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Thanks to everyone who is making less (or zero) smoke from fireplaces, wood stoves, outdoor fires, tobacco, etc. Decades ago, I used my fireplace a lot, until the time I stepped outside and realized I was harming my neighbors. Thanks to all for understanding that residential smoke is household hazardous waste going into people’s lungs, unhealthy for everyone and it makes some people sick right away.

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Adams takes gavel as school board president

By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer After a brief hiatus, the board reconvened for another district meeting before winter break. Pertinent topics — old and new — were discussed as well as a changing of the guard.

Kicking off the meeting was the appointment of new board president, Tom Adams. After exchanging seats, the trustees each took a moment to thank now former board President Joe DiNunzio for his steadfast commitment to the district and his hard work through the pandemic, which stretched his tenure into an unusually long one.

“It’s like you showed up to run a relay,” Adams said, “And (we) said, ‘Can you run a leg-and-ahalf?’ ” A reoccurring topic — as has been the usual case — was the health-andsafety update on the status of COVID in Yolo County. In weeks past, there was a spike in coronavirus cases, which are thought to be due to Thanksgiving gatherings.

However, in the past week, the district has seen a decrease in cases yet

remains in the “substantial” tier in community transmission.

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In the realm of safety, Interim Superintendent, Matt Best, addressed the threat of violence this past week that was supposed to take place on Monday, Dec. 13, at Emerson and Da Vinci Junior High. He also touched on the current TikTok challenge that encourages kids to make threats against their school in order to disrupt class and curriculum.

In light of this week’s events, and the tragedy of Oxford High, Best assured proactive measures are being taken to educate students on the severe consequences that come with making these threats.

It was also mentioned that the first Friday in June will be National Gun Violence Awareness Day. The district also

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Back to square one State residents deal with COVID rollback

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another surge — and piling back on protections.

The more things change, the more things stay the same.

A little more than a year after the first COVID-19 vaccines arrived in California, the state is bracing for yet

On Wednesday, the day California’s new indoor mask mandate went into effect, the state Department of Public Health quietly updated its online guidance to emphasize that the rules

— which are set to last through Jan. 15 — apply to both public and private workplaces. Previously, the state had allowed most fully vaccinated workers to forgo masks.

Then the standards board of Cal/OSHA, the state’s workplace safety agency, voted Thursday to, among other things, eliminate some

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UCD weighs end of testing mandate Alma mater extends

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By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer Beginning next month, UC Davis may end its biweekly COVID-19 testing requirement for nearly all students, staff and faculty.

The decision to end the requirement was announced last month just days before the World Health Organization designated Omicron a COVID-19 “variant of concern.”

This week, as Omicron outbreaks spread around the world, prompting some colleges to reimpose public health precautions, UC Davis’ plan to ease restrictions has been met with growing unease. A petition started by UC Davis lecturer Julian Elias, which

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Beginning next month, UC Davis may end its biweekly COVID testing requirement for nearly all students, staff and faculty. urges campus leadership to continue mandatory testing, had garnered nearly 500 signatures as of Friday.

right time for UCD to stop requiring COVID-19 tests,” the petition states. “Many

“This is clearly not the

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UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May was headed to Atlanta this weekend to add a fourth degree to his curriculum vitae.

He was set to be awarded an honorary doctorate and deliver the keynote address at the undergraduate commencement of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta on Saturday.

A graduate of Georgia Tech, May served there for nearly three decades before becoming UC Davis’ seventh chancellor in 2017. Ángel Cabrera, president of Georgia Tech,

wrote a letter of invitation to May. “We wish to recognize you for your service to the Institute, as well as the impact you have made on your community and in your career,” he said. “You have brought great distinction to your alma mater.”

Thanking the Georgia Tech family in a news release at the time of his UC Davis appointment, May said, “I have literally spent more than half of my life on this campus (55.92 percent to be exact), and that experience has shaped me into the person that I am today.”

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Briefly Police warn of ‘spoofing’ scam The Davis Police Department issued a crime alert this week, warning citizens to be aware of a phone scam in which the caller claims to be a local police officer or agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Police say several community members have reported receiving these calls, which uses “spoofing” — disguising the caller ID to show a legitimate law-enforcement number — to appear to be from a trusted and reliable source.

“The caller advises the victim they are involved in a criminal investigation and warns they will be arrested unless an immigration bond or safeguard deposit is paid by sending money via wire transfer, withdrawing large sums of money to purchase gift cards, or uploading apps that give scammers access to a victim’s cell phone screen and, often, their bank account information,” the alert said.

“Because these calls show legitimate lawenforcement numbers, members of the public believe they must comply.”

If you receive a phone call from a person identifying themselves as a Davis police officer, you may call 530-747-5400 to verify the caller. If you have been a victim of a phone scam, file a report online at www. davispd.org.

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That’s led to at least five legal challenges the maps face, including the one from the Department of Justice. “In enacting its 2021 Congressional and House plans, the State has again diluted the voting strength of minority Texans and continued its refusal to comply with the Voting Rights Act, absent intervention by the Attorney General or the federal courts,” the complaint states.

CalMatters Another week, a little closer to California’s independent redistricting commission finalizing new congressional and state legislative districts ahead of its Dec. 27 deadline.

The commission is trying, but struggling, to wrap up maps for 52 congressional districts. Its work is being especially closely watched this year because the state is losing one district due to slower population growth. Nationally, that will have an impact on whether Democrats retain their narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.

That’s because in other states, Republican legislatures and governors are drawing districts that favor the GOP, including in states that added seats from the census. Among them is Texas, but the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to block the use of maps that it says disenfranchise minorities.

Here’s how congressional redistricting is impacting partisan control in California, Texas and across the U.S:

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with Roseville.

Placing those counties with Roseville would have a domino effect on the Sacramento region. In the latest map, Sacramento and West Sacramento were not split among different districts.

One issue that has recurred throughout the mapping process: Having to weigh one community of interest’s request over another. And while public input is meant to guide the process, it’s often conflicting.

On Monday night, callers from San Jose — including the city’s mayor — voiced their discontent with the city being split among four districts.

Mayor Sam Liccardo said that doing so would undermine the city of San José’s diverse neighborhoods relative to richer and more influential suburbs.

“San Francisco and Oakland, the other two large cities in the Bay Area — both which are substantially smaller in population than San José — have proposed districts that will ensure their representatives in Congress will overwhelmingly represent their city,” Liccardo wrote to the commission. “San Joseans certainly deserve this much.”

A much smaller community has come up time and time again during the congressional mapping: Old Fig Garden, in Fresno County.

While it has only 5,477 residents, moving it makes the difference between increasing the Black voting age population in a FresnoTulare district, or increasing the Latino voting age

Congress maps Commissioners had planned to finish up revisions to the congressional districts Monday night.

Instead, they decided to keep working on them, while also reviewing state Senate districts.

“I had hoped that we would be able to land the plane,” said J. Ray Kennedy, a San Bernardino County Democrat and international elections observer who is presiding over commission sessions this week.

“We were not in the end.

We still have some outstanding issues.”

One area of contention: To group “mountain communities” together, earlier versions of maps showed a district along the Eastern Sierra starting at the Oregon border and going all the way down to San Bernardino. In response to comments from the public, the commission split the district, but remains stuck on whether to put Mono, Inyo and Alpine counties with the Modesto area, or

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In North Carolina, where the Republican-controlled legislature draws the maps, the state’s Supreme Court delayed primary elections from March to May next year due to lawsuits challenging the new districts.

The Democratic governor does not have the power to veto the maps — and the U.S. Supreme Court won’t weigh in on gerrymandering cases.

In California, should the preliminary maps stand, 40 of 52 House districts would favor Democrats, according to one analysis, and six would be competitive. Several Democratic representatives are leaving office, which further opens the door to Republican gains.

“It’s too early to tell what’s going to happen in California, but I think based on past history, California’s commission is going to build a fair amount of competition,” said Samuel Wang, director of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project.

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boundaries. After a number of failed efforts, starting in 1982, by both parties to create a commission of some kind, voters created one in 2008, but just barely: 51% approved the measure, while 49% opposed it.

California is one of eight states where redistricting is fully done by an independent commission. In seven states, the new congressional districts are being drawn by Democratic-controlled Legislatures, while Republican-majority Legislatures are drawing them in 20 states.

That includes Texas, where the Republican legislature and governor have approved districts that bake in a GOP majority in its U.S. House delegation after the 2022 election, with at least 25 of 38 seats.

Currently, Republicans hold 23 of 36 seats.

Texas gained two seats in the 2020 Census, while California lost one. And while much of the Lone Star State’s population growth was driven by people of color, the maps give white voters effective control of both new seats, according to the Texas Tribune.

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population, with a minor decrease in Black voters.

The larger question, however, in the Central Valley is whether there are two strong Voting Rights Act districts — ones with a majority of non-white voters — or three weaker ones.

But while it can seem that communities may be pitted against each other, the commission also takes into account “‘coalition districts,” where different minority communities may vote similarly enough to be grouped together.

Responding to criticism of some odd pairings in Northern California, two commissioners said they were based on all the data and feedback.

“I always see it as an opportunity to get to know your neighbor,” said commissioner Alicia Fernández, a Republican from Yolo County. “Get to know a new viewpoint and hopefully work together.”

“There’s no way we can make it perfect,” she added.

Texas isn’t alone in using redistricting to adjust or maintain power dynamics.

In multiple other states, lawmakers are drawing congressional districts that likely mean easy Republican wins.

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UC Davis veterinary equine program to expand after gift Alumnus donates 52-Acre facility

By Amy Young Special to The Enterprise The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine’s Center for Equine Health announces the expansion of its equine facilities to Templeton Farms on California’s Central Coast, thanks to the donation of the 52-acre property from dedicated equestrian Gina Bornino-Miller.

UC Davis alumnus BorninoMiller and her late husband William J. Miller opened Templeton Farms for business in 2011 as a world-class sport horse training, sales and breeding facility near Paso Robles. Templeton Farms has been home to generations of performance horses, as well as a thriving boarding program.

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to improve horse health and performance.”

Templeton Farms to my alma mater,” said Bornino-Miller. “It was our dream to build a worldclass facility and I look forward to seeing it develop further to advance equine health and veterinary education for years to come.”

This donation will support the Center for Equine Health’s mission to advance the health, welfare, performance and veterinary care of horses through research, education and public service. The additional location will provide new opportunities to bring veterinary students, residents, researchers and veterinarians together to tackle important problems affecting horse health.

“We are incredibly grateful to Gina for this extraordinary donation that supports the future of equine veterinary medicine,” said

The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine serves the people of California by providing educational, research, clinical service and public service programs of the highest quality to advance the health and care of animals, the health of the environment and public health, and to contribute to the economy.

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The Center for Equine Health’s mission is to advance the health, welfare, performance and veterinary care of horses.

Carrie Finno, director of the Center for Equine Health. “Templeton Farms is a spectacular property with a reputation for

excellence and we are committed to providing top-quality care to boarders while enhancing our research and educational efforts

“UC Davis is known as a leader in equine health,” said Mark Stetter, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine. “Gina’s trust in us with the farm that she and William founded will give us new opportunities to fulfill our mission to California and to serve the equine community.”

More details, including the timing of the expansion, will be available in the new year.

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As part of his visit to Atlanta, May will sit down with Cabrera to record an interview for Cabrera’s “Conversations with Cabrera” podcast.

After receiving his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering in 1985, May earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley in 1988 and 1991.

May joined the faculty of Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering in 1991, served as executive assistant to Georgia Tech’s president, held an academic chair in electrical and computer engineering, and was the dean of the College of Engineering from 2011 until he left to become chancellor at UC Davis.

May has been recognized for his scholarship in computer-aided manufacturing of integrated circuits, as a champion of diversity and mentorship, and for community leadership. In 2015,

distinctions between vaccinated and unvaccinated workers. Under the new temporary COVID workplace rules — which are slated to last from Jan. 14 to April 14 — workers exposed to someone who’s tested positive for the virus must quarantine for two weeks (though asymptomatic vaccinated employees will have the option to wear masks and social distance), and companies must make free COVID tests available to them at work. n Robert Moutrie, a California Chamber of Commerce policy advocate, told CalMatters’ Grace Gedye, “We have serious concerns about the implications of those Karin Higgins/UC Davis photo changes, both in a world where rapid COVID-19 UC Davis Chancellor Gary May, marches in a makeup tests are becoming less commencement for 2020 graduates on Dec. 10. available and where excluding more workers President Barack Obama The commencement at from the workplace — presented May with the which May will be speaking who are showing no Presidential Award for is one of the university’s symptoms and have three fall ceremonies.

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— UC Davis News been vaccinated — is going to make operational difficulties for many employers in California who are already short-staffed.”

But labor advocates say the changes will help dressed the schedule Effectiveness Block Grant protect workers: “Unchanges to senior high for the district as well as Da fortunately, vaccination schools. A presentation was Vinci charter academy. is not immunity, and given detailing the lengthy Subsequently, a lengthy vaccination doesn’t process of creating the report detailed the district’s mean you can’t potential schedules. From finances. It touched on spread the disease,” survey data collection from budgets, multi-year projecStephen Knight, execustudents and staff to the tions and fiscal sustainabiltive director of adherence of students’ ity. With that, the board mental and emotional well- approved the report. being, the schedule creThe meeting then conation committee presented cluded after the approval of various schedules for the continued virtual meetings. board to vote on.

The next board meeting After lengthy discussion, will take place on Jan. 6. It the board moved to vote on will take place at 6:30 p.m. the schedule recommended in the Community Chamby district staff which will bers at 23 Russell Blvd. in be a three block day week. Davis. The meeting will This schedule will be also be televised on the implemented in the fall of DJUSD Education Chan2022. nel 17 and streamed online.

Next, the board voted to — Reach Aaron Geerts at approve the proposed fiscal aaron.geerts@mcnaughallocation of the Educator ton.media.

BOARD: Juneteenth on calendar From Page A1 reaffirmed its commitment to educating the district community on proper and safe storage of firearms.

The board also voted to approve June 19 as a district holiday. Known as “Juneteenth,” this holiday celebrates the liberation of African American slaves in this country. Recognition of this day not only aligns with the district’s values, but is hoped to be another step in the direction of equality.

“We do this,” Best said, “so that our diverse student body can see themselves more accurately in the rich fabric of our American history.”

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Indeed, California health officials are bracing for what Dr. Sara Cody, Santa Clara County’s public health officer, called a “deluge of omicron.”

COVID hospitalizations have spiked 15% statewide in the last three weeks, from 3,439 patients on Nov. 23 to 3,971 on Wednesday, according to state data.

And, as more COVID cases are confirmed across the state and uncertainty continues to swirl around the omicron variant, cancellations are pouring in.

Moved online: A massive January JPMorgan Chase health conference in San Francisco, which would have injected much-needed dollars into the city’s hard-hit hospitality sector.

Delayed indefinitely: Apple’s return to

in-person work.

Pushed to Zoom: Stanford’s first two weeks of January classes — and instruction for the entire sixth-grade class at Travis Ranch School in Yorba Linda, which was recently hit with a COVID outbreak.

Canceled: Thursday practice for the Sacramento Kings basketball team, which also shut down its facility amid reports that multiple players had tested positive. n David Thomas, chair of Cal/OSHA’s standards board: “Every time we’ve gotten more flexible, we’ve gone in the wrong direction. When we try to be too flexible, people die.”

The coronavirus bottom line: As of Wednesday, California had 4,901,895 confirmed cases and 74,879 deaths, according to state data.

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Third attempt at barbecue joint’s a char-m D avis Barbecue Pit is back open, and the new coowner — an award-winning barbecue master — is fired up.

Gerald Bond is a Woodland resident who competes in barbecue cookoffs across the country.

For several years, he and his wife, Shaari Bond, won at least eight contests (mostly through the Kansas City Barbeque Society) and placed in many others.

Their team, Two Dogs BBQ, won second place in its first-ever competition in Fresno around 2018. One year, it barely missed qualifying for a world championship.

Gerald said he gained a reputation for his craft through weekend barbecues and poker games. Friends encouraged him to compete. His wife has likewise won awards for her cobblers and side dishes. After carting their huge barbecue trailer around, they decided to open a brick and mortar.

At 55, Gerald just retired from his work as crane operator. His new business partner and longtime friend J.R. Anderson owns a construction business in Loma Rica. They recently purchased the Davis Barbecue Pit from Kristin Johanson, who opened it in March. Previously, the space at 640 W. Covell Blvd., Suite D was a Dickey’s Barbecue Pit. Hopefully, this spot’s third barbecue “tri“ is a char-m.

The soft opening started Wednesday. They plan lunch hours – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. It will close Dec. 24-26 and Dec. 31 through Jan. 2. Next month, they will start adding dinner hours, saying open until 8 p.m.

They also plan to offer six beers on tap, once they apply for a liquor license.

The new menu adds a Texas flair, with house-made sauces and lots of house-smoked meats like tri-tip, brisket, baby back ribs, pulled pork, pastrami (on Fridays) and chicken quarters.

There’s fresh-made coleslaw, green chili macaroni and cheese, macaroni salad, baked beans, corn bread, fries and tater tots.

Burgers, cornbread-waffle sliders and fresh daily cobbler are in the works.

“Everything but the french fries and tater tots is housemade,“ Shaari Bond said.

Gerald said he’s known for his pastrami — which takes about 12 days to prepare — and his barbecued tri-tip.

He’s thrilled to bring a locally owned authentic barbecue restaurant to the area. “There really wasn’t a real barbecue place in Davis or Woodland,” he said.

Though he’s not a butcher, “we do it all here,” he said. “We try to use as much as possible.”

He uses the tallow — rendered fat from smoked meat — for sauces and glazes, giving them a

richer flavor. They buy Certified Angus Beef from Sysco, and look to add organic meat from a ranch in Walnut Grove.

———— SwimAmerica Davis just opening another business inside itself. Sweet Peas is “an educational gymnastics program designed to promote physical, social and cognitive development in children 6 months to 6 years old,” its website says. It’s starting off enrolling 1- to 3-year-olds, owner Rose Cholewinski said.

It’s a plan that’s been in the works for a while. “Right before the pandemic hit, we were exploring ways to utilize 1,300 square feet of space in SwimAmerica.” When she learned about Sweet Peas at a conference, she “decided it was a great fit for our children’s activity center, and started the licensing process.”

She called it a nice partnership, where children get a mixture of water safety with SwimAmerica, and an educational gymnastics component with Sweet Peas.

According to the Sweet Peas website, curriculum focuses on age-appropriate gymnastics activities that foster coordination, balance, core strength, bilateral awareness and flexibility. Children are grouped in classes by age. For example, children 12 to 23 months are in “One Peas” classes.

“We plan to offer parenting clinics, open gym, and other opportunities for families to come together to play, learn and build lasting relationships,” Cholewinski said.

“Children spend a lot of time in car seats, booster seats, feeding seats, and being carried,” Cholewinski said. “This program allows them to jump and slide and climb and run and fall, and get up to do it all again.”

She said it lets parents participate, and see their children become increasingly independent, learning skills in selfawareness, courage, success and friendship.

SwimAmerica Davis is at 2121 Second St., Suite A101. For information, visit https://www. swimamericadavis.com/ or the national Sweet Peas site at https://sweetpeasgymnastics. com/.

———— You may have read Dan Kennedy’s column in October, where he talked about a new food hub operating out of The Cannery’s barn, on Cannery Avenue off of

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New Davis Barbecue Pit co-owner and chef Gerald Bond shows off a tri-tip sandwich, green chili mac and cheese, and tater tots on Thursday. The restaurant reopened on Wednesday under new ownership.

East Covell Boulevard. Spork Food Hub is a new business that started in September. It’s run by Fiery Ginger Farm of West Sacramento, a seller at the Davis Farmers Market.

What is it? Spork supplies locally grown food to school districts, institutions and restaurants in the area. And in February or March, it plans to add a Community Supported Agriculture subscription service, with delivery to Davis, Woodland and West Sacramento.

Hope Sippola, who owns Fiery Ginger Farm with Shayne Zurilgen, said they work with 15 to 20 local family farms, combining forces so they can sell wholesale.

Meanwhile, schoolkids get to learn about the food they eat, as the hub includes educational and community workshops.

“Filling this niche strengthens the local food system,” Sippola said. “The produce we are providing is purchased locally from family farms, and delivered to schools in the same area. It is harvested ripe and lasts longer because the delivery chain is shorter. It keeps dollars in the communities that actually fund schools.”

Sippola said Fiery Ginger has been working with schools for several years. “We wanted to connect other farms with local schools as well. We found interest on both sides, so we decided to create a food hub to focus on this.”

Startup funds came from a

grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture. That money helped secure a lease for The Cannery space it was already using.

“Aside from that, it has been a process of developing relationships and learning to be a small distributor while also running a production farm,” she said.

Sippola hopes the project opens a market for small, local, family farms to connect to the schools in their area and provide students with high quality, local produce. “We also look forward to making the Cannery site a beneficial community resource.

We are partnering with The Bike Campaign, BeeCharmers, Sola Bee, and Leaf and Lark Farm to develop a range of workshops and services for the entire Davis community. Fiery Ginger Farm will also be growing produce on the site ourselves.”

———— Chay Corner, a vegan pop-up eatery, is closing in Davis. Its last day is Sunday. But it’s not all bad news, owner/chef Brandon Dinh said.

“Beginning in late January, we plan on popping up in various locations around Sacramento, and hope to have our brick and mortar store (in Sacramento) ready sometime in mid-2022,” Dinh wrote in an email.

Dinh, a UC Davis graduate, opened Chay Corner in January 2019. It’s inside Lazi Cow, at 407 G St., Suite 4.

“We really have such a deep

connection with the community in Davis, and it is our goal to come back after we develop a strong foundation in Sacramento,” he said, crediting the community’s support for the ability to expand.

He encouraged folks to reach him via social media or his website to schedule catering, and to follow Chay Corner on social media to stay informed.

———— The Thai restaurant Thai Nakorn, 424 G St., closed for remodeling on Dec. 11. It plans to reopen on Jan. 11.

———— Likewise, Togos Sandwiches, 1411 W. Covell Blvd., Suite 105, is closed for remodeling. I don’t know a timeline for that one, but it shouldn’t be too long.

———— Ume Tea has a sign up in The Marketplace that it’s coming soon. It replaces Gong Cha, another boba tea and dessert shop at 1411 W. Covell Blvd., Suite 110.

Ume’s slogan is “It’s all about U & me.” It has cafes in Cupertino, Milpitas, Fremont and Palo Alto, according to its website.

———— A discount retailer Falling Prices opened pop-up store Tuesday at 120 Main St., Suite B in Woodland. The store will be open for about 90 days, its website says.

They start the week every Tuesday with everything in the store priced at $6. The cost drops each day, down to 25 cents on Saturdays. Shoppers dig through the bins to search for deals. It’s closed on Sundays and Mondays for restocking.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays.

———— There’s a new pizza restaurant coming to Woodland’s Main Street. Mountain Mike’s Pizza will soon open in the space last occupied by Rico’s Pizza: 171 W. Main St. Rico’s closed in January 2020, according to the Daily Democrat.

———— I keep track of Davis businesses on my Google spreadsheet, which includes more than 325 Davis businesses affected by COVID-19. It’s at https://bit.ly/ DavisBusinesses. In it, there are sheets for Restaurants-open, Restaurants-closed, Coming soon, Businesses-retail, Businesses-service, and more. Email me (address below) to suggest updates.

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

VCE launches pilot program to aid agriculture Special to The Enterprise Valley Clean Energy announced this week that the California Public Utilities Commission has approved a $3.25 million pilot program to deploy automation systems, mainly for irrigation, that are responsive to the power grid at subsidized or no cost to farmers.

Partnering with TeMix and Polaris Energy Services, VCE will implement the 5-megawatt program starting in the summer of 2022. TeMix invented the technology that creates and transmits dynamic electricity rates that are sensitive to grid conditions, and Polaris is the leader in agricultural demand flexibility.

Building on state-funded research and development

by TeMix and Polaris, the

Agricultural Flexible Irrigation Technology (AgFIT) pilot program will provide VCE agricultural customers with automation systems and software to easily purchase energy at the lowest prices possible while meeting their crop and operational requirements.

The pilot tariff gives price signals through the simplified rates to incentivize farmers to shift their electricity use. Electricity is not just cheaper when renewables are plentiful; shifting the electricity load off expensive peak times reduces carbon emissions because renewables can be relied upon more heavily, rather than using more carbon-intensive electricity due to higher demand.

As seen in the previous pilot by Polaris and TeMix, growers in the program

enjoy a bill savings of 10–15% for shifting energy consumption from the hours when the grid is under the greatest stress to hours when renewable electricity is plentiful.

Additionally, incentives for the automation systems of their choice save approximately 30% on labor costs while improving crop quality.

Commissioners expressed excitement about this innovative pilot that adopts the CPUC’s vision for a simplified approach to demand flexibility, removing barriers and inefficiencies that characterize the traditional market-integrated demand response programs.

Commissioner Darcie Houck was enthusiastic about the program: “I’m pleased to see this kind of innovation and creative

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Briefly STEAC holiday effort, on KDRT Each December, the volunteers for STEAC’s Holiday Program clear out a big room in the First Baptist Church in west Davis, fill the space with boxes of donated food and gifts, and then give it all away during a few hours, this year to 475 Davis families and singles.

The current edition of the KDRT program “Davisville” focuses on this yearly program and its organizer, the Short Term Emergency Aid Committee. The story involves people, Davis, adaptation, the pandemic, bringing donors and recipients closer together, changing demographics, poverty, relief, logistics, food, gifts — and a growing need, matched by a growing willingness to meet that need.

The program's guests are Kelly Coleman, who runs the Holiday Program; Liane Moody, the nonprofit’s executive director; and two of the volunteers who worked at this year’s distribution day, on Saturday, Dec. 11.

“Davisville,” hosted

by Bill Buchanan, is broadcast on KDRTLP, 95.7 FM Mondays at 5:30 p.m., Tuesdays at 5 p.m., Fridays at 12:30 p.m., and Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. The current program will be broadcast through Dec. 25, and is available anytime at https://kdrt. org/davisville or on Apple podcasts.

YoloCares lights memorial tree On Dec. 9, YoloCares held the inaugural tree lighting ceremony in the Mastick Therapy Garden to honor and celebrate the lives of loved ones who have passed away.

Generous supporters of YoloCares were able to have their loved one’s name memorialized on a star-shaped ornament on one of two Trees of Light. The event serves as a space for people to reflect on cherished memories during the holidays — a season that many find fraught with difficult emotion while grieving the loss of family.

The event was opened by David Deerfeeder, bereavement manager. Deerfeeder shared that “the stars on the tree represent our loved ones whose examples and guidance are the stars by which we now navigate our lives.” The Threshold Choir of Davis followed up with heartfelt songs to accompany the pensive atmosphere.

YoloCares offers oneon-one bereavement counseling free of charge. Contact Deerfeeder at ddeerfeeder@ yolohospice.org to learn more.

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olly is a common decoration during the winter holidays. It is recognized by its pointy, green leaves and bright, red berries.

Holly is part of the genus ilex, which includes over 550 species of plants. It is a diverse plant that has species that range from sea level all the way up to 6500 feet in the mountains. The plant can be found in the tropic, subtropic, and temperate regions. The greatest diversity of holly plants are found in the Americas and Southeast Asia.

Holly leaves have a waxy texture which help them survive well into the colder, winter months. While most plants and trees are losing leaves and going dormant, holly remains green with bright, red fruit. Holly leaves come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The common decorative plant has several spines on the leaves, helping to be a deterrent to grazing. This makes it a popular hide for small birds, trying to seek shelter from a predator the elements.

The leaves are not the only attractive aspects of the holly plant for birds. The bright red fruit is a food source for them during the scarcity of winter. Often called “berries,” the fruit of holly is actually a drupe. The holly fruit contains a strong structure at the center, protected by the outer flesh, with up to 10 seeds being stored inside.

By eating the fruit, birds are integral to the seed dispersal of the plant. Despite their importance to the plant’s survival, birds can only eat a few at a time, or they will succumb to the fruit’s toxicity. The holly fruit will ripen and redden early in the fall, but it takes a few freezes and frosts to soften and break down the toxins.

The holly plant is a sight for sore eyes as it sports very rich green leaves and bright red fruit.

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Explorit Science Center The leaves and fruit of the holly plant can cause vomiting in pets and people and is especially dangerous to children. Despite its toxic nature, holly is still a popular decoration. Because of its ability to stay green, it was a symbol of resistance and of the promise of spring. Thought to bring good luck and protection to families centuries ago, this tradition continues on today with this beautiful plant that says bright and colorful even through the coldest and dreariest seasons.

Keep your family busy during winter break by visiting Explorit during our public hours. Visitors welcome Fridays from 1-4 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is $5 per person. Explorit Members, ASTC, and those ages 2 and under free.

Explorit will be closed Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.

———— Explorit's coming events: n Want to keep your students engaged during the winter break?

Sign up for “The Science of Winter” camp. Explore the fun frosty phenomena of the winter season!

Explorit campers will learn about the winter sky, frozen chemicals reactions, and amazing animal adaptations to the cold. Join us for science activities, games, and takehome crafts. Dec. 20 to 22, 9 a.m. to noon for grades K-2, Dec. 27 to 29 9 a.m. to noon for grades 3-5. $100 Members/$120 Non-Members. Camps will take place indoors with air purifiers. Masks required and daily temperature screening and healthy survey at drop-off. For more information and registration visit www.explorit.org. n Give the gift of science to a family this holiday season! A gift Membership to Explorit not only

supports us but grants the recipient free visits to Explorit’s regular public hours, discounts on events, summer camps and workshops, and gives you ASTC benefits to visit other museums throughout the world. Any level of Membership is eligible as a gift for someone. To purchase or for more information visit https://www. explorit.org/membership or call Explorit at 530-756-0191. n Like many small businesses the closures have had a significant impact on our income and sustainability. Now is a great time to donate and help Explorit continue to educate and inspire the scientists of tomorrow: https://www. explorit.org/donate.

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Researchers complete redwood, sequoia genomes Special to The Enterprise Scientists have completed the sequences for the coast redwood and giant sequoia genomes. The research, officially published this week in the journal G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, helps to better explain the genetic basis for these species’ ability to adapt to their changing environments. The research indicates that the coast redwood genome evolved from a single ancestral species.

The multiyear effort was conducted by researchers at UC Davis, Johns Hopkins University, University of Connecticut and Northern Arizona University, and was funded by Save the Redwoods League. The research provides the foundation to better understand redwood responses to climate impacts and pathogens.

The research team previously made available the completed giant sequoia genome research in November 2020.

“It’s remarkable how far genomics research has come since we undertook this challenge in 2017,” said David Neale, plant sciences professor emeritus at UC Davis and lead author on the new coast redwood genome research. “Our work on the coast redwood

and giant sequoia genomes will enable us to develop modern genetic tools that can be used in the restoration and conservation of these ecologically important tree species.”

The league and its research partners launched the Redwood Genome project in 2017. Project partners outlined an ambitious plan to fully sequence the coast redwood and giant sequoia genomes for the first time using new conifer genetic sequencing techniques.

The genomic resources and screening tools developed in this project will help researchers quickly assess evolutionary adaptive potential in these forests and ultimately inform forest restoration and management plans.

The coast redwood The coast redwood is the world’s tallest tree, and its genome is among the most complex sequenced. Nearly nine times larger than the human genome, it is also the second largest genome sequenced. The redwood genome has 26.5 billion base pairs of DNA, and it is hexaploid, meaning redwoods have six sets of chromosomes. Humans have 3 billion base pairs of DNA and are diploid, with two

sets of chromosomes.

When comparing the coast redwood genome sequence to that of other conifers, researchers found hundreds of gene families unique to the coast redwood. Many are genes that help the trees respond to and fight stress, resist disease and repair after injury.

The giant sequoia The giant sequoia is the world’s largest tree species and among the oldest on the planet. As reported by the research team in 2020, its genome contains 8.125 billion base pairs of DNA. Similar to the human genome, the giant sequoia genome is diploid. The reference genome produced for this study represents the first genome sequenced in the Cupressaceae family, and it lays a foundation for using genomic tools to aid in giant sequoia conservation and management.

The genomes of conifers are three to 10 times larger than the human genome.

They are highly repetitive and complex. The first conifer genomes ever sequenced were the Norway spruce in 2013 and loblolly pine in 2014, 10 years after the human genome was completed.

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With technological advancements that also reduced the cost, 10 conifer genomes have now been sequenced.

About the project In the last 160 years, commercial logging and clear-cutting claimed 95% of the coast redwood range and about one-third of the giant sequoia range. In 2020, an estimated 10%14% of giant sequoia died from high-intensity wildfires, and in some areas the seedbank also died.

Two wildfires also burned through large sections of the giant sequoia range in 2021, and mortality from those is currently estimated to impact another 5% of the mature

trees. As a result, both forests have experienced significant losses in total acreage and genetic diversity.

With these significant impacts to both populations, the league is leading restoration projects in both forest ranges. It aims to use this and future genetic research to inform efforts to restore and maintain genetic diversity and bolster the resilience of these species in the face of rapid, unprecedented environmental change.

“This ambitious scientific research provides a critical foundation for the League and the entire redwoods community,” said Joanna Nelson, Ph.D., director of science and conservation planning for Save the Redwoods League.

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Travelaires return in January Special to The Enterprise Davis Travelaires, a nonprofit organization that offers outings for older adults, are pleased to announce that, following a nearly twoyear closure, their office at the Davis Senior Center will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 4.

Stop by the office from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that day for a "Meet & Greet." You will be able to register for trips, meet the Travelaires volunteers, and enjoy some refreshments.

The Travelaires volunteers continue to work remotely until the office reopens.

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TESTING: Omicron looms over future plans From Page A1 UCD students, faculty and staff members will feel less safe.”

No changes to the plan have been announced, though campus leadership told The Enterprise it would monitor the situation over the next couple of weeks while students are away from campus.

“We have winter-break guidance in place and will continue to monitor any changes to COVID-19 rates and evaluate what needs to be done to keep the community healthy,” UC Davis spokesperson Melissa Blouin said in an email.

“We will inform the campus community should our guidance change.”

According to the campus’ current guidelines, all students, staff and faculty will need to get tested at least once between Jan. 3, when winter quarter begins, and Jan. 16. After that, campus affiliates who are fully

vaccinated will be encouraged to continue getting tested, but only those who are unvaccinated will be required to do so.

In ending the testing requirement for most people on campus, UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May cited the high vaccination rate among campus affiliates and the low COVID-19 positivity rate reported throughout the fall quarter.

As of this week, 99% of UC Davis students and 95% of employees were vaccinated against COVID-19.

Since the quarter began in mid-September, the test positivity rate has hovered around 0.1%. As of this week, just 1% of the campus’ isolation and quarantine housing facilities were in use. There are 250 beds in total dedicated for use as isolation or quarantine housing.

Last summer, the University of California was one of the first major universities to announce a

COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Meanwhile, UC Davis’ in-house rapid testing program, available to Davis community members through Healthy Davis Together, a partnership between the city and campus, has won awards and gained national attention for limiting the spread of COVID-19. “UC Davis has truly emerged as a role model for our response to the pandemic,” May said.

Still, concerns about Omicron, which scientists believe is significantly more contagious than other COVID-19 variants, left members of the campus community wondering if UC Davis could be letting its guard down. Elias, who authored the petition to continue mandatory testing at UC Davis, cited a Dec. 15 New York Times article about Omicron surges on college campuses.

“The surges are happening at universities with very high vaccination rates,” the

article stated. Despite having a 97% vaccination rate, Cornell University reported 930 COVID-19 cases this week. On Wednesday, New York University, with a 99% vaccination rate, cancelled all “nonessential” gatherings, including graduations and athletic competitions, due to surging case numbers.

The new precautions are not limited to East Coast campuses. On Thursday, Stanford University informed students that classes will move online for the first two weeks of the winter quarter and students will be required to get a booster vaccine dose by the end of January.

UC Davis leadership has encouraged students, staff and faculty to get COVID19 booster shots but has not said that it will require them. (Decisions about immunization requirements are typically made at the university level by the UC Office of the President.)

As it has throughout the pandemic, campus leadership emphasized that UC Davis’ COVID-19 guidelines are dynamic and responsive to evolving public health conditions.

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.

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Heartfelt gifts for cooks this season A

s the holidays approach, we step back from the hectic pace and remind ourselves of the gifts of love, time and kindness. These gifts, to family, to a friend, or to a stranger, keep us human, keep us connected, and fill us with joy.

The gift ideas below are for the cooks in your life.

They come straight from my kitchen, my pantry, my library, my heart, my list, or my experience. For fun, I suggest a pairing of companion items.

For Those who Care about the Hungry, about Kids Learning to Garden, about Women and their Families becoming SelfSufficient through Job Training in the Culinary Field — A Donation in Their Name. These local organizations are doing good work: Yolo County Food Bank, Davis Farm to School or Yolo Farm to Fork. In Sacramento, St. John’s Program for Real Change. Pair with a visit and help out.

For the Francophile — a Cassoulet bowl. Cassoulet is the simple French dish of beans, meat, and vegetables. It is the way it is assembled and cooked, however, that provides its flavor and popularity. The handmade Cassoulet bowl from Crockett Pottery by

Kathy Kearns is a classic design, small at the bottom and large at the top.

The bowl comes in many sizes. I have the large, which serves 8-10.

Kearns is running low on inventory, but you can order on her website and she will ship it to you when it’s ready. For a companion book, I use the cassoulet recipes from both Georgeanne Brennan’s, “French Beans — Exploring the Bean Cuisine of France,” and “Cassoulet, a French Obsession” by Kate Hill. Pair the bowl and book with a package of Cassoulet Beans from Rancho Gordo if you’re feeling extravagant.

For the Mixologist — “Drinking French” by David Lebovitz. Pair the book with some beverage glasses, or with bottles in which to put the homemade basic syrups, for which Lebovitz provides recipes. The book is for those who love cocktails, but I bought it for the recipes and the background on each drink, like Pastis and Lillet.

Lebovitz includes recipes

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Cassoulet, a rich, slow-cooked casserole containing meat and white beans, originated in southern France. It is named after its traditional cooking vessel, the casserole, a deep, round, earthenware pot with slanting sides, shown here. for non-mixed drinks as well, such as, Vin D’Orange (Orange Wine), which you make now and serve in the summer over ice. I’ve made this with my oranges and lemons. There’s also a recipe for elderflower cordial, which I make and serve regularly and could be the official drink of Yolo County since elderflowers line the rural roads and bloom in the spring.

For the Southerner —

“Taste the State” by Kevin Mitchell and David S. Shields. This latest book of Shields is filled with recipes created by Kevin Mitchell, the first African American chef instructor at the Culinary Institute of Charleston. Shields, the Carolina Distinguished Professor of the English Language and Literature Department at the University of South Carolina, wrote the background and

history for each food. I take this book to bed at night just for the good read.

Shields wrote a favorite book of mine, “Southern Provisions — the Creation and Revival of a Cuisine” which chronicles how he and Anson Mills founder Glenn Roberts, revived heritage grains and other foods — just one of the reasons South Carolina’s restaurant scene so vibrant today.

Mitchell’s recipes use

Anson Mills products such as Sea Island Red Peas and Carolina Gold Rice, so you might pair the book with some of these items. Based in South Carolina, Anson Mills is the real deal for handmade mill goods from organic heirloom grains.

These folks are serious — the grits make a great gift on their own if your budget is short.

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Trying to ignore the siren call of home

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don’t know for sure what the Montana Department of Commerce is up to, but it appears they want to steal away the Red-Headed Girl of My Dreams who is now living happily with her family in a small town in Northern California.

The incredibly fancy and beautiful 12-page full-color brochure begging her to return to her native state arrived in the mail from state headquarters in Helena. (That’s hell-uh-nuh,” not “hell-eeen-uh.” Even a Californian knows that.)

Cleverly, they used her maiden name on the address line, not the married name she uses in California. You may say that’s a mistake or perhaps an oversight, but when you get the gist of this whole brochure, it clearly had its purpose.

Basically what it’s saying is “remember when you were happily single in Montana before you ran away and married that crazy Californian.”

The folks behind this sinister brochure seem to assume that Montanans living in California, where hunting and fishing and rodeos are banned, are just dying to come home to Montana.

“The Montanan in You?” asks the back cover. “It’s in here.”

In other words, you can take the girl out of Montana, but you can’t take Montana out of the girl.

Pages 2 and 3 combine for a stunning panorama of lush green hills reflected in still water, without a single word of copy. It looks like the part of the Missouri River where Lewis and

Clark once roamed, but it could be just about anywhere in this stunningly beautiful state.

Page 4 shows two strong men lifting large bales of hay unaided by machinery, with the words “It’s the instinct to get the job done with your own two hands.”

Come home and bail hay appears to be the message here and I may have to tear out this page and hide it lest my Sweetheart becomes overwhelmed with alfalfa nostalgia.

Page 5 shows two large American flags flying from the back of a truck while three kids are happily being lassoed by a ropeflinging cowboy in some sort of Fourth of July parade. (Hint: people in California can’t even tie their shoes, no less lasso anything.)

Page 6 shows a bunch of folks having an outdoor picnic where all men are required to wear hats. The photo caption explains “The Montanan in you knows what it means to be

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engrained in a place.”

Again, this place is “engrained” in you, so don’t try to fight it.

It’s in your genes. Or, as they say in Montana, it’s in your jeans. In any regard, come home now.

Next we have dad and dog and daughter and son off to the fishing hole, located “In the place you truly want to be.”

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es, indeed, you’ve been brainwashed into believing California is the place you want to be, but there’s no denying that yearning in your heart for a breakfast of freshly caught trout fried over an open fire.

Turning the pages with tears in our eyes, we see a young mom sitting at a picnic table with her laptop, apparently an attempt to let my Sweetheart know there is indeed internet connectivity in the vast stretches of Montana that will allow her to communicate with those crazy people she

left behind in California.

“Where you can send your kids to good schools and enjoy homecooked meals.”

Wow. Who knew you could cook meals at home? I’ve never heard of such a thing.

The crowning blow, but one I hope my Sweetheart can resist, shows a sweeping mountain range with the words “The Montanan in you? It knows that Montana, with its open space and Big Sky, isn’t only a place, it’s where you belong. And it’s time to come home.”

I counted 26 people pictured in this brochure. Every one of them appears to have a skin color that matches that of the snow on Montana’s magnificent mountains.

A not-so-subtle reminder that Montana is indeed different from California.

If you think that wasn’t intentional, think again.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

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EVANS: There’s a gift idea for all on your list Coomer’s work honored From Page A1 For the Rosé Wine Lover — A Mixed Case of Rosé Sparkling and Still Wine from Yolo County. Some Yolo wineries whose rosé I love include: Matchbook Winery (Zamora), Berryessa Gap Winery and Turkovitch Winery (Winters), Bogle (Clarksburg) and Great Bear Winery (Davis), but there are many more. Nugget Stores, as well as Davis Food Co-op, carry most of these. Pair the wine with a picnic basket, then enjoy a picnic along the Putah Creek Preserve. (?)

For the Cheese Lover — “That Cheese Plate will Change your Life”

by Marissa Mullen. I don’t have the book, but it’s on my list. A friend attributes her beautiful cheese and charcuterie (cured meat) boards to this book. Pair with a gift certificate to Saxelby Cheesemonger.

Saxelby’s is located in New York. They offer small batch American farmstead cheese and charcuterie. I’ve sent them to friends, like my college roommate in San Francisco.

Founder Anne Saxelby, who championed fine American cheeses, died recently at 40. She was a force for good food in her

region and is greatly missed. Her business lives on.

For the Locavore — a Membership in a Yolo County CSA. If you know someone who wants to support local farms and cook seasonally, this is the gift for them. Yolo County is blessed with many CSAs (community-supported agriculture): Farm Fresh to You, Good Humus Produce, Full Belly Farm, Say Hay Farms, Terra Firma Farm, Eatwell Farm, and Fiery Ginger Farm, to name a few. Pair it with a visit to the farm.

For the Salad Lover — Yolo County Olio Nuovo. Olio Nuovo is the celebration of the beginning of the olive harvest season – the first extra virgin olive oil off the press. Ordinarily, olive oil is stored for a couple of months before bottling to let the sediment fall to the bottom and allow the flavors to mellow.

Yolo County has many olive oils.

This year I’m buying and gifting Bondolio organic olio nuovo, grown and milled by Karen and Malcolm Bond on their property near Winters. Pair with a packet of Mesclun de Nice Salad Seed Mix from La Vie Rustic (Winters, mail order). Plant the seeds together in early spring.

For the Tweener Who Loves to Cook Breakfast or Breakfast for Dinner – A Small Waffle Maker. I don’t have one and I don’t want one, but my grand nephew loves his and suggested it for this list. He’s in fourth grade and loves to cook.

For the Cook Still Gathering Essential Kitchen Tools - Thermapen Instant-Read Digital Thermometer. Let’s face it, when you spend money on meat, you don’t want to burn it. When you are entertaining, you don’t want to disappoint. This is on my daughter’s list, and in my kitchen drawer.

Whatever your holiday tradition, I wish you love and good food around your celebratory table this winter.

— Ann M. Evans lives and cooks in Davis from her garden when she can.

She loves Yolo County’s agricultural heritage and is the author of the “Davis Farmers Market Cookbook.” Reach her at annevans1234@ gmail.com.

Different size cassoulet bowls, hand thrown, by Kathy Kearns.

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Proper care for the elderly Dear Readers: Being a good neighbor can be more complicated than it sounds, at least when it comes to finding financial help for the elderly who are seeking home care. That’s what experts in the field have discovered, and I am very grateful that so many of them spelled out the problems and offered possible solutions for helping out.

Here are two wonderful letters from experts in the field: Dear Annie: As a longtime registered nurse and expert in home health care services, I am writing in response to the neighbor who was so kindly assisting her 90-year-old neighbor.

I want to provide some alternatives for her to seek out. A hospitalization for a social issue like this is not likely, and Medicare home health care requires that there is a skilled need for nursing or rehabilitation therapy. From my reading of this case, the 90-year-old is not likely skilled.

In addition, even if she did meet the skilled requirement, there is a national shortage of home health aides due to COVID19, so there is little likelihood of her being able to get 24 hours of care per week.

Two things that the kind neighbor may try instead would be to call the local Area Agency on Aging and the 90-year-old’s primary care provider. There is a

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I hope this is helpful. I am glad to answer questions. Thank you for your kind response to a wonderful neighbor.

— Liz Madigan, RN Dear Annie: I love your column, but the information you provided in “How Can I Help My Neighbor?” is incorrect and misleading.

I am a licensed clinical social worker in California with 20 years of experience working for a skilled home care department of a hospital.

Medicare does NOT cover 28 hours per week of in-home care. It only pays for skilled care, i.e., nurses, therapists (physical, occupational, speech), and home health aide and social workers. These are visits of

30-60 minutes for typically up to a few weeks. People who need “custodial care” must typically hire private help unless they have longterm care insurance, are very lowincome (on Medicaid), or eligible for veterans’ services. Custodial care, also known as “shift care,” can help with bathing, dressing, meals and light housekeeping.

Medicare covers up to 100 days at a skilled nursing facility in rare situations and only after a “qualifying stay” at a hospital. The more likely range of time is 20 days. Many people living full time at a nursing home have exhausted their financial resources, and then Medicaid can become a reimbursement source.

My patients are often shocked to hear that Medicare doesn’t pay for home health services. It’s a shame people aren’t better informed because then they are ill-prepared. The Medicare verbiage is bureaucratic and confusing.

The caring neighbors could contact Adult Protective Services and report self-neglect. APS could evaluate the eligibility for low-income or private hire services, or placement at a nursing home. They could call the distant family neighbors and explain the

details. This is a tough situation and very prevalent.

Good luck responding in the future to this common situation. We are an aging society and the wave is just starting. Help people plan ahead with realistic expectations.

Thanks for your fine work.

— Mary McClain, LCSW Dear Liz and Mary: Thank you for your very informative letters. You are helping many readers by sharing your expert advice.

Therapy with a narcissist Dear Annie: While reading the letter from the “Parent Who Does Not Want to Get Divorced,” the way she was describing her husband sounded very much like he might have narcissistic tendencies.

My husband is a narcissist, and the worst thing you can do is go to marriage counseling. I know that sounds crazy, but very few counselors know how to handle narcissism, and because of this, counseling will often only make things worse.

Therapists always approach counseling with the belief that they’re dealing with two people who both want to work together and find resolution. However, with a narcissist, their only concern is their image and being right, not in finding common ground to grow from, which makes progress next to impossible.

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FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20210999 11/17/2021 mlindstrom, Deputy Business is located in YOLO County Fictitious Business Name: JUULIEBELLS Physical Address: 1326 HEMLOCK LN DAVIS CA 95616 Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) ANYA CLASEN 1326 HEMLOCK LN DAVIS CA 95616 2) LINDA BIRSE 2706 ADRIAN DR DAVIS CA 95618 Business Classification: Co-Partners Starting Date of Business: 11/18/2021 s/ANYA CLASEN Official Title: N/A Corporation Name: N/A 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, State of California, County of Yolo Published November 28, December 5, 12, 19, 2021 #1589

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20211016 11/17/2021 mlindstrom, Deputy Business is located in YOLO County Fictitious Business Name: NIFTY THRIFTY Physical Address: 1264 E. GIBSON ROAD WOODLAND CA 95776 Mailing Address: 1 W. HAYS STREET WOODLAND, CA 95695 Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) ROUGUIATOU CATO 1 W. HAYS STREET WOODLAND, CA 95695 Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 11/22/2021 s/ROUGUIATOU CATO Official Title: OWNER Corporation Name: N/A 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, State of California, County of Yolo Published November 28, December 5, 12, 19, 2021 #1590

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District solicits public comment on the proposed minor modification of a Title V permit issued to the University of California, Davis. The minor Title V permit modification results from the proposed operation of new natural gas-fired boilers used to provide building heat. This emission source will be located on the University of California, Davis campus in Davis, California.

The District’s analysis of the legal and factual basis for this proposed action and the proposed permit are available for public inspection at the District office at the address below. This will be the public’s only opportunity to comment on the specific conditions of the proposed revised Title V permit. If requested by the public, the District shall hold a public hearing regarding issuance of this permit. For additional information, please contact Jennifer Border at (530) 757-3655. Written comments on this project must be submitted within 30 days of the publication date of this notice to Benjamin Beattie, Engineering Manager, Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, 1947 Galileo Court, Suite 103, Davis, California, 95618.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CV2021-2100 To all interested persons: Petitioner: Nancy Susan Campbell filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name Nancy Susan Campbell to Proposed name Tonya Beth Campbell 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: 1/12/2022 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: 11/30/2021 Samuel T. McAdam Judge of the Superior Court Published December 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 #1602

And honestly, in my experience, they will usually twist everything during the counseling sessions to make the other spouse the bad guy, which only makes you feel more crazy. I’ve found far greater success keeping myself in individual counseling so I can be the healthiest version of me, which then changes how I respond and react to my husband. That is the only way I have ever seen true and sustainable changes in our marriage, and it’s the only thing that’s helped me keep my sanity.

— Went at It Alone Dear At it Alone: Congratulations on taking the first step toward a healthy relationship and seeking counseling for yourself. But don’t give up on marriage counseling. A well-trained therapist will be able to see your husband’s narcissism and help him, and you, soften it. Your husband

might end up in counseling by himself as well.

Remember, the goal is not to stay in therapy forever; the goal is for you to understand what you need (you are doing that with your individual therapist), for him to understand what he needs (hopefully he will see someone himself ) and for the two of you as a couple to talk through what your relationship needs to flourish. Your willingness to look at yourself is great.

From that place, you can help your husband get into counseling.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JEFFREY SCOTT DEVRIES CASE NO. PR2021-0272 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JEFFREY SCOTT DEVRIES A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: DONEY BIGGS in the Superior Court of California, County of: Yolo THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: DONEY BIGGS 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 25, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 10 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: ROBERT B. PYE Attorney for petitioner 6060 Sunrise Vista Dr., Suite 2140 Citrus Heights, CA 95610 Published December 19, 22, 26, 2021 #1617 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Notice is hereby given that the County of Yolo Community Services Department, Division of Integrated Waste Management, will receive sealed bids for construction of WASTE MANAGEMENT UNIT 6 MODULE H BASE LINER SYSTEM until JANUARY 13, 2022 @ 2 P.M., at 44090 County Road 28H, Woodland, CA 95776. Each bid must conform to the requirements of the Contract Documents, which can be downloaded along with all bid documents at www.bidsync.com at no cost. It is the bidder’s responsibility to register at www.bidsync.com to ensure notification of all addenda. It is the bidder’s responsibility to arrange for printing services. For more information, send questions through www.bidsync.com.

There will be a Pre-bid meeting at 10 A.M. on JANUARY 3, 2022 at the Yolo County Central Landfill, located at 44090 County Road 28H, Woodland. Each bidder shall be a licensed contractor pursuant to sections 7000 et seq. of the Business and Professions Code in the following classification(s) throughout the time it submits its bid and for the duration of the contract: LICENSE A. The successful bidder shall furnish a payment bond and a performance bond, each in the full amount of the contract price. These bonds shall be executed by a surety specified in California Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.310. Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 22300, the successful bidder may substitute certain securities for funds withheld by the County to ensure its performance under the contract.

Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates in the County in which the work is to be done have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. These wage rates are set forth in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this project, available for review at Yolo County Central Landfill, 44090 County Road 28H, Woodland, California and available from the California Department of Industrial Relations’ internet web site at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. The successful bidder shall post a copy of the prevailing wage rates at each job site. It shall be mandatory upon the bidder to whom the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractors, to comply with all Labor Code provisions, which include but are not limited to the payment of not less than the said specified prevailing wage rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract, employment of apprentices, hours of labor and debarment of contractors and subcontractors. Pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 and 1771.3, contractors and subcontractors who intend to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a contract to perform public work must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations. No proposal will be accepted nor any contract entered into without proof of the contractor’s and subcontractors’ current registration with the Department of Industrial Relations to perform public work. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

Note to General Contractors; Joint Apprenticeship Committee Participation Requirement: The County adopted a policy that one of requirements to be deemed a responsive bidder is that when submitting a bid at or in excess of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars the bidder must then be participating in a joint apprenticeship committee on public works projects. The California Department of Industrial Relations defines a joint apprenticeship committee as a committee made up of equal number of members from labor and management. Bidders submitting bids at or in excess of one million dollars must complete a California Department of Industrial Relations’ DAS-7 form that documents the bidder’s participation in a joint apprenticeship committee. Bids that are not accompanied by such proof of participation will be rejected. The County will verify participation prior to the award.

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By Llewellyn King Special to The Enterprise

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have seen the future of urban life and it wasn’t quite what I expected. It was whizzing all around me in New York on a recent visit.

My wife and I were there to do that most Christmassy of things: See Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Spectacular starring the Rockettes. It is great and you should see it if you can, but it isn’t what bowled me over.

What bowled me over figuratively and a couple of times almost literally was the new urban mobility.

I saw the future of city transportation, dashing all around me every time I ventured to cross a street. Like cities the world over, New York has installed bicycle lanes, but they have been taken over by what might be described as Space Age peoplemovers in astounding configurations.

These denizens of the new mobility hurtled by on electric bicycles, electric unicycles, electric skateboards, electric, gyroscopic one-wheeled skateboards and, of course, those ubiquitous electric scooters. I didn’t think it was the end of civilization as I have known it. Instead, I longed to be a good deal younger so I, too, could join the transportation revolution.

You may not like this new order, and almost certainly if you are over 50, you’re not ready for it. However, it is here, it is happening, and it is the first exciting thing in cities, perhaps since traffic lights.

The future of urban transportation isn’t what supporters of public transit, such as myself, have been advocating for decades: More buses and trains.

City visionaries, like Scott Sellars, city manager of Kyle, Texas, a small but rapidly growing city of 60,000 located between Austin and San Antonio, are looking beyond what they call “destination public transportation” to new ways of moving people or, more exactly, new ways of letting people move themselves.

he 1970s and 1980s were a tumultuous time for California’s public schools, to wit: n A tidal wave of kids from the post-World War II baby boom pushed school enrollment to well over 4 million, but the end of the boom in the mid-1960s and a slowdown in overall population growth drove enrollment downward in the 1970s.

Throughout the state, local school systems pared back school construction, sold off school sites and even closed some schools. n At the time, schools were largely financed by locally imposed property taxes but in 1971 a successful lawsuit, Serrano vs. Priest, declared that widely varying taxable property values among the state’s school districts unfairly disadvantaged children in low wealth communities. In response, the Legislature began overhauling school finances to provide what was called “equalization.” n Subsequently, however, in 1978, voters passed Proposition 13, which clamped tight limits on property taxes, compelling the state to assume the fundamental task of financing schools from income and sales taxes and

thus shifting wrangling over education finance to the state Capitol. n California’s population soared in the 1980s due to high immigration and birth rates and so did school enrollment, eventually topping 6 million. In 1988, a decade after Proposition 13’s approval, the education community persuaded voters to pass Proposition 98, an extremely complex measure that dictates how schools’ share of state revenues is calculated. It has dominated the state budget process ever since.

This snippet of political history is offered because it could be repeated.

California’s once-soaring population has slowed to a trickle, or perhaps even reversed, due to sharp declines in immigration and birth rates. Also, school enrollment, which topped out at 6.2 million a decade

ago and remained virtually unchanged until recently, is beginning what demographers believe will be a steady decline.

The COVID-19 pandemic is partially responsible for some recent declines but the state Department of Finance projects that underlying demographic trends will drop enrollment to 5.5 million by 2030, some 700,000 lower than the peak.

“Projected declines are greatest in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties — roughly 20% lower by 2030-31,” a recent study by the Public Policy Institute of California declares. “The declines in Los Angeles County are particularly noteworthy: county enrollment has already fallen over 10% in the past decade, and enrollment in 2030-31 is projected to be 30% lower than it was in 2010-11.”

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tate aid to schools is largely driven by enrollment, so districts that are seeing major declines, particularly large urban systems such as Los Angeles Unified, are beginning to feel the financial pinch and confronting the unpopular task of shutting neighborhood schools.

At the moment, school

finances have a respite. Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislators have decreed that state aid is temporarily based on pre-pandemic enrollment but the “hold harmless” gesture is due to expire next year. What happens after that is anyone’s guess.

Decreasing enrollment could be beneficial in the long run, because it could increase per-pupil spending.

But that would depend on the willingness of state politicians to once again change the methodology of school financing, moving away from its enrollment base to some other model.

Given the tens of billions of dollars at stake, however, a major overhaul would be a tough political slog. Until and unless it occurs, the local systems seeing the most dramatic enrollment declines will have a difficult time balancing their budgets as their state aid shrinks and their fixed costs, such as pension fund contributions, continue to rise.

— CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters.

For more stories by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/ commentary.

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yle has made the bold decision that the future of city transportation belongs not to buses and trains, but rather to ride-sharing companies. It has contracted for Uber to become the city’s main public transportation mode. Sellars explained the concept on Digital 360, a Texas State University weekly webinar on which I am a regular panelist.

Sellars told me Kyle has a subsidized contract with Uber to take care of those unable to afford its fares. Residents qualifying for assistance get a voucher and an app on their cell phones and can make any local journey for a standard $3.14. There are even vouchers for the unbanked. But there isn’t a way yet to use the service if you don’t have a cell phone or access to one.

To avoid having to take lanes away from cars, Kyle has been able to build an alternative system called the Vybe, which is 12-feet-wide and can accommodate all people-movers, including golf carts, bicycles, and all those electric-powered wheels which are now running around New York.

There are charging stations for golf carts and other electric transporters on the Vybe.

The Vybe runs most places people might want to go and doubles as a right of way for utilities of all kinds.

While many of us have thought the smart cities were going to be about super-electric connectivity, few of us realized the first tranche of city smartness would come with new forms of transportation, usurping or challenging the car, bus, and train.

The transportation revolution isn’t confined to the surface of cities. Elon Musk’s Boring Company continues to plow ahead with fast, subterranean tunnels, now being implemented in Las Vegas and studied in Los Angeles, Miami, and many other cities.

Look up, too. There is a profusion of companies working on drone-like, urban sky taxis which will whip you from your home to an airport or office tower.

Above the ground, on the ground, and under the ground, urban mobility is itself on the move. Hold onto your hat.

— Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. His email is llewellynking1@gmail. com. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.

Letters Helping them make a home We are profoundly grateful to the Biberstein Social Action Fund in Davis for its steadfast support of transition-age youths through our volunteer-run nonprofit, Make It Happen for Yolo County. For the past six years, the Biberstein fund has been a generous partner, providing us with grants to ensure that foster youths moving out on their own, and other transition age youth, have the household items they need to furnish and safely live in their first apartments. Over the years, the fund has helped us provide youths with move-in baskets, vacuum cleaners, mattresses, appliances, bedding kits and more.

Once again, the Biberstein Social Action Fund has come through for our county’s youths, this year providing us with funding so we can give Healthy Cooking Kits to the youths we serve. Thanks to this grant, we will be able to provide 20 youths with a kit that includes a set of pots and pans, cooking utensils, peeler, can opener, mixing bowls, measuring cups and measuring spoons. These kits will compliment kitchen items we already provide our youths — crockpots, blenders, mixers and more.

The Biberstein Social Action Fund in Davis has done so much good for our community for nearly 20 years, and we are

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Why are our lives cut short?

Why do we in the United States — including California — not live as long as people in other advantaged nations? Why do we pay far more for the world’s costliest health care system?

Comparatively, per capita, the cost of U.S. health care is four times higher and U.S. life expectancy falls far below 21 of our peers — Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal, and the UK. America’s tragic national weakness lies in its failure to prevent poor health outcomes in the first place — diabetes, smoking, obesity, violence, cancer, high infant and mother mortality, addiction, systemic bias, generational poverty, etc. High costs and lack of access to care intensify these factors. Thus, our longevity falls low on the chart (https://ourworldindata.org/us-lifeexpectancy-low).

Since the mid-1980s, U.S. life expectancy increased. But costs for health increased more. Insufficient funding,

Speak out President The Hon. Joe Biden, The White House, Washington, D.C., 20500; 202-456-1111 (comments), 202-456-1414 (switchboard); email: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

U.S. Senate Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3841; email: http://feinstein. senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me Sen. Alex Padilla, B03 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510;

insurance malfeasance, cash-rich lobbyists, and legislator negligence led to health inequality compared to other countries.

During the 1880s, you’d expect to live to age 40. Since 2014, worldwide life expectancy rose, while U.S. life expectancy declined. As COVID-19 struck down 800,000 Americans, life expectancy declined further.

California legislators — and voters — now have a chance to increase longevity, lower costs and improve discredited rankings. If passed, California Assembly Bill 1400 would Guarantee Health Care for All Californians. In January 2022, the bill will appear before California’s state legislators.

Whether they support or suppress AB 1400 depends not on them entirely — but partly on you, Dear Readers, and your willingness to write to them. Constituent letters are high-priority.

A groundswell of citizen outrage could turn heads towards the dire urgency to pass AB 1400. If they fail to support AB 1400, Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and State Sen. Bill Dodd would deny 3 million Californians access to health care. They’ve argued for weak, incremental steps — even as their own constituents sicken or die.

Write Aguiar-Curry at https://a04.asmdc. org/contact. Write Dodd at https://sd03. senate.ca.gov/contact.

Urge them to vote yes on AB 1400 to guarantee health care for all Californians.

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his week I had a funny flashback: I was suspended from high school for one day, with a three-day further suspension pulled back at the last minute because the timing would have caused me to miss final exams and thus not graduate.

(Insert time-travel harp music here.)

I think I’ve mentioned here before that I went to a Catholic high school but wasn’t Catholic.

We lived in a new, unincorporated area of Los Angeles which didn’t have a local high school.

So my mom thought it might be a good time for me to learn about religion at the closer, Catholic school. I sure thought I was hilarious in ninth-grade Old Testament class asking the teacher if everyone truly believed there were two of every single kind of animal on Noah’s Ark. “Like two alligators, and two crocodiles and two caimans?”

Anyhoo, I became comfortable at my high school, so I was woebegone when my mom and stepdad announced that we were moving to Northern California toward the end of my junior year.

From March to June I attended a high school in Sacramento but that summer began plotting my return to SoCal. My dad and stepmom, who

lived in Silver Lake — about 30 miles from my high school with downtown Los Angeles between us — invited me to move in with them for my senior year.

Spoiler alert: I would be very late to high school many, many times this year.

My commute would sometimes be 40 minutes and sometimes 90 minutes. “We have a Sigalert on The 10 East,” the AM radio-announcer would frequently declare. School started at 8 a.m., and if I left our house at 7 a.m., I had an equal chance of arriving 20 minutes early or a half-hour late.

I was constitutionally opposed to leaving before 7 a.m. My philosophy was if a 30-mile drive takes more than an hour to complete then I’m gonna be late.

So the first time I was sent to the dean of discipline’s office for too many tardies, we had a discussion about why I was late all the time. Mrs. O sent me back to

my first-period physics class with a warning.

Lather, rinse, repeat. This happened a handful of times before Mrs. O said she had no choice but to suspend me for a day because of my refusal to arrive to class on time. She gave me a note to give to my dad, which stated he would need to come to school the next day for a disciplinary meeting.

My tardiness was not news to my dad and stepmom. I bitched nightly over dinner about the traffic on my way to and from school and told them I spent a lot of time talking to Mrs. O instead of in physics. So when I presented the “invitation” to come meet with her the next day, he said he wasn’t going.

Walking in to Mrs. O’s office the next morning without my dad, she seemed stunned.

“Where’s your parent?” she asked.

“He isn’t coming. He knows I’m late all the time because of traffic, and he didn’t want to make the round-trip drive.” I think this was an a-ha moment for Mrs. O, who must have realized I was simply raised wrong. I might be misremembering that she handed me the suspension notice for my dad to sign with a little sympathy.

On telling Sister Jane — my

physics teacher, whom I adored — about all these shenanigans and why I would be missing physics the next day, she instructed me to come directly to class from then on, bypassing the administration office. Thanks to Sister Jane, I would have no more on-the-record tardies.

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ast-forward to the end of the school year as I entered the prom. Mrs. O was checking all the female students’ attire for dress-code violations, and she pulled me out of the line-up for a special once-over.

“Your dress is too low cut,” she told me.

“No it’s not,” I said with total weariness. Honestly, as a fullgrown adult, I now understand how aggravating a 17-year-old who would not not be tardy must have been to someone who’s chosen profession was dean of discipline. But also as a full-grown adult, I see how insane it was to pick such frivolous battles with a child.

“Yes, your dress is too low for a bra, and you are required to wear a bra.”

“I am wearing a bra,” I said.

“It’s strapless.” In fact, it was a super uncomfortable strapless bra that I wished I wasn’t wearing.

“That’s not possible,” she decreed. And so on. She was not

going to lose this battle, and even though I grabbed the center of the bra and snapped it upwards so she could see it, she told me the dress was too low. “This is a judgment call, and I’m the judge.”

Because of my earlier suspension, the next step on the punishment ladder was a three-day suspension. But since it was already June and we only had about a week left of school before graduation, I would miss all of my finals.

Mrs. O, who seemed to realize my dad would not be a party to this three-day suspension process, and who probably understood that a good student who appeared to have “absentee” parents did not deserve to repeat 12th grade, waived the whole thing. She literally just dropped it, after threatening at the prom that I would be suspended for all of my finals.

Over the years I’ve wondered how Mrs. O told these stories to people. I imagine she peppered them with words like “insubordinate” and “disruptive.” But I like to think she also used the word “moxie.”

— Tanya Perez lives in Davis with her family. Her column is published every other Sunday.

Reach her at pereztanyah@ gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter at @californiatanya.

We have a chance to strengthen local safety net

By Craig Dresang Special to The Enterprise

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arlier this year, when it was announced that the city of Davis would receive nearly $20 million and Yolo County would collect $43 million from the federal stimulus initiative called The American Rescue Plan, YoloCares submitted a funding request to address the housing and healthcare needs of those who are terminally ill and homeless.

The agency’s $3.5 million request to fund the construction of a special hospice residence would address three of Yolo County’s stated goals for mitigating homelessness in our communities. It would also support hospital partners by reducing the cost of re-admissions and providing an appropriate, high-quality stepdown program for their patients experiencing homelessness. This, in turn, would increase hospital bed capacity in Yolo County by offering an alternative for homeless patients whose care needs can be addressed by hospice or palliative care.

As city and county officials, along with their assigned workgroups, inch closer to final decisions about American Rescue Plan funding allocations in Yolo County, the YoloCares Board of Directors is stressing the impact that the agency has already had on Yolo County residents facing homelessness.

When people think of a hospice, they often imagine a safe, comfortable bed and proper care in one’s final hours. While YoloCares does provide the highest quality care to all patients at the end of their lives, that is only one moment in a broad and

YoloCares comprehensive continuum of care that begins much earlier.

Unlike many hospices and healthcare systems, YoloCares has never turned away a patient because of inability to pay, lack of insurance, or the complexity of their diagnosis. The agency routinely brings its considerable team together to support the most complex and/or difficult cases. In fact, YoloCares often receives the county’s most challenging cases after patients fail to secure help elsewhere. One of those cases recently involved a man we call Frank.

Frank has been homeless off and on for years, sometimes living in Section 8 housing, sometimes living on the street, in cars, or whatever location he could find. Though in recovery from past chronic substance abuse, he has been unable to find and maintain adequate housing. As if homelessness weren’t enough to manage, Frank also has multiple serious medical conditions, including diabetes, congestive heart failure, and possible cancer.

Without a home base to work from, managing medical appointments, medications, transportation, referrals, etc., was overwhelming for Frank.

He didn’t have anyone to help him, and his history made him distrust health systems.

Supportive care services were exactly what Frank needed to get a hold of his medical conditions and feel stronger. A YoloCares nurse navigator helped him sort through multiple referrals, accompanied him to and from appointments, advocated for him,

Michael Thomas was homeless and in need of palliative care when he was first referred to YoloCares. His clinical team quickly got to work and found him stable housing and food along with medical and psychosocial care. They even helped him realize a goal that was on his bucket list: To spend a day at Point Reyes Beach.He spent his last days in the warmth of his own bed, surrounded by a few family members, friends, and his YoloCares team.

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formulated questions for his doctors, and nailed down goals of care to work toward. The team taught him how to prioritize and schedule his care and worked with his multiple providers to coordinate medications and care planning. Together, they made Frank’s wishes about his care clear.

Now, in a far more stable place medically and back in Section 8 housing, Frank uses his time making handcrafted toy cars for Shriner’s Children’s Hospital. He builds 100 cars at a time and delivers them to children facing serious illness.

Much like Frank, another patient named Andrew was living out of his car when he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a very serious form of cancer. He had been left homeless when

his family moved out of state, and now faced intensive medical needs while having no coordination of care or safe harbor from which to work towards medical stabilization.

YoloCares helped Andrew get Section 8 housing and began to support him through care navigation, accompanying him on specialist visits to help sort through his diagnosis and treatment options, managing his medication coordination and acting as a liaison and advocate with multiple providers. He now has more stability from which to make plans for the remainder of his life.

A third recent case that illustrates how YoloCares serves as a crucial safety net involves a man named Tom. When the YoloCares team found Tom, he was at another person’s apartment, where he was couch

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surfing. He was lying in filthy pajamas, covered in feces and urine. He was near death with terminal cancer, unable to get up and care for himself, and the person whose apartment he was staying in also struggled with severe illness and could not help.

The YoloCares team worked quickly to clean Tom up and to find a bed for him in a skilled nursing facility.

But skilled nursing beds were hard to find, and time was running out for Tom. While coordinating with area facilities to find a place for Tom, his care team also learned that he had been estranged from his sister — his one living family member — and he was deeply troubled by that.

While half the team worked with skilled nursing staff to move partitions, beds, equipment,

and furniture just to get Tom admitted to a facility, the rest of the team began the detective work of locating and speaking to Tom’s sister.

She was receptive, so the team coordinated and assisted Tom on a Zoom call with her as soon as he was settled into his new bed. He was relieved and deeply touched to have made peace with his sister.

After their conversation he was visibly relaxed. Tom shed years of stress once he was clean, comfortable and cared for in a warm bed with proper medical attention. He passed within two days, after finally being able to feel safe enough to let go.

YoloCares treats the seriously ill wherever they are: their home, their car, a shelter, a riverfront campsite or under a bridge. It is utterly heartbreaking to see how much harder it is for unhoused patients to get the rest and recovery they need. With facility beds being in short supply, it can be nearly impossible for those patients to access safe housing without a care team to advocate on their behalf.

The proposed hospice residence that would be built with ARP funding could help those like Frank, Andrew and Tom by providing a short- or long-term respite in a care center. They would be safe, comfortable, and fully supported. They would have the best possible chance of recovering, when possible, or finding peace at the end of their lives.

For more information or questions about YoloCares or the plans to create a hospice residence, please visit our website at www. yolocares.org.

— Craig Dresang is the CEO of YoloCares.

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THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2021 B7

UCD women prepare to square off against Gonzaga Enterprise staff Looking for a college basketball fix this weekend? Then trek to University Credit Union Center.

That is where the UC Davis women’s basketball team will host one of the top teams in the nation, Gonzaga, in a nonconference game today at 2 p.m. in a battle of two of the top mid-major programs in the nation.

Entering the game, UC Davis is 5-4 and Gonzaga has an 8-2 mark.

UC Davis enters its nonconference finale ranked No. 15 in the latest College Insider Mid-Major poll released on Dec. 14, up one spot from the previous week. The Aggies opened the year at No. 9 in the preseason rankings, marking the highest for the program in that poll since the Aggies stood at No. 8 in the Feb. 27, 2018, poll. The Aggies have been ranked every

week dating back to the final poll of the 2019-20 season.

Gonzaga is receiving votes in the latest USA Today coaches poll and is ranked No. 4, including picking up a first-place vote, in the College Insider poll behind Missouri State, BYU and Florida Gulf Coast.

Gonzaga leads the alltime series with UC Davis by a 3-0 count, but the two programs have not met since a 2008 clash in the WNIT in Spokane, won by the Bulldogs, 81-60.

Today marks the second meeting between the two programs in Davis since a 71-58 Gonzaga victory in 2007. The Bulldogs also posted a 73-70 win in the inaugural meeting in 2006 in Spokane.

To listen to the game, tune into KDVS (90.3 FM).

The game will also air on ESPN+.

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Aggie guard Makaila Sanders (20) drives to the basket against Sacramento State earlier this year at the Golden 1 Center.

Negative test or vaccine card needed to see Aggie men at Spanos Center Special to The Enterprise

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Aggie Elijah Pepper (40), seen going up for a shot last season against UC Santa Barbara, will lead UC Davis against Pacific today. The last time the Aggies squared off against the Tigers, Pepper scored 30 points in the 63-57 victory on Dec. 1.

Fans attending today’s UC Davis men’s basketball game at Pacific in Stockton will be required to show either a vaccine card and ID or a negative COVID test to enter Alex G. Spanos Center.

The revised guideline was set in motion by new requirements set by the California Department of Public Health.

According to UOP’s website, the university has arranged for Prplei, an event management company that coordinates the vaccines checks, to provide an on-site antigen test option that will provide results in about 10 minutes that spectators can purchase.

Local roundup Spectator’s (ages 2 and up) without a card must present a negative test that was completed within two days for PCR tests and within one day for antigen tests.

The on-site test is available for $35.

In addition, fans may bring a home test to the site and complete the test under observation. The testing and observation site is located outside Gate 1.

The vaccine checkpoints will be near all four gates.

The testing and vaccine check sites open 75 minutes prior to game time. The gates to the arena open 60 minutes prior to game time.

The Aggies defeated the Tigers 63-57 behind 30 points from Elijah Pepper on Dec. 1.

Junior Blue Devils The Davis Junior Blue Devils Youth Football is offering a free skills camp.

The skills camps will take place Monday through Wednesday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium. Kids who take part can learn football skills, plus get some exercise and make new friends.

The camp is open to kids second through eighth grade.

To sign up or get more information, visit www. juniorbluedevils.com or email info@juniorbluedevils. com.

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Take a stroll around your neighborhood with friends or family members. On this walk, each of you take one of the cards below and cross out items as you see them. First one to black out the card wins!

very year for over a century, people around the country count birds.

It’s called the Christmas Bird Count. Counting birds every year at the same time and in the same location gives scientists important information about birds and the environment.

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In 2007, Tom Rusert of Sonoma Birding had the idea to include kids in this important “citizen science” effort.

He launched the first Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC) for Kids. It was so successful that now organizations around the country are starting their own CBC for Kids programs, following Rusert’s model.

To learn more about how you could start or join a CBC for Kids, visit: www.audubon.org or www.sonomabirding.com The information helps scientists protect birds and their habitat—and helps identify environmental problems. For example, changes in bird populations can tell about a threat to the environment, such as groundwater poisoning from improper use of pesticides.

Look through today’s newspaper and count the number of eyes you can find in photos, comics, etc.

Have a parent try.

Who found the most?

Observation is an important scientific skill. Look carefully to count each type of bird and complete this graph by coloring in a bar for each one you count on this page.

Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.

Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.

How many of these can you find?

Now make a graph of your results.

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Look through the newspaper for a picture and then study it for one minute. After one minute, cover the image and write down or share with a partner every detail you can remember.

Standards Link: Students observe common objects using the five senses.

Write a paragraph about a bird you like. Explain why you chose this bird.

Include three facts in your report.

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Getting bowled over by college football Y

ou can bowl me over and wake me when it’s done.

Yes, this year there are 44 college football bowl games.

A number of them snuck up on us over the weekend and have already been played. But, if you actually care how Old Dominion fares with Tulsa in the Tax Act Bowl, you still have time to catch it on TV. There were supposed to be “only” 43 bowl games, but at the last minute someone felt sorry for Hawaii and poof, just like that a 44th bowl game was created on the spot. Now we know why it’s called the Football Bowl Subdivision.

It used to be that getting into a bowl game was a distinct reward for a successful season.

Nowadays, if you don’t get a bowl bid, it means your program is headed in the wrong direction.

There are only 130 teams playing FBS football, which means if your team didn’t get a bowl bid, it may be time for the head coach to voluntarily step down and spend more time with the family.

The unofficial bowl game invitation rulebook says you have to have at least six wins during the regular season to qualify for a bowl game, which means a 6-6 record should get you in. Hawaii did indeed have six wins, but it also had seven losses, which was deemed “worthy” of a bowl appearance by the secret committee that decides these things.

Go Rainbow Warriors.

Speaking of Tulsa, I actually

do care how the Golden Hurricane does against Old Dominion, given that our very own UC Davis Aggies routed Tulsa on a muggy early September evening in Oklahoma. Okay, the score was 19-17, but any time an FCS school beats an FBS school, in my book it’s a rout.

Forget about the Tropical Smoothie Café Frisco Bowl,

which is played in Frisco, Texas, not San Francisco, California.

No, the game I’m truly interested in is the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, mostly because I was born with an addiction to mayonnaise, but have never had the pleasure of tasting even a single spoonful of Duke’s Mayo. This strikes me as odd, given that my ancestors arrived in this country from County Mayo, Ireland.

I went to the Duke’s Mayo Website hoping maybe I could get a press credential for the Mayo Bowl, but couldn’t find the proper contact to make my request.

I did, however, learn that Duke’s Mayo likes to brag “It’s Got Twang,” which is apparently desirable on a ham and

cheese sandwich.

I also learned that two tablespoons of Duke’s Mayo has 160 calories, with all 160 of those calories derived from fat. Indeed, that’s real mayonnaise.

However, you do get 10 percent off with shipping, so that reduces it to 144 calories for two tablespoons.

But this is about bowl games, not mayonnaise.

So, here’s my prediction.

When all is said and done, there will be 44 winners and 44 losers, Hawaii included.

And Cincinnati will not win the national championship.

Roll Tide.

— Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Les Curry Invitational

Blue Devils can’t keep up with Mustangs

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor A late comeback seemed to have given the Davis High boys basketball team new life in Friday’s winner’s-bracket game of the 18th annual Les Curry Invitational.

But Rodriguez held off the Blue Devils’ late rally to post a 70-58 victory inside the North Gym. The loss moved Davis (4-4) into Saturday’s third-place game against Del Oro, which fell to Wood 48-47 on a go-ahead basket with 1.2 seconds left in the game.

The Davis-Del Oro game was played on Saturday afternoon. The Rodriguez-Wood title game took place after the Blue Devils and Golden Eagles played.

Trailing 50-34 entering the fourth quarter, Davis wasted no time getting into scoring rhythm. Center Zane Pickus canned a basket to start the quarter at 50-36.

Then after Rodriguez responded with a bucket of its own for a 52-36 score, Davis hit 3-pointers; one each from forwards Younes Chantit and Jackson Isidor and sophomore guard Aidan Crawford. That trimmed the Mustangs’ lead to 56-45.

“That’s what we wanted to do,” said Davis head coach Dan Gonzalez. “That’s what we talked about at halftime.”

Another factor for the Blue Devils in the quarter was rebounds; Davis grabbed seven That quarter saw Davis continue to be that included three offensive. The Blue Dev- aggressive on the boards, grabbing 11 ils finished with 33 in the game. rebounds. Five of those were offensive, setBut Rodriguez countered by making 9 of ting up second chances for the offense.

10 free throws, which included a perfect 4 of Rodriguez held a 15-14 lead going into 4 in the final 51.9 seconds of the game. That the second quarter. That’s when the game made up for about half of its 20 points in turned to the Mustangs’ favor, Rodriguez the final quarter. built a lead that allowed it to hold off a late The Mustangs were quick Blue Devils rally to reach the to gallop to pull the basketball championship game of the off missed Blue Devil shots, invitational. moving the ball quickly to the Davis had six turnovers — south end of the gym.

16 in the game — in the secAlthough Davis battled from DHS leading scorers: ond quarter. Rodriguez the first second of the quarter Jackson Isidor 13, Collin recorded buckets on three of until the end, Rodriguez held Carpenter 10. those six turnovers. on to post the victory.

“It just wasn’t a character “We were getting a lot of first half for us,” Gonzalez empty possessions; we’d get the steal, but said. “For some reason, we let that dictate then we’d just coughed it up,” Gonzalez pace.” said. “We were hesitant to shoot shots.

Forward Collin Carpenter, a junior, was a When we do that, we turned it over before one-man show to start the first quarter for we even get another shot.” the Blue Devils. He grabbed offensive and Entering the third quarter, Rodriguez, defensive rebounds, scored two baskets and which held a 34-21 halftime lead, continued went to the free throw line after being its scoring ways behind Jerel Victor, LeRoy fouled on one of his baskets. That all led to Bryant and Vernon Jusuitus, all of whom Davis holding a 4-0 lead. combined for 11 of their team’s 19 points in But Rodriguez, behind its athletic line-up the quarter. of Justiz Wilson, Bryant, Joseph Gould,

Mustangs 70, Devils 58

Left, Davis High’s Noah Salmon (4) drives againt Rodriguez center Cameron Brewer in Thursday’s Les Curry Invitational game. Below, Blue Devil Jack Anderson (10) goes up for a rebound in a sea of players.

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Cameron Brewer and Victor, chipped away at Davis’ short-lived lead. That included Victor hitting back-to-back 3-pointers, which helped the Mustangs race to an 8-6 lead.

Davis point guard Colin Walsh made 2 of 2 free throws with 1:22 remaining on the clock in the opening quarter, which tied the game at 12-12. But the Mustangs’ Noah Salmon hit a 3-pointer under a minute left to give the Mustangs the lead for good.

Isidor was the Blue Devils’ leading scorer with 13 points. Carpenter followed with 10 points, Crawford nine, Walsh and Chantit six each and forward Will Ackerman five.

Bryant had 24 points for the Mustangs, which included a perfect 8 for 8 at the free throw lines. Victor had 19 points.

After Saturday’s game, Davis concludes nonleague action next week. The Blue Devils will play at the Fairfield Holiday Classic Tournament, which runs Tuesday, Dec. 28, through Thursday, Dec. 28. Davis opens the tournament against Liberty Ranch of Galt on Dec. 28 at 5 p.m.

— Contact Mike Bush at mike@ davisenterprise.net. Follow on Twitter: @MBDavisSports.

Successful college coaches are great teachers

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teph Curry’s record for most NBA 3-point shots made may stand forever.

Besides being among the greatest shooters of all time, Curry, at age 32 still has plenty of productive years/seasons remaining to extend his 3-point marksmanship. Congratulations to one of the class acts of our time. n Hazing of any sort, in any sport, be it pro, college, high school or pee-wee, must never be condoned under any circumstances. Perpetrators or enablers must be dealt with severely. n College football coaching vs.

NFL coaching ... first of all, they are two different games.

A college head coach can boss around a sophomore linebacker.

Trying to do the same thing to a five-year NFL veteran is tantamount to getting your walking papers. Especially if the pro

player is a significant team contributor.

This generation’s most successful college football coach is Nick Saban, who lasted two years with the Miami Dolphins before answering Alabama’s call.

What about Pete Carroll, you say? Well, Carroll was fired by both the New York Jets and New England Patriots before going to USC. The most successful NFL-tocollege coach? Jim Harbaugh.

He coached the San Francisco 49ers to a Super Bowl, against his brother John’s Baltimore Ravens, and is now in the College Football Playoff. Still, Harbaugh took considerable abuse in Ann Arbor for failure to beat Ohio State, a streak that ended last month.

It should be noted that Harbaugh coached at University of

San Diego prior to the 49ers.

Successful college coaches are great teachers. They pick up where high school coaches left off. NFL coaches get to coach the best athletes on a football field. Some, however, have gotten by on pure athletic ability and their fundamentals aren’t where they need to be. This type doesn’t last long. n In one of the shortest NFL tenures ever, Urban Meyer lasted 13 games, winning two, with the Jacksonville Jaguars, before he

was fired last week. Meyer never grasped the concept that there is a difference between college and NFL players, as outlined in the item above. That, plus several off-the-field episodes, expedited his eventual departure.

Makes one wonder why Jaguars owner Shad Khan would hire someone like Meyer in the first place. Now comes the dance as to whether Meyer was fired for cause or not.

Millions of Meyer’s contract dollars hinge on the outcome n Don’t know whose idea it was for an early signing period, but it’s thrown college football into a tizzy.

It’s also created a feeding frenzy amongst coaches around the country. Every time a coach takes a new job, it creates a domino effect. Power 5 athletics

directors fell all over themselves to sign “hot” coaches at exorbitant compensation. Beneficiaries? Coaches and their families.

Is this good for the game, good for the universities?

Would have to say no. n When two NFL teams vying for postseason positioning get together and played almost flawless football, you get a game like the Kansas City Chiefs-Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday. n The longest bowl game name, all 36 letters of it, was yesterday’s Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La. — The longtime radio and television color man on UC Davis football broadcasts, Doug Kelly is director of communications for Battlefields2Ballfields and managing general partner of Kelly & Associates. Contact him at DKelly1416@aol.com.