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movie premieres and even a Super Bowl. But it always seemed like the virus was merely paused, or slowed, and gathering for the next blow. So as we look ahead to 2022, with the omicron variant already starting to wreak havoc, here's one last look back at the big news of 2021, as selected by Davis Enterprise journalists:
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fter 2020, we thought we were ready for anything 2021 might throw at us. But the ensuing 12 months proved to more challenging and unpredictable than we could have possibly anticipated. Locally, nationally and worldwide, all walks of life were overshadowed by the inescapable reality of the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond the constant tragedies that hardly left a family not mourning the loss of a loved one, the economy, jobs, travel, education, cultural life and sports were all derailed or massively curtailed by the ongoing health disaster. Despite that, there were other bits of news, good and bad, as people tried to put their heads down and forge ahead. Between waves and variants, we managed Anne Ternu to have graduas-Bella my/Ente tion ceremonies, rprise fi le
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Davis High graduates, above, toss their hats in the air to celebrate their long, strange journey through the school system in June. At left, Jessica DeZarn, a UC Davis nurse, pulls individual doses from a vial of COVID-19 vaccine during a clinic at Woodland Community College in April.
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The coronavirus pandemic was the salient fact of 2021,
impacting almost every facet of life all around the country, and Yolo County was no exception. Local health officials, from County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson on down, had to juggle a constant change in variants, test statistics, positivity
rates, new vaccines and newer variants to determine how best to keep the public safe. All the while, local businesses — restaurants, gyms, hair salons and stores, for example — along
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By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer Although UC Davis is a premier educational institute, it’s not the only one in town. As viable as it is affordable, The Sacramento City College Davis Center is gearing up for the spring semester with a variety of classes, programs and opportunities for its student body. Located in the UCD West Village, this two-year college endured the COVID-related hardships alongside every other school and college in the country. In the wake of the pandemic’s initial impact, however, Dean Andrea Gaytan is excited to see things on campus return to relative normalcy.
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The Omicron variant was responsible for nearly 80 percent of new cases of COVID-19 processed by the UC Davis Genome Center during the week before Christmas. Omicron cases jumped from 46 detected during the week of Dec. 12-18 to 220 found during the week of Dec. 19-25. The Genome Center is sequencing all positive test results collected by Healthy Davis Together and reports all variants found on the HDT website. An update posted
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Briefly Library launches book challenge The Yolo County Library has a New Year’s resolution for you: Read more in 2022. Beginning Jan. 1, the library will start its first reading program that spans the entire calendar year: 52: A Yearlong Reading Journey. Taking inspiration from popular online community reading challenges such as the Goodreads yearly challenge and Book Riot’s “Read Harder Challenge,” the library decided it was time to try its hand at delivering a program where the incentive is the act of reading itself. The Yolo County Library is challenging everyone to read as many books as they can in 2022, either using the weekly prompts provided or by choosing their own books. “We intentionally designed 52 as a program whose focus is on the yearlong reading journey instead of one where participants check off boxes to get a prize,” said Margaret Pelrine, adult services librarian. Pick up a 52 reading journal at your local library branch (including the Stephens Branch Library in Davis) or sign up on Beanstack to join the program digitally. For more information or to sign up, visit your local Yolo County Library branch or: https://yolocountylib rary.org/ycl52.
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Get all of the news right up front I love this time of year as newspapers and television networks and everyone with a typewriter offer their opinions on the top stories of the past year. And given just how difficult 2021 has been for a number of folks on Planet Earth, many of these stories will not be happy ones. Last year at this time, Donald Trump was president and still had a Twitter account. One of my stated goals for 2021 was to be mentioned at least once in a Donald Trump tweet, but Twitter shut him down for bad behavior just as he was about to type my name and send it out to the world. Recounting what took place in the last 12 months is relatively easy compared to forecasting what will befall us or engage us or amuse us in the next 12 months. That’s where I come in. According to the folks at ancestry.com I am a direct descendant of Nostradamus himself, which explains my uncanny ability to forecast the outcome of football games, atmospheric rivers and human foibles. I have been doing this for a number of years now with remarkable accuracy, but I would nevertheless caution you to not bet too heavily on some of the predicted outcomes. Note: several predictions from previous years have been delayed by the usual governmental red tape, not to mention a foggy crystal ball, and are thus repeated here as predicted happenings in 2022. May I have the envelope please?
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court declares in unanimous decision. ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL (April 6) ... Mike Pence kicks off his campaign for the 2024 Republican nomination for president at the Pence Gallery in downtown Davis. Asks Mike Harrington if he can borrow his old “I Like Mike” campaign lawn signs. Says Pence, “I’m humbled and frankly surprised that the fine people of Davis chose to name this beautiful gallery after me.” BIRDS OF A FEATHER (April 23) ... UC Davis Young Republicans once again invite Vladimir Putin to ride on their Picnic Day float. THE DOMINO’S ENTERPRISE (April 30) ... Davis Enterprise partners with Domino’s Pizza, promising your paper will be delivered within 30 minutes of publication or your subscription is free. A WELL-DESERVED HONOR (May 9) ... Tanya Perez wins Pulitzer Prize in the Drop-Dead Funny category.
LYMPIC GOLD (January 4) ... Rare snowstorm buries Davis in four feet of snow. President Biden convinces IOC to move Olympic Winter Games to Davis after City Council agrees to turn Covell Overpass into bobsled run. Gary May selected to light Olympic Flame atop Mrak Hall.
WHOLE LOT OF SHAKIN’ GOING ON (May 15) ... Massive 9.7 earthquake levels East Davis. Damages exceed $800.
PROUD BOYS (January 6) ... Republicans in Congress introduce bill to make January 6 a national holiday “In honor of the brave men and women who stormed the Capitol on this day to prevent democracy from gaining a foothold in our great land.”
RETURN OF THE GREAT ONE (June 1) ... Davis High School hires Blue Devil legend Ralph Villanueva, the greatest athlete ever to wear the Blue and White, as new head football coach. Villanueva promises a return to glory and plans to suit up himself for the season opener against Folsom.
FINGER FOOD (January 31) ... Raising Cane’s sets world record for number of people in line for chicken fingers as hungry patrons stretch all the way from Davis to Esparto waiting to order a “Caniac.” VIRUS UPDATE (February 14) ... CDC announces Americans will need a booster shot every six hours for the rest of their lives to combat the new kettlecorn variant of the coronavirus. PUBLISH OR PERISH (March 17) ... UC Davis Plant Science Department merges with legendary downtown Davis bookstore to form the Avid Breeder. STINGERS UP (April 1) ... Sacramento State sues to block the Aggie Square development. “This land is sacred to thousands of Hornets everywhere and naming it after our arch-rival is nothing sort of sacrilegious,” says CSUS President Robert Nelsen, who adds “I’m mad as a Hornet about this invasion of our historic territory.” UCD PRINCIPLES REJECTED (April 2) … U.S. Ninth District Court of Appeals rules UC Davis’ esteemed document “Principles of Community” is unconstitutional. “No one can be constitutionally compelled to ‘respect’ anyone,”
FORE (May 30) ... Donald Trump joins El Macero Country Club, breaks course record by 10 strokes with Lindsey Graham and Steve Bannon as witnesses.
PINTS ALL AROUND (June 6) ... Ruhstaller Farm wins the coveted “Hoppy” for “America’s Best Beer Venue” from the prestigious United States Brewers Association. STRANGE BEDFELLOWS (June 7) ... In the name of “diversity of opinion,” California redistricting commission places the city of Davis in Kevin McCarthy’s Bakersfield congressional district. Helen Thomson overwhelmingly wins Democratic primary, causing McCarthy to take his name off the November ballot. BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME (June 30) ... Emboldened by a wacky appellate court ruling that basically says no building is too big for Davis, Donald Trump announces a 112-story, 14,122unit Trump Trackside Tunnel Tower that will entirely cover eight miles of railroad track between Davis and Dixon. JUST AN AVERAGE JOE (July 4) ... Realizing he has one more year of collegiate eligibility remaining, Joe Montana enters the transfer portal and accepts a
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ATER WARS (July 21) ... Refusing to admit the drought is over after winter storms produced a record 106.5 inches of rain, the city of Davis announces that homeowners will now be charged $5 per ccf for the amount of rainwater that falls onto their roof and into their yard. “That water rightfully belongs to Davis,” city memo declares. DOUBLE DOSE (July 30) ... Davis’ favorite restaurant changes name to Dose Coyotes and offers free COVID vaccinations that quickly become known as Burrito Boosters. A VIEW OF THE VATICAN (August 1) ... President Biden names Bob Dunning as U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. “It’s a dream come true,” says Dunning, a lifelong Catholic. “I’ve always wanted to live in Rome. I understand they have the best gelato in the world.” CHILDREN BEST LEAVE THE ROOM (August 25) ... Six adult salmon arrested in shallow waters of Putah Creek, charged with spawning in public. NEW NAME, BETTER OUTCOME (September 8) ... Aggie Research Campus (ARC) developer Dan Ramos announces project name change to “Free Beer For Everyone” (FBFE). Project passes citywide special election with 98.7 percent of the vote. AND THEN THERE WERE FIVE (September 12) ... National Park Service arrests Donald Trump at the top of Mount Rushmore with 10 sticks of dynamite and chiseling tools in his possession. “I got more votes than those other four guys they put on the mountain,” Trump declares at his arraignment in Rapid City. THE PERFECT CANDIDATE (September 22) ... Dan Wolk announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president in 2024, heads for New Hampshire. LONE STAR LOONINESS (September 30) ... Texas secedes from the Union, taking the Dallas Cowboys, the Houston Astros and the nation’s entire supply of brisket with it. With only 49 states remaining, San Francisco 49ers
declare they are now America’s Team. STOP IN THE NAME OF THE LAW (October 5) ... After an intensive 10-year study, a jointpowers agreement is reached between Yolo County, the City of Davis and Caltrans to authorize $3.2 million to install a stop sign where westbound Road 32A meets the railroad tracks. Accidents at the site decline to zero. NAME CHANGE HONORS AGGIE HOOP STAR (October 10) ... Gavin Newsom orders a name change of the Sierra Nevada range to the Cierra Nevada in honor of UC Davis All-American basketball star Cierra Hall. A LIVING WAGE (October 17) ... In response to dramatic labor shortage that has closed 92.4 percent of Davis businesses, City Council raises minimum wage to $40 an hour. “Our proud workers should at least be able to live in a one-bedroom apartment,” council declares. “In Woodland.” NEW CAST OF CHARACTERS (October 19) ... After years of discussion, Disneyland confirms plans to move its entire Orange County amusement park to Yolo County and rename it Disney Davis. Explains a Disney spokesman: “We’ll bring all the characters to Davis except Goofy. He’s clearly already there.” FOOD TO GO (November 22) ... City of Davis shuts down Door Dash for delivering “junk food” and starts alternative delivery service “Davis Hash,” featuring lowcal, gluten-free, keto-friendly, all-vegan offerings. BAG BAN STRENGTHENED (November 24) ... Adding extra oomph to an already strict state law, city of Davis bans plastic bags, paper bags, Glad bags, handbags, saddlebags, gift bags, windbags, airbags, scumbags, dirtbags, sandbags, beanbags, bagpipes, bagpipers, bag ladies, bag men, bags under the eyes, baggy pants, Baggin’s End, people named Bagley and baguettes. MOTTO MANIA MARCHES ON (December 2) ... Davis City Council votes 5-0 to adopt official city motto: “Davis – More Nuts Than Winters.” NOSTRADAMUS STRIKES AGAIN (December 31) ... Davis Enterprise names all of the above as the top news stories of 2022. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
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For the birds: Yolo Audubon will lead January field trips Special to The Enterprise The Yolo Audubon Society will offer three field trips in January. The events are free and open to the public, and no experience is necessary. January is a nice time to get outdoors to experience the many birds that overwinter in our area. Saturday, Jan. 15: Raptor Ramble, with Kevin Guse. Join to try and find as many raptor species as possible. The group will focus on Yolo County, but may visit adjacent counties as well in their quest. In addition to the more common species, targets will include bald eagle, ferruginous hawk, golden eagle, merlin, peregrine falcon, prairie falcon and roughlegged hawk. The trip is limited to four cars. For more information on this trip and to reserve a spot please access the website at yoloaudubon.org.
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Burrowing Owls might be seen on Yolo Audubon field trips. Saturday, Jan. 22: Robinson Road: Raptors and
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for a trip to the pastures of southeastern Solano County to search for resident and overwintering raptors and mountain plovers. The group will search fields, perches and farm equipment. Previous trips have spotted prairie falcon, merlin, golden eagle, ferruginous hawk, rough-legged hawk, burrowing owl and mountain plovers. They hope to see these and many more species. This trip is also limited to four vehicles; access the website for more info and reservations. Saturday, Jan. 29: Cosumnes River Preserve, with Sid England. Sandhill Cranes, geese, swans, ducks, shorebirds and, of course … lots of sparrows. In the morning participants will leisurely bird the trails through the riparian forest near the visitor
Cache Creek Conservancy offers internships Special to The Enterprise The Cache Creek Conservancy is accepting applications from college and university students or recent graduates for its 2022 Internship Program. Nancy Ullrey, executive director of the Woodlandbased Conservancy said that each internship will end with the quarter or semester, depending on which college or university the student is attending. In 2020, many interns stayed for two or more sessions. The Ecological and Environmental Interns will assist Conservancy staff with habitat restoration for native wildlife and plants within the nature preserve and other sites along the lower Cache Creek watershed.
The Cache Creek Conservancy is a nonprofit organization founded in 1996 and dedicated to restoration, preservation, and education of the Cache Creek watershed. The focus of the Conservancy’s work has been riparian restoration along a 14-mile stretch of the Lower Cache Creek and is an excellent opportunity for students interested in environmental management as well as the study of eco-systems involving wildlife as well as plant life. The main office is located about 10 miles due west of Woodland at 34199 County Road 20. The internship is unpaid; however, credit units may be available with the support of a faculty sponsor from the applicant’s major department.
Those interested in an internship should be prepared to commit to between three and 10 hours a week; and weekends can be accommodated. Internships will be a minimum of one quarter or semester with a choice of continuing the internship for additional time if desired. Students who are graduating or have just graduated can still apply. The internship program has four distinct special project teams. Applicants are encouraged to select a project team in their application such as “Bird Nest Box Monitoring and Bird Habitat Enhancement,” Ecological Horticulture,” “Preserve Maintenance,” and “Wildlife Monitoring,” Although the next internship is scheduled to
begin in January, those interested can still make an application. Email a resume and cover letter explaining why you would like to intern at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve in Woodland. Include how the project team you selected will provide the experience that fits with your educational or career goals. Send an email to cachecreekconservancy@ gmail.com. Please include the subject line "Cache Creek Internship Application." Applications may be submitted any time before the beginning of a term. For credit internships, the application must be submitted before the start of an academic term.
center and in the adjacent marsh. After lunch on the deck of the visitor’s center, they will be roadside-birding by marshes and fields along Desmond and Bruceville roads, watching for the peregrine falcon that frequents a nearby microwave tower. This trip is open to everyone and number of participants is not limited. Meet at 7 a.m. at the Park-and-Ride lot off Mace Boulevard. See the website for more information. All participants are expected to be vaccinated. Drivers and their passengers will decide whether masks are required while in vehicles. Car-pooling is
encouraged, but all rides are private arrangements between driver and riders. Heavy rain or high winds may cancel any trip. Yolo Audubon, a chapter of the National Audubon Society, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster an appreciation of birds and conservation in Yolo County. The group is offering live and virtual events in an effort to educate and inform the public about birds and birdwatching. More information on birding in Yolo County is available at the website, and also yoloaudubon.facebook.com and the club’s YouTube channel.
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n open letter to 2022. Dear 2022, Welcome! We are all so glad you are here! As you may have heard, 2021 turned out to be a total and complete ass, made worse because we’d all had such high hopes after 2020’s reign of terror. I mean, at this time last year, I distinctly remember going to bed on Dec. 31, 2020, with lovely thoughts of widespread vaccines, a calmer, post-Trump US of A, travel to Europe, and a bangin’ bikini body by summer. Spoiler alert: None of those things happened. While I don’t want to relitigate all of 2021’s crimes and atrocities, let me just say the bar is low for you to be a good year. Actually, you don’t even need to be a good year; just don’t be another crap year! I implore you to go easy on us humans. Against my better judgment, when I imagine you unfolding,
2022, my eternal optimism colors most of my predictions. I choose to believe that political rifts and partisan BS will be on the decline and that “vaccine hesitancy” (quotes are used here as a stand-in for rolling my eyes) will dissipate. I like to imagine that a majority of Americans are tiring of these shenanigans, of culture wars and “alternative facts.” My name is Pollyanna and I’m an imbecile. I really do have faith in you, 2022. In Perez family news, there’s a lot to look forward to. Younger son, T, is due to graduate from University of Oregon in June; older son, D, is cruising along with his Ph.D. work at Stanford; and husband, S, starts his new gig — https://tinyurl. com/496fht7w — on Monday. (Yes, I will fill you in about this in upcoming columns.) As for me, I made some personal progress in 2021 of which I’m proud. Something about the
pandemic and lockdown and general fed-upness galvanized my will this past summer, pushing me to try things I had formerly only wished I’d done. Among them, I achieved my lifelong goal of learning to surf. Somehow, growing up in Southern California, 30 miles from the beach, did not get me hanging 10, nor did many trips to Hawaii when I was young and in better shape. (My dad and stepmom have lived in Hawaii for 30-plus years.) So it was with said fed-upness in my veins that I proclaimed to
S that I would take lessons until I was a successful surfer while visiting my parents in October. If I had to take lessons for all eight days of this trip, so be it. I. Would. Surf. To be as ready as possible for success, I started in July practicing my “pop-up” on my stand-up paddle board at Serene Lakes. I also practiced on my paddle board at home in our pool, which offered the added excitement of our Labrador, Pauley, leaping in to climb on to the board with me. This was as cute as it sounds and made some challenging wavelike commotion in the pool. The mere fact that I’m sharing this story here should indicate that I, indeed, am a surfer now. After two days of lessons on the North Shore, I caught some tasty waves that I rode like a, well, like
a middle-aged woman who just learned how to surf. 2021 brought other personal accomplishments — I’m on track to lose the last of my, ahem, “baby weight” by spring, and finding River City Rowing Club has been among the best things of one of the worst years. And as I mentioned above, the Perez fam is in a good place. Thus, 2022, I am begging you to not suck ... no backsliding into worse-ness, no Sharknados or comical toilet paper shortages. At a minimum, how about no new kinds of plagues or despotic midterm elections? As many a drunken reveler has appealed, “We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne.” — Tanya Perez lives in Davis with her family. Her column is published every other Sunday. Reach her at pereztanyah@ gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter at @californiatanya.
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n this season of giving, Thriving Pink is announcing that it will continue its Granting Pink Program which provides financial assistance to those diagnosed and impacted by breast cancer in Yolo County. The individual grants provide direct support for immediate and essential needs, including medical care, rent, groceries, treatment, and prescriptions. “We are very grateful to many generous donors and supporters which make this core program possible,” shares Executive Director Mary Yin Liu. Platinum and Hot Pink Partners include the George and Lena Valente Foundation, Brooks Painting/Jeremy Brooks, the Zumbathon Team, Yolo Community Foundation, and Woodland McDonald’s. Individual grant applications are now available on the website at www. thrivingpink.org in English and in Spanish, and can be submitted to info@ thrivingpink.org by February 15, 2022. Individuals can also nominate a friend, neighbor, or family member who could use some financial support, and fill out the straightforward application on their behalf. The maximum individual grant award is $2,000,
Thriving Pink with approximately $50,000 in funds available this grant cycle. “The generosity and personal support provided for those of us who receive these generous gifts makes Thriving Pink unique in this community,” says Sandy Walsh, a past grant recipient who volunteers her time to support the Pink Speaker Series workshops for Thriving Pink. Several local physicians, nurses, and medical providers from local hospitals and clinics, including Kaiser Hospital, Sutter Health, NorthBay Medical Center, Dignity Health, and Woodland Communicare support the Granting Pink Program and recognize the great need to help those who are struggling to care for themselves and their families. The need has been greater this past year with families challenged to balance a higher rate of unemployment, schooling for young children, and a serious diagnosis which is often unexpected. “As a breast cancer surgeon, I focus on what we can do to make a positive difference. It is the highlight of my day to provide one of my patients with this financial grant application,” says Dr. Alicia Silva at Sutter Hospital
Pink Speaker series n “Advances in the Management of Breast Cancer”: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10 — Dr. Mili Arora, UCD Medical Center n “New Year Reflections”: 7 to 8:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 24 — Aimee Lazarus, Certified Life Coach
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Cindy Sucevich, nurse navigator at Dignity Health, with Andrea Mayer, Thriving Pink board member, are among those who are distributing Granting Pink financial assistance applications to local hospitals. who also serves as a Thriving Pink board member . Thriving Pink is a local nonprofit that is volunteerdriven with local community leaders who strive to fulfill its mission to provide a compassionate network of support and resources in partnership with the community.
Those diagnosed with breast cancer who reside in, work, or receive treatment in Yolo County are eligible to receive financial assistance through Thriving Pink’s Granting Pink Program. The Granting Pink Chair, Rose Cholewinski, owner of SwimAmerica-
Davis, has served in this role since the organization started six years ago. “I am so proud of our community which ensures we can continue to do good work. The financial requests range from the rising costs of medical bills to covering the cost for care providers. We have distributed over
$163,000 to help many in our community who are fighting this disease that has taken too many loved ones.” To learn more about Thriving Pink, please visit www.thrivingpink.org, or the FaceBook and Instagram pages. Thriving Pink also provides Pink Peers for newly diagnosed women, and open workshops facilitated and led by medical providers and other professionals. January workshops are below. Please RSVP to info@ thrivingpink.org for the Zoom link. Donations of any amount are welcome and can be made in honor or in memory of a loved one as well. All programs and services are provided at no cost to help those in Yolo County impacted by breast cancer.
Powers new interim chief administrative officer for Sutter Davis Special to The Enteprise 1. Internet Culture. What recently displaced Google as the most popular site on the internet? 2. Local Notables. Notable computer engineer and runner LeShelle May worked for what Atlanta-based media organization for 21 years? 3. Unusual Words. What eight-letter word do we use for a decorative curl or twist in calligraphy or in the design of an object? 4. Pop Culture — Television. Starting with the letter W, what was the most pirated TV show of 2021? 5. Newspaper Headlines. What did the Michigan schoolteacher do who tested positive for COVID-19 in the middle of a flight to Iceland a few days before Christmas? Answers: TikTok; CNN; curlicue; “WandaVision”; she isolated herself in the plane bathroom for five hours, so as not to infect others. — Dr. Andy Jones is the former quizmaster at de Vere’s Irish Pub and author of the book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People.” His pub quiz is now seeking a new home. Meanwhile, Dr. Andy is also sharing his pub quizzes via Patreon. Find out more at www.yourquizmaster.com.
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Longtime Sutter leader Tammy Powers will step into the from 2016 until 2019. Before role of interim chief administrajoining Sutter Health, she spent tive officer of Sutter Davis Hosseveral years in roles of increaspital, effective Jan. 3. ing responsibility with WashingPowers is well-known within ton-based Providence Health & Sutter Health’s integrated, nonServices. A registered nurse, she profit network as an accomholds a bachelor’s degree plished provider and in nursing from Washsupportive leader with a ington State University background in patient and a Master of Business care and administraAdministration degree in tion. She currently is the healthcare management chief nurse executive of from Gonzaga University. Sutter Davis Hospital, a “Community hospitals position she has held serve an important pursince 2019 and will conpose, providing lifePOWERS tinue to hold. As chief changing care close to Sutter Davis nurse executive, she is home,” Powers said. “I’m interim chief responsible for leading grateful for the opportuand administering day-to-day nity to help support our teams operations associated with direct as they continue onward toward patient care activities, and cliniour mission of enhancing the cal education and development. well-being of those we serve Prior to Powers’ role at Sutter throughout Yolo County and Davis Hospital, she served as the beyond.” assistant administrator for womPowers assumes the leaderen’s and children’s services at Sut- ship role at Sutter Davis Hospiter Medical Center, Sacramento tal from Rachael McKinney,
who was named CEO of Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, and will begin her new post Jan. 3, as well. McKinney will still have oversight of Sutter Davis Hospital, as well as Sutter Amador Hospital in Jackson, with Powers reporting to her. “Tammy helps drive the service-oriented culture at Sutter Davis. She focuses on employee engagement, quality and patient safety, operational efficiency and affordability, service excellence and the overall patient experience,” said McKinney. “Sutter Davis will be in excellent hands under Tammy’s leadership.” ———— King High’s December Student of the Month is Jocelyn “Jolie” Mosser. Jolie was nominated by multiple teachers because she exemplifies the King ideals of being present, positive and productive. King rarely takes 10th, but students who advocate for themselves are accepted on a case-by-case basis. Jolie has been a great addition
to our school, and confirmed our decision to accept her. She made credit check by earning at least 2 credits per week every week possible this quarter, and is a consistently positive presence on our campus. A few teacher comments as they voted for Jolie to be Student of the Month, included, “Jolie ALL DAY!” and “she is very responsive and thoughtful in a way that shows maturity far beyond her years.” Teachers also said, “Jolie always has a smile, and is outgoing and friendly,” and “Jolie had yet another amazing week of being Present, Positive and Productive. Perfect attendance, great attitude, and stayed super focused on her work, which paid off in the credits she earned this week.” Congratulations, Jolie! We are grateful to have you as a part of our King Family. — Do you know of someone who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy? Email it to newsroom@ davisenterprise.net.
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TOP 10: Superintendent, supervisor take their leave From Page A1 with schools, sports teams and nonprofits, looked on anxiously to navigate the ever-changing rules and keep their doors open. Out of the challenge presented by the COVID pandemic, the local collaboration between UC Davis and local governments called Healthy Davis Together represented a remarkable example of how to respond. The collaborative effort between the city of Davis and UC Davis started in September 2020 by providing saliva-based testing for the public, then expanded its reach to testing wastewater and providing vaccinations to the community. Along the way, HDT collected a treasure trove of data to help local health authorities stay abreast of the disease’s progress in Yolo County. As Tod Stoltz, director of business development at UC Davis Health, said on the UC Davis Live podcast, “Unless a college or a university or a business exists in isolation from its surrounding community, you’re not going to be able to protect it from COVID unless you’re protecting the entire community.” In October, Healthy Davis Together earned a Beacon Leadership and Innovation Award from the Institute for Local Government for crossagency collaboration. “Our community is grateful and fortunate for this project that helped to protect our health and is assisting us to rebound as a university town,” said Davis Mayor Gloria Partida at the time. UC Davis Chancellor Gary May said Healthy Davis Together “showcases the importance of a university to its community.”
2. Public-safety reform As it entered 2021, the Davis City Council took up a set of recommendations of the Public Health and Safety Joint Subcommittee, which included members of the Human Relations, Police Accountability and Social Services commissions. The subcommittee was formed by the council in June 2020 in the wake of nationwide (and local) calls for police reform following a series of violent encounters between police and minority citizens, most notably the on-camera death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and submitted its recommendations at the end of the year. Of the nine recommendations by the committee, “the overarching recommendation for this report is the creation of a new department to focus on social services, housing and homelessness,” according to the staff report. In addition, the committee recommended to: n Determine why racial disparities in arrests, recommended charges and stops exist in Davis. n Encourage the DPD to dialogue with the Police Accountability Commission (PAC) on the content of its use-of-force policy. n Evaluate the impact of de-escalation, crisis intervention, procedural justice and implicit bias trainings. n Shift nonviolent service calls to unarmed personnel.
and students was palpable for sure,” DiNunzio said. “And it didn’t hurt that the weather was lovely. It was one of those sunshiny beautiful Davis spring days which I think was sort of reflective of the mood of everyone that was on campus.” Davis High was even able to host graduation or, rather, two graduations, with half of the graduating seniors participating in each one. By the time the 2021-22 school year opened, testing and COVID responses were such that the district was able to stay open even as the delta variant raged. Whether it can with omicron as well remains to be seen. Enterprise file photo
Students arrive at Willett Elementary School for their first day back on a Monday in April. n Reinvent the policecommunity conversation/ establish an ongoing, confidential public input process centering communities of color, the homeless, and other atrisk groups. n Deprioritize, decriminalize and offer restorative remedies for minor, victimless offenses through warm hand-off programs, an expansion of the specialty court system, and other measures. n Work with county partners to build an integrated, “Crisis Now”-type model for behavioral health emergencies. n Expand the city’s community navigator workforce. After months of debate, including a contentious budget approval hearing in June, the City Council in October voted unanimously to create a department of social services and housing to oversee crisis response, homeless services and more. The vote was the culmination of work by many community members, from a joint subcommittee comprised of city commission members which recommended moving some services out of the Davis Police Department and into an independent office, to the council subcommittee of Councilman Will Arnold and Mayor Gloria Partida, who were assigned the task of figuring out how to do that.
3. Homelessness Another 2020 idea that sprouted in 2021 was Paul’s Place, a communityfunded project to transform a lot on H Street in Davis into a first-of-itskind vertical tiny-home village that will provide shelter to dozens of unhoused individuals. Ground was broken in June 2021, and once fully constructed, Paul’s Place will provide an array of services as well as emergency, transitional and supportive housing in a four-story structure across from the railroad tracks. The Davis Community Meals and Housing shelter previously at that spot was torn down, making room for what will be a 17,000-square-foot multifunctional homeless facility that will continue to be operated by DCMH. Paul’s Place — named after the father of Bill Pride, executive director of DCMH — will include: n Four emergency shelter beds, staff offices, a dining and kitchen area,
laundry, bathrooms and a resource center on the first floor; n Ten transitional single-occupant bedrooms with shared kitchen, laundry, living room, bathrooms and offices on the second floor; and n Nine single-occupant permanent supportive micro-units on each of the third and fourth floors (18 total micro units). Local hoteliers Reed and Susan Youmans paid for the feasibility study to see if there was sufficient community support and then led the fundraising effort; Partnership Health Plan provided a $750,000 grant; nationally recognized Davis architect Maria Ogrydziak designed the project; hundreds of Davis residents, businesses and organizations contributed financially; and Sutter Health provided a $2.5 million matching grant. But this was 2021, and COVID would have its say. With the pandemic driving up the costs of materials and labor, backers of Paul’s Place reported in October that they faced a funding gap $2 million. The City Council took the first step in filling that gap in December by unanimously authorizing $1 million in American Rescue Plan funding for the project.
4. Superintendent moves on After five years as superintendent of the Davis school district, John Bowes returned to Southern California in June, where he worked for much of his career in education. Bowes said at a special closed-session school board meeting, “I informed our Board of Education that I have accepted a position as superintendent of the Manhattan Beach Unified School District and will be leaving the Davis school district on Aug. 6, 2021. It has always been a goal of mine to return to Southern California in order to be closer to family.” Bowes came to Davis in the summer of 2016 from the Palos Verdes Unified School District, where he served as the assistant superintendent for human resources for about 2-1/2 years. Prior to Palos Verdes, Bowes held a variety of positions in the Los Angeles Unified School District over more than 20 years, starting as an elementary school classroom teacher, and eventually becoming LAUSD’s
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5. Don Saylor’s last term After more than 25 years serving in elected office, from the Davis school board to the Davis City Council, and finally as a Yolo County supervisor, Don Saylor said he reached the end of the road. Saylor announced in June he will not seek reelection to the Board of Supervisors in 2022. “The time has come for me to pass the baton and to pursue other parts of life,” he said in an email. “It has been a profound honor to serve the Davis Joint Unified School District, the city of Davis, Yolo County and a wide array of regional partnership agencies.” For more than a decade, Saylor represented District 2 on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors, a district that includes central and West Davis, as well as the UC Davis campus, but also stretches westward to encompass the city of Winters. Prior to his election to the Board of Supervisors in 2010, Saylor served as a Davis Joint Unified School District trustee and as a Davis City Council member. His career in elected office will have spanned nearly 27 years by the time he retires at the end of 2022. He served as a school district trustee from 1995 through 2003, then moved on to the Davis City Council where he served from 2004 to 2010, including as mayor in that final year. He ran unopposed for the Board of Supervisors in 2010 and faced no opposition in his 2014 and 2018 re-election bids. His current term is scheduled to end on Dec. 31, 2022.
6. Housing Multiple proposals came forward in the last year for new construction, including the two on Covell Boulevard, infill on Pole Line Road and the return of the
Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus. Eastside LLC, owner of the Shriners property east of Wildhorse Ranch, has submitted a pre-application to the city proposing a large housing development with between 1,100 and 1,200 residential units “geared toward families in varying lot sizes and densities on approximately 145 acres.” The site is directly east of Wildhorse Ranch, for which developer David Taormino has submitted a separate pre-application proposing 164 residential units, a pool complex and more on that 26-acre parcel. Both proposals are preapplications, with the developers seeking input from city officials and the community, but no official review process is underway yet. The DISC 2022 proposal is in the city’s review process. Lastly, 30 attached single-family homes would fill a currently vacant lot on Pole Line Road under a proposal that received the stamp of approval from the Davis Planning Commission in December. The site — between Fifth and Eighth streets — was previously home to a convalescent care facility, Sierra Healthcare Center, that closed several years ago.
7. School closures Campuses in Davis remained closed (with teachers and students struggling through online lessons) during the early months of 2021 as a big winter surge of COVID cases moved through Yolo County. Then, in the second week of April, Davis schools finally opened their doors again, as masked-up teachers and students returned to the classroom. Then-School Board President Joe DiNunzio said it felt energizing to see students and families come back to campus after over a year, and to see teachers welcoming their students and administrators managing school campuses once again. “It felt not the same as it did 13 months ago, but it felt a little bit like a slice of normal. I think the enthusiasm of teachers, parents
8. Parking-lot assault Good Samaritans launched into action when they observed a vicious, unprovoked attack on Heidi Young, a wellknown local homeless woman who frequents the Nugget shopping center in South Davis. Young was left hospitalized by the April assault, which police reported occurred along Chiles Road near the Nugget, involving the 59-year-old homeless woman and the suspect, later identified as Joseph Michael Granken. “Upon arrival, officers discovered a female victim who had been badly and violently beaten,” Deputy Police Chief Paul Doroshov said. She was transported to the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento for treatment. A post on the Nextdoor social media platform said local man passing by the scene in his truck took swift action, making a U-turn and jumping “out of his truck to confront the attacker.” Others took note of the chaos and also intervened, subduing Granken and tending to the victim until emergency personnel responded. Granken pleaded not guilty, and eventually court proceedings were suspended in light of a psychologist’s finding that he was mentally incompetent to stand trial. He remains in Yolo County jail custody awaiting state hospital placement.
9. Theft surge Davis experienced a surge in organized retail thefts, and catalytic converter thefts, mirroring concerning crime trends across California. Davis police dedicated additional resources to investigate the increase and made some arrests, but the problem persists. On the weekend after Thanksgiving, brazen thieves struck several retailers in Davis. A pair of CVS stores in Davis reported a combined $14,000 merchandise loss from their back-to-back hits that Sunday night,
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From Page A1 last seven days, nearly double the number of new cases reported the week before. The city of Davis continues to see the biggest increase. Of the 206 new cases reported on Thursday countywide, 113 were Davis residents, including 28 children under the age of 18. But all age groups in the city saw new cases. With school set to resume on Monday, the Davis Joint Unified School District is urging all students to test for COVID-19 prior to returning to the classroom. “Due to increasing infection rates and the spread of the Omicron variant, we strongly encourage all DJUSD students to get
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Gaytan also mentioned the safety measures deployed on campus: “It’s important to think about ways to come back and get to know people again. However, we do have a mask and vaccine mandate. One can apply for religious or health exempCourtesy graphic tions too, but we’re trying to keep the campus safe tested before returning to inside and outside at all remain in place along with and happy, and we hold campus,” the district said in DJUSD sites two portable HEPA air true to these mandates so a post on social media. Students are also purifiers in every classpeople feel safe while room. learning.” The district also outlined “strongly encouraged” to safety provisions that will test weekly via Healthy — Reach Anne TernusWith safety measures remain in place as students Davis Together. Bellamy at aternus@ in place, the Spring return from winter break, Additionally, the dis- davisenterprise.net. semester at the Sac City including the requirement trict’s HVAC systems’ high- Follow her on Twitter at College Davis Center is that masks be worn both grade MERV 13 filters will @ATernusBellamy. teeming with a variety of classes for students to take. Among the most popular are the chemistry and biology classes that take place in their stateof-the-art lab buildings. Although these classes are targeting another CVS store in fatal injuries. From Page A5 already filled with priority Woodland, Doroshov said. Losses Comey’s 3-year-old child was playpolice officials said. enrollment given to those totaled about $1,000 between both ing nearby but escaped injury when close to completing their The first theft occurred at about retailers. the evergreen ash limb — which first degrees in these sciences, 12:40 p.m. Sunday at the Safeway on That led to a report of a theft in responders estimated to be about 20 there’s still ample opporCowell Boulevard in South Davis, progress to Davis police, who arrived feet long and nine inches in diameter tunities available to stuwhere two suspects entered the store on scene as the suspects were fleeing, at its widest point — came down dents. and asked to see the alcohol selection Doroshov said. An officer followed shortly before 10:30 a.m. secured in a locked cabinet, Davis “We’re offering food sciand stopped their vehicle as they It fell onto the Tulip Lane park’s Deputy Police Chief Paul Doroshov ence, and we also have an began merging onto westbound sandbox area near the playground, said. ethnic studies class with a Interstate 80 at Richards Boulevard. breaking several pieces off a corner dual-enrollment program Safeway reported a $1,900 loss, Meanwhile car break-ins to steal of a concrete play table. At the time, we have with Davis High. and Doroshov said the two suspects catalytic converters were a problem winds in the Davis area blew 20 to We’re excited on working are believed to be responsible for all year. The part contains precious 30 mph, with occasional gusts over with DJUSD in that,” similar alcohol thefts in the area, metals such as platinum, palladium 40 mph, according to online weather Gaytan said. “There’s also including one at a local Nugget and rhodium, making it a popular reports. a women and gender Market. That night, thieves struck target in the Sacramento region and Davis Fire Department Battalion studies class that’s amazthe CVS stores in East and West beyond for thieves looking to make a Chief Roland Pussich said a park ing and has guest speakDavis, starting with the 1550 quick buck at recycling yards. maintenance crew witnessed the ers for people to make East Covell Blvd. location at about 7 “This sort of crime peaks and valincident and, along with the first connections with. We also p.m. leys,” Davis police Lt. Mike Munoz police officers on scene, were able to have oldies-but-goodies A little over a week later, Davis said in 2019. Davis hit another peak lift the branch off the woman. like math, English and police made two arrests after a in November, with 75 theft reports “We ended up doing CPR. It was statistics that are imporpair of incidents at an East Davis by the beginning of the next month. definitely traumatic,” Pussich said of tant for students that store. Four more suspects hit While worth up to several hundred the woman’s condition. An ambuthe same store as a police detective dollars at scrap yards, catalytic conlance crew rushed her to the UC conducted follow-up on the morning verters can cost thousands to replace Davis Medical Center after her pulse The Enterprise publishes brief death notices free of incident, according to Doroshov. once parts and labor are factored in. was restored, but she succumbed charge. Paid obituaries allow for controlled content The detective confronted them as after arriving at the hospital. with the option for photos. Obituaries will be edited they loaded cosmetics into trash — These stories were initially for style and grammar. Submissions may be made bags, but the suspects fled the area reported by Enterprise journalists via www.davisenterprise.com/obit-form. and got away. An outing to Slide Hill Park in Anne Ternus-Bellamy, Lauren Keene, That morning, suspects had allegEast Davis turned tragic in February, Caleb Hampton, Aaron Geerts, Jeff edly stolen multiple products from when a large tree limb fell on Davis Hudson, Edward Booth and Owen the CVS, shortly after apparently mother Jennifer Comey, 44, causing Yancher.
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Robert (Bob) Charles Wertzberger, 59, of Davis, formerly of Hayward and Dubuque, Iowa, died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021, in Petaluma, surrounded by his nine siblings and many nieces and nephews. Born April 25, 1962, in Dubuque, Bob attended Nativity and Saint Columbkille schools. In 1975, Bob’s family moved to Hayward, where he graduated from Hayward High School. Bob attended UC Davis, earning a bachelor’s degree in political science. A resident of Davis for 40 years, Bob had his own landscaping and gardening business. His many clients appreciated how he transformed countless outdoor spaces into sanctuaries. Bob was an impressive athlete who enjoyed many sports. He was a legendary
figure at UC Davis Ultimate and with his beloved Davis Dogs. In 2017, Bob reunited with former teammates and as a member of “The Relics,” and won the USA Ultimate National Championship in Aurora, Colo., in the 50-plus division. An avid golfer, he cherished teeing off early with his regular Saturday foursome at Wildhorse Golf Club.
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Remembering Madden and Beef Wellington
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o, I won’t tell you I knew John Madden well or that he once called me on the phone to discuss a column I had written about his beloved Oakland Raiders. But I did once have dinner with John Madden. Sat right next to him at a small gathering of 10 or 12 people at the Firehouse Restaurant in Old Sacramento. I don’t have a calendar that goes that far back, but it was in the early 1970s shortly after I had been hired as sports editor of The Davis Enterprise. Madden was likely in his second or
third year as Oakland head coach and would go on to post the best winning percentage of any coach in NFL history. I was all of 24 years old at the time. Madden was 10 years my elder. The Raiders were trying to extend their sphere of influence to more than just the Bay Area and had invited three or four journalists and a handful of Sacramento sportscasters to dinner to spread the good word. Dinner was served without a menu and Madden quickly noticed I didn’t know which fork to use and probably didn’t even
recognize the offering I was about to eat. Madden leaned over and whispered playfully, “Do you know what that is?” “No,” I responded sheepishly as I gazed at what appeared to be
a giant pastry occupying almost my entire plate. “That’s Beef Wellington, son.” I nodded. I had heard of Beef Wellington, but had never actually experienced it while living alone in my one-bedroom East Davis apartment. And I had no idea what it might look like on my plate. Madden spent the next 5 or 10 minutes entertaining our group as the boisterous, humorous, inyour-face everyman we all came to know and love. I spent those same 5 or 10 minutes savoring every bite of my Beef Wellington.
At that point, Madden, who had yet to start eating, looked down at my empty plate and said in a low voice, “What happened to your dinner?” “I ate it.” What came next I will remember for as long as God allows. For upon seeing the hunger in my eyes, that was when John Madden waved his hand wildly in the air and bellowed for all to hear, “Waiter, bring this young man another dinner.” I’ve been a Raiders fan ever since. — Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
Finding the right balance DHS’ Mara Bledsoe excels on hardwood and in classroom By Madilynn Sepp Enterprise correspondent One of the biggest challenges young athletes face is being able to balance being a full-time student and full-time athlete. There are student-athletes such as Davis High girls basketball player in forward Mara Bledsoe, who set the standard for those around her. Bledsoe has been a varsity starter since earning a starting spot midway through her sophomore season. One of the key factors that earned her that starting spot is her raw strength. “She is extremely strong, so her ability to take over under the basket goes unmatched,” said Davis head coach Heather Highshoe of Bledsoe.
Not only has her strength given her the ability to take over under the basket, but it has helped Bledsoe, who stands 5-foot-10, become a strong rebounder and become a threat with her outside shot. Bledsoe sets the bar high when it comes to exceeding expectations. Her coaches know Bledsoe for her outstanding worth ethic and determination both on and off the court. With the Blue Devils having only a seven-person roster, Bledsoe has been a huge contributor. She is averaging 12.5 points per game and almost 10 rebounds per game, while normally guarding the opposing team's biggest player. While competing at a
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Davis High forward Mara Bledsoe (right) eyes the basket past a Vista del Lago player in a game at the Folsom-Vista Classic at Folsom High on Dec. 9. Bledsoe is averaging 12.5 points per game for the Blue Devils this season. high level on the court, Bledsoe also maintains a 4.03 GPA, plus personal workouts, basketball and
Mara Bledsoe drives against Woodcreek defenders in a Speck Tournanment matchup. Lev Farris Goldenberg/ Enterprise file photo
family time. Bledsoe is pursuing an athletic career at the collegiate level, looking to major in psychological science, Spanish and Hispanic studies, or kinesiology. Currently, her first pick school is Hobart and William Smith in Geneva, N.Y. These dreams seem well within her reach, as she is used to putting in the hard work both on and off the court, all while playing nearly the entire 32 minutes. “Over the years, I’ve just really enjoyed watching Mara compete. She is a competitor! She plays with a lot of passion and determination, and never backs
down from a challenge,” Highshoe said. “However, seeing where Mara is now, compared to where she was when she started in the program, is something to be proud of. We are lucky to have someone like Mara in our program and on our team.” Bledsoe has been the athlete to watch for the past few seasons, as her love of the game has grown tremendously, along with her newfound love, determination and appreciation for weightlifting. Competing with only seven teammates is a hard task for the Blue Devils. With Bledsoe’s strength and teamwork abilities, no one should count out
Davis High, despite its 1-10 record entering Tuesday's Delta League opener at St. Francis of Sacramento. When asked what she was looking forward to most this season, Highshoe said: “I am looking forward to watching our team break through. I am so proud of how hard our team plays all the time, and how they never give up. They keep their heads held high and come into every game ready to compete.” — Madilynn Sepp is a senior at Menlo College in Atherton, majoring in marketing and minor is journalism. Follow on Twitter: @_madisepp_.
Martin family endowment to benefit UCD women’s hoops Special to The Enterprise George and Patricia Martin, the parents of former UC Davis women’s basketball standout and Cal Aggie Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Pam Martin, have made an endowment in honor of their daughter to help enrich the Aggies’ women’s basketball program. “Pam remains the ultimate team player and, as a coach, emphasized that part of the game,” George and Patricia Martin said. “She participated in and coached the sport from its primitive beginnings to the complex game we now see in the college ranks and the WNBA. It is our intent that this endowment last in perpetuity in recognition of
our daughter and her strong faith in the UC Davis women’s basketball coaching staff and philosophy.” The Pam Martin Women’s Basketball Enrichment Fund has been established to provide enhanced support for the women’s basketball team at the discretion of the head coach in consultation with the athletic director. The funds will be used for needs that are above and beyond the normal budget and could support team bonding, away game special experiences, on campus educational events, volunteer coach support, or other additional programs to enrich the experience of the student-athletes.
“This gift will help us to provide meaningful opportunities, experiences and memories for so many future generations of Aggies.” Jennifer Gross UCD basketball coach “We are so grateful for this amazing gift from the Martin family,” UC Davis head coach Jennifer Gross said. “Pam was an incredible point guard and a longtime collegiate coach who completely understands how special the studentathlete experience can be. She is passionate about helping our staff give our Aggie women’s basketball players a one-of-kind
experience that they will forever cherish. This gift will help us to provide meaningful opportunities, experiences and memories for so many future generations of Aggies.” Pam Martin, whose father was a volunteer distance coach for the UC Davis track and field team from 1979-81 under head coach John Pappa and served as a professor in the
Pomology Department from 1967-94, was a fouryear letter winner for the Aggies from 1975-79. She helped the Aggies to 50 wins and a Golden State Conference title as a junior in 1978 under legendary head coach Pam GillFisher. Martin led the team in points in each of her final two collegiate seasons, scoring 278 points in 1978 and 363 points in 1979. She entered the 2021-22 season ranked No. 10 on the school’s single-season scoring average list after scoring 16.1 points per game as a senior. “As a UC Davis alumnae and former student-athlete I have a tremendous amount of Aggie Pride and
there is a special place in my heart for UC Davis,” Pam Martin said. “I’d like to thank my parents for providing the opportunity to help enrich the lives of current and future Aggies with this endowment. It’s a perfect way to honor my coaches, who helped build the foundation of this program, and help the current coaching staff continue to raise the bar of excellence with future classes of women’s basketball studentathletes.” In 1985, she was inducted in the Cal Aggie Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of the sixth class of honorees, following in the footsteps of her coach, who was inducted a year earlier.
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Boom! A legend on the field, and in the booth
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ohn Madden — 1936-2021. A life well lived, and a man who lived that life treating everyone he encountered along the way with respect and dignity. Madden did not believe in a lot of rules during the 10 years he spent as head coach of the Oakland Raiders. Al Davis elevated Madden to the top job at age 32 and he retired from coaching forever at 42. His three rules were concise: Be on time. Pay attention. Play like hell when you are called upon. n Madden wasn’t really sure what he was going to do when he stepped down as Raiders coach. According to the recent “All Madden” FOX show, he at first resisted the idea of broadcasting. “Maybe in a couple of years” he told a friend, who replied, “In a couple years, they might not want you.” It was then, Madden said, “that I changed my mind about
going into broadcasting.” n Like all new network playby-players or analysts, Madden worked a couple “practice” games. His first play-by-play partner was a 25-year-old by the name of Bob Costas. n Madden’s well-documented fear of flying did contribute to his decision to stop coaching. Another was his belief that 10 years as a head coach in any one place was enough. “The message may be the same, but after 10 years, the players need someone new to deliver it.” n Madden is the only sports broadcaster to work at all four of the major networks, CBS, FOX, ABC and NBC. n In 1978, column collaborator Chris Rice lost her husband, Bruce, to a sudden heart attack on the Tuesday leading up to a Raiders-Chiefs game in Kansas City. Bruce Rice was a member of the Chiefs radio team and sports director of the local CBS affiliate.
There was no love lost between the Raiders and Chiefs, then or now. Apprised during the week of the tragedy, Madden, after awarding game balls to his victorious Raiders players, sent an additional game ball to Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt’s suite, where Chris Rice had viewed the game. “I was shocked,” Ms. Rice, who spent a long career in Major League Baseball with the Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies and Atlanta Braves, said. “It was such a class gesture. I’ve never forgotten it.” n Madden played college
football at Cal Poly and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1959. A training camp knee injury ended his playing career. While rehabbing his knee, Madden frequented the Eagles’ offensive meeting room. Eagles quarterback and future Hall of Famer Norm Van Brocklin watched film at all hours of the day or night. Van Brocklin told the young lineman he was welcome at any time “Watching film and listening to Norm was the greatest football education I ever had,” Madden recalled. In 1952, Van Brocklin set an NFL record with 554 yards passing in a single game. That record still stands today. n Madden’s coaching philosophy was direct and to the point: “As a coach, I knew that it was all about the players. I firmly believe that.” n Post-coaching, Madden’s career as a pitchman began with
his doing Miller Lite commercials. Others to appear over the years included Deacon Jones, Dick Butkus, Billy Martin, Bob Uecker, Rodney Dangerfield, Bubba Smith, Phil Rizzuto, Nick Buoniconti, Whitey Ford, Paul Hornung and “Marvelous” Marv Throneberry. Forty-plus years later, the ads remain among the most iconic in television history. “I went from being John Madden, the coach, to John Madden, the Miller Lite guy who breaks through the wall. It was a bridge to this life from coaching,” he said in a 2016 interview. “Then the commercials got me into broadcasting.” n One final word sums up the essence of John Madden: Boom! — The longtime radio and television color man on UC Davis football broadcasts, Doug Kelly is director of communications for Battlefields2Ballfields and managing general partner of Kelly & Associates. Contact him at DKelly1416@aol.com.
MARTIN: Former Aggie has a distinguished career From Page B1 “My mentor, Coach Pam Gill-Fisher, showed me her confidence in my abilities when she asked me to lead our team as a freshman point guard,” Pam Martin said. “She opened my eyes to the coaching profession when she took me to the Women’s Basketball Association national convention and encouraged me to study the game and opened many other doors to my future. “Pam encouraged me to talk with men’s head coach Bob Hamilton, who freely shared his knowledge, wisdom and his time management tips
which saved my academics.” Pam Martin continued. “Finally, Sandy Simpson was our student-assistant during my junior and senior year. He had a wealth of knowledge on passing into post players, overall defensive skills and had an endless amount of enthusiasm, energy, and positive comments for all of us.” Following her playing career, which included a stop with the San Francisco Pioneers in the Women’s Professional Basketball League, Pam Martin went on to serve as an assistant coach at the University of San Francisco before spending 14 seasons as the head coach at Humboldt State,
winning 169 games from 19872001 and leading the Lumberjacks to their first NCAC title in 1993-94 with a 19-9 overall record and an 11-1 mark in conference play. During her tenure, Martin mentored a pair of conference players of the year, two conference freshmen of the year, and a total of 36 all-conference selections. “Coaches have a tremendous opportunity to impact the lives of their student-athletes and not all those lessons are learned on the court,” Pam Martin said. “Team travel, preseason bonding and team gathering are times when coaches have an opportunity to expose their athletes to
other cultures, environments, museums, or historical locations. “My hope is that this endowment will help enrich their lives beyond the court, classroom, and the campus environment so that they become strong, confident, independent women who will make their community a better place and continue the tradition of Aggie Pride.” For more information on how you can help support the Pam Martin Women’s Basketball Enrichment Fund or other UC Davis intercollegiate athletic programs, please contact Liz Martin at (530) 574-8623 or emartin@ucdavis.edu.
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Population T may dominate climate debate By Llewellyn King Special to The Enterprise
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t wasn’t front-and-center at the climate change summit, COP26, in Glasgow, but it was whispered about informally, in the corridors, and over meals. For politicians, it is flammable. For some religions, it is heresy. Yet it begs a hearing: the growth of the global population. While the world struggles to decarbonize, saving it from sea level rise and the other disasters associated with climate change, there is no recognition officially anywhere that population plays a critical part. People do things that cause climate change from burning coal to raising beef cattle. A lot of people equal a lot of pollution equals a big climate impact, obvious and incontrovertible. In 1950, the global population was at just over 2.5 billion. This year, it is calculated at 7.9 billion. Roughly by mid-century, it is expected to increase by another 2 billion. There is a ticking bomb, and it is us. There was one big, failed attempt to restrict population growth: China’s one-child policy. Besides being draconian, it didn’t work well and has been abandoned. China is awash with young men seeking nonexistent brides. While the program was in force from 1980 to 2015, girls were aborted and boys were saved. The result: A massive gender imbalance. One doubts that any country will ever, however authoritarian its rule, try that again. There is a long history to population alarm, going back to the 18th century and Thomas Malthus, an English demographer and economist who gave birth to what is known as Malthusian theory. This states that food production won’t be able to keep up with the growth in the human population, resulting in famine and war; and the only way forward is to restrict population growth. Malthus’s theory was very wrong in the 18th century. But it had unfortunate effects, which included a tolerance of famine in populations of European empire countries, like India. It also played a role in the Irish Great Famine of 1845-49, when some in England thought that this famine, caused by a potato blight, was the fulfillment of Malthusian theory, and inhibited efforts to help the starving Irish. Shame on England.
he last week of the year, for many, is a quiet and welcome reprieve from the frenzy of the year. This year, with the rise of yet another new variant, we have begun to once again feel the weight of needing to hunker down and be hypervigilant of how we spend time with others. While there is some comfort in knowing that vaccinations and boosters will give protection from life-threatening illness, we must continue to do all we can to prevent the spread of the virus. There are still many very young children that remain ineligible for vaccines and many with health risks that would not fair well if they were infected with a breakthrough case.
In addition, every opportunity the virus has to replicate is an opportunity for it to mutate. Many fail to understand the gravity of this. This year thanks to vaccines we were able to return to an almost normal year. We had in person classes, modified celebrations such as Neighbors’ Night Out and the Downtown Tree Lighting, but a mutation that renders vaccines ineffective would put us back to square one. To help in the efforts to contain the spread of the
virus the city, along with the Davis Joint Unified School district, agreed to fund the Healthy Davis Together program into 2022. This program along with vaccines and everyone’s continued efforts to mask and gather responsibly will help us move closer in 2022 to even more normalcy.
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ne of the first things to look forward to in the new year is the return of our Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. Provided COVID remains manageable the annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration will be held at the Veterans Memorial Theater this coming year. We have happily outgrown the Varsity theater and the Vets theater gives more opportunity for types of performers. Look for further information released soon.
Finally, if you are not on the email list for the city’s Greener newsletter, I recommend it. This month in particular, there are many tips for recycling all the waste generated over the holidays, including the tree. Put out by the city’s public works and operations department it has a wealth of information to keep us working towards a greener future for Davis. You can find it by going to the city website, cityofdavis. org, under the city hall tab and navigating to the public works link. For other eNotifications, go to the city hall tab and navigate to the eNotifications link. I look forward to the many opportunities to work together in the new year and wish everyone much health and happiness. — Gloria Partida is the mayor of Davis.
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he idea of population outgrowing resources was reawakened in 1972 with a controversial report titled “Limits to Growth” from the Club of Rome, a global think tank. This report led to battles over the supply of oil when the energy crisis broke the next year. The antigrowth, population-limiting side found itself in a bitter fight with the technologists who believed that technology would save the day. It did. More energy came to market, oil resources were discovered worldwide, including in the previously unexplored Southern Hemisphere. Since that limits-to-growth debate, the world population has increased inexorably. Now, if growth is the problem, it needs to be examined more urgently. I think 2022 is the year that the examination will begin. Clearly, no country will wish to go down the failed Chinese one-child policy, and anyway, only authoritarian governments could contemplate it. Free people in democratic countries don’t handle dictates well: Take, for example, the difficulty of enforcing maskwearing in the time of the COVID pandemic in the United States, Germany, Britain, France, and elsewhere. If we are going to talk of a leveling off world population we have to look elsewhere, away from dictates to other subtler pressures. There is a solution, and the challenge to the world is whether we can get there fast enough. That solution is prosperity. When people move into the middle class, they tend to have fewer children. So much so that the traditional populations are in decline in the United States, Japan, and in much of Europe — even in nominally Roman Catholic France. The data is skewed by immigration in all those countries — except Japan, where it is particularly stark. It shows population stability can happen without dictatorial social engineering. In the United States, the not-so-secret weapon may be no more than the excessive cost of college. — Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS.
Letters 1,992 blankets for kids Project Linus of Yolo County blanketeers want to thank the community that has supported us over the past 13 years in donating over 19,400 handmade blankets to children in Yolo County and to those children who have suffered through all types of natural disasters. The final blanket count is in for 2021. We are happy to report that our chapter distributed over 1,992 handmade blankets during 29 pickups, to Yolo Crisis Nursery, Empower Yolo, CommuniCare Health Center-Davis, CommuniCare Behavorial Health-West Sacramento, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Yolo County Children’s Alliance, Yolo County Head Start, Trauma & Grief Support (TAGS), Homeless Outreach Coordinator, Davis Joint Unified School District, Progress Ranch, Davis Fire Department, Woodland Fire Department, Stepping Stones, United Way, Head Start, LIFT, HOME Church and Short Term Emergency Aid Committee (STEAC) Our chapter continues to be grateful to the community for over 60 donations in 2021, consisting of fabric, yarn, miscellaneous sewing supplies and monetary donations. Thank you for your generous donations, which will keep our blanketeers busy making blankets for quite a while. Thanks also to the Intel Volunteer Grant Program for their monetary contributions to our chapter and to Nugget Markets, for their monetary donation through the SCRIP program.
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Along with a big thank you to the volunteers of Project Linus of Yolo County and to other community members for making blankets, thanks also to the following groups for their donation of blankets: Flying Needles Quilters’ Guild, the Davis 1st Ward Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The National Charity League of Davis, Bayer and the Sunset Buttes Lions Club. In addition, thanks to all of you who helped make this possible including Sebastian Oñate, Editor, Davis Enterprise, for all of the wonderful publicity for our chapter and the Joann Store in Woodland, which has a donation area, where people can drop off new, handmade blankets for our chapter. For anyone who is interested in making a blanket for Project Linus and becoming a blanketeer, receiving our monthly newsletter or making a charitable donation of fabric, yarn or money, please contact me via email at dmmyolo@gmail.com. Diane McGee Chapter coordinator, Project Linus of Yolo County
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anti-vaxx lies,” Elias said the source of COVID and vaccine misinformation was unmoderated social media posts which have planted doubt about mainstream medical science. While Elias’ idea makes sense, it is curious he fails to note how distrust in mainstream medicine, personified by Dr. Fauci and CDC are sowed by GOP leaders and Fox cable news. But even more curiously, at end of the column, The Enterprise included Mr. Elias’ tag line, which one assumes would boost his credentials. The tag line describes him as author of “The Burzynsky Breakthrough: the most promising cancer treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch it,” now available in soft cover.” (Emphasis added.) This is likely the 50th time The Enterprise has promoted Elias’ 1997 book. Do the editors really believe there could be a 30-plus-yearlong cover up of an effective cancer treatment by the medical establishment, a coverup that would include the FDA, Texas Board of Medical Examiners, and the National Cancer Institute? Trust in the institutions is elusive these days. I am not a doctor and I can’t intelligently weigh in on Burzynsky treatment even if I can consult social media and “Dr. Google.” But I hope that The Enterprise editors have done their due diligence and consulted first hand with medical experts before repeatedly publicizing a cancer treatment that is not supported by the medical establishment. Alan Hirsch Davis
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Op-Ed
THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE
SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2022 B5
We need answers on mercury in Cache Creek Special to The Enterprise
Commentary
eichert Construction is applying for a Yolo County permit to mine gravel on more than 250 acres of land in lower Cache Creek west of Woodland, which is now being used for agriculture. This proposal is problematic because the Cache Creek watershed naturally contains substantial deposits of mercury ore. It includes a US EPA Superfund site, Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine, located at the east end of Clear Lake. According to the Environmental Impact Report, at the end of 30 years the mined property will be reclaimed: approximately two-thirds of the land area will be converted back to agricultural use and one-third will become a permanent water impoundment (or “pond”) and turned over to the County. The property will not be restored to its original state, at least not in the foreseeable future. A toxic compound called methylmercury is produced by certain types of bacteria that live in water and sediment where the concentration of dissolved oxygen is very low. This condition can occur at the bottom of ponds
or lakes, such as the reclaimed water impoundments in lower Cache Creek where open pit mining has already occurred. Methylmercury is taken up by microscopic aquatic organisms much more rapidly than it is eliminated. The process is called bioaccumulation. Because of bioaccumulation, and another process called biomagnification, the concentration of methylmercury in fish can be hundreds of times higher than the concentration in water. Animals that consume these fish -- including wildlife and humans — are at greatest risk. In humans, methylmercury is readily absorbed and distributed throughout the body, where it acts as a potent neurotoxin, harming the brain and nervous system. It crosses the placental barrier, passing from mother to unborn child, and is particularly harmful to babies and young children, disrupting brain development. The project EIR does not include an in-depth examination of this problem. It refers to mercury as a “legacy” contaminant, which of course it is. But mining requires excavation of sand and
By Charles B. Salocks, Ph.D.
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rock that have remained undisturbed for hundreds of years, and the proposed reclamation plan includes a pond where methylmercury can form. Ultimately, mining appears to accelerate release methylmercury into the ecosystem. Research studies of methylmercury in several existing mine ponds shows results that are concerning. The fact that that mercury in reclaimed mine ponds is undergoing conversion to methylmercury and is being taken up by fish that live in these ponds is information that should have been presented in the EIR. In a recent study, the concentrations of methylmercury in fish collected in three existing reclaimed mine water impoundments were significantly greater than those found in fish collected from Cache Creek. Summertime anoxia (lack of oxygen) in water at the bottom of the ponds appeared to be a critical factor leading to increased methylmercury production. This is because the bacteria that produce methylmercury thrive under anaerobic conditions. However, a correlation between bottom-water anoxia and elevated fish mercury was not consistently observed. One pond with elevated fish mercury
showed no evidence of oxygen depletion, indicating that factors other than anoxia were influencing methylmercury formation. For example, water clarity may affect the growth of algae, which can oxygenate water and reduce methylmercury production. These factors — and others — compete against one another, some increasing methylmercury formation and others decreasing it.
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his complex situation makes it unlikely that we can devise a “one size fits all” remediation strategy for the existing water impoundments. Pumping air into the ponds might reduce deep water anoxia but also might reduce water clarity and limit the growth of algae, leading to less oxygen production. Furthermore, the ponds will probably need to be aerated every season because the conditions that lead to deep water anoxia are re-created each summer. The latest research shows that we don’t know enough about methylmercury formation in these ponds, and so far we don’t know how to prevent it. One thing is certain — prevention will cost money. How much? We simply don’t know.
Here’s what we do know. We already have multiple reclaimed water impoundments along lower Cache Creek that contain methylmercury, which is being taken up by fish. When these fish are consumed by birds and other animals, the methylmercury concentration increases even more. Methylmercury is highly toxic to humans and wildlife, and we don’t know what to do about it. We need more research to find solutions. Is it wise to allow more gravel mining and another methylmercury-generating pond along a planned parkway designed to attract families with young children? That’s a decision the Yolo County Board of Supervisors must make on January 11. The Supervisors should take a step back and require a revision of the EIR based on research findings that were coming to light when the document was being drafted. — Dr. Charles Salocks has a Ph.D. in environmental toxicology from UC Davis and extensive experience evaluating human health risk assessments for hazardous waste sites, including the Sulphur Creek Mercury mine at the east end of Clear Lake.
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month Special to The Enterprise
Empower Yolo
s we ring in a new year we also recognize January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month — a month to raise awareness about human trafficking issues and support survivors. Human trafficking is the business of stealing freedom for profit. In some cases, traffickers trick, defraud or physically force victims into selling sex. In others, victims are lied to, assaulted, threatened, or manipulated into working under inhumane, illegal, or otherwise unacceptable conditions. It is a multibillion dollar criminal industry that denies freedom to 24.9 million people around the world; see polarisproject.org. Yolo County is not immune to the issues of human trafficking. “Commercial sex trafficking/ human trafficking is a nomadic enterprise. Traffickers will move their victims from place to place, not staying in one area too long giving them a better opportunity to not draw attention to law enforcement. Yolo County has two major freeways, I-5 and I-80 that traffickers use to go between commercial sex “hot spots” like Sacramento and the Bay Area,” says Mathew Jameson Investigator II, Yolo County District Attorney’s Office (Yolo DA or DA’s Office). Empower Yolo advocates, local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, social workers, probation officers, mental health providers, and healthcare professionals continue to work together and collaborate in an effort to raise awareness, provide services to survivors and prosecute offenders. Advocates at Empower
Yolo work with Jameson to help support human trafficking survivors. Jameson’s position as an investigator in the General Criminal Division, working primarily with the Sex Crimes Team, with an emphasis on Human Trafficking (Sex/Labor) - a role he’s held since August 2021 - is part of the county’s response to human trafficking. “In 2017 the Yolo DA recognized the need within the county to assign an investigator to conduct and assist with human trafficking investigations,” says Jameson. “Due to the time and resources that these investigations require, it was necessary to commit a specialized investigator, within the DA’s Office, to assist the law enforcement agencies within the county during these complex and timeconsuming investigations. It was also realized that we might be missing human trafficking cases within the domestic violence and missing person cases within the county. Since the creation of this position, several cases have been investigated and successfully prosecuted by this office,” says Jameson. Jameson also testifies as an expert witness for human trafficking in Yolo County. “My role at the DA’s Office is unique because of the occasional opportunity to work these cases as the front-line investigator. I am also able to review other felony cases that come in for charging, looking for indicators that human trafficking or commercial sex trafficking may be present. I also provide training to the law enforcement agencies within the county regarding possible indicators and clues that human
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Mathew Jameson, investigator for the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office works on a human trafficking case. trafficking and/or commercial sex trafficking may be present,” says Jameson. Empower Yolo’s role in supporting survivors during human trafficking cases is vital. “As human trafficking investigators, Empower Yolo advocates provide an invaluable resource for the victims and us. We partner with Empower Yolo when we do undercover operations. This is done to provide the victim with a non-law enforcement advocate that can offer services and help to the victim,” says Jameson. Two times a year Jameson provides training to Empower Yolo advocates on law enforcement’s response to domestic violence and human trafficking calls.
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rafficking is proving to be pandemic-proof. Human traffickers are experts at adapting to changing circumstances and research indicates a strong shift to online sexual exploitation during the pandemic. This highlights how traffickers quickly adapt to changing contexts and the challenges and opportunities this poses to those trying to reduce and prevent sex trafficking; see
https://polarisproject.org/ resources/sexualexploitation-during-thepandemic/. “West Sacramento, in particular West Capitol Ave, has been a known area for street prostitution, as well as internet advertised prostitution, due to the multiple motels. The West Sacramento Police Department has done and continues to do a phenomenal job making this area not as active as it used to be, but there is still definitely a presence in that area. With the advent of the internet, online prostitution has become bigger than ever. There are multiple websites that continue to pop up that allow victim advertisements to be posted. These advertisements allow the traffickers to be undetectable to the public, which would normally be considered a nuisance if seen on the street. Although the online commercial sex trafficking does not create a public nuisance to the community, it does not lessen the trauma and pain the victims endure,” says Jameson. Along with his investigative expertise, one of Jameson’s goals in this
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position is awareness. “I hope to build on the successes of my predecessor, Lt. Jennifer Davis, and use my training and experience to conduct community awareness events to educate community members on the indicators and prevalence of commercial sex trafficking and human trafficking in the area. Also continuing the partnership with our law enforcement agencies in the county and working with their investigators to investigate these cases,” says Jameson.
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e need to be vigilant and educate our youths to protect them from vulnerabilities. “Teenagers in Yolo County have been and will continue to be targets of traffickers. Traffickers have and will use tactics to lure teens, with promises of love, companionship, and easy money. These types of recruiting tactics are prevalent on social media applications that our teens use. Social media use will continue to grow, so it makes it even more important to educate our teens to these tactics that traffickers use,” says Jameson. Sex trafficking situations involving sexual exploitation on online platforms have very different profiles and implications for response. For instance, an examination of two years of data from the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline shows, compared to non-online sex trafficking situations, online situations involved more minors (55% vs. 24%) and more males (15% vs. 7%). See https:// polarisproject.org/wpcontent/uploads/2021/07/ Sexual-Exploitation-During-the-Pandemic.pdf. In an effort to raise awareness and highlight services available to survivors Empower Yolo is
co-sponsoring a free online screening of the documentary “Boys” at 6 p.m. Jan. 6. "Sex trafficking is a worldwide epidemic, a tragedy that affects women, men, and children. Men and boys throughout the United States are trapped in modern-day slavery and forced to sell their bodies for sex. While the movement of sex trafficking has brought large awareness to female victims of trafficking, males have largely been overlooked. A panel of community experts will follow the film. Pre-register at https:// us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcoc-6gpjIjHtAnB6Tq06WxxRZbAIeuy6UO. For more information visit empoweryolo.org. Empower Yolo encourages community members to get involved by watching the film screening to learn more about the issues and what they can do to support survivors, youths, and the community. Empower Yolo has advocates on call to respond to human trafficking investigations. Advocates offer support to victims at local hospitals, law enforcement agencies, CPS office, during forensic medical exams or forensic interviews. Empower Yolo also has a designated human trafficking advocate who works with survivors. For information on human trafficking contact Jen Vasquez, Anti-Human Trafficking Advocate at: Jen@empoweryolo.org, or call our 24-hour crisis line for support at 530-6621133. All services are free, safe, and confidential. — Natalia Baltazar is the Director of Development and Community Relations of Empower Yolo.
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Baby Blues
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Pearls Before Swine
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