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Report details issues in drug diversion program By Lauren Keene Families take advantage of the amenities at Solano Park. The housing complex, which serves the families of UC Davis students, will close next year after six decades.
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Residents who spoke to The Enterprise this summer, however, said their apartments required frequent maintenance and probably could not hold out for much longer. “At this point,
The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced last week modifications to its diversion policy in low-level drug cases, saying it now files formal charges as an “incentive” for offenders to seek treatment for their addictions. Only about 10 percent of offenders engaged in treatment under prior policy that avoided the charging process, according to a DA report analyzing the diversion program’s effectiveness during its first year. Read the report here: Harm Reduction Diversion Analysis Others involved in the program, including Yolo County’s public defender and Health and Human Services officials, say the pilot project fell short because it lacks support services that have proven successful in other diversion programs. The Harm Reduction Policy, adopted by the DA’s Office in January 2021, called for those arrested for minor drug-related crimes — possession and intoxication offenses, for example — to be referred to the HHSA for assessment and treatment instead of going to court. More serious offenses, such as drug
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Solano Park half-closed for final year By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer Solano Park, a residential community at UC Davis that has housed students with families for the past 60 years, is preparing to close for good. Last year, the apartment complex stopped offering leases to new residents, leaving nearly a third of its 276 apartments empty. This summer, residents are vacating the buildings in the southern portion of Solano Park. Next year, the remaining
residents will move out, with the complex ultimately slated for demolition.
associate vice chancellor for housing, dining and divisional operations at UC Davis.
Solano Park was built in 1962 using a construction design meant to last 50 years, campus officials told The Enterprise. Due to the age of the buildings, UC Davis “decided that building new housing up to modern standards would be a better use of resources than funneling money into a property that is at the end of its projected life cycle,” said Mike Sheehan,
Plans to close Solano Park were announced nearly a decade ago. Since then, residents petitioned campus leaders several times to keep the apartment complex open. They hoped to preserve the community’s unique family environment and prevent the elimination of UC Davis’ most affordable housing. “It’s a really unique place,” said Monica Garcia, an
undergraduate student who lives at Solano Park with her husband and three children, speaking about Solano Park’s vast green spaces and big trees. “They don’t make apartment complexes like this anymore.”
Morrill announces council candidacy Pioneer Elementary
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By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Adam Morrill, who works for the city’s Public Works Department, has formally announced his candidacy for the Davis City Council. Morrill is running for the District 4 seat, which represents East Davis, and which is currently held by Councilwoman Gloria Partida, who will be seeking re-election. They are the only candidates so far to declare for District 4, which will be on the Nov. 8 ballot. In his announcement on Friday, Morrill said he was born and raised in the Bay Area where he met his high school sweetheart and wife
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Longtime Davis resident Adam Morrill — pictured with, from left, daughter Hannah, wife Nicole, and daughter Samantha — has announced he will be running for City Council. of 22 years, Nicole. “We both came to Davis as undergraduates and after graduating, decided this is where we wanted to
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Rachana Sidhu is officially the new principal at Pioneer Elementary School. Arriving from the Bay Area, Sidhu comes into this position with a litany of teaching and leadership experience, positivity and unbridled enthusiasm. She was born in New Jersey, but Sidhu considers Fresno her home after her family moved there when she was still a youngster. When she graduated from UC San Diego later in life, she not only left with a degree in biology, but a love for
working with and teaching children. “In college I knew I wanted SIDHU to do Taking over someat Pioneer thing in science, but I also enjoyed working with kids and tutoring them. So, I wanted to have a career that blended those things together and I became a biology teacher at the high-school level for six years,” Sidhu
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An El Dorado Hills man accused of tampering with a truck in Davis may have been trying to avoid high gas prices. Davis police Lt. James MacNiven said an officer came across Jay Tappy underneath a U-Haul truck along Chiles Road, where he’d allegedly used a power drill to puncture the vehicle’s gas tank early Tuesday morning. Tappy, 55, was taken into custody on suspicion of vehicle tampering, petty theft and vandalism.
The commander of the Yolo County Bomb Squad recently earned an award honoring his work in bomb-disposal operations. Nick Concolino, a retired Davis police captain, received the Ron Purvis Memorial Award at the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators’ (IABTI) annual training conference in New Orleans. Dr. Kirk Yeager, chief scientist at the FBI Explosives Laboratory in Quantico, Va., presented the award to Concolino. Recipients of the Ron
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Purvis award are selected by an IABTI peer-review committee and recognized for improving the safety of bomb technicians and exemplifying the qualities of strength, leadership and motivation. Purvis was a Royal Canadian Mounted Police bomb technician and respected pioneer in the Canadian bomb-disposal community. Sponsored by Med-Eng Canada, a manufacturer of law-enforcement protective equipment, the award comes with a unique trophy and $1,000 prize. Concolino serves on the Yolo County Bomb Squad through the West Sacramento Police Department.
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Nick Concolino with the Ron Purvis Memorial Award. He retired from the Davis Police Department in 2001. He conceived and served
on the committee that wrote the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ two-week Advanced Explosives Disposal Techniques School (AEDT), which has been presented at the National Center for Explosives Training and Research in Huntsville, Ala., since 2000. Concolino served as a lead instructor in that course since its inception until retiring in 2019. He also was a co-author/ instructor for the ATF Homemade Explosives one-week course. Through these and other courses, Concolino has taught several thousand
bomb technicians, including foreign bomb techs from more than 15 different countries. He continues to instruct a homemade explosives workshop in Canada. “I am very humbled by the award. But it was not an effort achieved alone. Ours is a very collegial profession and many others contributed,” Concolino said. “It is very gratifying to know that we have undoubtedly saved bomb tech lives and serious injuries with our classes, especially AEDT.” Concolino and his wife Shirley live in Davis.
UC Davis zeroes in on monarch threats By Kathy Keatley Garvey Special to The Enterprise Newly published UC Davis research investigating wild monarch-native milkweed interactions in rural Davis over a threeyear period has yielded three key findings in the search for what factors constrain monarch development. “This study collected a high-resolution temporal dataset on milkweed-monarch interactions during the last three years prior to the precipitous single-year population decline of western monarchs in 2018,” said community ecologist Louie Yang, a professor in the Department of Entomology and Nematology. Yang organized and led a 135-member team, all coauthors of the paper, “Different Factors Limit Early- and Late-Season Windows of Opportunity for Monarch Development,” published in the journal Ecology and Evolution. (This document is open access at https://bit. ly/3volFaI.) From 2015 through 2017, the team monitored the interactions of
monarchs, Danaus plexippus, on narrow-leaved milkweed, Asclepias fascicularis, planted in December 2013on cityowned property adjacent to the North Davis irrigation channel. “This study has three key findings,” the UC Davis professor said. “First, we documented early and late seasonal windows of opportunity in the wild, migratory western monarch population. Second, our data suggest that early and late seasonal windows were constrained by different factors. Third, climatic and microclimatic variation had a strong effect on the timing and importance of multiple factors affecting monarch development.” The project, funded by two of Yang’s National Science Foundation grants, involved UC Davis, Davis Senior High School and the Center for Land-Based learning. Among them were 107 high school students and a K-12 teacher, 18 UC Davis undergraduate students, three graduate students and two postgraduate researchers. Feared on its way to extinction, the migratory
Bob Dunning is on vacation. The Wary I will return on Wednesday.
A UC Davis team studied local monarch butterflies for three years. Larry Snyder/ Courtesy photo
monarch is now on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species as endangered — threatened by habitat destruction and climate change. Statistics show that the overwintering population of western monarchs along coastal California has declined by more than 99 percent since the 1980s,
according to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.
monarch eggs, caterpillars and adults there this year,” Yang said.
The milkweed population at the North Davis Channel is being maintained by the city of Davis and dedicated citizens, including Larry Snyder, who documented the project in photographs. “We aren’t monitoring there intensively, but we’ve seen
More monarch projects from the Louie Yang lab are pending. “The next paper in press represents research done several years ago and is focused on the timing of herbivory and its effects on flowering,” he said. “We are studying several California milkweed species.”
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he Davis Downtown Business Association just announced the launch of “Thursdays in the Davisphere,” a series of music, food and entertainment that will kick off Sept. 1 in Central Park. The event builds on the success of the Davis Farmers Market’s Picnic in the Park, which previously featured free music on Wednesdays. Market manager Randii MacNear has worked with the DDBA to advise on the transition. The Thursday night event series will feature live music, family entertainment, traditional and exotic food and beverage, a beer and wine garden, local retail and service providers, arts and crafts, and local nonprofit organizations. The initial series will run for nine weeks starting Thursday, Sept. 1. It will be open from 4 to 10 p.m., allowing later hours than the farmers market, which closed at sunset. Then, starting in spring, tentative plans are to have it open every Thursday, from May through early October. The DDBA is looking for interested sellers for single weeks or the entire season. Vendor types include food and beverage, retail and service providers, arts and crafts, and nonprofit organizations. Email Autum Foss at autum@davisdowntown.com for additional information. ———— Dunloe Brewing is approaching its five-year anniversary, and plans to open its downtown taproom soon, at 610 Third St. It already has a brewery and beer garden at 1606 Olive Drive. Owner and brewer Brennan Fleming anticipates opening the new venue to the public on Thursday, Aug. 4. Initial hours will be 2 to 10 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays. Additional hours will come as it boosts its staff. ———— Mamma, the Italian restaurant and deli filling the former Bistro 33 space at 226 F St., is on track to open by late August or early September. Co-owner Michael Galyen — who grew up in Davis — said he’s got fingers crossed for late August.
Meanwhile, he and co-owner/ chef Arnaud Drouvellé are planning another restaurant. This one fills the former Uncle Vito’s at 524 Second St. That one, called Craft, won Best Alternative Burger in the July 23 Davis Downtown Burger Battle. The owners hope to have Craft open by the end of the year, serving beer, wine and affordable food. “We’ll be doing different kinds of sandwiches and burgers on house-baked breads and buns,” Galyen said. “We’ll have housemade sauces and dry rubs. … (and) some meats and sides available for takeout by the pound.” ———— Local Kitchens opened July 24 in Davis Commons. The opening date was delayed from its earlier announcement of July 21. The micro food hall fills the former Pluto’s space at 500 First St. Its debut includes six brands: Sushirrito (Asian wraps and bowls), Garden of Eat’n (salads, wraps and sandwiches), The Melt (burgers and grilled-cheese sandwiches), Nash and Proper (fried Nashville hot chicken and chicken sandwiches), Oren’s Hummus (Israeli falafel, kabobs), and Humphry Slocombe (ice cream). The PR company handling the announcement said Sushirrito was a last-minute addition. Jon Goldsmith, CEO and cofounder, called Davis an ideal demographic for the Local Kitchens experience. “Davis is a highly sought-after community, with a mix of students, young professionals and families. Being so close to the UC Davis campus gives us the opportunity to serve students great menu choices that they can mix and match, … (making) getting a bite to eat between classes or on the way home really easy.” Hours are 11 a.m. to midnight
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The micro food hall Local Kitchens opened July 24 in Davis Commons. daily. Plans are to eventually offer eight to 10 restaurant brands in one space. A spokeswoman said deals have not been reached with additional eateries. Local Kitchens boosts foodtruck style businesses by providing them with a brick-andmortar location — alongside other eateries — all in one space. The Davis list previously included Señor Sisig (Filipino, Asian fusion), but was later removed. Other brands the Bay Area company partners with are: Asian Box (build-your-own Asian bowls), Curry Up Now (Indian, burritos), The Lumpia Company (Filipino spring rolls), The Plant (organic plant-based bowls), Proposition Chicken (fried, rotisserie or vegetarian “chicken” entrees, sandwiches and salads), Rooster & Rice (Thai chicken and rice bowls), Sajj (Mediterranean bowls and plates), and Wise Sons (sandwiches, soups, sides). New, recently added partners are: The Chairman (steamed, baked Asian buns filled like a taco), Dumpling Time (dumplings and bao), Lazy Susan (Chinese), and Tacolicious (tacos and salads). Local Kitchens has locations in Roseville, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Cupertino, Lafayette, San Jose and Los Gatos, and
Golden 1 awards scholarships Special to The Enterprise SACRAMENTO — Golden 1 Credit Union announced college scholarships have been awarded to 43 students throughout California. Recipients range from incoming college freshmen to college seniors, all who will attend in-state colleges or universities in the fall, are standout academic students, and are actively involved in their communities. “Golden 1 is committed to doing our part to help California’s future leaders achieve their educational goals and dreams,” said Erica Taylor, vice president of communications and community relations for Golden 1. “Our annual scholarship program is one of the most important ways
we give back to our members and the communities we are proud to serve.” The Golden 1 Credit Union scholarship program provides credit union members and their dependents financial assistance, valued at up to $20,000 per student, for full-time students who plan to attend accredited, nonprofit two-year community colleges or four-year colleges and universities in California. Students received awards based on their academic achievements, community involvement, extracurricular activities, and education and career goals. “Year after year we continue to be impressed with the number of students submitting highquality applications to our
program,” said Taylor. “This year’s recipients are truly remarkable, and we are incredibly proud to support these highly motivated and determined students. The future is bright for these young individuals, and we wish them all the best in their future academic pursuits.” Since the program began in 2013, Golden 1 has awarded nearly 500 scholarships to college-bound students throughout the state. For more information about the Golden 1 Scholarship program, visit www. golden1.com/our-community/scholarships. With more than $18 billion in assets, Golden 1 Credit Union is one of the largest credit unions in the United States.
First Northern Bank posts quarterly earnings Special to The Enterprise DIXON — First Northern Community Bancorp, holding company for First Northern Bank, on Thursday reported net income of $6.6 million, or $0.48 per diluted share, for the six months ended June 30, up 1.6% compared to net income of $6.5 million, or $0.45 per diluted share, for the six months ended June 30, 2021. Net income for the quarter was $3.5 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, up 7.3% compared to net income of $3.3 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, for 2021. Total assets as of June 30 were $1.90 billion, an increase of $62.2 million, or 3.4%, compared to 2021. Total deposits as of were $1.75 billion, an increase of
$88.0 million, or 5.3%, compared to 2021. Total net loans (including loans totaling $1.5 million made under the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program) as of June 30 were $931.9 million, an
increase of $57.8 million, or 6.6%, compared to total net loans (including loans heldfor-sale and loans totaling $125.6 million made under the SBA’s PPP) of $874.1 million as of June 30, 2021.
plans to open one in Campbell in early August. The Melt had its own restaurant in Davis Commons from 2013 to 2015. Back then, it specialized in grilled cheese. The new concept has a lot of burger variations, too. ———— After a delay, Mochinut is now open at 516 Second St., Suite B. It originally planned to launch on July 23, but had to postpone to the 27th because of a problem with its doughnut-making machine. It plans to share the space with T% Coffee + Tea. When contacted via Instagram, T% said it does not have an opening date set, but will post that on IG when it does. Mochinut sells mochi doughnuts, Korean rice-flour hot dogs and tea drinks. The doughnuts are made with rice flour, which makes them stretchy and chewy. The menu for T% will include tea (including ceremonial matcha), coffee, fruit drinks and smoothies. The soft opening has a limited menu of doughnuts and bobatea drinks. Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays at 516 Second St. It fills the former Tim’s Kitchen space, which is working
to open inside the former Our House space at 808 Second St. ———— Meanwhile, word is that Estelle Bakery & Pâtisserie is in the permitting phase for the former Konditorei Austrian Pastry Cafe property at 2710 Fifth St. ———— Upper Crust Baking hopes to open its Winters bakery in midAugust. It purchased the former Lester Farms Bakery at 606 Railroad Ave. After more than 30 years, Lester Farms closed in January when the owners retired. Upper Crust will continue to operate its Davis bakery at 634 G St. Lorin Kalisky owns the business with wife, Edith Gillet. His parents Trudy and Mo founded the Davis bakery in 1986. ———— The Woodland bakery Tia Judith Confection already has Italian food on its menu, for limited dine-in and takeout, at 512 Main St. Now, it plans to open a separate restaurant, Gregorio’s Cucina, at 630 Lincoln Ave. Tia Judith opened in February, featuring “Mex-Itali” sweets and food. The concept ties in Judith Espinoza Healy’s Mexican heritage with husband Greg Healey’s Italian ancestry. The Italian restaurant will debut on Sept. 3. In a Facebook post, Tia Judith Confection Cuisine said to ensure quality of food and service, it plans a slow phase-in, with just three to four dinners in September. It’s taking reservations through its Facebook page. ———— I keep track of Davis businesses on my Google spreadsheet, which includes more than 325 Davis businesses affected by COVID-19, as well as ones on the way. It’s at https://bit.ly/ DavisBusinesses. Email me (address below) to suggest updates. — Wendy Weitzel is a Davis writer and editor. Her column runs on Sundays. Check for frequent updates on her Comings & Goings Facebook and Instagram pages. If you know of a business coming or going in the area, contact her at wendyedit@gmail. com.
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DIVERSION: Motivation changes MORRILL: Sees issues that need fixing From Page A1 sales or possessing drugs for sales, aren’t eligible for the referrals. The concept behind the diversion program was that those types of drug offenses amount to public health concerns, rather than public safety issues, District Attorney Jeff Reisig said. Meanwhile, Yolo County was experiencing a steep drop — roughly 86 percent — in drug-court diversion participation due to reduced penalties for possession crimes enacted under Proposition 47, which California voters passed in 2014. Six months into the Harm Reduction referral program, data showed that only 15 percent of those who received HHSA referrals had contacted the agency, while only 10 percent actually engaged in substance-abuse treatment, according to the report. All told, of the 513 offenders targeted for referrals, 466 of them received letters informing them of the diversion opportunity (the county had 47 letters returned as undeliverable). Of those 466, 126 — about 27 percent — went on to reoffend that same year, some of them multiple times, the report says. “Unfortunately, the results of our program proved that this type of harmreduction approach for such drug offenses is not an effective strategy,” Reisig said. “While it was important for us to test such a model, our experience and the data have unequivocally established that more is needed to encourage meaningful engagement and treatment by the affected population.” In January 2022, the DA’s Office amended the Harm Reduction Policy, formally charging the minor drug cases and requiring offenders to appear in court. Only at that point are they offered the opportunity avoid prosecution by seeking and showing proof of HHSA treatment. “ ‘Avoid prosecution by choosing treatment’ is clearly the message we are sending,” Reisig said. “We want people to get help with their substance-use issues
while we also avoid using the limited resources of the criminal justice system to punish individuals who are suffering from addiction.” Preliminary results of the revised program were not available as of this week, but will be analyzed in the coming months, according to the DA’s Office. But Public Defender Tracie Olson noted flaws in the Harm Reduction Policy, including a “one-size-fits-all” approach she says “just doesn’t work.” “Harm Reduction diversion participants are in various stages of drug addiction. You can’t present individuals with substance-use issues a boilerplate letter with a set of instructions and expect them to navigate complex systems of care,” Olson said. Ian Evans, the HHSA’s Adult & Aging branch director, said those who enroll in and complete the first two weeks of treatment have a successful completion rate of 99.4 percent. Programs with “proper supports,” he added, also show more positive outcomes. He cited as an example Steps to Success, a grant-funded program that operated from January 2018 to August 2021 and provided participants with “wraparound” services including mental health and/or substance abuse treatment, civil legal help and housing-related support. Just 3 percent of the participants were convicted of new criminal offenses after exiting the program, according to Evans. “The Harm Reduction pilot program lacks these supports, which is one factor that has led to challenges for individuals referred thus far,” Evans said. The county recently received new grant funding under Prop. 47 for the creation of Connections to CARE, a program that adds wrap-around services for the Harm Reduction policy’s target population, he added. “The bottom line is, we know how to create effective programs,” Olson said. “If we want the Harm Reduction diversion program to work better, then we need to apply lessons learned. Only then can we use the data to inform future public policy.”
From Page A1 daughters, Hannah, 16, and Samantha, 13. Morrill, who handles environmental compliance for solid waste and water waste for the city, has been active in the community as a volunteer firefighter, CPR instructor, basketball coach and AYSO referee. In explaining his reason for running for City Council, Morrill said, “I have spent 25 years of my life as a Davis resident (20 as a homeowner) and I have witnessed the gradual decay of a once prosperous city due to neglect and a lack of vision and planning. “I’ve entered the race because I am a solutionand results-oriented person
and I want Davis to be a place where my kids want to raise their own families and where they can afford to own their own home. “I want to fix our crumbling roads and sidewalks and ensure there are fiscally responsible plans to maintain them,” he said, adding that, “we need to proactively maintain our urban forest, greenbelts and parks so that they can remain one of the great assets of our city.” Additionally, he said, “we need leaders who push for strategic infill development that will provide entry level housing to young families and workers, as well as dedicated affordable housing, not unaffordable housing that permanently destroys prime farmland.”
On the topic of homelessness, Morrill said, “we need leaders that will work cooperatively with our local nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and the county to address the homeless crisis in our city. They are the experts and should take the lead, while we should support them rather than wasting funds and trying to duplicate their efforts. “We need leaders who will not just give lip service to attaining carbon neutrality by 2040, but lead by example with the city taking concrete steps now to immediately lower the city’s carbon footprint. “I am the person to do the job, and that’s why I am running for Davis City Council, District 4,” Morrill said.
PRINCIPAL: Thrilled to get the call from Pioneer From Page A1 explained. “I love working with kids and how real with you they are. I really like their integrity, teaching them lessons and building relationships with them.” From there, Sidhu spent the past 12 years of her educational career in south San Francisco. In that time, she’s been a teacher and coach at the elementary and middle-school levels, an English Language Proficiency Assessments for California coordinator, and an interim principal at Jefferson and Garfield Elementary Schools in San Francisco. Not to mention, she also received her administrative master’s at UC Berkeley. With a résumé brimming with experience and after a thorough interview process, Sidhu’s made the move from the 415 to the 530. “It means so much to me to be chosen as
Pioneer’s principal. With any principal position I’m always thrilled and excited, but particularly because I’m coming from a really big school district that was serving around 55,000 students,” Sidhu remarked on her career move to Davis. “Now, I’m going to a smaller district, and from what I’m gathering, it’s really close-knit and I’m excited to get to know the community.” This position comes laden with challenges. As Sidhu looks forward to addressing them, the challenge she looks forward to tackling most is getting to know her new school and community. “I’m really excited to get to know everybody but it’s going to take time especially with 600 students. Also, from what I’ve seen, there’s a very active PTA and everybody’s been very welcoming,” Sidhu continued. “Ron — the previous principal — did a great job and I have very big shoes to fill.”
Obituaries Marion G. Jazwinski
March 19, 1926 — July 6, 2022 Marion Greig Jazwinski passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, with family by her side at the age of 96 after a battle with lung cancer. She was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., to parents Lucille Pitts Greig and William Greig. She was the youngest of three children with her two brothers, Fred and William, being 15 and 30 years older. She attended high school in Howard City, Mich., and helped to organize a girls basketball team as most of the senior boys were away at war. After graduating she attended Aquinas College in Grand Rapids and went on to teach grades one through four in a two room school house. She met her future husband, Tod Jazwinski through a mutual friend, they married in Grand Rapids and soon relocated to Alameda in 1949 due to Tod’s stationing in the Navy during the war. While her husband was at sea she was employed by the Bank of America and then the American Cancer Society. Her three daughters were born in Alameda and the family moved to Davis in 1962 when her husband accepted a position with UC Davis. Marion was very active with the Mr. & Mrs. Club through St. James church, taught catechism and worked with CYA (Catholic Youth Association). She and her husband loved to
“Do Si Do” with the Paws-N-Taws club of Davis for a number of years. She was busy with school activities for her daughters, a member of the PTA and was JAZWINSKI one of organizers of the first Grad Nights held at Davis High and instrumental in helping the first Madrigal group get started. She was a leader for Brownie troops and taught cooking and sewing with 4-H. As her daughters got older, Marion entered nursing school, which lead her to the management of a surgical practice here in Davis, Surgery Associates, where she was employed for 28 years. During this time she also pursued a career as a medical-assistant instructor through the ROP program in Davis. She stayed in touch with a number of her students over the years and many went on to work in the medical field in Yolo county or on to college with medicine being their interest. She was a founding member of the Yolo County Medical Assistants Association and served on the board for the John Jones Medical Clinic. She was a charter member of Soroptimist International of Greater Davis from 1985 to 2021 and this club was one of her greatest joys to be involved with, some of her dearest friends participated and continue to be a part of this organization.
Todd Christopher Trisch Aug. 14, 1973 — May 27, 2022
Precious and beloved son, brother, husband, father and uncle, Todd Christopher Trisch passed suddenly on May 27, 2022. Todd is survived by his father and mother, Chris and Tory Trisch, wife and son, Denise and Jackson Trisch, sister and husband, Leslie and Rich Nance, niece and nephew, Emma and Josh Nance. Todd loved all animals especially his two dogs, Scout and Mack who gave him unconditional love and support. Todd was born in Reno and attended the Davis schools from nursery school through high school.
Todd graduated college from Chico State and became a successful businessman in sales. He loved people and with his magnetic personality became instant friends, never meeting a stranger. He married the woman of his dreams, Denise Grahlman in June of 2000. Their miracle child, Jackson Todd Trisch was born on May 29, 2004. Nothing in Todd’s life compared to his love for Denise and Jackson. Todd lived his life with an excited curiosity of our world. His diagnosis of cystic fibrosis at three months of age never stopped him
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Once Marion retired from her official job, she became a traveler and enjoyed globetrotting for a number of years with family and friends. She was also an avid reader and spent hours enjoying books and time at the Davis library; she loved the Friday book sales! Marion’s true passion was her family. Her three daughters were her greatest joy, and the grandchildren and great grandchildren were the icing on the cake! She was never too busy to spend time with all of them to counsel, encourage, motivate and help navigate this thing called life that she loved so much. She was truly the “matriarch” of her family and is already greatly missed. Marion leaves behind her daughters, Celeste Jazwinski, Lexie Lear and Claire Cole; devoted sons-in-law Rick Cole and Mike Lear; grandchildren Roy Lear (Molly) Valerie Rainford (Danny), James Cole and Alex Warmoth; and great-grandchildren Damian Lear, Devlyn Lear, Graham Rainford and Reece Rainford. To honor Marion please read a book, spend time with a neighbor, eat a hot dog or enjoy a glass of wine with a friend, she loved all of these things. In lieu of flowers, please send donations in her memory to Soroptimist International of Greater Davis, the Yolo County Animal Shelter or the Friends of the Davis Library. The family held a celebration of life on Thursday, Sept. 29, at The Yolanda Ranch in Woodland.
from doing anything. Todd was magic, never complaining of his TRISCH given path because he was too busy living every single minute of his life. His love for nature and wildlife was truly an inspiration. At the age of 34, Todd was gifted with a continuation of life by receiving a double-lung transplant. He was ever so thankful to his donor and family for this gift of life being able to watch his son becoming a young man. He loved soccer, skiing,
road biking, mountain biking, golf, photography and traveling. His love of photography led him to photographing wildlife all over the world. He shared stories and pictures with many worldwide wildlife photographers. Todd was a loving son, with an infectious smile and laugh bringing countless joy to so many. Join a celebration of life at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13 at the Veterans Memorial Center, 203 E. 14th St. in Davis. The family requests donations in Todd’s memory to Cystic Fibrosis Research Inc. (CFRI); 1731 Embarcadero Road, Suite 210; Palo Alto, CA 94303.
Maureen Poole d. July 10, 2022
Maureen Poole of West Sacramento died on Sunday, July 10, 2022, at her home, where she had been cared for by her beloved family — and her three dogs — during a brief illness. She had recently turned 59. Born in San Diego, Maureen was the daughter of Jane Anne (Jan) Mason Poole and the late Gerald R. Poole of Davis. Because Maureen’s father served in the Air Force, her family relocated frequently. They spent six years in the Panama Canal Zone, where Maureen learned to ride horses and to love the beaches of Panama. She graduated from King High School after settling in Davis in 1977. Maureen worked for the Davis Joint Unified School District from 2000 until her passing, rising from departmental secretary to facilities specialist. In that position, she helped manage building and renovation projects. Prior to her two decades with the school district, she worked for the Sutter West Medical Group in Davis and for the city of Davis. She earned an associate’s degree from American River College and a real estate license. An avid hiker, Maureen summited Half Dome in Yosemite and Mount Tallac in the Sierras and explored many other challenging trails. She also loved interior design. She was active with the breast cancer group, Thriving Pink, and with Cancer Champions of Davis.
A fiercely devoted mother and grandmother, she also POOLE frequently mentored friends and coworkers. In addition, she served as a guardian for an aging family member and never said no to lending a helping hand. Maureen leaves behind her children, Brian Fowell (Amanda Fowell) of Davis and Brittany Fowell (Jeff Larson) of Reno; granddaughter Emily Fowell of Davis; mother Jan Poole and stepfather Roger Gambatese, of Davis; brother, Jon Poole (Chigu Poole) of Salem, Ore.; sister Suzanne Ade (Chris Ade) of Davis; nephews Chris Poole (Chris Poole), Eric Ade and Nate Ade; and niece Sophia Vogel (Sam Vogel). She is also survived by many loving aunts, uncles and cousins. Services for Maureen were on July 29, at St. James Catholic Church. Gifts in her memory may be sent to Yolo County SPCA (yolospca.org), Cancer Champions of Davis (cancerchampions.org.) or Yolo Hospice (yolocares. org) Maureen was especially inspired by an old saying: “Fate whispers to the warrior: ‘You cannot withstand the storm.’ The warrior whispers back, ‘I am the storm.’”
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SOLANO: Community spirit not enough as amenities aged From Page A1 it’s beyond repair,” said Irena Acic, a graduate student who lives at Solano Park with her husband and two children. “As sad as I am,” she said, “I think it’s the right decision” to close Solano Park. Garcia agreed. “It’s bittersweet,” she added.
Solano Park resident Irena Acic holds her daughter Anita.
New options Solano Park’s phased closure coincides with the completion of more housing for families on campus. Between this fall and next, two student family housing communities are set to open or re-open. Primero Grove, which previously housed transfer students and was used as isolation and quarantine housing for the past two years, has been repurposed as student family housing. On Aug. 1, the 180apartment community will begin accommodating new residents, with priority given to those moving out of Solano Park. In fall 2023, the new Orchard Park apartments are scheduled to open. The 613-apartment residential community will house families, graduate students and undergraduates, inc-luding 180 two-bedroom apartments set aside for families. In addition to Primero Grove and Orchard Park, there are three privately managed communities at UC Davis that serve families and graduate students. Russell Park has 200 apartments, The Atriums have 64 apartments, and Eighth and Wake has 238 beds it leases individually. “UC Davis is in the midst of the most ambitious housing program in its history,” said Julia Ann Easley, News and Media Relations Specialist at UC Davis, “including its undermarket housing for families
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and graduate students.” Over the past 15 years, the number of apartment leases available to families and graduate students will have grown from 740 to nearly 2,000 when Orchard Park opens. UC Davis plans to charge below market rate for rent at Primero Grove and Orchard Park, campus officials said. However, the cost of rent at those communities will be much higher than at Solano Park, where rent has been frozen since 2013. Next year, Solano Park residents will pay $906 per month for a two-bedroom apartment, while those at Primero Grove will pay
$1,643 per month. A new Need Based Rent Subsidy Program will help residents shoulder some of that cost. The subsidy ranges from $200 to $400 per month. All 23 students relocating this summer from Solano Park to Primero Grove were approved for the subsidy. Still, students worried Solano Park’s closure could make attending UC Davis prohibitively expensive for future students, especially those raising young families on tight budgets. “Many of my neighbors are students from other countries whose partners are not allowed to work,” Acic said. Graduate students at
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This 1967 aerial photo from university archives shows Solano Park in the ’60s.
UC Davis typically earn about $2,500 per month as teaching or research assistants, nowhere near enough to cover rent, childcare and other expenses for a family of three or four. “Then, basically, the opportunity to study is reserved for those who have money,” Acic said. “It shouldn’t be like that.”
A special place Sandwiched between the railroad track and the arboretum, Solano Park can feel like a world apart. Gnarled trees tower over three-story buildings; laundry lines stretch across balconies; chalk drawings cover the sidewalks; and wild turkeys maraud through playgrounds and patios. On Fourth of July weekend, a few dozen children
and parents gathered for a community barbecue. The parents congregated at tables outside the community center. The kids splashed down a slip-andslide, ran through sprinklers, and clambered atop a decades-old cement cylinder-turned-playground feature, eating hotdogs, licking lollipops and interrogating The Enterprise about how often the newspaper writes about bones or dinosaurs. “It’s a special place for many families,” said Rena Simpson, who moved to Solano Park in 2020, began serving as the community’s Resident Director last year and recently transitioned to a new role as Resident Director of Family and Graduate Housing at UC Davis. “It’s really a haven for children.” The most valuable aspect of Solano Park, residents said, is the close-knit community of students and families at a similar stage of life — many of them becoming parents while living there. “We all have the same troubles,” said Acic. Neighbors help each other with childcare, pass around toys and clothing, and provide the type of collective supervision, Simpson said, that allows “hordes of children to run around” without too much concern. The residents are their own support network. “For many of us, our extended families are thousands of
miles away,” said Acic, who is originally from Serbia. On any given day, her daughters, aged 10 months and three years, might play with neighbors from a dozen different countries. “That’s the beauty of this place,” she said. The children, some of whom have never lived outside Solano Park, have also grown attached to the community. “It makes me sad to think about it getting torn down,” said Alan, who moved to Solano Park with his parents five years ago. Simpson, whose new position encompasses all of student family housing, including Primero Grove and Orchard Park, said she is committed to creating a kind and friendly environment at the new communities. “The most important thing for a family is not the actual space you live in but the feeling of being welcome and having opportunities to know your neighbor and feel you can ask them for help or support,” she said. “We will strive to bring that with us.”
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n Davis High boys water polo head coach Tracy Stapleton, girls water polo mentor Doug Wright, cross-country head coach Bill Gregg and volleyball head coach Julie Crawford have led their respective programs for a combined 100 years. Stapleton enters 35 years this fall. Wright goes into his 28th season, counting his first season in 1996. Although Wright took over the program in 1995, he prefers to count the 1996 season to today because the playoffs were sanctioned in 1996. Gregg is at 25 seasons and Crawford returns for her 12th season. n In upcoming weeks, you’re going to see previews on the Davis High varsity fall sports and as many UC Davis fall sports teams. You will also see staff writer and columnist Bob Dunning, who was the sports editor here at The Enterprise for many years, crank out his UC Davis
football preview, plus his weekly game stories and college football picks. Yours truly will be cranking out the DHS football team’s preview, as its scrimmages against Valley Oak League powerhouse Manteca and Monterey Trail of Elk Grove, which will be played at Monterey Trail, gets close. I plan to crank out some additional previews and features. My freelance writers in Madilynn Sepp and Rebecca Wasik will also be writing previews that you can view online and print. Henry Krueger, an intern at The Enterprise who will be a sophomore at
Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. this fall, will also crank some more stories before he returns to Washington state in August. Krueger, like Sepp and Wasik, has journalism as part of their major in college. n The Sac-Joaquin Section had a good setup on its Website at www.cifsjs.org. But now it’s better, in my opinion. If you visit the Website, go under the About CIF-SJS tab and click on the Member Schools & Maps. You will see that Davis High Athletic Director Jeff Lorensen and the rest of the section’s ADs and head coaches can now click to the California Interscholastic Federation’s nine sections. There are 10 sections in the Golden State. There is an Athletic Faculty tab on there, too, where Lorensen and Crawford, who is listed as DHS’ assistant athletic director and their work email addresses. n Should local area San Francisco Giants fans be worried about the team’s recent skid since the All-Star break? No.
But maybe it’s time for the Giants to consider breaking out their checkbook and/or make a blockbuster trade before the deadline that is Tuesday. The Giants enter Friday’s game against the Chicago Cubs with a 49-50 record for third place in the National League West. The second place San Diego Padres are 55-45 and Los Angeles Dodgers first place at 66-32. n Should local San Francisco 49ers fans be shocked that the team has moved forward with quarterback Trey Lance? No. When you pick a quarterback in the first round of an NFL Draft, the purpose for that franchise is to have that quarterback to be starting in his rookie season, if not second season. That quarterback coming out of the first round is not getting paid to stand on the sidelines. — Contact Mike Bush at mike@ davisenterprise.net. Follow on Twitter: @MBDavisSports.
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UC Davis defensive back Erron Duncan returns an interception in a game last season.
Duncan gets scholar athlete of the year Enterprise staff FARMINGTON, Utah — UC Davis standout football student-athlete Erron Duncan was named a 2021-22 ScholarAthlete of the Year recipient from the Big Sky Conference, the league office announced Friday. The award included representatives from every conference institution and affiliate member. Duncan, who started his graduate program in education during his final season with the Aggies in 2021, sported a 3.95 grade point average during this past academic year. He served as education coordinator for UC Davis’ Coalition of African Diaspora StudentAthletes and also earned a leadership role as Undergraduate Fellow for the UC Davis Transformative Justice in Education Center. The defensive back from Stockton finished his last season for the Ags with 45 total tackles, including two interceptions, forced a fumble and blocked a field goal. Duncan finished with 119 career solo tackles to rank eighth all-time in the UCD record books.
Overall, the Big Sky had 26 recipients earn Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors in 2021-22. Additionally, six honorees earned a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA for their careers, while 12 surpassed the 3.90 GPA mark. “Once again, our annual Scholar-Athletes of the Year have highlighted the best and brightest the Big Sky Conference has to offer,” Commissioner Tom Wistrcill said. “We are so proud of this exemplary group of student-athletes for not only being leaders on the field, but also in classrooms around the league. “We are excited to watch their futures unfold as this group continues to represent the Big Sky well after their collegiate careers have concluded.” To be eligible for this award, the student-athlete must have exhausted his or her intercollegiate athletic eligibility and/or be a member of the graduating class, earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2 (on a 4.0) scale, been a participant in a Big Skysponsored sport, completed at least two years of intercollegiate competition at the institution and been a
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Davis High girls water polo player Kenzie Walker looks to pass the ball in a Delta League game at St. Francis on Oct. 26, 2021.
Walker verbal commits to Cal By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor Kenzie Walker has been working hard to prepare for her senior year on this year’s Davis High girls water polo team. The Blue Devil has also worked hard on making a decision that only so many seniors-to-be can make before they return onto their high school campus for their final year. Walker recently made a verbal commitment to continue her studies and play in the women’s water polo program at Cal. The Bears posted a 17-6 record earlier this year. “It’s definitely a relief and I’m grateful for that process to being able to do that,” Walker said. “Continue focusing on keeping my grades up. I can just enjoy my senior season.” Walker said she had a 4.6 GPA at the end of the 2021-22 school year at DHS. There were 10 colleges on Walker’s list. Then she narrowed the list to Cal, UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine. “It was so hard to get it all figured out and decide,” Walker said. Davis head coach Doug Wright added, “”She is a great person and has become an exceptional water polo player. Cal is a great opportunity. I have spoken to Kenzie about going in ‘eyes wide open’ because as good as she is, she will be challenged every year to garner playing time. I am assured by her choice because she has a great attitude, great work ethic and is an accomplished player. I believe she will be successful.” What sold Walker to pick Cal over the two Southern California colleges?
‘Team culture’ “The team culture that I was able to see when I went on a visit there,” Walker said. “Their academics is clearly stellar.”
Walker wants to go into the medical field. She plans to become a doctor and specialize in sports medicine. She would like to work with a professional sports team. “I needed to get the best education I can, and CalBerkley, for me, was that place to do that,” Walker said. Walker would also be seeing her older sister Maddie competing in women’s college water polo. But not on the same team. Maddie Walker, who was Davis’ goalie in recent years, will be entering her freshman year at UC Santa Barbara this fall on a scholarship.
Smack talk Is there going to be smack talk between the Walker sisters when Cal and UCSB play each other in upcoming years? “Oh yeah, there will be,” said Walker about her and Maddie. “There’s definitely some conversations about who (our) parents are going to be cheering for when we eventually play each other in college.” Kenzie Walker has been playing for her club team, the Diablo Alliance. The Alliance just ended their summer season playing in the Junior Olympics. “We really had a fun group of girls,” said Walker of her Contra Costa County area teammates. “We finished eighth in platinum (in the Junior Olympics), which is something hard to do and special. I was really proud of our team for what we accomplished.” Walker continues to swim and lift weights in preparation for the high school water polo season to begin. That will be on Monday, Aug. 15, when Walker and the Blue Devils start practices at Arroyo Pool. “Just to prepare myself for the high school season and beyond that,” Walker said. “I’m excited for our season to start.” Walker shared her thoughts about this year’s team, most of whom were on last fall’s squad that won the Delta League, and Sac-Joaquin Section Division I
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The thrill of a human voice on the line By Llewellyn King Special to The Enterprise
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omething wonderful happened to me recently. I spoke on the telephone to a human being at a credit-card company. Well, not immediately. That would be too much to expect. I had to go through some of the hoops of the company’s automated phone system, beginning with, “Listen carefully because our menu has changed.” And, of course, I had to enter the card number, the PIN, the last four digits of my Social Security number, my maternal grandmother’s name and learn that for quality purposes my rising frustration was being recorded. I explained repeatedly to the recording what I needed. It wasn’t having any of it. If it was a sample of artificial intelligence, it was acting more like artificial stupidity. Finally, the AI device decided that stupid people — me — weren’t worthy of its recorded messages and transferred me to a “representative.” Banks, credit card companies and insurance offices don’t have people; they have “representatives.” This representative was smiley-voiced, and delightful. She also was human. After 20 awful minutes of hearing a recorded voice (“How can I help you? I did not get that. Push 7.”), here was someone who really wanted to help. Hallelujah! Try talking to a live person, you will like it. It is wonderful. She told me about the weather where she was, San Antonio, and we had a whale of a time doing something that I forgot people can do with a telephone: small talk. In a trice, she took care of my need. I am a regular panelist on a weekly Texas State University webinar. A super-smart man, a polymath, suggested that my problem for not reveling in the new isolation — working from home, talking to machines, sending texts, rather than speaking on the telephone and emailing — may be generational. This I take is a nice way of saying that if people had sell-by dates, I am past mine. The implication is that there is a superior place where the digital people do digital things, and pity those of us who do not do digital things, like eat, drink, fall in love. No less a person than the actor Meryl Streep said, “Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple: love, sex and food.” If she likes talking, too, I will award her my personal Oscar. Another endearing Meryl quote is, “Instant gratification is not fast enough.” There is one place where computers have not infringed on the old way of doing things: The Department of State. I believe it is still looking up things in giant ledgers and writing by hand on parchment. I say this because if you, dear citizen, wish to get a passport renewed, the expedited route at your local passport office takes five to seven weeks. I am waiting in apprehension for my renewal, having paid $200 for the super-slow “expedited service.” You can get a replacement Social Security card in moments, and a driver’s license immediately, but the State Department will have none of that. Oddly, passports are issued to all except those with unpaid child support or outstanding criminal warrants. There are more reasons to deny a driver’s license than a passport. But the wheels at the State Department grind extremely slowly, and time isn’t an issue. The service economy has been a giant con, dreamed up by MBAs to keep customers at a distance or to dehumanize them, so they forget that they pay for the abuse they receive, whether from the passport office or some financial institution. I frequent one gas station, in Scituate, R.I., where they still pump your gas. Night and day, there are lines of motorists waiting for fill-ups and to have a few cheery words with the pump jockeys. Human contact, real service, seems to be worth a few cents more a gallon. — Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.
Cities seek housing-quota loopholes
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hen state officials issued markedly higher regional quotas for zoning land for new housing a few years ago, and regional agencies imposed specific numbers on cities, the reaction among local officials was sharp and negative. Resistance was especially stout in small cities containing mostly single-family homes occupied by affluent families because the state’s orders emphasized building more multi-unit projects for low- and moderate-income families. It would, residents and officials in those cities complained, undermine local control and change community character. The state housing agency, however, was armed with new tools to enforce its dictates and has been insistent on compliance. In turn, some rebellious city officials have tried to find ways around the state’s orders that they zone enough land to meet their housing quota, particularly after the Legislature passed and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that allows construction of duplexes, or in some cases fourplexes, on lots zoned for single-family homes.
Letters Firearm-storage ordinance On Tuesday, July 19, the Davis City Council unanimously passed a city safefirearm ordinance. As both a Moms Demand Action volunteer and a Davis resident, I thank Mayor Lucas Frerichs for his unwavering support of gun-violence prevention efforts, generally, and specifically for his quick response to bring this ordinance up for vote. Thanks also go to Chief Pytel and his department staff, the city of Davis staff and our City Council Members, Josh Chapman, Gloria Partida, Will Arnold, and Dan Carson. All members spoke about the significant impacts of gun violence both in their own lives and in a broader sense. We know that common-sense gun regulations, like secure storage ordinances, help keep guns out of the hands of those who pose a danger to themselves & others and they save lives. Moms Demand Action is the largest grassroots volunteer organization in the country. We have a public education campaign called Be SMART (BeSMARTforKids.org) that educates
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As many as 40 California cities adopted policies that were clearly aimed at discouraging the kind of dense development the state sought. The most famous, or infamous, example was Woodside, a very wealthy San Francisco Peninsula hamlet, which early this year declared itself mountain lion habitat. Woodside, under pressure from the state, quickly backed down, but local officials’ search for an escape hatch from the state’s prohousing pressure has continued. Last week, a new wrinkle in the guerrilla war between the state and rebellious cities surfaced in Santa Monica, a very wealthy coastal community west of Los Angeles. In June, Santa Monica’s city council very reluctantly accepted its quota of 8,895 units, most of which are to be designated for low- and moderate-income residents,
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reversing a previous rejection vote. “I am appalled by the state’s approach to this whole process and I still believe that they shouldn’t be allowed to do this and that there should be controls on this and there probably ought to be a lawsuit,” Mayor Sue Himmelrich, said before moving to accept the quota. In the aftermath, two of the council’s most vociferous opponents of the quota, Oscar de la Torre and Phil Brock, drafted an amendment to the city charter and urged their colleagues to place it on the November ballot. It would establish new pay scales for workers on projects built to satisfy the quota, as high as 2.7 times the local prevailing wage for construction work. The amendment declared that mandating high wages would “preserve and protect the character of housing, neighborhoods, and the community; maintain social and economic diversity; protect the health and safety of Santa Monica residents; encourage the development of affordable housing within the limitations and capacity of Santa Monica’s infrastructure and
adults to (S — safely secure your guns; M — model responsible gun ownership; A — ask about the presence of unsecured guns in places you or your kids visit; R — recognize the role that guns play in suicide; T — tell others to be smart). We can provide training on this. Email yolocountymoms@gmail.com for more information. Yolo County Moms Demand Action is actively seeking local volunteers to help in this work. Text READY to 644-33 to join us. Emily Ault Yolo County Moms Demand Action local co-lead
Giving up on growth The New York Times feature piece this week on Herman Daly’s “Ecological Economics” noted that if we are to survive in our “limited” system (that is, the Earth), we must overcome our obsession with “growth.” Daly points out that we are fast approaching, or indeed we have moved beyond the limits of that system. Daly concludes that It is therefore high time to discard the neoclassical economic assumption that continued/continuous growth is both necessary and good.
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geography; and ensure the payment of living wages to the construction workers working on large projects in the city so they may live where they work.” That lofty language notwithstanding, the true purpose of the proposal was clearly to make construction cost-prohibitive, undermining the state’s housing quota. The proposal came before the council last week and it was decided that it wouldn’t be placed on the ballot but would be considered later for adoption as a city law. The Santa Monica dodge may or may not become law, but it indicates that the search for ways to escape the state’s pressure to build more housing is continuing. Meanwhile, however, the state’s housing crisis grows worse each day. The state needs 2 million-plus more units, particularly those for low- and moderate-income families, but construction is barely half of what the state says we should be building each 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.
Thomas Picketty’s “Capital in the 21st Century” (which our Davis book group, thanks to Tony Tanke’s encouragement, managed to work our way through) has critiqued the “growth” problem from a different, but equally compelling perspective. The problem with abandoning the “growth” paradigm is that we have associated “growth” with “progress,” and our idea of progress at root is patterned on the sort of growth we have come to expect from the scientific enterprise over the past 400 years. Giving up on the idea of growth threatens our confidence in scientific progress, and we are counting upon this progress to overcome pandemics and solve the climate change crisis, among other things. Another less appreciated problem is that market capitalism, and the liberal democratic orders it has permitted to flourish, are both reliant on continued growth, and are likely to collapse without it. Daly’s article is well worth a read, because if he is right, we are in deep trouble, and we immediately need to be shifting much of our attention to facing this problem directly. Andrew Majeske Davis
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When a $300K project balloons to $800K A t the extreme risk of sounding like a total “Let them eat cake” jerk, I’m using today’s space to share about a real-life thing we’ve just dealt with. I think it’s potentially relatable to most people and an interesting look at supply chain issues, inflation and general realestate lunacy. The plot revolves around a cabin in the Tahoe area that we bought with my in-laws about eight years ago. (I’ve just written and erased hundreds of words to explain how we were able to afford this and our back-up plans to rent it out, etc., but it’s clogging up the story. Suffice it to say, we bought it with my inlaws who later made us an incredibly generous deal, and now husband S and I the sole owners of the cabin.) During the lockdown phases of the pandemic, S and I spent a lot of time at the cabin. We started envisioning retirement up there some day, or at least splitting time between home and the mountains. At a modest 1,150 square feet, with two bedrooms, two baths, a tiny kitchen, a loft and no garage, it’s not a tiny house per se. But spending a couple of weeks at a time there during the
snowy winter of 2021, the lack of storage and a garage became a focal point. S and I started talking about maybe we should sorta kinda look around for a cabin with a garage to buy, since ours had appreciated to nearly double what we bought it for — $385,000 — in 2014. As you will recall, starting in the summer of 2020, workfrom-anywhere jobs became common. The population in Tahoe began to swell with fulltime dwellers, as well as wannabe full-time dwellers — real estate went extra-crazy in the mountains. Anything that went up for sale had multiple, aboveasking offers within minutes, and we weren’t up for that game. Thus, we started looking into adding a garage. How much could it be? We hired a very talented contractor who has done work in the mountains (snow loads make for
an added design challenge), and we started talking over ideas with him for our $300,000 budget. In the end, he came up with an excellent design that added a single-car garage on one side of our simple, two-story, rectangular cabin, and a proportional addition on the other side that would be an extra bedroom and more living space. And for good measure, we decided to fix up the kitchen, get new flooring downstairs, and make the back deck larger and covered. Blah, blah, blah, we took out a loan for $300K to pay for the remodel, and when the final numbers for the project came in last month — to add about 320 square feet and a single car garage — it was around $800,000. U.S. I mean, we’ve all heard construction costs and supplies have increased immensely, but this was so absurdly over-budget that it was easy to decide ain’t no way we’re doing this project. Still, we already bought all the kitchen cabinets, and we had the loan sitting in our bank account, so what about adding just the bedroom and new living space and replacing the old kitchen? We got word this week that doing half the project would be
$480,000. Reminder, that’s $180K over what we had estimated spending for the entire project. S and I are now in the backand-forth process with the contractor to figure out next steps. How much are we willing spend on improvements that don’t come close to what we’ve been imagining for the past year? We are already $50K into the project with architectural designs/ plans, engineering approvals, permits, kitchen cabinets, and other items. Now here we are trying to decide if we’d be throwing bad money after good. And if you don’t know what the real estate market is going to do, or if the country is heading into a recession where labor markets and supplies might calm down, how do you decide anything? Learning how to cut your losses is a painful skill to learn. It’s easy to justify that you’ve already invested so much time/ money/effort into something, so you tell yourself, “It only makes sense to keep moving forward!” But it often does not. Thankfully, S and I are almost always on the same page about big decisions. After talking to the contractor and finding out the
new number for (half!!) the project was $480K, S told me he’d had in his head he could maybe stomach going to $375K for the work ... this was the exact number I’d had in mind. That additional $105K made the decision easy. What isn’t as easy is falling blindly back in love with the place that we’ve adored for the past eight years. We know we are some of the luckiest people on the planet to have a mountain cabin. But we’ve spent the past year believing we were about to be rid of some of our humble dwelling’s shortcomings — “I can’t wait to store all of this stuff (waves arms around tiny entry way) in the garage!” we’d say with smugness — that we now have to pretend didn’t really bother us that much. It feels kind of like having short-timers syndrome with a job you actually enjoyed but convinced yourself you couldn’t wait to leave. Did I mention that the project cost was $800,000? — 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.
Awesome amphibians — two lives, two worlds By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise
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mphibians are the animal group that includes frogs, toads, salamanders, and more. Classified as animals that live both on land and water, there is more to them than that. The word Amphibious is Greek in origin and uses the words amphi meaning “of both kinds” and bios meaning “life.” Many animals can live in water and on land, such as otters and seals, but they still need air. Amphibians can gather oxygen both on land and in water and live exclusively in water at some point in their life cycle. Amphibians are classified into three different groups: anura, caudata and apoda. Anura are the group that includes frogs and toads. Like amphibious, the word is Greek in origin, meaning “without tail.” Anura eggs require water, as their thin membranes would dry out on land. After hatching, frog and toad tadpoles are fully aquatic and have gills and tails. While developing they grow legs and their gills slowly recede, and they develop lungs. During this metamorphosis they also reduce their tail until it disappears entirely. Adults can be on land for extended periods with their
Explorit Science Center lungs but must return to water as their skin also performs gas exchange and it requires moisture. Caudata are the salamanders and newts. This group name is from Latin and means tail. Like all amphibians, they must lay their eggs in water. When the young hatch they have gills and tails and live a fully aquatic existence. During their metamorphosis, they grow forelimbs and hindlimbs, but they retain their tails. Caudata also requires moist skin to perform gas exchange. Many caudata found on land are usually under logs or underbrush where it is cool and moist. The apoda are the caecilians. The name is Latin for “without feet,” as these animals do not have any limbs and look like worms or snakes depending on size. Found exclusively in equatorial environments, caecilians are well adapted to burrowing, living mostly in moist soil and mud. Like all amphibians, they go through a metamorphosis; some species of caecilians will metamorphose almost immediately after hatching, but some have an extended larval stage. No matter what type of amphibian, they all have
Tadpoles at various stages of development swim in a garden pool. Timo Newton-Syms/ Wikimedia
the same semi-aquatic life, with at least one part of their life cycle being fully aquatic. They go through a metamorphosis, have adapted bodies for gas exchange in both water and on land, have adapted eyes for living both in water and on land, and all live in or around water to maintain moist skin. Almost all amphibians live near freshwater, with only a few exceptions that live in swampy or brackish water, but none are found in the oceans or seas.
Campers in this week’s Fur, Feathers, and Scales camp learned about several varieties of animals, including amphibians. They did hands on activities and experiments learning about insects, arachnids, mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles. Campers were also able to meet live animals including cockroaches, tarantula, skinks, and turtles. Exploit’s coming events: ■ 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. Masks strongly encouraged while indoors. ■ 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. ■ Now is a great time to donate and help Explorit continue to educate and inspire the scientists of tomorrow: https://www. explorit.org/donate. — Explorit Science Center is at 3141 Fifth St. For information, call 530-7560191 or visit http://www. explorit.org, or “like” the Facebook page at www. facebook.com/explorit.fb.
Local students earn college honors Enterprise staff Jennifer Weil of Davis was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Weil was initiated at Sacramento State University. Weil is among approximately 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.
Name Droppers Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 under the leadership of undergraduate student Marcus L. Urann who had a desire to create a different kind of honor society: one that recognized excellence in all academic disciplines. Today, the Society has chapters on more than 325 campuses in the United States, its territories and the Philippines. Its mission is “To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others.” ———— The University of Utah congratulates the more than 8,000 of the Class of 2022 who graduated during an in-person commencement ceremony on
May 5 after two years of virtual celebrations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students in the Class of 2022 ranged in age from 21 to 73 and earned 8,702 degrees. Graduates represented 55 U.S. states and territories, and 65 foreign countries. Among the grads were Austinhuy Huynh of West Sacramento, who earned a DDS degree; Alexandra Johnson of Davis, bachelor’s degree in anthropology; Hannah Huang of Davis, bachelor’s degree in ballet, cum laude; and Rebecca Neufeld of Davis, master’s degree in psychology. The University of Utah, in Salt Lake City in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves over 32,000 students from across the U.S.
and the world. ———— Mya Gbriel of Davis has been named to the Spring 2022 dean’s list at Roger Williams University, in Bristol, R.I. Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per semester and earn a grade point average of 3.4 or higher are placed on the Dean’s List that semester. Roger Williams University offers 50 majors and robust offerings of graduate and professional programs across eight schools of study including Rhode Island’s only law school, with campuses on the coast of Bristol and in the heart of Providence, R.I. — 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. Movie Villains. What villainous character first introduced in a 1961 animated film was later portrayed by Glenn Close and Emma Stone? 2. College Football. What school in the Big 12 plays at Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kan.? 3. Science. The pituitary gland in humans weighs about how many grams: half a gram, 5 grams, 15 grams, or 50 grams? 4. Another Music Question. The 1965 jazz album “A Love Supreme” is widely considered a
masterpiece by what saxophonist? 5. Books and Authors. What British poet and novelist wrote the novel “Tess of the d’Urbervilles”? Answers: Cruella de Vil, Kansas State Wildcats, half a gram, John Coltrane, Thomas Hardy. — Dr. Andy Jones is the former quizmaster at de Vere’s Irish Pub and author of the book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People.” His pub quiz is now seeking a new home. Meanwhile, Dr. Andy is also sharing his pub quizzes via Patreon. Find out more at www. yourquizmaster.com.
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ne reason Nick Garratt got the Davis High football head coaching job was the solid impression he left on former interim head coach Steve Smyte and DHS Athletic Director Jeff Lorenzen. “Best coach interview I’ve ever been part of, any sport, any teaching position,” Smyte said. “I am very excited that we were able to get him here. Took a lot of recruiting but it was well worth it.” Garratt’s Blue Devils will get tested early, a Friday, Aug. 19 home opener against Vacaville. n At the beginning of the season, the San Francisco Giants infield was projected to be Brandon Belt (first base), Tommy LaStella (second base), Brandon Crawford (shortstop) and Evan Longoria (third base). Unfortunately, for both the team and its fans, this quartet has played just three games together. n Who will be with his same team after the trade deadline passes Tuesday afternoon? n The Giants, on Saturday, retired Will Clark’s No. 22 in a pregame ceremony. Retired pitcher and current broadcaster
Mike Krukow tells the story of where Clark lived when he first came to the big leagues. “At our house, for about two years. He was like a kid. But when it was time to go to the ballpark together, he’d strap it up and be ready to play. “This was a guy who had one of the smoothest swings I have ever seen. I first found out about him in 1985. We were on our way to losing a hundred games that year, and we were going to get a high draft pick. Kept hearing about this kid from Mississippi State, and that’s when I first saw him.” The Giants drafted ‘The Thrill’ with the second pick of the ‘85 amateur draft and Clark was at the big-league level just a year later. Krukow added, “I truly believe Will
Clark is the reason the Giants stayed in San Francisco.” n If the Sacramento Kings purchase the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, one thing new ownership should take into account is a re-examination of pricing. *To the surprise of no one, San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan anointed Trey Lance as the team’s starting quarterback. The 49ers are hoping to get something in trade for Jimmy Garoppolo, but progress in making a deal is slow. With Deshaun Watson looking at a lengthy suspension for his off-field transgressions, Garoppolo could be dealt to the Cleveland Browns. Garoppolo would probably have been traded already, but potential suitors wanted to wait-and-see since he underwent off-season shoulder surgery. To his credit, Garoppolo hasn’t grumbled publicly about how long this process has taken. Good luck to him wherever he lands. n When it comes to baseball longevity, no one beats the Baltimore Orioles’ Jim Palmer, who pitched only for the Orioles during a 19-year big-league career that
landed him in the Hall of Fame. Palmer has drawn a paycheck from the Orioles every year since 1965. First as a player from 1965-84, then as a team broadcaster ever since. In the late 1980s, he worked national and postseason games for ABC Sports. He is the only pitcher to record World Series wins in three different decades (1960s, 1970s and 1980s). Palmer is also the leader in home runs allowed, 317, without ever giving up a grand slam. Krukow is third best on that list at 196. n NFL training camps opened last week. What you need to know about cutdown days: Teams are required to cut their rosters from 90 to 85 on Aug. 16, then to 80 on Aug. 23. By Aug. 30, all teams must cut down to 53. n Godspeed, Tony Dow. You and the Beaver made television history. — The longtime radio and television color man on UC Davis football broadcasts, Doug Kelly is director of communications for Battlefields2Ballfields and managing general partner of Kelly & Associates. Contact him at DKelly1416@ aol.com.
WALKER: Second in scoring in 2021 From Page B1 titles. Davis played for the California Interscholastic Federation NorCal D-I title, its first-ever in the program. The Blue Devils finished the season with a 30-4 record.
‘New team’ “We definitely have a new team coming up,” Walker said. “We’ve lost a lot of leaders. Me and Malaya (Wright, another senior who was one of the Blue Devils’ top scorers Fred Gladdis/Enterprise file photo
Blue Devil Kenzie Walker (left) throws the ball in front of a Granite Bay player in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I championship game on Nov. 13, 2021. Davis silenced the Grizzles 20-3.
last year) will be returning players. And we will have other players such as Leila Meraz. She’ll be showing more of a leadership role because her sister (Isabelle) has graduated. We have a lot of fast learners, too. “So, I’m really excited to what our offense is going to look like, and our counter attacks. I think it’s really going to be something special.” Walker, who has been on the Blue Devils’ varsity squad since her freshman
year, was second in scoring on last fall’s team with 89 goals. She also had 39 assists and 43 steals. Walker is beyond happy to have made her verbal commitment to Cal now instead of later. “Overall, just the vibe for Berkley,” Walker said. “I felt it was like somewhere I could really enjoy studying for four years.” — Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise. net. Follow on Twitter at @MBDavisSports.