The Davis Enterprise Wednesday, October 12, 2022

The journey through cancer in the Hispanic/Latina community

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With about 1 in 8 women (13 percent) being diagnosed with breast can cer during their lifetimes, it is the most common cancer for women in the United States. In Yolo County, with a population of approximately 216,986 and a 51 percent female population, the extrapo lated numbers of those fighting this disease could be as high as 13,833.

One local survivor and thriver is Thriving Pink board member, Guiller mina Perez, a local teacher.

“I was stunned when I detected a lump in my right breast in May 2018,” Perez said. “Because there is no history of breast can cer in my family, it was something I never imag ined having to deal with in my life. After four surger ies and chemotherapy, the most pain I felt was how this would impact my two young daughters. I am grateful for my friends, family, co-workers, provid ers, and Thriving Pink — they were all there for me. I developed such close friendships, and have a deeper appreciation for life.

“Nurse Chasity Baltazar at the Davis Sutter Infu sion Center gave me a Thriving Pink comfort bag

and told me about the Yolo County based non-profit organization. In Thriving Pink I found a sisterhood of support and compassion that inspired me to keep positive, stay motivated and pay it forward,” Perez said.

“I recommend the Thriving Pink workshops with their focus on well ness, resilience, and sup port for your diagnosis through the life challenges that follow. There are sev eral workshops per month, some are medical work shops and others focus on peer-to-peer connection.

After each workshop there is the opportunity to openly share what we are going through and ask questions in a safe place.”

“I am fluent in Spanish, and it was an honor to help present financial grants from Thriving Pink to newly diagnosed women in the Spanish speaking community. Several brought their family mem bers and young children with them that weekend.

They need assistance to cover essential needs, such as medical bills, rent, gro ceries from their family, and prescriptions. No one should go through this journey alone,” Perez added.

In the Hispanic and Latina communities, sta tistics show that they are more likely to be diag nosed at a more advanced stage, and are about 30 percent more likely to die from breast cancer than their non-Hispanic white counterparts.

Thriving Pink board member Dr. Alicia Silva shares, “Social determi nants also significantly influence overall health because they impact nearly every aspect of care, including access to insur ance, preventative care and treatment. Hispanic and Latina women are less likely to be diagnosed with early stage breast cancer due to less frequent mam mograms or lack of followup on abnormal screening results. This delay can result in a more advanced breast cancer at time of diagnosis when it can be more difficult to treat with

a potentially worse prog nosis.”

“Last year, I presented a Spanish healthcare work shop for Thriving Pink and will be planning addi tional bilingual workshops this year,” Dr. Silva said. “We all pitch in to make phone calls and visit clin ics in underrepresented neighborhoods to make helpful information avail able to a wider audience. I immigrated to this country and grew up in Yolo County, going to UCD Medical School. I appreci ate how Thriving Pink is expanding its reach to local Spanish speaking immigrant communities, and providing Spanishspeaking peer mentors.”

If you or someone you know is seeking support for a breast cancer diagno sis, you can reach out to Thriving Pink at info@ thrivingpink.org for a Pink Peer through the Mentorship Program. Thriving Pink also just launched a new website which has an easy translation feature, and recently printed new updated brochures in English and Spanish.

Dr. Alicia Silva, left, Thriving Pink Board Member, distributes brochures in Eng lish and Spanish at the local Woodland Farmers Market for Thriving Pink.

Guillermina Perez, Thriving Pink board member, hugs a nurse to show her appreciation.

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UCD forms advisory body on graduations

By CaleB Hampton Enterprise staff writer

UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May invited 10 members of the campus community to form an advisory committee to help plan next spring’s under graduate commencement, UC Davis announced last week in a news release.

In June, the campus can celed a commencement at UC Davis Health Stadium midway through the cere mony after extreme heat caused dozens of guests to seek medical treatment. Seven were transported to local hospitals.

The campus fire marshal brought the event to a close before many graduates were called to cross the stage and receive their diplomas.

With high temperatures forecast for the following day’s commencement, campus leaders scrambled to organize a shortened program that would end earlier in the day. They ini tially announced that grad uates would not walk during the ceremony, but after receiving negative feedback on that plan from graduates, they amended the program hours before it began, scrapping some speeches to make time for graduates to walk.

The last-minute commu nication caused many to skip the commencement. The day after, a third cere mony was held as planned in cooler weather.

Chancellor May accepted responsibility for the plan ning failures and apolo gized to graduates and their families. “I know that many of you are rightfully hurt, upset, frustrated, dis appointed that we did not give you the celebration that you rightly deserved,” he said.

“I don’t want to point any fingers. I don’t want to make excuses. Ultimately, what happens at the uni versity is my responsibility

State looks to greener jobs

By graCe geDye anD naDIa lopez CalMatters

California likes to see itself as a leader in climate policy. But transi tioning from fossil fuels to renew able energy also will mean a major reshuffling for workers.

What happens to workers in the oil and gas industry whose jobs may disappear? Will California have people with the right skills to fill new jobs in the growing green energy sector?

Recently enacted California cli mate laws are projected to create 4 million new jobs over the next two decades. And money coming from the federal government, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act,

could boost that number even higher. Meanwhile, California also plans to reduce consumption of fossil fuels by 91% and cut air pollu tion by 60% by 2045.

CalMatters environment reporter Nadia Lopez moderated a panel on Tuesday hosted by the Milken Insti tute and CalMatters about what will happen to California’s work force as the state strives to meet its climate goals.

Joining the panel was Tim Rainey, executive director of Cali fornia’s Workforce Development Board; Erik Antokal, head of work force development at Orsted, a renewable energy company; Sam Appel, California state manager for BlueGreen Alliance, a nonprofit

partnership between labor unions and environmental organizations; and Rajinder Sahota, deputy execu tive officer of climate change and research at the California Air Resources Board.

Career paths exist

Some roles are relatively new, like wind turbine technician jobs. But in most cases, renewable energy com panies are creating jobs in long standing careers, like construction, manufacturing and logistics, said Antokal. “We, in most cases, are not inventing new careers.”

As workers are trained for the see greener page a3

Burglars strike in West Village on campus

By lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

Thieves targeted two West Village buildings and multiple campus vehicles in separate crimes reported at UC Davis over the past sev eral days, according to campus crime alerts issued Tuesday.

The first burglary occurred sometime between 10:30 and 11 p.m. Saturday, when

someone entered an apartment at Tilia and North Sage streets through an unsecured front door and stole prop erty from both the com mon area and an unoccupied room.

A roommate was sleep ing in another bedroom at the time but was not con fronted or injured.

Early Monday, at about 3:30 a.m., two suspects burglarized The Green mail and package center,

2228 Tilia St., prying open the door to a secured package room.

“A video camera in the room captured the event and provided descrip tions, but officers have so far been unable to posi tively identify the suspects as their heads/faces were covered during the com mission,” the crime alert said.

UCD police described both suspects as white male adults. One wore a

dark ball cap, a white and black flannel shirt over a black hoodie, black shorts, black socks with white and black check ered shoes, carrying a blue and black backpack.

His accomplice wore a light gray hoodie with emblem on its front over an orange T-shirt, dark gray shorts, gray Adidas shoes with red laces, and carried a black backpack.

School, city leaders discuss enrollment

By anne ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

As the Davis Joint Uni fied School District grap ples with the consequences of declining enrollment, expected to continue over the coming years, city offi cials have expressed their willingness to work with the district on solutions, a key one revolving around housing for more young families.

During a September meeting between city and school district staff, as well as several City Council members and school board trustees, Superintendent Matt Best laid out what the current situation looks like, what lies ahead, and how that will impact the programs the district can offer, as well as its ability to operate neighborhood schools.

The district receives the majority of its funding from the state and that funding is tied to two fac tors: student enrollment and how frequently those students attend school, “which is a challenging reality for school districts across the state,” said Best, “because we have fixed costs regardless of how fre quently students attend or not.”

The DJUSD student population has declined from around 8,600 stu dents in 2006 to around 8,300 this year, Best said, “and we’re projected to continue to decline slightly over the next five years.”

That’s due in part to a declining birth rate in Davis. Best’s data shows there were 505 area births in 2016 — the current crop of kindergartners — but just 382 in 2020. Those children will be entering kindergarten in 2025.

By comparison, Davis averaged more than 600 births each year from 2001 to 2005 and more than 500 from 2006 to 2015, but in both 2019 and 2020

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Solar installers from Baker Electric place solar panels on the roof of a residential home in San Diego in 2016.

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Teen robbed in downtown Davis

Police are seeking two suspects who threatened and robbed a teen in downtown Davis over the weekend.

Lt. Dan Beckwith said a friend of the vic tim called police at about 9:15 p.m. Satur day, reporting that two men confronted the 19-year-old in the 200 block of E Street and demanded his gold chain necklace.

Beckwith described the suspects as a His panic male adult, 6-foot-2 and 170 pounds, wearing a black ski mask and green hooded sweat shirt; the other a white male adult, 5-foot-9 with a thin build, with curly hair and wearing a white hoodie.

Call the Davis Police Department at 530747-5400 with infor mation.

Crash leads to DUI arrest

An El Sobrante man faces drunken-driving charges following a latenight crash on J Street, Davis police said.

The collision between Tamirr Erias Sykes’ vehicle and three parked cars sent officers to the 1100 block of J Street at about 11 p.m. Saturday.

No injuries occurred, but Lt. Dan Beckwith said Sykes showed signs of intoxication and was arrested for DUI. The 28-year-old was booked into Yolo County Jail.

Not impressed over in Beaver country

ISSING THE AGGIES

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The UC Davis football team generally schedules one game a year against an oppo nent from the FBS, the highest level of college football. It's a great experience that sometimes results in a victory and always produces a big paycheck.

This year it was Cal, last year it was Tulsa. One year not so long ago, the Aggies famously beat Stanford. In 2025 UCD plays at Washington, in 2027 at UCLA.

Next year, however, the Aggies will travel to Corvallis to take on the Oregon State Beavers. What's special about this game is that it marks the grand opening of Ore gon State's stunningly refurbished stadium. Anticipation is high and a sellout is guaranteed.

Already, however, some folks in Oregon are questioning the choice of an opponent — UC Davis — for such a Grand Event.

Maybe they don't know that UCD was recently ranked as the No. 2

public university in the nation.

Besides, this early-season game — Sept. 9 — was scheduled long before plans for refurbishing Reser Stadium were even on the drawing board.

Wrote one disgruntled fan to The Oregonian, the statewide newspaper, “Current scheduled opener for newly refurbished Reser Stadium next year is UC Davis. Any expectation that could change to a more interesting opponent for that special day?”

More interesting than UC Davis, with our vet school, our med school, our law school and

student-athletes who study nuclear physics instead of the playbook at halftime?

Maybe the letter writer would prefer that Oregon State schedule Alabama, so all those fans could watch their beloved Beavers lose 99-0 in their beautiful new sta dium.

ON'T MESS WITH MARY

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... Several weeks ago the University of California football team traveled to South Bend, Ind., to take on Mighty Notre Dame, the most storied pro gram in all of college football and one of the toughest venues for a visiting team, what with Touch down Jesus present from start to finish.

Nevertheless the Golden Bears gave a good account of themselves and had a chance to tie or win the game if they could score a long touchdown on the final play of the game. The Bears elected to throw

Former Woodland resident convicted of child molestation

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

Solano County prosecu tors convicted a former Yolo County man of childmolestation crimes they say occurred while he was liv ing in Woodland and Dixon.

Eliberto Perez Gutierrez, 35, carried out the offenses from 2017 to 2019, molest ing a young relative while her mother worked the night shift and, at one point, threatening the girl when she told him to stop, according to a Solano County Sheriff’s Office

social media post.

home appeared to have been victimized.

what's known as a "Hail Mary," a desperate heave that sometimes results in a touchdown.

The only problem with that strategy is that it never works when you're the visiting team at Notre Dame Stadium. I mean, didn't the Bears realize who the entire school is named for?

Hail Mary, full of grace.

GAS PAINS ... So far this fall I've had the great pleasure of chas ing the Aggie football team half way across the country for dates in South Dakota and Montana. One similarity I've noticed in those two places is that gas is routinely at least $2 a gallon cheaper than it is in California.

Our state gas tax is 54 cents a gallon, so that alone doesn't nearly account for such a dramatic differ ence in price.

Can you spell g-o-u-g-e?

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Soroptimists offer cash grants to women

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GUTIERREZ

Trial lasted four weeks

“The allegations came to light in 2020 when the victim bravely told her mother about the abuse,” the post said. “The mother immediately called law enforcement and a safety plan was developed to remove the kids from the home.”

No other children in the

Sheriff’s detectives later obtained a warrant for Gutierrez’s arrest and took him into custody during a traffic stop, which revealed Gutierrez was on the way to the bus station with a oneway ticket to Tijuana, Mexico, authorities said.

A four-week jury trial that began Sept. 12 in Vallejo resulted in Gutier rez’s conviction following testimony by the victim and several of her family members. He returns to court Jan. 20, 2023, for sentencing.

Filling the boot

Women who serve as the primary wage earners for their families and seek financial assistance to further their education or training are urged to apply for the Soroptimist Live Your Dream: Educa tion and Training Awards for Women.

The application dead line is Tuesday, Nov. 15. This year, Soroptimist International of Davis will present awards rang ing from $1,000 to $4,000. The top recipi ent’s application will advance to regional and possibly the international level, where she could receive up to $15,000 more. Recipients may use the Live Your Dream Award to offset any costs associated with their efforts to attain higher education or additional skills and training. This includes tuition, books, childcare, transportation or other related expense.

Applications are avail able at https://bit.ly/ LYDA-apply.

The Live Your Dream Award provides more than $2.8 million in cash awards to head-of-house hold women in need each year. Since the program’s inception in 1972, more than $35 million has helped tens of thousands of women achieve their dreams of a better life for themselves and their families. This past year, Soroptimist International of Davis awarded $20,000 in Live Your Dream Awards.

A study conducted by The Fels Institute of Gov ernment, a research and consulting organization

Bullet pierces South Davis house

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

Dozens of shots rang out early Sunday morning in rural Davis, and authorities say one of the bullets may have struck a house about a mile away from the shoot ing scene.

Yolo County sheriff’s Lt. Juan Ceja said deputies responded to reports of shots fired at about 1:50 a.m. in the area of County Roads 105 and 32A, north of Interstate 80.

The deputies found about 75 spent bullet cas ings at the scene, but located no suspects, and no injuries were reported.

At about 10 a.m. Sunday, a resident of Marden Street in South Davis, just north of the El Macero

neighborhood, called police to report finding a shat tered second-story window in their home, along with a bullet on the floor.

“The address is within a mile from where the shots were fired,” Ceja said. While detectives couldn't definitively say whether that bullet came from the

shooting scene, Ceja said it was “possible” and noted the projectile was on a downward trajectory when it hit the house.

The incident remains under investigation, and anyone with information is asked to contact the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office at 530-668-5280.

based at the University of Pennsylvania, confirmed the efficacy and impact of this program. It improves the recipients’ quality of life; builds their confi dence; strengthens their self-determination and makes them want to, in turn, help others. Helping women in this way has the demonstrated effect of leading to stronger com munities, nations, and the world.

Besides the Live Your Dream Award, Soropti mist International of Davis provides local girls with tools to achieve their education and career goals through its Dream It, Be It: Career Support for Girls program at King High School. It also funds high school scholarships, annual grants to nonprof its that align with the Soroptimist mission, and anti-trafficking efforts.

Soroptimist is a global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve eco nomic empowerment. It was founded in Oakland in 1921, and is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Davis was chartered in 1954. Local members join some 75,000 Soropti mists in 122 countries and territories to contrib ute time and financial support to communitybased projects benefiting women and girls. Its core values are gender equal ity, empowerment, educa tion, diversity and fellowship.

Soroptimist Interna tional of Davis welcomes new members. Learn more at https://www. sidavis.org.

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Upstander

Carnival is back

October is National Anti-Bullying Month.

As part of raising awareness around bul lying, The Davis Phoe nix Coalition will host the sixth annual Upstander Carnival from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15.

The Upstander Car nival is free and con sists of carnival-style games with an added element of teaching ele mentary age kids how to recognize bullying and be Upstanders rather than bystanders when it happens. There will be resources, prizes and a fun zone.

In a recent DJUSD survey, 32% of thirdthrough sixth-graders reported being bullied. The top two reasons given were gender and disability. The event seeks sponsors and vol unteers; reach out to admin@davis phoenixco.org.

Park carousel set to reopen

The Davis Schools Foundation — which provides Davis Joint Unified School District schools with financial support for equity, mental health and more — announced last week that repairs and updates to the iconic bicycle-powered Flying Carousel of the Delta Breeze in Davis' Central Park are nearing com pletion.

To celebrate, the car ousel will reopen on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Festivi ties will include live music, free biodegrad able balloons and opportunities for kids to ride the refurbished carousel.

“Come out and cele brate the reopening of this community trea sure!” a news release said.

For information on the refurbishment, visit https://www.davis schoolsfoundation.org/ carousel. For informa tion about the Davis Schools Foundation, including volunteer opportunities, visit https://www.daviss choolsfoundation.org/ contact. Donations can be made to the Davis Schools Foundation at https://www.daviss choolsfoundation.org/ how-to-give.

Hear indigenous perspective

The Episcopal Church of St. Martin, continues its free Seeds of Justice lecture series online at 4 p.m. Sun day, Oct. 16.

Melinda Adams (N’dee San Carlos Apache), Ph.D. candi date in the UC Davis department of Native American studies, will offer a presentation on “Cultural Fire, Story telling, and Reclaiming Indigenous Land Stew ardship Practices.”

Register at: https:// us06web.zoom.us/ meeting/register/ tZMsf–tpzssHtICxG Y1NktNIDBFB7NNy2V.

Over the years, Adams has tended to community partner ships and friendships with fellow native cul tural practitioners, par ticularly at the Tending and Gathering Garden in Woodland. Her pre sentation will include discussion of this small section of the Cache Creek Conservancy, which serves as a hands-on space stew arded by traditional management methods.

ENROLLMENT: Fewer kids being born locally

saw fewer than 400.

The only reason there has not been a more precipitous decline in overall student enrollment, said Best, is because the decline in resi dent students has been offset by the rise in non-resident students — those who live outside of Davis but attend school here, primarily because they have parents who work for the city, school district or university, many of whom cannot afford to live here.

“That number is growing over time,” said Best. “There were about 200 non-resident students in Davis Joint Unified in 2005 and currently there’s around 1,100.”

“This district would look funda mentally different than it does today with 1,100 fewer students,” Best noted. “Really, we are filling the seats on a plane that have been vacated by resident students with non-resident students.”

However, he said, “the number of non-resident students can’t keep up with the decline of resident stu dents, so that’s a really important

thing for us to be thinking about as a community. This has implica tions on the district … our ability to offer excellent programs, neighbor hood schools and schools where students can walk or bike easily.”

And while in the past the resi dent population would be boosted some by families moving to town, especially during the summer, the district is seeing a different phe nomenon.

“The largest growth we’re seeing of resident students is coming through the apartment complexes that were essentially designed as student housing,” said Best.

“We’ve got families moving into the low-income (rentals in those complexes) and bringing with them multiple students, which is a phenomenon we didn’t expect, but it’s been a nice addition.”

That’s where city policies come into play, namely in the pursuit of more affordable housing.

“This is one of the somewhat rare items that acutely affects the district but that the solutions for it are outside the purview of the dis trict ... to a large degree,” said Vice

Mayor Will Arnold.

“I think the city can be an impor tant partner because there are some solutions that are going to be city-type solutions that we need to be looking at in terms of the type of housing that we provide to poten tial parents of students,” he said.

Councilman Josh Chapman agreed.

He noted that policies and deci sions made by the city, particularly around housing, “are so important to enrollment as we see here.”

Chapman and Arnold both urged Best to bring a presentation on enrollment to the full council for a public discussion.

“I would personally love to receive that presentation at a pub lic City Council meeting,” said Arnold. “It really paints a picture that a lot of community members don’t understand is happening and happening with some immediacy.”

“The connection is oftentimes lost,” said Chapman, “especially in land-use decisions. They also get really heated so I think it’s impor tant to draw some … connections to how this can benefit our com

GREENER: Looking for way ahead

munity as a whole.”

DJUSD Trustee Tom Adams replied that he is “just hoping that this presentation will change the question that the community usu ally puts forward on housing devel opment and economic development, that they understand the greater context. I think we’ve got to, as a community, start look ing down the road… how we build a better road for the future.” Adams added that “it’s not just a question of keeping the school dis trict going, filling all the seats on the plane.”

The city also needs to ensure that the young people educated here “can not only live here in Davis but have a job here in Davis … We edu cate all these bright young people who want to improve things and we should find a place for them to live and work here. We’re getting a brain drain from Davis and I think we should do something to make sure they can have a future here.”

— Reach Anne Ternus-Bellamy at aternus@davisenterprise. net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

ADVISORY: Make-up ceremonies in August

From Page A1trades, the goal shouldn’t be to train them for a hyper-specific job, like bolting down solar panels, said Rainey. Instead, the goal is to train skilled elec tricians, who can shift roles as the work evolves. “Our end game is to get people in the trades because our real end game is to move people out of poverty,” he said.

But training alone isn’t enough, especially for employers and policymakers who want to bring underserved groups into renewable energy jobs, said Antokal. “Without the basic supports to … succeed at work, like childcare, fair housing conditions, sub stance use counseling and all sorts of other social fac tors, it’s going to be very difficult for the most vul nerable among us to actu ally hold on to these roles,” he said.

About 152,000 Califor nians work in the oil and gas industry and another 366,000 have careers that depend on the industry. Helping these workers out of their current jobs and into high-paying jobs in the clean energy sector is often described as a “just transi tion” — a strategy some experts and policymakers say is a crucial tool to coun ter job losses as California makes progress on decar bonizing the economy.

But creating those opportunities in parts of the state, such as Kern County, where local econo mies heavily depend on the fossil-fuel industry comes with its challenges since many workers still worry about losing their goodpaying jobs.

Sahota, of the state’s Air Resources Board, said one way to ease the transition is to build out carbon removal infrastructure, such as car bon capture and storage on oil fields, refineries and other polluting plants, where workers could use some of their existing skills

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Thousands of California residents work in the oil and gas industries.

and training to launch these projects.

But the practice of car bon capture and storage — where carbon emitted by smokestacks is captured and injected deep under ground so that it does not warm the planet — has long been opposed by envi ronmental justice groups, who say it could prolong the life of the fossil-fuel industry. Still, Sahota said it could ease the strain on fossil fuel workers while also helping meet the state’s goal of carbon neu trality.

“We can’t get to zero without carbon manage ment, without (carbon capture and storage), and without carbon dioxide removal,” she said.

Chicken-and-egg problem

It’s difficult for compa nies to invest in renewable energy projects if there aren’t workers available with the skills to do the work. But it’s also difficult to attract workers to fields that require training if it’s not clear that there will actually be jobs for them on the other side. So timing is key.

“We want to be really careful that we’re not train ing people to then just sit on the bench,” said Rainey. Project labor agreements — collective bargaining agreements that set the terms and conditions of a

Jeanette Hermann-LaMar

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On Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2020, Jeanette Hermann La Mar, loving daughter, sister, friend, and wife, passed away at age 56.

Jeanette was born in Sac ramento to Walter and Isabelle (McMurtrey) Her mann. After high school she moved to San Diego where she met and married Ken Earnest in 1987. In the late 1990s she moved to Napa and in 2002 she mar ried Eric LaMar. Together they lived in multiple loca tions around the USA, later returning to Davis to be closer to family.

Sept. 13, 2022

Jeanette had a passion for helping others, something in which she gained a deep satisfaction. She also loved writing poetry, sewing quilts, playing board games, crafting specialized foods, and collecting recipes. Jea nette was an avid Mustang car fan and a collector of cat-themed items. She was known for her Santa Cat projects, crafting projects for friends, and for her abil ity to create vast quantities of gourmet meals for gath erings. She was devoted to her helping parents, staying close by to care for them as

construction project — are one way to signal to trade unions and apprenticeship programs how much work is going to be available, he said.

Getting major energy projects permitted — with some kind of schedule or date penciled in — is cru cial for attracting investors and workers, said Sahota with the Air Resources Board. “That pinch point keeps coming up over and over again, across all sec tors of the economy,” she said.

Quality over quantity

California, like much of the country, has a low unemployment rate, at 3.9% in July. But working poverty in the Golden State is high, said Rainey. If workers get displaced from their job because of the energy transition, and they find a new job but can’t afford the basics, “that’s not the kind of transition we want people to make.”

It’s not just about the state trying to partner with companies that invest in their employees, said Appel, with BlueGreen Alliance. “It’s about not investing in the bad com panies, because when you invest in the bad companies as a state, you’re subsidiz ing the degradation of working conditions across the whole industry.”

and I’m deeply, deeply sorry.”

In August, UC Davis held two indoor makeup commencements for graduates who were unable to walk during the spring commencements.

A few hundred graduates attended those ceremo nies, which took place at the University Credit Union Center.

Last week, UC Davis released a nine-page report on the spring com mencements. “It cannot be understated that the failure to execute a suc cessful commencement weekend reflected poorly on the university,” the report concluded.

After interviewing doz ens of stakeholders and reviewing survey responses from graduates and emails sent to cam pus leaders, the report’s author, former UC Davis Vice Chancellor Emily Galindo, made several recommendations. They included identifying a commencement planning leader, documenting spe cific goals, such as ensur ing the availability of drinking water at the commencement venue, recruiting a robust volun teer team, assessing the

need for a processional, eliminating registration cards, centralizing com munication, reconsider ing the venue and timing of commencement, incor porating a rehearsal, and developing contingency plans.

“Future commence ments can be successful with specific leadership and unified planning,” the report concluded.

That’s where Chancel lor May’s new advisory committee is meant to help. May has invited the committee to advise on key aspects of spring 2023 commencements, including their location and the structure for the ceremonies. He asked them to make prelimi nary recommendations by early November.

The advisory commit tee is comprised of five campus administrators and five student mem bers, including elected leaders in UC Davis’ stu dent government.

“The university’s com mencement ceremonies are an important way UC Davis honors and cele brates this milestone with students, their families and friends,” May said. “We can and must do bet ter in the future.”

BURGLARS: Three incidents

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In a third incident, a thief or thieves unlawfully entered a fenced parking lot at Aggie Surplus, 615 Hopkins Road, breaking into several vehicles to steal tools and service equipment.

Another vehicle was hot-wired and driven to

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her par ents aged.

Jeanette was pre ceded in death by her father, Walter. She is sur vived by her hus band, Eric; mother Isa belle; brothers Craig (Deborah), Carl and Ken; nephews Mark, Brent and Nathaniel; and cousins. A celebration of life will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, via Zoom. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in her name to your local cat shelter or rescue organization.

the lot entry but ultimately left at the scene.

Police continued their investigations Tuesday but had not identified any suspects. Anyone with information about this or similar incidents is urged to contact the UCD Police Department at 530-7521727.

Adele Rice Richman of Woodland, previously of Davis, died Thursday, May 26, 2022. She was 83.

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Our pink team — Thriving Pink

Special to The Enterprise

We invite you to join the Thriving Pink Team which is dedicated to helping breast cancer survivors thrive. Serving Yolo County, we provide a com passionate network of sup port and resources in partnership with the com munity. Our volunteers come from all different background — community leaders, business owners, health professionals — and those diagnosed with breast cancer. Thriving Pink is volunteer-driven and the leading nonprofit in Yolo County with this steadfast mission.

Core programs include Mentoring Pink with sup port groups, health and wellness workshops and pink peer mentors. Grant ing Pink provides financial grants to help with imme diate and essential needs.

Partnering Pink partners with local businesses, orga nizations and individuals to further our mission and programs. Until there is a cure, we will continue to work together to make a difference in the lives of those that are battling this disease.

“I am honored to serve as a strong advocate for this community,” said Joni Rubin, Chair of the Thriv ing Pink Board. “No one should go through breast cancer alone. It is so per sonally rewarding to serve as a Pink Peer to many, lead our outreach efforts and support our mentor ship programs.”

“Thriving Pink is a vol unteer-driven organiza tion,” said Leslie Hunter, Thriving Pink Executive Director. “We truly appreci ate our dedicated board and committee members:

Joni Rubin, Kelly Curry wood, Denise Rose, Gayle Barry, Andrea Mayer, Dr. Alicia Silva, Martha Ozonoff, Katie Minke, Holly Davis Rodriguez, Rose Cholewinski, Linda Dunn, Sandy Walsh, Emma Hunter, Patti Hadrava, Lori Walters, Mara Lindsay, Emma Hunter, Sue Peri, Mary Yin Liu and many others. Several are breast

cancer survivors who know first-hand how this diagno sis impacts the family and loved ones. ”

A special thank you to our amazing community partners who sustain our mission and programs.

Platinum Pink — Davis Firefighters Local 3494, Jim and Lucinda Chil dress, Harris and Mary Liu/Woodland McDon ald’s and the George and Lena Valente Foundation.

Hot Pink — Black Bear Diner Davis, Jeremy

Brooks/Brooks Painting, JoAnn Stodden, Kathleen and Paul Hart, Michael and Mary Millie, Vanderg riff Brent Family Fund, Zumbathon Team and in Memory of Adrienne Anderson. Bright Pink — Aggie Ace Hardware, Davis Ace Hardware, Guneet and Bubbly Bajwa, The Chan Family, Davis Enterprise, Kim Eichorn, Patty and Dave Krueger/ Greiner Heating and Air, NorthBay Healthcare, Anthony and LaRease

Profaci/Colavita, Robert Wiebe and Joni Rubin, Lori Schilling-Davis, Jim and Colleen Schneider, Sinor Mengali Group at Guild Mortgage, CC and Regina Yin/The Yin Ranch, In Memory of Cindy Ditler and In Mem ory of Ann Murray Paige.

Many supporters give to honor friends, family members and loved ones.

“I serve as a volunteer and donate to Thriving Pink

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Members

Thriving Pink Team

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“It means so much to me to be able to help others through this difficult journey.”

Mara Lindsay Thriving Pink volunteer, breast cancer survivor

Local PINKtober outreach

Special to The Enterprise

In this month of October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Thriv ing Pink, a local nonprofit will be reaching out to the community to help spread awareness and engage sup porters to give local to help those diagnosed with breast cancer. More than 53 local businesses in Yolo County now proudly dis play a Thriving Pink win dow cling to “Go Pink!” and “Give Local!”

“The messaging is all about positivity and spreading awareness,” said Leslie Hunter, new execu tive director for Thriving Pink. “We partner with many supporters to help with important outreach this month and throughout the year.”

Thriving Pink is very grateful for all the busi nesses and individuals which partner with us and the community to raise funds to help those impacted by breast cancer.

The Davis Food Co-Op, Davis Ace Hardware and Aggie Ace Hardware are promoting their “RoundUp at the Register” which makes it easy for their cus tomers to give to Thriving Pink this month.

You can also join a fund raising group fitness classes being held at Balance Point Pilates (Oct. 15), Davis Jazzercise (Oct. 22), and Get Fit Davis (Oct. 28). Stop by Lucy’s Cafe in Esparto and pick up a beautiful flower arrange ment donated by Circle Z

Farms with a percentage of flower sales going to Thriv ing Pink. Kelli Fuller, the owner of Spa Central in Davis will also be donating a percentage of sales in October. There are also plans underway at Match book Winery to host a

fundraising reception.

Davis Firefighters Local 3494 will be donning pink shirts to recognize Thriving Pink this month, and the Woodland Police Depart ment will be selling Pink Patches to help raise funds.

Hundreds of comfort bags

are also ready to be distrib uted to those who are newly diagnosed or under going treatment at local hospitals. If you would like to join these pink partners and donate to support our local efforts, please check out our website at www. thrivingpink.org.

The Pink Team of volun teers is reaching out to the entire Yolo County commu nity to raise awareness. They hosted an outreach table at the Woodland Farmers Market in lateSeptember and organized another one on October 1 at the Davis Farmers Market. Presentations will also be made at the Woodland and Davis Sunrise Rotary Clubs.

Local city councils in Woodland and Davis, and the Yolo County Board of Supervisors will be recog nizing the impactful and positive contributions by Thriving Pink with special proclamations.

Thriving Pink also con tinues to host their Pink Speaker Series of work shops which are open to everyone and provided at no cost to the community. . ■ Oct. 15 – Group Morn ing Walk at 10 a.m. — Northstar Park ■ Oct. 24 – Pink Speaker Series at 7 p.m. — Integra tive approaches to treat ment

Please email info@thriv ingpink.org to attend and support these events and programs in the month of October.

— Thriving Pink Board of Directors

TEAM: To join, visit www.thrivingpink.org

because it is truly a local nonprofit organization which directly helps indi viduals and families impacted by this disease,” said Mara Lindsay. “I am also a breast cancer survi vor/thriver, and it means so much to me to be able to help others through this difficult journey.”

Board members, volun teers and supporters are also excited to share the announcement of the new Thriving Pink Office and Community Room, located on the first floor at 501 Second St. in Davis. The location fea tures a kitchen, two inte rior office spaces, a spacious living room and reception area for com munity workshops and

meetings, and a large TV for hybrid gatherings. The Pink Team is also planning to include a resource library and a therapist/counselor at the location who specializes in helping those impacted by breast cancer.

“This is truly a passion project to honor the leg acy of so many individu als and families who care about Thriving Pink’s mission and this wonder ful community,” said Mary and Harris Liu, the new owners of the build ing.

To join the Pink Team and support Thriving Pink’s programs and events, please visit www. thrivingpink.org or email info@thrivingpink.org.

— Thriving Pink Board of Directors

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Mary Yin Liu, Thriving Pink Founder, and Gayle Norman Barry, Board Member, visit the new Thriving Pink office and community room as the front doors are installed.

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Thriving Pink volunteers deliver hundreds of comfort bags to those who are newly diagnosed or undergoing treatment at local hospitals.

Many local businesses, including Davis Ace Hardware, support giving local in PINKtober.

Unitrans bus schedule should take high schoolers into consideration

OpiniOn by MattiaS ROwenbale HUB Staff

The infamous new bell schedule intro duced this year at Davis High had one primary purpose: To comply with Senate Bill 328, which mandated sec ondary school start times across the state to be pushed back to 8:30 a.m.

This law was passed with the goal of allowing students to sleep in later and come to school more well rested. However, for some, transportation issues mean that this extra sleep is not an option.

“Class starts 15 minutes later yet I’m taking the exact same bus to school,” junior Ella Del Favero said.

While the bus has only made Del Favero late for school once, they must leave their house early to avoid possi ble delays. “I find it really irritating that I have to plan to take a bus 30 minute earlier than needed just to account for the bus being late,” they said.

The bus schedule has caused the same problems for senior Normar Palomares, who says he has to leave early because it takes him “at least 20 minutes to get to the school.”

Those who try to get the extra sleep often find themselves late to school, even after getting on the bus at the cor rect time.

“Sometimes the bus arrives late to the school so the bus schedule does make it hard for me to get to class on time,” senior Davis Evans said.

Evans wishes there were another bus that arrived at school before the bell but doesn’t require students to get to school almost a half hour early. “I feel like the bus schedule should adapt to the bell schedule and start its route at a time so that it gets to school at least 10 minutes before the bell rings,” he said.

Additionally, three tardies now means serious disciplinary action, including detention and being put on a no activities list, even if those tardies are unavoidable thanks to the inconsis tent arrival of the bus.

The lack of synchronicity between the two schedules also creates problems after school, when Evans sometimes waits 30 minutes for the bus to arrive.

Seventh period ends exactly at 3:30, at the same time as the soonest bus, which according to Del Favero means “either sprinting to the bus stop at the bell and hoping the bus is late, or wait ing an extra 30 minutes.”

Unfortunately, Del Favero says they often have to wait even longer than 30 minutes “if the bus is late, (which) it usually is.”

These issues all mean that students who are unable to drive, walk or bike to the high school are often left to wait at bus stops for extended periods of time and risk being late to classes. These inconveniences eat up significant por tions of student days, especially for those who take the bus every day.

As Del Favero sees it, there is only one real solution: “The bus schedule should be changed to better accommo date DHS students.”

Serena Williams inspires young female tennis players of color

OpiniOn by Stella Maze HUB Staff

In the largely white sport of ten nis with only about 30% of profes sional tennis players identifying as non-white, it can be hard for people of color to thrive in an industry con stantly trying to tear them down.

Serena Williams, 23 time singles title winner, has paved the way for many young tennis players of color to feel validated in this space.

UC Davis women’s tennis player Olive Maunupau sees Williams as an inspiration. Maunupau grew up prac ticing on public tennis courts in San Francisco with her sister, and was taught by her dad, similar to Williams. This contrasted with most of her com petitors who played at private clubs and had paid coaches.

It isn’t a secret that Black women are constantly disrespected, dehuman ized and gaslit at any outward show of emotion. Williams is a quintessential example of this.

A 2018 racist caricature published in the Herald Sun mocking her valid reaction to a bad call by the umpire is a perfect example of the way she has been harshly harassed for showing emotion on the court.

Because Williams is Black and a woman, there is intersectionality in her discrimination as she is not only oppressed as a Black person but is also expected to act a certain way as a woman. As a result of Williams going against stereotyping, there has been mass outrage towards an oppressed figure showing superiority or success.

“Instead of appreciating Serena for who she is, people see her as a threat to their world as they know it,” said Sara Jackson, assistant UC Davis women’s tennis coach.

Maunupau said that witnessing the public reaction to Williams’ emotion stuck with her and helped her start feeling comfortable with being out spoken on the court.

There have always been male pros who have been labeled with the titles of “outspoken” and “vocal” after yelling four letter words into the stands: Ilie Nastase, John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors to name a few.

Maunupau brought up the male tennis athlete Nick Kyrios.

to 15 minutes

OpiniOn by SOphia yOung HUB Staff

The Wellness Center (previously known as The Calm Space) is a counsel ing resource available to all Davis High students to utilize as a safe space to calm down if they are struggling with their men tal health.

“It’s a very nice space if you need to relax and take a second to breathe or need to be alone,” junior Verane Shaili Ngassam said.

While the center provides a relaxing environment for students to have a few moments to gather themselves, students are only allowed 15 minutes for most stays.

“If you need a little bit more time than that, we need to talk to the counselor or the nurse to make sure you’re getting the sup port that you need,” center coordinator Megan West said.

A limited time of 15 minutes is insuffi cient to some students who may need more time before they feel ready to return to class.

“I think limiting a visit to 15 minutes puts pressure on students to compose themselves quickly and get over their troubles, rather than feeling their emotions fully and processing them,” junior Ila Oak ley Bremson said. “I usually need about 20 to 30 minutes to fully calm myself down.”

According to West, this time limit is set to ensure accessibility of the center at all times. “The guidelines are there to make sure the space stays usable for students who really need a comfortable safe space and to limit overcrowding,” West said.

Shaili Ngassam has visited the center during its more impacted hours. “When ever it is crowded, it sometimes feels over whelming and isn’t as comfortable,” she said.

The concern for overcrowding and acces sibility is valid; however, giving students the ability to fully relax and recover from their mental health struggles should be the main priority.

Overcrowding doesn’t seem to be a fre quent issue. “Most times I’ve been there it’s

been pretty empty, no more than three to four other people,” Shaili Ngassam said. Oakley Bremson has only encountered the center filled once. “I think the chance that students are misusing the space is worth it if it helps even a few students cope with their troubles,” she said.

Center employees are aware that 15 min utes is a short amount of time. “If you need a longer than 15 minutes … that’s definitely a conversation I want students to feel com fortable having with me as staff in the cen ter,” West said. “We want to bring in the support of a counselor … I will talk to them on the phone or they will come in to check in with the student.”

The solution to this issue is obvious: extend the limited time of stay. “The best way to improve the wellness center I would say is to give a longer time limit. Obviously students can’t stay there the whole class. But at least 30 minutes would be suffi cient,” Oakley Bremson said.

“The Wellness Center is a fantastic idea in theory,” Oakley Bremson said.

Kyrios is an Australian player who in the 2022 Open smashed his racket into the ground after losing in the quarter final. So far, there have been no angry men calling him an animal istic force or commenting on his con sistently cantankerous attitude.

“When a woman is outspoken, she’s ‘hysterical’ and she’s penalized for it,” former tennis great Billie Jean King tweeted after the 2018 US Open.

“When a man does the same, he is ‘outspoken’ and there are no repercus sions.” King added.

The tweet was in response to the incredible defamation campaign that Williams was faced with after her valid reaction at the 2018 US Open.

“(The) higher standard created by the media and the tennis world towards Serena has forced her to endure more criticism than perhaps any other professional tennis player throughout her time on tour,” Jackson said.

Jackson, who played on the UCD tennis team herself, has been coaching for 18 years at UCD and now is mar ried with three Black children growing up in the world now.

For her, Williams’ impact has been priceless as she raises her daughters.

“I will always be grateful for how she advanced the sport I love and helped to break barriers that my daughters will benefit from,” Jackson said.

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The current high school dismissal and bus schedule do not give enough time for students to get from class to the bus stop.

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Brayton gets the job done for Davis in victory

By ReBecca Wasik Enterprise correspondent

After a quiet first half, the Davis High field hockey team made a roaring comeback to seal a victory on Monday. All thanks to one Blue Devil in par ticular.

Davis posted a 2-0 win over Bella Vista in an Eastern Ath letic League game at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium, with Emma Brayton scoring both goals for Davis (7-0 in the EAL, 8-5 overall) to lead the charge against the Broncos (1-7 in the EAL).

“Scoring both goals tonight was amazing,” said Brayton. “I hadn’t scored in a while; I had a few assists but getting the score back off of two corners was good. We haven’t done that much this season. Since it’s my senior season, I really want to get my goal count up. Last year I was tenth in-state in goals. I’m a little lower this year but I’m gonna come right back to it in league.”

At the beginning of the sea son, on Aug. 30, the Blue Devils defeated the Broncos in an away game, 3-0.

Davis shut out Bella Vista, out of Fair Oaks, for a second

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time this season thanks to a strong offense that refused to give up.

In the first and second quar ters, DHS controlled the offen sive tempo of the game, keeping the ball on their side for most of the half. Bella Vista’s defense near the goal was the key to keeping the game scoreless.

At the 4:37 mark in the third quarter, Brayton scored her first goal, assisted by Aurora Hogan.

The ball once again, stayed on DHS’ side of the field for most of the quarter, with Hogan being dominant in possession of the ball throughout.

Going into the fourth quarter, the Blue Devils held a slim 1-0 lead.

In the fourth quarter, Davis missed four free hits before banking on its fifth.

On the fifth free hit at the 8:16 mark, Brayton took a shot that found its way into the net for her second goal of the game.

Davis defense held off the Broncos for the next eight minutes to seal their shutout victory.

“Our passing was really good,” said Davis head coach Beth

Hogan. “We dominated and had a lot of offensive opportunities.”

The Blue Devils will face River Valley High of Yuba City today at 5 p.m. in another

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league game at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium.

“Wednesday is Senior Day, so hopefully we don’t get too emo tional,” said Beth Hogan. “We’re

just going to keep our game plan of lots of passing, dominat ing, and keeping possession.”

Big Sky teams keep on winning

By BoB Dunning Enterprise staff writer

UC Davis may have had the weekend off for a much-needed bye week, but their nationally ranked Big Sky brethren Montana State, Weber State and Sacramento State continued to post impressive wins.

The Aggies (0-12 in the Big Sky, 1-4) return to action Saturday 4 p.m. at UC Davis Health Stadium against the rejuvenated Northern Arizona Lumberjacks who picked up their first conference win of the year in dramatic fashion over Cal Poly last Saturday.

Gilliam, Aggies are ready for final stretch

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor

Ulonzo Gilliam and his UC Davis foot ball teammates are preparing for the final stretch, starting Saturday.

That is when the Aggies, coming off their bye week, return to Big Sky Confer ence action against Northern Arizona at UC Davis Health Stadium.

“It was much-needed for sure, includ ing myself,” said Gilliam of the bye. “Our teammates (were) a little banged up, after a tough five games. I think it was much-needed.”

Gilliam and company were kept busy during last week’s bye.

“We reviewed stuff,” Gilliam said. “We just got to clean some stuff up and take of business on our part. I think if we’re able to win these next six games, we’re defi nitely a playoff contender.”

UC Davis is 1-4 and 0-2 in the Big Sky. But it could be 3-2 or 2-3.

“The toughest first five games that I’ve had since I’ve been here,” said Gilliam, who is one of the Aggies’ captains. “I still believe we are one of those top colleges in the nation.”

Weber State posted a narrow 17-12 win over the Aggies at UC Davis Health Sta dium on Sept. 24. South Dakota State squeaked out a 24-22 win on Sept. 10.

But now the Aggies are focused on moving forward. They are embrac ing each practice, film room discussions and other team activities. All of which they are hoping will earn them an FCS playoff berth.

“We know how critical it is,” Gilliam said. “But we don’t want to overthink it. We want to be locked in mentally, physi cally.”

Gilliam, a 5-foot-9, 189-pound run ning back from Merced, loves the cama raderie of this year’s UCD football team, which he feels is unbelievable.

“It’s one of the tightest (it’s been) since I’ve gotten here,” Gilliam said. “This is a good team. We have a tough (six) weeks.”

Gilliam has also left his mark in the gridiron program.

He is the Aggies’ all-time career rusher at 3,927 yards entering Saturday’s game. G.P. Muhammad had the previous record with 3,589 yards in an Aggie uniform from 1995 to 1998.

Gilliam has 78 carries for 492 yards rushing and three touchdowns this sea son.

He also has 27 receptions for 220 yards, bringing his career total to 191 catches for 1,265 yards and seven touch downs.

Against a rugged early-season schedule, the Aggies had losses to Montana State, Weber State, South Dakota State and Cal, with a lone win over Univ. of San Diego.

Just how tough the schedule has been is evident from the two major Football Championship Subdivision polls.

In the Stats Poll, South Dakota State is No. 2, Montana State No. 4 and Weber State No. 6.

In the FCS coaches poll, South Dakota State is No. 3, Mon tana State No. 4 and Weber State No. 6.

Other Big Sky teams ranked include Mon tana, No. 2 in the Coaches and No. 3 in Stats, and Sacramento State, No. 5 in both polls.

n To ready the rest of Bob Dunning’s story on how Montana State, Northern Arizona, Portland State, Weber State and Sacramento State won, visit www. davisenterprise.com, click on the Sports tab and look for the story.

— Follow Rebecca Wasik on Twitter: @BeccaFromTheBay.

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Davis midfielder Aurora Hogan (left) tries to get the ball back to the middle part of the field in Monday’s EAL game against Bella Vista.

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UC Davis running back Ulonzo Gilliam (left) talks with offensive line coach Mike Cody during the Aggies’ first home game against San Diego on Sept. 17. To view more photos, visit www.davisenterprise.com, click on the Sports tab and look for the story.

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Gilliam eyes room to run in the Aggies’ Big Sky Conference game against Weber State on Sept. 24. The Merced native is now the UCD football program’s all-time rusher and all-purpose yards leader. The running back and the squad host Northern Colorado at UC Davis Health Stadium on Saturday.

Canavan’s goal help UCD earn points in Big West

Enterprise staff

SANTA BARBARA Sarah Canavan scored her second goal of the season and the UC Davis women’s soccer team picked up two points in the Big West Conference standings with a 1-0 win in Santa Barbara on Sunday.

Canavan, a redshirt freshman, was set up by a deep cross from midfield by Jayde Holley all the way to left side of the box where Canavan took it on a bounce to head in the game winner, taking a shot from UC Santa Barbara goalkeeper Evann Smith in the process.

Caeley Goldstein made two saves and spoiled many more chances, including a UC Santa Barbara possession in the 42nd minute nearly have a chance from just feet out before Goldstein came out to corral the ball and take contact in the process.

The win got UCD back to .500 overall and in the Big West at 5-5-4 and 2-2-2 respectively.

The Aggies will play three of their final four games of the season at home, beginning Thursday against CSU Bakersfield. Game time is 4 p.m.

Aggie women’s field hockey

ALBANY, N.Y. — Grace Austin started the action on Sunday with a breakaway goal 24 minutes into the game.

But UAlbany came out with a 2-1 win over UCD.

The goal puts Austin at three on the year, good for third most among Aggies.

The Great Danes outshot the Aggies 22-2, yet still were able to keep this a one score contest.

The Aggie goalkeeping duo of Kale Wagnon and Sarah Lopez had six saves on the day with Lopez collecting four and Wagnon recording two.

Even with the shot differential between both teams, the Aggies battled all game and even had some bright spots in their backline play, as Hayden Ma was able to garner a defensive save.

Both of the UCD shot attempts were on target as Lizzy Tedrow recorded the other lone shot attempt which happened around the 11-minute mark, but was ultimately saved by the Great Danes

keeper Hannah Mangan.

The attacking presence of the No. 21 ranked Great Danes didn’t stop UCD from playing a hard 60 minutes. The Great Danes recorded 10 penalties while the Aggies failed to attempt one the entire game and still scrapped their way to take a highly ranked team down to the wire.

Now UCD (2-10, 1-5 AE) will face James Madison on Friday, Oct. 21 to celebrate Senior Day and the careers of Izzy Porco, Milou Korthower, Grace Austin, Danielle Yau, Brooke Sanchez and Kalli Wagnon.

UCD men’s soccer

NORTHRIDGE — UC Davis over came a first half red card and picked up another two points in the Big West standings with a 1-0 win over CSU Northridge on Saturday.

After a challenging start to the season, the Aggies have now won consecutive games for the first time in 2022. Now they are one of only three teams in the Big West with seven points in the standings.

Ryan Dieter’s goal in the 11th minute off a pass played in by Max Glasser to the left-hand side of the goal and tapped in proved to be the difference as the Aggies won despite being outshot 12-3.

Dieter’s goal was his first of the season while Glasser earned his third assist of the season and ninth of his career. Dieter had both of the Aggies’ shots on goal.

UCD (3-6-3, 2-1-1) were dealt a blow in the 42nd minute when Keegan Walwyn-Bent was shown a red card for blocking a free kick by the Matadors.

Despite playing a man down for the next 47 minutes, 37 seconds, UCD’s Charles Janssen led a strong UCD defense that led to the shutout.

Janssen’s fourth shutout of the season now leads all Big West keepers in goals against average at .887.

The Aggies host CSU Bakersfield today at Aggie Soccer Field. Game time is 3 p.m.

GILLIAM: ‘Try to make a play’

Gilliam is the Aggie leader in all-purpose yardage with 5,192 yards. He has scored a com bined 248 points. Brady Stuart (2012-15) holds the UCD record at 274 career points.

He earned the 2021 All-Big Sky Conference first team. He’s also earned more honors in recent years.

But the only important thing for Gilliam and his Aggie teammates are wins.

“I just try to do as much as I can to put my team in a position to win,” Gilliam said. “I don’t really think about how much yards I’m get ting or whatever the case

may be. I just try to make a play when the ball gets put into my hands.”

Does the Aggie run ning back have a dream of playing in the NFL a year from now?

“Most definitely,” said Gilliam, who is a human development major. “My ultimate goal is to make it to the next level, to play in the NFL. I’m trying to do what I can now. I’ll let my film speak for itself.”

Earlier this year, he entered his name into the transfer portal.

For the first time, Gilliam talked about his decision. “Going into my sixth season here, I just wanted to look at other options,” said Gilliam, who is also looking into physical therapy/athletic

training. “Not only foot ball, but academic-wise.”

But after talking with his UCD coaches, he chose to stay for his final season.

“They kind of under stood, this being my sixth year,” Gilliam explained. “They were really helpful, trying to help me find another opportunity, football wise. Let my football talent trying to open up other opportuni ties open academically.

“At the end of the day, I thought it was best to come back to Davis. I feel really good about it.”

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

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UC Davis women’s soccer forward Sarah Canavan, shown here in a home game earlier this season, lead the team to a Big West Conference win last weekend.

Expect more ef forts to undo legislation

There’s something nearly missing from this fall’s general-election ballot, a seeming staple of every Novem ber vote of the last dozen years: This ballot contains just one ref erendum, an attempt by tobacco companies to cancel a 2020 state law banning flavored tobacco.

But not to worry. More refer enda are coming up in 2024, and with plenty of money behind at least one of them.

Referenda are attempts to can cel laws passed by the state Legis lature; two originally planned for this fall fizzled when sponsors realized they could not gather enough petition signatures to win a shot at a popular vote.

Backers of the effort to repeal the 2021 laws best known as SB 9 and SB 10, which effectively ended single family (R-1) zoning in California, say they’ll be back next year with a new drive to kill the two laws. The measures also allow replacement of single homes with as many as six new dwelling units each.

The success of that drive is

Letters

Buyer beware

Once upon a time in our fair town, it was considered wise to consider our local political races as just that — local. That naïve assumption is no longer valid, as national issues such as our right to vote, and international issues such as climate change grow to have substantial impact on our small-town lives. Therefore when local politicians claim their cam paigns are only based on “local” issues, my thoughts are they are either incredibly naïve, or they are being dishonest.

Sorry, but no one runs for office without having some kind of world view. Presently, there is a nationwide concerted campaign by right-wing ideologues to enter the local political arena on the community level — city council, judge, election official, etc. This has become very clear here in Davis with neo-fascist banner drops from our bridges, and Proud Boys coming to City Hall meetings. In conservative envi rons, these stealth candidates can be free to express their views, but in more liberal areas, they know it’s best to hide their true colors.

So buyer beware. Do a little research before you give your vote to someone you know little about except for your own hot-button issue. Find out if you truly share the same values before you foist them upon us for the next few years. It can happen here.

Jesse Drew Davis

Vaitla for City Council

I am writing to endorse Bapu Vaitla for Davis City Council in District 1. There are many rea sons why Bapu is the right choice for Davis. He has the qualifica tions to tackle the most pressing issues facing our society — Bapu is a trained economist with a doc torate in international relations and has spent his professional career advocating for the liveli hoods of the poor in regions most affected by climate change. More recently, Bapu has brought his expertise on the global stage to bear in Davis, where he has chaired the Social Services Com mission and been active in local nonprofits addressing our com munity’s most pressing problems, including affordable housing and the environment.

Perhaps more important than Bapu’s numerous and demon strated professional qualifica tions, however, is his integrity. Bapu is committed to listening to all viewpoints in our community,

uncertain at best, given the spon sors’ failure last year.

No such uncertainty afflicts the effort by Burger King, Chick-fil-A, In-N-Out Burgers, Jack in the Box and others to kill a newlysigned law raising the minimum wage for fast-food franchise work ers to as much as $22 per hour next year. The same law also sets up a new state-operated council to regulate working conditions in the fast food industry.

Known in the Legislature as AB 257, this law barely passed the state Senate, but Gov. Gavin New som signed it with a big grin on Labor Day. It takes effect Jan. 1 unless restaurant groups oppos ing it gather 623,000 valid voter signatures against it. If that

happens, the law won’t take effect until or unless voters ratify it two years from now.

This is one initiative campaign that’s not the least bit deceptive, unlike several drives for initiatives like Propositions 27 and 30 this fall.

Far more money will be raised for the fast-food petition campaign than homeowner groups managed to gather for their putative effort to dump SB 9 and SB 10. Since peti tion carriers generally are paid by the signature, the more money a referendum or initiative campaign raises, the better its chances.

There’s never a guarantee that any referendum will pass, even if it makes the ballot. Yet, their suc cess rate is remarkable.

Most recently, the 2020 Propo sition 25 passed easily, killing a controversial law ending cash bail statewide. That one succeeded because of a big-money campaign funded by bail bondsmen, whose very survival was threatened by the no-cash-bail law.

Another referendum in 2016 killed several compacts signed by

then-Gov. Jerry Brown that would have allowed construction of sev eral off-reservation Indian casi nos. That cancellation passed by a 60-40 percent margin.

And in 2018, a referendum known as Proposition 58 threw out a state law fully restoring bilingual education in public schools. It aimed to end a 20-year-old requirement that most English-learner children be taught exclusively in English.

This history demonstrates that the most critical part of any cam paign to wipe out laws legislators have passed is the petition drive to put it on the ballot.

That also is why it appears the fast-food workers law has little chance of ultimate survival. For one thing, the campaign will emphasize that California’s mini mum wage, which becomes $15.50 per hour on Jan. 1, is already the highest in the nation.

Raise it another $6.50 in fast food emporiums and you’ll probably kill the dollar menus offered by some operators, the ads will say.

One estimate from UC

Riverside forecasters has pegged likely price increases for burgers and burritos at about 7 percent if the law remains, a figure ques tioned by other experts, who pre dict likely price increases of less than 3 percent.

The same prognosticators also disagree on whether many jobs will be lost from outfits like McDonald’s. These franchises, some say, already run with barebones staffing. But the new coun cil governing working conditions might mandate higher staffing –and that could cause even more price increases.

Those will be the stakes in this likely upcoming referendum, vot ers essentially deciding if worker welfare is worth paying an extra dollar or two for lunch.

— Email Thomas Elias at tde lias@aol.com. His book, "The Burzynski Breakthrough, The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It" is now available in a softcover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, visit www. californiafocus.net.

he values the honest and respect ful exchange of ideas, he will be a trustworthy steward of our com munity’s budget and values, and he will never place his personal agenda above doing what is right for the citizens of Davis.

I encourage you to meet Bapu and get to know him if you haven’t already done so. Bapu will convince you — as he has already convinced so many community members and leaders — that he is the right choice for City Council.

Dan Olmos Davis

Another term for Carson

This November, Davis voters in District 1 will have a chance to reelect Dan Carson, a dedicated public servant, to the Davis City Council. I’ve known and worked with Dan for many years. Dan always asks thoughtful and insightful questions that get straight to the nub of an issue. That’s why he is so well informed.

Over the years, I’ve had a chance to engage Dan in discus sions about various city issues, ranging from planning to energy and sustainability. It’s always a great give and take and I come

away with the confidence that Dan knows the issue, is open to new ideas and takes his responsi bilities seriously.

Please join me in voting to reelect Dan Carson in November.

Yvonne Hunter Davis

Backing Vaitla

West Davis voters, please learn about Bapu Vaitla and what he would accomplish as a city council member. We know you will be impressed by his deep credentials, his past work for our city, his intel ligence, and his ability to address the city’s challenging problems and find workable solutions. Davis would be very lucky to have Bapu in a position of leadership.

We’ve known Bapu since he came to Davis to earn his under graduate degree in the mid-90s.

He was smart and forward-think ing then and that holds even more true today. We were with him late this summer when he was making the decision to run for city council. His specific experience and cre dentials are needed right now and he knows this. We know that he is running because of his deep com mitment to the well-being of all Davis residents.

Bapu has lived in our West

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Sebastian Oñate

Davis community for several years and has been an extremely active citizen! He has been on the Social Services Commission for three years and served as its chairperson for the last year. In this capacity, he has made significant impacts. In the wake of the death of George Floyd, he helped launch an effort, then worked with a team to develop a report that reimagined public safety in Davis.

This report, with Bapu’s followthrough, led directly to the cre ation of the new department for Housing and Social Services! Also, with his involvement and leader ship, the Social Services Commis sion has been among the most effective forces in town pushing for increased workforce and lowincome housing, as well as perma nent supportive housing for the unhoused. On top of that, he has been an active board member for Cool Davis, the non-profit leading climate action analysis for our city.

We are fully supporting Bapu Vaitla for District 1 and we hope that you will also.

Carol Hillhouse and Steve Schoenig West Davis

Council needs turnover

I agree with Adam Morrill that

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House of Representatives

Rep. John Garamendi (3rd District), 2368 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515; 202-225-1880. District office: 412 G St., Davis, CA 95616; 530-753-5301; email: visit https://garamendi.house.gov/contact/ email

the current City Council is out of touch with Davis citizens. The 2-to-1 defeat of Measure H is a definitive demonstration of this fact. The Council seems to perceive us as recalcitrant teen agers who don’t know what’s good for us.

I am surprised and shocked that after his lawsuit pursued on behalf of DISC developers and the repudiation of the suit’s claims by the judge, that Council man Dan Carson should still want to serve a citizenry whose opinions and rights he so bla tantly disrespects.

I am also persuaded by candi date Kelsey Fortune that it is time for a younger generation that will have to live with decisions made by seniors to have a more direct and effective role in those deci sions. I have scrutinized the posi tions of the candidates with respect to climate responses, sprawl, transportation and most importantly, municipal gover nance.

Adam Morrill and Kelsey For tune are eminently qualified and would disturb the comfortable conventional ideology of the pres ent council. It’s time for turnover.

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I’m just trying to lend a hand over here ...

Some

years ago my husband traveled to Ireland and one of the things he remembers is how helpful the people there were.

Actually, he recalls the sweet and kind folks wanting to be helpful, but not always succeed ing. Which is why one of his favorite sayings is, “It’s better to give ’em a bum steer than no steer at all.”

I love being helpful. I also have a little bit of Irish in me.

One time I ran across a town square in the heart of downtown Chicago to save an elderly woman who, it seemed, was being attacked by birds. Afraid for her safety, I charged into the flock of pigeons descending upon her, waving my arms and screaming, “Shoo, shoo, shoo birds!”

As it turns out, the woman was carrying two bags of birdseed and was known as the legendary Bird Lady to the people and pigeons of Chicago.

I can’t help myself. I live for the out-of-towner who needs directions to the Davis Farmers Market and the teenager in the Target parking lot with a dead battery and no jumper cables.

If I’m in the seat next to you on the plane, you can count on me to lean over you and point out the window to identify mounts Hood, Adams and St. Helens.

Even if you don’t want to know. And probably not in the correct order.

Being helpful is one of my best things. It makes me happy and it makes me feel worthwhile. And really, isn’t the song true? Don’t we all “get by with a little help from our friends”?

Not always.

Recently, me being me, I offered someone help. And for the first time in my life came the reply, “No thank you.” In fact, the reply was, “No thank you. I’ll find my own way.”

I was stunned.

My friend didn’t want my help? At first I thought she must have misunderstood my offer. Then I felt embarrassed. Then hurt. Then mad. And then hurt again.

Why wouldn’t she want my help?

Time has gone by, but those words stayed with me. I realize that my friend’s words weren’t meant to hurt. Or embarrass. I think she just really didn’t want my help. She hadn’t asked for my

help, didn’t need my help and, unlike most of the people I’ve come across in my life, felt com fortable saying “Thanks-but-nothanks.”

And now, being a little wiser and a little more uncomfortably aware of the fact that being too helpful can be straight out annoying, I would like to apolo gize for some of the unwanted advice, misguided assistance and bum steers I’ve given over the years.

My apologies to the pregnant woman who came to my rum mage sale looking for baby clothes and had to endure my endless stories associated with each onesie and every pair of

toddler overalls she tried to pur chase.

I’m sorry to all the North Davis Elementary second-grad ers who, under my direction, brought flowers to their teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week. One week early.

Forgive me for sharing that cherished family recipe but for getting to include the part about chilling it for 12 hours.

I’m sorry to the new parents who made the mistake of asking if I knew of a good preschool in Davis. (I do. My kids went there. It’s the best. Let me tell you about it.)

Forgive my travel advice that led you to that motel with a

lumpy mattress, lukewarm hot tub and less-than-stellar house keeping.

I’m sorry to my daughter, Molly, for commandeering her third-grade Book Share presen tation, which, by the way, turned out so beautifully that I had it framed and hung on the living room wall.

I regret every single time I gave anybody directions to any place in South Davis. Nothing confuses me more than the streets of South Davis. When I tell you to go through the round about and then turn right at the next stop sign, please know I have no idea what I’m talking about.

I’m sorry for the bum steers. I’m sorry to my friend for assum ing she wanted or needed my help when she was perfectly happy finding her own way. And I’m sorry to the Bird Lady and the pigeons of Chicago.

Tomorrow, if I see flames shooting from the roof of your house and hear you calling for help from the upstairs window, I will save you. Otherwise, you’re on your own.

I think you're gonna be just fine.

— Shelley Dunning is a Davis resident and a mom of four. Reach her at dunningsm@ gmail.com.

The wet season and pollution prevention

By Dawn Calciano Special to The Enterprise

The arrival of fall starts the official “wet season” in California, and whether or not we get rain (and we really hope we do!), it’s always good to remember stormwater pol lution prevention tips!

When rain runs off roofs and pavement from the places where we live, shop, work and recreate, it flows onto streets and sidewalks, then enters the city’s stormdrain system via storm drain inlets along the street gutters.

Rainwater runoff carries pollutants, such as dirt, yard waste, pet waste, met als, soaps, pesticides, trash and more into the storm drains. Although some of these pollutants occur nat urally, when our activities add them to runoff, they often create unhealthy concentrations of pollut ants in water. Unlike wastewater, which is treated prior to being released into the environ ment, stormwater flows untreated to local water ways and to the Sacra mento River.

To help keep our storm water and waterways free from pollutants, follow these simple pollution pre vention tips:

■ Do not use water to wash down any outdoor surfaces. In addition to polluting stormwater, the hosing down of hardscape is not allowed under the city’s current water-use restrictions. Instead, use a broom, vacuum or another dry-cleaning method.

■ When draining pool or spa water into the gutter, make sure the water is

clear (not green or brown), pH neutral (6.0 to 8.0), and has chlorine less than one part per million. You may drain without restric tion to the sanitary sewer.

■ Check your vehicle for leaks and have them repaired. Use a drip pan when you find a leak until it can be repaired. Clean up any leaks using dry cleanup methods.

■ Dispose of household hazardous waste materials safely every Friday and Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Yolo County Landfill.

■ Pick up your pet’s waste, seal it in a bag and dispose of it in the trash (not the organics cart or yard waste pile).

■ Keep rainwater from mixing with waste and prevent windblown litter by keeping the lids closed on outdoor waste bins.

■ Limit the use of pesti cides and look for less toxic products at: OurWater OurWorld.org.

Pet-waste survey

The city of Davis’ Storm water Program partners with the community to keep pollutants such as pathogens, pesticides, sed iment, and trash out of stormwater and local creeks. Davis residents are invited to complete a short survey to help the city gauge awareness of storm water-related issues and pollutants.

Survey responses will help the city provide infor mation that the commu nity needs and meet stormwater permit requirements. Please take the brief survey at: https:// www.cityofdavis.org/

residents/surveyscommunity-input

Gardening workshops

The city offers environ mental workshops with topics including rain water retention, lawn conver sion, irrigation systems, grey water systems, waterwise landscaping, urban wildlife, zero-waste living and backyard composting.

The city has recorded these workshops, and they are available to watch on GreenerDavis.org by click ing on the link on the right side of the page for “Work shops.” You can also find recordings on our Greener Davis YouTube channel.

The city also offers a year-round, online back yard composting class. You can find the online com posting class at DavisRe cycling.org. Click on the link for “Composting” under “Hot Topics.”

Fall planting

October and November are the best months to plant in our area because of the shorter days and cooler weather (trees can be planted through March). In the fall, the soil is moist, weeds are not as prolific and cooler temperatures put less stress on new plants.

As you plan your land scape, consider creating a sustainable landscape that

is more environmentally friendly and uses less water, requires less main tenance, generates less yard waste, reduces water runoff, improves wildlife habitat and fosters healthy soils.

When creating a sus tainable landscape con sider:

■ Integrating Compost: Add compost to your soil to improve soil health and productivity.

■ Adding Mulch: Mulch conserves water by reduc ing moisture evaporation from the soil as well as many other benefits.

■ Harvesting Rainwater: reduce stormwater runoff and keep water onsite for general gardening uses.

■ Plant Choice: Choose

the right plant for the right place and watch them grow!

■ Sustainable Land scapes Include Trees: Trees shade your land scape, prevent stormwater run-off and offer more benefits to your property and the environment. There are tree species that can be successful in a hot ter, drier climate.

For more information on sustainable landscaping and water-use efficiency, visit GreenerDavis.org.

— Dawn Calciano is a city of Davis Conservation Coordinator; this column is published monthly. Reach her at PWWeb@ CityofDavis.org. Visit GreenerDavis.org for more information.

Taste of Capay supports volunteer fire departments

Special to The Enterprise

Capay Valley Vision is excited to host the 21st annual Taste of Capay from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, at Luna Lavender Farms, 7086 County Road 49 in Guinda.

Taste of Capay is a long standing event in the Capay Valley to celebrate the bounty of food grown in the community. The event will feature hors d’oeuvres and a multi-course dinner high lighting produce, meat and other products sourced from Full Belly Farm,

Riverdog Farm and other Capay Valley farms. A Oaxacan-style menu will be created by Rustic BBQ/ Commons Farm Kitchen, Lucy’s Cafe, Savory Cafe, Full Belly Kitchen and Esparto High School Culi nary Program. The menu will be completed with fallinspired desserts by Mari Penley.

Guests will enjoy wines from Seka Hills, Heather Creek Ranch and Capay Valley Vinyards. The event will also include music, silent auction and even a live auction during dinner.

Proceeds from the event will support the Capay Val ley, Esparto and Madison volunteer Fire Depart ments. The volunteer fire departments have long been trusted and essential resources to the Capay Val ley, Esparto and Madison communities.

“Taste of Capay has become a tradition in Yolo County by bringing our community together every year to celebrate the end of the harvest season,” Capay Valley Vision Board Presi dent Mathew Trask said. “We are excited to yet again

highlight the wonderful products grown and cre ated in the Capay Valley. We look forward to hosting friends new and old for a day in the countryside enjoying great local food made by local chefs, and a great lineup of entertain ment.”

Schedule of events

■ 1 to 2 p.m.: Meet and greet, silent auction, with live music by The Bonanza King Band.

■ 2 to 4 p.m.: Dinner, pro gram and live auction.

■ 4 to 5 p.m.: Dessert.

Thank you to our spon sors Nugget Markets, First Northern Bank and Farm Credit West. Due to the timing of this publication, not all sponsors are listed. Sponsorships are still avail able. You can contact Event Coordinator Mathew Trask at m_trask@yahoo.com for more information.

Tickets for the event are available at https:// toc_2022.eventbrite.com.

Each ticket is $75, and a table for eight guests is $560.

Capay Valley Vision CVV

was created to enhance ongoing communications within the diverse Capay Valley, reflecting all opin ions and searching for common ground on the future vision for the Capay Valley. Recognizing that change is inevitable, the organization endeavors to guide change in a way that best preserves the Valley's rural character, agriculture, history and natural envi ronment, while supporting and promoting a local vital economy. The address for CVV is P.O. Box 799, Esparto, CA 95627.

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Unlike wastewater, which is treated prior to being released into the environment, stormwater flows untreated to local waterways and to the Sacramento River.

Stephan Pastis

By Charles M. Schulz

Friday

n The UC Davis Arbore tum hosts a Folk Music Jam Session from noon to 1 p.m. Folk musicians are once again invited to bring their acoustic instruments and play together infor mally during this jam ses sion at Wyatt Deck (next to the redwood grove). Pull out your fiddles, guitars, mandolins, penny whis tles, pipes, flutes, squeeze boxes (you name it) and join your fellow musicians for a little bluegrass, oldtime, blues, Celtic, klezmer and world music over the lunch hour. All skill levels welcome and listeners are invited. Short-term park ing is available in Visi tor Lot 5 on Old Davis Road at Arboretum Drive. Hourly rates start at $1.75.

Saturday

n The Davis Schools Foundation will reopen the Flying Carousel of the Delta Breeze in Davis' Central Park from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Festivities will include live music, free biodegradable balloons and opportunities for kids to ride the refurbished car ousel. For information on the refurbishment, visit https://www.davisschools foundation.org/carousel.

n The Davis Phoenix Coalition will host the Upstander Carnival from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Satur day. The carnival is free and consists of carnival style games with an added element of teaching ele mentary age kids how to recognize bullying and be Upstanders rather than bystanders when it hap pens. There will be resources, prizes and a fun zone. The event seeks sponsors and volunteers; reach out to admin@ davisphoenixco.org.

Sunday

n The Episcopal Church of St. Martin, continues its free Seeds of Justice lec ture series online at 4 p.m. Melinda Adams (N’dee San Carlos Apache), Ph.D. candidate in the UC Davis department of Native American studies, will offer a presentation on “Cultural Fire, Storytell ing, and Reclaiming Indig enous Land Stewardship Practices.” Register at: https://us06web.zoom.us/ meeting/register/tZMsf–tpzssHtICxGY1NktNID BFB-7NNy2V.

Tuesday

n The Davis Genealogy Club will host a presenta tion on the big screen at the Davis Senior Center, "Crossing the Pond to Scandinavia" by Jill Morelli, CG, CGL. Learn about the most essential tools required for today’s genealogist. The meeting runs from 1 to 3 p.m. at 646 A St. To register to attend in person, email President@DavisGeneal ogy.org or call Lisa Hen derson at 530-753-8943

by Oct. 17. Masks strongly suggested. Zoom guest passes also available via email. Visit DavisGeneal ogy.org for more.

Friday, Oct. 21

n The Avid Reader will host Patricia Turner, author of “Trash Talk: Anti-Obama Lore and Race in the Twenty-First Century,” from 6 to 7 p.m. The bookstore is at at 617 Second St. in downtown Davis. Find detailed infor mation at www.avidread erbooks.com.

Saturday, Oct. 22

n The UC Davis Arbore tum hosts a Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Shop the 1-acre Teaching Nursery at 1046 Garrod Drive on campus for an incredible selection of Arboretum All-Stars, Cali fornia natives and thou sands of other attractive, low-water plants perfect for this region. Members of the Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden and the Davis Botanical Society receive 10 percent off their purchases. Join online or at the gate; new members receive a $10-off coupon as a thank-you for joining.

Sunday, Oct. 23

n Capay Valley Vision will host the 21st annual Taste of Capay from 1 to 5 p.m. at Luna Lavender Farms, 7086 County Road 49 in Guinda. Taste of Capay is a longstanding event in the Capay Valley and meant to celebrate the bounty of food grown in the community. The event will feature a multi-course dinner, music, silent auc tion and a live auction during dinner. Tickets for the event are available at https://toc_2022.event brite.com. Each ticket is $75, and a table for eight guests is $560.

Friday, Nov. 4

The Avid Reader will host Poetry Night, featur ing Carmen Micsa, Veron ica Jarboe and Andres Naffis-Sahely, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The bookstore is at at 617 Second St. in downtown Davis. Find detailed information at www.avidreaderbooks. com.

Sunday, Nov. 13

n The Episcopal Church of St. Martin, continues its free Seeds of Justice lec ture series online at 4 p.m. John M. Liu, professor emeritus in the depart ments of Asian American studies and sociology at UC Irvine will offer a pre sentation on “How Mani fest Destiny Changed the Color of Labor.” Learn more at https://churchof stmartin.org/2022/ 08/03/save-the-dateseeds-of-justice-contin ues/.