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Cases rising; Sisson asks locals to mask up
Visions of Picnic Day
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Yolo County’s health officer is strongly recommending that everyone wear masks in indoor public settings as COVID-19 transmission increases in Davis and throughout the county. Masks are recommended but not required, including indoors on K-12 school campuses in Davis as well as on the UC Davis campus. The rise in cases is being attributed not just to the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron but also to its own subvariant, BA.2.12.1, which is estimated to be 30 percent more infectious. The latter was first detected in Yolo County on the UC Davis Campus in late March and now accounts for nearly half of campus cases, according to the county. Thanks to the UC Davis Genome Center, which types all positive COVID-19 samples collected on campus and by Healthy Davis Together, Yolo County has a better sense of what variants are circulating than many other counties. Additionally, testing wastewater for COVID-19, as UC Davis does, provides an indication of viral levels
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After two years on hiatus, UC Davis’ Picnic Day celebration was back with a bang. At top left, a Picnic Day visitor milks a cow by hand at the Cole Facility. Above, members of the Davis City Council roll down E Street in a vintage fire engine during Saturday’s Picnic Day parade. At left, the US West Tian Guo Marching Band plays during the parade. See more from the big day on the back page.
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DA ceremony honors local crime victims Supervisors delay hearing on St. John’s purchase Enterprise staff
Four Yolo County crime victims were honored for their perseverance and courage Tuesday during the Yolo County District Attorney's Office’s annual Crime Victims’ Tribute. Now in its 16th year, the ceremony is held in conjunction with National Crime Victims' Rights Week. This year’s theme — Rights, Access, Equity for All Victims – highlights the enforcement of victim rights, expanding access to services and ensuring equity and inclusion for all. Tuesday’s honorees included: n Preston Thompson, who fell victim to a financial scam after responding
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Julio Rosales, center, receives his award at the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office’s annual Crime Victims’ Tribute on Tuesday. Victim Services program manager Laura Valdes is on the right and crime-victim advocate Angelica Saldaña is on the left. to a pop-up ad on his computer. It led to the scammer gaining access to Thompson’s bank account and
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The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday put off until May 10 any decision on whether to purchase the 13-acre St. John’s Retirement Village in Woodland. A public hearing had been scheduled for Tuesday morning on a proposal for the county to purchase the property for $2.9 million and convert it into a variety of services and housing, including for low-income seniors and families. But the matter was put off upon the request of the St. John’s board of
directors, Supervisor Angel Barajas of Woodland announced as the meeting got underway. St. John's may still be considering a proposal from a private group to purchase the facility and keep it as a senior retirement community, but word also came Tuesday of another proposal that may be going to the board of directors as well. Up until its closure earlier this year, St. John’s had for decades provided independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing to the
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Briefly Crash leads to DUI arrest Davis police arrested a man on drunkendriving charges following a collision Saturday evening. Lt. Ilya Bezuglov said the suspect rear-ended another vehicle stopped at the flashing red light on westbound Second Street at Cantrill Drive at about 5:45 p.m. Jacob Hathaway Wright, 26, was taken into custody at the scene. Bezulgov said the case was one of several DUIs police responded to Saturday, which also marked Picnic Day on the UC Davis campus. Officers also responded to multiple large parties in the city.
Tree Davis marks 30 years Tree Davis has been planting trees and growing community for 30 years and will celebrate at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 30, at the Tree Davis Memorial Grove, 1507 Shasta Drive in Davis. Community leaders will join in the reading of the Arbor Day proclamation and we will showcase Tree Davis’ new Climate-Ready Landscapes initiative. A short, optional Great Tree Search bike tour will begin at 8:45 a.m., before the main celebration. The meeting location for the bike tour is 1009 Kent Drive. RSVP at https:// tinyurl.com/2p93j92j.
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Return toward more normal times A SPLENDID PICNIC ... Three years in the making thanks to Covid cancellations the past two years, our justcompleted Picnic Day reminded me of the Picnic Days of old. In other words, a good time was had by all. And to think, it was only a few years ago that alcohol-fueled bad behavior caused the people wearing coats and ties to seriously consider calling the whole thing off. Permanently. Fortunately, no one was willing to lower the boom, and our century-old tradition has not only survived, but thrived. One of the highlights of the day for me was watching Davis' own Jonah Henrickson, the former Davis High star, ignite a lateinning rally that led the UC Davis baseball team to a dramatic 3-2 come-from-behind win over the high-flying Hawaii Rainbow Warriors before the largest crowd of the season on Phil Swimley Field at Dobbins Stadium. Go Ags.
ON THE OTHER HAND ... My friend Barbara, who has pretty much attended every Picnic Day for the last 50 years, was pleased with the parade, but had a few choice words about the cherished Battle of the Bands. As such, she fired a guided missive my way concerning this incredibly popular Picnic Day event. Writes Barbara,"The crowning
musical moment of all Picnic Days has always been the Battle of the Bands. But alas, the change from the Lake Spafford area to the Mrak lawn was just awful. On the hill (at Lake Spafford) you could sit at a level to see all the bands and experience the energy and rivalry and fun going on." Enjoyed that event year after year, Barbara. "The position of the bands near the water enhanced the sound and made it an altogether wonderful event," Barbara goes on. "Not so anymore. There were few places to sit and no good view of all groups. The pizzazz and sassiness gone. I hope they will consider returning this event to where it belongs so it can be the final and glorious ending to Picnic Days as in days of yore." You said it, Barbara. Truer words were never spoken. WENT TO A GARDEN PARTY ... After taking a painful and disappointing break due to COVID concerns, the highly acclaimed
29th Annual Pence Gallery Garden Tour returns in all its splendor Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Whether this is actually No. 31 or truly No. 29 remains a closely guarded state secret. The good news is that those who have been tenderly tending the five home gardens featured on this year's tour have had three full years to see their treasures explode with all the colors that the Central Valley has to offer at this time of year. According to Pence Gallery Director/Curator Natalie Nelson, "The Garden Tour provides a great opportunity to visit with friends and family during the height of spring weather. This year's Tour celebrates five spacious private gardens located throughout Davis, including two large gardens on the outskirts of town." The gardens have been graciously opened to the public by Jo Anne Boorkman, Chris and Mary Zanobini, Terry Davison, Jeri and Richard Howitt, and Lyle and Jim Wilen. Also part of the festivities are plein air painters Leslie DuPratt, Rhonda Egan, Karen Fess-Uecker, Kaye Gamper, Chris Kidd, Marlene Lee and Mary Kobashigawa, along with Natalie Mackenzie, who will be spinning wool. According to the nifty booklet that accompanies the Tour, one garden features blue plumbago, kangaroo paws and scabiosa. I
don't know about you, but if I had blue plumbago, kangaroo paws or scabiosa, I'd seek immediate medical attention. Be that as it may, if you've never taken the Pence Garden Tour, this would be a great year to do so. (You can call the Pence at 530 758-3370.)
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HE CASE OF THE MISSING COLUMN ... I received several calls from kind readers early Sunday morning. They pointed out that my Sunday sports column that started on Page B1 was supposed to "jump" to Page B2, but when they turned to that page, it was no where to be found. In the column I had just begun to explain about the time that the USC football team unceremoniously dropped a scheduled game against UC Davis, when the note in the paper said "See Page B2." I don't know if what followed would have won me this year's Pulitzer Prize or next year's, but it was one of the best pieces of writing in the history of American journalism. The powers that be — at least those whose heads have not rolled — promise that the entire column will appear in all its glory in today's sports section. We shall see. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
County supervisors honor retiring UCD vice chancellor By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Summer of 2018 seemed like light years ago on Tuesday when the Yolo County Board of Supervisors honored retiring UC Davis Vice Chancellor Kelly Ratliff. Back in 2018, the county and the city of Davis were at loggerheads with the university with the threat of a lawsuit hanging overhead. City and county officials wanted the university to commit to more oncampus housing and to help pay for the cost of city and county services impacted by a growing student population. But those commitments were not included in the university’s long-range development plan that went before UC Regents that summer, prompting city officials, in particular, to talk about the possibility of a lawsuit. The regents approved the LRDP nonetheless, but not without directing UC Davis to work with local officials to try to come to a mutual agreement. Ultimately, it was Ratliff who met with two council members and two county supervisors for three days before emerging with a
legally binding memorandum of understanding that satisfied the concerns of local officials. Speaking to Ratliff on Tuesday, one of those supervisors, Jim Provenza, said, “the fact that you were locked up with two supervisors and two City Council people for three days and came out with a smile on your face is an indication of your fortitude and your good nature.” Supervisors, who presented Ratliff with a resolution thanking her for her 35 years of service not just to UC Davis but to the region, also noted that that MOU — along with the commitment on all sides to better communicate and cooperate — paid off even more two years later when the pandemic hit and Ratliff helped lead campus efforts to keep students — and the community — safe. “You really came through for the community with the testing programs, with your support for Davis and ultimately for all of Yolo County and helped keep our community and all the students at the university safe,” said Provenza. “I can’t thank you enough.” Supervisor Don Saylor, also part of those early negotiations, agreed.
Man arrested for drugs, but escapes stolen-car charge By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer Woodland police advised citizens to avoid a local retail center Tuesday morning during a brief standoff there. According to Sgt. Victoria Danzl, officers received a call at about 7:40 a.m. of people engaged in a fight inside a vehicle traveling eastbound on East Main Street at Matmor Road. “The plate provided to us was associated with a stolen vehicle. The vehicle pulled into the parking lot of Home Depot,” Danzl said. “When officers arrived and located the vehicle, the two subjects inside were
not following directions from the officers.” Danzl said the subjects eventually complied when additional officers arrived on scene. Police confirmed the vehicle had been stolen out of Oroville, although the occupants apparently had no knowledge it was stolen. Still, driver Robert Mayhood, 44, of Sacramento, found himself under arrest on suspicion of possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, Danzl said. The passenger was released at the scene.
“Your patient listening skills and leadership and negotiating style RATLIFF helped to Years of nurture service the partnership between the city and county and to improve the town-gown relationship, both through the MOU and through your ongoing commitment to that partnership,” Saylor told Ratliff. “Your even keel leadership in these past two years… made a tremendous difference in how this area managed its way through the COVID pandemic to date. I know your work saved lives during this period.” For her part, Ratliff recalled “the three days that we spent together… working on the MOU (as) really a terrific experience. “It was a way to reground our connections with the campus and the county and, my goodness, it’s certainly served us well over these last couple of years.” That partnership helped give birth to Healthy Davis Together, which later expanded to Healthy Yolo
Together, and went a long way toward keeping the community safer during COVID-19 thanks to easy, accessible testing, public health education, and more, both on campus and off. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors thanked Ratliff for her service to the region, citing her work as the university’s chief budget officer; associate vice chancellor for budget and instructional services; senior associate vice chancellor of finance and resource management; and vice chancellor of finance, operations and administration. “Kelly’s expertise has allowed UC Davis to remain stable during challenging budget years and paved the way for a substantial increase in university housing, the construction of California Hall and the Teaching and Learning Complex, the overhaul of the Arboretum and Public Garden and the installation of new sidewalks and bike lanes,” the resolution passed by the board stated. “With Kelly’s remarkable stewardship, the university has been able to further prioritize sustainability and modernization, update
campus practices and systems and develop strategic initiatives to continue this important work into the future.” Ratliff thanked the board of the recognition, saying “it is all a bit humbling." “What a great place, what a great county to have a 35-year career,” she said. One person who worked with Ratliff during his time at the university was Supervisor Gary Sandy of Woodland. “It was my good fortune to work with Kelly somewhat over the years when I was at the university and she was just so well thought of and so well regarded,” Sandy said. “She was known for her competence. She was known for her character. She was known for her leadership.” With a chuckle, Sandy then added that, “I suppose the greatest testament to her outstanding success over the years has been that she managed to live through three separate chancellors, and there’s no greater milepost on the road to success at the university than living through successive chancellors.” Ratliff announced back in September her plans to retire in May.
Dodd introduces affordable-housing bill Special to The Enterprise SACRAMENTO — State Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, announced legislation Tuesday day that would assist the creation of affordable housing in California by identifying excess state property that could be used for development, advancing earlier initiatives from Gov. Gavin Newsom to address the state housing crisis. “The rapid creation of affordable housing is vital to Californians, who are experiencing increased homelessness and instability because of extreme prices,” Sen. Dodd said. “To accelerate construction of
these much-needed units, we must continue to prioritize the use of excess state land. My bill will ensure we continue to identify which properties are available and get these projects going as economically and efficiently as possible.” The state’s need for affordable housing is significantly outpacing its production, which is negatively affecting Californians. According to a report from the California Housing Partnership, 1.4 million low‑income California households lacked access to affordable housing last year.
Despite California’s need for affordable housing, the state has annually fallen 100,000 units short on its affordable housing creation goals for many years. Dodd represents the 3rd Senate District. Learn more at www.sen.ca.gov/dodd.
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in the city and on campus as overall PCR testing declines. Wastewater levels have been increasing along with cases and test positivity. That data, according to Dr. Aimee Sisson, “show that COVID-19 is spreading in Yolo County, especially in Davis.” “Yolo residents are encouraged to take additional precautions to guard against infection,” Sisson said. “I strongly recommend masking indoors with a high-quality mask and getting tested if you have symptoms, have a known exposure or recently participated in a large gathering like Picnic Day.” “If you are eligible for a booster, now is a good time to get that booster — do not wait,” Sisson added. Everyone ages 5 years and up is eligible for COVID-19 vaccines, with people 12 and
older eligible for boosters. Additionally, second boosters are now available to anyone over 50 years old or immunocompromised, and those who are over 65 years old or have underlying conditions are encouraged to get boosted as soon as possible. The county’s Door Vax program will deliver free mobile vaccinations and booster doses to any individual in Yolo County by calling 530-9023230. Meanwhile, those who test positive and are at higher risk of serious infection should contact their healthcare providers quickly to access treatments like the oral antiviral Paxlovid, which can reduce the severity of infection from COVID-19, according to the county. Individuals who have symptoms and test negative using a rapid antigen test should stay home and test again in one to
two days because Omicron subvariants may not be detected until later in the infection period. ———— The percentage of isolation and quarantine beds in use on the UC Davis campus increased this week to nearly 20 percent after being well below that in recent weeks. Over the last seven days, 175 people on the campus have tested positive for COVID-19, more than 40 percent of all positive cases detected in the last month. Countywide, 106 new cases were reported since Friday and the case rate remains double what it was just a week ago at 7 cases per 100,000 residents. ———— Cases among students and staff in the Davis Joint Unified School District continue to grow, with 15 staff members and 81 students testing positive so far in April.
was told to withdraw and return via a Bitcoin virtual currency machine. After receiving harassing calls during which the scammer claimed he hadn’t received his money and demanded more, Thompson sought assistance from local agencies that helped him financially recover and avoid future thefts. n Julio Rosales, who during a night out with friends at La Finca in Woodland in 2011 witnessed a man being shot and killed following a physical altercation, and suffered a gunshot wound to his hip while aiding the victim. Ten years later, after authorities tracked down the shooting living in Idaho, Rosales overcame fears of retaliation to testify at his trial. “Thank you — thank you for finding justice,” Rosales said through a Spanish interpreter during the ceremony, during which he broke down in tears. n Melissa Griffin and John
Hutchison, Woodland residents who confronted a man who had burglarized their garage. They later took part in the Yolo County District Attorney’s restorative justice program, which enabled them to meet face-to-face with the suspect, explain to him how the crime impacted their lives and understand the circumstances that led to his actions, for which he took responsibility. Empower Yolo received the DA’s Hero of the Year award for the agency’s 45 years of service to survivors of family and domestic violence, elder abuse, sexual assault and human trafficking through counseling, legal aid, support groups and safe-house services. The DA’s victim services program also presented its community contribution for 2022 — a Mass Victimization Program, established in 2019, that helps victims of mass casualty incidents through crisis response, advocacy, emotional and criminal justice system support.
Obituaries 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
Todd L. Erickson
Sept. 15, 1974—April 21, 2022 Todd Lindsay Erickson passed away suddenly on April 21, 2022 at the age of 47. Todd was born in Dayton, Ohio, moving to California when he was 5 going to school in Sacramento, receiving his undergraduate education at UC San Diego then graduate school at the UC Berkeley School of Optometry, where he received his Doctor of Optometry degree, and met his wife, Melissa Barnett Erickson. Todd practiced optometry for almost 21 years and was married for 19½ years. He lived in Sacramento for 10 years, and then in Davis for 10 years. Besides his professional accomplishments, Todd was known for his loving and kind personality. He was
always gracious and went above and beyond when helping others. On a practical level, he could fix anything. As husband, he and Melissa enjoyed raisERICKSON ing their family together and sharing their professional knowledge. As father, he loved being part of his sons’ sports endeavors so that when Alex and Drew engaged in sports, he became a swim official and water polo coordinator. As a person, Todd loved his Challenger car, sushi, ice cream, root beer floats, and traveling the world, especially going to Lake Tahoe with his family. He prepared waffles from scratch every Wednesday night for Thursdaymorning breakfast. Todd was
June Barcroft Prowell
April 29, 1927 — March 11, 2022 June Marie Barcroft Prowell, the only child of Thelma and Harry Barcroft, died on March 11, 2022. She was born on April 29, 1927, in Los Angeles, and grew up in Southern California. She attended local schools in the area, experiencing a memorable event for her first year when the Long Beach earthquake of 1933 damaged schools so severely that the students had to attend school in tents for a year. June graduated from Montebello High School during World War II. The war accelerated many college programs, so she started at USC the week following graduation from MHS. Her goal was to become an RN and obtain a bachelor’s degree, which she accomplished in 1949, graduating from USC and the California Hospital School of Nursing.
than watching on TV, a habit she kept into the last week of her life. The couple moved to Davis in 1964, where DAVIS 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
Marriage followed that same year, which meant a move to Escondido near San Diego. She started work as a school nurse which she enjoyed very much, and was sad to leave. But her husband, wishing to take advantage of the GI Bill, enrolled at UC Berkeley, so this meant a move to Northern California. There a position was available at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in the Well Baby Clinic in Oakland. Working with seven pediatricians was a wonderful learning source for later raising the four Prowell children, Grover, Susan, Sherie and Laura. In 1972, the family moved to Merced County, where they settled on an almond ranch in Atwater. When the children were in school, June returned to part time work at the local hospital, and was surprised to be recruited for the director of the Vocational Nursing Program position
being six weeks in Australia. At the age of 60 Char took up running, competing throughout Northern California including Bay to Breakers and Bridge to Bridge. She qualified as a Senior Olympian at age 68 and continued running until 2010 when at age 78 she was hit by a bicyclist on the path behind her home, breaking several bones and ending her running career but not her lifelong 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
extremely organized, loved looking forward to the next new adventure, and was respected and loved by everyone who knew and met him. He had the kind of personality that would bring a smile to a person’s face when hearing his name. Todd is survived by his wife, Melissa Barnett Erickson; sons Alex and Drew; mother Carolyn Tillman; father Dennis Erickson; and sister Monica McCoy. A funeral service was on Tuesday, April 26, at Congregation Bet Haverim, 1715 Anderson Road in Davis. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Todd’s memory to: Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity VOSH.org or YOLO food bank at www.bigdayofgiving.org/ organizaion/yolofoodbank in honor of Todd L. Erickson.
by Merced High School Adult Education. Since the high school had PROWELL agreed to turn the program over to the brandnew Merced College, this meant the same schedule the children had. She enjoyed the combination of teaching and working with students in the local hospitals. June and her staff were very gratified to graduate over 500 vocational nursing students in her 20 years at Merced College. Retirement resulted in a move to Davis to help in the care of dearly loved granddaughters Megan and Julia Rodman. She enjoyed living in Davis, volunteering with Sutter Davis Hospital Auxiliary for over 20 years, and ushering at Freeborn Hall and the Mondavi Center. As a member of Davis United Methodist Church, June served on the Board
of Trustees at one time, and on the first committee involved in building the new sanctuary. Travel was high on June’s agenda. She enjoyed a sabbatical spent in Denmark studying mental health. Other travels enjoyed were to Japan, and cruises to Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, the Caribbean, Australia, and the Panama Canal. She is survived by son Grover Prowell (Meca); daughters Susan Braden (Dexter), Sherie Corley (Mike) and Laura Rodman (Bryan); grandsons Dustin (Megan) and Chris Braden; and granddaughters Megan and Julia Rodmn. A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 30, at the Davis United Methodist Church. In lieu of gifts or flowers, the family requests donations be made to one of June’s favorite charities: Sutter Davis Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Program, Yolo Crisis Nursery, Doctors Without Borders, or the American Red Cross.
County Meals on Wheels. She is survived by her children, Tatia of Davis, and Joel of Sacramento. She is also survived by dear friends Terry Davison, Barbara Evoy and Samantha Harris, who brought such joy into her life and whose extraordinary support during the pandemic enabled Char to live her final years in her home. At her request no services will be held. She requested any donations in her name be made to PANC: The Parkinson Association of Northern California at www.panctoday.org. Charlotte will be interred adjacent to her husband Don at the Sacramento Valley VA cemetery in Dixon.
Elaine Marie Sensiper Sept. 18, 1923 — April 5, 2022
Elaine Marie Sensiper passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday evening April 5, 2022. During her long life, Elaine worked as a social worker and a community college administrator. She loved keeping in touch with her many friends and family members, and traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe with her husband, Samuel. Elaine was born in West Frankfort, Illinois to Helen (neé Seifter) and Harry Meyer Zwick and was one of six siblings. Her mother was born in New York City and her father arrived in the United States from Teofipol, Ukraine, in his teenage years. The Zwicks were part of a large extended family in southern Illinois. Leaving small town life behind, Elaine attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and after graduating, worked as a physical education teacher for two years at Beloit College. She then completed an MSW at Case Western University and took a job at Hecht House, a social work agency in Boston. It was at this time that she met Samuel Sensiper, a doctoral student at MIT who was working on an Sc.D. in electrical engineering. They married in 1950, Sam completed his degree the following year, and shortly after they moved to Southern California to be close to Sam’s parents. Settled in Ladera Heights, a suburb of Los Angeles, Elaine and Sam
raised three children in their sprawling ranch style house. Sam SENSIPER worked in the aerospace industry while Elaine volunteered as a Girl Scout leader, a docent in the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, and in various other organizations. After the children were grown, she worked for the L.A. Community College District. In 1999, Sam and Elaine moved to Santa Barbara and then in 2013 made the trek north to live at the University Retirement Community. Sam passed away in 2015 and Elaine continued on at URC until January 2022 when she moved in with her daughter and son-in-law who live close by. An intrepid soul, Elaine’s favorite expression was “and so it goes,” and she was known for her honesty and often blunt forthrightness. She is survived by her three children, Martin (Elaine), Sylvia (Joseph Dumit) and David; as well as grandsons Maxwell Sensiper and Andrew Dumit. Her family are grateful for the help they received from the hospice team at YoloCares as they took care of Elaine in her final months. Anyone wishing to make a gift in her memory is asked to consider a donation to YoloCares or the Yosemite Conservancy.
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ecognizing the existential threat posed by climate change, California resolved to become carbon neutral by 2045, meaning that in the span of a single generation, the world’s fifth-largest economy aspires to remove as much carbon from the atmosphere as it produces. How we get there in an affordable and equitable way while keeping clean and reliable electricity flowing is one of the most consequential policy questions of our time. Over the last year, San Diego Gas & Electric, one of the three investor-owned utility companies in California, conducted a robust analysis on how to decarbonize California and the San Diego region. “The Path to Net Zero: A Decarbonization Roadmap for California,” differs from many other studies in that it outlines a way to reach net-zero emissions and shows how that goal can be achieved while keeping the electric grid reliable. Diversity is key. The optimal path, given what’s known today, is a decarbonization framework centered around expedited electrification, many different types of emissions-free electric generators, along with many cleanburning fuels, such as clean hydrogen. (Hydrogen, when consumed, produces water. It can be made from natural gas, nuclear power, biomass, and solar and wind power.) Electrification of most California buildings and vehicles is crucial in order to reach reduced-emissions targets. California’s future depends on clean, reliable electricity; it’s unimaginable that customers need to be worried about keeping the lights on. A stateof-the-art electric grid will help ensure needed emissions reductions while maintaining reliability. California’s electricity consumption could nearly double by 2045. To meet that demand, electric generation capacity must increase four times that of 2020, meaning even more largescale solar and wind projects will be needed to serve our state. To deliver that power when and where it is needed, the electric grid must expand, particularly high-voltage transmission systems. San Diego Gas & Electric’s role is to provide that grid. Our study also contemplates steady growth in rooftop solar, which, when combined with more widespread electric vehicle adoption, requires upgrades to neighborhood electric distribution systems as well. Clean hydrogen will be essential for the future. We estimate that by 2045, there will be demand for 6.5 million metric tons of hydrogen, 80% of which will be used to enhance electric grid reliability. Even with huge efforts to cut emissions, activities such as heavy trucking and some industrial processes still will cause emissions. To offset those, technology to remove carbon from the atmosphere is needed to achieve emissions reduction targets. Implementing this decarbonization framework will require regulatory and political support. First, state resources must be identified to help fund the clean energy transition so that everyone can benefit. Rate reform or new electricity pricing structures need to encourage the transition to electric vehicles and appliances. We also need much stronger incentives for research and development at the state and federal levels, because today’s technologies are insufficient to reach net zero by 2045. Next, we need to simplify regulatory reviews and approvals. The correct policy framework must be in place to support technologies that already exist, such as solar and wind, that are ready for more widespread development. Finally, we must incorporate electric system reliability into long-term state planning. California is at the beginning of an exciting, albeit daunting, transformation. Our state has the opportunity to cement its place as a global sustainability leader by demonstrating that a major economy can decarbonize in a reliable, affordable and equitable way. Let’s seize that opportunity and work together — across public, private, nonprofit and academic sectors — to get it right. — Caroline Winn is the CEO of San Diego Gas & Electric. David G. Victor is a professor of innovation and public policy at UC San Diego. They wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California's Capitol works and why it matters.
Declining enrollment clobbers schools T he post-World War II baby boom ended in the mid-1960s and — predictably — a decade later, California’s public schools saw a sharp drop in enrollment. Throughout the state, schools were shuttered and sites for new schools were sold off. It was, however, a short-lived phenomenon; within a few years California was experiencing a surge of population driven by immigration from other countries and a new baby boom. The predictable result was a marked increase in school enrollment that eventually topped 6 million, then leveled off and in recent years has been drifting downward. This month, the state Department of Education reported that for the first time in many years, enrollment had dropped below 6 million. The slow erosion in enrollment that began a halfdecade ago stemmed from demographic factors, such as virtually no growth, or even a decline, in the state’s overall population, lower birthrates and an outflow of people, including children, to other states. In the last two years, school closures due to COVID-19 accelerated enrollment losses but the resumption of in-
Letters Reisig shows us real reform During my 26 years in public office I learned a lot about the complexity of crime, including the anger of victims and their families, the incessant demands for ever harsher punishment, and the endless search for crime’s root causes and methods of prevention. There are no easy answers in the world of criminal justice. But there are a lot of hardworking professionals trying to be fair and just at a time when society is increasingly angry and in search of ready answers. This is why I believe it is important to keep Jeff Reisig in office. He has been an outstanding district attorney. He is smart, experienced, and open to new ideas. He understands the importance of public safety, but is also sensitive to the serious issues of mental health, addiction, racism, and inequality that play a major role in criminal justice policy. He has been a pioneer in race-blind charging, restorative justice (diverting 10% of felonies), treating simple drug possession as a public health issue and using DNA to solve cold cases. He knows how to accomplish real change.
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classroom instruction did not stem the hemorrhage. “Enrollment is down from 6,002,523 in 2020–21 to 5,892,240 in 2021–22, a decrease of more than 110,000 students and 1.8% from the prior year,” the state Department of Education reported. “ This follows a steady decline in public school enrollment statewide since 2014–15.” The data trends indicate that the state’s schools will continue to see enrollment declines for the foreseeable future and that creates a financial dilemma for local school districts since the state provides most of their money and aid based on attendance. Attendance runs lower than enrollment because a certain number of students don’t show up for classes and if their absences are not excused, such as those for illness, their schools lose state aid.
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Absenteeism is no small matter. Statewide, the Department of Education calculated two years ago, students are absent an average of almost 10 days each school year and about 40% are not excused. Chronic absenteeism, or truancy, is a serious problem, especially in large urban school districts, not only costing them state aid but making truants more likely to fail in later life and/ or wind up in the criminal justice system.
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After pioneering a program with Stanford Computational Policy Lab (SCPL), Reisig enlisted Attorney General Bonta’s support to extend the race-blind program statewide. Assemblyman McCarty used the Reisig/Bonta text in AB 2778. And after partnering with Measures for Justice, a data transparency advocacy group, Reisig developed legislation with Attorney General Bonta to require prosecutors statewide to provide data on prosecutions to the Attorney General — AB 2418 (Kalra). Supporters include the ACLU, the Prosecutors’ Alliance, the California Public Defenders Association and San Francisco County District Attorney Chesa Boudin, among others. On Tuesday, both of these measures were passed by the Public Safety Committee with no opposition. I have found him willing to reject orthodoxy and ideology, both right and left, and instead creatively experiment with different approaches, keeping what works and discarding what doesn’t. Balancing all the competing and conflicting interests in criminal justice is no easy task, but Jeff Reisig’s thoughtful approach should make all citizens of Yolo County proud. He deserves your vote in June. Lois Wolk (Retired) Senator, Assembly member, supervisor and mayor
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single year, in their state aid calculations Newsom’s proposal indicates that the final budget that’s negotiated in June will make a change, either temporary or permanent, in how school aid is calculated. However, there’s a risk of unintended consequences no matter how the formula is rejiggered. Shifting from attendance to enrollment would seem to be a minor change, but it also would reduce, or even eliminate, the financial incentive for school administrators to aggressively deal with chronic absenteeism. They would get the state aid regardless of whether kids actually show up in class. Nor does such tweaking deal forthrightly with longterm enrollment declines. They are both an opportunity to significantly increase perpupil spending and thus improve outcomes, and a political minefield as interest groups scramble for bigger pieces of the pie. — CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more stories by Dan Walters, go to Commentary.
Suing neighbors Yes on H, and Dan Carson, acted to financially harm those who have every right to object to measure H. Whatever Dan Carson is thinking it’s not about Davis’ best interests. In a city branded by bicycles, Carson, the magistrate, does closed door deals to steal away multimillion dollar city owned solar options, community owned broad band and now this. Suing neighbors? His requisite as a highly-placed State budget bureaucrat do not put him above the experience of those who serve the grass roots interests of a just economic opportunity and the necessary climate action. In these times, where only the privileged few can operate without the concern of a major hardship, this callous calculated action to sue fellow Davis residents is… well it’s scorched-earth economic terrorism and it has no place in Davis. Power elite tactics. Who do you think the multinational tenants of the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Center “Yes on H” backers are going to answer to? You? Nope. Dan and the “Yes on H” campaign will sue you to win if that’s what it takes. Donna Davies Davis
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A chef-worthy summer classic Special to The Enterprise Celebrating summer with sizzling meals starts with tender, juicy cuts of meat that take center stage when dining on the patio or firing up the grill. Call over the neighbors or simply enjoy family time with your nearest and dearest by savoring the flavor of warm-weather meals. Steak enthusiasts can show off their summer cooking skills with this recipe for Southwest Steaks with Creamy Peppercorn Sauce and Parmesan-Herb Fries from Omaha Steaks Executive Chef David Rose. Thick, juicy, marbled steaks are cooked to tender doneness and complemented by steakhouse-style fries for a meal that screams “summertime.” Find more summer favorites at OmahaSteaks. com/Summer. — Family Features
Southwest Steaks with Creamy Peppercorn Sauce and ParmesanHerb Fries Recipe courtesy of Omaha Steaks Executive Chef David Rose Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 25 minutes Servings: 2 Ingredients: Southwest Steak Rub: 1 tablespoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves 1 teaspoon smoked paprika ½ teaspoon ancho chili powder ½ teaspoon ground chipotle pepper ½ teaspoon garlic powder ½ teaspoon cumin Parmesan-Herb Fries: 1 package (16 ounces) Omaha Steaks Steakhouse Fries ½ cup Parmesan cheese, freshly grated 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
leaves, minced 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary leaves, mince 1 tablespoon fresh Italian parsley, minced New York Strip Steaks: 2 Omaha Steaks Butcher’s Cut New York Strips Southwest steak rub ¼ cup grapeseed oil 2 ounces unsalted butter, cold Peppercorn Cream Sauce: ½ cup brandy ¾ cup beef stock ½ cup heavy cream 2 teaspoons peppercorn medley, coarsely cracked salt, to taste pepper, to taste Putting it together: To make Southwest steak rub: In small bowl, whisk salt, pepper, thyme, paprika, chili powder, chipotle pepper, garlic powder and cumin until fully incorporated. To make Parmesan-herb fries: Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place fries on baking rack on top of sheet pan; bake 25 minutes, or until golden-brown and crispy.
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In medium bowl, mix Parmesan cheese, thyme, rosemary and parsley until fully incorporated. Remove fries from oven and toss with Parmesan herbs. To make New York strip steaks: Season steaks generously with Southwest steak rub on both sides. In cast-iron pan, add grapeseed oil and bring to high heat. Place steaks in pan and sear 3 to 4 minutes on each side for medium-rare doneness. Remove steaks from pan and rest 8 minutes; reserve oil in cast-iron pan. To make peppercorn cream sauce: Add brandy to reserved oil in castiron pan and reduce to one-third volume, about 1 minute. Add beef stock and reduce by one-third volume, about 2-3 minutes. Add heavy cream and cracked peppercorn medley to pan, bring to boil and reduce to simmer until thickened. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
UCD: Germs can hitch ride on plastic to ocean By Kat Kerlin Special to The Enterprise Microplastics are a pathway for pathogens on land to reach the ocean, with likely consequences for human and wildlife health, according to a study from UC Davis. The study, published today in the journal Scientific Reports, is the first to connect microplastics in the ocean with land-based pathogens. It found that microplastics can make it easier for disease-causing pathogens to concentrate in plastic-contaminated areas of the ocean. The pathogens studied — Toxoplasma gondii, cryptosporidium (crypto) and giardia — can infect humans and animals. They are recognized by the World Health Organization as underestimated causes of illness from shellfish consumption and are found throughout the ocean. “It’s easy for people to dismiss plastic problems as something that doesn’t matter for them, like, ‘I’m not a turtle in the ocean; I won’t choke on this thing,’” said corresponding author Karen Shapiro, an infectious disease expert and associate professor in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. “But once you start talking about disease and health, there’s more power to implement change. Microplastics can actually move germs around, and these germs end up in our water and our food.”
A human and animal problem Microplastics are tiny plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters, no bigger than a grain of rice. They’ve contaminated waters as remote as Antarctica. The study’s findings indicate that, by hitchhiking on microplastics, pathogens can disperse through-
“We’re altering natural food webs by introducing this human-made material that can also introduce deadly parasites.”
T. gondii (blue dot) and giardia (green dot) hitch a ride on a bit of microplastic fiber with biofilm (fuzzy blue). Microscopic debris like this can get swept out to sea, taking land-based pathogens with it.
Karen Shapiro Infectious disease expert and associate professor in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine out the ocean, reaching places a land parasite would normally never be found. T. gondii, a parasite found only in cat feces, has infected many ocean species with the disease toxoplasmosis. UCD and its partners have a long history of research connecting the parasite to sea otter deaths. It’s also killed critically endangered wildlife, including Hector’s dolphins and Hawaiian monk seals. In people, toxoplasmosis can cause lifelong illnesses, as well as developmental and reproductive disorders. Crypto and giardia cause gastrointestinal disease and can be deadly in young children and people who are immunocompromised. “This is very much a problem that affects both humans and animals,” said first author Emma Zhang, a fourth-year veterinary student with the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. “It highlights the importance of a One Health approach that requires collaboration across human, wildlife and environmental disciplines. We all depend on the ocean environment.”
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Microbeads and microfibers For the study, the authors conducted laboratory experiments to test whether the selected pathogens can associate with plastics in seawater. They used two different types of microplastics: polyethylene microbeads and polyester microfibers. Microbeads are often found in cosmetics, such as exfoliants and cleansers, while microfibers are in clothing and fishing nets. The scientists found that more parasites adhered to microfibers than to microbeads, though both types of plastic can carry land pathogens. The wispy particles of microfibers are common in California’s waters and have been found in shellfish.
A pathway for pathogens The authors say plastic makes it easier for pathogens to reach
UCD honors four alumni Enterprise staff UC Davis will present UC Davis Medals this spring to two alumni couples who live in Davis: Jacque and Wayne Bartholomew, and Pam Rohrich and Karl Gerdes — each pair having met as students and committing not only to each other but their alma mater. The UC Davis Medal recognizes “extraordinary contributions that embody the campus’ Vision of Excellence.” Winners inspire and support the success of students, faculty, staff and alumni, and foster a bold and innovative spirit in teaching, research and public service. “Jacque and Wayne Bartholomew, Pam Rohrich and Karl Gerdes exemplify
Name droppers Aggie spirit in action and are truly deserving of UC Davis’ highest honor,” UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May said. “Their many years of service, expertise and philanthropy have elevated UC Davis to greater heights.” Jacque Bartholomew, who studied sociology, and Wayne Bartholomew, an economics alumnus, met and married as undergraduates. They graduated in 1964. Wayne went on to earn a Law degree from the School of Law in 1971. The Bartholomews have been giving back to the university ever since. They have donated to more than 50 initiatives,
programs, departments and colleges. Rohrich and Gerdes credit their Aggie educations with helping them launch their careers in veterinary medicine and engineering. Pam earned a master’s degree in psychology in 1974 and Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine in 1983. Karl did his graduate studies in chemical engineering, earning a master’s in 1973 and Ph.D. in 1984. “UC Davis gave us our careers, and has given us friends, community, entertainment, food for thought, and just played a big role in who we are,” said Pam, who spent her career as a veterinarian working with the East Bay SPCA in Oakland.
sea life in several ways, depending on whether the plastic particles sink or float. Microplastics that float along the surface can travel long distances, spreading pathogens far from their sources on land. Plastics that sink may concentrate pathogens in the benthos environment, near the bottom of the sea. That’s where filter-feeding animals like zooplankton, clams, mussels, oysters, abalone and other shellfish live, increasing the likelihood of their ingesting both plastic and pathogens. “When plastics are thrown in, it fools invertebrates,” Shapiro said. “We’re altering natural food webs by introducing this human-made material that can also introduce deadly parasites.”
Reducing plastic Co-author Chelsea Rochman, a plastic-pollution expert and assistant professor of ecology at the University of Toronto, said there are several ways humans can help
reduce the impacts of microplastics in the ocean. She notes that microfibers are commonly shed in washing machines and can reach waterways via wastewater systems. “This work demonstrates the importance of preventing sources of microplastics to our oceans,” said Rochman. “Mitigation strategies include filters on washing machines, filters on dryers, bioretention cells or other technologies to treat stormwater, and best management practices to prevent microplastic release from plastic industries and construction sites.” Additional co-authors include Minji Kim, Lezlie Rueda and James Moore of UCD, and Elizabeth VanWormer of the University of Nebraska. The study was funded by the Ocean Protection Council and California Sea Grant program, with student financial support provided by the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Students Training in Advanced Research, or STAR, program. — UC Davis news
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After two years of lockdown, the crowds were back in 2022 for Picnic Day on the UC Davis campus to celebrate the university and hear some music on the lawn. Arya Lavalni/Enterprise photo
The UC Davis Plant Pathology Research Fields float is followed by the UC Davis CalTeach/MAST mathematics and Science Teaching program in the 2022 Picnic Day parade.
PURCHASE: Local group looking to preserve St. John’s mission From Page A1 area’s seniors. But the COVID-19 pandemic rocked St. John's, leading its leaders to declare insolvency. Staff shortages and the desire of many families to keep their elders at home rather than in a facility were among the issues cited. That’s when the county put together its proposal to purchase the site and use it for everything from lowincome senior housing to housing for CalWorks families, an expanded adult day health center and more. But a group of Woodland residents, led by Stan Levers, approached St. John’s with their own proposal for keeping St. John’s largely as is. In a letter to the county last week, the board of directors indicated they had considered that proposal and continued to believe sale to the county would be most appropriate. But Levers indicated Tuesday discussions are continuing. He thanked the Board of Supervisors for delaying a vote to allow
“our negotiations with St. John’s to continue, and I’m looking forward to sitting down with them in person and my group and see if we can reach agreement that benefits the community and maintains St. John’s as a senior-care facility.” Levers added that, “the St. John’s facility is unique. “And although some of the other programs that have been under negotiation between your board and St. John’s are certainly laudable and needed in the community, I think it’s important to note that sacrificing St. John’s as an institution to instead convert St. John’s into the other services you’re talking about, are two different things. And the maintenance of St. John’s as a multi-level, live-in seniorcare facility is something that I feel the county should maintain because it’s important to the seniors in our community.” Meanwhile, Bill Schroeder, pastor emeritus at St. John’s United Church of Christ in Woodland, also weighed in on Tuesday. Schroeder said last week
he reached out to the Retirement Housing Foundation, a group affiliated with the United Church of Christ that operates some 80 homes in California and 80 more outside the state. The foundation, said Schroeder, had expressed an interest in purchasing St. John’s “to really establish it as St. John’s was.” “Over this next week, they should be able to have a proposal fully put together and then we hope to present,” he told county supervisors, “so I hope that you may be able to hold off on some of your decisions in that process that we may talk to the St. John’s board as well.” Depending on what comes of both proposals, a plan for purchase by the county could well be back before county supervisors on May 10. — Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.
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CTE construction begins on Davis High campus By Corrine Holman-Evans & Grace Kishiyama HUB Staff Demolition started last week for the construction of Davis High’s new Career and Technical Education (CTE) buildings. The new engineering building will be constructed at the corner of 14th and Oak Street, previously home to 27 trees that have just been cut down to accommodate the new construction. There are commitments to replace the 27 felled trees with at least 30 new ones. According to David Burke, executive director of capital operations for the district, the specific plans for the new trees have yet to be finalized. “We are still developing this plan. Taking care of the existing trees and planting new ones is extremely important to us,” he said. Construction on the engineering building had been planned to start before March 2022 to avoid the nesting season of local birds, but operations began a bit later than anticipated. “We were delayed in removing the trees. We had a consulting wildlife biologist perform a site visit right before the trees were removed to ensure there were no nesting birds in the trees,” Burke said. In the meantime, demolition for the agriculture building on the north side of campus has forced agriculture classes into new classrooms. Some of these transitions have been difficult. The animal science class is currently in S-04, which is usually the Chinese classroom. “It’s definitely been an adjustment for us especially since the week before and after spring break we were helping (our teacher) get ready to move,” senior Natasha Hazel said. Furthermore, having to accommodate two different subjects into the same classroom has crowded the space.
“Now that we’re in the classroom it’s super tight on space because there’s so much stuff in that room plus our teacher’s stuff,” Hazel said. Though they were able to bring a lot of the hands-on equipment with them to the new classroom, Hazel said that the change in classrooms disrupted the routine of the class. “We aren’t able to do as much group work like discussing, which we used to spend a lot of time doing,” Hazel said. With two areas of campus under construction, the sounds of tractors and bulldozers can be heard from most of the classes along Oak. To combat this disruption, there are plans in the works to mitigate noise distractions. “Noise mitigation will include sound blankets (in the Adult Education portable), scheduling to avoid activities like testing, etc,” Burke said. The noise and construction has been disruptive for auto shop classes. “Mr. Thayer has to be more alert in case something (goes) wrong because it’s so loud and noisy,” senior and autoshop student Younes Chantit said. Since construction on the agriculture building is located right next to the auto shop, the class has had to navigate equipment issues as well. “One of our air compressors is out of service because it’s outside where the construction is,” Chantit said. Other major projects expected at DHS in the next two years include: a large STEM building and a new Aquatic Center. These structures are expected to replace three tennis courts and 10 portable buildings respectively.
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Contestants from the 2014 Mr. Blue Devil competition participate in the group dance event.
Mr. Blue Devil pageant cancelled By Mattias RowenBale HUB Staff The beginning of April brought the announcement of an upcoming student government event: Mr. Blue Devil. But, less than two weeks later, the event was canceled. Mr. Blue Devil is a satirical male beauty pageant that has been put on by student government each spring for more than a decade. The pageant has been open to any senior boys interested in participating, and has historically featured typical pageant aspects such as a talent portion, while also incorporating funnier segments such as a group dance. “At its core, I think, at least my hope, was that in being a male pageant, and being intentionally ironic in tone, we’re doing a parody. We’re parroting and criticizing the idea of pageants,” said Anthony Vasquez, the student government adviser. However, Davis High administration did not sign off to continue the tradition this spring. “I guess the decision was made because the format itself, the event itself, is not really inclusive of all genders,” Vasquez said. While no formal complaints have been
made to Vasquez about the cancellation, the assertion that Mr. Blue Devil’s gender exclusivity is problematic has led to some controversy. “I find it interesting that people don’t have a problem with Powderpuff, a genderswapping event, but feel Mr. Blue Devil is lacking inclusivity,” senior Parker Giovannetti said. While explicitly a non-female pageant, some students praise the inclusivity of Mr. Blue Devil welcoming not just cis males but also all male-identifying and -presenting students. “On the application, it said anyone who was male identifying could participate, so I don’t think it was exclusionary,” senior Alexa Folb said. Proposals to change the event and involve all genders have been made, but students have been less than receptive. “Men switching into women’s roles is what makes it funny and memorable. Turning Mr. Blue Devil into an event that accepts people who identify as men, women, or non-binary therefore eliminates the comical aspect of it: the event becomes a genuine beauty pageant,” Giovannetti said.
Davis High’s Jazz Choir held its annual Cabaret show at Emerson Junior High last weekend. The show consisted of many musical numbers, ranging “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” by Lin-Manuel Miranda to more classic hits like “Fly Me To The Moon” by Frank Sinatra. The show began with the song Cabaret, which is sung first every year by the choir as a whole. Then, the show continues with small group songs, duets and solos. The Jazz Choir sibling duo of senior Peyton Schoen and sophomore Sawyer Schoen sang “Anything You Can Do” from the classic musical Annie Get Your Gun. “We have a dynamic and I get to hang out with her. It’s not like the dynamic at home because we don’t get mad at each other here,” Sawyer said. Although the performance was a success, the choir was nervous about some of the songs. They had only just learned “I See Stars” from “Mean Girls the Musical” the Tuesday before the performance. “It was a little stressful but I’m very proud of how Jazz Choir pulled through and we worked really hard on
it for it to turn out amazing,” Peyton said. Between performances, some seniors in the choir took to the stage to emcee the show. Many took this as an opportunity to crack some jokes to keep the audience entertained. “(Sunday’s) audience was a lot tougher than last night’s audience. They didn’t laugh at a lot of jokes,” Peyton said. “The jokes weren’t funny last night either but everyone was nicer and at least fake laughed.” The Jazz Choir has seven graduating seniors this year, all of whom are sad to be leaving the group behind. “It made me tear up a bit and it makes me sad to think this is my last year but I’m ready for the next chapter of my life,” Peyton said. The graduating seniors include Isabelle Messner (headed for University of Southern California or UC Irvine), Peyton Schoen (headed for CSU San Diego), Alexa Folb (headed for UC Berkeley), Elika Kiani (headed for UC San Diego), Donya Pirouzi (headed for CSU Los Angeles), Morgan HendrixChupa (headed for University of Southern Oregon) and Maya Kleb (headed for Sacramento City College).
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The Jazz Choir performs a group song at on April 24 during the Cabaret show.
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The Davis High girls badminton team is still in the hunt to win a share of the Monticello Empire League title. Inside North Gym on Monday, Davis (9-3 in the MEL) beat Vacaville 12-3. The victory keeps the Blue Devils on the heels of Armijo of Fairfield, which is 10-2. Earlier this month, the Bulldogs posted a 9-6 win over the Blue Devils. “If we run the table and go 3-0 in our last three matches, we will finish 12-3 and Armijo will also finish 12-3,” said Davis head coach Mark Murnane. Davis, however, would win the
league title outright. That is based on the tiebreaker; the Blue Devils have beaten Armijo two of three times this season. Rodriguez beat Armijo by an 8-7 score on Monday. “(That) has given us a real chance to win the league title,” Murnane said. Davis won six of the eight singles matches. No. 1 player Melissa Lee and No. 6 Cameron St. Andre had the most intense matches, going three sets. Lee recorded a 21-14, 16-21, 21-15 win. St. Andre lost her first set, but came back to win the match 15-21, 21-19, 23-21.
“It’s really nice to see the improvement our team has made,” Murnane said. “All of the hard work the girls have put in is really paying off.” Other Blue Devil winners in singles matches, in straight sets, were Chiara Wu, Angela Li, Rowan Baar, Jennifer Lee, Kelly Su and Yanjun Liu. Davis’ doubles team winners were Melissa Lee-Wu, Li-Annie Zhu, Jennifer Lee-Liu, St. AndreEmi Cech, Baar-Iryna Monastyrska and May Wang-Tsel Anuurad. On Thursday, Davis will host Armijo inside the North Game. Matches begin at 4 p.m.
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Davis High’s Melissa Lee strikes the shuttlecock during her badminton match inside the North Gym on Monday.
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UC Davis pitcher Bryan Green throws a pitch in Sunday’s game against Hawai’i at Dobbins Stadium.
Aggies can’t catch Rainbow Warriors By Mark DeVaughn
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Enterprise correspondent Following Sunday’s 17-1 loss to Hawai’i, UC Davis baseball head coach Tommy Nicholson insisted the math was in his team’s favor. In so many ways, he was right. “We scored four runs all weekend, and we got a win out of it,” said Nicholson, following the last tilt of a three-game series against the Rainbow Warriors at Dobbins Stadium. “Pitching and defense was the reason for that.” The first-year head coach wants to build a winning foundation on pitching and defense. In long stretches over Picnic Day weekend, UC Davis (3-15 in the Big West Conference, 4-22 overall) excelled in both facets. The efforts put the Aggies in position to claim their first series victory of 2022. Aggie pitchers allowed only five hits in Friday’s 3-0 defeat to Hawai’i (11-7 in the BWC, 17-17). They tossed six no-hit innings Saturday, when UCD won a 3-2 thriller on Nick Leehey’s walk-off single in the ninth inning. UCD pulled a winning U-turn after erasing a 2-0 deficit with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning. “I’m really excited about the way the guys are playing,” Nicholson said following Sunday’s defeat. “After a game like today, it’s easy to get upset and up-inarms about things, but I want them to focus on the things they did well. And not dwell on negativity. Sunday’s game was scoreless after five innings — until Hawai’i took advantage of UCD’s generous pitching and shoddy glovework. The Aggies committed seven errors — all over the final four innings. The Rainbow Warriors scored four runs apiece in the sixth and eighth innings, before unloading for nine more in the ninth. “If you let your guard down at all, it can get pretty bad,” Nicholson said. “It got ugly today.” Bryan Green (1-5) took the loss after allowing six walks and four runs (two earned) in four innings of relief work. The Rainbow Warriors needed only three hits to put four runs across in the sixth inning. The inning included two walks, two Aggie errors and a passed ball by catcher Nathan Peng. To Peng’s credit, he brought his hitting shoes. His solo home run in the seventh briefly cut the UCD deficit to three runs (4-1). With Nick Iverson on second in the fourth after a double, Peng launched a 400-foot out to dead center field. He added a double in the ninth. No other Aggie hit for extra bases Sunday. “If you let your guard down at all, it can get pretty bad,” Nicholson said. “It got ugly today.” First baseman Jonah Henrickson — a Davis High alum who missed 2020 and 2021 with concussions — singled in four trips Sunday. He brings a .272 batting average, along with three home runs and 10 RBI’s, into Tuesday’s non-conference home game against San Jose State.
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UC Davis football teammates in defensive back Markeece Alexander (27) and tight end Blake Thorpe (5) share a laughter at the of a play in Saturday’s intrasquad scrimmage at UC Davis Health Stadium. To view more photos, visit www.davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports tab and search for the story.
Hawkins, players feel good at intrasquad scrimmage By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor Threee quarterbacks on the UC Davis football team took plenty of snaps. The Aggies’ defense flied all over the field. The kicking game looked solid. There were also some players who let off a little bit of steam toward the end. All of this happened at the Aggies’ intrasquad scrimmage at UC Davis Health Stadium on Saturday morning, which completed the three-week spring season. Last fall season, UCD posted an 8-4 record that included a 5-3 mark in the Big Sky Conference. This was the Aggies’ first intrasquad scrimmage since 2019. In the spring of 2021, UCD played a five-game spring schedule. The Aggies didn’t have an intrasquad scrimmage in 2020 because of the pandemic. Saturday’s two-hour scrimmage had the Aggies’ offense and defense in full gear. The only difference was that the offense wore white jerseys and defense wore blue. “We’ve made a lot of really good strides and a lot of little things, and a lot of good learning moments,” said UC Davis head coach Dan Hawkins. “And that’s really, you know, come out of it, knock on wood and we’re very healthy.” The scrimmage was a learning process, Hawkins noted.
Football Ph. D. “It’s an education; it’s getting your football Ph. D. and you got to learn,” Hawkins said. Isaiah Gomez, a senior kicker,
added, “It just felt really good. It felt like fall ball. To be out there with the team, that camaraderie.” The first 10 minutes of the scrimmage started with the Aggies having 7-on-7, no contact. The offense, behind returning quarterback Miles Hastings, scored two touchdowns against the defense. Then the momentum of the scrimmage picked up for two quarters. Hastings, a sophomore, and Jack Newman, a junior transfer from San Francisco City College, and Mitchell Dixon, a redshirt freshman, took snaps. Hastings completed passes to tight end Josh Gale, another sophomore, and junior wide receiver Justin Kraft. The first offensive drive ended when Hastings completed a touchdown pass to tight end Garren O’Keefe. Gomez booted the extra point.
Good mix “We put a lot of stuff in,” O’Keefe said. “It was a good mix. We ran the ball when we had to. We got to go deep a little bit, take a few more shots; we did a couple of those. I think it was good.” Gomez stayed focus on the simple things of the kicking game entering Saturday’s scrimmage. “As a specialist, you want to focus something just simple,” Gomez said. “Something simple as in contact with the ball. Smooth contact with the ball. When you’ve got that, that’s the only thing you focus on.” Then Newman took snaps in the Aggies’ offense on the second drive. Newman, who had good protection from the Aggies’ offensive line, was
nimble on his feet, keeping the football at times and running for first downs on broken plays. Newman also flexed his right arm, completing passes to tight end McCallan Castles, a junior, and wide receiver Chaz Davis, another sophomore on the team. “We have a returning offensive line, we’ve got an excellent backfield,” Hawkins said. “We know we can run the football and be successful there. Honestly, (UCD) has a bunch of receivers that have been out, injured (toward the end of the 2021 season). Trying to get those guys figured out and the quarterback situation figured out.” Aggie running back Lans Larison displayed his athletic skills by running and catching the football on the drive Newman orchestrated. The drive ended when Newman hit Davis on a 75-yard strike. Gomez’s PAT was also good, giving the offense a 14-0 lead. Newman ran the Aggies’ offense on the third drive. He completed passes to tight end Lance Babb and wide receiver C.J. Hutton, a sophomore out of Folsom. UCD running back Ulonzo Gilliam Jr., a senior out of Merced, also ran the ball during this drive.
Defense The Aggies’ defense came through, holding the offense from finding the end zone. Then Gomez trotted onto the field again, but booted a 33-yard field goal, which was good. “It was an amazing time,” said Aggie linebacker Nick Eaton, a junior.
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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
game with FCS North Carolina Central. Still, another scheduled game against a Southern California Pac-12 power at the most famous football stadium in America? Buyer beware.
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 boosters. The Aggies quickly replaced that game with one at FBS Tulsa and came home with an outstanding 19-17 upset win and another fat check, though not quite the size of the USC buyout. UCLA has apparently taken a different course recently, announcing a 2022 game with FCS Alabama State and a 2023
UCLA 2, UC DAVIS 0 ... The UC Davis press release announcing the 2027 game with UCLA noted that the teams met long ago, with UCLA winning 26-10 in 1932 and 49-0 in 1934. The UCLA press release announcing the game said UCLA won the 1932 game 26-0 and pitched another shutout, 49-0, two years later. No one seems to know which side — if either — has the correct final score from 1932. Despite many efforts, I have been unable to find any players from either 1932 team who remembers the actual final score. SPEAKING OF LONG AGO ... The Aggies had some rough times in the early years when they took on schools from the old Pacific Coast Conference and other West Coast powers. In a four-game series with Oregon State from 1927 through 1930, the Aggies lost,
consecutively, 25-6, 14-0, 19-0 and 20-0. The 1930 team was shutout five times and lost by the odd score of 7-4 at Loyola of Los Angeles. The winning pitcher has not been identified. The 1934 team played three scoreless ties — against Nevada, San Jose State and Sacramento City College — in addition to a 54-0 loss to Cal and that 49-0 UCLA loss. In six games from 1933 through 1938 against Cal, UCD was outscored 241-0. On the the other hand, the take-on-all-comers Aggies in 1929 had six shutout wins over Brigham Young, San Jose State, University of the Pacific, Nevada, Fresno State and Chico State. Toss in the 19-0 loss to Oregon State that year and a 6-0 setback at Loyola, and all eight games in the 6-2 season involved a shutout for one team of the other. Go Ags. Go to Los Angeles. We’re with you all the way.
n Editor’s note: Bob Dunning’s column ran incomplete on Sunday. Here’s the entire column. Apologies to Bob.
— Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise. net.
CATCH: Nicholson, Aggies play at Stanford on Tuesday, May 3 From Page B2 Henrickson’s fielding fundamentals kept the game scoreless in the bottom of the fourth. Hawai’i tried a safety squeeze with runners at first and third. But Henrickson fielded Bronson Rivera’s bunt, then shoveled home to Peng, who tagged out Jacob Igawa.
Through four innings, Aggie pitchers held Rainbow Warriors hitless in seven at-bats with runners in scoring position. Hawaii then totaled 12 hits over its next 17 at bats with runners at second or beyond. The Aggies are tied for last in the Big West in team ERA (7.58). To their credit, they lowered that
number from 8.20 when the series began. UCD pitchers have issued the fourth-fewest walks in the conference. Freshman center fielder Mark Wolbert went 1-for-3 with a single. His .363 batting average is the fifthbest in the conference. Wolbert’s .438 on-base percentage is No. 7 in the Big West.
After Tuesday’s game at San Jose State, the Aggies return to action with another non-conference game at Stanford on Tuesday, May 3. Nicholson was a Stanford assistant coach before taking over the UCD program earlier this year. — Follow Mark DeVaughn on Twitter: @OrangeMarkD.
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SCRIMMAGE: Defense gets pick for touchdown From Page B2 The Aggies had a 10-minute break and resumed action in the second quarter. Larison and running back Matteo Perez, a sophomore, took turns running the football. Davis High product Nick Amoah, an offensive lineman who is now a senior for the Aggies, checked in as an eligible receiver. That led to catching a touchdown pass from Newman, leading to the 6-foot-3 and 285-pound Amoah surrounded by his offensive teammates in celebrating his touchdown. On the next offensive drive, tempers flared on both sides of the ball. Players started shoving each other, which led to game officials calling penalties. But to Hawkins and the Aggies, letting off some steam was a good thing.
Martial arts “You love intensity,” Hawkins said. “You don’t want it where a guy gets ejected, you don’t want it where a guy gets a penalty. It takes intensity to be good. And, you have to have that control and you’ve got to be more like a martial arts guy.” Eaton added, “I would say it’s a little bit of both. It gives us things to clean up. Energy was high, testosterone was high, dudes were flying around. It was the last day to really prove yourself, and to prove to these coaches you’re meant to be out here. Everybody is looking to
carve themselves a role.” The Aggies’ defense produced a touchdown in the scrimmage. Defensive back Mario Minor, a sophomore, scooped up the football and ran it back for a score. “We got a few turnovers out there today,” Hawkins said. Hastings returned as quarterback for UCD. He hit wide receiver Abe Del Real, a sophomore out of Chico, during the drive. Newman led the Aggies’ final offensive possessions. He completed passes to running back Felipe Figueroa, a sophomore out of Stockton, plus to Del Real, tight end Antonio Olivieri and wide receiver Justin Poerio. After Newman completed a pass to wide receiver Justin Kraft, the Aggies’ defense forced another turnover when defensive back Jayden Stanley picked off a Newman pass and returned it for an 80-yard touchdown. Gomez attempted and was successful in making a 49-yard field goal at the end of the scrimmage. Eaton had the right moves on the field and with his words on the Aggies’ spring workouts. “We always say that being out here is not your right, it’s a privilege,” Eaton said. “We take that to heart. I feel like every time we step on this field in this uniform, you should wear it with honor and pride.” — Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise. net. Follow on Twitter: @ MBDavisSports.
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LA JOLLA — The UC Davis softball team split its doubleheader with UC San Diego Saturday at the Triton Softball Field. The Aggies won the opener, 6-5, and then UCSD picked up a 4-0 victory in the series finale. Anna Dethlefson capped off the series with a .444 average, collecting four hits and a .500 on-base-percentage. Delaney Diaz also banged out four hits to sport a .364 average. The Aggies took advantage of five Triton errors to secure the victory in the first game on Saturday. Dethlefson set the table in the seventh when she opened the inning with a single and promptly stole second. After a groundout, she scored on a Sarah Nakahara grounder to short. Bella Pahulu collected two hits while Sommer Kisling scored two runs from the leadoff spot. The Aggies return home to host UC Santa Barbara for a three-game conference set, beginning on Friday. Game time is 3 p.m.
UCD beach volleyball The UC Davis beach volleyball team earned three wins on Saturday to conclude its regular season. The Aggies opened their tripleheader with a 4-1 victory over Causeway rival Sacramento State and then downed Santa Clara, 4-1 and blanked San Francisco, 5-0, in the nightcap. Every Aggie win on the day came in straight sets as the pairs of Lily Justine and Tabitha Mitchell, plus Rose Holscher and Ashlee Goycoochea, as they earned multiple victories on the day. Justine and Mitchell went a perfect 3-0 in the sand on Saturday and improved to 5-1 on the season. The pair of Holscher and Goycoochea enter the postseason 10-4, including an 8-2 clip in their last 10. Chelsea Maeglin and Colleen McGuire capped off the regular season with a team-leading 11 wins as a pair.
Aggie men's golf UCD senior Thomas Hutchison claimed the El Macero Classic individual title, Friday afternoon at the El Macero Country Club. Hutchison opened at even-par on the front-nine with a 36 and then carded a birdie on the par-5 15th to finish the final round at 1-under. — To view more of UCD roundup, visit www.davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports tab.
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At left, UC Davis quarterback Miles Hastings looks for a receiver down the field in Saturday’s intrasquad scrimmage at UC Davis Health Stadium. At right. Aggie wide receiver C.J. Hutton (1) grabs the football in front of linebacker Cam Trimble (7). To view more photos, visit www.davisenterprise.com, click on the Sports tab and search for the story.