The Davis Enterprise Friday, January 6, 2023

Special election to fill vacant position

By Anne TernusBellamy Enterprise staff writer

The city will hold a special election in May to fill the council seat vacated by former Mayor Lucas Frerichs.

Frerichs, who was sworn in to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday morning, had represented District 3 on the City Council since his election in that district in November 2020. Prior to that he served — as all council members did — as an at-large member.

With Frerichs’s departure to the Board of Supervisors, the Davis City Council is down to four members and will stay that way until a District 3 representative is elected during an all-mail special election on May 3. Only voters in that district will cast votes and the winner will serve out the

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Arnold, Chapman sworn in at council

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

Leadership on the Davis City Council formally changed hands on Tuesday evening with Will Arnold being sworn in as mayor and Josh Chapman as vice mayor.

Both will serve one-year

terms that will run through 2023 and both will be up for re-election to the council in 2024.

Arnold, a lifelong Davis resident, has served on the council since 2016 and was re-elected in 2020 to represent District 2.

On Tuesday, he took the mayoral oath of office from his daughter, Sonya, as his sons Dougie and Reecy looked on. He called the moment “humbling.”

“It really is the honor of a lifetime to be sworn in as

mayor of the community that raised me,” Arnold said. “And this community really did raise me, between my mom, who was a teacher here for 40 years and all of the colleagues of hers, the generations of students that she taught that I got to know; my dad, who was a prominent member of the business community, grew up here… and the community that was here for them and for me when they were at their end.

UCD’s cats get a hand

By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer

“Tig! Come over here.” A patched tabby community cat named Tigger emerges from slabs of insulation beneath the 1960s portables within the Horticultural Innovation Lab for a good meal.

The familiar voice of retired UC Davis staff research associate Linda Dodge, 70, has brought him food, company, and care for the past decade.

Dodge is not alone in caring for community cats on campus. In all kinds of weather, on every day of the week, despite failing health for many, volunteers scatter across the UC

Campus to tend to an array of feral cat communities.

“They are very familiar with me because they let

“Most kids, I think, probably don’t dream of being the mayor of their small town when they’re in high school,” he said. “But that was something that I have wanted to do. And it is just very meaningful being here.”

He noted that when he was first sworn in to the council in 2016, “I said I’ve had a dream, a literal dream, in which Davis is a beacon of hope and light in a darker world. And we’ve seen shades of that darkness since then. And yet we’re the community that

“We’re the community that took the challenge that was placed in

of us to reform

safety. When grand pronouncements were made in other communities only to be walked back, we took a serious, deliberate approach and we delivered on something that will help our most vulnerable members of our community for decades to come.

“There’s so much more

Colleges tackle transit costs

By Carmen González CalMatters

When Melanie Lindo was considering her transfer to a UC campus, her choice didn’t come down to academics or campus resources but how long, complex and pricey her bus ride would be.

“Compared to all the other UCs I was accepted to, UCLA was the cheapest in terms of transportation,” said Lindo.

Prior to attending UCLA, Lindo’s commute to Santa Monica College from Echo Park in Los Angeles put her at a disadvantage academically: She would cut evening study sessions short

knowing she would have to wake up in the early morning to catch a bus — one she hoped was on time. “Sometimes the bus is delayed, so instead of waiting the 10 minutes, it’s a 20-minute wait, meaning I’m most likely going to miss a good portion of the lecture,” she said.

Now, Lindo’s commute is both less stressful and cheaper. She’s able to take a bus directly from her home to UCLA’s Westwood campus. She also gets reduced fare thanks to partnerships between LA Metro and nearby campuses, including UCLA.

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Vice Mayor Josh Chapman, above, takes the oath of office from his sons, Owen, left, and Quentin, during Tuesday’s Davis City Council meeting. At right, Mayor Will Arnold’s daughter, Sonya, administers as her brothers, Dougie and Reecy, looked on.

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me help them and get close to them and that kind of thing,” she said.

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Retired UC Davis researcher Linda DodgeLinda Dodge feeds Tigger outside the Horticulture Innovation Lab buildings.

LWV hosts annual meeting

The public is invited to the League of Women Voters Davis Area’s annual programplanning meeting for 2023 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, in the Blanchard Room of the Stephens Branch Library, 315 E. 14th St. in Davis

Only members may vote on final program decisions, but prospective members are encouraged to attend.

Light refreshments will be provided. For information, visit the local website at https:// lwvdavisarea.org.

New year, new rules from the Capitol

Every year, it seems, the highly intelligent people who make up the California State Legislature pass nearly 1,000 new laws that we must all follow and obey so we don’t end up in the slammer.

They do this, of course, with the governor’s permission, even though they do have the votes most of the time to override his veto.

It makes you wonder how we ever got by in the previous 12 months without all these new laws to guide us.

To help us figure out how to navigate this new and challenging legal landscape, Andrew Sheeler of The Sacramento Bee penned a piece about several laws that affect how local government functions, presumably including the Davis City Council, the Davis School Board and the Yolo County Board of Supervisors.

I can hardly wait to begin taking my marching orders from the California Legislature.

“Senate Bill 1100 clearly establishes the power of legislative bodies to remove disruptive people,”

Sheeler writes.

“California’s public meetings law, the Brown Act, already protects the ability of county supervisors, school boards and city councils to eject disruptors.”

In fact, I believe the Davis City Council chambers have audience ejector seats that can be violently activated by a simple push of a button from the mayor.

“Promoters of the bill say the new measure spells out that authority more clearly. SB 1100 specifically requires the presiding member of a legislative body, or their designee, to first warn a disruptive person that their actions may result in removal.”

Fair enough, but what standard is being used to determine if a per-

son is disruptive in the first place? Decibel level? Bulging veins in the neck and forehead? Arms waving wildly as if they’re not connected to the brain?

And what if a non-presiding councilmember thinks someone is disruptive but the mayor doesn’t agree? Or what if it’s the mayor herself or himself who is disruptive? Who gets to push the ejector button in that case?

Maybe they’ll have to pass another law this year to clarify what SB 1100 actually means in practical use.

Another new law, SB 1131, from Senator Josh Newman of Fullerton, “Expands the ‘Safe at Home’ program to election workers and other public employees who are subject to harassment, shielding their home addresses from the public eye.”

“This legislation is vital in order to protect Californians,” said Newman, although in this day and age it’s not hard to figure out where someone lives. Just ask Paul Pelosi.

Probably the most controversial of the many new laws is Assembly Bill 1925 by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago of Los Angeles, which reverses the current law that “prevents a person from holding county or district office if they are not a registered voter in that county or district.”

Basically, this will allow noncitizens to run for those offices and serve, if elected.

Said Santiago, “California is home to 11 million immigrants, the most of any state in the country. We are a diverse state full of intelligent, capable people, some of whom may not have been born in this country. Someone’s place of birth should not exclude them from holding office where they can do meaningful work for their communities.”

If that’s what the voters want, so be it.

Safe to say, however, that such legislation is not likely to pass any time soon in any of the many red states on the map of our beloved country.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunnng@davisenterprise.net

ELECTION: Council will let voters fill vacancy

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remainder of Frerichs’s term, which ends in 2024.

The four current council members — Mayor Will Arnold, Vice Mayor Josh Chapman, Councilwoman Gloria Partida and Councilman Bapu Vaitla — voted unanimously Tuesday night to hold a special election in District 3 rather than appoint someone to fill the remaining two years on Frerichs’s term.

Also unanimous Tuesday was public comment in favor of an election rather than an appointment.

Among the more than a dozen residents urging the council to call a special election were the two candidates for Frerichs’s seat that have emerged so far — Donna Neville, chair of the city’s Finance and Budget Commission; and Francesca Wright, recipient of the city’s Thong Hy Huynh Memorial Award for civil rights advocacy in 2021.

“I urge you to call a special election,” Neville told the council. “I believe it’s critically important that the voters in this district

have the opportunity to choose who represents them for the remainder of this term.

“We speak of ourselves as a model of participatory democracy and I think the ability to vote is really important.”

Said Wright: “The district deserves to have the engagement, the dialogue, the conversations that all come with a campaign. And we’re up for it, we’re ready for it, and I think it will make our town stronger and will make our neighborhood stronger by allowing that degree of engagement.”

More than a dozen people in all urged the council to call a special election, on top of the many who made the same plea to council members in communications prior to Tuesday’s meeting.

Council members had previously indicated a preference for a special election rather than an appointment and that remained the case on Tuesday.

“I support an election in May,” said Vaitla, who was elected to represent District 1 in November. “It

seems like the preponderance of public comment has argued for that and made compelling arguments for that and I support that.”

Chapman and Partida also expressed support for a special election, as did Arnold, who noted that “Democracy is at stake at other times in our country, in other places in our country, so just to be able to vote for democracy itself is fulfilling.

“There are some potential benefits to an appointment, not just cost savings and having someone on board quicker,” Arnold said.

But given the city’s move to district elections, as well as the length of time remaining on Frerichs’s term, “I am squarely in favor of us calling for this special election,” Arnold said.

That’s what the council ultimately did, approving a resolution calling for a May special election.

That decision was a fairly quick one Tuesday evening, but some discussion followed about whether to appoint an interim council

Davis Bike Club announces WOW! ride

Special to The Enterprise

Join the Davis Bike Club for the first WOW! ride of 2023, planned for Saturday Jan. 14.

WOW! (Women on Wheels) rides are for anyone who wants to join, especially DBC members and friends who work during the week. The 2023 WOW rides will start with shorter 20-22 mile rides, with the distances increasing as the

year progresses. The pace will be 12-14 mph and "no drop."

The group will leave the South Davis Nugget Market parking lot near the Cowell Boulevard entrance (at the South Davis Veterinary Center, 4615 Cowell Blvd.) promptly at 10 a.m. The length of this ride will be just over 20 miles and riders are invited to enjoy a hot chocolate and a visit at the Starbucks near the

South Davis Nugget at the end of the ride.

The Jan. 14 ride will go south of town via Mace Boulevard, heading west on Tremont to Eggert, then to the west end of the UCD Arboretum via Old Davis Road. The group will ride to the area west of campus through the experimental vineyards, adjacent to the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve, past the Bee Haven and to Russell Boulevard,

member until the election, largely to avoid the potential for 2-2 split votes.

During public comment, many residents expressed concern that an appointee would have the advantage of incumbency in an election and urged the council, if it chose to appoint an interim member, to only appoint someone who publicly committed not to run in May.

But only Vaitla appeared to favor an interim appointment, suggesting it could be a former council member or city commission member who would be up to speed and ready to go on Day One. He agreed such an individual could be asked to publicly commit to not running for the seat in May.

“We do have, in the next few months, important issues coming up on downtown development, on some land-use applications potentially, and climate action plan … and I would prefer to have a full council for that vote,” Vaitla said.

Arnold said he was open to the idea of an interim appointment while Partida and Chapman expressed

opposition to the idea.

“I definitely can see where Councilmember Vaitla is coming from here,” said Chapman. But “when I step back and look at it, I’m not in favor of an interim appointment.

“There has not been very many split votes at all,” he said, noting that he had to recuse himself in December from the vote on the Downtown Specific Plan because he owns a downtown business and remaining council members voted 4-0 in favor of the plan.

“We just sat up here and talked about the value of democracy and what that means and then we’re going to hand pick somebody to move them into this spot for the next four months. So I don’t feel comfortable moving forward that way,” Chapman said.

Ultimately with only Vaitla expressing strong support for an interim appointment, the council declined to go that way.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

via Olive Tree Drive.

Then they will head back via campus, the Putah Creek trail, Research Park Drive to Cowell, Lillard, and back to Cowell and the starting point.

The route is online at

https://ridewithgps.com/ routes/41714861.

If there's rain or high winds, the ride will be canceled. Questions? Contact Caroline Quinn at 916304-1930 or cqmail88@ gmail.com

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CATS: Even on campus, it can be a real jungle

Living under buildings, on the top of roofs, in corners you would never suspect are cats of all sorts and needs. Many are family, with a momma cat and her kin nearby. Other groups are made of loners finding themselves together.

The volunteers have named them all. Tigger, D’Artagnan, Mama Mama, and Meow Meow have made the Environmental Horticulture Complex home.

In the Arboretum near the UC Davis Water Tower, two cats, Chester and Little Gray Kitty aren’t considered friends per se. Chester has been known to steal Little Gray’s food and even attack this smaller cat. Bad Chester! In addition to his morning food, Chester is visited in the evening by another kind of cat lover. Her name is Youlo and she likes to feed him because he reminds her of a former pet cat.

All the cats are hungry, and many need veterinary care from time to time, which these volunteers see to as they can. That includes spaying and neutering.

In November, Dodge was out at night with Marlene Simon and her husband to rescue Tigger, who was stuck in a tree.

Simon currently has 20 rescued cats on their property between Davis and Winters. Simon, a UCD Staff Horticulturist at the UCD Botanical Conservatory, does a Q&A segment on the Good Day Sacramento TV show, where she is known as The Plant Lady.

After repeated unanswered calls to the fire department and an arborist to help Tigger, Simon got some rope and a ladder, and then her husband rigged a system to lower the branch so the cat could jump onto the roof. But the limb Tigger was on was very flimsy, and he

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was at the end of it and couldn’t climb back up — he just ran out of real estate. “I heard a thud which was awful. And then he ran away,” Simon said. It took them about a week to trap him and bring him to the vet.

“He kind of got really scared and took a jump” from about 20 feet high, injuring his back left leg, Dodge said. She was able to catch him and get X-rays showing no broken bones.

However, Tigger did suffer some muscle tissue injury, and he’s still limping a bit. “He’s affected by the injury, so he’s particularly one I would like to try to bring home and give him a more comfortable environment,” Dodge said.

Where Tigger and his brother, D’Artagnan, live now are in a pretty good situation. “It’s a complex of really old buildings, and there are lots of nooks and crannies where they can shelter, so you know, they’re living pretty good for feral cats right now,” she said.

Against a lot of rain and wet weather, volunteers have left food in several makeshift shelters without contacting the cats. “So we just kind of leave it up to them to come and get it,” Dodge said.

The shelters are made of heavy-duty plastic bins with lids and cutout doors. They’ve been insulated with mylar and carpeted with hay for a natural feel.

Tigger and D’Artagnan haven’t tried to use them. “They either have other dry places where they can go, or they just don’t know what to do with these shelters.”

Dodge has not seen any more kittens in the areas she’s been feeding the cats, thanks to her older friend Mary Miranda who she met after seeing her feed cats there.

After seeing Miranda feed the cats, the two cat lovers became friends and a UCD community cat

feeding team until she physically couldn’t do it any longer.

Until that time, Dodge had wondered about the person hanging out in the parking lots. Miranda’s daughter, Maria, moved from Arizona to care for her mom and knows the cats very well. She works from home for Purina Pet Food Company and takes care of two rescued cats.

Having 20 cats of her own, Simon knows feeding the UCD community cats takes a lot of work. To help Dodge out, she feeds them on Tuesdays and Thursdays and recently took one of the older cats home.

“There’s one less kitty to feed, so that’s good,” she said. Simon works at the Botanical Conservatory, and across from there, she’s noticed someone who works at the Soil Lab taking care of “Homer.” “It’s a girl, but her name is Homer for at least eight years,” she added.

Some of the rescue cats on Simon’s property are from campus. Several years ago, Eva showed up at the conservatory with five kittens. Simon trapped

her, got her fixed, and brought the kittens to the Orphan Kitty Project. “She’s my indoor kitty,” she said. She also has “Little Gray Kitty,” who she recently took home, and one that Dodge had been feeding. “He’s an older one. He still hisses at me; I can’t pet him yet.”

Simon offers the following recommendations: if you see an ear tip (a portion of one of the cat’s ears is removed), you know it’s fixed. If it runs away from you, it’s most likely feral. If you see a stray cat coming up to you, and it looks like it’s in bad shape, get it checked for a microchip. Every vet will have a scanner and check for a microchip. And if no one’s around, you can bring it home and make a report to the SPCA.

Of course, more volunteers are always needed, even though kittens have not been sighted in years due to the “trap, neuter, return” practice or colloquially known by its acronym, TNR.

A campus club called the Community Cat Project, a volunteer student-based group that provides

“opportunities to help with feeding community cats and fundraise for neuter/ spay surgeries, vaccines, and food to support those that feed outdoor cats, encourages friendly cats to become adopted and decrease the number of cats living outside, (their) goal is to educate the public about cat colonies, their effects on wildlife, and how to support local community cats.”

The club has a wealth of information online at https://communitycat projectucd.weebly.com/ where TNR is boasted as the most efficient solution in that it “allows for a definite stabilization in the community cat populations and eventually a reduction in population size and the colony to die off in the long run.”

The club’s literature explains that bringing community cats to shelters doesn’t eliminate the colony but allows other outdoor cats to take their place. Community cats populate areas that have food and shelter.

Removing cats from these areas attracts new cats to migrate and replace them. “Therefore, it does not solve the problem of overpopulation and would lead to a never-ending cycle of trapping and removing cats.”

Perhaps the most famous UCD community cat, Cheeto, resides around the Physics building. On Instagram (@cheetodaily) he is “well known, very friendly, and loved by many.” Cheeto's Instagram page, as of Thursday, has 8,899 followers and shows daily photos of him to help students destress.

He follows 37 others, including Newton, a beautiful black cat who lived at the same building and now has a loving home.

— Contact Monica Stark at monica@ davisenterprise.net.

South Sacramento off of Florin Road.

Feb. 23, 1938 — Dec. 25, 2022

Bill (Buster) Brown passed quietly at his home in Capay Valley at the age of 84 on Dec. 25, 2022. He was born William Thomas Brown in Sandy Hook, Ky., to Lillian Marie Brown and Victor Linville Brown. He was the youngest of five children; Wilma, John, Ruth and LaDonna. They lived in a small home until the untimely death of their father at which time they were placed in The Masonic Home for Widows and Orphans in Louisville. Bill was 4 years old at the time.

The orphanage became his home for many years and the place that shaped him into the man he was to become. Also, the place where he met the woman who would later become his wife of 46 years. Bill left the orphanage at the age of 15 and headed to California, where his older siblings had migrated. Once he made his journey to Sacramento and connected with his siblings, he enrolled himself in Sacramento High School, from where he would later graduate.

Bill made his way back to Kentucky to find the girl he loved, Dottie Jarvis (d. May 3, 2004).

He proposed and shortly thereafter they married in February of 1958. After getting married Bill and Dottie headed to California to start a new life together. However, Kentucky would always be their home in their hearts and a place they would frequently return to visit.

Bill was a self-motivated, highly driven person who was not afraid to fail, and believed in himself and his abilities to improve the conditions around him and make the best out of all situations. With this drive, he went to work with his tools as a finish carpenter, hanging doors, hardware and cabinets in most of the homes in the Rosemont subdivision and surrounding area.

At that time, he and Dottie lived in downtown Sacramento and began to start their family. They had two children; Cindy and Ronald. Their apartment became too small for their family, so together at ages of 24 and 25 they built their new home in

After building his own home, Bill realized he could build other homes for other families. This passion grew into building apartments and later developing, building, owning and managing apartments for families in need of affordable housing. Thus in 1964, Bill began what is now one of the Sacramento region’s largest construction companies, Brown Construction Inc. As his business grew, so did the need for him to move to the area where he was doing most of his building at the time. So, once again he built his own house in what would become the families long term hometown, Davis.

Though Bill loved construction and all the people associated with it, he had many other passions in life. One was his passion for hunting and the other was ocean fishing. He did both with great enthusiasm and joy. Bill loved the ocean so much, he built a home in Dillions Beach and spent a good part of his time there. He greatly enjoyed the many friendships he made there and the countless days on the ocean fishing from his boat, “Fat Boy.” This area would always be a special place for him.

In 2004 Bill’s first love of his

life passed away unexpectedly. In the coming years while on a hunting trip in Argentina, he met his second love, Genoveva Medrano. The two of them dated long distance for several years before marring in August of 2012. They lived in Davis for many years until moving to their home in Capay.

Bill and Geno traveled often to Argentina and together maintained a home and shared many friendships there. Argentina and the people were very special to Bill

Bill lived a big life full of wonderment. He always made time for people, no matter what their social status. Having grown up in an orphanage and being born in a small Eastern Kentucky town, Bill had an appreciation for people and friendships. He enjoyed sharing stories of his upbringing and was always proud of his roots and his family.

Bill was proceeded in death by his father, Victor Linville Brown of Sandy Hook, Ky., mother Lillian (Farley) Brown of Sacramento, wife Dottie Brown of Davis, sister LaDonna Ince of Sacramento, brother John Brown of Shingle Springs, and grandson Travis Thomas Wilson of Davis. He is survived by his wife

BACK: New mayor, vicemayor ready to work

work to do and we need to work together to face all of these challenges and I don’t take this obligation lightly,” Arnold said. “I’m here to work on your behalf.”

Chapman, who was first elected to the council in 2020 representing District 5 in South Davis, took the oath of office as vice mayor from his sons, Owen and Quentin.

Like Arnold, he called the moment “humbling.”

“As a Davis business owner, resident and parent, I am eager to work with my council colleagues, community partners and city staff to enhance our vibrant community,” said Chapman. “Over the past two years, we have made considerable progress in very important policy areas, and I look forward to continuing that work as the vice mayor of Davis."

Chapman also noted that "this work isn’t possible without the support of our community, more importantly the support of our staff, and then the folks in our own homes who deal with this every single day, when we’re in and out of the house and dealing with the myriad of issues that we face here.”

He thanked those in his own home, his sons as well as his wife, Athena, who he said has provided “steadfast support from Day One to do this.”

“I’m humbled to be here. I’ve been humbled throughout this... and I look forward to continuing this work moving forward.”

Genoveva Medrano of Capay; daughter Cindy Wilson (Sam) of Davis; son Ron Brown (Mary) of Davis; stepdaughters Jimena Perez Leiros of Esparto and Clara Garay of Capay; and stepsons Mateo Perez Leiros and Marcos Garay, both of Cordaba, Argentina. Also, he leaves behind many grandchildren, with whom he enjoyed spending time, Marcus Wilson (Marin), Hailey Wilson, Linsey Wilson, Dillard Brown (Ali), Dominic Brown, Emily Huerta (Omar), Sarah Johnson (Tyler), Hannah Golden (Tim), Claire Clark, Lautaro Zuniga, Lucia Zuniga; great-grandchildren Daniel Wilson, Declan Wilson, Cecelia Wilson, Nash Wilson, Remington Brown and Connor Johnson; sisters Wilma Giesser of Sacramento and Ruth Walz of Daly City; sister-in-law Martha Brown of Shingle Springs; and brother-in-law Bill Ince of Orangeville.

Bill will be missed by us all and he connected to many over his life. In remembrance of him a celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the Sacramento State Alumni Center, 6000 J St. in Sacramento. All who knew him are welcome.

William Thomas Brown

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A plastic shelter offers respite from the elements for the cats.

TRANSIT: Key cost for students

Transportation costs and lack of available bus or train service is one component of the high cost of college that is pushing many low-income students out of the state’s higher education systems. Some campuses have partnered with local transit agencies to reduce or waive all costs for students, with early data indicating these programs have a positive impact on student success.

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill last year that would have created more reduced fare pilot programs throughout the state, but students and advocates are still convinced expanding transit access is a relatively easy way to boost student retention and success.

For many students, commuting time and experience are part of the calculus of pursuing higher education. While the number of commuters at California colleges varies by campus, the national average is that about 85% of students do not live in university-owned housing on campus. Almost all of California’s 2 million community college students commute by car, bike, walking or public transit.

“This is a basic need,” says Heather Brandt, a psychology student working to bring free transit to the City College of San Francisco in her role as student chancellor. “It’s an easier issue to solve than some of the other issues that exist, like maybe housing, which require more long-term solutions.”

The state prioritized helping students with basic needs such as food and housing as part of the 202122 budget, including $30 million for the California Community College system to establish basic needs centers and hire staff to assist struggling students.

Colleges can also use the money to create reduced fare partnerships with their local transit agency. Currently, 75 of the 116 community college campuses offer some type of reduced or free transit program for their students, according to researchers at the University of California Institute for Transportation Studies. However, the researchers also found that on average, transit passes were more expensive than parking passes for California’s community college students.

Whether students have the option to commute by car or have to take public transit, costs can quickly add up.

Students can expect to spend around a fifth of their yearly income on transportation, according to a 2018 report published by The Hope Center for College, Community and Justice at Temple University in Philadelphia. In California that number equates to a yearly average cost of $1,026 for transportation to and from campus for students who live in non-college off-campus housing, according to survey results from the California Student Aid Commission. The 2022-23 survey of student expenses included transportation costs for the first time.

Students will spend $9,500 a year to commute by car, when factoring in the

vehicle price, gas and maintenance, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Rising transit costs were a sticking point for the UC’s 48,000 striking academic workers. In deals struck with four bargaining groups over the past month, all included some form of transit subsidies, such as offering e-bike discounts, and a commitment from UC that it will “attempt to negotiate reduced-fee or no-fee access to regional transit systems.”

Lindo pays a discounted fare through UCLA, around $40 a quarter, which gives her access to the bus she rides to campus, as well as rides with seven other local Los Angeles transit agencies, opening up the county to Lindo and allowing her family to afford other essentials.

“Although my family has cars, they need them for work,” she said. “Having to purchase a car or live on campus is not something I can afford.”

These elevated costs prompted a number of colleges to take action to try and cover the cost of commutes for their students.

In Orange County, 22 area colleges are participating in a reduced fare program with the Orange County Transit Authority, including community colleges, UC, CSU and private college campuses. Students get unlimited access to OCTA buses for $46 per semester, as long as they are enrolled for at least nine credits at their institution.

Regular fare for a 30-day OCTA bus pass, which would not cover an entire semester, is $69.

In 2021, Rio Hondo

College, in Los Angeles County, participated in a national study conducted by The Hope Center at Temple University to gauge the impact of Los Angeles Metro’s free fare U-Pass program.

Researchers found Rio Hondo students who received free transit passes were 17% more likely to attain credentials and 27% more likely to earn an associate’s degree compared to students who did not receive the passes. Russell Castañeda-Calleros, the campus’ director of government and community relations, believes other colleges should invest in creating similar programs for students.

“At the beginning, there were a couple of staff members who were somewhat skeptical,” he said. “Little by little we were able to get buy-in from the staff. And now we’re at the point where they expect it every year.”

After the Rio Hondo study, LA Metro launched its expanded U-Pass program, replacing GoPass. While under GoPass, students pay a reduced fare directly to the transit agency, under U-Pass campuses pay a lump sum to make the free or reduced rate available to all enrolled students.

Structuring free fare programs more like U-Pass can benefit both students and transit agencies, said Eli Lipmen, executive director at Move LA, a nonprofit transit advocacy group. Asking students to pay up for passes “is not feasible. Most students don’t have that kind of money to spend,” he said.

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A Sacramento Regional Transit bus arrives at Sacramento City College in Sacramento on Nov. 30.

Pets of the week

Special to The Enterprise

Lots of animals are waiting for “forever homes” at the Yolo County Animal Shelter, 2640 E. Gibson Road in Woodland.

Among them is Memphis (A200019) a gorgeous, 1-year-old female German shepherd mix. She knows sit and stay commands, fetches a ball, and is an absolute love-bug. She will even sit curled up in your lap if you will let her.

Also hoping for a good home is Rascal (A199907), an 11-weekold male gray tabby kitten. He is named for his playfulness, curiosity and high energy. After playing, Rascal loves to be held. Rascal hopes to get adopted with his sister Rosey because they play well together. You will laugh watching them tumble then nap cuddled together.

For information on adopting, contact adoptycas@gmail.com. All shelter animals are upto-date on vaccinations, microchipped, and spayed or neutered.

Staff is available to assist via phone during business hours at 530668-5287. Shelter hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. To meet any adoptable YCAS animals, visit friendsofycas.org. To volunteer, sign up at tinyurl. com/yolovolunteerapp. Follow on at @ycas. shelter and Instagram at @yoloanimalshelter.

At Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue, you’ll find Chuck, a 2-year-old, calm, cuddly neutered Rottie male. This big boy was picked up by animal control as a stray so we have no history. He must have grown up in a home as he is very friendly.

Chuck can’t resist chasing cats, so no kitties please. He is cratetrained but needs further obedience training, which Rotts offers for free.

Shark is a 1-year-old mostly black neutered male Chihuahua. He loves people and can’t wait to be petted and played with. Shark loves to play with other dogs and could probably get used to living with cats. A total hug bunny, he’s full of energy but when he’s worn out, he loves lap time.

The next Rotts of Friends adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at 34505 County Road 29 in Woodland. Come by 10 a.m., as it takes at least an hour to meet and adopt a dog; everyone who will be living with the dog should come out to meet it.

Bring proof of homeownership, such as a mortgage statement or property tax bill. If you rent, bring proof that you are allowed to have a dog in your home, such as a pet clause in your lease or a note from your landlord.

All dogs adopted from Rotts of Friends are healthy, microchipped, up-to-date on their vaccines and come with free lifetime obedience-training classes. For information, visit facebook.com/ rottsoffriends.

Yolo Land Trust executive director retires

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

The Yolo Land Trust’s long-time executive director, Michele Clark, will step down on Monday.

“During her 13 years as the executive director, Clark has transformed the Yolo Land Trust from a grass roots organization into a financially strong and highly respected community organization dedicated to conserving Yolo County farmland,” the land trust said in a press release.

Clark successfully completed 26 conservation easement transactions and increased the land trusts’s acreage of conserved farmland in Yolo County to 12,837 acres across 76 farms.

“Michele’s leadership has been transformative. She brought stability to the land trust and has substantially increased our conservation portfolio,” said Mary-Ann Warmerdam, president of the Yolo Land Trust Board of Directors.

“Michele has a passion for conserving farmland and has worked tirelessly to establish a structure for the organization to permanently

uphold each conservation easement. We wish her the very best in her retirement.”

Clark said she is “so proud to have directed the work of the Yolo Land Trust for the last 13 years.

“It has been an honor to meet and work with the

owners of land under YLTheld easements,” said Clark.

“I am privileged to have collaborated with a board of directors that has been a strong guiding force and to partner with individuals and organizations involved in Yolo County agriculture.

I am grateful to my staff for

their dedication and hard work.

“I have enjoyed our time together during my years here.”

The board of directors has selected John S. Currey, a long-time conservationist and farmer, to succeed Clark.

Learn more about Corona remembrance plan

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

Members of the Natalie Corona Committee will be at the Davis Farmers Market on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 9 a.m. to noon to share updates on the remembrance feature to honor Corona that will be part of the Central Park Splash Pad Project, which will be named “Natalie’s Corner.”

Corona, a city of Davis police officer, was killed in the line of duty in Davis in 2019.

“Officer Corona should not only be remembered for her sacrifice, but also for her joy and heart for the Davis community,” said Mayor Will Arnold. “The city is excited to see the vision and plans for this remembrance feature unfold.”

Former Davis mayor Lois Wolk, who chairs the Natalie Corona Committee, said, “we hope families and residents will stop by our table to learn more about the remembrance feature and how they can volunteer. This young woman gave her life in service to the Davis community, and we should participate together as a community to honor her memory.”

The committee has been working in collaboration with city staff over the last few years on a remembrance that reflects the positive nature of Corona’s personality while integrating it into the splash pad’s

environmentally friendly, family-focused and inclusive design.

The renovation will include a free, interactive water feature (splash pad) and gathering space for all ages in an underutilized area of Central Park, as well as include shade structures, play features with a combination of ground level and raised water spray jets, bench seating and seat

walls, public art and pollinator gardens, according to the city.

At the Farmers’ Market event on Jan. 21, committee members will share with residents the design details and remembrance features and how residents can honor Corona’s sacrifice by donating their time, resources or funds to the project. The table will be located near the inclusive playground.

In 2021, the city received a grant of $2.7 million from the Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Grant Program to renovate Central Park and the City Council expressed unanimous support to include a feature honoring Corona at this site.

To learn more about the Central Park Splash Pad project, visit https://www. cityofdavis.org/r/splashpad.

To learn more about the Natalie Corona Committee and how to volunteer, contact committee chair Lois Wolk at lgwolk@dcn.org or committee member Brett Lee at brett2001@gmail. com.

To donate to the Corona fund, visit: https://sacregcf. org/nataliescorner.

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Former Gov. Jerry Brown, left, chats with Michele Clark, executive director of the Yolo Land Trust, and Richard Rominger, second from left, a longtime Winters farmer and former director of the California Department of Agriculture in Brown’s first gubernatorial administration. The occasion was 2015’s year’s Yolo Land Trust fundraiser, A Day in the Country.

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Davis police Officer Natalie Corona died in the line of duty on Jan. 10, 2019.

By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise

Named for NASA’s second administrator, the James Webb Space Telescope was launched just over a year ago on Dec. 25, 2021.

After its launch, it took about a month for it to reach its orbit in the Second Lagrange Point (L2), which is 1 million miles from Earth.

This point is where three bodies (sun, Earth, JWST) can orbit each other, but be able to stay in the same position. In this arrangement the Earth is between the sun and the JWST. This will allow the telescope an unobstructed view of space in its orbit.

The James Webb Space Telescope has four main goals: 1) to search for light from the first stars and galaxies; 2) study galaxy formation and changes; 3) help further the understanding of star and planet formation; 4) and study the origins of life in planetary systems. The telescope’s primary function is to image infrared light.

This is for many reasons,

including the fact that colder objects, such as planets, emit in infrared, much of the earliest light sources have transitioned into infrared, and infrared travels through dust particles easier than white light. Infrared will allow the JWST to detect objects 100 times dimmer than the Hubble Space Telescope.

In order to properly function and accurately capture infrared images the mirrors and imaging equipment on the JWST must be kept extremely

cold, between minus-370 and minus-390 degrees.

To maintain this temperature, the camera is protected by a sunshield. The sunshield is made up of five thin layers of heatreflective material that redirect heat and light away from the delicate instruments.

There is empty space between each layer to prevent heat transfer between the layers, which further reduces any heat reaching the telescope. The hot side of the sunshield is where the solar panel, communication equipment, steering

and computer are, because those pieces of equipment are not bothered by the heat.

The first year of the James Webb Space Telescope was successful in producing incredible images and helping to advance our knowledge of the universe. The first of JWST’s images were released to the public in July 2022. The goal of this large and advanced piece of equipment is to take deep space images for the next five to 10 years but will likely continue well beyond that.

Explorit’s coming events:

n Our current exhibit “Explorit Rocks!” is open to the public on Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is $5 per person. Explorit Members, ASTC, and those age 2 and under free.

— Explorit Science Center is at 3141 Fifth St. For information, call 530-7560191 or visit http://www. explorit.org, or “like” the Facebook page at www. facebook.com/explorit.fb.

DMTC opens auditions for Disney ‘Lion King Jr.’

Special to The Enterprise

Auditions for DMTC’s Young Performers’ Theatre production of Disney’s “The Lion King Experience Jr.” begin at 4:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 16 and 17, at the Jean Henderson Performing Arts Center, 607 Pena Drive, No. 10, in Davis.

Callbacks will be on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 4:30 p.m. at the same location. The show opens Saturday, March 11.

“The Lion King” is the story of Simba, an adventurous and energetic lion cub who is next in line to be king of the Pride Lands, a thriving and beautiful region in the African savanna. When Simba’s father

Mufasa is killed by his uncle Scar, though, Simba is led to believe that his father’s death is his fault, and he is encouraged to run away forever.

Scar seizes power and with his already unstable mind deteriorating, the Pride Lands experiences a darkness and desolation from which only Simba can save the animals of the kingdom. Featuring classic songs from the film — such as “Circle of Life,” “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King,” “Hakuna Matata” and “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” — “The Lion King” is a story and a spectacle about identity, family, and responsibility that is enjoyed worldwide by people of all ages.

The show will be directed by Jan Isaacson, with musical direction by Montana Moore and choreography by Jan Isaacson. Please bring a prepared song (not from The “Lion King” or other “Lion King” presentations). Bring sheet music, with piano accompaniment (piano accompanist is provided), and there will be cold readings.

Go to the DMTC website and click on “Perfomer Info,” then “Auditions,” then scroll down to Disney’s “Lion King Jr.” Note the information about auditions and especially as to signing up for an audition and for completion of the audition form for Disney’s “The Lion King Jr.”

The DHS Jazz Choir will offer a song-and-dance

Jan. 16.

DHS Jazz Choir offers musical workshop

Special to The Enterprise

The Davis High School Jazz Choir will feature an uplifting blend of Disney music, pop songs and showtunes from musical theater in its upcoming song-and-dance workshop.

The workshop will be in the rooms of the Richard Brunelle Performance Hall at Davis High School, 315 W. 14th St in Davis, and will run from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16. Jazz Choir members will lead participants through a series of warm-up games and exercises, followed by music and dance instruction.

No prior musical or dance experience is required and instruction will be gauged appropriately for each grade level.

The workshop offers a fun and meaningful alternative morning activity on a day when schools are closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

The Davis High School Jazz Choir is an auditioned choir, comprising students in grades 10-12. The group performs as an accompanied and a cappella vocal ensemble and

as a choreographed show choir.

The workshop is both an outreach effort to help raise awareness of choral music opportunities at the Davis junior high and high schools and a fundraiser, helping support Jazz Choir’s activities throughout the year, including a planned trip to New York in March, where the choir will have the opportunity to perform and work with vocal and dance professionals.

The deadline for discounted early registration is Jan. 9 and registration is limited, so interested people will want to move quickly to sign up. The suggested donation for the workshop is $30 per student but all donations are accepted and those interested are encouraged to register and participate, regardless of ability to donate.

Registrations after Jan. 9 and walk-in registration will be accepted on a space-available basis. Registration and additional information are available through the choir’s website (www. jazzchoir.net).

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‘Matilda the Musical’: Slightly off-key

Beloved children’s book is an uneven fit for this genre

Derrick Bang Enterprise film critic

Harold Gray’s popular newspaper comic strip, “Little Orphan Annie,” became a joyous stage musical back in 1977, with a subsequently enjoyable transition to the big screen in 1982: fueled both by engaging performances and a bevy of delightful musical numbers, including the never-to-be-forgotten power anthem, “Tomorrow.”

“Annie” and “Matilda” feel like thematic cousins, with similar plot and character elements, although the latter also boasts author Roald Dahl’s darker, snarkier sense of humor. I’d love to say that his 1988 children’s book enjoys the same musical success … but no.

Despite Alisha Weir’s terrific performance in the lead role, David Hindle and Christian Huband’s wildly imaginative production design, and choreographer Ellen Kane’s effervescent work with a bevy of talented young singers and dancers, this film version of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2010 musical adaptation is an occasionally awkward beast. You’ll find very few hummable tunes here, most of which fall into the narrative “patter song” category; several are shoved rather clumsily

into the storyline.

Even so, Dennis Kelly’s screenplay is rigorously faithful to the book, and its many fans will delight in all of the essential plot elements. (Kelly and Tim Minchin wrote the 2010 stage version.)

Matilda Wormwood (Weir) is born to parents who never, ever wanted a daughter. Her mother (Andrea Riseborough) and father (Stephen Graham) are outrageously self-centered burlesques, who banish the little girl to an attic bedroom, and miss no opportunity for emotional abuse.

Graham and Riseborough are hilariously grotesque in these way-over-the-top roles: vulgar, uncouth and forever garbed in costume designer Rob Howell’s opulently awful outfits. Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood believe themselves superior to the rest of the world, when in fact they’re the worst sort of

ignorant buffoons.

Ah, but Matilda is amazingly, preternaturally smart, devouring books such as “Great Expectations” and “Jane Eyre” from a very young age, and displaying a facility for STEM topics that would make university teachers swoon. None of this means a thing to her parents, who refuse to acknowledge their daughter’s talents.

Matilda’s kinder, gentler nature notwithstanding, she’s not above exacting revenge: her blustering father the most frequent target. Weir’s impishly crafty expression, at such moments, is delicious.

Relief comes during Matilda’s frequent visits with mobile library lady Mrs. Phelps (Sindhu Vee), whom the girl entrances with the slowly developing fantasy saga of two circus performers, swooningly in love, and forced to perform The World’s Most Dangerous Act. This enchanting bit of kid-level imagination — Matilda’s colorful re-invention of her own life — becomes an ongoing story within the story, with Mrs. Phelps hanging onto each dire setback.

Matilda initially is pleased by the prospect of attending school, believing it’ll be a great relief to be away from her parents each day. Ah, but the poor girl reckons not with the horrors of Crunchem Hall, and its cruel and ruthless headmistress, Miss Trunchbull (Emma Thompson), who towers above the students. Thompson is almost unrecognizable: sharp jaw

line, thick unibrow, tight bun and Gestapo-like garb, complete with massive, clomping boots last seen worn by Frankenstein’s monster. Thompson’s nonetheless regal line delivery makes Trunchbull simultaneously horrifying and absurd.

But not everything is awful at Crunchem Hall. Matilda quickly comes to the attention of inspirational teacher Miss Honey (Lashana Lynch), who marvels at her new pupil’s intelligence and perception. Alas, Trunchbull isn’t about to tolerate such talents, preferring to squelch student individuality with threats of being banished to “The Chokey.”

Which makes it Game On, as far as Matilda is concerned. Having honed her sense of righteousness while dealing with her parents,

and filled with an overwhelming sense of justice for her fellow students, she dares the unimaginable. The odds seem insurmountable — Trunchbull is too large, mean and powerful — and, of course, that’s what makes what follows so much fun.

As her name suggests, Miss Honey is kindness personified; Lynch, radiating warmth, makes her sweet but not overly saccharine. She also shares a lovely, mid-tempo duet with Weir, “Still Holding My Hand,” which is as close as this film gets to a memorable song. (Since that tune is original to this film, it’ll qualify for Oscar consideration.)

A few of Matilda’s peers have key roles. Charlie Hodson-Prior is adorable as foolish Bruce Bogtrotter, who hits Trunchbull’s radar

for the worst of reasons; Winter Jarrett-Glasspool is endearing as sweet little Amanda Thripp, who makes the mistake of coming to school one day with pigtails.

Meesha Garbett is a veritable force of nature as Hortensia, whose school uniform is topped by a distinctive scarlet beret, and who leads most of Kane’s high-spirited ensemble numbers.

Director Matthew Warchus and editor Tat Radcliffe maintain a lively pace; this film has plenty of energy, and the cast gives its all. Even so, the result lacks the je ne sais quoi that characterizes the best musicals.

— Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at http://derrickbang.blog spot.com. Comment on this review at www.davisenter prise.com.

Gallery hosts exhibition by Davis’ Devanbu and daughters

Special to The Enterprise Axis Gallery will present “‘For Me?’ The Question of Self Care,” recent works by Roma Devanbu, with guest artists, Josephine Devanbu and Frankie Devanbu, from Feb. 4 to 26 at 625 St. in Sacramento.

Longtime Davis resident Roma Devanbu has been pondering the question of self-care. Chronic stressors, from the pandemic, global warming and social inequity to personal and familial challenges of mental and physical health, deplete inner resources. We know we need to replenish the well, but wonder if self-care is just selfish. Do we deserve self-care? When we hit the bottom of the carton of Rocky Road, how and where do we dig for more appropriate and substantial nourishment? What is real care? And who is the real self?

The works in this show reflect a long and persistent personal desire to understand self-care, including the ways in which the creative process can be an act of self-care.

Roma Devanbu’s current work divides, primarily, into two cut-paper series. Larger abstract pieces use pattern and color to convey the movement and mood of self-care activities and themes. The cool blues and linear arabesques, in her piece, “Swim,” energize and refresh, while the radial symmetry and warm pinks of “Sukha Sukkah” offer a visual safe space. Small triangles of bright yellow become keys to seeing order and form in a field of darkness another abstract work titled “A Little Light Helps Make Things Clear”

A group of smaller, cutpaper, floral themed works, reflect one of Roma Devanbu’s most reliable creative

self-care activities — arranging flowers from her Davis garden. A few of the works in this group convey a sense of holding tight to hope in difficult times. But the majority of these

Works by Roma’s daughters, Josephine Devanbu and Frankie Devanbu, both accomplished artists, have also been included in the show. How to care for the self has been a long-term Devanbu theme. Family discussions contributed to both the rigor and the playfulness with which the topic has been explored. The inclusion adds breadth and depth to the show.

When the pandemic brought a major social practice art project to a halt Josephine Devanbu longed to create but was tied in knots about what she could make that would matter. Then something strange happened: she picked up a bar of Ivory soap and started hacking at it.

Ubiquitous, satisfyingly yielding, and anything but archival — soap is the everywoman’s block of marble — and the perfect antidote to fine-art

fantasies of import or permanence. Engaging in the pleasure and melodrama of creating impermanent form has been a rich site of self-care, discovery and surrender for Josephine ever since. A number of these works are included in the show.

Frankie Devanbu's creative activities have always been a key part of maintaining a sense of balance and well being. Recently she has been working on an ABC book about emotions. Acknowledging and naming your feelings takes time and space not always extended to small humans.

Frankie’s illustrations are beautifully conceived and playfully rendered images illustrating a wide array of feelings with intelligence and compassion.

Gallery visitors will be delighted and touched by the printed versions of these digital images.

smaller images, like the floral arranging that inspired them, offer a respite from daily concerns by inviting us to simply enjoy the play of symmetry and decorative elements.

Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Sindhu Vee, Charlie Hodson-Prior, Meesha Garbett, Winter Jarrett-Glasspool

Available via: Netflix

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While her schoolmates cower in silent terror, Matilda (Alisha Weir, right) defiantly stand up to imperious headmistress Miss Trunchbull (Emma Thompson).

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“Sukha Sukka” by Roma Devanbu. Scissor-cut paper, acrylic paint.

Occasionally, Annie liked to get all dressed up. Once, she put on a red satin ____ and red feather plumes in her hair and took a trip on a ___________ called the Natchez Belle

The captain of that boat was as stubborn as he was mean. When the _________ turned bad, he decided to take a shortcut through a channel that cut across a bend in the ________________ River.

Annie knew the river like the back of her hand and she knew that the cutoff was full of snags and sandbars that could _____ the big paddle wheeler.

But the stubborn captain wouldn’t listen. When the boat hit a sandbar, Annie loaded passengers on her keelboat and fought the current back to the main river. Behind her the Natchez Belle was broken up and _________ by the muddy, swirling river water.

The _______________ hugged Annie, thanking her for saving their lives. They say Annie’s face turned as red as her dress.

While people live in different places and speak different languages, they all love a reelly good story.

Before there were books, peeple told stories to each other. Parents told the stories two their children. Those children told the stories to their childrens and so on, for hundreds off years. Each storiteller might change the story a bit, but for the most part the stories stayed the same.

These are called folktales. Do you no any of these folktales?

Brer Rabbit

For longshoremen along the Mississippi River, it was the highest compliment to be called “as strong as Annie Christmas.”

Legends say that Annie could carry a barrel of flour under each arm and another balanced on her head. Once she towed a keelboat from New Orleans to Baton Rouge and never got out of breath.

Use the map to calculate how many miles or kilometers she towed her keelboat.

Glue a newspaper photo onto a piece of paper. Then draw a picture of what might happen next. Pass the two pictures to a friend and have him/her draw a picture of what might happen after your picture.

Cinderella Jack and the Beanstalk Standards

Exaggeration makes legends like Annie Christmas entertaining. Look through today’s newspaper for a story that offers an idea for a legendary tale. Rewrite the story, greatly exaggerating the details.

Standards Link: Writing Applications: Students use pre-writing strategies to organize and focus narratives.

Paul Bunyon isn’t the only giant in American legends. Old-timers along the Mississippi River tell of a giant of a woman – Annie Christmas. The stories say she worked on the river docks near the French Quarter in New Orleans and she was fearless – especially when it came to dealing with bullies who hung out on the docks.

Standards Link: History: Students understand variouscultures drawing from folklore.

Standards Link: Literary Response: Students comprehend basic plots of folk tales.

Longshoreman n. A dock worker who loads and unloads ships. Keelboat n. A large flat-bottomed river boat used to carry freight.

Paul Bunyan

A path to climate-safe home ownership

By Brian Hanlon Special to CalMatters

Alittle more than a year ago, many California communities struck by wildfires faced a grim winter.

From the raging Caldor Fire south of Lake Tahoe that destroyed over 1,000 homes and businesses, to the Fawn Fire in Shasta County that leveled 185 buildings, too many Californians caught in the crosshairs of climate change spent the end of 2021 sifting through the ashes of their dream — or dealing with the lingering health impacts of the toxic smoke that increased their risks for asthma and other chronic pulmonary ailments.

While early rains put a damper on the fall fire season in 2022, Californians pursuing the dream of homeownership nevertheless faced another kind of catastrophe — and like the pollution that causes climate change, this disaster is also man-made: The deliberate, historic housing shortage in our cities, coupled with rising interest rates, made the California dream of owning a home even further out of reach to entire generations of Californians.

The threat of climate catastrophe, and the historic housing shortage, were a long time in the making. But we can, and must, begin to repair the damage and change our trajectory. With the right mix of smart policies and urgent action, California can become affordable — and climate-safe — for everyone.

Like millions of people, I am increasingly concerned about the risks of climate change — risks which grow daily, and over the past week appeared as destructive atmospheric rivers, floods and mudslides. But those risks are being compounded by housing policies that push most new housing production into harm’s way: Fully one-quarter of Californians now live in an area that is considered high risk for a catastrophic fire.

Over the last five years, advocates have worked with legislative leaders across the state to pass transformative housing policies — from making it easier and cheaper to build accessory dwelling units, or “casitas,” to strengthening laws about equitable housing growth, to legalizing student housing and ending costly parking mandates in multi-family housing.

All of these reforms point toward a California that is more affordable and climatefriendly, that opens new pathways to homeownership while also making our communities more connected, joyful, enticing places to live.

California has a long way to go. In 2023, our intent is to push even harder to ensure that the state’s efforts to end the housing shortage and affordability crisis are fully aligned with efforts to both address the growing risks of climate change and expand opportunities for homeownership.

The challenges are immense. California’s cities have made it nearly impossible to build more “missing middle” homes in climate-safe areas, instead pushing housing further into the “wildland-urban interface” – the locations at the greatest risk of deadly, destructive fires and floods. Over the years, too many Californians who achieved the dream of homeownership have watched that dream go up in smoke.

At the same time, it can be too easy to build sprawl housing in high-risk areas. In some cases, these same places are home to our most productive farmlands or critical habitat, or are themselves natural “carbon sinks” that help remove carbon pollution from the air.

Correcting this imbalance will be a focus of the housing agenda this year. Smart land use reforms would have the added benefit of reducing climate pollution from long car commutes, preserving valuable open space and farm lands, and making our state more resilient to climate change — while creating new pathways to homeownership, away from risk of wildfires.

— Brian Hanlon is the co-founder and CEO of California YIMBY. The author wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California's Capitol works and why it matters.

Let art inspire you in the new year

Happy new year! I hope 2023 has started out well for you and your loved ones.

The start of any new year can be an especially busy time as we settle back into routines or start new ones. With the promise of new beginnings that January brings, it’s an ideal time to seek out inspiration from the broader community. Here at UC Davis, you don’t have to look further than the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art for that spark.

This museum opened in 2016 and established itself immediately as a definitive space for contemporary art — not just at UC Davis, but in all of Northern California.

As part of a thriving campus, the Manetti Shrem Museum is a teaching museum that provides work opportunities and hands-on experiences for students who want to pursue careers in art. For example, students can study Wayne Thiebaud’s “Unfinished Portrait of Betty Jean,” which hangs in the Collections Classroom, to

understand Thiebaud’s process of building a painting.

Last year ARTnews recognized the Manetti Shrem Museum as one of the world’s 25 best museum buildings in the past 100 years. That placed the museum as one of just four museums in the United States — and the only public university museum to appear on this prestigious list. UC Davis is now in the company of such global architectural icons as the Louvre, the Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain and Centre Pompidou in Paris.

I urge you to participate in the museum’s winter season celebration on Jan. 29, when Professor Emeritus Mike Henderson will be honored. Mike will join me for a conversation about his influences, life stories and career at UC Davis. Come join us at

Russian peacemakers

To be a peacemaker in Russia today is to open yourself to charges of treason. Despite the mass arrests and the constant dangers of even saying that there is a war, good men and women in Russia do stand up for their beliefs. With amazing courage and sly creativity many are finding ways to say “No to War” and “No to Putin.”

Some are even willing to sign their names to statements of protest. One such group is the Russian Christian-peacemakers.

Whatever your religious persuasion — or if you have none — I hope the Christmas Declaration of Russian Christian-Peacemakers (https://drive. google.com/file/d/1D578NnrSoGQKg3y uizvqc0qNdr8t40i0/view?usp=sharing) will inspire you to send your prayers, wishes, hopes, and visions of Peace to all corners of our troubled world.

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Warm and cuddly

Since we are still dealing with COVID in 2022, the blanketeers of Project Linus were not able to gather every month at the Davis Senior Center. During the months we could not gather in person, blankets were dropped off on my front porch to be

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the event, which runs from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Our conversation starts at 3:30 p.m.

Mike taught at UC Davis for 43 years and his works have been displayed at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Now, “Mike Henderson: Before the Fire, 19651985” marks his first U.S. solo museum exhibition in 20 years. Many of the vital works in this exhibition were thought to have been lost in a 1985 studio fire but have been recovered and restored by the museum and its partners.

Mike’s work is a testament of speaking truth to power through the arts, with bold and colorful brushstrokes that almost leap from the canvas.

In the meantime, more exhibitions are on display at the Manetti Shrem Museum including “Tick Tock Belly Clock” from Loie Hollowell. She’s a Woodland native and among the vanguard of painters in this newest artistic generation. You’ll find an

picked up by the groups that we support.

We are happy to report that our chapter had 15 blanket drop off days from January through December and distributed more than 1,785 handmade blankets during 31 pickups, to the following 13 groups in Yolo County: Yolo Crisis Nursery, Empower Yolo, CommuniCare Health Center-Davis, CommuniCare Behavorial Health-West Sacramento, Yolo County Children’s Alliance, Yolo County Head Start, Davis Joint Unified School District, Progress Ranch Treatment Services, Home Church, LIFT, Stepping Stones, Woodland Fire Department and Short Term Emergency Aid Committee (STEAC).

We donated 60 blankets that were shipped to the children of Ukraine.

Project Linus of Yolo County blanketeers want to thank the community that has supported us over the past 14 years in donating over 21,200 handmade blankets to children in Yolo County and to those children who have suffered through all types of natural disasters.

Our chapter is grateful to the community for more than 75 donations in 2022 — fabric, yarn, miscellaneous sewing supplies and monetary donations. Thank you for your generous donations, which will keep our blanketeers busy for quite a while.

Thanks also to the Intel Volunteer Grant Program for their monetary contributions, to Nugget Markets for their monetary donation through the SCRIP program and to the WalMart Community Grant program for their support.

Thanks also to Flying Needles Quilters’

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emphasis on geometry and spirituality in her work and described by the New York Times as “abstract body landscapes.” Her Manetti Shren Museum show is her first solo U.S. museum exhibition. The show feature new works made in 2020-21 and coincide with her second pregnancy.

The “Habitats For Travelers” exhibition by the late Roy De Forest is also up through May 8. Roy is a pioneering member of UC Davis’ art faculty along with William T. Wiley, Thiebaud and Robert Arneson, a faculty member for 40 years who created the iconic “egghead” sculptures on campus. De Forest’s own work embraces fantasy, humor and irreverent imagery of people and animals, especially dogs.

So, if you’re seeking inspiration and a fresh outlook for the new year, or if you simply need a reminder of how the arts can connect us, plan a visit to the Manetti Shrem Museum.

— Gary May is the chancellor of UC Davis; his column is published monthly.

Guild and the National Charity League of Davis for their donation of blankets.

In addition, thanks to all of you who helped make this possible including Sebastian Oñate, editor of Davis Enterprise, for all of the wonderful publicity for our chapter and the Joann Store in Woodland, which has a donation area, where people can drop off new, handmade blankets for our chapter.

To make blankets for Project Linus and become a blanketeer, receive our monthly newsletter or making a charitable donation of fabric, yarn or money, contact me via email at dmmyolo@gmail.com.

Diane McGee Chapter coordinator, Project Linus of Yolo County

STEAC thankful for support

STEAC, the Short Term Emergency Aid Committee is very grateful for the grant we recently received from Congregation Bet Haverim’s Biberstein Social Action Fund to support our clothing program. This program provides free clothing to low-income families and individuals who often need the funds for interview outfits or clothing for their children such as warm coats during the winter season. With the expansion of this program in early 2022, this generous grant will help STEAC fund this valuable service. STEAC is sincerely grateful for Bet Haverim’s support.

Liane Moody Executive Director, STEAC

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Basketball teams begin Delta action

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The Davis High boys basketball team enters today’s Delta League home opener against Pleasant Grove on a winning note.

Davis (7-5) concluded its preseason schedule with a 50-39 win over host Fairfield at the Ronald D. Thompson Holiday Classic on Dec. 30.

Will Ackerman and Alden McCabe had 16 and 12 points respectively for the Blue Devils. Ackerman canned three 3-pointers.

Matt Cossu followed with nine points and Aidan Crawford eight.

Davis had 33 rebounds in the game. Ackerman had nine boards, Crawford seven and McCabe five.

Ackerman, along with teammates Jack Anderson and Marcell Gentles, had two assists each.

Today’s opener is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.

DHS girls basketball

Tessas Schouten scored 30 points and Malia Abrenica had 22, but visiting Vacaville pulled out a 61-60 win over Davis (5-9) in a non-league game on Tuesday.

Schouten finished the game with a double-double, as she grabbed 11 of the Blue Devils’ 26 rebounds.

Jiana Trotman had six points and five boards and Izzy Cherry two points and six rebounds.

The Blue Devils also begin Delta action today, playing

KREIDLER: Played 26 games for Tigers in 2022

by that, (at UCLA), having grown up in Davis and never being exposed to that attention,” he explains.

“And now, playing with Miggie (Cabrera) … He’s been one of my favorite players forever, so getting to share the jersey with him? I’d say that was the coolest moment for me. He’s a sure-fire Hall of Famer who’s an open book. You can ask him any questions … I’ve learned so much from him.”

Cabrera spent much of his 17-year career patrolling at third base, a position that Kreidler is now asked to tend.

Back to Angel Stadium

“But yeah, I think Anaheim was cool. Trout, (Shohei) Otani — those guys were transcendent in (modern) baseball. Otani, in particular, is just a cultural icon.

“Sharing a field with him, getting to talk with him when he came by third base, was great. (Otani’s) not an old guy. He’s just barely older than I am, so it puts in perspective the world that I’m in now.”

Oh, did we mention that Otani and Trout homered in that game before Kreidler’s blast cemented the Tigers’ comeback victory?

Orange County

Ryan reminisced further about that day in Orange County: “My grandparents are

in their 90s, so any moment I can share with them on the baseball field these days is precious to me, and my family really cherishes those moments.

“I’ve been talking about (major-league baseball) with my grandpa since I was a little kid playing in the back yard.”

A Fordham football player, Tony would go to Yankee games, get 50-cent bleacher seats and watch DiMaggio and all the guys come through Yankee Stadium. He saw some of the greatest players of all time.

“We’d talk about all that, and for him to see me achieve (major-league status) was very cool for me. I’m sure it was great for him. But for me? It was super, super special, so I’m glad he could be there,” recounts the new Tiger.

History of game

Kreidler knows how important understanding the history of the game is in appreciating what he’s achieved.

He points to his family as the main support for his development and, like his parents, he can’t say enough about the help and opportunities he’s received along the way.

In the 26 games Kreidler played for Detroit this year, he hit .178. Not attention-getting numbers, but the way the former Blue Devil acquits himself — and the fact that he’s a slick fielder who can play four positions — has him in high regard among Tiger brass.

So, what does the future hold?

“The outlook we have as a club is from the team perspective,” Kreidler notes. “The Tigers didn’t play as well as they wanted to last year, so my role going forward … is to play good defense, be versatile in the infield — play shortstop, second and third base, maybe outfield if they need me to do that.”

Contribute to offense

And at the plate?

“Be able to handle right-handed pitching and be able to contribute on the offensive side as well.

“For me, it’s all about improving and finding a way to help the Tigers win. We have a new president in Scott Harris,” Kreidler continues. (Harris and manager A.J. Hinch have hired three new hitting coaches and a new pitching coach.)

“It’s all put us in the right direction, and I think we’re going to take a step forward next season.”

Playing in the American League Central Division, Detroit went 66-96, enough for fourth place in 2022. Only the Kansas City Royals (.401) and the Oakland A’s (.370) had worse win percentages in the AL.

After taking a week off in October, the Irvine resident has spent the past two months working to attain optimal playing condition. In the middle of next month, Kreidler will report to Lakeland, Fla., for spring training.

On Feb. 25, the Tigers open their preseason slate with Philadelphia.

‘Awesome’

“It’s going to be awesome,” the infielder promises. “It’s a long offseason. Scott Harris has made it pretty clear he’s open to making moves, whatever will make the team win as far free agency or trades.

“I just want to go up there and contribute. I don’t really care where I play. Third base is great. The Tigers seem comfortable with me there.”

Davis fans will have to wait to see their hometown hero play nearby.

Kreidler and Tigers will be at the Angels from Sept. 15 to 17, then at Dodger Stadium Sept. 18-20 before playing Oakland Sept. 21-24.

Notes: Kreidler is a 2016 graduate of Davis High. He was drafted by the Cubs that year, but opted for a collegiate career at UCLA. In 2019, the Tigers took the Bruin in the fourth round.

… A couple of notable Davis natives have also played major-league baseball: Myril Hoag, who played mostly in the 1930s, was Babe Ruth’s backup in New York; Ron Bryant was a Davis High grad, who went 24-12 in 1973 for the Giants, finishing third to Tom Seaver for the NL Cy Young Award.

— Bruce Gallaudet is a former managing editor and sports editor of The Davis Enterprise. He can be reached at bgallaudet41@ gmail.com or 530-3204456.

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Davis guard Noah Salmon (4) eyes the basket while a Benicia player watches in the first round of the Ronald D. Thompson Holiday Classic at Fairfield High on Dec. 28, 2022.

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Aggies fall to Anteaters in Big West action

By Bob Dunning Enterprise staff writer

UC Davis cut a 16-point deficit to just four points in the final seconds, but was unable to finish the comeback and the result was an 88-83 setback to UC Irvine in a Big West Conference men’s basketball game Thursday night before a crowd of 749 at the University Credit Union Center.

The loss, UCD’s fourth straight, drops the Aggies to 0-2 in conference play and 7-7 overall. The Anteaters are now 2-0 and 9-5.

“I didn’t like our performance at all,” said a disappointed Aggie head coach Jim Les afterward.

“We didn’t play physical or aggressive and a team like Irvine preys on that. We gave up 88 points, which is not how we like to play. We have some issues we need to correct with our consistency.”

The Aggies never trailed in the opening eight minutes and took their biggest lead of the night at 24-18 on a 3-pointer by guard Eli Pepper.

The Anteaters responded with an 8-0 run and eventually took a 42-35 lead into the break.

UCI scored the first five points of the second half to forge a 12-point lead, only to have Ty Johnson lead

the Aggies back.

The transfer from Loyola of Chicago had 13 points in an 18-7 run that brought UCD within 54-53 before the Anteaters responded.

With 7-0 center Brent Leuchten dominating inside and dropping a couple of treys for good measure, UCI eventually built a seemingly insurmountable 83-67 lead with less than two minutes to play.

Ultimately, the lead was indeed insurmountable, but the Aggies made a great run at proving otherwise before coming up just short.

With Pepper and Johnson leading the way, UCD forced several turnovers with a full-court press, finally cutting the deficit to 86-82 on consecutive 3-pointers by Pepper just seven seconds apart, the last coming with just 14.6 seconds remaining.

However, DJ Davis calmly sank two free throws to finally put the game away.

“That was a great win against a team we have tremendous respect for,” said Irvine head coach Russell Turner.

“I’m always nervous until the game’s over, but we’ve had two tough road wins now, so I’m very pleased. UC Davis has a spirit that I

Former Blue Devil Kreidler getting ready for season with the Tigers

By Bruce Gallaudet Enterprise correspondent

It was a dizzying first week of September for Ryan Kreidler.

The former Davis High and UCLA baseball standout had overcome a broken hand, then a groin pull to work his way through two levels of minor-league baseball and onto the roster of the Detroit Tigers on Sept. 3.

With parents Colleen and Mark joining Ryan’s brother Patric in the stands, the Tigers’ new third baseman walked twice, caused a balk and scored two runs in a 5-4 win over Kansas City.

It was a debut of note, but Kreidler’s first week of major-league play would take a memorable upward turn.

The following game, Kreidler got his first two big-league hits while his family’s emotional vigil was well-documented for a second evening on national television by Bally Sports.

‘Pretty crazy’

“Yeah. That weekend was pretty crazy — but I had so many people texting about my parents and my brother more than my game,” Kreidler told The Enterprise.

“It was, ‘Hey, have you seen your brother and your parents on TV? Your brother’s losing it and your parents are crying.’ I had a million people tell me what they looked like on television.”

The Kreidlers, fighting back the tears during a Bally Sports interview at their seats, were praising the help Ryan got along the way and giving Tiger fans insight into the

single-vision determination of their 25-year-old son. It was must-see TV — in the stands and on the field for Tiger and Kreidler fans.

Later that week, the fanfare still hadn’t ended …

With family — including grandparents Joan and Tony Costello — in attendance at Anaheim Stadium, it was Kreidler’s ninth-inning homer that downed the Angels, 5-4.

A stunning seven days for the rookie.

Pinch himself

So was there ever a time Kreidler would pinch himself, in awe of his MLB surroundings and playing elbow-to-elbow with Miguel Cabrera or standing at third base, facing the bat of powerful Mike Trout?

“Yes, there are moments I think when you look around and kind of admire how far you’ve come. You can’t believe you’re in the position that you’re in,” the infielder reports.

“But it’s been a long process of gradually getting exposed to that kind of stuff for me.”

Kreidler recalls his days at UCLA when the games received national media coverage as the Bruins always flirted with Top 10 status.

Kreidler would meet celebrities from Hollywood and former UCLA and pro superstars at practices and games. As a Bruin, the bright lights were beginning to shine on Ryan.

“I was more blown away

genuinely admire and that comes from their coaches and spreads to their players. They always fight and they’re never out of it.”

Leuchten led all scorers with 31 points — 22 of them in the second half — on 12-of-15 shooting in less than 20 minutes of action.

“He was excellent for us,” Turner added. “He’s awfully hard to contain.”

As they have all year, Pepper and Johnson led Aggie scorers with 27 and 25 points, respectively, while Christian Anigwe added 13.

“If we can correct some things, I think this team has a chance to be pretty good,” noted Les, pointing out that the expanded Big West schedule stretches to 20 games this winter. “The good part about the Big West is that you can get your butt kicked one night and then you have 48 hours to go at it again.”

The Aggies return to the UCUC Saturday at 5 p.m. for a Big West game against Cal State Bakersfield.

After Saturday’s game, UCD plays at CSU Northridge on Wednesday, Jan. 11.

— Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

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UC Davis guard Ty Johnson (2) flies to the basket in front of UC Irvine center Hayden Welling (15) in Thursday’s game at the University Credit Union Center. Johnson scored 25 points. To view more photos of the game, visit www.davisenterprise. com, click on the Sports tab and look for the story.

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Ryan Kreidler, above, a former Davis High and UCLA baseball standout, enters his second season playing shortstop for the Detroit Tigers.

At left is Kreidler in action wearing a Davis High baseball uniform, getting the runner at second base and throwing the baseball to first base during a 2016 game. Kreidler posted some good numbers in his final season with the Blue Devils before going to UCLA. He had a .346 batting average, 27 RBIs, 11 doubles, six stolen bases and three home runs. He also had a .957 fielding percentage.

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