The Davis Enterprise Friday, April 28, 2023

Police: Man dead in park was homicide victim

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

A man found dead on a Central Park bench Thursday suffered “a significant number of stab wounds,” said Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel, whose agency remains on the lookout for a homicide suspect. The extent of the injuries “tends to indicate this was a very violent assault,” Pytel added. “We’re obviously very

concerned.”

Pytel said he has called for extra patrols in and around Central Park from the early morning until late at night to enhance the police presence in that area.

The victim, who is known to local police but whose identity had not been released by Yolo County coroner’s officials as of Thursday night, had no known problems with anyone in the

community, Pytel said.

Thursday’s homicide — the city’s first in more than three years — came to light at about 11:20 a.m., when a passerby called police seeking a welfare check on a man seated on a bench on the north side of the downtown park, near a large playground area.

“There is what appears to be multiple stab wounds on the body,” Lt. Dan Beckwith told

Neville, Wright head into final days of special election

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

The two candidates for the Davis City Council District 3 seat have reported raising nearly the same amount of money in campaign contributions over the course of the campaign.

Francesca Wright had reported $13,560 in contributions as of April 15 while Donna Neville had reported $14,010.

Both women are seeking to succeed former Mayor Lucas Frerichs, who vacated his council seat in January when he was sworn in to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors. The all-mail election for his replacement has been underway since voters in District 3 began receiving their ballots in early April.

reporters several hours later as the investigation shifted from a suspicious death to a likely homicide.

“This is very, very early on in what is likely to be a long and complex investigation,” Beckwith added.Pytel said investigators had no significant leads regarding a suspect in the case or the alleged murder weapon,

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Tony Fields Tribute back at DHS

By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer

The last production of the year for the Davis High School theater department is taking place this Friday/ Saturday at the Richard Brunelle Performance Hall on the DHS campus featuring its Tribute to Tony Fields.

Fields was a vivacious DHS Blue Devil back in the ’70s. Gwyn Bruch, a drama teacher of 36-plus years and the producer of the DHS theater department, described him as charismatic, hyper, loud, raw, inyour-face, honest and often profane ... she said he had a huge heart, and boundless passion for life and the performing arts.

He graduated in 1977 before leaving for Hollywood where he’d enjoy a

successful career as a

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During the initial campaign finance reporting period in March, Neville had raised $12,085 in contributions and loaned her campaign $10,000. She added another $1,925 in contributions between March 19 and April 15 and had $5,507 in cash on hand.

Early contributors to Neville’s campaign included Frerichs; Davis City Councilwoman Gloria Partida; See FINAL, Page A3

UCD honors professor at surprise celebration

By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer

In the first part of the UC Davis Emeriti spring celebration, one of the most distinguished professors of the UC Davis emeriti family, Barbara A. Horwitz, was honored for her more than five decades of service as a Professor of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior within the College of Biological Sciences.

Kept secret until the day of the event because she dislikes the spotlight, the surprise homage included anecdotes from

various colleagues, including Chancellor Gary May.

Unfortunately, despite working seven days a week though she retired in 2018, Horwitz was absent from school that day and missed all the praise. “She comes to work every day, including Saturday and Sunday, after retirement. For

HORWITZ Missed it

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Tony Fields of Davis, left, a talented dancer, was featured in two Michael Jackson music videos, “Beat It” (pictured here) and “Thriller.”

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BB-gun shooting ends in arrest

Shots fired in a Winters neighborhood resulted in a woman’s arrest Tuesday night.

Police received a call shortly after 9 p.m. of a fight, followed by gunshots, at a home in the 400 block of Main Street, according to a Winters Police Department Facebook post. Witnesses pointed them in the direction of the disturbance.

“As officers approached the house, Destinee Anderson, a 37-year-old Winters resident, exited the house holding a handgun,” the post said. “In this tense situation, officers used sound tactics and strategic communication, giving commands to drop the gun.”

Anderson complied and surrendered the gun, which turned out to be an air-powered BB gun missing its orange tip, which distinguishes airsoft guns from actual firearms.

“Further investigation found Anderson, who was heavily intoxicated, got into an argument with unknown subject(s) and discharged the air-powered BB gun in their direction, which made ‘popping’ sounds,” police said.

Officers booked Anderson into the Yolo County Jail on charges of discharging a BB device in a grossly negligent manner and public intoxication.

Raise the banner for where you live

Because the Davis City Council electoral map changes with each 10-year cycle of the United States census, I was never certain which district our home was in.

But after Lucas Frerichs left his council seat early after being elected to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors, I started receiving all sorts of “special election” stuff in the mail, along with candidates knocking on our front door that indicated we do indeed live in District 3.

And suddenly, as much as I have been opposed to district elections in our small town, I have been filled with a strong sense of District 3 pride.

So much so that I think we should probably organize a Davis Olympics this summer with all districts in town competing against one another.

Or at least have a city softball tournament, with teams made up by district.

I hate to sound like a PR agent for the District 3 Board of Tourism, but my goodness, our district has it all.

Parks? We have Central Park, Community Park, Chestnut Park and Davis’ most prestigious park, College Park. The Chancellor himself is a District 3 resident.

We have Downtown Davis, City Hall, DJUSD headquarters and the famed Nugget Market, which attracts grocery shoppers from every part of town.

We have Davis High School, perhaps the only school in the state — or even the country — to

produce Olympic Gold Medal winners and a Nobel Prize winner. Not to mention all the great and talented students at Da Vinci.

Wanna get out of town? We have the train station as well.

I am sure that Zillow automatically doubles the value of a home if it’s located in District 3.

We’re also neighborly, with our borders touching Districts 2, 4 and 5 (and almost District 1), more than any other district in town touches.

And most importantly, we have the world headquarters of The Davis Enterprise, the oldest continuously operating business in town, spanning parts of three centuries since its first edition hit the dusty streets of Davisville in 1897.

This district system can be tricky. As the rules are presently constituted, candidates must live within the district they hope to represent, but the decisions they make if elected to the council will

affect all citizens of Davis.

Furthermore, only residents of that district, in this case District 3 in May, can vote in that district’s election.

Maybe we should keep the requirement that the District 3 representative has to live in District 3, but let the whole town vote.

Or maybe we could flip that around and let anyone from anywhere run for the District 3 seat, but only residents of District 3 would be allowed to vote.

For now, though, I’m printing up several thousand “I Live In District 3” T-shirts to distribute in the neighborhood, with a map of our stunningly beautiful district on the back.

If we have to have districts, we may as well have pride in where we live.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Yolo DA holds annual Crime Victims’ Tribute

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

Kingi Brown planned on watching a basketball game with his friends. Instead, he became a hero.

He was biking to his friend’s house on the afternoon of May 30, 2019, when, while passing through Salmon Falls Park in Sacramento, he heard a woman’s desperate pleas for help.

“He’s raping me,” cried the woman, who emerged from a transients’ camp with her face covered in blood. “Run,” Brown told her.

As she fled, her assailant confronted Brown, telling him to mind his own business and brandishing what appeared to be a handgun. But Brown refused to back down and called 911, prompting the suspect to run away.

The next day, Brown skipped work to help investigators create a detailed forensic sketch of the suspect that ultimately led to his arrest for the Sacramento attack. Additional victims from Yolo and Sacramento counties came forward and said he’d assaulted them as well.

On Tuesday, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office bestowed its Hero of the Year award to Brown at its 17th annual Crime Victims’ Tribute, held in conjunction with National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.

Under the theme “Elevate, Engage, Effect Change,” the ceremony returned to downtown Woodland’s historic Opera House for the first time since 2019.

“Today we focus on the stories and the voices of the survivors,” District Attorney Jeff Reisig said. “We devote ourselves here and now to listening to them, and raising them up to be recognized — not as faceless statistics but as unique individuals whose stories should never be forgotten.”

Brown received his Hero

of the Year award from Deputy District Attorney David Robbins, who prosecuted the assault case earlier this year.

“Because of Kingi’s bravery, his coolness under an extreme amount of pressure, trauma and danger, that horrific crime was solved,” Robbins said, noting the trial resulted in convictions for multiple assaults and a life sentence in prison.

“We don’t often get to recognize and celebrate people who do truly heroic things, but today we do,” Robbins added.

For his part, Brown turned the focus to those who brought the assault case to justice, as well as the crime victims being honored that day.

“I can’t express enough how much I admire your courage, your strength, not only at the time of the incident but in your journey after,” Brown said. “It’s been super inspiring for me.”

Tuesday’s ceremony also honored five other crime survivors, including:

n Rizpah, the victim of a sexual assault by a Woodland massage therapist in July 2020. She reported the incident, prompting eight other victims to come forward, and testified before a grand jury and at trial. A jury convicted him of multiple assaults.

n Courtney, who in January 2021 confronted a man who stole a bicycle from the garage of his West Sacramento home. With Courtney’s blessing, the suspect enrolled in and successfully completed Yolo County’s Addiction Intervention Court, addressing the drug dependence that led to his crimes.

n Ashley, a victim of repeated molestations by her uncle during her childhood. When her niece came under her uncle’s care years later, Ashley disclosed the previously unreported crimes to spare her niece from a similar fate.

n Dorothy, a survivor of

Assault suspect allegedly stabs victim — and himself

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

A Davis man faces assault charges after allegedly stabbing another man Tuesday morning, according to Davis police.

Reports of the 7:30 a.m. altercation sent officers to the 1100 block of H Street, where they arrived to find the victim suffering from a single stab wound, Lt. Dan Beckwith said.

“Officers were told that the victim and suspect had

engaged in a physical fight,” during which the suspect brandished a knife and stabbed not only the victim, but also himself accidentally, Beckwith said. Police located the suspect a short distance away.

Both men received treatment for their injuries, after which officers lodged the suspect, 30-year-old Kyle Vincent Stenson, into the Yolo County Jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.

sexual assaults committed 30 years ago who fought, and prevailed, when her assailant petitioned to remove himself from his lifetime sex-registration requirement last year following a change in state law.

n Sandra, who found herself jailed for domestic violence after her partner attacked and strangled her, then claimed himself the victim after she fought back. The DA’s Office later realized the error, and Sandra cooperated in her assailant’s prosecution.

The District Attorney’s Victim Services division also presented its 2023 community contribution: Hear Us Yolo, a survivorled coalition first launched in 2021 involving the DA’s Office, Crime Victims United and other agencies that advocates for victims

through social media outreach, education, legislation and restorativejustice efforts.

Makayela Carden/Courtesy photo

Kingi Brown, left, receives the Hero of the Year award from Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig, center, and Deputy District Attorney David Robbins, right.

Event backs

Corona memorial

Explore, sit in and marvel at various trucks at Touch A Truck on April 30; a fundraiser in support of the Natalie Corona memorial.

Have you ever operated a scissor lift, sat in the seat of a frontloader, or run around in the back of a semi trailer? Enjoy yourselves at this family event featuring trucks and vehicles of all types for kids of all ages to experience.

Sponsored by the Davis Sunrise Rotary Club, Touch A Truck will go from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot on 14th St. between Davis High School and the Veterans Memorial Center. Tickets ($5 or $20 per family), event information and sponsorship opportunities are available at www.touchatruckdavis. com. Refreshments will be available at the event.

All proceeds will support the creation of Natalie’s Corner, an environmentally and kid friendly splash pad to be located in Central Park to honor Officer Natalie Corona (www.cityof davis.org/r/splashpad).

Learn spiritual economics

Cylvia Hayes, a soonto-be-ordained Unity minister, and award winning environmental and poverty-prevention author and activist will lead an online workshop on Sunday, April 30, from noon to 2 p.m. on climate change, and the economic system.

Her talk will focus on real-life examples of profound developments already underway. Participants will gain tools for becoming directly engaged in creating a world that works better for all beings, and making a shift from an economics of separation to an economy of reunion, respect and love.

For a link to the workshop go to www. unityofdavis.org, click on “Events” and scroll down past her April 30 Sunday service (which you can also join) to register for the subsequent noon event.

Team Davis on ‘Timeout Radio’

If you pass by UC Davis’ Toomey Field on spring weekends you’ll see a team of athletes engrossed in practicing their sprints, jumps and throws. They are the track and field members of Team Davis, the Special Olympics team for Yolo County.

On the latest episode of “Timeout Radio,” host Rohan Baxi talks to Robin Dewey who shares how Team Davis enriches the lives of children and adults with developmental, cognitive and physical disabilities. Hear how Special Olympics started as a backyard summer camp and grew into a global movement that changed attitudes about ability and inclusion.

“Timeout Radio” is a radio show and podcast based in Davis for youths. It airs on KDRT 95.7 FM from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and 8 to 8:30 a.m. Saturdays. All episodes are archived at https:// kdrt.org/program/ timeout-radio. Follow Timeout Radio on Instagram @timeout.radio and Facebook @TimeoutRadio.

Newbie seeking help with weeds

Special to The Enterprise

This column is written by the Master Gardeners of Yolo County each month. It provides answers to selected questions that recently came into the UCCE Master Gardener- Yolo County Help Desk.

Question: Dear Master Gardeners, my veggie garden is full of all types of weeds. I let it go because they provided some flowers, but now it’s time to plant.

I’m curious what options you recommend to get rid of the weeds so I can begin planning in a few weeks. I have some high school aged kids coming to weed this weekend, but any tips on how to get it out quickly? What do you recommend in a situation like this? I’ve heard rototilling it into the ground works, but I have mounds.

For next winter, how can I avoid this? The black ground cloth cover? Cardboard?

I’m a newbie and my new home is teaching me and also forcing me to learn quickly. — A New Gardener

Answer: Hello, we are always happy to help new gardeners! For your current problem, since you have some help available, your best option is to hand pull or hoe the weeds. The downside of rototilling is that it can actually pull up

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more weed seeds to the surface and propagate perennial weeds such as bermudagrass by cutting it into smaller pieces, all of which can re-root. Rototilling can also damage soil structure.

Going forward, building up raised mounds, such as you have started for the vegetable plants, is a good idea. For weed control in the future you could cover the mounds with weed cloth, cardboard and/or straw (be sure it is not hay, which contains seeds). In the Spring, remove the cloth and any cardboard that hasn’t decomposed, and turn decomposed material into the soil. When you do see weeds coming up, the sooner you can remove them, the better. Those pretty flowers create new seeds, and extend your weed problem into the future. Or, you may want to consider planting cover crops, which will crowd out the weeds and can be worked into the soil in the Spring.

For the pathways between the mounds, it is a good idea to create a more permanent weed barrier. Start with either permeable weed cloth or layers of cardboard and cover with several inches of wood chips or

straw. Or, if you aren’t opposed to using pre-emergent herbicides, you can use that and a layer of decomposed granite or pavers along your pathways.

Below are links to some general information on vegetable gardening, which might be helpful to you. Have fun gardening!

Question: Hello MG’s, I live in Davis and have had to remove a Chinese Pistache due to storm damage. I’d like to replace it with a smaller tree, perhaps 20-25 feet tall and 15-20 foot spread. The space has full southern exposure. Can you recommend something appropriate that perhaps has minimal shedding?

— A Davis Gardener

Answer: Hi Davis Gardener, we have a number of evergreen trees to recommend that are well suited to the area, and also some advice to assure healthy growth of roots that will provide good support in the future for your new tree. Since our area is typically hot and dry in the summer, we suggest you plant a tree with low to moderate water needs, that tolerates heat and our soil. The best fits will be native to the Sacramento Valley, native hybrids, or trees from similar environments.

Both the Sacramento Tree Foundation (https:// sactree.org) and Calscape, the California Native Plant

FINAL: Candidates face stretch run

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former Supervisor Helen Thomson; former state Sen. Lois Wolk; Assemblywoman Cecilia AguiarCurry, D-Winters; and former City Councilwomen Rochelle Swanson and Ruth Asmundson.

More recent contributors have included former Mayor Brett Lee; current Mayor Will Arnold; Vice Mayor Josh Chapman; and Ian Evans, director of Yolo County’s Health & Human Services Agency.

Wright, meanwhile, had reported $9,015 in contributions and loaned her campaign $2,000 as of March 18. Since then she has added another $4,545 in contributions and had $6,079 in cash on hand as of April 15.

Early contributors to Wright’s campaign included former school district trustee Cindy Pickett; former Yolo County Public Guardian Cass Sylvia; and

a number of city commissioners past and present, including Georgina Valencia, Larry Guenther, Richard McCann, and Linda Deos.

More recent contributors to Wright have included former Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada; city commissioners including Colin Walsh, Johannes Troost and Lorenzo Kristov; selfdescribed Davis “Lorax” Alan Hirsch; and former district attorney candidate Cynthia Rodriguez.

The special election to fill the District 3 seat is Tuesday.

Voters in that district may return their ballots by postal service, via a ballot drop box in Davis or at the Yolo County Elections Office in Woodland.

There are no voter assistance centers open for this election, but the elections office in Woodland is providing the services those centers have traditionally

provided, including replacement ballots, accessible ballot marking, conditional voter registration and provisional ballots.

The elections office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The office is located in the Yolo County Administration Building, Room B-05, 625 Court St., in Woodland.

Ballot drop boxes, meanwhile, are available in three locations in Davis. The outdoor drop boxes at Davis City Hall, 23 Russell Blvd., and on the UC Davis campus, 282 Tennis Court Lane, are open 24 hours a day, while the indoor drop box at Nugget Markets, 1414 E. Covell Blvd., is open daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

However, all drop boxes will close at 8 p.m. on Election night.

For more information, contact the county elections office at 530-6668133.

TRIBUTE: Students will get awards, too

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singer, actor and dancer. In that time, Fields contracted AIDS; he returned home to Davis to work with the next generation of high-school students before passing away in 1994.

The following year, in 1995, Bruch helped create this tribute show in order to pay homage to the Fields and the passion he lived with.

The Tribute to Tony Fields has continued ever since — save for the COVID years — and is set to continue Friday, April 28, and

Saturday, April 29, at 7 p.m. at the Brunelle Hall at 315 W 14th St.

Tickets are $12 for general admission and $10 for students.

“It is the most amazing joy to bring our Tribute to Tony Fields back this year,” said Bruch. “I owe it all to our director/creator/choreographer and music director, Kat Painter, who recruited a small but amazing cast of eight and researched Tony’s life and career and re-imagined this show.”

Bruch also mentioned after a one-hour revue on

Society (https://www.calscape.org/) are superb resources, where you can customize your input to get plant recommendations.

Before you make a decision, consider sun or shade requirements, tree growth rate, water needs, your space and the ultimate size of the tree. It is best to avoid planting trees in a lawn, where they get frequent, shallow irrigation. Instead, give your trees deep, infrequent water for the healthiest root system.

At the nursery, look for a tree with healthy leaves, roots that are not circling or kinked, and a trunk that looks healthy, with no sign of damage or heading back (cutting off the leader, or tree trunk). If the tree is in a container, ask the nursery personnel if you can carefully remove the tree to look at the roots. Local experts recommend purchasing smaller trees (1-5 gallon, for example) that are less expensive and more likely to transplant well. They will quickly catch up to trees that are larger at planting time as they have a better

root-to-shoot ratio

You might want to consider any of the following large shrubs to smallmedium tree options:

Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia), Ca native shrub to small tree that grows to 20-25 feet, very low water needs.

A Madrone hybrid (Arbutus “Marina”) Often called strawberry tree, this hybridized California native grows up to 30 feet tall, with low to moderate water needs.

California lilac (Ceanothus “Ray Hartman”) is a California native hybrid that grows to 15-20 feet, tolerates very low water once established, and though considered a shrub, can be trimmed to a tree shape.

Shoestring Acacia (Acacia stenophylla) is an Australia native, up to 40 feet tall with moderate water needs.

— If you have a gardening question, contact the Master Gardener Help Desk at 530-666-8737. Or send an email with pictures attached if that would be helpful to mgyolo@ucdavis. edu.

VICTIM: Police on the lookout for murder weapon

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which as of Thursday night had not been recovered.

Police canvassed the park for potential clues throughout the afternoon, and are hoping for additional information from the public once Yolo County coroner’s officials release the victim’s identity.

Pytel said investigators also are seeking footage from security cameras in the area or tips from witnesses who were in park around the time of the stabbing, which likely occurred during the early to mid-morning hours Thursday.

Anyone with information about this case, or who noticed any suspicious activity in the area of the homicide, is urged to contact the Davis Police Department at 530-747-5400.

“This is a tragic and unsettling situation,”

Mayor Will Arnold said.

“My condolences go out to the deceased individual and their loved ones. Davis police are performing an investigation and we hope to learn more soon.”

The man’s death marks Davis’ first homicide since Dec. 19, 2019, when 29-year-old Christopher Gray fatally stabbed his mother during a dispute in their North Davis home. Davis police officers who responded to the scene shot Gray to death as he rushed toward them with a knife.

Thursday’s warm weather drew numerous visitors to the park throughout the afternoon, despite the large police presence that lasted about seven hours.

Theodore Reeves, a UC Davis student, said he found the activity “kind of strange. You don’t see much of anything going on besides college kids (coming) here.”

the April 29 show, there will be a presentation of Senior Awards as well as an award given in Tony’s name. Tickets will be sold at the door.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ROBERTA GRANT CASE NO PR2023-0054

To all heirs beneficiaries creditors contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate or both of: ROBERTA GRANT

A Petition for Probate has been filed by: PAUL GRANT in the Superior Court of California, County of: Yolo

The Petition for Probate requests that: PAUL GRANT be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action ) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: May 9 2023 Time: 9:00 A M Dept : 14 Room: Located at 1000 Main Street Woodland CA 95695

If you object to the granting of the petition you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate

Code Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law

You may examine the file kept by the court the file kept by the court If you are a person interested in the estate you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250 A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk

Petitioner: PAUL GRANT 1124 S PLEASANT AVE LODI CA 95240 209-400-8315

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JUDITH KEMPER CASE NO PR2023-0091

To all heirs beneficiaries creditors contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JUDITH KEMPER

A Petition for Probate has been filed by: STEPHEN PEREZ in the Superior Court of California County of: Yolo

The Petition for Probate requests that: STEPHEN PEREZ be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval Before taking certain very important actions however the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action ) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 05/19/2023 Time: 9:00 A M Dept : 11 Room:

Located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695

If you object to the granting of the petition you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code or

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Case Number: CV2023-653

To all interested persons:

Petitioner: WONDWESEN BELAY ALI filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name a WONDWESEN BELAY ALI to Proposed name BIRUK LIGABAW REZENE

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Cheryl Ann Wellington CASE NO PR2023-0088

To all heirs beneficiaries creditors contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Cheryl Ann Wellington A Petition for Probate has been filed by: James H Wellington in the Superior Court of California County of: Yolo

The Petition for Probate requests that: James H Wellington be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval Before taking certain very important actions however the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action ) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: May 17, 2023 Time: 9:00 A M Dept : 14 Room: Located at 1000 Main Street Woodland CA 95695

If you object to the granting of the petition you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing Your appearance may be in

e e d o f T r u s t i n t h e p r o p e r t y s i t u a t e d i n s a i d C o u n t y a n d State described as: MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The street address and other common designation if any of the real property described above is purported to be: 1866 RENOIR AVE DAVIS CA 95618 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation if any shown herein Said sale will be held but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession condition or encumbrances including fees charges and e x p e n s e s o f t h e T r u s t e e a n d o f t h e t r u s t s c r e a t e d b y s a i d D e e d o f T r u s t , t o p a y t h e r e m a i n i n g p r i n c i p a l s u m s o f t h e note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust The total amount of the unpa id balance of the obligation secured by the property to be s o l d a n d r e a s o n a b l e e s t i m a t e d c o s t s e x p e n s e s a n d a dvances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $137,816 01 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason the successful bidder s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction You will be bidding on a lien not on the p r o p e r t y i t s e l f P l a c i n g t h e h i g h e s t b i d a t a t r u s t e e a u c t i o n does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien If you are t he highest bidder at the auction you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off before you can receive clear title to the property You are encouraged to investigate the existence priority and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge y ou a fee for this information If you consult either of these resources you should be aware that the same lender m a y h o l d m o r e t h a n o n e m o r t g a g e o r d e e d o f t r u s t o n t h e property NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee beneficiary trustee or a court pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be m a d e a v a i l a b l e t o y o u a n d t o t h e p u b l i c a s a c o u r t e s y t o those not present at the sale If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property you may call (844) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site WWW STOXPOSTING COM using the file number assign ed to this case 108831-CA Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale NOTICE TO TENANT: Effective January 1 2021 you may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code If you are an eligible tenant buyer you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction If you are an eligible bidder you may be able to purc h a s e t h e p r o p e r t y i f y o u e x c e e d t h e l a s t a n d h i g h e s t b i d placed at the trustee auction There are three steps to exerci sing this right of purchase First 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale you can call (855) 313-3319 or visit this internet website www clearreconcorp com, using the file number assigned to this case 108831-CA to

Calendar

Today

n The Avid Reader will host award-winning and best-selling author Karen Joy Fowler for a discussion of her most recent book, “Booth.” A former Davis resident, Fowler is also well known for her books “The Jane Austen Book Club” and “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves” (set in Davis). Fowler will be introduced by local author Kim Stanley Robinson. The novel is an epic and intimate novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth. The event will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase both in store at The Avid Reader Davis and online at www. avidreaderbooks.com.

Saturday

n The Davis High Speech & Debate Team and Ascend Speech & Debate, a leading California-based speech and debate camp, invites students and family members to attend a free public speaking workshop at Davis High School from noon to 4 p.m., which will teach foundational public speaking skills to K-12 students and community members. This event will also serve as a fundraiser for the Davis Speech & Debate Team, which will be selling snacks and holding a silent auction. To attend, please fill out the sign-up form on Ascend’s website, where you can also find the latest event details: www. ascendspeech.org/davispublic-speakingworkshop. For questions, email info@ascendspeech .org.

n The Yolo Basin Foundation’s California Duck Days Festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters, 45211 County Road 32B in Davis, and will include environmental education activities, wetland themed arts and crafts, live animals and hourly tours of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area. The exhibitor area will host more than 20 local environmental organizations providing information about their missions and offering interactive, hands-on activities. Animal ambassadors will include baby ducklings, large raptors and a mobile aquarium filled with local fish species. Food trucks will be onsite serving burgers, loaded fries, vegetarian options and desserts. For more information, visit www.

yolobasin.org/californiaduck-days/.

Wednesday

n The Valley Oak Chapter of the Embroiderer’s Guild of America will host a Zoom presentation at 11 a.m. by Margaret Kinsey on Rozashi, a 1,200-year-old Japanese embroidery technique similar to Bargello that is worked with silk thread on a silk canvas material called “Ro.”

Margaret Kinsey is one of the leading designers and instructors in the needle arts world and has held numerous EGA classes and lectures. To attend, contact Linda Wayne at laws999@ gmail.com by April 28, to join the Zoom list.

Thursday

n The Davis Odd Fellows Thursday Live! music series presents The Pitchforks, playing classic honky-tonk and western swing from the days of true country. The Odd Fellows Lodge is located at 415 Second St. in downtown Davis. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Shows are donation only, with all money going to the musicians. For more information, email Juelie Roggli at juelrog@gmail. com.

Friday

n Free document shred day for Yolo County residents and Umpqua Bank customers, hosted by the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office and Umpqua Bank. Event is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (or until the truck is full), 203 Main St. in Woodland. No box limit, but contents should not include stiff metal, plastic bags, CDs, DVDs or other items that will jam the shredder. For more information, call 530-4062521.

Saturday, May 6

n The Solano County Genealogical Society will host a virtual Speaker Series presentation— Nancy Calhoun will present “Shaking Out the Smiths: Researching a Common Surname” at 11 a.m. Guests are welcome to attend this free event. If interested, send an email to the society at scgs@scgsca.org no later than 4 p.m. May 5 and request an invitation.

More information on events is on the society’s website at www.scgsca. org and Facebook page.

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some reason, she was not in her office today,” said Distinguished Professor Walter Leal said upon introducing her.

Leal started the New Emeriti Distinguished Lectures to quarterly celebrate the accomplishments of the faculty who retired in 2021-22. The first in the series featured Professor Harris Lewin on Dec. 7, 2022. The winter quarter featured Emeritus Geerat Vermeij. Distinguished Professor Emerita Sharon Strauss closed out the year’s series with a lecture on species diversity in natural communities at the UCD Emeriti spring celebration.

A 2015 Enterprise article lists many of Horwitz’s academic awards, including the UC Davis Distinguished Teaching Award and the Bodil M. SchmidtNielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award, which recognizes physiologists for their academic and educational contributions. Horwitz helped run a program that supported the advancement of underrepresented

Obituaries

Dr. Kayleen S. Kott passed away Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023, from complications related to Alzheimer’s. She was a resident of Davis for nearly 50 years.

After graduating from Del Oro High School in Loomis, she attended UC Berkeley as well as UC Davis, where she was a political activist, some might say a courageous firebrand. She faced arrest as she participated in national protests against apartheid in South Africa, but was later included in ceremonies welcoming Bishop Desmond Tutu to the UCD campus.

As a graduate student, Kayleen was chairwoman of the Student Body Presidents’ Council representing student concerns before the UC Board of Regents. As SBPC chair, she steered key policy actions and testified before Congress

students in biomedical research.

With outstanding teaching, research, mentorship, and administration achievements, Horwitz served as Interim Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs from 2001 to 2011.

She secured the position as an assistant professor in the department of physiology. In 1975, she got tenure as an associate professor in physiology; in 1978, she became a full professor. Horwitz became a distinguished professor in 2002 and retired in the school year of 2017-18.

“No matter how busy she was as an administrator, she always had time to support faculty,” Leal said. He then showed a note she sent him by Blackberry back in 2009.

“I saw the recent notes about your election to fellow status in the ESA (Entomological Society of America). Time to celebrate!”

He stated how nice someone from higher administration acknowledge the accomplishment of the more junior faculty.

“It took me a long time to find out why Barbara was

so nice to the faculty. But recently, I found an explanation for the act of kindness,” he said. At the ceremony, Leal showed old footage from the American Physiological Society Living History of Physiology Project. Horwitz says she was advised to “be nice to people as you go up the ladder because you’re going to meet them coming down. So that was the first piece of good information. I mean, a very good piece of first information.”

Horwitz received her Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science in Biology from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in Physiology from Emory University. She came to UC Davis in 1968 to do her postdoc work as an assistant research physiologist.

As Leal said, “Barbara came to Davis not because she wanted to come to Davis.” In the footage, she explained she wanted to finish the postdoc because she and Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior John Horowitz had “started some projects that were important.”

“I mean, I knew I needed to have some publications in order to be able to get a position someplace else. So I already decided that was going to take two or three years. But then John came, and that destroyed — that changed — my life plans.”

Horowitz led a seminar in 1968 that Horwitz attended.

“She stayed awake and told me it was incomprehensible, which is actually, probably fairly accurate,” he said in the footage.

In response, Horwitz said she didn’t quite understand everything he said, but he was talking to people who weren’t as “neurooriented” as I was.

According to the 2015 Enterprise article, Horwitz studied energy balance, expenditure, and control in the brain and cells. As people and animals age or gain weight, their body functions aren’t as effective, leading to a possible chronic disease or deterioration.

Leal asks for input on the best format for these celebrations in the next academic year. To participate, visit: https://forms.gle/ f5aCaMYiQDpZEMrSA.

9, 2023

In 1986, Dr. Kott earned her doctorate in physiology in the laboratory of Dr. Barbara Horwitz at UC Davis. She devoted most of her professional life to physiological research. Her doctoral research included a creative series of experiments illustrating the fundamental role of prolactin as a driver of changes in brown adipose tissue function during hibernation. The majority of Dr. Kott’s research career was spent working as a research scientist in the UCD School of Medicine.

Dr. Kott authored or contributed to over 30 published medical research articles, exhibiting her commitment to finding treatments for cardiac and pulmonary disease. In the research program of Dr. Jesse Joad, she focused on the effects of environmental pollutants on the lungs and airways, and regulation by

the nervous system. With Dr. Ann Bonham and Dr. C. Tissa Kappagoda, she focused on the cardiovascular system. Dr. Kappagoda, the late noted clinician, physiologist and artist, became a valued friend.

In addition to her remarkable career, she considered herself a naturalist with broad interests including astronomy, photography and birdwatching. She was known for having a discerning palate and in later years she developed an interest in gourmet cooking, which she approached with the precision and attention of a scientist. She attended the Los Angeles Olympics and was herself a skilled golfer, skier, rower and horseback rider. She enjoyed playing basketball and watching Giants baseball.

Ever the avid reader of books and newspapers, she accumulated well over 2,000 books in her personal library. She was also a master at Scrabble. Kayleen loved to travel in the U.S., Europe and New Zealand and enjoyed family vacations in Mendocino and Lake Tahoe. She was a wonderful storyteller and conversationalist and is leaving many friends who considered her a modernday Renaissance woman and who loved her company dearly.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Kenneth and Maxine Kott, and sister Morgan Kott. She is survived by her brothers, Keith Kott of Lincoln and Kenneth Kott of Palm Desert, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Kayleen S. Kott

Feb. 14, 1945 — April

Let’s go fly a kite

By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise

The changing weather brings breezy conditions, which is a great time to go fly a kite! Kites come in many different shapes and sizes, but physics is what gets them airborne and flying. There are four forces that cause a kite to fly: lift, weight, thrust and drag.

Lift is what causes the kite to rise into the air. It is made by a difference in air pressure. The shape of the kite causes air to move faster over the top and slower on the underside. The faster air on the top has less pressure, so the higher pressure on the underside pushes the kite upwards.

The weight is simply the pull of gravity on the kite. How heavy a kite is can affect how much pull it has from gravitational forces. The heavier a kite the more it is pulled towards the Earth. A kite’s lift force must be greater than its weight in order to fly.

Thrust is what makes a kite move while in the air. The air current will pull a kite in different directions. The string creates tension and helps prevent the kite from flying away.

explorit sCienCe Center

Drag is the last force and works opposite of thrust. It is caused by the friction of the air moving over the kite’s surface, and the difference of air pressure on the front and back of the kite. For a kite to remain steady in the air, the forces of thrust and drag must be equal.

You can easily make a kite at home using some simple materials. The body of the kite can be paper, plastic bag or something else. You will also need sticks or dowels, tape, string, ruler, marker, scissors. Place your materials on the floor or another flat surface. For a diamond shaped kite, fold your material for the body in half long wise. Using a ruler or just eyeballing it, draw half of a diamond. For better stability, make the bottom part longer than the top. When you are done drawing your lines, use scissors to cut on the lines. When you unfold your material, you will have both sides of the diamond shape.

Next, use a stick or dowel and lay it down the center of the shape, where the fold was, and

Pets of the week

Enterprise staff

Lots of animals are waiting for “forever homes” at the Yolo County Animal Shelter, 2640 E. Gibson Road in Woodland.

Among them is Theo (A201312), a lovebug, 1-year-old gray male pit bull mix who loves snuggling up for cuddles. Theo loves being the center of attention and to play games like fetch or going for walks. Theo is always happy, loves people and meeting new friends.

Also hoping for a good home is Whiskey, a 2-yearold female red husky mix. Whiskey is playful, loving, smart and energetic and will do best in a family who can keep her busy. Whiskey

will make a great jogging buddy or may like agility training. Whiskey is an escape artist and needs a secure yard to keep her safe, as well as a cat-free home.

For information on adopting, contact adoptycas@gmail.com. All shelter animals are up-to-date on vaccinations, microchipped, and spayed or neutered.

Staff is available to assist via phone during business hours at 530-6685287. Shelter hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. To meet any adoptable YCAS animals, visit friendsofycas. org. To volunteer, sign up at

tape it down. Then lay another stick or dowel across the first. Make sure the ends of the sticks end at the four corners of the kite’s shape and are taped down. Where the sticks meet, poke a small hole through the kite and thread the string through. Tie the string tightly at the crossed part. Use scraps from the cutting and make a tail for the kite. The tail is narrow and should be around five times the length of the kite. Thread and tie the tail around the bottom of the vertical stick, securing it tightly. This helps to stabilize the kite while it

tinyurl.com/yolovolunteerapp. Follow on at @ycas. shelter and Instagram at @ yoloanimalshelter.

At Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue, you’ll find Poppy, a young, spayed female yellow Labrador retriever. She is a supersweet girl who loves to play and is very friendly. She came to Rotts right before giving birth to a litter of puppies. Now the pups are old enough and have found

is in the air.

Now you are ready to go fly your kite. Hold onto the string and let the wind lift your kite into the air. The weight of the tail will help it stay upright. The size and shape of the kite change how the air moves over and around the kite, which changes the thrust and drag. Have fun and be safe!

Explorit's coming events:

n Mark your calendars! Big Day of Giving is Thursday, May

4. With your help Explorit can further science education in our

homes of their own so it’s Poppy’s turn. She is smart and gorgeous.

Trinity is a young, spayed female shepherd-Rott mix. She is a dog- and peoplefriendly girl who loves to play with her stuffed toys and loves water play. Trinity needs a brush up on her obedience training and will be enrolled when our next group of classes begin.

Trinity has a heart of gold and will be a wonderful

community, donate now at: https://www.explorit.org/ donate.

n Our exhibit “Explorit Rocks!” is open to the public on Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is $5 per person. Explorit Members, ASTC, and those age 2 and under free.

— Explorit Science Center is at 3141 Fifth St. For information, call 530-756-0191 or visit http:// www.explorit.org, or "like" the Facebook page at www.facebook. com/explorit.fb.

addition for a family or single.

The next Rotts of Friends adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 29, at 34505 County Road 29 in Woodland. Come by 10 a.m., as it takes at least an hour to meet and adopt a dog; everyone who will be living with the dog should come out to meet it.

Bring proof of homeownership, such as a mortgage statement or property

tax bill. If you rent, bring proof that you are allowed to have a dog in your home, such as a pet clause in your lease or a note from your landlord.

All dogs adopted from Rotts of Friends are healthy, microchipped, upto-date on their vaccines and come with free lifetime obedience-training classes. For information, visit facebook.com/rottsoffriends.

Whiskey Poppy

Poppy Trinity

Kites fly high at the Jeevan Kite Festival in India. Wikimedia Commons photo

Mondavi announces new season

By Jeff Hudson Enterprise correspondent

The Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts will welcome back quite a few familiar faces during the upcoming 2023-2024 season.

Among them are operatic soprano Reneé Fleming, violinist/conductor Joshua Bell, fiddler Mark O’Connor, Scottish folk singer Julie Fowlis, and the Alexander String Quartet (which has performing at Mondavi for over 20 years).

And, of course, there are new names who will be playing at Mondavi for the first time... ranging from legendary viola da gamba player Jordi Savall (who is in his early 80s), to young phenoms like Grammywinning jazz singer Samara Joy (who will be 23 when she visits Mondavi in October).

Here’s a category-bycategory summary of what’s in store:

Orchestra

n The Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería visits Mondavi for the first time on Oct. 19, ’23, part of a North American tour. The orchestra was founded in Mexico City in 1978, and currently led by Mexicanborn conductor Miguel Prieto, who attended Princeton and Harvard, and served as music director of orchestras in both Mexico and the United States.

Their program at Mondavi will include three works by Mexican composers, plus the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 (featuring Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero).

n The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and conductor/violin soloist Joshua Bell need no introduction, having performed at Mondavi multiple times during the past decade. They’re returning on April 6, ’24, performing two 19th Century German classics: the Robert Schumann Violin Concerto and the Symphony No. 2 of Johannes Brahms.

n The San Francisco Symphony returns on May 11, ’24, under young Polish guest conductor Marta Gardoliska. On the program are an overture by Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), the Elgar Cello Concerto, and the Mendelssohn “Scottish” Symphony.

Chamber Music

n The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble visits on Nov. 2, ’23, playing the Beethoven Septet, plus

music by Irish composer Howard Ferguson, Danish composer Carl Nielsen and early British composer Henry Purcell.

n The Alexander String Quartet, a mainstay at Mondavi, and composer/ music historian Robert Greenberg plan a threeconcert season of music from the 1890s and 1900s: French composers Debussy and Ravel on Dec. 3, ’23; Scandanavian composers Neilsen and Sibelius on Feb. 25, ’24, and Austrian composers Schoenberg and Webern on May 5, ’24.

n Early-music conductor Jordi Savall (a legendary viola da gamba player) brings his Hesperion XXI ensemble to Mondavi for the first time on April 13, ’24, playing music created by European composers between 1560-1660 (preAntonio Vivaldi, pre-J.S. Bach, pre-G.F. Handel).

n The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will be back on Dec. 10, ’23, once again performing the six Brandenburg Concertos of J.S. Bach (which has become something of a holiday tradition for this ensemble).

n Mondavi’s annual Curtis on Tour concert (featuring musicians from Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute) will feature a free performance by the Curtis String Sextet on Mar. 3, ’24, playing works by Richard Strauss, Alban Berg and Johannes Brahms.

Opera

n Famed American diva Renée Fleming, who drew a capacity audience at Mondavi in 2016, returns for another recital on Jan. 14, ’24.

n The annual Barbara K. Jackson Rising Stars of Opera, which features singers from the San Francisco Opera Center backed by the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, will be on Feb. 4, ’24. Thanks to a bequest by the late Jackson, this is a free concert, but tickets must be reserved in advance.

Dance

n The 18-member Dance Theatre of Harlem, now in its sixth decade, returns on April 17, ’24.

n Grupo Corpo, a notable Afro-Brazilian dance company founded in 1975, returns on Mar. 13, ’24,

n The dance company A.I.M by Kyle Abraham was founded in 2006 by the now 45-year-old choreographer, who has also created works for the Ailvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Abraham’s A.I.M. company will come to Mondavi on Feb. 24, ’24.

Jackson Hall Jazz

n The American ensemble Snarky Puppy, which has won five Grammy Awards since the group’s founding in 2004, visits for the first time on Sept. 21, ’23.

n Vocalist Samara Joy, who won two Grammy Awards in 2023 (Best New Artist, Best Jazz Vocal Album) visits for the first time on Oct. 4, ’23.

n Young keyboard player Matthew Whitaker (a fireball when he played Mondavi in 2022) returns with his quartet on Dec. 9, 2023. Whitaker turned 22 this month; he’s already played at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and the Apollo Theatre.

n Saxophonist Branford Marsalis returns with his quartet on Feb. 28, ’24.

n Jazz pianist/composer Hiromi comes to Mondavi for the first time on April 18, ’24. This Japanese artist performed at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Hiromi has a new album coming out in fall ’23.

Studio Jazz

n Composer/arranger

Miho Hazama brings her 13-piece ensemble (which goes by the industrialsounding name “m_unit”) to the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre on Nov. 2-3-4, ’23. Born in Tokyo, and based in New York since 2010, Hazama is chief conductor of the Danish Radio Big Band, among other achievements.

n Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin visits with her quartet on Feb. 8-9-10, performing music from their 2023 album “Phoenix.”

n Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen returns with his trio on Mar. 14-15-16, ’24. Gustavsen’s built a local following, this

will be his third engagement at Mondavi.

n Keyboard wizard Emmet Cohen, who played piano when he brought a piano trio to Mondavi in 2022, returns on May 16-17-18. But this time around, Cohen will be playing a Hammond B-3 organ, with a New Yorkbased trio that ordinarily doesn’t do much touring.

American Roots

n The Silk Road Ensemble (founded some years back by Yo-Yo Ma and now lead by artistic director Rhiannon Giddens) brings a program titled “American Railroad” on Nov, 16, ’23. Much as the old Silk Road linked China to the Middle East and Europe, the building of the Transcontinental Railroad spurred huge ramifications African American, Chinese, and Irish work crews, as well as communities along the route, during the 1800s. (To this day, most California children learn in school that the Transcontinental Railroad’s western terminus was Sacramento.)

n Composer and fiddler Mark O’Connor, who’s played at Mondavi several times over the years, presents his evergreen program “An Appalachian Christmas” on Dec. 2, ’23.

Global Roots

n The multidisciplinary ensemble Shakti was founded in 1974 by English guitarist John McLaughlinh, tabla player Zakir Hussain and others, and released several landmark albums. Shakti has regrouped for a 5oth anniversary tour, which visits Davis on Sept. 8, ’23.

n Dreamer’s Circus (Oct. 17-18, ’23) is an adventuresome Nordic ensemble featuring a

professional violinist, a professional pianist, and several musicians who specialize in old-style folk instruments like the cittern that are seldom encountered outside Scandanavia, playing traditional tunes and original material.

n Popular Mexicanborn singer/songwriter

Lila Downs presents a show with abundant music and costumes on Oct. 24, ’23 focusing on the traditional Dia de Muertos celebrations, which are now becoming popular in southwestern parts of the United States.

n Scottish folk singer

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Rachel Neville/couRtesy photo Lindsey Donnell will be part of the Dance Theatre of Harlem’s performance at the Mondavi Center.

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Mexican-born singer/songwriter Lila Downs presents a show with abundant music and costumes on Oct. 24.

‘Are You There God?’ Absolutely marvelous

Beloved YA novel makes a terrific leap to the big screen

By Derrick Bang Enterprise film critic

Film adaptations of popular novels are rarely this faithful.

It’s not merely a matter of director/scripter Kelly Fremon Craig retaining all the crucial plot points of Judy Blume’s 1970 coming-of-age classic; it’s easy enough to check such boxes. But Fremon Craig also captures the book’s essential tone and atmosphere, along with the blend of eagerness, humiliation, humor, excitement and stubborn determination that fuels the young protagonist’s journey into nascent womanhood.

Kudos, as well, to Fremon Craig and the casting agents who found such talented young actors for all the key tween roles: most notably Abby Ryder Fortson’s totally endearing handling of the title character.

Everything — every performance, dramatic hiccup, youthfully exaggerated tragedy and excruciating embarrassment — feels authentic.

Although remembered primarily for 12-year-old Margaret’s desperate desire to experience her first period, the parallel plot line — touching on her exploration of religion — is equally crucial.

The film retains the book’s 1970 setting, and events take place during Margaret Simon’s sixth-grade school year. As the story begins, in a sweetly fleeting montage, Margaret is shown having a blast at summer camp.

She then returns to her New York home, and the tightly knit family unit that includes her parents (Rachel McAdams and Benny Safdie, as Barbara and Herb) and grandmother Sylvia (scene-stealing Kathy Bates, blessed with impeccable line delivery).

Unfortunately, this happy reunion is tarnished by the news that her parents are moving them to a New Jersey suburb, leaving Sylvia — Herb’s mother — behind. Distressed by that, and the thought of never seeing her

cally suggestive material and sexual candor

Staring: Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Benny Safdie, Elle Graham, Amari Alexis Price, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Kate MacCluggage, Echo Kellum

Available via: Movie theaters

friends again, Margaret is crushed.

But she rebounds quickly, thanks to an immediate visit from new neighbor Nancy Wheeler (Elle Graham), a boldly confident girl who’s proud of her developing breasts, and somewhat astonished by Margaret’s, ah, lack of same. Upon learning that they’ll be in the same sixth-grade class, Nancy invites Margaret to become the fourth and final member of a “secret club” that includes Janie Loomis (Amari Alexis Price) and Gretchen Potter (Katherine Mallen Kupferer).

Although the latter two girls seem kind and pleasant enough, Nancy — as self-appointed club leader — frequently enhances her own ego, at the not-always-subtle expense of the others. It’s perhaps unfair to call Nancy a “mean girl,” since she never seems deliberately spiteful, but her audacious behavior often pushes the others — and particularly Margaret — beyond their comfort zone.

Graham navigates the role unerringly, ensuring that we never wholly dislike Nancy. Besides, her self-professed maturity is helpful at times, although her “wisdom” often owes more to youthful urban legends. The best, and most cringe-worthy example: the means by which she “helps” the others via absurd exercises and repetition of the mantra, “We must … we must … we must increase our bust!”

(Ah, the 1970s. Such an innocent time.)

Margaret has grown up in a blended family; Herb is Jewish, Barbara Christian. For reasons that initially are unclear, they’ve allowed Margaret to eschew any sort of religious affiliation until she’s old enough to make an informed choice; this also impacts her conversations with God. With encouragement from her teacher, Mr. Benedict (Echo Kellum, note-perfect as the sort of middle-school teacher we’d all love to have had), she devotes her term project to a study of religion. She therefore attends a Jewish service with her grandmother — Bates positively shivers with delight, when Sylvia proudly introduces her granddaughter to everybody — and later attends a Protestant service and explores Catholicism.

Margaret also surprises her mother with a delicate question: Why have they never spent time with the other set of grandparents? The answer, which reveals religion’s potential for divisive conflict and anguish, proves quite upsetting … and extremely instructive.

These major issues are accompanied by all manner of delightful, endearing and even awkward sidebar encounters that’ll remind adult viewers how ghastly some aspects of middle school were.

Nancy has a crush on the cutest boy in class; Margaret is chagrined to find herself the target of geeky Norman Fisher (Simms May), when she’d much rather be noticed by Moose Freed (Aidan Wojtak-Hissong).

McAdams makes Barbara the perfect mother: never pushy, willing to let Margaret make lowcaliber mistakes, but always attentive, for those times when her daughter needs her. This dynamic is the film’s heart; McAdams and Fortson make the mother/daughter bond feel genuine.

Herb is amiable, tolerant and patient, although Safdie’s gaze often reflects a bittersweet element (with good reason). Herb clearly is devoted to his daughter, but he recognizes that she’s at the cusp of — for a while — needing her mother more than she’ll need him.

Price is adorable as Janie, the smallest member of the secret

club, and also the kindest: absolutely somebody you’d want as a best friend. She and Margaret have much in common, while Gretchen gravitates more toward Nancy. Kupferer makes Gretchen somewhat mischievous, and bold in the manner of Nancy; Margaret and Janie often feel overwhelmed by them.

All this said, Fortson anchors the film, giving Margaret an endearing blend of charisma, intelligence and vulnerability. Her chats with God reflect curiosity, mild defiance and — at her low moments — heartbreaking despair. Fortson totally owns the camera; we cheer Margaret’s minor triumphs, and sympathize with the “failures” that seem catastrophic to a 12-year-old who wants only to “fit in” as smoothly and comfortably as possible.

What else can be said? Since true perfection is an impossible goal, let’s settle for acknowledging that Fremon Craig’s captivating film gets pretty darn close.

— Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at http:// derrickbang.blogspot.com. Comment on this review at www. davisenterprise.com.

Roseanne Seitz paints ‘Art and Soul,’ Winters winery hosting reception

Special to The Enterprise

Turkovich Wines will host Winters native

Rosanne Seitz’s new works art exhibit, “Art and Soul: Landscapes of Yolo County,” featuring new watercolors of Yolo County scenery May 6 through July 7.

The public is invited to a wine reception with the artist in attendance from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at Turkovich Winery, 30471 Buckeye Road in Winters. The show will continue May 8 through July 7 at Turkovich Wines Downtown Tasting Room, 304 Railroad Ave. in historic downtown Winters.

The Tasting room is open daily 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Historical Society of Winters will receive a portion of art sales through July 7.

More than 20 works reflect rural vistas of Seitz’s childhood home near Winters, Putah Creek and other local mountain and agricultural views from Yolo and Solano County.

Seitz’s latest landscapes are inspired by personal sketches and agricultural experiences over the last two years on the Turkovich Family Ranch, east of Winters, painting for Yolo County Art and Ag program, plein air painting with other artists and solo excursions.

Seitz grew up on a ranch East of Winters, attended Winters schools, worked around the ranch and was

involved with 4-H. This left her with impressions of the hard-working community and fostered a love for

surrounding hillsides, wooded areas and farm structures that are now iconic in her art.

Following a 26-year teaching career and raising a family, Seitz pursued her passion to paint full-time in San Luis Obispo County. She worked on location, (en plein air) and in her Grover Beach studio. Seitz also coowned a successful gallery in downtown San Luis Obispo for 17 years and showed her San Luis Obispo Scenes there. Simultaneously she was showing her Winters watercolor scenes at various locations and continuously at Turkovich Wines since their opening in

2010. In 2021 Rosanne moved back to the ranch while her house was being built on an acre in Davis next-door to her daughter’s family. “Art and Soul: Landscapes of Yolo County” is a testimonial to Seitz’s reverence for her traditional farming and family roots. Seitz chose the Historical Society of Winters to benefit from this show because it is a nonprofit that captures her interest in local history and pays tribute to the land and people who lived in this special place. For information, visit www.rosanneseitz.com, or https://turkovichwines. com/.

MONDAVI: International flavor for a lot of this season’s performances

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Julie Fowlis (familiar to Disney animation fans for her song “Touch the Sky”) will perform songs from the Highlands in Gaelic (and English) when she returns to Mondavi in Oct. 27, ’23.

n Germán López is a Spanish musician born on the island Gran Canaria, where traditional performers play a plucked fivestring instrument called the timple, which is somewhat similar to a Polynesian ukelele in size, but has a musical tradition all its own. He’ll visit on March 7-8-9, ’24, performing songs from his 2022 album “ALMA.”

n The traditional Irish band Danú returns for a St. Patrick’s Day show on March 17, ’24.

Film & Music

n The popular Disney Pixar film “Coco” will screen on Nov. 17, ’23, accompanied by live music provided by the 20-member Orquesta Folclórico Nacional de México.

n A Chicago-based company

called Manual Cinema will perform their version of “Frankenstein,” which incorporates shadow puppets, cinematic techniques, live music and sound effects, on Oct. 29, ’23

n The French animated film “The Triplets of Belleville” will return for another screening on April 5, ’24, with live music by Le Terrible Orchestre de Belleville.

Family Matinees

n Cirque Mechanics comes back to Mondavi on Oct. 15, ’23 with a matinee show titled “Zephyr,” which includes a story about a most unusual windmill.

n “Dino-Light” (Jan. ‘28, ’24) is an elaborately staged glow-inthe-dark story (incorporating dancers, puppets, and techy stagecraft) about a scientist who brings a friendly dinosaur to life.

Speakers

n Social critic, storyteller and humorist Fran Lebowitz drew a large, enthusiastic audience at Mondavi in 2022, so the

Mondavi folks decided to bring her back on Feb. 9, ’24.

n New York Times op-ed columnist Charles Blow, who has also published two books, will speak on Jan. 10, ’24.

n Actress/comedian Molly Shannon will discuss her recently published memoir “Hello, Molly” on Oct. 20, ’23.

Details of the new Mondavi Center season are available online at MondaviArts.org. Subscribers can renew their current seats now. New subscribers can start buying tickets on May 22, choosing an existing subscription plan or a “build your own subscription” plan.

The 2023-24 season has something of a Latin American focus, with performers from Mexico, Brazil, etc. featured on a number of events across the season.

The Speakers series, which has featured quite a few NPR personalities over the years, seems to have at least momentarily tapped out that source. The common thread connecting the new season’s speakers (Fran

Lebowitz, Charles Blow and Molly Shannon) is New York.

Lebowitz became famous decades ago writing about the NYC art scene, Blow’s national reputation as a commentator was launched when he became an op-ed columnist for the New York Times, and Shannon’s career took off when she joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 1995 (“Live, from New York City”).

The new season’s most mature artist performing at Mondavi for the first time is Baroque music specialist Jordi Savall, who will turn 82 this summer. Mondavi concertgoers have been hoping for years to see him here. Savall has been prominent in early music circles for decades.

Mondavi Center executive director Don Roth, who retires in June, mentioned to subscribers that the new season’s appearance at Mondavi by noted soprano Fleming was her idea. When Fleming indicated that she’d enjoyed singing at Mondavi and would like to sing here again someday, Roth and the Mondavi staff were quick to

respond to her expression of interest.

Subscribers also murmured with interest when Roth announced that the San Francisco Symphony has been engaged for the 2023-24 season. Last fall’s season-opening concert at Mondavi featuring the San Francisco Symphony — marking the Mondavi Center’s 20th anniversary — turned into a non-event when a truck containing many of the San Francisco Symphony’s musical instruments got stuck in a roundabout on the UC Davis campus, resulting in the lastminute cancellation of the concert after much of the audience had been seated in the hall.

As Roth related that the Mondavi Center and the San Francisco Symphony were going to give it another try next season, Roth mixed in a little black humor, assuring subscribers that “a different trucking company” would bring the orchestra’s musical instrument up from San Francisco in May 2024.

Courtesy photo

Margaret (Abby Ryder Fortson, right) — determined to purchase her first bra, but horrified by the process (check her expression!) — gamely navigates a fraught-with-peril visit to a department store, in the company of her sympathetic and knowing mother (Rachel McAdams).

turkoviCh Family Wine/Courtesy photo “Oranges and Vines,” by Rosanne Seitz, watercolor, 15x22.

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Pay-to-play law could empower wealthy candidates

By Garrett Gatewood Special to CalMatters

When I became the first Black person elected to the Rancho Cordova City Council in 2018, I wasn’t the scion of a powerful political family or the beneficiary of wealthy special interests. I made history because of my track record fighting for my community, and was able to mobilize a lot of fellow citizens who shared my passion and were willing to invest in my campaign.

Senate Bill 1439, authored by Sen. Steve Glazer, would make that impossible for future candidates facing the same challenges, and make it harder for political newcomers and members of minority groups to get elected.

The law took effect this year. I joined a lawsuit to try and stop it.

The policy is described as a tool to “ban pay-to-play,” which is a good soundbite, but such unethical activity has been and remains illegal.

Rather than improving ethical campaign activity and good government policy, in practice, SB 1439 is a well-intentioned disaster that will disproportionately hurt minorities trying to win a seat at the table.

I understand the challenges that underrepresented communities must overcome to compete for public office. Let’s be honest, politics favors the rich and powerful, not people who look like me. SB 1439 will make it even harder.

Proponents of the bill claim it decreases the influence of money in politics by drastically reducing how much candidates can receive from donors who have an interest in the future of their communities. But in truth, it forces campaign money underground and empowers wealthy candidates and special interests.

History has shown that restrictions on publicly-disclosed contributions to candidates actually increase how much money is spent on campaigns. Even worse, it hides that spending from public and media scrutiny by shifting it into darkmoney PACs and independent expenditure campaigns funded by special interests with no spending limits and little motivation to tell the truth.

I certainly would rather know who is really funding the candidates running in my community.

Politics today is toxic enough — we should not surrender control of public debate to unaccountable special interests who will flood our mailboxes and airwaves with negative hit pieces.

Meanwhile, this law would limit new and minority candidates’ access to the funds needed to share their vision and their words with their constituents.

SB 1439 takes power from local elected officials — and the voters who elected them — by prohibiting officials from voting for 12 months after a contribution of just $250 is made.

That would stall efforts to build roads, revitalize schools, create affordable housing or tackle homelessness.

California faces a host of crises from education and infrastructure, to crime, homelessness and housing. This law doesn’t solve any of them. And, it will make it harder for us to elect more diverse, representative candidates who are ready to fight for real solutions.

— Garrett Gatewood is a member of the Rancho Cordova City Council. He wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.

Prison guards get warning

Few labor groups have more clout in California government than the prison-guards union, whose members draw an average annual salary of almost $55,000, not counting their often-copious over time.

But the California Correc tional Peace Officers Association has now been put on formal notice that its members can’t get away with simply doing whatever they want, whenever they want to inmates in the state prison system.

Now, though, the prison guards have learned their storied and frequent political contributions may buy them a lot of influence in Sacramento, but not so much in federal courts around the state.

That’s one lesson of a ruling from Senior U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken, a Bill Clinton appointee based in San Francisco, in a case mostly affirmed the other day by a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that included one judge each named by exPresidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama.

As a result of the new ruling, guards in at least one

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prison now must wear body cameras when dealing with inmates because of documented excess use of force.

Some actions described included tipping over the wheelchairs of disabled prisoners, punching a hard-ofhearing inmate in the face when he asked for written communication from the guard because he couldn’t hear what the guard had said and using pepper spray on mentally ill convicts.

The prison most affected by the ruling is the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in the Otay Mesa area of San Diego, about 1.5 miles north of the Mexican border.

The Donovan facility was designed in part to prepare inmates who are undocumented immigrants for eventual release to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for deportation to

their home countries.

Inmates there have recently included high profile criminals like Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan, Manson Family member Chares (Tex) Watson, the parentkilling Menendez brothers and onetime record executive Suge Knight.

State and union officials fought the order imposing surveillance and body cameras, new training and a new complaint process, and kept those changes away from prisons aside from Donovan.

They said the claimed mistreatment of prisoner/patients was not well documented, but San Francisco attorney Gay Grunfeld and the San Quentin-based Prison Law Office collected 179 declarations from prisoners detailing alleged abuses by prison guards.

The appeals court panel also said the charges upheld at Donovan were closely related to previous claims the state has mistreated disabled inmates in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Circuit Judge Michelle Friedland, an Obama

appointee, called the incident where the partially deaf convict was hit in the face “a violent denial of accommodations” that might deter other inmates from seeking help required by the ADA.

While striking down parts of the initial court order that applied to other facilities, the appeals court ruling put the prison guards on notice that they, like police on their beats, are not immune from punishment for violating people’s rights, even people they have reason to dislike. So prison guards around the state now know they can be observed and probably should at least pull their punches if they want to avoid the kind of discipline underway at Donovan. It also lets union leaders know the clout they enjoy in the state Capitol has some limits.

Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@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 soft cover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, visit www.californiafocus.net.

As a resident of District 3, I am excited to vote for Donna Neville for Davis City Council on May 2. From broad professional experiences to stellar personal attributes, Donna checks off all the boxes to be a highly effective City Council member.

Donna will use insights she has gained from serving as legal counsel to the California Legislature, chief counsel to the California State Auditor, chair of the Davis Finance and Budget Commission, chair of the Davis School District’s Measure M Oversight Committee, member of the Davis Planning Commission and Board President of NAMI Yolo County (National Alliance on Mental Illness).

I worked with Donna on a local campaign and experienced first-hand her integrity, collaborative style, and tenacity. She stepped up whenever needed and could be counted on to follow-through on every task. She considers all sides of an issue and is incredibly thorough in her analysis before weighing in on a decision. Donna combines her approachable nature and desire to listen to reach a conclusion that will have the broadest positive impact.

Donna is the leader who will get things done, so please join me in voting for

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Truth and concerned parents

Anoosh Jorjorian’s “Separate truth from lies about trans kids” raises red flags and concerned parents have questions.

Why is the Davis Phoenix Coalition, an organization founded to counter bigotry towards the LGB community, completely oblivious to the profound homophobia underpinning gender ideology? Why are they ignoring the systematic sterilization of gender non-conforming children who, if left to develop naturally, would likely grow up to be happy, healthy homosexuals?

There are no long-term studies to support the claim “gender affirming interventions are life-saving” because we only began experimenting on children this way within the last decade. So why does the Davis Phoenix Coalition promote giving cancer drugs, synthetic cross sex hormones, and genital mutilation surgeries to children based on them not fitting regressive “masculine” and “feminine” stereotypes?

Again, the homophobia is blatant, but unlike conversion therapies in the past, this new incarnation seeks to medicalize

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while it evangelizes.

Further, why does the Davis Phoenix Coalition want to expose children to grown men who make money dancing in lingerie and garish parodies of womanhood? Why does our school district support it? Those who seek to normalize explicitly sexualized adult behavior around children, and encourage children to participate, must explain why that isn’t a criminal act.

Why would a man who uses the stage name “Ellis D Ivy” (a psychedelic drug injected intravenously) be considered a suitable child entertainer for Davis Phoenix Coalition’s “Drag Workshop”? Jorjorian says parents participated in the event, as if that is a reassurance. Some parents expose their own children to adults who dress in fetish gear on stage; it is not for those parents to make choices for others’ children. Some parents being aware their children attended a drag workshop, does not excuse other parents being kept in the dark and telling kids as young as 12 to keep secrets.

The continued dishonest framing of the issue needs to stop. We parents sounding the alarm are anti-child-sterilization, anti-child-mutilation, antihomophobia andanti-child-sexualization. If that is “anti-trans” in the eyes of Jorjorian and the Davis Phoenix Coalition, then their “trans-activism” is “anti-childprotection.”

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UC Davis women’s tennis ends season in SoCal

Enterprise staff

The UC Davis women tennis team’s season came to an end in San Diego on Thursday.

No. 2 seed Cal Poly started hot and never looked back en route to a 4-0 defeat of the Aggies in the quarterfinal of the Big West Championships on Thursday. The Aggies doubles team of Yana Gurevich and Arianna Stavropoulos lost 6-1 to give the Mustangs the early edge.

Then Cal Poly’s Kim Bhunu and Kennedy Buntrock followed that performance with a 6-4 win over Lauren Ko and Olive Maunupau. The Mustangs recorded two more wins to seal the victory by scores

of 6-2 and 7-5.

DHS baseball

The Davis High baseball team performed better against Delta League foe Elk Grove on the Thundering Herd’s field on Wednesday. Davis (10-4 in the Delta, 16-8) and Elk Grove (11-3 in the Delta, 15-8) went 10 innings. But the Thundering Herd came out with a 5-4 win. The game was tied 4-4 after seven innings.

Gizaw Baker and Brooks Ochoa had three hits each for the Blue Devils, who had 14 in the game.

Selassie Campos, along with DHS teammates

Brian Chin and Carter Stoltz, had two hits each.

The Thundering Herd returns to the Blue Devils’ field on Friday for a 4 p.m. game. The two teams met in their first of their threegame series on Monday, where Elk Grove posted a 14-0 win in five innings.

Blue Devils softball

Four DHS softball players had a hit each, but Franklin squeezed out a 1-0 win in a Delta League contest on the Wildcats’ field Wednesday.

Lea Lamoureux, along with Naomi Kalanetra, Hannah Fox and Sofia Lester, had a hit each for DHS (1-6 in the Delta League, 5-9).

DINING: A’s had prime rib carving station

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available starting at 4 p.m., three hours prior to tip-off and will be open until just before tip-off.”

Three hours of non-stop dining? Have I died and gone to hog heaven?

I parked my car in the designated garage and passed through Golden1 security at precisely 4 p.m., immediately requesting directions to the Media Dining Area.

I remembered as I rode the elevator into the bowels of the arena that when I covered the Oakland A’s three consecutive World Series championships from 1972-74, A’s owner Charlie Finley had a prime rib carving station for the

press meal, plus whole lobster he had flown in from Maine. As I headed for the loading dock, visions of surf-and-turf danced in my head,

Instead, I was greeted by a menu with “PRESS” at the top that listed “Side Salad, Chicken & Sausage Gumbo, Thyme and Honey Carrots and Vegetarian Tofu Gumbo.”

Gumbo? In Sacramento? Are we playing the New Orleans Pelicans tonight?

Even at 4 p.m., the Media Dining Area was packed with fellow typists from around the country. These folks are seasoned pros when it comes to a free meal. They know that the early bird gets the gumbo.

You’d think, though, with a nod to Golden State’s roster, they might have served Curry with some Greens, but no such luck.

Because the gumbo line was long, I grabbed a box of special Press Popcorn - slippery and salty - and headed back to the elevator to find my seat in the Upper 40 Acres of this cavernous shrine to professional basketball.

But as I glanced at the menu one last time, I noticed the fine print at the bottom that said simply, “HALFTIME: Hot Dogs.”

I vowed to return, but was warned that some members of the press spend the entire game in the Media Dining Area, watching an appropriately named

KINGS: ‘Game 1 had a real buzz’

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“feed” of the game on a number of very large televisions. I covered most of the first and second quarters from my seat in the press box, but exited five minutes before halftime and headed back down to the belly of the beast to rescue a pair of hot dogs from certain destruction and took them back upstairs to finish covering the game.

I believe the Warriors won Game 5, but I’m not certain. I got some mustard and relish on my glasses and couldn’t see for much of the fourth quarter. That is what is known as an occupational hazard.

— Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

“Speaking for Kings fans, I’d say Game 1 had a real buzz,” Mattingly said. “Now, I think more people are nervous. It’s still exciting, but I notice an element of frustration that wasn’t there before.”

The Kings made eight straight playoff berths from 1999-2006. The consistent winning produced a lethargy from certain home fans.

No longer. The franchise broke a 17-year playoff drought — and reignited the passion among its most ardent supporters.

Kings TV analyst Matt Barnes understands. He graduated from Del Campo High in Carmichael.

“I love the enthusiasm,” he said. “Being from here, that’s what I’m most proud of. The fans have an opportunity to root for a winner.

“It’s been so long. It’s a great fan-base.”

Note: Game 6 between the Kings and Warriors is today at 5 p.m.

n To see Enterprise Sports Editor Mike Bush’s photos of Game 5, visit www.davisenterprise.com, click on the Sports tab and look for this story.

— Follow Mark DeVaughn on Twitter: @OrangeMarkD.

Mike Bush/enterprise fiLe photo Davis High’s Brian Chin watches a pitch at the knees in a Delta League game at Franklin on March 30. Chin had a hit in Wednesday’s league game at Elk Grove.

DHS, UCD grads love atmosphere

By Mark DeVaughn Enterprise correspondent

SACRAMENTO —

Something was different, and Kevin Foster noticed.

The Davis resident has attended each of the Sacramento Kings’ three home playoff games against Golden State.

When the home team claimed a 2-0 series lead, the gameday atmosphere at Golden 1 Center resembled a music festival.

The same setting produced a tense vibe for Wednesday’s Game 5. Hours before Golden State’s emphatic 123-116 victory, Sacramento fans wore somber, serious faces. A cauldron of excitement felt more like a nearby state office building.

“The crowd felt tighter, for sure, than the first two games,” Foster said. “With so much riding on the outcome of Game 5, I think Kings fans weren’t any less enthusiastic—but we were definitely more anxious.”

The complex energy included many fans with roots in Davis.

Inside the arena, Foster cheered on the Kings alongside fellow Davis High graduate Jeff Kurth.

The longtime friends and former Blue Devil water polo players attended games here throughout the regular season. They earned priority-status for playoff tickets.

“What’s magical about sports is how it brings people together,” he explained. “You’re highfiving random people. For a few hours, you’re best friends with strangers sitting around you.”

UC Davis alum Amy Pine can relate. Next door to Golden 1 Center, YardHouse brew-pub was standing room-only on Wednesday night. Pine and friend Amy Mattingly intently followed every tense minute of Game 5.

The Sacramento residents also watched the first two games at nearby DOCO watering holes. When the action moved to San Francisco for Game 3, they attended the free watch party inside Golden 1 Center.

“We watched the end of Game 4 at a music festival in San Francisco,” said Pine, whose father was a master technician at the UC Davis College of Engineering. “We found some fellow Kings fans in the crowd. One of them pulled it up on their phone.”

Pine graduated from UC Davis in 2003, when the Kings were among the NBA’s winningest franchises.

She attended the San Francisco Giants World Series parades in 2012 and 2014.

The current Kings team resembles those two shining examples, she said.

“I feel the same amount of energy here, which is amazing,” she explained.

Mattingly has spent the playoff series cheering the Kings — and playfully riffing with opposing fans. “It’s in good fun,” she said.

Kings partisans made up the vast majority of the YardHouse faithful. Golden State seized control late in Game 5.

The bar’s outnumbered Warrior supporters got louder.

Many dejected Sacramento fans found the exit doors before the final buzzer.

Guide to fine dining for working press

The instructions sent to members of the media covering Wednesday night’s KingsWarriors NBA Playoff game were short and to the point.

Note, the official designation for this gathering of freeloaders is “Working Press,” which is odd since we are getting into this crucial game for free and the other 18,253 folks at the sold-out Golden 1 Arena decided to attend the game instead of sending their kids to college.

The Kings, we were told, would be holding a “shootaround” at 10 o’clock the morning of the game if we wished to show up and maybe shag an errant ball or two.

Apparently, any points

the Kings might score in the shootaround would not count on Wednesday night once the Warriors showed up.

The detailed instructions told us where we could park, where we could pick up our credentials, where we would be sitting and how to access the Internet.

“Media can eat and work from their seat,” we were told.

Indeed, we can. In fact, we’re pretty much experts at eating and working. And it’s no mistake that

the Kings public relations folks who sent out this memo listed “eat” first and “work” second.

And then there was this.

“MEDIA DINING —

Only credential media members may utilize the Media Dining Area on the Event Level near the loading dock.”

Wow, a real-life Media Dining Area with capital letters and everything.

But I wasn’t sure if the loading dock was where the Warriors team bus would arrive and depart or if it was where members of the working press would be loading their plates with all sorts of game-day goodies.

“Media

Aggies welcome Hornets today

photo Davis High boys tennis player Mathias Rendon gets ready to hit the ball while teammate Owen Sheppard watches during their doubles match at the Delta League tournament at the Laguna Creek Racquet Club in Elk Grove. The pair went 2-1.

Blue Devil boys prepare for team playoffs

Enterprise staff

ELK GROVE — The Davis High boys tennis team has completed its regular season.

Three Blue Devil teams competed at the Delta League doubles tournament at the Laguna Creek Racquet Club on Wednesday. One squad won its first match before losing in the next round, while the other lost in the opening round.

The Blue Devils team of Mathias Rendon and Owen Sheppard, who entered the tournament as the team’s No. 1 squad, won their first-round match by a 6-0, 6-1 score.

They continued their hot streak in the following round with a 6-3, 6-1 win. Then Jesuit’s squad of Henry Miller and Mason Nguyen defeated Rendon and Sheppard 6-3, 6-1.

Davis’ doubles team of Arva Parikh and Adhi Ajith knocked off Cosumnes Oaks’ Aidan Voong-Owyn Ottmans by 6-4, 6-1. But Parikh and Ajith lost their second-round match.

Jared Umpress and Ayden Morgan were DHS’ No. 2

team. But their run in the tournament was short-lived, falling 6-4, 7-5.

Davis head coach Dale Hersch is proud of this players’ performance. Plus, the rest of the team during the regular season, when they could play matches despite weather conditions in the early spring weeks.

“We were 9-3 in league and took second place,” said Hersch, whose Blue Devils went 10-6 overall. “Due to rain, we had to cancel numerous matches. Overall, we have a young team.

“But they are improving daily and excited to show their skills in the (Sac-Joaquin Section Division I team) playoffs. I expect a deep run again in sections.

Davis advanced to the D-I semifinals in 2022 before losing to Jesuit, which lost to eventual section champion Oak Ridge.

According to the section’s website — www.cifsjs.org — the D-I team playoffs are scheduled to start on Tuesday, May 4.

Blue Devils tennis player Arav Parikh gets ready to return the ball while teammate Adhi Ajith watches. The duo were one of three DHS teams that competed at the Delta League tournament at the Laguna Creek Racquet Club in Elk Grove.

Now the Blue Devils, as a team, prepare to take part in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I team playoffs, which is scheduled to start next week.

MikE Bush/ EntErprisE photo

Enterprise staff

The UC Davis track and field team will host Sacramento State in the Causeway Classic Dual meet at the Wood Wilson Track today. Events start at 1 p.m. with the women and men’s hammer throw.

The running events are scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. and run through 8:55.

On the men’s side, UCD is 5-8-1 against the Hornets since 2006.

On the women’s side, the Aggies are also 5-8-1 against the Hornets since 2006.

The Hornets have won the last two Causeway Classic Duals.

Last week, UCD traveled to Chico for the Chico Invitational.

On the women’s side, Hannah Crone (long jump), Ashpreet Kler (hammer throw) and Rebel Tuinkuafe (shot put) each won one event.

On the men’s side, Aggie Corey Moore won two events — discus throw and shot put.

Brianna Weidler, who set the 5,000meter school record at the Bryan Clay Invitational at 15 minutes, 48.57 seconds recently, is scheduled to compete in the women’s 1500-meter race at 6:25 p.m.

lEroy yau, uc Davis athlE tics/ courtE sy photo Ashpreet Kler has strong showings in the hammer throw for UCD this season.