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UCD to host debate for congressional primary

By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer

The bill comes as California is facing a massive campus housing shortage, forcing some students into long commutes from home or living in hotels. Five percent of UC students, 10% of

Davis College Republicans will host a debate at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, featuring up to six candidates who are running this year to represent California’s 4th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The debate, which will feature a bipartisan slate of candidates, will be in THOMPSON Young Hall 198 on D-St. Helena the UC Davis campus. It will be open to all students and to the general public.

The candidates include Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Napa, Democrat Andrew Engdahl, Republican Matt Brock, Republican Scott Giblin, Republican Jimih Jones and independent Jason Kishineff.

“We will hear from each of them why they are running and stances on varying issues that affect our community, both locally and nationwide,” the Davis College Republicans said Thursday in a Facebook post announcing the debate.

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The location of Student Housing West, a proposed UC Santa Cruz project originally scheduled to open in 2020 but bogged down in lawsuits.

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Students lobby for housing bill

By Ryan Loyola CalMatters After studying at home during the pandemic, UC Davis junior Michelle Andrews tried to find housing in town when in-person classes resumed last fall.

On-campus housing was scarce; UCD only guarantees dorms for freshmen. Off-campus houses listed on Zillow received mountains of applications within days, with rooms

close to campus going for as much as $1,800 per month.

So she ended up living with family in Woodland, 11 miles away. That distance made her miss out on spontaneous meetups with friends, she said, and made college feel a lot more like a job than it should.

The disappointment inspired Andrews, the legislative director for UC Davis’ student government, to advocate for new legislation that would fast-track university housing

developments at UC, California State University and community colleges by getting rid of a secondary review currently required under the California Environmental Quality Act. “It’s more about getting students housed than anything.

Any legislator who wants to get students housed will need to get on board with this bill,” Andrews said.

Student activists supporting Senate Bill 886, authored by San Francisco Democratic Sen.

Scott Wiener, want faster action on housing projects, which can get tangled in lawsuits and lengthy review processes. Critics, however, say this bill won’t actually solve the core problem: a lack of funding for housing.

COVID test-and-treat site opens in Woodland as case rate climbs

Woodlander sentenced in federal drug, weapons case

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy

Enterprise staff writer

Enterprise staff writer As COVID-19 continues spreading and the case rate rises, Yolo County opened its first “test to treat” site in Woodland.

Located at the OptumServe testing site at 2780 E Gibson Road, next to the Juvenile Detention Facility, the test-to-treat program enables residents to take a rapid test for COVID-19 and, if positive, to receive a prescription for antiviral pills if medically appropriate.

Oral COVID-19 medications must be taken within five days of the initial onset

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Yolo Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson discusses the opening of the county’s first test-to-treat location on Friday in Woodland. of symptoms to help prevent severe illness and hospitalization.

The OptumServe site will be open Thursdays through

WEATHER Sunday: Sunny and still very warm.

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By Lauren Keene One of multiple Woodland residents arrested four years ago as part of a widespread investigation into drug and weaponrelated offenses received a federal prison sentence Thursday for his role in the crimes.

Victor Magana, 28, will serve 11 years and three months after pleading guilty last year to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento.

He was one of 27

people indicted in what authorities dubbed “Operation Silent Night,” which centered on activity in Yolo County but later revealed criminal organizations in Sacramento, Sutter, Colusa, Yuba, Del Norte, Solano, Fresno, Santa Clara and Siskiyou counties.

The year-long investigation focused on the Varrio Bosque Norteño gang, which prosecutors blamed for widespread violence in Woodland and beyond, including the 2016 homicide of an innocent bystander.

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More of a chore and less of an event I love to vote.

I haven’t missed an election since I ran for Davis Junior High School treasurer in seventh grade. And lost.

The State of California appears to be moving rapidly toward mailonly voting, which is not the same as the male-only voting envisioned by our Founding Fathers.

We used to refer to this as absentee voting, but when the vote-by-mail ballot gets buried under bills and newspapers and homework on the kitchen table, it’s more likely to become absentminded voting. In other words, you forget to vote until it’s too late.

I fondly remember the days when we all had our very own neighborhood precinct and cast our votes in the school cafeteria or inside someone’s open-air garage.

Now you don’t even need a stamp to mail in your ballot.

Early voting and voting by mail

They also don’t know when to distribute those last-minute doorhangers that accuse their opponent of all sorts of skullduggery after it’s too late for their opponent to respond.

are obviously more convenient for many people and likely will lead to higher voter turnout, a fact that winners love and losers despise.

Which is why certain folks in certain parts of the country are doing their level best to keep certain other folks from voting.

Early voting makes it hard on candidates who are no longer sure when to run their full-page newspaper ads or when to mail their full-color brochures packed with photos of family, flag and a giant slice of apple pie.

Another problem with early voting is that things can change between the day you vote and the day the votes are counted. The way you feel about a candidate or issue when you mail in your ballot on May 15 may be substantially different than how you feel about that candidate or that issue on June 7.

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et’s say you voted “Yes” on Measure H today, but after you drop your ballot in the mail you discover that a family of Grizzly Bears is living on the very property you agreed to be developed.

It’s the very reason the city of Davis refuses to name a street or a

park or a building after anyone until that person has died and can no longer do anything to embarrass our humble little town. Like moving to Woodland.

However, if you do mess up your ballot, there’s hope. According to the Official Voter Information Guide from the State of California, there is such a thing as a “Voter Bill of Rights.”

According to the state, “You have the following rights: The right to get a new ballot if you have made a mistake.”

You mean like voting for Ronald Reagan as governor of California in 1966?

You also have “The right to vote if you are still in line when the polls close.”

Unless the line you’re in is for chicken fingers at Raising Cane’s.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Suspect sought in downtown bank heist Two nabbed following

Woodland freeway chase

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer A suspect is at large after robbing a downtown Davis bank on Tuesday evening. police have Davis released several photos of the man, who entered Banner Bank, 333 F St., at about 5 p.m. and handed a teller a note demanding money. No weapons were displayed or seen at the time.

“After taking cash, the suspect exited the bank and was last seen walking (on) northbound F Street from the bank,” police said in a social media post. “Officers arrived, thoroughly checked the area and were unable to locate the suspect.”

He is described as a Hispanic male adult around 30 years old, 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8, with piercings in each ear and wearing

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

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Davis police are seeking this suspect in Tuesday’s robbery at Banner Bank on F Street. The image on the right shows the design on the suspect’s backpack. jeans, a black hooded sweatshirt, a black baseball cap with a red star and a dark, medical-type face covering.

embroidered on the back.

He also wore a dark backpack with a lightcolored design, with what appears to be a palm tree

Anyone with information is asked to call the Davis Police Department at 530-747-5400.

Investigators are seeking the public’s help in identifying the person in these photos.

Ground and air police units joined forces to arrest two men following a vehicle pursuit in Woodland early Thursday morning.

According to a Woodland Police Department social media post, an officer attempted to stop a vehicle shortly before 1 a.m. on southbound County Road 102 near Hays Lane. The driver failed to yield, however, and a chase ensued on Interstate 5.

“During the pursuit, the passenger threw an item out of the passenger window, which was later found to be a firearm,” the post said. A California Highway Patrol unit

responded to assist in tracking the vehicle’s movements.

Officers terminated the ground pursuit for safety reasons, but the air unit followed the vehicle until it parked outside a residence on East Street. The driver and passenger ran from the car into a nearby orchard where officers later apprehended them, police said.

Jonas Calhoun, 28, of Sacramento, was arrested on suspicion of felony evading, resisting arrest, driving on a suspended license and on misdemeanor out-of-county warrants. Messiah Hubbard, 18, of Sacramento, faces charges of resisting arrest and possessing a firearm, according to the post.

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Moon will put on a spectacular show tonight

By Vinita Domier Special to The Enterprise

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kywatchers will be treated to the spectacular celestial phenomenon known as the total eclipse of the moon tonight, which will be visible to all viewers in the nightside of the Earth.

This lunar eclipse will also be a long duration event as totality, when the moon is totally eclipsed, will last for about 85 minutes which is close to the maximum possible of 90 minutes.

For local observers, the rising full moon will already be partially eclipsed as the partial eclipse of the moon will begin at 7:27 p.m. but moonrise is at 8:05 p.m. on May 15. The moon will then be totally eclipsed between 8:29 and 9:53 p.m. with maximum totality occurring at 9:11 p.m.

The full moon will be back to its normal view at 10:55 p.m. with the end of the partial eclipse.

No special equipment or precautions are needed to watch this lunar show except clear skies. As the

Explorit Science Center moon will be low in the south/south-east horizon while it is rising, find a location that has a clear unobstructed view in that direction for optimum viewing conditions.

An eclipse occurs when the view of a celestial body is temporarily obscured as it transits through another celestial body’s shadow.

During a lunar eclipse, the moon is eclipsed when it passes through the Earth’s shadow. This can only occur during the moon’s full phase when the Earth is between the sun and the moon in a straight-line alignment, known as synergy of the Earth-moonsun system.

During the total phase of the lunar eclipse, the moon is totally engulfed in the Earth’s dark umbral shadow as the Earth is in between the sun and the moon. This prevents direct sunlight from reaching the moon which only shines because of reflected sunlight. But some components of

sunlight that pass through the Earth’s atmosphere indirectly reach the moon during totality imparting it a reddish hue. The shade of the reddish color of the moon during totality is a good indicator of the Earth’s atmospheric conditions as less sunlight passes through when particulate levels are higher.

A full moon repeats every 29.5 days, but lunar eclipses do not occur at every full moon. This is because the moon’s orbit is tilted a little with respect to the Earth’s orbit so that at most full moons the moon is not in a perfect alignment with the Earth and the sun. This alignment is only possible every six months, and the timing needs to coincide with the moon’s full phase to result in a lunar eclipse. The next opportunity to view a total lunar eclipse locally will be in the early morning hours of November 8, 2022.

Join the Davis Astronomy Club this evening to view the total eclipse of the rising full moon. We will meet at 8 p.m. in the grassy area in Mace Ranch Park between the baseball

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A total lunar eclipse reaches the umbra phase, viewed from an Australian telescope.

diamonds (behind Explorit Science Center) so we can have a clear view of the east/southeast horizon.

For more information, please contact Vinita Domier at vcdomier@ yahoo.com.

Also, please see link below for NASA's video simulation of the event: https://moon.nasa.gov/ resources/487/total-lunareclipse-may-2022/ ———— Exploit's coming events: n Sunday, May 15: “Mace Ranch History: From Sheep to Science.”

This talk will cover the fascinating history of Mace Ranch from 1850 to present day. The event is included with the cost of admission. n Limited spaces still available for our Summer Science Camps. All camps run from Monday-Friday and will have both indoor and outdoor components.

Price is $175 Members/ $200 Non-Members. Register for summer camp at https://www.explorit.org/ camps. n A Membership to Explorit grants the

recipient free visits to Explorit’s regular public hours, discounts on events, summer camps and workshops, and gives you ASTC benefits to visit other museums throughout the world. To purchase or for more information visit https://www.explorit.org/ membership or call Explorit at 530-756-0191.

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

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TEST: Hospitalizations remain low as county cases climb More on case rate

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———— The county’s case rate continues climbing, reaching 16.8 cases per 100,000 residents on Friday, up from 16.2 on Tuesday. The case rate hit a low of 4.1 on April 14 but has risen steadily ever since.

Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson said the county is now seeing high community transmission and strongly recommended that everyone wear masks indoors, stay up-to-date on vaccinations and boosters, and get tested if symptoms develop or there has been a close contact with someone infected with COVID-19.

———— COVID-19 hospitalizations in Yolo County remain low, with three individuals being treated for COVID-19 in the county’s two hospitals on Friday.

The California Department of Public Health reported Friday that rates of cases, hospitalizations and deaths remain highest among unvaccinated individuals

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and lowest among individuals who have received booster shots.

That holds true across all age groups, the CDPH reported.

The statewide case rate stood at 18.5 per 100,000 residents on Friday with a test positivity rate of 4.4 percent.

Locally, testing by Healthy Davis Together, both in the community as well as on Davis Joint Unified School District campuses, and testing on the UC Davis campus shows rising cases and test positivity.

The Omicron variant continues to drive transmission, with the UC Davis Genome Center reporting 325 cases during the week of May 1-7.

That marked an increase over 278 the week prior and 246 the week before that.

After seeing astronomical numbers of cases in January — as many as 3,000 in a single week — numbers dropped to a low of 47 during the week of March

The OptumServe testing site in Woodland will offer rapid tests followed by prescriptions for antiviral medication for individuals who test positive.

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20-26 before steadily beginning to rise again.

———— During the first 12 days of May, 154 students in DJUSD schools tested positive for COVID-19 as did 16 staff members.

By comparison, during the entire month of April, 100 students tested positive as did 18 staff members.

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Former U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott takes the podium at a February 2018 news conference announcing the “Operation Silent Night” arrests.

SENTENCED: Operation nabs 27 From Page A1 also extended into Oregon, Pennsylvania and the California state prison system, where officials say at least two inmates at Pelican Bay Prison used contraband cell phones and social media sites to direct the sale of methamphetamine and heroin.

“Guns, drugs and violence are the trademarks of this gang,” Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig said at a February 2018 news conference announcing the indictments. “Members of this gang have used those guns and weapons to assault and kill their enemies, and even to kill innocent civilians.”

Magana pleaded guilty on Aug. 5, 2021, to the conspiracy, admitting that on five different occasions in 2017, he had sold methamphetamine to a confidential source in various places in Woodland.

Other Woodland residents convicted amid the probe include: n Raul Barajas, 24, convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute

controlled substances and was sentenced to five years in prison. n Israel Covarrubias, 30, convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute controlled substances and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. n Milton Escobedo, 33, convicted of distribution of cocaine and sentenced to two years and nine months in prison. n Rachel Felix, 43, convicted of distribution of methamphetamine and was sentenced to seven years in prison. n Stefanie Lavan, 69, convicted of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and sentenced to two years in prison. n John Lemus, 35, convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison. n Jose Madrigal-Vega, 37, convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute controlled substances and

sentenced to eight years in prison. n Erica Umbay, 47, convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and sentenced to six years in prison.

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

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

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

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

On Thursday, there were 36 active student cases at Davis High School, the most in the district.

Both Birch Lane Elementary School and Da Vinci High School had 11 student cases and all campuses except Davis School for Independent Study had at least one case.

On the UC Davis campus, 255

cases were identified during the last week and 35 percent of oncampus isolation and quarantine housing was occupied.

Over the last 30 days, there have been 737 cases on campus.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@davisenter prise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

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Get the scoop on the Davis Creamery

By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer Lost somewhere in the molars, incisors and canines of our mouths is the infamous, evercraving sweet tooth. Luckily, the Davis Creamery is up to the task of satisfying even the most ravenous of sweet tooth cravings with their wide variety of hand-made ice cream flavors, cupcakes and candies.

The Davis Creamery began serving its first scoops of deliciousness around 15 years ago. It’s undergone numerous name changes in that time until thenowner, Dave Robert, reverted the name back to the Davis Creamery.

Then, five-and-a-half years ago, Robert and his wife sold the shop to family friends, Joe and Jen Schmidt who own and operate it today.

However, owning their own ice cream shop wasn’t always an aspiration of the Schmidts. Rather, an opportunity they simply couldn’t stand by and watch melt away.

“Dave was selling and Joe and I saw a lot of potential in it. It just needed a little bit of TLC,” Jen Schmidt further explained her and her husband’s inspiration to take reins. “My husband and I had dads that were entrepreneurs, so this was an opportunity to have a

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A constant flux of new handmade flavors keeps the customer experience fresh at the Davis Creamery in downtown Davis. family business that had good bones. Dave put a lot of work into it, and we just added our own twist.”

With no previous experience managing an ice-cream shop, learning how to do so was a trial by fire. The Schmidt family quickly learned the ropes and the Davis Creamery soon became a successful side business. On top of that, they source local ingredients from other small businesses to make their ice cream from scratch.

“The cupcakes we bring in, but

we really wanted to highlight what’s made in the store which is ice cream. At this point, we make it every day to keep up with demand and we’re growing fast.

It’s about 80 gallons a week,” said Schmidt. “We make our ice cream in a gelato machine which is why our ice cream doesn’t have a lot of air in it and comes out thick. We also use a high-grade butter fat which is why it’s so creamy.”

From caramel apples and macaroons to cupcakes and chocolates, there’s far more than the

hand-made ice cream for one’s sweet tooth to dig into at the Davis Creamery — all locally sourced as well. Of course, ice cream is the shop’s staple and alongside the flavor favorites on the menu is a constant flux of new flavors that keep monotony out of the customer experience. In fact, some of the most popular flavors are created by customers in the shop’s ice cream competition.

“In February, I put out a little box and customers put in ice cream ideas. Then my husband and I sit down and pick 16 flavors.

Then during March Madness it starts. So now we’re in the top eight of the competition and the winning flavor wins a $50 gift card and the flavor becomes a part of the regular rotation,” said Schmidt. “Some of our most popular flavors came from customers in this competition which is cool.”

Beyond owning a sweet-treat oasis, Schmidt simply loves the community she serves and the family she serves it with.

“I love the college kids here and have all college students working for me along with my own kids.

I’m a teacher by trade and just love that they’re lively and fun and giving some of them their first jobs,” said Schmidt. “But we just love being a part of the

“We just love being a part of the community and being part of the college students’ lives.”

Jen Schmidt Davis Creamery owner community and being part of the college students’ lives. We’ve actually catered a couple of weddings of college graduates who met in Davis and would go on dates at our shop.”

For catering queries or to simply keep up with everything going on at the Davis Creamery — like the ice cream competition — one can visit their website originaldaviscreamery.com or their social accounts by searching @daviscreamery.

So the next time one’s sweet tooth is craving a sweet treat, opt for the Davis Creamery. Because it’s not pigging out on ice cream, it’s supporting a local, family business.

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

Council OKs Olive Drive mixed-use project

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer The Davis City Council on Tuesday approved a proposal that will bring a 47-unit apartment complex to Olive Drive.

The unanimous vote gives the green light to Reed Youmans for the Olive Drive Mixed-Use project, which will feature 47 onebedroom apartments, all but two of which would be 450 square feet in size.

In addition to those units, intended to be affordable by design given their small size, the project will also have seven deedrestricted affordable units, including one for a very low-income household; one for an extremely lowincome household; and five for low-income households.

Youmans has touted the project as a rare infill pro-

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posal aimed at providing workforce housing, particularly for moderate-income individuals working at businesses downtown.

The housing units will be contained in four buildings — three of them three stories high and the fourth two stories high — along with 900 square feet of ground floor commercial space likely to be occupied by a coffee shop or cafe.

The complex will be located on a little over half an acre on the north side of Olive Drive, bordered on the north by the Davis Mobile Home Park, on the east by an auto repair shop and on the west by Davis Design House.

One of the more unusual aspects of the proposal is the parking provided — a total of eight spaces, four of which will be assigned to

the commercial tenants.

Youmans has said the goal of such limited parking is to promote alternative transportation modes such as walking, biking, ride share and public transit.

But during Tuesday’s meeting, some members of the public, as well as Councilman Josh Chapman (who represents the Olive Drive neighborhood), expressed concern about the impact on Olive if there is little to no parking at the complex.

Chapman noted that he is already hearing about parking issues there related to the recently opened Ryder apartment complex (formerly Lincoln 40).

“I appreciate the willingness to try something new around parking,” said Chapman.

However, he said, “Olive Drive right now is severely impacted with the overflow parking from Ryder. I hear complaints, not even exaggerating almost weekly from residents and from business owners … So I’m really trying to figure out how we address this idea that we want to inspire people to live this car-free life.”

How do we really enforce that, he asked.

Youmans replied that residents in his complex will be prohibited in their leases from owning cars and a majority of the council agreed that creating a parking district along Olive — with on-street parking requiring permits — could be the solution.

Both Police Chief Darren Pytel and City Manager Mike Webb said such a plan

Hobo Bags fundraiser aids YCN

Special to The Enterprise The Davis Progressive Business Exchange will meet from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, at Lamppost Pizza, 1260 Lake Blvd. in West Davis.

The League of Women Voters will be present and is seeking members.

This is an informational meeting to let people know about the organization and to recruit those interested in promoting voter education.

The second speaker will be Juliette Beck, candidate for the Yolo County Board of Supervisors, District 2. PBE seeks more candidates running for office in Davis and Yolo County and has room for two candidates who have not presented this spring.

The public is invited to these free open forum events. Contact Bob Bockwinkel to be scheduled at 530-219-1896 or e-mail G. Richard Yamagata at yamagata@ dcn.org for information.

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Davis Home Trends will host a fundraiser for Yolo Crisis Nursery from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, at 2300 Fifth St. in Davis. Twenty-five percent of the proceeds from Hobo Bags purchased will go directly to Yolo Crisis Nursery. “Join us in supporting the nursery’s efforts to keep children safe and families whole,” a news release said. The spring and summer collection of Hobo Bags has arrived and will be featured at the fundraiser. Attendees can choose from a wide selection of quality leather items such as wallets, purses, backpacks and totes.

is feasible.

In voting to approve the project, council members applauded the proposal.

“I think it’s a really great project,” said Vice Mayor Lucas Frerichs. “I think frankly the best days are ahead for the Olive Drive neighborhood. We’ve seen new businesses, new breweries, the bike-ped connection between Olive and Pole Line, the new innovative housing projects like Ryder and now this infill project.

And then ultimately a future bike-ped connection to the Amtrak station and to downtown. All of that is super exciting.”

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By Lauren Keene

Milton Lyle Gerriets

Oct. 28, 1944 — May 17, 2021

How do you write a memorial about the life of a man without having to write a manuscript? There aren’t enough words, not enough space on a page to do him justice. There was so much to him — such goodness, such talent and skill, such exemplary character. He touched so many lives in such a positive way. It’s difficult to do an abridged version, but time constraints urge us to do so.

His given name was Milton Lyle Gerriets, but everyone called him by his middle name — Lyle. He was born in Aberdeen, S.D., to loving, religious parents, Donald and Ruth Gerriets. He was raised with solid, Midwestern

values that sustained him all his life. He loved God, family and country. He was devoted to his Baptist faith.

Lyle was a faithful, loving husband to his wife Marie, and loving stepfather to Stephanie. He was a dutiful, respectful son, and a wonderful big brother to his sister Donna, and his brothers David and Wesley, who have so many memories to cherish. He took special pride in his nieces, and his grandnephews and grand-nieces.

Devoted to his country, Lyle served four years in the Air Force. He was mainly stationed in Thailand during the Vietnam War era.

In all areas of his life, he demonstrated his care for

Ray Warren Hamel

June 30, 1929 — May 6, 2022 Ray Warren Hamel passed away Friday, May 6, 2022, in Klamath Falls, Ore., at the age of 92. He was born June 30, 1929, in Sacramento to Fred and Elsie Hamel.

Ray was raised on the family cattle ranch in Davis as a fourth-generation cattleman.

Shortly after graduating from Davis High School, he was drafted and served during the Korean war as a cook. He met his future wife, Ruthmarie Mulligan, square-dancing at the Tremont Hall. They were married May 23, 1959, at the Tremont Church.

Ray and Ruthmarie raised three children, Carrie, David and Howard. Ray farmed and ranched in the Davis area with his father and two brothers until 1977; he then moved his family to Dairy, Ore., where he farmed for the next 40-plus years.

Ray was a social, active man who was deeply involved in farming and the May 19, 1948 — May 3, 2022

After a year as a Vista volunteer in Green River, Wyo., Kathie decided to pursue a career as a lawyer and enrolled in Brooklyn Law School in 1972. While there, she was set up on a blind date by her friend Larry Wolf, a graduate student at Cornell University.

Larry wanted to visit his girlfriend in New York, and convinced his friend Richard Plant to drive him there, offering to set him up on a date with Kathie. It worked out better than anyone could have ever expected. Kathie and Richard were married on Aug. 17, 1974.

In 1975, Kathie and Richard moved to Davis when Richard accepted a new job at UC Davis.

Kathie began working as an attorney at the California Water Resources Control Board, where she would work for her entire career. She managed to juggle her career as a lawyer with an even more

others, dependability, excellent work ethic, courage, integrity, GERRIETS steadfastness, selfreliance and humor. He worked in pharmacy for the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento for 30 years.

When confronted with the reality of his impending death from the monstrous disease, multiple myeloma, he faced it with courage, dignity and acceptance.

Few of us could be so brave.

He left us at the age of 76 years.

To say the least, we miss our dear Lyle with his smiling blue eyes, and that engaging smile.

All my love always, your loving wife Marie.

Cattlemen’s Association for the majority of his life.

He enjoyed farming, ranching, and hunting.

He always found time to stop and visit the neighbors; and in later years, Rice’s feed store was a HAMEL regular hang out to tell stories. His family and friends will always remember him as a kind and giving person.

Ray is survived by his wife, Ruthmarie; daughter Carrie; sons David (Cindy) and Howard (Kim); eight grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and two younger brothers, Owen and Alan.

A memorial service will begin at 1 p.m.

Friday, May 20, at Davenport’s Chapel of the Good Shepherd, 2680 Memorial Drive in Klamath Falls, and a graveside service will be held at the Dixon Cemetery, 800 S. First Street in Dixon, at 11 a.m. Friday, June 3.

Kathleen Ann Keber

Kathleen Ann Keber died peacefully on May 3, 2022, after a short illness.

She was born on May 19, 1948, in New York to Anthony Keber and Helen Buckley Keber. Kathie was raised in Mount Vernon, N.Y., where she attended the Academy of Mount Saint Ursula High School.

She subsequently attended Fordham University, graduating in 1970.

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important calling as a mom to her two daughters, Carolyn and Suzanne. She was a successful part-time lawyer and a full-time mom. She always kept her priorities straight as to which of these jobs was the most important to her and was proud to see Carolyn and Suzanne grow into remarkable young women with wonderful families of their own.

Kathie enjoyed friendship, swimming, walking, travel, coffee and the Rolling Stones. She attended many Stones concerts and could often be seen in a souvenir T-shirt. She combined friendship and walking by going on long loops around the Davis Greenbelt with the many women who considered Kathie their best friend. There they would trade good stories and the latest news about children and grandchildren. She and her family made many trips together, visiting numerous countries in Europe, Africa, Australia, and South America. She was an energetic and loving grandmother who doted on her grandchildren and never turned down an opportunity to cook in a play kitchen, drive toy trucks, or read a bedtime story.

Kathie passed away at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento surrounded by her family. We would like to thank the hospital staff for their compassionate care of

Kathie and the concern and care they showed her family.

She is survived by her husKEBER band Richard, her daughter Carolyn and son-in-law Mike and their children Eleanor, Benjamin, and Claire, and her daughter Suzanne and son-in-law Kevin and their daughter Isabelle, and by her brother Tony Keber and sister Mary Keber and their families.

A celebration of Kathie’s life will begin at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, June 11, on the patio of the UCD Buehler Alumni Center. Those planning to attend should RSVP to Richard at replant@ucdavis.edu.

Kathie was a longtime volunteer at Women’s Empowerment in Sacramento, and in lieu of flowers, we would welcome donations to that organization in her memory.

Enterprise staff writer First 5 Yolo, an organization providing services to children during their first five years of life along with their families, received $3,250 in funding from restitution collected by the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office.

The DA’s Consumer Fraud and Environmental Protection Division obtained the funds during its recent civil prosecution of an illegal cannabis grower, Cynthia Chew, who in addition to paying restitution and penalties also agreed to complete community service and not participate in the cannabis industry for 10 years.

Although Yolo County

has dozens of permitted growers operating under local laws and regulations, “the county remains susceptible to illegal operations that may damage our public and private lands and place into the stream of commerce unregulated and/or possibly unsafe cannabis,” prosecutors said in a news release.

Restitution payments ordered by the court are intended to assist First 5 Yolo in raising awareness of its programs that advocate for children through early intervention.

To date, First 5 Yolo has received $56,250 from these payments.

“Our office is committed to pursuing appropriate remedies against illegal cannabis growers. Criminal

law penalties have been significantly reduced for illegal cultivation,” District Attorney Jeff Reisig said in a prepared statement.

“Therefore, civil penalties often deliver greater deterrence and accountability in these cases."

Gina Daleiden, executive director of First 5 Yolo’s executive director, expressed appreciation for the funding.

“The dedication of funding for early childhood is a strong statement that DA Reisig understands that investments early in life prevent and reduce more entrenched problems later in life,” she said.

For more information about First 5 Yolo, visit www.first5yolo.org.

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Blanket coverage

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

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In March, after 13½ years of providing blankets to children in need, Project Linus of Yolo County donated its 20,000th blanket. The recipient was Progress Ranch in Davis. Blanketeers made fleece blankets the size of a twin bed and crocheted around them. The boys of Progress Ranch made the poster “Because of your warm heart, we will never be cold” as a thank you to the blanketeers. For information regarding Project Linus of Yolo County, email Diane McGee at dmmyolo@gmail.com.

Yolo County’s COVID19 case rate continues rising, hitting 16.2 cases per 100,000 residents on Tuesday, up from 13.6 on Friday.

“We are now in high community transmission, with (the) case rate continuing to increase and wastewater signals also increasing,” said Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson, who strongly recommended masking indoors and staying up-to-date with vaccinations.

“Get tested if you have any symptoms or have been in close contact with someone infected with COVID-19,” she said.

One more COVID-19 death in the county was reported Tuesday and two individuals were hospitalized with COVID19 in Yolo County’s hospitals.

Community transmission is evident across the city of Davis, with cases and test positivity up according to Healthy Davis Together data and cases rising quickly on both Davis Joint Unified School District campuses as well as at UC Davis.

The UC Davis campus has reported 246 new cases over the last week, driving the test positivity rate up to 1.46 percent, the highest since January.

The percentage of oncampus isolation and

quarantine housing being occupied by students also continues to rise, with 32 percent of units occupied on Wednesday.

In the school district, total student cases in the month of May jumped from 52 on Friday to 78 on Monday, 110 on Tuesday and 125 on Wednesday. Thirteen members have staff tested positive so far this month.

The 125 student cases during the first 11 days of May exceed the 100 student cases reported for all of the month of April.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ ATernusBellamy.

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HOUSING: Activists wary of weakening CEQA From Page A1 CSU students, and 19% of California community college students reported experiencing homelessness in recent surveys.

Universities trying to build more housing have run into pushback from residents and environmentalists concerned about the impact on surrounding communities.

Often, opponents invoke the California Environmental Quality Act, which was signed in 1970 by former Gov. Ronald Reagan and requires state agencies to analyze the environmental impact of proposed projects and mitigate potential damage.

CEQA lawsuits against UC Davis claim that its Aggie Square development, which would include four academic buildings and at least 200 beds, would bring gentrification throughout Sacramento’s Oak Park neighborhood.

Lawsuits against UC San Diego allege that the Theatre District Living and Learning Neighborhood, which could add 2,000 new beds, would increase vehicle traffic in the area. UC Santa Cruz’s 3,000-bed Student Housing West project has faced charges that it would decrease the natural beauty of the campus and impact critical species such as the California red-legged frog.

“This has been a longstanding tool, this use of CEQA, to engage in battles to try to restrict campus growth,” said Jennifer Hernandez, an environmental and land-use lawyer of more than 30 years based in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Student government representatives and other student housing activists are increasingly working with organizations such as California YIMBY to push lawmakers and universities to speed up housing developments.

“It’s good that more students are being part of our higher education system, but we have to make sure that we have housing for them,” Sen. Wiener said of the bill, which the Senate Environmental Quality Committee passed unanimously last month.

But advocacy groups opposing

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Michelle Andrews, an environmental science and management major at UC Davis, spoke in support of SB 886 at the state Capitol on April 27. the measure call it a blow to vital environmental regulation that fails to address the fundamental causes of the student housing crisis — poor planning by universities and insufficient investment.

“Students need safe, affordable and healthy housing, but (weakening) CEQA is not a magic bullet and will instead further deteriorate protections for our most vulnerable communities,” warns a joint letter from the California Environmental Justice Alliance and the Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability.

If universities don’t have to disclose details of student housing projects, as CEQA currently requires, their reputations will ultimately suffer, said Paul Schoellhamer of the East Meadow Action Committee, a group that opposes the Student Housing West development at UC Santa Cruz and has sued it for allegedly violating CEQA. “The party harmed here will be the general public,” Schoellhamer said. “Over time, the result of that will be greater public animosity toward the university.”

Under current law, a campus Long Range Development Plan, which contains a multitude of infrastructure projects, has to go through an environmental review.

Once the long-term plan is approved, individual housing projects must undergo a second review — the stage where housing

projects are more likely to encounter lawsuits.

If SB 886 passes, that second review would be eliminated. Universities would still need to prove their developments meet certain environmental standards, such as not being located in flood hazard areas and high-risk fire zones.

The students Senate Bill 886 is co-sponsored by the student governments of UC and the California Community Colleges, California YIMBY, the California Faculty Association and the State Building and Construction Trades Council. The Student Housing Coalition, a new organization that sprung up at UC Santa Cruz in 2021 in the hopes of finding solutions to the campus’s housing crisis, is also a co-sponsor.

The coalition’s president, freshman Zennon Ulyate-Crow, has two years of guaranteed on-campus housing. Theoretically, he has some time before fretting about finding an apartment.

But that’s not how looking for housing in Santa Cruz works.

From his first moments on campus, he’s been hearing horror stories from people who don’t have access to on-campus housing.

“I remember my first day of class, one kid was talking about how he wasn’t able to sign a lease on time. And he was a junior, so he couldn’t get housing on campus,

and that meant he had to commute over two hours each way just to come to this one discussion session because he was living with his parents in Redwood City,” UlyateCrow recalled.

Ulyate-Crow and other student housing advocates say the current environmental review process is duplicative. And while some lawsuits are unsuccessful and projects can move forward, they say, delays still reduce the amount of available student housing.

“Delays on those sorts of projects would mean that there’s a longer interim period where we’re not getting our new and improved and increased number of beds,” said UC San Diego sophomore Ian Fosth.

Ire over CEQA among housing advocates came to a boiling point after UC Berkeley announced earlier this year that it would potentially be forced to reduce the number of students it enrolls by 2,600 due to a lawsuit. Local neighborhood group Save Berkeley’s Neighborhoods argued that the university did not address how additional enrollment would take a toll on the city’s services, noise and housing scarcity.

A judge sided with the neighborhood group and ordered Berkeley to cap its enrollment for the coming year. But the Legislature quickly moved to pass a bill barring the use of enrollment as a basis for lawsuits under CEQA. As a result, UC Berkeley went ahead in offering its intended number of admission letters.

The outrage from the UC Berkeley lawsuit is causing a shift in the California political landscape and getting people to understand the ways CEQA can be problematic, said Brandon Yung, a UC Berkeley senior and chair of the ASUC Housing Commission.

That opens up the space to achieve “forward-thinking, incremental benefits to student housing production,” Yung said.

But it’s unclear how helpful SB 886 will be in expediting student housing projects currently underway, since the exemption can only be applied at the start of the planning process.

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DEBATE: New districts follow 2020 census From Page A1 The six candidates are vying to represent California’s new 4th district, which was finalized in December based on the results of the 2020 census.

The district includes Davis and much of Yolo County, as well as parts of Solano and Sonoma counties and all of Napa and Lake counties.

Prior to redistricting, which happens every ten years, Davis was part of California’s 3rd district. In December, Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, who has represented California’s 3rd district since 2009, announced he will seek re-election to the House in the newly created 8th district of California, which includes parts of Solano County and Contra Costa County.

Meanwhile, Thompson, who has represented California’s 5th district since 2013, is running for reelection to the House in the new 4th district.

The primary debate scheduled next week at UC Davis will be the first congressional primary debate for California’s 4th district in more than a decade, according to a statement by Ben Bartlett, campaign manager for Engdahl. As of Thursday evening, Bartlett said five out of six candidates had signed on to participate in the debate and organizers were working to secure the participation of the sixth candidate.

“There will be 60 minutes of prepared questions followed by 30 minutes of audience Q&A,” Bartlett said. While the event is hosted by Davis College Republicans, it will have a nonpartisan moderator.

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ORTAL PROBLEMS ... My friend Adam on the Alphabet Streets writes of his concern with a relatively new college sports phenomenon known as the transfer portal.

Notes Adam, “The transfer portal is making mid-major conferences into worst-possible-case minor league-dom.”

A quick explanation for those sitting at the back of the class. In the good old days of college sports, if an athlete wished to transfer from one institution of higher learning to another, he or she had to sit out a full year of competition, which in reality was almost two years.

In other words, if you finished your football season for the Idaho Institute of Fighting Spuds in November of 2020, then transferred, you wouldn’t be eligible to suit up for your new team until September of 2022.

That’s a heck of a long time for a kid of 18 or 19 years to stop playing a sport he loves.

market your image.”

In other words, mid-major Division I schools, and even those in Division II, Division III or the NAIA, now run the risk of becoming farm teams for the big boys of college athletics.

This cat is so far out of the bag, however, that the free-for-all is likely to continue unabated.

If that sounds like it was wrong, it’s because it was.

Now, however, it’s a free-for-all. The kid from Panhandle A&M whose halfcourt buzzer-beater made ESPN’s nightly Top Ten highlight reel, is likely to enter the transfer portal to see if maybe Kansas or Duke is interested in his services.

Adds Adam, “Schools bring in talent, develop it, put that talent on the court and then the big players get to take their pick by offering financial incentives and also marketing incentives. We’ll help you

SPEAKING OF THE TRANSFER PORTAL ... Despite its stellar academic reputation, UC Davis is not immune from losing star players to other schools through the transfer portal.

Men’s basketball superstar Ezra Manjon, one of the most talented and popular players ever to wear the Blue and Gold, recently announced that he had accepted an offer from Vanderbilt and will now be demonstrating his considerable skills in the rugged and highly esteemed Southeastern Conference against the likes of Georgia, Alabama,

Auburn, Florida and LSU. An excellent student who was also a team leader, Manjon started all 74 games in his UC Davis career, leading the team in assists every season, averaging over 15 points a game the past two years and earning first team All-Big West Conference recognition in the just-completed campaign.

While we all wish Ezra nothing but the best, his absence will leave a huge hole in the Aggie lineup next winter.

Also moving on, in this case to Montana State, is starter Caleb Fuller, who averaged 12.1 points and 5.5 rebounds a game last season.

Several other Aggie basketball players are in the portal but have not yet announced where they’ll be playing next year.

Players can enter the portal but still decide to stay at their current school.

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Aggie diamond teams at home Tritons score early for victory

By Rebecca Wasik Enterprise correspondent

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UC Davis batter Reese Mattley runs toward first base in Friday’s Big West Conference game against Hawai’i at LaRue Field.

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Home run not enough

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor Libbie McMahan found a pitch that went yard.

That seemed to have given her UC Davis softball teammates momentum at the plate in their Big West Conference game against University of Hawai’i. But the visiting Rainbow Warriors left LaRue Field with a narrow 6-4 victory.

Hawai’i entered the bottom of the fifth inning with a 5-1 lead. But UC Davis (8-14 in the BWC, 21-29 overall) scored three times to have the scoreboard showing 5-4 in favor of the Rainbow Warriors.

Aggie Delaney Diaz reached first base when the softball was hit to the Hawai’i right fielder, but hit her glove and was ruled an error. Reese Mattley was the next Aggie inside the batter’s box, as she drove home Diaz on a single to right-center field for a 5-2 score.

Then McMahan stepped into the batter’s box. She took an inside pitch from Hawai’i pitcher Brianna Lopez and rocketed the softball over the left field fence for a two-run homer, driving in her and Mattley for a 5-4 score.

“I’m pretty sure it was high and inside,” said McMahan of the pitch for the home run. “Really, I was just trying to chip away and score some runs for my team. I really wasn’t thinking about hitting a home run; just put it in play.”

Aggie head coach Erin Thorpe added, “We’ve been looking for those stinking hits all year long. Libbie comes up with the big home run. Libbie is not a

home-run hitter, but it’s good to see her (in recent games); a grand slam (against UC Santa Barbara in a Big West game at LaRue Field on April 30) and then today’s home run. I hope she can kind of build off that with some confidence.”

McMahan had two RBIs. Aggie teammates greeted McMahan at home plate, tapping her batting helmet as they returned to the dugout on the northwest side of the field After a groundout that gave the Rainbow Warriors two outs, Aggie batter Bella Pahulu, a sophomore out of Tracy, singled to center field. But a UCD batter looked at a third strike to end their threat.

“We had the people up at the right time, and just didn’t quite get it done,” Thorpe said.

McMahan added, “I think we just need to be more aggressive in putting balls in play.”

Hawai’i (17-8 in the Big West, 23-17) added its insurance run in the top of the sixth frame.

Haley Johnson reached first base on a single. She moved to second when Mya’Liah Bethea got to first base on an Aggie throwing error.

The Aggies recorded two outs, but the Rainbow Warriors got their final run to make it 6-4. Ka’ena Keliinoi singled that went into the shallow part of left field, but enough to drive in Johnson.

Hawai’i broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the third inning with four runs off four hits to make it 4-1. Rainbow Warrior shortstop Nawai Kaupe slammed the softball over the left field fence for a two-run home, which drove in herself and teammate Brittnee Rossi,

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Seven is supposed to be a lucky number.

But not for the UC Davis baseball team at this time.

Taking on UC San Diego at Dobbins Stadium on Friday, the visiting Tritons posted a 15-5 win over UCD, which is on a seven-game losing skid.

The Aggies’ last win was on April 23 at the stadium, when they posted a 3-2 win over the University of Hawai’i squad.

There were some positives to begin UCD’s second-to-last home stand of the season though.

Senior Nate Lemos and freshman Leroy Yau each pitched scoreless outings in relief.

Aggie freshman Lateef Wakil of Poway in the San Diego area got his first collegiate hit; a triple off UCSD pitcher Joey Soberon.

Shea Linnehan, also a UCD freshman collected his first collegiate hit; a single off UCSD pitcher, Cole Dale.

Although the Aggies’ defense was top-notch throughout the contest, their offense did not begin to click until it was too late.

In the sixth inning, UCD second baseman J.D. Mico led off the frame with a double down the left field line.

Then teammate in third baseman Nick Leehey smacked a home run to left field, putting the local team on the scoreboard.

Going into the seventh inning, UCSD led UCD

15-2.

The Aggies’ offense showed some more life in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Luke Piazza led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a single to right field. He then moved to second base on a wild pitch.

Next, Omar Plascencia, a Lodi High graduate, drew a walk.

With two on and no outs, UCD freshman Riley Acosta drilled a double to left field, which scored Piazza and moved Plascencia to third.

Carson Seeman followed with a groundout to shortstop, allowing Plascencia to score. With Acosta at third base, Linnehan hit his careerfirst single to right field.

Acosta crossed home on the play, giving UCD its final run of the day.

The Tritons did not score in the first frame, but scored in every inning until the seventh when Lemos and Yau shut down their offense for the rest of the game.

Scoring for UCSD began in the second inning when Austin Smith homered to right field. Three more runs were scored by the Tritons in the frame, all with two outs.

The Aggies gave up seven runs with two outs in the contest.

UCD pitchers allowed three runs on wild pitches in the game as well.

UCSD scored three more runs in the third and another two runs in the fourth.

With a 9-0 lead in the fifth inning, Noah Sudyka

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Experience G makes Reisig right choice The issue: Ultimately, you have one main job It seems that the very role of a district attorney has become a proxy fight for what kind of justice system we want to have. Nationally, statewide and locally, the idea of how “progressive” a DA is, and what “progressive” even means, has become the main point of debate. While we regard that as an important part of the big-picture conversation on crime and punishment, ultimately, we still believe the most important attribute in a DA is an effectiveness in prosecuting criminals, and so we are backing incumbent District Attorney Jeff Reisig for another term on the June ballot.

THE DA’S main job is to keep the county safe. Especially on the high-profile, horrifying cases (Daniel Marsh, William Gardner, etc.), Reisig’s office hasn’t put a foot wrong, ensuring the most dangerous offenders are put away and are no longer a threat to Yolo County residents.

Most recently, the last two defendants in the 2016 murders of a pair of Yolo County teens were convicted, a testament to the tenacity of the Yolo DA's Office as they shepherded the investigation through an almost unfathomable series of delays to ensure that all the perpetrators were brought to justice.

In addition to being a tough, effective prosecutor, he’s a tireless worker for the rights of crime victims, always making sure their voices are heard. The Yolo DA’s office uses a team of victim-witness advocates that work to ensure that victims are supported through the criminal justice system.

To be sure, Reisig has pushed forward on innovative programs that have moved Yolo County to the cutting edge criminaljustice reform.

His Restorative Justice Partnership (formerly Neighborhood Court) brought restorative justice into the official fold, and set an example that is being sought by other DAs. The program uses restorative justice to resolve offenses outside of the traditional courtroom. Participants meet in a relaxed setting to discuss their conduct with community panelists, in a conference that holds participants accountable by helping them recognize the harms caused by their conduct. Then the panelists, participant and victim come up with a collaborative solution to address those harms.

There’s also Mental Health Court (an 18-month, court-based treatment and monitoring system for adult offenders with a serious mental illness), Addiction Intervention Court (a program that serves people who struggle with substance-use disorders and are involved in the criminal justice system as a result of their addiction), and implicit-bias training for Yolo prosecutors. Yolo County’s leadership in this regard is made clear by the number of other jurisdictions who ask to see how his methods function. That he has implemented these changes without sacrificing prosecutorial effectiveness is a testament to his collaborative style, as is the fact that he has done so without alienating local law enforcement, something that has plagued “reform-minded” prosecutors in other districts, and which threatens to put the public in more jeopardy.

HIS ENDORSEMENT list is as diverse as it is long, again highlighting Reisig’s ability to build consensus across the political spectrum. For his effectiveness, his hard work and his innovation, it is with all confidence that we recommend re-election of Jeff Reisig as Yolo County district attorney.

ov. Gavin Newsom and the California Air Resources Board publicly boasted last week about making great strides toward eliminating fossil fuels and their greenhouse gases.

The board released “a draft plan that, when final, will guide the state’s transition to a clean energy economy, drastically reduce the use of fossil fuels, achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 or sooner, and significantly clean the state’s air especially in disadvantaged communities disproportionately burdened by persistent pollution.”

Much of the plan is concentrated on transportation — particularly cars and trucks — which is the largest single emitter of carbon dioxide and other pollutants.

“That means rapidly moving to zero-emission transportation, electrifying the cars, buses, trains, and trucks that now constitute California’s single largest source of planetwarming pollution,” ARB said.

Newsom, meanwhile, crowed that with new state subsidies, sales of batterypowered zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) have exceeded 16% of all new vehicle sales so far this year, more than double the proportion in 2020.

Hate-crime awareness We need to spread more awareness about hate crimes to the students of Davis High School. I am a student from DHS and have been a part of a school research project since August of 2021.

The goal of our social research project is to answer the following questions: “How are students in the DSHS community impacted by hate crimes? Are students aware of past hate crimes?”. In order to answer this question, we created a digital survey and received over 270 responses. According to our data, almost 60% of students were not aware of any hate crimes committed in Davis, Yolo County, or California within the last year.

This is concerning because it demonstrates how little people are informed about hate crimes.

If students are not informed about hate crimes in their community, they will not perceive it as an issue that needs to be solved, and won’t understand or have empathy for their fellow classmates who have been impacted. About 40% of students said they or a group they identify with have been the victim of a hate crime

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He also noted that Californians make half of nationwide purchases of electric vehicles.

“Our state is on the frontlines of extreme weather, and we’re taking aggressive steps to protect Californians from the costs of climate change — transitioning away from the big polluters fueling this crisis and towards clean energy,” Newsom said. “These incentives make it easier and cheaper to make that transition.”

This year’s increase in electric car sales was, no doubt, spurred in part by a steep hike in gasoline prices, as well as subsidies — which poses an interesting dichotomy. Newsom has decried those fuel price spikes and wants the state to offset them with payments to motorists, which would reduce some of their motivation to buy electric cars.

Moreover, were California to eventually ban sales of gasoline- and diesel-powered

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vehicles and go 100% ZEVs, as Newsom also advocates, charging their batteries would impose immense new burdens on an electric power grid that’s already strained to meet demand.

By happenstance, as Newsom and the air board were issuing their upbeat messages about the shift, a financial data website, Forbes Advisor, was revealing that California has one of the nation’s worst records on providing recharging sites for ZEV owners.

Its study, drawn from U.S. Department of Energy data and numbers from all 50 states, found that North Dakota is the nation’s most ZEV-friendly state with one charging station for every 3.18 electric vehicles.

Wyoming, Rhode Island, Maine and West Virginia round out the top five.

And California? It has the fourth highest ratio, just one station for every 31.2 ZEVs. New Jersey is the least accommodating to ZEV owners, with one station for every 46.16 electric vehicles.

Okay, so California is lacking when it comes to infrastructure needed to support the ZEV nirvana that Newsom and the ARB envision, both in terms of electrical power

in California at some point. Hate crimes have recently been on the rise in California.

In 2021, hate crimes against the Asian-American Pacific Islander community rose 567% from the previous year within San Francisco alone (NBC News). There were a total of 1300 reported hate crimes in California in 2020, the highest in the last 10 years.

According to the Department of Justice, hate crimes based on race/ethnicity/ ancestry have increased 168%, and hate crimes against AAPI, Black, and Hispanic people have all increased. This is why we need to disperse more data about hate crimes to the students of DJUSD high schools and have more education about hate crimes in school.

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Connection we really need Thank you for your article: “City to open overpass connection” (April 29). I may be wrong, but I don’t foresee it getting much use. It was an expensive solution to problem I’m not sure existed.

But what is really needed now, and has been needed for many years, is a bike underpass under the railroad connecting

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supply and sites to connect that power to electric cars.

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owever, the situation may actually be worse.

Again by happenstance, last week brought us evidence that not only is California failing to provide enough ZEV charging stations, but those it does have often don’t work.

David Rempel, a retired professor of bioengineering from UC Berkeley, and a team of volunteers tested 181 public Bay Area charging stations with 657 plug-in kiosks and found 73% in working order but 23% had inoperable screens, payment failures or broken connector cables and in 5% cables were too short to reach vehicles recharging inlets.

California’s much-vaunted shift to electric cars may turn out to be one of the state government’s many high-concept programs that become managerial disasters, another Department of Motor Vehicles or Employment Development Department.

— 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.

Olive Drive to the downtown train and bus stations. This would be a relatively inexpensive project. The design and rapid construction project that links the west end of Olive Drive to Campus and the Davis Commons at the east end of the UCD Arboretum, could serve as a model.

Linking the Davis Amtrak parking lot to end of Hickory Lane looks like the best route. And, I am certain a bike tunnel linking the residents of Olive Drive directly to downtown, while allowing cyclists to avoid the dangerous intersection at Olive Drive and Richards, would be heavily used.

Clay Brandow Davis

Vote no on DISC We who live in El Macero are and will be impacted by the DISC project but cannot vote on this measure because we live in the county. When the Mace project was decided years ago we were given no notice that this was going to happen or a voice to discuss it. So again we are shut out of a project that is going to impact us negatively and we have to say one way or the other. But I will vote no with my voice instead of a ballot. No, No, No! Judy Dowell Davis

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Newspapers on death row; will they be reprieved?

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ewspapers are on death row. The once great provincial newspapers of this country, indeed of many countries, often look like pamphlets. Others have already been executed by the market.

The cause is simple enough: Disrupting technology in the form of the internet has lured away most of their advertising revenue. To make up the shortfall, publishers have been forced to push up the cover price to astronomical highs, driving away readers.

One city newspaper used to sell 200,000 copies, but now sells fewer than 30,000 copies. I just bought said paper’s Sunday edition for $5. Newspapering is my lifelong trade and I might be expected to shell out that much for a single copy, but I wouldn’t expect it of the public to pay that — especially for a product that is a sliver of what it once was.

New media are taking on some of the role of the newspapers,

but it isn’t the same. Traditionally, newspapers have had the time and resources to do the job properly; to detach reporters to dig into the murky, or to demystify the complicated; to operate foreign bureaus; and to send writers to the ends of the Earth.

Also, they have had the space to publish the result.

More, newspapers have had something that radio, television and the internet outlets haven’t had: durability.

I have a stake in radio and television, yet I still marvel at how newspaper stories endure; how long-lived newspaper coverage is compared with the other forms of media.

I get inquiries about what I wrote years ago. Someone will ask, for example, “Do you remember what you wrote in 1980 about oil supply?”

Newspaper coverage lasts.

Nobody has ever asked me about something I said on radio or television more than a few weeks

By Llewellyn King

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Commentary Fact, fiction and the question of ‘objective’ history

By Robert J. Blake Special to The Enterprise

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t school board meetings around the country, the strident cry is for the curriculum to reflect an “objective history” of events. We all want our news, our textbooks, our teachers to tell our children the truth about history and the world.

But the public outcry for “objective history” is painfully naïve in thinking that such “objective” accounts of events exist or could ever exist. Normally, we can agree on the facts of a case: for example, the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 destroyed approximately 40 blocks in that black business community; or the estimates that 4,431 U.S. soldiers died in the Iraq war along with 184,000 to 207,000 civilians in the face of no evidence of weapons of mass destruction. But the analysis as to why these events occurred is open to interpretation, whether you choose to call it the news, the media, a documentary or a historical account.

History, like any retelling, always involves interpreting the facts and, consequently, all history texts will also reflect a particular point of view; in other words, all historical accounts cannot avoid being subjective in nature. In turn, an interpretation or point of view is underpinned by a set of values and world experiences that guide an understanding of the facts.

With luck, we mostly consult histories written by good historians with a good measure of common sense, a Renaissance conceit that is only acquired through experience (not the Internet) and dealings with others who also display common sense. Unfortunately, the recent demands that the school curriculum only provide “objective histories,” despite sounding reasonable at first blush, flaunts the very essence of narrative, the process of retelling the facts.

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o, what is the solution. First and foremost, let’s agree on the facts: for example, the Tulsa Massacre did happen, as did the loss of life in Iraq.

Then, let’s search for a set of shared values or common sense — say something like what is expressed by the Founding Fathers in the Declaration of Independence, which states that all men are created equal and have a right to a pursuit of happiness.

If we can agree on the facts and share the same values that guided the foundation of our country, that will get us all closer to agreeing on the interpretation the facts. If we cannot agree that the Tulsa Race Massacre occurred or that the Iraq war devastated the civilian population with little or no evidence of weapons of mass destruction, then we are really in deep trouble. This becomes the real and scary “fake news.”

Obviously, the 2020 elections come to mind.

But for the sake of a democratic society, let us not ask our teachers to ignore the facts when they attempt to explain history to our children. Objective histories have never existed; it’s a notion that is just plain fiction.

— Robert J. Blake is a Davis resident.

after the broadcast.

I was taken aback when, testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee decades ago, a senator asked me about an article I had written years earlier and forgotten. But he hadn’t and had a copy handy.

There is authority in the written word that doesn’t extend to the broadcast word, and maybe not to the virtual word on the internet in promising, new forms of media like Axios.

If publishing were just another business — and it is a business — and it had reached the end of the line, like the telegram, I would say, “Out with the old and in with the new.” But when it comes to newspapers, it has yet to be proved that the new is doing the job once done by the old or if it can; if it can achieve durability and write the first page of history.

Since the first broadcasts, newspapers have been the feedstock of radio and television, whether in a small town or in a great metropolis. Television and radio have fed off the work of

newspapers. Only occasionally is the flow reversed.

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he Economist asks whether Russians would have supported President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine if they had had a free media and could have known what was going on; or whether the spread of COVID in China would have been so complete if free media had reported on it early, in the first throes of the pandemic?

The plight of the newspapers should be especially concerning at a time when we see democracy wobbling in many countries, and there are those who would shove it off-kilter even in the United States.

There are no easy ways to subsidize newspapers without taking away their independence and turning them into captive organs. Only one springs to mind, and that is the subsidy that the British press and wire services enjoyed for decades. It was a special, reduced cable rate for transmitting news, known as

Commonwealth Cable Rate. It was a subsidy, but a hands-off one.

Commonwealth Cable Rate was so effective that all American publications found ways to use it and enjoy the subsidy.

United Press International created a subsidiary, British United Press, which flowed huge volumes of cable traffic through London. Time Inc. had a system where its cable traffic was channeled through Montreal to take advantage of the exceptionally low, special rates in the British Commonwealth.

That is the kind of subsidy that newspapers might need. Of course, best of all, would be for the mighty tech companies to pay for the news they purloin and distribute; for the aggregators to respect the copyrights of the creators of the material they flash around the globe. That alone might save the newspapers, our endangered guardians.

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

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am thankful for getting the help I need, seeing family, the food, and getting to ride a bike,” writes an 11-yearold boy in our care at Progress Ranch.

It is hard enough for most children to deal with the pressures of social media, peer pressure, school and the pandemic.

Now add struggles with mental health and overwhelming trauma.

Such circumstances can make life extremely difficult, to say the least.

This is where Progress Ranch comes in. We are a nonprofit, communitybased program that provides intensive services to children who need to heal.

As youth face an unprecedented mental health crisis, programs like ours urgently need state support.

We specialize in helping boys ages 6-13 who have experienced trauma, or who have mental-health challenges for other reasons.

These children need shortterm, 24/7 care and treatment from a specially trained care team.

Progress Ranch has been committed to youth in the Davis community for more

than 40 years. We have helped hundreds of children, many in the fostercare system, thanks to our dedicated team of healthcare staff who provide nurturing, relationship-based care and treatment in home-like settings.

We provide our children the therapeutic space and specialized supports they need to heal and grow. Our aim is to help every child thrive within a family environment. Sadly, we almost always have a wait list because the need for this treatment is so great and the number of organizations like ours is so limited.

Like all health care providers, we struggled with staffing shortages as health care professionals shied away from working in group settings during the worst of the pandemic. Not only were the staff who care for our boys exhausted, they also had to take on the new role of home-school teacher.

At first, we absorbed the costs of additional staffing for home schooling and separate care for kids in quarantine, overtime pay, rental of a quarantine house and more. Keeping

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Letters Model for innovation hubs DISC has exceptional potential to be a cutting edge, world class project true to the four words in its title. It can make Davis a gateway for innovation and an exemplar of sustainable design, living and working. But it can do this only if voters approve Measure H. Engagement between the DISC project team, Davis city staff and independent experts can identify environmentally critical features that will make DISC a model for 21st century innovation hubs.

For example, DISC can be powered by a zero carbon microgrid that integrates vehicle batteries with community scale and rooftop solar arrays.

I’ve served on appointed Davis commissions and advisory committees. I hold city staff and elected leaders in high regard. I’ve no doubt that DISC has been

our kids safe, educated and healing during this time cost Progress Ranch an extra $331,600.

Despite our efforts to fundraise on top of limited state relief, we are still struggling financially.

How do we handle this problem? Should we lower our quality of care? Should employees absorb the costs in the form of lower pay, less support, or poor benefits? The answer, of course, is firmly no. Each are unconscionable options.

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ith next year’s state budget set to be finalized in the next three weeks, California has a short window of time to ensure vulnerable children, hardworking care providers and essential organizations like Progress Ranch can sustain success.

We are grateful to Assemblyman Jim Wood, D-Santa Rosa, who has championed these youths’ needs in the state budget. Now the vulnerable youth we serve need your help as the final budget is negotiated.

If state leaders respond to our collective outreach, a much needed $225,614 could come to Progress Ranch. Compared to the tens of billions of dollars in the State budget, our

properly vetted, problems identified, trade-offs evaluated, solutions determined, and compromises reached. Davis’ governance process works. DISC critics’ concerns have been addressed and do not warrant another backward step.

What are these concerns?

More local economic activity, more traffic? True. More economic activity is a good problem to have in most cases.

Modern US cities have the planning tools and skill sets to accommodate traffic pattern changes. Davis appears to use them reasonably well.

Incremental additional vehicle emissions? True. Vehicle emissions are a big cause of greenhouse gas in California.

Better to proactively address new vehicle emissions in Davis’ emissions inventory than outsource them to other communities that do nothing about them.

Loss of prime farmland? Industrial agriculture in California has its own deeply concerning climate impacts. It is a necessary but mixed blessing. Infill is an important goal, but “infill” projects

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request may not seem like much — but for the children we serve, a healthy meal, a safe place to sleep, as well as support from caring and trained professionals means everything.

Like the children and families in our care, Progress Ranch is both vulnerable and resilient. We are grateful to be surrounded by a loving community, and for the opportunity to do life-changing work. Now, we are keeping our fingers crossed that Gov. Gavin Newsom and our representatives will do what is right.

Support COVID relief for nonprofit “Short Term Residential Therapeutic Programs” like Progress Ranch: n State Sen. Bill Dodd, 1021 O St., Suite 6620, Sacramento, CA 95814. Phone: 916-651-4003 n Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, 600 A St., Davis, CA 95616. Phone: 530-757-1034 * Gov. Gavin Newsom, 1021 O St., Sacramento, Ca 95814. Phone: 916-4452841 — Alyssum Maguire, MPA, is the executive director of Progress Ranch and can be reached at 530-753-2566 or alyssum @progressranch.org.

are not an option to do what DISC can.

DISC can be what our City Council is seeking if voters approve Measure H and allow our city government to follow through with active attention, collaboration and advice.

Gerald Braun Davis

Oh what a show I’ve seen many fine musical productions at our wonderful Davis Musical Theatre Company, but its “Evita” that I saw last Sunday was the best ever. Its whole cast channeled the spirit of Andrew Lloyd Webber even better than the Hollywood version that had an astronomically bigger budget. Especially moving was Lindsay Grimes, who so perfectly created the real Eva Peron’s persona it was like seeing her return to life in front of us. Thanks so much DMTC! Glen Holstein Davis

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Catching the brief wave of ‘safer’ travel M y first major trip since COVID has me wondering whether or not I should move to Hawaii.

I know this sounds frivolous, but the first reason is my hair. I learned it was made for Hawaii.

Regular readers may recall that it was hard for me, psychologically, to let my hair go gray. I did it when we started staying home for COVID, but the truth is, I’m still not totally at peace with the change.

When my husband and I were recently in Hawaii, however, every hair on my head became inspired by the waves on the beach, and the humidity, to curl in a smooth and buoyant pattern.

In Hawaii, my hair was a lovely white-capped sea.

———— Of course, my pleasure went beyond my hair. I came back from our vacation with a new appreciation of what Hawaii means to America and how lucky we are to have it as our 50th state.

The islands are not enormous,

but there’s so much to do.

For example, we went to Bishop Museum in Honolulu, where we learned about Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968), a gentle athlete who won Olympic swimming titles and popularized surfing all over the world. A new movie about him has just arrived, so we went to see “Waterman.”

We also visited Pearl Harbor, an incredibly important site, because it bookends America’s participation in World War II. Two ships rest there permanently: the sunken USS Arizona (victim of Japan’s surprise attack in 1941) and the battleship USS Missouri on which peace was signed in Tokyo Bay in 1945.

When we weren’t at museums,

we enjoyed the outdoors, hiking in botanical gardens and up the Makpu’u Point Lighthouse trail.

We went to beaches as wild as my hair, where I loved watching surfers. I’m convinced that if I had been born male, I would have surfed. (Women surf, too, but their numbers are much smaller.)

One afternoon I plunged into the warm sea and swam out beyond others, as I usually do.

Alone in my piece of water, I felt double-bodied, as if Marion the grandma was also Marion the child, bouncing around in waves like I always did, and then floating on my back, buoyant as a lily pad. I love being surrounded by a medium other than air.

———— And then there are the people.

In Hawaii, Bob and I are just a couple like many others, with one person of Asian or Pacific Islander descent and the other white. Even more common are people like our children, multiracial.

With one in four residents reporting themselves as

multiracial, Hawaii is very different from the mainland.

And yet, not too different.

Hawaii feels familiar and safe and if, God forbid, I came down with COVID away from home, I’d want to be there.

I appreciate Hawaii for giving me the opportunity to go to a different place, exotic even, without having to assume the risk of real foreign travel.

———— And there’s more. No other state uses a language that has only 13 letters, giving it a whole different sound. As we drove back and forth to our borrowed condo, I came to love some of the street names, especially Halemaumau Street, which I pronounced out loud at least twice every time we passed it. (My husband is patient.)

Say Halemaumau aloud to yourself, then surfer Duke’s last name: Kahanamoku. Then try the words that people use all the time in Hawaii, “aloha” for “hello” and “mahalo” for “thank you.”

Hawaiian words sound gentle,

soothing, rhythmic, like a hula of the mouth.

———— This column is lighter than most I’ve written during the long period of angst about COVID and now war. Maybe that’s because I’m writing about travel, which is something most of us have been missing these past two years.

I’m not moving to Hawaii, however, because I have learned that travel itself is the precious treat.

COVID has taught me that travel is not a frivolity. It is a gift.

We are presented with a big and fascinating world and if we are lucky enough to afford travel, we are able to observe that world, enjoy it, play with it even. When we can’t travel, we miss the experience.

I appreciate your being there Hawaii, our 50th state. Mahalo.

I plan to visit your pal Alaska, 49, in September.

— Marion Franck has lived in Davis for more than 40 years.

Reach her at marionf2@gmail. com.

Corporate America and the monetizing of a movement Special to The Enterprise

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adalon Amenta, a founding mother of hospice in the United States and a 93-year-old YoloCares board member, has often said, “Our agency’s roots stem from the civil rights movement.

Hospice itself was a powerful grassroots movement long before it became an industry.”

End-of-life care, as we know it today, grew out of a great American crusade for social change. It was birthed from a force that intended to challenge and reshape the national culture. What began as a struggle for social justice in the 1950s and 60s evolved into a fight for the rights of people who were living with a life-limiting illness. The voices and wishes of the dying, and of those who were caring for them, needed to be heard.

Hospice became an organized effort to gain equal access to care and to infuse end-of-life care with the power of choice, quality of life, respect, compassion, and dignity. At the time, health systems from coast to coast were failing in their attempts to properly care for patients who were dying ... imposing ineffective and often unwanted treatments that robbed patients of precious time and any say about how or where they would spend their final days.

In brief, people’s values were not being aligned with their care. The things

that were most important to this population of patients were not taken into consideration with the delivery of care at the end of their lives. The nonprofit hospice movement changed all of that.

Over time, corporate America figured out how to hijack and monetize a model of care that was designed to be benevolent and charitable at its core.

In 1990, just five percent of the nation’s hospice providers were for-profit companies. By the early 2000s, for-profit companies dominated the industry and now represent close to 70 percent of all hospice providers. Forprofits account for nearly 100 percent of newly established programs. As a result, over-saturated competition has become a real challenge for the nonprofit organizations and agencies that first gave life to, and shaped, the industry in the first place.

This matters because nonprofits have never lost their founding spirit ... a charitable energy singularly focused on the assurance of a comfortable and dignified last phase of life to which every American is entitled. As a family of providers, nonprofits are distinguished by their commitment to people, mission, and community — they are innovations driven by patient and family needs, not profit.

The difference between the tax status of hospice

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Volunteers recently celebrated National Volunteer Appreciation Month at YoloCares. Like every nonprofit hospice in the country, YoloCares was founded by grassroots volunteers more than 40 years ago, and continues to be governed by a board of community volunteers. providers can be clearly seen in a recent transcript of an April 22, Chemed Corporation (NYSE:CHE) earnings conference call.

Chemed is the parent company of both RotoRooter and VITAS which is the country’s largest hospice provider.

During the call, company officials toggle back and forth, discussing the company’s performance with both its plumbing and hospice lines of business. After reviewing the transcript, a YoloCares board member commented, “Something that struck me is how easily they can switch between discussing how to take care of dying patients and how to take care of a clogged toilet. I still can’t grasp how these two businesses can exist under the

same umbrella. They explain that their RotoRooter technicians are paid on a commissionbased manner.”

Printed below are portions of Chemed’s earnings conference call: “Our first quarter 2022 operating results released last night reflect very solid performance for both VITAS and Roto-Rooter.

Both operating segments’ financial results exceeded our internal estimates despite the continued disruption triggered by the pandemic. For VITAS, this disruption remains elevated with regard to the hiring and retention of licensed health care professionals. U.S. News & World Report has estimated as many as 20% of licensed health care workers exited the labor market

during the pandemic. This has impacted turnover within VITAS’s licensed staff and our turnover rate continues to be above our pre -pandemic rate in several of our professional classifications.

“For Roto-Rooter, our most significant challenge has been to increase manpower. We increased technician headcount by 8% in 2021 ... The April 2022 headcount has expanded 3.3% when compared to our average manpower in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Based on current service demand levels, RotoRooter continues to remain understaffed in many of our markets.

“VITAS’s net revenue was $299 million in our first quarter of 2022, which is a decline of 5.3% when compared to the

prior year period.”

The report includes nearly 60 paragraphs and 5,000 words of narrative describing financial and performance measures, but no mention of the impact of care on patients or families. In stark contrast to nonprofit hospice organizations — the founders of this very industry — there is no discussion related to the quality of care, fulfillment of mission, patient or family satisfaction results, commitment to local communities, innovative approaches to care, or meeting the needs of the under-served.

The California Hospice Network (CHN) and its affiliate, YoloCares, is working to change the national narrative from profitability to quality of care and fulfillment of mission. While the age-old adage, “No margin, no mission,” rings true, nonprofits have a decades-old track-record of simultaneously operating with sharp business acumen and serving a more noble purpose.

Nonprofits generally carry the highest quality scores in the country, and reinvest any profit margins back into their care and not into the pockets of investors.

In the words of Cathy Conway, CEO of Hospice of Santa Cruz County (another CHN affiliate), “Not all hospices are the same. You have to ask for your local nonprofit by name.”

— Craig Dresang is the CEO of YoloCares

DHS students earn Soroptimist awards Special to The Enterprise Soroptimist International of Greater Davis recently handed out three awards — $1,000 each — to Davis High School seniors Greta Farnum, Semmer Ali and Guadalupe Mora-Lopez. The Soroptimist club primarily derive the funds for these awards from their annual charity golf tournament.

Farnum said she has tentative plans to work toward a degree in arts and humanities. She stated that she and her mother are very excited to have received this award and it will help her plans a great deal.

———— University of the Cumberlands held commencement ceremonies in Williamsburg, Ky., to celebrate its newest graduates. Participants in this year’s commencement ceremonies

included graduates from 49 states and territories and the countries of Canada, India, Brazil, Spain, New Zealand, and Italy. A total of 2,068 graduates received degrees from Cumberlands that weekend.

The graduates included Manuel Cardoza of West Sacramento, who completed a master’s degree in justice administration and Chay Mccampbell of Woodland, who earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.

Cumberlands President Larry Cockrum opened the ceremonies offering heartfelt congratulations to the graduates as well as some advice and encouragement.

“Don’t stress out over things you can’t control.

Even when things feel unsettled, we are all capable of a new and positive beginning,” he said.

“Sometimes, the worst things in life that happen to you can be the best things that happen to you if you don’t let the worst get the best of you. Have character. You will be remembered more for your kindness than for your accomplishments. And believe in yourself, no matter what happens.”

University of the Cumberlands is one of the largest and most affordable private universities in Kentucky. Learn more at ucumberlands.edu.

———— Dixie State University recently celebrated the achievements of the institution’s largest-ever graduating class of 2,684 degree candidates at the university’s 111 Commencement Ceremony in St. George, Utah.

During the ceremony, held on May 6 in Greater

Zion Stadium on the DSU campus, the university honored the Class of 2022.

Candidates ranged from 16 to 79 years of age and included students from 49 states and 15 countries.

Cody Williams from Winters was among the graduates recognized at the event.

The featured speaker at the event was Carly Fiorina, founder and chairman of Carly Fiorina Enterprises and former CEO of Hewlett Packard.

Dixie State University is an open-enrollment teaching institution that offers more than 200 academic programs at one of the lowest tuition costs in the Western United States.

— Do you know of someone who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy? Email it to newsroom@davisenterprise.net.

By Andy Jones Special to The Enterprise 1. Television. According to a line spoken on the new TV show ObiWan Kenobi, the “key to hunting the Jedi is” what P word?

2. Books. What living author wrote the nonfiction book “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek”?

3. Royal history.

Which of the wives of Henry VIII was the mother to Queen Elizabeth I? 4. Movies. In 2010, a film became the first sequel to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture without any of its (two) predecessors having been thus nominated. In 2015, this

happened again, but it was the fourth film in a series. Name either film or either film series.

5. Postal history. What country was the first to use postage stamps to fund the mailing of letters: China, England or Portugal?

Answers: Patience, Annie Dillard, Anne Boleyn, “Toy Story” or “Mad Max,” England.

— 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.

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11 Some radio announcements, in brief 15 First winning presidential ticket to alternate vowels and consonants 16 Schmooze 17 Where the entirety of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy was filmed 18 Folderol 19 Common Italian verb ending 20 Brewery supply 21 Amoeba feature 23 Michael of “Superbad” 25 Shake hands, perhaps 26 Many jingles 30 People of Burundi

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33 Spread out at a party 34 Free 37 Bishop’s group 39 Some fridges 40 Deadlines?

42 It might be captured on a safari 44 Who famously said “I really didn’t say everything I said” 46 Some seaside gatherings 50 “In the end …”

52 Rear guard?

53 Drink that comes with a wide straw 54 Chinese ___, food also called nagaimo 57 Approval inits.

58 Like much of Sudan

36 Fortnite and The Legend of Zelda, for two 38 “Now it makes sense!”

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53 Bundle of paper 59 Eating utensils that might come wrapped in red paper

61 Australian young woman 64 Something to shoot for … or shoot at

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Tipping hurts my business Dear Annie: I was a little amused by the letter about tip jars.

I operate a “food truck” (technically, it’s a trailer) and am a one-man band. I have worked alone for the past 10 years because the quality of employees available to me has always been questionable at best, and there is a degree of “babysitting” involved that I don’t care to be a part of.

Out of necessity, I move quickly and efficiently, greet the customer, take the order, deliver the food and rapidly move on to my next sale.

Nothing slows me down as much as customers who won’t leave because they are looking for a tip jar.

“Where is your tip jar?”

My pricing is adequate so that I’m well compensated, and a number of times I have told people that I am the owner. I’m happy they chose to spend their refreshment dollars with me, and a tip isn’t necessary. People seem hardwired to leave a gratuity, and my reluctance to put out a tip jar has resulted in some people’s heads almost exploding.

I’m appreciative of a dollar or two left for me, but I have a high level of service to begin with, and my window of opportunity is always very limited. I’m going to make more money by waiting on 100 people than 50, and delaying my next sale so I can take in an additional dollar or two, or even five on occasion, is counterproductive and does not fit my business model.

I finally put a tip jar up — a large one — so I could move on to my next sale.

Yet, in spite of the darn thing being the size of a half-gallon Mason jar, people still seem to miss it on

ClassAds@DavisEnterprise.net occasion or insist on delaying their exit (and my next transaction) so they can personally hand me a gratuity, but this helps move things a little bit. While I appreciate tips, I never expect them, and my pricing is all the reward I require.

A tip is a reward, and while I’m appreciative, my goal is to keep the line moving as quickly as possible. I to hate appear boorish, but after handing a customer their change and thanking them, my only goal is to move to the next customer, who has been patiently waiting their turn. I find somebody who is waiting for acknowledgment of a tip to be annoying. Worse yet, sometimes, after completing the transaction, they then want me to wait on them again so they can get change for a five or a 10 so they can leave me a tip. Still worse is the customer who is oblivious to the existence of the tip jar and leaves a bill or two on my counter, and it blows off the counter and onto the food display. I sell pizza, and the pizzas are on a heated table just beneath my serving window. When that happens, it contaminates my product, creating more work for me.

My tip jar is in place just to move things along.

There are varying degrees of success to this. I don’t “expect” a gratuity ever.

Trust me, as an owner, if I’m getting $5 for a 32-ounce soda that is 85% water, I’m doing OK. Happy to have you as a customer; thanks for stopping; may I help the next person in line, please?

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING IMPLEMENTING SHORTAGE LEVEL 2 OF THE CITY’S WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN (WSCP) CITY OF DAVIS The Davis City Council will conduct a public hearing at the City Council meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in the Community Chambers at City Hall, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, for the purpose of receiving comments on implementing Shortage Level 2 of the City’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP). Pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order which allows for a deviation of teleconference rules required by the Brown Act, City Council meetings may be held by teleconference and other electronic means. Information on how to participate in meetings is included in the meeting agenda. This notice is provided in compliance with government code sections 66014, 66016 and 66018.

DESCRIPTION: On March 28, 2022 Governor Newsom issued Executive Order (EO) N-7-22 to address drought conditions after the driest first three months of a year in the state’s recorded history. For Suppliers with a WSCP, the Executive Order requires that each supplier implement the shortage response actions adopted under section 10632 of the Water Code for a shortage level of up to twenty percent (Level 2).

With the State and City entering a third year of drought and to comply with Executive Order N-7-22, staff is requesting that City Council conduct a public hearing to implement Shortage Level 2 of the City’s WSCP. Shortage Level 2 corresponds to an up to 20% reduction in water usage. The Shortage Level 2 watering restrictions limiting sprinkler irrigation to three days per week are already in place for the City of Davis. The additional Shortage Level 2 demand reduction action requires that car washing must be done at a commercial carwash that recirculates water or by high pressure/low volume wash systems.

PUBLIC COMMENTS: All interested parties are invited to participate in the public hearing or send written comments to Dawn Calciano, City of Davis, Public Works Utilities and Operations Department, 1717 Fifth Street, Davis, California, 95616; or via email at: water@cityofdavis.org, by the end of the public hearing. Those wishing to comment during the Public Hearing should consult the instructions on the meeting agenda. For questions, please call the Public Works Utilities & Operations Department at (530) 757-5686.

The City of Davis does not transcribe its proceedings. Persons who wish to obtain a verbatim record should arrange for attendance by a court reporter or for some other acceptable means of recordation. Such arrangements will be at the sole expense of the person requesting the recordation. Individuals wishing to challenge the action taken on this matter in court are notified that, the challenge may be limited to only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk, at or prior to the public hearing.

Stan Gryczko, Director Public Works Utilities & Operations Department May 15, 2022 #1833

I never expect a tip.

— Doing this Since 1979 Dear Since 1979: You sound like Speedy Gonzales, and you have created a system that works best when people buy and move on. Who knew that tips could create so many problems? Thank you for letting us know. However, you might consider putting up a sign, “No Tips Allowed,” and if people complain, you can tell them your boss is adamant.

Swallow your pride; ask for a ride Dear Annie: I am an 80-year-old female, a widow. I live alone.

I have a history of having arthritis, and I can’t take medications for arthritis due to having had stomach ulcers. I had a hip replacement in the spring, and I had hoped I would be able to walk without the use of a walker. It is apparent that I am going to need the walker to function. I talked with my orthopedic surgeon. Surgery is not an option. I have scoliosis as well.

I have a small walker with three wheels. I keep it in my car for use when I go to the beauty shop and for other short trips. I do need help in getting the walker out of the car. I am able to drive, and when I do, I primarily drive in town.

I have always been active, volunteering at hospitals and other civic organizations. It’s been difficult to ask for help. I have someone who gets my groceries and who is available to help me in my house. She comes every two weeks, unless I have a doctor’s appointment.

I have missed going to church. My children do not live in the same city, so asking for their help is not an option. None of my friends has offered to help. I can’t

go by myself since I don’t have any help to get my walker out of the car.

I offered to pick up one friend and give her a ride to church. She said she preferred to take her own car because she liked to go early. She did not offer to give me a ride.

I have always been active in church. I can watch religious programs and sermons on TV, but there is a void because of my not being able to attend. Most of my time I spend at home. I do like to read.

I took care of my husband for years because he had Parkinson’s and dementia.

I feel guilty for not going to church. But I am very prideful for not asking for help.

I feel left out. I suppose it’s a matter of pride for me not to call and ask for help.

What are your feelings?

— Seeking Your Opinion Dear Seeking Opinion: My opinion is to swallow your pride and ask another friend for a ride to church.

You don’t have to feel left out anymore. People want to help. There is nothing wrong with asking for help.

Look at it this way: When someone helps someone else, they feel good about themselves. So, by you asking someone for help, you are actually helping them feel good about doing something kind. It’s a beautiful full circle.

I feel like a second choice Dear Annie: My husband of 50 years had an affair with an old college lover for about a year. Both are in their late 70s. I found out two months ago, by accident, on his text messages and confronted him.

He denied it at first, but after I mentioned to him specifically their intimate email exchanges, he admitted it. The thing that hurts me more is that he told her that he didn’t marry me for love but rather for making a family and that she is his soul mate. He said that she is the one he wants to be with but can’t because he

doesn’t want to hurt others.

We have two adult children.

After I confronted him, he insisted that he loves me and doesn’t want a divorce.

He agreed to end the affair but hasn’t confirmed to me that he has. He behaves like nothing has happened, and I am kind of going along with that, but it really bothers me and I’ve been losing sleep over it.

On top of everything, he has not really apologized or owned up to his actions.

Of course, I am devastated and feel betrayed. I think about it all the time.

Should I tell him that I am not well with everything? I am the one who brings it up all the time. He hasn’t initiated any conversation about it or clarification. I don’t like nagging him all the time, but I can’t shake things up and move forward.

I don’t really want a divorce, nor do I want to be his second choice. Do I give him an ultimatum? How do I move forward?

— Hurt and Confused Dear Hurt and Confused: What your husband did to you was heartless and cruel. I don’t blame you for losing sleep over it.

It is true that sometimes people say things they don’t mean. But his actions afterward are telling — not explicitly ending the affair, not communicating with you, and not going above and beyond to repair the damage he did to your relationship.

A couples counselor can help you two move past these communication roadblocks and determine whether this marriage is something you want to save. Start there.

Exclusion from a picture is worth a thousand words Dear Annie: My brother has been dating a woman for several years, and they recently became engaged. I do like her, but here is my issue: She is another nationality, and her family (in another country) does not like her dating a “white guy.” They refer to him as “white trash,” though he is well-educated and makes good money.

SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2022 She has a very active Facebook page and posts pictures of her dogs, her friends, pictures of herself — not him — from vacations they take together.

But not once, ever, has she mentioned my brother or posted a picture of them together. It’s as though he does not exist. When I asked her why she excludes him from postings, she says she doesn’t want to upset her family.

I do not want to attend this wedding but don’t want to offend my brother.

Am I wrong to be this upset that his fiancee seems ashamed to publicly acknowledge him?

— He Deserves Better Dear He Deserves Better: It sounds to me like you’re a protective sister who only wants what’s best for your brother and, ultimately, your family. He is lucky to have someone looking out for him the way you do.

Take your concerns to the one being impacted: your brother. This situation upsets you, but it might not be one of his deal breakers.

See what he says when you mention his lack of presence on her social media and ask how that makes him feel. Tell him what it looks like from an outside perspective.

Your brother is likely well aware of his fiancee’s family’s disapproval and might be OK with being excluded online if it makes real life offline less stressful for him and his fiancee. Hopefully, your future sister-in-law’s family will get the chance to spend time with your brother in person down the road and learn his heart and his character through and through. After all, no matter what we share or how often we post online, it’ll never tell the whole story of who we are.

——— Dear Annie: Regarding “Full-Grown Adult,” the 38-year-old who left an abusive relationship to move back home with her mother. Perhaps she needs to see that she moved from one abusive controlling relationship right back into another. She likely grew up in a home where there was controlling behavior that led her to choose someone

THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE who was also controlling.

In an effort to retain control, abuse develops. A way out is to recognize controlling behaviors in others (and ourselves) in order to change ourselves. Not only spouses, but family and friends. A good motivation for her might be that she is allowing her children to learn that this behavior is “normal” as well. Until the pattern is seen, it cannot be changed.

An excellent resource is a book “Stop Controlling Me! What to Do When Someone You Love Has Too Much Power Over You” by Richard J. Stenack Ph.D. She should also get in touch with her local domestic abuse center or by calling the domestic abuse hotline at 800-799-SAFE. I broke the pattern, and she can, too. Hope this — Concerned helps.

Dear Concerned: Thank you for your valuable perspective. It’s true that the mother of “Full-Grown Adult” is showing controlling behavior, and this might be an indicator of further abuse.

The resources you suggest will surely be helpful to her and/or to other readers who suffer due to controlling spouses, friends or family members.

——— Dear Annie: My two brothers served in Vietnam in the late ‘60s. It was bad, but they never let on to my parents how bad it was.

Dad had served during World War II and was proud of them, as was Mom. I was in high school at the time and leaning

Legals@DavisEnterprise.net toward the antiwar movement. I never doubted their patriotism and willingness to serve in a questionable war. One was wounded twice and received two Purple Hearts. He never complained and still carries shrapnel to this day. Both did two tours and came home knowing they did their duty.

I was antiwar, but I loved my brothers, and we were thrilled when they got home. I wanted to thank them for their service all those years ago, but I never did. I’m sure I am not the only one who failed in that.

In hindsight, it was a wasteful war, as so many are, but they answered the call, and I love them for it.

One has a birthday coming up and I hope he and all the veterans accept this little brother’s apology and thanks for serving this country honorably. It’s never too late to say thanks and I’m proud of your service.

— A Proud Little Brother Dear Proud Little Brother: Every day can be a

day to honor the great servicemen and women who serve our country.

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ormer Boston Red Sox infielder Will Middlebrooks was forced to retire in 2018 due to a severely broken leg.

Now a commentator for Red Sox games on NESN, Middlebrooks makes no bones on how he feels about the efforts to speed up baseball games.

“You want to watch something fast, go watch horse racing. Baseball, you’ve got to think. I’m sorry, but that’s part of it,” he told the 3-0 Take podcast. “I’m sorry if you’re bored because you want to play on your iPad in the stands. It’s not our fault. Quit (messing) with our game.” n The San Francisco 49ers schedule is a series of potential land mines.

In addition to seeing the Los Angeles Rams, Seattle and Arizona twice each in the NFC West, the Niners’ cross divisions this year are the AFC West and NFC South. That means games against Kansas City (home), Denver (away), Los Angeles Chargers (home) and Las Vegas Raiders (away), among others.

The 49ers meet the Cardinals in Mexico City in Week 11. Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers come calling in Week 14. n In selecting Mike Brown as the team’s next head coach, the Sacramento Kings made the best available choice.

Brown knows the NBA inside and out.

The necessity now is for team ownership to step quickly into the shadows and let general manager Monte McNair and Brown retool the squad as they, and no one else, see fit.

It is the only way the Kings can ever hope to climb out of the morass they are

HOME RUN: ‘Build momentum’ From Page B1 Rossi, who tripled into the right field corner to start the inning. Dallas Millwood and Mikaela Gandiz-Mak singled and doubled respectively in the inning.

The Aggies scored their first run in the bottom of the second inning for a 1-1 score.

Mattley, who went 2-for-3 in the game, singled to left field and moved to second base on Sarah Starks’ single.

Pahulu walked to load the bases for the Aggies.

Then Mattley scored

when Sarah Nakahara flew out on a catch and carry; the Hawai’i left fielder caught Nakahara’s near the third base line and the momentum carried her over the foul line.

Hawai’i scored its first run in its first at-bat when Maya Nakamura doubled to right-center field that plated Kaupe.

UCD finished with six hits in the game. Behind Mattley in hitting were McMahan, Sommer Kisling, Starks and Claudia Kim. The Rainbow Warriors had 11 hits in the contest.

Kaupe, along with teammates Keliinoi and Millwood had two hits each.

The Aggies and Rainbow Warriors wrapped up their conference on Saturday with a doubleheader.

“We really don’t have anything to lose,” said McMahan. “Build some momentum for next year as well. It’s not really so much how we’re finishing right now, we’re looking how we start next year.”

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

currently in. That’s known as no playoff appearances over the last 16 seasons. n So, how many $2 win tickets did you have on Rich Strike, the 80-1 shot that won the Kentucky Derby? Probably the same as your scribbler. None. A single win ticket paid $163.60. n Prior to the Derby, Rich Strike’s career earnings totaled $111,289.

Winning the Derby paid the horse’s owner, Rick Dawson, $1,860,000.

As first alternate, Rich Strike was admitted to the field just the day before the race when Ethereal Road was scratched. Dawson had purchased Rich Strike for $30,000 in a maiden claiming race. Pretty good weekend for horse, owner, trainer Eric Reed and jockey Sonny Leon. n Niner legends Steve Young, Bryant Young, Terrell Owens, Charles Haley, Patrick Willis and others will come together June 1 for the second annual celebration of the Dwight Clark Legacy.

It’s at the Lesher Center for the Arts in

Walnut Creek. In addition, 49ers general manager John Lynch will take part in a “State of the 49ers” panel discussion. For tickets and more information, go to DwightClarkLegacy.com. n With his team leading 11-0 this

past Tuesday, Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon came to the plate to bat against a position player on the hill for the Tampa Bay Rays, Brett Phillips, who was merely trying to get his battered side off the field.

So, for the first time in his career, Rendon, a right-handed batter, hit from the left side. And hit a home run.

Angels manager Joe Maddon had the last laugh. On Wednesday’s lineup card, he listed Rendon as a switch hitter.

By the way, Angels rookie pitcher Reid Detmers threw a no-hitter. n To read the rest of Doug Kelly’s

column, visit www.davisenterprise. com and click on the Sports tab.

EARLY: Ten hits for Ags From Page B1 hit a home run to left field for the Tritons.

Later in the inning, Blake Fitzgerald hit a three-run home run to right field, giving UCSD the 12-0 advantage.

UCSD had three home runs in the game.

The Tritons currently have 47 home runs overall this season.

The Tritons added another two runs in the sixth inning, stranding a runner on third.

Former Aggie Jalen Smith had two hits and two RBI for the Tritons.

The Aggies had 10 hits in the game. But left nine on base.

Mico, along with Leehey and Acosta each had two hits. Linnehan, Wakil, Piazza and Kyler Arenado had one apiece. n To read the rest of Rebecca Wasik’s story, visit www.davisenterprise.com, click on Sports and look for the story.

TRANSFERS: Go Huskies From Page B1 Aggie football, meanwhile, will be without the services of thirdteam All-American Jordan Perryman.

The superstar cornerback has taken his talents to the University of Washington, where he is expected to compete for a starting position this fall.

Go Huskies.

— Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@ davisenterprise.net.

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What’s so great about Yolo County? Plenty!

Enterprise staff Yolo County is tucked away between Lake Tahoe and San Francisco, but it is a world apart.

The vibrant cities of Davis, Winters and Woodland, along with the outlying communities in the picturesque countryside, have something to offer all year.

Residents and visitors alike can enjoy a variety of experiences — pedaling along bike paths lined with lush greenery, strolling through parks, shopping in historic districts, and enjoying art walks, cultural events and adventure sports, to name a few.

Explore natural beauty by touring verdant farmlands or walking quiet creekside trails. Enjoy great entertainment, from intimate theaters to the world-class stage of the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.

Sample an abundance of carefully crafted local wine, stroll farmers markets famous for their selection and freshness, and enjoy just about any cuisine under

The twice-weekly Davis Farmers Market is one of those quintessential Yolo County experiences that isn’t quite the same as anywhere else.

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the sun at one of many fine restaurants.

History buffs will find much to discover in Yolo County, as will adventurers, nature lovers, families, art aficionados, sports fans, music enthusiasts and even canine companions!

Davis has many attractions to keep you busy — a lively downtown with interesting restaurants, art galleries and retail shops; 125 miles of bike paths and lanes; the twice-weekly Davis Farmers Market (voted best Farmers Market

by American Farmland Trust), the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame; live music and theater; 100 acres of plants and trees at the UC Davis Arboretum; and of course, internationally renowned UC Davis itself.

Winters is a small yet accessible town, surrounded by fields and orchards, with a booming art scene and historic charm. Many delights await you: art galleries; antique stores; live musical performances at The Palms Playhouse in the historic Winters Opera House; wine tasting; and

great local cuisine.

Woodland is full of historical and agricultural treasures. Enjoy farm tours, great theater at the Woodland Opera House, and the California Agriculture Museum with more than 130,000 square feet of exhibit space. The city of Woodland also offers beautiful examples of Victorian and Craftsman-style houses in the historic center of town.

Or just outside of town, catch one of the many themed train rides on the Sacramento River Train.

Woodland also hosts many fun-filled festivals and events throughout the year, from the Honey Festival in May to the Stroll Through History in September.

Here’s your guide to exploring ; it concentrates on things to do, see and experience in Davis, Woodland, Winters and the smaller towns throughout the county.

— The Yolo County Visitors Bureau, www. yolocvb.net, contributed to this story.

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Kerry Rowland-Avrech discusses her mural “Splash” in downtown Davis in 2012.

Davis takes its reputation as the bicycle capital of the country seriously, and there are many ways this town proves its loyalty to pedal power.

It has earned the title of “America’s Best Bicycling City” because of its high volume of bicycle use, its renowned system of bikeways and cyclist-friendly facilities, and supportive city and university programs.

There are 125 miles of bike lanes and bike paths within city limits. Bike paths along greenbelts, in city parks, on campus and along the UC Davis Arboretum make bicycling a pleasant, leisurely activity with beautiful scenery.

The Davis Bike Club also has created route maps, offering more than 20 bike rides, with routes including Davis, Winters, Woodland, Clarksburg, the Capay Valley and beyond. The route maps and “cue sheets” — the detailed descriptions of how to ride from here to there — are available through the Davis Bike Club website — davisbikeclub.org. n More information: For even more bikerelated information, resources and laws, plus a detailed bike map, call UC Davis Transportation and Parking Services at 530-752-BIKE (8277); visit the city of Davis Department of Public Works, 23 Russell Blvd.; or visit Yolo County Visitors Bureau, 132 E St., Suite 200, Davis

A dad and his young son pedal along a Davis bike path during the 2015 Davis Loopalooza, an annual celebration of Davis’ bike paths.

Artwalks/Public Art Enterprise staff One way Davis likes to liven up its landscapes and neighborhoods is through public art. Playful sculptures, functional pieces like a wall or a clock, and much more adorn the downtown area, shopping centers, parks, greenbelts and buildings throughout Davis.

Local businesses combine efforts for a festive evening on the second Friday of each month. Pence Gallery and The Artery orchestrated the post-pandemic return of the 2nd Friday ArtAbout, a monthly self guided artwalk exploring art installations and receptions at galleries, art co-ops, and businesses in Davis. This free event offers art, activities, live music, and opportunities to converse with featured artists.

The community’s outdoor and indoor public art is available all the time for people to see — and, in some cases, to climb on. For example, a stroll through downtown might take you past “The Joggers” at Third and F streets, “Solar

Intersections” at the train depot, “Clepsydra” clock and water feature on the E Street Plaza or the many pieces in Central Park. And public art is in every other corner of Davis ... just look around! n More information: A public art walking tour guide can be picked up at the Yolo County Visitors’ Bureau at 132 E St., Suite 200, Davis. Davis also

boasts a transmedia sculpture walk, where each sculpture has a radio frequency identification technology chip embedded into it over which participants may wave their cell phones to interactively learn about each work of art.

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n Location: Pick up a map at John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, 521 First St., Davis n More information:

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“Roy the Dog” stands guard at the corner of First and E streets in downtown Davis, in front of the John Natsoulas Center for the Arts.

With more than 400 acres of parks and greenbelts throughout the community, Davis has plenty of places where you can go out and play.

Thirty-two neighborhood

and community parks, 12 large, reservable picnic areas and many smaller ones, 33 tennis courts, and other amenities such as horseshoe pits, disc golf, basketball courts and four pool complexes provide opportunities for recreational and lap swimming,

and swim classes. n More information: For a complete listing of facilities, parks and services, visit 1818 Fifth St., call 530-757-5626, or check the city’s website at community-services.cityof davis.org/facility-rentals

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Davis Farmers Market Enterprise staff The Davis Farmers Market has been a downtown staple since 1975 when it was founded by local family farmers looking for a way to sell their produce directly to the public. In 2009, the Davis Farmers Market was crowned America’s favorite large farmers market by the American Farmland Trust and thousands of voters. The win represents the integral role the Davis Farmers Market plays in the community and the avid support of its dedicated customers and fans during its long history.

In the spring of 2012, the local landmark also was tapped as one of the nation’s top 10

farmers markets by USA Today. The national publication praised the market’s “very social atmosphere (where) shoppers find the bounty of California, with berries, figs, olive oil, chestnuts, asparagus and dozens of other offerings.”

Explore the market stalls twice a week year-round, rain or shine, and you will find fruits, vegetables, nuts, flowers, honey, wine, cheese, crafts and gift baskets.

The market celebrated its 40th anniversary last year. n Location: Central Park, Fourth and C streets n More information: 530-756-1695; davisfarmersmarket.org

Carson Biggs plays with piglets at the 2010 Davis Farmers Market Fall Festival.

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The UC Davis Bohart Museum broke out insect-themed carved pumpkins for an October 2012 open house.

Bohart Museum Enterprise staff If you’re into bugs, the Bohart Museum of Entomology on the UC Davis campus has plenty of them. Butterflies? Check. Dragonflies? Check. Native bees? Check.

In fact, the Bohart houses more than 7 million insect specimens, plus a live “petting zoo” that includes Madagascar hissing cockroaches, tarantulas, scorpions, a millipede

This was the scene at the Bohart Museum of Entomology’s 2018 Moth Night.

Bohart associate Norm Smith (second from right) answers questions, while Bohart associate Noah Crockette (second from left), cradles an insect from the petting zoo.

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and six different kinds of walking sticks.

Founded in 1946 by noted entomologist Richard M. Bohart, the Bohart Museum is dedicated to teaching, research and service.

Admission is free. n Location: UCD campus, 1124 Academic Surge on California Drive n More information: 530-752-0493; bmuseum@ucdavis.edu; bohart.ucdavis. edu

DMTC Enterprise staff The Davis Musical Theatre Company is California’s longest-running, yearround, amateur musical theater company. It was founded by Jan and Steve Isaacson in 1984 with a mission to preserve the classic American musical art form.

The all-volunteer nonprofit

organization produces several musicals each year at the Jean Henderson Performing Arts Center in Davis, including “main stage” productions with adult actors and “young performers” productions for actors between 7 and 17 years old.

Upcoming theatrical

seasons include “Evita,” “The Music Man,” “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” “A Christmas Carol,” “Cabaret” and “Pirates of Penzance.” n Location: Jean Henderson Performing Arts Center, 607 Peña Drive, Davis n More information: 530-756-3682; dmtc.org

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Bike Loop Explore the 12-mile tour of the city using the Davis Bike Loop as your guide.

The loop, marked with a green “Davis Bike Loop” logo, takes bicyclists on a scenic route along paths and quiet residential streets through the neighborhoods of Davis.

This is a slow and scenic route designed for casual riders, families and children.

Parks & open spaces 1 Arroyo Park 2 Aspen Greenbelt 3 Cedar Park 4 Central Park 5 Chestnut Park 6 Civic Center Fields 7 College Park 8 Community Park

9 Covell Greenbelt 10 Covell Park 11 Green Meadows Greenbelt 12 Hacienda Park 13 John Barovetto Park 14 La Playa Park 15 Mace Ranch Community Park

16 N Street Mini Park 17 Northstar Park 18 Julie Partansky Pond 19 Oak Grove Park 20 Oxford Circle Park 21 Perimeter Greenbelt 22 Pioneer Park 23 Playfields Park

24 Putah Creek Park 25 Putah Creek Parkway 26 Redwood Park 27 Rosecreek Park 28 Senda Nueva Greenbelt 29 Slide Hill Park 30 Sycamore Park 31 Village Park

32 West Area Habitat Pond 33 Walnut Park 34 Westwood Park 35 West Manor Park 36 Wildhorse Golf Course 37 Whaleback Park 38 Willow Creek Park 39 Sandy Motley Park

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Dan Fortin (left) and Rhett Clark play a round at Wildhorse Golf Club after courses in town reopened from the pandemic in April 2020.

Golf Courses Enterprise staff Public golf courses in Yolo County include: Wildhorse Golf Club, under new ownership, is a challenging course for golfers of all caliber, and includes a driving range and putting green. n Location: 2323 Rockwell Drive, Davis n More information: 530-753-4900; wildhorsegolfclub.com Davis Golf Course is a full-service facility.

Besides the 18-hole course, it has a driving range and two putting greens. n Location: County Road 29 and Highway 113, Davis n More information: 530-756-4010; davisgolfcourse.com

Nestled between Blue Ridge and Cedar Roughs, east of the Napa Valley, Lake Berryessa offers year-round recreation opportunities.

Berryessa’s water reaches temperatures of up to 75 degrees in the summer, making it an ideal place for water sports.

Anglers enjoy fishing for cold- and warm-water species, such as rainbow trout, bass and catfish. One of the largest bodies of fresh water in California, Lake Berryessa is 26 miles long by 3 miles wide, with 165 miles of shoreline. An unusual fea-

ture of the lake is the spillway or “glory hole” above the Monticello Dam, a concrete funnel that drains excess water.

The Bureau of Reclamation provides two large dayuse areas (Oak Shores and Smittle Creek), Capell Cove launch ramp and many smaller dispersed day-use areas. There are recreation areas around the lake that are managed by concessionaires under contract with Reclamation and provide camping, day use and boating facilities.

The Monticello Dam area at the southeast corner of the lake is one of the best

local birding areas. The best time to visit for birding is in early spring and late fall during migration and nesting seasons. Look for eagles, hawks, songbirds, wild turkeys, Canada geese, pelicans and great blue herons, among others. n Location: Lake Berryessa is 40 miles west of Sacramento. Nearest towns are Napa to the southwest or Winters to the east. Nearest highways are state Highways 121 and 128. n More information: 707-966-2111; https://www. recreation.gov/activitypass/ 89c3fcc9-99ab-11ec-8b93 -2a848f2136c9

Wild Wings Golf Club is a long nine-hole course with 13 lakes spread over 82 acres. n Location: 18540 Wildwings Drive, Woodland n More information: 530-661-4720; wildwingsgolf.com The Ranch golf range is a driving range and lesson facility. n Location: 25603 County Road 99, Davis n More information: 949-295-8694, the-ranch-golf-range.business.site/ Yocha Dehe Golf Club, set in the gentle hills of Capay Valley, is both a secluded and peaceful setting for golf. n Location: 14455 Highway 16, Brooks n More information: 530-796-4653; yochadehegolfclub.com

Davis Golf Course hosts the Soroptimsits’ annual charity golf tournament.

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Hiking Enterprise staff Spring-fed waterfalls cascading over shadowy caverns, pockets of wetlands with turtles floating undisturbed and the fur of black bears shimmering in the sunlight as they move swiftly along river banks.

Recounted by Andrew Fulks, who manages UC Davis’ Putah Creek Riparian Reserve, these adventures actually are close to home.

Fulks has worked to inform, protect and expand opportunities in local nature. And the local outdoorsman shares his

journeys from the Blue Ridge trail off Highway 16 to a route leading into Pierce Canyon Falls. n More information: Detailed descriptions of nearby hikes are listed on the Tuleyome Trails page at www.tuleyome.org/trails/, or yolohiker.org.

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The UC Davis Arboretum’s GATEway Garden is a great spot to begin a meandering stroll along the Arboretum’s path beside Putah Creek.

UC Davis Arboretum Enterprise staff The UC Davis Arboretum is a living museum with more than 4,000 kinds of trees, plants and shrubs.

Established in 1936, the Arboretum stretches along the old north channel of Putah Creek, covering about 100 acres. Students and teachers use the plant collections for research and study.

Visitors come to attend classes, gather ideas for their own gardens and enjoy guided tours. The plants in the Arboretum are arranged in a series of gardens that represent different geographic areas, plant groups, horticultural themes or historical periods.

Arboretum paths are popular with walkers, joggers and bicyclists. The main path is a 3.5-mile loop. The lawns at the west end near the Peter J. Shields Grove are perfect for informal games and picnics. Picnic

tables are found behind Putah Creek Lodge and in the Redwood Grove.

Gardens include the Mary Wattis Brown Garden of California Native Plants; the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden of perennials and small shrubs; the Carolee Shields White Flower Garden; the Peter J. Shields Oak Grove including conifers and

acacias; the Mediterranean Section; the Weier Redwood Grove with North Coast Area and California Foothill Section; and the Desert Section. n Location: Along the banks of Putah Creek, Davis n More information: 530-752-4880; arboretum. ucdavis.edu

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Tuleyome hosts hiking and camping trips, including excursions into the Snow Mountain Wilderness.

Hattie Weber Museum Enterprise staff Those wishing to learn more about the history of Davis and surrounding areas can visit the Hattie Weber Museum in downtown Davis.

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A heron takes a rest on the banks of the Arboretum Waterway.

Named for Hattie (Harriet Elisha) Weber, who was the first paid librarian in Davisville, the museum is operated by the Yolo County Historical Society and run by knowledgeable volunteers. The museum houses permanent exhibits on the Davis

family, the railroad and UC Davis as well as rotating exhibits that have included Davis industries, antique family Bibles, Martin Luther King and more. Children are welcomed with treats and games at Halloween, goodie bags at Christmas and eggs at Easter.

Admission is free but donations are accepted with gratitude. n Open Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. n Location: 445 C St., Davis n More information: 530-758-5637; dcn. davis.ca.us/~hattieweber

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Flashy, thunderous Japanaese taiko ensemble Yamato will take the stage at Mondavi on Feb. 26.

Mondavi marks 20 years on campus

By Jeff Hudson Enterprise correspondent The Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts will launch its 20th Anniversary Season this fall. And some big names will be coming to town for the festivities.

The first big orchestra concert of the anniversary season will be the San Francisco Symphony, performing at Mondavi on Oct. 6 under Finnish-born conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, who became the SFS’s music

director in 2020 (but saw much of his planned concert programing for the San Francisco Symphony “rained out” over his first two years on the job by the

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Booking the San Francisco Symphony during the opening weeks of the Mondavi Center’s 20th Anniversary Season is a deliberate act of symmetry, because the San Francisco Symphony (then led by conductor Michael Tilson Thomas) played at the Mondavi Center’s grand opening gala back in October 2002. That concert launched the spiffy new performing arts complex with a memorable flourish.

Itzhak Perlman Violin superstar Itzhak Perlman will return to Mondavi on Jan. 14. Longtime Davis residents with good memories may recall some 25 years ago, the old UC Davis Presents series booked Perlman as the bigname celebrity to perform at the concert that kicked off the fund-raising effort to build what would eventually become known as the Mondavi Center.

At that time, the proposed $62 million performing arts complex at UC Davis was known as the Center for the Arts (the Mondavi family’s “naming gift” came several years

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From left Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma and Leonidas Kavakos will play at the Mondavi Center on Jan. 24. later) and Perlman’s appearance was at what was then known as the Sacramento Community Center Theater (which was renovated during the past two years, and rechristened as the SAFE

Credit Union Performing Arts Center).

Other notable classical names on Mondavi’s 20th Anniversary Season:

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MONDAVI: New faces mix with old favorites for anniversary From Page C11 n The venerable City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, which traces its roots in the English Midlands city of Birmingham back to 1906, will visit Mondavi for the first time on Oct. 15. Handling the baton will be the striking 35-year-old Lithuanian-born conductor Mirga Gražinyté-Tyla, widely seen as a rising figure in the classical music firmament. n Violinist Joshua Bell, who visits Mondavi almost every season, will present a recital on Dec. 10. n Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianist Emanuel Ax and violinist Leonidas Kavakos on Jan. 24. These three celebrated performers, finding themselves left high-and-dry by the pandemic (with no concert dates to play), decided to get together as a trio and cut an album featuring Beethoven’s piano trios. They’ll be touring

periodically next season to support that recording. n Soviet-born pianist Vladimir Feltsman, who’s been concertizing for decades, returns on April 8, making up a Mondavi Center booking that got cancelled during the pandemic. n Finnish-born conductor Osmo Vänskä, who is currently wrapping up a nearly two-decade tenure leading the Minnesota Orchestra, will conduct the Curtis Symphony Orchestra (from Philadelphia’s renowned Curtis Institute of Music) in a concert at Mondavi on May 21. The soloist will be the respected Soviet-born IsraeliAmerican pianist Yefim Bronfman. n The popular Barbara Jackson Rising Stars of Opera concert, featuring singers from the San Francisco Opera’s Adler Fellows program, has traditionally been held in October. It will now move to Feb. 5.

Jazz Vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, who’s drawn enthusiastic audiences in several previous appearances at Mondavi, returns to Jackson Hall on Jan. 27. Other familiar faces will include Cubanborn artists Pedrito Martinez and Alfredo Rodríguez (Feb. 24). The jazz season will also include several young up-and-coming artists in the Vanderhoef Studio Theater.

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The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra will visit Mondavi on Oct. 15, led by Lithuanian-born conductor Mirga Gražinyté-Tyla.

Dance Two big names: the French company Ballet Preljocaj (putting

their spin on “Swan Lake” on March 5,) and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (on April 18-19).

In a time-honored Mondavi Center tradition, the season includes a flashy, thunderous Japanaese taiko ensemble (Yamato, on Feb. 26), an Irish dance troupe (Dublin Irish Dance, April 14), a magnetic mariachi ensemble from Mexico (Aida Cuevas and Maria-

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MONDAVI: Mariachi and Weird Al From Page A1 chi Juvenil Tecalitán, on Oct. 12), and the young Venezuelan singer Nella, who’s won a Latin Grammy (Oct. 29).

American roots The foursome of bassist Edgar Meyer (who plays classical-to-bluegrass), violinist George Meyer (Edgar’s son), and bluegrass mandolinists Mike Marshall and Sam Bush visit on Jan. 20.

Multi-talented singer/songwriter Becca Stevens (booked by Mondavi a couple of years ago, and bumped back by the pandemic) is set for Feb. 9.

Ranky Tanky, which plays music reflecting the Gullah culture from islands off the Atlantic shore of several

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Parody singer “Weird Al” Yankovic, right, will be at the Mondavi on Sept. 24.

Southern states, visits on April 1. Operatic mezzo J’Nai Bridges and percussionis Ulysses Owens, Jr. team up for a concert featuring music of French Impressionist composers — and legendary American

bandleader Duke Ellington — on April 30.

NorCal faces The Alexander String

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Outdoor Activities

Registration for Recreational Swim will open on Monday, June 6.

Above, the namesake slide at Slide Hill Park. Use with caution.

West Pond

Figgy Park

Grasslands Regional Park

Sycamore Blvd. to Covell Blvd.

Access via Portage Bay East greenbelt

Mace Blvd. & Tremont Rd.

32 acres provides seasonal wetland habitat and year-round wildlife habitat for many plant and animal species. Walking, biking, wildlife viewing, enclosed by a security fence.

Next to Village Homes Community Playground.

320-acre park that contains vernal pools, Burrowing owls, Swainson’s hawks and other rare and endangered species.

Great Bear Vineyards

Hacienda Park

Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven

24800 County Rd 101A greatbearvineyards.com

Hacienda Ave. & Pamplona Ave.

Reservations required for all events.

Lighted basketball court, playground.

Bee Biology Rd., UC Davis

The Haven is open daily at no charge from dawn to dusk. A unique outdoor museum providing resources for local bee pollinators, inspires & educates visitors to create pollinator habitat gardens.

Harvest Park 1701 Harvest St.

Putah Creek South Fork Preserve Mace Blvd. 1.5 miles south of Davis 192 acres restored riparian and oak savannah habitat with a few short trails.

Daily public access, seven days per week from dawn to dusk.

BBQ grills, bike path, green belt fitness equipment, picnic area, playground, tot play area, walking fitness loop.

John Barovetto Park 4400 Alhambra Drive Bike path, green belt, playground, group picnic area, restrooms.

Barovetto served two tours of duty in the Vietnam War and supported orphanages in Vietnam.

Sky Dance Sky Diving 24390 Aviation Ave. Operating in Davis since 1987 and started the first Tandem Skydiving program in the Western United States. Options to capture the fun and excitement on video.

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23 Russell Blvd.

Multi-use/baseball field.

California Raptor Center

Cedar Park

1340 Equine Lane https://crc.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/

626 K St. (530) 757-5626

College Park Across the street from UC Davis Some say this neighborhood is the most beautiful in Davis. College Park is the name of the road that creates this neighborhood.

Davis Cemetery & Arboretum Central Park

Chestnut Park

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1405 F St. Skate park, play fields, playground.

820 Pole Line Road (530) 756-7807

Davis Civic Center Pool

A community tradition of historic natural beauty since 1855.

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Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art

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John Natsoulas Gallery 521 First St. 530-753-2651

254 Old Davis Road 530-752-850

457 Memorial Union 530-752-2580

A creative hub and museum centrally located on UC Davis campus across from the Walter A. Buehler Alumni Center and the university’s Welcome Center.

After over two years of construction, the UC Davis Memorial Union reopened its doors in 2017 to showcase a $23.5 million facelift to the university’s signature student lounge.

Davis Senior Center

Explorit Science Center

C.N. Gorman Museum 1316 Hart Hall 530-752-6567

Pence Gallery 212 D St 530-758-3370

The Pence is a nonprofit art gallery dedicated to showing the work of local and regional artists.

The C.N. Gorman Museum is committed to the creative expressions of Native American artists and artists of diverse cultures and histories.

646 A St. 530-757-5626

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MONDAVI: Opening a Red Door From Page C14 Quartet — based in San Francisco and stalwarts at the Mondavi Center since Season 1 — continue their multiconcert exploration of chamber music by Czech/ Bohemian composer Antonín Dvorák. Pianist Lara Downes and linguist John McWhorter (expert in creole languages) team up on May 5 for a reappraisal of Scott Joplin, who is best remembered as a composer of piano rags, but whose groundbreaking musical contributions to American were much more extensive.

And the American Bach Soloists, based in San Francisco, will return to Mondavi’s Jackson Hall on Dec. 17 for “A Baroque Christmas,” including highlights of Handel’s “Messiah,” as well

as other Christmas music from the Baroque era.

... And something quite unusual The Mondavi Center is particularly proud to be hosting a presentation called “Evolve” by a group known as the Red Door Project, which is linked to the name of the late, great American playwright August Wilson (19452005), whose mammoth 10-play cycle examined African-American community life and experiences from 1900 through 2000.

This widely praised “new performance experience” has been presented in several American cities, and comes to the Mondavi Center on Nov. 11-12. It was previously

scheduled for November 2021, but rescheduled due to the pandemic. The presentation “explores the relationship between law enforcement and communities of color,” looking at the issues involved from multiple points of view.

What’s missing Many people feel be ready to be done with the COVID virus ... but the virus continues to play havoc with the Mondavi Center’s 20th Anniversary Season lineup. And the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian military earlier this year triggered plenty of knock-on repercussions for touring artists of all kinds.

The Mondavi Center had engaged the Moscow State

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From Page C18 Symphony Orchestra to perform in Davis as part of the 20th Anniversary Season. “But the day after Ukraine was invaded, their tour was cancelled,” Ganter said. “It was very sad for us, and sad for their musicians (who were looking forward to playing here).”

“We also had a number of artists who were concerned about the global economy and touring during 20222023,” Ganter continued.

“These were not just Russian or Ukrainian artists, they were concerned about the state of the global economy,” he added.

Ganter acknowledged that some Mondavi Center ticket buyers were initially a bit skittish about the pandemic when the current season began last fall. But more recently, the Mondavi Center has hosted multiple sold-out events, including Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández, and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.

Look back, ahead Jeremy Ganter, now the Mondavi Center’s associate executive director, was on

the Mondavi Center staff during the construction of the facility, and attended the grand opening gala in 2002.

When invited to reflect on those initial days of the Mondavi Center, Ganter took a broad view and said, “When Larry Vanderhoef made the decision to build a performing arts center at UC Davis it was, in his words, the biggest risk he would ever take as UC Davis chancellor. We’ve had a lot of success in the two decades since we opened (in 2002), and we’re now an established piece of the region’s arts ecosystem. But I never forget about the gutsy, risky, and even radical thinking that got this place built. Performing arts centers can be deceptively tough operations to create and to manage, but we’re proud that the Mondavi Center has been such a labor of love, and a place that has generated awe and wonder since day one. We are very lucky.”

Don Roth, who’s been the Mondavi Center’s executive director for more than a decade, came to Davis several years after the Mondavi Center opened. Roth has been thinking about the 20th

Anniversary Season for a long time, and said, “We always knew that our 20th Anniversary Season needed to be special. That, as always, we would discover amazing new artists such as Emmet Cohen and Becca Stevens. That we would bring as well Mondavi Center favorites, when possible exploring a different side of their talent, such as Yo-Yo Ma performing at the center of arguably the greatest piano trio in the world.”

“But what we didn’t know, when we first starting thinking about this anniversary season, is that we would be emerging from a time that has challenged everyone one of us, our staff, the artists we present and the patrons we welcome. I feel so fortunate that I get to work with the great Mondavi Center team to provide the kinds of restorative experiences — through music, dance, theater and lectures — that can lift us out of our daily life and concerns, and provide enrichment, entertainment and joy.”

For information about the Mondavi Center’s 20th Anniversary Season, go online to MondaviArts. org.

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Bike Hall a perfect fit for downtown Davis

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

The USBHOF is a nonprofit that began in 1986 in Somerville, N.J. In 2008, however, they sought a new home. After a nationwide competition, the organization wisely chose the city with a Penny-Farthing as its logo for its new home.

“On a tryout basis before officially becoming the home of the USBHOF, we hosted the induction ceremony at Freeborn Hall on campus in 2008, and again in

2009. By 2010 we were the home of the Hall of Fame and Bike Museum,” said USBHOF volunteer, former city public-relations manager and avid cyclist Bob Bowen. “With a lot of support from the city council, redevelopment funds and donations, the teen center got renovated at 303 Third St. at Central Park and we opened in April of that year.”

With Davis’ and U.S. cycling’s history coinciding like two wheels on a bicycle, locals owe themselves a visit to this museum that features a wide variety of antique bicycles, equipment, vintage poster art, awards, photos and much more.

“It’s called the Pierce-Miller collection of bicycles. We have bikes and examples of bikes going back to their invention which was around 1817. We also have Penny-Farthings,

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

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Indoor Activities Davis Arts Center 1919 F St. 530-756-4100

The Tsao Gallery in The Davis Arts Center is an exhibition venue and educational resource for local and regional artists, students and community groups.

Gallery 1855 820 Pole Line Rd. 530-756-7807

Design Museum of UC Davis Cruess Hall #124 530-752-6150

Located on the historic grounds of the Davis Cemetery District it was named Gallery 1855, in honor of the first recorded interment.

Equestrian Center 24390 Aviation Ave 530-753-2651 Rocknasium 720 Olive Drive, Suite S 530-757-2902

The gym offers 23 walls, 5,500 plus square feet of climbable terrain and a 16-foot-tall bouldering wall.

The Smart Axe

The Artery

207 G St 530-758-8330

The 25-acre center features horseboarding facilities, a 45,000-square-foot covered riding arena, a cross-country field, a regulation Dressage court, four barns and several pastures.

Burgers and Brew 403 Third St. 530-750-3600

Mishka’s Cafe

Cloud Forest Cafe

Mishka’s Cafe serves a varitety of fairtrade coffees and loose-leaf teas in a warm and friendly atmosphere.

Cloud Forest Cafe makes coffee, juices, pastries, and paninis with a commitment to using locally sourced ingredients.

Symposium

Raja’s Tandoor

720 Olive Drive, Suite U2; book online at www.thesmartaxe.com

Dining 610 Second St. 530-759-0811

222 D St. 530-753-2164

Taqueria Guadalajara Sophia’s Thai Kitchen 129 E St 530-758-4333

640 W Covell Blvd., Suite E, Davis 417 Mace Blvd., Davis Taqueria Guadalajara specializes in homestyle, authentic Mexican cuisine.

1620 E. Eighth St. 530-756-3850

207 Third St. 530-753-9664

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Mikuni’s

500 First St. Suite 19 530-756-2111

Barista Brew Cafe 431 G St. 530-757-7575

Temple Coffee Roasters

Fluffy Donuts

230 G St. 530-341-0574

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757 Russell Blvd. Suite 2 530-756-2037

Seasons Kitchen and Bar Cafe Bernardo 234 D St. 530-750-5101

Zia’s Delicatessen 616 Third St. 530-750-7870

217 E St. 530-746-5500

Seasons Kitchen and Bar sources from local farms and vendors, aiming to maintain a connection with farmers, ranchers, vintners, brewers and bakers who practice and embrace sound production practices.

Lodging Best Western Palm Court 234 D St. 530-753-7100

Hyatt Place UC Davis 173 Old Davis Rd 530-756-9500

University Park Inn & Suites 1111 Richards Blvd 530-756-0910

The Vine Inn 221 D St 530-756-1040

Aggie Inn

245 First St 530-756-0352

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HALL: Davis’ place in cycling came thanks to dedicated work From Page A1 which we’ll have about halfa-dozen high-wheel bike riders — including myself — riding them in this year’s Picnic Day parade,” said Bowen.

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

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Former city of Davis publicrelations manager Bob Bowen rides a high-wheel bike in the 2016 Picnic Day parade.

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Davis didn’t become the town renowned for bicycling overnight. According to Bowen — a Davis resident since 1968 — the town and UCD grew rapidly in the sixties. The beautiful weather combined with the flat area — and starving students who couldn’t afford gas — biking

became very popular. Unfortunately, problems arose with students, staff, professors and residents riding around because streets were for vehicles only and no laws yielded any rights for cyclists. Of course, the cyclists didn’t just take umbrage to this, they took action.

“Folks in town started petitions and said, ‘hey, after World War II, Europe rebuilt and a lot of countries implemented bike lanes, so why don’t we have bike lanes?’

The city council at the time insisted they needed more cars downtown than bikers, because people with cars have money and people with money shop,” Bowen explained. “So, the bike people persisted and UCD kept growing. They started putting fences and bollards up

around campus to make it bike and pedestrian friendly.”

Assisting in the bicycling efforts at the time were UCD chancellors Emil Mrak and James Meyer. Finally, in 1967 after the city voted more bicycle-friendly folks onto the city council, it was decided bike lanes were to be implemented around town.

However, it was found the state department of transportation laws prevented designated bike paths on a street.

After that, legislation was written up, passed through the Assembly and finally Gov. Ronald Reagan signed it allowing bike lanes to be painted on streets, making

the bike lanes in Davis not only the first in California, but the nation as well.

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

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