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By Anne Ternus-Bellamy

As the holiday season approaches, California district attorneys urge everyone to do their part to keep alcohol- and drugimpaired drivers off the roadways.

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“While these numbers may not seem to be extreme compared to larger counties, that doesn’t mean anything to a victim’s family,” Aiello added. Yolo

The same day the UC Davis Genome Center reported the presence of the Omicron variant in Davis, the county also reported one of the highest one-day new case totals the city has experienced.

Of the 110 new cases reported countywide on Wednesday, 49 involved Davis residents.

Earlier on Wednesday, the county had reported an outbreak related to a workplace holiday party in Davis.

That party led to at least 16 cases of COVID-19, 10 of them caused by the Omicron variant.

Omicron is now responsible for more than 40 percent of new COVID-19 cases in Yolo County, according to Healthy Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson.

And cases have been rising overall.

The county reported 292 cases between Dec. 16-22, up from 180 during the seven days prior.

The county also reported three more COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, bringing to eight the number of COVID-19 deaths in Yolo County reported in December, all in Woodland and West Sacramento.

But just two people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Yolo County’s

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Alarm bells sound on DUIs

By Lauren Keene Enterprise writer Mike Dodson lived an active life — one that included biking thousands of miles of trails, well into his 70s.

The 76-year-old Dodson often pedaled with his local bike club, and was doing just that when an alleged drunk driver struck him last July on Sacramento’s American River Parkway. Dodson died from his injuries three weeks later.

Authorities say the driver, who had a revoked license, was under the influence when he drove onto the bike path at 9 a.m. that day. He now faces

murder, gross vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run charges.

Dodson’s death was among a widespread surge in DUIrelated fatalities to occur over the past year, according to nearly a dozen California district attorneys who held an online news conference Wednesday to call attention to the alarming trend.

Their message: As the holiday season approaches, everyone must do their part to keep alcohol- and drug-impaired drivers off the roadways.

“We are sounding the alarm on a significant increase in the

number of DUI fatalities that are occurring on our streets of our state,” said Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, whose office recently experienced a 125-percent boost in case filings involving DUI-related deaths.

Those cases involve charges of vehicular manslaughter as well as murder, the latter in rare but extreme situations where the defendant has a prior DUI conviction and received warnings about the dangers of impaired driving.

Yolo County underwent a similar trend, with the number of deadly DUI cases rising from

one in 2020 to five in 2021, the highest in five years’ time.

“This year’s increase is dramatic and noticeable, even for a county of Yolo’s size,” said Melinda Aiello, Yolo County assistant chief deputy district attorney. “These five cases highlight what’s been going on statewide, and demonstrates the need for this outreach campaign.”

Bowen named Citizen of the Year

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer People over the years have likened Bob Bowen to Forrest Gump — invariably present at the significant events and moments that have helped to define the city of Davis for more than four decades.

The difference, of course, is Bowen wasn’t just always in the right place at the right time; he was, more often than not, the mastermind creating those events and ensuring they were pulled off without a hitch.

There were the smaller events: a dog park dedication or serving as emcee for a city employee service award ceremony. And there

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were big ones: creating the beloved annual Davis Children’s Nutcracker; preparing the city to host the start of the Amgen Tour of California bicycle race; or leading the effort to bring the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame to Davis.

As the longtime head of public relations for the city of Davis (until his retirement a year ago) Bowen was involved in all of it — dreaming up a new event or activity and then making it happen.

But outside his city job, Bowen made a similar impact, serving as a volunteer for numerous local nonprofits, schools,

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Bob Bowen, city of Davis’ public relations manager, waves from the seat of his highwheeler bicycle in the 2014 Picnic Day Parade.

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Briefly Woman killed in Woodland crash An Oregon woman lost her life Wednesday night in a chain collision in Woodland, the California Highway Patrol reported.

At least six other people were hurt in the crash, which occurred shortly after 5 p.m. on southbound Interstate 5 north of the Highway 113 off ramp.

According to the CHP, the driver of a southbound Ford saw traffic stopped ahead, but did not stop the vehicle in time to avoid a collision.

Carol Hopp, 72 sustained fatal injuries in the crash. Occupants of two other vehicles, also from Oregon, were treated for minor injuries. The wreckage blocked both lanes for more than two hours.

Trio accused of theft spree Two people pleaded not guilty and a third is due in court next week in connection with a West Sacramento organized retail theft case, according to the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office.

Sacramento residents Hank McGee and Mark Ray, both 61, were arraigned Thursday in Yolo Superior Court on theft and conspiracy charges. Satin Bowman, 45, also of Sacramento, is scheduled to be arraigned Monday, prosecutors said in a news release.

West Sacramento police arrested the trio Tuesday after months of investigation.

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Testing times with the coronavirus I was watching the president on TV a few days before Christmas when he said he knows “how tired, worried and frustrated ” we are.

I don’t know how he knows that, but he’s right.

Indeed, I’m tired of winter, worried about our PG&E bill and frustrated that Joe Manchin has become the de-facto president of the United States.

Other than that, things are pretty good.

I mean, I’ve become accustomed to wearing a mask at most hours of the day and have been told on numerous occasions that I actually look better when masked.

I also make sure I’m wearing a shirt with a pocket so I can quickly whip out my vaccination card that shows I got my first shot from some guy on an East Davis street corner, my second shot in the drive-through lane at Jack-in-theBox and my booster shot from the kind folks at Safeway in Dixon.

The Safeway pharmacist even gave me a coupon good for 10

percent off my next grocery purchase all the way up to $200.

Makes me think I’ll probably go back for another shot.

The president did say he plans to mail out a late Christmas present consisting of half a billion home COVID tests to Americans that want one.

Given that we’re supposed to test early and often, half a billion is probably several billion tests short of what’s actually needed if all Americans get on board with regular testing.

At the same time as the president was making his gift announcement, I opened the newspaper to read “Experts say

the best way to protect yourself against Omicron is to get tested frequently, socially distance, get vaccinated and boosted, and wear a face mask indoors.”

I agree with all of that except the claim that getting tested regularly will protect me from contracting COVID. Testing will indeed help to protect our society as a whole by identifying and isolating those with the virus, but the test itself has no preventative qualities.

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s valuable as testing is as part of an overall strategy to conquer or at least control this nasty virus, a negative test can give a person a false sense of security.

You can show proof of a negative COVID test within the last four days and get into a basketball game or your favorite restaurant, but all that proves is that four days ago you most likely did not have the virus.

But it doesn’t even remotely indicate that you don’t have the

virus now. After all, there’s an exact point in time where you go from being healthy and COVIDfree to being infected.

In his most recent address to the nation, the president did his best to scare the pants off the unvaccinated, but there’s just no accounting for stubbornness. Or stupidity.

Witness the booing that Donald Trump endured at one of his own rallies when he not only admitted he had been vaccinated, but that he had received a booster as well.

Oddly, it was the Trump administration that put a high priority on the quick development of a vaccine, yet it’s largely Trump supporters who are now the most resistant to receiving the vaccine.

Even Joe Biden admits that the wisdom of vaccination is probably the only thing he and Donald Trump happen to agree on.

If these two square again off in 2024, I suspect they will no longer be in agreement on anything.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

BOWEN: Center of countless city celebrations From Page A1 community theater and more.

“Whenever there is a community festival, celebration or event, Bob is the conductor, a gifted impresario who makes everything not just happen, but happen with style and excitement,” said former state Sen. Lois Wolk, who served as Davis mayor during part of Bowen’s tenure.

“When anyone working on a community event saw that Bob was involved, they knew it was going to be something special,” she said. “For example, the city employee awards ceremony saw him rappelling down from the Varsity Theatre ceiling with (former) City Manager John Meyer, and on another occasion, he dragooned a locomotive to bring City Council members and assorted children in costume to the station for a historical commemoration. He is a one-man Davis booster, and the entire city is his stage.”

Assistant City Manager Kelly Stachowicz would agree.

“If I look back on what has made Davis special to me and my family over the past 20 years, the common denominator is inevitably Bob,” she said. “From the Davis Children’s Nutcracker to participating in the Picnic Day Parade, from being able to explain the history of the highwheel bike to visitors, to my then-5-year old son’s memory of ‘that time we saw the Harry Potter movie in a downtown street’ — Bob’s creative mind, unlimited energy and unbridled love for this community have made these experiences and memories possible.”

That impact on the city of Davis and its people, particularly its children, is why Bowen is this year’s recipient of the annual “Citizen of the Year Award” (formerly referred to as the Covell Award). Likely the only reason he didn’t received the award earlier is that city employees are not eligible.

Now in his first year of retirement, he is.

“Knowing his five decades of service to the people of Davis — not only in an official capacity, but through countless labors of love outside his civic career — I speak on behalf of the many friends and colleagues of Bob Bowen who

wish to nominate the local icon as Citizen of the Year,” wrote former Davis Enterprise editor Debbie Davis in a nomination letter.

Bowen, said Davis, “may have undertaken some of his many activities as part of his job, but he always went above and beyond to create joyful celebrations that are integral to what makes Davis special for all of us.

“And in these challenging times of COVID-19, don’t we all need a bit of joy in our lives?”

The many ways that Bowen brought joy to the lives of Davisites is too long to list. But suffice it to say, any child that grew up in this city has him to thank for favorite childhood memories: from the aforementioned Davis Children’s Nutcracker, Picnic Day parade tand Harry Potter movies in the street, to Rainbow Summer camp, the holiday tree lighting and parade and so much more.

“Can you imagine any social event in Davis without Bob at the center of it, usually wearing his Uncle Sam costume?” asked Bev Sykes, longtime community theater supporter.

“When I think of Bob, I think of the mobile stage, I think of how excited he was to discover an inflatable movie screen that he could set up in the park in the summertime, I think of parades and television coverage. And I think of how ‘The Davis Children’s Nutcracker’ grew from a 70-kid production to an event serving more than 250 kids each year. Bob is the social center of Davis, and it would be quite a different town without him.”

Bowen got his start in city service with the parks and recreation department not long after arriving in Davis as a high school student in 1968. He was serving as Davis High School’s student body president in his senior year when he was also asked by the city to lead its first summer teen program.

“That’s how I originally got involved in recreation,” he said.

After working as a temporary part-time recreation leader, Bowen was eventually hired full-time, “and stuck around with the city for 43 years,” he said.

He even sharpened his event-planning skills as a student at UC Davis, where

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he got involved managing the Picnic Day parade and later served as operations chair for all of Picnic Day. “I learned as an undergraduate how to throw a party for 50,000 people,” he said with a chuckle.

“I thought, ‘Well, those are great skills; I don’t know if I’ll ever get paid for it.’ But it kind of turned out those skills have been applicable over the years … using the community as a venue to do something worthwhile that will benefit citizens in the community.

“Whether it’s the physical set-up or how things work, or fireworks on the Fourth of July or stages or lights or sound, trash and portable restrooms and traffic control — all these strange and unusual skills I’ve been able to apply.”

And the people of Davis have been the beneficiaries.

Bowen, though, says the people of Davis made it all possible.

“I feel a little bit embarrassed getting called out for things I’ve done when people quietly for years have done and continue to do amazing things, that don’t want any publicity,” he said.

“So its kind of humbling,” Bowen said of being named Citizen of the Year.

“People say it takes a village and it really does in Davis,” Bowen added.

“There are so many people … that pop up and seem to make things run — the

ones that roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty and set up tables and chairs and clean up afterwards. Those are the folks that make so much happen in Davis and I’ve been fortunate enough to work with most of them.”

Bowen also credits his wife, Kate, a longtime Davis teacher, for her support “during my Davis community endeavors.

“Plus she puts up with all the craziness around the Bowen home when it comes to event crunch time,” he noted.

Parents of four and grandparents to five, the Bowens plan to focus on travel — when it’s safe to do so — and visiting family and friends during their retirement.

But Bowen won’t be disappearing from the local stage entirely.

Even in retirement he was the go-to person for Healthy Davis Together when the city-university partnership wanted to find a way to incentivize residents to get tested for COVID-19.

His longtime connections to local businesses paved the way for purchasing and distributing gift cards that not only rewarded those who were testing but also helped the local businesses themselves.

People still reach out for

advice “for how to get stuff done,” Bowen said recently.

“Luckily, I’ve been able to provide some input for events that have come up.”

One was the recent Zombie bike parade. Bowen gave some advice and ideas to organizer Aaron Wedra and then was recruited to serve as emcee when zombie parachuters landed in Community Park at the end of the ride.

“I said, ‘Sure. Zombies flying through the air? I’m up for that.’”

As for being named Citizen of the Year, Bowen said the award is humbling, “but on the other hand, it’s nice to know that your efforts haven’t landed you on a wanted poster in a post office somewhere.

“It’s nice that people have benefited from some of the things and the programs that I’ve been involved in,” he said. “And these events and activities have become part of the fabric of the community.

Said former Enterprise editor Davis: “It has been the ‘Bowen touch’ that has played a mighty role in making Davis the welcoming, nurturing and progressive community it is today.

“Davis owes Bob Bowen a tip of its collective cap — and there is no better way to celebrate him than by honoring him as the Citizen of the Year.”

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wo weeks before Stephen Spielberg’s remake of “West Side Story” debuted, I was on a flight where one of the entertainment choices was the original version. I became immersed in version 1 and eager to see version 2.

Soon after we got home, my husband found an empty theater and we saw the show, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

But here’s how Richard Brody, movie listings editor of the New Yorker, opened his online review of Spielberg’s remake.

“A rich and famous artist spends a hundred million dollars to revive a corpse with the blood of young people. The creature is still alive, but barely, and the infusion leaves it deader than when it started.”

Apparently, words that nasty can’t be wasted, so a couple of days later the New Yorker featured them on its daily email to subscribers. Clearly, someone knew that sheer meanness would lead people to click over to read the whole review (and accompanying advertisements, of course.)

The malice of the review made me angry. Does Richard Brody acknowledge that Stephen Spielberg is a human being? Does he recognize that all human beings act out of some urges that are

inexplicable, and that it is fairly likely — because Spielberg, 75, is indeed rich and famous and never has to make another movie if he doesn’t want to — that his new film comes from a deep place?

Has Brody considered that Spielberg might have a profound history with the movie, which Spielberg has said he “completely fell in love with” as a child? Isn’t that love more likely to be motivating him than a desire to make money or, as Brody puts it, to revive a corpse?

And why does Brody fail to mention that Rita Moreno, a star in the old movie and executive producer of the new one, clearly wanted to create a new version, too?

In a much more balanced review, Jim Beckerman of NorthJersey.com, points out that “West Side Story,” which came to Broadway in 1957, had a profound influence on subsequent musicals, another reason for us to see it again.

Before “West Side Story,” death was rare on stage, interracial love absent. Never was a minority group treated as a powerful, human force. For all the cultural “mistakes” you can find in the first “West Side Story,” the show was ground-breaking. White

people did not come out on top.

———— Some of Spielberg’s changes in the remake are no-brainers (for example, Maria and Tony sing their own songs) but some must have resulted from many days of creative study and thought.

The decision to include untranslated Spanish? Loved it.

The transition to an even uglier more impoverished New York?

Believable. Rita Moreno in a new role? Fabulous.

As in other musicals, dancing breaks out of nowhere, always a strange part of the genre but one that I’ve learned to accept.

The only thing that landed wrong with me was the live band that played at a dance in this rough neighborhood. Who had money for that?

Reviewer Brody sees no chemistry between Maria and Tony, which he blames on a seven-year age difference between the

actors. But actors often differ in age from the characters they play.

I bought their connection, especially when Maria initiated their first kiss within moments of meeting Tony.

I had a little more trouble accepting Tony as an ex-con.

Could he still be so gentle?

Maybe.

———— Perhaps people in my demographic celebrate this movie, whatever flaws we perceive.

What demographic am I talking about?

Well, even though I lived near New York, I was too young to see “West Side Story” on Broadway but old enough, 14, to catch the movie (1961) when I was very impressionable. My parents bought me the record. I memorized every song.

The story of Maria and Tony’s passionate, illicit love shaped my thinking as a girl from an allwhite suburb. When I started dating, I actually sought boys who were different from me.

“West Side Story” taught me that the future of America lay in encouraging people from different cultures to love each other. It was a lesson that stuck.

———— “West Side Story” is a musical

that makes me feel real and enlivened and as tightly connected to the human condition as I’m ever going to be. This does not happen during every moment of both movies, but often enough.

Movie reviewer Richard Brody basks in his own cleverness, but he got it mean and he got it wrong.

Spielberg was reaching for the stars in attempting a remake.

He grasped at least some of them. It makes me sad that the show seems to be drawing primarily older people because I think it also offers joys for the young.

The content isn’t as novel and earth-shattering as it was in 1957, but Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” on which “West Side Story” is based, has also demonstrated impressive longevity.

There’s nothing wrong with mounting a new rendition.

I hope that somewhere out in the stratosphere, Spielberg will hear not only hear the loud whine of one venomous critic, but also the 94% applause rating on rottentomatoes.com and admiring voices like mine, too.

— Marion Franck has lived in Davis for more than 40 years.

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Friends of the Library keep books on the move

By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer By late September, Logos Books, a small used bookstore on Second Street, was bustling again with the return of UC Davis students. A snippet of hushed phone conversation drifted above the shelves. “Like, proper books,” a student whispered — part excitement, part astonishment — thumbing through a crisp paperback with a price of $4 penciled on page one.

For readers who embrace the serendipity of the used bookstore, it’s hard to beat Logos for selection or affordability.

Despite the cramped quarters — more than five customers at once can feel like a crowd — the store is well stocked in fiction, classics, poetry, biography, history, children’s books and many other categories. Recent offerings have included best-sellers by Kazuo Ishiguro, Jesmyn Ward, Min Jin Lee and others.

Only a handful of items are priced above $5.

What the customers plopping books down next to the cash register may not know is that the books at Logos are just one part of a sprawling operation run by the Friends of the Davis Public Library, a local nonprofit, and with their purchase they’ve effectively made a donation to the local library.

For the past several decades, the Friends of the Library have supported the Mary L. Stevens branch of the Yolo County Library by raising money to fund special programs, supplement the library’s inventory and purchase equipment.

The group has primarily raised funds by selling donated books. Until the pandemic, the Friends held a weekend-long book sale every other month in a room at the library. All the money raised — at one or two dollars per book — was channeled back into the library.

Last year, COVID-19 precautions interrupted the indoor sales for several months before ultimately transforming them. Since August 2020, the Friends have held outdoor book sales every Friday in the library parking lot. The sales, which run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., feature thousands of books organized by category on half a dozen or so tables. The prices, generally a dollar or

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The Friends of the Library purchased Logos Books in 2017. An all-volunteer staff run the store as an extension of the Friends fundraising activities for the library. two, haven’t changed.

For years, the pop-up book sales — first indoor, now outdoor — were the Friends’ bread and butter.

Then, in 2017, the nonprofit arrived at a crossroads. Former Logos owners Peter and Susan Linz were retiring. Wanting to pass the store on to a nonprofit, they offered the Friends the opportunity to purchase Logos and its inventory.

The Friends’ board members discussed the proposal. It seemed risky.

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If things didn’t go well, some worried, the store’s lease could bankrupt their whole organization.

“There was much apprehension about the idea of running a retail bookstore,” said Logos manager Phil Coleman, a former Davis police chief. “First off, what do we know about retail?”

In February 2017, the Friends took over Logos’ lease and reopened the store as an extension of its fundraising activities. “We bought a whole bunch of

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bookcases, shuffled things around and opened the store on a wing and a prayer,” Coleman said.

“The first month, we made money.”

Having free inventory and a volunteer labor force, it turned out, was a decent business model.

After setting aside money to pay the rent, nearly all of Logos’ revenue benefits the library. Volunteers manage the store’s operations, keep the shelves stocked and work the cash register in four-hour shifts.

There’s even a group of women who mend damaged books.

“The only person who earns money at Logos is the lady who comes to clean,” said Mabel Correa, a retired journalist and Logos’ area expert on books in languages other than English.

The Friends’ corps of a few dozen volunteers maintain a carefully orchestrated balance, receiving boxes upon boxes

of donations, putting some books up for sale on Fridays and selecting a smaller number to be sold at Logos. “There’s a dance going on,” Correa said.

After a book is donated — some are handed over in bags, others dropped down a chute at the library — volunteers sort them into categories so they can be displayed at one of the Friday sales. Occasionally an eye-catching book will be plucked out for the library or a particular shelf at Logos, but most donations that are in good condition are included in the weekly parking lot sales.

When the sales close, a little after 3 p.m., Logos’ area experts — Friends members with some expertise in a particular field — conduct a sweep of the remaining books, culling the best of them to stock their sections at Logos.

The books that don’t sell, either at Logos or in the library parking lot, are packed into boxes and

taken away by an organization called Better World Books, which ships them to prisons and reading programs and to other countries. The organization pays the Friends a nominal fee for the books.

At any given time, the Friends may have hundreds of boxes of books, waiting either to be sold or shipped away, piled up in the library’s storage rooms.

“We have quite a bit of inventory,” said Friends of the Library President Rory Osborne.

Over the past year, the group has seen an uptick in donations thanks in part to pandemic-related quirks in their supply chain. The closure of many used bookstores, which once competed with the Friends for secondhand books, has led book donors from around the region to seek out the Friends. “We have people making special trips from the Bay

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ALARM: Similar stories from all over From Page A1 County law enforcement is responding to the problem with increased enforcement, including DUI checkpoints and increased patrols.

Aiello noted that one of Yolo County’s pending cases involved a double fatality — a February collision in West Sacramento that killed the parents of two young children who also were in the vehicle, but survived.

District attorneys from other California counties told similarly grim tales: Two deaths on the same Thanksgiving weekend day in Placer County. In Kern County, more than twice the DUI-related deaths — from 11 to 26 — compared to the year before. A 100-percent increase in repeat DUI offenders in Fresno County in addition to the boost in impaireddriving fatalities.

“Our hearts break with these cases,” said Placer County District Attorney Morgan Gire, whose county launched a safety campaign targeting patrons of local bars and restaurants.

“These are cases from a prosecutor’s standpoint that you remember more than others. They really leave a lasting impression.”

It was San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan who first called attention to the surge as her jurisdiction recently tallied the most DUI deaths in two decades.

While prior years brought an average of 15 to

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Yolo County Assistant Chief Deputy District Attorney Melinda Aiello, top right, displays a chart showing the rise in fatal DUI cases her office filed over the past year.

20 fatalities, that number soared to 33 in 2020, and again to 37 so far in 2021.

The offenders’ average blood-alcohol content also rose on average to 0.18 percent, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08.

Additionally, more than half the arrested drivers displayed a combination of alcohol and drugs in their systems, including marijuana and prescription drugs, “which produce a much higher level of impairment,” Stephan said.

Several of the prosecutors attributed these shifts to the effects of the COVID pandemic, including high stress levels triggering increased drug and alcohol consumption. Some also blamed changes in legislation that lowered consequences for misdemeanor crimes, which include

DUIs that don’t result in injuries or deaths.

“It feels like we’re in a time that we have suspended reality, where the rules don’t seem to apply, where people have lost track of their connections,” Stephan said. “Before the holidays, we need to stop this trend. We need to look at each other and be our brother’s keeper, our sister’s keeper.”

“It is going to take all of us to make a change,” added Rhonda Campbell, a victim advocate for Mothers Against Drunk Driving California, whose 12-yearold sister lost her life in a DUI crash more than four decades ago, “and that pain never goes away.”

DUIs are “100 percent preventable 100 percent of the time,” Campbell said, noting that alcohol-related

tragedies can be avoided by taking advantage of rideshare services, public transportation and designated drivers — “and not the least intoxicated person in your group.”

Those hosting parties during the upcoming holidays can play a role by offering nonalcoholic drink options and plenty of snacks, monitoring guests for impairment and, if need be, taking away their keys and have them stay the night.

“My challenge is, be the person who steps up to do the right thing,” Campbell said. “The lives you save are precious to somebody.”

— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise .net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene.

CASES: Testing added at skilled nursing facilities From Page A1 hospitals on Thursday, both of them unvaccinated.

———— With the spread of Omicron presenting particular danger to residents of skilled nursing facilities, Yolo County’s health officer on Thursday issued a new health order requiring individuals working in those facilities to test for COVID-19 twice a week regardless of vaccination status.

Visitors must also provide proof of a negative test regardless of vaccination status — a negative test within one day for antigen tests and within two days for PCR tests.

Exceptions will be made in the case of compassionate care visits, such as for a dying resident.

The health order takes effect on Monday and will remain in effect through Jan. 31 unless otherwise ordered by Dr. Aimee Sisson.

In issuing the new health order, Sisson said, “the highly transmissible Omicron variant will be difficult to stop once it is introduced into a

skilled nursing facility, so we need to take additional steps to keep the virus out of these facilities in the first place.

“Requiring everybody entering a facility to have a recent negative test for COVID-19 is a critical step to keep residents safe.”

While vaccinations, including booster doses, provide vital protection against serious COVID-19 disease, older adults with underlying conditions may still develop severe COVID-19 illness despite vaccination, the county noted in a press release.

Testing all individuals entering skilled nursing facilities will reduce introduction of the virus into facilities, the county said. Because even fully vaccinated and boosted individuals can become infected with the Omicron variant, verifying staff and visitor vaccination status is not sufficient to protect vulnerable residents.

Skilled nursing facilities in Yolo County have been hard hit by COVID-19. Of the county’s 266 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, 27 percent

occurred among residents of skilled nursing facilities.

The new health order will affect a total of six facilities in Davis, Woodland and West Sacramento: Alderson Convalescent Hospital, Cottonwood Post-Acute Rehab, Courtyard Healthcare Center, River Bend Nursing Center, University Retirement Community and Woodland Skilled Nursing.

———— The UC Davis Genome Center reported Thursday it identified 46 Omicron variants among the 108 positive cases found during the week of Dec. 12-18.

Those 108 positive cases marked an increase over the 73 the previous week even as testing declined, likely due to winter break at UC Davis.

The genome center performed 25,811 tests the week of Dec. 12-18, down from 32,515 the prior week and 44,699 the week before that.

— Reach Anne Ternus-Bellamy at aternus@davisenterprise.net.

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FRIENDS: Moving books, and helping library From Page A3 Area to donate books,” Coleman said.

Not infrequently, the Friends receive large donations. “Sometimes, a professor at the university passes away and his widow calls and says, ‘We have a huge library. Come and take whatever you want,’” Correa said.

The fundraising model — gathering high-quality donated books and selling them at low prices — achieves a dual objective.

It helps circulate old books to new readers while earning a few dollars at a time to bolster the library’s resources. “The purpose of the Friends,” the group’s website states, “is to promote the Library as a cultural center for the city of Davis.”

In total, the Friends raise about $105,000 per year for the library, Osborne told The Enterprise. The money, which supplements funding the library receives from the county budget, is earmarked specifically for the Mary L. Stevens branch in Davis, though some of it

From Page A1 they reached out to local farmers. Their first purchases in bulk were produce, spices, cheese, nuts and things like that.”

As time went on the buying club evolved into a cooperative, and once they moved into a storefront, The Davis Food Co-op was born. Seeing as the business’ roots are planted in the community, it only seems fitting that nowadays its 10,000 owners are from the community it serves.

“What makes us unique is that while there’s other grocery stores locally owned, we’re the only one in Davis that’s legitimately owned by the Davis community,” said Marchese. “They’re people that shop here on a daily basis and have a say in our board of directors, which are nine voted on by the other owners. They plan for what the future of the Co-op looks like and put money into improving the store and getting local vendors.”

Like with any organization, however, there’s no shortage of challenges.

Beyond getting through COVID, the Co-op contends with corporateowned grocery stores that can afford to drop prices on a whim. Moreover, they’re trying to keep

their own prices low while also trying to support the local farmers and vendors sharing the same struggle.

“I love the fact that we’re community owned in a place like Davis that’s so community-minded.

We always know where we stand with our owners and the community,” said Marchese. “The thing I like most working here is that at any given moment, we’re all we got. We can reach out to other co-ops for ideas, but there’s no corporate oversight to tell us what to do. We collaborate with the community that owns the store and that’s a unique thing.”

Although a part of the National Cooperative of Grocers, The Davis Food Co-op maintains its business autonomy. For instance, come Jan. 22, the Co-op will be hosting a wellness fair and a love fair on Feb 19. To stay upto-date on all things Davis Food Co-op, visit their website at davisfood. coop and their social media accounts by searching davisfoodcoop on Instagram and Facebook.

Or visit in person at 620 G St. and see the vast selection of local produce and products up close.

— Reach Aaron Geerts at aaron.geerts@ mcnaughton.media.

Obituary Virginia Joan Mason 1928 — 2021

“Joan” is remembered as a loving, vivacious, funny and creative person, dedicated to creating the good life for herself, her family and her friends. She loved to cook, and made a lifelong study of the art and science of food. She specialized in international cuisine which was a wonderful gift to her family and friends.

Joan was an avid reader who consumed a book a week on a wide range of topics, enjoying novels, history, biography and more. She was an enthusiastic traveler, always planning her next trip, eager to enhance her view of the wider world.

She traveled throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and Central and South America, and reflected her passion for travel in the artifacts that made the spirit of her home.

Joan was also a lifelong learner, achieving her degree in anthropology

later in life and subsequently participating in a number of MASON archeological digs.

She loved singing and dancing, and participated in community theater.

Her family and friends remember her beautiful voice and her scene stealing performance as “Bloody Mary” in “South Pacific,” among other performances. Born in California, she lived in Wisconsin, Florida, South America and Louisiana.

Joan is survived by her husband of 73 years, William Mason, and their children Todd (Imelda), Paula, Nicole (Glen Gibson) and Hunter (Owen Howlett). She also leaves behind 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She will be missed by all those who loved her.

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Logos’ acquisitions manager Paul Takushi organizes books inside the store in downtown Davis. goes towards countywide programs.

Recently, funding from the Friends has helped the library run children’s reading, science and art programs, purchase puppets for story times, buy a 3-D printer, pay for online subscriptions, sponsor annual Juneteenth events, refresh the selection of children’s books and buy a popcorn

machine — reportedly a “huge hit” at pre-pandemic movie nights.

“Friends of the Library provide a very generous support for the Davis library,” said Lana Harman, a local librarian and Early Learning Services Coordinator at the Mary L. Stevens branch.

The Friends have suspended their weekly book

sales for the next few weeks. They are scheduled to resume Jan. 28. The group is always accepting new members and volunteers. For more information, visit davislibraryfriends.org.

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

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Village Pizza & Grill to close next month I t has not been a good year for my favorite Davis restaurants. De Vere’s Irish Pub shuttered in September. In midJanuary, Village Pizza & Grill will too.

Village Pizza & Grill opened in August 2009, turning a landmark two-story Craftsman house at the corner of Fourth and G streets into a popular, eclectic restaurant. It has a large outdoor patio with heaters and a fire pit, dining on both levels, space for small or large parties, and a menu to please everyone.

The restaurant, at 403 G St., offers artisan pizzas, sandwiches, burgers, salads, pastas, and Persian foods like stew and kabobs.

Many of the items showcase breads from Village Bakery.

Plus, there was always good local beer and wine list.

Owner Aziz Fattahi’s “village” also includes the new Village Pizza & Pints at 236 B St., Village Bakery at 814 Second St., and a wholesale production bakery at 2828 Spafford St. Fattahi said while Pizza & Pints is doing OK, the revenue at the full-service Pizza & Grill is not enough to keep it open. (He refers to them as “Pints” and “Grill.”) Pints is a fast-casual concept, where you order at the counter from a short menu of single-size pizzas, salads and pasta. Grill offers table service and an extensive, varied menu.

He hopes to move most of his Grill employees to his other locations, but tips will be significantly less.

Fattahi owns both restaurant properties. He said he may reopen the Grill if he “can muster enough energy” but it likely would have a shorter menu with just counter service. If not, he may consider leasing it to another owner-operator but he’s not ready to make that call.

Pre-pandemic, the Grill was thriving seven days a week for lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. Today, it’s operating four days — Wednesdays through Saturdays — from 4 to 9 p.m.

“A lot of businesses came from the university, and older people who would come get together regularly at lunch,” he said Wednesday. “With COVID, I don’t see them coming.”

He said he may keep two or three popular items from the Grill’s menu for Pizza & Pints, but “it’s an Italian restaurant and I want to keep it that way.” He’s thinking about a burger. I advocated for the beet and goat cheese salad.

Fattahi hasn’t set a closing date but it’s likely a Saturday in mid-January. He thanked the community for its support.

“It was a very good experience … to be able to serve what we did,” he said. Patrons often complimented the high-quality and variety of food, more than any plan he’s run. “I will miss that.”

———— Davis Cards & Games plans to move its store to a larger space on East Eighth Street. Meanwhile, it’s keeping its G Street space for a new venture.

Melissa Showalter, who owns the business with daughter Gretchen Showalter, said they plan to open the new, larger game store in early January. It’s at 1790 E. Eighth St., filling the former Matthews Mattress spot.

“We need more space to

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accommodate our events, like kids’ (Dungeons & Dragons), adult D&D, Pokémon, and other card-game tournaments,” Melissa said in an email.

As far as the current space at 654 G St., she said she they plan to open an escape room with virtual reality features — hopefully in the second quarter of 2022.

She said she’ll share more details about those plans after they complete their move.

———— Plans to open The Smart Axe on Christmas week were delayed.

It was unable to schedule a fire inspection before the new year.

It’s coming soon to 720 Olive Drive, Suite U2.

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———— The food truck Mumpy’s Street Eats just secured a fulltime spot at 1121 Third St. It’s at Third and L streets, next to Nails

by Tam. Chef Rudy Balch, a 1986 Davis

High graduate, is happy to have a regular parking spot for the food truck he started last year.

Most recently, he was a sous chef at The Delta King’s Pilot House kitchen, and was one of the owners of Fuzion Eats and Cali Love food trucks, which closed about four years ago. Earlier, he was a chef at Davis’ Our House restaurant, and spent 17 years in Seattle, working in casual and fine dining.

Mumpy’s menu includes chicken sliders and bowls, chicken lumpia (Filipino spring rolls), burger sliders, loaded and regular fries, and fried Brussels sprouts. Some menu items will change seasonally. Hours will be 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays, and at events and catering jobs on the weekends. Its soft opening was Monday; the full-time schedule starts in January.

The food truck is named after his grandmother, whom he called Mumpy. Balch tries to make familiar food that’s a little “outside of the box at times,” he

said. “We aim to do fresh, and do our best to shop locally, while trying to keep our price points reasonable.”

Online ordering and the schedule are at https://mumpys.com/.

———— Rite Aid announced Tuesday that it plans to close at least 63 stores, in a move to save roughly $25 million. The store closures began last month. No word yet on which ones may shutter.

The announcement came after last month’s news from CVS Health, which said it plans to close 900 of its standalone stores over the next three years. Those specific store closures have not been revealed, either.

Davis has two Rite Aid stores — at 655 Russell Blvd. and at 2135 Cowell Blvd. Our town also has two CVS stores — at 1550 E. Covell Blvd. and 1471 W. Covell Blvd. The CVS Pharmacy inside the Target at 4601 Second St. is not expected to be affected.

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Morse Custom Homes was honored for a South Davis project that preserved an existing backyard trellis and added a waterproof patio cover.

Morse wins NARI outdoor award Special to The Enterprise Morse Custom Homes and Remodeling of Davis recently received top honors at the annual Con­ tractor of the Year awards conducted by the Greater Sacramento Chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI).

The awards banquet, held in Sacramento on Dec. 16, acknowledged all winning recipients in various categories of remodeling.

The residential design and build firm won first place in the “Outdoor Living $100K-$250K” category. The South Davis winning project entailed preserving an existing backyard trellis and adding a waterproof patio cover over it, a new gas fireplace with hearth, an outdoor entertainment center, new lighting, and exterior fans.

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VACAVILLE — Travis Credit Union recently launched a series of Financial Inclusion Forums in Solano, Contra Costa and Yolo counties. The forum’s long-term goals are to connect with community leaders and partners whose goals align with TCU’s goal of creating an inclusive and judgment-free environment for the underbanked to develop and build wealth.

These efforts will involve a comprehensive study of community needs, partnership collaboration, and expanded language options for financial education.

“Economic development, technological advancements, and demographic shifts provide us with a once-in-a-lifetime chance to provide quality, inexpensive financial services to the underbanked members of our community, “ said Nav Khanna, TCU’s executive vice president. “This aim is clear and attainable if the public and private sectors work together and coordinate our efforts.”

This diverse coalition has attracted local leaders from commerce, education, government, and the

nonprofit community to chart a course to make full financial inclusion a reality.

TCU recognizes that many people in our local community face difficulties that prohibit them from fully participating in political, economic, and social life.

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“Solano County Office of Education is excited to be invited to the forum and partner with Travis Credit Union in their efforts to expand community access to sound financial information and products,” she said. “We look forward to amplifying their outreach and will continue to partner together to reach young people in Solano County.”

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GOINGS: Businesses go on vacation

Award recipients to be recognized at chamber gala

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By Anne Ternus-Bellamy

Rite Aid has some 2,500 stores in 19 states. The closure of 63 stores affects 2 percent of its retail footprint. CVS has more than 9,900 stores in the U.S. Those closures will affect about 9 percent of its stores.

Both companies cited changes in consumer buying patterns, with fewer purchased being made for prescriptions, toiletries and other household items. Instead, shoppers are turning to Amazon, Target or Walmart.

———— Zia’s Delicatessen in downtown Sacramento was set to close on Thursday. The business, at 1401 O St., opened in 2012.

Owner Kevin Crilly told me earlier this month that the Sacramento location suffered during the pandemic. First, its customer base was state workers, and many continue to work remotely. Second, it was in a state-owned

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Meanwhile, its original Davis store is thriving at 616 Third St. Crilly said he hopes to expand the hours as soon as they can hire and retain enough staff.

The closing of the Sacramento deli allows children Angela and Jonathan to return to work the Davis store. Crilly’s excited about Dunloe Brewing’s plans to open a taproom next door.

———— Several Davis businesses are taking a break during the holidays and beyond, especially as UC Davis students are out of town.

Here are some I know of: Lazi Cow café closed Dec. 20 and will reopen Jan. 2. Inside, Chay Corner closed Dec. 19, with plans to open a brick-andmortar eatery in Sacramento in mid-2022.

Pink Dozen doughnuts will close Dec. 25 and reopen Jan. 3. Let Them Eat Cake is closed for Christmas and taking and

extended break starting Dec. 28 and lasting through all of January.

I already mentioned that Thai Nakorn is closed for remodeling, with plans to reopen on Jan. 11.

———— Togo’s Sandwiches, 1411 W. Covell Blvd., Suite 105, is back open. It’s still finishing up some remodeling but is serving customers now.

———— Westlake Market, 1260 Lake Blvd., is changing hands. There’s a sign in the window for a transfer of liquor license.

———— In Winters, Buckhorn Steakhouse is expanding its offerings. Starting in early 2022, it plans to start selling its meats directly to customers, according to The Winters Express. The steakhouse, at 2 Main St., is adding a back-of-house butcher shop at 10 Main St., Winters.

———— 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 Restaurantsopen, Restaurants-closed, Coming soon, Businessesretail, 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.

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Enterprise staff writer Every year, the city of Davis recognizes residents for their outstanding contributions to the community.

The “Citizen of the Year Award” is presented to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding service to the community, over time, in a number of areas. Community members submit nominations for the award and a committee of local residents make the final selection.

The same selection process applies to the Brinley Award, which recognizes outstanding service in a

particular area, such as in the arts, education or health, or in a major project that benefits the city.

This year’s recipient of the Citizen of the Year Award is Bob Bowen. The recipient of the Brinley Award will be announced by the Davis Enterprise next week.

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Tough opponents on and off of the court R IGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME ... One of the great things about sports is the occasional unpredictable surprise that a game will have in store for those of us lucky enough to be in the stands.

Yes, usually the favorite will win, but sometimes the underdog pulls an upset.

Otherwise, why even play the game?

Then again, sometimes two teams are so evenly matched that the outcome is in doubt until the final seconds.

There was a bit of all of that last Sunday afternoon at the UC Davis arena I still like to call Rec Hall as the Aggie women’s basketball team roared back from 17 points down in the second half to defeat a talented Gonzaga team.

To say the crowd was in a frenzy as the last seconds ticked down would be an understatement. As the final horn sounded, you’d have thought the Aggies

had just won the national championship.

One day they may.

The further good news here is that the season is young and there will be nearly a dozen more opportunities to watch the Aggie women this winter, starting with a New Year’s Day game (2 p.m.) against Hawaii.

Not a bad way to ring in the New Year.

COVID REMAINS A TOUGH OPPONENT ... The bad news on the local basketball front is that the Big West Conference season home opener for the Aggie men was scrubbed due to COVID issues at UC Riverside.

The two were scheduled to meet Dec. 28 at UCD, but the Big West schedule is so tightly packed that the game will not be made up.

Unfortunately, there may be more to come.

As it stands, though, the Aggies and Riverside will each

be missing a league game when all is said and done come early March.

Normally, the Big West has 18 league games. The ultimate champion may have a record of, say, 14-4. If either the Aggies or Riverside finish 13-4, they would be in second place, not tied for first.

Doesn’t seem fair to either team, but there’s really no alternative.

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ORFEIT OR NO CONTEST? ... Last August Big West officialdom (University presidents and chancellors)

came up with a policy whereby “a forfeit would be declared for canceled Big West competition if a team chooses not to compete because they are unable to meet the Big West competition minimum due to COVID-19.”

The idea was to reward those schools that were taking COVID protocols seriously and warn those that weren’t.

However, with the emergence of the Omicron variant, the league brass sat down last week to discuss revising the August directive.

The Big West has now issued the following statement: “With the recent surge of the Omicron variant, which has shown to be highly contagious and is impacting fully-vaccinated individuals, the Board acted on the recommendation of the Big West athletic directors to declare a canceled game as ‘no contest,’ rather than a forfeit.”

Furthermore, “This aligns with NCAA standards that if a

team does not appear or a game is not started due to circumstances such as weather conditions, accidents, breakdown of vehicles, illness or catastrophic causes, a ‘no contest’ is declared.”

In other words, the Big West is putting the Omicron variant in the “Act of God” category and is no longer blaming teams for not taking the steps necessary to keep their players healthy.

It’s the right decision.

EVEN MORE COVID INTERRUPTIONS ... While Aggie men’s basketball games against UC Irvine (Jan. 6) and UC San Diego (Jan. 8) will take place on the UC Davis campus, no fans will be allowed.

This is in line with the recent declaration that the first week of classes at UCD (Jan. 3-7) will be held remotely.

Hopefully, these will be the

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Leap of faith UC Davis senior Isaiah Thomas went to social media on Thursday to announce he was declaring for the NFL Draft. A dual threat for the Aggies, Thomas wrapped up opponents as a safety and, below, was always a threat to break a long run on punt returns.

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Aggie standout Isaiah Thomas follows his dreams and adds his name to the NFL Draft

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor Isaiah Thomas is ready to fulfill a dream on the football field.

The UC Davis football player, a senior defensive back who played a major role on this fall’s team, announced on social media Thursday that he has declared for the NFL Draft, which is scheduled for April 28 to 30.

“It’s always been a dream of mine to play in the NFL for as long as I can remember,” said Thomas in an exclusive interview with The Enterprise. “I knew, as life went on, that my journey may be a little different than others, but nonetheless my inspiration can be to those like me who may take a more complicated path.”

Thomas mentioned Cooper Kupp, a wide receiver with the Los Angeles Rams.

This season, Kupp has 122 receptions for 1,625 yards and 14 touchdowns. Before the Rams drafted him in

2017, Kupp played at Eastern Washington, which like UC Davis, is a member of the Big Sky Conference.

“I admire those like Cooper Kupp and, definitely, many more for coming out of the FCS, giving more hope for athletes like myself,” Thomas said. “As an Aggie, I thought I did all I could to get the most out of my career there as the stats may speak for themselves.”

This fall season, Thomas, at 5-foot-10 and 180pound, was a starting defensive back in the Aggies’ secondary. Playing in all 12 games this season, Thomas had 18 solo tackles and eight assisted tackles.

Thomas was a threat on special teams as well. On punt returns, he had 244 yards on 27 catches.

Thomas ranks fifth on UC Davis’ career punt-return yardage list with 476 yards. On kickoff returns, had 145 yards on eight catches.

“I enjoyed my time at UC Davis full heartedly and

appreciate the knowledge that all of the coaching staffs over the years have giving me,” Thomas said.

“All of this wouldn’t be possible without my God-given talents and there isn’t much more I can do to accomplish my dreams

other than the pro day, which I’m training for as we speak.”

Thomas said he has already been given a program from a head strength coach at UC Davis, to get ready for the NFL. “As well as adding my

own thing and incorporate more workouts outside of just lifting and running, but agility work as well,” Thomas said. “I have reached out to a couple of past coaches I know who I hope to put me in contact with more pro day trainers

that could help me on my path.”

Thomas graduated from UC Davis last spring in managerial economics and minor in communications.

He is currently enrolled at the UC Davis Community Development Graduate School program.

Posting on Twitter on Thursday afternoon, Thomas started his post by saying that “I would like to thank God most importantly because without him none of this is possible for allowing me to play the sport I love.”

Thomas further stated on his post that “To my family and friends thank you for always believing in me and giving me the type of encouragement that I need in order to move my life into (its) next chapter.”

Toward the end of the post, Thomas thanked dedicated Aggie fans for the amazing football atmosphere on game, which he described as college fun for him and allowed him to play his best football.

Positive COVID test forces DHS girls out of tournament

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor EL DORADO HILLS — A second Davis High athletic team this school year had to pull out of competition because of COVID19 protocol.

On Thursday, the Davis High girls basketball team removed itself from the Trojan Toss Up at Oak Ridge High in El Dorado Hills after a member of the team tested positive for COVID-19.

The Blue Devils were scheduled

to play Rocklin in an early afternoon game.

According to Blue Devils head coach Heather Highshoe, Davis High Athletic Director Jeff Lorenson instructed Highshoe to withdraw her team from the invitational Thursday morning after learning a member of the team tested positive. The person who tested positive is vaccinated.

“Somebody within the program tested positive and out of caution we are canceling tonight’s game,” Highshoe said in a text that was

from Lorenson on Thursday.

Oak Ridge High girls basketball head coach Steve White, who is also the school’s athletic director, acknowledged Davis withdrew from the invitational.

The member of the Davis squad who tested positive will be quarantined until New Year’s Day, Highshoe said.

Davis (1-10) withdrawing from the invitational shrunk the Trojan Toss Up to six schools; host Oak Ridge, Rocklin, Folsom, Woodcreek of Roseville, River Valley of

Yuba City and Heritage of Brentwood.

On Wednesday, Laguna Creek of Elk Grove, which beat Davis 53-46 in the invitational opener on Tuesday, withdrew because of COVID-19 protocol that made it seven schools, which included Davis.

On Wednesday, Oak Ridge defeated Davis (1-10) 53-27.

Davis opens Delta League action on Jan. 4 at St. Francis.

The Blue Devils play their first league home game on Friday, Jan.

7 against Cosumnes Oaks.

The day before its Sept. 10 nonleague home game at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium against Grant of Sacramento, the Davis High football team canceled the contest after one of the Blue Devil players tested positive for COVID-19.

That player, too, was selfquarantined for 10 days.

— Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise.net.

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he emails arrived just minutes apart on a Monday.

The first, from a group called Affordable Clean Energy for All, proclaimed “CPUC Takes Steps to Fix the Unfair Customer Cost Shift Created by 25-Year-Old Rooftop Solar Program.”

The second, from a rival organization, the Environment California Research & Policy Center, countered with “California Public Utility Commission fails Californians by gutting bedrock solar program.”

Both were reacting to release of a California Public Utilities Commission draft ruling that would reduce the payments from utilities to owners of rooftop solar power systems when they feed excess juice back into the grid. It would also require those owners to pay a monthly fee for using the grid.

The release capped months of political jousting between the state’s major utilities, backed by their employees’ unions, and the solar power industry, which has allies among environmental groups, over how solar energy will develop as the state attempts to drastically reduce its carbon footprint.

Will it emphasize individual solar installations controlled by consumers or large

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ou may have noticed that gift gifting was a bit more difficult this holiday season. Those two mighty standbys for the gift-givers, perfume, and neckties, have moved from the “always welcome” list to the “What was he or she thinking?” list.

Perfume — oh, that never-surprising but always delighting gift — isn’t the gift it used to be. The problem is scent wearing by women has fallen off, as health concerns about volatiles in the air have grown and casual dressing, especially in the time of pandemic, is de rigeur.

Pity — luxury perfume was the unchallengeable gift. It was giving on the strength of its brand, like Miss Dior or Chanel No. 5.

Labels really counted in fragrance giving.

You were ill-advised to try anything out of the usual. If you espied something called, say, Rocky Mountain Rose, you were advised to eschew it.

The best and easiest to give was Joy by Jean Patou. The fragrance advertised itself as “the most expensive perfume in the world.” Bingo! You couldn’t go wrong if you had the bucks. I used to give a small bottle of Joy to my office manager every year and was thanked with oohs and aahs, even though she knew what was coming. She explained that a woman’s real use of Joy wasn’t so much in wearing it (and she wore it with pleasure), but in displaying it — showing her friends how much her significant other loved her. I rush to say that wasn’t my role in her life.

Neckties were the perfect gift for the man who might have everything. A man couldn’t have too many, and a new one in the style of the day was genuinely welcomed to the sartorial collection.

The necktie is rapidly going the way of spats, detachable collars and Homburgs, to oblivion.

solar panel farms controlled by utilities and their suppliers?

The big utilities — PG&E, Southern California Edison and Sempra Energy — are pushing the policy change.

They argue that since rooftop solar arrays are mostly owned by upperincome Californians, the current policy, in effect, gives them a subsidy, of as much as $3.4 billion a year, from the pockets of less affluent ratepayers.

They also contend that since owners of solar panels use the grid, they should pay something to maintain it, hence the $57 monthly fee.

The companies that install personal solar systems counter that the new policy proposal would make them less affordable to middle- and low-income homeowners.

They and their environmental allies also contend that changing the rules would have the overall effect of reducing solar generation and thus hamstring California’s efforts to wean itself from carbon-based energy.

Both sides have waged public relations and media campaigns to sell their messages, but so far, with the release of the draft, the utility-led faction is prevailing, which is not surprising given the CPUC’s historic slant. While it regulates utilities, supposedly to protect consumers, the commission also has an implicit duty to make sure that power companies are financially healthy enough to attract investors and borrow money for system improvements.

Clearly, the utilities — and their unions — see the growth of personal solar systems as a potential threat to their financial future. Reducing that threat, rather than creating more equity, is their true motive for seeking a change of policy.

Likewise, while their solar industry rivals also claim equity as their motive, the

It is very clear that the revised solar policy will only be adopted if Newsom wants it to be adopted.

proposal would make it more difficult to sell rooftop systems, more than a million of which are already operative.

So their underlying motive is also financial.

The full CPUC is expected to vote early next year, but the battle is not over and it now shifts to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who appoints its members.

He’s already nominated a new chairperson, Alice Reynolds, who is now his energy advisor and will take the new position before a final vote on the policy.

Politically, therefore, it is very clear that the revised solar policy will only be adopted if Newsom wants it to be adopted. Setting aside the major interest groups in the conflict, it involves two sub-factions that have close ties to the governor — unions and environmentalists — although the latter are also divided into pro and con camps.

The full CPUC is likely to adopt the proposed policy change and if there’s political fallout, Newsom will feel it as he seeks re-election next year.

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

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o shed a tear for the necktie and its infinite giveability. You could play the brand game, but there was no need for that. An obscure neckwear maker, doing a good job with the silk or wool, would be just as fine an accoutrement, as a luxury name like Givenchy or Ralph Lauren. The outstanding exception to this rule was some fabulous work of art by Liberty of London.

That would earn deep approval, a friendship cementer.

As a generalization though, an unknown name in neckwear was just as good as the names of the great designers. To those in the know, the best place to buy ties at a reasonable price is, for reasons unknown, at hotel gift shops. Good ties at great prices.

Ties were in their day so important that good restaurants and clubs had selections of ties to fix up men who came with — shock! horror! — an open-necked shirt.

The proprietor of a famous Manhattan restaurant of yore, La Cote Basque, told me he wouldn’t serve a king if he wasn’t wearing a tie. La Cote Basque has long gone and so that poor man was never put to the test of facing down royalty.

I wear a bowtie. I have Tucker Carlson — yes, that Tucker Carlson — to thank for that change in my appearance, that bit of sartorial shtick. When I met Carlson, long before he found, as one writer said of someone else, the cramped space to the right of Rupert Murdoch, he was a funny, likable conservative who had just left a CNN talk show and authored an amusing book about the experience of being TV chatterer.

I had him as a guest on my television program, “White House Chronicle” on PBS. He was known as a bowtie-wearer and, as a joke, I donned one. I got so many favorable comments that I’ve taken to wearing them instead of the long, silk emblems of the once well-dressed man.

Shame, I say, on the retreat of perfume and the near extinction of the necktie.

Women don’t smell so elegant, and men look unfinished.

— 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.

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Do we dare stop being afraid of ourselves?

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By Robert C. Koehler Special to The Enterprise

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hat’s your story?

We tell stories, which evolve into myths — and myths are what hold us together. They create the collective entity known as the human race.

And myths evolve.

At least, good God, I hope they do.

We’re stuck, right now, in the myth of collective suicide, more generally known as the myth of the conquest of good over evil.

And since history is told by the winners of humanity’s wars, those currently in power are always — always! — the good guys.

David Suzuki puts it this way: “As dictators have shown throughout history, collective narratives are often successful when they have a bad guy, someone or something that is ‘other.’”

Believe me, this narrative goes well beyond the evil dictators (so designated only after they’ve lost a major war and, thus, their power); almost every nationstate on the planet maintains a military and a sense of lurking evil, from which it — that is to say we — must protect ourselves. Global military spending is about $2 trillion per year these days. Guess which country accounts for virtually half of that budget?

America, America ... God shed his grace on thee.

One of my lifelong obsessions is to analyze and deconstruct the American myth of violent selfprotection, which we tell ourselves daily, hourly — not simply in the official news and not

simply via our cartoons and video games, our TV shows and movies, but in quietly posted threats of punishment here, there and everywhere. As the state never ceases to let us know, we must protect ourselves from ourselves.

“As our stories evolve or are replaced as we learn from the world around us, we must find narratives that better equip us to meet the challenges of our times,” Suzuki writes, noting that our largest, most crucial and urgent challenges do not involve a simplistic “other,” or enemy, but something much more complex.

Our planetary exploitation has set loose climate change: a threat without a threatener. And the possibility of nuclear annihilation is within the hands of those who actually possess nuclear weapons, far more than it’s in the hands of those impertinent states, Iran, for example, who merely threaten to possess them.

Obvious as this seems, the official news seldom acknowledges this to be the case.

Why? The call for universal disarmament remains on the political margins. Could this be an example of mythical entrapment?

How about a story that begins with deep awe about life itself, a reverence for the world of which we are a part — and something other than fear of an enemy, but a belief in the need to understand, not kill, those whom we don’t know? I toss this question into the public sphere with the understanding that humanity

“As dictators have shown throughout history, collective narratives are often successful when they have a bad guy, someone or something that is ‘other.’ ”

Park, a beautiful lakefront park near where I live: “Warning: Safe Park Zone. Criminal penalties are seriously increased for gang recruitment activity and possession, use or sale of drugs and weapons.”

David Suzuki Geneticists, environmentalist and science broadcaster has been struggling for millennia to create this larger awareness, but has not succeeded at unifying itself around an evolved existential myth.

Instead, an enemy keeps showing up: There are witches to burn! Slaves are trying to escape!

Pagans think their god is better than ours! And, oh yeah, we’ve got a planet to exploit, so let’s get busy.

I

begin my undoing of such thinking in the smallest place I can imagine: the words on a paybox on a busy street about a mile south of where I live: “Intentionally damaging this paybox is a violation of Illinois law and could result in a felony conviction punishable by up to three years imprisonment, $26,000 in fines and other penalties.”

I happened to notice these words as I was sliding my debit card into the paybox. Yeah, I got the point. Having to pay for parking is a nuisance, a bureaucratic limit to my freedom to do what I want. And, being at heart a wild animal (but, fortunately, a literate one), I am held in check by these words of warning.

I’m being informed by the ruling authorities that if I act on instinct and damage the paybox ... whoa, three years in jail await me, plus a serious

financial wound. That ought to keep me in line!

What occurred to me, as I took far more time to read those words and take them seriously (indeed, copy them onto a random piece of paper I found on the sidewalk) than any normal human being would be expected to do, was that I had come upon a miniscule example of authoritative theology. These were not really words of warning to all the potential pay box smashers out there, pulsating in neon, but something far more perfunctory, not even necessarily meant to be read.

They were a statement of governing belief, written in small print: Social order is a function of threat. Damaging public property isn’t simply wrong (or stupid) for its own sake, but wrong because it’s a “violation of Illinois law.”

What this does is take public property, and public order, away from the public itself and put it in the hands of a controlling force: the state. Order seemingly is something hierarchical and imposed, rather than a collective agreement. The prevailing consciousness is dominance vs. submission.

Here’s another public posting I noticed the other day, a metal sign along a walkway at Loyola

Like the paybox warning, this didn’t seem like something actually meant to be read — certainly not by family picnickers, moms pushing baby buggies or random guys like me strolling past. It was aimed at, you know, punks, as though stern words in heavy black letters on an official sign would cajole them into behaving themselves and selling their guns and drugs elsewhere.

It wasn’t that I disagreed somehow with the concept that a beautiful lakefront park should be safe, but rather, I felt troubled by the assumption that only dominance — power over the masses — keeps anyone (i.e., the masses) safe. And it occurred to me that such an assumption goes all the way up the chain of command. Do these words contain our mythical entrapment and the possibility of collective suicide?

I decided to take a quick, temporary leap into the future and rewrote the sign as it might appear in a world that wasn’t afraid of itself. Brace yourselves.

This may seem shocking: Please join us in loving this park.

— Robert Koehler (koehlercw@gmail. com), syndicated by PeaceVoice, is a Chicago award-winning journalist and editor. He is the author of Courage Grows Strong at the Wound.

Grateful and hopeful as we enter 2022

By JoEllen Welsch Special to The Enterprise

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s the end of the year draws near, many of us are eager to leave it behind and look forward to planning for a new year that is healthy, stable, and safe for everyone. That is easier said than done for far too many people in Yolo County, and the Yolo Crisis Nursery is here to change that by providing early intervention services in a safe environment to nurture healthy and resilient children, strengthen parents and preserve families.

I have had the honor and privilege of serving on the Yolo Crisis Nursery Board of Directors for five years, the last two as its president. I could not be prouder of what our organization has accomplished during my time on the Board, most especially since inception of the pandemic. The pandemic brought into sharp relief the essential role of the Crisis Nursery as a first responder in a collective time of crisis.

In the last year, the Nursery provided emergency respite care and triaged resources for 1,018 children, served 67% more families than the year before, and distributed a record 3,874 care packages. The Nursery’s respite care program for children from birth to age 5 is unique as the only program in the County with a

Yolo Crisis Nursery certified staff providing trauma-informed care for children under the age of five. We also have the only program in Yolo County providing overnight safe stays for children and wraparound services for both children and their families.

Thank you to our Executive Director, Heather Sleuter, and the Nursery’s resolute, talented staff for working tirelessly on the front lines to protect our community’s most vulnerable children and their families. Thanks also to our compassionate and committed Board of Directors who unreservedly ensure the Nursery has everything it needs to keep children safe and families whole.

It is a sad truth that the urgent needs of our client children and their families have never been greater.

Even prior to the pandemic, our community was already facing several stark realities: n Children ages birth to five comprised over 47% of all substantiated cases of child abuse/neglect in our county. These first five years are the most critical in a child’s development. n In each of the past six years, our county’s rate of substantiated cases of child maltreatment of children ages birth to five has

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In the last year, the Yolo Crisis Nursery provided emergency respite care and triaged resources for 1,018 children. exceeded State percentages. These cases of abuse and neglect have devasting immediate consequences that will likely exacerbate in the future. n Yolo County has the highest poverty rate in California. 20.9% of our county’s families live in poverty and 15.3% of our children live in poverty.

The Nursery’s programs and services have outgrown our small, outdated rental house we have called home for the past

20 years. The Board of Directors and Nursery staff are always planning ahead and marshalling and growing our resources to meet families' urgent, ever-increasing needs and to build on their strengths to create long-term safety and stability for their children. In the coming year, we will be sharing more about our efforts to build a new and larger home for more families and children in crisis in Yolo County.

Our programs and

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services are funded in large part by donations. Donating to the Nursery is a powerful way to invest in our community’s future and protect the most vulnerable children and their families. Thank you to all who generously donated to our 20 for 20 campaign for Giving Tuesday. I am thrilled to share that we exceeded our fundraising goal and will be able to help even more children and families because of your generosity. For those

who have not donated this year, I invite you to include the Yolo Crisis Nursery as a part of your year-end giving. Please visit www. yolocrisisursery.org for more information and to donate.

It is my honor to pass the leadership of the Yolo Crisis Nursery Board of Directors to Presidentelect Jennifer Thayer. I am confident in Jennifer’s leadership ability and look forward to continuing to collaborate with her and the Board on Nursery projects in my last year on the Board. I am thrilled to announce that Renee Nolte Newton of Davis and attorney Thomas W. Barth of Winters will be joining the Yolo Crisis Nursery Board of Directors in January. I would also like to recognize our board members who completed their terms this year for their commitment, professionalism, and compassion. Kelly Fung-Chen, Penny Howard, and Eric Miller, thank you for your service and dedication to protecting children and preserving families.

I wish you all a happy and healthy 2022 and look forward to seeing you at the 10th Annual Yolo Crisis Nursery Crab Feed on February 19, 2022, at the Davis Veterans Memorial Center! Stay tuned for more details in January.

— JoEllen Welsch is the president of Yolo Crisis Nursery Board of Directors.

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Dear Annie: This is in response to “Riley.” I am a 38-year-old member of the LGBTQ community.

When I was outed at 18, I was kicked out. My mother has since warmed to the idea but still isn’t 100% accepting.

Riley, please look for LGBTQ clubs in your school and surrounding area. Being a teenager is hard; being a teenager who isn’t accepted by their parents is excruciating.

You will learn that the LGBTQ community is close and tightknit because it’s our “chosen family” since many of our blood families are not accepting of us. Times are slowly changing, and ingrained prejudices are slowly being chipped away, but until there is a time when no child feels inferior for whom they love, know that “we” are

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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

chewed me up and spit me out, and now it has a yoke around my neck, and I don’t see any way out.

— Dad on the Edge Dear Dad: To start, take a few long, deep breaths.

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in fact, I was planning on getting fixed next year. But after finding out the news, I pumped myself up and said: “OK, one more. We can do this!”

We went in for the first ultrasound, and they found two heartbeats. I almost fainted. Then, at the next ultrasound, they found three! And then we found out that all three are girls! It might be a dad thing, but I worry about my daughter more than the three boys combined.

Long story short, I am losing my mind with worry for my wife. She is doing amazingly so far, but three babies is so much for her to carry. She is still trying to do all she usually does, but she is so easily exhausted, so she gets upset with herself. The kids are helping all they can, but she is a mom who thinks she can do it all and doesn’t like to ask them.

Meanwhile, I have been working 18 hours a day, seven days a week, trying to get caught up on the jobs. I also try to take my wife to all her appointments. Recently, I started having some chest pains and spent two days in the hospital. Seeing the worry on my wife’s face then broke my heart. The last thing she needs is more to worry about.

I feel like I am trying to do too much, but I don’t see any other way. I truly feel like this world has

City of Davis Notice of Public Hearing The City of Davis City Council will conduct a public hearing on the project, as described below, at a meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, in the Community Chambers, City Offices, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California. In accordance with Assembly Bill (AB) 361, this meeting may be conducted electronically or by teleconference, without a physical location from which members of the public may observe and offer public comment. Information on how to observe the meeting and offer public comment electronically or telephonically will be included in the meeting agenda. Please contact the City Clerk’s Office for the approximate time this item will be heard.

The City of Davis Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the project, as described below, at a meeting beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 in the Community Chambers, City Offices, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California. In accordance with Assembly Bill (AB) 361, this meeting may be conducted electronically or by teleconference, without a physical location from which members of the public may observe and offer public comment. Information on how to observe the meeting and offer public comment electronically or telephonically will be included in the meeting agenda. Please contact the City Clerk’s Office or Department of Community Development and Sustainability for the approximate time this item will be heard.

Project Name: Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus 2022 “DiSC 2022”

Project Location: 715 Pole Line Road, Davis, CA 95616

Project Location: The annexation area is located northeast of Mace Boulevard and Interstate 80, on both sides of County Road (CR) 32A, within unincorporated Yolo County, east of the City of Davis city limits. The approximately 118-acre annexation area consists of: • 102-acre privately-owned DISC site (Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs) 033-630-009); • 16.5-acre Mace Triangle site (APNs 033-630-006; -011; and -012).

Applicant: Don Fouts, 1949 5th Street, #107, Davis, CA 95616

Applicant: Ramco Enterprises, Inc. Buzz Oates Group of Companies

Project Description: The applicant proposes to redevelop the currently vacant parcel located at 715 Pole Line Road with 30 for-sale attached, fee-simple ownership, single-family residential homes. The subject site previously contained a convalescent home, Sierra Health Care Center, which is now demolished. The proposal will involve the rezoning of 715 Pole Line Road from Residential One-family to a Planned Development residential district; subdividing the approximately 1.89-acre parcel into 30 lots; providing three onsite affordable ownership units consistent with Section 18.05.050(1)(c) of the Municipal Code; establishing final development standards for individual lots, and site plan and architectural review. The proposed project materials and plans can be reviewed at: https://www.cityofdavis.org/cityhall/community-development-and-sustainability/developmentprojects/715-pole-line-road-subdivision.

Project Description: The project applicant is requesting approval of a pre-general plan designation, pre zoning, a development agreement and annexation of the DiSC 2022 and Mace Triangle sites. The +102 acre DiSC 2022 Project is anticipated to include up to approximately 1.1 million square feet of innovation center/business uses including office, R&D, laboratory, and advanced manufacturing, and 80,000 square feet of supportive commercial uses. The DiSC 2022 Project also incorporates up to 460 housing units on-site. The +16.5 acre Mace Triangle properties are proposed to be designated with a combination of General Commercial and Public/Quasi Public land uses.

Project Name: 715 East Subdivision

Environmental Determination: The City of Davis has determined that project is categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15332 of CEQA Guidelines as an in-fill development meeting the following conditions: a. The project is consistent with the City’s General Plan land use designation of Residential Medium High Density, and applicable General Plan policies, and the applicable zoning designation and regulations as will be established. b. The proposed development occurs within City of Davis city limits on a project site of no more than five acres, which is substantially surrounded by urban uses. c. The project site does not currently provide suitable habitat for endangered, rare or threatened species and such species are not known to occur on or within immediate proximity of the site. The project site is a highly disturbed urban infill parcel that lacks trees, shrubs, water or wetland features, or fossorial mammal burrows. d. Based on the proposed project and supporting documentation, approval of the project would not result in any significant effects relating to traffic, noise, air quality, or water quality.

Availability of Documents: Additional information pertaining to the project is available for review at the Department of Community Development and Sustainability, Planning Division, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, 95616, or online at https://www.cityofdavis.org/cityhall/community-development-and-sustainability/developmentprojects/715-pole-line-road-subdivision. Staff reports are available through the city’s website at: Agendas | City of Davis, CA. Staff reports for the public hearing are generally available five (5) days prior to the hearing date and may be available by contacting the project planner.

Public Comments: All interested parties are invited to participate in the meeting electronically or by teleconference, or send written comments to City Clerk at clerkweb@cityofdavis.org, or Ike Njoku, Project Planner, City of Davis, Department of Community Development and Sustainability, 23 Russell Boulevard, Suite 2, Davis, California, 95616; or via email at: injoku@cityofdavis.org, no later than noon the date of the meeting. For questions, please call the project planner at (530) 757-5610, extension 7230.

Environmental Determination: The City of Davis has prepared an addendum to the previously certified Subsequent EIR for the Aggie Research Campus (SCH # 2014112012.) The Addendum to the SEIR has been prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 21000 et seq., as amended (CEQA) and the Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act, California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 14, Section 15000 et seq. (CEQA Guidelines). Per Section15164(a) of the CEQA Guidelines, the lead agency or responsible agency shall prepare an Addendum to a previously certified EIR if some changes or additions are necessary but none of the conditions described in Section 15162 calling for preparation of a SEIR or Negative Declaration have occurred. Per Section 15164(b), an Addendum to a certified EIR may be prepared if only minor technical changes or additions are necessary. The analysis within the prepared document will demonstrate that the proposed modifications to the original DISC project will not trigger the criteria set forth in Section 15162, and thus, an Addendum is the appropriate CEQA document.

The Addendum is posted at the following website: https://www.cityofdavis.org/city-hall/community-developmentand-sustainability/disc-2022 Availability of Documents: Additional information pertaining to the project is available for review at the Department of Community Development and Sustainability, Planning Division, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, 95616. Staff reports are available through the city’s website at: Agendas | City of Davis, CA. Staff reports for the public hearing are generally available five (5) days prior to the hearing date and may be available by contacting the project planner.

Public Comments: All interested parties are invited to participate in the meeting electronically or by teleconference, or send written comments to Sherri Metzker, Project Planner, City of Davis, Department of Community Development and Sustainability, 23 Russell Boulevard, Suite 2, Davis, California, 95616; or via email at: smetzker@cityofdavis.org, no later than noon the date of the meeting. For questions, please call the project planner at (530) 757-5610, extension 7239.

The City does not transcribe its proceedings. Persons who wish to obtain a verbatim record should arrange for attendance by a court reporter or for some other acceptable means of recordation. Such arrangements will be at the sole expense of the person requesting the recordation.

The City does not transcribe its proceedings. Persons who wish to obtain a verbatim record should arrange for attendance by a court reporter or for some other acceptable means of recordation. Such arrangements will be at the sole expense of the person requesting the recordation.

If you challenge the action taken on this matter in court, the challenge may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Director of Community Development and Sustainability or City Clerk at, or prior to, the public hearing.

If you challenge the action taken on this matter in court, the challenge may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Director of Community Development and Sustainability or City Clerk at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Ashley Feeney, Assistant City Manager Published December 26, 2021 #1621

Sherri Metzker, Principal Planner Published December 26, 2021 #1622

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2021

Former Aggie orchestrates Packers offense H ope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a prosperous holiday sea-

son. n Aaron Rodgers may get the plaudits, but the orchestrator of Green Bay’s high-flying offense is an Aggie. Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett was a linebacker/deep snapper at UC Davis from 1998 to 2002. He had coaching stints at Davis and later Stanford before an NFL career that has taken him to Tampa Bay, Buffalo, Jacksonville and Green Bay. Hackett’s father, Paul, is also a UC Davis alum who coached 42 years at both the college and pro levels, and had college head coaching roles at Pittsburgh and USC. Paul Hackett also served as offensive coordinator at Kansas City and the New York Jets.

Nathaniel’s UC Davis teams were 41-9 in his four years and went to the Division II playoffs every year. n Kurt Ainsworth won just six games in his brief career with the San Francisco Giants and

Baltimore Orioles.

Today, as co-founder of Marucci Sports in his native Baton Rouge, La., Ainsworth presides over a firm that specializes in producing highend baseball and softball bats. Marucci’s bats are used by countless major leaguers who swear by the quality of the wood used to make each individual bat. n COVID-19 so thoroughly decimated the Texas A&M roster that the school dropped out of the New Year’s Eve TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. That set in motion a mad scramble to find a replacement team so the game could be played. Illinois or Rutgers are possibilities. n Look for the baseball lockout to last for a while. It will end only when players begin missing massive paychecks and owners derive no revenue from local and national TV/sponsorships/ticket sales/parking and concession monies. None of the above will come into play until at least midto-late March.

DUNNING: Clearing it up From Page B1 only game affected for the rest of the season.

ONE MORE CLARIFICATION ... Because you asked, it should be noted that “During UC San Diego’s reclassification period to Division I, the Tritons are ineligible to compete for the Big West title and cannot play in an NCAA championship or

n If you are an NFL fan who either lives in, or is from, New York City, you have every right to be upset with the Giants, the Jets or both. Over the last five seasons, those two franchises have been the worst in the league from a won-lost standpoint. n Brenda Lee was only 13 years old when she recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” in 1959. The now legendary Christmas tune has stood the test of time, finding its way onto the Billboard charts every year for the past half-century. n Very quickly, Los Angeles Rams receiver Cooper Kupp is making a case to be this season’s Most Valuable Player.

Kupp has already set an NFL record in 2021 with at least 90 receiving yards in 10 consecutive games. The Aggies saw more than enough of Kupp when he played for Eastern Washington. The Rams selected Kupp on the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft. n Those one-color, headto-toe NFL uniforms need to be phased out. Players big and small all look like different color popsicles. n What better name for a winery than Three Fat Guys? Except it’s true.

The Sonoma-based location is owned and operated by three former NFL offensive linemen.

Co-founders Daryn Colledge (Green Bay, Arizona), Jason Spitz (Green Bay, Jacksonville and Seattle) are joined by proprietor/winemaker Tony Moll (Green Bay, Baltimore and San Diego). n Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert has joined the short list of elite NFL

COVID concerns cancel UCD women’s basketball game

postseason event until the 2024-25 season. All (UC San Diego) men’s basketball games against conference opponents are considered nonconference contests during this time period.”

Seems like a long time to make UC San Diego’s dedicated athletes wait for a piece of the pie.

— Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Special to The Enterprise The UC Davis women’s basketball team’s Big West Conference opener at UC Riverside scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 28, has been canceled due to COVID concerns within the Highlanders’ program.

The Aggies are now scheduled to open league play on Jan. 1 at home against Hawaii at the University Credit Union Center. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m. In keeping

with UC’s virtual learning the first week of January, no fans will be allowed at the game.

When fans are allowed back, proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test are required for entry.

UC Davis enters this year’s conference schedule with a 6-4 record, coming off a thrilling come-from-behind 69-66 victory on Dec. 19 over a Gonzaga squad that was receiving votes in the USA Today poll at the time,

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The Sharks themselves were once an expansion team, back in 1991-92. Current GM Doug Wilson was the first Sharks captain.

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