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UCD water polo coach held on child porn charges

Yolo County Sheriff Tom Lopez details construction at the county jail in Woodland in 2019.

In the meantime a Yolo County grand jury has issued a scathing report on visitation polices at the facility.

By Caleb Hampton and Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writers

prevent COVID-19 from entering the jail.”

“To that end, throughout the pandemic the Sheriff ’s Office regularly conferred with the Yolo County Health Officer regarding safety protocols and procedures, including matters concerning visitation,” which resumed in-person on April 25, Fout added.

As for the online scheduling and video visitation systems, Fout noted the pandemic delayed progress on many other county programs and projects

SACRAMENTO — Daniel Joseph Noble, an assistant coach for UC Davis men’s water polo, made his first appearance Friday in U.S. District Court, a day after Federal Bureau of Investigations agents arrested him at his Sycamore Lane home in connection with an undercover child pornography investigation.

Noble, 26, entered NOBLE the courtroom wearOut on bond ing an orange jailissued uniform, his hands shackled in front of him. He took a seat to the right of his attorney, Erin Radekin, before hearing a formal reading of the single charge he faces: knowing distribution of visual depiction of prepubescent minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

He is expected to be released from jail custody Monday morning on a $100,000 bond co-signed by his parents, in whose Southern California residence Noble will stay under home detention during the court process.

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Grand-jury report blasts jail visit policies

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer The Yolo County grand jury released a pair of reports Friday critical of the Yolo County Jail’s visitation policies and other inmate programs.

“Unacceptably restricted” is how the grand jury described the jail’s visitation rules, which fell short even before the COVID-19 pandemic halted them in March 2020, the report contends.

Formally known as the Monroe Detention Center (MDC), the Woodland facility is

operated by the Yolo County Sheriff ’s Office.

“While COVID-19 socialdistancing restrictions have limited the choices for the Sheriff ’s Office to make reasonable accommodations for social visitation of inmates, available measures (such as remote visitation or socially distanced in-person visitation) have not been put in place,” the report says. “As of March 2022, restrictions from March 2020 are still in effect.”

“This constitutes a broken pledge,” the grand jury declared.

Yolo County spokesman John

Fout issued a preliminary response Friday afternoon, saying the report “fails to appreciate the difficulties, complications and complexities placed on the Yolo County Jail as a result of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic.”

“Throughout the pandemic, the primary focus of the Yolo County Jail has been the health, safety and well-being of our inmates,” the statement read.

“The primary, and most integral, safety measure for keeping our inmates safe was, and continues to be, taking every possible measure to

City announces Golden Heart awards

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Two horrific acts of violence that took the lives of two Davis Joint Unified School District students nine years apart are remembered every year in part through annual awards bestowed by the city of Davis on adults and youth who have given much to the community.

This year is no exception.

The city this week announced the 2022 recipients of the Thong Hy Huynh awards, given in memory of Huynh, who was stabbed to death on the Davis High School campus in 1983, and the Golden Heart Awards, given in memory of Andrew

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Mockus, a Holmes Junior High School student who was killed in BAXI 1992 by a group of Podcast host Davis teens who beat him, robbed him and pushed him into the path of a moving train.

Those being honored with these city awards include adults, community organizations and teens who have contributed to the city in the areas of civil rights and community service as well as for one teen, overcoming personal challenges to make a difference in her

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All of the award recipients will be honored during a recognition ceremony at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday before the City Council meeting.

The Golden Heart Awards, which have been presented by the City Council for nearly three decades, were created in the wake of the 1992 death of 14-year-old Mockus. His violent death stunned the city, which responded by holding public forums to discuss the issues facing the city’s youth and ways the city could do more to help In the end, the City Council adopted seven recommendations that

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School board looks at next-generation textbooks

By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer The school board meeting on Thursday, May 19, marked some upcoming changes in the Davis school district, the most notable being an adoption of nextgeneration science standards and history/ social science textbook materials.

DSHS teacher JeanPaul Whittall summarized the need for updated materials in the public comment section when he joked that in the history textbooks the text reads, “Who knows how the

Cuban Missile Crisis will end?”

Preceding the lightheartedness, however, was a thorough presentation by associate superintendent of instruction Rody Boonchouy and Matt Duffy, the director of elementary education and leadership, on the pilot and adoption process of next generation science standards and history/social science.

“The elementary team started by agreeing on our values as a district and what essential features or components of a text and

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Best to wait as long as possible

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realize that many of you may already have voted. I haven’t. I plan to wait until 7:59 p.m. on June 7 to cast my ballot.

I do, however, think early voting is great. It’s convenient and it has likely made it easier for people to vote. Still, I don’t want my favorite candidate to do something stupid between now and Election Day, so I’ll wait and keep my ear to the ground for any last-second drama.

Because kids tend to grow up, we received five Yolo County Voter Information Guides and five official ballots in the mail, three of them for daughters who are off at college.

Since Donald Trump is certain to claim that every election that doesn’t go his way has automatically been rigged, I may just cast those ballots myself to really give him something to chew on.

The only problem with this strategy is that these three young women are far more informed on the issues of the day than I am.

Besides, I don’t want to end up in

Please keep this a secret.

What I don’t understand, however, is how my vote in Kern County or Siskiyou County or Imperial County or even Humboldt County will get counted on election night by the Yolo County elections office in Woodland.

the Yolo County Jail for voter fraud.

Still, it would be easy to pull off given that ballots can be dropped off not only in Yolo County, but at any vote center in the state of California. Says so right on Page 53 of the California Official Voter Information Guide provided I “personally deliver” them to “any polling or ballot drop-off location in California by 8 p.m. on Election Day.” To avoid detection, I’ll vote in person right here in Davis, then drop our daughter’s ballots at vote centers in Yreka, Eureka and El Centro. Or maybe Bakersfield.

Gotta keep ’em guessing.

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an you imagine if Jesse Salinas, our county’s talented election czar, announces a dead heat in the county supervisors race on Election Night, then 10 days later declares a winner when my ballot from Bakersfield arrives in Woodland by Greyhound bus.

It’s a lot of pressure, not to mention responsibility, but with all these extra ballots in hand I could personally defeat Measure H all by myself or, conversely, I could put Measure H over the top.

I could return Jeff Reisig to office or I could deny him another term.

I could even write my name in for governor and give Gavin Newsom the boot. The possibilities are

endless.

Interestingly, our humble East Davis household received five voter guides from Yolo County and only one from the state of California. I guess the latter expects us to share and the former has money to burn.

I love getting the state voter guide because during every election California Secretary of State Shirley Weber reminds me that she has a PhD and I don’t.

Do you realize that Dr. Weber and her crack staff lists 26 candidates for governor? Didn’t we already get an extra shot at our handsome governor and he survived it handsomely? Why does he have to go through this process again?

The bottom line here is you should vote early and vote often.

And if there’s an extra ballot or two sitting on the kitchen table buried under the breakfast dishes, put it to good use.

I’ll never tell.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning @davisenterprise.net.

Tree, limbs down in the wind at Slide Hill Park

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Multiple city crews and contracted vendors have been hard at work during a very windy day clearing debris and fallen trees throughout the city, including at Slide Hill Park where a tree fell near a play structure this morning.

The tree fell very near where a large limb fell from another tree a year ago, fatally injuring a Davis mother playing with her child.

Friday's wind storm also saw a large tree limb drop into the tennis courts at Slide Hill Park.

“Staff were on site at the park multiple times today to clear limbs, place caution

tape and assess the situation,” according to a statement from the city.

The city will close the play structure and part of the path near it until a post-wind-storm assessment can be performed.

“We take the safety of our families and residents very seriously,” the city’s statement said.

“We appreciate the public's patience as we clear up the debris.”

To report downed or hanging branches or trees, the public is encouraged to contact the city’s Public Works Utilities and Operations Department at 530-757-5686 or citytrees @cityofdavis.org.

Residents can also visit

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High winds uprooted this tree in Slide Hill Park, blocking a bike path near a children’s play area. the 24/7 reporting system My Davis at: www. cityofdavis.org/mydavis or download the free My

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When reporting the location, be as specific as possible (identifying cross

streets or landmarks) to ensure that the city can locate the tree or branch.

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COACH: Federal agent in Florida conducted sting operation From Page A1 court process.

U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Deborah L. Barnes ordered several other conditions of Noble’s release, including GPS location monitoring, restricted travel and a ban from using computers or other devices capable of accessing the internet.

“I can tell you, you have a lot to do to make sure you’re not sitting across the street for the next year, year and a half while your case is pending,” Barnes said, a reference to the Sacramento County Jail.

Radekin declined to comment after the brief hearing, other than to confirm Noble is expected to enter a plea to the allegations after his preliminary hearing scheduled for 2 p.m. June 10.

The child-pornography charge carries a punishment ranging from five to 20 years in prison and $35,000 in fines, according to the federal complaint.

UC Davis officials announced Noble’s arrest in a Friday morning press release, noting the university had “immediately” placed him on administrative leave and ordered him to stay away from the campus upon learning of his apprehension.

By 3 p.m. Friday, UC Davis updated its press release, saying that the campus had terminated

Noble’s employment with immediate effect.

According to a staff directory writeup about Noble published

by UC Davis Athletics, the San Clemente native moved to Davis in 2017 to help with the Davis Water Polo Club, coaching 12-and-under boys’ and girls’ teams.

In 2019, UC Davis hired Noble to work with its men’s and women’s water polo teams. His duties primarily included film and opponent scouting. He also helped with recruitment and planning practices. His contract with the university was set to expire June 30.

This spring, a federal agent in Florida conducted an undercover investigation into chat groups on Kik, a mobile messaging application. On March 10, someone with the username “numerounoginger,” with the display name, “The Ginger” entered a chat group that the agent was monitoring, according to an affidavit filed Thursday in support of a criminal complaint and arrest warrant.

In March and April, The Ginger posted media to the chat group, which included at least seven videos depicting prepubescent and pubescent girls and boys performing sex acts on themselves, on each other and on

adult men. According to the affidavit, the agent believed the minors depicted in the videos were real people.

One of the videos posted by The Ginger, which showed an adult male raping a prepubescent girl wearing a mask, was part of a series familiar to the FBI. “The child victim in that series was sexually abused outside the state of California, and her abuse was video recorded,” the affidavit stated.

The FBI subpoenaed The Ginger’s subscriber information and Internet Protocol (IP) Address from MediaLab, Kik’s parent company, and traced the information to Noble and his Sycamore Lane address in Davis.

On Thursday, Noble was arrested on probable cause that he distributed child pornography.

He is not accused of creating the content. According to the affidavit, after being read his Miranda rights, Noble willingly spoke to federal agents and told them he was the sole user of the “numerounoginger” Kik account.

He admitted to posting sexually explicit videos and receiving gratification from them, but denied “committing hands-on offenses against minors,” the affidavit stated.

UC Davis leaders learned about the investigation into Noble and

his imminent arrest on Wednesday, according to the school’s press release. The campus is cooperating with the FBI on the case.

“These allegations are highly disturbing and antithetical to the values of UC Davis,” Chancellor Gary S. May said. “We will cooperate fully with the FBI investigation. As always, the safety of our students and the broader community remain my highest concern.”

On Friday, under the direction of May and Wendi Delmendo, UC Davis’ chief compliance officer, the campus launched its own investigation into Noble. The investigation is led by Ellen London, a former assistant U.S. attorney, who specializes in complex litigation and internal investigations, UC Davis said.

“The first stage of her review will be to determine the programs and activities that Noble engaged in during his tenure as an employee of the university, and whether there is information suggesting that Noble engaged in sexual misconduct associated with his coaching activities,” the press release stated. The possibility of further review will be determined by whether there are victims within the UC Davis community, the campus said.

“I am deeply concerned that

individuals in our community may have been harmed,” May said. “If there are victims within our community, our highest priority will be to provide support for them.”

The university encourages anyone who wants to report sexual misconduct to contact the Harassment and Discrimination Assistance and Prevention Program (HDAPP) at hdapp@ ucdavis.edu. The Center for Advocacy, Resources & Education (CARE) is available to offer confidential support to any survivor of sexual violence or harassment, including survivors in the broader community who have been harmed by members of the UC Davis community.

For students who need immediate mental health support, please call Student Health and Counseling Services at 530-752-0871. Faculty and staff can reach out to the Academic and Staff Assistance Program, which serves the Davis and Sacramento campuses.

— Enterprise staff writer Lauren Keene contributed to this story. Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@davisenterprise.net.

Follow him on Twitter at @ calebmhampton.

GOLDEN: Award winners show commitment to helping community From Page A1 grew out of the forums, including the creation of the Golden Heart Awards, which are given annually in two categories: overcoming personal challenges and community service. The personal challenge award recognizes kids who have overcome significant challenges in their lives, while the service award recognizes those who have given significant service to an expressed need in the community, to their peers or to their school.

Community Service n Rohan Baxi, a student at DaVinci Charter Academy, was nominated for a Golden Heart Award by Robin Dewey, president of Team Davis, a local nonprofit that provides sports, recreational and education activities for youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Team Davis serves as the local Special Olympics Team.

Baxi, now 15, began volunteering for Team Davis when he was in the seventh grade, helping with some basketball practices and then coaching both basketball and track. He also helped with the football clinic that UC Davis football players offer

each year to Team Davis participants, as well as the annual basketball clinic that the UC Davis women’s basketball team provides for Team Davis athletes.

“When the pandemic hit, Rohan came up with his own creative way to keep our athletes engaged and exercising,” Dewey said in her nomination letter.

He created a hiking club and continues to regularly take Team Davis participants on local hikes on trails around Davis.

Baxi also hosts “Timeout Radio,” a radio show and podcast on KDRT 95.7, where he covers sports, travel, school and other topics of interest to teens. n Yanni Lowry, a senior at Da Vinci, was nominated

by Judy Wong-Chen, internship specialist for Da Vinci, who called Lowry “an excep-tional Da Vinci High School student and

human being.”

Lowry has left an indelible mark on her school, WongLOWRY Chen said, Indelible mark including by founding and serving as president of the Black Student Union.

“Her involvement stemmed from a lack of conversation and awareness of the larger Black Lives Matter movement and she was driven to act,” the nomination letter said. “She made and sold shirts for proceeds to be donated to BLM.”

Personal Challenge n Erin McAllister, a ninth grader at Holmes Junior High School, was

nominated for a Golden Heart Award by Holmes counselor Marci Sarette, who said McAllister has inspired her with her resilience and character.

school, and compassion for all.”

McAllister was 6 years old when her mother, Lesley, was diagnosed with cancer and 10 when her mother passed.

A big part of her life so far has been Camp Kesem, which serves children whose parents have cancer.

McAllister has been attending Camp Kesem since she was very young and looks forward to it every summer, Sarette said.

“Given the circumstances, I would understand if Erin held anger and bitterness,” wrote Sarette.

“But Erin chose a different path — one of service to others, hard work in

“Her presence there is clearly a gift to all the staff, and to her fellow campers,” Sarette’s nom-ination letter said. “One of her greatest life aspirations is to become a camp counselor

McALLISTER Service to others

at Camp Kesem so she can help children who are struggling with a parent’s cancer.”

The ceremony for the Golden Heart award recipients will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday on the patio outside of City Hall.

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On getting my third dream job in a row I

n today’s episode, I would like to hit on a couple of topics: my new job, and the purpose of this column.

Let’s start with what I hope this column does. Over the past 20 years here — and a few at the Moscow-Pullman Daily News before that — I’ve aimed for a light-hearted “slice of life” vibe, with details of my life being the main plot. I like to read about other people’s lives so assume that’s got at least a smidgen of universal appeal.

However, above all with this column I always think, “What would people get out of reading this story?” If all goes well, maybe a laugh, and maybe some relatability to another human’s experiences. Or perhaps I point to a fun activity or timely event or practical service that a reader

didn’t know about.

I bring this up because I recently heard from a reader that I need to”get out of (my) own little world and write about something that is actually interesting” — this came after discussing my husband’s job in a recent column. So apologies to that guy, but also major kudos. While he was quite critical of my “showing off ” and the “cool and hip image” I try to portray, I applaud him for writing directly to me, using his own name and email ID.

This is almost unheard of in critics. In my experience, the general protocol for reader interactions is that compliments come to you via email or in person when someone recognizes you at the grocery store or Farmers Market; criticism come more publicly as snark on Davis Enterprise Facebook posts.

So it is with that introduction that I want to share about my new job.

Remember how I worked at The Enterprise as a reporter and associate editor for nearly 17 years? And then I took a wonderful position at UC Davis for the past three years? I’m thrilled to say that the overlap of both of those dream jobs has manifested in my new role as the editor for the California Journalism Student Corps at EdSource.

Leaving UCD is not an easy decision because it is an awesome place to work. My job with Strategic Communications has been excellent in helping me develop skills and learn about non-journalism comms. But with S’s new role as interim president at San José State University and the multitude of ways that is impacting all aspects of our lives, I need more flexible time.

And to be completely honest, I miss journalism. A lot.

Which is why happening across a job posting for a parttime editor with EdSource to mentor California college students who are honing their skills felt, I don’t know, inconceivable.

And that word does mean what I think it means.

So if I were addressing a critic who wondered why anyone

would care about my “own little world” story, I’d say that it’s meant to be motivational. In this case, telling you about my dream job — one that marries my love of journalism, and college-aged people and higher ed — appearing at the moment I was wishing for such an opportunity might inspire you to get out your Google machine and do a little looking.

Let mine be the success story that pushes you into action. It’s actually possible that a place you admire and respect and wish you could work is looking for you, too.

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

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

The Brighter Tomorrows campaign kicks off

By Jane Eadie Special to The Enterprise

Yolo Crisis Nursery

or the last 21 years, Yolo Crisis Nursery has been a haven for at-risk children in our community: a caring home, a helping hand, and a comprehensive resource for families during times of crisis.

As an organization, we are committed to helping every child and family that comes to our door, and the need is growing. Last year we served 67% more families than the prior year.

The increasing demand for the Nursery’s services, combined with the constraints of the size of our current rental home, has made the need for a larger, better equipped Nursery more urgent.

To meet the growing needs of our community, now and in the future, the Yolo Crisis Nursery has launched the Brighter Tomorrows Campaign to build a new, permanent home. The $9.5 million initiative is a partnership with our local businesses, city and county government, foundations, friends and supporters to raise the funds necessary for construction, equipment, and expanded programs and services.

We are extremely grateful to Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation for their transformational lead gift of $2.5 million and honored

by their support of the Nursery’s mission and our shared goals. We are thankful to have the generous support of leadership donors who have helped us lay the foundation: Blue Bus LP, Yolo County, The City of Davis, Sutter Health, Our Little Light Foundation, First 5 Yolo, The Johanna Anderson Trueblood Foundation, The George and Lena Valente Foundation, The Kelly Foundation, and Davis resident Mohini Jain, as well as the other early campaign contributors who have helped us launch this ambitious fundraising effort.

The new, 9,000+ square-foot facility, located on a one-acre parcel of land in South Davis, replaces the Nursery’s current location, a 1,400-square-foot rental home that the organization has occupied since it was founded in 2001.

Groundbreaking for the new Nursery is currently slated for spring 2023 and construction is scheduled to be completed in summer 2024.

The new Yolo Crisis Nursery will provide these important benefits: ■ The Space to Help More Families — More than triple the number of beds for housing children

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An artistic rendering of the future Yolo Crisis Nursery. overnight ■ An Environment for Learning — Designated spaces for preschool classes, training sessions, and meetings ■ Confidentiality — Private offices for parent counseling and other wraparound services ■ Increased Services — Space for medical assessments, targeted therapy, parenting training, and expanded services ■ Room to Play —

Outside playground space, with designated separate age-appropriate areas ■ Critical Upgrades — Improved facilities and equipment, from an efficient, modern kitchen to critical security systems ■ Financial Security — The benefit of owning a home vs. continuing to rent And we are just getting started. Over the next 18 months we seek to raise all the funds needed to build the Nursery, ensuring that

there are additional resources for equipment, furniture, building maintenance, and expanded programs and services.

Early support for the Brighter Tomorrows Campaign has been remarkable and the generosity and compassion of our community have been inspiring. With our public campaign launch now underway, I am absolutely confident that we are on the path to truly

building brighter tomorrows — for children, for families, for our community.

For information about the Yolo Crisis Nursery and its Brighter Tomorrows Campaign, visit https://yolocrisis nursery.org/. To make a gift to the campaign, email bheard@yolocrisisnursery. org.

— Jane Eadie is the campaign chair for the Yolo Crisis Nursery Brighter Tomorrows Campaign.

Smith earns Woodland LWV award Enterprise staff Tessa Smith, chair of the Multi-Cultural Community Council, is the recipient of the Woodland League of Women Voters’ 2022 Democracy Works Award.

Smith was nominated by Will Ferrier and Wendy Wilcox, who said, “Tessa Smith has dedicated her life’s work to making a positive impact and improving the human experience of local citizens by closing the gap in racial disparities. Tessa has worked tirelessly as Chair of the Yolo County MultiCultural Community Council, a group that advises the District Attorney’s office on community and race issues. She also brought together a rich mix of stakeholders to bring awareness with the goal of driving change, to the issue of racial disparities in the health, criminal justice, and child welfare system.”

Smith lives in Woodland and works for the Yolo County Health & Human Services Agency as the diversity, equity and inclusion coordinator. She is engaged in the Yolo County Child Abuse Prevention Council; the

Name Droppers MICAH Forum, a partnership with Greater Second Baptist Church & St. Luke’s Episcopal Church; the MCCC since 2016; and Resilient Yolo, as co-lead, a group of trainers and providers who work to reduce adverse childhood experiences and build resilience in children and families.

The Democracy Works Awards presentation and Dinner will be on Wednesday, May 25, at the Historic Woodland Hotel, College and Main streets in Woodland. Parking is at the rear of the hotel. Doors onto the patio open at 5:30 p.m. The presentation begins promptly at 6 p.m. with a catered dinner to follow.

Tickets for the event including dinner are available on the League website as reservations are required. The reservation form is posted on the LWVW website my.lwv. org/california/woodland along with two payment options.

The LWVW Annual Meeting will be after dinner and members of the public are invited to attend stay for the meeting.

———— Judge David Rosenberg of the Yolo Superior Court was elected 91st president of the California Judges Association by the group’s executive board at its meeting on May 17. He will serve a one-year term beginning Oct. 1, succeeding Judge Rupert Byrdsong of the Los Angeles Superior Court.

Judge Rosenberg has a long history of service to the Judicial Branch and the State of California.

He has served as a Superior Court judge in the County of Yolo since 2003 and has been elected presiding judge of his court three times. Judge Rosenberg has served on the California Judicial Council for four years, and

currently serves as the chair of the Judicial Council’s Advisory Committee on Audits and Financial Accountability for the Judicial Branch.

He has served on the executive board, as well as the executive committee of the California Judges Association for two years and is completing a term as a vice president of the executive board. He served for many years as chair of the CJA Government Relations Committee, and currently serves as CJA liaison to that committee.

— 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. Mottos and Slogans.

What retail chain expects shoppers to “Expect More. Pay Less”?

2. Great Americans.

First name Peter, what California superior court judge helped found UC Davis?

3. Unusual Words.

What 10-letter C-word means “ridiculous” or “implausible”?

4. Film. What celebrated 1957 Sydney Lumet film co-starred Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb and Jack Klugman, among others?

5. Countries of the World. Micronesia is

made up of about how many small islands: 20, 200, or 2,000?

Answers: Target, Peter J. Shields, cockamamie, “12 Angry Men,” about 2,000.

— 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.

Find out more at www.

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Fit House welcomes everybody in search for fitness

By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer Whether one is big, tall, medium or small, all are welcome at the Fit House in Davis.

Although exercising is a difficult habit to create, this studio facilitates all experience levels of fitness with a warm welcome that turns into a burn of progress.

Originally starting as a bootcamp that took place here, there and everywhere around town, the Fit House didn’t become the fitness studio it is today at 302 G St. until 2016.

Since then, it’s become more of a fit home for those seeking to bolster their physical, mental and emotional wellness.

“It’s a creation of community through fitness. That’s the number one thing, because when you come in it’s a place where you belong not a place where you need to fit in or look a certain way,” said owner Blanche McNaugton on what makes Fit House stand apart from other gyms.

“Our instructors are incredibly talented and experienced, so we know the body. But more important is that we’re about bringing fitness to the whole person. Not just the physical aspect of it, but also checking in on our clients’ emotional wellbeing.”

As it was for every other business, however, COVID-19

TEXTBOOKS: Teachers ask for raises from board From Page A1 program would be important,” Duffy said.

“The following features rose to the top — first was equity of voice and representation of all cultures, race, ethnicity, ability, gender, sexual identity and orientation.

This is an area publishers have focused on improving with newer adoptions and teachers saw much improved representation from our materials last adopted in 2005.”

From there, Boonchouy discussed the NGSS adoption process for the high schools.

“The NGSS adoption process was led by our NGSS coordinator and teacher, Ingrid Salim, who also successfully led the science adoption process for elementary and junior high schools two years ago. We thank her for her tireless effort and leadership,” said Boonchouy. “Our interest for this adoption is to ensure that students are equipped with quality resources for learning and to provide both our novice and expert science teachers the materials they need for a strong, resource foundation and consistency across similar courses.”

After deliberation amongst the trustees, they unanimously voted to adopt the updated materials.

Subsequently came the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) update by Boonchouy. It encompassed and explanation of the LCAP’s multi-teared system of support, how it will increase improved services for foster youth, English learners and low-income students as well as a breakdown on the increased or improved services of the district.

There was also a COVID-19 health and safety update presented by associate superintendent of student support services Laura Juanitas. Unfortunately, Yolo County has seen an increase in positive cases within the last month.

“I want to continue to emphasize the importance of indoor masking during increase periods of community transmission,” Juanitas said.

“Although the newest

variants of Omicron do not seem to lead to serious illness requiring hospitalization for most people, it is highly contagious and people are still reporting they are quite sick. I wanted to end this presentation on what I hope is some good news. The most recent wastewater testing data does show a decline over the past two weeks. It’s too early to tell if this decline will continue, but I have my fingers and toes crossed that this most recent update will continue to wane and we’ll get back to the numbers we were seeing a couple months ago.”

Updates aside, the public comment section of the meeting was filled teachers advocating for the board to accept the DTA’s proposal to increase salaries and benefits. They emphasized the dire reality of district teachers not being able to afford to live in the area.

Alongside that were students and parents advocating for the district to keep the Birch Lane Montessori Program, which is a parent-choice program and hands-on educational experience.

In the announcements in the beginning of the meeting, Superintendent Matt Best touched on classified school employees appreciation week, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and the Birch Lane Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room ribbon cutting. He also didn’t shy away from the hate crimes committed in Buffalo, N.Y., and a Taiwanese church in Los Angeles.

Best expressed the district-wide lamentations of the senseless violence as well as its commitment to combat hate and promote understanding and belonging in the schools.

The meeting came to a close with the next being scheduled for June 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the Community Chambers located at 23 Russell Blvd. It will also be available on TV by switching to DJUSD education channel 17 and streaming online at djusd.davismedia.org.

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

was a big obstacle for Fit House to hurdle. McNaughton and her co-owners, Caryn DeMoura and Lisa Herrington, outlasted the COVID challenge and maintains health and safety precautions as a regular business practice.

“The challenge has been getting people to feel safe when they come back in to exercise and sweat because it’s breath-based,” said McNaughton.

“Even though our studio used to be a press room, the ceilings are high, we’ve got ventilation, doors that open to the street in all rooms, fans are going and the air is always moving. We also still limit the number of participants in the studio. Even though those rules have gone to the wayside, we

still limit the amount of people coming in.”

With a commitment to a fitness-based community, the Fit House offers a variety of class choices to meet one’s physical, mental, emotional and even spiritual needs. They cover the spectrum with bootcamps, hot Pilates, PsycleFIT, Power Vinyasa Yoga, Yin Yoga and Yoga Nedra, Zumba, BarreX and inside/ outside cycle classes.

“I love the people here in Davis and love what I do. It’s not work for me and every day brings something new and is so rewarding,” McNaughton commented on why she loves being open in Davis. “We have an incredible team here and what’s

really important to me is that we’re a women-owned and managed small business. It’s just empowering and inspiring for our young women.”

Alongside having a little something for everybody, Fit House is currently rolling out a series of new client specials to help one step through the doors of their new fit home. To check out what they are as well as the litany of classes Fit House offers, one can visit fithousedavis.com and keep up with them on their socials by searching @ fithousedavis.

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

Yocha Dehe’s $2.5M gift launches nursery’s campaign Special to The Enterprise BROOKS — Yolo Crisis Nursery announced a lead gift of $2.5 million from the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation at a May 11 event celebrating the launch of a new nursery in Davis. The gift officially kicks off the nonprofit organization’s $9.5 million Brighter Tomorrows Campaign to build a larger facility that will enable the nursery to create new programs,

expand its services, and serve more children and families.

“We are extremely grateful for this generous gift and honored by the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation’s support for our mission,” said Yolo Crisis Nursery Executive Director Heather Sleuter. “Their donation is a source of inspiration. It reflects our shared commitment to helping the children and families of Yolo County and provides the resources to act on that

vision, to actually create brighter tomorrows.”

The 9,000-square-foot-plus facility, on a 1-acre parcel of land in South Davis is being donated by Blue Bus LP, replacing the current location, a 1,400-square-foot rental home that the organization has occupied since its founding in 2001. Groundbreaking for the new Nursery is slated for spring 2023 and construction is scheduled to be completed in summer 2024.

JAIL: Officials blame staff crunch, pandemic From Page A1 — including the grand jury itself, which paused its work for part of its 202021 term.

Challenges faced The grand jury’s scrutiny of the jail’s visitation policies date back to 2017, when the panel found the facility was “unreasonably limiting visitation and employing a needlessly cumbersome system for scheduling visits and appointments,” thus denying inmates the humanitarian and rehabilitative benefits of those contacts.

According to the report, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors responded by allocating funding for online visit scheduling and a video visitation system to be implemented by the end of 2020.

Sheriff ’s officials replied in early 2020 that both resources would be available to inmate visitors by the end of the year, then later extended that projection to 2021. In the meantime, the jail facilitated visits through texts and phone calls.

In December, the Sheriff ’s Office issued a subsequent update saying that pandemic-induced staffing shortages and challenges with the program software would further push the online scheduling portal to late April 2022.

“This latest development places the visitation appointment system and video visitation system behind schedule and with no estimate for when to expect these systems to be available for use,” the report says. “The termination of live visits and failure to implement video visits effectively ended all family and friend visitation at the MDC.” Grand jurors who toured the jail in November interviewed several inmates

who told them that the jurors were the only visitors they’d had “either at all or in a very long time.”

In its recommendations, the grand jury called for the Sheriff ’s Office to take the following actions by Sept.

1: n Resume in-person social visitation (already complete, county officials say). n Update handbooks, websites and other public communications to reflect the most accurate and up-to-date policies of social visitation. n Update the grand jury on the progress of the implementation of the round-the-clock online visitation scheduling system. n Update the grand jury on the progress of implementation of the promised video visitation system. n Update the grand jury and the public on the status of the contracts fulfilling the Jail Management System and Video Visitation System.

Grievance, inmate release shortfalls A second report released by the grand jury details the jail’s “archaic” inmate grievance process, as well as its lack of pre-release planning efforts for inmates approaching re-entry to society.

According to the report, two grand jurors who visited the jail to inspect inmate grievance logs were denied by staff hard copies of the complaints.

“The jurors were instead provided with summary tracking logs to allow for manual counting of the total number of grievances,” the report says.

“Approximately 22 pages of the paper tracking logs were reviewed and broken down into categories and sub-categories. The overall process of reviewing the logs was cumbersome and time-consuming.”

Reviews found that inmates submitted 630 grievances in 2021 and 127 as of March 7, most involving medical care, jail programs, housing, the commissary and staff complaints.

Although the California Board of State and Community Corrections, which inspects the state’s correctional facilities, does not require computerized grievance tracking programs, the grand jury suggested such a system would promote organization and transparency.

“A basic data tracking system would allow MDC staff and the YCSO to identify trends early on, to promote resolutions, and to allow for prompt, evidencebased action,” the report says.

The grand jury also took issue with the jail’s “minimal level” of inmate pre-release planning, which they say is currently limited to inmates who specifically request it or to those referred by medical and mental-health staff.

“Housing is the most requested form of assistance from inmates who are pending release,” the report says. “Staff also

expressed concern that many inmates are released back into our community with very little or no ‘case management’ or follow-up care surrounding their mental health, drug treatment, or physical health appointments.”

Inmate housing pods feature kiosks with informational handouts that assist with re-entry planning, but “there is no full-time staff member solely assigned to assist inmates in developing a pre-release plan,” the report added.

The grand jury seeks the following actions from the Sheriff ’s Office by Dec. 31: n Utilize computer programming already procured and paid for by Yolo County, Microsoft Excel, to establish a simple computerized grievance system. If necessary, the grand jury recommends that the YCSO request funding from the County Board of Supervisors to fund a basic computerized grievance system n Develop a procedure and train staff to use the computerized grievance tracking system. n Prioritize the hiring of a full-time program coordinator to better support inmates in preparing for their release back into our communities.

Fout said the county “looks forward” to issuing formal responses to the grand jury reports at a later date.

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

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Turn your yard into an oasis Metro Special to The Enterprise

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Use childproof latches on any drawers, toilets, doors or cabinets within the child’s reach to keep them safe from hazards.

Childproofing checklist to help keep kids safe Metro Special to The Enterprise It’s not long before newborns who need their parents to cater to their every need become toddlers who can’t wait to go exploring on their own. The curiosity can come quickly, which underscores how important it is for parents to childproof their homes.

■ Childproofing is essential in the nursery where children tend to spend much of their time, but it’s necessary elsewhere in the house as well. The Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles says fractures are the most common injuries among infants and toddlers as they develop a sense of curiosity and gain mobility.

Head and mouth/tooth injuries are some additional injuries curious kids may suffer during this period in their lives. This childproofing checklist can help reduce the risk of injury.

■ Follow United States Consumer Product Safety Commission crib safety regulations, which include fixed sides, a firm mattress and slats that are no more than 23⁄8 inches apart.

■ Install UL-listed carbon monoxide detectors and smoke detectors on every story of the house and check batteries in detectors frequently.

■ Install a temperature guard on the water heater and never set it above 120 F. ■ Cover all sharp furniture edges and corners with safety padding or specialty bumpers.

■ Block all open outlets with outlet covers or safety plugs.

■ Place lockable covers on the garbage.

■ Install stove knob covers.

■ Use latches on any drawers, toilets, doors, or cabinets within the child’s reach.

■ Anchor heavy furniture, such as televisions, bookshelves and dressers, to the walls.

■ Install safety guards on windows.

■ Pull the crib away from other furniture.

■ Use cordless window blinds.

■ Place gates at the top and bottom of stairs and use them to prevent access to rooms that are off limits.

■ Store cleaning supplies, tools and breakable items out of reach or in a locked cabinet.

■ When the child reaches 35 inches in height or can climb out of the crib, it’s time to transition to a toddler bed.

■ Choose toy chests or other furniture with spring-loaded hinges.

■ Do not hang heavy wall art or shelving over cribs.

■ Cover radiators, hot pipes, etc., with protective

Parents can customize childproofing plans based on their needs and the designs of their homes.

Consult with a pediatrician for other tips on making a home safe for young children. materials.

■ Remove flaking paint and be sure to have paint tested for lead.

■ Inspect the home for protruding nails, bolts or other hardware that can cause injury.

These are some childproofing measures parents can implement to keep kids safe. Parents can customize childproofing plans based on their needs and the designs of their homes.

Consult with a pediatrician for other tips on making a home safe for young children.

Warm weather means more time to relax outdoors. For those homeowners lucky enough to have entertaining spaces outside, spring and summer provides plenty of opportunities to enjoy fresh air under the sun or stars.

Over the last few years, families have become especially familiar with what works about their yards and where there is room for improvement. Pandemic-related travel restrictions and early stay-athome mandates resulted in plenty of time spent in backyards on staycations. Even though many such restrictions have been lifted, homeowners may have seen the benefits of having functional respites right outside their doors.

A backyard renovation can cost anywhere from $5,000 to $50,000.

The American Society of Landscape Architects suggests homeowners budget the cost of a major landscaping project at between 5 and 10 percent of their home’s value. Large or small, here are ways to make an outdoor oasis at home.

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When paired with weatherproof patio furniture, such as sofas, loungers and tables, a private seating area can be crafted and utilized for any number of entertaining desires.

Create living privacy Living in close proximity to neighbors may make privacy harder to come by. Wood or vinyl fences, however effective, may not provide the all-natural look many people desire. Vertical gardening, which

trains easy-care vines like English ivy, Clematis or various climbing roses to grow on trellis or fencing adds greenery and privacy. Hedges and fast-growing shrubs also can be used for natural barriers.

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Guide to outdoor lighting for style, safety Metro Special to The Enterprise Lighting is an essential component of interior and exterior home design. Not only does lighting add style and make spaces more appealing, when done correctly, it also makes a home safer and more functional.

Homeowners who plan to utilize outdoor spaces like backyards, front porches and walkways to the fullest should think carefully about lighting.

These guidelines can assist with selecting outdoor lighting fixtures.

Security lighting Flood lights and security lights are a good investment for those who want to beef up visibility and security around the home. These lights are high-intensity and designed to illuminate large areas. The brightness

and reach can serve as a preventive measure to keep animals and even criminals away. Motionsensor lights will immediately engage if something crosses the path of the sensor. Some lights will remain on from dusk until dawn. Lowes Home Improvement suggests using the correct wattage on outdoor security lights so they flood an area thoroughly without affecting neighboring properties.

Wall, post and ceiling lights Outdoor lighting fixtures beyond security options come in a variety of styles, according to Lamps USA. Wall lights are mounted to the outdoor wall of the home. These typically flank doorways or the garage. Post lights are often installed on the

posts of decks and porches, or are free-standing on properties, providing visibility but also style.

Ceiling-mounted lights may be above doorways or installed in any structure that has an overhead area.

Warm-colored temperature bulbs in these fixtures can create an inviting atmosphere that is not too bright and jarring, especially when multiple lighting fixtures are working together. When selecting lighting for wallmounted fixtures, experts suggest sizing up if you are

not sure of the size to pick, as lights will look much smaller in scale from a distance.

Accent, landscape lighting A bevy of accent lighting choices are available.

Accent lighting is designed to enhance the mood and appearance of certain elements of a landscape.

Accent lighting is not intended to add bright

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OASIS: Pools, hammocks & bird feeders From Page A6

Install a pool

Lawn mower blades raised to at least three inches encourage grass roots to grow deeper and hold soil moisture.

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How to prepare for drought Metro Special to The Enterprise Drought is becoming a more frequent problem.

According to NASA, the last 20 years have produced some of the driest conditions in the American west on record. When drought occurs, it is now more severe and pervasive than it once was, which underscores the importance of planning for drought before it occurs.

Government efforts to combat climate change, which NASA indicates is behind the increase in drought over the last two decades, might produce large scale change needed to protect against drought.

But there’s also steps private homeowners can take to prepare for drought before it occurs.

■ Check your well pump regularly. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urges homeowners who have a well pump on their properties to check them regularly for leaks. If the pump turns on and off while water is not being used, it has a leak.

Addressing the leak

promptly helps to conserve water, which is one of the most effective means to combatting drought.

■ Plant native species.

The U.S. Forest Service notes that native plants are adapted to the local climate and soil conditions.

That means they will require less water and will be hardy enough to withstand heat waves in areas where especially high summer temperatures are the norm.

■ Raise the blades on your lawn mower. The DHS notes that lawn mower blades raised to at least three inches encourage grass roots to grow deeper and hold soil moisture. That can help lawns survive drought without much intervention, including extra water during times when water restrictions are in place.

■ Reseed lawns with drought in mind. When reseeding a lawn, consider the potential for drought.

The DHS recommends individuals in areas affected or likely to be affected by drought plant drought-resistant lawn

seed. Drought-resistant grasses, which include Bermuda and Zoysia grass, can withstand prolonged periods without water.

However, before reseeding, consult a local lawn and garden professional to ensure the grass will thrive in your area.

■ Devise a wise watering strategy. Come late spring, devise a watering strategy to take you through the dog days of summer.

Water-efficient irrigation systems can protect flowers, plants and shrubs during prolonged periods marked by little to no precipitation. In addition, less water will be lost to evaporation when watering during early morning or evening hours when temperatures tend to be less extreme and the sun is not as high. If possible, hand water during these times of day or set irrigation system timers to do so.

Dry conditions are more common today than they were 20 years ago. That reality means homeowners must plan ahead as they try to help their lawns and gardens survive drought.

Pools are the ultimate spots to cool off on hot days. An elaborately shaped inground pool can blend in with the landscape and offer the ultimate hang-out zone. However, aboveground pools also serve the purpose and are more budget-friendly. Stock tank pools are popular among those who want minimal pool expenditure or have small spaces to work with.

Stock tanks are metal vessels traditionally used as watering holes for livestock. They also can be

“adult kiddie pools” when combined with some plumbing. Galvanized steel frames make them sturdy.

With floats and other accessories, they can become the perfect oasis.

Extend the living space Decks and patios can help make outdoor entertaining areas more comfortable by eliminating the need to sit on the grass or gravel. Plus, they add another “room” to the home. When paired with weatherproof patio furniture, such as sofas, loungers

and tables, a private seating area can be crafted and utilized for any number of entertaining desires.

Hang a hammock Few things evoke feelings of relaxation better than a hammock. Fitted between two trees (or two posts if trees are sparse), a hammock is an ideal place to grab a nap or read a book.

Additional oasis-inspired ideas include outdoor kitchens, letting up lanterns, cascading water features, and bird feeders to attract the sounds of nature.

LIGHTING: Fixtures safety-rated for outdoors From Page A6

mobile but not as bright.

upward-directed lights can be cast on trees or shrubs to accentuate their shapes.

Accent lighting also may call out a structure, such as a garden or a fountain. While accent lighting may be hardwired, homeowners who want the luxury of changing lighting can opt for solar fixtures, which are more

Additional pointers When shopping for bulbs, consider the number of lumens. A standard 100watt bulb produces around 1,600 lumens. Security lights should range from 700 to 1,300 lumens for optimal brightness. Other lights needn’t be so bright.

Furthermore, ensure that any fixtures that are being used are safety-rated for outdoors. Wet-rated fixtures are designed to withstand direct exposure to outdoor elements, advises the design experts at Schoolhouse, a lighting and lifestyle goods company. Damp-rated fixtures are built for outdoor locations protected from harsh weather.

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Special to The Enterprise Yolo Audubon Society will offer a field trip on Saturday, May 28. The event is free and open to the public, and no registration is necessary. Harnawaz Boparai will lead the trip to Cache Creek Nature Preserve, just off the Cache Creek Watershed in Woodland. The walk will be on established trails that are mostly flat. All levels of birders are welcome.

Cache Creek Nature Preserve, a private nonprofit outdoor preserve, has gone through more than 25 years of habitat restoration work.

The group will be looking for resident species and those that migrate in to breed here. A combination of wetland, riparian forest, creek, and grassland habitats will provide an opportunity to see a variety of birds. Wood ducks, tree swallows, western king-

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Wood Ducks are common at Cache Creek Nature Preserve. birds, pied-billed grebes, and lots of red-winged blackbirds are common.

There are also occasional sightings of ash-throated flycatchers, American white pelicans, white-faced ibis and common gallinules.

The group will meet at 7 a.m. in the parking lot of Cache Creek Nature Preserve, 34199 County Road 20, Woodland. The trip will

conclude at around 10 a.m.

Participants should bring water, binoculars and spotting scopes. There is also a limited supply of additional binoculars as loaners. Rain or strong wind would cancel the trip.

Additional information and contact information can be found at yoloaudubon.org or yoloaudubon. facebook.com.

The city of Davis celebrated the grand opening of the improved South Fork Preserve Open Space on Saturday, May 21.

The city recently completed much-needed public accessibility improvements at the preserve, including a new gravel trail that is accessible to people with disabilities, a short boardwalk and large creek overlook, new single-track and seasonal trails through the preserve’s riparian habitat, 10 new interpretive panels, new trail signage, trail improvements and natural seating areas.

“South Fork Preserve Open Space allows our community to commune with nature locally,” Mayor Gloria Partida said.

“I am especially grateful that the main trail and

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A dad and son fishing on the South Fork. overlook of the preserve are now open to people with disabilities.”

The city bought the preserve in 1993, when the land was still in row crops.

In 1999, the U.S Army Corps of Engineers planted thousands of native trees and shrubs to restore the land’s natural riparian, upland, grassland and oak savannah

habitats, making it the habitat it is now. In 2017, the city bought 10 acres west of County Road 104 to expand the preserve, which is the city’s largest open space area at 120 acres.

For more information on the City’s Open Space program, visit www.cityofdavis.org and search for “open space.”

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Don’t have a cow on the vote

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ASCOT MADNESS ... I hate to ruin a good story that is now circling the globe about the humble little ag school in Northern California where students voted to change the school mascot from a horse to a cow.

Not only that, several of the stories I read had concluded that the student vote meant the decision is final and henceforth the UC Davis mascot will officially be a cow.

While it’s true that in a student election with very low turnout, the switch to a cow was approved by three-quarters of those voting. But the vote has no force of law.

They may as well have put a proposal to make UC Davis tuition-free on the ballot and tossed in “free beer” in the dining halls while they were at it.

If you and I had a barbecue in the backyard and voted to change the UC Davis mascot from a horse to a cow while we were putting ketchup on our burgers, it would have the same legitimacy as the

student vote. In other words, none.

Granted, all this talk about changing the mascot to a cow is fun, and has led to some horrible puns, but it will not happen. Trust me on this.

Chancellor Gary May and the Cal Aggie Alumni Association have the final word, which means they have the ONLY word. The chance of this happening is zero.

Athletics would have a cow if it happened.

WILL THE REAL AGGIE MASCOT PLEASE STAND UP? ... No matter how the students voted on this pressing issue,

I want to clear up a flat-out falsehood that has been circulating about Cal Aggie history.

Put simply, Gunrock has not been the official UC Davis mascot since the beginning of time as many misguided UC Davis students are claiming.

Doesn’t anyone remember Ollie Mustang, a friendly horse who for decades roamed the sidelines and the bleachers at Toomey Field and the hallowed halls of Hickey Gym? Also led the Aggie Band down to the railroad station for the annual homecoming Pajamarino Rally and bonfire.

One day, they tossed Ollie in Putah Creek and invented Gunrock as the new mascot. Gunrock does have a storied history at UC Davis, but never as a mascot until recently.

BOVINE BLUES ... As a member of the California Aggie men’s tennis team several decades ago, I had my good days and my bad days, but after one particularly bad loss, my coach told me I was

Davis High’s Scott Inouye clears a hurdle in the 110-meter hurldes Friday at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Track and Field Championship at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium. To view more photos, visit www.davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports tab.

THE NAME GAME ... On the heels of this mascot madness, several students are proposing that the time-honored Battle of the Bands on Picnic Day be renamed “Cowchella.”

Predictably, the Cow Aggie Alumni Association is against it.

EVEN MORE OPTIONS ... If we can’t decide on cows or horses, why not change the mascot to “Pint” in honor not only of Pint the Wonder Dog of football fame but also the world-class UC Davis Brewing Program.

The kids’ booster club for those 8and-under could be known as the HalfPints.

It’s a proposal worth voting on.

— Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

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SJS Masters Track & Field Trials

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“moving like a cow” on the court.

That may be where this movement started. And no, I refuse to call it a mooooovement, as every newspaper in America has done.

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Davis High boys golfer Loren Green(wearing white cap) gets ready to tee off during Wednesday’s practice at Wildhawk Golf Course in Sacramento. To view more photos, visit www.davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports tab.

Baum shines in discus Blue Devils preparing for

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor Andrew Baum took this spot on the podium on a windy Friday afternoon.

The senior on the Davis High boys track and field team took third place in the discus at the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Track and Field Championship at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium.

Baum, competing in the second flight, had a toss of 147 feet, 1 inch, which also went for third place.

There were three Blue Devils who are advancing to Saturday’s finals.

Lucas Tam, a sophomore, took first place in his heat for the Blue Devil boys in the 800-meter race Friday night with a time of 2 minutes, 01.01 seconds. He finished fourth overall.

Davis’ Scott Inouye, another senior, advanced to the finals in the 110-meter hurdles. Inouye took third place in his heat with a time of 15.16 seconds, and sixth overall.

Norah Dulaney, a junior, also qualified for the Blue Devil girls in the 800-meter race.

She took fifth place overall, and second place in her heat at 2 minutes, 18.68 seconds.

The top eight from Friday’s trials, with the exception of boys’ pole vault, girls’ high jump and boys’ triple jump that had trials and finals on Friday, advance to

Saturday’s finals.

The top three individuals and teams in the finals advance to the California Interscholastic Federation State Track and Field Championships, which will be held at Veteran’s Memorial Stadium on the Buchanan High campus in Clovis.

The championships will be held Friday, May 27 and Saturday, May 28.

There were other Blue Devils who competed Friday. Will Siemens had three chances, and missed, in the pole vault at 14 feet, 11 inches. He cleared the bar in his last attempt at 14-05. He took s eventh overall.

Emma Vogt, a sophomore, in the girls in the 200-meter race. She placed fifth in her heat at 26.16 but 18th overall.

Maya Yikilmaz, only a freshman, took second place in her heat of the girls’ 400meter race at 1:00.08.

But she missed earning a berth in the finals, taking ninth place overall. Granite Bay’s Abigail Peterson earned the eighth spot at 1:00:01.

Davis High is the official host school for the meet, and the second time since 2019. There was no Masters Championship in 2021 and 2020 because of the pandemic.

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

bigger postseason stage

By Henry Krueger Enterprise correspondent Davis High boys golf head coach Zeb Becker enjoys coaching from a distance.

“For the most part, the players manage their own game,” Becker said. “They all got swing coaches. For me, it’s between the ears and making sure that they’re comfortable and having fun.”

Becker’s hands-off approach may seem different, but the results are hard to dispute.

After winning the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Tournament title on May 16, the Blue Devils are set to compete in the California Interscholastic Federation NorCal Regional Championship on Monday. The tournament will be played at the Berkeley Country Club in El Cerrito.

Joining Davis at the regional championship will be Granite Bay, Jesuit, Crystal Springs Uplands School, De La Salle, Dougherty Valley, Foothill, Lowell, Lynbrook, Oakland Tech, Pleasant Valley and Stevenson.

The top three teams will advance to the CIF State Golf Championships, which will be held at the San Gabriel Country Club in San Gabriel on Wednesday, June 1.

The players representing Davis are Logan Green, Ryan Firpo, Josh Galindo, Andre Zhang, Jakob Green and Blake Schimmel.

Galindo is coming off a 70-stroke performance at the Masters Tournament, the best score among all individual players.

“I was keeping the ball in play off the tee, which is very crucial as it was a very tight course,” Galindo said. “I was putting it close with the approach shots.

I hit some irons to six or seven feet, made some birdies so I was just hitting it well that day.”

Logan, who finished right behind Galindo at 71, credits much of Davis’ success to having a deep roster.

“It’s super helpful to have a solid squad of players because everyone’s score counts,” Logan said. “You can’t rely on one or two guys to play great golf, and so every guy needs to show up and play their best.”

Galindo echoed his teammate’s sentiment, seeing his team’s depth as unique.

“There are a lot of teams out there who might have two or three good players but

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Chalk it up to a good time on the sidewalk

By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise

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n nice weather, we often see children and families playing outdoors. A favorite pastime of many is using sidewalk chalk.

Chalk purchased from the store works just fine, but there are a couple of fun and unique types of sidewalk chalk you can make at home.

The first is glow in the dark chalk. You will need: a bucket or jar, spoon, ice cube tray or other mold, petroleum jelly, plaster, water, food coloring gel or liquid watercolor, and glow in the dark paint.

Coat your ice cube tray or mold with petroleum jelly and set aside. For mixing it is best to use a bucket or jar that you no longer need, as it is highly likely you will need to discard it after mixing the ingredients. Use a spoon to mix 1 cup of plaster, ½ cup of water, 3 tablespoons of the food coloring gel or liquid watercolor, and 4 tablespoons of your glow in the dark paint.

When all the ingredients are completely mixed, spoon them into your ice cube tray or mold.

Place in a cool, dry place to dry overnight. Do not freeze! When dry, you may take them out of

Explorit Science Center the mold and begin using them to make glow in the dark art on the sidewalk. The chalk will absorb the sunlight and glow for a short time after dark.

For our small artists who may not quite have the fine motor skills for chalk sticks you can make sidewalk chalk paint. You will need: cornstarch, water, food coloring, a container, spoon (optional), and something to paint with.

In your container, mix the cornstarch and water, begin with a 1:1 ratio and mix with a spoon, your paintbrush, or even your hands! Add a few drops of food coloring and continue mixing. If the chalk paint is too thick, add a little more water, or if it is too runny, add a bit of cornstarch, just try for the consistency you want. Next, take it outside and use a paintbrush to paint on your sidewalk.

Just like the store-bought chalk, neither of these are permanent, but both methods will take a few washes to fully come off the sidewalk. Have fun, and remember to wear sunscreen

A child creates sidewalk art using colored chalk.

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and drink water when playing outside.

Exploit's coming events: n Today: Mace Ranch History: From Sheep to Science.

This presentation will cover the fascinating history of Mace Ranch from 1850 to present day.

The event is included with the cost of admission. n Explorit is open to the public on Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Admission is $5 per person.

Explorit Members, ASTC, and those age 2 and under free.

Explorit strongly encourages all guests to wear a mask indoors. n Limited spaces 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 NonMembers. 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 530-756-0191 or visit http:// www.explorit.org, or "like" the Facebook page at www.facebook. com/explorit.fb.

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UCD presents workshop of Houdini musical Special to The Enterprise Master illusionist and showman Harry Houdini and his obsession with death take center stage in “Death and Harry Houdini,” a new musical that will be presented as a workshop by the UC Davis department of theater and dance in conjunction with Catalyst: A Theater Think Tank.

The work takes the stage on June 2 and 3 in the Wyatt Pavilion Theatre at 7 p.m. Performances are free and open to all.

Created by Keaton Wooden, Granada Artist-in-Residence, the musical is based on an original play

by Nathan Allen. Alumna Lisa Quoresimo (Ph.D. performance studies, ’18) directs the piece, which features musical staging by graduate student Edward Talton-Jackson and music direction by Graham Sobelman. Staged with minimal production elements, this barebones workshop features seven undergraduate students playing a variety of roles.

The musical centers on young Erik Weisz, who, after witnessing the death of his father, becomes haunted by death and vows to prove himself its greatest opponent in history. Erik transforms his life to become “Harry Houdini” and uses his skills for showmanship, strength and illusion to prove to death, and himself, that he fears nothing.

“It’s a thrill to bring one of America’s greatest figures to the stage, inspired by Nathan Allen’s amazing original vision,” said Wooden. “Get ready for a fantastic, phantasmagorical adventure.”

Quoresimo, assistant professor of theater and dance at Southern Utah University and co-founder of Catalyst, said she is pleased to return to UC Davis with another musical project.

“What a privilege it is to be back on campus in the Wyatt Theatre, one of my favorite theatre-making spaces, with this extraordinarily talented cast of UC Davis undergrads,” said Quoresimo. “And after collaborating on Zoom last year, it’s a pleasure to be

back in person with composer Keaton Wooden.”

Wooden is a regional Emmy Award-nominated writer, composer, director and social impact producer.

As composer, Wooden works with Coyote Joe Stevens as a songwriting duo and composing team for musical theater, film and television.Their musicals “The Civility of Albert Cashier,” “Hills on Fire” and “Paper or Plastic” have been performed across the country.

Launched in 1982, the Granada Artist-in-Residence program brings prominent theater artists — directors, playwrights, choreographers — to UC Davis each academic quarter to teach and create a work for public performance. It is a special opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to work closely with major theater and dance practitioners.

For information about department productions, theatredance.ucdavis.edu.

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Opera House performs ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ Special to The Enterprise The historic Woodland Opera House is proud to announce its final main stage production of the 2021-22 season, “Bye Bye Birdie.” A loving send-up of the 1950s, small-town America, teenagers, and rock ’n’ roll, “Bye Bye Birdie” remains as fresh and vibrant as ever. Teen heartthrob Conrad Birdie has been drafted, so he chooses All-American girl Kim MacAfee for a very public farewell kiss.

The story was inspired by the phenomenon of singer Elvis Presley and his draft into the US Army in 1957.

A classic comedy with wellknown songs such as “Put

on a Happy Face,” the show features a tuneful highenergy score, plenty of great dancing, and a hilarious script — all fabulously brought together by a very talented cast!

Reserved seating tickets are $25 for adults, $23 seniors (62+), and $12 Children under 17. Balcony tickets are $15 for adults and $7 for children 17 and under. Flex Pass specials and group rates are available.

Purchase tickets online at www.woodlandopera house.org, by phone or in person at the Woodland Opera House box office, 340 Second St. in

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From left, Journey Ostlind, Lynsey Goldberg, Kate Kasten, Lanea Christianson, Amelia Robinson-Burmester perform in the Woodland Opera House’s production of “Bye Bye Birdie.”

Woodland or 530-6669617. Box office hours are Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m.

Tickets can also be purchased at the box office two hours prior to each performance.

In accordance with the updated indoor mask requirements from the state of California and Yolo County, masks are no longer required in the Woodland Opera House facilities.

Viramundo featured at May 24 Performers’ Circle Special to The Enterprise The Brazilian-flavored band Viramundo is the featured act at the Village Homes Performers’ Circle, Tuesday, May 24, in Davis.

Viramundo, based in Davis, plays songs from Brazil, Cape Verde, Mozambique and more.

Fronted by Brazilian-born vocalist Scarlet Cenira, the band features Stephanie Thayer and Jon Chengary on percussion, Goran Muhlert on guitar, Read Forrest on guitar and cavaquinho, and Bill Dakin on bass. Repertoire includes songs by Jobim, Mariza, Sara Tavares, Caetano Veloso, Marisa Monte, Clara Nunes, Edu Lobo, and some originals.

Viramundo presents upbeat impressions of samba, samba-bossa, música popular brasileira, tropicália, bolero, and baião.

The Village Homes Performers’ Circle is a free event that welcomes performers of all levels as

well as audience members who simply come to enjoy the performances. No tickets or reservations are required. Resuming after a two year hiatus during the pandemic, it is held the fourth Tuesday of each month, except December.

The event begins with an open mike and concludes with the featured performance.

Signup begins at 6:45, with signup performances (one performance/act, 5 minutes each) from 7 to 8:15 p.m. The featured act performs from 8:30 to 9 p.m.

The emcee this month will be Laura Sandage.

Village Homes Performers’ Circle is held in or outside the Village Homes Community Center, 2661 Portage Bay East, Davis. Wearing of masks is encouraged for performances in the wellventilated space.

For information visit https:// www.facebook.com/ villagehomesperformers/.

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Commentary Ethnic studies, civics should be taught together

By Amanda Susskind and Dan Schnur Special to CalMatters

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n a time of increased polarization and divisiveness, it is critically important for California’s young people to learn the essential components of a stable and successful democracy. That’s why our state’s public schools require our children to learn civics.

In a time of increased hatred and intolerance, it is equally vital for young people to learn their own cultural histories and heritage, as well as those of others with whom they live in the most diverse communities we have seen in the history of our planet. That’s why our state’s public schools will soon be required to teach ethnic studies.

If executed well, these curricula can serve both laudable and mutually reinforcing goals.

Ethnic studies can teach our children about their commonalities and the unique nature of their identities.

Civics can teach them how to reconcile their differences to work toward productive compromise.

California’s plan, however, is for these lessons to be taught separately, with no effort to help students understand the interdependency of these two important topics. That makes no sense.

As California begins the process of developing ethnic studies curricula, we in civic education have some ideas. We believe an ethnic studies program can be of immense value, but only if the curriculum includes civic learning strategies and resources to help students identify, research, discuss and analyze important issues in order to take responsible, informed action.

In high-quality civic learning, we know that students learn to think critically, develop research skills, assess and synthesize information and present coherent arguments based on data.

We believe that the combination of civic learning and ethnic studies can restore our nation, our communities and our institutions to places of civility, respect and integrity, committed to upholding the ideals of our democratic principles.

As civic education advocates, we start with the premise that all California students need to be equipped with the knowledge, skills and dispositions to be informed citizens. They need to understand how to find common ground in our pluralistic society while protecting the rights of our people regardless of race, ethnicity, indigeneity, religion, gender, class, sexual orientation or other identities.

Because civic learning centers on the continual struggle to make our nation “a more perfect union,” crafting effective ethnic studies programs can provide the perfect context for civics to protect democratic ideals, norms and practices. The establishment of ethnic studies standards underscores our belief that an awareness of being part of an interrelated community equips students to contribute to the public good and helps strengthen democracy.

In fact, the state’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum describes how the field of ethnic studies contributes to the larger goal of preparing young people to become informed citizens.

Ethnic studiess hould help students become more engaged locally and develop into effective civic participants and stronger social justice advocates, better able to contribute to constructive social change.

We support initiatives to ensure that all students, beginning in kindergarten, are provided high-quality learning opportunities that prepare them to be informed, skilled, empathetic, respectful, active and engaged citizens.

We urge schools to include civic learning as an essential component of the newly mandated ethnic studies program. Our young people should be proud of their heritage and celebrate their differences. But they must also understand that our future success depends on their ability to work together and become engaged participants in our democracy.

— Amanda Susskind is the president of Constitutional Rights Foundation. Dan Schnur teaches at UC Berkeley, Pepperdine University and USC.

Progs and Mods vie for power D emocrats have superduper majorities in both houses of the California Legislature, which means its few Republican members are completely irrelevant.

However, the Capitol still seethes with political intrigue as left-leaning Democrats vie with moderates for control of the legislative agenda.

This year’s elections, beginning with the June 7 primary, are a particularly yeasty venue for the perennial conflict, occurring after all 120 legislative districts have been redrawn and with term limits and personal ambitions creating a dozens of open districts.

Progressives complain that moderates, known colloquially as the “mod squad,” have done the bidding of corporate interests and thwarted efforts to expand services and financial support for the poor, tighten environmental regulation and broaden rights for workers.

“We haven’t been able to pass significant bills to address climate change, our housing crisis, economic inequity, or healthcare in years,” a Courage California representative said during a recent progressive conclave.

“That’s because corporations and special interests have been able to

Assistance program The city of Davis included the Housing Trust Fund program in the addendum of its Housing Element. On March 28, the Social Services Commission unanimously approved a Down Payment Assistance Program. Interfaith Housing Justice Davis strongly urges the City Council to take the next step, ratifying the DPA as a program funded by the HTF. DPA is a loan to help “First-Time Homebuyers” purchase a home. Many First-Time Homebuyers can afford the monthly mortgage payment of a new home. However, the additional outlay of a down payment and closing costs often creates a barrier to housing affordability.

DPA, widely considered an effective method of addressing housing affordability, can help individuals cross this barrier.

Homeownership is recognized as the single most important means to accumulate generational wealth. The inability to buy a home is a major factor in the minority-white wealth gap. This gap follows from centuries of policies that have systematically disadvantaged minority Americans’ ability to build, maintain, and

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“We still struggle to get to 41 votes in the Assembly and 21 votes in the Senate, bill after bill.”

As progressives raise money from kindred interests for their candidates this year, mod squad operatives are openly appealing to business groups for support, warning that gains by the left could generate a slew of costly regulation, mandate and tax legislation.

The conflict initially erupted in the late 1990s as Republican legislators became an endangered species and Democrat Gray Davis became governor following 16 years of Republican governors.

Business groups, realizing they could no longer count on Republicans to protect their interests, began cultivating a cadre of business-friendly Democrats. The California

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Chamber of Commerce led the effort, which included creating an annual “job killer” list of bills deemed to be antibusiness.

The campaign has cost millions of dollars but has staved off countless billions of dollars in costly legislation. About 90% of “job killer” bills have been defeated or been neutralized, thanks largely to mod squad influence, particularly in the Assembly. Progressive causes, ranging from shutting down the oil industry to singlepayer health care, have been stalled.

Progressives hopes soared when Gavin Newsom was elected governor in 2018 with their enthusiastic support, fueled by his strident support for its causes. As governor, however, Newsom has traveled a more centrist course, allowing single-payer health care bills to die in the Assembly, refusing to shut down petroleum extraction and even vetoing some progressive agenda measures.

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wo f.acts of legislative life add even more urgency to this year’s progressive-moderate duels: Term limits will force dozens of incumbents out over the next couple of election cycles, including Assembly Speaker

pass on wealth. Programs like DPA — either singly or in combination with others — are essential to eliminating the gap.

In addition, Davis has limited housing inventory and even less affordably priced housing for sale. This scarce inventory, coupled with no assistance programs for purchases, results in fewer numbers of young families able to buy a home in Davis and contributes to declining enrollment in our schools. A DPA program can help bring in young families. Finally, a DPA program can be one more weapon against climate change as it can assist Davis city employees (teachers, fire fighters et al) who are forced to commute in from other communities to live in the town that they work.

IHJD encourages the city to adopt the DPA and develop multiple robust funding sources within the HTF to fund it. IHJD hopes that the DPA will be only the first of many programs in the HTF which will support and encourage the development of affordable rental housing throughout the low-income spectrum as well as for sale starter homes.

Vera Sandronsky Interfaith Housing Justice Davis

Vote no on H Who wants 12,000 more daily car trips on Mace Boulevard?

Speak out President The Hon. Joe Biden, The White House, Washington, D.C., 20500; 202-456-1111 (comments), 202-456-1414 (switchboard); email: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

U.S. Senate Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3841; email: http://feinstein. senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me Sen. Alex Padilla, B03 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510;

Anthony Rendon and Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins. Which faction prevails this year thus will gain an advantage as the Legislature and its leadership turn over.

A key element of the power struggle has been a change in how California conducts its elections, shifting from closed partisan primaries to a system in which candidates that finish 1-2 face each other in the November election regardless of party.

The closed system favored candidates on the ideological margins — the most liberal Democrats and the most conservative Republicans.

With the top-two system, placed on the 2010 ballot by a maneuver engineered by Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, moderates have a better chance of earning a place on the November ballot and appealing to a broader range of voters.

That’s how the moderates have made gains and that’s why the progressives feel embattled and see an opportunity to recoup this year.

— 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.

Who wants to annex and pave over 102 acres of prime farmland and environmental habitat OUTSIDE the City of Davis boundary?

Who wants to violate every principle of effective city planning by developing 80,000 square feet of retail businesses beyond the city’s downtown?

Who wants an additional 460 housing units that would deplete scarce water resources and distress our already fragile infrastructure, including roads, schools and downtown parking?

Who wants a project that may violate air quality standards and add a 4.5 percent increase to Davis’s carbon footprint?

Who wants a project that proponents say will “Combat Climate Change”?

(Been to Mara-a-Lago lately guys?)

Who wants a project that will develop 1.34 million square feet of office space when most businesses are transitioning to remote work-at-home employees?

(Seen those massive empty development projects in China?) Vote no on H. Here’s what Joni Mitchell said: “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot; With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot; Don’t it always seem to go that; You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.”

David L. Johnson Davis

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Censorship won’t solve social media’s ills Special to The Enterprise

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echnology is tampering with freedom of speech, and we don’t know what to do about it. At issue are the global platforms Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and the disturbing propaganda, disinformation and lies propagated on them.

The inclination, on the left and the right, is to censor. It is a terrible solution, more toxic and damaging to the body politic than the disease.

The left would like to shut down Fox Cable News and its principal commentator, Tucker Carlson. The right would like to have Twitter sold, presumably to Elon Musk, so that it stops blocking tweets from the right, notably those from former President Donald Trump.

How our society and others deal with the downside of social media — racial incitement, disinformation, mendacity and opinions that are offensive to a minority, whether that is the disabled or an ethnic group — is a work in progress. The instinct

is to shut them down, shut them up. The tool — that old monster solution — is censorship.

The first trouble with censorship is that it has to define what is to be eradicated. Take hate speech. The British Parliament is struggling with a bill to limit it. The social networks seek to exclude it, and there are U.S. laws against crimes inspired by it.

How do you define it, hate speech? When is it fair comment? When is it satire?

When is it truth taken as hate?

I say if you can untie that knot, go ahead and censor. But I also know you can’t untie it without savaging free speech, doing violence to the First Amendment, arresting creativity and hobbling humor.

The censor is often as much clothed in moral raiment as in political garb. Take Thomas Bowdler and his sister, Henrietta, who in 1807 published an expurgated version of the works of Shakespeare.

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on the first 20 plays, later Thomas finished all 36. They expunged sex, blasphemy and double entendre. Thomas was an admired scholar, not a crackpot, although that might be today’s judgment.

Oddly, the Bowdlers are credited with increasing the readership of Shakespeare.

People reached for the forbidden fruit; they always do.

Likewise, many a novel would have avoided success if it hadn’t been serially banned, like D.H. Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover.” The moral censorship of movies by the Hays Office, starting in 1934, didn’t save the audiences from moral turpitude.

It just led to bad movies.

The censors often begin with specific words; words, which it can be argued, represent offense to some group or some social standing. So specific words become demonized — whether it is the naming of a sports team or a colloquial word for sex, the urge to censor them is strong.

Jokes, like the English ones about the Welsh or the Scots ones about the English, became victim to a newly minted

sensitivity, where political activists sell the idea that the joked about are victims. The only victim is levity, to my mind.

When you start down this slope there is no apparent end.

Euphemisms take over from plain speech, and we live in a society in which the use of the wrong word can suggest that you are not fit for public office or to teach. Areas around ethnicity and sexual orientation are particularly fraught.

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ntil the 1960s and the civil rights movement, newspapers de facto censored people of color: They ignored them — a particularly egregious kind of censorship. At The Washington Daily News where I once worked, a now defunct but lively evening newspaper in the nation’s capital, some of us once ransacked the library for photos of Blacks. There were none.

From its founding in 1927 until the civil rights movement took off, the newspaper simply hadn’t published news of that community in a city that had a burgeoning African-American population.

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Please join me in voting No on H. The rest of the world has enough bullies right now, let’s not reward this behavior in our town.

Ann M. Evans Mayor, City of Davis, 1978-80

Don't be fooled You can fool some of the people some of the time but not all the people all the time.

Yolo’s current District Attorney keeps creating spin with misleading county-paid press releases and campaign jabs.

But when you look at the data over the past two years, found on Yolo Commons, https:// www.measuresforjustice.org/ commons/yoloda you see something else.

Mental Health: DA Jeff Reisig accuses his challenger, Cynthia Rodriguez of opposing mental health treatment when expanding prevention, early intervention and treatment are among her core tenets. Reisig had 16 years to create robust programs yet in the last two years Yolo reported only 19 persons referred to Mental Health Court.

Rodriguez is committed to expanding mental health court participation and partnering with allied advocates and providers.

Substance Use Disorders: The DA says he wants to address SUDs yet it wasn’t until September of 2021 when he knew he had a challenger that he increased use of Addiction Treatment Court for 39 participants. Instead, he is pushing legislation to grant him rights to grab Yolo’s opiate settlement funds to create another coercive program in his quest for plea bargaining leverage. He is pushing this despite robust opposition by mental and behavioral health experts. Rodriguez supports research and expertise.

Victims Rights: While other DA’s collaborate with independent victim rights agencies, our DA keeps this in house as another prosecutorial tool. Yet when community members are harmed by rogue policing, they have nowhere to turn. Spend one day with Rodriguez and you will experience compassion, free of coercion.

What is clear is that the current DA creates narratives that crack under scrutiny. He creates programs that he can control and use as leverage in plea deals.

His commitment to recovery is shallow at best. Please learn more about Cynthia Rodriguez. https://www.cynthia4 yolocountyda.com/ She is the real deal.

Francesca Wright Davis

Support Lopez To the voters of Yolo County, My name is Robin Malugani, a recently retired correctional lieutenant. I was a proud member of the Yolo County Sheriff ’s

That was collective censorship as pernicious as the kind that both political extremes would now like to impose on speech.

Alas, censorship — banning someone else’s speech — isn’t going to redress the issue of the rights of those maligned or lied to or excluded from social media.

In print and traditional broadcasting, libel has been the last defense.

Libel laws are clearly inadequate and puny against the enormity of social media, but they are a place to begin. A new reality must, and will in time, get new mechanisms to contend with it.

One of those mechanisms shouldn’t be censorship. It is always the first tool of dictatorship but should be an anathema in democracies. For example, it is an open issue as to whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would have been able to invade Ukraine if he hadn’t first censored the Russian media.

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

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Office for 33 years. I am writing to give my full support of Sheriff Tom Lopez’s bid for re-election.

I have known Sheriff Lopez for my entire career and have watched him rise through the ranks from patrol deputy up to and currently the elected Sheriff of Yolo County. Throughout the years I have worked with Tom when he was assigned to the jail as Security and Investigations Sergeant and later for him as the jail commander, undersheriff and sheriff. No matter what position or rank he held he always exemplified leadership, integrity, professionalism and high moral character.

Tom has always taken the time to listen, teach and mentor others so they may reach their full career potential. That is the true definition of leading by example.

I must point out the errors in Sheriff Lopez’s opponent’s platform point No. 6 “Inmate Rehabilitation”. Deputy Tommy Hayes states that he will bring meaningful programming to the inmates such as AA, NA and Anger Management. All of these programs have been in place since before I hired on 33 years ago. Along with the programs he mentions the jail currently provides Parenting, a robust GED program, Multi-Denominational Religious Services, Socialization program serving our mental health population, Domestic Violence classes, Work Release and Electronic Monitoring just to name a few.

Also, while I was a Correctional Sergeant and supervising the Leinberger Facility I helped to pioneer the Day Reporting Center which provides life skills and education to the inmates and Northern California Construction Training (NCCT) which placed several inmates in jobs upon their release. I worked very closely with then Undersheriff Lopez in implementing the DRC and NCCT programs which were so successful I had a waiting list for inmate participation.

Sheriff Lopez’s vast knowledge and experience throughout all divisions in the Sheriff ’s Office make him the clear choice as sheriff for the citizens of Yolo County.

Robin Malugani Yuba City

Vote no on Measure H Councilman Dan Carson has set a low bar for conduct of an elected official in Davis.

Funded by the developer of DiSC (Measure H), Carson in effect sued the local citizens in opposition to H, and furthermore is suing them to pay for legal expenses he incurred in a case he did not win out right.

I am shocked and saddened by these actions. What lasting chilling effect will this have on an open and democratic discourse in Davis? Citizen activists should not need to pay over $100,000 to share their opinion publicly.

Dan Carson’s actions put me over the top in deciding to vote No on H and in deciding to go public with my vote, but here are more reasons I oppose H. Davis currently has several projects in the pipeline that are approved and have not yet been built. I’d like to wait and see how these projects turn out.

Davis has about a two-year-old interim affordable housing ordinance, which is weak at 15% of units that must be affordable. Previously it was 25%. Although DiSC proposes 18%, it should be higher. We are losing our chance to require more affordable rental housing which is so necessary for housing low income residents and people of color in our city.

Traffic is already backed up at Mace overcrossing. It can take 40 or more minutes to get from one side of town to another at peak traffic times. DISC only adds more cars — and that’s not all — there are more projects to be proposed that will

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I have been a Davis resident for 47 years. When I got here there were 10,000 UCD students. Today there are some 40,000. Like other oldtimers here, I have seen development proposals come and go. In my view, DiSC 2022 has merit and I will be voting yes on Measure H on the June ballot.

There is a lot to like here.

The City of Davis will receive an almost $4 million annual net benefit forever at buildout. The project will create 2,500 jobs on- site and 460 homes, including 85 units of affordable housing. DiSC workers can live on-site and walk to work. Persons living and working at DiSC will spend $8.3 million yearly in our community and our downtown, which is why the Davis Chamber of Commerce has endorsed Measure H. There are many other benefits. The developer will contribute $2 million to Yolo County to fund the new South Davis Library to be built behind Montgomery Elementary School. The developer will pay for 23 traffic improvements in the vicinity of the project., including widening of Mace Blvd. DiSC 2022 will also fund an electric shuttle that will run from the site to downtown, continue to UCD and return the same way.

Our schools will also be a big beneficiary of Measure H. It will generate $2.3 million in one-time school construction fees for DJUSD and generate $722,000 in ongoing new revenue annually at buildout to support our classrooms and pay off school construction bonds. The state will compensate the district $10,000 ADA funding for each student living on-site, addressing the declining enrollment that is harming DJUSD. These students will cross Mace Blvd at a bicycle and pedestrian undercrossing to either Harper JHS or Korematsu Elementary, safely away from the Mace traffic.

For more information, go to www. davisforh.com. In my view, a yes vote on Measure H is a win-win for the city, the county and the schools. A No vote will keep us from investing sufficiently in our community as we have endured for the past 20 years. The choice is yours.

Rick Gonzales Davis

Editors’ choice for web comment of the week “This just brings more traffic to Olive drive. We need another vehicle outlet as well.”

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Dear Annie: Your advice to “Feeling Left Out,” the woman who was feeling excluded by two friends who were widows and had invited another widow to go to dinner, was spot on. I became a widow last Christmas morning, and I’d like to add a perspective from a widow’s point of view. I want to address your reader and any others who find themselves feeling excluded by widows who are close.

Your friends are not trying to exclude you, but they belong to a club that thankfully you haven’t joined. As a widow, you don’t have to worry about taking a long lunch or dinner date with your friends, because there’s no one waiting for you at home. You don’t have to coordinate your plans around your spouse’s, and you’re pretty much free to come and go as you wish.

Please don’t confront them because you’ll only come across as petulant. Trust me when I tell you that they wish they still had someone waiting for them at home. Including another widow is not about you; they recognize that someone they know has experienced the same pain and loss as they have, and they know what kind of loneliness that woman feels.

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know and love, and be thankful that you’re not a member in the widows club.

— A Widow Dear A Widow: I am so very sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing your experience and explaining the deep connection you feel to other widows. Your shared experience, grief and sadness creates a bond that is unique to your new situation and a source of support for your loss.

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ormer Davis High and Stanford tight end Tucker Fisk has signed a free agent contract with the Atlanta Falcons.

He’ll report to camp in July.

Fisk played 38 games for the Cardinal at both tight end and defensive end.

At the end of last season, he was honored with Stanford’s Jack Huston award, given to the Cardinal player who exemplifies “aggressiveness, exceptional performance and unheralded efforts.”

Tucker is the son of Jason and Miriam Fisk. He followed in his father’s footsteps at Stanford.

Jason Fisk played 12 NFL seasons at defensive tackle with the Minnesota Vikings, Tennessee Titans, San Diego Chargers, Cleveland Browns and St. Louis Rams between 19952006.

Fisk the elder has also coached

at Davis High and UC Davis. n The XFL has announced plans to begin play in February 2023. It will have eight teams — cities to be announced — and all teams will collectively practice each week in Arlington, Texas. Teams will fly to the sites of each week’s home games, then return to the Arlington training base.

The league now has a multiyear TV arrangement with ESPN/ESPN2, ABC Sports and FX. n Former UC Davis and MLB infielder Daniel Descalso is back

in the area, finishing up his degree requirements. He played 10 years with St. Louis, Colorado, Arizona and Chicago Cubs with over a thousand at-bats and a steady glove at both second and third base. n One-time Aggies offensive lineman Kooper Richardson is now with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He is currently in camp with the Riders, who begin their preseason May 31. n The New Orleans Saints have a chance this season to do something that has never been done in NFL annals.

Thanks to the league’s divisional and crossover divisional format, the Saints will play all five of the “bird” teams.

That is, the Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks.

No team has ever beaten all five ‘bird’ teams in the same season. The Saints get their chance beginning in Week One against Atlanta. n Only once in baseball history has a player worn a uniform with his birthday on it.

Carlos May, who played nine years for the Chicago White Sox, is now 74 years old and was born May 17, 1948. So, guess which numeral he chose with the Sox? n Somewhat overlooked nationally but not in the hearts and minds of San Jose Sharks fans was Patrick Marleau’s formal retirement at age 42.

A 20-season-plus Shark, Marleau played in more NHL games, 1,779, than any other player, a mark formerly held by Gordie Howe.

For his career, Marleau had 566 goals, 631 assists and 1,197 points. His San Jose totals

number 522-589-1,111.

The Sharks selected Marleau with the second pick in the 1997-98 draft. Joe Thornton was the first pick that year, by Boston, which later traded him to San Jose in a steal for the Sharks.

Marleau is the first of the franchise’s “Big Three” to hang up his skates.

Thornton is trying to win a Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers and Joe Pavelski just missed out on a playoff berth with the Dallas Stars.

— The longtime radio and television color man on UC Davis football broadcasts, Doug Kelly is director of communications for Battlefields2 Ballfields and managing general partner of Kelly & Associates.

Contact him at DKelly1416@aol. com.

STAGE: Key to course will be for golfers to ‘stick to their game plan’ From Page B1 they don’t have guys down to the sixth man who can shoot even par and we do,” Galindo said.

With the Berkeley Country Club being a 59-mile distance from the Davis campus, none of the Blue Devils have experience playing there.

However, that hasn’t stopped the players from using alternative methods to gain knowledge on the course.

“The players all have apps or books on the course so they map it out,” Becker said. “They can look at yardage, think about which clubs they’re going to select and then hopefully … stick to their game plan.”

From what he’s gathered about the course, Galindo believes it will be similar to the Elkhorn Golf course in Stockton, which hosted the Masters Tournament.

“We’ve heard it’s pretty tight like the one we just played,” Galindo

said. “We’re just going to try to keep it in play off the tee.”

But while the course will be new to the Blue Devils, some of their opponents will be pretty familiar.

Davis played alongside Granite Bay and Jesuit at the Masters Tournament, and many of the players have competed against each other outside of school competitions.

“All the guys on our team play junior golf and other competitive tournaments with those guys, and they’re some of our favorite guys to play with because they’re good players and they’re great kids,” Logan said.

“It’s really exciting playing them in high school matches, and they definitely give us a run for our money.”

— Henry Krueger is a sophomore at Gonzaga University and an intern for The Enterprise this summer.Follow him on Twitter: @ henrykrveger.

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Members of the Davis High boys golf team look on during practice at Wildhawk Golf Course on Wednesday. On Monday, the Blue Devils will be competing at the California Interscholastic Federation NorCal Regional Championship at the Berkeley Country Club in El Cerrito.