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School Board picks Best as superintendent By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer
Richard Barrera, a board trustee at San Diego Unified, the state’s second largest district, said families were moving out of the district, especially those in gentrifying areas, resulting in disproportionate losses for schools in those
Although the rescheduled Davis school board meeting on Monday, April 11, was brief, big news was announced as Interim Superintendent Matt Best will lose the “interim” in his official title. After eight months of a painstaking, nationwide search and thorough consideration, it was BEST announced in the Will take over beginning of the as permanent meeting that Matt superintendent Best will be the new district superintendent. “I’m happy to announce that in terms of the superintendent search, Interim Superintendent Matt Best is our top choice,” said school board President, Tom Adams at the meeting. “His contract will be finalized at the April 21st meeting of the DJUSD board.” The announcement was met with applause that filled the big conference room at the DJUSD administrative building. A UCD alumnus, Best has been around Davis since 1995. Since then, he’s been a student teacher at Davis
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Students gather in new classroom in pre-pandemic days at Burnt Ranch Elementary School in Trinity County in 2019. Dave Woody/ CalMatters photo
Public-school enrollment drops below 6 million By Joe Hong CalMatters For the first time since the start of the century, California has fewer than 6 million students attending public schools. According to new data released by the California Department of Education, enrollment in public schools continues to drop more quickly than it did before the pandemic, stirring fears of more
budget cuts and long-term financial instability for schools. Among key takeaways from the newly released data: n Statewide enrollment has dropped by more than 110,000 students to 5,892,240 during the current school year, a 1.8% dip from last year but less steep than the 2.6% decline during the first year of the pandemic. n Charter school enrollment also is down for the first time since at least 2014.
n Kindergarten enrollment is up, though nowhere near prepandemic levels. n And 9,000 more students are enrolled in private schools, a 1.7% increase, but that doesn’t explain much of the exodus from public schools. For the better part of a decade, public school enrollment was in steady decline in California mostly due to a lack of affordable housing, education officials across the state
said. When the pandemic reached California, early job losses collided with that trend, making the decline worse.
Supervisors back drug-treatment bill By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer The Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to support legislation that would allow for a secured drug treatment facility to be established in the county where felony offenders could be sent for substance abuse treatment rather than serving a prison sentence. This is the second goround for the legislation, now AB 1928, which was overwhelmingly supported by state lawmakers in 2021 but was ultimately vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newson, who echoed the concerns of opponents that the treatment would be coercive. Assemblyman Kevin
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McCarty, D-Sacramento, introduced a modified version of the bill earlier this year which would expand the pilot project to include not just Yolo County but also San Joaquin and Santa Clara counties. If approved, all three counties would be authorized to establish pilot projects offering secured residential treatment for individuals suffering from substance use disorders who have been convicted of drug-motivated felony crimes. Those individuals would be given the option of participating in the treatment program, rather than be incarcerated, at the time of sentencing. Yolo County supervisors
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supported McCarty’s previous bill and voted 4-1 on Tuesday to do so again, with SAYLOR Supervisor Yolo County Don Saylor supervisor of Davis again voting against sending a letter of support for the measure. Saylor said he agreed that “there’s a need to do something, we need more tools,” but that he was compelled the “by the universe of people who work in treatment coming forward with opposition.”
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UC Davis prevails in PETA lawsuit over monkeys By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer UC Davis has prevailed in a civil lawsuit brought by the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the campus announced Monday in a press release. PETA filed suit in January 2019, seeking to compel disclosure under the California Public Records Act of research video recordings made at UC Davis’ California National Primate Research Center. “Our tax dollars are being used to terrorize infant monkeys, and UC Davis is trying to keep it
secret,” PETA senior vice president Kathy Guillermo said in a 2019 press release. “The university is obligated under the law to release this video footage, and they’re fighting it because they apparently don’t want the public to see these monkeys’ misery.” On Jan. 11, 2022, the Superior Court of California in Yolo County ruled that releasing the videos would not serve the public interest and would undermine the academic freedom of the researchers. The court also determined that releasing the
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Briefly Keep your family research safe The Davis Genealogy Club invites the public to attend a free virtual presentation on “Avoiding Sneaky Pete: Protecting Your Genealogical Privacy”, with education and internet safety consultant, Dresden Stevens. The meeting will be from 1 to 3 p.m. PDT on Tuesday, April 17, via Zoom. While the advent of the internet has made connecting with far-flung relatives possible, it also opens up the possibilities for identity theft and other nefarious activities. The same tools that help researchers discover new family links and share history can open their families up to the Sneaky Petes of the world. Stevens will discuss how to make yourself less of a target, without delaying or stopping your research. Stevens is a consultant with Summit Solutions Consulting, focusing on education and internet safety strategies. After spending quite a few hours discussing safety strategies with her, Stevens began working with other genealogists to promote safety while protecting the family historian’s innate curiosity and community. The club meets on the third Tuesday of most months. For a guest pass, email Presi dent@DavisGenealogy. org. For information, visit DavisGenealogy. org or call Lisa Henderson at 530-753-8943.
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When you give up giving things up F ORTY DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS ... I received a weekly grocery flyer in the mail from the good folks at our local Safeway that featured a topof-the-page headline urging us to “Celebrate with Seafood During the Lent Season.” I suppose it’s possible that Safeway’s religion editor had the day off, but just to be clear, Christians don’t exactly “celebrate” during Lent. We start out with ashes on our forehead. Then, on some days we fast, on others we abstain, and always we hope to reach out generously to those in need. We do, of course, rejoice mightily on Easter Sunday, which is the greatest celebration of all. But once Easter is actually here, we’re no longer talking about Lent. What’s really odd about this ad, though, is the fact the “Celebrate with Seafood” headline is surrounded by full-color photos for “Boneless Beef Tri-Tip Roast,” “80
Fires damage homes in West and South Davis By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer The Davis Fire Department is investigating the causes of two residential fires that displaced the occupants Monday night. A 6 p.m. smoke investigation at a home in the 3300 block of Victoria Place in West Davis led to the discovery of fire in the walls behind a fireplace, Battalion Chief Mike Porter said. No one was at home at the time, but four residents ultimately were displaced due to the firstalarm blaze. Several hours later, at about 9 p.m., crews were dispatched to what became a second-alarm fire in the 5000 block of Cowell Boulevard in South Davis. “They arrived on scene to find heavy fire” in the residence, from which a woman and her pet dog escaped safely, Porter said. A firefighter sustained a shoulder injury during the incident and received treatment at Sutter Davis Hospital. UC Davis firefighters assisted Davis crews at both scenes, and the second-alarm blaze also brought in firefighters from the Woodland and West Sacramento fire departments, Porter said.
World War I on ‘Timeout Radio’ Special to The Enterprise On the latest episode of “Timeout Radio,” history teacher Scott Bell talks to host Rohan Baxi about Da Vinci High School’s World War I Museum Night and how lessons from past wars and conflicts are relevant today. Hear how a difference over foreign policy and an attempt to gain power and territory triggered a historical conflict in 1914 that forever changed the world. Find out about trench warfare, a 12-year-old soldier and why the United States joined the Great War. In this episode’s travel segment, listeners will learn about British Columbia, Canada — home to rugged sea coasts, hundreds of islands, rich natural resources — and the world’s largest hockey stick. “Timeout Radio” is a radio show and podcast based in Davis for youths. It airs on KDRT 95.7 FM from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and 8 to 8:30 a.m. Saturdays. Episodes are online at https://kdrt.org/ program/timeout-radio.
percent lean Ground Beef,” “Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast” and a bucket of fried chicken for just six bucks. ART IS MY LIFE ... When I was an undergraduate at the University Farm, in order to graduate I was required to take an art-history course as part of some sort of “breadth” requirement. I was convinced this one rule would prevent me from ever earning the right to wear a cap and gown and march into Freeborn Hall on graduation day with my classmates. However, I stuck around long
enough — I was on the eight-year plan — that I eventually outlived the art-history requirement, which was one day dropped for unexplained reasons. So, when I received an invitation to attend the opening of “Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Exhibition” last week at University Mall, I was not exactly overwhelmed with enthusiasm. I should have been. According to publicity for the seven-week run in Davis, “This exhibition gives visitors a chance to engage with Rome’s most iconic treasures in ways that were never possible. The exhibition is a presentation of museum-quality, near life-size reproductions of one of the world’s greatest artistic achievements.” It was all that, and much more. There are 34 very large pieces, complete with an audio guide that explains each work to those of us who were not art majors. I had no idea what I had been
missing all these years. Put simply, I could have spent a full hour studying every one of the dozens of human beings depicted in “The Last Judgement,” even if “Judgment” is the preferred spelling these days. The Exhibition runs through May 29 at University Mall before moving on to its next stop.
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IG-CITY BLUES ... Publicists for the traveling Michelangelo Exhibition at University Mall regularly referred to this as the “Sacramento” stop on the tour, which brings up that dreaded word “suburb.” No self-respecting resident likes to think of his or her city as a mere suburb or another city. However, since Michelangelo picked our town to show off his wares, it’s an inescapable conclusion that Sacramento is now a suburb of Davis. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
Former Marrone Bio COO sentenced to prison By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer The former chief operating officer of Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. was sentenced to two years in prison Monday, more than two years after he pleaded guilty to fraud charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Hector Absi’s sentencing brings an end to a case that began more than six years ago with his indictment on allegations that he unlawfully inflated his then-employer’s revenue figures. A further court hearing is scheduled for June 13 to determine restitution payments. Absi, 53, had faced a maximum of 25 years in prison prior to admitting to a felony count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and securities fraud in October 2019. Absi’s lead attorney, Bill Portanova, was not immediately available for comment Tuesday morning. Formerly based in Davis, Marrone Bio specializes in sustainable bioprotection and other plant-health products. The firm announced last month its purchase by
Argentina-based Bioceres Crop Solutions, the allstock sale valued at $236 million. Founder Pam Marrone retired in 2020, shortly before the company moved its headquarters from Davis to Raleigh, N.C. A 16-count federal indictment unveiled in February 2016 accused Absi of using unlawful sales practices in order to double MBI’s reported revenue figures from 2012 to 2013. The document alleged that Absi, who was responsible for global sales, marketing and business development for the maker of bio-based pesticides and other planthealth products, met MBI’s revenue-doubling goals by selling products to customers with side agreements that offered “inventory protection.” Under those agreements, the company agreed to either repurchase the product from the customer or extend the terms of payment if the customer was still in possession of the product after a specified time period. Authorities said at the time of the indictment
that under “generally accepted accounting principles,” revenue from sales that include such agreements cannot be recognized on the company’s books. Between March 2013 and July 2014, according to the indictment, Absi conspired with at least one other MBI employee to misrepresent to MBI’s accounting department, its external auditors, and the investing public that MBI had made sales under such terms. Absi also is alleged to have conspired with others to backdate the delivery of certain shipments of MBI’s products to enhance reported revenues for the quarter, receiving a performance-based bonus of $35,000 to $40,000 and exercising more than $200,000 in stock options as a result of the inflated revenue figures. In addition to the fraud count, Absi initially faced charges of making false statements to an accountant of a publicly traded company and falsifying the books or records of a corporation. Those charges were dismissed in exchange for
Absi’s guilty plea. He resigned from MBI in August 2014, triggering a period of financial and legal turmoil for the company that included a 44 percent single-day drop in its NASDAQ share prices as well as investigations by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Securities and Exchange Commission. MBI agreed to pay $1.7 million in civil penalties to settle SEC allegations of securities fraud, and internal controls and books and records violations. Pam Marrone and former chief financial officer Donald Glidewell reimbursed the company a combined $27,000 for the financial incentives they received as a result of the increased sales figures. The company also paid $12 million in May 2016 to settle shareholders’ class-action lawsuits stemming from the fraud, which alleged MBI filed false and misleading financial reports. The company admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement agreement. — Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenter prise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene
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Putting the picnic back in Picnic Day some ideas: n Pack your picnic basket in your stroller or a wagon if you have young children; n Divide the food and supplies and have each family member carry a portion in their backpack or bike basket; n Use a bike trailer or cart to transport your picnic basket.
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ne-hundred-nine years ago, at the suggestion of Mrs. Carolee Shields, the University Farm invited alumni and the community to join in celebrating the opening of the new North Hall. On that sunny spring day in 1909, 3,000 guests dedicated the first dormitory and picnicked together in the Dairy Barn and under the oak trees along Putah Creek. It was the first Picnic Day and nobody could have imagined what that day would become. If Mrs. Shields could come back and stroll across the UC Davis campus this Saturday, how proud she would be of her university and the signature event she created and that showcases the best of California higher education. If Mrs. Shields could accompany us to Picnic Day 2016, she would see state-of-the art facilities, learn of cutting-edge research and meet a most intelligent and diverse student body. She might hear the sounds of a world-class marching band, marvel at the world’s greatest butterfly collection, cheer for dachshunds racing across a finish line, and she would surely beam with pride upon learning that her brainchild has grown into one of the largest and most successful student-run events in the United States. If Mrs. Shields could celebrate Picnic Day with us all these years later, would she be proud? Absolutely. But she probably would have one big question: “Where’s the picnic?” I realize I am a newcomer, having attended only the last 20 Picnic Days. But in those 20 years I have not seen one picnic take place on the UC Davis campus on Picnic Day. Not one picnicker. Not one wicker basket, not one deviled egg, not even one little ant marching across a checkered blanket. What happened to the picnics? There’s no doubt that, at one time at least, there were picnics on Picnic Day. In her book “Abundant Harvest,” Ann Scheuring tells us that Mrs. Shields hosted the first picnic in the Dairy Barn and under the oak trees along Putah Creek. I’ve seen pictures of freckle-faced boys in their button-down shirts and dungarees sitting on the grass waiting for their mom to pass the dill pickles (see
accompanying photo). And the event is called Picnic Day, for heaven’s sake. There most certainly used to be picnics on Picnic Day. Having never actually picnicked on Picnic Day myself, I set off to learn more about this elusive al fresco experience. Fortunately for me, I have a close connection to one of those freckle-faced, dill-pickle-eating, dungaree-wearing boys who enjoyed a picnic on a beautiful Picnic Day in 1954 (again, see accompanying photo). When I asked my husband and his sisters what the menu might have been on that day, they didn’t hesitate: “Fried chicken, Mom’s potato salad, dill pickles and brownies with powdered sugar sprinkled on top.” A classic picnic menu, to be sure. When I asked my husband if there was food for sale on campus in 1954, he replied, “You could get a cup of ice cream with a little wooden spoon for a nickel at the Dairy Barn.” Who knows why we lost the art of picnicking on Picnic Day? Maybe the campus grew too big to carry a picnic basket across it? Maybe we liked the convenience of purchasing ready-made food from the vendors on the Quad? Maybe our taste buds have evolved over the years to prefer the taste of fast food from the Silo to our own mother’s homemade fried chicken? Perish the thought. Picnic Day is just a few days away and a few days is plenty of time to plan a picnic. In fact, 30 minutes is enough time to plan a picnic, so time-wise, we’re in good shape. Before we start, though, let’s all agree on what constitutes a picnic. Merriam-Webster.com provides the following definition for the word “picnic”: an excursion or outing with food usually provided by members of the group and eaten in the open. The key words here are “food provided by members of the group.” That means if we are the members of the group attending Picnic Day, then we have to provide the food. I don’t wish to nitpick the picnic, but if you are
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There was a time when you couldn’t have Picnic Day without a picnic. What happened? exchanging cash or a credit card for chicken that has been smothered in a smoky, sticky sauce and grilled to perfection by a guy in a dirty apron and a chef ’s hat, that is called a barbecue. If you’re standing in line at a trendy food truck and ordering a tofu-chickpea rice bowl, that is called take-out. If you are eating a hot dog that somebody else has roasted, that is called a cookout. And if you are tossing to your kids packages of processed turkey and bright orange cheese slices with wrappers that read Lunchables, well that, my friends, is called a cop-out. Barbecues, take-out and cookouts all have their merits and I would never speak disparagingly about any of the three. But let’s be honest. Take-out Day and Cookout Day sound ridiculous. The event founders knew what they were doing when they named it Picnic Day. Now that we all agree on what a picnic is, let’s talk about how to put one together. Planning a menu It’s not hard to figure out what to prepare for your picnic if you follow some simple rules: n Items should be portable in that they don’t fall apart or get messy when transported; n Food should be easy to eat without making a mess; n Menu items should taste wonderful when served at room temperature (they don’t need to be eaten hot or chilled). The sweet family in the accompanying photo had the right idea when they served fried chicken, potato salad and brownies. So much so, that this is exactly what we’ll be eating on our picnic blanket on Saturday. The options for great picnic
food are endless. Simple sandwiches, fresh fruit, cut vegetables, French bread and assorted cheeses are all wonderful, if predictable, choices. But do you ever wonder what might have filled a picnic basket back in 1909? Check out “One Hundred Picnic Suggestions” written by Linda Hull Larned and published in 1915. It is available online and recommends such picnic delicacies as eggs in aspic jelly, tins of sardines, beef galantine and blueberry cake. If you’re looking for some creative and slightly more contemporary menu ideas, go to Mark Bittman’s “101 20-Minute Dishes for Inspired Picnics.” I guarantee you will be inspired.
Supplies In addition to the food, you’ll need to pack some basic supplies. Lightweight reusable or recyclable cups, plates and cutlery, a Thermos or bottle for drinks (no alcohol is allowed on campus on Picnic Day, so leave the wine at home), napkins, serving utensils, a bottle opener and, of course, a blanket or sheet for the ants to crawl across. Don’t forget any condiments you might need. A bag for dirty dishes, a small trash bag and some wet wipes might help with cleanup. Keep it simple.
Packing the picnic The biggest challenge to picnicking on Picnic Day might be in the transport of the picnic and supplies. Don’t be discouraged. Yes, it’s a big campus and yes, there are so many places to go and things to see. How will you carry the picnic lunch? Here are
There are countless reasons to love UC Davis, but very near the top of my list is the fact that it is home to some fabulous picnic spots. I know that Number of Picnic Spots is not a criterion for making U.S. News and World Reports Top Universities List, but I think it’s a nice bonus. Maybe you have a special treeshaded spot or know of a soft grassy area with a view. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a picnic there? Here are some of our favorite picnic places: n At the picnic tables in the T. Elliot Weier Redwood Grove in the Arboretum; n On the edge of Lake Spafford; n Beneath the eucalyptus trees just east of the soccer field; n On the rolling grass near the gazebo at the west end of the Arboretum. Picnic Day comes once a year and when it does, the UC Davis students, faculty and staff go allout to give us their best work and an amazing show. This year, let’s do our part as guests to honor the history and the day. Let’s make Carolee Shields proud. Let’s put the “picnic” back in Picnic Day. — Shelley Dunning is a Davis resident and a mom of four. Reach her at dunningsm@gmail.com.
Mom’s 1950s Potato Salad Ingredients: 6 cups cubed, boiled potatoes ½ cup vinegar 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion 12 sliced radishes 1 cup diced celery 1 teaspoon salt dash pepper 4 chopped hard-boiled eggs 2 cup mayonnaise Putting it together: Place warm, cubed potatoes in a bowl and sprinkle with vinegar. Let sit at room temperature for 15 minutes. Mix in onion, radishes, celery, salt and pepper, mayonnaise and eggs. Refrigerate overnight. Transfer to serving bowl and garnish with paprika. Serves 12
Queer Beer, politics and dumbass questions
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n the early days of the craft brewing industry, I talked with many entrepreneurs who thought a brewery or brewpub was in their future. Many of these were keen homebrewers and knew something of what they were getting into. Some succeeded and by their vision, determination and hard work, created brewing companies that are now well known nationally and even internationally. They have my admiration and I’m glad I got to know them in the early days. Some entrepreneurs had no previous knowledge of brewing but knew business, finance and marketing, and perhaps had restaurant experience, and so also brought important and useful skills to their potential brewery project. In a sense it was more interesting to advise these folk because they had greater need of technical information; they also had thoughtful answers to those essential questions I always asked: They had a firm focus on how they would finance their project and sell their beer and knew why their target market would buy it. One such group, who clearly had the financial muscle and business and marketing acumen to create a brewing business, told me they intended to make
Queer Beer. They had positive marketing data from the obvious target population in the region and a good business plan. They showed me a large photograph they intended to make into a billboard. The image was tasteful but unequivocal. The project looked like a go. We did tastings, made contact with equipment manufacturers and began the search for a suitable building. They were entirely up front with building owners that they were a group of gay men looking for a building to house their Queer Beer Brewing Company; that may have added to the difficulty of finding a place, because in the ‘90s the emancipation and equality and measure of acceptance of the gay community still had some distance to go. We could not find a suitable place. I suggested contract brewing. In this way they could have a batch of beer made, packaged and shipped under their own label; it was a way to get
started and to explore the market. They jumped at the chance because they were sure they could sell a truckload of beer virtually overnight to gay bars throughout the region. We soon found a contract brewery that was happy to make the first Queer Beer. All was well, and we got down to discussing product and price. Being marketing types and entrepreneurs, they decided to publish the good news about their new project and product. Their article, that mentioned no names and made no promises because they had no contract, appeared in one of those free journals that were paid for by endless advertisements. It might have been called the Central Valley Business News, or some other strictly local name. However, it turned out that this journal was also
the Rocky Mountain Business News and the Great Lakes Business News and, under a hundred other such regional names, served many communities across the country. Thus, Queer Beer gained a premature and, as it turned out, an unwise national exposure. Our contract brewery, far to the east, recognized itself in that article. The Queer Beer Brewing Company went from being an “Appreciated Customer” when it was a private business deal to being a “High Risk Group” with whom it would be unwise to do business. Perhaps homophobia stepped in. But that proved to be the end of the Queer Beer adventure.
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hat brings this to mind was the shadow of homophobia that hovered briefly over the recent hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nomination of Judge
Ketanji Brown Jackson for a seat on the Supreme Court. Judge Jackson’s career as a Public Defender and Judge provided a long judicial record for some Senators to misread, misunderstand, misinterpret and misrepresent at dumbass length. We heard them ask dumbass questions that are now so notorious as to need no repeating. The Senators just wanted to play to their electoral base and spring a “gotcha!” related to “critical race theory” and “don’t say gay.” The judge knew it and punted. I hope the Senators’ core support turns out to be horrified by such a performance and will chuck them out of office at the next opportunity. It is sad and troubling to see and hear people elected to high national office engage in behavior that is at best silly and unworthy and at worse offensive and disrespectful. Here they had before them a
candidate for the Supreme Court who is a person of distinction and high achievement and who is unique in our nation’s history. Here was an opportunity to show us how thoughtful and intelligent men and women communicate with each other in a civilized way to explore worthwhile ideas and gain information worth having. Instead, in their own dumbass way, they managed to achieve exactly the opposite. — Reach Michael Lewis at waleslewis792@gmail. com.
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ENROLLMENT: Part of ‘broader trend’ From Page A1 neighborhoods. Then workers started to lose jobs in 2020, and more families had to relocate. “When we opened up the schools last year, those schools had lower inperson attendance,” Barrera said. “It’s just more expensive for people with kids to live in California.” In the years before the pandemic, enrollment in traditional, non-charter public schools fell by about 1% a year. The first year of the pandemic, however, enrollment dropped by more than 3%, or about 175,000 students. Even charter school enrollment slid, losing 12,600 students this year, a major reversal of historical trends. Since 2015, charter schools have seen only increases each year of at least 10,000 students. Officials at the California Department of Education did not have a clear explanation for this sudden drop. The California Charter Schools Association President Myrna Castrejón said this decline illustrates how charter schools “are facing the same statewide challenges as non-charter
public schools.” She called for equitable funding for charters. For non-charter schools, much of the enrollment drop during the first year of the pandemic was due to tens of thousands of parents opting not to enroll their children in kindergarten. Most school campuses were closed at the time and children were learning online. This year, with school buildings open, kindergarten enrollment went up by more than 7,000 students, recovering slightly from last year’s 60,000-student plunge. Enrollment numbers for first graders, however, dropped by 18,000 students this year — one of the steepest drops for a single grade level — suggesting that many students who were of kindergarten age in 2020 did not return to public schools for first grade. California Department of Education officials would not comment on where those students went. Some school district officials said they also are looking for answers. “It’s a problem across all grade levels,” said Barrett Snider of Capitol Advisors,
a lobbying firm for school districts. “We just aren’t sure where they’ve gone.” Because most of California’s public schools are funded based on a combination of enrollment and attendance, small school districts are especially feeling the pain. Just a few students leaving can mean large chunks of money gone from their budgets. “We’ve had declining enrollment since the turn of the century,” said Linda Irving, superintendent of Sebastopol Union School District. “As a school gets smaller, it gets more difficult to provide quality programming, like music classes.” The 788-student district has been using one-time state grants to cover its costs, Irving said, but she needs a more permanent solution. It can be depressing working at a school where the student population is shrinking, she said. Administrators have a marketing budget to attract more families, yet they are being forced to cut staff. “I was driving home from the gym yesterday, and I heard another superintendent on the radio,” Irving said. “We’re competing
against each other.” Brett McFadden, superintendent of the Nevada Joint Union High School District, said a large portion of the residents in his rural community work in the service industry and had to seek other jobs when businesses closed during the pandemic. Others left more recently, as the state began enforcing masking rules and issuing vaccine mandates. “It’s tough to do exit interviews, but our takeaway is that people left because of jobs,” McFadden said. “Or they left because private schools weren’t enforcing mask mandates.” According to state data, Nevada Joint Union High’s enrollment was stable before the pandemic at around 2,800 students. As of Friday, McFadden said, enrollment is at 2,605. He said he lost 197 students since the school year started, which translates to more than $2 million in lost funding. “Declining enrollment cannot be fixed,” he said. “I think we have to recognize that declining enrollment is part of broader demographic trends that are happening in our state.”
BILL: Supervisors appreciate different approach From Page A1 Opponents of AB 1928 include the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, the California Society of Addiction Medicine and the California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Executives. That opposition is based largely on concerns the treatment would be involuntary to the extent that the only alternative is imprisonment, and because coerced treatment is neither effective nor ethical. “We can do better,” Saylor said Tuesday. “I can imagine these court hearings where there’s a heavy charge, the judge and the jury are told, ‘Look, all we’re asking is that you convict this person so that they can have access to this program, and they can choose the program, but we need the conviction first.’ “This creates an imbalance in the system that I think is unwise,” Saylor said. But his colleagues on the Board of Supervisors disagreed. Supervisor Oscar Villegas of West Sacramento cited public frustration with crime rates “increasing over the course of the last 10 years given many changes that have occurred in the criminal justice system, largely driven by the ballot box … which doesn’t always get it right when it comes to public policy.” He objected to the argument by opponents of AB 1928 that the
legislation is not evidenced based or best practice, saying, “if you are not experimenting with emerging practices (and) you’ve decided that the practices in place PROVENZA are the only ones Yolo County available, that is the supervisor beginning of the end in my opinion.” He added that, “at the end of the day, this is a pilot. This is not a wholesale change in our system. “I think the pilot notion is the best thing we can do to offer the folks who are in need of our help the maximum range of opportunities to become successful again.” Supervisor Jim Provenza of Davis echoed Villegas, saying, “this is a pilot project.” “What this says is that somebody who is already going to jail or prison, who’s already going to be off the streets, will be offered an alternative of a secure facility run by health and human services.” The offer would come from the judge on the recommendation of the Health & Human Services Agency and treatment providers. “If we send that person to prison,” said Provenza, “they’re not going to be effectively served and they’re going to come out and commit new crimes because the whole basis of this is drug-induced crime.
“This group tends to continue to commit crimes. They go through this revolving jailhouse door. They go in and out of prison (or jail) until they do something serious enough to go away for a number of years and that does a lot of harm to the community and is a risk to public safety and it’s not the best thing to do for them as an individual. “I think it’s worth taking a look at this approach because right now we’re doing nothing for these individuals other than the revolving jailhouse door.” Supervisor Angel Barajas, who represents the largely rural 5th District, said in speaking to his constituents about AB 1928, “a lot of the residents said, ‘well if there’s an alternative, and they’re able to go into a program and avoid going to jail, where they would pick up more bad habits and not really wrestle with their real addiction issue, then yes, I would be in support of it.’ “And that’s what a lot of elected officials in the Legislature are hearing when they go speak to their residents in their districts and that’s what I’m hearing, too,” said Barajas, who ultimately joined Provenza, Villegas and Supervisor Gary Sandy of Woodland in voicing support for the legislation. AB 1928 continues to move through the state Assembly. — Reach Anne Ternus-Bellamy at aternus@davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.
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MONKEYS: UC Davis cites safety of research staff From Page A1 videos would increase the risk of UC Davis researchers facing harassment from activists. PETA declined to appeal the decision. “We’re pleased with the court’s decision enabling UC Davis researchers to pursue their work, which ultimately benefits our community,” said Prasant Mohapatra, vice chancellor for research at UC Davis. The Office of Research oversees the Primate Research Center. The videos that PETA sought to obtain were related to research by professors Karen Bales and John Capitanio, both at the UC Davis Department of Psychology and the Primate Research Center. For their research, Bales and Capitanio assess animal behavior by recording the monkeys’ reactions to videos, pictures and other visual stimuli. They also record the monkeys engaging in natural behavior. UCD disclosed some — but not all — of the videos made during this research in response to PETA’s initial public records request, which was made in 2017. The most substantial video the university released showed a rhesus macaque monkey in a steel cage. “Throughout the 10-minute video, the young monkey can be seen examining its enclosure, with intermittent glances toward the
camera,” The Enterprise reported in 2019. “The monkey alternately displays looks of surprise, concern and distress.” UCD spokesman Andy Fell described what was captured in the video as “a behavioral assessment to measure how the animal reacts to possibly scary images, such as videos of people or other monkeys. In general these studies are about understanding social behavior.” The court based its decision to exempt additional videos from disclosure under the Public Records Act on four factors. It ruled that released the videos would undermine academic freedom and the scientific process; that it would inhibit future research by putting researchers at risk of harm; that the request imposed an unreasonable burden on the researchers to segregate videos for disclosure; and that there was minimal value to the public seeing the videos. “PETA and other activist groups have repeatedly made use of state and federal public records laws to obtain materials related to animal research,” Fell said in Monday’s press release. “In some cases, academic researchers have subsequently had to close their scientific labs or leave the field due to harassment and threats of harm from activists.”
BEST: Trustees go with local candidate with Davis roots From Page A1 Senior High School, a teacher and principal at Da Vinci High School, served as the district assistant superintendent running the human resources department, then as associate superintendent of administrative services and finally the deputy superintendent behind thensuperintendent, John Bowes. After serving as interim superintendent through a pandemic, Best is now getting ready to simply add “superintendent” to his résumé, a title earned over two decades of hard work while raising a family with two of his children currently in the district’s school system. “Matt has a proven record of dedication to our district, students and community,” said board trustee
Vigdis Asmundson in a Monday news release on the announcement. “His passion for ensuring opportunities in education for all, his empathy and his vision for our schools are exemplary. I am thrilled that he will continue to lead the district with us.” Also at Monday’s meeting the trustees decided to continue holding hybrid, in-person/virtual board meetings. The board will revisit holding virtual meetings next month after assessing communal COVID-19 transmission rates. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 21, at 6:30 p.m. at the Community Chambers located at 526 B Street. Watch the meeting on DJUSD education cable Channel 17 or online at djusd.davismedia.org.
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Aug. 23, 1940 — March 25, 2022 Judith Eva Brady peacefully passed away on Friday, March 25, 2022. A longtime Woodland resident, she was 81. “Judy,” as everyone knew her, lived an interesting and fulfilling life, highlighted by her Navy service; nursing career; enjoyment of good food, movies, books, coffee, political discourse and all things Irish; and especially time spent with family and friends. She was born on Aug. 23, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Thomas Brady and Eva (Plicto) Brady. She always spoke fondly of her Jersey upbringing — taking solo trips to New York to explore the city, playing sidekick to her father at his neighborhood watering hole, Brady’s Tavern, and spending summers at the Jersey shore. She often brought home stray animals, asking her mother, “Can they stay for lunch?” They usually stayed for good, a testament to her lifetime love of animals. A car accident that left
her hospitalized when she was in high school inspired Judy to pursue a nursing career. She graduated from the Jersey City Hospital School of Nursing in 1962 and the U.S. Navy Women Officers’ School in 1963. Her Navy Nurse Corps service took her on adventures all over the world, including to the naval hospitals in San Diego; Corpus Christi, Texas; and Guam. Judy was stationed on Guam during the Vietnam War, serving as triage nurse for injured servicemen evacuated from battle. She loved meeting the locals and learning about their culture. While there, Judy met her future husband, Albert Obermueller, a navigator with the U.S. Air Force. They married on Sept. 13, 1969, in San Diego, and later moved to Davis. Judy was honorably discharged from the Navy in August 1972, having achieved the rank of lieutenant commander. After her marriage ended, Judy moved to Woodland, where she had
become a staff registered nurse at Woodland Memorial Hospital in 1971. BRADY She worked in the intensive-care unit, IV therapy department (which she helped develop), psychiatric services and, her favorite, labor and delivery/ postpartum. Some of her most treasured moments involved running into her former patients around town. Even decades later, many of them recalled her support and encouragement as they brought new lives into the world. From 1982 to 1990, Judy operated her own business, Mobile Obstetrical Monitoring Services (MOMS), performing fetal monitoring tests for expectant mothers from throughout Yolo County who were experiencing pregnancy complications. One of her most prized possessions was a notebook recording all of her patients’ names and the dates of their tests, proudly showing it to
people she met even in the weeks before her passing. A fierce advocate for her fellow nurses at Woodland Memorial, Judy played an active role in their vote to obtain union representation from the California Nurses Association in the late 1990s, which ultimately resulted in higher pay, better working conditions and, most importantly to her, improved patient safety. The latter years of her career took Judy to Kaiser Permanente, working as an advice nurse at Kaiser’s Vallejo call center until her retirement in 2016. Away from work, Judy was a proud and enthusiastic “Granny” to her grandsons Ethan and Aidan Keene, both of them frequent bragging topics. She adored babysitting them and attending their various sports events. She counted herself among their biggest fans. In addition to her grandsons, Judy is survived by her daughter Lauren Keene of Sacramento, son Kurt Obermueller of Esparto, and ex-husband Albert Obermueller and his part-
ner Becky Tauzer of Esparto. She’ll also be greatly missed by her Maltese dog, Riley, and cat Scout, the last of the many beloved pets Judy rescued over the years. A military honors funeral service is scheduled for noon Wednesday, May 11, at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, 5810 Midway Road in Dixon, followed by a reception at Hotel Winters, 12 Abbey St. in Winters. Friends are encouraged to gather, connect and
share their good memories. For more details and to RSVP, please send an email to CelebratingJudyBrady@ gmail.com. Judy’s family will forever be grateful for the compassionate care she received in her final weeks from Kaiser Permanente, The Village at Heritage Park in Natomas and Suncrest Hospice. Anyone wishing to make a gift in Judy’s memory is asked to consider two of her favorite causes, the Yolo Food Bank or their local SPCA.
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County health officer cautiously optimistic about COVID situation By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer After increasing slightly last week, Yolo County’s COVID-19 case rate has resumed its decline from the highest levels of the Omicron surge. Just in the last month, the case rate has decreased 70 percent, from 12.8 cases per 100,000 residents per day on March 8 to 3.8 as of Tuesday, according to Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson. Last week the rate had increased from 5.5 to 6.3, before dropping again. But as fewer people seek COVID-19 testing, and many of those who do test use home antigen tests, “the reported COVID-19 case rates underestimate the true level of infection in the community,” Sisson told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. In fact, testing by Healthy Davis Together has declined to levels last seen before the arrival of the Delta variant over the summer. HDT averaged 1,140 tests per day over the last week, down from an average of 3,500 tests during the Omicron surge. That said, hospitalizations for COVID-19 are very low right now (just one COVID-positive patient in the county's two hospitals on Tuesday and none for much of last week) and levels of COVID-19 in wastewater samples are stable or improving, Sisson said. “In summary, the COVID situation in Yolo County continues to improve,” she told county supervisors. However, she added, “other parts of the U.S. are seeing increases in COVID transmission and we must remain vigilant in case our local COVID situation changes and more precautions are needed
in the future.” The Omicron subvariant BA.2 may be driving those case increases in the northeastern United States, Sisson said, but there are other parts of the world that have seen BA.2 become dominant as it has here without seeing an increase in their case rates. Currently BA.2 accounts SISSON for 83 perYolo County of health officer cent cases in Yolo County, according to the UC Davis Genome Center. The center, which genotypes positive samples collected by Healthy Davis Together, reported 77 of the 93 positive cases found during the week of April 3-9 were caused by the BA.2 variant. Those 93 total cases were two more than were detected the previous week, with about a third less testing. “I can’t predict the future, but so far, the trend in Yolo County is a decreasing case rate as BA.2 has become dominant, so I’m cautiously optimistic that we will not see much rise in our case rate in the coming weeks,” Sisson said. She cautioned that “there’s still the potential for another large wave, so it’s important … to remain vigilant, to stay on guard, to stay current with vaccinations, to keep a supply of masks on hand should we have to reinstitute a mask order. “We aren’t out of the woods yet, but I do think the situation is pretty good right now,” Sisson said. “We should enjoy that but know that it may not last forever.”
Town-hall meeting focuses on crime-victim survival By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer Survivors of a slain Davis couple will speak about their road to recovery at a virtual town hall meeting Tuesday hosted by the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office and its Multi-Cultural Community Council. Guests include Sarah Rice, the granddaughter of Claudia Maupin and her husband Oliver “Chip” Northup, both fatally stabbed by then 15-yearold Daniel Marsh in their South Davis home in April 2013. Laura Valdes, manager of the DA’s victim services program, also will speak. Held via Zoom, the meeting is scheduled from 3-4 p.m. To attend, register at www.yoloda.org/commons-town-hall-meetings/. Tuesday's meeting aligns with the one-year anniversary of the launch of Commons, an online data transparency portal that tracks the demographics of Yolo County’s prosecutions from start to finish.
The DA’s Office in 2020 partnered with Measures for Justice, a New Yorkbased nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization, to create a public platform for streaming the demographics data. The MCCC, an advisory panel to the DA’s Office, also participated in the effort. As a neutral third party, Measures for Justice collects, validates and posts the information, and receives input regarding the data community members wish to see. Through the Commons platform, the DA’s Office and MCCC hold monthly town hall meetings focused on topics such as racial disparity, human trafficking and domestic violence, while highlighting Commons’ data points. For more information regarding the Commons portal and Measures for Justice, visit www. measuresforjustice.org/ commons/yoloda and www.measuresforjustice. org.
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he city of Davis regularly receives questions about whether or not a product is recyclable, can go in the organics bin or needs to go in the trash. Here are a few general tips to help figure out into which bin something goes into: n In order for an item to be recyclable, it must be made out of one single commodity. Example: an empty can that is entirely metal is ok to recycle. A coffee can with a metal rim at the top and bottom with a paperboard middle is not recyclable. n The only glass items that are recyclable are food and beverage containers. n Any paper product that is used to hold, wipe, contain or carry food or beverages (or that has food or beverages stuck on it) is not recyclable, but can usually go into the organics bin. * If something looks like it’s made out of paper, but is shiny or metallic, it’s not recyclable. If
it’s just shiny, it can go in the organics bin. If it looks metallic, it needs to go in the trash. n Recyclables should be clean and dry before they go in the recycling cart. While these general rules are helpful, there’s still some odd products out there that can confuse people. Here are some of the most common items we’ve been asked about recently: n Used cooking oil. Do not pour cooking oil, fats or grease down the drain. Soak up small amounts of cool, hardened fats, oils and grease with paper towels and place in the organics bin. Recycle larger amounts at the free Household Hazardous Waste drop off at the Yolo County Landfill from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. every Friday and Saturday. n Refrigerated cartons. Cartons that must be refrigerated before they are opened (check the label on the product, and it
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will tell you if this is the case) cannot be recycled, but they can go in the organics cart. If it has a cap and a plastic spout, remove the cap and place the cap in the trash. It’s ok to leave the plastic spout on the carton when you place it in the organics cart. n Shelf-stable cartons. Cartons that do not need to be refrigerated until after they are opened are not recyclable or compostable and should be placed in the trash. n Clothing and textiles. The Yolo County Landfill just started accepting clothing and textiles for recycling seven days a week! They will take textiles of any quality as the materials are reused when possible and the rags are recycled into Persian rugs.
Consider disposal There are millions of different types of products at stores, and not all of them are designed with their end-of-life in mind. Packaging makes up a significant amount of the waste we produce,
and while some packaging is completely recyclable (metal cans), other types are not (shelfstable cartons). We often are asked why certain items are not recyclable in our city. While recycling simple materials like paper, cardboard, glass and metals is a fantastic way to manage waste and reuse resources, recycling complex products that contain multiple materials fused together is costly and depends on having a recycling facility that can process and extract those materials. Rather than focusing on why we can’t recycle something locally, we should consider looking at why producers are making products that are not more easily recyclable. Product manufactures have increasingly been creating products that are not easily recyclable or compostable. Extended Producer Responsibility, also known as Product Stewardship, is a strategy to place a shared responsibility for end-of-life product management on
producers instead of on the public or local governments. EPR also encourages product design changes that minimize negative impacts on human health and the environment at every stage of the product's lifecycle. The City of Davis passed a resolution in 2010 supporting EPR and has supported several California EPR laws for batteries, carpet, pharmaceuticals and plastics. Look for products at the store that are recyclable or compostable, have recyclable or compostable packaging, minimal or no packaging or are designed for more than one use. If you have to choose something that’s not recyclable or compostable, contact the product manufactures and let them know you want to see them modify their product or create a free take-back program. For more information on recycling, visit DavisRecycling.org. — Jennifer Gilbert is a Conservation Coordinator with the City of Davis; this column is published monthly. Reach her at PWWeb@CityofDavis.org.
UCD: Rhesus monkeys can perceive their own heartbeats By Messiah Folashade Foster Special to The Enterprise Rhesus macaques are able to perceive their own heartbeats, according to a new study from the California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis and Royal Holloway, University of London. The research, published April 11 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, creates a first-ofits-kind animal model of interoception. Interoception refers to the ability to sense the internal state of one’s body, such as observing when your heart races or breathing quickens. The findings provide an important model for future psychiatric and neuropsychiatric research as dysfunctions in interoception are associated with anxiety, depression and Alzheimer’s disease. The study is part of a collaboration between Eliza Bliss-Moreau, associate professor of psychology at UC Davis and core scientist at the CNPRC, and affective scientist Manos Tsakiris, from the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, led by Joey Charbonneau, doctoral student in psychology at UC Davis,
and including Lara Maister, from Bangor University, Wales. The team monitored four rhesus monkeys that sat in front of an infrared eye tracker displaying stimuli that bounced and generated a sound either synchronously or asynchronously (faster and slower) with the monkeys’ heartbeats. Such an experiment capitalizes on the fact that monkeys and human babies look for longer at things that they find surprising or are unexpected. All four monkeys spent more time looking at the
The city of Davis announced April 11 that continued water conservation is needed as California faces a third year of drought. Though atmospheric rivers in October 2021 led to record rainfall across the State and storms in December produced more than 200% of normal precipitation, the lack of rain made January and February 2022 some of the driest months in state history. In addition, the April snowpack is 38% of average statewide — the lowest measurement in seven years. As a result of the prolonged drought, continued water conservation is needed in Davis and statewide. To encourage water conservation outdoors, the City Council implemented a maximum of three-daysper-week watering schedule for sprinkler irrigation use that is in place until modified or lifted. The following schedule only applies to residential and commercial properties for sprinkler/ spray irrigation and does not apply to other methods of irrigation, such as drip systems and hand-watering: n Odd-numbered addresses: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. n Even-numbered addresses: Wednesday, Friday
This provides the first behavioral evidence that rhesus monkeys have a humanlike capacity to perceive their heartbeats and have an interoceptive sense.
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New research at UC Davis indicates rhesus macaques are able to perceive their own heartbeats.
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stimuli presented out of rhythm with their heartbeats compared to stimuli in rhythm with their heartbeats — suggesting that they sensed that the out-ofrhythm stimuli were surprising based on the expected rhythm of their heartbeats. The results are consistent with evidence previously shown in human infants using a similar method.
and Sunday. Large landscapes, such as city parks and DJUSD properties, are restricted to a maximum of three-daysper-week sprinkler irrigation, but are not subject to the odd/even watering schedule. Different zones (areas) of the parks/landscapes may be watered on different nights. Tree watering by any type of irrigation besides sprinkler/spray irrigation is also not limited. In addition, residents should be observing wateruse restrictions, which include those adopted by the Davis City Council in February 2022 after the State enacted emergency water waste prohibitions. A partial list of the restrictions is below, the full list of restrictions can be found on the city of Davis website: n No hosing down of hardscape, including driveways, sidewalks and buildings, structures, patios, parking lots, or other hard surfaced areas unless required for health and safety purposes n No watering of outdoor landscapes in a manner that causes more than minimal run-off n No landscape watering with sprinkler/spray irrigation between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
“Why do we care? Interoception, or the selfmonitoring of your physiological systems, is involved in all aspects of human life,” Bliss-Moreau said. Deficits in interoception have been linked to
neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease. “This model will be used in future translational studies of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s,” Bliss-Moreau said. “If we can measure
interoception, we can track it as a behavioral biomarker of disease progression.” — Messiah Foster is communications officer at the California National Primate Research Center.
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Spoke literary and arts magazine returns in print to Davis High By Mattias RowenBale HUB Staff Spoke literary and arts magazine, founded at Davis High in the 1990’s and revitalized in the mid 2010’s, will be releasing it’s first print edition since COVID-19 this April. The magazine is entirely student led and operated, and serves to create “a safe place for Davis High creators.” “The past two years of our lives has been a time of growth and creativity in all of its forms. Throughout these
times, we have continued to turn to the arts as an escape and a means of expression. We have taken this time to reflect and create,” write the Spoke Editors on the first page, “So, with our first print issue after two years, we hope that we are able to honor that creativity.” Throughout the pandemic, work has been exclusively published on Instagram (@dhsspokelitmag) and at spokelitmag.com. The April edition will feature writing from Eliot Larson, Kelsey Hun-
tington, Stella Maze, Bridget Nagle and Ian Bourne, artwork by Vivian Combs, Alex Herrera, Sawyer S. and Analia Eisen, photography from Bailey Paquette, Sierra Johnson, Livia Uyeda-Tannyhill and Anirvan Gauman, and 3D creations from Devin Gagnon, Yasmin Moule and Michael Jao. A digital copy will be published on spokelitmag.com in the last week of April, and the print edition is currently availale to preorder on the website.
Left The cover of Spoke Magazine, featuring a 3D rendering by Devin Gagnon. Below: An exerpt from the magazine, featuring work by Eliot Larson and Vivian Combs. The Spoke Team/courtesy media
Student artist spotlighted in Spoke magazine By Elliot DeJoung HUB Staff Junior Sawyer S. will have some of his art featured in the upcoming edition of the Spoke magazine. He also currently has art on display at Hacker Labs in Sacramento. Sawyer takes the AP Drawing and Painting class at Davis High, where his focus is work in the style of Lucian Freud, a painter who specializes in unique portraiture. “(Freud’s work) feels heavy but also light at the same time,” Sawyer said. “It feels very human.” Sawyer appreciates the fleshiness and “heavy lightness” of Freud’s work, which he often tries to emulate in his own portraits. His favorite of these is “Thomas,” a portrait of his friend from AP Dawing and Painting, Thomas Nishikawa. Sawyer combined his Freudian inspiration with Nishikawa’s art syle, mixing Freud’s mottled style with Nishikawa’s ghostly approach. “This isn’t the normal color scheme you draw a person with,” Sawyer said about that portrait. “It’s like blues and greens and stuff.” Also inspired by Freud, Sawyer painted a self portrait last semester. “It’s kind of ironic, cause … I don’t
like drawing self portraits, but now … almost every single drawing this semester I have been using a self portrait for reference,” Sawyer said. Sawyer finds inspiration primarily from “silly little ideas” that he has. One work based on a “silly idea” was “Man Meets his Creator,” which originally was inspired by the irony of a rubber duck meeting a real one. “As I started painting, I was like, wow, this is really deep,” Sawyer said. “It’s kind of like two opposite things. But then, as I started thinking about it more, I was like wow, this little duck is like man and this larger duck is like god.” However, sometimes Sawyer is inspired to make art with a larger meaning. “(Sometimes) it’s like this urge to draw something like this because it needs to be put out into the universe in some way,” Sawyer said. As the motivation behind Sawyer’s art varies, so does the format. He is currently interested in experimenting with metal as a canvas for drawings, and also likes to use oil pastels, paints and charcol for their creaminess. “I can get good texture with (charcoal),” Sawyer said.
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Top left: “Man Meets his Creator.” Bottom left: “Privilege.” Right: “Thomas.”
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Corporate bias shows in new spot
Gas rebate I would stymie climate goals By Brandon Dawson Special to CalMatters
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ov. Gavin Newsom announced a gas rebate proposal last month to tackle California’s high gas prices. Under the proposal, all vehicle owners with cars registered in the state would receive a $400 debit card mailed directly to their homes, with those owning multiple cars receiving $800. If adopted, this proposal would disproportionately benefit wealthy Californians. To help ameliorate some of the economywide impacts of inflation, the Newsom administration instead should take the broader approach outlined by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins: Use the state’s budget surplus to provide Californians with an across-the-board rebate for relief from all rising costs, not just gas. California has some of the highest gas prices in the country, and working-class citizens across the state are dealing with the effects of record-breaking inflation. As our economy recovers from the pandemic, California still has the second-highest unemployment rate in the nation. It’s not controversial to say that many Californians are struggling, and the government should step in to help.
t’s well established that the state Public Utilities Commission has a majorleague bias favoring the huge corporations it regulates over consumers they serve. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s leaning is also clear from his refusal to seriously penalize companies like PG&E even after they’re convicted multiple times of manslaughter — killing their own customers. And the state Legislature is so obviously in the pocket of large developers and Wall Street housing investors that it insists upon cities helping them build housing for which there are no assured buyers — housing that’s often likely to sit vacant or become shortterm or corporate rentals. But until now, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the federal court that often gets to oversee California laws, appeared at least somewhat independent. Yet, its new ruling in a case involving mental-health coverage by health insurance companies puts that supposition of integrity into serious doubt. This case ultimately stems from a 1999 state law called the Mental Health Parity Act, which requires that health insurers cover medically necessary treatment for most mental illness even when insurance policies written earlier explicitly exclude such coverage. This law is particularly critical now, while Newsom is
pushing a plan to let authorities force the unhoused mentally ill into treatment even if it’s against their will. No one is quite sure how that might be paid for or carried out. Enter the Ninth Circuit, sowing extreme confusion on the issue. In a decision this spring, a panel there overturned lower court rulings that required a large insurer to reconsider its denials in tens of thousands of claims for mental health, drug and alcohol addiction care — just the kind of treatments Newsom calls for. The lower court decision, from federal Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero of San Francisco, said United Behavioral Health, manager of mental health services for the giant United Healthcare, acted to “protect its bottom line” via restrictive criteria it set up to deny claims here and in several other states between 2011 and 2017. He said the company’s policies did not provide sufficient coverage for treatments within generally accepted standards of care. But the Ninth Circuit’s
baffling, confused decision said group plans don’t have to comply with all generally accepted care standards, but only must not conflict with them. Huh? The appeals court said United Behavioral Health’s policies met that standard and it followed them when denying coverage for both residential and outpatient treatment under plans written for self insured people and fully insured employee groups. The appeals court ruling came despite unified support for the lower court decision from the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association and other medical groups. They entered the case because, they said, it could set a precedent for “all insurance companies that are providing employer-sponsored health benefits.”
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ut no matter, the Ninth Circuit said in appearing to reverse its own 2011 decision in a case where Blue Shield of California tried to withhold mental health coverage. The court back then said Blue Shield was required under the state law to provide medically necessary health insurance for mental illness on a par with treatment for physical problems. It cited findings by the state Legislature that mental health coverage limitations
“result in inadequate treatment” and cause “relapse and untold suffering” for persons with treatable mental illness. The Ninth Circuit has now thrown out this previous work, giving insurance companies an apparent license to return to the bad old days when they refused to provide almost any mental health coverage. The court’s reasoning here leaves a lot of open questions about what kinds of mental health care the companies must provide in California. Clearly, these will not be as broad in the future as they have been for most of the last 20 years. The fact this comes at a time when Newsom’s planned remedy for homelessness includes a strong mental health treatment component lends a great irony to the picture, and involves especially bad timing. But it should hardly shock anyone, considering how long and how thoroughly the political and legal apparatus in this state has favored corporations over their customers. — 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
However, singling out a fossil fuel to frame a tax rebate is unnecessary and in contradiction to California’s — and the governor’s — climate goals. Oil and gas companies are experiencing record profits because of the surges in gas prices and are, of course, passing those profits on to their executives. California’s government should focus on taking on greedy polluters, not subsidizing them.
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oreover, a gas rebate will not address the crucial issue of our dependence on fossil fuels. If Newsom is serious about helping all Californians, he needs to take major steps to transition California’s transportation system toward zero-emission technologies. Earlier this year, Newsom detailed a new transportation budget proposal, including grants for free transit and substantial investments in zero-emission vehicle infrastructure. The proposal has some great elements in it, but Newsom should push even more aggressive legislation to ensure California can break its dependence on fossil fuels as soon as possible. Outside of the Legislature, the governor can double down on electric vehicles. He should pressure the California Air Resources Board to pass the Advanced Clean Cars II rule that ramps up zero-emission vehicle sales as quickly as possible before reaching 100% by 2035. The governor also should push the air board to adopt a strong Advanced Clean Fleets rule that requires 100% of the sales of heavy-duty trucks to be ZEVs by 2036. Finally, Newsom should encourage the air board to use its existing authority to force the retirement of fossil-fueled trucks as soon as the law allows.
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As the governor looks at ways to provide relief to Californians, he must be careful that he does not deepen the state’s reliance on polluting fuels. The historic budget surplus and the air board’s wide docket of proposed transportation-related regulations provide Newsom with a unique opportunity to make real, progressive changes to our infrastructure while advancing the state’s climate goals. Let’s not waste this moment on a few Exxon Mobil gift cards. — Brandon Dawson is the director of Sierra Club California. He wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.
I wish to register my objection to the recent behavior of the DA Jeff Reisig — attacking and potentially slandering the donors of his opponent. He’s been a public prosecutor in one form or another for 26 years. Surely, this is long enough to alienate several families of victims, those accused of committing a crime, and just average citizens like myself — that will not support or vote for him. Combined with an unfavorable shift in political tastes in the county, he’s facing an ebbing tide of support for his bid for Yolo County district attorney. To regain some support, he can attempt to scare voters with prophecies of the crime rates experienced in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and encourage
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spreading the rumor about his opponent having ties to George Soros — that just might garner him some votes. But he has crossed the line when he attacks upstanding local families that have donated to his opponent — citing their past brush with the judicial system as evidence they are motivated to pervert the political process and weaken the justice system. This is the case with the Pedroia family and Reisig’s attack on Brett. It does not matter to Reisig, and many others, that Brett has gone through the justice system, rehabilitation, and has proven to be a reliable and productive citizen. He has met the prescribed remedy for his mistake. Brett and his family have supported the local agricultural community and several important social causes for years. But, even beyond his participation with his family, he has regained his
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individual right to participate in the political election process — any further attempts to limit his participation are a violation of his civil rights. What does this reveal about Reisig’s real intentions about criminal reform and rehabilitation? Reopening old wounds for his political gain? What does this say about his fitness to hold the office of district attorney? Personally, at a minimum, I believe Jeff Reisig owes the Pedroia family, and Brett in particular, an apology. Terry East Woodland
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Replaced by a newcomer Dear Annie: I have two very good friends who I go to breakfast with every Saturday. We are part of a monthly book club; we exercise together three times a week, and we attend the theater together, for which we have season tickets. They are both widows. My husband, thank goodness, is still alive and healthy. Lately, I have been getting vibes that they are trying to replace me with another widow. I have said no to invites to different places, such as craft shows, that I really didn’t want to attend. But now they are making plans to go to dinners with another widow, which I found out about just by overhearing the discussion. They did not ask me to go until I asked them about it, and it is something that I would have loved to do. I hesitate to accept the invite because I don’t know if they really want me along or if they are just being polite. Am I being overly sensitive? Or do I have reason to be concerned? This is not the first time that this sort of thing has happened. Should I ask them about it or just act like it doesn’t bother me? — Feeling Left Out Dear Feeling Left Out: No one likes to feel excluded, but once we understand the “why” of why we are not included, it can help ease the hurt feelings. Your friends all lost their husbands, while you have a wonderful husband at home. Just take that fact in for a moment. Their “taking in” or including another widow has nothing to do with whether they like you or not and everything to do with the fact that
FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220315 04/11/2022 Business is located in Yolo County Fictitious Business Name: SAC RIVER AUTO Physical Address: 5034 CHILES RD STE D DAVIS, CA 95618 Mailing Address: 5034 CHILES RD STE D DAVIS, CA 95618 Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): MOHAMAD MAITA 8430 LA RIVIERA DR SACRAMENTO, CA 95826 Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 04/11/2022 s/ MOHAMAD MAITA Official Title: OWNER Corporation Name: I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal. Jesse Salinas, County Clerk/Recorder, State of California, County of Yolo Published April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 2022 #1770
they understand the pain of losing a husband and want to express empathy to their fellow widow. Confronting them about it would not be beneficial. Focus on being grateful that they are your friends and that you have fun with them. ——— Dear Annie: I loved your answer to “Loss,” the woman who, in her 60s, was grieving the loss of so many of her friends. This brought to mind a helpful thought that was shared with my 90-year-old mother by her doctor. She was telling him about having lost seven very close family members and friends that year. He responded by saying, “This is just the price we must pay for a long, joyful life filled with people we love.” — Great Advice Dear Great Advice: Thank you for sharing the wonderful wisdom of your mother’s doctor. ——— Dear Annie: I’m the oldest of six children. Our beloved mother passed on in 1981. The oldest son took her jewelry, out of our mother’s apartment, the day she died. I thought he removed it for safekeeping. When I asked him about the jewelry, he denied having it. We have two other sisters. Two months ago, when I questioned him again, after questioning him over the years, he admitted he gave the jewelry to one of the three sisters. When I asked which sister, he said he can’t remember. The youngest sister was on the phone, in a group conversation, and she denied having the jewelry and stated she doesn’t want any of it. He has stopped talking to me, so there isn’t a relationship
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to save. Should I take him to court and get lawyers involved? — Upset Sister Dear Upset Sister: You could take him to court, but that would cause both you and him a lot of unnecessary stress. That would be the absolute last resort. Perhaps the best revenge is living well. Focus on taking care of yourself and not focusing on his dishonesty. At the end of the day, you can’t buy a good night’s sleep, and he knows what he did. Keep trying to talk with him about sharing your mother’s jewelry.
FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220310 04/08/2022 Business is located in Yolo County Fictitious Business Name: TERRACINA AT SPRINGLAKE Physical Address: 1620 MEIKLE AVENUE WOODLAND, CA 95695 Mailing Address: 3200 DOUGLAS BLVD SUITE 200 ROSEVILLE, CA 95661 Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): USA Springlake Inc. GP of Springlake Family Apartments LP 3200 DOUGLAS BLVD SUITE 200 ROSEVILLE, CA 95661 Business Classification: Limited Partnership Starting Date of Business: 06/21/2006 s/ JONATHAN C. HARMER Official Title: CFO Corporation Name: USA Springlake, Inc. GP for Springlake Family Apartments, LP I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal. Jesse Salinas, County Clerk/Recorder, State of California, County of Yolo Published April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 2022 #1771
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CV2022-0310 To all interested persons: Petitioner: Amir Ali Soleimani filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name Amir Ali Soleimani to Proposed name Aviv Soleymani THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 6/1/2022 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept.: 10 Room: ZOOM The address of the court is Yolo Superior Court Clerks Office - Civil 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise. Date: 4/11/2022 Samuel T. McAdam Judge of the Superior Court Published April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 2022 #1768
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In ancient Egypt, people wrote with pictures. The symbols in this kind of writing are called hieroglyphics (hi-ro-GLIF-iks). Sometimes a picture meant exactly what it showed. Other pictures stood for letters. The pharaoh’s name was spelled out inside an oval border called a cartouche (kar-toosh).
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In 1922 an archeologist named Howard Carter found an underground stairway in the Egyptian desert. It led to a tomb with its treasure untouched. It was the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun!
Gold funeral mask inlaid with semi-precious stones. This mask gives us an idea of what Tutankhamun looked like.
Thousands of years ago, Egyptian kings, called pharaohs, were buried in tombs filled with incredible treasure. The Egyptians believed people would need these things in a life after death. Look at some of the objects Carter found. What do you think they tell about life in ancient Egypt?
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Standards Link: History: Students identify the human and physical characteristics of the places they are studying and explain how those features form the unique character of those places.
Goldcovered statue of Tutankhamun standing on a raft with a harpoon
hortly after Howard Carter found King Tut’s tomb, Lord Carnarvon, Carter’s employer and patron, died suddenly. A rumor spread that a curse fell upon anyone entering a pharaoh’s tomb. Is it true?
In ancient Egypt, the Nile River flooded the farmlands each year, leaving behind rich topsoil. The farmers planned their growing season around the floods.
The problem with the curse is that Carter, who spent years excavating the tomb, lived for many years and died peacefully. Lord Carnarvon had been in poor health for many years prior to the discovery of the tomb.
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ore than 5,000 years ago, the people of Egypt developed a system of counting that is much like ours. Look at the chart to read the Egyptian numbers and discover the answers to the questions. 1. How old was Tutankhamun when he became king of Egypt? years old. 2. The Nile River is the longest in the world. How long is it? Over
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Standards Link: Math/Number Sense: Understand the structure of different number systems and bases.
Standards Link: History: Students analyze the economic, cultural and social structures of the early civilization of Egypt.
EGYPTIANS GRAIN ARTIFACTS COUNTING SOWED PATRON TALES SEASON TOMB PHARAOH KING RIVER CURSE NILE DEATH
Find the words in the puzzle, then in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities.
… wondering about the past.
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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
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The noun tomb means a place to hold the bodies of one or more dead people. The pyramids were constructed as giant tombs for Egyptians rulers. Try to use the word tomb in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members.
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Use similes to describe the people, places and things found in today’s newspaper. King Tut’s curse is as________ as a _________. A pharaoh’s treasure is as_______ as a ______. The weather is as __________ as a _________. ANSWER: Because you can get so wrapped up in them.
Standards Link: Literary Analysis: Identify figurative language (e.g., simile).
Use the hieroglyphics pictured here to write your name in the cartouche below.
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Numbers in the News Use Egyptian numbers to rewrite five or more numbers found in today’s newspaper.
Read the cartouche to find out what the word PHARAOH means.
Imagine you have found a pile of rags. Wait! It’s a mummy— and it’s mmmoving! Tell a story about this mummy and an adventure you have together.
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Blue Devil runners cover 2 counties
DHS: Win feels great
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Enterprise sports editor Two meets in two days in two counties. That is what the Davis High boys and girls track teams did toward the end of last week. Some Blue Devils traveled to Los Angeles County to compete at the Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High. Others stayed in Yolo County to face Jesuit and St. Francis in a Delta League tri-meet. The invitational was on Saturday and Friday, while the league meet was at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium on Saturday. Here are the results from the invitational and meet. At the Arcadia Invitational, Davis’ Ryan Mitchell was in the fastest heat of the open mile, and finished with a time of 4 minutes, 20.66 seconds,
which was a personal record. Will Siemens took fourth place in the open pole vault, and also recorded a PR this season, with a height of 14 feet, 7 inches. Bella Bitners competed in the invitational discus and took 13th place at 11606. “She was the only sophomore in the field, which is very impressive,” said Davis assistant head coach Tim Groth. Ray Oldham took sixth place in the invitational high jump at 6-5. Zach Ayers competed in the invitational 3,200meters race and recorded a time of 9:01.16. In the tri-meet against Jesuit and St. Francis the weather played a factor for strong results among his Blue Devil runners. “We had a massive
tailwind, which our 100meter folks enjoyed,” said Davis head coach Spencer Elliott. In that girls’ running event, Emma Vogt took second place with a time of 12.85 seconds. Chloe Barr was on Vogt’s heels, taking third at 12.86. Bryce Barker was also second for the Blue Devil boys in the 100, timed at 11.27. In the girls’ high jump, Davis’ Michelle Kang took first place at an even 5-feet. Sophia Ballard was second at 4-10. “Which is an excellent PR for her,” Elliott said. “Wind actually makes high jumping even harder.” Christopher Clay Ballard was a double-winner for the Blue Devil boys. He won the 200s at 23.67 and the 400 at 53.61. Andrew Baum was
another double winner for Davis. He won the shot put at 44-08.50 and the discus at 140-02. Dean Fulks rounded out the list of double-winners for the Blue Devils. He hurdled to top place in the 300 hurdles at 48.22 and the triple jump at 39-11.50. Lucas Tam won the boys 800 at 2:02.03. Gavin Lynch ran to a first-place finish in the 3,200 at 10:59.69. Eli Ishikawa won the high jump for the Blue Devils, clearing the bar at 5-11. For the Davis girls, Mara Bledsoe captured first place in two events. She won the shot put at 27-08 and the discus at 82-05. Vogt won the 200 at 26.99. Sophia Ballard leaped to a first-place finish in the triple jump at 33-05.
ARM: Hastings, Tompkins experienced at QB From Page B8 The 6-foot-1 and 189-pound Hastings played in 10 of the Aggies’ 12 games last fall. He completed 130 of 215 passes for 1,173 yards and seven touchdowns. He also threw eight interceptions. Hastings’ growth of remaining calm, cool and collected seems to have matured him a better person in Hawkins’ eyes. “I think every player, every husband, every father goes through the valley,” said Hawkins of Hastings’ growth last fall season. “Periodically, you have to figure out how to handle that. That is part of it, being able to be good when things are bad. That takes a certain amount of experience.” Trent Tompkins, a sophomore who is another returning Aggie, also took
snaps with Hastings in spring practices. Tompkins played in all 12 games last fall, completed 10 of 18 passes for 102 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions. “Everyone is competing,” Hastings said. “Everyone is getting a lot of reps. The coaches are doing a real good job with us, really trying to improve everyone, no matter what. Just trying to get better and better every day.” Hastings’ mindset entering spring practices is protecting the football; be it handing off to a running back, running or finding an open receiver. “The big thing is to take care of the ball, and just going through my reads smoothly and be part of the leader out there,” Hastings said. “I know the offense well. It’s just a matter of just getting everyone on the same page and making sure that everyone is comfortable.”
Other Aggie quarterbacks on the roster junior Gunnor Faulk, redshirt freshman Mitchell Dixon, junior Jack Newman who played at San Francisco City College last fall. On top of the practices, there were some high school football players, who are potential recruits, at Saturday’s practice. “A lot of them just wanted to see practice is,” Hawkins said. “I kind of recruit a little differently than I did 40 years ago. They just need to see it, see what the guys look like, how big they are, how fast they are. If this is something that they want to do.” UCD will have a total of 15 practices that started on April 4. The Aggies will continue practice in pads this and next week. Then the Aggies will have their intrasquad scrimmage at UC Davis Health Stadium on Saturday, April 23.
in the inning. Ackerman was able to move Chin to second base on a bunt groundout, but Carston was unable to come home. A fly out from Baker ended the inning, stranding the runners on second and third. Carpenter did come out to pitch the seventh inning for the Blue Devils. But after hitting the first batter with a pitch, Guevin put in Jaiden Temple to close it out. After the hit by pitch, Temple was able to get Mason Ali to ground into a 6-4-3 double play. Nick Buller followed with a single, but Taison Pierce flied out to end the game.
Davis collected seven hits in the game. Carston led the Blue Devils with two hits on the day. Ochoa, Shorts, Chin, Ackerman and DHS catcher Carter Stoltz each had one hit. “It feels great,” said Guevin of the sweep. “Ultimately that was our goal today was to come to field and be on the right side of the score. It worked out and we’re very excited about that.” Davis’ next game will be in the Fresno Easter Classic. The Blue Devils play Madera at 1 p.m. at North Clovis High. — Follow Rebecca Wasik on Twitter: @BeccaFrom TheBay.
RALLY: Solid scouting From Page B8 Under new head coach Tommy Nicholson, the Aggies current roster includes 12 freshmen. “We trust our coaches a lot,” Iverson said. We look at a scouting report, we trust it. We know the coaches are doing their jobs, so you have to do yours.” Andrew LaCour (0-1) took the loss. Slated to pitch only the first inning, the sophomore recorded only two outs. Cal State Bakersfield (1415, 7-2) scored six of its eight first inning runs with two outs. But UCD held firm with freshman Bryan Green on the mound. The lefty allowed just one run in
seven innings of relief. He scattered six hits while striking out eight. “It wouldn’t have mattered if I had started the day on the mound — I was confident in myself I was going to pitch seven strong innings,” Green said. Aggie first baseman Jonah Henrickson went 3 for 5. The Davis High alum also drove in and scored a run. The Aggies returns to conference play on Thursday, beginning a threegame series at Cal State Fullerton. Thursday’s game starts at 7 p.m. Friday’s game is scheduled at 6 p.m. and Saturday’s finale at 1 p.m. — Follow Mark DeVaughn on Twitter: @OrangeMarkD.
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ax Scherzer, now of the New York Mets, will be paid $43,333,333 this season. Scherzer will make more money than the total payrolls of four Major League Baseball teams; Cleveland Guardians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland A’s and Baltimore Orioles, according to Spotrac. com. Scherzer also has a full no-trade clause and five incentives totaling $750,000. Those include being named National League MVP ($200K), winning the Cy Young Award ($200K), making the National League All-Star team ($100K) and MVP in either the League Championship Series ($100K) or World Series ($150K). Good work if you can get it. He began his career in Detroit, signed as a free agent in Washington and went to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a trade deadline deal last season. n The San Francisco Giants rank 13th overall with a payroll of $142, 292,500. The A’s? Try $32,548,334 for their 28-player roster. n Cleveland manager Terry Francona will be back in the dugout after battling various maladies in 2021. Francona managed in Boston and led the Red Sox to the 2016 World Series title. Nine current MLB managers played for Francona, including the Giants’ Gabe Kapler and the A’s Mark Kotsay. Francona’s father, Tito, played for nine teams in the 1950s and ’60s. Thanks to column co-conspirator Scott Miller for the info. n While the Eagles had a major 1970s hit “Take It Easy,” the song was actually written by Jackson Browne. n Two observations from the recently completed NCAA men’s basketball tournament: the officials let the players play, for the most part; as noted previously, the 3-point shot is now way too easy for today’s ultra-skilled shooters. Move it back to the Olympic distance. n In the sports world, there were two Joe Fraziers. The former was the world heavyweight champion from 1970 to 1973. “Smokin” Joe fought 37 times, winning 32, losing four and drawing once with 27 knockouts. The latter managed the Mets in 1976-77. n The pitch clock returns this season for all Sacramento River Cats and other Pacific Coast League games. Pitchers have 14 seconds to make a pitch with no one on base, 19 seconds when there are runners on. Pitching changes and innings ending have a 2:15 break. The pitch clock is likely to make its major league debut in 2023. To cut down on travel, PCL teams will play six-game series from Tuesday through Sunday every week. n If you watched the NCAA national championship basketball game on April 4 and stuck around for the trophy presentation, you heard embattled NCAA president Mark Emmert proclaim the following: “Congratulations to the Kansas City Jayhawks.” n No other sport’s Opening Day has the same romanticism as that of MLB. Maybe it means a long winter is over, springtime days are longer and hope springs eternal for every team. Well, almost every team. n Some of the best father-son memories come on Opening Day on a glorious April afternoon. n The Giants, as an organization, put a strong emphasis on tradition. That’s why Friday’s home opener was played at 1:35 p.m. n Giants president Farhan Zaidi may have plucked another diamond in the rough with utilityman Luke Williams, who was obtained from Philadelphia in a spring training trade. Zaidi values versatility and last year, as a Phillie, Williams played seven different positions, everywhere except for pitcher and catcher. n Pitcher Sean Hjelle and outfielder Heliot Ramos are with the River Cats for now. Check them out soon for they could be in San Francisco very quickly. — 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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Davis High pitcher Keaton Carpenter throws a pitch in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Pleasant Grove.
A few runs were all the Davis High baseball team needed to complete a Delta League sweep of Pleasant Grove High on Saturday, thanks to an immaculate pitching performance from its starting pitcher. Davis pitcher Keaton Carpenter pitched eight shutout innings, which led to a 2-0 win over Pleasant Grove. Earlier in the week, Davis (6-9 overall, 6-3 league) beat Pleasant Grove (5-11, 3-8) by scores of 3-1 on the Eagles’ diamond on April 7 and 2-1 on April 5. Carpenter allowed only five hits and struck out one. That impressed Blue Devils head coach Ethan Guevin. “He did a great job,” said Guevin. “He followed the lead that Brian (Chin) set (pitching on Tuesday). He threw strikes, kept the pressure on them (Pleasant Grove). They didn’t have a lot of base runners, but when they did, he made his pitches and overall did a very nice job.” Blue Devils shortstop Grafton Shorts was responsible for scoring both runs in the contest. Davis tacked on its first run in the first inning. After leading off with an infield
single, Brooks Ochoa was picked off by Eagles catcher Griffin Brown. Shorts then followed with a double, which likely would have scored Ochoa if he had not been caught off the bag. With Shorts on second base, Koen Carston smacked a single, which allowed Shorts to cross home for a 1-0 lead. The Blue Devils continued to threaten to score more in the opening frame. A walk from Chin moved Carston to second. Will Ackerman followed with a groundout, sending Carston to third and Chin to second. But the runners were stranded though, on a groundout by Davis’ first baseman Gizaw Baker ended the frame. In the bottom of the third inning, Ochoa led off by drawing a walk, but was once again picked off first base, as he was caught in a rundown on a throw from PG starting pitcher Justin Dougan. Shorts drew another walk, followed by a double from Carston, moving Shorts to third. Then Chin then smacked a single, scoring Shorts and moving Carston to third base. Davis continued its offensive attack
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A shot in the arm UCD football boasts six QBs on its roster By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor There is no shortage of quarterbacks on the UC Davis football team’s spring roster. That makes Aggie head coach Dan Hawkins a very happy man. Two of the six quarterbacks on the roster return from last fall’s team that posted an 8-4 record, including a 5-3 mark in the Big Sky Conference and an NCAA Division I Football Championship playoff game. This helps the Aggies in the early stages of building the camaraderie, which is needed for any college football team in spring drills, building into the spring and summer months to the fall season. The quarterbacks and the rest of the Aggies strapped on the shoulder pads Saturday morning, taking part in various drills at Toomey Field. “A lot of energy,” Hawkins said. “The execution is never what you want, but first time in pads for a while. A lot of new guys, so it was good. Knock on wood, nobody got hurt.” The spring practices are the first time since 2019 that the Aggies have been on the field. UCD played five games during the 2021 spring season, and spring practices were canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic. From last season to last April, UCD played a combined 17 games. Last spring season, the Aggies posted a 3-2 record. “They needed a break,”
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UC Davis quarterbacks Miles Hastings (7) and Mitchell Dixon (11) get ready to hit receivers in Saturday’s practice at Toomey Field. Hawkins said. “They needed a break from me.” Going back to the quarterbacks, Hawkins talked about the guys taking snaps in Saturday’s practice. “It was OK,” Hawkins said. “It was hard because you have a lot of them, and they are
running with a lot of different receivers.” Hawkins noted that the quarterbacks need to continue to get into sync with their wide receivers and tight ends. “You kind of got to get into a groove and figure out what your substitution and rotation
is,” Hawkins said. Aggie quarterback Miles Hastings, a sophomore, added, “It felt great. The energy was high, everyone was running around ... it felt really good to finally get the pads on.”
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Aggies’ rally stopped short by Bakersfield By Mark DeVaughn Enterprise correspondent Sunday’s 9-8 loss to Cal State Bakersfield saw the UC Davis baseball team fall short of completing a monumental Big West Conference comeback. UCD (2-17 overall, 2-10 BWC) trailed 8-0 in the first inning. The Aggies – who won twice the previous week after losing their first 15 games this season – responded with five unanswered runs by the fifth inning at Dobbins Stadium. After a ninth-inning rally produced another run, Kyler Arenado came up with two on and two outs. Nick Iverson took his lead from first. Daniel Carrion was the tying run at third. Arenado hit a chopper to third. Iverson appeared to beat Daniel Carrizosa’s throw to second. But the UCD left fielder was called out, ending the game and denying the Aggies their first series win of the year. “When the ball was hit, I saw the second baseman look like he was watching the play,” Iverson said. “On the throw, I couldn’t tell if I was safe.”
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Aggie Kyler Arenado is tagged out at home in the opening game against Cal State Baskersfield. The Roadrunners won 9-7 on Saturday. But the Aggies posted a 7-5 victory on Friday. Aggie freshman center fielder Mark Wolbert clubbed four hits in five at-bats. Nick Leehey went 2 for 4 and homered for the second straight day. “We know we’re capable of putting up
plenty of runs,” Iverson said. “We know what we’re capable of. We’re finding it. Everyone’s in a (hitting) groove.” Iverson is one of just a handful of holdovers from the 2021 roster. There are now over 20 players left the program.
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