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Supervisors to decide on St. John’s purchase

Smoke drifts over a clearing during a Placer County prescribed burn.

California aims to treat 1 million acres each year with fire and other fuel-reduction efforts. Helping landowners learn to burn safely is part of the goal.

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

securing the necessary permits for burns to take place.

Increasingly, state and local agencies, as well as neighborhood burn associations, are creating opportunities to help landowners become a bigger part of wildfire resilience efforts.

“The burn at Odell’s is an example of the kind of project the state hopes to expand, and which ecologists think is an important aspect of adapting to climate change in California,” said Andrew Latimer, a professor in the UC Davis plant

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider purchasing the St. John’s Retirement Village in north Woodland for $2.9 million.

The county would convert the 13-acre property that for years provided assisted living, memory care, skilled-nursing and more to uses that would include housing for lowincome families and seniors as well as other services primarily aimed at older residents.

During their last meeting, county supervisors authorized an advance of $400,000 to St. John’s to keep the facility maintained and to pay remaining employees.

At that time, there was just one resident remaining at St. John’s, which announced in February plans to shut down due to insolvency.

But county supervisors also asked the St. John’s board to consider an alternative proposal by a private group led by Stan Levers and including a former Woodland mayor and former St. John’s staff and board members that would largely keep St.

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Landowners learn to burn UCD empowers property owners to conduct prescribed fires

By Kat Kerlin Special to The Enterprise Smoke billows over the forest like a slow-moving fog.

Dried oak leaves singe, crackle and curl into ash. Neighbors, scientists and agency staffers rake the embers, directing the flames with calm, careful control. Ted Odell’s grandson runs along his namesake trail, Henry’s Hill, to adjust a hose.

This is Odell’s property in

Placer County, where five of his 11 acres are being burned by prescribed fire with assistance from Placer County Resource Conservation District, UC Davis researchers and others.

He feels good knowing that this gentle fire will bring ecological benefits to his property, which was just 1 mile from the River Fire’s evacuation zone last summer. But he’s clear about his objective.

“My goal is very simple: Reduce fire threat,” he said.

“I’m hoping this is a cost-effective way to manage the land. I can’t solve climate change, but I can make my property more resilient.”

Getting good fire California’s wildfire problem is no secret. Getting “good fire” on the ground, such as through prescribed fires and cultural burning practices, is a key tool toward addressing it. But landowners need help learning how to safely conduct burns on their properties, while also

Former Aggie shot in robbery attempt

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer A former UC Davis football player is clinging to life after being shot in the head during a robbery attempt in Los Angeles.

Chris Martin, 27, a wide receiver at UCD hailing from Chula Vista, suffered the critical injury while celebrating his birthday last weekend, his family told the television station KTLA. According to police, Martin and his friends had left a nightclub and were near a restaurant on the Sunset Strip around 3 a.m.

April 16 when someone pulled a gun on one of Martin’s friends and demanded his valuables.

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Martin intervened, and that’s when the suspect shot him in the MARTIN head, Wounded in authorities shooting said. He’s been hospitalized in critical condition since then.

Relatives have started a GoFundMe crowdfunding page to cover the cost of his medical expenses, raising nearly $29,000 as of Friday afternoon.

UCD Athletic Director Rocko DeLuca posted a link to the page on his Twitter feed.

WEATHER Today: Sunny and much warmer.

High 82. Low 49.

“Christopher Martin a proud @UCDfootball alum could use your prayers as he’s fighting for his life,” DeLuca wrote.

“His family has created a gofundme to help support his medical care. Please help if you’re able.”

Martin played 46 games in four years with the Aggies from 2013 to 2016.

Martin’s mother, Donna Martin, told KTLA her son has pursued multiple lines of work since his UCD graduation, including music, clothing design, mentoring and helping others with nonprofits.

“Christopher is worth fighting for,” she said in the interview. “Pray for him if you are a praying person.”

School board welcomes new Davis superintendent

By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer At a school-board meeting Thursday roiled by angry public comments from discontented students parents and teachers, the trustees focused on the official beginning of Matt Best’s tenure as superintendent of the Davis Joint Unified School District.

Board President Tom Adams gave a brief overview of Best’s contract, which extends from April 22 through June 30, 2025. With the duties and other contract specifics summarized, the board commented on

Best’s quality of character and expressed their excitement for this new chapter for the DJUSD. “Matt has worn many hats in our district, has become a community leader, but I believe in his heart he’s still an educator. He has a growth mindset which is important in education that we’re living and modeling that,” said Trustee Vigdis Asmundson. “I’m glad Matt has agreed to take on this responsibility, and I look forward to great things for our district under his leadership.”

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How about this: most votes wins?

O ne of the great things about living in a town like Davis is that people are always putting forth ideas they believe will make our system of government even better.

Which is a far cry from what’s going on in some parts of the country where certain folks are working day and night to make it more difficult for other folks to vote.

My friend Bruce on the Bird Streets is one of the good guys who is trying to make things better. Bruce seems to think there are superior systems of voting in our local elections than the one we are using now. He feels strongly enough about this that he put his fingers to the keyboard and fired off a guided missive with my name on it.

“Hi Bob” he begins, ignoring my advice that letters beginning with the salutation “Dear Mr. Wonderful” have a much better chance or being read carefully and taken seriously, “I agree with you that there isn’t a way to divide Davis into voting

districts for municipal elections, but the way we use to vote, in which several candidates for Council or Board of Supervisors are elected, is not good either. Neither system encourages enough diversity.”

Given that the people I vote for routinely get hammered at the polls, I’m all ears, my friend.

“There is a system that has been around since the 19th century that would be better.”

I actually don’t care how long it’s been around, Bruce. There were all sorts of things that happened in the 19th century that aren’t exactly a stellar part of our nation’s history. I don’t think I need to list them here.

“Cambridge, Massachusetts, uses it to elect its council and school board.”

There you go, playing the Harvard card.

What Bruce is about to suggest, I presume, is something called “ranked choice voting,” or some variation thereof. It’s also known as “The guy or gal with the most votes doesn’t necessarily win.”

Explains Bruce, “Suppose in a school board election five candidates are to be elected at large.

The ballots are ranked choice, so voters are to mark their first, second and third choices, and so on.”

I’m getting dizzy already.

Sounds like a colossal waste of ink.

“With ranked choice elections, with just one candidate to be elected, if no candidate has a majority of #1 votes, the candidate with the fewest #1 votes is eliminated on all ballots and a recount is done successively until a winner emerges. With 1,199 votes cast, the quota for winning would be 600.”

So, what you are saying is that

someone who didn’t get the most votes may well win. In fact, it’s likely that someone who didn’t get the most votes will win, otherwise this system wouldn’t have been devised in the first place.

“Because winners need fewer than a majority of votes to win, groups of voters who are now feeling neglected can be represented.”

Got it.

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o, let me run this scenario by you. Three hypothetical candidates for one council seat.

On the first go round, candidate Joe Biden gets 45 percent of the #1 votes, but absolutely no #2 or #3 votes. Candidate Donald Trump Jr. gets 30 percent of the #1 votes, 55 percent of the #2 votes and 55 percent of the #3 votes. Candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene gets 25 percent of the #1 votes, but absolutely no #2 or #3 votes.

Would the good citizens of Cambridge still be enamored with this system of voting?

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Annual Duck Days festival spreads its wings outdoors Special to The Enterprise Join California Duck Days, Northern California’s wetlands and wildlife festival. This year, Duck Days will be an entirely outdoor event.

On-site activities for families include environmental education activities, wetland themed arts and crafts, live animals, hourly tours of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, and much more. The exhibitor area will host dozens local environmental organizations providing information about their missions and offering interactive exhibits. The California Raptor Center will be on-site with many of the birds of prey commonly seen throughout the valley.

Activities for kids

Discover the wonders of nature at California Duck Days.

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abound at Duck Days.

Whether they help build wood duck boxes for conservation programs, learn about owls by dissecting an owl pellet, or put on galoshes to explore the

invertebrate life lurking in wetland ponds, there is never a dull moment at the festival for those curious about the natural world.

The festival takes place on Saturday, April 30, from

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters at 45211 County Road 32B in Davis. For more information, visit https://www.yolobasin. org/californiaduckdays/.

California Duck Days is collaborative effort of Yolo Basin Foundation, city of Davis, California Waterfowl, Yolo Audubon Society, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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PURCHASE: Pandemic hit hard From Page A1 John’s as a longterm care facility.

Following that request, the St. John’s board “acted in good faith to consider an alternative proposal,” according to an April 21 letter from St. John’s to the county.

“The evaluation process involved analysis of several key factors, including scope, clarity and viability of the proposed plans as well as community impact.

“After thorough review of the letter and documents submitted by Mr. Levers, the St. John’s board is confident in its conclusion that the sale and transfer of ownership to the county is the right decision,” the letter stated.

Long-term care facilities such as St. John’s have been struggling during the pandemic.

“While no industry was unscathed, COVID-19 hit the elder care community particularly hard,” the St. John’s letter to the county noted. “The last two years have taken a heavy toll on employees, residents, and their families at St. John’s Retirement Village. Many typical caregivers are unable to meet the selfisolation expectations, the pressures of a higher-risk workplace environment, and demands to cover increasing hours each week as staff levels are reduced.

“The economic environment, rising operating expenses beyond management control, a sharp decline in revenue from shrinking census, and staff turnover rates at unprecedented levels throughout the state and for healthcare workers especially, all contributed to the insolvency of St. John’s.”

Of particular note, the facility’s board of directors

noted, is that demand for services has declined.

“Experiences throughout the pandemic have driven more families toward home care. Part of the research conducted by consultants for the St. John’s board concluded that more consumers are considering alternative business models that include telemedicine and other technologies to support in-home care rather than moving family members into care facilities like St. John’s.”

St. John’s had a particularly difficult time during the pandemic, beginning with a COVID outbreak at its Stollwood Convalescent Hospital early in the pandemic that led to 17 deaths.

In late summer of 2020, following that outbreak, St. John’s announced it was shutting down Stollwood and a year and a half later announced plans to close the entire campus.

Following the decision to shut down, St. John’s officials reached out to the county as well as Dignity Health about acquiring the property.

Dignity had already begun making plans for acquiring the Stollwood site for an expanded Adult Day Health Center, but was not interested in the full property, according to county staff.

That’s when the county drew up its plan for purchasing the property, which has a variety of buildings and facilities, including two buildings with 16 apartments each; 13 cottages; one building with 32 apartments and another with 14; the 15,000 square-foot skilled-nursing facility and an administration building with a commercial kitchen.

Among the uses the county envisions are using

the apartments for lowincome CalWorks families and low-income seniors; the new Adult Day Health Center; a board and care facility and use of the commercial kitchen by organizations such as Meals and Wheels, which serves many seniors in Yolo County.

The initial $400,000 advance came from capital outlay funds and the remaining $2.5 million would come from the county’s American Rescue Plan funds, under staff recommendations going before county supervisors on Tuesday.

It’s possible the board may delay action and direct staff and St. John’s to continue discussions with the private group over their alternative proposal, but such a delay would have consequences, according to county staff.

One of the key deadlines facing the county is applying for housing vouchers

by June 1.

“In addition to this application deadline, units must be move-in ready within a limited time after application submission and any significant delays will reduce the likelihood of low-income senior housing on the property in the near future,” staff said.

“This is the most significant deadline, but delays would also limit the ability to conclude any negotiations for potential leases of the property including the Adult Day Health Center space and commercial kitchen on the property.”

The public hearing on the proposal is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Tuesday.

Board of Supervisors meetings are accessible to the public via zoom at https://yolocounty.zoom. us/j/112072974 or by phone at 1-408-638-0968 (Meeting ID: 112 072 974).

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BOARD: Proud Boys show up From Page A1 The board then unanimously voted to approve Best’s contract, which was followed by a round of applause.

“You can’t do a job like this without a great family,” Best said with tears in his eyes. “My wife and kids sacrifice a lot of their dad for this job and this district.

My mom and sister are here with many of my other family members watching online. It means a lot that you’re here.

“To the many mentors, coaches, colleagues — many of whom are here today — I stand on the shoulders of giants. It’s the people that help bring you up in this world that allow you to do the things that help you meet your potential.”

While the announcement section of these meetings is usually upbeat, Best gave an apology to students who took umbrage with the recent Davis High School sexual assault awareness assembly. A documentary called “The Hunting Ground” — which has been presented to students before — was played at the assembly, and although the intention was to educate and bolster awareness of sexual assault in college, the presentation yielded an adverse reaction from the student body.

“The assembly was perceived by many students as insensitive and ineffective.

For this, and I’m talking to you all, we apologize. And I, in particular, apologize,” said Best. “In the days since that assembly, students have expressed concern that Davis High and the district aren’t doing enough to address sexual harassment and assault. Since that time, site and district staff have been meeting with students and parents to listen and understand

the impact the assembly had and how to move forward.”

The discontent BEST was shared Thankful by stufor family dents during the public comment section of the meeting.

They expressed what they disliked about the assembly and urged for better ways to increase awareness on this issue while calling for more resources in case sexual harassment does occur.

Others in the public comment section vied for the continuation of the district’s French program as it has existed — according to one member of the public — for more than 20 years.

A member of the Proud Boys opted to speak as well, encouraging people to join the local chapter. Response came swiftly from the crowd in the form of shouts and discontent before Adams regained order with numerous pounds of the gavel.

Regular business A review updated trustees on the district’s Special Education Program, presented by the director of special education, Patrick McGrew.

The review touched on surveys that have been sent out, focus groups, site visits, as well as parent/guardian and staff outreach.

“When WestEd staff has collected all the data I’ve mentioned in the presentation, they will synthesize the quantitative and qualitative data and the special education department’s organization and staffing information into a report,” said McGrew. “The report will identify strengths in

Davis’ special education department and make recommendations to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our program.”

After that, Best kicked off the facilities financing plan update by mentioning the district is passing the 50% mark for projects funded and constructed by the $150 million Measure M Bond. The district’s partnered with Government Financial Strategies (GFS) for the past 30 years in financing endeavors, and GFS president, Lori Raineri was in attendance to deliver the next steps for the financing plan. Raineri touched on fiscal specifics, revenue sources, tax leveraging and checkpoint timelines.

Another important update was presented by Associate Superintendent of Instruction Rody Boonchouy, regarding the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP). Designed to bolster student social and emotional wellness, educational equity, creativity and innovation and deeper learning, Boonchouy laid out the actions taken to achieve the district’s LCAP goals.

“We cannot lose sight of our graduate profile. It takes a long time to re-orient a school district towards the outcomes we believe matter the most,” said Boonchouy in conclusion of his presentation.

Also in the meeting came the COVID health-andsafety update presented by Associate Superintendent Laura Juanitas. Luckily, the downward trend of transmission rates continued with Yolo County teetering on the brink of entering the ‘low’ level on the community transmission scale — something Juanitas mentioned has not happened since the pandemic began.

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Steakhouse will turn into a roadhouse

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t looks like Broderick Roadhouse will replace D Street Steakhouse in Davis.

Broderick Roadhouse Davis LLC was issued a temporary alcohol license on April 18. It was transferred from D Street Steakhouse, 113 D St., Davis. On the state department of Alcoholic Beverage Control website, Broderick founder Chris Jarosz is listed as the restaurant’s owner.

On Wednesday, a sign on the steakhouse’s front door said it would be closed until May 2. The note had an original date of April 4 crossed out.

D Street Steakhouse closed for the first 15 months of the pandemic, reopening in July 2021. It has struggled since, and I’d been told recently that the restaurant was for sale. I heard the Broderick House rumor a couple of months ago but was unable to confirm. Messages left with the company have not been returned.

Broderick Roadhouse originally opened in West Sacramento in 2012. That location appears to be temporarily closed.

Its Midtown Sacramento eatery is at 1820 L St., Suite 103. Its website also lists a Walnut Creek restaurant. At one time, it also had restaurants in Folsom, Roseville and Carmichael.

Broderick’s Midtown restaurant menu features burgers, sandwiches and a wide selection of loaded fries. There are vegan and vegetarian options, salads, and brunch on the weekends.

———— On Wednesday, a sign on the door said Davis Shoe Shop was temporarily closed. It stated an estimated reopening date of April 21, but no one answered the phone when I called Thursday afternoon.

The shop, at 223 C St., struggled to keep up with repairs since early in the pandemic. We later learned it was because owner Melissa Skinner had pancreatic cancer. She died Jan. 2 at age 42.

Melissa and her husband Evan Skinner took over the shop from her father, Jay Peterson, when Jay retired several years ago. Dad passed his cobbling skills on to his children, Jason and Melissa.

When Jason left for other endeavors, he trained Evan. Jay would occasionally fill in to handle complicated jobs.

When I spoke with Evan Skinner shortly after Melissa’s death, he indicated a possible court battle over the shop ownership. It appears that issue has settled, and Jason Peterson will be the new owner.

A hand-written note on the door, signed by Jason, said, “Changing management/ownership. Bear with me, I’ve got 3 months of shoes I’m finishing, and some are even 4-5 months old. … Going forward, shoes will be completed within a normal and reasonable time again.

Check my Facebook for more updates.” There were no new Facebook posts as of Thursday evening.

———— Word is a Mediterranean/ falafel restaurant is planned for 720 Second St., in the space between Optical Phases and Aggies’ Barber Shop. I heard the owner was from the Yuba-Sutter area but the Mediterranean restaurants I called in Yuba City and Marysville said it wasn’t them. I’ll let you know when I learn more.

———— I heard back from Brixmor Property Group, which manages University Mall in Davis. A week ago, I requested an update on the timeline and phases for the mall’s redevelopment. It’s at Russell Boulevard, between

Anderson Road and Sycamore Lane.

In August 2020, the Davis City Council approved plans to redevelop the mall into a mixeduse retail, office and housing development called University Commons. From what I can tell, it’s been crickets since. I hear that from tenants too.

On Wednesday, a spokeswoman issued the following statement on behalf of Bill Brown, executive vice president of re/development at Brixmor: “We continue to work with our national tenant partners to determine the best retail configuration for the overall site redevelopment. We expect to determine the appropriate reinvestment direction and plan to set update meetings with the City Council/Planning Commission.”

I followed up, asking for clearer language, a prospective timeline, and how current (almost entirely independent and local) tenants figured in the equation.

Spokeswoman Kristen Moore replied, “National tenant leases can often impact project design and layout; however, our final reinvestment plan will work with the existing and prospective tenants — both local and national.

We do not have a timeline to share.”

I tried.

———— I do have an update on Mamma, the Italian restaurant and deli coming to the former Bistro 33 and City Hall Tavern site at 226 F St. Co-owner Michael Galyen said they were applying for permits this month, and construction should start soon. “Assuming all of that goes well, we’re hoping for an August open, and fairly confident that we haven’t lost a lot of time.” They originally planned to open it by July.

———— Yeti Restaurant is under new ownership. Surya Simkhada bought the restaurant from Prajwal Bajracharya. It’s at 234 E St.

Chancellor appoints interim leaders for finance, ops, admin Special to The Enterprise UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May announced that he has appointed two campus leaders to provide interim leadership for Finance, Operations and Administration, or FOA, once Vice Chancellor Kelly Ratliff retires next month after 35 years with the university, and until the new FOA vice chancellor is in place.

A national search for the next vice chancellor is underway, and May expects to have that person on board prior to the start of the 2022-23 academic year.

Effective May 15, Christine Lovely will have interim responsibility for budget and institutional analysis, finance, university

resources, human resources, and administrative IT and business transformation.

Eric Kvigne will have interim responsibility for campus planning, design and construction management, facilities, safety services, the campus police and fire departments, and animal care.

“FOA is in a very stable place, thanks to Kelly’s solid stewardship, and the leadership team she put in place there is excellent,” May said. “I’m grateful to Christine and Eric for stepping into such crucial interim roles that impact how well the entire campus functions every day.”

Lovely is currently the chief human resources officer and has been with

UC Davis since 2018.

Previously she served as vice president of human resources for California State University, Sacramento.

Kvigne is currently associate vice chancellor for Safety Services and joined UC Davis in 2010. Previously he worked in the insurance industry, leading western U.S. operations for a third-party administrator.

FOA comprises 1,500 employees in 13 departments. The division has played a key role in managing Healthy Davis Together, a partnership between UC Davis, the city of Davis and Yolo County.

— UC Davis Office of Strategic Communications

Basanta Simkhada, Surya’s husband, said the change was official on April 19. But patrons should expect the same menu and Indian/Nepali food. “Everything is the same,” he said.

Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 to 9:30 p.m., Tuesdays through Sundays.

———— West Davis Veterinary Center is celebrating its grand re-opening with an open house on Saturday, May 7.

The center is at 1617 Russell Blvd., the former site of Davis Small Animal Hospital. Husband-and-wife owners Drs. Michael Yackey and Cara Bradley also own South Davis Veterinary Center.

They purchased the Russell Boulevard animal hospital in 2017. When they wanted to make some facility updates, they realized that to meet modern building codes, razing it and starting over was easier than remodeling a 1970s-era structure.

It closed on Sept. 26, 2019, for the rebuild. South Davis Veterinary Center picked up the slack.

West Davis VC reopened on Oct. 5, 2020, but an open house was postponed until now because of the pandemic.

The event, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., will include staff tours of the hospital, free swag and goodie bags. The Bubble Cone food truck will be there from 11:30 to 1:30, with free eats for the first 70 patrons.

The new West Davis center has a “fear-free” area for cats, where felines may enter without crossing paths with a dog.

———— Speaking of open houses for new businesses, Spork Food Hub plans one on Saturday, May 21.

Spork began in September at The Cannery, operated by Fiery Ginger Farm of West Sacramento.

The event is from 5 to 8 p.m. at 1500 Cannery Ave., Davis. It will include music by Nat Lefkoff, Rowan McGuire and more; Naija Boy Tacos; Dunloe

Brewing beer; a Team Davis art show; and Medusa House of Thrift vintage clothing.

Spork supplies locally grown food to school districts, institutions and restaurants in the area, and has a new community-supported agriculture subscription service open to the public.

Hope Sippola, who owns Fiery Ginger Farm with Shayne Zurilgen, said they work with 15 to 20 local family farms, combining forces so they can sell wholesale.

Meanwhile, schoolkids get to learn about the food they eat, as the hub includes educational and community workshops.

———— The UC Davis Student Farm Stand opened to the public this month. Its spring hours are noon to 4 p.m., Mondays only, at 1551 Extension Center Drive. It also offers a community-supported agriculture subscriptions for flowers and produce, with student discounts. Learn more at https://asi.ucdavis.edu/programs/sf/farm-marketplace.

———— Creative Hair & Spa recently added an esthetician. Nichole Perkins operates her Luxe Skincare business inside the salon, which is at 1520 E. Covell Blvd., Suite 2. It’s right next door to the new home for Better Place to Bead, which opened April 16.

———— I keep track of Davis businesses on my Google spreadsheet, which includes more than 325 Davis businesses affected by COVID-19. It’s at https://bit.ly/ DavisBusinesses. In it, there are sheets for Restaurants-open, Restaurants-closed, Coming soon, Businesses-retail, Businesses-service, and more. Email me (address below) to suggest updates.

— Wendy Weitzel is a Davis writer and editor. Her column runs on Sundays. Check for frequent updates on her Comings & Goings Facebook and Instagram pages. If you know of a business coming or going in the area, contact her at wendyedit@gmail. com.

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COVID cases rising locally; HDT prepares to wind down

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Yolo County saw an increase in COVID-19 cases this week.

A total of 205 new cases were reported since Monday, as well as three deaths, and the county’s case rate more than doubled to 7.1 cases per 100,000 residents, according to state data.

The county no longer updates a COVID-19 dashboard on a daily basis, with data by individual cities, but increases in positive cases detected by Healthy Davis Together and on the UC Davis campus lately provide insight into virus transmission in the city of Davis.

Cases and test positivity on campus have been rising steadily over the last week and now exceed any point

in the pandemic except the Omicron surge in January.

A total of 165 new cases have been detected on campus in the last week and the test positivity rate stood at 1.12 percent on Friday.

Healthy Davis Together has also seen a rise in cases and test positivity in the last few days, even as total testing has declined to levels last seen before the Delta surge. The Omicron sub-variant BA.2 continues to drive the increase, according to health officials.

Meanwhile, wastewater monitoring done by UC Davis also shows rising levels of COVID-19 in the city’s wastewater.

The increase in COVID19 transmission comes as Healthy Davis Together plans to close down one of its testing sites in Davis as part of the wind-down

strategy for the program.

Thursday, April 28, will be the final day of testing at HDT’s Research Park site in South Davis.

HDT testing for individuals with or without symptoms will continue at the Veterans Memorial Center and asymptomatic testing will also be available at the ARC on the UC Davis Campus.

Originally expected to end in 2021, Healthy Davis Together testing has continued through the first four months of 2022 thanks in part to American Rescue Plan funding provided by the city.

But the testing program, which was launched in November 2020 and has collected 798,000 tests (13,540 of them positive), will end on June 30.

Until then, testing will be available in Davis,

Woodland and West Sacramento.

“Testing remains important for anyone who has symptoms or has been exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19, even if they are vaccinated and boosted,” said Dr. Sheri Belafsky, medical director for Healthy Davis Together and director of the Medical Surveillance Program for UC Davis Health.

“The Davis and Yolo County communities came together during the COVID-19 public health crisis to regularly test and adopt safe behaviors. As we transition into the next phase of the pandemic,” Belafsky said, “we remain ready to meet testing needs in May and June at HDT and (Healthy Yolo Together) testing sites.”

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 resiCARL dency 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 world. Mike was a proud descendent of the Cherokee nation with his greatgreat-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

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 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

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.

she was hit by a bicyclist on the path behind her home, breaking several DAVIS bones and ending her running career but not her lifelong competitive spirit.

Being an only child she had a love for books and was a voracious 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.panc today.org.

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

Wastewater monitoring in Davis will continue through the end of 2022, however, and “regular testing of wastewater can detect spikes and be used as an early warning detection system so action can be

taken to help prevent further spread,” a city press release issued Friday noted.

Visit HealthyDavisTogether.org/testing for more information and to schedule a testing appointment.

Suspect in UC Davis break-ins arrested

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer UC Davis police announced Friday an arrest last week in connection to an on-campus burglary.

According to a UCD news release, the burglary report came in at 9:45 a.m. April 14 from the greenhouse complex on Orchard Park Drive.

“The suspect filled a university vehicle with property from inside the building, including highend research drones,” police said.

“Working with Fleet Services to check the vehicle’s GPS, officers located the vehicle, suspect and stolen property at University Mall on

Russell Boulevard.”

Officers reported recovering the recently stolen items as well as keys previously stolen from the university.

Gavin Tucker-Boulet, 43, who police say also was linked to two other recent campus burglaries, was booked into the Yolo County Jail on burglary and auto theft charges.

UCD police remind the campus community to lock doors and windows, keep valuable items secured and where possible out of sight, and report suspicious incidents. Anyone with information about these or other crimes is asked to contact police at 530-7521727.

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BURN: Researchers looking to embrace ancient wisdom From Page A1 sciences department.

Odell, a 1978 graduate of UC Davis’ College of Engineering, has grazed sheep and goats, limbed up trees, and tried other fire-protection strategies, but he struggled to manage the property’s fire risk.

He connected with UC Davis fire ecologist Hugh Safford after hearing him speak at a UC Davis virtual series about wildfire.

When Safford visited his property, he advised Odell to treat it with prescribed fire and connected him with the Placer County RCD and its Cal Firefunded project, Prescribed Burning on Private Lands.

“How do we actually put fire on the ground on half a million acres in California?” said Placer County RCD project coordinator Cordi Craig, referring to the state’s shared stewardship agreement with the U.S. Forest Service.

“Our goal is to empower half a million landowners to burn 1 acre. We’re trying to give private landowners the knowledge, skills and confidence to put fire on the ground and use good fire as a forest stewardship tool.”

Community wildfire resilience It’s a springlike day in February when Odell’s burn takes place. Miner’s lettuce and wild hyacinth are already emerging from the ground, a reminder of the region’s rising temperatures.

Just before Odell lights the first flame, a neighboring family walks over the hill. They include grandparents and a mother holding her baby. Some neighbors had their own property treated with prescribed fire the previous

week, and they’ve come to observe and learn from those here, who include Craig, retired Cal Fire battalion chief Chris Paulus and several fire scientists from Safford’s lab in the UC Davis environmental science and policy department.

“We have to reestablish our burn culture, that knowledge, and work as neighbors to do a lot of good,” Paulus tells the group, noting that Indigenous people routinely burned this land for acorn production and other benefits before European settlers arrived.

Monitoring the prescription UC Davis is monitoring the results of this and several other prescribed burns across the state — ranging from Yosemite to Klamath national forests and throughout the Sierra Nevada — as part of the California Prescribed Fire Monitoring Program, in partnership with Cal Fire and the California Air Resources Board.

“Landowners are small, but they add up, and together they form an important base,” said John Williams, a UC Davis project scientist who leads the monitoring program. “Our mandate is to see what effects prescribed burns have and to use the data we collect to help land managers and owners achieve their ecological restoration and fuels reduction goals.”

Now in its third year, the program monitors nearly 600 plots across more than 25 sites in California.

Once a site is identified for burning, scientists and field crews conduct vegetation surveys, and measure things like forest structure,

Tim McConville, UC Davis/Courtesy photo

Ted Odell, a UC Davis alum, hosted a prescribed burn on his property with partners from UC Davis, Placer County Resource District, Cal Fire and others in February 2022. downed woody debris and leaf litter. They record fire behavior during the burn and then return twice — in the immediate weeks after the fire and a year later — to collect post-fire data and learn how well the prescribed burn objectives were met.

The data they collect will become part of a database that forest agencies and even landowners like Odell could use to have a better idea of how a prescribed burn might behave at a property. Such a database could also help foresters prioritize areas for treatment, restoration, reseeding and other efforts.

Enormous tasks, reasons for hope Williams said people sometimes think prescribed burns are a silver bullet for managing wildfire. But he said the task ahead is enormous.

“To my knowledge, the most we as a state have burned in a year is around 120,000 acres,” he said.

“There are roughly 30 million acres that are one or more fire cycles behind

because of suppression. So there’s a lot of catching up to do.”

That said, he sees cause for optimism for several reasons: n Local, state and federal agencies that were long dominated by firesuppression strategies are now expanding and promoting prescribed burning and other treatments, and putting money behind it.

It may not be happening at the scale and speed we’d like to see, but it’s happening. n Prescribed fires — and the smoke that accompanies them — are becoming more socially acceptable to residents, most of whom have now witnessed or experienced the impacts of high-severity wildfire. n Cultural burning and indigenous practices that use fire not just as means to avoid worse fire, but to restore the land, are being included and acknowledged in state and national forest plans. “There’s now much more language and directives to build on these traditions that we (nonNative people), at best ignored and at worst

suppressed and tried to stomp out,” Williams said. n More landowners are forging connections to bring fire back to their properties, as seen by keen

interest in Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (TREX) events, and other outreach efforts. Prescribed burn associations, such as those in Humboldt and Nevada counties, are also experiencing broader appeal. Williams said that in divisive times, prescribed burns are one event that is bipartisan.

“You can’t identify a prescribed burner by their political party,” he said.

“These associations are bringing neighbors and communities together.”

For Odell, he’s hopeful not to need as much assistance the next time he needs to treat his land with fire.

“Am I comfortable? Not yet,” he said. “But we do this to get a sense of it.

Part of it is just being around it and seeing it.”

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Criminal justice bills pass committee Special to The Enterprise Two criminal-justice bills drafted by the Yolo County district attorney passed the first hurdle last week on their way to becoming laws.

AB 2778 and AB 2418, both before the California Assembly Public Safety Committee on Tuesday, propose groundbreaking changes to criminal justice.

AB 2778, authored by Assemblymember Kevin McCarty and co-sponsored, as well as drafted, by District Attorney Jeff Reisig and Attorney General Rob Bonta, seeks to require the California Department of Justice to establish and implement a “race-blind charging” system that all prosecutors must implement by January 2025.

Specifically, the process would require a review of a case where the race of the suspect, victim or witness has been removed. The Yolo DA’s Office launched its

first-of-a-kind race-blind charging program on August 31, 2021.

The Stanford Computational Policy Lab designed a computer program specifically for the DA’s office that automatically redacts information in police reports that identify an individual’s race.

Bonta met with Reisig in January, and the pair decided to seek an author in the Legislature to take the program statewide. The bill passed through Assembly Public Safety “on consent,” which means no opposition was voiced to the bill in that committee.

AB 2418, authored by Assemblymember Ash Kalra, is co-sponsored and also drafted by the Yolo DA. In recent years, the Yolo DA’s Office began publishing all of its prosecution data to constituents in the interests of transparency and to foster robust conversations regarding criminal-

justice reform.

To that end, Yolo DA partnered with the nonprofit Measures for Justice (MFJ) to develop an interactive dashboard, called Commons, populated with Yolo criminal justice data.

This dashboard is the first in the nation where the data is independently verified by a third party – MFJ. The Yolo DA has already used data from Commons to focus priorities and drive policy change.

After a meeting with Bonta, Kalra was contacted to author and carry a bill, which would require prosecutors statewide, under the guidance of the Attorney General, to gather and provide multiple data points to the AG concerning case prosecutions.

At Tuesday’s hearing, Reisig and Yoel Haile of the American Civil Liberties Union spoke in favor of the bill.

A world of discovery awaits this summer Enterprise staff In Davis, summer isn’t a time to just turn off your brain and laze by the pool or veg out in front of the computer playing video games.

There are myriad opportunities for cultural, physical and educational enrichment for children (and adults).

Davis Arts Center Davis Arts Center is hosting an All-Day Summer Arts Camp! Each week will be filled with art, adventures, friendship, and fun. Discover your inner artists and develop new art skills and techniques while having a blast. This art camp will focus on painting, drawing and more. We will spend time indoors and out, weather permitting.

Individual and group projects are led by Davis Arts Center teaching artists. All materials are provided, just bring your lunch, snack, sunscreen and your creativity.

Davis Arts Center Summer Arts Camp is Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. for ages 6-12. Sessions start June 20 and go through August 12. We look forward to seeing you this summer.

For information and registration, go to https://davisartscenter.org.

provided. Three intermediate/advanced sessions are available for students who already have experience with VEX robots, and provide campers with more freedom in designing, building and programming.

There will also be a girl-powered session and an advanced programming session.

The girl-powered week is run by an allfemale camp staff and is intended to introduce girls to STEM with a structured curriculum similar to the introductory camps.

The advanced programming session is intended for students who already have experience with VEX. Emphasis will be placed on programming challenges where campers learn to implement the ROBOTC language.

Online registration is open. Weeklong camps are $275 per student (scholarships are available). All camps are in-person except the virtual intro/intermediate camp from June 20-24.

For more information, email dyr@citruscircuits.org. Register at citruscircuits.org/ robocamps.

Davis Summerdarts/ Teendarts/Minidarts Dart Swimming offers summer swim options for children ages 4 through teens in both morning and afternoon classes at Community Pool. Two sessions are available: June Courtesy photo 13-July 8, and July 11-Aug. 6.

Swimmers can choose one or both sessions. Summerdarts (ages 6-12) and Teendarts (ages 11-15) offers an introduction to competitive swimming for new, novice and intermediate swimmers in a low-key and fun approach. 50 minute practices are offered three days per week. Minidarts (ages 4-7) introduces younger swimmers to competitive swimming with fun 30 minute sessions two days a week. Optional Saturday morning swim meets are also offered for all. For information and to register, visit www.aquadarts.org or email davissummerdarts@gmail.com.

Davis Youth Robotics Robocamps Spots are still available for the Davis Youth Robotics RoboCamps summer sessions hosted by the local high school robotics team, Citrus Circuits, intended for students entering fourth through eighth grade.

Seven will be introductory/intermediate sessions where no robotics experience is necessary and a structured curriculum is

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Dee’s Wonderland Pre-K/ Preschool and SISC Education Center Dee’s Wonderland Pre-K/Preschool is a Chinese Immersion preschool for children ages 3-6. Our summer program provides a safe and engaging place for your children in the summer. In addition to language, math, science, music, storytelling, arts and crafts, outdoor play and games, your child will also gain more exposure to Chinese in our immersive English-Chinese bilingual environment. It will effortlessly increase your child’s linguistic ability. This summer, we offer a nine-week program, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, from June 13 to August 18.

The SISC Education Center has its annual summer camp for incoming firstto fifth-grade students. This summer, we offer a nine-week program, Monday through Friday from June 13 to August 18.

Through game-based learning, students will foster motivation for engagement, and have opportunities to learn in a positive culture.

Week 1 through week 7 (6/13 to 7/29) are afternoon programs (1:30 to 5 p.m.), and will emphasize on Chinese learning projects with a weekly theme integrated with music, arts & crafts and physical activity. Week 8 to week 10 (8/1 to 8/18) are full-day programs (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.), and mainly instructed in English with a field trip and two Chinese sections in the afternoon each week.

For more information and enrollment, visit deeswonderlandpreschool.weebly. com.

SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2022

Applications due for Grand Jury Special to The Enterprise The Yolo County Grand Jury is currently accepting applications for its July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023, term.

Apply here, or via the www.yolocounty.org/living/grand-jury by May 6.

The Constitution of California requires that every county impanel a Grand Jury each year.

The Grand Jury is an arm of the judicial system, but acts as an entirely independent body.

California grand juries are unique as their primary responsibility is to investigate civil matters.

Juries act as oversight bodies for county and city governments and also have responsibilities in certain criminal matters.

Superior Court judges, the District Attorney, County Counsel and the state Attorney General

act as advisors to the Grand Jury.

Much of the Grand Jury’s effectiveness comes from the viewpoint of its members, fresh and unencumbered by prior conceptions about government. Jurors enjoy a uniquely sensitive position. This enables them to not only gain considerable knowledge about government functions, but to recommend constructive action to improve the quality and effectiveness of local government.

The Grand Jury studies the workings of city and county governments including special districts, groups and/or organizations that receive public funds. The Grand Jury is an investigative body; it has the power to subpoena and indict.

To qualify for Grand

Jury service, you must meet the following requirements: ■ You are a citizen of the United States; ■ You are at least 18 years of age; ■ You have been a Yolo County resident for at least one year immediately before selection; ■ You are in possession of your natural faculties, of ordinary intelligence, of sound judgment and of fair character; ■ You possess sufficient knowledge of the English language; ■ You are not serving as a trial juror in any court of this state; ■ You have not been discharged as a grand juror in any court of this state within one year; and ■ You have not been convicted of malfeasance in office or any other felony or other high crime.

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Can UCD football fans get discounts now?

R OSE BOWL, HERE WE GO ... The headline said it all, sending shock waves up and down the West Coast: “Aggies set to open 2027 season against UCLA.” Since UCLA has for some time now played its home games in the historic Rose Bowl, the Aggies will be Pasadena bound, even if this game is on Aug. 28, not New Year’s Day. Who knows, maybe if they make their reservations five years ahead of time they can get some cheap air fares and fill not only the team plane, but another one with the Aggie Band and some loyal boosters.

Playing against Pac-12

schools, of course, is old hat for the Aggies, who are expected to take their big paycheck, endure broadcasters calling them “Cal State Davis” and graciously lose to their hosts, even though UCD did violate that rule by beating Stanford not so long ago.

In recent years the Aggies have taken on the likes of Cal, Oregon and Arizona State, and will open the 2022 season Sept. 3 in Strawberry Canyon against the California Golden Bears. Next season, UCD plays at Oregon State, then Cal again in 2024 and Washington in 2025.

These games are always on the road, which is standard procedure when an FCS school takes

on an FBS opponent.

THE MIGHTY BRUINS ...

Those who follow big-time college football closely know that USC, UCLA and Notre Dame are the only FBS schools to have never played an FCS school.

(UCLA did play the Aggies twice

in the 1930s before those divisions were established.)

A few years back, in fact, Lisa Horne, writing in The Bleacher Report, noted of those three schools “They are the only remaining FBS teams to have never scheduled an FCS team.

And they have done so with pride. It is mentioned in the schools’ media guides. It’s talked about among their fans in an almost reverent tone.”

With that background, some Aggie fans might be wondering if we’ve seen this movie before.

Several years ago, with great fanfare, it was announced that the Aggies would open the 2021 season against USC, the Mighty

Men of Troy, in the Los Angeles Coliseum. Hotel rooms were quickly gobbled up months ahead of time by delirious Aggie fans who felt their football ship had finally arrived.

Alas, USC hired a new athletic director who was immediately told by several boosters important to the football program that “USC does not play schools like UC Davis. Period. It’s beneath our standards.” So the Trojans scrubbed the game, but issued UCD a courtesy check for $750,000 to soothe their disappointment, an amount that is mere chump change to those same USC

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Warriors conquer Dobbins diamond Aggie pitchers come out solid but Hawai’i earns the victory

By Rebecca Wasik Enterprise correspondent For only the third time this season on Friday, the UC Davis baseball team was shut out at Dobbins Stadium.

Coming off being swept in their series against Cal State Fullerton last weekend, the Aggies were looking to start their homestand against Hawai’i on the right foot.

Although Nathan Peng and Nate Freeman pitched a gem for the Aggies, the offense had a tough time bringing home runners in scoring position. Six UCD runners were stranded in the contest. In a pitchers’ duel, Hawai’i to a 3-0 win over UC Davis (2-14 in the Big West Conference, 3-21 overall) Freeman pitched the longest game of his career without giving up a walk. In seven innings, he allowed five hits, two earned runs and struck out six.

UCD head coach Tommy

Nicholson was impressed

by Freeman and Peng’s outings on the mound.

“They attacked the zone,” said Nicholson. “Peng hit a couple guys early in the game, but we were able to minimize those innings and keep it small. Three runs, we had a chance to win. We outhit them — we had eight hits — we just couldn’t string them together. They (Hawai’i) had a couple big double plays. I thought the pitchers did a really great job.

Nate Freeman was really efficient with his pitches and attacking the zone.

They did great and so did our defense behind them.”

The Aggies continued their reverse relief method by having Peng start and Freeman come in to finish off the game.

Peng led off the game by allowing back-to-back hit by pitches to Hawai’i’s Cole Cabrera and Aaron Ujimori.

A groundout from Dallas Duarte moved Cabrera to

third and Ujimori to second base. A passed ball by Aggies catcher Omar Plascencia allowed Cabrera to cross home for the Rainbow Warriors’ 1-0 after the opening frame.

UCD recorded the first hit of the game in the bottom of the second frame on a single to left field by Nick Iverson.

Hawai’i recorded its first hit of the contest in the fourth inning on a single to left from Jacob Igawa.

Stone Miyao followed with another single, moving Igawa to second base. Next, Matt Wong flied out to center field, which moved Igawa to third.

Kyson Donahue then hit another single, which scored Igawa and ended the fourth inning with Hawai’i (10-6 in the BWC, 17-17) ahead 2-0.

Duarte was the third Hawai’i batter to be plunked in the game when he was hit by a Freeman pitch in the top of the sixth inning.

Igawa followed with a double to right center,

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Aggie batter Omar Plascencia takes off from the batter’s box in Friday’s game against Hawai’i.

UC Davis batter Kyler Arenado waits for the pitch in Friday’s Big West Conference baseball home game against Hawai’i.

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Davis High’s defense pulls off plays but Tigers get softball win

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor

Mike Bush/Enterprise photo

Davis High shortstop Carolena Morales tags out Inderkum’s Mickey Garcia as part of a double play in the top of the third inning of Friday’s non-league game on the Blue Devils’ field. The visiting Tigers won 9-1.

A double play in the early innings gave the Davis High softball team some momentum that it carried into its offense, as The Blue Devils were able to hit off Inderkum pitcher Samantha Stoll from the middle to toward the end of Friday’s non-league game.

But Inderkum did its damage at the plate, which resulted in expanding a 1-0 lead into a 9-1 win over Davis (4-17).

“We have to be strong defensively, and we definitely were at times,” said

Davis head coach Tyler Gibson. “We had a great double play. We had our catcher (Isabella Lester, a senior) a good couple of (outs), some good plays in the field. But there were some errors that led to a few runs.”

Davis and Inderkum (137) entered the top of the third inning at 0-0. The Tigers’ Sydney Dobson tripled deep to the corner in right field and remained at third base after teammate Mia Garcia was hit by a pitch.

Now with runners at the corners, the Tigers took a

1-0 lead when Mickey Garcia singled to drive Dobson home.

Then the Blue Devils’ big defensive play presented itself with one out.

Stoll was inside the batter’s box when Inderkum attempted a double steal.

But Davis was prepared, as Lester threw the softball to shortstop Carolena Morales, who tagged out Mickey Garcia trying to steal second base. Then Morales quickly threw the ball back to Lester, who tagged out Mia Garcia for

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Cousins’ act has long been tiresome

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t is difficult to create or maintain a fan base when you: A. trade away the team’s best players; B. raise ticket prices between last season and this; and C. continue a dalliance with another city.

This year’s Oakland A’s have done all three.

A four-game opening week series with Baltimore attracted 28,379, with most of that, 17,503, coming on Opening Night on April 18.

Attendance for the next three games: 3,478; 2,703; and 4,425.

Throughout Major League Baseball, visiting teams receive a share of gate receipts. It is not inconceivable the Orioles lost money after expenses for a crosscountry charter flight, lodging, ground transportation, meals and other assorted expenditures. n It is true that DeMarcus Cousins’ act has long been tiresome.

Now with the Denver Nuggets, Cousins voiced the

same criticism(s) he’s had for his original team — the Sacramento Kings — prior to the NuggetsGolden State Warriors playoff series. “They were bad before I got there, they were bad when I was there, and they’re bad now.”

We’ve heard it all before. That said, the Kings need to clean up their act as well. Sixteen consecutive seasons without making the NBA playoffs is practically inconceivable in this day and age. n One of the best songs ever, “It’s Too Late,” recorded by Carole King on her 1971 “Tapestry” album, was co-written by King and Toni Stern. King wrote the music and Stern handled the

lyrics. It was an extremely personal tune for King, who had undergone a divorce from her first husband. n Only five players in baseball history have hit 100 or more home runs for each of three different teams. Two are in the Hall of Fame.

Who are they and for which franchises did they achieve this?

Answers below. n Surprised to see longtime big leaguer Kevin Pillar with the Pacific Coast League’s Oklahoma City Dodgers this week against the Sacramento River Cats.

Pillar played for Toronto from 2013-19, was traded to the San Francisco Giants in early 2019 and after a season in the Bay Area, has seen time with Boston, Colorado and the New York Mets.

At age 33, he is trying to find his way back to the majors. n Recommended reading: “Take Charge of You” by David Novak with Jason Goldsmith.

Novak spent 17 years as CEO

of Yum Brands, a fast food corporation that operates KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. During his tenure, Novak doubled the company’s size and broadened its overseas reach.

Yet, Novak writes mostly of some of his notable failures along the way. In retirement, Novak, 69, is now a leadership coach. n The “new” USFL, which kicked off last weekend, debuted to mostly favorable reviews from the national sporting press. The quality of play was a cut above decent and TV viewership was over 3.5 million. The true test will be in the coming weeks, when the newness of the product wears off.

One area where even the NFL falls short: the very small number of quality quarterbacks, despite the hundreds of collegians playing the position each year. All regular season USFL games this year are being played in Birmingham, Ala. Its

inaugural Championship Game will be at Fawcett Stadium in Canton, Ohio, where the Pro Football Hall of Fame is located. n Three franchise 100-plus home run hitters: Reggie Jackson/Hall of Fame (Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, California Angels); Jim Thome/ Hall of Fame (Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies); Alex Rodriguez (Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, Yankees); Adrian Beltre (Los Angeles Dodgers, Mariners, Rangers); and Darrell Evans (Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers). n Hope everyone enjoyed a happy and safe Picnic Day on Saturday.

— The longtime radio and television color man on UC Davis football broadcasts, Doug Kelly is director of communications for Battlefields2Ballfields and managing general partner of Kelly & Associates. Contact him at DKelly1416@aol.com.

DIAMOND: Aggies make contact SOFTBALL: Hits don’t lead to runs From Page B1 moving Duarte to third. Miyao then hit a fly out to deep center field, bringing home Igawa for the 3-0 lead.

In the top of the eighth, Aggie J.D. Mico made a slick play from his back to nab Miyao at first. Then UCD first baseman and Davis High alum, Jonah Henrickson made a nice pick to get the runner in time for the tough out.

Despite the loss, the Aggies did record more hits than the Rainbow Warriors.

UCD had at least one hit in every inning except the first and eighth frames.

Iverson had three of the Aggies’ eight hits. Jake Brandel had two, while Mark Wolbert, Nick Leehey and Raul Sandoval each had one. Iverson reached base in all four of his at-bats on the day.

UCD freshman Wolbert extended his hitting streak to 11 games.

After the first inning, the Aggies did not go down in order again for the rest of the game.

“We just need to be a little better with two strikes,” said Nicholson. “I think we can do a better job with that in the next two games in the series. We can benefit from being tougher outs.”

The UCD and Hawai’i series continues at Dobbins Stadium on Picnic Day, Saturday.

Admission will be free and there will be a pregame ceremony honoring the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Aggies baseball team. The game is set to begin at 1 p.m.

The series finale is slated for Sunday, also at 1 p.m.

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From Page B1 the double play and three outs.

Davis tried to get its offense going in the bottom of the inning with two outs.

Designated player Mia Acosta singled up the middle, but only to be left stranded at first base when a fly ball to centerfield recorded the Tigers’ third out, leaving the score at 1-0.

“Offensively, we’ve been struggling,” Gibson said.

Inderkum used a single and hit batter to get runners on second and first in the top of the fourth frame

with one out. But the Blue Devils were able to get out of it with two groundouts.

The Blue Devils’ bats showed some more spark in the bottom of the inning.

Morales, who is the team’s No. 2 hitter, singled up the middle and moved to second on Naomi Kalanetra’s single. But two fielder’s choices and a strike out ended Davis’ chances.

“We hit the ball pretty well today,” said Gibson, “but it only resulted in one run.”

The Tigers scored seven in the top of the fifth for an 8-0 lead. Inderkum took

advantage of three hits, all singles, plus two errors.

Tuss tripled to start the bottom of the sixth inning for the Blue Devils. She scored the lone run when Kalanetra singled up the middle for an 8-1 score.

Inderkum scored its final run in the top of the seventh inning. Emily Jacobus singled and touched home plate when Dobson reached first base on another DHS error.

Davis returns to Delta League play at St. Francis on Tuesday. The Blue Devils enter that game 0-7 in league play. The game is scheduled to start at 4 p.m.

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(Step)father of the bride Dear Annie: My fiance and I are well underway in planning our wedding with less than two months to go.

During our planning process, my mom got engaged to a wonderful man. They had been living together for several years, and I never lived with them, nor have I spent more than holidays and a few social gatherings at their home.

I have known of this man from my past and know he treats my mom incredibly well. I am absolutely delighted for her. However, I don’t have much of a relationship with him.

In the wedding plans, I informed my mom I would like her to walk me down the aisle as well as my current boss. This boss has been a father figure to me for nine years. He has helped me financially and emotionally, and we spend time working together nearly every day. He even refers to me as his daughter to everyone, and I call him my dad.

When I told my mom my wedding plans, she became upset about how it would bother her fiance. She claims he cares for me more than I know.

A week ago, she gifted me the remaining money I

Legals@DavisEnterprise.net needed for my wedding, about a third of the total cost. The card was signed by her and her fiance’s name in her writing. She has been trying to volunteer her fiance for anything possible for the wedding, such as readings, being an usher or even giving a speech.

While I am not opposed to him having a role — and I have told her this — I feel like she is trying to force a relationship on me with her fiance. I haven’t even had time to speak to him because we both work seven days a week right now, and he works nights while I work days.

I politely asked my mom to back off a bit and said that he and I will have to build a relationship on our own, but she keeps having ideas on how to involve him. None of these ideas came up before I told her about my boss walking me down the aisle.

I feel guilty about something that originally made me happy and felt perfect.

Now I feel like I’m going to cause a rift in my mom’s life. What’s a bride to do?

— Knot My Mother’s Wedding Dear Knot My: Let your mom know that as much as you appreciate her good intentions, ultimately, all wedding decisions will be up to you and your groom.

Your wedding day should be focused entirely on you and your soon-to-be-husband, celebrating the love you have for one another and merging your two families into one. Don’t assign your mom’s fiance a wedding role that he hasn’t truly fulfilled in real life if it

doesn’t feel right. It’s your day, and just by going, he will be part of it and these memories forever.

You have a lifetime to build a strong, loving relationship with your mom’s fiance, but for it to be meaningful, it can’t be forced.

When you talk to your mom, make sure to address the elephant in the room: the check. If it was given with strings attached and expectations in mind, let her and her fiance know you cannot accept it.

Bonding with my husband’s ex-wife Dear Annie: I see so many columns where parents don’t get the result they want from their children. I lucked out with the help of my clever pediatrician, whose advice was to give kids more control over their lives while teaching responsibility.

When my son was about 7, he did NOT want to go to bed or get up in the morning. So, we went and picked out his own alarm clock. I wanted him to go to bed at 8 p.m., so first I asked him if he thought he should go to bed at 7 or 7:30. “Oh, 8:00,” he said. “OK.” So then I asked, “What time do you think you should take your shower?”

Needless to say, the next night at his chosen time, he stood up and said like a big man, “Well, I gotta go take my shower and then go to bed.” The next morning, he got up when his alarm clock rang! Peace!

— Happy Mommy Dear Happy Mommy: Thank you for sharing the wonderful advice of your very wise pediatrician. I have no doubt you will help countless parents out there with this simple yet effective way of parenting.

——— Dear Annie: In this “COVID age,” why is it still acceptable to blow one’s nose in public?

Every time I take my family to a restaurant, it seems that someone pulls out a nasty handkerchief and blasts away. Is there a better way to spread germs than this? Why can’t there be a policy to encourage people to go to the restroom to blow their nose?

It’s not only disgusting for people in the middle of a meal, but it is also totally unsanitary.

— Disgusted in Ohio Dear Disgusted: I’m disgusted just reading your letter. You are correct that people should blow their noses in the bathroom or in private — NOT in a public restaurant.

——— Dear Annie: Forty-two years ago, my then-boyfriend and I decided to move in together in the house he was building. We were married three years later. He was a single father of two boys, and I had one daughter from my previous marriage. My boyfriend’s former wife had visitation rights with their boys, and she saw them often. Since I never had any reason to dislike or mistrust her, I

decided she and I should try to be friends so the kids wouldn’t have added stress in their lives. She agreed.

We are so thankful for our friendship! One of the sons was diagnosed with a rare liver cancer at age 23.

His mom and I worked together to take care of his needs. Sadly, he passed, and we all provided support for one another.

A year after that, my daughter and her family lost their home in a fire. We also had my elderly mother-in-law living with us. So, my daughter and her family moved in with us at the same time. With Thanksgiving approaching, things were not looking very festive. My stepson’s mother invited our entire family to her house for Thanksgiving. What a gesture of love and friendship!

We have remained very close friends since then and see each other often. We are all very thankful for the peace our friendship has brought to the family.

— Thankful in New England Dear Thankful in New England: Thank you so much for your heartwarming letter. Your decision to bond with your husband’s ex-wife is admirable, and it has paid enormous dividends for everyone in the family. Kudos to both of you.

——— Dear Annie: This is in response to the 52-year-old “Overwhelmed and Unsure” who is the caregiver for her brother. I would recom-

SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2022 B3 mend that she help her brother apply for Section 8 federally subsidized housing. He can have his own apartment, and his rent will be based on his income. He can get public assistance (food stamps). My brotherin-law is pretty much in the same position (on Social Security Disability Insurance, recovering alcoholic, can’t hold down a job) and he lives independently in a very nice Section 8 apartment in NYC and receives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. We are his payee for his Social Security Disability Insurance and ensure his rent and utility bills are paid on time. Someone from the County Department of Social Services should be able to assist her with applying for these benefits. — Similar Situation Dear Similar Situation: Thank you for this informed response. I hope other readers will find it useful when trying to find the right care for loved ones.

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Even a smaller T DiSC is worth a spin The issue: Still innovative, the latest project proposal offers a chance for Davis to develop If you think Davis politics is starting to feel like “Groundhog Day,” you’re not alone; every election cycle seems to be dominated the question of whether to approve development on city periphery. If great responsibility is what comes along with great power, then when Davis voters granted themselves the power (through Measure J in 2000) to decide on the fate of any new construction on the city's borders, they also took on the responsibility to help plan the city’s longterm future. We are all urban planners now.

THE DANCE has been worked out; in exchange for being allowed to go forward with the project, the developer offers a package of financial incentives, infrastructure improvements and environmental innovations to incentivize Davis voters to approve the deal. In that sense, Measure J and its successors (Measure R in 2010, Measure D in 2020) performed as expected; every proposal since then has been chock-full of innovative, forward-thinking ideas.

The developers backing DiSC and Measure H aim to provide much-needed research and innovation space to businesses emerging from UC Davis, thousands of local jobs to graduates and other Davis residents, and increase the city’s housing supply. The project would bring 1.34 million square feet of business and innovation space — 550,000 of research, office and R&D; 550,000 for manufacturing; 160,000 of hotel and conference space and 80,000 of ancillary retail — as well as 460 residential units. Those numbers represent a 60-49% reduction from the numbers proposed two years ago, when the DISC proposal failed on the ballot.

That we’ve been dealing with a brain drain for years is self-evident. Just take a glance up I-80 to the cluster of biotech companies in Vacaville, where Solano County officials leverage their proximity to UC Davis in order to attract high-paying companies On top of that is the city’s “funding gap” (don’t call it a deficit), which won’t be solved without a new infusion of revenue. We complain about crumbling roads, weed abatement and traffic, and the only real hope of addressing things like this is the extra funding that a new business park would provide.

Traffic, especially the backups on Mace Boulevard, show how new funding sources are key to unravelling the Gordian Knot that we find ourselves in. While poor urban planning brought the issue to a head, it is driven by cars passing through Davis, not cars in Davis. Waze and other traffic apps push freeway traffic through our streets, and our infrastructure, and we have been reactive rather than proactive in dealing with the problem. It’s true that DiSC will bring more cars, but more cars are coming anyway — Waze will see to that.

Our only way to deal with it is through the revenue and mitigation measures that DiSC offers — including a “transit plaza” along Mace, land to create an express bus lane and other future needs, and a Transportation Demand Management Plan — there is no other source of help on the horizon.

ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL side, DiSC offers a chance to look beyond the carbonneutrality paradigm and toward embracing vehicle miles traveled as a goal for reducing emissions. By becoming less of a commuter town, and giving in-town work opportunities to Davis residents, we reduce the amount of time and distance Davis residents spend on the road.

Even though it’s substantially smaller than the previous DiSC proposal, this is still a large enough project to have a real, positive impact on Davis’ financial situation. It has a good mix of housing, with options for first-time buyers, affordable housing and community features like a pool (and even a fencing facility).

It’s still innovative. It’s still an economic shot in the arm. It’s still an environmentally forward-thinking project. We are proud to support DiSC and Measure H on the June ballot.

he Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association isn’t shy about its mis-

sion.

Named for the chief architect of California’s Proposition 13 property-tax limit, the organization fiercely defends Jarvis’ iconic 1978 measure against those — public employee unions, particularly — seeking its repeal.

So far, Jarvis and its allied groups have prevailed for more than four decades, most recently fending off a 2020 ballot measure that would have removed some of Proposition 13’s limits from business property.

But HJTA, as it calls itself, also works on a broader front, opposing most nonproperty tax increases and criticizing what it regards as wasteful spending of tax dollars. The latter effort includes an annual report on “waste, fraud and abuse” — essentially a summary of reports from news organizations and independent watchdogs such as the state auditor.

This year’s version, called “Follow the Money 2021,” contains dozens of examples of how public funds have been squandered, embezzled or otherwise misused, plus situations HJTA says show

U politicians getting special treatment.

One could quibble with some of the examples, but in the main they indicate that taxpayers often are not getting as much bang for their bucks as they should.

So, one might wonder, how does California compare with other states in that regard?

By happenstance, as HJTA was preparing its report, an organization called Wallet Hub was offering an answer.

In March, Wallet Hub, a website devoted to consumer finance, released a study of what it calls “return on investment,” merging tax burdens with quality of services to develop an index that compares states on how efficiently they spend public funds.

The factors included in the service side of the equation include schools, roadways, hospitals, crime, water quality and poverty. Minnesota is

Bold action As a developmental and clinical psychologist who has specialized in working with children and trauma for over 30 years, I applauded Karen Larsen’s April 8 commentary, “California children need bold action on mental health.” Thank you to Larsen for identifying that the need for services is in our schools. The most stressed families are often the ones who can least afford the time and money to bring their children to clinics during or even after hours. Schools, on the other hand, are where children can be found every day. In addition, services in schools can help to normalize their use and balance the isolation that has brought so much suffering, especially to already vulnerable children and adolescents.

And, while I was encouraged by Larsen’s identification of the dismal state of mental health services in California, I was confused and disappointed by her use of available psychiatry and psychiatric beds as a metric. I have consulted with many gifted LCSWs, MFT and counselors in

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nfortunately — but perhaps not surprisingly — California does not fare well in its “return on investment” score.

In fact, it’s the fourth worst overall, just ahead of Hawaii, New Mexico and North Dakota. New Hampshire scores the highest, followed

by Florida and South Dakota.

In services, California ranks 34th, but its tax burden, one of the highest in the nation, pulls down its overall “return on investment” score. Arch-rival Texas, incidentally, has the seventh highest return.

The HJTA report and the Wallet Hub comparison underscore an irritating aspect of governance in California — the eagerness of political officeholders to create new projects and services and their reluctance to evaluate whether their pet programs are delivering the promised results and intervene when they are falling short.

One of the cases HJTA cites, a high-tech budget tool called FI$cal, is a prime example of the syndrome. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on FI$cal over the last decade and a half and it’s still

Yolo county, but there simply are not enough. And yet these are the professionals who will deliver services directly, and their numbers, in my view, represent the appropriate metric.

To use psychiatrists and psychiatric beds misses a crucial point. We in mental health typically go to psychiatry when medication is indicated, although primary-care physicians will also prescribe when needed. But the real question is, should children who are affected by an external event be pathologized and medicated as if they are ill? The implication can unwittingly contribute to the “medicalization” and pathologizing of normal difficulties that children experience, such as “the effects of unprecedented isolation, life disruption and the loss of loved ones” cited by Larsen. The anxiety and depression that result are sane responses to painful times.

Sometimes, especially with already vulnerable children and adolescents, these difficulties become intractable and medication is useful. Often, though, what is needed is support, a shared sense of community and, sometimes, regular therapy. None of those supports will come from psychiatry. What we need are

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not working. The state auditor has issued 18 reports critiquing the project’s management and performance but governors and legislators continue throwing money down a rathole.

Many other examples are obvious, some particular projects such as FI$cal and some broader issues such as homelessness. It’s very near the top of voter concerns, as measured in polls and California taxpayers have spent billions of dollars on it. However, the problem seems to be, if anything, growing more acute as politicians and supposed experts debate what might work.

Politicians believe that their careers depend on offering new services and facilities and promising wonderful results while oversight and management lack political sex appeal.

Ultimately, however, voters will turn sour if they conclude that they are not getting their money’s worth, as the HJTA report and the Wallet Hub study suggest.

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school services and many more expertly trained and decently paid therapists.

Vivienne Roseby, Ph.D. Davis

Taxes Are lazy citizens to blame?

On Tax Day, I got an email from Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor, whose latest book is “The System: Who Rigged it, How to Fix it.” He notes that Elon Musk (Tesla) has more wealth than the bottom 40% of Americans (131 million people combined). Jeff Bazos (Amazon) earned another $30,000 while you are reading this. Tax does not cover billionaire wealth, only salary and Musk lists his salary as $0, Bezos’ salary is $81,840.

Have you called senators Feinstein and Padilla, and President Biden to object to this? Did you call or write Rep. Garamendi? As the gap between rich and poor keeps widening are you doing something about it? If we don’t act as citizens, perhaps we sadly get what we deserve.

Please call or write and ask for the Billionaires Income Tax. Jean Jackman Davis

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istory isn’t short of people to blame.

You could say of the present world crisis that it was former president Barack Obama’s fault for not getting tougher with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Syria. You could blame former president Donald Trump for giving Putin a sense of entitlement and for undermining NATO, seeing it as a financial play. You could blame former German chancellor Angela Merkel for encouraging Russian gas imports, shutting out the nuclear energy option.

You could, of course, blame President Biden for explicitly telling Putin, and the world, what the United States wouldn’t do if he invaded Ukraine. And you could blame Biden and NATO for dribbling vital military aid to Ukraine over the first devastating months of the

Russian invasion.

If you want to continue, you could blame the world’s military strategists for believing that Russia, after the fall of communism, had changed. You could, perhaps, blame NATO itself, for expanding its reach to the former Soviet republics of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.

Putin is unequivocally the one to blame. He is the one who wants to remake Russia in the image of the imperial tsars. It is a flawed scheme but a real one.

As the world grapples with the reality of Putin, the past informs but it doesn’t instruct. If NATO were to engage Russia with conventional forces, it would triumph. That is one lesson of Ukraine. Russian military forces are woefully inefficient, even incompetent.

Would it were that simple.

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feared monster, the threat that hangs over the whole world is nuclear war. It is the clear-andpresent danger. It shapes our handling of Russia and will shape our response to China, if and when it invades Taiwan.

Nuclear war avoidance is again dominating the world in ways we had nearly forgotten.

Will Russia — a caged, fierce bear — resort to nuclear, and how much nuclear to what effect against which targets?

The United States and the Soviet Union reached a modus vivendi: mutual assured destruction (MAD), which kept the peace even as nuclear armaments proliferated and stockpiles grew exponentially. Is that still the option? Is MAD — so long after the collapse of the Soviet Union — still the underlying realpolitik, the restraining factor between nuclear powers?

Does that mean that anyone with nuclear weapons can wage conventional warfare in the

belief that they won’t face NATO or any other serious restraining military action because they can unleash terrifying global destruction?

Or is there, as some believe, the prospect of limited nuclear engagement, using area tactical nuclear weapons? This has never been tested. There hasn’t been a limited nuclear ground war.

Could it be contained? Should it be contemplated outside the deeper reaches of the defense establishment?

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ut it is what keeps the leaders of Europe, the United States and Canada awake nights. If you favor limited nuclear war, just look to the effects of a nuclear disaster, Chernobyl, and start multiplying.

It is the unthinkable scenario that must be thought about. It is the reality that holds back NATO and makes the West a spectator to the carnage in Ukraine.

Russia isn’t a rich country. It has a large, poorly trained and equipped military. But it bristles with nuclear weapons aimed at North American and European cities. Its ability to threaten us with nuclear horror changes the balance between nations: an indelible change to future foreign policy.

In the short term, when contemplating the return of MAD in international relations, the question is: How mad — as in, insane — is Putin, and how ready is Biden?

The pieces on the world chess board have moved and they won’t be moved back. The intelligentsia has yet to grasp the extent to which Ukraine has changed the world — and made it a more dangerous place. They need to catch up fast.

— Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.

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any of us have felt overwhelmed, vulnerable, and unsure where to turn for help when a family crisis strikes. For the last 21 years, the Nursery has been a haven for children under five years old and their families when they have nowhere to turn. The Nursery is a caring home, a helping hand, and a comprehensive resource for families during times of emergency and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

April is Child Abuse Awareness month. Did you know in 2020, over 47% of all substantiated cases of child abuse or neglect in Yolo County involved a child under age 5? This percentage has exceeded the statewide rate over the past six years. The need for early intervention services to prevent Child Abuse and Neglect in Yolo County is ever present, but it truly skyrocketed during the pandemic. Last year alone, the Yolo Crisis Nursery served 67 percent more families than the previous year.

The Yolo Crisis Nursery’s programs protect children from immediate, grave harm and create long-term change by breaking generational cycles of abuse and neglect. The Nursery’s professionally trauma-trained staff identify and alleviate the impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) and toxic stress on children’s wellbeing and healthy development.

Children are incredibly resilient, with early intervention and trauma

Yolo Crisis Nursery informed care, the impact of ACEs can be reduced over time.

The power of the Nursery’s whole family approach is most evident through the successes of our clients. This Yolo Crisis Nursery mom’s dedication to her family and love of her children is awe inspiring. Her love for her daughter motivated her to transform her life. I am honored to share her story in her own words.

“Before I found the Yolo Crisis Nursery, my life consisted of traumatic events and poor choices. I started using drugs as at very young age and was an active drug user and addict. By the time I had my second child, I was in a severely abusive relationship and living on the streets. When that relationship ended, he was sent to prison for abusing me and I was able to seek the help and treatment that I needed.

“When I successfully completed treatment, I was offered re-unification with my children. I was excited to be with my children, and desperately wanted to become something my children could be proud of. I was unemployed, had no transportation and I needed to go back to school.

So, I was seeking help from every resource I could find, and fortunately, I found the Yolo Crisis Nursery.

“The Nursery’s services helped me get on my feet and helped my daughter and I succeed in life. My daughter loved the Nursery. She thought it was her

Letters Of weeds and citizenship The many letters about weeds in public places the Enterprise has printed are a predictable outcome of the City Council’s unanimous decision, supported by several public commenters, to phase out its use of glyphosate-based herbicides back in 2017. Absent a new source of funds (and

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Yolo Crisis Nursery, protects children by helping parents be the best moms and dads they can be. second home. The Nursery helped my daughter meet her developmental milestones, while she was at the Nursery her speech improved, she got potty trained, she was having good connections with her teachers. She loved the Nursery it was her second home.

“The Nursery helped me with groceries, clothes and shoes, books and toys. They even sponsored my daughter and I for Christmas – this was HUGE, because it meant I was able to give my kids Christmas.

“My life now is stable. I am five years clean and sober. My children are doing great in school. I am a drug and alcohol counselor in a residential treatment facility. I am no

longer homeless. I have reliable transportation and a full-time job. I did not have all this when I met the wonderful people at the Yolo Crisis Nursery.

I want to thank Yolo Crisis Nursery for helping my family. We were in severe need of help and the Nursery helped us all the way through. We are so grateful. Thank you.”

Last year the Yolo Crisis Nursery served over 1,000 children and their families with tremendous success.

In fact, 99% of the respite care families served by the Nursery last year, did not enter child welfare services.

On Thursday, May 5, the Sacramento Regional Community will come together for the Big Day of

Giving or BDOG. It is a 24-hour generosity movement and an opportunity to rally around our local nonprofits. We hope you will give from the heart and help the Nursery grow in 2022 to help more children and families find a brighter future. Every gift, no matter the size, makes a difference. Thanks to the generosity of The Harvey L. and Maud C. Sorensen Foundation, there has never been a better time to give — the first $20,000 in Big Day of Giving donations to the Yolo Crisis Nursery will be matched by the Foundation dollarfor-dollar!

I am proud to serve on the Yolo Crisis Nursery Board of Directors and thrilled to share that 100

columnist Rich Rifkin has written repeatedly about the city’s pension liabilities starving current and future programs), the weeds are here to stay. Of possible areas of public neglect, this seems a relatively benign one, although it would be nice if the city would at least mow the tall grass before the foxtails send hundreds of pets to the vet every year as well as raise fire risks later in the season.

public weeds in their neighborhoods is a great idea. I have already tackled a couple of sections near my home, and I’d be happy to see the letter writer out there also. The idea that we bill the City is a non-starter, as I am sure was intended, not just because of the lack of a legal basis. It is so also because we as citizens are the ultimate funders of our city, so it is a snake-eating-its-tail proposal.

Letter writer Mike Curro’s suggestion that citizens band together to cut or pull

The city has been on a decades-long quest to pursue a larger development tax

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percent of the Nursery’s board members contribute to the Big Day of Giving each year. You can schedule your gift now by visiting our website at www. yolocrisisnursery.org or by mailing a check to 1107 Kennedy Place, Suite 5, Davis, CA 95616, or you can donate online on May 5!

The Nursery has never turned a child in need away and we need your help to meet the increasing need in our community.

Please help us build safe, stable, and loving homes for Yolo County children to grow up in.

— Renee Nolte Newton is a board member at the Yolo Crisis Nursery.

base to shore up its finances. As described by other letter-writers addressing the current and past Davis Innovation Sustainability Campus proposals, the challenge with development is that change brings problems with its benefits. One of which, incidentally, will be more public spaces to maintain without herbicides.

We should all think about the Davis we want to live in and help it come to be.

Mick Klasson Davis

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Jimmy Becker: Rocking Curtis Park! @ 5pm Track 7 Brewing Company, 826 Professor Ln #100, Sacramento

David Sedaris

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Featured DJ A.J. Bee: DJ AJB @ Andy's Pub (Vacaville, CA) @ 9:30pm Andy's Pub, 519 Main Street, Vacaville

James Patrick Regan singer/ guitarist: James Patrick Regan @ Heretic Brewing Fair�eld @ 6:30pm Heretic Brewing Company, 1052 Horizon Dr, Fair�eld "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" @ 7pm / $59-$279 Curran Theater, 445 Geary Street, San Francisco

Sat 4/30 Featured

@ 7:30pm Jackson Hall - Mon‐ davi Center, One Shields Ave, Davis Pom Pom Squad @ 8pm Cafe Du Nord, 2174 Market St, San Francisco

84th Annual Winters Youth Day Parade and Celebration

After a two-year absence due to the pandemic, Win‐ Las Cafeteras ters Youth Day celebrates @ 7:30pm its 84th birthday with one Mondavi Center, 523 Mrak Hall Dr, of the �nest parades in Davis Northern California and a //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// day full of fun and festivi‐ Phil Grif�ths: Stand-Up ties. Downtown Main Comedy at Hawker Fare in Street, Winters. wintersy SF outhday@gmail.com @ 7:30pm Hawker Fare, 680 Valencia Street Asher E Stern @ 11am

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Fleetwood Macrame: Fleetwood Macrmé: A Tribute To Fleetwood MAc @ 7pm Retro Junkie, 2112 N Main St, Wal‐ nut Creek

@ 8pm Cafe Du Nord, 2174 Market St, San Francisco

Donovan Melero @ Bottom of the Hill with Limbo and Moondough

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco

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mento Republic FC vs. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New Mex‐ Michelle Wolf ico United @ 7pm / $40

@ 7pm / $14-$193 Heart Health Park, 1600 bus Avenue, San Francisco Exposition Blvd., Sacra‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// mento Yeek Victoria Anthony @ 8pm

@ 8:30pm Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco

Syd @ 8pm The War�eld, 982 Market St, San Francisco

@ 8pm / $11.29-$27.24 Dance Fridays - San Francisco's Hottest Salsa and Bachata Dance Club, LIVE Salsa Band, Bachata Dance Floor, Beginning Dance Lessons for All TICKETS, https:// dancefridays5-622.eventbrite.com Dance Fridays, 550 Barneveld, San Francisco. info @dancesf.com

Featured

Calioca Live @ the Blue Note

Thao w/ Black Belt Eagle Scout

Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa

The Towns (Oakland): The Towns with Roh Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St, San Francisco

Featured

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Editor's Pick Ideateam: The Green Room Social Club

Donovan Plant Music

@ 9pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// South Lake Tahoe Comedian Frankie Quinones

@ 4pm Ingleside Gallery, 1507 Ocean Ave, San Francisco

@ 9:45pm / $15 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Ave, San Francisco

Tue 5/03

@ 9pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe

Outer Sunset, Polka Dot, Minishoppingcar

@ 9:30pm The Great Northern, 119 Utah St, San Francisco

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KOROLOVA @ 10pm Audio Nightclub, 316 11th St, San Francisco

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@ 9pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Great American Music Hall, 850 O'‐ Farrell St., San Francisco

Eric Neumann

@ 9:30pm The Great Northern, 119 Utah St, San Francisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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Soohan

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@ 9pm f8, 1192 Folsom St, San Francisco

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@ 8pm

David Harness: HOTHOUSE

@ 9pm / $12 Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, San Francisco

@ 7pm / $32-$42

War�eld, 982 Market St., San Fran‐ cisco

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Magic Fusion Starring Robert Hall Village Way, South Lake Tahoe

@ 8pm Hotel Utah Saloon, 500 4th St, San Francisco

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Syd The Kyd

Magic //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Fusion Dollar Signs Emo Nite starring @ 8:30pm @ 9pm Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, Chase Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St, San San Francisco Hasty Francisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// featuring Taking Meds Jimmy B @ 8:30pm Kaileigh

Fri 4/29

Lessons

The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

@ 8pm The Green Room Social Club, 251 Main St, Placerville ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco

Red Voodoo: Concerts In The Park

The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd, San Francisco

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BAD LUCK

Magic Fusion starring Chase Hasty featuring Kaileigh

@ 7pm Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Ave, San Francisco

Harlow's Night Club - Sacramento ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

@ 7pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 8:30pm The Chapel, 777 Valencia St, San Francisco

Fri 5/06

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Michelle Wolf

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Fresh Veggies Micro Brass

Magic Fusion starring

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@ 8pm / Free Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco

Key Glock

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Quinta: Dance for Ukraine fundraiser with live tango //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// music by Trio Poema Mike Greensill @ 5pm

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Napa

together PANGEA

@ 8pm / $60-$80 Uptown Theatre Napa, 1350 3rd St, Napa

Wed 5/04

@ 7:30pm SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco

@ 8pm / $20 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Avenue, San Francisco

Ann Wilson Of Heart

@ 8pm Cafe Du Nord, 2174 Market St, San Francisco

$35-$65 Ruth Crawford Seeger, Music for Small Orchestra @ 12:15pm Ruth Crawford Seeger, @ 5pm See website for details . University Concerts In The Park, 910 I St, “Rissolty Rossolty” Park Inn and Suites, 1111 Richards @ 9pm / $32-$42 Sacramento Tchaikovsky, Piano Con‐ Boulevard, Davis. jen.kukis@ed The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// certo No. 1 in B-Flat Mi‐ wardjones.com, 530-564-4655 Village Way, South Lake Tahoe Bad Mother Nature nor, Op. 23 Soloist David //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 7pm Fung Beethoven, Sym‐ Ian Noe Ceasar Chavez Park, Sacramento phony No. 7 Empress @ 1pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Theatre, 330 Virginia Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Credit Electric Featured Mission Street, San Francisco Street, Vallejo. vallejosym @ 7pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// phony@gmail.com, 707Amado's, 998 Valencia St, San 643-4441 Editor's Pick Francisco Laura Benitez and the //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Immersive Frida Kahlo Heartache: Laura Benitez Dance Fridays - Cinco de San Francisco (Solo) at Hotel Utah Saloon @ 3pm Mayo Weekend - Live w/ Frances8 SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Salsa, Bachata, Dance

Ravi Coltrane

Funcheap SF Presents: #HellaFunny Comedy Night

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@ 8pm Chase Hasty featuring //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// August Hall, 420 Mason St, San Kaileigh Francisco Kelz @ 9pm / $32-$42 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 8:30pm The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly The Chapel, 777 Valencia St, San SORRY Village Way, South Lake Tahoe Francisco @ 8pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Great American Music Hall, 859 O'‐ Vallejo Playboi Presents: Cinco de farrell St, San Francisco Michelle Wolf Mayo w/ Baywav Symphony //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 9:15pm / $40 @ 10pm Concert Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ Nightcap: Drag Cabaret Temple, 540 Howard St, San Fran‐ bus Avenue, San Francisco @ 8pm / $17 The cisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Punch Line Comedy Club - Sacra‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// DANCE mento, 2100 Arden Way, Sacra‐ @ 8pm / mento

Rotary Club of Davis Weekly Lunch + Program

Editor's Pick

@ 7:30pm Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa

Argentina’s controversial First Lady is the subject of "Evita", Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice's dynamic musical mas‐ terpiece. Escaping her dirt-poor existence for the bright lights of Buenos Aires, Eva Peron, “saint to the working-class and reviled by the aristocracy,” was destined to leave a fascinating political legacy unique in the 20th century. Featuring such iconic songs as “On This Night of a Thousand Stars,” “Another Suitcase in Another Hall,” and “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” "Evita" creates an ar‐ resting theatrical portrait as complex as the woman herself.

Mon 5/02

@ 9:45am ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Street, San Francisco

Friday Apr 29th

Editor's Voice

Rotary Club of Winters Weekly Lunch

@ 8pm / $25 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Avenue, San Francisco

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Zomanno

@ 10pm Temple, 540 Howard St, San Fran‐ cisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Crumb

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@ 8pm The Regency Ballroom, 1290 Sut‐ ter Street, San Francisco

Michael Mayer

IAMX: San Francisco

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@ 10pm Halcyon SF, 314 11th St, San Fran‐ cisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 8pm The Chapel, 777 Valencia St, San Francisco

Sat 5/07 10-Year Anniversary Gala

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Thu 5/05 Rotary Club of Winters Weekly Lunch

Access to LGBTQ Mental Health Services

Zak Fennie: Mother's Day Arti‐ san Fair

@ 1pm Suisun Waterfront, Suisun City, Suisun DJ SEINFELD

@ 12pm / $30-$250 Join us for an exuberant, �ower@ 12:15pm / $5-$20 �lled, daytime gala, luncheon, art @ 1pm Buckhorn, 2 Main Street, Winters exhibition, auction, and tea dance Phoenix Hotel, 601 Eddy St, San //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// on the beautiful patio at 620 Jones Francisco in San Francisco. Hosted by the in‐ /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Editor's Pick comparable Juanita MORE! 620 Claude VonStroke San Francisco Cinco De Jones, 620 Jones Street, San Fran‐ @ 4pm Creek in the 7th Annual Winters May 3rd - May 27th @ 10pm / $15 Mayo Pub Crawl cisco. rmaccarrigan@queerlife MARRS Building, 1050 20th St, CA Duck Derby! Winters Community Hope Lives: Art for ALS features 13 @ 6pm / $25 Apr 30th - May 1st space.org, 609-304-9802 95811, USA, Sacramento Center, 201 Railroad Avenue, Win‐ artists & 3 events including: an In her �rst hometown appearance The Of�cial San Francisco Cinco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ters. wintersyouthday@gmail.com opening reception, artist presenta‐ in three years, vocalist Kitty Mar‐ De Mayo Pub Crawl. Mayes Oyster Cinco De Mayo Pub Crawl Magic Fusion Starring //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// tions & wine tastings and an ALS golis demonstrates the place she House, 1233 Polk Street, San Fran‐ San Francisco Chase Hasty featuring awareness and education day with Zach Van Dyck has earned in the legacy of leg‐ cisco. info@crawlsf.com, 415-515@ 2pm / $15 Kaileigh a collaborative art project. San @ 6pm endary jazz innovators. Presidio 5220 There ain’t no party like a Cinco De @ 4:30pm / $32-$42 Francisco Women Artists Gallery, Gold�eld Trading Post, 1630 J St, Theatre, 99 Moraga Avenue, San //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Mayo Party, so don’t miss out on The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly 647 Irving Street, San Francisco.

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Dance Fridays - Live Salsa Orq Borinquen, Bachata, Dance Lessons @ 8pm / $11.29-$27.24 Dance Fridays - San Francisco's Hottest Salsa and Bachata Dance Club, LIVE Salsa Band, Bachata Dance Floor, Beginning Dance Lessons for All TICKETS, https:// dancefridays4-8.eventbrite.com Dance Fridays, 550 Barneveld, San Francisco. info@dancesf.com

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Compass Bluegrass LIVE at SacYard Community Tap House

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Magic Fusion starring Chase Hasty featuring Kaileigh

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@ 6pm SacYard Community Tap House, 1725 33rd St, Sacramento

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@ 4:30pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe

@ 7pm / $59-$279 Curran Theater, 445 Geary Street, San Francisco

@ 6:35pm / $12-$67 Sutter Health Park, 400 Ballpark Drive, West //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Sacramento Michelle Wolf THEMXXNLIGHT @ 7pm / $40 Ivan Gabriel @ 9pm

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4513 Putah Creek Rd, Winters

Dead Lakes @ 6:30pm Gold�eld Trading Post, 1630 J St, Sacramento

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Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission St, San Francisco

Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Avenue, San Francisco

The Setup at The Palace Theater

Magic Fusion starring Chase Hasty featuring Kaileigh

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B8 THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE

Living

SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2022

Too many subs? There’s an app for that A

week ago I was listening to SiriusXM and heard two people discussing that CNN+ was having a problem getting subscribers. One of the discussants works at Axios, which had just done a story about the massive disappointment CNN executives faced over this realization.

To which I asked myself, “How could this be a surprise to them?

Are they not also humans with way too many monthly subscriptions?”

If you aren’t up to speed, by Thursday of this week CNN+ was no more, the plug being pulled a mere three weeks after it got started. While analysts have all kinds of thoughts about why this new streaming service didn’t work, including mergers of giant media corporations, I want to focus on the user side of CNN+.

Truly, I don’t know what this channel could have provided that would encourage me to add another subscription to our outof-control monthly charges.

Even my love for former NPR journalist Audie Cornish would not lure me to subscribe to another streaming service. In fact, Audie Cornish coming to my house and discussing the

news with me would not be enough.

So I repeat: How did CNN executives not reflect on their own subscription situations and think, “Yeah, no.”

Which reminds me ... have you seen ads for subscription tracker apps? Meaning, you’ve lost track of all the things you are subscribing to on a monthly basis, so an app can help remind you.

Relatable.

While I haven’t dug into the different apps and whether they are worth the monthly subscription cost — I’m sure that irony is not lost on the app companies — CNBC offers this rundown if you’re interested: cnbc.com/ select/best-subscription-trackers.

Anyhoo, I find this new market pretty clever and imagine many people need to, at a minimum, take inventory of what they are subscribing

to each month.

So without further ado, here is the Perez family subscription burden, along with notes about why we have each and if it should go.

Netflix: The OG of streaming, it also has put out some original programming that I’ve adored, like “BoJack Horsemen,” “Ozark” and “Master of None.” Just the idea that they might have more series of this caliber in development will encourage me to keep them for the long run.

Why we’d get rid of it: I am a sucker for trash like “The Ultimatum” and might need to break up with Netflix if there’s a lot more of that kind of programming in the works.

Hulu: I’m a tad indifferent to Hulu, although I’ve really like “The Great,” “Ramy” and “Shrill.”

Oh, and “Difficult People.” Wait!

And “Pen15.” I take it back, I think I love Hulu.

Why we’d get rid of it: We won’t anytime soon.

Amazon Prime: I am very ambivalent to this one. Aside from thinking Amazon has way too much power in the world, and my regular self-loathing when I give any money to help Jeff Bezos go to space, I’m just sort of meh on this service. I

loved “Fleabag,” but I might have hated “The Man in the High Castle” enough to offset the other love.

Why we’d get rid of it: Bezos, and because I’d barely miss it.

HBOMax: This one really irritates me because we already pay for HBO, and I see no need to divide your programming. I mean, “Veep,” “The White Lotus,” “Mare of Easttown?” All fabulous. Should they just be on HBO? Yes. Why we’d get rid of it: We wouldn’t because we’ve had HBO for years and really like it.

I just wish there wasn’t another place to go look for HBO shows.

Apple TV: Yes, “Ted Lasso” is delightful. Still, I would get rid of AppleTV in a heartbeat, but it is currently free because it came with the purchase of an i-thing.

Why we’d get rid of it: When we actually have to pay, we will.

MLB.TV: Let’s go, Dodgers!

Why we’d get rid of it: We never, ever will.

Paramount+: I don’t actually know if we pay for this monthly.

But I know that S liked “Yellowstone” and I think bought some of the episodes, as well as the prequel, “1883.” S wants to be a cowboy.

Why we’d get rid of it: No

more cowboy shows.

I think that’s all of our TV services, and yes, I’m embarrassed.

Oh wait, we have Comcast Cable, too.

Among our monthly charges are many news subscriptions, because I’m a devoted newsie.

Besides The Davis Enterprise, we have monthly subscriptions to The Sacramento Bee, The Mercury News, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Atlantic. We also subscribe annually to CalMatters, California Sun and Sierra Sun. I also get SiriusXM almost exclusively for my favorite channel, POTUS (for Politics of The United States.) Plus we regularly donate to Capital Public Radio, PBS and ProPublica. I don’t predict dropping any news subscriptions, but I hope I can abstain from adding any more.

It’s all just too much muchness, to the point of making me want to cancel everything and start over, adding things back in with more intention. Relatable?

— Tanya Perez lives in Davis with her family. Her column is published every other Sunday.

Reach her at pereztanyah@ gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter at @californiatanya.

Adams joins state advisory board Enterprise staff Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Davis School Board President Tom Adams, 61, to the California History-Social Science Project Advisory Board.

Adams has been a board trustee for Davis Joint Unified School District since 2014. He was deputy superintendent of the Teaching and Learning Support Branch at the California Department of Education from 1998 to 2019.

Adams earned a Ph.D. in history from UC Davis.

This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem.

Adams is a Democrat.

———— Nathan Ortiz of Woodland is among the University of Utah’s largest-ever cohort of graduate students recognized in the

Name Droppers National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP). Ortiz, who is studying mechanical engineering and earned an undergraduate degree from Bucknell University, received a GRFP award.

In total, 20 U students received GRFP awards and 11 received honorable mentions.

“We had really moved the mark over the past few years, but this year we hit it out of the park,” said David Kieda, dean of the U’s Graduate School.

Established in 1952, the NSF GRFP is the oldest fellowship program of its kind. The 2022 fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $34,000, a $12,000 cost of allowance for

tuition and fees, and numerous research and professional development opportunities.

Kieda notes that this year’s cohort of 20 fellows is the sixthhighest among Pac-12 peers and includes graduate students in 16 different departments, ranging from Child Development to Ecology to Biomedical Engineering.

The University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves over 32,000 students from across the U.S. and the world.

— Do you know of someone who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy?

Email it to newsroom@davis enterprise.net.

By Andy Jones Special to The Enterprise 1. The City of Dixon.

According to the city of Dixon’s 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employer in the city has 470 employees. Name it.

2. Last Names. A report in 2019 indicates that the two most common Chinese surnames are each shared by over 100 million people in China. Name one of these names.

3. Pop Culture — Music. ​​ The song “Sweet Child o’ Mine” appeared on the 1988 debut album “Appetite for Destruction” and became the responsible band’s only U.S. No. 1 single. Name the band.

4. Meals. What is the most common term for a meal eaten al fresco?

5. Mountainous States.

What U.S. state with 38 mountains more than 10,000 feet high has only one over 13,000 feet high, King’s Peak?

Answers: Dixon Unified School District (Walmart is No. 3 with 292 employees), Wang and Li, Guns N’ Roses, a picnic, Utah.

— Dr. Andy Jones is the former quizmaster at de Vere’s Irish Pub and author of the book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People.” His pub quiz is now seeking a new home.

Meanwhile, Dr. Andy is also sharing his pub quizzes via Patreon. Find out more at www.yourquizmaster.com.