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Health officer urges indoor masking to continue By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer
Students relax on campus at UC Davis on Feb. 2. The state is rewarding students who spend their time volunteering, but administrative costs are eating into the program. Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
Student volunteers get (some) cash Overhead takes up a big slice of funding By Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters A new California program to financially reward college students for volunteering has drawn national attention — but less than half of its budgeted money is going to actual student aid. The California Volunteers
College Corps program, backed by $159 million in mostly state money, promises to award up to $10,000 to 6,668 lowincome students who volunteer in K-12 education, on climate action or to reduce food insecurity. That only works out to $66.7 million for students, though. So where is the other $92 million going? Mostly, it’s going to hiring and administrative costs
despite no guarantee the program will continue past 2024. Some experts think that money split makes sense because students could benefit from training and there’s a chance the program would get additional funding in the future. Other experts think the money should go directly to students, so fewer of them will have to work on top of their other responsibilities. “I think this is a classic
question of is it better to give a person a fish or teach them how to fish,” said Nora Silver, a professor who studies nonprofits at UC Berkeley’s business school and herself led a volunteer program. To her, the program does both: It gives students money directly and includes a lot of programming to train students and connect what they learned
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Accused freeway shooter in court Tuesday By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer The charges filed against an Elk Grove man who allegedly fired gunshots at two motorists in Davis indicate he was in possession of an assault rifle, despite his convicted-felon status, which prohibits him from having one. Andre Chevill Wilson, 53, is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Yolo Superior Court on two counts of attempted murder and multiple weapon-related charges, according to staff at the Yolo County Jail, where Wilson remained on a no-bail hold Friday morning. Wilson stands accused of shooting at the two vehicles following an apparent road-rage altercation on westbound Interstate 80, the California Highway Patrol reported.
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The driver of the first vehicle later made contact with police dispatchers, reporting that the rear window of his vehicle had been “shot out.” Officer Rodney Fitzhugh said Wilson opened fire on the first vehicle after he and the other driver exited the freeway at Mace Boulevard, then shot at a second car that was traveling northbound on Mace. Neither motorist was injured. The driver of the first vehicle later
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made contact with Davis police dispatchers, reporting that the rear window of his vehicle had been “shot out,” WILSON according to the Facing charges Davis Police Department’s online crime bulletin.
Beginning Wednesday, vaccinated residents of Yolo County are no longer required to wear face coverings in indoor public places. But Yolo County’s health officer continues to urge everyone to do so anyway, at least until the county’s case rate SISSON falls below seven cases per 100,000 County health officer residents per day. On Thursday, the case rate was about 70, according to Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson. That was down from an all-time high of 242 in early January, but still above any point prior to the Omicron wave, higher even than the 66 that marked the highest point in January 2021. But Sisson said she expects the county’s case rate, which has been falling by about 10 cases per 100,000 residents per day, to drop below 14 on or about Feb. 16 when the universal face mask mandate is lifted. Should the COVID-19 situation in Yolo County worsen in the future — possibly due to a new variant that causes severe disease or evades immunity from vaccines and prior
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Water restrictions on council agenda By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer
Following the shootings, Wilson got back onto westbound I-80 but lost control of his Dodge Ram pickup, which crashed through a fence along the north side of the freeway and came partially to rest on the adjacent bike path, Fitzhugh said. Wilson reportedly fled on foot from the wreckage.
The Davis City Council on Tuesday will consider an urgency ordinance enacting the state’s new prohibitions on wasteful water use during the drought. The new restrictions would include no washing of buildings, structures, patios, parking lots or other hardsurfaced areas with potable water unless for health and human safety; no potable water use for street cleaning or construction site preparation unless no other method can be used to protect the health and safety of the
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Briefly Sutter Auxiliary has scholarships Sutter Davis Hospital Auxiliary Scholarships for 2022 will be awarded to residents of Yolo County and Dixon who intend to pursue a human-health related career. High school seniors, college students, Sutter Davis Hospital campus employees, and change of career/re-entry applicants are eligible for consideration. Applications will be available at https://feedback.sutterhealth.org/ f/153619/1f58/. The deadline for the receipt of all applications, including personal essays, official transcripts of academic work, and letters of reference, is March 31. Recipients will be announced in May and will be notified by U.S. mail. For information, call Barbara Drushell, scholarship chair, at 530-753-5730.
County offers help with jobs Yolo County is offering free resources to help people find new, sustainable career opportunities as well as workshops to help jobseekers maximize their employment prospects. Yolo County Library, YoloWorks! and Starbucks will offer virtual employment assistance, career training, and access to free resources on Thursday, Feb. 24, at 1 pm and 5 pm. Register at https:// tinyurl.com/YoloWorks to access the meeting.
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everal years ago in this space I opened by saying, “In case you hadn’t noticed, today is Super Bowl Sunday, which is billed as the “world championship” of professional football. But the reason this is appearing on Page 2 instead of the sports page is that this is the one sporting event that can claim more nonsports viewers than any other.” That statement remains true today. Indeed, there will be millions of people watching today’s game who don’t know a first down from a touchdown. Kind of like when I’m watching Olympic figure skating and honestly can’t tell a quadruple axel from a quadruple axle. Unfortunately, two Sundays ago the 49ers blew a 17-7 fourth quarter lead against the hated Rams, which means interest in the Super Bowl in Northern California is practically non-existent. Cincinnati against Los Angeles? Wake me when it’s over. As I’ve noted before, if you are not a football fan, but have been asked to bring seven-layer bean dip to the neighborhood party, what follows is for you. It’s a little game we play in our home that keeps the kids interested from the National Anthem through the coin flip to the final gun and the obligatory bath of Gatorade for the winning coach. Actually, especially the Gatorade bath. What we do every years as a family is to pose a series of questions that relate directly to the game but don’t require much knowledge about football itself. Each question has a point value for a correct answer, with swell prizes at the end when the final
point totals are tallied. We let the kids play as one team, answering all questions ahead of time and them marking them off on a giant poster board mounted directly above the living room television as the results roll in. There will questions that relate only to what happens in the first quarter. There are questions that relate only to what happens in the fourth quarter. Heck, there are questions that relate only to what happens during the Star Spangled Banner. And, of course, we’ll most certainly have snacks and pillows on the floor in front of a normal size TV that doesn’t take up half the living room. I mean, if you’re really into who wins and who loses, you can be completely engrossed while watching the game on your phone. But if you don’t care who wins, even the biggest TV in the land can’t make the game exciting.
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allowed for careful consideration throughout the 12-hour pre-game show that begins early Sunday morning. The coin flip is the question that regularly kicks off this annual contest, offering a chance to earn valuable points before the game even starts. Believe it or not, this is also a popular wager in Las Vegas, presumably because you don’t need to know a lot about the Bengals or the Rams to have a decent chance of coming up with the correct answer. Given that there are four kids debating “heads” or “tails,” the possibility of a 2-2 split exists, which teaches them the value of negotiation and compromise, ideals they’ve pretty much given up on after watching the United States Congress in action for the last several years. Another chance to pick up points before the game starts comes with the length of the National Anthem. You can bet “over 2 minutes” or “under 2 minutes.” Trust me, with all eyes glued to the TV and stopwatches running, this is perhaps the most exciting and stress-producing part of the entire telecast. I’m serious. Try it and you’ll see what I mean. Our kids routinely bet on the “over 2 minutes,” even though the historic average is 1 minute and 59 seconds. In 2022, it’s supposed to be shorter than usual. The last few seconds, as “The Land of the Free” gets stretched out by whomever has been selected to sing the Anthem, are as intense as any fourth-and-goal with the game on the line. This year’s game is in Los
Angeles, which lends itself to the question “Will Cooper Kupp gain more yards as a receiver than the high temperature in Los Angeles on Sunday? A simple “yes” or “no” question with 30 valuable points on the line. And just think, we’ve now introduced meteorology and scientific inquiry into an otherwise boring football game.
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ther questions concern which team will score first, which team will score last, which quarterback will throw the first interception, will there be overtime and how many times the announcers will say “It all depends on the spot” when officials are measuring for a first down. The festivities conclude in the early evening when we order a pizza, silence the TV and settle in for our own awards banquet. This year’s prizes, which we vary from year to year, are as follows: 0 points: One Dilly Bar per child at Dairy Queen. (Wait, there is no Dairy Queen.) 50 points: Extra Large Straw Hat Pizza. (Wait, there is no Straw Hat Pizza.) 100 points: Trip to YoloBerry and two toppings. 200 points: Dinner at Symposium 500 points: Weekend at Great Wolf Lodge in Manteca. 750 points: Legoland. 1,000 points: We’re going to Disneyland. And for those who actually do care about who wins this game, you should know that the final score will be Rams 23, Bengals 17. You can bet on it. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
Regional United Way offers free tax help as part of annual push Special to The Enterprise SACRAMENTO — Yolo County residents are eligible to file their taxes online for free through United Way California Capital Region’s Free Tax Prep program through April 18. Households across the region that earned less than $65,000 in 2021 can file for free and receive up to $8,000 cash back from state and federal credits, including the federal and state Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC and CalEITC). The local United Way’s Free Tax Prep program saves qualifying residents an average of $200 in preparer fees. When needed, the program provides free tax help virtually and in person in multiple languages. Two virtual tax workshops will be held on Feb. 26 and March 12 where certified volunteers will help participants prepare their own returns and answer questions before filing. To learn more about United Way’s
Free Tax Prep program or begin filing, visit YourFreeTaxPrep.org. “Many families in our region have earned these tax credits, but often do not know they are eligible,” said Dr. Dawnté Early, president and CEO, United Way California Capital Region. “These are important funds that local families can use to meet immediate needs and increase their household’s financial stability. Our Free Tax Prep program is a key piece of United Way’s work to help every family succeed so their community can too. That is square one for ending poverty in our region.”Households may be eligible for the CalEITC tax credit if the taxpayer is at least 18 years old and the household earned less than $30,000 in 2021. Many CalEITC-eligible households are not legally required to file taxes due to low income, but, if they file, they can claim state and federal credits.Families
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Members of the Davis Chamber of Commerce attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Smart Axe on Friday, and got try their hand at throwing axes for points —after signing a liability waiver, of course. After months of prep work, the long-awaited ax-throwing venue 720 Olive Drive, Suite U2, is open for business, marked by a high-energy celebration and a proclamation from Rep. John Garamendi.
that received advance payments of the Child Tax Credit must file a tax return and could be eligible for additional Child Tax Credit payments. United Way’s Free Tax Prep program can help non-U.S. residents
apply for their ITIN, as ITIN holders are eligible for some tax credits. Experts recommend everyone files early, noting that many people do not realize that unemployment income is taxable. Even if
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Why you might be better off exercising at a gym than at home Metro
Routine exercise benefits minds and bodies in various ways. Studies have shown that physical activity can improve mood and lower people’s risk for various diseases, including heart disease and diabetes. As beneficial as exercise can be, many people simply don’t make physical activity part of their regular routines. Recent studies and reports from the United States’ National Center for Health Statistics and Statistics Canada, conducted separately from each other, found that roughly 80 percent of adults in both the U.S. and Canada are not meeting the minimum physical activity requirements recommended by their respective governments. While a host of factors can influence a person’s decisions on physical activity, where to exercise is one factor that could go a long way toward determining just how much adults exercise.
Basements, attics, spare bedrooms, or two-car garages may seem like the perfect places to create home gyms. However, the benefits of working out at a gym may outweigh the convenience of working out at home. • Workout partners and/ or other gym members may improve your chances of losing weight. People who exercise at home tend to work out alone. In so doing, they may be removing a potentially strong motivator that could keep them exercising. A 2016 study published in the research journal Obesity found that increasing contacts and interactions with thinner individuals, and declining contacts and interactions with heavier individuals, were linked to actual weight loss. In other words, working out with a fit friend or simply interacting with fellow gym members who maintain healthy weights can benefit people who are trying to lose
weight through exercise. • Gym memberships have a way of paying for themselves. The cost of a gym membership is one factor many people cite as a reason for not exercising more. However, many health insurance plans now offer sweat equity rebates that reward policy holders for working out. Such rebates can greatly reduce the cost of a gym membership, if not remove it entirely. For example, a sweat equity program that offers a $200 rebate every six months for policy holders who exercise 50 times during that period can make a $30 monthly gym membership free. In that example, gym members would pay $180 for six months but get all of that money back if they work out 50 times in a six-month period. • Gyms can make it easier to diversify your workouts. Exercise boredom is something even the most ardent fitness enthusiast can
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relate to. Exercise boredom refers to the disinterest that can develop over time as people do the same workouts for weeks, months or years at a time. A home gym may not be spacious enough to include too many machines, whereas gyms typically include enough machines and classes to
allow people to diversify their workouts as often as they’d like. Working out at home may be convenient, but people looking to make exercise part of their daily routines may get better results by exercising at a nearby gym.
Two Cal Poly studies reveal strategies to keep the pounds off Over 6,000 study participants, who lost more than 50 pounds and kept the weight off more than three years, offer tips to succeed SAN LUIS OBISPO — About one in five Americans who have lost weight have kept those pounds off long-term. A new Cal Poly study powered by machine learning reveals some secrets to how people lose weight and keep it off: persevering despite setbacks; regularly looking back at what their life was like before the weight loss; and remaining focused on their health. The findings, published Feb. 9 in Obesity: The Journal of The Obesity Society, are from the first largescale study that allowed weight loss maintainers to identify in their own words what helped them succeed.
The more than 6,000 participants were WW members who had lost more than 50 pounds on average and kept it off for more than three years. They answered open-ended questions about their motivations and strategies for maintaining weight loss and the resulting lifestyle changes. Researchers then used machine learning to group responses by topic. “One of the most impressive findings was how weight-loss maintainers described perseverance in the face of setbacks,” said Suzanne Phelan, a professor in Cal Poly’s Kinesiology and Public Health Department, who led the study. “Weight-loss maintainers saw setbacks as part of their successful journey. Setbacks were not described as failures. They were seen as a temporary interruption in their path. Many weight-
loss maintainers described getting back on track at the next meal or the next day and measuring overall success based on long-term goals.” Results from the open-ended study revealed additional insights into the motivations behind losing weight
and keeping it off. Respondents often mentioned such health issues as diabetes and heart conditions. Others cited concerns about mobility, appearance, suggestions from family or friends and the need for change because they often felt tired.
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Briefly Tax credits to hire homeless WOODLAND — YoloWorks!, Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency and Yolo County Workforce Innovation Board, in partnership with California Franchise Tax Board, will host information sessions for employers and homeless services providers on the California Homeless Hiring Tax Credit. All interested employers are encouraged to attend to discover how to connect with Continuums of Care and other certifying agencies and unhoused service providers can learn how to connect local workforce development board services and tap into their network of employers. The informational sessions will be from noon to 1 p.m., Feb. 10 and 17, via Zoom; interested parties can register by visiting https:// tinyurl.com/YoloFTB. For information, access the YoloWorks! Event Calendar at www. yoloworks.org, or contact Erica Johnson, HHSA Program Coordinator at erica.johnson @yolocounty.org or call/text 530-631-2289.
Da Vinci roars into the ’20s The juniors at Da Vinci Charter Academy have been hard at work for their signature project, Party Like It’s 1929 Night on Friday, Feb. 18. Da Vinci is a project-based learning school, so instead of just learning about the Roaring Twenties, the students will be pulling the public back in time to have a swell evening. Come experience the Roaring Twenties with a Magazine Launch Party showcasing the events, innovations and culture that took place. Come to Da Vinci Charter Academy to travel back through time by walking through a speakeasy and meeting mob members straight out of the 1920s. You never know who you might see. The night will start at 6 p.m. and end at 8 p.m., Da Vinci is at 1400 E. Eighth St. in Davis. The night will adhere to the DJUSD COVID-19 policy, which means all those attending must be masked.
Travelaires host Zoom preview The Davis Travelaires, a local nonprofit that offers excursions in Northern California and beyond, will preview their upcoming day trips in a Zoom presentation on Wednesday, Feb. 16, at 1 p.m. Learn more about their outings to Tudor Rose Tea Room in Santa Rosa (April 21); “Dear San Francisco,” a high-flying acrobatic show (May 21); and China Camp State Park & Sausalito (June 15). Register for the presentation by visiting https://davistravelaires. org or emailing Davis Travelaires@gmail. com. These trips are open for online or mail-in registration, with details on the Travelaires website. If you do not have access to the internet, leave a message with your name and mailing address at 530-753-4159 and the Travelaires will send trip fliers to you.
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Mae C. Jemison an inspiration for all By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise
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ae Carol Jemison was born Oct. 17, 1956, in Decatur, Ala. When she was a few years old her family moved to Chicago, where she spent the rest of her childhood. Growing up she knew she wanted to be a scientist and was determined to not let anything stand in her way. Jemison graduated from high school at the age of 16 and began studying at Stanford University. Being 1973, she was the only African American student in her classes and experienced almost constant racial and sexist discrimination from her teachers and peers. She has said in interviews that her stubbornness and youthful arrogance are what helped her push through all the roadblocks and continue towards her goals. She graduated from Stanford in 1977 with degrees in chemical engineering and in African and AfricanAmerican studies. Wanting to continue to do good and help others, Jemison enrolled at Cornell Medical School. During her medical training she traveled throughout the world including Cuba, Thailand, Cambodia, and East Africa. She learned how to help those in need at refugee camps and impoverished communities. She graduated with her M.D. in 1981, and by 1983 had joined the staff at the Peace Corps, overseeing the health of the volunteers and medical staff, supervising the pharmacy and laboratory, writing manuals, and developing health and safety guidelines. She also assisted with the research for a number of vaccines with the Centers for Disease Control. Growing up, Jemison enjoyed science fiction, particularly “Star Trek,” and had dreamed of going to the stars. In 1985 she applied to the astronaut program, but NASA postponed candidate selection due to the Challenger disaster. She reapplied in 1987 and was one of 15 selected for the program out of
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Astronaut Mae Jamison works in Spacelab-J module on Space Shuttle Endeavor.
Explorit Science Center more than 2,000 applicants. For the next several years, she trained to be an astronaut and was selected to join the STS-47 crew as the new role of Science Mission Specialist, whose job was to focus on scientific experiments. Jemison’s mission on the STS-47 was from Sept. 12 to 20, 1992, during which she orbited the Earth 127 times. During the mission, Jemison collaborated with Japanese astronaut Mamoru Mohri on physiology treatments for motion sickness and anxiety. She also participated in experiments researching bone cells and how tadpoles developed in zero gravity. She also tested a water injection system and production of saline solutions in space. Although her mission was only eight days, it was pioneering
moment as Mae Jemison was the first African-American woman in space. She continued to work for NASA, doing research on the ground until her resignation in 1993. Today she works advocating for diversity in science by being a speaker, writing books, starting a foundation that helps implement science literacy in schools, and supports many science causes including the 100 Year Starship project. Join Explorit in celebrating Women in STEM from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26. The Girls in STEM event will feature tabletop demos from UC Davis groups, Girl Scouts Mobile STEM trailer, and more! All are welcome and is included with regular weekend admission. ———— Explorit’s coming events: n Spring into Science Camp for grades K-2. March 21-25 from 9:00am-12:00pm each day. Jump into an exciting science
topic each day with Explorit. From the far reaches of space to the geology beneath your feet; make crafts, do hands-on experiments and enjoy demonstrations led by our staff educators. Camp will take place indoors, masks required, daily temperature checks and health survey, and campers must bring their own water bottle and snack. Price is $175 Members/$200 for Non-Members, sign-up quick as space is limited. n A Membership to Explorit not only supports us but grants the recipient free visits to Explorit’s regular public hours, discounts on events, camps and workshops, and gives you ASTC benefits to visit other museums throughout the world. To purchase, visit https://www.explorit. org/membership or call Explorit at 530-756-0191. — Explorit Science Center is at 3141 Fifth St. For information, call 530-756-0191 or visit http://www. explorit.org.
Silverback silver linings? Pandemic gives gorillas a break By Amy Bond Special to The Enterprise Respiratory illness outbreaks among wild mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park have declined since the start of COVID-19, according to a “Correspondence” report in the journal Nature from Gorilla Doctors and the Rwanda Development Board. Mountain gorillas are susceptible to humantransmitted respiratory pathogens. Respiratory illness is the second leading cause of death in wild, human-habituated populations. In the five years prior to March 2020, the Volcanoes National Park population averaged 5.4 respiratory illness outbreaks in gorilla family groups annually. In contrast, from March 2020 through December 2021, the population averaged 1.6 respiratory illness outbreaks in the family groups each year.
To date, SARS-CoV-2 has not been detected in samples collected from mountain gorillas with respiratory illness. The decline in respiratory illness outbreaks in mountain gorillas during the COVID-19 pandemic correlates with an overall reduction in the number of people coming into close proximity of the gorillas, and with additional health protection measures taken to reduce the risk of disease transmission from humans to gorillas. “Respiratory illness outbreaks are common in wild, human-habituated mountain gorillas, and considering that gorillas are susceptible to SARSCoV-2, this preliminary analysis is such a welcome finding,” said co-author Kirsten Gilardi, executive director and chief veterinary officer for Gorilla Doctors, and the director of the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center at the UC Davis School of
Veterinary Medicine. “It is a testament to the early and decisive action of park authorities to help protect mountain gorillas and humans.” The additional safety measures are in accordance with the IUCN Best Practice Guidelines for Health Monitoring and Disease Control in Great Apes, which state: “… disease prevention should be regarded as a top priority … programs should be centered on monitoring health parameters, and modifying human activities accordingly, in order to reduce the risk of disease transmission to great apes.” Gorilla ecotourism was temporarily suspended at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rwanda Development Board mandated mask-wearing at all times when in close proximity of gorillas and increased the minimum distance to 10 meters, or nearly 33 feet. Jean Bosco Noheri, a
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A family of mountain gorillas moves through the Rwandan forest.
Gorilla Doctors field veterinarian who compiled the data for this comparison cites other potential correlating factors to consider as additional lines of inquiry. “Variation in pathogenicity of viruses, gorilla group dynamics, climate conditions and a variety of other factors may also be impacting the decrease in respiratory illness outbreaks we have seen,” Noheri said.
These findings illustrate the imperative for best practice measures that minimize human disease transmission to great apes. Particularly in light of the omicron variant surge and the return of gorilla tourism, Gorilla Doctors and the Rwanda Development Board recommend these measures be made permanent. — UC Davis News
SHOOTER: Cops mum on gun details From Page A1 Authorities from multiple law-enforcement agencies searched the Mace Ranch area by land and air for about two hours after the shootings, which occurred shortly after 6 a.m., before apprehending Wilson along Second Street near Fermi Place. Fitzhugh reported that officers recovered the weapon allegedly used during the incident but declined to release specifics about the firearm, citing the ongoing investigation. The charges Wilson currently faces provide some detail, however. In
addition to attempted murder, Wilson faces counts of possessing an assault weapon, transportation of a machine gun, being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, possession of a large-capacity ammunition magazine and possession of methamphetamine. It was not immediately known where Wilson received his felony conviction. Checks of the Sacramento and Yolo Superior Court online archives show no prior cases under his name. — Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenter prise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene
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Woodstock’s buys a slice of Davis history T he owners of Davis’ Woodstock’s Pizza just purchased a building across the street. The restaurant will move into the former KetMoRee site as soon as this fall. The 5,000-square-foot building at 238 G St. — at the corner of Third Street — is almost identical in size to its present location at 219 G St. Its current space is leased. “We’re making a major investment into the town of Davis,” said Laura Ambrose, who owns Woodstock’s with her husband Jeff Ambrose. They paid $1.725 million for the property, purchasing it from former Davis Ace Hardware owner Jennifer Anderson. They plan to spend at least that much on renovations. She said it’s great timing. Their lease expired at the end of 2021. (Actually, it’s two leases. In 2003, Woodstock’s expanded into its neighboring space — formerly The Velvet Elvis bar and The Library arcade. They lease the main property from the family of the Woodstock’s founder. Rebecca Wong owns the smaller, bar side.) When considering the lease renewals, the owners realized they needed some big updates — “to buildings we didn’t own” – meaning down time, Ambrose said. “It’s impossible to do a major remodel and stay open.” Woodstock’s made its Davis debut in 1985. Jeff Ambrose was president of Woodstock’s in 2001 when he and Laura purchased the chain of five stores from the Woodstock family. Founder Chuck Woodstock died in a plane crash shortly before the Davis store opened. Today, Woodstock’s has eight pizzerias – all in California college towns or on university campuses. Others are Chico, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, Isla Vista, UC Santa Barbara, Pacific Beach and San Diego State. Though its headquarters
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Left, 238 G St. has been vacant since the Thai restaurant and bar KetMoRee closed in December 2020. Right, Woodstock’s Pizza, at 219 G St., opened in 1985.
are in San Diego, Davis is usually its best-performing restaurant. “A lot of the reason we’re making this big investment is our store is doing really well there,” Laura Ambrose said. “We feel the future is really bright in Davis.” Plans call for gutting the interior and building a mezzanine — creating an upstairs like it has in its present location. They have designs, and hoape to sign with their contractor in the next few weeks. Optimistically, it could open as soon as September. The exterior will be restored to its streamline moderne style of art deco architecture. It was built in 1936 to house Davis Lumber Company. They plan to paint the outside an off-white with black trim, and replicate the original blackand-white striped awnings. The 2012 “Hidden Treasures” mural of a butterfly on torn paper will be
preserved on the north side of the building “for now,” Ambrose said. “We want to restore it to the look that (the building) had originally, and make it a showpiece for that corner,” she said. “We’re hoping to get historic designation.” They’re also proposing a permanent patio — about 600 square feet — on G Street, in front of the restaurant, hopefully with a fire element. “It would be rerouting the sidewalk. We like the fact that the street is closed now. Either way, we’re hoping to get approval from the city for an outdoor patio.” Inside, there will be a bar in the middle of the restaurant, and four dining areas — each with a different vibe. Groups could reserve areas for parties or meetings. The mezzanine will have a speakeasy feel to it, with chandeliers and booths upholstered in red. Downstairs will have a sports bar atmosphere, with familiar wood booths lining two walls. At least one side will have a TV wall, with multiple monitors that can be used for one large picture or separate ones.
Another area will have a circular fireplace and cozy seating. Ambrose just bought a penny farthing bicycle, which she plans to hang on the wall with other Davis memorabilia. It all fits in with the funkiness that is Woodstock’s. It’s welcoming to all ages because of its food and relaxed community atmosphere. “We’re not into (rapid) table turns or being pretentious. “We consider Woodstock’s to be more of a lifestyle brand than just a pizzeria,” Ambrose said. “There’s a certain authenticity to who we are. We recognize that we are in a college community. That is very deliberate. We’ve been around a long time but we’re still appealing to the young age groups.” Once the new space is finished, the restaurant may have to close for a day or two to make the transition across the street. But they plan to keep the closure to a minimum. She’s excited about the plans. “We want to turn it into something really cool for Davis,” she said. “Hopefully, we’ll have another 40 years there.” ———— The Davis Planning Commission on Feb. 23 will consider an
application for a car wash at 480 Mace Blvd. in South Davis. The lot has been used recently by the Boy Scouts for Christmas tree sales. According to Anne Ternus-Bellamy’s Feb. 8 story, Thomas and Evan Lyon of South Davis seek city approval to build a 5,758-square-foot building that would house a drivethru express car wash, office, equipment rooms and restrooms. Davis Express Car Wash would also include 21 vacuum bays, eight parking spaces, three automated pay stations, a bike washing/repair station, bike parking and a dog-wash area. ———— Readers are asking about Mamma, the restaurant and Italian market that will fill the former Bistro 33 and City Hall Tavern site at 226 F St. Co-owner Michael Galyen said they are still on track to open by July. “Things should be getting started shortly, and should move fairly quickly,” he said Thursday. ———— City staffers are running behind on their business license reports. I recently got my first one in several months. The only thing I missed was a new yoga studio that opened in West
Dixon May Fair to award $15,000 in scholarships Special to The Enterprise
addition, three $2000 scholarships will be given DIXON — It pays to in the four-year college catmajor in agriculture. egory; and two 1000 scholThe Friends of the Dixon arships in the two-year May Fair this year will award college category. eight college scholarships, The all-volunteer organitotalling $15,000, to Solano zation, headed by president County residents enrolled in ESQUER Donnie Huffman of Vacava California college or uni2021 ille, is the service-oriented versity and majoring in an scholarship and fundraising arm of the agricultural-related field. winner fair. Applications must be postmarked by 5 p.m. March 1. Since 2003, the Friends Scholarship chair Carrie Hamel of have awarded $222,250. The orgaDixon announced the awards are the nization raises funds from the sale of $3000 Ester Armstrong Award and beverages at the four-day fair and the $2500 JoAn Giannoni Award, donates the proceeds for exhibitor both in the four-year college cate- awards, building and grounds gory; and the $1500 Jack Hop- improvements, as well as colkins Scholarship Award to a student lege scholarships. Last year, however, attending a two-year college. In the coronavirus pandemic mandates
canceled the Dixon May Fair. Applicants are scored on personal, civic and academic experience; academic standing; personal commitment and established goals; leadership potential; civic accomplishments; chosen field in the areas of agriculture, said Hamel. Most applicants have experience in 4-H, FFA or Grange, criteria desired not mandated. Last year’s top recipient was Kyle Esquer of Dixon, a student at Cal Poly, who won the $3,000 Ester Armstrong Scholarship Award. Linzie Goodsell of Dixon, a student at Chico State University, won the $2,500 JoAn Giannoni Scholarship Award. At the community college level, Vacaville resident Jared Tanaka, enrolled at Modesto
Junior College, won the $1,500 Jack Hopkins Scholarship. Other recipients of Friends of the Fair scholarships last year were Maya Prunty of Vacaville, a student at UC Davis, $2,000; and Haylee Hoffmann of Dixon, a student at Modesto Junior College, $1,000. The annual deadline to apply for the scholarships is 5 p.m., March 1. More information on the scholarship application rules is available on the Friends of the Fair Facebook site at https://www. facebook.com/FriendsoftheDixon MayFair. Applications must be on Friends of the Fair forms and include a personal essay and letters of support. They are to be mailed to the Friends of the Fair, P.O. Box 242, Dixon, CA.
Davis in late November. Happy Heart Yoga offers yoga and strength training at 1260 Lake Blvd., Suite 120. Micky Lal is the owner. Call 707-999-3016 for details. It posts announcements in a Free Yoga Friday group on Facebook. ———— Mai Pham recently opened M Nails at 129 E St., Suite A3, upstairs in Orange Court. Pham formerly worked at Natural Nails & Spa and Avant Garde Salon. Call 916548-8001. ———— I keep track of Davis businesses on my Google spreadsheet, which includes more than 325 Davis businesses affected by COVID-19. It’s at https://bit.ly/Davis Businesses. In it, there are sheets for Restaurantsopen, Restaurants-closed, Coming soon, Businessesretail, Businesses-service, and more. Email me (address below) to suggest updates. — Wendy Weitzel is a Davis writer and editor. Her column runs on Sundays. Check for frequent updates on her Comings & Goings Facebook and Instagram pages. If you know of a business coming or going in the area, contact her at wendyedit@gmail. com.
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MASKING: School mandate ends Feb. 22 AGENDA: Redistricting maps get final hearing
From Page A1 infection — universal masking could be reinstated, Sisson said. “In general, sustained case rates greater than 14 per 100,000 residents per day will prompt re-evaluation of indoor masking requirements,” Sisson said. Fourteen cases per 100,000 residents is well above the two cases per 100,000 residents that Sisson had set as the threshold for lifting the universal mask mandate when she initially issued the local health order in July. Why the change? Simply put, reaching a case rate below two per 100,000 residents may no longer be as feasible as it was before the arrival of the Delta variant. “Given the current dominance of the even more infectious Omicron variant, it is unlikely that a case rate of less than two can be reached in the near future, if ever,” Sisson said in her announcement lifting the universal mask mandate. However, she noted, “the Omicron variant causes on average less severe disease than previous variants. “While Yolo County case rates during the Omicron surge reached unprecedented levels, fewer individuals required hospitalization than during previous surges. “At the beginning of the pandemic, aggressive actions, including stay-athome orders, were taken to slow the spread of COVID19 and flatten the curve in order to avoid a situation in which more people would require hospitalization for COVID-19 than the healthcare system could support,” Sisson said. “Thanks to public cooperation with these orders, Yolo County successfully
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flattened the curve.” And flattening the curve remains a key goal. “Prior to the availability of vaccines, flattening the curve meant preventing as many infections as possible,” said Sisson. “Now that effective vaccines are available and Omicron causes milder disease, we have learned that we can successfully flatten the curve even with ongoing transmission.” ———— Even as case rates and hospitalizations have been falling in Yolo County, COVID-19 deaths continue to be reported. Five deaths were reported in the last week, involving residents of West Sacramento and unincorporated areas. A total of 282 Yolo County residents have died of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, including 26 since Dec. 1. ———— Both Healthy Davis Together and UC Davis continue to report declining cases and test positivity, though both remain higher than they were prior to the Omicron surge. Since Feb. 3, the campus has reported 132 new cases and a test positivity rate of
0.72 percent, a significant improvement from early January when the campus was reporting more than 200 new cases per day and a test positivity rate near 5 percent. Likewise, Healthy Davis Together has seen a steady decline in new cases over the last month, with daily new cases dropping to a level similar to that seen during the Delta surge of late summer. The Davis Joint Unified School District has also seen a decline in new cases among students and staff, but cases remain high. Ninety-six student cases have been reported so far in February, an 11-day total that is higher than any full month during the pandemic except January when 959 students tested positive. Twenty staff members have tested positive so far in February, on top of 142 in January and 29 in December. Sisson last week announced she has revised her recommendation for outdoor masking on school campuses. While the state has mandated masks indoors on all K-12 campuses, Sisson, prior to the school year
beginning, had recommended that masks be worn outdoors as well, given younger children were not yet eligible for vaccines. The Davis Joint Unified School District endorsed that recommendation and students have been required to mask outdoors since the beginning of the school year. Now, however, Sisson has informed the county’s K-12 schools that where more than 50 percent of a student population is vaccinated, outdoor masking is no longer recommended. The Davis school district plans to lift the outdoor mask mandate on Tuesday, Feb. 22, “if our campuses have met the requisite 50 percent vaccination rate Dr. Sisson recommends,” according to an email sent out Friday. “Therefore, we are strongly encouraging parents and guardians to turn in a copy of their students’ COVID vaccine record as soon as possible in order to remove the outdoor mask mandate. “Students and staff may choose to continue to wear their masks outdoors if they wish,” the message said.
public; and no filling or topping-off of decorative lakes or ponds unless they have a pump that recirculates water. A number of other new state prohibitions are already in place in Davis, including on the use of hoses to wash cars unless they have a shut-off nozzle; on washing sidewalks or driveways with potable water; and on use of potable water for irrigation of turf on public street medians. The new emergency regulations were adopted by the state Water Resources Control Board Jan. 4 as the year began with a high-pressure ridge leading to belownormal precipitation for the month of January and the outlook for February just as dry. The restrictions also prohibit homeowners’ associations or community service organizations from enforcing actions or imposing or threatening to impose fines for residents reducing or eliminating the watering of vegetation or lawns during the drought emergency proclaimed by the governor in October. The emergency regulations do not include a mandatory reduction in water usage, though the call for a voluntary 15 percent reduction passed by the City Council in October remains in effect. Tuesday’s City Council meeting will also include the fifth and final public hearing on council redistricting, with the council expected to adopt the map it selected at its last meeting with minor changes requested by
council members at the time. Map A largely maintains the district lines adopted by the council in 2020 but shifts lines to accommodate the population of The Cannery, which was not built out before the 2010 Census so that population was not accounted for when district lines were first drawn two years ago. Under Map A, District 2, represented by Councilman Will Arnold, is the largest district, with 13,885 people. District 1, represented by Councilman Dan Carson, is next largest with 13,794 people; followed by District 3, represented by Vice Mayor Lucas Frerichs, with 13,324. District 4, represented by Mayor Gloria Partida, is the fourth largest, with 13,189 residents and District 5, represented by Councilman Josh Chapman, is the smallest, with 12,756 residents. Arnold, Frerichs and Chapman were all elected in 2020 and the districts currently represented by Carson and Partida will be on the November 2022 ballot. Tuesday’s meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. and is accessible to the public the following ways: n Televised live on city of Davis Government Channel 16 (available to those who subscribe to cable television) n Livestreamed online at https://cityofdavis.org/ city-hall/city-council/ city-council-meetings/ meeting-videos n Via Zoom at https:// us06web.zoom. us/j/85647012099
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VOLUNTEERS: What’s most effective way to fund program? From Page A1 as volunteers to the job market. Nor does she find the total costs of the program out of whack. The budget details to build out the network of colleges and nonprofits — including career, academic and financial aid advising for student volunteers — are “necessary to offer a well-functioning program,” said Silver. The flipside of that argument is to just give out the fish — or cash — directly to students. That’s what Robert Shireman would have preferred. He’s a higher-education director at the nonprofit Century Foundation and had a senior position overseeing higher-education policy in the Obama administration. “I would have plowed the money directly into financial aid based on need and not a new temporary service program,” said Shireman, who noted that many low-income students already work to afford college. The program is set to last two years, though Gov. Gavin Newsom suggested at a Jan. 18 press event that he’d ask the Legislature to expand the program “if this thing works.” Part of the money will go toward an external evaluation of the program. Silver thinks the goal is expansion. The program reminds her of the early days of AmeriCorps, the federal volunteer service created in the 1990s. “I don’t think anybody’s going into this saying this is a two-year program,” she said.
Where does the money go? Almost all of that $92 million that’s not going directly to students is meant for program costs, according to a budget CalMatters received from California Volunteers, the state office running the program. Forty-five colleges and universities — nearly all public — will share the money. Of that, $77 million is for a whole array of operations work to build up the volunteer program. That includes money for
the colleges whose students will be in this program to develop their local programs and partner with the nonprofits where students will work. Costs include: n hiring consultants and staff, acquiring extra office space and IT equipment; n recruiting the actual student volunteers and funding the nonprofits where they’ll do their volunteer work; n providing students career and academic advice plus training events; n and an external evaluator, who’ll be hired at a later date, to assess the volunteer program. Another $15 million is reserved for California Volunteers personnel. Not only is the program a way for students to give back to their community but it’s also an opportunity that allows students to be “learning about a career and also earning while learning that career,” said California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley. But a state program for connecting students to careers already exists. Last year’s state budget injected $200 million into a new work-study program for college students, with $300 million more planned for this year.
How will students get money — and when? Student participants will begin volunteering through the program fall of 2022. Upon completing 450 hours during the academic year, each will get $10,000. The money is split up into two buckets — $7,000 paid out regularly and a final lump sum of $3,000 after a year of service. As students fulfill their hours, they’ll be paid as if they’re campus employees through their college or university’s payroll system. Even if students don’t volunteer the full 450 hours, they’ll receive a prorated amount of the initial $7,000. But to receive the final $3,000, students will need to complete the full 450 hours of service. Unlike the federal AmeriCorps,
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undocumented students may participate in the California volunteer program. State officials want 20% of the volunteers to be undocumented students who receive state financial aid. They’re eligible for the same $10,000 available to other students, but their pot will come from state dollars only, while federal funds will cover a portion of $3,000 other students will be awarded. But all that extra money may create a headache for some volunteers. The $7,000 volunteers work toward counts as income, which may “impact a student’s financial aid,” reads a program
FAQ. Campuses are urged to work with their financial aid offices to “mitigate any impact” for students. Also, the $7,000 is taxable income, meaning taxes will be deducted each paycheck. Only full-time students will be eligible for the service program. The College Corps state volunteer program builds on a smaller effort California launched in 2020, about six months into the COVID-19 pandemic. Though that smaller effort had the goal of attracting 250 students, ultimately 199 participated, according to performance review data that Julie Goggins, a California
Volunteers spokesperson, shared with CalMatters. And some — 7% — didn’t complete their full hours of service and so weren’t awarded the full amount for which they were eligible. Most students — 90% — also acquired professional development skills, according to performance review assessments. Some colleges from the pilot round are also participating in College Corps. A bigger big picture The budget for the volunteer program makes sense, but the devil’s in the details, said Alexandra Graddy-Reed, a professor who studies nonprofits at the University of Southern California. She likes that students who volunteer will receive various layers of advising. It’s another way for the colleges and the state to expose those low-income students to opportunities wealthier students often already receive through their families’ connections, Graddy-Reed said. All those services require more personnel and hiring people is expensive, which helps explain the program costs, she said. The mix of volunteerism and various advising “sounds good to me” as a way to spend tax dollars, Graddy-Reed added. Still, she’ll want to see the specific hiring decisions colleges will make at the local level and whether most of the operational funding will be for College Corps or for general campus operations. Campus-level contract amounts won’t be available until the summer, according to Goggins. Some campuses have begun advertising their programs. UC Davis and three other Sacramento-area colleges will share up to $16 million for about 1,000 student volunteers. Fresno State and Fresno City College will bring on about 120 students over two years. Shireman, who preferred to have the money instead go directly to some of the poorest college students. pointed out that Newsom vetoed a bill last year that would have given cash awards or fully covered tuition to more than 100,000 additional college students.
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Late goal lifts DHS girls into quarterfinals By Rebecca Wasik
It’s about bets and dips not football
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know some people believe the Super Bowl is strictly about football and maybe a little bit about seven-layer bean dip. I don’t know about bean dip, but trust me, it’s definitely not about football. Mostly, it’s about gambling. Legal gambling, illegal gambling, offshore bookies and on-shore casinos. The Super Bowl is regularly the most-watched sporting event in the country, but if there was no way to for people to place a bet on the game and various other propositions within the game, the television audience would be a tenth of what it is now. I mean, does anyone really think 300 million Americans actually care about a game featuring the Rams and the Bengals? (I’m so bored with this pairing that I had to look it up just to be sure I had the right teams playing.) Two bets that attract a ton of action before the game has even started involve the coin flip and the National Anthem. Will the coin land “heads” or “tails” and will Mickey Guyton finish the Star Spangled Banner in more or less than 104.5 seconds? You can bet on either side of those propositions with the same payoff either way. The House doesn’t care what happens just as long as it has equal bettors on each side so it can take its cut out of the middle. Say you want heads. You’ll have to put down 11 dollars to win 10. If it is indeed heads, you’ll win 10 dollars, plus get your 11 back for a total of 21. The guy who bet his 11 dollars on tails gets nothing. So, by balancing these two bets, the House took in 22 dollars and paid out 21, for a guaranteed profit of one dollar, no matter which way the coin landed.
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stopped Davis’ shots to keep the game scoreless. Enterprise correspondent Davis’ first shot came at the WEST SACRAMENTO — 3-minute mark from Rebecca The Davis High girls soccer Blum but was thwarted by River team scored the first and only City’s goalie. goal with just eight minutes left There were several more in regulation of its first-round shots that failed to reach the net Division I Sac-Joaquin Section as a result of the Raiders’ goalplayoff match Friday at River ie’s strong defense. City High School. Going into the second half After several shots on goal scoreless, Davis and mere misses was looking to of the net, Blue Section playoffs finally sink a goal Devil Lauren after a first half Lemmo finally filled with tough sunk a thrilling luck. goal to send Davis After two shots High to the quar- Next game: Wednesday on goal by Davis, terfinals with a 1-0 at No. 1 Oak Ridge, Blue Devil Miya victory over the 6 p.m. Alamares just River City High missed a goal in Raiders. the 50th minute. “It was awesome,” said Davis Davis High’s Grace Fabionar High head coach Sara Stone. “We were hoping to play a home got a considerable running lead game this year after placing sec- at the 67th minute off of a pass ond in the league, but we from Alamares, but ultimately weren’t, so that was a bit of a the ball was stopped by River shock. We were on the road, so City’s goalkeeper. After three more missed we faced that challenge as well.” Throughout the first half of shots, Lemmo got her clutch the game, the Blue Devils kept shot into the back of the net the ball mostly on the Raiders’ with only eight minutes left in the game. side of the field. “We had a lot of opportunities,” However, River City’s goalie
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Davis High’s Mia Simmons (19) keeps the ball in front of her in a Delta League match against Sheldon on Feb. 3. said Stone. “Overall, the fight and energy was where we needed it to be. We had a lot of chances in the final third, and we finally capitalized on it.” Davis tried to secure an insurance goal but was again faced with the tenacity of the Raiders’ goalie. In the end, the Blue Devils secured the shutout win to
advance to the next round of the playoffs. Davis will face No. 1 seed Oak Ridge of El Dorado Hills in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Oak Ridge, out of the Sierra Foothill League, beat No. 16 Stagg of Stockton on Friday night. — Follow Rebecca Wasik on Twitter: @BeccaFromTheBay.
Blue Devil boys fall in finale By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor Zane Pickus nailed a huge 3-pointer at the buzzer. That shot seemed to give his Davis High boys basketball teammates momentum against Pleasant Grove’s squad in the Delta League finale inside North Gym on Friday. In the final eight minutes of the game, the Blue Devils continued to hit shots behind the 3-point line. That added to more excitement in what looked like it would be a thrilling finish. But Pleasant Grove made its shots in the end and posted a 69-62 victory over Davis (6-16 overall, 2-10 league). “I like the energy the entire game,” said Davis head coach Dan Gonzalez, whose birthEnd of season day was also on Friday. Pickus, a 6-foot-5 center, nailed the trey as the buzzer sounded to end the second quarter for the Blue Devils. After Davis forward Jackson Isidor hit an inside shot to cut the Eagles’ lead to 28-27, the Blue Devils got the ball back on a Pleasant Grove (16-12, 4-8) turnover. Then Pickus, who stood in front of the Eagles’ bench, calmly sank the shot behind the 3-point line that found nothing but net. That shot led to Davis taking a 30-28 halftime lead and the Blue Devils student section, approximately 300, roaring for Pickus’ shot. Davis expanded its lead in the early minutes of the third quarter to 34-28 after guard Isnala Bull Bear hit a basket and junior guard Noah Salmon made 2 of 2 free throws. Then the Eagles got on a
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Blue Devil Colin Walsh (20) looks to get a shot off around Pleasant Grove’s Joseph Espy (55) in Friday’s Delta League matchup. scoring streak, thanks to guard Taison Pierce and forward Xavier Porter. The duo helped chip away the Blue Devils’ advantage, and the Eagles soared to a 52-45 lead, which was capped off when point guard Tahjai Enero hit a bank shot at the buzzer. Pleasant Grove, which entered Friday’s game with a shot of grabbing one of the league’s top four playoff berths, maintained its lead and ultimate win over the Blue Devils. But not without a battle from
Davis, which knocked down four 3-pointers in the quarter; three from Isidor and Salmon the other. Isidor’s 3-pointers came less than a minute between the other, making the second shot with 2:11 left in the game and cutting the Eagles’ lead to 63-59. “Jackson made some incredible threes,” said Gonzalez. “They were keying on him, and he was determined to get open. He and (guard Colin Walsh) just have a chemistry; they’ve been playing together since they were little.”
Isidor and Walsh have been starters since the 2019-20 season when Gonzalez promoted them to the varsity team as sophomores. “I’ve seen them grow,” said Gonzalez of the duo. Salmon canned his 3-pointer to help Davis cut into the Eagles’ lead at 63-62 with 1:40 left. Then the Eagles, who got plenty of scoring and rebounding from 6-8 center Joseph Espy, used a combination of ways to outscore the Blue Devils 6-0 in less than two minutes. Two offensive rebounds, thanks to Espy, and making 3 of 5 free throws sealed the victory. “Their big guy was still big in the fourth quarter,” said Gonzalez of Espy. “That made it tougher on us.” Isidor finished with 16 points for the Blue Devils. Salmon followed with 12 points, Walsh 8, guard Aiden Crawford 6 and Pickus 5. Friday’s game was also the final for nine Davis seniors. Those players were guard Bryce Barker, forward Jai-Jai Reepolmaha, Isidor, Walsh, Bear, forward Younes Chantit, center Keandre Burns, point guard Tavi Maes and Pickus. Gonzalez has many players who are projected to return next season, which include nine juniors and three sophomores. The juniors are Salmon, guard Jack Anderson, guard Riley Yamagishi Kobayashi, guard Carlos Campos, guard Keaton Carpenter, guard Matt Cossu, forward Collin Carpenter, forward Will Ackerman and center Jordan Sacramento. Crawford joins Davis teammates in point guard Derek Barker and center Alden MaCabe as sophomores on this winter’s team.
Say cheese! Aggie hurler Kenedi Brown, seen throwing last season, was on the mound to start the 2022 season for the UC Davis softball team. The sophomore right-hander gave up seven hits and struck out four in a 3-0 loss to Santa Clara on Friday at La Rue Field. UCD Sophomores Leah Polson and Tatum Wentworth had the lone hits for the Aggies. To read the results of more Aggie sporting events, see the UCD roundup on the back page. C.K. Hicks, UC Davis Athletics/ Courtesy file photo
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Commentary Biden faces blues at home, oveseas By Llewellyn King Special to The Enterprise
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he country has the Biden blues bad, and that ain’t good. Joe Biden, 46th president of the United States, has pushed all the buttons that were supposed to be the right ones and they have produced no result or the wrong result. Domestically, things have been bad enough. He hasn’t convinced anyone that he has a viable border policy and his point person on the issue, Vice President Kamala Harris, has no ideas and an aversion to being reminded that she is the policy chief of the border. His stimulus package, so timely at the time, now appears to have overstimulated the economy, leading to the worst inflation since the 1970s. Congress frustrates the president routinely. The man who spent 36 years in Congress is unable to find consensus. To the shame of the Democrats, the Guantanamo Bay prison remains open. Crime is rampant, cities are again unsafe. The administration has been silent, pointing up a sustained ideas drought. Abroad, things have been worse and more consequential. As vice president, Biden prided himself on his foreign policy nous. But as president, he seems to be a study in foreign policy infelicity. Doing the right thing at the wrong time is his special talent. The speedy, ill-considered withdrawal from Afghanistan is emblematic of the Biden blunders. It led one to wonder what he is told in those daily briefings? What was he told that led him to believe that he should build on Donald Trump’s foolish negotiation with the Taliban? Biden seized that misbegotten idea and executed it. Similarly, when a column of asylum seekers was making its way up South America from as far as Chile, didn’t the daily briefings mention this; explain that this appeared to be well-financed. If he weren’t told, what action did he take to make sure there wouldn’t be such failures going forward? Biden persuaded Germany not to certify the Nord Stream 2 pipeline under the Baltic Sea, taking natural gas from Russia directly to Germany.
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hat Germany has willingly climbed between the sheets with the Russian Bear wasn’t Biden’s fault, but Nord Stream 2 was a long time in planning and construction. It all got going during the Obama years when Biden was being thought of as the vice president who understood foreign policy. That was the time to dissuade Germany, not when it is complete and threatens to drive a wedge between Germany and NATO. Friends don’t let friends date the bear. They warn them off. Now comes the Winter Olympics in China. Taking your marbles and going home isn’t a good strategy. The game goes on and you are out of it, as with Biden’s diplomatic boycott of the games. That led not to a better deal for the Uighurs, but to the world being treated to innumerable images of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin together — images that suggested they represent a new Axis that can dismember the world as they wish. Those images are more damaging than any agreements the two caudillos concluded; they cement the sense that the West is defenseless against dictators. In his administration, Biden’s propensity to do the right thing and get the wrong result is demonstrated in his relationship with Harris. He has worked hard to elevate her to a status she isn’t earning for herself. The administration now bills itself as the Biden-Harris administration. It was never the ObamaBiden administration. Biden’s cabinet is filled with the right people for a charity event: good people who are likable and bland to a fault. The exceptions are Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. Sadly, neither is in a position where they can redirect the ship of state or even nudge it back on course. If you don’t have the mettle yourself and lack the needed cunning, hire it. — Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. His email is llewellynking1@gmail.com and you can follow him on Twitter @Llewellyn King2. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.
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hen Jerry Brown became governor in 1975, succeeding Ronald Reagan, the Capitol experienced something of a political culture shock. Brown stocked his administration with young poverty warriors, civil-rights attorneys and labor unionists who immediately began undoing what Reagan’s conservative regime had wrought during the previous eight years. That meant rewriting, repealing or replacing countless “administrative rules” that the Reaganites had promulgated in many state agencies. Very soon, the Brownies’ ideological shift to the left sparked a backlash, particularly from the business community, which eventually led to legislation to give the Legislature authority to reject proposed rules, a direct rebuke to Brown. However, just as the legislative power grab appeared to be happening, Assembly Speaker Leo McCarthy interceded with a compromise — an Office of Administrative Law, empowered to review proposed rules and make certain they comply with the intent of the underlying legislation. The OAL has gone about that work ever since.
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icheli writes: “What is the problem with creating an exemption from the APA? First, it means that the Legislature (a body that is accountable to the public) has delegated its authority to an executive branch agency that does not have to seek public input on its actions. “Second, it means that notice and the ability to comment are eliminated for members of the public and the regulated community. “Third, it means that an executive branch agency or department not only has authority to adopt regulations, but also that it does not even have to follow the statutory procedures for adopting those regulations.” Unfortunately, bypassing rulemaking procedures and OAL oversight is not an isolated example of the pernicious tendency of Capitol
politicians to limit both transparency and accountability as they issue decrees affecting the lives of nearly 40 million Californians. For instance, after declaring a COVID-19 emergency nearly two years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued dozens, or perhaps hundreds, of orders, some unilaterally suspending state law but having the power of law themselves. The state budget, now approaching $300 billion, is routinely written in secret by the governor and a few legislators and then enacted with minimal public notice. Many budget “trailer bills” make major changes in state policy with only cursory airing. Legislative hearings on bills are now largely superficial exercises in which a few pro and con witnesses are given just a few minutes to state their cases and no one else is allowed to say anything other than name and organization. It’s what happens when a Capitol is under total control by one party. — CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more stories by Dan Walters, go to Commentary.
Dangerous week for rule of law Early last week, Newt Gingrich, an exspeaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, threatened that the Jan. 6 Committee members might face jail time if the Republicans regain control of the House of Representatives in November. Late in the week ex-President Trump, at an Arizona rally, suggested that if he gets elected president in 2024, he could pardon those responsible for the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. In between these two outrageous statements, President Biden reaffirmed his campaign pledge to nominate a Black woman to replace Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court. All three of these news items are disturbing if we hope to preserve and maintain the rule of law in our fragile democracy. Gingrich’s assertion raises the specter that political retaliation might begin to include the use of law enforcement and the judiciary in an effort to punish political opponents, depending only upon who happens to control the majority in the House of Representatives. Ex-President Trump’s mention of the possible use of the pardon power is, as have been so many things in his case, without precedent; if he were elected and in fact issued such pardons, it would be as if President Nixon had pardoned the Watergate burglars. President Biden’s reaffirmation tends to undermine the rule of law in a less provocative but still troubling way. By focusing exclusively upon the racial and gender identity of the proposed nominee, President Biden implies that these identifiers matter more than the nominee’s legal and professional qualifications to be a justice. In turn this implication raises the even more troubling suspicion that when applying the law to a case as a justice, the nominee would fail to be fair and neutral on account of these identifiers. While we have come to expect exPresident Trump and ex-Speaker Gingrich speaking in thoughtless and troubling ways that undermine the rule of law, President Biden and his staff should know better. Andrew Majeske Davis
School board doesn’t listen After the school board meeting this Thursday, during which four out of five trustees once again refused to revisit their decision on the high school schedule despite public outcry, I question whether
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However, in recent years, the Legislature and governors have begun quietly bypassing the OAL by exempting some rulemaking from its review and, in some cases, exempting policies from even going through the normal rulemaking process altogether. Agencies are thus empowered to issue their decrees suddenly and without any opportunity for those affected to comment prior to promulgation. We should thank lobbyist Chris Micheli for blowing the whistle on this trend. Micheli, a legislative process wonk, has written an article that catalogs how some legislative measures bypass the OAL and in some instances the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), which governs the process for writing and adopting rules. He cites as an example, 2019’s Senate Bill 1, a blanket adoption in state law of all
federal labor and environmental standards in effect prior to Donald Trump’s election as president. SB1 exempted this massive change in law, affecting virtually every business and every worker in the state, from both the APA and OAL oversight as an emergency action that would remain in place for six years.
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their behavior has crossed the line into willful ignorance. Trustee Adams, do you really think you are standing up for equity by moving forward with the 3-block schedule? Did the public comments from students with ADHD, 504 plans, and mental illnesses not matter? Did you not hear when teachers explained how lowerperforming students and students in special ed would be negatively affected by a 3-block schedule? You say you want to help Da Vinci students succeed. So why did you ignore all the voices from Da Vinci telling you that this would do exactly the opposite? You mentioned that we have a lot of room for improvement when it comes to equity and serving underperforming students. I completely agree, but are you listening to the people telling you this will push us in the opposite direction? To put it in a way similar to Adams’ words to us, we the community still have not heard any compelling evidence from the board that their schedule is in fact better. The district’s own research brief provided evidence supporting both sides, and its clear recommendation was that “administration should use the stakeholder’s opinion to help determine what is best for the school.” Why doesn’t the district take its own advice? Trustee Hyder, you said a lot of words about not being convinced that a 2-block schedule is better. What convinced you that a 3-block schedule would be, if not student wellbeing, or student engagement, or the opinion of teachers? You mentioned consulting experts, like the ones who recommended a 3-block schedule to you, but what about the other
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Donate for liberty Once again we face an election in the fall. Once again we see a country that does not share the values of most Californians. The new “Undemocratic Party” (formerly the GOP) wants to turn our country into and authoritarian oligarchy of, by and for the billionaires. I will be sending $200 a month to the Democratic senatorial and congressional campaign committees from now until the election. I urge like-minded citizens of California of sufficient means to do the same. Money is the only thing that matters. Not policies, not values, not common humanity. Imagine Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the house. Imagine the Senate with a Undemocrat majority. If you have the means, either support specific candidates in other states, or give to the committees as I do and trust them to put it where it will do the most good. To be simply hopeful that everything will turn out fine is to rely on others to take action. Better to go without hope, and donate. Eric Zilbert Davis
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China’s careful dance around Ukraine Commentary
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eports out of Washington suggest worry over a Russia-China partnership that would facilitate Vladimir Putin’s presumed ambition to absorb Ukraine and undermine the NATO-based European security system. So let’s examine that relationship to assess the U.S. concern.
Aligned but not allied When it comes to support of China on international issues, from human rights to Taiwan, Beijing can always count on Putin’s Russia. And the reverse is generally true. In numerous meetings since Xi and Putin became top leaders, the ChinaRussia relationship has consistently been described in the most exalted terms. They’re “dear friends,” they have “the best [relations] in history,” they are “a model of interstate cooperation in the 21st century.” ChinaRussia trade has risen substantially every year; China is Russia’s most important trade partner. Joint military maneuvers have become a regular event. Symbolizing their closeness, Putin is attending the Beijing Winter Olympics, defying the U.S. call for a diplomatic boycott of the games. China and Russia are aligned with one another in viewing the United States as their principal opponent and chief obstacle to the achievement of their
respective aims in Asia and Europe. But theirs is a marriage of convenience, not a security alliance. They are divided by many issues, including a history of conflicting national interests and ideological differences, unresolved territorial claims, and the large gap between them in economy and technology. While U.S. analyses typically lump China and Russia together as threats to U.S. national security, they are actually far apart in their international conduct. Unlike Russia, China has taken full advantage of globalization— in everything from contributions to UN peacekeeping and tourism to scholarly and scientific exchanges and overseas investments, notably with the US. Thomas Christensen reports: “a former Chinese diplomat stationed in Russia, Shi Ze, who summed up the difference between Moscow and Beijing this way: ‘China and Russia have different attitudes. Russia wants to break the current international order….Russia thinks it is the victim of the current international system, in which its economy and its society do not develop. But China benefits from the current international system. We want to improve and modify it, not to break it.’” While Russia relies heavily on military power to impose its will in its near abroad, China mainly projects its influence through soft power: the Belt-and-Road
Initiative, Confucius Institutes, sporting events, radio and television programming, and moneybacked public diplomacy.
Meet in Beijing Putin’s visit to China at the height of the crisis over Ukraine prompted comparisons between Russian and Chinese diplomacy over, respectively, Ukraine and Taiwan. On the surface, Russian and Chinese views seem similar. Putin and Xi commonly believe those territories cannot be considered independent states, historically and culturally belong to the mother country, and are only prevented from being absorbed because of foreign interference. Yet they know full well that populations in Ukraine and Taiwan reject absorption. Both leaders seem to take the issue personally, seeing the recovery of Ukraine and Taiwan as fitting testimony to their legacy as a great leader. But there the similarities end. Putin sees Ukraine as a security threat because of NATO’s eastward expansion and has deployed forces along Ukraine’s border sufficient to take over the country. His ultimate goal, many observers believe, is to reconstruct the European security order. In contrast, Xi has so far abided by the goal of peaceful unification of Taiwan. China has displayed its military capabilities in the Taiwan area, but has not threatened Taiwan with attack or asserted that Taiwan poses a
threat to the mainland. Nor has China sought to arouse a proChina force inside Taiwan or demanded that the U.S. alliance system in Asia be dismantled. China’s policy on the Ukraine crisis only seems to entail guarded support of Russia. Foreign Minister Wang Yi urgedthe United States to take a “balanced” approach that would embrace Russia’s “reasonable security concerns.” The final Putin-Xi text on their talks — at least the Chinese version — reflected that view. Yes, they agreed that the relationship has "no limits," but it surely does. Ukraine is not mentioned at all, the text merely saying: “The two sides oppose continual expansion of NATO, and call for NATO to reject the ideology of the cold war, and respect other countries’ sovereignty, security, interests, and multicultures.” Tellingly, the lengthy statement devoted far more space to cooperation on sustainable development (which is part of the statement's title), the pandemic, trade, human rights, and arms control, as well as to a whole range of common threats from the U.S. and the West. Keep in mind that although China did support Russia’s recent interventions in Kazakhstan and Belarus to quell potential regime changes, it did not support Russia’s seizure of Crimea in 2014. Maintaining a common front with Russia against the West’s incursions means much more to Beijing
than encouraging a Russian territorial grab, whose economic and political consequences would reach far beyond Europe. A war, even if only economic, would further alienate China from both Europe and the United States, harm China’s economy (as the Biden administration warned), and perhaps show Xi’s “peaceful unification” policy on Taiwan in a bad light. China would surely help Russia escape the worst effects of U.S. and European Union sanctions, but buying Russian goods has limits. It's also worth noting that China has a lucrative economic relationship with Ukraine: Its weapons factories are highly regarded in China, and China is Ukraine’s most important export market. Thus, China prefers a diplomatic resolution over Ukraine. But it is not about to press for one at the behest of the State Department, which reportedly requested China’s help. A U.S. engagement policy with China would set a different tone, one that would amount to a new triangular diplomacy designed to incentivize a China move away from Russia. But in any case, the United States should stop conflating China with Russia; their mutual admiration conceals more than it reveals. — Mel Gurtov, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is professor emeritus of political science at Portland State University and blogs at In the Human Interest.
Why ban indigenous philosophy in the classroom? By Roberto Cintli Rodriguez
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While the Aztec and Maya share similar cultures, confusing them is mind-boggling, akin to confusing Greeks with Romans because they’re both Europeans. Here, I concentrate on In Lak’Ech, because the philosophy from where it emanates is something that I have been teaching for years, which is maize-based knowledge that has influenced the Americas for thousands of years, and because this is the continent in which we live. In Lak’Ech — Tu eres mi otro yo, or You are my other self — is but the Maya iteration of The Golden Rule, which is also part of a larger maizebased philosophical universe. Famed playwright Luis Valdez of Teatro Campesino introduced U.S. audiences to this concept via the 1973 poem, Pensamiento Serpentino. He received this knowledge from Maya linguist Domingo Martinez Paredez, who collaborated with the Teatro, resulting in several Maya-based plays. In effect, In Lak’Ech is to see ourselves in each other. How that can be construed as demonic is to continue the notion that indigenous and African peoples were less than human. Beginning in the 1990s, Raza Studies at Tucson Unified School District taught In Lak’Ech and Panche Be – to seek the root of the truth, which
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n 2017, a Maya elder, Carlos Armando Dzul, took me to a church in Mani, Yucatán, to see where an infamous threeday “auto-da-fé” took place — a mass book burning in 1562 — led by Bishop Diego de Landa. It was one of the most well-known book burnings in Mexico’s history, though it was actually part of a 300-year policy which outlawed the possession and the teaching of preColombian knowledge, purportedly because it constituted “lies of the devil.” The penalty for such crimes ranged from torture to death. That brings to mind the recent settlement in which the state of California and several of its educational governing bodies agreed in a lawsuit by Californians for Equal Rights Foundation and others, to ban In Lak’Ech, a Maya maizebased philosophical concept from its Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, this while referring to it as part of the Aztec religion. That agreement, which determines what is teachable knowledge — also bans the Nahui Ollin, an Aztec-Mexica concept — based on the erroneous supposition that the Aztec religion was demonic. It also bans Ashe, an affirming African indigenous chant. Of note is that Mexican American students are the largest demographic in California schools.
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Supplicants bring agricultural offerings in an ancient Mayan carving on a stone wall. necessarily leads to the quest for justice. It is perhaps the actual reason why Tucson’s Raza Studies program was shut down in 2012, even though the courts affirmed its legality in 2017.
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n 2017, I wrote an article for the Latino Journal of Education, “Ixxim; a Maiz-based philosophy,” summarizing some 60 Maya concepts. Generally, they have their universal equivalents in other cultures, including the West, though some are uniquely Maya or maizebased ideas. For example, Hel Men or Zero did not have the same meaning to the Maya
While the Aztec and Maya share similar cultures, confusing them is mind-boggling. as it did in the West, where zero means the absence of value. For the Maya, zero marked the beginning of everything. “The Maya thinker established that the zero is the germinating seed, the beginning of everything, which is why it was illustrated as a seed or a conch shell,” according to “El Popul Vuh Tiene Razon.” This 1968 book by Martinez Paredez, is part of an explanation by the Maya scholar, of the validity and
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relevance of the “Popul Vuh,” considered to be the most sacred book of the Maya. There is not enough space here to fully explain Maya philosophy; the minimum that can be done is to note that there is a whole universe that California students have never been exposed to, including: Ix’im or Xiimte: Ixi’im is the word for maize and Xiimte is sacred maize. For peoples of this conti-
nent, maize is “who we are, what we are made of and where we come from.” Scientists consider it one of humanity’s greatest feats because it was scientifically created. I would argue that if politicos want to ban Indigenous knowledge, they should at least first learn it, including our indigenous worldviews. — Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, who grew up in Southern California, is an emeritus associate professor in Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona. He is the author of several books, including “Our Sacred Maiz is Our Mother.”
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Notes from my list of prospective columns H ere’s where I am right now: I have a handful of partially developed ideas for columns I plan to write. But due to a variety of different circumstances, I’m not ready to write them. I’m thinking of using today’s space as an outline of sorts, motivating me to flesh these out further. If nothing else, this might help someone who wants to be a writer understand my (scattered, erratic, inconsistent) “creative process.” In no particular order, here are the columns I want to write. First, although I haven’t told her yet, I’m hoping to interview former Enterprise editor Debbie Davis. Debbie and I are good friends and see each other regularly. I bet a lot of you are wondering what she’s up to, how she feels about life after news, and if her grandkids are cute. Spoiler alert: They are. Another column I have in the hopper is about historically black
colleges and universities. I had a wonderful time interviewing Renetta Garrison Tull, UC Davis’ vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion, in large part because I like her so much. I heard her mention that she and her husband met at Howard University, as did her parents, and thought our college-town residents might enjoy learning about the benefits of HBCUs. To be totally honest, I’ve sat down to write this column a few times but am struggling to tell Renetta’s story in a way that does not beget any negativity. (This is why my last column was a repeat.) As I told her, since I’ve written a newspaper column for more than 20 years now, I can take the negative feedback that comes from someone disagreeing or misinterpreting what I say. But I don’t want to misinterpret anything Renetta says and have her get the blowback. I also have an update column
in mind about someone who had a massive struggle but who is now doing incredibly well. I don’t mean to be cryptic or coy, but I need to convince the subject of this story that sharing it will be good for her as well as the many people who are invested in her well-being. And in that vein, I have had some cancer-survivor stories in my extended family that I’ve been trying to formulate for years. Telling other people’s stories is tricky, as I’ve mentioned above. Convincing people to share their stories is half the battle, while doing them justice is the other half. I
guess the third half is doing the writing. Also on my to-do column list are things I don’t know enough about yet. For example, what’s it like being married to a president of a university? So far, it’s exactly the same as being married to my husband of nearly 31 years. Notes I have taken about our unusual-for-us living arrangement — I’m backand-forth between Davis and San Jose for now — do not have the relatability or universality that I usually strive for in a column, nor have I found the humor in the situation. Yet. Other column notes include (these are my actual notes): n Things to do while commuting (not swearing and road-raging). Dogs on the train? Being a typical Davisite, I lament ever having to go further than a few miles. n Mini surveys of friends on handling holidays, significant
others of their kids, boomerang status of their kids/financial support. n Dog ailments ... Sandy’s new knee, cones, carrying her up the stairs, wearing an outfit and chewing through it to eat stitches. Pauley’s lump not being cancerous and thanking her multiple times a day for being healthy. n Our favorite dogs ... What does it say about S that his fave is a dummy who makes us crack up every day while mine is Pauley, the epitome of a Labrador. Pauley’s love seems more discerning because of her intense ball and food focuses. She doesn’t dole out affection willy nilly. So there you go, aspiring writers; this is how the masters do it. You can take this unassailable formula to the bank. — Tanya Perez lives in Davis with her family. Her column is published every other Sunday. Reach her at pereztanyah@ gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter at @californiatanya.
Building real trust with children is a high-stakes job Special to The Enterprise
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mong other things, February is the month where we honor former presidents. In honor of that, I’d like to share a quote with you from President Abraham Lincoln: “I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.” Wow. We could replace the word “friend” with CASA volunteer and it would still ring absolutely true. So much of a CASA volunteer’s job is to build selfconfidence and trust again among children who have been through unimaginable circumstances … and building trust is a high stakes job. Without trust, it’s hard to take any action at all. After all, we buy a certain toothpaste because we trust the brand will keep our teeth free of cavities. We get up every morning because we trust the day has something valuable to offer us, whether that be learning new
things, making money, or enjoying an experience. We call a trusted friend or family member to confide in them because we trust they will help us. Trust is so intertwined in our everyday actions that it’s easy to forget how often we rely on it. It’s very common after traumatic events like a sudden death, a placement in foster care, or a divorce, to lose trust in many things. This is why it’s so hard to function after these events. If you can’t trust that someone or something will be there for you, how could you ever have trusted? Maybe you should never trust again … The problem is, the longer you stay off the trust bike once you get off, the longer it takes to get back on it. It’s a lot safer to not trust at all than to go through an unimaginable crisis again. When a CASA volunteer comes into a foster child’s life, one of the first things that volunteer is charged
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When a CASA volunteer comes into a foster child’s life, one of the first things that volunteer is charged with is to build a relationship with their foster child. with is to build a relationship with their foster child. Regular readers of this column know that the relationship a CASA volunteer builds with their foster child is often the only consistent and stable adult relationship that child has. After all, attorneys and social workers have big caseloads, teachers have many students, and foster parents often have many
children. It’s hard to replace an intimate bond that a foster child may have felt with a parent… whether or not that parent was abusive or neglectful. Many of our CASA volunteers have commented on the importance of helping their foster children learn to trust again. I like this quote from one of our volunteers to most because it’s such a straightforward
representation of their experience: “Being a CASA volunteer is really important. These kids need stable adult relationships so they can trust again. Many just don’t, and that trust needs to be built and repaired. Once that happens, they have the space they need to open up and confide in an adult again.” Sure, we’ve found that
sometimes a foster child craves someone to trust and it happens quickly, but most of the time it takes a lot of time and a lot of baby steps. The patience I witness as CASA volunteers take this time and these baby steps is inspiring. I am so grateful that, probably as I am writing this email, there is a CASA volunteer out there in our county, helping their youths regain lost trust … trust that will take that youth through life confidently. Trust that will help that youth heal from the unimaginable circumstances that brought them into foster care and have healthy relationships in the future despite that. We are always looking for prospective CASA volunteers. If you’d like to help a foster child rebuild their trust, our Spring training starts April 25. We are also pleased to announce that our Winter Training ends on Feb. 22 and we will graduate 13 new CASA volunteers! — Tracy Fauver, LCSW, is the Executive Director of Yolo County CASA
Yolo residents named to the University of Utah’s Dean’s List Special to The Enterprise
By Andy Jones Special to The Enterprise 1. Name the Commonality. What do a fellowship, a staff, and a sap all have in common? 2. Pop Culture – Music. Born in 1950, what singer, songwriter, and actress referred to her family as “the Black Kennedys” and started singing on her father’s albums at age 6? 3. Unusual Words. What W word means “land adjacent to a road or path”? 4. Masks. The gold standard of disposable pandemic masks filter out what percent of airborne particles? 5. U.S. States. According to the U.S. Census, California has the highest share of its population born outside the U.S. at 26.9% What state has the smallest percentage, at 1.6%. Answers: They are all clubs, Natalie Cole, wayside, 95%, West Virginia. — Dr. Andy Jones is the former quizmaster at de Vere’s Irish Pub and author of the book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People.” His pub quiz is now seeking a new home. Meanwhile, Dr. Andy is also sharing his pub quizzes via Patreon. Find out more at www.yourquizmaster.com.
The University of Utah congratulates more than 9,600 students who were named to the Fall 2021 Dean’s List. The list includes Davis residents Hannah Huang, ballet; Samantha Shimad, psychology and recreational therapy; Helen Farrar, geoscience; Owen Templeton, games; Carmin Fisk, theater; Dahlia Kraus, undeclared; and Helen Farrar, geoscience. Also on the list were Woodland natives Nick Bayard, pre-computer science, and Tori Mealor, criminology. The University of Utah, in Salt Lake City in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves over 32,000 students from across the U.S. and the world. ———— Two professors from UC Davis have been elected as members of the National Academy of Engineering. Professors Kate Scow and Daniel Sperling join 13 other current UC Davis faculty members who are in the academy. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Members are selected for having made outstanding contributions to the field of engineering, including research, practice or education, as well as to pioneering new and developing fields of technology, or innovative approaches to engineering education. Scow is a distinguished professor emeritus of soil microbial ecology in the department of
Name Droppers land, air and water resources. The academy honored her for “elucidating the role of soil microbial communities in polluted ecosystems and their responses to agricultural management practices,” according to an NAE statement. Her research investigates relationships between indigenous soil microbial communities and critical ecosystem processes such as biogeochemical cycling and biodegradation. It has been applied in low-cost approaches that promote biologically based solutions for clean-up of contaminated groundwater and for soil carbon sequestration. For the past decade, she has collaborated with partners in Uganda and Kenya in participatory research on smallscale irrigation, soil health and integrated soil management. Scow chairs the UC Davis International Agricultural Development graduate group and was director of the Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility, a long-term experiment investigating relationships between farm management, below-ground biodiversity and sustainability of row crop agroecosystems. Previously, she was director of the Kearney Foundation of Soil Science during the mission “Soil Carbon and California Terrestrial Ecosystems.” Scow received her bachelor’s degree in biology from Antioch College and her master’s and doctoral degrees in soil science from Cornell University. Sperling is a distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering, and environmental
science. He is founding director of the Institute of Transportation Studies and of the Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and Economy at UC Davis. Sperling is a leading international expert on transportation whose work has helped pioneer new fields of study to create more efficient, low-carbon and environmentally beneficial transportation systems. Sperling co-directed the 2007 study that designed California’s landmark low-carbon fuel standard. He has testified multiple times to the U.S. Congress, and has authored or co-authored more than 250 technical papers and 13 books, including Two Billion Cars and Three Revolutions: Steering Automated, Shared and Electric Vehicles to a Better Future. Since February 2007, Sperling has served on the California Air Resources Board, appointed by Govs. Schwarzenegger, Brown and Newsom. In this position he oversees policies and regulations on climate change, low-carbon fuels and vehicles, and sustainable cities. In 2013, he served as chair of the California Fuel Cell Partnership, and in 2015 as chair of the Transportation Research Board (National Academies). In 2019 he received the Transportation Research Board’s prestigious Roy Crum award, and in 2013 he received the Blue Planet Prize. Sperling earned his undergraduate degree in engineering and urban planning from Cornell University and his Ph.D. in transportation engineering from UC Berkeley. Individuals in the newly elected
class will be formally inducted during the NAE’s annual meeting on Oct. 2. ———— Tufts University recently announced the dean’s list for the Fall 2021 semester. Among students earning dean’s list honors is Benjamin Skinner of Davis, Class of 2024. Dean’s list honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater. Tufts University — with campuses in Boston, Medford/ Somerville and Grafton, Mass.; and in Talloires, France — is recognized among the premier research universities in the United States. — Do you know of someone who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy? Email it to newsroom@davis enterprise.net.
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"The Kind Ones" @ 2:30pm / Free-$15 Magic Theatre, 2 Marina Blvd., Building D, 3rd Floor, San Fran‐ cisco
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@ 8pm / $30 Friday Night Live! Kick-off your weekend with the @ 8am / $1295 sounds of Classic Soul, Feb 17th - Feb 18th Motown, R&B, Funk, Pop‐ At the AI Ethics Summit, you will in‐ ular Standards...and TOP teract with academics, business SHELF! Empress Theatre, leaders and in�uential technolo‐ gists to explore how companies are 330 Virginia Street, Vallejo. developing and deploying AI in an info@topshelfclas ethically responsible way. Hotel sics.com, 510-295-7846 Nikko San Francisco, 222 Mason Top Shelf Classics! Street, San Francisco. stef@reMotown n' More | Empress work.co Theatre, Feb 18th //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Enterprise AI - San Francisco - 17-18 February, 2022
@ 8pm / $30 Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia Street, Vallejo
@ 8am / $1295 Feb 17th - Feb 18th The Enterprise Summit is your op‐ portunity to interact with leading solution providers and technolo‐ gists demystifying the latest AI ap‐ plications enabled via machine learning to uncover its potential. Hotel Nikko San Francisco, 222 Mason Street, San Francisco. stef‐ @re-work.co
"The Kind Ones"
Art Edmaiston: Allman Family Revival @ 7pm The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd, San Francisco
TON: Geri Allen's Genius, Grace, And Fire W/ RAVI COLTRANE, DAVE HOL‐ LAND, & JASON MORAN
@ 7:30pm SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco
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@ 8pm / Free-$15 Magic Theatre, 2 Marina Blvd., Building D, 3rd Floor, San Fran‐ cisco
@ 8pm Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St, San Francisco
Mark Hummel
@ 9:30pm The Saloon, 1232 Grant ave, San Francisco
Editor's Pick The Beach Boys @ 8pm
Ouri @ 8pm Gray Area / Grand Theater, 2665 Mission St, San Francisco
Johnny Stachela: Allman Family Revival
The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd, San Francisco
Center, One Shields Ave, Davis "The Creatures of Prometheus"
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Coco & Clair Clair The Regency Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness, San Francisco
The Acharis
Albert Cummings Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main Street, Napa
@ 8pm Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco
VanJess 1015 Folsom, 1015 Folsom St, San Francisco
Austin Millz
Wed 2/23
1015 Folsom, 1015 Folsom St, San Francisco
@ 10pm Halcyon SF, 314 11th St, San Fran‐ cisco
SBAD 30th Anniversary 2/23
Fri 2/25
Sat 2/19
Mon 2/21
Shasta Hall, Sacramento
"Heroes of the Fourth Turning"
Rotary Club of Davis Weekly Lunch + Program
DJ Peeti-V @ 10pm The Golden Bear, Sacramento
@ 11am
ORCHID MASQERADE 69th ANNUAL PACIFIC //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ORCHID EXPOSITION @ 10am / $15 "Heroes of the Fourth Feb 25th - Feb 27th Turning"
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Boy Scouts @ 5pm San Francisco Bay Area, All Over the Place, San Francisco
Robert Hall
An Evening with LaChanze
Marquis Hill
@ 7pm / $15-$37.50 San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco
@ 7pm Black Cat, 400 Eddy St, San Fran‐ cisco
@ 7pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe
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"Heroes of the Fourth Turning" San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco
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Diego Zegarra Retro Junkie, 2112 N Main St, Wal‐ nut Creek
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Mardi Gras with Jazz Ma�a @ 8pm / $55 Feinstein's at The Nikko, 222 Ma‐ son Street, San Francisco
@ 8pm / $21 Sacramento Theatre Company -Mainstage Theatre, 1419 H Street, Sacramento
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Shwayze
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Spiritual Cramp
@ 5pm San Francisco Bay Area, All Over the Place, San Francisco
@ 7:30pm Capistrano Hall, 6000 J St, Sacra‐ mento
Salvage Title
Connie Han
@ 5pm San Francisco Bay Area, All Over the Place, San Francisco
Secrets
@ 8pm / $48-$133 SACRAMENTO MEMORIAL AUDI‐ TORIUM, 15th and J Streets, //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Sacramento almost monday @ 7pm Harlow's Restaurant & Nightclub, 2708 J St, Sacramento
Foie Gras
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@ 5pm San Francisco Bay Area, All Over the Place, San Francisco
"Secret Minorities" Comedy
Tipling Rock
Punch Line Sacramento, 2100 Ar‐ den Way, Suite 225, Sacramento
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Comedian Dov Davidoff
@ 7:30pm / $12.50 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Ave, San Francisco
@ 5pm San Francisco Bay Area, All Over the Place, San Francisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Brickyard Counter and Bar EDH
@ 7pm Brickyard Counter & Bar, 4364 Town Center Blvd //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #128, El Dorado Hills EKKSTACY Monica Da Silva @ 8pm
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Middle-Aged Queers @ 7pm Cafe Colonial, 3520 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento
Chrissy @ 5pm San Francisco Bay Area, All Over the Place, San Francisco
@ 7pm The Saint, 1351 Main St, Saint He‐ lena //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Great American Music Hall, 859 O'‐ farrell St, San Francisco
Coco & Clair Clair
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Apothecary Raree: Passion! Date Night at the Apothecary
Erasure-Esque- A Live Tribute To Erasure: Erasure-esque + For The //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Masses at Retro Junkie Magic Fusion Starring @ 7pm Retro Junkie, 2112 N Main St, Wal‐ Robert Hall @ 8pm The Regency Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
@ 9pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe
@ 7pm / $15-$20 The Great Northern, 119 Utah Street, San Francisco
Black Excellence Weekend
Simon, Price & Brahms
Thu 2/24 UCSF 15th International Conference on Neonatal & Childhood Pulmonary Vascular Disease
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Sun 2/27 SBAD 30th Anniversary 2/27 @ 6am University Theatre, 6000 J Street Shasta Hall, Sacramento
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Azealia Banks @ 12pm
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Matoma @ 1pm Audio Nightclub, 316 11th St, San Francisco
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@ 8pm MontBleu Resort Casino & //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Spa, 55 Highway 50, "The Kind Ones" Stateline
@ 10pm Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco
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David Spade
@ 9pm The Rellik Tavern, 726 1st St, Benicia Rachel Lark: Bawdy Storytelling
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@ 7:30pm / $35 Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness, San Francisco
@ 7:30pm Jackson Hall - Mondavi Center, One Shields Ave, Davis
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@ 7pm / $20-$115 Golden 1 Center, 500 David J Stern Walk, Sacra‐ mento "Heroes of the Fourth Turning"
Editor's Pick Evidence Dance Company
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@ 7pm / $45 Feinstein's at the Nikko, 222 Ma‐ son Street, San Francisco
Disney On Ice presents Dream Big
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@ 7pm / $15-$37.50 San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco
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Haunted Summer
@ 7pm / $35 Feinstein's at the Nikko, 222 Ma‐ son Street, San Francisco
@ 8pm Harlow's Restaurant & Nightclub, Orchid Masquerade Show & Sale 2708 J St, Sacramento 10am to 5pm Fri - Sun, Feb 25-27, /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 2022 (Preview night Feb 24) at SF County Fair Building (Hall of Flow‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Featured ers) 1199 9th Ave, 1199 9th Av‐ Tiana Major9 enue, San Francisco. info@orchid //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 7pm sanfrancisco.org Uf�e Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St, Sacra‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 5pm mento @ 4pm San Francisco Bay Area, All Over //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The Barlow, Yountville the Place, San Francisco Magic Fusion Starring
@ 12:15pm See website for details . University Park Inn and Suites, 1111 Richards //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Boulevard, Davis. jen.kukis@ed Dan Hoyle: "Talk To Your wardjones.com, 530-564-4655 @ 5pm / $17.50 The Marsh San Francisco Main‐ Stage Theater, 1062 Valencia St., San Francisco
Mardi Gras with Jazz Ma�a & Yvette Pylant
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Alex Acosta: Music Machine
@ 7pm / $10 Oasis, 298 11th Street, San Fran‐ cisco
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My Heart
Black Excellence Weekend - Angel Adedokun LIVE in Concert
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@ 8pm Stateline Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// San Francisco
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@ 3pm / $15-$37.50 San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco
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Body Double
Featured @ 8pm Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// San Francisco Loud Life //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 7pm Jeff Tweedy DNA Lounge, 375 11th St, San @ 8pm Francisco The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd, San //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Francisco Duane Betts //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 7pm Mark Eitzel The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd, San @ 8pm Francisco Fran Lebowitz The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd, San //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 7:30pm Francisco TERRI LYNE CARRING‐ Jackson Hall - Mondavi
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@ 5pm Artist Glenna Cole Allee will discuss her multi-disciplinary and multiyear series Hanford Reach CHUNG | NAMONT, 4071 24th Street, San Francisco. info@chungna mont.com, 415-795-1643
Brewing, 9 E Main St Suite J, Winters
Sacramento native Art Padilla has been mastering the guitar since age 11, however he’s been playing professionally since 1999. His love and passion for guitar has al‐ lowed him to explore all types of sounds ranging from pop-punk, metal, pop, rock and country.
@ 7pm The Masonic, 1111 California St, San Francisco
AI Ethics - San Francisco 17-18 February, 2022
ARTIST TALK: Glenna Cole Allee at Noe Valley’s CHUNG | NAMONT art gallery
@ 1pm
Tiana Major9
Top Shelf Classics! Motown n' More | Empress Theatre, Feb 18th ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@ 8am / $1295 Feb 17th - Feb 18th Join the only Reinforcement Learn‐ ing Summit bringing together the latest academic advancements and discovering emerging re‐ search, current and expected im‐ pact of these methods across sec‐ tors. Hotel Nikko San Francisco, 222 Mason Street, San Francisco. stef@re-work.co
Art Padilla
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@ 8am / $1295 Feb 17th - Feb 18th Explore with us the latest techno‐ logical advancements in Deep Learning as we hear from industry experts and leading researchers working across an array of topics in AI development and AI applica‐ tions. Hotel Nikko San Francisco, 222 Mason Street, San Francisco. stef@re-work.co
Reinforcement Learning Summit - San Francisco 17-18 February, 2022
Saturday Feb 19th
Editor's Voice
Featured
@ 7pm / $15-$20 Oasis, 298 11th Street, San Fran‐ cisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Dan Hoyle: "Talk To Your People"
@ 7pm / $17.50 @ 7:30am / $250-$595 August Wilson's The Marsh San Francisco Main‐ Feb 24th - Feb 26th "Fences" @ 6pm Stage Theater, 1062 Valencia St., In this meeting, we will bring to‐ The Expendables San Francisco @ 2pm / $21 Be Bubbly Napa Valley, gether international experts to ex‐ @ 8pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Sacramento Theatre Com‐ 1407 2nd St, Napa plore our current understanding of //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia "Heroes of the Fourth the basic pathobiology as well as pany -- Mainstage The‐ J Roddy Walston Street, Vallejo new and future therapies for pul‐ Turning" atre, 1419 H Street, Sacra‐ @ 8pm / $25 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// monary vascular disease. Hilton @ 8pm / $15-$37.50 mento The Independent, 628 Divisadero "The Kind Ones" 27th Annual Advances in San Francisco Financial District, San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post St, San Francisco @ 8pm / Free-$15 "The Creatures of Diagnosis and Treatment 750 Kearny Street, San Francisco. Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Magic Theatre, 2 Marina Blvd., Prometheus" of Sleep Apnea and //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// info@ocme.ucsf.edu, 415-476Building D, 3rd Floor, San Fran‐ @ 2pm / $30-$35 Snoring 4251 Mardi Gras with Jazz Ma�a cisco Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van @ 8am / $395-$695 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// & Yvette Pylant //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Andrew Bundy, Tawnee Ness, San Francisco Feb 18th - Feb 19th @ 8pm / $55 SBAD 30th Anniversary /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Kendall & Kevin Florian Roosevelt Collier Join us for a multidisciplinary 2 day Feinstein's at The Nikko, 222 Ma‐ 2/24 "Heroes of the Fourth @ 9:15pm LIVE @ Casements Bar conference addressing the diagno‐ son Street, San Francisco @ 11am @ 6:30pm Turning" sis, medical, and surgical treatment Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// University Theatre, 6000 J Street St, San Francisco Casements Bar, 2351 Mission St, @ 2pm / $15-$37.50 options for sleep apnea. Grand Hy‐ Shasta Hall, Sacramento August Wilson's "Fences" //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// San Francisco San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post att San Francisco, 345 Stockton //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 8pm / $21 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco Marc Maron: This May Be Street, San Francisco. info@ Sacramento Theatre Company -Rotary Club of Winters /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The Last Time ocme.ucsf.edu, 415-476-4251 Mainstage Theatre, 1419 H Street, Weekly Lunch Featured @ 9:30pm / $55 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Tommy Guerrero Sacramento @ 12:15pm / $5-$20 Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon @ 2:30pm Holy Craft Comedy: Stand//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Buckhorn, 2 Main Street, Winters Street, San Francisco Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, up Comedy & Bottomless //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Left/Right @ Public Works //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// San Francisco @ 8pm / Free-$15 Magic Theatre, 2 Marina Blvd., Building D, 3rd Floor, San Fran‐ cisco
Editor's Pick
Bailey Callahan Music
Fri 2/18
Tue 2/22
Beer and Mimosas
@ 7pm / $17.55-$45 Stand Up Comedy with Bottomless Beer + Mimosas at Chinatown's best bar! Holy Craft Brewery Tap‐ room · San Francisco Craft Beer, 787 Broadway, San Francisco. luigidiazom@gmail.com
Sacramento Kings vs. Denver Nuggets
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Dan Hoyle: "Talk To Your People"
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child @ 7pm Curran Theatre, 445 Geary St, San Francisco
@ 7pm / $17.50 The Marsh San Francisco Main‐ Stage Theater, 1062 Valencia St., San Francisco
Editor's Pick
Heartbeat Opera //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 2pm Jackson Hall - Mondavi Center, One Shields Ave, Davis //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Heroes of the Fourth Simon, Price & Brahms Turning" Marquis Hill
@ 7pm Black Cat, 400 Eddy St, San Fran‐ cisco
@ 7:30pm / $35 Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness, San Francisco
Editor's Pick
Sun 2/20
@ 2pm / $15-$37.50 San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco
Magic Fusion Starring Matt Marcy
@ 7pm / $10-$479 Golden 1 Center, 500 David J Stern Walk, Sacramento
[PlurAF x Fraktured]
@ 9pm Public Works, 161 Erie St, San Francisco
@ 7pm / $15-$37.50 San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco
Accidents at Sundown, The Pits, Moving Van @ 7:30pm / $15 Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, San Francisco
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"Heroes of the Fourth Turning"
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@ 2pm / $21 Sacramento Theatre Company -Mainstage Theatre, 1419 H Street, Sacramento
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TK Moyer: Who's That? @ 7:30pm / $18 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Avenue, San Francisco
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Derek Ted: hunny west coast tour
@ 7pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe
@ 7:30pm Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco
"Heroes of the Fourth Turning"
Joe Vann (of From Indian Lakes) Live!
@ 7pm / $15-$37.50 San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco
@ 7:30pm Amado's, 998 Valencia St, San Francisco
Turning" @ 3pm / $15-$37.50 San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco
@ 8pm Great American Music Hall, 859 O'‐ farrell St, San Francisco
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People" @ 5pm / $17.50 The Marsh San Francisco Main‐ Stage Theater, 1062 Valencia St., San Francisco
El Rio, 3158 Mission St, San Fran‐ cisco
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B6 THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE
Gawking husband is taught a lesson Dear Annie: My son and his family have shut me out of their lives. It has gotten to the point where, when I see them in public, they turn away. There was never any big blowout; they just stopped coming around or talking to me. I have apologized to them for whatever I did. I tried calling them on the phone. I’ve written letters and sent them through the mail, and I messaged them on Facebook. I also emailed them, and no response. This has been going on for five years. I have cried endless nights about this. My question is, where do I go from here? It has been the grief that “keeps on giving.” — Dazed and Confused Dear Dazed and Confused: Five years is too long for you to stay stuck in the dark about why your son and his family have shut you out. Their decision to ignore you is really painful, and it is understandable that you have cried about it. Not knowing why is probably part of the reason you are stuck in your grief — because at some level, you understandably hold out hope that he and his family will come around and let you into their lives. Keep trying to reach out respectfully. If he continues to shut you out, know that you have exhausted all steps to try to get close to him. At some point, you have to just accept the situation as it is and try to move toward making yourself and your life happy. Pick up a new hobby; make new friends; or adopt a pet at your local shelter. ——— Dear Annie: My husband used to check out other women in an obvious way, but no more. What happened was this: We were in our early 40s, both on our second marriages, and we met for a date one night after work. We sat at the bar due to the crowd on a Friday, and two women across the bar were flirting with him. Just smiles and eye games, but he was soaking up the attention, essentially ignoring me. I quietly got up, took my purse, walked out and drove home. It took him a minute to realize that I was gone, and those women were cracking up! He came home just a few minutes behind me, all embarrassed because I had ditched him. I let him
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022 know that I didn’t care if he appreciated pretty women but gawking in my presence was flat-out disrespectful. It never happened again. — Expecting Respect Dear Expecting Respect: Thank you for sharing your very creative way to get your husband to stop gawking at other women. Most times, people treat us the way we expect to be treated. Good for you. ——— Dear Annie: I live in New Mexico and had a longtime friendship with a lady who had tragic things happen in her life. Her oldest son committed suicide at 16. Her husband died at 49. My husband and I really went above and beyond to help her after both of these untimely deaths. She has a younger married son and a grandson who moved from New Mexico to Austin, Texas, five years ago. This friend and her mother moved a year later, as she particularly wanted to be near her 9-year-old grandson. I have tried to keep in touch with her, texting mostly, and I send “thinking of you” cards, etc. She only seems to text me after I have texted her first. Lately, she seems to not be attentive at all whereas before, she would try more. I have a feeling her life is different now in Texas. Maybe she has new friends and is losing touch with her old friends who were there for her when she was in need. My question is, should I keep trying to stay in touch with her, though sometimes hard from a distance, or let her make more of an effort if she really wants to keep our friendship? I would appreciate any advice on this. — Marlene Dear Marlene: You
sound like an extraordinary friend and continue to prove that in the way you show up for those who are important to you — be it years ago, when this woman experienced unimaginable loss and needed support through the grief, or today, in how you keep the door open for communication and friendship despite the physical distance between you two. Over time, friendships ebb and flow, and it seems right now, this one is ebbing. Be direct and ask what’s going on for your friend in Texas. There may be a handful of reasons why she isn’t putting in the same effort you are. It might be that you two have simply outgrown each other. If so, focus on your more fruitful friendships, but keep this door open for a future connection to flow. ——— Dear Annie: I’ve known my friend for nine years. We dated for about two years and then broke up. We were back and forth with each other, so we decided in 2016 that we would get married, but then we ended the relationship again. We remain friends. Toward the end of 2019, “Edward” got seriously sick. He was so sick that he had two operations that left him with aches and pain, and loss of memory. He remembered things on a day-by-day basis. He will never be able to go back to work; he’s disabled now. I’ve been helping him out all this time, but now it’s time for his family to take over. I do everything for him because he doesn’t know how to do much anymore. I advised his family that soon I will not be helping him anymore and told them that they need to step
up and come take over caring for him. Edward thinks that I’m wrong for this, but he doesn’t understand that I gave up my personal life to be there for him all these years. For two years, my life has been on hold, and it’s time that I get my life back. He’s telling all his neighbors that I’m leaving him by himself and that he doesn’t know how he’s going to live without help. He needs 24-hour care. It’s time for his family to help out. To be clear, there’s nothing between Edward and me. We’re just friends. I guess I felt sorry for him because no one else would come when he needed the help. Please give me some feedback. — Tired Friend in Vegas Dear Tired: Even though he’s not expressing it, Edward is incredibly fortunate to have someone in his life as compassionate and supportive as you are. Without you, he would likely have had a very different experience these last two years. With his health deteriorating as quickly and severely as you’ve described, it sounds like the care Edward really needs is beyond what any one person can give him. Now is the time for his family to consider at-home aides or living care facilities equipped with resources and staff that can better and more easily provide for him.
How can I move on from the past? Dear Annie: I am a 52-year-old man who came to this country when I was 15. I met this friend, “Tom,” when I was in high school, and I spent a lot of time at his house when I was 16. His mom, “Diane,” was very kind to me, and she was 39 years old at the time. She would take me home after a visit. One night, when she was taking me home, she stopped the car and molested me. From then on, Diane
would molest me quite often. She started brainwashing me and manipulating me, saying that I didn’t need anyone but her. So I disowned my family and moved in with this family. Diane divorced her husband to be with me. I didn’t want any of this, but that was all I knew at 16. I eventually married my abuser when I was in my early 20s. During our marriage, I could have and should have left. I stayed because she had been brainwashing me since I was 16 to love her and only her. Fast-forward to 2019; Diane divorced me because she found someone else who is still married and 15 years younger than she is. Now I miss my own family and keep thinking about how she robbed me of my teenage years and years afterward. My question is: Is there anything I can do legally to hold her accountable for the molestation since there is no statute of limitations on sexual abuse? — Loss and Regret Dear Loss and Regret: I am so sorry that you had to encounter such a horrible, manipulative person when you were young and vulnerable. No child — and child is what you were — should have to suffer that type of abuse. You sound like you have had some good therapy because you see now that her behavior was truly manipulative and intended to brainwash you. My guess is that your healing and self-care journey will last a lifetime, but that will only make life more joyful. What we put in, we get out of this life. Of course you miss your family, and that is what the healing is for. Tell them that all the time — how much you missed them. You can’t go back to the past, but you can look to the future. There is a reason the rearview mirror is a lot smaller than the forward-facing windshield. Look toward the future and, as much as you can, forgive your perpetrator
and forgive the young boy who didn’t know any better. Once you give yourself that gift, you will feel lighter and less angry. As for legal recourse, I’m not sure. I will print this letter in hopes that an attorney who specializes in this type of law might write to me. But seeking legal action and having to relive all the trauma again and again might not be the best way for YOU to move forward. The best revenge is living well, so continue to stay committed to that course. I just read this quote and am hoping it will ring true for you: “The kindest people are not born that way, they are made. They are the sounds that have experienced so much at the hands of life, they are the ones who have dug themselves out of the dark, who have fought to turn every loss into a lesson. The kindest people do not just exist — they choose to soften where circumstance has tried to harden them, they choose to believe in goodness, because they have seen firsthand why compassion is so necessary. They have seen firsthand why tenderness is so important in this world.” — Bianca Sparacino Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com. To SUBSCRIBE, visit davisenterprise.com/ subscribe For LEGAL NOTICES, email legals@ davisenterprise.net or call Shawn at 530-747-8061. For CLASSIFIEDS or OBITUARIES, email classads@ davis enterprise.net or obit@davisenterprise.net LOBBY HOURS: Monday - Wednesday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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B8 THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022
Some Super-sized fun facts about big game A s a prelude to Today’s Super Bowl LVI, some facts, figures, quirks and oddities about the previous 55. n The first Super Bowl was played Jan. 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. It matched the NFL Champion Green Bay Packers against AFL Champion Kansas City Chiefs. The Packers rallied in the second half for a 35-10 victory. Super Bowl I is the only Super Bowl that was not a sellout. n The city of Miami has hosted the most Super Bowls, 11. New Orleans is next with 10. Los Angeles is third with seven. And LVI is the first Super Bowl in Los Angeles since 1993, as the Rams played in St. Louis from 1995 to 2015. n Only one current NFL city has never played in, nor hosted, a Super Bowl game. Cleveland. n The closest Super Bowl was XXV in 1991. The New York Giants edged the Buffalo Bills 20-19. A last-second Bills field goal try from 47 yards sailed
wide right. n The biggest rout came in XXIV in 1990. The San Francisco 49ers waxed the Denver Broncos 55-10. n There has never been a shutout in Super Bowl history. n Nine games have ended with the losing team scoring in single digits. Most recent was last year, Tampa Bay 31, Kansas City 9. n Four NFL teams have yet to play in a Super Bowl: Cleveland, noted above, Jacksonville, Detroit and Houston. n The New England Patriots have the most Super Bowl appearances, 11. n The Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers are tied for the most victories, six. The 49ers and Dallas Cowboys each have five. Green Bay and the New York Giants are four-time Super Bowl champions. These six franchises have won 30 of the 55 games played to date. n The Bills and Minnesota
Vikings are each 0-4 in Super Bowl play. n The most individual rushing yards, 204, came from a guy who was the ultimate one-hit wonder: Timmy Smith, Washington, in Super Bowl XXII. n Despite not having played in a Super Bowl in almost a decade, several 49ers’ records still stand. Jerry Rice had 215 yards in Super Bowl XXIII. He is also the only player ever to score three receiving touchdowns in two separate games. n The first three games in the late 1960s were officially known at the time as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
It wasn’t until the fourth game, Kansas City beating Minnesota, that the contest would officially be called the Super Bowl. The name came via Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt’s daughter, who played with a rubber Super Ball. n The official Super Bowl program, produced by H.O. Zimman Inc, is 288 pages and full of great reading. To obtain a copy, go to superbowlprogram.us and enter WSB56 for a discounted price. n Of the 55 winning Super Bowl quarterbacks, 19 wore jersey No. 12. n Dallas Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley remains the only player from a losing team to win Most Valuable Player honors. That came in Super Bowl V. n There is one sports journalist who has covered each of the 55 Super Bowls. He is Jerry Green of the Detroit News and he’ll be in the SoFi Stadium press box. Now age 90, with travel a
burden, Green has hinted at snapping his streak at 56 “because that’s the same number of games Joe DiMaggio hit safely in.” n Both the Bengals and Rams hail from cities that possess a loyal chili following. Skyline Chili in Cincinnati is known around the world. Most all Southern Californians, plus visitors, have experienced a Tommy’s Burger, topped with Tommy’s World-Famous Chili, at some time in their lives. This corner awards each 4.5 stars out of 5. n Simply because this is what everyone does leading up to Super Bowl Sunday: Bengals 31, Rams 29. Enjoy the game. — The longtime radio and television color man on UC Davis football broadcasts, Doug Kelly is director of communications for Battlefields2Ballfields and managing general partner of Kelly & Associates. Contact him at DKelly1416@aol.com.
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bets. For instance, the House is offering 80-1 odds if someone runs back the opening kickoff for a touchdown. There’s no way for the House to balance money on a bet like that, which is why there are literally hundreds of sucker bets out there and only a few will actually hit.
And not to worry when the game is over, there’s still more action to be had. First, you can bet on which color of Gatorade the winning coach will have dumped on his head, with “Orange” the clear favorite. And then there will be the naming of the Most Valuable Player, where you can bet on who gets thanked first — his teammates, the fans, God, family, coaches or the team owner. As for me, I’m thanking God that we only have to go through this ritual once a year. — Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise. net.
Special to The Enterprise After dropping the doubles point, the UC Davis men’s tennis team rallied to edge Sacramento State, 4-3, and capture the Causeway Cup on Friday at the Mayra Welch Tennis Center. Junior Andrei Volgin earned the first Aggie win on the day, downing Mark Keki at the No. 1 spot, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Fellow junior Andras Necz rallied after dropping the first set to handle Ori Maior, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. The Aggies then took the lead when freshman Ryan Morgan won at No. 5 against Patrick Wong, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Aggie Ryan Torres dropped the first set to Mate Voros but then claimed the second set, 6-3. Torres
UCD roundup then sent the Aggies celebrating after winning the final set, 7-6.
Equestrian The Aggies opened the second half of the 2021-22 season at UT Martin in Tennessee and took fences and reining from the No. 9 Skyhawks but fell 8-11 on Friday. UC Davis (2-4, 1-3) opened the meet by winning fences 3-2, led by Keely Laughlin’s career-best 87 that netted her a 13-point win. Four of the Aggies’ fences scores were better than 80 with Carly Sweeney (83) and Tasia Anstad (82) winning by two and 12
points respectively while Nicole Beales lost 84-85. Beales was the only Aggie point in flat with a 67.5-63.5 win.
Women’s tennis For the first time this season, the Aggie women’s tennis team lost a home match as San Francisco escaped with 4-3 win Friday. UCD swept the doubles point, battling after a 6-0 win from junior Yana Gurevich and freshman Arianna Stavropoulos. Sophomores Olive Maunupau and Carly Schwartzberg picked up the second point with a 7-5 win at No. 3 doubles. Senior Sara Tsukamoto and junior Lauren Ko also won, 7-5, at No. 2.