on damages. This is an issue about more than just economics; it’s about justice. Medical malpractice can cause physical and emotional damage, as well as serious financial hardships. Permanent disability, loss of quality of life and loss of future wages are but a few examples of the negative impacts on patients. While we know that no amount of money can ever compensate for the death or disability of a loved one, the fact that in California today the loss of a child due to preventable medical negligence is valued at no more than $250,000 is horrific. How can we fix this? The Fairness for Injured Patients Act has qualified for the ballot in California in 2022 by people who have been harmed by medical malpractice. The act would adjust the maximum $250,000 compensation cap for inflation, allows judges and jurors to decide that compensation above the cap is appropriate in certain cases of catastrophic injury or death, and requires that juries be informed about the existence of the cap. This is a common sense and modest adjustment to a law that is terribly outdated and keeps California behind the times, rather than being a leader in patient care and medical accountability. There’s still time for Sacramento politicians to step up and fix this mistake. But if not, it will be up to California voters next November to correct this long overdue injustice. — Steve Poizner, former California Insurance Commissioner, is executive director of Healthcare Consumer Rights Foundation, a California-based nonprofit.

Letters Winter shelter seeks help In partnership with the city of Davis, HEART of Davis opened a winter shelter for the cold and wet months (November through March) for the first time since the pandemic began. The 2021-22 winter shelter is at the Migrant Center, which is in an unincorporated area of Yolo county just outside the Davis city limits. This new site allows HEART to provide shelter in a noncongregate environment which is essential for health and safety during the COVID pandemic. Community volunteers are critically needed to make the shelter a warm, safe environment and welcoming environment for unhoused Davis residents. Volunteers can help prepare meals, drive guests from the Davis Respite Center to the shelter location each evening and each morning, help in the afternoons and evenings at the shelter site or offer support in other ways. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a difference in the lives of shelter guests who are so very grateful to have a warm bed during the cold months.

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Social Security increase What good does it do to get a cost of living increase with Social Security when the amount of the increase is exactly offset by an increase in the Medicare Part B premium? I will not have an increase in benefits at all. Teresa Larum Davis

Oktoberfest thank-you As we find ourselves in the midst of this season of gratitude, we’d like to give a special thanks on behalf of the Davis Sunrise Rotary Club, to the many community members who supported our Oktoberfest earlier this fall. Because of the Delta

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variant, we again held the event as a modified drive-thru format, but that didn’t stop you from enthusiastically supporting our cause. Many of you were generous with your purchases, which helped us to raise, $30,000. All of these funds will go back to supporting our local and international projects, many of which were more needed than ever during the challenging times we’ve been through these past two years. We would like to say a special thank you to our event sponsors who included Brooks painting, Davis Commons, Recology, Jeff Likes Clean Windows, Kopper Morgan & Dietrich, Likes Accounting Company, Mason-McDuffie Mortgage, Planet Wash and Nugget Markets. Many local businesses also donated to the raffle, including Twinkle Light Crew, Handheld Sweet and Savory Pies, Style Lounge, Davis Tennis Club, 5 Mile Ranch, El Macero Country Club, Fleet Feet, More Than Just a Dining Experience, US Bank, Half Acre Farm, Community Fit Davis, and Spa Central. We hope you have a happy holiday season knowing that your support helped many in our community and abroad during the toughest of times. David Copp President, Davis Sunrise Rotary

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Blue Devil Zachary Ayers, seen running at Mt. SAC earlier this season, ended his high school career on a high note with a solid run at the Eastbay Cross-Country Championships.

Ayers has a strong finish at national cross-country finals By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor Zachary Ayers competed at an elite high school cross-country meet on Saturday. Now the senior on the Davis High boys cross-country team is ready for his future for the next decade. Ayers raced at the Eastbay Cross-Country Championships National Finals — formally known as the Foot Locker Cross Country — at Morley Field, Balboa Park in San Diego. The race featured the top 10 boys and the top 10 girls who were standouts in their regionals. He took 21st place with a time of 15 minutes, 44.6 seconds in race that he described as fast. The Blue Devil talked about the challenges of the course, which impacted his time. “It’s definitely an interesting course,” Ayers said. “It’s a lot different than, honestly, any other course that I have been on all year. It’s a very tight course. I don’t think it could even be the normal size of a cross-country race. There’s a lot of tight turns, and there’s this one big hill that you have to do twice. So, all that combined together, like the really tight turns I had to slow down on, and the really big hill going up twice, it definitely makes a slow course, and a really tough course.” He was hoping to gain All-American status with a stronger finish. “It was a really good experience for me,” Ayers said. “I haven’t been in a race, ever really, with that much talent. It was definitely tough.” Before competing at the National Finals, Ayers competed at the West Regional at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Dec. 4. He took sixth place at 15:17, which earned him an automatic

invitation to compete in the National Finals. Ayers was at Woodward Park prior on Nov. 27. but competed at the California Interscholastic Federation State CrossCountry Championships. Competing in Division I boys, Ayers took fifth place at 14:55.6. In October, running in the Clovis Invitational at Woodward Park, Ayers took fifth place with an even time of 15 minutes.

College decision On Saturday, Ayers committed to the United States Air Force Academy. He will also compete on the men’s crosscountry team. “I’ve been in talks with the coach for a while now,” Ayers said. “I’ve been on the visit there (Colorado Springs, Colo.). What I saw there was a school dedicated people, which I thought would really fits me. I really bond well with the guys there.” The main reason Ayers chose the academy is because it was a school he would feel “proud to graduate from.” Ayers will attend the academy for four years. Then he will enter the United States Air Force as an officer and serve the military branch for up to five years, depending on the job he chooses after he graduates from the academy. “I also think it sets me up really well for a career afterwards,” Ayers said. UCLA and Dartmouth College were the other two campuses that Ayers visited before making his decision. Next spring, Ayers plans to run on the Davis High boys track and field team. — Contact Mike Bush at mike@ davisenterprise.net. Follow on Twitter: @MBDavisSports.

AGGIES: A lot of good in the loss From Page B6 Simply put, the Aggies failed to ever find any semblance of an offensive rhythm, finishing the game with just three assists total — a possible programworst figure in UC Davis’ Division I era. Evanne Turner’s 9 points were a team-high, while Cierra Hall (normally Davis’ top rebounder) was limited to just four boards. Hall, last seasons’ Big West Conference Player of the Year, added 8 points Wednesday and Kayla Konrad finished with 7. But it wasn’t a total sob story for the Aggies … HOT START … UC Davis had Stanford’s number in the early going, trading baskets with the Cardinal throughout the opening quarter. Freshman point guard Sydney Burns and Turner nailed jumpers that had the Aggies right on the heels of the AP’s No. 3-ranked team — trailing

by just five after the opening period. SHADES OF GRAY … After sitting out much of the past year nursing a leg injury, the presence of UCD guard Campbell Gray back on the hardwood was a welcome sight for Aggie fans. The sophomore floor general looked like her old self, quarterbacking the offense during the second half. The Tigard, Ore., product was twice named MVP of the Three Rivers League during her prep career, in which she led Tigard High to a runner-up finish in the Beaver State championship. SANDERS SPLASHDOWN … Another UCD sharpshooter on the mend from an injury, redshirt junior Makaila Sanders entered the game late Wednesday, draining a shot from behind the arc to the delight of the Aggie bench. The 5-foot-8 Sacramento native also corralled three

rebounds, boxing-out Stanford’s towering posts, five of whom measured-in at 6-3-or-taller. TOUCHÉ … While the Ags struggled from 3-point land in the loss, so too did the Cardinal. UC Davis held Stanford to just 23-percent shooting from distance — a figure bested only by Texas in a fivepoint Longhorn victory. Notes: With the win, Stanford improved to 7-2 overall. Hannah Jump’s 17 points led the way for the Cardinal, while Cameron Brink’s 10 rebounds proved crucial. … UCD returns to town Sunday when the Aggies host a red-hot Gonzaga (8-2) team at University Credit Union Center. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. …Gonzaga lost to Stanford, 66-62, when the two teams met in Spokane in late November. — Owen Yancher is the former sports editor at the Enterprise. Follow him on Twitter: @dhspunter.

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Devils fall to Franklin By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor Offense is one of the reasons why the Davis High boys soccer team had started the season undefeated. But the Blue Devils’ winning streak came to an end against Franklin in a Delta League game at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium on Thursday. Although it had its offensive chances, Davis’ late rally fell short, as the Wildcats posted a 1-0 victory. The Wildcats won their first game in league play, and of the season. Davis, which had scored 17 goals in its first four games, is 2-1 in league and 4-1 overall. After a scoreless first half, the Blue Devils looked like they were going to score the first goal of the game about 20 minutes into the second

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half. But Davis was whistled for being offside, which negated the goal. Then eight minutes later, Franklin scored the only goal of the game off a corner kick. “It felt that we were the better team,” said Davis head coach Alex Park. “We turned things around and started picking it up. I think we had a much better run in the second half.” Davis, which had a halfdozen shots on goal in the first half, had four shots on target in the final eight minutes of the game. The first shot rolled outside of the net. The second opportunity

came off a header, which also rolled outside of the net. A corner kick at the north end of the stadium set up the Blue Devils’ third chance to tie the game. But that shot went out of bounds after a group of Davis and Wildcat players positioned themselves to get the ball in front of the goal. The Blue Devils’ final chance came with four minutes left in the game. A high kick sent the ball to the top of the crossbar of the Wildcats’ net, which bounced off the bar and out of bounds. Park was pleased with the performance of Justin Rager, one of eight seniors on the team. “He was playing out of position; he was playing in the middle,” said Park of

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Davis High’s Zach Anderson (10) races a Franklin player to the soccer ball in Thursday’s Delta League game at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium. Rager. “I think that the backline did a good job. The offense did a good job. We will learn from this.”

Davis resumes action in league play on Tuesday, Jan. 4, with a 3 p.m. game at Pleasant Grove of Elk Grove.

Then on Thursday, Jan. 6, Jesuit plays the Blue Devils at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium.

Hardwood heats up for Curry Invite DHS dominates Valley in opener By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor Davis High boys basketball head coach Dan Gonzalez has 16 players on this year’s roster. Those Blue Devil players are finding out about the “the system,” which they have been using in their first six games this season and continued entering Thursday’s opener of the annual Les Curry Invitational at the school’s North Gym. Davis defeated Valley of Sacramento 87-35 in the late game. All of the games will be played at the North Gym. On Thursday, Davis High’s annual invitational starts, and runs through Saturday inside the North Gym. The Davis moved to the winner’s bracket and plays Rodriguez, which defeated Roseville on Thursday, on Friday at 8:30 p.m. Roseville and Valley enter the loser’s bracket and would play Friday at 5:30 p.m. Wood and Yuba City started the invitational on Thursday, followed by Del Oro-Christian Brothers game. The winners of those games also moved into the winner’s bracket and play Friday at 7 p.m. The losers went to the loser’s bracket and play Friday at 4 p.m. On Saturday, the seventh-place game tips off at noon. The consolation championship game at 1:30 p.m., third place game at 3 p.m. and the championship game at 4:30 p.m. Entering its invitational opener against Valley, and for this season, Davis (4-3) will continue to implement its hockey style of substituting, which Gonzalez can

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Zane Pickus (middle) fights off a pair of Valley High defenders Thursday at the Les Curry Invitational. Davis won Thursday’s opener 87-35. rotate from one to three minutes each quarter. That all helps in running the system. “The system is, pretty much, giving five guys a minute-and-ahalf to two minutes, and try to keep the tempo up,” said Gonzalez, who is in his 23rd season in running the program. “In order to keep tempo up, you’ve got to have fresh legs. That is the point of it. We try to play at a pace that is uncomfortable, and that’s really what we’re trying to do.” Some of the Blue Devil players who have seen significant time on the court are Jackson Isidor,

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Blue Devils 87, Vikings 35 Next game:

Today vs. Rodriguez, second round winner’s bracket, 8:30 p.m. Younes Chantit. Jai-Jai Reepolhaha, Aidan Crawford, Tavi Maes, Keaton Carpenter, Jack Anderson, Colin Walsh, Will Ackerman, Aiden McCabe, Aidan Crawford and Zane Pickus. “We do try to get them in at some point into the game,” Gonzalez

said. “It helps with team morale; they all feel they are part of the (team). They are all contributing in one way or another.” On defense, Davis prefers to use full to half-court presses that can wear down less-than-athletic teams. Delta League play starts on Wednesday, Jan. 5, when Davis welcomes Jesuit to North Gym. “The top three, I think, will be Sheldon, Jesuit and Elk Grove,” Gonzalez said. “Clearly, the teams with the most fire power. I see that Pleasant Grove is having a good preseason (7-2). It’s not

going to be easy.” Gonzalez noted that with his Blue Devils’ style of play, he strongly feels that they will be very competitive. After this weekend’s invitational, Davis will compete in the Fairfield Holiday Classic Tournament from Dec. 28-30. Davis will play small school and Sierra Valley Conference heavy Liberty Ranch of Galt on Dec. 28 at 5 p.m. at Fairfield High. — Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise.net. Follow on Twitter: @MBDavis Sports.

VanDerveer lauds Gross, Aggies following clash with Stanford By Owen Yancher

celebrating her leapfrogging of legendary Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt as the nation’s all-time winningest head coach STANFORD — The mutual respect (1,131). between Stanford women’s basketball “It’s really challenging to play against coach Tara VanDerveer and UC Davis’ a team that does what you do,” Jennifer Gross is well known throughout VanDerveer said of the Aggies’ similar the NCAA hoops ranks. style. “And they do it really, really well.” The two have spent On Wednesday night, extended time together, however, Stanford did it betemploy similar playing ter. schemes and have described Keying in on the Aggies’ each other as “sister-like” in Next game: Sunday 3-point attempts, the Cardithe past. nal held UCD to just four So, it came as no surprise vs. Gonzaga, 2 p.m. hits from beyond the arc — Wednesday when VanDerveer Listen: KDVS 90.3 half of what Davis averaged heaped praise on Gross and Watch: ESPN+ heading into the matchup. the Aggies, even after UC The defending NCAA chamDavis fell to the Cardinal, pions also dominated on the glass, out68-42, in a nonleague encounter at rebounding the Aggies, by 15 caroms. Maples Pavilion. No UCD player reached double digits “Jen and her staff do a terrific job,” VanDerveer said to begin her postgame in the loss, which saw the locals’ record presser. Just minutes before, the dip to 5-4 this season. longtime Cardinal mentor had been recognized in a midcourt ceremony, See AGGIES, Page B5

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he COVID-19 pandemic continued to drive strong homebuying interest and intensify market competition while changing consumers’ housing preferences and fueling sellers’ home equity, according to the California Association of Realtors’ (C.A.R.) 2021 Annual Housing Market Survey. Remote work changes homebuying preferences The pandemic continued to change consumers’ housing preferences as more employees continued to work remotely. According to C.A.R.’s 2021 Annual Housing Market Survey, only one out of 10 Realtors said they did not notice any change in buyers’ property preferences due to the pandemic. Since the coronavirus outbreak, Realtors noticed a change in buyers’ preferences in the property type they want to purchase. Of those changes, 22 percent of Realtors who responded said their buyers wanted a bigger home; 22 percent said buyers were less concerned about the commute time to work; 21 percent said buyers preferred a single-family home rather than condo/ townhome; 19 percent said buyers wanted to live in a suburb rather than a city; 19 percent said buyers desired a property with more rooms; 13 percent said buyers sought to live in rural areas rather than cities or suburbs; 9 percent said buyers wished to live in a more secluded area.

Buyers tired of renting With remote working becoming the norm, buyers’ reasons for purchasing in 2021 were unchanged since the Coronavirus outbreak, with the top three reasons remaining the same as last year. More than one-fourth of Realtors said their buyer clients purchased a home because they were tired of renting; one in five said their buyers purchased because they desired a larger home; and one in six Realtors said buyers bought because they wanted a better location. A small number of Realtor respondents cited “ability to work from home” as their clients’ primary reason to buy. The share was relatively small and was consistent with last year’s number. While the “ability to work from home” may never be considered a primary reason to buy for most buyers, it provides the flexibility for many to move to more affordable locations, which could lower the cost of buying. Sellers pocket home equity With the statewide median price expected to increase by double-digits from last year, home equity continued to grow in 2021. Home sellers typically pocketed a net cash gain of $322,500 from the sale of their homes — a 96 percent increase from the purchase price. Less than one percent (0.7 percent) of all sellers had a net loss from Continued on next page

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back to 1994. Home sellers who lived in their house for less than five years earned a 33 percent profit from their sale, while those who lived in their house for five or more years earned a 135 percent profit. Share of first-time buyers remains elevated The share of non-white homebuyers continued to grow this year, reaching more than 50 percent of all home sales for the first time since 1995 when C.A.R. began recording the statistic in the survey. In 2021, more than two out of five homes sold were purchased by white buyers (45 percent), followed by Asians (19 percent), Latinos (18 percent), and Blacks (4 percent). Despite the overall improvement, there is still a lot to be done to close the racial homeownership gap as the share of Latinos and Blacks continues to trail behind that of the general population. The share of first-time buyers dipped from 38 percent last year but remained elevated in 2021 at 36 percent. This year’s figure is still higher than any year between 2013 and 2019. First-time buyers typically have lower household incomes and smaller down payments but were motivated by low mortgage rates to jump into the housing market. Many of the first-time buyers were also first-generation buyers whose parents are renters and have never owned a home before. Record low interest rates and the flexibility to work from home not only created an opportunity for them to buy their first home, but also made it easier for them to become a homeowner and establish a financial foundation for their own family and future generations. Vacation/second homes still in high demand Demand for vacation homes or second homes remained elevated in 2021, as work-from-home policies solidified, and more workers who have this flexibility choose to live in resort communities, such as Big Bear, Lake Arrowhead, and South Lake Tahoe, which all saw sales increases at least in the double digits. The share of vacation/second home sales climbed to the highest level in nine years as more buyers searched for more space and a healthier lifestyle. Despite an improvement in the pandemic situation, more employers have adopted permanent remote working policies that allow employees to work away from the office.

Market competition intensifies With housing demand remaining strong and inventory reaching record-low levels, market competition intensified to levels not seen before in California. The share of sales with multiple offers and the average number of offers received climbed for the second year in a row in 2021, with both reaching their highest levels since 2013. The share of properties sold at above-asking price skyrocketed this year from 36 percent in 2020 to 61 percent in 2021. This year’s level was the highest recorded in at least the last 30 years and was 41 percent higher than the long-run average of 20 percent. Properties have been flying off the market at record speed, with a listing typically staying on the market for only eight days, the shortest time-on-market since the survey started tracking the statistic in 1986. Further illustrating the high level of competitiveness this year, more than half of homebuyers waived contingencies in the buying process to gain a competitive edge. Six out of 10 offers accepted by the seller were non-contingent offers, with half of buyers waiving the appraisal contingency (50 percent). A third waived the property inspection (30 percent), and over a quarter waived the contingency of securing financing. International buyers return Despite bans and restrictions on international travel, home purchases by foreign buyers bounced back in 2021, with its share reaching the highest level since 2014. The increase in sales to foreign buyers can be partly attributed to buyers in general getting more comfortable with buying homes virtually and sight-unseen. The strong performance in the housing market after the initial dip also may have motivated foreign buyers to return as their concerns of a market downturn eased. Chinese buyers continued to make up the largest portion (32 percent) of the market, followed by foreign buyers from India (17 percent) and Mexico (13 percent). As more travel restrictions are likely to be lifted next year when the COVID situation improves, prospective foreign buyers who have been sitting on the sidelines should return, and international home purchases could climb again in 2022. —California Association of Realtors

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