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his memoir. The set of principles was nicknamed “The Davis Way.” During its move to Division I, the program got another assist from the student body, who approved an additional fee to support athletic scholarships, and Vanderhoef made it clear The Davis Way was more than a value statement. It was also “a promise to undergraduates who’d approved a Division I-enabling student-fee initiative,” he wrote.

By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer Over the past three decades, UC Davis’ NCAA teams have ascended from possible extinction to butting heads with some of the best teams in the country. Today, the school has a nearly $40 million annual athletics budget, alumni playing in top professional leagues and state-of-the-art sports facilities dotting campus. The Aggies’ success, however, is built on a foundation that may be cracking. The financial burden of UC Davis’ athletics program has largely been borne by the student body through a series of agreements made with past administrations and inadvertently brought into the spotlight by the current one. Now, students are leading an effort to scrap the fees undergraduates contribute to campus sports programs, putting about half of the school’s athletics budget at stake. The consequences could be dramatic. If the effort is successful, each student would save roughly $570 per year. Meanwhile, UC Davis’ NCAA programs “would likely be eliminated or reduced to only a few sports,”

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UC Davis students dug the hole that is now Hickey Pool in 1938. It was utilized by UCD physical education students until the program’s cancellation last year. according to a recent analysis by UC Davis’ budget office.

‘The Davis Way’ At the heart of the student-led effort is a desire to hold the campus administration accountable to promises it made over the past three decades, which both students and former administrators say have been broken. Those promises, made in exchange for students agreeing to fund athletics, included assurances about the way UC Davis would run its Athletics Department as well as the maintenance of programs meant to benefit the wider student body. In the early 1990s, UC Davis faced the possibility of scrapping several sports programs, including the football team, due to state

budget crises. In 1993, the student body approved a temporary fee to shore up funding for athletics and other campus units. The following year, after further cuts to athletics, a razor-thin majority of students approved a landmark referendum that extended the temporary fee indefinitely alongside another permanent fee, the Student Activities and Services Initiative (SASI). In exchange for saving athletics, the student body was promised a broad-based 23-sport athletics program and certain resources and opportunities for students, including a Physical Education program. For years, the PE program served as the centerpiece of an arrangement called “the teachercoach model,” which obligated Aggie coaches to hold a master’s

degree and devote half their work hours to teaching. The model rewarded the student body by offering them PE classes taught by NCAA coaches and it integrated the coaches into the campus community. It also provided a level of protection for studentathletes, as it made coaches accountable to faculty bodies like the Academic Senate. In the early 2000s, as UC Davis administrators navigated a move to Division I, they enshrined the teacher-coach model into a set of Eight Principles that “assured our campus community our athletics program would maintain its integrity and remain studentcentered and academically focused,” Larry Vanderhoef, who served as UC Davis chancellor from 1994 until 2009, wrote in

Broken promises The principles were not a recipe for on-the-field domination. On the contrary, they were meant to insulate student-athletes from performance-related pressures and safeguard against the trappings of “big-time” college sports programs: abusive “must-win” coaches, inflated salaries, commercialization, softened admissions standards and the diversion of resources from academic programs. “There was excitement about being part of a new model for the NCAA,” said Paul Medved, a UC Davis alum and parent of a former student-athlete at UC Davis. It didn’t take long, however, for a new campus administration to see the principles as a constraint. After Linda Katehi replaced Vanderhoef as chancellor in 2009, she

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Coronavirus cases skyrocket in Davis Long lines at testing sites By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer After managing to keep COVID-19 cases at relatively low levels since the pandemic began, the city of Davis is being hit hard by the Omicron variant with all-time-high rates of new cases and test positivity. A few of the statistics: n The 350 cases the county has reported in Davis just since last Thursday represent nearly 9 percent of all

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cases recorded in the city since the pandemic began nearly two years ago. n The 697 positive cases reported by Healthy Davis Together between Dec. 28 and Jan. 3 (which includes non-Davis residents) mark, by far, the highest oneweek total yet. n Test positivity is hovering around 10 percent, according to HDT medical director Dr. Sheri Belafsky, but is even higher for symptomatic individuals coming in for rapid tests — one in four are testing positive. For most of the pandemic, the test positivity rate for

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ount me among those folks who are happy to see new and severe restrictions on the distribution of ketchup packets in the state of California. The only thing I’m sorry about is that ketchup packets haven’t been banned altogether. As we march bravely into 2022, we are now under the wise guidance of the California Legislature and the California governor, who have combined to amend certain sections of the Public Resources Code. If you think of “public resources” as forests and streams and wildflowers that bloom in the spring, think again. No, it appears we’re talking about ketchup packets, drinking straws, plastic forks and stirrers for your coffee. According to the new law, which will be strictly enforced — providing millions of jobs for people wearing badges — “A food facility, for on-premises dining or when using a third-party food delivery platform, shall not provide any single-use foodware accessory or standard condiment packaged for single use to a consumer unless the single-use foodware accessory or standard condiment is requested by the consumer.” Run-on sentences, however, are still permitted.

favorite fast food outlet to pick up your 6-inch turkey-and-avocado sandwich, you’ll need to provide a signed note requesting a mayonnaise packet. Whether you can request two packets is unclear.

U According to the new law, “ ‘Standard condiment’ means relishes, spices, sauces, confections, or seasonings that require no additional preparation and are usually used on a food item after preparation, including ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, soy sauce, hot sauce, salsa, salt, pepper, sugar, and sugar substitutes.” And, of course, Oxford commas. I notice that ranch dressing, which many people of a certain age cannot do without, is not mentioned anywhere. Additionally, “Single-use foodware accessory” includes “forks, knives, spoons, sporks, chopsticks, straws, stirrers, splash sticks and cocktail sticks.” Cocktail umbrellas are still OK. Note, we’re talking here about ketchup, not catsup. Whether there’s a legal distinction between the two remains unclear. So, if you’re waiting in the car while your teenager runs into your

nfortunately, this wellmeaning law does not include a requirement that ketchup and mayonnaise and relish and mustard packets must be easy to open without losing one of your front teeth. Unless you carry a Swiss Army Knife in your pocket, you’ll never get more than 10 percent of the desired product out of one of these packets, with the rest either staying in the packet or squirting all over the front of your shirt. Wouldn’t it be easier to just say “Please put extra mayonnaise on my tunafish sandwich” and do away with packets altogether? Some fast-food facilities put condiment packets and plasticware out in plain sight where the consumer can decide which packets or accessories, and how many, to take. The law seems to say that’s OK, but the packets must be in dispensers that yield just one packet at a time. “Why are you in the slammer, Charlie?” “Excess availability of ketchup packets at my deli.”

Furthermore, “If a food facility uses any third-party delivery platform for ready-to-eat food, the food facility shall customize its menu with a list of available single-use foodware accessories and standard condiments, and only those single-use foodware accessories or standard condiments selected by the consumer shall be provided by the food facility. If a consumer does not select any single-use foodware accessories or standard condiments, no single-use foodware accessory or standard condiment shall be provided by the food facility for delivery of ready-to-eat food.” In other words, if a restaurant takes a late-night delivery order from someone staying in a hotel and no plastic silverware or condiments have been requested, the chef is not allowed to toss in a plastic knife and fork and some ketchup for those French fries “just in case” the customer might need them. Doesn’t sound too neighborly to me. Obviously, this new law took many months and many committee meetings to craft, which certainly dispels the notion that we have a do-nothing legislature. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

CASES: Omicron responsible for almost all new infections From Page A1 before. And the number of staff members has not changed. On Monday, the line of people seeking to test at that site was backed up all the way to Richards Boulevard before 10 a.m. Long lines were also reported Monday at the Veterans Memorial Center testing site. “I see the lines myself,” Belafsky said. “We’ve never had wait times like this before.” She expressed her thanks to community members for showing up and staying in those long lines to get tested. “It’s really effective and helpful,” she said. She’s also hopeful the lines will diminish somewhat in the coming days. “We see a lot of people testing post-holiday and … I’m hoping that this is just a really big bump this week and those lines will start to dissipate a little bit.” That said, getting tested routinely remains as important as ever, Belafsky said, along with wearing the right masks (preferably KN95 or N95; definitely not cloth) and getting vaccinated. Healthy Davis Together had planned to ramp down its testing operations beginning this month and heading into the spring based on the expectation that cases would continue to decline as more and more people got vaccinated.

Then Omicron arrived and that's no longer the case. “I see us responding to the current demand now (and) delaying plans to ramp down until we see this surge peak and start to taper,” Belafsky said. “We really want testing to be available to everyone who wants it and needs it and the community has responded incredibly. I’m just so impressed to see that people are taking action and being so proactive.” She also praised the HDT staff as well as the Genome Center staff, all of whom are “working long hours to keep up with this unprecedented testing volume.” Belafsky said she expects that while cases will continue rising for the next week or two, they will likely level off and begin to decline by the end of January or beginning of February. Other countries, notably South Africa, saw a sharp decline in new cases following the peak. A number of other factors have Belafsky optimistic about what lies ahead, the biggest of which may be oral anti-viral medications. “I know the quantities are small right now, but they are in local pharmacies and that is a reason for me to feel optimistic. Because when we have a readily available oral treatment, I think that’s what gets us closer to a state of endemicity. “That’s a really significant

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change,” Belafsky added. “And when we see an antiviral that can be used as a post-exposure prophylactic, that will be a total game changer. Because in that instance, if one family member tests positive, the rest of the family can take an oral anti-viral for five days and just prevent becoming infected entirely.” ———— Countywide, the Omicron surge has resulted in everincreasing case rates and test positivity rates, but while hospitalizations have also been increasing, they remain well below the peak of last winter when as many as 40 or 50 COVID-19 patients were in the county’s two hospitals. On Tuesday, there were 16 COVID-19 patients in Yolo County, up from 12 the day before. All but one were unvaccinated. The countywide case rate for vaccinated individuals currently sits at 14.2 per 100,000 residents while the case rate for unvaccinated individuals is 50.3. The Omicron variant is responsible for almost all new cases in Yolo County, according to Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson, and its contagiousness is evident in

the growing case rate over the last three weeks. Over the last seven days — from Dec. 29 to Jan. 4 — the county has reported 1,152 new cases, more than double the 408 during the seven days prior and more than five times the 215 cases reported the week of Dec. 15-21. ———— The Davis Joint Unified School District is also experiencing a spike in positive cases. A total of 54 students and eight staff members were in isolation on Monday after testing positive and another 19 students were in quarantine following exposure. The largest school in the district — Davis High School — had 16 positive students and 13 students in quarantine. Staff members were out at Birch Lane, César Chávez, Korematsu, Montgomery, North Davis, Patwin and Pioneer elementary schools as well as at Da Vinci High School. The month of December was the school district’s worst month for COVID-19, with 19 staff members and 75 students testing positive. Belafsky said Tuesday that she would expect the

positivity rate now being seen in the community — hovering around 10 percent — to be similar in the school system. “This is going to be a tremendous stress on the schools,” Belafsky said, but she also praised “the really good job” the schools are doing overall with mask requirements and testing. In addition to Healthy Davis Together testing at DJUSD campuses, the county announced Tuesday it had received 30,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits from the state that will be distributed to school districts throughout the week. The rapid test kits were originally scheduled to arrive last week to allow schools to distribute them before students and staff returned to school after winter break, but poor weather conditions delayed the transportation of the kits, the county announced in a press release. Students and staff will receive one box of rapid tests with two tests included, the county announced. They are asked to test immediately and then again one to three days later. The results of the test are available in under 30 minutes.

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ATHLETICS: Student government calls for a state audit From Page A1 commissioned an audit of the athletics program, which concluded that most of the principles “represent an impediment to increased competitiveness in Division I,” a quote Katehi later included in a letter to the Athletics Department. In the view of the students pushing for accountability, as well as several former administrators, coaches and lecturers interviewed by The Enterprise, the Katehi years marked the beginning of a string of broken promises. Under her leadership, The Davis Way subsided into “a heightened focus on winning,” Vanderhoef wrote. In 2010, Katehi eliminated four lowerprofile sports, including women’s rowing, the largest sport offered to female students, citing state budget cuts. Over the next few years, the Athletics Department increased its overall spending and concentrated resources on highprofile men’s sports, nearly doubling funding for men’s basketball and providing hotel rooms for the football team on the nights before home games. In an email to The Enterprise, Katehi said she had to cut sports due to financial realities and that, after the budget stabilized, the Athletics Department made its own decisions about how to distribute funds. In 2011, an outside investigator cleared her of wrongdoing in cutting sports, but the findings did little to shift public opinion. The benefits promised to the student body were also diluted. Coaches’ lecturing responsibilities were scaled back to 35% so they could devote more of their time to coaching. As a result, the PE program suffered. Vacant lecturer positions were left unfilled and course offerings declined. In 2016, Katehi resigned her post, which was filled a year later by Chancellor Gary S. May, but the trend continued.

Termination of PE In September 2020, May’s administration abruptly terminated the PE program. The decision blindsided the program’s longtime director, Barbara Jahn, its lecturers and students, and faculty bodies that typically have a say in changes made to academic programs. “The decision was made without our input,” Jahn said in an email to PE lecturers. To get around promises prior administrations made to maintain the PE program, campus leaders cited a strict interpretation of the 1994 referendum, which did not mention PE, and sidestepped consensus about the terms upon which students had agreed to fund athletics. “Maintenance of the PE activities program was a major part of marketing the referendum,” Keith Williams, who oversaw the 1994 referendum while serving as the PE program director and interim Athletic Director, told Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Mary Croughan in a private email in October 2020. “It is disappointing that the University is once again not honoring a pact made with students.” After scrapping the program, effective December 2020, Croughan made an unusual

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“Aggie Stadium” became UC Davis Health Stadium in 2019. request that the Academic Senate weigh in after the fact. Per the letter of the law, the Senate said in its report, the administration could end the program, but the group sharply disagreed with the decision and the way it was implemented. “We viewed the unilateral decision to discontinue the PE program to be an affront to the cornerstone of shared governance,” Karen Zito, who chairs one of the Academic Senate’s executive committees, wrote in the group’s report. The program was terminated, UC Davis leadership said, because it was no longer popular — judging by declining enrollment numbers — and offering PE courses for academic credit was “out of step with best practices.” Staff in the College of Letters & Sciences, which oversaw the program, had asked around, UC Davis spokesperson Dana Topousis told The Enterprise, and learned that many colleges no longer offered PE. Neither rationale impressed students or faculty. “One can just as easily argue,” Academic Senate Chair Richard Tucker wrote, that the campus’ PE program “sets us apart positively from our counterparts.” In fact, UC Davis had not set itself so far apart. Dozens of well-respected universities, including UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, University of Washington, University of Michigan, Stanford, Columbia and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) continue to offer PE courses for credit. As for PE’s popularity at UC Davis, program leaders maintain that declining enrollment did not reflect a lack of student interest but the campus administration’s failure to fill lecturer vacancies. When enrollment was divided by instructor hours, student interest remained steady over the past decade, according to data Jahn provided to the Academic Senate, and some classes were exceedingly popular. “I have to battle other students every quarter to get into PE classes,” UC Davis undergraduate Madison Butler told The Enterprise in 2020. “Some quarters I can’t even get in.” Eliminating the $2.5 million per year program created limited savings, as $1.3 million went to pay teacher-coaches whose salaries were maintained after they stayed on as full-time coaches and close to $1 million was allocated to Campus Recreation to replace some of the activities once offered by PE. Former coaches and lecturers interviewed by The Enterprise

shared a suspicion that PE was another casualty of campus administrators’ desire for UC Davis to win games and make headlines. Several months before PE was terminated, a report published by the budget office, which advises Croughan, listed better “retention of coaches” and “more competitive teams” as advantages of scrapping the program. “They’ve been talking about that since I was there,” Michael Burch, who coached wrestling at UC Davis from 1994 until 2001, told The Enterprise. “What big-time coach is going to come and teach six PE classes a year? No one is going to do that.” Topousis, the UC Davis spokesperson, denied that a desire to make UC Davis’ NCAA teams more competitive played any part in campus administrators’ decision to eliminate PE. When asked if the administration had any regrets about the way it ended the program, she said, “no.”

A new referendum The elimination of PE stunned students and faculty, prompting protests, petitions and letters from state legislators. There are two lawsuits challenging it, one from students and one from the program’s former lecturers. Now, student leaders, including members of the student government, ASUCD, are mounting a coordinated response. “It is only reasonable to believe that student trust in universityfee initiatives will continue to be systematically abused,” an ASUCD resolution authored by Senate President Pro Tempore Kabir Sahni stated. The resolution, which passed in November, cited several administrative violations over the past decade and called for a state audit of UC Davis’ handling of student fees. “At the core of this issue is the bargain that the students made with the administration when they encumbered all future students to pay this fee,” UC Davis professor Cathy VandeVoort, who formerly served as the campus’ Faculty Athletics Representative, providing oversight of athletics, told the ASUCD Senate in 2020. “If the campus wants to rewrite their side of that commitment,” she said, “then don’t the students have a right to rewrite their side as well?” Over the summer, UC Davis senior Calvin Wong drafted a referendum that would give students the opportunity to do exactly that. Billed as a “re-vote” on the 1994 fee initiative, the referendum would nullify nearly all

student fees that fund athletics, which currently total about $600 per student per year. Altogether, UC Davis undergraduates are projected to contribute roughly $25 million to athletics this year, the most of any UC campus and more than 10 times the amount students at most campuses in the system pay. In spearheading the referendum, Wong questioned the equity of UC Davis channeling so much money in student fees to a relatively small number of studentathletes. He also cited a desire for increased transparency and accountability. “I would not have been looking into these fees if it weren’t for the PE program’s termination,” he said. “It was appalling to me how little student input there was.” During fall quarter, Wong sent drafts of the referendum to campus leaders, presented it to advisory bodies and met several times with administrators. The measure could be brought to a student vote as early as this spring. (There is a dispute between the student government and campus administrators over when exactly the referendum can be held, but ultimately student fees are determined by the student body.) For it to pass, voter turnout would need to exceed 20%, with at least 60% voting to approve the referendum.

The value of athletics In November, the subject dominated a meeting between The California Aggie’s editorial board and campus leaders. During the meeting, Chancellor May, in his only public comments to date on the proposed referendum, made his feelings clear. “The referendum appears to be framed from the notion that Intercollegiate Athletics benefits only the 700 or so students who participate,” the chancellor said. “I don’t think that’s true at all.” Since taking charge of UC Davis in 2017, May has often touted the role athletics play in marketing, student recruitment and fundraising efforts. “When our women’s basketball team reaches the NCAA tournament, or one of our wide receiver alums lands a spot in the NFL, it lets the outside world know we’ve got something good here in Davis,” he wrote in a 2019 Enterprise column. According to campus administrators, more than four million people watched UC Davis compete in the 2017 NCAA tournament, during which broadcasters spoke about the school’s academic strengths. “That kind of advertising attention would cost millions in real dollars,” Topousis said. In his recent meeting with the student newspaper, May spoke about the intangible impact sports have on school spirit. UC Davis athletics events — which students attend for free — also strengthen ties to the wider community, with roughly 120,000 people in attendance per year (before the pandemic, at least). “A sense of community and belonging is critical to student engagement and retention,” Topousis said. Occasionally, athletics also generates money for the campus as a whole. Last year, UC Davis sold the naming rights to The

Pavilion — now the University Credit Union — where its basketball teams play, generating $4.5 million that will benefit the student body. Just as well, successful athletes have become some of the campus’ biggest donors. Last year, Darryl Goss, a retired football player and Aggie alumnus, donated $1.5 million to establish an endowed chair in the Department of African American and African Studies. The community also gets an economic boost, with local hotels, shops and restaurants enjoying business from visiting teams and their fans. The academic success of student-athletes hasn’t suffered amid the campus’ push to leverage their marketing potential. In 2017, the Athletics Department created a four-year program that guides student-athletes on how to navigate life after graduation, and recent reports from the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate showed UC Davis leading its conference. If the referendum were to pass, UC Davis would lose about half of its $40 million per year athletics budget, with only a year or so notice before the funding is gone. “The campus would need to replace funds on an ongoing basis,” Topousis said. “An endowment would need to be established.” Because of University of California policies requiring that far more money be invested in an endowment than the amount withdrawn per year, UC Davis would need to raise more than $400 million to replace the funds generated by student fees. “The campus would not be able to raise those funds,” Topousis said. As a result, UC Davis would either need to eliminate sports teams or dismantle other campus programs to replenish the athletics budget. Both options would involve laying off significant numbers of staff and student employees.

Accountability Should the referendum be brought to a vote, the student body could face a painful choice. The vote could undo a part of UC Davis many people deeply value, with far-reaching and unforeseeable consequences. Still, several student government leaders told The Enterprise that, as representatives of the student body, they feel compelled to reign in a campus administration that has taken their money for granted. “We want a sense of accountability,” ASUCD Internal Vice President Juliana Martinez said. Meanwhile, a year and a half after eliminating a relatively small PE program, UC Davis’ administration faces the possibility of forfeiting student fee agreements that have delivered hundreds of millions of dollars over the past couple decades. In an October 2020 email, Medved, a proponent of The Davis Way, urged campus leaders to recognize that they needed the student body’s consent to do away with mutually agreed principles like the teacher-coach model. “The administration can disagree with this logic if it chooses to,” he said, “but it should seriously consider the repercussions and the possibility that it may not have the last word.”

Frat-house stabbing only the start of a busy weekend for Davis police By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer A stabbing investigation at a Davis fraternity house has stalled after officers encountered uncooperative witnesses, including the victim of the crime. Lt. Ilya Bezuglov said the clock was approaching midnight on New Year’s Eve when police were summoned to the Theta Xi house at 515 First St., where the knifing interrupted a party in progress. “One of the party participants was stabbed multiple times at the house,” sending him to the hospital in critical condition, Bezuglov said. But when officers tried to determine what happened, “every single participant at the party

refused to talk to us.” As for the victim, who later improved and is expected to recover from his injuries, “he doesn’t want to participate in any investigation,” Bezuglov said. Detectives are asking anyone with information about the incident to call the Davis Police Department at 530-747-5400. Bezuglov said the stabbing tipped off a busy opening weekend for 2022, with police making arrests for domestic violence, drug possession and vehicle theft. The latter stemmed from a 7:30 a.m. call Sunday in the area of Mace Boulevard and County Road 32A, where witnesses reported

seeing a man trying to restrain a woman from running toward the railroad tracks. Officers made contact with the couple, who were inside a Honda Accord reported stolen out of Sacramento, Bezuglov said. Dustin Desha, 35, of Davis, was booked into the Yolo County Jail on vehicle theft charges, while the woman was cited for drug possession and released. Later that day, police went to the scene of a solo vehicle accident at the Davis High School campus on West 14th St., where the car had crashed through a chain-link fence onto the school tennis courts and overturned onto its passenger side.

Bezuglov said police continue to investigate the cause of the collision, which sent the male driver to the hospital with minor injuries. A female juvenile in the passenger seat was unhurt. Officers also responded

to six death reports during the weekend, all but one of them the result of natural causes. The other, an apparent drug overdose, remains under investigation to determine the circumstances, Bezuglov said.

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will never forget my first time walking into the inside of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda during my first week working on Capitol Hill. As grand and enormous as it looks from the outside, it is even more impressive on the inside. Every time I walked through it, I felt intense awe and reverence. The high ceiling, bright natural light, and wide open space envelops you. The iconic paintings that populated my middle-school U.S. history textbooks grace the walls; the statues of Presidents stand guard. On the ceiling are frescoes, depicting George Washington seated on the throne of heaven. The acoustics, which can grow cacophonous when the rotunda fills with tourists and field trips, nevertheless induces reverent silence. If you ever manage to go when it’s empty, your footsteps echo on the marble floor. It feels, for lack of any better word, like a church. Even on the busiest days of working on the Hill, I’d take any chance I could get to spend time in the rotunda. When I started as a congressional intern, leading constituent tours of the Capitol would be the highlight of my day. I enjoyed learning about the folks who’d traveled from the district as much as I enjoyed dispensing historical trivia like where Abraham Lincoln’s desk was placed in the old House chamber, or pointing out the small burn marks that

remained from the British sack of 1814. I took pride in being able to connect visiting constituents with their democracy, represented by this physical place. Becoming a full-time staff member meant upgrading from the yellow intern badge to the red staff badge. For as long as I had it, that badge would be one of my prized possessions, indicating to the world and myself that I belonged in those storied halls — though the badge itself clearly states “property of the House of Representatives”: like the Capitol itself, our badges belong not to us, but to the American people. Working there is an honor. Every day, walking past the Capitol, I’d think: “My grandfather was a farmworker, and I work here.” That is what the Capitol means to me: it’s a sacred space. The Capitol is the cathedral of our civic religion; intentionally more grand and imposing than the White House. The Capitol embodies our system of government, and the faith that my immigrant parents placed in our nation when they choose to live here. It is the place where the Civil Rights Act was voted on and where President Roosevelt asked Congress for a Declaration of War against the Axis. And though the Capitol is no doubt haunted by reprehensible legislation and the cruelty of much of our history, embodied for many years by the many Confederate statues

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here is truly nothing like experiencing a desert oasis. My favorite such place in California is the Amargosa River, which flows intermittently for 185 miles from Nevada into eastern California. On my last visit to the Amargosa in the Mojave Desert, I sat on the riverbank in awe of its healthy, thriving wetlands in the middle of this arid landscape. Once you spend time in one of California’s three deserts, you realize how diverse they are. From rugged watercourses to rolling dunes and towering peaks — our deserts contain some of our state’s most unique natural treasures. I’m grateful to Assemblyman James Ramos, a D-Rancho Cucamonga, who represents portions of Southern California’s Inland Empire, for championing the new Desert Conservation Program within the state’s Wildlife Conservation Board. Signed into law in September, this is a first-ever program aimed at providing state funding opportunities to help protect California’s deserts. While the creation of the program is a critical first step, it now requires funding. Our state leaders should ensure full funding for this program so that we can provide muchneeded investments in the communities, wildlife and landscapes of the California Desert region. The state should fully fund the California Desert Conservation Program because it will help fulfill Gov. Gavin Newsom’s October 2020 executive order, which calls on the state to safeguard 30% of our lands and waters by 2030. This 30×30 effort is driven by scientific research suggesting that protecting public lands and other natural areas is one of the most effective strategies to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss. 30×30 also urges agencies to conserve lands to increase access to the outdoors for underserved communities. Despite its geographic size and importance, the California desert region has not received dedicated state funding in the past. This is a huge missed opportunity given the region spans one-quarter of the state and is critical to our efforts to fight climate change.

that lingered in the halls until this past year, the Capitol remains the focus of my faith in America and our ability to make progress through our democracy. It is here that, I hope, someday a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants or legislation to end hunger in America will become law. And it is here that I came to express my faith in America by working to make it better.

nd so I feel a spiritual anger, and a deep sadness, over the desecration of the U.S. Capitol Building by a fascist rabble seeking to overturn the will of the American people that occurred a year ago on Jan. 6, 2021. Watching the very halls and steps that I have worked in and admired suddenly beset by invaders wearing MAGA hats, brandishing weapons, and spouting conspiracy theories was surreal. I cannot begin to imagine how any American would feel so little respect for our democracy that they’d break windows, attack Capitol police officers, steal desks and signs, or march around with a confederate flag on the very spot the nation paid it’s final respects to the likes of Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, and John Lewis. Even after confirming that my friends and colleagues who were inside the Capitol at the time were safe, I still felt sick to my stomach. Beyond being an attempt to intimidate Congress into overturning the results of a fair election, the attack was also sacrilege. Something

sacred to me was violated, as if the insurrectionists were sacking the Vatican itself. It was an insult to me personally, as well as every other Congressional staffer who has worked so hard, often for so little reward, to make the country just a little bit better. It was a rejection of the American creed — that all people are created equal and that our government can be for everyone. It was an act against America, and all the principles that make us Americans, and like the worst of such acts it could only be done by our fellow Americans. So a year later, what has changed? There have been recriminations and analysis of security failings. There is a House Select Committee investigating the attack. Many who participated in the storming of the Capitol are facing time in prison. But those who egged them on, who brought the insurrectionists to that point, generally remain at large. I cannot escape the conclusion that this sort of thing, perhaps at the Capitol, perhaps elsewhere, could happen again. In response, I believe the rest of us have no choice but to renew our faith in America in the face of those who would shatter it. Though the temple has been desecrated, the faith endures. We must practice it every day, seeking to bring our nation ever closer to living its highest ideals. — Antonio De Loera-Brust is a former staffer in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a 2013 graduate of Davis High School.

n fact, California desert lands store nearly 10% of the state’s total carbon emissions. Undisturbed vegetation throughout the desert sequesters large amounts of carbon and stores it in roots and soils, which helps reduce carbon in our atmosphere. By fully funding the California Desert Conservation Program, the state can preserve the desert’s incredible abilities to fight climate change and ensure the region can thrive into the future. Investing in the California Desert Conservation Program will also help reach 30×30 because more resources would improve access to nature. The California Desert region’s stunning parks and public lands draw visitors from around the world. Onehalf of the state’s population lives within an hour’s drive of the California Desert region, but too many communities don’t have the resources to travel to and experience the wonders of this area. Furthermore, communities of color may not feel welcome or safe exploring the desert because staff and other visitors have historically been overwhelmingly white. Our leaders should dedicate additional funding for trail creation, bilingual signage and educational and outreach programs to help bring more diverse users to the desert. Finally, funding the California Desert Conservation Program will help achieve 30×30’s conservation goals by protecting the largest still-intact ecosystem in the lower 48 states. The California Desert region is incredibly biodiverse. In the Mojave Desert, there are approximately 210 species of plants that are found nowhere else on Earth. There are many iconic plants and animals that would benefit from increased conservation investments, including Joshua trees, threatened desert tortoises and Mohave ground squirrels, desert bighorn sheep and golden eagles. Thank you, Assemblyman Ramos, for leading the way to create the California Desert Conservation Program. I urge state leaders to meaningfully invest in this program to help achieve our 30x30 goals. Setting this framework demonstrates that our state continues to be a leader in fighting climate change and ensuring access to nature for all. Fully funding the California Desert Conservation Program can help us get there. — Pamela Flick is the California program director with Defenders of Wildlife and is based in Sacramento.

Letters Day of action Jan. 6 marks one year since the violent attack on our U.S. Capital and our democracy. In “Remembrance and Action,” Americans nationwide will join in a day of voter unity. The League of Women Voters (LWVUS), as a partner in this national effort, is urging Congress to pass federal legislation protecting our Republic. This Thursday at 5:15 p.m. in Davis Central Park, the League of Women Voters Davis Area is proudly hosting an opportunity for our Davis community to join this show of unity at a public

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"The Woman in Black"

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Featured Blind Lemon Peel hosts Powerhouse of Blues Sunday

Mel Brooks' "The Producers" @ 8pm / $11 Jean Henderson Perform‐ ing Arts, 607 Pena Dr., Davis Jeff Dye @ 8pm / $25 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Avenue, San Francisco

@ 7pm Curran Theatre, 445 Geary St, San Francisco

Golden State Warriors vs. Detroit Pistons @ 7pm / $100-$1350 Chase Center, 300 16th Street, San Francisco

Fri 1/21 Miranda Love @ 10 Crow's BBQ

Murkury, tymk, Frequency Bender, L!ttle Red, SQWURL

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Buck-O-Nine @ 7pm Gold�eld - Downtown, 1630 J Street, Sacramento

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The Band's Visit

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@ 7pm / $10 533 Sutter St, 533 Sutter Street, San Francisco

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@ 8pm / $20 Punch Line Comedy Club - Sacra‐ mento, 2100 Arden Way, Sacra‐ mento

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Swedish American Hall, 2174 Mar‐ ket St, San Francisco

@ 8pm / $25 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Avenue, San Francisco

Mel Brooks' "The Producers"

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Magic Fusion Starring Robert Hall

Jean Henderson Performing Arts, 607 Pena Dr., Davis

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

Chuuwee, Skipper, Nate Curry

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Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, San Francisco

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

@ 7pm Curran Theatre, 445 Geary St, San Francisco

@ 3pm SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco

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

@ 2pm Firescape Theatre, 414 Mason St. #502, San Francisco

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Magic Fusion Starring Eric Buss

The Struts: The Fillmore (Strange Days Are Over Tour)

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DJ Justin James

SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco

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

Immersive Van Gogh (Off Peak) [N]

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@ 7:30pm Firescape Theatre, 414 Mason St. #502, San Francisco

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The Struts: JaM Cellars Ballroom (Strange Days Are Over Tour)

@ 8pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco

Magician Jay Alexander

@ 10pm The Park Ultra Lounge, 1116 15th St, Sacramento

@ 6pm BAMBINO'S RESTAU‐ RANT AND FULL BAR 30 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// beers on tap, 301 Georgia Center, 3601 Lyon Street, San "Getting There" St suiet 122, Vallejo Francisco @ 8pm / $15-$28 "Othelo, the moor of //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New Conservatory Theatre Center, Venice" Jack Harlow Crème de la

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Cursed Child

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@ 6pm / $20-$100 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Golden 1 Center, 500 @ 8:15pm / $12.50 Coolzey Lesher Center for the Arts - George David J Stern Walk, Sacra‐ & Sonja Vukasin Theatre, 1601 Civic @ 9pm mento Streets Pub and Grub, 1804 J St, Drive, Walnut Creek The Art of Banksy (Off Sacramento //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Peak) //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Matt Jaffe / Radiokeys at @ 6pm Red Voodoo: Powerhouse Bottom of the Hill SF The Palace of Fine Arts Exhibition Pub @ 8:30pm Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco

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Kenny Frye Band: Kenny //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Spontaneous Charles Dickens: Wherein We Improvise"

@ 7pm War�eld, 982 Market St., San Fran‐ cisco

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@ 9pm Torch Club, 904 15th St, Sacra‐ mento

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@ 7pm Like Hearted House Con‐ certs, Walnut Creek Risk!: San Francisco Sketchfest 2022 @ 7pm Swedish American Hall, 2174 Mar‐ ket St, San Francisco

The Runaway Grooms

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

Adrian+Meredith

@ 8pm / $15-$28 New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness Avenue, San Fran‐ cisco

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Bray: Solo Acoustic (inside)

The Band's Visit

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

"The Woman in Black"

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@ 7pm / $39.50 Ace of Spades, 1417 R St., Sacra‐ mento

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Jack Harlow Crème de la Crème California with The Homies

The Colonial Theatre, 3522 Stock‐ ton Blvd., Sacramento

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A hall-of-fame feast for homegating fans shred meat. Pour liquid, up to half, over meat while shredding to keep it juicy. In large bowl, mix salsa, slaw blend, green onions, salt, queso fresco, Dijon mustard, mayo, apple cider vinegar and cilantro, if desired. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until needed. To assemble sliders, place pulled beef and salsa and queso slaw on buns. Top with salsa, barbecue sauce, pickles, jalapenos, sliced cheese, roasted peppers and onions.

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athering your team to plan for a truly memorable game day at home starts with almost everyone’s favorite part of the festivities: the food. From meaty meals and zesty appetizers to sweet, longlasting snacks, fuel your crowd with recipes that keep them coming back from kickoff to overtime. One superstar of the menu at many homegating parties is salsa, whether it’s used as a finishing touch in recipes or as a standalone snack to enjoy with chips, veggies or other pairings. In fact, according to the Game Day Eats Report from Fresh Cravings, 22% of guests would insist on running out to pick up salsa if it wasn’t available for the feast; 18% would even be devastated and consider leaving. Chef Anthony Serrano recommends these all-American recipes he makes for his family on game day. Pulled Beef and Slaw Sliders are perfect for piling high with delicious toppings before hitting the couch just in time for kickoff. Snacking throughout the action is a preferred approach for many fans, making Cast-Iron Smoked Queso Dip and Hummus Deviled Eggs go-to options for armchair quarterbacks. These crowd-pleasers make game day worth celebrating, especially if you use a salsa with high-quality ingredients like vine-ripened tomatoes, crisp vegetables, zesty peppers and

Cast-Iron Smoked Queso Dip Recipe courtesy of chef Anthony Serrano Family Features photo

Pulled Beef and Slaw Sliders. spices found in Fresh Cravings Salsas. Their flavor-packed, vibrant recipe offers a homemade-tasting alternative to the softer, duller blends of jarred salsa. To find more championshiplevel game day recipe inspiration, visit FreshCravings.com. — Family Features

Pulled Beef and Slaw Sliders Recipe courtesy of chef Anthony Serrano Pulled Beef: 2 pieces (about 3 pounds each) beef chuck roast

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Hummus Deviled Eggs.

2 tablespoons taco seasoning or barbecue rub 1 cup beef bone broth 16 ounces Fresh Cravings Chunky Mild Salsa Salsa and Queso Slaw: 16 ounces Fresh Cravings Chunky Mild Salsa 16 ounces broccoli slaw blend ¼ cup green onions, sliced 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup crumbled queso fresco 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard ½ cup mayo 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar 2 tablespoons cilantro (optional)

Ingredients: 2 cups cheddar cheese 1 cup Monterey jack cheese 1 teaspoon almond flour 1 cup heavy cream 1 cup Fresh Cravings Restaurant Style Salsa 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon sea salt ¼ cup cooked chorizo 1 teaspoon liquid smoke cilantro, for garnish diced bell pepper, for garnish

while simmering 5 to 7 minutes, or until queso dip begins to thicken. Add paprika, salt, chorizo and liquid smoke; adjust seasoning as necessary. Garnish with cilantro and bell pepper.

Hummus Deviled Eggs Recipe courtesy of chef Anthony Serrano Ingredients: 6 hard-boiled eggs, peeled ¼ cup Fresh Cravings Classic Hummus ¼ cup smoked cheddar cheese 2 tablespoons bacon, cooked and crumbled 1 teaspoon yellow mustard 1 teaspoon salt smoked Spanish paprika, for garnish parsley, for garnish Putting it together: Cut hard-boiled eggs in half lengthwise. Remove yolks and place in bowl. Using fork, mash yolks into fine crumble. Add hummus, cheese, bacon, mustard and salt; mix well. Evenly disperse teaspoons of yolk mixture into egg whites. Sprinkle with any remaining bacon, paprika and parsley.

Other ingredients: slider buns Fresh Cravings Salsa barbecue sauce pickles jalapeños sliced cheese roasted peppers onions Putting it together: Season both sides of beef with taco seasoning. Wrap with plastic wrap and place in fridge 2 to 12 hours before cooking. Place meat, beef bone broth and salsa in pressure cooker; seal according to pressure cooker directions. Cook on high 60 minutes. Once pressure cooker is safe to open according to instructions, open and let meat rest in liquid 15 minutes. Remove meat from liquid and place in large bowl. Carefully

Putting it together: In cast-iron pan, mix cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack cheese and almond flour. Pour in heavy cream and salsa; bring to gentle simmer. Whisk

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supply of splendid beers that address the flavor preferences of most drinkers. The reason for this confidence is that I have always considered the brewing industry to be bulletproof and, despite COVID and a few supplychain hiccups this year, I see no reason to change my mind. Brewery owners, or others actively engaged in the industry, might have a different view. As in every year, there will be brewery closures and brewpubs or taverns might be more at risk because of continuing loss of taproom business as a result of COVID. On-site sales of draft beers directly to people gathering boisterously in crowded places is clearly at threat from the contagious omicron variant of the virus. On the other hand, a good tavern or pub provides exactly the kind of human contact people need these days and so, absent closures or curfews, many will survive. After all, Samuel Johnson argued, “There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness has been produced as by a good tavern.” This of course raises the question as to what comprises a good tavern. I recall some years ago a

This photo was taken at the Bear Branch Tavern in Vienna, Va. Although the shape of the glass does not meet my preferred specification I was delighted to see the foam “tide-marks” left on the spectacularly clean glass by a well-made beer. I complimented the staff about that. Courtesy photo

former student showed me his artist’s design for his new brewpub. He was excited about how things were shaping up and I didn’t want to rain on his parade, as it was not my idea of a comfortable place to be. But to tell the truth I did not know the kind of clientele he expected to attract for whom it might have been ideal. His design was all very modern and minimal and clean-cut, with hard surfaces, high ceilings and grey paint. It was a place to grab a quick drink, maybe white wine or a gin, and run, not a place to linger or settle down for several beers and chat with your mates, or play dominoes or backgammon. It was a high-stress place, in my opinion, and probably not the environment to fulfill Samuel Johnson’s expectations of a good tavern. Beyond the ambiance, a good pub must have good beer and beer service.

These are two closely

related but different things. The beer is about what is on offer over the bar. In every brewpub tavern or tap-room I venture into I ask the bartender what is their biggest seller and I start off with a pint of that. The most popular beer is inevitably a relatively easydrinking beer characterized as a lager or light ale that is pale in color, not too bitter, not hazy and quite low in alcohol. That’s always a good starting place and, if the beer is half-way decent, there is always time to try the pub’s many other beers. In the matter of beer service, I am always

pleased when the beer glasses used are shaped in general like a wine glass as this enhances beer presentation, aroma perception and supports the beer foam if there is beading of gas bubbles from the bottom of the glass. Lastly the glasses used need to be spectacularly clean — what brewers call beer-clean — so that the residual foam leaves tide marks on the glass as the beer is consumed (see photo.) To a beer aficionado this is an unusual and special delight not to be underestimated. — Reach Michael Lewis at waleslewis792@gmail. com. Unsplash/Courtesy photo

t so happens that the calendar and I share a birthday so, when the calendar new year arrives, I enter a new year of my life. I always like something to anticipate in the new year and, for most of my life, there has always been that something. In recent times, travel has been high on the list, often to overseas destinations, although for the last few years (that is forever!) that has not been a smart, or even readily available, option. Too bad. Even travel in the USA is looking a bit dodgy right now. I am a bit of numbers junkie so there is just one thing I anticipate with pleasure this year: there will be a unique day next month because on the 22nd of February, the date can be written 02.22.2022, or, without the zeros, 222.222. How neat is that! It is something of a disappointment that it is not a Tuesday, but you can’t have it all. You can see that my expectations of 2022 are meagre. My best hope is (1) that we can find resolution to at least one of the many problems that face us in this present world or, failing that, I hope (2) we can avoid adding any new problems. Switching now from hope to expectation I think we shall not achieve either option. But what do I know? I can see no further into the future than any other man. When I look at the beer world as a consumer, I am confident of the continued availability of a plentiful

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After months of cool weather, the first hint of spring will likely have the whole family eager to dive into outdoor activities. This year, as you begin tackling the garden, find ways to get the youngest family members in on the action, too. Creating a positive first experience with gardening can start with this simple advice: • Dedicate a spot for a junior garden, which allows you to instill a sense

of pride and ownership in the little gardener while protecting your own garden areas from ambitious young hands. • Provide appropriate tools in child sizes. • Let the kids choose what to plant. Whether flowers or food plants, allow children to make their own decisions about what they would like to grow. • Encourage exposure to unfamiliar plants that entice the senses with appealing smells and flavors.

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Local Davis rapper strives to influence with positivity By Luis Carvajal HUB Staff Lil Jube recently checked his direct messages on his Instagram page, just as he does every morning. But on this occasion, the local rapper happened to receive a text from a fan in Florida. Their conversation went as most did: banter about his music and various endeavors. However, the talk had one caveat. The fan had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and one of her last wishes was to get matching tattoos with Jube. Her trip across the United States, planned for next year, would conclude in California, where she had hoped to meet Jube. He willingly said yes to both requests. Jube is a 21-year-old musician who lives in Davis. He created his first song over a dispute, creating a track about a classmate. “My first song, it was a diss track. It’s the last few

days of the class. Homeboy, he was a foreign exchange student. This man just says bye, and then drops a hard r after that. I hit him in the front of the head with a book. I got in trouble,” Jube said. He responded to the transgression by contacting his friend Miles, asking him to recreate the beat of the song “123” by Smokepurpp. This interaction would begin Jube’s musical career, leading him to his current catalog of more than 8,000 songs. “I had my friend Miles, I sent him this Smokepurpp beat. And he did that, and so I made my first diss track,” Jube said. Jube began actively pursuing music while attending Cosumnes River College (CRC) in Elk Grove in the fall of 2018. “I started making music on my iPhone 5, on Garage Band. I took a class later on at CRC for

radio engineering, so I could play on the soccer team,” Jube said. Jube’s talents stretch past music. He also plays soccer, shown through the various posts and clips posted on his Instagram page. Most recently he played for the Sac Republic, before leaving to pursue rap. “During the time I was in class though, I was just making music. Of course, it got more serious with time, but that’s pretty much how I really got into it,” Jube said. Davis High junior Riana Gonzales has met Jube while out with friends. “I went to a party one night and I met him there and I walked up to him and I was like ‘what’s up Lil Jube’ and it was great. He was talking about how he just wants to give art and music to the community and just make the people happy,” Gonzales said. DHS junior Anna Szymoniak was surprised to

find out about Jube. “I was surprised … wow, a Davis rapper, that’s pretty cool,” Szymoniak said. Szymoniak was impressed by Jube, citing a commitment to both his listeners and his craft. “I think he’s really cool to his fans and he seems to work very hard on his music … I respect his hustle,” Szymoniak said. Junior Luc Carner went to ‘Off Da Bench Fest’, a music festival that started in Davis then later moved to Sacramento. Lil Jube was one of the headline acts at the performance. (Off Da Bench Fest) moved to Sacramento, but me and my friends still went, and it was a fun time for local and underground artists to share their music,“ Carner said. Although Carner is yet to interact with Jube directly, several of his friends have met up, conversed with him, and taken pictures with him.

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By Lily Schroeder HUB Staff Rainbow lights illuminate the Golden 1 Center, causing fans’ bedazzled masks to sparkle. Amidst the splash of colors, DHS sophomore Grace Smithline raises her phone flashlight while Harry Styles performs “Fine Line.” The arena is full of people dressed up for the occasion, their outfits influenced by Styles’ own fashion. Smithline wasn’t planning on attending Styles’ “Love On Tour” concert, but when her friend got sick, she was given the extra ticket. On Nov. 11, she and her friends drove to Sacramento and parked in a lot near the arena. Although many concerts are happening in the current COVID-19 environment, Dean Blumberg, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, believes that being in any crowd can risk COVID transmission. That was on Smithline’s mind as she filed into line with other fans and readied a picture of her vaccination card on her phone. She moved closer to the checkpoint, where security guards were checking if fans were either vaccinated or had a negative COVID test. Inside, Smithline says she saw most everyone wearing masks. “Everyone seemed to follow the rules,” Smithline said. Sophomore Maria Pickles has also gone to a concert recently, but unlike Smithline and Elm, hers was outdoors. In October, Pickles and her mom attended the Aftershock festival in Sacramento, where Metallica was headlining. At the venue, security checked for both a vaccination card and a negative COVID test, making sure everyone followed the rules. No one was allowed in unless they had both of the required items. As the time of Metallica’s performance crept closer, more and more people began to fill the area near the stage. Despite the crowding, Pickles still

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had space to move around. “I wasn’t like up against everyone,” Pickles said. She believes it may have been due to the open-air aspect of the festival. When it comes to outdoor vs. indoor concerts Blumberg thinks that a venue that allows social distancing is better. “Outdoor concerts, especially if more people are vaccinated, (would be safer),” he said. According to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the current mask mandate does not require masks at outdoor settings. However, Blumberg does believe that wearing masks can lower the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Sophomore Anya DeJong went to an outdoor concert in August and is happy with her choice of staying in the open air. “(The concert) felt less compact,” she said. To see the Jonas Brothers, DeJong and her friends drove about 45 minutes to the Toyota Amphitheatre in Wheatland, a large outdoor venue. At the time, there were little to no COVID restrictions for large gatherings in Yuba county, and the concert required neither proof of vaccination or a negative test. To get in, DeJong only had to pass through regular security. Once they sat down, DeJong and her friends took off their masks, just as most of the other attendees did. DeJong reasoned that going maskless was safe as she was six feet away from other groups, and she “had (her) own area.” DeJong enjoyed her time watching the Jonas Brothers and did not feel like COVID-19 got in the way of much. “It felt really normal,” she said. Currently, the CDPH classifies indoor events with more than 1,000 people and outdoor events with more than 10,000 people as “mega-events”. At mega-events, proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test is required at indoor events; at outdoor events, it is only recommended for event operators to require these safety protocols.

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The backroom of the Manetti Shrem Museum on the UC Davis campus is filled with large wooden crates, which stand organized against the wall with bubble wrap spilling out the top. Underneath sit the works of art that will be displayed in an upcoming January exhibition. “From Moment to Movement: Picturing Protest in the Kramlich Collection” is a collection that will give awareness to social issues through animated videos. “It questions the supposed neutrality of the spectator, as these works compel viewers to bear witness to personal and communal struggles and forms of resistance,” said Susie Kantor, the curator for the exhibition. The museum wants to connect with high school students through the impact of art. “I hope to convey to students that there is power in resistance in all of its forms, even with the most entrenched power structures and systems,” Kantor said. This exhibit speaks on larger issues that high school students may not be completely aware of. “Protest knows no age limits. The works on display in the exhibition “From Moment to Movement” span 30-plus years of artistic creation and an even longer trajectory of historical events,” UCD professor of design James Housefield said. The exhibit has a deeper meaning than what is seen to the eye. “The creators and works in this exhibition remind us that art can keep alive conversations about how to make the world we have into the future we wish to inhabit, even if that remains an unfinished project or long-term dream,” Housefield said. “‘Marooned’ is a handmade

animation for which I made 5,172 paintings,” said Shiva Ahmadi, an artist whose new work will be shown in this gallery. It took a year to create those paintings for inclusion in a five-minute video. Inspired by Middle Eastern culture, her personal experiences, and upbringing, Ahmadi uses watercolors to animate pictures of devilish figures interacting with bright and vibrant structures. The work is playful but can also take a more sinister undertone. “The animation begins with the individual efforts of these creatures as they assiduously work towards their goal. The ghouls will maliciously circumvent the creatures who constructed the bridge, and swiftly steer them beyond the frame,” Ahmadi said. She was inspired by “an image of a young child watching cartoons from behind a table during the bombing in Gaza,” which was a reminder of her own childhood. “The narrative that unfolds is ultimately one of instability and anxiety, informed by my own experiences and current events in the world,” Ahmadi said. She wants to bring awareness to current geopolitical events that aren’t looked at or talked about enough. “I hope the work raises the questions in people’s minds and make them be more sensitive about their surroundings, may it be the climate change and exploitation of natural resources, war, or immigration,” Ahmadi said. Each installation of art has a different way of speaking to the viewer. “Many of the videos can be interpreted in different ways and depending on who encounters them, different people may have different reactions,” museum intern Isobella Payne said.

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n recent weeks, the Davis High boys and girls basketball teams, plus the UC Davis men’s and women’s squads, have seen their fair share of canceled games and tournaments. On Wednesday, or if you’re reading my column on The Enterprise’s Website after midnight on Wednesday, the Davis High boy’s Delta League home opener against Jesuit was postponed. According to Davis High Athletic Director Jeff Lorenson, a make-up date has not been announced at this time. Last week, the Blue Devils were going to play in the Fairfield Holiday Classic Tournament. But the tournament was canceled when host Fairfield High had an outbreak of COVID-19 cases within its boys program. On Tuesday, the Davis High girls squad’s league opener at St. Francis was also postponed. According to Davis head coach Heather Highshoe, the game will be played on Thursday, Jan. 13. The Blue Devil were going to play nonleague games against

Vacaville and Woodland last week. But those contests were scratched because of COVID-19 health and safety protocols. Davis will play at Woodland next Monday, and play at Vacaville on Saturday, Jan. 22. The UC Davis men’s and women’s squads had their Big West Conference games against UC Riverside and Hawaii canceled because of, you guessed it, COVID-19 health and safety protocols. The Aggie women have been hit with COVID health and safety protocols. The Aggie squads are projected to return to the court this week in Big West games. UC Davis men will host UC Irvine on Thursday, and welcome UC San Diego on Saturday. The UC

Davis women play at UC Irvine and at UC San Diego on Thursday and Saturday, respectively. Should the Delta League, the Big West Conference and NCAA call a time out on league games being played for 10 to 14 days after the New Year? The Delta League, no. The Big West and the NCAA, yes. Davis High is part of the eightschool Delta League that includes Elk Grove schools Elk Grove, Cosumnes Oaks, Franklin, Pleasant Grove and Sheldon, and private schools Jesuit and St. Francis. Each are less than an hour drive away from each other. The Elk Grove high schools are 15 to 30 minutes away from each other, depending on traffic in the city and Highway 99. Translation: The Delta League can reschedule basketball games any day of the week, except Sundays. Traveling is not an issue. But traveling is an issue for the UC Davis basketball teams and the Big West. UC Davis is the lone Northern California college in the Big

West, which plays its games on Thursdays and Saturdays. Fellow Big West members in Cal Poly, CSU Bakersfield, UC Santa Barbara, Long Beach State, UC San Diego, UC Riverside, UC Irvine, CSU Fullerton and CSU Northridge are in Southern California.

hat the NCAA should do this or next week is suspend basketball action in the Big West and all conferences for, at least, 10 days. The Big Sky Conference, which UC Davis is a member of for football only, has taken the first step toward the suggested idea. On Tuesday, the Big Sky sent an email that it has adjusted its policy to allow men’s and women’s basketball games during the 2021-22 season that are postponed due to COVID-19 to be rescheduled. If the Big West follows similar steps like the Big Sky for basketball, there would be time for Big West schools to deal with COVID-19 health and safety protocols, plus the omicron variant. This includes players and

coaches who have tested positive for COVID-19 or the omicron variant. Here is one scenario that could transpire if conferences and the NCAA do not call a time out. There could be a conference where a men or women’s basketball team goes 16-2 in its conference. However, a team that has been hit hard with COVID-19 or omicron at this time resumes conference play and posts an 8-0 record. Guess which team is probably going to win the conference title? The team that posted a 16-2 record. The team that finished with an 8-0 record takes second place. That is not right. Plus, one could probably bet $20 that most college basketball fans would be thrilled to see the season pushed back, which includes the playoffs. But for now, let the local high school and college basketball fans enjoy the rest of the regular season and playoffs. — Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise.net. Follow on Twitter: @MBDavis Sports.

Blue Devils, Eagles tied in naughts By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor Davis High girls soccer head coach Sara Stone offered words of encouragement during Tuesday’s Delta League home game against Pleasant Grove High’s squad. “Be hungry for the ball, Blue,” Stone told her players on the field. The Blue Devils had several offensive opportunities at the net against the Eagles in the final 40 minutes of the game. On top of that, Davis’ defense kept Pleasant Grove away from its net. But the two teams ended the game in a 0-0 tie. “I think in the second half we came together,” Stone said. “Just a challenge of getting the ball in the back of the net has been a challenge for us, and we struggled with that today.” Davis (1-2-3 overall, 0-2-3 Delta) had seven shots on goal in the second half. Rebecca Blum had the Blue Devils’ first chance in the 48th minute, taking a short shot in the box. But the Pleasant Grove goalie pulled up from the net to nab the ball for the save. Eight minutes later, Davis’ Miya Alamares, one of two freshmen on the squad, took the second shot on goal. This chance was a cross-field shot on the north end of the field. But the ball went to the left side

of the net. Coming off a free kick in the 57th minute, Alamares had her second shot on goal. The soccer ball sailed over the heads of her teammates and Pleasant Grove players, and into the hands of the Eagles goalie for another save. Davis teammates Lindsay Fitzpatrick, a junior, and freshman Mia Simmons battled the soccer ball away from a Pleasant Grove player in the box at the 66th minute of the game. But after getting the ball away from the Eagles player, Fitzpatrick and Simmons could not control the ball and watched it roll into the hands of the Pleasant Grove goalie. The Blue Devils had two more shots on goal in the final 12 minutes of the game. Blum, one of six seniors on the team, took her second chance at the net when she recovered her own corner kick in which the ball got away from one of her teammates. Seeing an opening at the Eagles’ net, Blum fired a cross-field shot but went wide right of the net. Simmons had the final chance to get a point on the scoreboard for the Blue Devils. At the 74th minute, Simmons stole the ball and went flying down the field, as two Pleasant Grove players chased her for more than 10 yards. That left

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Davis High’s Una Keller (13) gets the ball away from Pleasant Grove’s Ellison Winger (12) in Tuesday’s Delta League girls soccer game at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium. Simmons with the Eagles goalie. But as she had been doing the whole game, the Eagle goalie grabbed Simmons’ shot. The other seniors on the Blue Devils roster are goalie Harper Burnham, who had two saves in the game, Chloe Barr, Lily Skilling, Kiana Bagheban

and Samantha Foster. Davis had shots on goal chances in the first half, but not as many as it did in the second half. Stone was pleased with the Blue Devils’ play on defense throughout the game. “Defensively, there’s a couple of people in the

backline that have played together, familiar with each other,” Stone said. “I think it shows a little bit as far as their familiarity and their comfort level with each other. They played smart, and composed in the back.” Tuesday’s game was the Blue Devils’ first since Dec. 16, 2021. In the Delta

League game at Franklin of Elk Grove, the Blue Devils and Wildcats ended in a 1-1 tie. Davis continues league play at St. Francis on Thursday. The Blue Devils’ next home game is Tuesday, Jan. 11, against Sheldon. Both games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m.

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UC Davis punter Dan Whelan looks around the UC Davis Health Stadium before the start of the Aggies’ home opener against Dixie State on Sept. 18, 2021.

Dan Whelan becomes the second UC Davis football player from the 2021 squad to declare for the NFL Draft this spring. On Sunday, Whelan, a 6-foot-6 and 221-pound punter, announced on Twitter about entering the draft, which will run April 28 through 30. Whelan started his social media post by noting about his time being on last season’s UC Davis football squad, which posted an 8-4 overall record. “With my last season concluded at UC Davis, it has been an honor to be a part of an amazing championship team,” Whelan started in his statement on Twitter. “I am proud of my teammates and together as brothers we accomplished so much.” Wheland further stated that he could not have fulfilled his success and achievements without the exceptional support and kindness from all of the coaches, players and fans. The Aggie punter thanked UC Davis head coach Dan Hawkins, plus

special teams coordinator coach Paul Shelton, Arron Perez, the athletic trainers and the staff behind the scenes. “I am forever grateful for the opportunity to play football at UC Davis,” Whelan said in his Twitter statement. He thanks family and friends for continued support and guidance. “I could not do this without you all,” Whelan said. Before making his announcement of entering this year’s NFL Draft, Whelan talked about being blessed “on this incredible journey.” A teenager from Ireland, he came to the United States. Whelan was introduced to what he described in his post as American football by Rancho Mirage High football head coach Larry Matthews. Whelan earned a scholarship to UC Davis, playing FCS football and the Big Sky Championships. Whelan noted he has earned his college degree in sustainable environmental design. “It is now time now for the next

stage of my career,” Wheland said in his post. Whelan averaged 46.34 yards per punt for his collegiate career. He had at least one punt of 60 yards or more in seven games last season and had 21 of 50 or more. Whelan also handled kickoff duties with 35 of his 63 going for touchbacks. Whelan was also an FCS Punter of the Year semifinalist last season. Whelan received many honors before and after the end of last season. Toward the end of December, Aggie teammate Isaiah Thomas declared the NFL Draft. Last season, Thomas, at 5-10 and 180, 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.

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49ers’ offense picks up to beat Texans By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor SANTA CLARA — Trey Lance won his first regularseason game with the San Francisco 49ers. Former UC Davis punter Colby Wadman was on the 49ers’ sidelines for Sunday’s final home game against the Houston Texans. Last week, San Francisco snagged the former Aggie punter. But his time with the 49ers was short lived. Lance and the 49ers’ offense carried the momentum toward the end of the first half, which picked up in the second half, to post a 23-7 win over the Texans at Levi’s Stadium. The 49ers’ fourth consecutive home win this season. Houston led 7-0 on San Francisco (9-7) until 3 seconds left in the second

quarter. Then 49ers kicker Robbie Gould booted a 37-yard field goal with 38 seconds left for a 7-3 score at halftime. Lance and the 49ers rolled on their first offensive drive to start the third quarter. The drive that started in its own territory ended in a failed fourthdown-and-1 at the Texans’ 24-yard line. Before the turnover, San Francisco wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk grabbed a pass, busted through several tackles for a 43-yard gain to the 24. “Yeah, I think I got into a better rhythm,” said Lance, who led North Dakota State to a FCS national championship and undefeated 16-0 season his freshman year. He declared for the 2021 NFL Draft his sophomore year and was selected by the 49ers with

the No. 3 overall pick. San Francisco head coach Mike Shanahan added, “I think he did some real good things. Besides the bad interception (early in the second quarter), I thought he protected the ball real well. That was a big thing going into this game and he did a good job on all those except for one play.” Niners linebacker Marcell Harris picked off Texans quarterback Tyrod Taylor. Now with the ball marked at its own 42, San Francisco moved down the field behind Lance. During the drive, a defensive passinterference call against Houston (4-12) on a pass to Aiyuk allowed the 49ers to reach Houston’s red zone. Four plays later, Lance rolled out of the pocket and hit running back Elijah Mitchell for an 8-yard

touchdown at 5:53 left in the quarter, which gave San Francisco its first lead in the game. Gould booted the extra point for a 10-7 score. The score remained the same entering the fourth quarter. But San Francisco scored its final 13 points for the victory. After the Texans missed a field goal, the 49ers upped their lead to 17-7 when Lance, who completed 16 of 23 passes for 249 yards and two touchdowns, rolled out of the pocket again for his second score. This time hitting wide receiver Deebo Samuel for 55 yards. Samuel then dodged a Houston player and one of the referees and ran toward the north end zone with 9:56 on the clock. Gould’s kick was good. Gould booted two more field goals that iced the 49ers’ win. His first one

was a 27-yard shot with 3:27 left in the game for a 20-3 score. The final field goal, thanks to Houston losing the ball on loss of downs, was on a 36-yard field goal at 1:29 on the clock. Lance was starting in place for Jimmy Garoppolo — who has a Grade 3 sprain of the UCL in his right thumb — started to find his groove as time ticked off the clock in the second half. On the ground, the 49ers ran on the Texans’ defense 37 times for 175 yards. San Francisco rookie running back Elijah Mitchell had 21 carries for 119 yards, which is a new franchise rookie record with 878 yards in just 10 games. In 1971, Vic Washington rushed to 811 yards. On Monday, San Francisco made a series of roster moves, including

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Dear Annie: I was married 45-plus years when my husband passed away. After being alone for a few years, I married a longtime family friend. His wife had passed away several years earlier. He pursued me and is a good man, and we seem to be happy together. But at times, I do feel like his first wife lives with us. My question is, should he be carrying a picture of his first wife in his billfold? He does not carry one of the two of us. This really bothers me, and I am wondering what you think. — Second Wife Dear Second Wife: If there’s any hope of the two of you carrying out a fulfilling and enduring marriage, it’s time to bury the past. Share with your husband how it makes you feel to have his late wife still seemingly, and quite literally, in the picture. He may not realize that what he perceives as part of the grieving process is actually a detriment to the security and progression of your marriage. As for his billfold, it’s in with the new. Find a pocket photo of you and your husband to give to him. He may not have had one before. ——— Dear Annie: I moved to a new neighborhood a few weeks ago. I really love the bustle and the energy; however, there is one drawback — the noise. More specifically, the noise of this one ice cream truck that passes by my apartment every single day. Talk about “First World problems,” I know. I am lucky enough to work remotely during this pandemic, so I’m at home all day. And even with the windows shut, I still hear the song. I find myself singing it in the shower, when doing chores and as I’m falling asleep. Plus, it makes me think about ice cream more often than is probably healthy.

Annie, do you or your readers have advice on how to tune out the tunes? I can only imagine what parents go through listening to the same movies or music day in and day out, particularly during this last year. I would appreciate any tips! — Debugging This Earworm Dear Debugging: Use this daily occurrence as a reason to get up and out. Take advantage of the time the truck sits on your block to walk around your new neighborhood. Get acquainted with your new home. With the bustle and energy you mention, there should be more than enough to explore, and now that your home is also your office, it will do you good to get a change of scenery now and again. On the other side of the coin, you can always lean into the skid. One of the best ways to rid yourself of an earworm is to embrace it. Grab yourself a cone and listen to the song up close. Life is sweet; enjoy it before it melts. ——— Dear Annie: My girlfriend and I met about two years ago. She has two younger kids, ages 3 and 6. I have older kids, 15 and 16. She’s a “helicopter parent” who wants to micromanage everything her kids do. Well, when it comes to my kids, she wants to scrutinize everything they do, too. She says she doesn’t agree with my parenting and basically calls me a crappy parent when I don’t do things her way. She also thinks that it is a requirement for my kids to speak to her, even if they are busy or having a bad day. She will text my kids and say mean things to them and even drag their mom into it.

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Yolo Local Agency Formation Commission Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, January 27, 2022, at 9:00 am, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, the Yolo Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) will hold a Public Hearing via teleconference, pursuant to Government Code section 54953(e)(1) (as amended by Assembly Bill 361), to consider the following agenda item: Project Title: Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Annexation (LAFCo No. 21-06) Project Description: The Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (YCFCWCD) has submitted an application to annex 17 parcels to the District to provide surface water irrigation for agricultural purposes. The YCFCWCD is not seeking property taxes. The District will utilize its two-tiered rate structure with newly annexed parcels paying a direct in-lieu fee. Per Government Code Section 56662, unless written opposition to the proposal is received before the conclusion of the public hearing, the commission intends to waive protest proceedings because the District and landowners have given written consent to the proposal. Location: The following parcels are located in five separate areas adjacent to the District, four areas on the north side and one area on the west side of the District: 025-280-001, 025-280-002, 025-280-005, 025-280-008, 047-130-006, 050-140-001, 050140-003, 050-140-007, 054-190-011, 054-190-012, 054-220001, 054-220-002, 054-220-003, 054-220-004, 054-230-015, 061-070-002, 061-070-010. Environmental Review: The potential environmental effects of the proposal have been reviewed by the YCFCWCD as Lead Agency and determined there is no substantial evidence supporting a fair argument that the project will have a significant effect on the environment and filed a Notice of Exemption in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Contact: Christine M. Crawford, AICP LAFCo Executive Officer (530) 666-8048 or christine.crawford@yolocounty.org The Proposal Application is currently posted on the LAFCo website at www.yololafco.org/active-proposals. The Executive Officer's Report and the Agenda will be posted online at least five days prior to the noticed hearing at www.yololafco.org. All interested parties are invited to attend the public hearing. Teleconference Options to join meeting: By PC: https://yolocounty.zoom.us/j/86074085899 or By Phone: (408) 638-0968 Meeting ID: 860 7408 5899 In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please call Commission Clerk Terri Tuck at (530) 666-8048. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable LAFCo to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility. Published January 5, 2022 #1620

My kids don’t do drugs. They don’t lie. They are heavily involved in sports, on the honor roll and don’t get in trouble. But my girlfriend has caused so many issues that my kids don’t even want her around. I’m also a retired Army veteran with severe PTSD, and I rage when I’m mad. She wants to argue about who ate the last rice cake or took the last drink. It’s one argument after another. What do I do? — Confused From Indiana Dear Confused: It’s time for you to set some boundaries with your girlfriend. Micromanaging is one thing; insulting your kids via text, offending their mother and starting arguments over rice cakes are quite another. Assuming your relationship with her progresses, you will be one big family someday — all six of you. If you can’t squash her argumentative and overbearing tendencies now — toward both you and your children — they will only get worse. Talk to your girlfriend about what is appropriate and what isn’t. Having a mediator or a couples counselor present will prevent your confrontation from escalating to a(nother) full-blown argument.

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Dear Annie: For close to 50 years, my friend “Chloe” and I have met for dinner once a week, and she always discusses her husband’s past affair, which occurred over 50 years ago and lasted a year. They are still married and had a few children after the affair ended. She seems to refuse to believe he has told her “everything” and still asks him questions about it. I empathize with her pain and repeatedly tell her that forgiveness is about her being happy again within herself and that it does not mean she condones her husband’s past behavior. She has been very mean to him all these years and says hateful things to him, which distresses their daughters. They have been to couples therapy a few times, but nothing has changed with her. I am at a loss to figure out why she keeps this up after all these years. I need some understanding of why she repeatedly expresses hate for her husband but continues to live with him. Does she need to be a victim? — Concerned and Confused Dear CC: You are a good friend with wise advice, and Chloe is lucky to have you on the receiving end of her weekly pity parties. It sounds like Chloe is using a “victim mentality” to avoid dealing with deeper relationship prob-

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lems. If she forgives her husband’s infidelity, she’ll have to assume some responsibility for the failures in her marriage. It’s far easier to just lay the blame on him. Still, it is clear she has some unresolved feelings of rejection. Fifty years is a long time to be carrying around so much anger, and she must be tired. Chloe has two options here: leave her husband, or forgive him. If she chooses to forgive, remind her once more that forgiveness is not a stamp of approval for his actions; it is merely an acknowledgement that their marriage and their family are more important than a mistake he made 50 years ago. ——— Dear Annie: I have been with my partner for 10 years. While he was going through his divorce, his mother lived with us. At the time, she had nothing nice to say about his ex-wife. She acted like seeing her was a chore when one of the children graduated high school (I was not allowed to attend the graduation). Since then, the children he shares with his ex have grown up and they are on their own. The older child now has children of her own. My issue is that his mother stays with the ex when she comes into town and still sends her presents. Now, if my partner had been mean to the ex, or if the kids were still young and at home, I could understand. But that isn’t the case. The ex also hosts

parties for the grandchildren, and we are never allowed to attend them. Can you please help me understand why his mother still has this friendship with the ex? Again, during the divorce, she had nothing nice to say about the ex at all. She told me how abusive she was to him. — Fed Up Dear Fed Up: It sounds like your partner’s mother felt defensive of her son during his divorce and likely hurt and disappointed herself. Still, no matter how much water is under the bridge, your partner’s ex is and will always be the mother of her grandchildren. The relationship the two of them choose to have doesn’t concern you. Instead, work to foster the bond you have with your partner’s mother (and with his children and their children). After a decade together, that should take priority — not scrutinizing what friendship his mother may or may not have with the old flame. Don’t see their closeness as competition: You’ll only end up losing. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

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FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20211014 11/23/2021 Business is located in YOLO County Fictitious Business Name: BLACK FROG COFFEE Physical Address: 431 G STREET DAVIS, CA 95616 Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) COZEN'S HOLDINGS LLC 612 PACIFIC GROVE CT. VACAVILLE, CA 95688 Business Classification: Limited Liability Company Starting Date of Business: 11/23/2021 s/ BENJAMIN COZENS Official Title: Managing Officer Corporation Name: COZENS' HOLDINGS LLC I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal. Jesse Salinas, County Clerk/Recorder, State of California, County of Yolo Published December 22, 29, January 5, 12, 2022 #1625

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20211079 12/20/2021 Business is located in YOLO County Fictitious Business Name: PMSasquatch Productions Physical Address: 902 K Street Davis, CA 95616 Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) Paul M. Schwab 902 K Street Davis, CA 95616 Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 11/20/2021 s/Paul M. P. Schwab Official Title: Corporation Name: I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal. Jesse Salinas, County Clerk/Recorder, State of California, County of Yolo Published December 22, 29, January 5, 12, 2022 #1623

Announcement of Availability from the U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) The USDA-ARS invites the public to review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of; No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Agricultural Research and Development Center Facility to be constructed at 3031 2nd Street, Davis, CA. The document is available electronically: https://www.spk.usace.army.mil/media/usace-project-publicnotices/ USACE is assisting the USDA-ARS with design, construction and environmental compliance of the Facility at Davis, CA. Public Comment Period: January 5, 2022 – January 18, 2022 Written comments can be directed to Ms. Keleigh Duey at Keleigh.L.Duey@usace.army.mil or mailed to Ms. Keleigh Duey, 10th Floor, 1325 J Street, Sacramento CA, 95814. Questions, call (916) 557-5131. Published January 5, 2022 #1616

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20211024 11/29/2021 Business is located in YOLO County Fictitious Business Name: BIG CHILLEN COMPANY Physical Address: 22 W. Hays St. Woodland, CA 95695 Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) Albert Solano 22 W. Hays St. Woodland, CA 95695 Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 10/01/2021 s/Albert Solano Official Title: Owner Corporation Name: N/A I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal. Jesse Salinas, County Clerk/Recorder, State of California, County of Yolo Published December 15, 22, 29, January 5, 2022

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LILIAN ELAINE RIEUR CASE NO. PR2021-0277 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: LILIAN ELAINE RIEUR A Petition for Probate has been filed by: ELLEN R. KOLARIK in the Superior Court of California, County of: Yolo The Petition for Probate requests that: ELLEN R. KOLARIK be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. 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 in this court as follows: Date: 02/03/2022 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept.: 9 Room: 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. 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: Michael R. Peterson Attorney for petitioner 508 Second Street, Suite 210 Davis, CA 95616 (530)758-1750 Published January 5, 9, 12, 2022

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This news is electrifying W ant to cut carbon emissions 50 percent by 2030? Business as usual just won’t cut it to meet this goal. The Electric Power Research Institute recently released a report concluding that success at reaching that goal will depend on “significant acceleration” (2 to 3 times the current rate) of wind and solar energy generation as well as battery storage and improvements to the grid. To the point of this column, we also have to put the pedal to the metal for electrifying the transportation sector. According to a summary of the EPRI report from Utility Dive, “electricity will account for nearly a third of total end-use energy consumption in the US by 2030. Much of this will come from electric vehicles; cars, trucks, vans, buses and maybe trains. The summary indicates that currently transportation is only responsible for about one percent of electrical demand, but that’s estimated to grow to around 15 percent. Carmakers are shifting quickly to electric vehicles but it’s not all that clear that consumer attitudes are keeping up with this change, with at least two major reasons standing out. One, most people are not familiar with electric vehicles and are relatively comfortable with their old gas guzzlers. I know that whenever the Davis Electric Vehicle Association (DEVA) holds a “come drive an electric vehicle” event, people here in town have an opportunity to “test drive” an EV and ask questions of neighbors who own one. Usually, most makes and models are represented. Most come away with a greater willingness to consider purchasing an EV. You can find out more about DEVA on the Cool Davis website (cooldavis.org). As cool as the DEVA program is, it’s not scaled to reach the rest of the country, some portions of which are not only unfamiliar with EVs but there may also be a strain of outright antagonism to EVs holding people back. What’s needed is a national effort to offer something similar to the DEVA program to those who might be interested in an EV. It’s certainly not a complete solution, but the car rental giant Hertz recently ordered 100 thousand Teslas as a first step to electrifying their entire fleet. In a press statement a Hertz executive stated, “The new Hertz is going to lead the way as a mobility company, starting with the largest EV rental fleet in North America and a commitment to grow our fleet and provide the best rental and recharging experience for leisure and business customers around the world.” In the middle of that quote was the term “recharging experience.” A second, and probably much greater reason for consumer reluctance when it comes to deciding whether or not to purchase an EV is “range anxiety.” How far can the car go on a charge. Currently (no pun intended) charging stations are not at all as common and available as gas stations.

If our target date for emission reductions is 2030 we have precious little time to make EV charging simple and easy and it seems efforts to do just that are underway by both the utilities and the government. The Edison Electric Institute, a trade group of over 50 investor-owned utilities including PG&E, estimates there will be 22 million electric vehicles on the road by 2030. They formed the National Electric Highway Coalition to coordinate installation of fast-charging (20 to 30 minutes for a fill-up) infrastructure on highway corridors across the nation.

reating an infrastructure throughout the country that will alleviate or remove “range anxiety” as an obstacle to increased numbers of EVs on the road will be boosted by the $7.5 billion allocated from the $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill enacted by congress. But building such a network is not just about money. To implement the bill, the White house came out with a companion “EV Charging Action Plan.” The plan establishes a “Joint Office of Energy and Transportation to both streamline the granting of funds and, most importantly, to ensure a coordinated approach across the country. These two departments will also form an Advisory Committee on Electric Vehicles, not because we need more bureaucracy, but because including stakeholder input in the process is important. We, as a country, will be essentially establishing a nationwide network and we better get the design right technically and equitably from the get-go. For example, charging stations should meet uniform standards so that a traveler journeying from Sacramento to Washington doesn’t run out of battery in Colorado and find the charging equipment incompatible with the car. In effect, the plan envisions creating a “uniform consumer experience” comparable to filling up at a gas station. The plan also addresses equitability by funding EV charging installations at homes and multi-unit buildings for low- and moderate-income consumers. No one left behind. Overall, the plan envisions, according to a Utility Dive brief, “a smooth and equitable rollout of taxpayer funded infrastructure”. I have to admit I’ve become somewhat of a cynic about promises for “smooth” and “equitable” when it comes to government or utility program implementation. The plan looks great. Secretaries Granholm and Buttigieg have their work cut out for them. — John Mott-Smith is a resident of Davis. This column appears the first and third Wednesday of each month in the print version of the Enterprise. Please send comments to john mottsmith@comcast.net.

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