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Masked-up students at Rio Tierra Junior High School in Sacramento build a portable air cleaner using a box fan and high efficiency air filters in September. State officials announced this week that the mask mandate in California schools would continue through the end of the month.

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State to keep school mask mandate Rule in place through February By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer California will continue to require face masks indoors at K-12 schools for now, but will reassess in two weeks whether the mask mandate will remain in place beyond February. That reassessment will focus on COVID-19 case rates, test

positivity, hospitalizations and vaccination rates. While new cases and test positivity have plummeted in recent weeks from a high in mid-January, vaccination rates among children have not changed much in recent months. According to state data, just 36 percent of 5- to 11-year-olds in Yolo County are fully vaccinated and 55 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds. But during a press briefing

Monday, California’s secretary of health and human services, Dr. Mark Ghaly, said there is no threshold for what vaccination rates — or other criteria -- must be before lifting the mask mandate in schools. “We don’t plan at this point to set a threshold above which or below which something happens. What I think is the real opportunity today is to explain to Californians where we are with childhood vaccinations, that we have a long way to go,

and to work with families and communities to get that number up. “It is an important — one of the most important — mitigation approaches that we’ve seen, and I’d certainly hope as a pediatrician those numbers go up, but without sticking a number out there,” Ghaly said. “I think right now the point is, as we anticipate changing, now is great time to get vaccinated.”

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Animal-rights group sues UCD over monkeys By Caleb Hampton

could be implanted in their brains as part of Neuralink’s development of a “brain-machine interface” the committee said.

Enterprise staff writer The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit doctors’ group, filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture last week, alleging that UC Davis’ primate research center violated the Animal Welfare Act by conducting “invasive and deadly brain experiments” on 23 monkeys. The experiments were carried out through a partnership with Neuralink, a company owned by Elon Musk, which paid UC Davis $1.4 million to fund the research. According to the Physicians Committee, which opposes the use of animals for medical research, their complaint is based on hundreds of pages of documents the group obtained through a 2021 public records

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A rhesus monkey eats a zucchini in the outdoor space of the California Primate Center at UC Davis. lawsuit. The documents revealed that monkeys at UC Davis’ primate center had parts of their skulls removed so that electrodes

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“The Physician Committee points out in its complaint that Neuralink and UC Davis staff failed to provide dying monkeys with adequate veterinary care, used an unapproved substance known as ‘Bioglue’ that killed monkeys by destroying portions of their brains, and failed to provide for the psychological wellbeing of monkeys assigned to the experiment,” the group said in a press release. Contrary to the press release, BioGlue, a surgical adhesive, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2001.

WOODLAND — Prior to his arrest in connection with two road-rage shootings last week in Davis, Andre Chevill Wilson faced charges stemming from two Alameda County homicides, according to court records. Wilson was conWILSON victed of voluntary manslaughter in Facing charges 1991, and a murder arrest in 2010 resulted in a plea agreement in which he admitted to a lesser charge of assault with a firearm, online records show. His status as a convicted felon prohibited Wilson from possessing guns, but records show he was arrested for that offense in 1994 and 1998, both cases resulting in state prison time. Authorities say Wilson unlawfully carried guns again last Thursday when he allegedly used an AR-15 assault rifle to open fire on two motorists on Mace Boulevard, following a reported road-rage altercation

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School board turns focus to property issues By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer

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Thursday, Feb. 17, marks another DJUSD school board meeting. Making up the agenda are reoccurring topics, various approvals as well as updates on pertinent happenings throughout the school district. Heading the list is the adoption of the amended California Environment Quality Act notice of exemption for the Davis Senior High School aquatic center, STEM building and Career Technical Education projects. CEQA requires the district to adhere to specific environmental regulations and documentation based on the specific nature of each proposed project. Back on May 6, 2021, the board had adopted a CEQA

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Briefly Teen suspected in Big 5 robbery Davis police arrested a 17-year-old Woodland boy last week on suspicion of robbing the Big 5 store in West Davis. Employees of the West Covell Boulevard store called police at about 1:20 p.m. Friday, reporting that the teen, who they said stole ammunition from the store two days earlier, had returned and was heading to the firearms department, according to the Davis Police Department’s online police log. The teen threatened a clerk and stole a Glock handgun replica along with ammunition, Lt. Ilya Bezuglov said. Officers arrested the suspect as he ran through The Marketplace shopping center.

Crash closes Mace overpass A stretch of Mace Boulevard was closed for more than 12 hours Monday, the result of a solo vehicle collision that left the driver critically injured, according to the Davis Police Department. Lt. Ilya Bezuglov said the motorist was traveling southbound on Mace, approaching the I-80 overpass, at about 1 a.m. “The vehicle veered to the left, crossing six traffic lanes, and then collided with the concrete wall and fence,” Bezuglov said. “Bystanders were able to the pull the driver ... out as it was catching fire.”

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We expend all this energy to save power

o, you’re using less energy than ever, but your PG&E bill is soaring. Join the club. According to the kind folks at PG&E, who have been bombarding me with energy saving tips, “Natural gas prices from November 2021 to January 2022 have been 90 percent higher than last winter.” I figured that was the bad news, which would be followed by the good news that PG&E has decided to eat the increase as a gesture of goodwill because we’re all in this thing together. “The cost of these gas energy purchases are directly passed through to customers.” Apparently I was wrong. But not to worry. PG&E actually claims it wants me to use less energy, which is like Chevron saying I really ought to sell my car and take the train. PG&E says I should “cook meals in large batches,” which is a great idea if you like to eat leftovers three days in a row. Of course, lots of leftovers generally require that you have a large refrigerator, which is one of the

biggest energy-eaters in the kitchen. If you end up not eating what’s left over from cooking in large batches, your food bill will skyrocket along with everything else. PG&E has an answer for that, too. “Reheating leftovers in a microwave takes less time and uses up to 80 percent less energy than a standard oven.” Fine and dandy, but if you didn’t cook in large batches in the first place, you wouldn’t have to use any energy at all – microwave or otherwise – reheating your food. Moving out of the kitchen, PG&E notes that home heating makes up 25 percent of my

monthly bill, which made me afraid they’d suggest the whole family sleep in the same bed to use body heat to stay warm instead of natural gas. “You can save 10 percent on your heating bills by simply turning your thermostat down. Set your thermostat to 68 degrees in the winter.” Forget heating, given the weather recently, if we set our thermostat to 68 degrees, the air conditioning will kick in. How about turning the thermostat to “off ” and tossing on an old sweatshirt from your favorite college?

n addition to messing with the thermostat, PG&E suggests we can keep our home heating bills low by reversing the direction of our ceiling fan. This, of course, assumes you have a ceiling fan, but I suspect this little trick works only in the Southern Hemisphere. Besides, the last time I tried to reverse the direction of our ceiling fan, it remained motionless but the whole house started circling

the neighborhood. Moving on to personal hygiene, PG&E advises that “Showering accounts for up to 40 percent of the average home’s hot water use. Quick solution to that: take a cold water shower, which will save water, too, given that no one will be in there for more than 30 seconds. Or shower at the nearest athletic club, whether you’re a member or not. And given that the temperature regularly dips into the 30s or low 40s at this time of year, how about turning your refrigerator off every night from midnight to sunrise and moving all perishables onto the backyard patio. There are many ways to beat this PG&E bill and I plan to use them all. When my bill is finally cut in half, I’ll publish it in this space so everyone can take advantage of my expertise. It’s the least I can do for the town that I love. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterpirse.net.

Yolo County reports 7 more COVID fatalities By Anne Ternus-Bellamy

The county has reported 944 new cases over the last seven days — a total that would exceed most weeks during the pandemic but which marks a significant decline from the height of the Omicron surge in January when the county saw 3,000 cases a week. New cases and test positivity have plummeted at UC Davis, with 129 new cases reported since Feb. 6 and a test positivity of 0.61 percent. At the height of the Omicron surge, the campus was reporting more than 200 new cases daily and a test positivity rate near 5 percent. Numbers are improving for the school district as well, though more students tested positive for COVID-19 in the first 11 days of February than in any month during the past year except January, when 959 students tested positive.

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Flames shoot from an Oak Avenue duplex where two garages caught fire Saturday night.

Duplex fire displaces seven residents By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer The Davis Fire Department is investigating the cause of a blaze that damaged an Oak Avenue duplex Saturday night, displacing seven residents. Battalion Chief Emily Lo said firefighters received reports at 11:30 p.m. of the second-alarm fire, “with people trapped in the backyard of multiple units.”

Crews from the Davis and UC Davis fire departments responded to the incident in the 1500 block of Oak Avenue to find both of the duplex’s garages on fire. One family had evacuated their unit, and firefighters helped three others — two in a backyard and one still inside a residence — escape safely, Lo said. “They did an excellent job of stopping the fire from spreading,” controlling the

blaze in about 25 minutes, Lo said. She noted the fire appeared to be electrical in nature, but the investigation is ongoing to pinpoint the cause. None of the residents was injured from the fire, although one person was later transported to the hospital “as a precaution” for a medical issue, Lo said. Crews cleared the scene at about 2:40 a.m.

Yolo County reported seven more COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, including two Davis residents over the age of 75. The other deaths occurred in Woodland, West Sacramento, Winters and the unincorporated county. Since the pandemic began, 289 county residents have died of COVID-19. The city of Davis has lost 26 residents to the virus, including four in the last three weeks. Hospitalizations are holding steady, with 14 COVID-19 patients in the county’s two hospitals on Tuesday, four of them vaccinated. COVID-19 hospitalizations have hovered between 10 and 20 on any given day in recent weeks. But new cases of COVID-19 continue to decline across the board.

Obituary Elaine Fingerett 1951—2021

Elaine Fingerett was a woman with an amazingly broad set of talents, interests, and accomplishments. She was born in Hollywood in 1951 and grew up in the Los Angeles area, graduating from Birmingham High School in 1969. Her first two years of college were at UCLA, but she then found a true home, graduating with a bachelor’s degree from UC Santa Cruz in 1973. In 1974, she began graduate school at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. Alan Hastings was sitting behind her in a class that fall and was immediately smitten. Elaine stood out in Ithaca as the Californian always wearing sunglasses. Already in Ithaca, Elaine displayed her musical talent, singing in a local, successful, rock band, but the late nights and smoky bars were not to her liking. Elaine and Alan married in her parents’ back yard in 1977 and in an act of great bravery (and love) Elaine immediately moved with Alan to Pullman, Wash., without ever having seen the city. Elaine finished her

master’s degree in botany at Washington State University. Together with Alan, Elaine moved to Davis in 1979. In Davis, Elaine was back in her habitat, Northern California, and she spent the rest of her life there. Riding a bicycle, growing vegetables and fruit, and making good trouble in the name of a variety of progressive causes, Elaine found Davis to be the perfect home. Her day jobs ranged from working in the rape prevention education program to more than a dozen years at the UC Davis Arboretum. At the Arboretum, she facilitated numerous wonderful public programs and played a central role in the Learning by Leading Program and was adored by all the students. There she incorporated both her scientific and artistic sides, establishing the folk jam at the Wyatt Deck and partnering with many to facilitate programs that emphasized both science and the arts. What is now Davis Shakespeare got its start there with help from

Elaine. She retired in 2018. She taught herself accordion (and FINGERETT marimba and ukulele and more) and played her accordion regularly at the Davis Farmer’s market with the Davis Klezmer Orchestra, and more widely with the Freilachmakers, a Sacramento based group. She also played Irish music, and everyone got a birthday chorus from her with the ukelele! On the political side, she was an early leader of the Yolo County chapter of the National Organization for Women, worked to make Davis a pro-choice city, pushed to get broad nondiscrimination laws passed in the city, worked to get the plastic bag ordinance passed (helped with a song she wrote and performed) and much more. She ran for Yolo County Supervisor, but did not win. Elaine and Alan together raised two wonderful children, Elaine was a loving mother, passing on her passion for tikkun olam,

“repairing the world” to them both. Especially after the children were grown, Elaine and Alan enjoyed travel around the world, finding a particular love for Hawaii which seemed to be a perfect match to Elaine’s sunny disposition and love of music and of nature. Elaine loved going to plays, and to museums, insisting on taking any tour offered. Elaine will be remembered for her smile, her enthusiasm, her boundless energy, her commitment to justice and community building, and much more. She is survived by her loving husband, Alan, her

children, Sara and Toby, her four grandchildren that she adored, and her sister Judy. Elaine was buried in Davis, with a graveside ceremony, shortly after she died in December after a long illness. Many got to say goodbye in person at the funeral with more on zoom. If you feel moved to donate in Elaine’ memory, the family suggests either a favorite charity, a radical political cause, or the Elaine R. Fingerett Learning by Leading Endowment at UC Davis, https:// give.ucdavis.edu/ AARB/125040.

Death notice John Carl Bruhn A Celebration of John Carl Bruhn’s Life will be held at the Lutheran Church of the Incarnation, 1701 Russell Blvd. in Davis, at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 3. This in-person event will be outdoors on the west lawn, weather permitting. The service will also be livestreamed with a link posted at WWW.LCIDAVIS.org.

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Finding a way to build climate bridges M S oving the goalposts: Back when George W. Bush was president and jokes about climate seemed funny, it was said that he had come up with a way to reduce global temperatures without all the mess and fuss of increasing mileage standards and increasing energy efficiency of appliances. Change from Fahrenheit to Celsius: that would lower temperatures from 80 degrees to 27 degrees. Ha, ha.

Upon first reading (New York Times, Feb. 3, 2022) the article titled “Europe Labels Nuclear and Natural Gas as Sustainable Investments” brought this old joke to mind, especially as the lead paragraph indicated nuclear and natural-gas plants would be labeled as “transitional green investments in order to drastically cut the continent’s greenhouse gas emissions.” And further in the article, The European Commission said, “the classification was critical to meeting the legally binding target to become climate neutral by 2050.” But the article indicated greater complexity than can be reduced to a first impression and, indeed, seems to me to capture much of the discussion about the path forward. According to the article, proponents of this new “taxonomy”

argue that “nuclear power and natural gas must be supported as ‘bridges’ until renewable technologies — like solar, wind and eventually hydrogen — can generate enough power to replace fossil fuels.” The plan would label new nuclear and natural gas plants as “transitional” sources of green energy. In terms of nuclear energy, governments would have to guarantee that disposal of radioactive waste was safe and new nuclear plants could only be described as sustainable investments until 2045. New natural gas plants would only qualify if they were replacing a coal-fired plant. A couple things before we go on. One, it’s interesting how often hydrogen is now being mentioned as a fuel for a climate-safe future. Second, I’ve never completely understood the rationale behind nuclear being lumped in with coal and natural gas as a non-renewable, nongreen energy source. It’s true that nuclear plants rely on fuel

replacement over time and these fuels are generated by extractive industries. But can’t it also be said that electric cars and the huge battery systems being contemplated to provide and balance electricity to the grid require replacement of lithium that also comes from extractive industries. Nuclear is carbon-free, as, for that matter, is large-scale hydro-electric, but both are generally not considered to be renewable “green” technologies when it comes to greenhouse gases. Back to the article. Opponents, including the Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change argue that encouraging investment in natural gas is contrary to the European Union’s “ambitions to set the international benchmark for credible science-based standards for classifying sustainable economic activities.” The Platform on Sustainable Finance also opposed the proposal stating that how different sources of power are described was supposed to “create a steady flow of green investments. Instead, we are going to get a tsunami of greenwashing. It penalizes clean technologies. It will stifle innovation and direct billions of eros to investments in ‘business as usual.’” Not to mention that power

plants built in 2025 will still be operating in 2045.

o where did this controversial proposal come from? This is where politics enters in. The European Union consists of 27 countries with widely varying needs, politics and and opinions. The article summarizes the proposal’s provenance. “The legislation published on Wednesday is an attempt to find a compromise between several countries: those that back the use of nuclear power, led by France; gas dependent Eastern European nations; and countries such as Germany and Luxembourg that oppose the proliferation of nuclear power stations.” And, Austria and Luxembourg threatened legal action if nuclear power was labeled green. Austria, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands urged the commission not to include any “fossil gas-based activities as sustainable.” Complicated enough? Consider the process. In order to block this legislation, at least 15 countries representing a minimum of 65 percent of the population of all the countries in the European Union would be required to agree to rescind the law. It could also be blocked by the European Parliament, but, again, there does not appear to be enough opposition to do so.

MONKEYS: Neuralink details 8 deaths From Page A1 that Neuralink researchers used the school’s California National Primate Research Center facilities through a collaboration that concluded in 2020. “UC Davis staff provided veterinary care including round-the-clock monitoring of experimental animals,” university spokeswoman Melissa Blouin said. “Animal research is strictly regulated and UC Davis follows all applicable laws and regulations including those of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which makes regular inspections, and the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare.” On Monday, Neuralink published a blog post responding to PCRM’s complaint. According to the post, Neuralink began its partnership with UC Davis in 2017 and worked with university staff at the primate center for two and a half years. In 2020, the company relocated its animal research, including some of the monkeys from UC Davis, to a newly built in-house facility. “Our goal is to enable a person with paralysis to use a computer or phone with their brain activity alone,”

the company said of the brain interface research it conducted at UC Davis. According to Neuralink, a number of animals already slated for euthanasia were assigned to the research project, which involved conducting novel surgeries on cadavers and terminally ill monkeys. “These animals were assigned to our project on the day of the surgery for our terminal procedure because they had a wide range of pre-existing conditions unrelated to our research,” the company stated. “The use of every animal was extensively planned and considered to balance scientific discovery with the ethical use of animals.” Neuralink acknowledged, however, that two animals were euthanized in order to gather histological data, and six more were euthanized due to medical complications related to the Neuralink research. In one instance, there was a surgical complication involving the use of BioGlue. In another, an animal was put down following a “device failure,” while four more were euthanized due to device-related infections. In total, at least eight animals died as a direct result of the Neuralink

research, according to the company. At least one monkey, named Pager, was successfully implanted with a Neuralink device and achieved “outstanding brain-computer interface performance, while freely behaving and unrestrained,” the company said. Neuralink published a video demonstrating the technology, which shows Pager playing a video game. Last week, PCRM filed a second public records lawsuit in Yolo County Superior Court seeking the release of videos and photographs of the monkeys used in the Neuralink research. UC Davis has refused to release images of the experiment, claiming that they belong to Neuralink, a private company that is not subject to California’s Public Records Act, the group said. The Physicians Committee argued that research conducted at public facilities is subject to the Public Records Act regardless of partnerships with private entities. “UC Davis cannot shield a private company from public scrutiny,” said Deborah Dubow Press, Esq., associate general counsel with the Physicians Committee. “Photos and videos of

animals housed and experimented on in a public institution are public records. Neuralink can’t avail itself of public resources but evade public accountability.” According to PCRM, the rhesus macaques used in the experiment had steel posts screwed to their skulls, suffered facial trauma and seizures following brain implants, and had recurring infections at implant sites. In some cases, UC Davis euthanized the monkeys as a result of deteriorating health before they provided any benefit to the research, the Physician Committee alleged. “The documents reveal that monkeys had their brains mutilated in shoddy experiments and were left to suffer and die,” PCRM research advocacy coordinator Jeremy Beckham said in the group’s press release. “It’s no mystery why Elon Musk and the university want to keep photos and videos of this horrific abuse hidden from the public.” In a statement to The Enterprise, Blouin, the UCD spokeswoman, maintained that UC Davis’ response to PCRM’s public records requests was in compliance with state laws.

MASK: Families sending proof of vaccination From Page A1 Ghaly also said the state “will continue to move according to the science,” but that “masking requirements were never put in place to be there forever. It isn’t a question of if, it’s a question of when.” For vaccinated individuals in California, that “when” comes Wednesday when they are no longer required to wear face coverings indoors except in certain settings such as K-12 schools, though face masks are still recommended for everyone. Last week Yolo County’s health officer changed her recommendation on outdoor masking at schools, saying where more than 50 percent of a student population is vaccinated, she would no longer recommend mask wearing outdoors as she has since the beginning of the school year. The Davis Joint Unified School

District plans to lift its outdoor masking requirement on Feb. 22 provided sufficient numbers of students have provided proof of vaccination to meet that majority threshold. A DJUSD spokeswoman said Tuesday that the district is receiving a “significant influx of vaccination cards” after urging families to send them in. The district will update school communities on their vaccination rates on Friday, said Kristin Conner, DJUSD public information officer. The next change after that could well be the lifting of the indoor mask mandate on campuses, with Ghaly saying on Feb. 28, the state will reassess COVID-19 conditions “and we anticipate being able to share what the next period of time will look like and with some specificity give a date when the masking requirement will move to a recommendation.”

But the bottom line, he said, is “based on our data… we’re getting to a place where we can relax the statewide masking requirement in schools.” Ghaly said he anticipates the change will be made in two weeks and “that change is going to be one that I think will be met with a lot of excitement in some and a lot of fear in others. “We also know that local communities are having these conversations today and although the state sets an important bar, where people can’t be less restrictive than the state, they can certainly add layers of protection in their communities as they see fit. “We know that in some pockets of California, there will be a decision to maintain something even beyond what the state makes a decision to change and in other parts it will be an immediate change.”

One member from the Netherlands opposes the plan because it “diverts resources towards energy sources that are not sustainable.” Another member, this one from France, calls the proposal a “good compromise,” adding “What we are after is relocation of market capital and public money to what can be useful in the green transition as long as you have the transparency requirement, and as long as it is in the transition category.” So, European Union legislation has something for everyone, and not enough of anything to tick off a sufficient level of opposition, with an apparent default to the status quo or business as usual. Sort of similar to how legislation is put together in our country of 50 states. The practical need for compromise, to recognize real differences of opinion, and to blend them all into policy more often than not can seem to blunt urgent action, though, who knows, in this case maybe the proposed approach will actually work. — John Mott-Smith is a resident of Davis who really knows very little about the political intricacies of the European Union. This column appears the first and third Wednesday of each month. Please send comments to johnmottsmith@Comcast.net.

SUSPECT: Lawyer not present for arraignment From Page A1 with one of the drivers on westbound Interstate 80. Bullets struck both of the vehicles, but the drivers escaped injury. Officers reportedly found a second gun, a Glock 22, on the center console of Wilson’s truck, which had crashed off the freeway as Wilson attempted to flee the shooting scene. Wilson was arrested along Second Street following an intensive twohour search during which Davis police advised citizens to shelter indoors as a safety precaution. On Tuesday, the 53-year-old Elk Grove resident made his first court appearance on 14 felony charges stemming from the shootings, including two counts each of attempted murder, shooting at occupied motor vehicle and assault with a machine gun or assault weapon. Wilson also faces

multiple counts of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition, including allegations that he attached high-capacity ammunition magazines to both the Glock and the AR-15. The latter had a 200-round drum magazine, according to the eight-page charging document. After reading the charges aloud, Yolo Superior Court Judge David Reed asked Wilson whether he wanted an attorney appointed to represent him. “No,” Wilson replied. “You want to represent yourself?” Reed asked. “I have a lawyer,” Wilson said. He noted the attorney was not present in court and asked for his arraignment to be delayed until next week. “He’ll be here the next time we get court.” Reed continued the hearing until Tuesday and confirmed Wilson’s continued no-bail hold at the Yolo County Jail.

Dodd introduces Hwy. 37 improvement bills Special to The Enterprise SACRAMENTO — Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, introduced legislation Tuesday to ease congestion along Highway 37 and protect it from sealevel rise by authorizing a toll to pay for critical improvements and by tapping roughly $2 billion in federal infrastructure funding. “Congestion and seasonal flooding are already unbearable for commuters and it will only get worse,” Dodd said. “We must take action if we want to preserve this vital link to jobs and family.” For years, traffic jams and seasonal flooding have plagued the

21-mile highway, which runs from Interstate 80 to Highway 101, connecting Marin, Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties. Caltrans recently estimated that because of climate change, the section along San Pablo Bay could be fully immersed within 20 years.

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Zoom learning gets its grade An opportunity T for women in the Legislature By Susannah Delano Special to CalMatters

e’re witnessing the “Great Resignation, Capitol Edition,” with more than a quarter of California’s 120 legislators exiting the building in 2022. Why are we losing so many legislators in one year? It’s a combination of factors — redistricting, which left many incumbents with no place to run; a domino effect of open seats as members seek new roles; and the reckoning of term limit reform passed in 2012. Where some might see chaos, we see opportunity. The 2022 election marks the start of California’s “Great Opportunity” to elect a Legislature that truly reflects the people it serves. California has a reputation for leading the nation forward on critical issues including climate change, equal pay, reproductive health access, long-term care, minimum wage, family leave, early education and more. But when it comes to women’s representation — California falls short. Only 37 legislators — less than a third — are women. Of the 37 women serving, 28 are Democrats and 9 are Republicans. California ranks 28rd in the nation for our percentage of women legislators. Our goal is nothing short of parity for women in the California Legislature, this decade. When I briefed political insiders on that audacious goal years ago, many of them gave me a virtual pat on the head and wished me luck. But in 2022, that audacious dream is starting to look a lot more real. In my 20 years of working to elect more racially representative, progressive women to office, I’ve never witnessed a higher caliber of candidates step up to run at the state level. As we’ve worked with the majority of these women, I can tell you they are experienced, savvy, and ready to win. In the fight for equal representation, we are all too used to incremental progress at best. But this year, the hard work of identifying, encouraging and preparing women to run is paying off at an unprecedented scale.

he official results of more than a year of full- and part-time Zoom learning are in, and the practice that became almost universal for schoolchildren in 2020 has gotten its final grade: F for flop. Here are a few of the most salient facts that emerge from state data on student performance in the 2020-21 school year that ended last June: Less than 25 percent of California students took standardized tests in 2021, one result of the disengagement brought on by scarcity of in-person teaching. Graduation rates dropped by 1 percent, with Latinos almost doubling the overall drop and Black student graduation rates falling four times that much. By the end of the last school year, only 83.6 percent of students who started high school four years earlier were able to get diplomas. And the younger students were, the worse they fared with Zoom. Some realities of Zoom learning, mostly done via laptop computers passed out by schools, were obvious long before the figures were in. Students were less involved than when taught in person. They could simply walk away from their computers and not participate in classes, and in millions of cases there would be no one present to steer

them back. Kids could eat all they wanted during class and phones would ring, too, distracting them further. The results of all this were seen in student performances on standardized tests. After five years of steady improvement, test scores declined for the least privileged groups of students, mainly Blacks and Latinos. These were the conclusions of the Smarter Balanced assessment test scores, even though so many fewer students actually took the tests in 2021. They were canceled in 2020. The small turnout for the tests probably indicates that only the most involved pupils were included — and scores dropped even for them. English language arts results fell by 4 percent from 2019 to 2021, with just 48 percent meeting or exceeding national standards (another term for passing the test), and by 5 percent in math, with just 33 percent meeting or exceeding standards, compared with

38 percent two years earlier — already a lousy performance. Pass rates fell by 12 percent in math and 6 percent in English language arts testing. The drops were much sharper for Latinos (22 percent in math, 10 percent in English) and almost as bad for Blacks (down 9 percent in math and 7 percent in English). In short, Zoom — or distance — learning proved disastrous to the students it was aimed to keep involved through the worst times of the pandemic.

o California’s public schools, already considered a disgrace by many parents and others, grew far worse when students couldn’t attend them in person. And that was just for kids who can speak English proficiently. For the state’s approximately 1.1 million English learners, matters went from bad to worse. Their performance drops were even greater than the overall results for ethnic minorities overall. All this appalls adults who work to improve the futures of today’s schoolkids. “(This) has the potential to have lifealtering impacts, especially for our youngest (students),” Samantha Tran, managing director for education policy

for the Children Now advocacy group, told a reporter. State officials tried to downplay the disastrous results. The kids taking the tests, they said, might not have been representative of all California students. In a normal year, they pointed out, 95 percent of all students must take these tests, but only about one-fourth that number actually did last year. But this reality indicates the real scores, had the usual number of students been tested, would have been far worse than what was recorded. For by their very presence, those participating were selecting themselves as more interested than others. And the more interested kids are in school, the better they usually test. The bottom line is that despite legitimate worries about contagion, schools must stay open if at all possible, or the future of their students — and all California — will be seriously at risk. — Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. His book, “The Burzynski Breakthrough, The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It” is now available in a softcover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, visit www.californiafocus.net

ith musical chairs ensuring the Legislature will lose at least eight of its women incumbents by year’s end, this historically robust wave of reinforcements is exactly what might ensure women’s numbers continue to climb in 2022. Common sense and research tell us that running for an open seat is the likeliest path to victory for a newcomer. What’s unprecedented about 2022 is the volume of open seats, and the number of accomplished women who are ready to win. In the 35 legislative seats open so far in 2022, an astounding 45 female candidates with the capacity to run competitive campaigns have launched so far. In nine districts, both of the top two contenders are women. These women arrive with impressive backgrounds and track records of service to their communities. They’re nonprofit directors, nurses, labor and tech leaders, small business owners and entrepreneurs. They’ve served on city councils, school boards, and local and state commissions. The women running for open seats are overwhelmingly Democratic, and also present historic levels of diversity. More than 70% are women of color, and many are LGBTQ+. In this time of legislative turnover, who comes next will determine what comes next. The nation will look to the pipeline of leaders and innovative policy solutions we battle-test here in the years to come. While we are losing some extremely effective legislators in 2022, as long as well-prepared women keep stepping up, and stakeholders are brave enough to put their resources where their values align, voters will have the opportunity to elect new voices and transform the Capitol’s decision-making tables. The women of 2022 are the future many of us have dreamed of for decades. They will need to overcome a disproportionate number of barriers along their paths to election. But today, their sheer number, talent and determination should inspire us to look beyond the Capitol’s Great Resignation, and recognize this moment for what it is: California’s Great Opportunity to put the world’s fifth largest economy on a fast-track to reflective democracy. — Susannah Delano is executive director of Close the Gap California.

Letters Get your shot Why should you be careful to avoid COVID? They say everyone will get it, why not get it over with? Throughout the pandemic, the chance that you would die if you were infected has decreased. Early on we learned that COVID patients were dying of blood clots so blood thinners reduced the chance of death. People were also being killed by cytokine storms, steroids reduced that. Other techniques were found and all of these treatments radically reduced the death rate. Then vaccines radically reduced the death rate even more, at least for the vaccinated. Next month, March, we are supposed to get boosters that are specifically made for Omicron. Furthermore, there are several drugs, one from Merek and another from Pfizer, that radically reduce the chance of death. With so many people getting Omicron at once it is perhaps unlikely that you will get those, but the number of new cases has dropped by half in the last few weeks, and in a few weeks more it may well drop by half again, which may well double your chance of getting those life-saving drugs from Merek and Pfizer.

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The benefits of reducing your chance of death are even greater than they might first appear. If the death rate is cut in half, those that do die will generally be older and have more comorbidities. If the death rate is halved the number of years of life lost might be reduced by a lot more than half. So wearing masks, social distancing, avoiding crowded indoor gatherings, and generally being careful is still useful, even if almost all of us will get COVID eventually. Richard Bruce Davis

only way to end U.S. complicity in this war and blockade is for Congress to act. We urge our congressman, John Garamendi, to introduce and support a Yemen War Powers Resolution to stop all U.S. aid to the Saudi-led war. Learn more about the Yemen humanitarian crisis by joining the Friends Committee on National Legislation for a screening of the powerful documentary, “Hunger Ward,” on Thursday, Feb. 17, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. online. “Hunger Ward” provides an unflinching look at the human-caused famine in Yemen. Against the backdrop of a forgotten war, t his video follows health care workers as they work to save the lives of children in two feeding Among geopolitical hotspots, the Saudi- centers. This free film screening will be led war in Yemen i s the cause of the world’s followed by a panel discussion. This event worst humanitarian crisis, and the war is is open to anyone, and will include a call to escalating. The good news is that the U.S. action to lobby Congress to end U.S. support for the war and blockade in Yemen. can do something about it. President Joe Biden promiseda year ago Register at https://www.fcnl.org/events/ in February 2021 that the United States hunger-ward-yemen-film-screening-andwould end its support for the coalition’s panel-discussion. Join in this action with FCNL Advooffensive operations in Yemen — but cacy Teams across the country, including important aspects of U.S. complicity remain, although they have been rational- our team in Davis: Tom Pattison, Sarah ized by now being called “defensive.” This Pattison, Stuart Pettygrove, Willa Pettyincludes maintenance and intelligence- grove, Jim Eusebio, and Marilee Eusebio. Sarah F. Pattison sharing for warplanes conducting airstrikes Friends Committee on National Legislaand enforcing the blockade. Without this U.S. help, the war could not continue. The tion Davis CA Advocacy Team

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he time has come, Gentle Reader, for you to jump on the vegetarian dinner bandwagon. Whether you’re doing it for climate change, your own health or simple economics, vegetarian dinners make a great deal of sense. Since making sense and useful change are both in short supply these days, a nice veggie dinner is the very hat trick of goodness however you view it. If you are cooking for people who are reluctant to change their eating habits — i.e., for most of the known dining universe — it’s probably best not to mention the vegetarian aspect of dinner. If a diner comments “There’s no meat on my plate,” you can gently murmur “The recipe didn’t call for it,” or “Yes, it’s a very economical dish” as you see fit. There’s plenty of time to discuss the good points of vegetarian dining once they’ve come to love the enchiladas/casserole/ soup. By the same token, abandon the idea of subbing meat replacements without telling anyone. Even very small children can tell a tofu dog from a meat hot dog, and pretty much everyone is offended by food substitutes they didn’t ask for. (That’s not to say some meat replacements aren’t good — just that they’re much better when regarded as an actual food instead of a substitute.) Many readers have been worried about protein for the last three paragraphs. Please be at ease: Americans get plenty of protein in the course of a day, and a good vegetarian meal will add more via beans, nuts, grains, soy and dairy. Back in the early days of nutrition research and the mainstream American vegetarian movement, there was a great deal of concern about pairing food to make “complete” proteins. Further research has shown that we don’t need to be overly concerned about that: your body is well designed to handle that process if you’ll eat that varied diet you keep hearing about. Here are a few simple and yummy vegetarian main dishes to get you started. I’ve offered a few suggestions for what to serve alongside. At my house at this particular moment, the standing side dishes are cold cooked sliced beets with goat cheese and

onion to skillet and cook over low heat, stirring, until nicely browned. Press or mince garlic and stir into onions. Add spices, vinegar and honey and bring to a boil. Add greens, cover, cook, covered, until cooked to your taste. Stir in beans and heat through. Add pecans. Taste and add salt or pepper if needed.

pistachios, wilted greens and a puree of winter squash. — Have a question? Visit Julie on Facebook at The New Home Ec or email jacross@dcn. org.

Butternut Bisque with Pears and Onions Serve this with garlic bread or cheese toast and a green salad. Ingredients: 3 cups pureed squash or pumpkin 6 cloves of garlic, peeled 3 cups vegetable broth 1 cup heavy cream ¼ teaspoon nutmeg ½ teaspoon finely grated lemon rind kosher salt to taste 1 medium onion 2 firm pears Putting it together: Slice onions and pears as thinly as possible. Cook onions in oil over medium heat until golden. Add pears and continue cooking until tender. Heat broth. Scoop out insides of squash and squeeze garlic out of head. Using a potato masher, electric mixer or stick blender, beat cream into squash mixture. Slowly stir in vegetable broth. Add nutmeg, lemon rind, and salt to taste. Spoon into bowls and garnish with pear/ onion mixture.

White Beans with Sage I like this with cooked greens and some winter squash. Serves two. Ingredients: 1 cup fine fresh whole wheat bread crumbs 4-6 tablespoons olive oil 12 sage leaves 2 cloves garlic 3 cups cooked navy beans, drained

Putting it together: Place bread crumbs in a skillet over medium heat. Add some olive oil and sage and cook over low heat, stirring frequently. You may need to add more olive oil; the mixture should never look entirely dry nor soupy. Cook until bread crumbs are toasty and sage is fried and crispy. Add garlic, finely minced or pressed, and beans. Cook until beans are heated through, then stir in parmesan. Taste and adjust seasonings.

Greens with Beans and Pecans Like pretty much every bean dish, this one is lovely with cornbread on the side. Serves two. Ingredients: ¼ cup pecans 4 cups greens — beet, chard, etc. 1 tablespoons olive oil 1 onion, minced 1 clove garlic ½ to 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes 2 sprigs oregano 3 tablespoons vinegar 1 tablespoons honey or sugar salt to taste 2 cups or more of any beans, cooked Putting it together: Toast pecans in a dry skillet until fragrant. Set aside. Rinse beet greens under cold water. then cut into strips. Heat a large skillet. Add oil and

Super Speedy Veggie Pasta You can use frozen broccoli in this, or sub another vegetable if you don’t care for broccoli. Serves two. Ingredients: 8 ounces cheese or veggie ravioli 2 cups broccoli florets, cut small 2-4 Tbsp. really good olive oil 2 cloves garlic ¼ cup almonds, slivered ½ teaspoons red pepper flakes ½ cup finely grated parmesan Putting it together: Cook pasta in lightly salted boiling water until just barely done. While pasta cooks, steam broccoli in a skillet until barely tender. Remove lid and let water evaporate. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil and sauté garlic and almonds gently until fragrant. Drain pasta, reserving ¼ cup of the cooking water. Add drained pasta to skillet and toss in red pepper. Cook 2-3 minutes, adding oil to taste and reserved cooking water, a little at a time, if pasta seems too dry. Stir in cheese and serve at once.

Layered Veg Sandwiches

paper-thin sliced cucumber thin sliced avocado caramelized onions grated carrot mayo to taste (pickled jalapeño) Putting it together: Toast buns. Spread with mayo (or butter, if that’s your thing) and top with cheeses. Return to oven until cheese melts. Layer with veg and serve while warm.

Curry Rice is my go-to side for curry. Ingredients: 16 ounces firm tofu 1 teaspoon vegetable oil 1 large onion, sliced 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, finely chopped 1 tablespoon curry powder (or more to taste) 1 teaspoon cumin ½ teaspoon hot sauce 1 can (13.5 oz.) coconut milk 5 ounces or so frozen spinach salt to taste Putting it together Cut tofu into half-inch cubes. Sauté over medium heat 2-3 minutes. Remove from pan and reserve. In the same skillet, sauté onions over medium heat for 1-2 minutes. Reduce heat. Add ginger and spices and sauté, stirring constantly 1-2 minutes. Add coconut milk, hot sauce and frozen spinach and stir over medium heat until spinach thaws. Add tofu to pan. Cover and cook for 20 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings. Add salt if desired.

Summer Squash Fritters

I like potato salad alongside these sandwiches. Ingredients: Sturdy buns paper-thin sliced Gruyere or Swiss cheese

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A plate of fritters and a big salad make a great dinner. Makes about 24 fritters. Ingredients: 2 cups grated summer squash (3 little squash or 2 big ones) ½ cup minced or grated onion (about half an onion) ½ cup grated parmesan cheese ½ cup fine bread crumbs 1 egg plus 1 egg white 6 tablespoons flour ½ cup half and half 2-4 tablespoons olive oil Putting it together: Wash and grate summer squash. Mince onion. Mix all the ingredients except the oil. Heat half of the oil in a big frying pan over medium heat. When oil is hot, drop in fritter batter by the teaspoonful, flattening mounds slightly. Cook over medium heat until golden brown (about 4 minutes). Turn and cook other side until brown, 2-3 minutes. Repeat with remaining batter, adding more oil to the pan if needed.

The good, the bad and the ugly of alcohol M any folks are deeply suspicious of alcohol; they rightly point to alcohol addiction and the ravages of drunk driving. But much of it arises from the Puritan threads in our society. That, in turn, has caused the USA to have the daftest alcohol regulations on the planet, including the highest permitted age for drinking. Because many families unnecessarily enforce that ban at home as their youngsters are maturing, many young people arrive at drinking age quite ignorant of its effects. Then, intrigued by these forbidden fruits, they have to learn about alcohol on their own and that does not always go well. A negative view of alcohol is not unusual. I am connected to the alcohol industry and, on a few occasions, I have been berated for it. I recall once, that my alcohol connection entered a conversation with an Amish person in Ohio. She said “But Michael, thou art not a bad man.” On the other hand, we were with deeply religious Afrikaners on a safari ride when they included us in their sundowners, saying, “God did

not create alcohol only for the wicked.” I suppose alcohol belongs in the same general category as guns and tobacco. In fact, they are regulated and taxed by the same federal agency, the ATF or Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives. Although all these products have the potential to be harmful, they can all claim with the gun lobbyists that “our products don’t kill people, people kill people.” Nevertheless, I am always saddened and perhaps feel responsible when a negative story about alcohol comes to my attention, mostly through the headlines of the day; two such headlines prompt this column that I shall get to in a moment. I like to tell myself that I am at the benign end of the alcoholic spectrum; ordinary beer usually contains between 3.5 and 5% alcohol by volume, which is one-third the alcohol content of wine and onetenth of spirits. But beer is without doubt an alcoholic beverage and overindulgence, of even just one or two too many, can have dire consequences. Over

and nasty. Of course, these may well be aggressive and nasty people even when stone-cold sober and so alcohol, even in only small amounts, may promote their aggression.

the years that I was an active teacher of young people who were preparing to enter the brewing industry I made sure they understood they were entering an industry in which sobriety was a requirement, not just in the workplace but every day and in every way; a DUI meant instant dismissal. Alcohol lowers inhibitions and provides relaxation. A little bit of those two things is good because those qualities lubricate social occasions. However, they come at the price of lowered levels of performance, circumspection and prudence. Lack of these qualities can be deadly when driving home. This balance of positive and negative effects does not work in benign ways in all people at all times and alcohol can cause some folk to become aggressive

recent headline informs me this is a dilemma facing airlines right now. As the COVID pandemic seems to be slowing down (although the sevenday moving average is still over 2,000 deaths per day) airlines seek to restore services (including alcohol) that were abandoned in the interests of safety. However, this year already nearly 400 cases of unruly passengers, or nearly 10 a day, have been reported to the FAA, most of whom refuse to obey the federal mask mandates. That bad behavior may be exacerbated by alcohol. Naturally enough, cabin crews would rather not deal with these determined, aroused and abusive people and so would prefer to see alcohol on flights remain unavailable. Much as I enjoy a gin-andtonic or two on a long flight, I would happily surrender that pleasure if

there were a contribution to the safety of all on board. On the other hand, I’m not sure why unvaccinated people are permitted on board in the first place. When people are killed in road accidents it’s sad enough. But the saddest, saddest, saddest thing is when a young pledge at a fraternity is killed or injured by hazing that involves alcohol. It is entirely avoidable but unfortunately not uncommon. A recent case involves the University of Missouri fraternity Phi Gamma Delta who asked a pledge to drink a bottle of vodka; that contains roughly the amount of alcohol in a case of beer. He complied and is now in hospital with severe brain damage from which he is unlikely to recover. The responsible parties are being sued. Can these people never learn? For God’s sake it’s simple enough: alcohol is a toxin and excess of it can kill. The only innocent party at this hazing event was the bottle of vodka. It is an inert object that bears no ill will toward anyone and, in and of itself, is harmless. It becomes a weapon when it

is used way outside the realm of any legitimate application. The young pledge, one Daniel Santulli, had nearly a 0.5% blood alcohol, or roughly six times the level for legal intoxication. His young life is ruined and so are the lives of those who enabled the hazing. — Reach Michael Lewis at waleslewis792@gmail. com.

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Aguiar-Curry bill targets drug misuse in nursing homes SACRAMENTO — Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters, announced Feb. 7 the introduction of AB 1809, legislation to stem the practice of “chemically restraining” nursing home residents in California. Some nursing homes in the United States, including California, routinely give antipsychotic drugs to residents with dementia to control their behavior, despite rules against the misuse of such drugs as “chemical restraints.” These chemical restraints are being prescribed to sedate and subdue residents, who often use behavior to communicate their pain, discomfort, or distress. According to a 2018 report by Human Rights Watch, this abusive practice has become more widespread. Based on their researchers’ visits to more than 100 nursing facilities in six states and more than 300 interviews with people living in facilities, their families, staff, long-term care and disability experts, government officials and advocates, Human Rights Watch’s report “‘They Want Docile’: How Nursing

Homes in the United States Overmedicate People with Dementia” estimates that every week in U.S. nursing facilities, more than 179,000 people, mostly those older and living with dementia, are given antipsychotic drugs without an appropriate diagnosis. Facilities administer these drugs in many cases without obtaining informed consent from residents or their families. “There are approved uses for antipsychotic drugs. Using them on people with dementia because staff want to control a patient who is deemed ‘unruly’ is just plain wrong,” AguiarCurry said. “The use of such drugs as a ‘chemical restraint’ invokes visions of the middle ages. This practice violates federal and state regulations and can amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under international human rights law. And, what’s worse, the staff and facilities engaging in this inappropriate practice are rarely punished. It’s time we stopped this abusive treatment of our family members.”

BOARD: Old technology hardware has to go From Page A1 notice of exemption for the Measure M Bond Program projects anticipated to be built at DHS. However, the finer details of classroom demolitions and tree removals were yet to be determined at the time. Now, the Notice of Exemption has been modified to adhere the demolition and tree removals. After that, the board will move on to the approval of the sale of surplus school district property. As the Technology Department has amassed a collection of obsolete computer equipment, the district will use Tri-Valley Recycling to dispose of the equipment following state and federal environmental laws. Subsequently will come the approval of purchase order reports, commercial warrant reports and the approval and ratification of various contracts. Following that there will be a presentation of the Collective Bargaining Sunshine Proposal from the DJUSD to the Davis Teachers’ Association and California Schools Employee Association Chapter 572 for the 2022-23 school year.

This proposal exercises transparency as it will be made available for public comment in a future board meeting. Next will come adherence of Resolution No. 56-22, the ordering of elimination or reduction of classified positions. Due to lack of work, funding or both, it’s up to the Superintendent to notify classified employees of their layoff no less than 60 days prior of the elimination of these positions. Lastly will come the reoccurring health and safety update about the status of Covid-19 in Yolo County and DJUSD. The update also details plans for the safe return to campus for students and staff for the 2021-22 school year. To attend the meeting in person, it takes place this Thursday, Feb. 17 at the Community Chambers at 23 Russell Boulevard in Davis starting at 6:30 p.m. Watch the meeting on TV by switching to DJUSD Education Channel 17, or stream it online by visiting djusd.davismedia.org/category/programs/schoolboard-meetings. — Reach Aaron Geerts at aaron.geerts@ mcnaughton.media.

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Missing school to fight for our future is worth it Opinion by Shira Kalish HUB Staff On Friday, Feb. 11, around 10 members of the Davis High Climate Action Club and the Davis High Environmental Club marched from Davis High to Central Park to strike. According to their flyer, the purpose of the strike was to “pressure politicians to take climate action ahead of the United Nations climate summit.” The strike took place during the students´ afternoon classes. Missing class to fight for our planet may seem irresponsible to some adults, but to young people, it is more than worth it. Leaving school is a way to show adults and people in power just how afraid we are for our futures. We do our best to bury this sense of impending doom beneath homework, extracurriculars, and the overall busyness of our everyday lives, but when we step outside and it’s the fifth warm sunny day in a row this February, we feel it. When wildfires turn the sky orange and render our air toxic to breath for months each year, we feel it. When we open our social media feeds and are flooded with news of climate disaster after climate disaster, we feel it. “It’s a really powerful message that we felt that it was important enough to leave our classes to fight for climate change,” said junior Ben Simon, who attended the strike. “You can always make up classwork. You can’t make up what we’ve done to the environment. We’ve just got to keep fighting for better policies in the future and try to stop the bleeding.” Understanding that our generation will likely be the last one to know any semblance of normalcy before these disasters

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Davis High students from the Climate Action Club and Environmental Club strike for the climate at Central Park on Feb. 11 stop being disasters and start being our everyday lives makes us feel powerless and nihilistic. Many of the other teenagers I know doubt that they will end up having children because they feel that they will

not inherit a world worth living in. As young people, education is one of the most important parts of our lives, and rightfully so. But what is the point of all of the learning and growing that we do at school if we

are only preparing for a future that doesn’t exist? While it may seem like student climate strikes leave just a small imprint, they are our way of turning our fear and dread into action.

Davis hides regressive attitude behind liberal politics Opinion by Stella Maze HUB Staff Davis, on the relative spectrum, is fairly liberal. According to the Yolo County Elections Office, our county voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in 2020 by a 69.48% majority--and Davis is even more liberal than that. However, there’s more to being liberal or progressive than voting Democrat. A lot of Davis’s liberalism is performative, or when the image and political status of a place does not match its inner workings and concrete actions. It is a facade, put up to hide the stagnant and unaccepting nature of Davis´ culture. We are the white moderate Democrats who use our votes for Barack Obama to excuse ourselves for crossing the street when we see a Black man walking our way. Davis is made up of a lot of contradictory actions and empty words. As shown in the 2009 documentary on the history of the Race and Social Justice class at Davis High titled ‘From the Community to the Classroom’, there was a home basketball game in 2003 between Davis High and Fairfield High. At the game, the Davis audience heckled and jeered at the mostly Black Fairfield team. Some phrases that were heard and can be watched in the documentary included repeated chanting of “G! P! A!” and “We go to college! You go to jail!” ¨This is not what I would expect from a school in a city like Davis, a city that prides itself on racial sensitivity and enlightened thinking¨ wrote Ian Blair, a Fairfield player who was there that night, in a letter

to the Davis Enterprise that Blair read aloud in the documentary. Davis High student Scott Dicke, responded to Blair’s letter with his own, published in the Davis Enterprise, deflecting responsibility by arguing that because Davis had a Black teammate they could not be racist. “We’re the most conservative liberal town I know of,” said Kevin Williams, Davis High History and Race and Social Justice teacher in a recent interview. Williams, a longtime resident of Davis, raised his kids in the town and went to college here. He remembers when a shelter for domestic violence victims was proposed in Davis a number of years ago. The proposal was fought by Davis residents because of concerns of what ‘kinds of people’ it would bring into neighborhoods. Those kinds of people being low income people of color. While the Davis community discusses volunteering to feed the homeless and advertises the importance of diversity, when it comes to actually passing laws that will affect lives, the momentum is lost. After a series of incidents of racism and hate in Davis (see infographic below), a student group was formed with leadership from community activist Jann MurrayGarcia, that called for and ensured the creation of a Race and Social Justice course. The course titled ‘Race and Social Justice in U.S. History’ at Davis High began in 2007. As another result of the 1983 murder of Thong Hy Huynh, a Vietnamese student at Davis High, in 2010, Friendship Day was created. Friendship Day is a day dedicated

to bringing kids from all backgrounds on campus together and lessening racial tensions that led to the death of Huynh. Though Friendship Day has brought positivity to campus and community, hate crimes have continued. Williams said that even the RSJ course is an example of Davis’ superficial virtue signaling. “I think the idea of RSJ fits the Davis community very well and it gives us (a chance to say) ‘hey look, we’re more progressive,’ in a way that doesn’t actually affect your life living in town,” Williams said. Davis’s median housing price is close to $750,000 right now, according to Realtor. com. While high housing prices affect all families, they disproportionately affectBlack and Latino households whose median income lags behind white households. Adding to the disparities is a history of redlining that dates back to the 1930s, when redlining became an official tactic of the government to keep families of color out of white neighborhoods. The way it worked is that banks would purposefully decline home loans to non-white people. Maps were literally sectioned off with red lines that indicated the areas of each town that had property values with the highest likelihood to decrease. These are the places that people of color were funneled into. Because there was never a national or concrete effort to reach equitable housing status for people of color, redlining is a significant reason for the racial layout of the country still, including in Yolo County. Davis High senior Julian Johnson has

lived in Davis since 2014 after he moved from the East Bay and says he has noticed the housing issues. “I think there’s still some undercover shady things … it’s very progressive but the housing prices kind of price Black people out,” Johnson said. Johnson, the co-president of the Black Student Union at DHS, feels a difference between Davis’s image and its real attitudes. He, personally, has experienced various instances of explicit racism in Davis as well as the general discomfort that comes with being a person of color surrounded by white people. “When I first moved it was a total shocker not seeing many people like me,” Johnson said. Johnson shared that he experienced being called the n-word in the Davis Joint Unified School District and, in one instance, when he wore a chain to school as an accessory, one girl said to him ‘who’s your owner?’” Davis High senior Bryce Barker has grown up here and is the other copresident of BSU. He said that he really appreciates the side of Davis that is filled with safety and opportunity. “(However) I don’t think I’ve had a teacher of color at this school,” Barker said. This is just one example of how there are still problems to address and environments to make safer for every person of every race in this town. We can get there, but it’s important not to advertise ourselves as the perfect liberal town when there’s a lot for us to work through as a community.

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Teaching kids to feel Dear Annie: I enjoy reading your column. Today, I read the column, “How Do I Tell My Kids Our Dog Died?” I believe you were right on target when you wrote that one should avoid saying that the pets just went to sleep. After that suggestion, though, I think your answer fits into a narrow theological belief. My grandmother used to

say that “heaven and hell are here on earth.” That is to say, she believed, in a sense, that we make our own heaven or hell in this life, and there is no hereafter. I, too, believe that. Not all of your readers believe in heaven or hell or any afterlife. Others do believe in heaven and hell, but not for animals. In any case, a theology where animals and people are happily reunited after death is not inclusive to all readers. In our family, if I were to say that, I would be lying. When our pets die, we are sad. We bury them in the backyard. Being sad

helps us in life, because it is important for us to experience and recognize all emotions. I would suggest that “Explaining to Our Children” tell their children that we are very sad, and that that is OK; that animals, and even people, all die, and we are sad about that. And beyond that, we all can teach our children about our religious or secular beliefs. — A Loyal Reader Dear Loyal Reader: Thank you so much for your letter and perspective. I love the idea of encouraging children to feel their

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feelings, to recognize what feeling they are feeling, so that they can process any type of loss. If more adults

learned how to do that as children, we would have a calmer society.

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Davis High sends 5 boys, 5 girls to Masters Tournament By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor LOOMIS — Now there are 10. That is the number of combined Davis High wrestlers who advanced from the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I Championships and the section North Regional Girls Wrestling Tournament. There is an even five Blue Devil boys and girls, all of whom placed in the top eight in their weight classes at last weekend’s tournaments. Now they advance to the section’s Masters Tournament, which will be held at Stockton Arena on Friday and Saturday. The top six in each weight class at this weekend’s tournament advances to the California Interscholastic Federation State Wrestling Championships, which will be held Feb. 24 through 26 at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield. “All of our kids wrestled really well,” said Davis head coach John Rosendale. “I was very impressed with all of the nine boys that wrestled.” Davis had a combined 14 wrestlers competing at the D-I and regional girls wrestling tournaments last weekend.

“Obviously, it would’ve been nice to have more kids qualify for the Masters tournament,” Rosendale said. The section’s Division I Championships for the boys was held at Del Oro High on Saturday. Davis’ James Davis (184-pounds) and heavyweight AJ Hasson took fourth place each in their weight classes. Davis, a senior, started his day by beating Rocklin’s Weston Cane by pin in the first round at 1 minute, 31 seconds. Advancing to the winner’s bracket, Davis recorded another pin, this time on Granite Bay’s Joesph Burgess in the third round. Then Davis lost his first match of the tournament, as Oak Ridge’s Connor Dasmann won by pin in just 53 seconds into the first round. That loss sent the Blue Devil into the loser’s bracket. Davis bounced back, posting a 17-2 decision to advance to the third-place match. Facing Delta League foe in Pleasant Grove’s Hunter Hillier, who pinned Davis to claim third place. Hasson, only a sophomore, won his first match by forfeit. In the second round, he won by pin that

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Davis High wrestler Avangeline Turner flips a Liberty Ranch opponent in the 143-pound class at the Sac-Joaquin Section North Regional Tournament. moved him deeper in the winner’s bracket. But Oak Ridge’s Zane Roeder pinned Hasson in the second round, sending Hasson into the loser’s bracket. But Hasson bounced back, as he, too, defeated a league foe in Pleasant Grove’s Peyton Reiser by pin in the first round. Hasson ended the tournament in the third-place match against Lodi’s Felipe DeMatos, who pinned the Blue Devil just

45 seconds into the first round. Davis’ Paco Castillo-Brown (172), also a sophomore, took sixth place in his weight class. He went 3-3, which included a forfeit win in the first round and then losing by pin in the second round. Castillo-Brown recorded a 6-0 decision, but Folsom’s Alex Coffin won by pin in the first round, which gave Castillo-Brown a 2-2 record but still alive in the

consolation round. The Blue Devil won his next match, then fell in the fifth-place match. Blue Devil grapplers Sam Reising (140), a junior, and Aoui Pacheco-Delfino (197), a senior, earned their trip to the Masters Tournament with an eighth-place finish in their respective weight classes. Reising went 3-3 and Pacheco-Delfino 2-3. For the girls, Avangeline Turner (143) posted a perfect 3-0 record at the regional tournament, which was held at Natomas High on Saturday. Andrea Gonzalez (118) and Kelsey Bordios (126) took seventh place in their weight classes. Gonzalez, a sophomore, posted a 4-2 record. Bordios, a junior, also went 4-2 at the tournament. Juana Peralta (108) and Brooklin Cienfuegos (113) had eighthplace finishes. Peralta, a junior, went 3-3 in her weight class. Cienfuegos, only a freshman, also finished with a 3-3 record. “All of them wrestled really well,” Rosendale said. — Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise.net. Follow on Twitter: @MBDavis Sports.

WOMEN: Hall eclipses 1,000 pts Thursday’s men’s game canceled From Page B6 6-foot-6 frontcourt mate Lena Svanholm (7 points, six rebounds) were difference-makers. The Aggies won the rebounding edge by a 40-32 margin. UCD blocked six shots, compared to two for the Anteaters. A 6-foot forward, Hall earned the spotlight before the opening tip. A pregame ceremony honored her feat of eclipsing

1,000 career points. Only six other players in program history have scored as many. The fifth-year senior said she’s dedicating the season to Steve Kavaloski, her maternal grandfather who died in November. Hall drained a pair of 3-pointers and made 8 of 11 free throws on Saturday. Gross needs three more wins to become the fifth Big West coach to earn 200 wins as a member of the conference, which began play in 1969.

All three of the Aggies’ NCAA tournament berths in 2011, 2019 and 2021, have occurred under her watch. The head coach said she’s learned how to preserve her team’s stamina and “not over-do it” during the long season. As for the brunch menu, her star veteran takes the opposite approach. “I like bacon, but it has to be extra crispy,” Hall said. — Follow Mark DeVaughn on Twitter: @OrangeMarkD.

Special to The Enterprsise Thursday’s scheduled Big West Conference men’s basketball game between UC Davis and Cal Poly at the University Credit Union Center has been canceled due to COVID-19 protocols. Per BWC policy regarding cancelations, the game will not be rescheduled and is declared a no-contest. UCD (10-7 overall, 3-3 BWC) is currently scheduled to face UC Riverside at home Saturday at 5 p.m.

UCD women’s golf Battling high winds for the final 18 holes, the UC Davis women’s golf team wrapped up play at The Show hosted by

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UNLV on Tuesday led by freshman Abby Leighton’s final-round 79 at the Spanish Trail Country Club in Las Vegas. Leighton finished in a tie for 35th at 10-over for the tournament, carding four birdies on the final day of play.

For the record In the Feb. 9 edition, Blue Devil Aoui Pacheco-Delfino was misidentified in a photo that accompanied the Davis High wrestling story about the Delta League Tournament at Cosumnes Oaks High. The Enterprise regrets the error.

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Blue Devil boys shut out Oak Ridge By Rebecca Wasik

players surrounding the ball. He was taken out of Enterprise correspondent the game and was seen A lone goal in the first going through concussion half was all the Davis High protocols with trainers. He boys soccer team needed to sat on the bench for the secure its spot in the CIF second half with his arm in Sac-Joaquin Section Divi- a sling. At the 14-minute mark, sion I semifinals on Tuesday at Ron and Mary Anderson hit a nice head shot that barely missed the Brown Stadium. The top-seed Blue Devils goal. A corner kick from took on No. 8 Oak Ridge High of El Dorado Hills. Anderson allowed VacaDavis shutout the Trojans, Lorenzi to sink the sole goal of the game at the 1-0. 30-minute “We kept mark. possession of In the secthe ball really ond half of well tonight,” the match, said Blue Blue Devil Devil Zach Daniel Jebri Anderson, a kicked a shot senior co- Next game: over the goal. captain. Two minutes Thursday vs. Semifinal, “Everyone later, Jebri No. 4 Modesto, 6 p.m. contributed found himself and we close to the passed the ball around goal again, but the ball was (Oak Ridge) really well. We kicked away by an Oak got them tired and were Ridge player. One minute able to get a goal in the first later, Jebri kicked another half. I don’t think it was our shot over the goal. At 57 best game, but we got a vic- minutes, Jebri got off tory and that’s all that mat- another shot, but it was ters.” again stopped by the TroSix minutes into the first jans’ goalie. half, Blue Devil Simon Oak Ridge’s goalie saved Vaca-Lorenzi missed a shot several more shots in the to the right of the goalpost. second half. Davis did a Shortly after, Davis’ Evan good job of keeping the ball Stafford was injured while on the Trojans’ side of the hitting the turf hard after a field throughout the game. high jump in a cluster of With five minutes left in

Section playoffs No. 1 Devils 1, No. 8 Trojans 0

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Davis High’s Lucas Liu (5) chases the ball with two Oak Ridge players in Tuesday’s Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoff game at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium. the game, Davis’ goalie Declan Fee stopped an Oak Ridge penalty kick. A corner kick from Oak Ridge in the 78th minute missed to the left of the goal. In the 79th minute, Blue Devil Caleb Yoon kicked a

shot over the goal. Both teams played aggressively throughout the match. In the end, Davis’ number of shots taken greatly outnumbered those of the Trojans, which ultimately allowed for a close victory.

Davis will face No. 4 Modesto High in the semifinals on Thursday. Modesto, out of the Central California League, beat No. 5 Tokay of Lodi, 2-1, on Tuesday. “We’re excited,” said Anderson. “We’re gonna be

ready even though we only have one day to prepare. I’m stoked to get to the semifinals.” The Davis-Modesto game will be played at 6 p.m. — Follow Rebecca Wasik on Twitter: @BeccaFromTheBay.

DHS girls basketall team prepares for postseason By Mike Bush

always a battle with MT, and we’re excited to be playing in the postseason. Going to prepare as well as we can in one day.” On Thursday, the Davis High girls basThe winner of the Davis-Monterey Trail ketball team begins its new season. playoff game will play either Pitman of The Sac-Joaquin Section released the Turlock/Stagg of Stockton or top-seed Oak playoff brackets Tuesday afternoon for the Ridge in the quarterfinals on Monday. girls and boys basketball teams. Davis (10Other teams in the same bracket as 12), which took second place in the Delta Davis, Monterey Trail, Pitman, Stagg and League after a 1-10 preseason, makes the Oak Ridge are No. 12 St. Francis of Sacshort trek to Elk Grove to play at No. 8 ramento, also a member of the Delta Monterey Trail (17-8). The Mustangs took second place in the Metro Conference League, playing at No. 5 Lincoln of behind co-champions McClatchy of Sacra- Stockton, and No. 13 Woodcreek of Roseville traveling to No. 4 McClatchy of mento and Laguna Creek of Elk Grove. Sacramento. “I’m very proud of what Should Davis beat Monthis group has accomplished terey Trail, and face Oak this season,” DHS head Ridge in the second round, coach Heather Highshoe First round: Thursday it would be the second told The Enterprise. “We had at Monterey Trail, 7 p.m. meeting this season a tough start, but persevered between the Blue Devils through a lot of adversity. They work hard for me, (the coaches), and and Trojans. At the Trojan Toss Up on one another, and I’m excited to see them Dec. 22, Oak Ridge posted a 53-27 victory over Davis. compete in playoffs.” Entering Thursday’s playoff opener, The Davis-Monterey Trail playoff game will be played at the Mustangs’ gym Thurs- Davis sophomore center Tessa Schouten is averaging 13.6 points per game and 12.3 day at 7 p.m. This is the first time this season Davis rebounds per game. Senior forward Mara and Monterey Trail are facing each other Bledsoe is averaging 13.5 points per game and 11.6 rebounds per game. but the teams have a history. Forward Alia Cordone, another sopho“Excited for this match up,” Highshoe said. “Monterey Trail used to be in the Delta more, comes in at 7.2 points per game and League, so our rivalry goes way back. We 6.8 rebounds per game. also faced them a couple years ago in the Davis guard Malia Abrenica is averaging second round of playoffs at our place. It’s 2.4 assists and even five points per game.

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Aggie guard Evanne Turner (15) drives past UC Irvine guard Olivia Williams (21) in Saturday’s Big West Conference game at the University Credit Union Center.

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Zoinks! UCD women upend league-leading Anteaters By Mark DeVaughn

and guard Sydney Burns — out of the first meeting, according to head coach Jennifer Gross. Stobbart grabbed six rebounds in the Timely passing. rematch. Burns collected three assists to go Unforgiving defense. with 4 points as UC Davis completed a winFrench toast. ning homestand. Winning methods emerge in many setCoupled with Thursday’s 51-42 win over tings for UC Davis women’s basketball. Fol- UC San Diego, UC Davis sits in sixth place in lowing the Aggies’ 66-51 Big West the Big West. Six regular-season games Conference win over UC Irvine at the Uni- remain for the Aggies, who are five-time versity Credit Union Center, Cierra Hall hap- defending conference champions. pily explained how the team’s regular Sunday “Once we play as a cohesive unit, we’re brunches foster success. unstoppable,” Konrad said. “We have some“We go to different places in Sacramento. thing to prove. We’re going to keep getting It changes, depending on the weekend,” the better.” senior forward said. “Off-the-court relationThe effort left Gross satisfied, ships are what make us stronger “especially in a game where on the court.” (UCI is) pressing and everyUC Davis (11-9 overall, 5-5 thing’s moving so fast,” she said. BWC) displayed a balanced The Anteaters forced 17 turnapproach while derailing the overs, including a handful of Next game: Thursday conference’s top team. Four times where the Aggies violated Aggie starters scored in double- at Cal Poly, 7 p.m. figures. Hall led all players with Listen: KDVS 90.3 FM the shot clock. But UCD shrugged off the pressure and 20 points. Kayla Konrad, Sage Watch: EPSN+ turned the tables. Stobbart and Evanne Turner “Today was all about our added 10 apiece. UC Irvine (14-9, 9-3) arrived with a five- defense, where Kayla Konrad was just unbelievable,” Gross explained. “I thought we did game winning streak. The Aggies never trailed. After leading a good job against the press. Everyone han35-18 at halftime, UCD grew the margin to dled it, and that’s not easy. I thought our 22 points early in the third quarter. The one- composure against the press was key today.” Indeed. When they weren’t breaking the sided theme emerged in the game’s opening UCI press, the Aggies flummoxed Irvine’s period. Konrad is a versatile senior wing with a offense with consistent pressure. The visideft left-handed shot. She energized the tors shot just 32 percent (21 of 66) from home crowd with two 3-pointers in the first the field. After allowing 10 points in the paint in quarter. The second three-ball put the Aggies up 22-12. The lead never fell below double- the first quarter, UC Davis grew stingy in digits as the Aggies exacted revenge for a the interior. The 6-foot-3 Stobbart and 76-59 loss to UCI on Jan. 6. See WOMEN, Page B5 COVID-19 forced two starters — Stobbart

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Aggies 66, Anteaters 51