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Freeway shooting suspect set for trial

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

The U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame features a bike museum on the lower floor.

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Bike Hall a perfect fit downtown

By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer Davis’ history can’t be told without mentioning bicycling and, as it turns out, bicycling’s history in the U.S. can’t be told without mentioning Davis. Not only is it the home of the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame, but this cycle-centric community helped pave the way for bike lane implementation across the country.

The USBHOF is a nonprofit that began in 1986 in

Somerville, N.J. In 2008, however, they sought a new home.

After a nationwide competition, the organization wisely chose the city with a PennyFarthing as its logo for its new home.

“On a tryout basis before officially becoming the home of the USBHOF, we hosted the induction ceremony at Freeborn Hall on campus in 2008, and again in 2009. By 2010 we were the home of the Hall of Fame and Bike Museum,” said

USBHOF volunteer, former city public-relations manager and avid cyclist Bob Bowen.

“With a lot of support from the city council, redevelopment funds and donations, the teen center got renovated at 303 Third St. at Central Park and we opened in April of that year.”

With Davis’ and U.S. cycling’s history coinciding like two wheels on a bicycle, locals owe themselves a visit to this museum that features a wide

variety of antique bicycles, equipment, vintage poster art, awards, photos and much more.

“It’s called the Pierce-Miller collection of bicycles. We have bikes and examples of bikes going back to their invention which was around 1817. We also have penny-Farthings, which we’ll have about half-adozen high-wheel bike riders — including myself — riding

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Davis Cemetery plans COVID-19 memorial

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer The Davis Cemetery District is planning a permanent COVID-19 memorial installation and is seeking community input.

The memorial will be located along and cross the pitch creek swale on the southeast side of the cemetery, which is located at 820 Pole Line The Davis Cemetery plans a COVID memorial.

Road.

Plans include a walking path, art installations, a seat- a district press release. ing and reflection space and “The path will end at a reflecmore. tion area where visitors can sit “Visitors will walk along a path and take in the meaning of the where they will walk under five memorial. As visitors leave the pillars, each pillar artistically memorial, signage will be placed designed to represent those lost along the path describing the to the coronavirus,” according to strength and resiliency our

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WOODLAND — On the morning of Feb. 10, shortly before he allegedly opened fire on two motorists in Davis with what police described as unlawful machine guns, Andre Chevill Wilson thought his life was in danger.

WILSON “He made comSuspect ments in relation to someone was trying to kill him,” said California Highway Patrol Officer David Woodruff, one of numerous CHP officers who investigated the Mace Boulevard-area shooting scene.

According to Woodruff, the incustody Wilson made those statements while sitting inside a CHP patrol car, its in-car camera recording his words.

Earlier, while driving on westbound Interstate 80 approaching Davis, Wilson called 911 to report

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Yolo County to name Pinedo new administrator

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

Sponsorship opportunities are available.

More than a year after former Yolo County Administrator Patrick Blacklock left the position, the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday is expected to approve the selection of Gerardo Pinedo as his replacement.

Pinedo serves as chief of staff for Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn and will assume the county administrator position on June 20.

Chad Rinde has been serving as interim county administrator since October, when he took over for Daniel Kim, who had held the interim position for seven months after Blacklock left to take the position of president and CEO of Rural County Representatives of California.

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community has gained through the pandemic and will focus on looking forward, while remembering the past.”

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Briefly Suspect faces robbery charge A $45 shoplifting became a robbery case when the suspect threatened an employee of the targeted business, Davis police said.

Christopher Allen Poteat, 34, of Vacaville, allegedly stole a machete and other tools from the Davis Ace store on Third Street at about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday. Lt. Ilya Bezuglov said he threatened a manager when he followed Poteat to the parking lot.

Poteat left the scene but was later spotted at a South Davis gas station, where officers took him into custody, Bezuglov said. He was booked into the Yolo County Jail on robbery and shoplifting charges.

One killed in Old River Road crash A head-on collision Wednesday night east of Woodland killed a Woodland woman and left a West Sacramento resident with moderate injuries, the California Highway Patrol reported.

CHP reports indicate the crash occurred shortly after 9:30 p.m. as a Lexus sedan and Hyundai Tiburon traveled toward one another on Old River Road south of County Road 124.

"One of the vehicles drifted across the roadway and the vehicles collided. As a result of the collision, the driver of the Hyundai sustained fatal injuries," Officer Rodney Fitzhugh said.

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It was just like Christmas in April P ICNICS PAST AND PICNICS PRESENT ... As I have noted here previously, I attended my first Picnic Day in 1952. Haven't missed one since.

Of course, we didn't have a Picnic Day in my hometown of Portland. In fact, no one in Portland had even heard of Picnic Day and how special it was to the residents of the tiny town of Davis (population: 3,554). We had moved to Davis on my fifth birthday in September of 1951 so dad could go back to college. Since our family of seven didn't have a place to live yet, we had my party in the Sycamore Grove at Central Park.

A few months later, dad came home from one of his classes on campus to tell us that some of his fellow students were looking forward to an event known as Picnic Day. We put it on the April calendar, not sure what to expect.

Over the years, however, for our family Picnic Day was second only to Christmas morning, and even then it was a close call.

SPEAKING OF PICNIC DAY …

I remember as a 5-year-old being hoisted onto my dad’s strong shoulders to see the parade, full of floats that seemingly rivaled those of the Rose Parade in Pasadena.

As we got a bit older, my brother and I would climb one of the massive cork oaks on campus to get the best view available. Those mighty trees survive to this day and are true UC Davis landmarks.

The highlight of the day, however, was the high school track meet on Toomey Field, which was billed as the largest one-day track meet in the country. It was ultimately discontinued, but the memory lives on.

You could also buy an ice cream cup with a wooden spoon for a mere nickel at the campus dairy, while the folks at Food Tech passed out little cans of thick and tangy tomato paste just in case you had run out at home.

RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH THE RICH AND FAMOUS ... Even decades ago Picnic Day was a place for politicians to be

seen, usually waving from a convertible in the hugely popular morning parade One year the youngest of the five kids in our family, Patsy, was selected to have her photo taken with California Governor Goodwin Knight, back when no one cared if the governor was a Republican or a Democrat. That photo hung in our family home until mom and dad passed along to the Great Picnic in the Sky. No other childhood photo had such longevity.

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VEN MORE PICNIC DAY MEMORIES … Years later, when I followed in my dad's footsteps and became a UC Davis undergraduate, I happened to be on the men’s tennis team, which in those days was referred to as a “minor” sport, along with golf, cross country and several others.

This, as opposed to the “major” sports of football and basketball.

Nowadays the politically correct term is “non-revenue sport” so no one’s feelings get hurt. On Picnic Day, the men’s tennis team would play on three courts and the women’s tennis team would play on three courts. The women’s matches drew about 2,000 fans, but we couldn’t even get our

parents to watch us. This, of course, was way before Title IX mandated that both men’s and women’s matches had to be attended by the exact same number of people.

One year, our coach got the bright idea that maybe we should play mixed doubles on Picnic Day, a concept we heartily embraced.

Our fragile male egos were restored and all was well in Aggieland.

A TRADITION WORTH SAVING ... A few years ago, after a particularly unruly Picnic Day where the blood-alcohol level of some attendees spiked to unacceptable levels, there was serious talk of scrapping this sacred day.

Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed and Picnic Day has returned to its joyful self.

Above all, this is a campus open house, celebrating all that UC Davis has to offer. Many departments knock themselves out each year to create new and interesting displays.

That's the part I appreciate most about Picnic Day and why it's still a must-attend event on our family's yearly calendar.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Six women earn Soroptimist awards Gun suspect nabbed in Woodland indicted Special to The Enterprise

Soroptimist International of Davis awarded a record $20,000 in funds in 2022 through its signature Live Your Dream: Education and Training Awards for Women.

Women are encouraged each year to apply for the awards if they are the primary wage earners for their families, and need financial assistance to further their education or training.

Recipients have often faced hardships or challenging circumstances.

This year, SI Davis gave a boost to six women, with cash awards ranging from $1,000 to $5,000. These unrestricted grants may be used to offset costs that a scholarship wouldn’t, such as child care, transportation or other financial obligations that hinder a woman’s ability to reach her goals. Soroptimist International of Davis members remain in contact with the recipients, offering them mentorship and support.

The top 2022 recipient is Amanda Long, a UC Davis microbiology student who commutes from Citrus Heights so her 9-year-old daughter’s school and day care won’t be disrupted. [captionLong is a firstgeneration college student but hopes not to be the last.

As she nears graduation, the single mom told Soroptimist members that she’s “becoming someone who my younger self would never had thought possible. … I can see the effects that my education has on my young daughter.”

Long is looking for work as a clinical lab scientist, and plans to eventually apply to graduate school.

She’s been studying antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and hopes to continue in that area. The award is being used to pay for transportation costs.

Another awardee is Brooklyn Johnson of Davis, a single mom of a toddler, and a caretaker for her autistic brother. She survived a car accident in 2018 that broke her pelvis. A student at Sacramento City College, she is pursuing her dream to become a registered nurse. She plans to eventually transfer to Sacramento State or UC Davis.

The award will help Johnson repair and maintain her car, freeing up her worry about transportation.

“I want to become a nurse so I can support my community during these trying times,” said Johnson, whose mother is also a nurse. “I’m trying to be the best example I can be for my daughter.”

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Amanda Long is a UC Davis microbiology student who commutes from Citrus Heights.

Soroptimist Living Your Dream Award winner Kielana is a UC Davis pre-med student.

Other 2022 SI Davis Live Your Dream awardees are listed below. Due to privacy concerns, some identifying information has been excluded. Recipients are: n Kielana, a UC Davis pre-med student who wants to become an obstetrician/gynecologist. She hopes to someday offer free, quality medical care to underserved individuals and people of color like herself. She has an infant child. n A woman who supports her younger sister after their parents were deported to Mexico. She is using the funds to pay for welding classes. She wants to own her own company and employ other female welders. n A woman with cerebral palsy who is the first to attend college in her family.

As she studies psychology, her primary goal is to educate others about people with disabilities. She supports a spouse who has no income. n A cosmetologist who used the funds to study natural plant science, in the hopes of developing her own products. She is a single mom to a 5-year-old son.

The Live Your Dream Award provides more than $2.8 million in cash grants to head-of-household women in need each year.

Since the program’s inception in 1972, more than $35 million has helped tens of thousands of women achieve their dreams of a better life for themselves and their families.

A study conducted by

The Fels Institute of Government, a research and consulting organization based at the University of Pennsylvania, confirmed the efficacy and impact of this program. It improves the recipients’ quality of life; builds their confidence; strengthens their self-determination and makes them want to, in turn, help others. Helping women in this way has the demonstrated effect of leading to stronger communities, nations, and the world.

Soroptimist is a global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic empowerment. Founded in Oakland in 1921, it recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. Soroptimist International of Davis was chartered in 1954. Local members join some 75,000 Soroptimists in 122 countries and territories to contribute time and financial support to communitybased projects benefiting women and girls. Its core values are gender equality, empowerment, education, diversity and fellowship.

In addition to the Live Your Dream Award, Soroptimist International of Davis provides local girls with tools to achieve their education and career goals through its Dream It, Be It: Career Support for Girls program at King High School. It also funds high school scholarships, annual grants to nonprofits that align with the Soroptimist mission, and anti-trafficking efforts.

Woodland police and the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office played roles in a federal case that resulted in a Sacramento man’s indictment on gun charges Thursday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento.

A federal grand jury returned the one-count indictment against Nicholas D. Gray, 38, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to court documents, law enforcement officers responded on March 31 to a domestic disturbance in Sacramento. Before officers arrived, Gray took a duffle bag of firearms from his residence and drove to a mini-storage facility in Woodland.

Officers contacted Gray at his storage unit and allegedly found him in possession of firearms, additional firearms parts and lower receivers, and ammunition. Gray has eight prior felony convictions that prohibit him from possessing a firearm, including 2016 convictions for arson and manufacturing controlled

substances.

This case is the product of an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office; and the Sacramento and Woodland police departments.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Sauvageau is prosecuting the case.

If convicted, Gray faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

This case is being prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state and local Project Safe Neighborhoods Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent-crime reduction efforts.

PSN is an evidencebased program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them.

As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.

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Here’s how to grow geodes in eggshells

By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise

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ggs are a sign of new birth and used often in springtime, especially around the Easter holiday. Many families will paint eggs or make egg dishes, but have you ever made a mock geode with an egg?

This colorful home experiment is a mixture of chemistry and geology and is fun for the whole family.

Supplies needed: Water and a means to boil it, empty eggshells, Epsom salt, liquid glue, paintbrush and optional food coloring and heat safe cups.

The first thing is to clean out the eggs. Try to crack the shell close to the narrow end so you have the larger end for the geode.

Pour out the contents of the egg, so you’re not

Explorit Science Center wasting the egg, feel free to use the insides for breakfast. Clean out the membrane from the inside of egg. Pouring hot water from the sink tap can help, but using your fingers scrape as much of the membrane out, otherwise your geode might mold and turn a dark color.

When cleaned out, use a paintbrush to brush some liquid glue onto the inside of the egg. Sprinkle a pinch of Epsom salt onto the glue to help the crystals grow later. Set the eggshells aside and wait for the glue to dry.

Next, have an adult boil around ½ cup of water. You can use a microwave or a stovetop. When the water is boiling add Epsom salt a

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Examples of the eggshell geode experiment ready to go. little at a time. After each addition of Epsom salt, stir the solution until all of the salt crystals have dissolved, do this until no more crystals dissolve, you will use approximately ½-¾ Cup of Epsom salt.

If you are using one color for your geodes add the food coloring now, but if you want to use more than one, carefully pour the solution into separate heat safe cups for adding the color.

Now you can pour the

colorful solutions into the eggshells. The liquid and the shells will be hot, so place them on paper towels in a tray, or keep them in the egg carton so they do not roll around. Once the solution has been poured into the eggshells you just need to sit and wait. As the liquid cools, the Epsom salt crystals in the solution will begin to crystallize, using the dry crystals sprinkled in earlier as anchors.

It can take a few hours for the crystals to fully appear, but you can also wait overnight. The longer you wait the larger the crystals will be. Once the liquid is cool enough and you are happy with your crystals, you may discard any remaining liquid. Now you will have a colorful eggshell that looks like a geode.

Even though these are

not true geodes, they will dazzle any rock lover with their colorful crystal structures inside the shell. Also, any home scientist will have fun dissolving solids into a liquid and watching them cool and crystallize.

———— Exploit’s coming events: n Big Day of Giving is less than a month away!

Please consider contributing to Explorit on May 5 and help us celebrate 40 years of hands-on science education in the community! n Limited spaces available for our Summer Science Camps. All camps are Monday-Friday and will have both indoor and outdoor components. Price is $175 for members, $200 for non-members. Register at https://www.explorit. org/camps. n Explorit is open to the public on Fridays from 1 to

4pm, Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is $5 per person. Explorit Members, ASTC, and those age 2 and under free. Explorit strongly encourages all guests to wear a mask while indoors. n A Membership to Explorit grants the recipient free visits to Explorit’s regular public hours, discounts on events, summer camps and workshops, and gives you ASTC benefits to visit other museums throughout the world. To purchase or for more information visit https:// www.explorit.org/ membership or call Explorit at 530-756-0191.

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

No righting ship with stupid humans at the tiller

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he war in Ukraine has upended everything, globalism included.

The notion that by building connections between economies everyone would have less incentive to cause trouble. The echoes of that trouble would be bad for everyone. Apparently not.

At least it has not stopped Russia from launching an absurd and brutal war. Sometimes, lots of times, when I think of the potential for the future of earth to be sustainable and beautiful, to restore climate to a livable level, to have peace throughout the world, with equity and respect for a population that finds equilibrium with resources, with ecological integrity, my hope and optimism Is repeatedly bludgeoned by what I can only refer to as “Stupid Humans.”

No matter where one looks, one sees conflict instead of cooperation, competition rather than partnership, “mine” instead of “us”, exploitation in place of stewardship, short term economics instead of long-term vision. A complete lack of a plan for the future. We get fight and conquer when we need listen and talk. We are drowning in mindlessness when we need

mindfulness. It’s always “My X (fill in the blank: government, religion, country) is (fill in the blank: bigger, better, truer) than yours.” And I have to say, it seems its mostly men. I don’t doubt women would do better; they have more experience dealing with 2-year-olds.

Stupid Humans.

So here we are, effectively at war, both militarily and economically. One of the fallouts from this predicament is the effort to shut off Putin’s ability to pay for his war by cutting off purchases of coal, oil and gas. Germany and other European countries dependent on Russia’s fossil fuels are searching for replacements. This is dramatic; their economies are built around these fossil fuels and stopping cold turkey, as one said, might involve just shutting off pipelines, but the effects would ricochet throughout their economies, and

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

Among them is Squishy (A192972), an adorable, 4-year-old Chinese sharpei mix. Squishy is sweet, happy and loves attention. He is a lovebug that is everyone’s friend.

Also hoping for a good home is Annette (A194185), a 2-year-old tri-tabby cat with a gentle soul and a loving personality. Annette is quiet and ready to curl up in your lap and snuggle every chance she gets.

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

Staff is available to assist via phone during business hours at 530-668-5287.

Shelter hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. To meet any adoptable YCAS animals, visit friendsofycas.org. To volunteer, sign up at tinyurl. com/yolovolunteerapp.

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likely ours, too.

Who knew that it would take a war to trigger what could become the impetus for serious efforts for the world to move away from fossil fuels?

But the decisions going forward are not easy ones. I can understand that a country where, for example, natural gas and oil account for more than half the energy needed by homes, businesses, transportation, and buildings might hesitate. If I was in charge, would I shut down the pipelines? I don’t think so.

But what I hope will happen is that policy makers understand that this vulnerability will not go away, and that the current crisis forebodes of another crisis in the near future: the climate crisis.

It’s about time politicians and governments start getting truly serious about the goals they repeatedly set for greenhouse gas reduction and just as repeatedly fail to meet.

Specifically, how should Europe and the U.S. should go about helping Ukraine by taking away Putin’s piggybank while managing, or minimizing, the economic dislocation that comes along with doing so is beyond my pay grade to say.

But I would argue that, to the

extent possible, we should eschew band-aid projects and policies that masquerade as applying to the short-term only, but which create a bigger problem for the next time. For example, increasing permits to drill for more oil, postponing or watering down fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks, etc.

We need to double down or, really, triple or quadruple down now, not tomorrow, on development of non-fossil-fuel resources, including solar, wind, nuclear and hydrogen. Europe’s vulnerability is showing in the current conflict. Ours could be next.

I would also argue that even though abruptly shutting off oil and gas from Russia is not realistic for Europeans in particular, saying that that is the goal, and setting a serious timeline and plan for achieving that goal, and following through with that goal, will have a measurable effect on Putin’s calculation today.

More broadly, it does seem that a significant side effect of the war in Ukraine is a dawning understanding here in the U.S. that Russia and China, or the presidents of those two countries, and add in a slew of autocrats from other countries, and

sadly some autocrat-sycophants in our country, are serious about seeing the U.S. and its allies as “the enemy.” They are staking out their territory in the global sandbox.

I hate to say it, but we are in a competition for the future.

Somehow, we, the collective we, never seem able to visualize anything other than, as I began this column with, mindlessness, and continue to build war machines and weapons to destroy.

Of course, underneath all the bluster of “leaders” and the savagery of conditions the vast portion of the human population lives with on a daily basis, life is not as bleak as I paint it to be.

The planet is still gorgeous beyond belief. Art, music, and culture continue to march forward to enrich our lives. But, seriously, dear readers, can we look at the overall picture in front of us and not conclude that with stupid humans at the tiller there is at the very least a hint of dangerous shoals ahead?

— John Mott-Smith is a sometimes gloomy resident of Davis.

This column appears the first and third Wednesday of each month in the print edition of The Davis Enterprise. Please send comments to johnmottsmith@ comcast.net.

Annette Ace

Follow on at @ycas.shelter and Instagram at @yolo animalshelter.

At Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue, you’ll find Ace, a handsome, friendly 1-year-old neutered male German shepherd. His previous owner has paid for two weeks of professional obedience training as well as free lifetime refresher classes and two private lessons to teach his new owner

Squishy skills in dog handling. He is house-trained, crate-trained and very healthy.

Mutt is an adorable little 1- to 2-year-old neutered male terrier. He is a total love bug who loves to play with other dogs. He loves being held and being the center of attention. He’s

curious, funny and full of fun.

The next Rotts of Friends’ adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at 34505 County Road 29 in Woodland. Come by 10 a.m., as it takes at least an hour to meet and adopt a dog; everyone who will be

living with the dog should come out to meet it.

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

note from your landlord.

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

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HALL: Cyclists came together MEMORIAL: COVID omicron

sub-variant cases continue rising

From Page A1 them in this year’s Picnic Day parade,” said Bowen.

“We have historic bikes, examples of the first gears, mountain bikes, recumbents, children’s hobby horses, bikes on railroads and we even have a Lance Armstrong bike. Lance will never be in the HOF, though, because he kind of broke some rules.”

Davis didn’t become the town renowned for bicycling overnight. According to Bowen — a Davis resident since 1968 — the town and UCD grew rapidly in the sixties. The beautiful weather combined with the flat area — and starving students who couldn’t afford gas — biking became very popular. Unfortunately, problems arose with students, staff, professors and residents riding around because streets were for vehicles only and no laws yielded any rights for cyclists. The cyclists didn’t just take umbrage to this, they took action.

“Folks in town started petitions and said, ‘hey, after World War II, Europe rebuilt and a lot of countries implemented bike lanes, so why don’t we have bike lanes?’ The city council at the time insisted they needed more cars downtown than bikers, because people with cars have money and people with money shop,” Bowen explained. “So, the bike

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For more information, or to volunteer for the build out, contact Jessica Smithers at jess@ daviscemetery.org ———— The Omicron sub-variant BA.2 continues to cause an increase in cases locally.

During the week of April 10-16, the UC Davis Genome Center identified 145 cases of the BA.2 Omicron sub-variant as well as 11 cases of the original Omicron.

The 156 total cases found via asymptomatic testing through Healthy Davis Together were the most in a single week since Feb. 13-19 when 199 positive COVID-19 cases were found.

Healthy Davis Together testing has shown an increase in cases and test positivity over the last week even as total testing has decreased to levels last seen before the Delta surge last summer.

For the period of April 14-20, HDT reported 87 new cases and a test positivity rate of 1.2 percent.

The test positivity rate on campus has also been rising.

The UC Davis COVID dashboard shows 141 new cases over the last week and a test positivity rate of 1.1 percent.

By comparison, the test positivity rate for the last month was 0.53 percent with 334 total cases.

The Davis Joint Unified School District

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Former city of Davis public-relations manager Bob Bowen rides a high-wheel bike in the 2016 Picnic Day parade. people persisted and UCD kept growing. They started putting fences and bollards up around campus to make it bike and pedestrian friendly.”

Assisting in the bicycling efforts at the time were UCD chancellors Emil Mrak and James Meyer. Finally, in 1967 after the city voted more bicycle-friendly folks onto the city council, it was decided bike lanes were to be implemented around town. However, it was found the state department of transportation laws prevented designated bike paths on a street.

After that, legislation was written up, passed through the state assembly and finally Gov. Ronald Reagan signed it allowing bike lanes to be painted on streets, thus making the bike lanes in Davis not only the first in California, but the nation as well.

Davis’ bike lanes stretch from its history to the present day, providing a safe space for cyclists. Those lanes also reach 303 Third St., where cycling enthusiasts can park and enjoy the USBHOF and museum.

— Reach Aaron Geerts at aaron.geerts@ mcnaughton.media.

also continues to see new cases, with a total of 61 positive cases among students so far in the month of April and nine among staff members.

———— Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson said last week that as fewer people seek COVID-19 testing overall, and those who do get tested use home antigen tests, the reported COVID-19 case rates underestimate the true level of infection in the community.

But residents who do test positive for COVID-19 using a home antigen test can report the results via a portal on the county website. Visit the reporting site at https://my.primary.health/l/yolocounty.

— Reach Anne Ternus-Bellamy at aternus@davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

Obituaries Michael Leon Carl

July 20, 1954 — April 9, 2022 Michael Leon Carl was blessed with 67 years of life.

He passed away at his home in Davis, with family and friends by his side, on his mother’s birthday, April 9, 2022.

Mike was born July 20, 1954, in Brawley. His family moved to San Diego, where Mike grew up playing guitar, listening to music, surfing and scuba diving. At age 16 at a high school party, he met the love of his life, Susan, whom he later married in 1975.

Following high school, Mike accepted a part-time job with a plumbing company and eventually started his own plumbing business, Dependable Plumbing.

Mike and Susan welcomed the birth of their son, David, in 1977. When his daughter Christy was born in 1980 with congenital heart defects, he became a fierce advocate for his baby girl. He was so inspired by the doctors who cared for Christy that he felt called to become a physician.

At the age of 33, he was accepted to UC Davis School of Medicine and the family moved to Davis in the fall of 1987. Mike graduated from medical school in 1992 and completed his residency in emergency medicine at UC Davis Medical Center.

Mike then joined Kaiser as an emergency physician, helping countless people during the most challenging moments of life. He eventually became chief of the Emergency Department and assistant physician in chief of the South Sacramento Kaiser Medical Center. He was instrumental in helping the hospital become a Level II Trauma Center before retiring in 2013.

Mike and Susan loved to travel to many different places around the CARL world.

Mike was a proud descendent of the Cherokee nation with his great-great-grandmother a survivor of the “trail of tears.”

Mike survived cancer four times in his life and relied on his faith and his family to carry him through. He felt blessed to be alive to witness the weddings of his children and the birth of his three grandsons.

Mike will be remembered for his deep faith that he modeled through his actions and words. He gave generously of his heart and treated people from all walks of life the same. One of his proudest achievements was writing and publishing a book about his life, “Blessings of a Faithful Man,” in 2011.

Mike is preceded in death by his father, Paul Carl, and mother, Shirley Carl. He is survived by his wife of 46 years Susan, his children David (Michelle) and Christy (Steve), and his grandchildren Noah, Wesley and Elliott. He is also survived by his sister, his aunt, and numerous lifelong friends.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to YoloCares or a GoFundMe site established to help complete his final wishes (https://gofund.me/ 830a81f9).

Services will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 26, at St. James Catholic Church in Davis. The Mass will also be live steamed and available for viewing on the Church’s YouTube channel.

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Margaret ‘Peg’ Alison Young March 23, 1933 — March 23, 2022

Margaret was born in Minden, Neb., to parents Frances Boardman Jones and Alton Young. Her family lived in many rural areas throughout the west as her parents pursued their careers. Margaret graduated from Quincy High School in 1951, and in 1956 from UC Davis with a degree in home economics.

Margaret excelled at sewing, winning numerous 4-H awards for her cre-

ations. After graduating from UC Davis, she worked as a county home demonstration agent in Hanford for several years, then went on to earn a master’s degree from UC Berkley with an emphasis in electron microscopy.

Margaret returned to Davis in 1964 and worked at the UCD Veterinary Research Center from 1964 to 1970, and from 1971 to 1985 she was employed at

Margie Mae Fagan

Dec. 4, 1923 — Feb. 22, 2022 Margie Mae Fagan passed away peacefully on Feb. 22, 2022. She was 98.

Margie was born Dec. 4, 1923, in Denver, to Letha and Edward Heinricy. She was 1941 graduate of West High School in Denver. She met her future husband Ralph Fagan in March of 1942 and was married on Jan. 30, 1943. She worked at a local bank while Ralph was in the Army Air Forces. It was during this period time that they lived in Seattle, Wash.,

and Alexander, La. After the end of the war, they settled in Davis, where they started a family that included five children, 10 grandchildren and eight FAGAN great-grandchildren.

They lived in Davis for more than 70 years. She worked for the Bank of America for 30 years and Ralph worked for the California Division of Highways for 30 years.

She was an active member and past president in the Davis Soroptimist

Charlotte ‘Char’ Thompson Davis Oct. 4, 1932 — April 15, 2022

Longtime Davis resident Charlotte "Char" Thompson Davis, the gregarious, decades-long medical lab technician at Davis Family Practice, died Friday, April 15, after a lengthy illness.

She was 89.

Born Oct. 4, 1932, in Meridian, Miss., to Alfred Key Thompson and Elsie Baker Thompson, she migrated by train to California — unchaperoned at age 10 —after her father was transferred to Lemoore Naval Air Station in Kings County. She spent her teen years in Hanford, graduating from her beloved Hanford High in 1950 and was known for driving around town in her green MG. She met her future husband, Donald Davis, in Hanford, at a community swimming pool. The two wed in 1959. Theirs was a storybook, 49-year marriage that lasted until Don's death in 2008. In the early years of their marriage Don’s job with the State of California took them to small towns throughout the state from Fortuna to Bakersfield.

It was during this time

the State of California Textile Testing laboratory in Sacramento.

MargaYOUNG ret’s family remembers her as an ardent maker and collector of all things crafty, a daily consumer of local news, and holding a liberal perspective on all things political.

Margaret was proceeded in death by her brother,

that Charlotte became a diehard San Francisco Giants fan accustomed to listening on the radio rather than watching on TV, a habit she kept into the last week of her life.

The couple moved to Davis in 1964, where they raised their two children, Tatia and Joel. In 1965 Char joined Cooper, Vaughn, Larkey Family Practice as their clinical lab technologist, managing the lab for 31 years She retired in 1996. Char loved her work, being known as “the blood lady” by many in Davis. After retirement she and Don took to traveling, including 37 Elder Hostel ventures, her favorite being six weeks in Australia.

At the age of 60 Char took up running, competing throughout Northern California including Bay to Breakers and Bridge to Bridge. She qualified as a Senior Olympian at age 68 and continued running until 2010 when at age 78 she was hit by a bicyclist on the path behind her home, breaking several bones and ending her running career but not her lifelong

Robert A. Young, who also was a graduate of UCD, and is survived by sister-inlaw Lynn (Hamberger) Young (wife of Robert); nieces and nephews Douglas, Brian, Kathryn and Kristiana Young; and cousins Patricia Rucki and James Johnson.

Margaret requested no service be held, and in lieu of flowers, memorial gifts be sent to the American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association.

Club. She was also an active member of the Davis Rebeccas Lodge. She enjoyed traveling and spending time with her family, especially the family get together on Christmas Eve. Ralph preceded her in death in April of 1996. Margie is survived by sons James (Laurel), William (Linda) and Richard (Kathy); and daughter Deanna (Lance). She was preceded in death by her son Kenneth (Kathleen).

There will be a private family graveside service. In lieu of flowers the family asks that remembrances be sent to The Davis Soroptimist Club or Davis Rebeccas Lodge.

competitive spirit.

Being an only child she had a love for books and was a voraTHOMPSON cious DAVIS reader of biographies and history. Her volunteering included Davis Little League, Davis High Athletics, UC Davis Arboretum Propagation Volunteers, and Yolo County Meals on Wheels.

She is survived by her children, Tatia of Davis, and Joel of Sacramento.

She is also survived by dear friends Terry Davison, Barbara Evoy and Samantha Harris, who brought such joy into her life and whose extraordinary support during the pandemic enabled Char to live her final years in her home.

At her request no services will be held. She requested any donations in her name be made to PANC: The Parkinson Association of Northern California at www.panctoday.org.

Charlotte will be interred adjacent to her husband Don at the Sacramento Valley VA cemetery in Dixon.

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UC Davis nutrition professor wins teaching prize

By Tiffany Dobbyn Special to The Enterprise Professor Francene Steinberg, chair of the department of nutrition at UC Davis, earned this year’s UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement. The $55,000 prize, funded through philanthropic gifts managed by the UC Davis Foundation, is among the largest of its kind in the country.

A faculty member for almost 26 years and department chair for 10, Steinberg considers herself a “lifelong Aggie,” having earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees as well as her Ph.D. at UC Davis. During her career, which includes time spent as a clinical dietitian, she has focused much of her research on the effect of food on cardiovascular health.

“I’m really thrilled, very honored and surprised to have been selected,” Steinberg said.

Steinberg, as well as last year’s winner, Isabel Montañez, a distinguished professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, will be honored during a gala on Thursday, May 5, at the UC Davis Conference Center. Montañez is an expert in ancient climate change and the interactions between continents, oceans, the atmosphere and life on Earth. Last year’s traditional teaching prize celebration was postponed due to the pandemic.

Food and health Steinberg said her fascination with food and what it does for the human body began at an early age, growing up with a mother who lived with diabetes. It guided her into a career in nutrition.

“I grew up thinking of foods, not just as delicious, fun things to eat, but also what it did to my mother metabolically,” she explained. “That’s really a large part of what has driven me, is my interest in the impact of foods, food components and food choices on health outcomes and just seeing the big impact it can make on people’s lives.”

Steinberg has evaluated the benefits of a range of foods, including soy foods, black beans, grapes, eggs and nuts, and dietary components such as fiber and lipids. Today she is examining food biomarkers to see how food intake affects overall health or risk of disease. She’s also focused on the emerging field of precision health.

“Ultimately we’re helping to make new discoveries and put all that data about the impacts of foods and food components on health responses into precision health algorithms to get more precise recommendations for people’s health,” she said.

‘Inspiring’ instruction As an instructor, Steinberg is dedicated to helping students break down complex material into understandable concepts.

Steinberg focuses on evidencebased methods that are connected to current research in the field and uses real-life examples and case studies.

Student evaluations describe her teaching as “engaging” and “inspiring.”

One student described her as “one of the best lecturers I have had during my entire undergraduate career.”

Another student said Steinberg’s knowledge of the subject “blows

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Nutrition scientist and professor Francene Steinberg has been named the winner of the 2022 UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement. my mind.”

Steinberg serves as program director of the UC Davis Didactic Program in Dietetics and Nutrition. She chaired the Chancellor’s Student Food Security Task Force, a group charged with evaluating campus food programs to make improvements to better serve students. The task force recommendations resulted in funding and programs to reduce food insecurity and address basic needs for UC Davis students.

‘Exemplifies the best’ “Woven through all of her teaching, service, research and outreach is a dedication to educating students and the greater public about the role of nutrition

in contributing to a healthy lifestyle,” said Helene Dillard, dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. “Professor Steinberg truly exemplifies the best of what it means to be a faculty member at UC Davis.”

Not only does Steinberg strive to help students excel in the classroom, she also enjoys guiding them as they embark upon their career. She takes pride in helping students take the science they have learned and apply it to better the lives of people in the local community and beyond.

“What really is a defining feature of UC Davis is the huge impact it makes on individuals and the country and the world,” Steinberg said. “It’s so inspiring to work at a place that does this and to have great, excellent colleagues and outstanding students

to work with. The student population that we have here is really the cream of the crop, and it’s fun to work them.”

The Teaching Prize Established in 1986, the UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement was created to honor faculty who are both exceptional teachers and scholars. The prize is sponsored by the UC Davis Foundation. The winner is selected based on the nominations of other professors, research peers, representatives from the UC Davis Foundation Board of Trustees, and students. See a list of all the recipients since the award’s inception.

— UC Davis News

SHOOTING: Commute was on PINEDO: Supervisors enthused From Page A1 that cars were following him from the Sacramento Motel 6 where he had been staying.

Wilson also called his girlfriend, telling her that someone had made an assassination attempt on his life, but that he wouldn’t shoot unless someone shot at him first, Woodruff said.

But it was Wilson who did all the shooting, authorities say, firing nearly 20 rounds from automatic and semiautomatic firearms at two vehicles whose drivers escaped injury.

Woodruff ’s recollections came out during a March 8 Yolo Superior Court hearing for Wilson, who faces two counts of attempted murder and multiple weapon-related charges in connection with the shootings.

Judge Tom Dyer found sufficient evidence to uphold the charges, paving the way for the case to proceed to trial in mid-July.

Wilson, 53, is due back in court May 19 for a settlement conference.

‘Couple of pops’ The shootings occurred shortly after 6 a.m. as the victims, identified as a PG&E employee and a local construction worker, made their morning drives to work.

BR, as the utility worker is identified in court documents, told CHP investigators he was exiting westbound I-80 at Mace when in his rear-view mirror he saw another vehicle approach his “at a high rate of speed,” followed by

“He ducked down and then sort of swerved a little bit, and when he came back up he was at the intersection.”

CHP Officer Bruce Calero on shooting target’s reaction flashes he recognized as gunfire, CHP Officer Bruce Calero testified at the court hearing.

“He ducked down and then sort of swerved a little bit, and when he came back up he was at the intersection” at the Mace overpass, Calero said. Three bullets had pierced his rental truck — two on the driver’s side window and a third on the passenger side.

Seconds later, RK, the construction worker headed for an East Davis job site, had just turned right on Mace after exiting the freeway when he “heard a couple of pops, and his rear window shattered,” Calero said. Frightened, he continued driving without stopping.

Both men said they’d had no prior contact with the shooter before being targeted.

Arriving officers found Wilson’s Dodge Ram pickup abandoned near the westbound I-80 on-ramp, its cab and windshield riddled with bullet strikes

from the .40- and .223-caliber rounds fired from inside, according to court testimony.

On the center console lay a Glock .40-caliber pistol fitted with a drum magazine capable of holding up to 100 rounds of ammunition, police said.

Authorities say Wilson also had possession of an AR-15, which he took with him as he abandoned his truck after the shootings.

Officers found both Wilson and the firearm amid a brush pile along Second Street about two hours later.

Matthew Sprague, another CHP officer involved in the investigation, testified that the AR-15 also was fitted with a high-capacity magazine, this one with room for 200 rounds. Capable of automatic fire, it gave off five rounds in less than one second during a test shooting, he said.

Previously convicted of voluntary manslaughter and assault with a firearm, Wilson was prohibited from having weapons of any kind due to his felon status. But online court records in Alameda County, where Wilson previously lived, show he was sentenced to prison time for unlawfully carrying guns in 1994 and 1998.

Wilson, who has pleaded not guilty to his current charges, remains on a nobail hold at the Yolo County Jail while his case is pending.

— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise .net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene

From Page A1 The county has been conducting a recruitment and interview process for months.

In fact, a county press release noted that two large-scale, nationwide recruitment searches took place.

In choosing Pinedo, county officials noted that his “distinguished career in public service spans 26 years, with expertise in budget and finance, organizational development, policy, legislation, pandemic response, labor negotiations and media relations.

“His experience includes working in diverse communities, where his bilingual communication skills help him bridge the spectrum of cultural, linguistic, and economic backgrounds,” the press release said.

Pinedo said he is “humbled by the confidence that the Board of Supervisors has expressed in my ability to serve the residents of Yolo County.

“Upholding and promoting the strong values and rich traditions of our county’s diverse population will be a very high priority in my work as

board member for chief administrative officer,” that university’s he said. “I am College of Business excited to be Administration and joining a highly Public Policy since 2006. talented workforce, dedicated Pinedo earned to high quality both a bachelor’s PINEDO programs and to and master’s degree enhancing the End of a long in public adminissearch lives of all people tration from who live, work, Dominguez Hills and spend time in this and a law degree from great county. I look for- Southwestern University ward to collaborating School of Law. closely with all communi- His family immigrated ties and stakeholders as from Mexico to the United we collectively ensure the States during the 1960s as continued prosperity and farmworkers. bright future of Yolo “We’re excited to County.” appoint someone with Pinedo has held two Gerardo Pinedo’s profeshigh-profile positions in sional background to lead Los Angeles County — as our organization and help the director of the Opera- us build a better future tions Support Bureau for beyond the pandemic,” the Department of Public said Yolo County Board of Health and as director of Supervisors Chair Angel strategic operations for Barajas. the Department of Health “His expertise in county Services. He oversaw operations, knowledge of workforces of up to 5,000 county budgets, innovapeople, budgets reaching tive program develop$1.5 billion, and multi- ment, and depth in public year capital improvement policy allows him to hit programs of up to $2.3 the ground running,” said billion, according to the Barajas. “We look forward county. to working with him and Pinedo has also taught his commitment to makpublic policy courses at ing Yolo County a commuCSU Dominguez Hills and nity where residents and served as an advisory businesses will thrive.”

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Bilingual L.A. folk group highlights next week at UCD

By Jeff Hudson Enterprise correspondent A concert at the Mondavi Center by the wildly popular East L.A. MexicanAmerican band Las Cafeteras, and a concert at the Pitzer Center by musicians from the UC Davis Baroque Orchestra and the Davis High School Baroque Orchestra highlight concerts up at UC Davis during the coming week.

But noted pianist Christopher Taylor (who was scheduled to play two concerts featuring the Franz List piano transcriptions of the last four Beethoven symphonies in Mondavi’s Jackson Hall this weekend) has canceled his visit to Davis, and the Valencia Baryton Project (a period instrument trio scheduled to play music composed by Haydn at the Pitzer Center on Sunday afternoon) was a last-minute cancellation as well. n For more than a decade, audiences in Los Angeles have been smitten

by Las Cafeteras, an East L.A. band that was established around 2008 by young musicians hanging out at a café frequented by college students. (The band’s name translates into English as “the coffee makers”). The band plays folksongs in the son jarocho style, assosciated with in the Mexican coastal city of Veracruz.

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Las Cafeteras will bring their SoCal-influenced Mexican sound to Mondavi next week.

And the band plays a number of old-school Mexican instruments, including the quijada de burro (a donkey jawbone that produces a memorable rattling sound), the jarana jarocha (a guitar-shaped instrument with fretted strings), and the zapateado (a wooden box played percussively by a dancer’s stamping feet).

You’ll likely recognize several tunes this band plays — like “La Bamba Rebelde.” “La Bamba” was originally a traditional folksong from Veracruz; it became into an American pop hit in 1958 when covered by Southern California’s Ritchie Valens

(Ricardo Valenzuela). And “La Bamba” became a hit again in 1987 when it covered by the East L.A. band Los Lobos for the movie “La Bamba,” directed by California playwright/filmmaker Luis Valdez).

Other popular numbers

by Las Cafeteras include or “Vamos to the Beach” (from their 2017 album “Tastes Like L.A.” which has a photo of a food truck on the cover) and “This Land is Your Land” (the band’s bilingual/bicultural spinoff of Woody Guthrie’s iconic 1940 patriotic American folksong).

The band’s members don theatrical costumes and often dance onstage, and

this concert will likely be something of a party/ multi-cultural celebration with lots of catchy, uptempo melodies and bilingual lyrics.

Performances by Las Cafeteras are a high-energy salute to the vitality and durability of MexicanAmerican culture, as experienced on both sides of the border, and California’s cultural identity as a onetime colony of Spain and then a province of Mexico, becoming part of the United States in the mid1800s.

Tickets are $65-$25 general, with discounts for students, MondaviArt.org and at the door.

n On Sunday, April 24 at 3 p.m., there will be at the Pitzer Center on the UC Davis campus, featuring musicians from the UC Davis Baroque Orchestra (led by baroque violinist and veteran faculty member Michael Sand) and the Davis High School Baroque Orchestra (led by Angelo Moreno, who as UC Davis student some years back studied baroque violin under Michael Sand, and then launched a period instrument baroque orchestra at Davis High School).

On the program are music by composers Johann David Heinichen, Henry Purcell, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Johann Christoph Pez, Arcangelo Corelli, Jacques Morel, and Georg Frideric Handel, which will be performed on period-style instruments.

Tickets are $21 general, $12 students/youth, MondaviArts.org and at the door.

Cancellations Pianist Christopher Taylor, who had been scheduled to perform at Mondavi’s Jackson Hall on Friday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m., has cancelled those appearances.

He had been schedule to perform Franz Liszt’s piano transcriptions of the Sixth,

Seventh, Eighth and Ninth symphonies by Beethoven.

The Mondavi Center’s announcement announcing the cancellation indicated only that Taylor “will be unable to perform” as scheduled. The Mondavi Center may reschedule these concerts at some future date.

And the Valencia Baryton Project — scheduled to perform on Sunday, April 24 at the Pitzer Center on the UC Davis campus — has cancelled as well. The group is a trio of musicians from Spanish and French opera orchestras, performing music from the 1600s and 1700s on period instruments, focusing on compositions that include the baryton, a now obscure instrument that fell out of fashion during the 1800s.

The baryton is a sort of musical hybrid between a viola da gamba and a lira, with some strings that are bowed and others that are plucked. The Valencia Baryton Project cancelled their scheduled Davis appearance (as well as other dates on their North American tour) aft one of the trio’s members sustained an injury in a fall this week while on tour.

The UC Davis music department hopes to rebook the Valencia Baryton Project for a Davis performance at some future date.

‘Guardians: Spirits of Protection’ expands to Arboretum Special to The Enterprise As you stroll through the UC Davis Arboretum this month or next, you’ll get the chance to experience and participate in an art installation, made up of a colorful ribbon installation (Dakhil), a reflection bridge and a poetry path.

An extension of the “Guardians: Spirits of Protection” (created by Ann Savageau, professor emeritus of design and currently showing at the campus design museum) and in support of design MFA students Niloufar Abdolmaleki and Edward Whelan’s theses, this outdoor art installation centering on grief, loss, hope, and resilience, will be on display in the Arboretum’s East Asian Collection through April 30.

One of the main components of the installation is a Dakhil installation of approximately one hundred ribbons of various colors tied to branches of a tree on the north bank of Lake Spafford.

Dakhil, an Islamic traditional act of devotion, involves tying fabric to anything one considers sacred, usually done to heal the sick or to pray for good things.

UC Davis community members are invited to write their wishes and hopes on the ribbons and in the process expand their knowledge of cultural approaches to healing and hope.

In addition to contributing to the Dakhil, community members can also write good wishes or thoughts on pieces of yellow fabric attached to the Reflection Bridge near Wyatt Deck.

A poetry path, the third component to this installation, displays poetry written by community members on laser cut tiles laid in a pattern on the lawn north of Lake Spafford. The same poems can also be found in sign holders throughout the area. Additional poetry submissions are being accepted through April 18 via the exhibition’s website.

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The art installation “Guardians: Spirits of Protection” is on display in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden in April.

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Unlikely Nicolas Cage vehicle roars into high gear

By Derrick Bang Enterprise film critic Well, color me surprised.

Nicolas Cage has been turning out mostly violent stinkers like a man determined to secure a permanent place in the Razzie Hall of Shame: 39 films (!) in the past decade alone — the pandemic didn’t slow him down a jot — and that’s not including the four animated films to which he lent his voice.

I therefore approached this one with a gimlet eye, particularly since the exploitative advertising campaign gave no reason for optimism.

So much for assumptions.

Director Tom Gormican’s send-up of Cage — his career, reputation, fan base and constant financial peril — isn’t merely impudently self-referential; this audacious script, co-written by Gormican and Kevin Etten, is the most meta of meta.

It’s a cheerfully deranged valentine to the “Cult of Cage,” those touchingly loyal fans — apparently they are legion — willing to forgive even his most deplorable turkeys.

This one’s no turkey. It’s actually quite entertaining, and frequently hilarious.

We meet Nick Cage (Cage, of course) down on his cinematic luck, desperate for the comeback potential of a film role championed by his perpetually harassed agent, Richard Fink (Neil Patrick Harris). Nick’s personal life is a disaster; his narcissistic megalomania has poisoned his relationships with exwife Olivia (Sharon Horgan) and teenage daughter Addy (Lily Sheen).

Cage is hard to watch, during these early scenes; his effort to upstage Addy’s

‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ Starring: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Neil Patrick Harris, Lily Sheen, Tiffany Haddish, Ike Barinholtz, Paco León Rating: R, for drug use, sexual candor, violence and relentless profanity Available via: Movie theaters 16th birthday is particularly cringe-worthy. He’s also prone to arguing with a younger version of himself — think lanky, long-haired, bomber jacketgarbed Cage Mark 1, from the “Raising Arizona”/ ”Wild at Heart” era — who personifies his worst characteristics.

And yes: This display of dual Cages is a deliberate nod to the peculiar twin roles he played in “Adaptation.” Indeed, identifying all the riffs from Cage’s (better known) earlier films quickly becomes part of the game; some are name-checked, some are film clips being watched by various characters, some are replayed scenes (the one from “Leaving Las Vegas” being the most obvious).

Anyway…

The film role falls through, but something else comes up: a $1 million offer merely to attend the birthday party of Javi Gutierrez (Pedro Pascal, famed as The Mandalorian), an unabashed

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Although initially wary of collaborating on a movie script with a newbie writer, Nick (Nicolas Cage, right) finds it hard to resist Javi Gutierrez’s (Pedro Pascal) enthusiasm. superfan who lives in a lavish estate on the gorgeous Spanish island of Majorca.

Although understandably wary, Nick is immediately put at ease, upon arrival, by the sincere depth of Javi’s respect and appreciation.

You’d think the mutual flattery, back-slapping and bonhomie would be eyerolling, but the opposite is true; Cage and Pascal play this rapidly developing bromance with such seriousness, such over-the-top sincerity, that it’s riotous.

By this point, we well and truly believe this film’s impudent premise, which has become irresistible.

On top of which, Javi has written a script — don’t all fans do that? — for a film that he hopes Nick will star in. They therefore begin to blue-sky plot points, character development, marketing

and every other aspect of filmmaking, with Gormican and Etten’s script deliciously skewering all aspects of Hollywood in the process.

Alas…

Turns out CIA operatives Vivian (Tiffany Haddish) and Martin (Ike Barinholtz) have been surveilling Javi for five years, because he’s actually a notorious drug baron responsible for the recent kidnapping of a prominent politician’s daughter. They believe she’s being held somewhere on Javi’s wellguarded estate, but lack any means of access.

Since Nick has the run of the place, they recruit him to act as an amateur spy.

The worst part is that Nick finds it hard to believe that Javi is malevolent … until suspicion kicks in. Suddenly Pascal’s smiles seem a little too forced, his gaze a

shade too mocking, his posture a touch too lethal.

Let it be said: Nobody plays paranoia better than flustered, goggle-eyed Nicolas Cage.

Subsequent set-pieces are right out of Comedic Action Flicks 101A. Best and funniest scene by far: Nick’s nervous, flustered, ham-handed effort to penetrate Javi’s locked security room.

Cage throws himself into this high-concept nonsense with total conviction, having not the slightest concern about trashing his own reputation; indeed, he relishes it. Pascal is just as dedicated, with Javi’s wild mood swings matching Cage’s.

Horgan’s Olivia is an unexpected calm in this cyclone: a voice of reason trying her best to make allowances for her ex’s

weird behavior. Sheen, in turn, is so persuasive as the perpetually embarrassed and humiliated Addy, that we grieve for her.

The tech credits are topnotch, and editor Melissa Bretherton keeps things moving at a lively pace.

Mark Isham’s energetic score is blended with a handful of well-placed pop tunes, none better used than Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Down on the Corner.”

This truly is a lot of fun; just relax, and go with the flow.

(Although it’ll help if you scored high marks in Nicolas Cage 101A.) — Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at http://derrickbang. blogspot.com. Comment on this review at www. davisenterprise.com.

Winters Theatre Co. presents ‘Spring Fling’

By Germaine Hupe Special to The Enterprise The Winters Theatre Company will welcome the new season with the “Spring Fling,” an evening of comedy, drama and music on Saturday, April 23, at 8 p.m. The production will be in the historic Winters Opera House and will feature five original short plays interspersed with musical selections performed by the Yolo Ramblers. The plays cover a wide range of plots including dramatic monologue, classical parody, and hilarious comedy.

The first selection, “Hamlet Investigations, Inc.” by Ellen Abrams, imagines a situation in which Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, operates a detective agency using skills he learned in solving his father’s “murder most foul.” His client is a modern American woman who wishes to learn the activities of her obviously cheating finance.

The combination of 17th-century speech and 21st-century dialogue will delight both fans of William Shakespeare and modern detective fiction.

“Dark Matter’’ by Donald Lofters is a play which begins with happy cocktail chatter between a loving married couple, but slowly their chatter turns into something quite different. The audience will begin to wonder why Marion and Palmer are working so hard at being cheerful. Are they hiding a sinister secret or merely playing at being melodramatic? The play’s surprise ending will solve the riddle.

The office of Galveston high school principal Ms. Strickler is the setting for the hilarious comedy, “Tailwind.” By Kelly Morgan-Lallo. The mothers

of two trouble-making boys have been called to the school to determine how to punish the teenagers. Although the boys are close friends, their mothers are very different and harbor a mutual dislike.

Mrs. Erica Mathews is street-smart. She “tells it like it is,” or rather how she thinks it is. Joanna Phillips, the other mother, is very conservative, deeply religious, and desperate to be seen as a dedicated Christian.

The school officials have reached the end of their tolerance after the boys’ recent prank. The women must work together to find an ending to their sons’ behavior short of expulsion. The dialogue among the women, the erudite principal, the aggressive Erica and the devout Joanna provides many laughs as the characters struggle to deal with their prejudices and reach a solution acceptable to all.

“Jorge Hosts Chanukah,” a play by Jonathan Josephson, provides both laughter and tears as the plot reveals Jorge, a Mexican-American, who is a recent convert to Judaism. In his new status, Jorge must both please his Jewish wife Hannah, and appease his father Mr. Salas. The resolution of the two cultural traditions provide challenges to father and son, while at the same time reveal the common humanity which these two cultures share.

Each original work is accompanied by musical selections which contribute to the theme of the play.

For reservations go to www.winterstheatre.org or call 530-795-4014 for more information. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. and a limited number of tickets will be available at the door.

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“Watering California” by Geraldine Ganun.

Artery hosts state ceramic competition Special to The Enterprise The Artery will present its California Clay Competition Exhibit from April 29 to May 26, at 207 G St. in downtown Davis.

The Artery has sponsored the competition since 1990, giving California ceramic artists an opportunity to display their work during

the California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, sponsored by the John Natsoulas Gallery in Davis. The award winners will be posted on Friday, April 29, when the gallery will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Sunday, May 1, it will open early at 10 a.m., to extend viewing

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“Far from Perfect” by Sandy Calhoun. time, and close at 5 p.m.

California’s best clay artists “strut their stuff ” for this eagerly anticipated show. The exhibit will feature 37 works chosen by the juror, Heidi Bekebrede.

Sponsoring the monetary and gift awards are: The Artery of Davis, Creative Ceramics and Glass, Laguna Clay and Clay People.

Along with the CCC show at the Artery, many

According to Bazooka plays at craft fair Special to The Enterprise Join According to Bazooka for a concert of irresistibly catchy Americana-pop original tunes. Enjoy the open market Vintage Crafts Fair of crafters, artists, upcyclers and vintage sellers.

According to Bazooka writes original music inspired by life in the Sacramento Valley. Their Americana Pop sound is a little bit folky, a little bit jazzy with pop, rock ‘n’ roll sensibilities. The result is a unique sound and an inviting musical experience. Lush harmony, guitar, harmonica, accordion, upright bass and drums bring these songs to life with a timeless retro-pop vibe that blends catchy melodies with well crafted lyrics and authentic stories.

According to Bazooka’s vibrant indiefolk-pop infused sound blurs the lines of rock, folk, blues, jazz, pop and zydeco.

Their unique show features well-crafted tunes, rich harmonies and irresistible “retro-pop” melodies.

This fusion of sound grew out of the original instrumentation of the band which included an accordion and a bouzouki, hence the name According to

Craft and Vintage Fair Where: Central Park, Third and C streets in downtown Davis When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 24 Bazooka. Band members Don Johnston, Jamie Knapp, René Martucci, and Richard Urbino bring together a varied group of influences that draws heavily from the classic Bay Area, California sound.

Their unique vintage instruments always grab the attention of the audience both visually and sonically. It is quite inventive to find an accordion, upright bass, and random percussion instruments, mixed with elegant three-part vocal harmonies.

An engaging art of storytelling lifts According to Bazooka to an even higher place. They write songs that every listener can relate to while happily swaying along.

Catchy, singable songs with an “easy come, easy go” perspective on the absurdities of life that we all share.

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“Eve Remembered” by Liz Lauter. area galleries will feature ceramic exhibits opening evening on Friday, April 29, including the Natsoulas Gallery’s “Thirty Ceramic Sculptors.”

The Artery is open seven days a week, Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Exceptions noted above.

School bands seek used instruments Special to The Enterprise The Davis High and Holmes Junior High Combined Orchestra Boosters are soliciting gently used stringed instruments as donations to enlarge the district’s elementary collection so that more students might participate. Anyone with a violin, viola, cello or string bass that is no longer being used, is encouraged to consider donating it (especially smallersized models for younger players).

A donation receipt will be provided for tax purposes. Contact Angelo Moreno at 530-4007614 or at amoreno@ djusd.net.

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he settlement looked big when announced in early April by the district attorneys of six Northern California counties where huge wildfires caused by PG&E did more than $700 million worth of damage last year and in 2019.

It’s another example of a penalty that looks severe but has very little actual import.

For one thing, none of the $55 million PG&E will pay goes to homeowners or merchants from places like the Gold Rush era town of Greenville, completely incinerated in last summer’s Dixie Fire, which burned for more than three months across several counties.

There was hope the prosecution, which lodged criminal charges against PG&E for the 2019 Kincade fire in Sonoma County, might send some utility executives to prison for the first time over the fatally flawed decisions they made, which led to both the Kincade and Dixie fires and 31 others over the last few years.

Like executives of Southern California Edison and San Diego

Gas & Electric after their firms caused huge recent fires, PG&E bosses once again escape responsibility, In fact, new PG&E chief executive Patti Poppe collected almost as much in stock options and salary last year as the company will pay in the new settlement. What’s more, the PG&E admits no guilt.

It’s the newest part of a longtime pattern which sees utilities completely unpunished for misspending $65 billion in customer payments earmarked between 1955 and 2005 for maintenance. That money went to executive bonuses and other goodies. Using it properly might have seen newer power lines rise up and old trees and other vegetation cut back in areas where they started recent fires.

Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch, who talked tough while filing charges against PG&E last year, now says she got her constituents and folks in nearby counties a great deal.

Instead of $55 million, she said in hailing the settlement as

will ever be shed. Not when corporate income is already certain to rise more than $974 million this year from an interim rate increase it received in February, with much more to follow later this year, when the company’s routine rate increase case is decided by the state Public Utilities Commission (PUC). a great achievement, a criminal conviction for PG&E — which would have been another in a series dating back to the 2010 San Bruno gas line explosion that killed eight — would have produced a $9.6 million fine at most. The money, she noted, would have gone to the state treasury rather than to local non-profits and county departments that will share in the new payout over the next five years.

But what’s $11 million a year spread across six counties compared to real justice, which might have seen some actual people do some real prison time for misdeeds they perpetrated on their jobs?

To PG&E, it’s peanuts, a little spilled milk for which no tears

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he new settlement is much like a $125 million “fine” the PUC assessed against PG&E, also in February, for its negligence in the Kincade blaze.

Much of that alleged penalty will go for maintenance work, like undergrounding or updating some power lines, cutting back vegetation and inspecting facilities — all things that should have been done regularly over many years with the money collected from customers, but left mostly undone for decades.

The questions about the newest settlement are simple: Is a few million dollars in reimbursements to fire departments and other local agencies really worth more than a criminal conviction, or several of those?

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openly funded by the Developer. He has used the City Council dais to defend his suit.

Council has the duty to serve the interests of residents and encourage public discourse. At the very least Council members should recuse themselves from speaking on matters on which they have direct interest, failing that, censorship should be an option.

There needs to be a clear message that Council involvement in suing public expression is prohibited. The law states: CIV. PROC. CODE § 425.16 Statements before a government body or official proceeding; or in connection with issue under consideration by government body; or in a place open to the public or public forum in connection with issue of public interest; or any other conduct in furtherance of petition/free speech in connection with issue of public interest, are protected.

To sue to harm public speech is illegal I think that is what just happened in our town.

Scott Steward Davis

Honor UC Davis research I was not surprised to find in the Sunday Enterprise (April 10) a halfpage advertisement “paid for by the Yes on Measure H Committee” and stating that “major funding” for the ad was provided by some of the entities supporting the DISC 2.0 development.

That is their right. But I was disheartened to read the text, which repeated some glowing but vague claims for this project, but did not address any of the objections voiced by some Davis citizens.

However I was surprised, and dismayed, to see that the ad consisted of a letter from “The Desk of Mayor Gloria Partida.” I welcome an independent commentary or opinion column from any citizen, including elected officials, concerning this project, but signing a letter which clearly states that it is a “Paid Political Advertisement” raises questions about whether the mayor truly represents all the people of Davis. The mayor further divides us by dismissing criticism of the project as simply “what the opposition wants you to believe” without acknowledging that some Davis citizens have valid concerns.

Most problematic, the Mayor’s letter claims that Measure H “Leverages the amazing research occurring at UC Davis and will use those discoveries and advancements to tackle the world’s biggest challenge, climate change.” Yet there is not even a mention of the Commentary (March 25)

by Stephen M. Wheeler, a professor of urban planning and design at our very own UC Davis, in which he outlines some objections to DISC and argues that the project is anything BUT sustainable, and that it will contribute to climate warming rather than ameliorate it. So it seems that when a decision is political, “amazing research” can just be ignored.

Michael Wright Davis

Confident in Reisig When I was asked by District Attorney Jeff Reisig to join his multicultural community council to represent the Korean community, I was unsure of what to expect. Jeff told me that MCCC members were a diverse group of individuals throughout Yolo County. He told me he wanted the MCCC to counsel him and tell him what the community wanted, needed and deserved. He said he wanted to hear “the good, the bad and the ugly.”

The members of the MCCC were diverse and many weren’t satisfied with the criminal justice system in Yolo. They were concerned that minority groups were being unfairly targeted by police officers. What most impressed me is that Jeff spoke little. He humbly listened and heard our opinions and advice. His willingness to accept criticism, demonstrated that he genuinely wanted to serve members of the community. For

that, I am confident Jeff will continue to lead us.

We really need a D.A. like him during this challenging time. And since I’ve stepped off the MCCC, I’ve seen him take what we told him and put it into practice.

Yolo County has an outstanding D.A. in Jeff and he has a dedicated, talented and compassionate staff. Let’s re-elect Jeff!

Jeannie Johng Nishikawa Davis

Rodriguez on June 7 I want a District Attorney that supports my values. Cynthia Rodriguez, a Democrat, will support common sense criminal justice reform. She understands the needs for real solutions, not mass incarceration, to address the complex problems of poverty and homelessness. She supports policies and programs that have a proven track record of success. Cynthia Rodriguez understands the key role the DA has in prosecuting wage theft, workplace abuse and other crimes against working families that often receive little attention.

The incumbent DA opposed Proposition 47, but Yolo County approved this Proposition by 61%. Proposition 47 makes certain low level crimes misdemeanors. The incumbent DA also opposed Proposition 57, but Yolo County approved this Proposition by 68%. Proposition 57 has a process for parole consideration for eligible people convicted of nonviolent crimes.

The incumbent DA uses his platform to amplify fear of violent crimes while not addressing the reform we need. It’s time for a change.

Vote for Cynthia Rodriguez on June 7.

Cindy Cherry Davis

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what is being done with the homeless situation in Woodland. There are many homeless people in this city, and what I mean by this is people roaming the streets for money, mostly to buy drugs. It seems that the number of homeless people has been gradually increasing. I think more could be done about this.

More effort can go into gathering these people into shelters, and even do some work on improving the shelters for quality food and privacy. Any other support programs related to this could be paid more attention as well. You could help by writing an article on this, which would get the attention of people to help in this problem.

Sam Lindsay Woodland

Especially if those convictions might have involved a real criminal or several, not merely their corporation?

And is a huge utility company once again using its legal firepower to outwit local officials and get off essentially scot-free?

For sure, PG&E will barely notice the $11 million per year it will have to pay between now and 2027.

Executives responsible for all the bad decisions that led to many fires and the more than 100 deaths they caused will continue in their jobs as if nothing happened, while the victims’ lives and their families’ have been decimated.

If that’s not a mockery of justice, it’s hard to see what would be.

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Notice of county funds owed

Have you been sued? The prospect of financial ruin is harrowing. The threat of a lawsuit is discouraging.

Bob Dunning’s April 8 column about the lawsuit filed against the “No on H” volunteers is too casual. A lot of Davis appreciates the work of the six unpaid defendants.

Davis has voted “no” twice on similar projects, in 2020 and in 2016.

The “No on H” pamphlet remains 95% intact. The grassroots volunteers are $71,000 poorer. If it cost you $11,000 to voice your opinion, would you? The point of the suit was not the words, it was the dollars (and the time.)

For or against DISC/Measure H, the court has been used to punish residents for advocating their opinion. This action has the appearance of a strategic lawsuit against public participation.

There was no attempt to rectify objections by reaching out to the defendants prior. No attempt to avoid the court. The suite was not about disagreement, it was a tactic to do as much fiscal damage as possible.

City Councilman Dan Carson filed the suit. The same council member is the honorary chair of the “Yes on H” campaign,

As a lawyer and strong consumer advocate, I have a bone to pick, but I’m not quite sure with whom or what entity! In the Sunday, April 17, Davis Enterprise, there was a public notice published, of those people and entities having unclaimed funds held by Yolo County, ranging in amounts from $15 to over $13,000. Unfortunately the payees who are owed the funds are not listed alphabetically. The list is arranged by the amount of the unclaimed money.

What this means is that if you are interested in determining if the county owes you something, you would have to look through a list of over 400 names. Why not list the names of the people or entities alphabetically, so it just takes a second or two to verify if you are one of the lucky ones that is due some cash from the county?

(Perhaps there is good reason for doing it this way, but I can’t think of one.)

This may be a situation where The Davis Enterprise just published what it was given by the county, or perhaps not. Whoever is responsible for this oversight, to not list the names of people or entities alphabetically, smacks of hiding the ball, as if they don’t want consumers to find out whether they are owed money, so it can be kept by the county.

Someone needs to fix this situation, and pronto! The deadline for notifying the county that they are holding your cash is June 10. So I’m giving notice to the Davis Police Dept., the very last name on the list, that you have $13,062 coming your way if you care to claim it! Maybe there’s some nice equipment you’d like to purchase with it, or use it to pay for gas to put in your police vehicles. It ought be good for a few gallons of fuel at current prices!

Elaine Roberts Musser Davis

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Is there hope with my ex-husband?

Dear Annie: I’ve been married to a man for 17 years. But not long after the marriage, he stopped being a husband.

At first, we would talk, laugh and have fun. We would do things together, go places and, most of all, we would make love all the time. It’s been 10 years since we have had sex.

When we did try, he couldn’t fulfill. All he does now is pick fights. He blames me for things and does what he wants. He stays in the bedroom all the time. He yells when I ask for help with something.

He tells me I’m the crazy one. He makes me so mad that I hit him in the pocket and spend money. I know that’s not the right thing to do. But I do it.

I ask him if he loves me and wants to stay in our marriage. He says yes, that he still loves me and wants our marriage to work.

However, when his best friend was alive, he would do everything for him, including giving him money. That was because his friend did not want to work. He lived in the mountains at our place until he died.

After that, things got worse. My husband, who I will call “Steve,” bought a cabin in the mountains for his best friend’s son.

He did this while telling me that we have no money to go away on a trip together.

You should know that I have kids from a previous marriage, and my ex-husband and I helped with some of their college expenses. My current husband, Steve, complained about that, yet at the same time, he is eager to give money to his dead friend’s son.

So, do you think this is a marriage or just a convenience? Should I leave and quit wasting time? Please help.

— Frustrated Wife Dear Frustrated Wife: You do not have a spending problem. You have a husband with much bigger problems. Don’t let them continue to be your problems. At the same time, getting his side of the story will require marriage counseling, and you both can find out for sure whether the two of you can change to make it a happy marriage.

——— Dear Annie: I met a really good guy online, and we fell in love through talking and texting before we ever met. Once we met, it was electrical. But we moved in together way too soon. My daughter and her family didn’t like him and continuously tried driving a wedge between us.

Legals@DavisEnterprise.net One day, he had enough and said it was over. It was really hard. I miss him every day. He moved out, but I live in his home. He comes home every other weekend to see me. And to check on the house. He tells me he likes spending time with me, and we talk for hours on the phone and when he is here. A fourhour phone conversation is nothing to us.

The problem is he is dating another woman. She knows about me and our friendship but doesn’t like it. I don’t think she is good for him, but he doesn’t see it. I still love him very much, and I know he loves me. He told me he compares other women to me all the time and it’s not fair to them.

I just don’t know what to do. Should I not be here when he wants to talk or see me? Or do I continue to be here for him and hope that one day he’ll realize we are meant to be?

— Heartbroken.

Dear Heartbroken: In order to fully heal, you have to detox from him for at least two months. That means don’t see him at all and don’t have any contact with him. If you two are meant to be, you will be, but allowing him to see other women when it hurts you like it does is not fair to you at all. It’s time for you to find happiness and joy with someone who only wants you.

Dear Annie: My 30-yearold grandson is incarcerated right now on charges of drug possession and shoplifting. This is one of many drug possession charges he has faced in the past two years, and he has multiple court cases coming up. While I have done everything I can to support and help him, nothing has worked. His behavior has caused a lot of grief and

pain to me and my daughter. He stopped talking to me a couple of months ago, and it really hurts me. I’m at a loss as to what to do at this point. I’m seeing a counselor right now, which helps. — Grieving Papa Dear Grieving Papa: I’m so sorry about your grandson. One of the toughest pills to swallow is that we can’t help people who don’t want to help themselves.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CV2022-564 To all interested persons: Petitioner: Shihab Abdulrahim and Nasreen Awad filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. Zeyad Shihab Abdulrahim to Proposed name Zeyad Shihab Aladawi Present name b. Amal Shihab Abdulrahim to Proposed name Amal Shihab Aladawi 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: 6/7/2022 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept.: 10 Room: 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.

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Stay close to your daughter and continue to show your grandson your unconditional love. Hopefully, one

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Surviving infidelity Dear Annie: I have been married for the past 15 years and have three children (one adult, two teenagers). I cheated on my husband 10 years ago and have apologized, and I thought we had worked through it.

My husband is not perfect. He has problems with alcoholism and has had multiple DUIs in the past and even spent time in jail.

I am at a breaking point.

He is still throwing the cheating in my face daily.

FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2022 He is upset because his grown children have a lot of memories of him yelling at them. He says he yells at them because he is angry at me. My husband does not trust me, and I have no friends and never go out or do anything on my own.

However, he can go out whenever he wants.

He says that he is just going through the motions to get through the day. I said if he is still that angry and dwelling on the past, then we should get a divorce because that is no way to live. He says if we get divorced, then no one wins, and the kids will be affected. I’m not sure how much more of the berating and verbal abuse I can take.

I feel like a prisoner in my own home with nowhere to turn and everything I do is wrong. Please help.— Stuck

Dear Stuck: It sounds like your husband has some deep-seated issues with anger and alcoholism. It’s a bit of a chicken-or-the-egg scenario — a toss-up as to which came first — but one is surely adding fuel to the other’s fire.

Yes, you broke a marriage vow. But it sounds like you’re willing to work hard at repairing the relationship, looking forward rather than dwelling on the past.

Your husband, on the other hand, is keeping you both trapped in an arrangement where nothing is addressed, nothing is overcome and nothing is resolved. He clearly cares about his family — but he never processed the betrayal he felt from your cheating, nor is he able to cope in healthy ways. Find a

couples therapist you both like to address the root of the problem.

Decades with a dud Dear Annie: I’ve been in a relationship with “Jason” since April 2001. We got engaged in 2007. I lived apart from him with my three kids as they were still young and in school. I moved in with him in 2010.

Ever since then, and before, it’s just gotten worse. I was so blind in love and drinking with him all the time that I guess I really didn’t see the whole picture.

I’ve been relatively sober since 2016. Eliminating hard alcohol helped clear my mind.

I realized he is a bit of a narcissistic man and can only see past his nose. I’ve suspected for many years he is having an affair. I went

through menopause in 2011, so my libido literally disappeared in an instant.

I feel he only has me there at his house because he said he “needs me.” What about want me? The arguments have escalated.

I know he can’t read or write too well and has a limited complex vocabulary. He won’t admit it, and I wish he would have or would now. I wouldn’t like him less. When you live with someone, you accept things like that. I happen to have a decently high IQ, so his babbling in elementary terms does not help me to have serious adult conversations.

I’m looking to get out and buy a condo so I can have my own place again, clear my head and be mentally healthy. I will still date him if he still wants to and

see if we can repair our relationship. We are both ready to retire in several years.

Gosh, if we’re fighting like this now, what would it be like if we were together 24/7? I’m afraid to go there.

What do you think?

— Kick Him to the Curb Dear Kick: No number of years with Jason can change the fact that you’ve been with someone who hasn’t emotionally or intellectually fulfilled you for decades.

Between the fighting, his drinking, his narcissism and possible infidelity, I’d bet the coming years will be much more tiresome than retirement with him around.

Follow through on buying your condo and spend time alone. Consider what you want. Is it a relationship you want to repair?

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Aggies scheduled to play UCLA

Enterprise staff The UC Davis football team will open the 2027 season at the historic Rose Bowl, the two schools announced Wednesday.

The game is scheduled for Aug. 28, 2027.

The two programs have met twice in their storied histories, with both meetings coming in the 1930s.

The first contest was a 26-10 UCLA victory in 1932, with another Bruins win, 49-0 in 1934.

The Aggies open the upcoming season against Pac-12 foe Cal on

Saturday, Sept. 3, at FTX Field at California Memorial Stadium on the Berkeley campus.

UCD opened last season with an impressive 19-17 nonconference victory at Tulsa.

The Aggies will play a total of five home games at UC Davis Health Stadium this season.

The first home game is against San Diego on Saturday, Sept. 17.

Season tickets are still available. For more information, visit www.ucdavisaggies.com and click on the football tab or call 530-752-2471.

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UC Davis runner Bella Pahulu slides safely into home place in Tuesday’s non-conference game at Cal. Mike Bush/Enterprise file photo

UC Davis football head coach Dan Hawkins, seen here walking out of a huddle in a Big Sky Conference home game against Eastern Washington on Nov. 13, 2021, and the Aggies will play UCLA in 2027.

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Davis High boys volleyball players Ethan Wells (13) and teammate Anthony Edson (11) go up for the block in Wednesday’s Delta League match against Franklin. To view more photos, visit www.davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports tab.

SETS: ‘Confidence and high energy’ to compete From Page B8 “Confidence and high energy,” said Hinojosa. “I want them to know that they can compete. I have seen it shift from set to set and now I want to see it shift for an entire game.”

Davis still has an outside shot of earning the league’s fourth playoff berth. According to Will

DeBoard, assistant commissioner for the Sac-Joaquin Section, the top four teams in the DL advance to the section playoffs.

Jesuit sits alone in first place at 10-0. Pleasant Grove is next at 9-2, while Franklin is third at 6-5, Elk Grove 5-5 and Davis 4-6.

— Follow Rebecca Wasik on Twitter: @BeccaFromTheBay.

STRONG: Boys 4x400 relay takes 1st place From Page B8

Cougevan took first at 4 minutes, 22.70 seconds and Tam second at 4:28.10.

Devin Gagnon was another winner in the 3200-meters for the Blue Devils, clocked at 11:05.87.

The Davis 4x400 relay team of Cole Knutson, Sam Moody, Tam and Bryce Barker won at 3:34.76.

Will Siemens won the pole vault for the Blue Devils, clearing the bar at 14 feet, 8 inches.

Norah Delaney was a double-winner for the Davis girls.

She captured first place in the 800-meters at 2:24.31 and the 1600-meters at 5:13.48.

Nelle Bitners won the girls discus with a throw of 128’ 9”.

There was another

1-2-3 finish for the Blue Devil girls in the triple jump. Sophia Ballard leaped to 32 feet, 9 1/2 inches. Lindsey Fitzpatrick was second at 32’ 5.5 and Haylee Aquino third at 31’ 9.5.

The meet was scheduled to start at 10 a.m.

But started a half-hour later when the Franklin High track and field teams had issues with

transportation with one of their school buses, which the Elk Grove Unified School District supplies.

On Saturday, Davis teams will compete at the Meet of Champions at American River College in Sacramento.

The meet starts at 9 a.m.

— Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise.net. Follow on Twitter: @MBDavisSports.

Tough loss on diamond Enterprise staff BERKELEY — The UC Davis softball team rallied all the way back from a first inning 7-0 deficit, but Cal pulled off a 9-8 win Tuesday afternoon at Levine-Fricke Field.

After UCD (18-22) spotted the Golden Bears a touchdown in the first frame, it scored at least one run in every inning the rest of the way.

Down to their last strike in the contest, Libbie McMahan came through for the Aggies on a full count as she singled up the middle to score Sarah Nakahara. UCD nearly recorded the go-ahead run, but Sommer Kissling was called out on a bang-bang play at the plate. The play at the plate was the second of the inning where the Aggies were called out on a close play.

Cal eventually walked it off in the bottom of the seventh on a bloop single down the left field line with two outs.

Nakahara got UCD on the board in the second inning on an RBI groundout. Kisling then hit an infield single to score Reese Mattley.

In the third, Mattley smacked a double down the line in left to plate Anna Dethlefson. The Ags tacked on another in the fourth when Delaney Diaz singled up the middle to score Nakahara.

In the fifth, the Aggies made it a ballgame to pull within two when Mattley tallied another double to score Sarah Starks. Nakahara then plated Mattley on an infield single to second.

In the sixth, UCD scored to pull within one when Diaz doubled to left-center field to score McMahan.

The Aggies banged out a season-high 16 hits.

The Aggies will dive back into Big West Conference play when they head to UC San Diego for a three-game set beginning on Friday at 5 p.m. The two teams play a doubleheader Saturday at noon and 2 p.m.

PICNIC: Key to city From Page B8 city of Davis.

I’m serious. n There are only two high schools in California that have the mascot Jackrabbits: Long Beach Poly and Victor Valley in Victorville. The latter school is also in Southern California.

Wouldn’t it be nice that if any new high schools that open in the section in upcoming years use Jackrabbits as

their mascot?

Maybe it’s just me, but Jackrabbits is a pretty cool mascot name.

But the name would be more fitting for a new high school in an area where there are plenty of jackrabbits.

To read the rest of Mike Bush’s column, visit www. davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports tab.

— Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise.net. Follow on Twitter: @MBDavisSports.

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Girls Lacrosse

Duo leads squad to victory

By Mark DeVaughn Enterprise correspondent SACRAMENTO — Tori Agnew and Collette Quaas can now joke over what was no laughing matter before.

The Davis High girls lacrosse standouts scored four goals apiece in Wednesday’s 17-2 victory at Christian Brothers.

Their team’s latest Delta League win came two weeks after Quaas missed the Blue Devils’ tilt against St. Francis because of her scheduled visit to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Agnew updated her with text messages — after a halftime lead at home dissolved into the Blue Devils’ lone league loss.

“I got a text that read, ‘11-10. We lost,’” Quaas said. “I really thought I was getting pranked in the moment.”

“Definitely not a prank,” said Agnew of the exchange, with a hearty laugh. “I wish it was.”

Agnew is a sophomore attacker/midfielder playing her first varsity season for Davis (10-1 in the DL, 15-4 overall). Quaas will attend Cal Poly next fall and major in economics.

Before the senior captain studies the wage gap, the Blue Devil girls will look to widen the gap between themselves and opponents.

Coming into play Wednesday, Davis had outscored league foes by a combined 160-49.

Christian Brothers opened the scoring 36 seconds after the opening face-off. The Blue Devils then reeled off 15 unanswered goals. The visitors owned a 10-1 halftime lead.

Blue Devil senior midfielder Devon Morris scored twice and contributed three assists.

Freshman attacker/midfielder Katie McMullen added a goal and two assists.

Both Morris and starting goalkeeper Stella Cardenas have signed to play lacrosse at Colorado Mesa University next year.

Davis split its two meetings against St. Francis (9-1 in the DL).

A victory Friday over Bella Vista will clinch at least a share of the league title.

After the four-team Sacramento Lacrosse League tournament, the Blue Devils are expecting to earn a spot in the North Coast Section playoff bracket.

The at-large and seeding meeting will be held on Sunday, May 1.

The NCS playoffs begin on Tuesday, May 3.

Ten different Davis players scored goals against Christian Brothers (6-6 in league, 9-6).

A day after the 11-10 loss to St. Francis, the Blue Devils lost a 19-7 non-league game on April 8.

Since then, Davis has won three straight games.

To read the rest of Mark DeVaughn’s story, visit www.davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports tab.

— Follow Mark DeVaughn on Twitter: @OrangeMarkD.

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y random thoughts as we head into Picnic Day. n The UC Davis football team will be holding its intrasquad scrimmage at UC Davis Health Stadium on Picnic Day, on Saturday. The Aggies are scheduled to go from 9 to 11 a.m. n Five years could be worth the wait.

UCD announced Wednesday that there is an agreement to play UCLA in the football season opener on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2027.

Enterprise staff writer Bob Dunning, who knows Aggie football better than you know the back of your hands, plans to

write his next column on the scheduled UCD-UCLA football game in Sunday’s edition. His column will also be on the Enterprise’s Website at www. davisenterprise.com. n An upcoming column of mine will feature a high school football head coach in the Sacramento area who once donned an Aggie football jersey.

But now family, his educational career and third shot at running a high school football program are his priorities. n The UC Davis and Davis High spring sports teams are smelling playoffs.

In upcoming weeks, various Aggie and Blue Devil teams that are vying for a Big West Conference or Delta League title and/or playoff berth. Keep reading The Enterprise online and print for stories and photos. n The Davis High girls swimming team is one team that could have a deep run in the postseason.

The Blue Devils have plenty of depth, which has duplicated in dominating their league foes

this season; they won by almost 100 points in some meets.

Davis won 18 Sac-Joaquin Section titles since 1977. The Blue Devils’ most recent team title was in 2019, when the seniors on this year’s team were only freshmen. There were no section champions the last two years because of the pandemic.

The Blue Devils are eying another section and California Interscholastic Federation team titles. This team is more than capable of attaining both crowns.

If this squad wins the state title, Davis head coach John Varley and the Blue Devils should be given the key to the

See PICNIC, Page B7

Boys Volleyball

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Davis High boys volleyball players Owen Buzbee (left) watches Liam Langley push the ball over the net in Wednesday’s Delta League home match against Franklin. To view more photos, visit www.davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports tab.

Davis High squad loses in five sets

By Rebecca Wasik Enterprise correspondent After dominating its first two sets, the Davis High boys volleyball team looked like it might secure a Delta League win over Franklin's squad on Wednesday night in the South Gym. The Blue Devils came out strong in the first two sets. But Franklin rallied and posted a 3-2 victory; the final scores were 18-25, 13-25, 25-18, 25-22, 15-9. The Blue Devils' last match prior to Wednesday was against Sheldon on April 13, where the visiting Huskies won in four games.

Davis (4-6 in the Delta League, 8-10) looked sharp in the first two sets, which it won by multiple points. But Franklin (6-5

in the DL, 14-9) began to pick up momentum in the third set.

Blue Devils head coach Rachel Hinojosa believes her team began to lose confidence.

“They played the best first two sets they’ve played this season,” said Hinojosa.

“We let some doubt creep back in whenever we got down, which is something we are working on right now.”

The final set was close until Franklin went on an 8-0 run, allowing it to secure the contest.

Marcus Blewett led the Blue Devils in kills with 13. Ethan Wells had nine, Connor Beck had three and Anthony Edson and Owen Buzbee each had two.

Buzbee led the Blue Devils with 15 digs.

Mick Dunning had nine, Wells had eight,

Liam Langley had seven, Blewett six, Beck three and Ryan Driggers one.

As this match was their final home game of the regular season, the Blue Devils celebrated their senior players; Beck, Blewett and Christian Merola before the game began.

The Blue Devils’ final two regular season games will take place on the road.

DHS will face Pleasant Grove of Elk Grove on Monday. The Blue Devils' final match will be on Wednesday at Jesuit in Carmichael. Both matches start at 6 p.m.

In those next two matches, Hinojosa wants her team to believe in themselves and their abilities on the court.

See SETS, Page B7

Blue Devils produce strong showing

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor CARMICHAEL — A half-hour delay of Wednesday's Delta League Center Meet for track and field didn't slow down the Davis High boys and girls teams.

The Blue Devil boys dominated the outing with 224 points. Host Jesuit was a distant second place at 103 points and Pleasant Grove third at 84.

“Today’s meet is all about prepping for post season,” said Davis head coach Spencer Elliott. “We rested certain athletes in need of rest, while we raced some athletes who needed racing.

Some athletes got to experience new events, while others used it as an opportunity to develop in their usual

events. Everything we are doing right now is with league championships, (Sac-Joaquin Section) Championships, Masters and (California Interscholastic Federation) State in mind.”

Davis girls were also big winners in team points with 164.5 points.

Pleasant Grove was second at 140 points and St. Francis third at 91.5.

There was a 1-2-3 finish for the Davis boys in the 400-meter race.

Christopher Clay Ballard won the event at 51.16 seconds. Blue Devil teammate Ray Oldham was second at 51.77 and Jacob Schaal third at 52.92.

Connor Cougevan and Lucas Tam were also a 1-2 finish in the boys 1600-meters.

See STRONG, Page B7

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Davis High’s Sophia Ballard (right) hands off the baton to Briana Garty in the girls 4x400 relay on Wednesday. To view more photos, visit www.davisenterprise.com.

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UC DAVIS

PicnicGUIDE Day Saturday, April 23, 2022

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UC Davis Picnic Day

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Restoring a tradition: Picnic day returns after two years

By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer

For the first time since 2019, UC Davis will host Picnic Day as an in-person on-campus event — the only way to truly observe a tradition that’s all about getting outside and spending time with other people.

The first Picnic Day was held in 1909 when Davis’ University Farm invited community members to check out its new dairy barn. An estimated two thousand people went, bringing picnic lunches, and the tradition was born. Since then, the event has evolved to encompass a parade, open house, fair, entertainment, dozens of activities — and, yes, usually a bit of partying.

The event also serves as an occasion for the campus and wider community to come together. Before the pandemic, Picnic Day routinely attracted

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The 2022 Picnic Day Board of directors include — top: Kimberlee Villar Bucio, Mali Williams, Oshiogwe NashHaruna, Adrianne Daniels, Schlok Shah, Murielle Danant-Fung; front: Maggie Nguyen, Brittney Le, Megan Tsang, Jesse Goodman, Amanda Portier, Anavi Arora, Janani Kumar and Alexis Tornero. upwards of 70,000 people — the type of gathering many have gone without for the past two years.

(Picnic Day was celebrated virtually in 2020 and 2021.) This year’s Picnic Day, which

celebrates the theme “Rediscovering Tomorrow,” will be the 108th.

“The excitement generated by this special day reminds us of the bond UC Davis shares with the community,” UC Davis chancellor Gary S. May said in his Enterprise column this month. “This year will feel like a rebirth.”

Charged with rekindling the tradition is a group of several dozen students who comprise the Picnic Day Board. In a normal year, organizing Picnic Day, one of the largest student-run events in the nation, is a complicated — and collaborative — undertaking.

“There are so many intricate details,” said Picnic Day co-chair Jesse Goodman, a second-year economics major.

Organizing it after a two-year interruption is more challenging still. “It’s a lot different this year,” said Picnic Day publicity director Alexis Tornero. The fourth-year managerial economics major is one of just three students on the

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C4 THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE 71-member Picnic Day Board who has previously helped organize an in-person Picnic Day. Divided into 15 teams, the board has spent months putting together various aspects of Picnic Day, which range from animal events to open house exhibits to the parade and more. “It’s a lot of external communication,” Tornero said, referring to extensive role community members play in popular events like the Doxie Derby, where mini-dachshunds race each other across the floor of the University Credit Union Center (formerly called the Pavilion).

In past years, participants had Picnic Day inked in as an integral part of their calendar. After going almost three years without a Picnic Day, that was no longer the case. Student organizers needed to conduct more outreach than usual to track down previous participants and find new ones, a task that proved easier said than done. “A lot of people aren’t in the same positions,” Tornero said. “We try to contact participants and we’re told, ‘Sorry, this person no

UC Davis Picnic Day longer works here.’”

With the big day approaching, students from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, which organizes the Doxie Derby, told the Picnic Day Board they were running short on dachshunds.

Participants for the frisbee dog event, hosted by the Canine Medicine Club, were also lacking.

The organizers pitched in with recruitment and, in the end, Tornero and Goodman said they were excited to be able to offer a full slate of events, even if some might be slightly smaller than in previous years.

This year’s events include a horse polo exhibition match (Horse Barn Arena at 1 p.m.), Fashion and Design Society’s student fashion show (Cruess Hall Annex at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.), Battle of the Bands (Mrak Hall Lawn from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.), chemistry show (Peter A. Rock Hall at 10 a.m.), cockroach races (Briggs Hall from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.), art activities and exhibitions (Manetti Shrem Museum from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.), jazz performances (Anne E. Pitzer Center Recital Hall

at 12 p.m.) and many other attractions.

The parade (the Quad at 10:30 a.m.) lineup features the UC Davis Marching DR. NAM Band, drummers TRAN from Bakuhatsu Picnic Day Taiko Dan, draft Parade Marshal horses, UC Davis Fire Department, U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame, McClatchy High School Dance Team, International House, Northern California DeLorean Motor Club and dozens of other groups.

Dr. Nam K. Tran, Professor and Senior Director of Clinical Pathology at UC Davis Health, was chosen as this year’s Picnic Day parade marshal. Tran was one of the main architects of Healthy Davis Together’s COVID-19 testing strategy and a member of the California COVID-19 Testing Task Force. “I am proud to share this day with students, staff, faculty, and members of our Davis

community,” he said.

In the past, public safety at Picnic Day has proven to be a challenge, with the conduct of both attendees and police officers having come under scrutiny. This year, the UC Davis Police Department will roll out a tiered approach to security, with uniformed police offers, security officers, student police cadets and Aggie Hosts all playing a role.

“In past years, we relied pretty much solely on police officers,” said UC Davis Police Chief Joseph Farrow. “This is our new approach.

Not every job needs to be done by a police officer.” A big part of providing security for Picnic Day, Farrow said, is directing traffic, getting people in and out in an orderly fashion, and reuniting lost parents and children.

Farrow described uniformed police as a “last resort” for this year’s event, with unarmed security personnel playing a larger part during the day and the police presence on campus scaling up in the evening. “We will try to keep the campus as safe as possible

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The Davis Police Department will also be out on Picnic Day, coordinating with downtown businesses where crowds typically spill over from campus for lunch, dinner and afterwards. Campus police generally do not leave campus and Davis police don’t enter it, but both will be available to assist each other if necessary, Farrow said.

“It’s important to us that Picnic Day remain a community and family friendly event and your safety and campus security are our utmost priorities,” Farrow and Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel said in a joint statement. “When off campus, the same laws apply as any other day.”

As the day approached, Picnic Day organizers said they observed growing anticipation fellow students, especially those who enrolled at UC Davis during the pandemic and have yet to experience Picnic Day. “I think this year is gonna feel a little more special,” Tornero said.

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Exhibit Schedule 8 a.m.

2022 UC Davis Give Day Booth

Outside Walker Hall — 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Stop by the UC Davis Give Day booth to learn about the ways that philanthropy improves our world.

From saving human and animal lives to supporting students in need, Give Day ensures that all gifts—no matter how big or small—make a tremendous impact on our campus and beyond.

Explore Historic Sacramento

Outside Young Hall Room 198 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

We will have artifacts and replicas on display that represent different elements of historical-era life in Sacramento. In addition we will have a sandbox set up as an

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Bug Doctor

“excavation” with play shovels and screens. In the sandbox will be bones from our zooarch collection.

In front of Briggs Hall — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Meet an entomologist and talk about insects! Even bring some from your home or garden for identification!

Precision Medicine: All of Us Research Program

Beach Volleyball vs.

Sacramento St.

Wellman Hall Lawn — 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Learn about Precision Medicine and the All of Us Research Program and how everyone can be involved in advancing health research.

C.M. Rick Tomato Genetics Resource Center Outside Plant and Environmental Sciences Building — 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

An exhibit of tomato wild relatives, mutants and other genetic stocks from the Rick Center collection.

Also a tomato trivia quiz, and general tomato gardening questions answered.

Beach Volleyball Courts at Howard Field 9 a.m.

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Visitors will get to create pieces of art using live maggots dipped in non-toxic paint at the Maggot Art exhibit at the Briggs Hall Courtyard.

9 a.m.

Adventures in Math and Stats

Mathematical Sciences Building Courtyard 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Explore the fascinating worlds

of Mathematics and Statistics!

Play fun games to learn how math and stats exist in everyday life!

Ask the Weed Doctor

Plant and Environmental Sciences Building Courtyard — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Got weeds (yellow star thistle,

Come watch Beach Volleyball take on Sacramento State at Howard Field!

Cacao Diversity for the Future of Chocolate Outside Plant and Environmental Sciences Building — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Plant Sciences team of Mars Wrigley will highlight our diverse cacao germplasm collection in Davis, showcase the journey chocolate makes from bean to bar, and demonstrate the type of research

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Corn Shelling

Outside South Plant and Environmental Sciences Building Entrance 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come by and watch and learn about corn shelling!

See how corn is extracted from the stalks!

Doctor Death

Briggs Hall 122 — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Meet Dr. Bob Kimsey and find out how insects are used in Forensics!

EE-Emerge

Kemper Hall Lobby & Presentation Hall — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Come see the infinite clock, the amazing candy robot, an animatronic hand, and the amazing aetherharp.

Entomology at UC Davis

Briggs Hall 122 — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Meet an entomologist and talk about insects! Even bring some from your home or garden for identification!

Explore the Tree of Life

Storer Hall Lobby — 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Meet live animals, fungi, and plants. Learn how we’re related to these creatures, what we share, and why we’re different!

Football

UC Davis Health Stadium 9 a.m.

Come watch the Aggies scrimmage at UC Davis Health Stadium!

Fun Math and Science Hands-on activities Mathematical Sciences Building Courtyard 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Explore Math and Science with fun hands-on activities. Do you like riddles? Do you like building things?

You are invited to build your own kaleidoscope and explore how to create cubic bubbles. Solve a math riddle and be rewarded with a treasure from our treasure chest!

entirely of laser beams.

Sure to be one of Picnic Day’s most popular attractions. Get there early to avoid long lines!

Lil’ Swimmers and Fly-tying Green Hall Courtyard 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Health TEAM Lab Outside Hutchison 171 9 a.m. to Noon

See live insects from streams and ponds, and learn the art of fly-tying for fly fishing from experts!

Join us to meet some of our faculty and students and learn about their research!

Maggot Art

Briggs Hall Courtyard 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Healthier at Home: Toxicology & You

Children (and grown-ups) will get to create beautiful pieces of art using live maggots dipped in non-toxic paint.

Outside North Academic Surge Entrance — 9 a.m. to Noon

Join us to meet some of our faculty and students and learn about their research! We’ll have kid friendly activities that explore the world of toxicology and environmental health and share information to help you avoid chemical hazards and keep your family healthier at home.

Honeybees and Honey

Briggs Hall Courtyard 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Learn about honeybees and the honey production process.

Insect-themed T-shirt sales Briggs Hall Entryway 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Popular insect-themed t-shirts such as ‘The Beetles’ are on sale via the Entomology Graduate Student Association.

Laser Maze Kemper Hall 1003 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Navigate your way through a maze made

Mosquito Control In front of Briggs Hall 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Learn about how to control mosquitoes and protect yourself.

Picnic Day with your Public Safety Professionals Fire and Police Building 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Meet police personnel, play safety games for prizes, try your luck with the beer goggles, give away prizes for kids, free popcorn.

Popcorn Popping Plant and Environmental Sciences Building Lobby 9 a.m. to Noon

Come by and enjoy a bag of fresh popped popcorn.

UC Davis Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Briggs Hall Courtyard 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Talk with expert entomologists about safely controlling pest insects.

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Welcome Future Aggies!

Welcome Center Lobby — 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come meet with UC Davis Tour Guides and learn about campus and the admission process.

What does Science Say? Plant and Environmental Sciences Building Outside on Grass 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

How does UC Davis research get to you? Talk to real researchers about their science and how they turn their nitty-gritty details into a story that you might hear about on the news!

Master Gardeners

Plant and Environmental Science Building Courtyard — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Come meet the Yolo County Master Gardeners and get home gardening and landscape advice.

10 a.m.

Beyond Green: ‘Seeing’ Leaves in a New Light

Plant and Environmental Sciences Building Courtyard — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Leaves absorb and reflect light, leading to a variety of colours visible to our eyes. By looking specifically into these optical signals beyond what our eyes can see, we can infer leaf health. We are going to show you how scientific instruments can help us “see” these signals, and how leaves can vary in the types of signals they emit.

Butterflies and Change East Academic Surge Entrance 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

What is happening with our state insect, the California Dogface Butterfly, and an update on monarch butterflies. Plus, the never-before- seen, student-created traveling, display exhibits.

Chemistry Show

Peter A. Rock Hall — 10 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.; 10 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.; 11:30 to 12:30 p.m.; 1 to 1:50 p.m.; 2 to 2:30 p.m.

The chemistry show features amazing demonstrations that

show how chemical reactions are involved in everyday life. Fun for all ages!

CHMS Alumni BBQ

South Bainer Hall Lawn — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The CHMS Department welcomes graduates to the annual Alumni BBQ! This is an opportunity for Alumni to reconnect, network, and socialize with peers.

College of Letters and Science East Peter A. Rock Hall Lawn 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Play games, win prizes and learn about UC Davis’ largest college!

Engineering Alumni Lounge Bainer Hall Front Steps 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Relax, recharge and reconnect with fellow engineering alumni.

Family members and friends of the college are welcome!

Get Wild with the Wildlife Society

Surge I, II, & III — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Explore the anatomy and structures of our wildlife or arts and crafts.

Liquid Nitrogen Sorbet South Bainer Hall Lawn 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

What boils at -320°F and is cold enough to burn? Liquid nitrogen, of course! If you would like to see this incredible chemical phenomenon and better yet, eat it, come on down to try our Liquid Nitrogen Sorbet!

Manetti Shrem Museum Manetti Shrem Museum 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Art making activity, live music and games outside, current exhibitions on display at the museum.

Men’s Tennis vs. UC San Diego

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Come watch Men’s Tennis take on UC San Diego at the Marya Welch Tennis Center!

Plant Pathology Picnic Day Display and StrawberryPlant Giveaway

Plant and Environmental Sciences Building Courtyard — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

We will be handing out strawberry plant plugs (roots). Part of our display will involve hands-on planting of strawberry plugs.

There will also be an indoor Plant Pathology display.

Raiders of the Lost Quark

Roessler Hall 66 10 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.; 11 to 11:40 a.m.; 1 to 1:40 p.m.; 3 to 3:40 p.m.

A physics club parody production of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” incorporating fun physics demos and explanations for all ages!

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Remote Sensing Photo Booth and Drone Display

student life at UC Davis, the work of student photojournalists for The Aggie, and writing on wine – or express your own creativity with our coloring sheets (indoors) and sidewalk chalk (outside).

There’s something for everyone to discover!

Plant and Environmental Sciences East Courtyard — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come get your picture taken with a thermal infrared camera!

Drones will be on display as well!

Materials Magic Show

123 Sciences Lecture Hall 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; 12 to 12:30 p.m.; 1 to 1:30 p.m.

Silly Putty Kids Craft

East Bainer Hall Lawn — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Join the AIChE community in a craft for the whole family! We will be creating silly putty out of borax and elmers glue! Don’t miss out!

Join the Materials Advantage Student Chapter on a secret material science mission worthy of any agent dubbed 007! Three shows consisting of various audiencefriendly demonstrations will take place at 11AM, 12PM, and 1PM.

The Amazing Atmosphere Show

Outside Hoagland Hall North Entrance 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.; 12 to 12:30 p.m.; 2 to 2:30 p.m.

Clouds, tornadoes, pressure, OH MY!! Enjoy a premier demonstration of fun experiments and learn about atmospheric phenomena from Atmospheric Science graduate students. For all ages!

Tomorrow’s Smart and Sustainable Agriculture Bainer Hall 1330 — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Experience the future of agriculture. See robots and other bioautomations in action; watch a mechanical stomach; and learn how to turn waste into energy.

A Musical Expedition

Wright Hall Outdoor Alleyway & Lawn 10:30 a.m. to Noon Come meet samba and mariachi musicians! Get to know them and their instruments, and then watch them perform!

11 a.m.

Aggie Traditions Tour Outside Memorial Union 11 a.m. to Noon

What makes UC Davis special?

Join us for a short walking tour of some of the need to know spots on campus. We’ll highlight spots associated with the Aggie Traditions on campus and are connected to UC Davis pride.

Meet the Microbes!

Sciences Lab Building 2079 & 2087 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Cockroaches will be racing on tiny tracks all day long in front of Briggs Hall.

Ask a Philosopher

Outside Social Science and Humanities near Room 1240 — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Do you have any philosophical questions? Please come talk to UC Davis philosophers!

Cal Aggie Alumni Association Aggie Zone

Outside Alumni Center/Vanderhoef Quad 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Celebrate with CAAA and enjoy giveaways, lawn games, and commemorate the day with an Aggie Pride themed photo at our Photobooth and explore campus while completing Aggie Traditions! Vanderhoef Quad is the perfect location to partake in the fun festivities of The Gateway District.

Cockroach Racing

In front of Briggs Hall — 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

We will be racing roaches on tiny tracks, all day long!

Earth and Planetary Sciences Department

Northeast Earth and Physical Sciences Building Patio — 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Earth and Planetary Sciences is out of this world! Come for the dinosaur hat, stay for the science!

Exhibits and demonstrations for all ages!

Fashion & Design Society Fashion Show: Prism Cruess Hall Annex and Courtyard 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. & 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Fashion & Design Society’s annual fashion show will showcase the works of Designers from DES 179 and across UC Davis. The fashion show will feature a stage and catwalk where people can come watch and view the garments and models as they walk down the runway. SEE STORY ON PAGE 15.

Groundwater “Ant-Farm” Model East Veihmeyer Hall Lawn 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Learn about the hydrologic cycle and see examples of how groundwater flows under your feet!

Illuminating Genetic Engineering: Shining a light on how critters glow in the dark!

Storer Hall First Floor — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

See how genetics grad students alter DNA to make fluorescent animals and make your own DNA sequence by crafting a beaded DNA bracelet.

Library Open House & Children’s Storytime

Grapevine Giveaway

Shields Library First Floor: Lobby and Courtyard — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Come get your free grapevine! *While supplies last

Join storytime in Shields Courtyard at 11:30 & 12:30, or watch historical films of Picnic Days past. Visit exhibits on

Robert Mondavi Institute Central Courtyard — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Come and explore the world of tiny things that have a big impact!

This is a hands-on, minds-on exhibit where folks of all ages can learn about everyday microorganisms and marvel at living, bioluminescent art!

Stream Table

East Veihmeyer Hall Lawn 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Learn how rivers work by playing in our very special sandbox!

Through the Lens of Seeds

Sciences Lab Building North Lobby 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Underneath our feet is an entire world of sleeping plants, lying in wait for the right cues to transition from seed to seedling. Artist Arielle Rebek and scientist Marina LaForgia jointly bring this invisible world to life with an exhibit showcasing the beauty and diversity of California grassland seeds.

VIP Member Lounge for CAAA

Alumni Center: Alpha Gamma Rho Hall, Moss Patio and Lobby 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Come visit the Cal Aggie Alumni Association VIP Member Lounge at

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The Picnic Day parade lineup features the UC Davis Marching Band, drummers from Bakuhatsu Taiko Dan, draft horses, McClatchy High School Dance Team, Northern California DeLorean Motor Club and dozens of other groups. It starts at the Quad at 10:30 a.m.

12 p.m.

Craft Center Open House

Craft Center, All Studio — 12 to 3 p.m.

Learn about the amazing things that can be done in each of the 11 studios at the Craft Center.

Experience the Art of Barrel Making

Outside Crushpad Behind the Robert Mondavi Institute Teaching Winery 12 to 1 p.m.

Join us for a live demonstration to learn how barrels are made for the wine and spirits industry. A master cooper from Cork Supply will demonstrate the art of toasting and shaping barrels and explore the various integrations of barrels across multiple beverage industries.

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture Demonstration Center

Outside Horticulture Innovation Lab Demonstration Center — 12 to 2 p.m.

Come visit the Horticulture Innovation Lab’s Demonstration Center on campus for an open house to learn more about our past global projects, see some of the technologies that have been developed to address the challenges facing stakeholders in the fruit and vegetable sector, and hear more about our goals for the next five years of our program.

Fire Whirl Demo

Outside South Bainer Hall Entrance 12 to 3 p.m.

Come see a live controlled demo of a fire whirl!

Percussion & All That Jazz

Anne E. Pitzer Center Recital Hall 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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Tour of LEED Platinum Teaching Winery Robert Mondavi Institute Winery 12 p.m.

Come join us for a tour of the UC Davis teaching winery and learn more about the viticulture and enology programs for both undergraduate and graduate students.

Weather Balloon Launch Hoagland Hall Front Lawn 12:30 to 1 p.m.

Come watch a radiosonde launch, stay for the REAL DATA.

1 p.m.

Baseball vs. Hawai’i

Phil Swimley Field at Dobbins Stadium 1 p.m.

Come watch the Aggies take on Hawai’i at Dobbins Stadium!

Beach Volleyball vs. Santa Clara

Beach Volleyball Courts at Howard Field 1 p.m.

Come watch Beach Volleyball take on Santa Clara at Howard Field!

Healthy Davis Together: A Lesson in Community Control of COVID-19 Giedt Hall 1003 1 to 2 p.m.

A multimodal approach that combined epidemiologic and health behavior interventions that was extended beyond a university campus appears to have lowered the burden of COVID-19 in a college community and may generalize to other communities.

The Climate Forum Hoagland Hall 113 1 to 1:30 p.m.

What is global climate change?

Come and learn about Earth’s climatic trends, what has changed over the past century, and what the future may hold.

Tour of LEED Platinum Teaching Winery Robert Mondavi Institute Winery 1 p.m.

Come join us for a tour of the UC Davis teaching winery and learn more about the viticulture and enology programs for both undergraduate and graduate students.

The Sound Lab Experience

Music Building 101 — 1:30 p.m.

Join the UC Davis Sound Lab for a performance and a hands-on demonstration involving sound and technology.

Tour of the LEED Platinum Teaching Winery Robert Mondavi Institute Winery 1:30 p.m.

Come join us for a tour of the UC Davis teaching winery and learn more about the viticulture and enology programs for both undergraduate and graduate students.

2022 Picnic Day Battle of the Bands Mrak Hall Lawn 2 to 10 p.m.

The Picnic Day Battle of the Bands is back! A musical battle of epic proportions, come hear your favorite University bands rock out during the 2022 Picnic Day. Guests will include the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band, Humboldt Marching Lumberjacks, USF Marching Dons, Cal Poly Pomona Bronco Pep Band, UC San Diego Pep Band, and your UC Davis Marching Band!

The Sound Lab Experience

Music Building 101 — 2:15 p.m.

Join the UC Davis Sound Lab for a performance and a hands-on demonstration involving sound and technology.

3 p.m.

The Sound Lab Experience

Music Building 101 — 3 p.m.

Join the UC Davis Sound Lab for a performance and a hands-on demonstration involving sound and technology.

2 p.m.

5 p.m.

Healthy Davis Together: Beach Volleyball A Lesson in Community vs. San Francisco Control of COVID-19 Beach Volleyball Courts at Howard Field Giedt Hall 1003 2 to 3 p.m.

A multimodal approach that combined epidemiologic and health behavior interventions that was extended beyond a university campus appears to have lowered the burden of COVID-19 in a college community and may generalize to other communities.

Women’s Tennis vs. Sacramento State Marya Welch Tennis Center — 2 p.m.

Come watch Women’s Tennis take on Sacramento State at Marya Welch Tennis Center!

5 p.m.

Come watch Beach Volleyball take on San Francisco at Howard Field!

7 p.m.

Davis Dance Revolution University Credit Union Center 7 to 10:30 p.m.

Davis Dance Revolution is the premiere dance crew competition at UC Davis. You won’t want to miss all the amazing performances.

Ticket Distribution @ bit.ly/ ddr2022.

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Animal Events 10 a.m.

Animal Biotechnology Cole Facility 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Have you heard of CRISPR? Come learn how Animal Scientists at UC Davis are using this tool to improve the health and welfare of livestock. Watch a video showing the microinjection of gene editing reagents into a developing cow embryo. Ask me about animal biotechnology and genomics.

Aquaponic Plant Production Cole Facility 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Aquaponics is the merger of fish farming using a recirculating aquaculture system and vegetable production using hydroponic plant production methodology.

We will be demonstrating the use of nutrient rich wastewater from our fish tanks to grow vegetables in a vertical farming system.

California Caprines!

Cole Facility 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

This educational exhibit will showcase the diverse roles of goats in California and share their contributions here at UC Davis.

California Raptor Center: Picnic with Predators Hutchison Field 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Birds of prey are all around us.

Come explore our table of talons and feathers and meet one of our resident raptors to get a close-up look at these magnificent animals who soar above us.

Canine Companions Gold Rush Volunteer Chapter Hutchison Field 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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the service dog industry so our clients and their dogs can live with greater independence. We provide service dogs free of charge to people of all ages with disabilities, as well as facility dogs to professionals working in healthcare, criminal justice and educational settings.

Visitors may pet or hold baby chicks at the Chick Handling Exhibit at the Avian Facility in Meyer Hall 1334 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Color an Endangered Species!

Cole Facility 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come to our exhibit to learn about several of California’s most fascinating endangered animals and make a craft you can take home.

Corn Hole, Cow Roping, Merch and More!

Cole Facility 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The UC Davis Young Cattlemen’s Association will be hosting an informational booth with merchandise for sale and fun games to play. There will be free roping, corn hole and a tabletop wheel to spin and win a prize.

Come join us to learn more about the cattle industry and our bodacious bovine friends.

Cow Hand Milking Cole Facility 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The event is performed by the students in ANS 146. The public is given the opportunity to try to do a little hand milking of a dairy cow.

Department of Animal Science Advising Cole Facility 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come learn about the undergraduate majors: Agricultural and Environmental Education, Animal Science, and Animal Science and Management. You’ll have the opportunity to talk with peer advisors and staff advisors about the unique learning opportunities in

Courtesy photo the Department of Animal Science.

Department of Animal Science Booth Cole Facility 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come learn about the Department of Animal Science, chat with faculty about their research and teaching, and take pictures with a farm animal facecutout prop.

Introduction to the Dairy Facility Cole Facility 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come meet some of the cows at the dairy facility on campus and learn about the care and keep of the UC Davis cattle.

Meat Me at Davis Cole Facility 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Are you curious about the meat on your plate? Join the Meat Quality & Safety Research Lab this Saturday to discover where the meat you eat comes from and how you can prepare it safely, with mini-games and prizes.

Meet Palomacy’s Rescued Pigeons!

Hutchison Field 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Come see the rescued birds from Palomacy Pigeon and Dove Adoptions. We will be answering lots of questions, giving hands-on meetings, as well as raising awareness about and inspiring adoptions for rescued pigeons and doves.

Meet the Birds of Mickaboo’s Companion Bird Rescue!

Hutchison Field 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thinking about getting a pet parrot? Have any questions about your pet bird? Come see us.

Norcal Live Bats Hutchison Field 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Come to our booth to view some of our live bats, and learn about the important role they play in the Central Valley.

Petting Zoo Cole Facility 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The petting zoo is an exciting opportunity to pet and interact with farm animals including calves, lambs and baby goats.

Bring the whole family.

Pig Identification, Ear Notching & Tagging Cole Facility 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come learn how we use ear notching to identify the pigs on our farm and participate in an ear notching activity with a keepsake to take home.

Rodents in Research Cole Facility 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come play with laboratory rats while you learn about the role they play in keeping you healthy.

Orphan Kitten Project

Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue

Come enjoy adoptable kittens from local rescues and learn more about feline medicine and care presented by UC Davis veterinary students. Hope to see you there.

Rotts of Friends will bring and introduce a number of wonderful dogs available for adoption. Come meet and interact with some furry friends.

Giedt Hall 1001 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Hutchison Field 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Sea-sational Scientists and Fin-tastic Creatures of the Bodega Marine Laboratory

Horse Barn in Cole Facility 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Take a tour of the historic UC Davis Horse Barn. Learn more about the history of the barn, our equine breeding and student teaching programs, and meet our horses and interns.

Memorial Union, Tables 14 & 15 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Interested in the ocean? Come explore our Touch Tanks teeming with marine invertebrates and algaes, and use microscopes to take a closer look. You can also learn all about the UCD Marine & Coastal Science Major, UCD marine science courses and ongoing marine and coastal science research. An all-day, kid-friendly event.

Dog Frisbee Contest Hutchison Field 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Some of the savviest, furry, four-legged friends take to the air and compete to see which top dog can fetch frisbee-catching supremacy. The event is hosted by the Canine Medicine Club at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, which showcases the various talents and abilities that are possible when dogs and humans work together.

Student Veterinary Emergency Response Team Hutchison Field 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Come learn about our team and check out what we have for sale.

We will also be hosting raffles and bandaging demonstrations with live dogs. Don’t miss this great opportunity to gain disaster preparedness knowledge for your pets.

UCD Beef Cattle Unit Cole Facility 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come see an offering of beef cattle from the UC Davis Beef Unit. There will be cows, calves and bulls.

UCD Meat Lab Table Top Display Cole Facility 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come learn about the inner workings of a USDA Inspected Meat processing facility, that caters to teaching and research right here at UC Davis.

UCD School of Veterinary Medicine Informational Exhibit Hutchison Field 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The No. 1 ranked UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

Noon Doxie Derby Courtesy photo

The Doxie Derby will run from noo to 2 p.m. at the University Credit Union Center (formerly the Pavilion). offers DVM, MPVM, MS and PhD degrees. Its teaching hospital is one of the most comprehensive in the world, and has residency programs in more than 30 specialty disciplines.

Veterinary Genetics Laboratory Hutchison Field 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Curious about animal genetics?

Interested in genetic research?

Visit our booth to learn more about the UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory and how genetic testing can be used to improve animal health and well-being.

volunteer students from various departmental labs the American Fisheries Society to run the exhibit, interpret and interact with visitors.

Yolo Basin Foundation’s Wetland Wildlife Booth Hutchison Field 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Visit our booth to explore wetland animal and plant specimens, as well as learn how to view local wildlife in the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area. You can also take home a wetland animal activity.

11 a.m.

Chick Handling Exhibit

Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology

Meyer Hall 1334 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Working with the WFCB department, the 1375 side of the room will have live fish tanks and

Small groups of visitors will enter the room, be directed to the handling station, and shown how to hold or pet a baby chick while closely supervised by staff from

Academic Surge 1371 & 1375 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

the Avian Facility. All visitors are required to clean their hands before entering and exiting this exhibit.

Chick Hatching Event Meyer Hall 1330 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Visitors can walk around to view chicks actively hatching from eggs in tabletop incubators, where other posters and displays will be shown. Volunteers from the lab will be present to answer question and keep an eye on the incubators.

Focus on Avian Science Meyer Hall Breezeway 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Faculty in the Avian Science Graduate Group will use posters, videos and brochures to introduce high school and college students to to the program.

UC Davis Horse Barn Open House

University Credit Union Center Noon to 2 p.m.

These doxies have been waiting so long to stretch their little legs and compete for first place, so come cheer them on at one of the most iconic Picnic Day events.

Can’t make it? Visit tinyurl. com/108picnicdaydoxiederby.

1 p.m.

Horse Polo Exhibition Match Horse Barn Arena 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Join us to watch student members of the Aggie Polo Club play a friendly 2 on 2 horse polo match in the Horse Barn Arena and learn more about this exciting sport.

2 p.m.

Intro to Driving Draft Horses Horse Barn Arena 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Join us to learn more about draft horses and the history and technique of harnessing, hitching and driving them.

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Food options Peet’s Silo

Silo — 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Peet’s ARC

ARC — 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Dining Commons

Tercero, Segundo and Cuarto Residence Halls 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., 5 to 8 p.m.

Spokes Grill

Silo — 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Silo Market

Silo — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

California Coffee Kiosk California Hall 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Coffee House

Memorial Union — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tercero Market Tercero Residence Halls — 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Segundo Market

Segundo Residence Halls — 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Cuarto Market Cuarto Residence Halls — 12 to 8 p.m.

Food Trucks

Quad • Silo • Hutchison Field • Lot 6 • Hoagland Hall Lawn • Cole Facility

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Student organization fair West Quad 10 a.m to 4 p.m.

Fundraising Booths

• Japanese American Student Society — Baked goods

• Aggie Baking Club — Baked Goods

• Nutritional Biology Graduate Student Advisory Committee — Cookbooks and bags

• Aggiemation Eggheads — Cookies, t-shirts, buttons/pins, and tote bags

• People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty through Education — Baked goods and stickers

• AggieWorks — Baked goods (cookies and brownies)

• Project RISHI — Henna, brownies, and stickers

• Alpha Kappa Psi — Baked goods

• UC Davis Fracture Program for Rescue Animals — Hats and tote bags

• Art of Medicine at UC Davis — Magazines including artwork from Art of Medicine at UCD members • Bio Boosters Club — Apparel • Cherry Tea Collective — Student-produced zines, • Delta Epsilon Mu — Baked goods • Engineering Graduate Student Association — T-shirts, raffle tickets, participation in art etching activity

• Student Nutrition Association — Baked goods

• Wildlife and Aquatic Animal Medicine Club — Stickers and t-shirts

Information Tables

• Aggie Neurodiversity Community • Aggies Near & Far • American Red Cross Club at UC Davis • Cow4Mascot Campaign • Davis Accounting Society • Pre-Health and Volunteer Club • The Belfry Lutheran Episcopal Campus Ministry • The Pantry

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Children’s Discovery Fair Hoagland Hall, South Lawn 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Children’s Discovery Fair offers crafts, activities, and entertainment for children to enjoy! Join us at Hoagland Lawn for a creative adventure waiting at your fingertips with activities from cape painting to fun games like freeze dance!

BOOTHS/EXHIBITS The Science of Speech 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Come learn about speech science!

Try out examples from real experiments and play with data!

Rainbow Flavors with the Davis Food Co-op 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Taste the flavors of the rainbow and learn about how different colored foods fuel your body.

Learn about the importance of Local and Organic Produce from our teachers and our coloring pages.

Sarah Hovorka reads Hattie Hates Hugs 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Children’s author Sarah Hovorka reads her new book, Hattie Hates Hugs. Learn how to establish boundaries and say no to unwanted touch. Then, have fun coloring!

Taiwanese Folk Toys 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come to have Old-time fun with traditional Taiwanese folk toys!

CRAFTS/ACTIVITIES Painting Station “Glass Mirror”

Turn your imagination into reality. Make COLORFUL Glass Mirrors with geometric designs with paint!

Yarn Painting

Make your own unique designs with just yarn and paint! This quick and fun activity will awaken your inner artistic self.

Salad Spin Art

Don’t like eating salad? Use a salad spinner to make your own colorful design instead!

Paint a Canvas!

Leave your mark with some colorful art! Help decorate the Children’s Discovery Fair Canvas.

CRAFT STATION Pipe Cleaner Cloud Rainbow

Have you ever seen a rainbow and you just want to see it everyday and take it with you? This is your chance as you make them using colorful pipe cleaners!

Colorful Starfish

Ever imagined going to the beach and finding a starfish? Now you can by decorating your own starfish!

Paper Plate Crown and/or Fan

Let out your inner royalty with paper plate crowns and/or cool off in style with a custom paper plate fan!

Origami

Learn to make colorful origami animals! Follow the instructions to make them in a few steps!

T-Shirt Capes

Want to feel like a superhero (or supervillain!) during Picnic Day? Stop by and design your own cape made from old t-shirts so you can fly to your next adventure!

ENTERTAINMENT CKM High School Dance Team

12 to 12:15 p.m. — Pop/Jazz Dance

Guitar Club

12:30 to 12:45 p.m. — UC Davis Guitar Club

Matthew Vallero 12:55 to 1:10 p.m.

Musical Theater/Pop Singer

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SHOW TIMES The Sound Lab Experience

Music Building Room 101 (the “Sound Lab”); 1:30 p.m.; 2:15 p.m.; 3 p.m.

The Amazing Atmosphere Show

Outside Hoagland Hall North Entrance 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.;12 to 12:30 p.m.; 2 to 2:30 p.m.

Chemistry Show

GAMES Loteria

Peter A. Rock Hall Time 1 & 2 Ticket Distribution: 9 a.m.; Time 3 Ticket Distribution: 11:45 a.m.

Come learn to play Loteria a traditional game similar to Bingo, where you will learn words in Spanish next to your friends and with the help of fun pictures.

Fashion & Design Society Fashion Show: Prism

10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Red Light, Green Light 2:15 to 2:45 p.m.

Time 1: 10 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.; Time 2: 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.; Time 3: 1 to 1:50 p.m.

Time 4: 2:30 to 3:20 p.m.

Cruess Hall Annex and Courtyard Ticket Distribution @ design.ucdavis.edu Online 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Come test your skills and play Red Light, Green Light!

The winner gets a piece of candy of their choice!

123 Sciences Lecture Hall 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; 12 to 12:30 p.m.; 1 to 1:30 p.m.

Freeze Dance

Raiders of the Lost Quark

2:50 to 3:20 p.m.

Let’s play Freeze Dance! Dance until the music stops. Winner gets candy!

Name that Tune 3:25 to 3:55 p.m.

Come over and play Name that Tune! See if you can guess the song that is playing for a prize!

Sea Otter/Kelp/ Kelp Crab “Rock, Paper, Scissors” 3:15 to 3:35 p.m.

Let’s play a sea life version of Rock Paper Scissors called Sea Otter, Kelp, and Kelp Crab!

Sharks and Minnows 3:35 to 3:55 p.m.

Feeling fishy? Come and pretend to be a fish as you play sharks and minnows!

Materials Magic Show

Roessler Hall 66 10 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.; 11 a.m. to 11:40 a.m.; 1 to 1:40 p.m.; 3 to 3:40 p.m.

Tour of the LEED Platinum Teaching Winery Robert Mondavi Institute Winery; 12 p.m.; 1 p.m.; 1:30 p.m.

Weather Balloon Launch Hoagland Hall Front Lawn; 12:30 to 1 p.m.

Library Children’s Storytime Shields Library First Floor: Lobby and Courtyard 11:30 to 11:50 a.m.; 12:30 to 12:50 p.m.

Healthy Davis Together: A Lesson in Community Control of COVID-19 Giedt Hall 1003; Time 1 — 1 to 2 p.m.; Time 2 — 2 to 3 p.m.

Davis Dance Revolution University Credit Union Center Ticket Distribution @ bit.ly/ddr2022 Doors Open @ 6 p.m.

7 to 10:30 p.m.

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UC Davis Picnic Day Fashion Show returns in-person Special to The Enterprise Vibrant fashion created by design students returns to the UC Davis campus on Picnic Day when the Fashion and Design Society (FADS) takes their annual fashion show outdoors. “Prism,” this year’s show, will be staged at the new Cruess Hall Makerspace Courtyard on April 23 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

The show will feature fashion created and executed by 11 Department of Design undergraduate students in the Signature Collections course.

“This year we celebrate our return to a live event, our first since 2019,” said Gozde Goncu-Berk, assistant professor of design.

“This year’s collections will display a wide range of concepts — from sustainability, minimalism, craftsmanship to cultural diversity — merged into aesthetic qualities of more than 30 outfits.”

Ingrid Yeung, president of FADS, said she is pleased to return to an in-person event.

“We wanted to showcase the new Department of Design spaces and move

the event outdoors to be a visible part of Picnic Day,” said Yeung.

In addition to the fashion show, the audience will be invited inside the new Cruess Hall Makerspace to view an exhibition highlighting research, renderings and creation of each collection.

A limited number of discounted tickets at $10 are on sale through April 16.

Thereafter, tickets are $12 for general admission.

Tickets may be purchased in person at the UC Davis Ticket Office, located on the north side of Aggie Stadium, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, by phone 530-752-2471 during the same hours, or online at design.ucdavis.edu.

The Cruess Hall exhibition will be open to all Picnic Day participants at 2 p.m. after the second show. A show video will be available later in the day on the FADS website https://fadsatucd.org/ fashion-show-2022.

The Department of Design is part of the UC Davis College of Letters and Science.

Fashion and Design Society president Ingrid Yeung models her design in 2021.

Melody Mei/ Courtesy photo

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