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Christmastime in the city Council

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Davis homes light up the night Enterprise staff Up on the rooftops, quick quick quick, residents all over Davis were working hard after Thanksgiving, festively decorating their homes with lights, many featuring hand-made creations and touches of elegance and joy.

These whimsical holiday displays are well worth a tour with the family, so bundle up the kids, grab some hot cocoa (it’s cold outside!) and make these prize-winning homes your first stops.

All that hard work and holiday spirit will spread good cheer. A panel of judges from The Davis Enterprise recommends the following winning displays: ■ Best Individual House: 4350 Cowell Blvd.

Derrick and Gayna Bang’s display, a multiple winner in previous years, takes the cake once again as this year’s best individual house.

The decorations feature everything you could want in a holiday wonderland. The couple are “Peanuts” lovers, and much of the display pays tribute to Charles Schulz’s enduring characters, but other cartoon characters are featured as well, along with trains, a Christmas countdown and a light display synchronized to music.

Showtimes are 7, 8 and 9 p.m. daily, with additional 10 p.m. shows on Fridays and Saturdays. And each show is different, Derrick says; folks coming

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Derrick and Gayna Bang’s home on Cowell Boulevard is a wonderland that appeals to the child in all of us.

School board looks to 2020 Fight or switch? GOP moderates get squeezed

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BY BEN CHRISTOPHER CalMatters Chad Mayes is embarking on a political experiment.

Last week, the former Republican leader in the state Assembly finally pulled the plug on what had long been a fraught relationship with the California GOP. Next year he’ll run for re-election in his Yucca Valley-area district as an independent, no doubt taking flak from both a Democrat and a member of his former party.

Running without the imprimateur or financial backing of one of the state’s major political parties’ has never been a winning strategy in California. Several candidates who’ve attempted it statewide have crashed, including most recently former Republican Steve Poizner in his

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independent 2018 bid for state insurance commissioner. He told CalMatters: “I really do want to be a pioneer for this because if I’m successful I’m hoping lots of people will run as an independent” — right before he lost.

Legislative districts, however, may offer better prospects for independents than a statewide contest.

And in a state where “no party preference” voters now outnumber registered Republicans, where GOP political power in both chambers of the Legislature and the congressional delegation sits at a generational nadir, and where the California unpopularity of President Donald Trump has helped flip some of the GOP’s longest-held bastions of support into the Democratic camp, it’s not clear that running with an

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The Davis school board trustees will go through their annual December reorganization and election of officers on Thursday, Dec. 19, with 2019 school board president Bob Poppenga expected to turn over the gavel to vice president Cindy Pickett, who will then serve as the school board president for the coming year.

Pickett will also announce the committee assignments for the five school board trustees. The school board will elect a vice president for 2020 (and that vice president will be in line to become school board president in 2021).

Elsewhere on the agenda, the school board will hear a presentation on Career Technical Education Pathways, including new and revised pathway offerings for six industry sectors — Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Engineering and Architectures, Health Sciences, Information and Communication Technologies, Transportation, and Digital and Media Arts.

Associate Superintendent Rody Boonchouy describes these updates

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as “the (school district’s) most ambitious Career Technical Education program revision in decades, and the package includes new and revised course offerings at Davis High School and Da Vinci Charter Academy, including courses in biology and sustainable agriculture, the principles of biomedical sciences, internet engineering, advanced robotics, electric vehicle technology, multimedia journalism and cyber security.

The school board is also expected to approve the First Interim Financial Report for 2019-20, as required by the state, showing the district will be able to meet its financial obligations for the remainder of the current fiscal year and the next two fiscal years.

And on the consent agenda, the school board will be asked to approve the calendars for the 2020-21, 20221-2022, and 202223 school years.

Thursday’s meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Chambers at Davis City Hall, 23 Russell Blvd. The meeting will be carried live on Davis cable television Channel 17, and online via Davis Media Access.

Having achieved some success over the last 12 months with its inaugural legislative platform adopted in January 2019, the City Council on Tuesday approved an ambitious platform for the coming year aimed at ensuring Davis residents receive more benefits from actions taken in the state Capitol.

Among the priorities: Increasing the city’s eligibility for grant funding for parks; increasing the city’s share of sales taxes collected in Yolo County; supporting Caltrans efforts to implement the Yolo/I-80 Corridor Improvement Project; and obtaining state funds to help with the construction of a memorial for fallen Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona.

Additionally, the 2020 platform calls for continued work on priorities outlined in last year’s legislative platform, including those related to meeting the city’s housing requirements.

Meanwhile, the top budget priority outlined in last year’s legislative platform was achieved earlier this year: securing $2.7 million in additional funding for the I-80/Richards Boulevard interchange improvement project.

That $2.7 million was the final piece needed for an improvement project with an estimated $13.2 million price tag.

Components include adding a grade-separated bike and pedestrian pathway under the westbound I-80 onramp connecting Research Park

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UCD hosts forum on search for new UC president

BY ANDREA ESQUETINI Enterprise correspondent The University of California Board of Regents held a public forum at UC Davis on Friday on the search for a new UC president. Stakeholders from higher-education associations and related fields came out to share with the regents qualities they hope to see in the next president.

The forum comes after current president Janet Napolitano announced in September that she would be stepping down on Aug. 1, 2020, after six years as president.

Past presidential searches have been criticized for being too private, a concern the regents hope to address by holding two public forums.

Many speakers, some traveling from Fresno and Santa Cruz, expressed a desire for the next

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Briefly Pedestrian killed near Madison The California Highway Patrol is investigating an early-morning collision that killed a pedestrian near Madison on Tuesday.

Yolo County coroner’s officials have identified the pedestrian as Mark Anthony Thibault, 59, who was struck by a vehicle shortly before 1:30 a.m. while walking along westbound Highway 16 west of Interstate 505, CHP Officer Rodney Fitzhugh said.

Thibault died at the scene from his injuries, Fitzhugh said.

The CHP did not identify the male driver of the vehicle, a Nissan.

Contact the Woodland CHP office at 530-6624685 with information.

Officer hurt in suspect scuffle A Davis police officer sustained minor injuries last weekend while arresting a San Mateo man, police reported Tuesday.

According to Lt. Art Camacho, officers made contact with Benjamin Christopher Warren over a minor traffic violation shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday in a parking lot in the 4800 block of Chiles Road. A records check revealed he was wanted on two outstanding warrants for resisting arrest and battery.

“When the officers attempted to arrest Warren for the warrants, he allegedly began to physically resist them.

A physical struggled ensued,” resulting in a minor facial injury to an officer before Warren was subdued, Camacho said.

Warren, 20, was booked into the Yolo County Jail.

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Meat matters get beyond serious I have never had an Impossible Burger or a Beyond Burger or any of the imitations of the two. At this point I prefer the real thing, and while that’s not likely to change any time soon, it’s best to never say never.

However, several of my roommates in our humble East Davis home have given both of the meatless burgers an enthusiastic thumbs up, though there is some slight disagreement over which one is better.

The problem here is that once you surround a 4-ounce patty of the real thing or a 4-ounce patty of the imitator with a thick slice of sweet raw onion, a red ripe tomato, a spoonful of pickle relish, a chunk of slowly melting cheddar and several dollops of Thousand Island dressing, then wrap the whole mess inside a warm, soft, chewy bun, you don’t even need those four ounces of meat/ non-meat in the first place.

In fact, I’d be willing to bet you could leave the patty out entirely and half the folks at your backyard barbecue wouldn’t know the difference.

But, since this is ultimately all about money, the Real vs. Fake

Woodland man arrested after chase

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer Woodland police arrested a man following a vehicle pursuit this week, seizing a firearm in the process, the Woodland Police Department reported on its Facebook page.

The incident began shortly before 5:30 p.m.

Monday when deputies from the Yolo County Sheriff ’s Office requested assistance with a traffic stop. A Woodland police K-9 unit responded to the scene, where the driver of the vehicle allegedly fled upon the officer’s arrival.

After a brief pursuit the driver, later identified as Woodland resident Mark Anthony Estrada, 32, lost control of his vehicle, which went over a raised cement wall and crashed into a tree at the northeast corner of Riverside Drive and Imperial Street, police said.

“Estrada and his passenger attempted to flee the vehicle but quickly changed their minds when they saw K-9 Niko ready to assist,” the Facebook post said.

Estrada was taken into custody by the Yolo County Sheriff ’s Department. Officers reported finding a semiautomatic handgun on the front dashboard during a search of the vehicle.

debate has become nasty. Beef producers fear losing part of the burger market and have become downright aggressive in protecting their turf.

They’ve gone so far as to call the Impossible Burger “processed,” which is a dirty word to folks who try to eat their food as raw and unadulterated as nature intended.

If, in fact, nature intended anything at all for us.

I am looking at an incredibly expensive full-page ad that appeared in some of the nation’s major newspapers that proclaims “FAKE MEAT, REAL CHEMICALS.” It then shows a happy face of a pancake with two eggs for eyes and a smiling strip of bacon for a mouth.

“Real Bacon,” it says, pointing

out that the ingredients are simply “pork, water, salt, sugar and seasoning.”

Under that is another pancake with the same two eggs for eyes, but with a sad bacon mouth. The ingredients: “Tertiary butylhydroquinone, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, monocalcium phosphate, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, 34 other ingredients.”

Says the copy under the fake bacon, “So-called plant-based meats don’t grow on a vine. They ‘grow’ in factories.”

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or shame. And here I thought for sure I was gazing out at a crop of plantbased burgers when we passed through Salinas on U.S. 101 last spring.

Even more brutal was a fullpage ad in the New York Times that showed three very large outdoor steel tanks that look like they might store gas or oil or Agent Orange. Above this photo was the question “What’s in plant-based meats?”

The ad was sponsored by the Center for Consumer Freedom, a group that wants to free us from fake burgers by visiting

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“A major political party, even one as weakened as the California Republicans, still gives a candidate structural advantages,” said Dan Schnur, a professor at UC Berkeley and the University of Southern California who ran unsuccessfully for secretary of state as a political independent in 2014. “The question that Mayes is testing is whether the party is so damaged that the downside of associating with it outweighs those structural benefits.”

The California Republican Party, he added, has “a Three Mile Island, longterm toxicity that is going to exist even after Trump leaves the political landscape.”

Hence, Mayes’ experiment. At issue: Can a center-right Trump skeptic alienated from the GOP still find a way to elected office in California? And if he can — and other candidates and large donors catch on — what will that mean for the future of the state’s second largest party?

“I’ve never seen it before,” said Mayes. “We’ll find out.”

In his Assembly district, which winds from east Riverside County up into the high desert, once-dominant

Republicans have now seen Democratic registration pull even with them.

As the second state GOP legislator to abandon the party this year (San Diego Assemblyman Brian Maienschein became a Democrat in January), Mayes announced his decision a day before the 2020 candidate filing deadline, leading Riverside County GOP chairman Jonathan Ingram to accuse him of “waiting ’til the 10th hour,” forcing Republicans to scramble to enlist a partyloyal challenger.

Republican Andrew Kotyuk, who ran against Mayes last year but didn’t make it past the primary, jumped in just in time to qualify for 2020.

Mayes insists his decision wasn’t an electoral strategy, but born of frustration with the hyperpartisanship which he says defines policymaking on both sides. “You have Republicans defending the indefensible and you have Democrats also defending the indefensible, and it’s as if the truth doesn’t matter — the truth is defined by your team,” he said.

But he’s particularly frustrated with the activist wing of his former party.

“You have to be with them 100 percent of the time or they won’t have

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Sacramento, for “cowardice” and “abandonment of principle.”

“We don’t have a Republican in that seat and we should fight to put one there,” Baugh wrote, calling upon a conservative to “rise to the occasion.” The next day Nguyen took up the charge.

For Mayes, the challenge against Diep represents exactly the kind of ideological litmus test that drove him from the party. Baugh insists his dispute with Diep is about more than a policy disagreement.

“We’re not upset because he’s a moderate,” he said.

“Chad Mayes has miles of integrity. He’s honest about what he believes. Tyler is not.”

Baugh was particularly irritated by Diep’s decision to speak at a public hearing last week in favor of a hiring agreement between the city of Anaheim and the regional builders’ union.

“For far too long,” the Republican Party has “tried to demonize the working people,” Diep told the council. He also noted that he was departing from the statement his staff prepared for him.

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“That’s been part of the problem with the Republican Party for a long time: They exclude people.”

“We feel confident in the future of our party, and are doing all that we can to ensure that each and every Republican feels welcome and supported within our party,” said California Republican Party chair Jessica Patterson in a prepared statement. “Unfortunately, there have been some headline-grabbing moves made this week that are shortsighted and politics at its worst.”

Mayes offered some latebreaking political drama out of coastal Orange County as a well-time illustration of his point.

On Friday, Janet Nguyen, a former state senator, announced she would challenge fellow Republican Tyler Diep for his Assembly district in Orange County’s Little Saigon.

Nguyen’s campaign said she was motivated in part by an email to activists last week from former Orange County GOP chair Scott Baugh. In it he assailed Diep, among the most moderate Republicans in

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In no uncertain terms, we are told that “fake meats” are “ultraprocessed imitations that are assembled in industrial factories.”

And what’s in those fake meats?

Let’s try titanium dioxide, which, the add claims, is a “whitener used in paint.” Nothing wrong with a white burger, my mom always used to say.

Also propylene glycol, a “liquid used in e-cigarettes” and magnesium carbonate, “used in fire extinguishing compounds.” Still, that’s nothing a little ketchup can’t take care of.

And let’s not forget ferric phosphate, which is “used in slug pesticide” and methylcellulose, a “bulking agent used in laxatives.”

Heck, if they put enough methylcellulose into the fake burgers, they’ll apparently move quickly through your system and take the paint whitener, e-cigarettes, fire extinguisher and slug pesticide along with them.

No harm, no foul. The choice is yours.

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Briefly On KDRT: More traffic ahead Traffic congestion on Interstate 80 through Davis is getting worse, and although proposed solutions are in the works, they’re several years in the future— assuming that the money to pay for them can be found, and a consensus about what to do emerges.

On the current edition of the KDRT program “Davisville,” Anne Ternus-Bellamy, local government reporter for The Davis Enterprise, talks with program host Bill Buchanan about the Yolo 80 project, other local traffic developments, and the spread of regional traffic into more of Davis, guided by apps that help people find paths around the clogs on I-80.

“Davisville” is broadcast on KDRT-LP 95.7 FM Mondays at 5:30 p.m., Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m., and Saturdays at 8:30 a.m.

The discussion with Terns-Bellamy began airing Monday, will be broadcast through Dec. 28, and is available online anytime at http://kdrt.org/ davisville.

Kiwanis hear about memory Michael Lawrence Green, president and founder of Memory Spring, will be the guest speaker at the Davis Kiwanis meeting from noon to 1:15 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 19, at Symposium Restaurant, 1620 E. Eighth St. Green is the president and founder of Memory Spring (www. memoryspring.com), a company dedicated to being the leader in enhancing people’s memories.

Always a popular speaker, he has also served as an area governor and club president for Toastmasters International.

For more information visit www.davis kiwanis.org.

Visitors are welcome to join the group for lunch or just come to hear the speaker. Lunch is free for first-time visitors.

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Big Night Gala coming up Special to The Enterprise The Rotary Club of Davis is approaching its 20th annual Big Night fundraiser on Feb. 8. Since 1999 the event has raised more than $600,000 in net proceeds, promoting child-abuse prevention, a serious problem throughout Yolo County.

The Big Night Gala, a black-tie-optional fundraiser, will include dinner plus silent and live auctions, running from 5 to 9 p.m. at the University Retirement Community, 1515 Shasta Drive in Davis. Tickets are $150. Go to www.rotaryclubofdavis.com to order tickets, become a Sponsor or donate an auction item.

The Rotary Club of Davis has made child abuse prevention its “program for the new millennium” by supporting three important organizations in the county, which provide key efforts in the fight against this serious problem: the Yolo Crisis Nursery, the Yolo County Children’s Alliance and the Multi-disciplinary Interview Center.

The YCCA, a 501(c)(3) organization and an inter-agency collaborative group coordinates needed family support services, convenes child and family advocates to solve community problems, gathers and disseminates local information about the needs and

the well-being of Yolo County families.

YCCA supports families in order to protect and empower children. Particularly to help non-English speaking families access services, learn valuable parenting skills, and find support. It does this through strengthening programs which focus on 1) family support, 2) parent education, and 3) community collaboration and advocacy.

Using a research-based approach, YCCA stresses increasing family strengths, enhancing child development, and reducing child abuse and neglect. All programs support parental resilience by making parents feel valued, acknowledged and supported in every YCCA interaction. The agency provides food, resources and referrals to help families get important tangible support in times of need.

In addition, the YCCA coordinates a countywide coalition composed of county nonprofits, government agencies, and other family-serving organizations called the “Yolo Family Strengthening Network/ Child Abuse Prevention Committee.” The coalition meets regularly to share information and support each other’s efforts toward integrating the protective factors in their own programs to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Preserve visitor center proposed Special to The Enterprise Cache Creek Conservancy, in partnership with Yolo County, proposes to construct a new visitor center at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve to enhance experiential learning opportunities for local school children and the public.

The conservancy and the county welcome feedback from the public on initial draft designs for the new visitor center on Wednesday, Jan. 8, from 4 to 6 p.m., in the Leake Room of the Woodland Public Library, 250 First St. Cache Creek Conservancy was established in 1996 to address environmental restoration needs along lower Cache Creek. Opened in April 2000, the Cache Creek Nature Preserve is one of the first restoration projects undertaken by the conservancy and is a favorite spot to experience nature in Yolo County. The new visitor center will build on this long history of commitment to environmental education, restoration, and outreach.

“We are very excited to hear from people about what they would like to see in a Visitor Center at the Nature Preserve,” said Nancy Ullrey, conservancy executive director. “A new Visitor Center will let the Conservancy showcase the importance of the Cache

Special to The Enterprise Fifteen nonprofit social service groups in Yolo County have received grants totaling $16,230 from a fund established

by Congregation Bet Haverim, Jewish Fellowship of Davis.

The Biberstein Social Action Fund was established in 2002 to honor longtime Davis residents Ernie and Hannah Biberstein for their contributions to community service and social justice. The fund sponsors efforts to address problems related to poverty, discriminations, abuse and neglect.

The following organizations were funded: ■ California Center for Cooperative Development ■ Davis Oral Health Project ■ Grace Garden ■ Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter ■ Make it Happen for Yolo County ■ Meals on Wheels Yolo County ■ Mercer Veterinary Clinic

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preserve’s original goals was to create a place for people to learn about and experience nature, and to serve as a living laboratory for new and innovative ways of restoring highly impacted landscapes.”

The conservancy welcomes feedback on the Visitor Center design options at the meeting or via email at stinnett@ cachecreekconservancy.org.

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■ Personal Care Pantry (WUMC) ■ STEAC ■ Suicide Prevention of Yolo County ■ Yolo Crisis Nursery ■ Yolo Food Bank ■ Yolo Hospice ■ Yolo Interfaith Immigration Network The winners, who were chosen by a group of Bet Haverim congregation members, will be recognized at a ceremony at the Bet Haverim Religious School in Davis in the coming months.

“With the loss of Hannah, we feel that it is even more important to show our religious school students the value of supporting the needs of their community,” continued Biberstein. Hannah Biberstein passed away in April of 2011.

Biberstein Social Action Fund awards are given annually. Contributions to the fund may be made through Congregation Bet Haverim, 1715 Anderson Road, Davis, CA 95616.

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Draft concept design for proposed visitor center at Cache Creek Nature Preserve.

Creek and its environment, local history, and enhance the experiential environmental education program we provide to local schools.”

The conservancy is working with architects to develop draft designs.

Design elements under consideration are exhibit space, expansion of event space, a rooftop observation deck for panoramic views of the nature preserve, and better utilization of the working barn. In the visitor center, the conservancy envisions interactive displays and specific areas to feature local Native American heritage.

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lines,” city staff said.

The city of Woodland is requesting a similar change.

For the Recreational Infrastructure Revenue Enhancement Program, only local agencies that obtained voter approval between Nov. 1, 2012, and Nov. 30, 2018, for revenue measures aimed at improving and enhancing local or regional park and recreational infrastructure are eligible to apply. While Davis voters approved Measure H, a park maintenance parcel tax in June 2018, the city would request changing the eligibility language from “improving and enhancing” to “improving, enhancing, or maintaining.”

■ Explore sponsoring a bill to update the California Vehicle Code related to bicycle licenses.

Last amended in 1999, a current code section sets limits on the amount local jurisdictions can collect in bicycle licensing and registration fees — $4 per year for new bicycle licenses and registration certificates and $2 for renewal, replacement, or transfer “While the city does not want to deter participation in its bicycle license and registration program, the city is interested in evaluating what seems to be an arbitrary and outdated limit,” city staff said. “The city’s evaluation will involve researching the impacts of a nominal fee increase and assessing where the city could reinvest the potential revenue such as into an anti-theft program.”

■ Researching both regulatory and legislative options to change the state’s allocation method for distributing sales tax.

Currently, the state collects a 1.25 percent sales tax, known as the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax, on most retail purchases. Of the 1.25 percent, the state allocates 1 percent to a countywide pool based on where the place of sale occurred.

From the countywide pool, the state then divides the allocated revenue among all local agencies in that county based on the proportion of other taxable sales.

Drive and First Street; reconfiguring the Richards Boulevard westbound I-80 ramps to create additional intersection spacing with Olive Drive; adding traffic signals at the Richards Boulevard exit from westbound I-80; and closing the Olive Drive exit from westbound I-80.

Looking ahead, the legislative subcommittee composed of council members Lucas Frerichs and Dan Carson recommended pursuing a slew of legislative priorities for 2020 which the full council approved on Tuesday.

They include: ■ Requesting guideline changes to two Proposition 68 grant programs to ensure the city’s eligibility.

Based on recently published draft guidelines, there are two parks grant programs that the city of Davis may not be eligible to apply for: the Rural Recreation and Tourism Program and the Recreational Infrastructure Revenue Enhancement Program.

For the Rural Recreation and Tourism Program, only local agencies located in a county with a population of less than 500,000 people and in a city, town or unincorporated area with a population of less than 50,000 people are eligible to apply. The city of Davis would request changing those parameters to allow a jurisdiction with a population of 75,000 or less to apply if 80 percent or more of the county’s total population resides in the incorporated cities.

Since Yolo County and its cities have cooperatively agreed to direct growth to cities, 88 percent of the population lives in the incorporated cities. The cities therefore provide recreation services to the remaining people living in the unincorporated area, who generally reside in communities which are too small to support major recreation amenities.

“Given that directing growth to cities is a state priority because such land use planning supports ‘smart growth,’ the city would request this change to the guide-

“The city is concerned, however, because this distribution method does not account for where the taxable good is received or used,” said city staff.

“Therefore, the method is neither a true reflection of economic activity, nor is it properly accounting for public impacts associated with the good’s use.

Thus, the city will explore options to change the allocation method. Instead of basing the allocation on the proportion of other taxable sales, the city suggests basing the allocation on the place of sale for in-person transactions and the destination for online transactions.”

■ Continuing to advocate for changes to the Regional Housing Needs Allocation process.

As called for in the 2019 legislative platform, the city of Davis initiated discussions with the state and Sacramento Area Council of Governments and will continue advocating for two changes to the current RHNA processes.

The first change is to consider affordable bed/bedroom rentals when quantifying affordable unit RHNA credit. Last year, the city approved three multi-family housing projects, where the rental structure was by-the-bed and by-the-bedroom rather than by-the-unit.

“In total, these projects will generate 3,994 new bed/ bedroom rentals, of which 541 will be affordable at the extremely low, very-low, and lowincome levels,” city staff note.

“The affordability requirements are deed-restricted and therefore should count towards the city’s affordable housing obligation.”

The second change is to consider bedroom counts when quantifying unit RHNA credit.

Besides a shift from traditional rental structures, another trend in multi-family housing is a shift from traditional unit compositions, note city staff. As opposed to one- and two-bedroom units, the city is seeing more multifamily projects with three-, fourand five-bedroom units.

“These larger format units

■ Requesting funding in the state budget to assist the city with a public memorial to honor Corona.

In fall 2019, a councilappointed memorial committee administered a community survey to request input from residents regarding the most appropriate way to honor Corona, who died on Jan. 10 after sustaining multiple gunshots while responding to a routine traffic collision on Fifth Street near Central Park. Options being explored include the creation of a memorial in Central Park.

“Once the City Council makes a final decision, the city will work with legislators to request funding in the state budget as may be appropriate to supplement local fundraising. The city intends to match state funding with local funding raised via public-private partnerships,” said city staff.

■ Support Caltrans’ efforts to implement the Yolo I-80 Corridor Improvement Project.

Scheduled for construction in 2024, Caltrans will start the environmental review process in 2020, so the city will support Caltrans’ efforts to secure adequate funding through the state budget process and work with legislators to ensure Caltrans meets established deadlines and expeditiously resolves issues that arise.

In addition to partnering with Caltrans, the city will research additional ways to relieve I-80 congestion. This includes evaluating the viability of allowing transit buses to drive on highway shoulders, examining how to regulate mobility applications as well as investigating other possible solutions, city staff reported.

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Speakers also expressed an interest in seeing the next president reflect the diverse population of students they will serve, as well as a demonstrated commitment to improving the diversity of students and faculty.

Regents stated that they are making efforts to foster a diverse pool of applicants.

In late November, the Office of the President announced it had hired Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates — a woman-and-minorityowned search firm to help identify potential candidates.

Partnerships with community colleges were also brought up as an important focal point for the next president. “The success of the UCs literally depends on the strengths of our partnerships with community colleges,” said Susanna Cooper from the UC Davis School of Education.

Two students from UC Santa Cruz said they hoped the new president would meet with students regularly — something Napolitano is credited with being the first UC president to do.

The second forum was held at UCLA on Saturday. No official timeline has been set for the selection process. According to the UC Presidential Search website, “The Board is committed to take whatever time required to find and appoint the bestqualified candidate for the position.”

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Timothy T. Tyson, 76, died at home in El Macero on Nov. 29, following a brief period of illness.

Timothy will be remembered as a steady and loving husband, an instructive and kind father and grandfather, and a collegial ethical and passionate patent lawyer. He will be deeply missed.

Timothy was born in Charleston, Ill., on March 6, 1943, to Dr. Hiram Frederick Thut and Elizabeth Howell Thut. Dr. Thut was a professor of botany at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. After graduating from Vanderbilt University and Columbia Business School, Timothy moved to Los Angeles to work as a stockbroker for Dean Witter.

He attended Southwestern School of Law at night and became a member of the patent bar, the California State Bar and the Illinois State Bar. He practiced intellectual property law with Don Finkelstein at Finkelstein & Thut before joining the firm of Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen. He later practiced law with longtime colleague Lawrence S. Cohen. Over the course of his career, Timothy obtained more than 300 patents and 500 trademarks on behalf of his clients. He held himself to the highest ethical standards as an attorney and treated clients, colleagues and litigation opponents with courtesy and respect.

Timothy met his wife Rosalind at a legal seminar on European Intellectual Property Rights in Los Angeles and their first date was for a concert by The Village People at the Greek Theater. When their first child was born, Timothy changed his universally mispronounced Swiss-German last name and substituted his middle name “Tyson.”

Macero in 2016 to be near their grandchildren in Sacramento.

Timothy had a keen interest in family history and genealogy both for his wife’s side of the family (Dutch, Irish and Norwegian ancestors) and with respect to his own Swiss Mennonite and English forbears. He guided his own family members on trips to Switzerland, England, Norway and the Netherlands to visit newly found relatives as well as the towns and farms left behind by those who emigrated to the United States.

Timothy and his wife loved to travel and began taking their two children on various trips in Europe, Scandinavia and Russia when they were ages 5 and 9. When they became “empty nesters,” Tim and Roz expanded their travel itineraries to Japan, China, Egypt, the Holy Land, Southeast Asia and India.

When not working on a legal project, Timothy took great joy in nature; he was up early in the morning working in the garden, moving dirt, chopping trees and carrying out landscaping projects. He enjoyed taking things apart to see how they worked (such as his beloved 1974 Mercedes 450 SL) and playing with his grandchildren and their wooden train set.

Timothy is survived by Rosalind, his wife of 39 years, his son Timothy McDonald Tyson, his daughter Stephanie Tyson Spich (Stefan), grandchildren Alana, Erica and Sylvan Spich, and also by his sister EAnn Thut Hamilton of Dallas and his brother Frederick Howell Thut of Orange Park, Fla. Timothy is also survived by numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m.

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Today ■ Watermelon Music and Merry Improv Co. will offer “Everyday Improv: Finding the Laughter in Life” an applied improvisation workshop from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Watermelon Music Melon Ball Theater, 1070 Lake Blvd., Suite 1.

This workshop’s focus is “Mental Agility.” Registration is appreciated, but not required, by texting Liz at 530-304-4393 or emailing Liz@ImprovForLiving.org. The fee is a $10 sliding-scale donation at the door.

■ The Yolo Citizens’ Climate Lobby chapter meeting will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Stephens Branch Library’s Small Conference Room, 315 E. 14th St. in Davis. The group’s focus is on bipartisan federal legislation to address the global warming issue.

For information, see www. yoloccl.org.

Thursday ■ NAMI-Yolo, the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, will hold the next Davis meeting of the Connection support group from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Community Room at César Chávez Plaza, 1220 Olive Drive in Davis. The group meets every Thursday at the same time and place. NAMI Connection is a free, 90-minute support group run by people who live with mental illness for other people who live with mental illness. The group is led by NAMI-trained peer facilitators.

■ Michael Lawrence Green, president and founder of Memory Spring, will be the guest speaker at the Davis Kiwanis meeting from noon to 1:15 p.m. at Symposium Restaurant, 1620 E. Eighth St. Green is the president and founder of Memory Spring (www. memoryspring.com), a company dedicated to being the leader in enhancing people’s memories.

For information, visit www. daviskiwanis.org. Visitors are welcome to join the group for lunch or just come to hear the speaker.

Lunch is free for first-time visitors.

Friday ■ The Stephens Branch Library hosts Teen Anime After Hours, at 5:30 p.m. at 315 E. 14th St. in Davis.

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Saturday ■ Krystyn Lizak will present a complimentary session of forest therapy at the UC Davis Arboretum at 10 a.m. The session will lead participants in slowing down to the moment in a series of invitations to heighten senses, deepen the connection with nature and reflect within, all while receiving potential health benefits. An RSVP is required by contacting Lizak at 650-438-1638 or KrystynLizak@gmail.com.

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“Come and celebrate with us this 29-year tradition to welcome the spirit and gift of Christmas.”

Friday, Dec. 27 ■ Folk musicians are invited to play together informally during a noon acoustic jam session on the Wyatt Deck of the UC Davis Arboretum, on Arboretum Drive next to the redwood grove. Pull out your fiddles, guitars, mandolins, penny whistles, pipes, flutes, squeezeboxes (you name it) and join your fellow musicians for a little bluegrass, old-time, blues, Celtic, klezmer, and world music over the lunch hour.

All skill levels welcome. Listeners welcome! The event is free; parking is available for $9 in Visitor Lot 5, at Old Davis Road and Arboretum Drive. For information, call 530-752-4880 or visit https://arboretum.ucdavis. edu/events.

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The display, which has new bits every year, features Minions, “Bloom County” characters, a sprinkling of “hidden Mickeys” and a crowing tree towering over the whole festival.

The Bangs’ display looks great from the street, but you’ll need to get out of your car and venture up the driveway and walkway to get the full measure of this holiday handiwork.

■ Kids’ Favorite: 3704 Del Valle Place Pure excitement shines out from this home, earning it this year’s Kids’ Favorite award. A dazzling light show illuminates this cul-de-sac with fun music that appeals to kids of all ages.

“That’s amazing,” said one teenage judge.

Then there’s the clever merrygo-round (it moves!) and an inflatable wheel of fun, which reflect the McElligott family’s love of amusement parks.

■ Most Creative (HandMade): 44081 N. El Macero The judges were enchanted by Beth Foondos and Jennifer Moore’s “He’s Only Human” display in El Macero.

The sisters were recreating a childhood favorite, as Foondos emailed to Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning earlier this month, “One of our finest moments was the year my sister and I created the award-winning

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(not a leg lamp, just bragging rights) Christmas display.”

So this nostalgic, handmade collection of North Pole denizens is back on display.

■ Best Use of Space: 3047 Merced Drive Wow! The judges were impressed by the sheer number of lights on Willi Toups’ house, and the precision with which they are arranged. Be sure to check out the house from all angles of the corner lot — seemingly every inch of space is decorated.

A holiday train, a series of archways and multiple Santas on several levels of the house. This is one display that will reward patience; the more you look at it, the more details will emerge.

■ Most Elegant: 1217 Deodara St. “Understated” and ”classy” is how judges described this display by Charla Kordona Classic white lights, green garlands and trees, and hanging starshaped porch decorations create a sense of harmony that permeate the front yard, where a couple of stately cutout moose preside.

———— These are the best of the best, but all of the 17 entrants to The Enterprise’s contest went the

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A map of all the houses is at the top of the page. Cut it out, grab some hot cocoa to go, and see what Davis has to offer!

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Once in a blue moon ATHLETE OF THE WEEK NOOR MASHIANI

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he Davis High junior stands tall anyway — an angular silhouette wrestling in mid-range weight classes — but on Saturday, as the Blue Devils hosted their inaugural boys invitational, Noor Mashiana went undefeated.

In literally turning heads all afternoon, the personable young man won four contested matches and benefitted from a forfeit to help lead DHS to a 4-1 mark and second place.

For his efforts, Mashiana has earned this week’s Greiner Heating & Air/Davis Enterprise Blue Devil Athlete of the Week.

Mashiana told the newspaper that his success comes from following the process.

“My success?” he repeated a question. “It’s just a product of the practice we’ve been putting in. The coaches have been pushing us, and it paid off.”

Oh, and did we mention that Mashiana’s mat victories on Saturday were all by pins?

A effort that drew his coach’s praise: “The standout for me (Saturday) was Noor … he wrestled really, really well.” offered DHS head coach John Rosendale.

It was a rugged field of Pioneer, Rio Americano, Rocklin, Armijo and Pleasant Grove high schools that Mashiani plowed through — a good test to see where the Devils are and what the future might hold, according to Rosendale.

Mashiana has been a participant in the Davis Wrestling Club, attended to by assistant coach Ben Davis and Rosenberg.

Mashiana also participated with teammates in the first-ever Blue Devil summer wrestling program.

Rosenberg says Mashiana is one of a handful of veterans that he believes will underpin a group of local grapplers that get some love in the brackets come league finals and the postseason. “(But right now it’s not about your winand-loss record, it’s about effort,” reinterated the coach. “I think this sport, more than a lot of sports, rewards effort. If you work hard Monday through Friday, then the weekend is going to take care of itself; your win-loss record is gonna take care of itself.”

Mashiani gets it. He proved it.

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BY LEV FARRIS GOLDENBERG Enterprise staff writer After fighting through a sixgame losing streak and a disappointing 4-8 record to start the season, the UC Davis men’s hoops squad needed a shot in the arm to get them rolling.

That momentum may have come in the form of Joe Mooney’s game-winning, halfcourt buzzer beater in Monday night’s heart-stopping 67-65 win over visiting Loyola Marymount.

“It doesn’t get better than that,” said Mooney, who scored 11 in the win. “Talk about a gritty second-half comeback on the home floor. And it’s been a grind of a game, a grind of a year, and we needed that team win.”

A victory looked unlikely, if not impossible, after the Lions used a 16-2 run and 75-percent shooting in the first half to lead by 18.

As the Aggies attempted to corral versatile LMU forward Eli Scott — who recorded the first triple-double in program

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UC Davis senior Joe Mooney is wrapped up in a bear hug by teammate Caleb Fuller after he sank a 40-footer at the buzzer to beat the Lions. history earlier this month — it opened up LMU shooters on the perimeter, and the Lions knocked down 7-of-11 longrange attempts before the break.

Meanwhile, Davis struggled to convert, committing nine turnovers and shooting just 42 percent from the field.

Aggie forward Kennedy Koehler (13 points) knocked down a left-corner trey to beat the first-half buzzer (foreshadowing, anyone?), but UCD still

trailed, 38-24, at intermission.

Coming out of the break, the Aggies still looked dead in the water. But 5 minutes into the period, Stefan Gonzalez — who finished with 13 points — nailed a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 15.

He did it again a minute later.

And again on an assist from Koehler. UCD was off and running.

“Things just started happening on offense for us,” Mooney said. “They got frustrated on one end and they carried it over

to the other end, and we capitalized on it.”

Suddenly a menace on the defensive end, Aggie guards Damion Squire (four steals) and Elijah Pepper (two steals) picked LMU pockets and Koehler battled with Scott on the blocks.

“Stef got us going offensively,” said UC Davis head coach Jim Les. “I think Kennedy’s energy and enthusiasm got everybody else ramped up on the defensive end.”

A 14-2 scoring run gave Davis the lead with under a minute to play, that is before Lions guard Erik Johansson sank a goahead floater with 3.4 seconds on the clock.

But the Ags still had Mooney up their sleeve.

After a UCD timeout, the senior curled around a screen by Damion Squire and caught the baseline inbounds pass on the run.

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ho’d’ve thought?

Four years ago, I remember walking into The Enterprise office downtown, sitting down at my desk and nearly pulling my hair out as I struggled to patch together a story on the Davis High boys basketball team.

The Blue Devils had just lost their 10th straight game and working on a tight deadline here I’d just about exhausted every way I knew to sugarcoat what had been an explicitly wretched run.

The losing skid grew to 12, 13 and eventually 15 games before DHS finally eked out a win over Monterey Trail on Senior Night — putting the pin in a truly heartbreaking hoops season. The Devils limped to a 1-13 league finish before an Elk Grove eligibility infraction, resulting in several forfeits, doubled their conference victories.

It was ugly.

But I’ve been scratching my head for the opposite reason this year: Off to a 6-0 start, Davis is averaging almost 100 points per game and is ranked No. 4 in the Sac-Joaquin Section by MaxPreps heading into its own Les Curry Invitational on Thursday. Slam-dunking senior Theo Seng’s play in the post has translated into teamhigh averages of 14 points and

Davis High head coach Dan Gonzalez points to the future as his Blue Devils team has won two consecutive tournaments heading into their own, Les Curry, this week.

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eight rebounds per game and Cody Taylor’s 5.4 steals per ballgame have been, well, devilish.

And just when was the last time a Blue Devil hoops team started a season with six consecutive wins?

You’d have to go back more than 30 years, according to former DHS Hall of Fame coach Ralph Villanueva, whose 1995 unit won a Division II section championship.

“I know I had a JV team that went 18-0 in 1990,” Villanueva told me over the phone this week. “But I don’t think we’ve

ever started like that.

“Even that section (varsity) team, we were mediocre most of the season. We couldn’t find ourselves until the last eight games and wound up only about five or six games above .500.”

This year’s DHS hoops gang has been terrifying.

Already with a pair of tournament titles in tow, the Devils have slapped aside some solid schools, including Sierra Foothill League powerhouse Oak Ridge (66-47) and Oakland’s Castlemont (117-47). Davis’ suffocating, ball-hawking play on the defensive end has forced at least 22 turnovers in five of its six games.

They’ll get a crack at Dixon (6-4) to kick off their Curry play Thursday at 8:30 p.m.

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ELK GROVE — It’s not 2020 yet, but the Davis High boys soccer team started off the new year in style — opening Delta League play with a 3-1 road victory against Elk Grove.

Freshman Simon VacaLorenzi (two net-benders, one off a J.J. Guerra assist) and sophomore Zachary Anderson (off a deflection from Joe Vogel) convened for the offense.

“First league game. Had to get a win,” DHS head coach Alex Park told The

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Davis’ Lily Byrne (8) dribbles upfield in Tuesday’s match.

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Playing before almost 100 chilled and mostly hometown fans at Playfields Park, Davis High ran its girls soccer record to 2-0-2 with an efficient 1-0 victory.

The decision was significant in that it came against visiting Elk Grove, opening the Delta League schedule.

It was Lily Byrne’s cross-net rocket at 22:31 of the first half that did the trick. The rest was left to the defense.

“We’ve got work to do. They’re all things that are in our control,” veteran Blue Devil head coach Sara Stone reported. “I’m happy with the ability to go to goal, but we need to be more dangerous in those situations and

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If you are an adult, start eating like an adult

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C Berkeley now offers a class called “adulting.”

The idea is to teach college kids practical life skills their parents failed to teach them.

One lesson, certainly, is how to eat well.

Not long ago, a 20-something son of one of my friends came into my kitchen and questioned what I was cooking.

“Wow, that smells great! What is it?” he asked.

It was a single-skillet medley of chopped vegetables — red onion, kale stems, carrot and zucchini — with olive oil, raisins, roasted almonds, chicken liver and brown rice. I flavored the mélange with sea salt and a profusion of curry.

The piquant aroma came from my curry powder — coriander, cardamom, cumin, turmeric, black pepper, ginger root, cinnamon, bay leaf, nutmeg, mace, allspice, cloves, fenugreek, cayenne and fennel.

“Liver?” he snorted. “Ick!” He wouldn’t even taste my concoction, once he knew the protein was a meat he had learned to hate as a child.

Despite approaching his 30th birthday, that juvenile aversion to liver still ruled his palate.

Liver is healthy. It’s the most nutrient-dense organ meat — rich in folic acid, iron, zinc and vitamin A.

In the days and weeks after this culinary encounter, I asked many of my friends their thoughts on liver and other foods they decided they disliked as juveniles. I discovered that most adults seem to hang on to some prejudices about what tastes good when they had not yet acquired good taste.

It’s disappointing, but not surprising.

This immature attitude mainly springs from early experiences.

As children, our tongues are not yet fully formed. Kids are too sensitive. A baby has three times as many taste buds as an adult.

An infant is born to crave his mother’s milk. It’s fatty and sweet and dense with calories. As she is weaned, a kid still prefers yummy textures and tastes.

Vanilla ice cream, for example.

Anything bitter, sour or salty is still “yucky.”

As we mature past puberty, our tastebuds recede, our palates expand and more

flavors seem savory.

Yet bad memories of “yucky” foods lurk in our brains. This is all the more true if those meals were improperly prepared.

In my childhood, in the late1960s and 1970s, a lot of crap came out of a can. I hated beets, for example. They tasted like tin.

We also used to get something called “three-bean salad.” It included soggy green beans, flavorless wax beans and mushy kidney beans.

When George H.W. Bush was president, he famously declared his hatred for broccoli.

“I do not like broccoli,” the President told the press in 1990.

He loathed everything about it, including its smell, and he banned broccoli from being served on Air Force One. “I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I’m president of the United States, and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli!”

I got over it, but I had the same feeling as a child about broccoli and most cooked green vegetables. My mother, who must have thought she was doing her kids a favor by killing the bacteria, boiled it endlessly.

I recall often coming home from school and our whole house stunk of an effluvium of boiled broccoli. Even with salt, lemon juice and mayonnaise, it was

inedible. The texture was soggy; the flavor was all cooked out.

I had similar feelings for overcooked spinach, cabbage, carrots, peas, green beans and corn off the cob. Even the red meat in my childhood was always “welldone,” but not done well.

As I ate outside my house and learned to cook for myself as a young adult, I came to realize there was nothing wrong with “yucky” foods. It was knowing how to cook them, especially how to not overcook them.

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hen people grow into adulthood and don’t know how to cook and never learn to appreciate how delicious nutritious foods can be, they’ll fail to mature in their diets. They’ll often stay in a juvenile “yummy” phase that is deleterious to their health.

They’ll suck down sugary sodas; breakfast on sweet cereals and creamy coffees; snack on bakery treats; lunch on formulaic fast food; nibble on factory fries; dine on take-out Chinese; and dessert on Ding Dongs and Hostess Ho Hos. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 39.8 percent of American adults are obese and another 31.8 percent are overweight. It’s no wonder.

They don’t know good food.

They are adults who grew up and

LETTERS Will Arnold In a Nov. 22 letter to the editor the writer accused City Councilman Will Arnold of being rude and unprofessional. In the Friday, Dec. 6, issue of The Enterprise, Ann Ternus-Bellamy wrote a lengthy article that centered on the council meeting in question.

This article quoted Councilman Arnold at length. There was no evidence that he or any other Council Member was rude or unprofessional.

I can understand individuals being intensely for, or against something, but to resort to telling lies about a Council member in a letter to the editor is simply wrong. I have known Will Arnold for many years, and, in all my interactions he has always been professional and respectful.

The bigger question here is this; how does a society respond to lies about elected officials? I am at a loss, but, at the same time, very concerned.

Here is why; in many discussions I have had regarding city issues I have suggested to the speaker that they run for city council. Almost always the response I get suggests that this is something they would avoid at all costs. My guess is that this reaction comes from the lies and insults hurled at elected officials.

For a democracy to survive and flourish, we need potential elected candidates that are not only willing to work hard, have good judgment, and keep the long-term well-being of the community in mind, but also be sensitive and compassionate. Lies about elected officials can discourage these potential candidates.

Brian C. Horsfield Davis

Daytime respite center I am writing in tentative favor of the respite center to be located in the Davis Manor Neighborhood. However, there are a great many issues that the city still needs to address before I would be fully supportive.

Many of these issues were presented recently in the first and only meeting made with my neighborhood and we will need adequate assurance that the respite center will not adversely affect a neighborhood that already suffers from inequity of city services and amenities. I call on the city to more adequately address mitigation and equity in selecting the Davis Manor Neighborhood for the Daytime Respite Center.

Thomas Sterling Davis

District elections I think I speak for many people when I say this change to district election irks me.

I strongly suspect that if we had a referendum on this the idea would get strongly rejected by an overwhelming majority. I have not heard of a single person who thinks its a good idea for any reason outside of avoiding this plaintiff ’s lawsuit.

Maybe we should resist and counter sue for the expenses and bother. I think this guy does not really care about fair elections. He is just making a living somehow out of these lawsuits.

How about we have a poll where we limit the participants to minorities. That would include African Americans, Pacific islanders, Jews, Hispanics, Native Americans, Indians, Asians, Muslims and any others you can think of.

If the response is an overwhelming rejection of district elections then we should resist it because it would have zero purpose.

Who is with me on this?

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Downtown holiday thanks The 38th annual downtown Davis tree lighting and Candlelight Parade was on Thursday, Dec. 5. It takes a tremendous amount of support and many people to produce this event, which is one of Davis’ oldest community traditions.

A huge thank you goes out to the following people and community organizations for their assistance in helping to produce this annual holiday event: ■ The Davis Enterprise for providing excellent pre and post event coverage and for creating the event location and activity schedule map.

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■ West Coast Arborists for donating their time and equipment to transport and install the 25 foot holiday redwood tree in the E Street Plaza.

■ The City of Davis Parks & Community Services Department for event permits, helping to obtain and install the holiday tree and for cleaning the E Street Plaza for the event.

■ The Davis Food Co-op for over 20 years of hosting and supporting the Holiday Children’s Candlelight Parade. The Co-op provided the starting venue and candles for parade participants.

■ Webelos 2 from Pack 111 and Thriving Pink for helping to distribute over 625 donated candles to participants at the start of the parade.

■ The volunteer Twinkle Light Crew, including Steve Wilkinson and Don Matteson for assisting with the holiday tree lighting installation as well as twinkle lights throughout the downtown.

■ The Veterans Memorial Center Theatre staff for providing portable stage lighting.

■ Gabe Lewin and Clarity Sound for providing and operating the main stage sound system.

■ The Davis High School Cheer Team and all of the Cheer parents for assisting with decorating the E Street Plaza as well as staffing concession sales and the costumed mascots.

■ Sam Schoen for once again stepping in as the onstage master of ceremonies.

■ Davis Police Department and all of the police volunteers who assisted with the parade control and street safety.

■ Davis Fire Department for helping to guide the parade, providing the antique Fabco fire truck and for assisting with event safety.

■ City bicycle programs and all of the volunteer bicyclists who assisted with the candlelight parade control and keeping the

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participants safe as they walked and rode to the E Street Plaza.

■ Unitrans General Manager Jeff Flynn and the Unitrans drivers for providing the red doubledecker London bus for the parade.

■ Eric & Karen Jacobson for assisting Santa and Mrs. Claus as they greeted hundreds of children.

■ Mollie Dyer & Chelsea Jacobson for assisting the North Pole elves.

■ Leslie Johnston for providing E Street Salon at 212 E St. for Santa and Mrs. Claus to visit with all the children and families.

■ Kimo Bernhauer and A Grand Affair Party & Event Rentals for providing the pipe and drapery for decorating Santa’s venue.

■ Susan Hassett and Buzzard’s Roost Ranch for providing the horse-drawn carriage rides.

■ Browman Development Company, the Program, Administrative and Support Employees Association (PASEA), Davis City Employees Association (DCEA), Davis Police Officers Association (DPOA) and the Davis Firefighters Local 3494, for sponsoring free horse-drawn carriage rides around the downtown.

■ Sinisa Novakovic, the Varsity Theatre staff and Davis Downtown for sponsoring free showings of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

■ Davis Public Works Department for providing barricades, road delineators and holiday tree fencing.

■ The UC Davis Marching Band for providing spirited parade and event entertainment.

■ The Davis High School Madrigal Choir, the Davis Children’s Chorale, the Davis High School Jazz Choir, Mariachi Del Valle, the Poprocks Dance Team, the DMTC Young Performers, the Grace Valley Choir and the Watermelon Music Jazz Cats for entertaining the crowd.

■ Watermelon Music for providing a piano keyboard for the performers onstage.

■ The Grace Valley Carolers for performing outside the Varsity Theatre.

■ Davis Downtown Business Association and Katy Karns for hosting the fourth annual “Ugly Sweater Contest,” a free photo booth and for providing Julie Otto, Sherie Hein and Rob Read as event volunteers.

■ Downtown merchants and various downtown offices for their support of this annual holiday tradition and for providing beautifully decorated storefront windows.

Thanks to the Davis community for your ongoing support and participation. Best wishes and happy holidays to all.

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grew out eating like kids.

Ever-expanding waistlines are a major reason why healthcare in the United States is so costly. It is estimated that the direct medical cost of obesity in the U.S. is over $315 billion per year and rising.

The Centers for Disease Control reports that obesity “is associated with poorer mental health outcomes, reduced quality of life and the leading causes of death in the U.S. and worldwide, including diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancer.”

If you have a list of foods that you won’t eat because you learned as a child they are “yucky,” I say grow up! Learn how to cook. And learn to exclude from your diet insalubrious ingredients — especially saturated fats, refined carbohydrates like sugar and flour and highly processed oils.

Most foods you retain a hatred for from your youth are perfectly fine, if you know how to cook them, and you know what foods and spices they go well with.

If you don’t understand this, you might need to take a class in “adulting.”

— Rich Rifkin is a Davis resident; his column is published every other week. Reach him at Lxartist@yahoo.com.

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Davis, CA 95616 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), 6. Signature of Registrant(s): Ron Lautzenheiser Residence Address, State, and Zip 3 Pilot Corp, President Aaron Needles 11/27, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18 635 2708 Cadiz Street Davis, CA 95616 4. Business Classification: NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE Individual 5. Beginning Date of Business: The NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Registrant(s) commenced to transact mobilehome, registered RUBEN V. business under the fictitious business MORENO, JUANITA MORENO, Legal name or names listed above on: Owner GREENPOINT CREDIT LLC, Interested Parties GLORIA RIVERA, November 1, 2014 “I declare that all information in this JUANITA LOVE, GLORIA BARRERA, RAMON statement is true and correct.” (A registrant RIVERA, RICKY LOVE and described who declares as true information which he as a 1997 WOODFIELD mobilehome, or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Decal Number LAY7491, Serial Number 17700336KA/17700336KB, Label/Insignia 6. Signature of Registrant(s): Number ULI455837/ULI455836, and Aaron Needles 11/27, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18 633 stored on property within the Casa del Sol MHP, at 709 East Street, Woodland, CA, County of Yolo, 95776 (specifically FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME the space designated Space #26 within STATEMENT the park), will be sold by auction at the mobilehome park at the Casa del Sol Filed: November 14, 2019 MHP, at 709 East Street, Woodland, CA, FBN Number: 2019-963 County of Yolo, 95776 (specifically the 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) space designated Space #26 within the Silver Arrow Games 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of park), on January 2, 2020, at 11:00 a.m., Principal Place of Business in California. and such succeeding sales days as may be necessary, and the proceeds of the sales Business is located in Yolo County. will be applied to the satisfaction of the 2715 Portage Bay E lien, including the reasonable charges of Davis, CA 95616 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), notice, advertisement, and sale.

Residence Address, State, and Zip This sale is conducted on a cash or certified Aaron Larson Enterprises LLC fund basis only (cash, cashier’s check or 2715 Portage Bay E traveler’s checks only). Personal checks Davis, CA 95616 and/or business checks are not acceptable.

4. Business Classification: Payment is due and payable immediately Limited Liability Company 5. Beginning Date of Business: The following the sale. No exceptions. The Registrant(s) commenced to transact mobilehome and/or contents are sold as business under the fictitious business is, where is, with no guarantees. name or names listed above on: N/A “I declare that all information in this This sale is conducted under the statement is true and correct.” (A registrant authority of California Civil Code 798.56a who declares as true information which he and Commercial Code 7210. or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Unless a written waiver is received from 6. Signature of Registrant(s): management/ plaintiff, the mobilehome Aaron Larson and contents must be removed from the Managing Member, present location within 10 days.

Aaron Larson Enterprises LLC 11/27, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18 634 DATED: December 11, 2019 JOSEPH W. CARROLL FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Attorney at Law STATEMENT 610 Fulton Avenue, Suite 100 Sacramento, CA 95825 Filed: November 14, 2019 (916) 443-9000 FBN Number: 2019-962 12/18, 12/25 646 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Davisville Electric Vehicle (EV) 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of PUBLIC NOTICE Principal Place of Business in California.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE Business is located in Yolo County.

(UCC Sec. 6105) 2014 Lyndell Terrace A Escrow No. 13366T Davis, CA 95616 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made. The name(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip business address(es) of the seller(s) are: 3 Pilot Corp SEIGO ENTERPRISES, INC., A CALIFORNIA 2014 Lyndell Terrace A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

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Employment

Engineering Technician I – Public Works E&T, Temporary Part Time Salary: $3,925.46 $4,771.43 Monthly; City of Davis, 23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616.

FFD: 01/02/2020.

See job bulletin at www.cityofdavis.o rg for min. req. or call (530) 757-5644, TDD (530) 757-5666; City emp. appl. req.

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Community Services Program Coordinator – Aquatics & Youth Sports – Community Services Department Salary: $4,383.25 $5,327.90 Monthly; City of Davis, 23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616.

FFD: 12/18/2019.

See job bulletin at www.cityofdavis.org for min. req. or call (530) 757-5644, TDD (530) 757-5666; City emp. appl. req. EOE.

Urban Forestry Technician – Parks & Community Services – FFD: 12/16/2019 Salary: $4,219.30 $5,128.57 Monthly; City of Davis, 23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616.

FFD: 12/16/2019.

See job bulletin at www.cityofdavis.org for min. req. or call (530) 757-5644, TDD (530) 757-5666; City emp. appl. req. EOE.

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Female Caregivers Wanted: Most are UCD students. High school jrs/srs or non-students fine. 3 shifts: 10-11am, 4-5pm, 8:30-9:30pm split 3-4 @ $15/hr. Help at toilet. Need 5’5”+ & strong. Need qtr breaks & summers.

Debbie Poulos, at URC, 74, w/ ALS. Ideal for medical career prep. Contact at dnpoulos@urcad.org.

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Employment

Commercial Glazing Contractor seeks experienced glaziers for Journeyman, Foreman & Superintendant positions.

Work ranges from Multi-story office buildings to retail storefronts. Each journeyman candidate should have experience in the following; • Commercial Storefront • Curtain Walls • Aluminum Entrances and Hardware • Reading and interpreting blueprints All applicants should have their own trade specific hand tools, valid clean CDL and drive to succeed. We are a growing company with room for growth in knowledge and compensation for the right candidate. We offer full benefits.

Please submit your resume to whayes@archgs.com

Have you lost a pet?

Do you want to help shelter animals get back home?

Please join the Yolo County Lost and Found Pets Group on Facebook at facebook.com/ groups/yolopets

Free & For Sale 2004 Toyota Prius hybrid for sale, good condition, new hybrid battery installed 2 years ago, mileage 223,078, $2,500 obo.

Call 916-764-5796

$950 Downtown Davis Individual Offices for Rent Beautiful, quaint, and quiet off-street location located in the heart of downtown. Hardwood floors and lots of light. Rent is all inclusive: City Services, PG&E, maintenance of the facilities, and care of grounds. In addition, it includes the use of two different conference rooms, photocopy machine as well as a stamp machine. Call Amy Harris for a tour at (415) 806-3821!

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Gold and Silver watering can accidentaly dropped off at SPCA Thrift Store.

Would like to get it back because of its sentimental value. If you have it please drop off at Davis Library circulation desk.

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CORPORATION, 132 E STREET, SUITE 1A, DAVIS, CA 95616 Whose chief executive office address is: 7426 WINDBRIDGE DRIVE SACRAMENTO, CA 95831 Doing Business as: ZEN TORO JAPANESE BISTRO AND SUSHI BAR (Type – JAPANESE RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR ) All other business name(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s) within the past three years, as stated by the seller(s), is/are: NONE The name(s) and address of the buyer(s) is/are: BE ONE, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, 4928 BAY VIEW CIRCLE STOCKTON, CA 95219 The assets to be sold are described in general as: ALL STOCK IN TRADE, FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT AND GOODWILL And are located at: 132 E STREET, SUITE 1A, DAVIS, CA 95616 The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: CAPITOL CITY ESCROW, INC., 3838 WATT AVENUE, SUITE F-610 SACRAMENTO, CA 958212665 and the anticipated sale date is JANUARY 7, 2020 The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2.

[If the sale is subject to Sec. 6106.2, the following information must be provided] The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: CAPITOL CITY ESCROW, INC., 3838 WATT AVENUE, SUITE F-610 SACRAMENTO, CA 958212665 THIS BULK TRANSFER INCLUDES A LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFER. ALL CLAIMS MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE DATE ON WHICH THE NOTICE OF TRANSFER OF THE LIQUOR LICENSE IS RECEIVED BY ESCROW AGENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL. Dated: DECEMBER 4, 2019 Buyer(s): BE ONE, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION LA2428348 DAVIS ENTERPRISE 12/18/2019 12/18 652 PUBLIC NOTICE

CITY OF DAVIS ORDINANCE SUMMARY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on November 05, 2019, the City Council of the City of Davis, introduced, and on December 3, 2019, the City Council unanimously adopted the following entitled ordinance: ORDINANCE NO. 2568 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE 13.01 OF THE CITY OF DAVIS MUNICIPAL CODE, AND ADOPTING

BY REFERENCE THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS TITLE 24, 2019 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING PART: • PART 9 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE AND AMENDING THOSE CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS AS IDENTIFIED HEREIN, THROUGH EXPRESS FINDINGS OF LOCAL NECESSITY.

the aforementioned ordinance adopted by the City Council: As required by statute, numerous State modifications were made to the 2018 International Fire Code and several state regulatory agencies added their own changes. The result was the 2019 California Fire Code. State law provided for a six-month window for local agencies to make changes to the California Building Code and California Fire Code.

A statement of “express findings” that describes why the local modification is needed must accompany every amendment to the State Fire Code. The amendments to the 2019 Fire Code were largely the same as previous editions with the following additions: 1. 503.2.4 Turning Radius. Fire apparatus access road turns shall be designed for a minimum 25-foot inside turning radius and 45-foot outside turning radius.

2. 503.6 Security Gates.

The installation of security gates across a fire apparatus access road shall be approved by the fire code official.

Where security gates are installed, they shall have an approved means of emergency operation. The security gates and the emergency operation shall be maintained operational at all times. Electric gate operators, where provided, shall be listed in accordance with UL 325 and shall be equipped with a Fire Department Knox operated key override switch. Gates intended for automatic operation shall be designed, constructed and installed to comply with the requirements of ASTM F2200.

3. 913.2.3 Fire pumps powered by electricity. Fire pumps powered by electricity shall be supplied with a means of backup power to ensure operation of the fire pump should electrical service to the fire pump be interrupted.

The above summary constitutes the major highlights of the adopted ordinance. A reading of the entire document may be necessary to obtain a full understanding of the ordinance. A certified copy of the ordinance may be viewed in the City Clerk’s Office, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, and/or copies may be obtained at a nominal charge.

12/18 653 PUBLIC NOTICE

2019 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING PARTS: • PART 2 California Building Code • PART 2.5 California Residential Code • PART 3 California Electrical Code • PART 4 California Mechanical Code • PART 5 California Plumbing Code • PART 6 California Energy Code • PART 9 California Energy Code • PART 11 California Green Standards Code PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LOCAL AMENDMENTS WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED. The following description summarizes the aforementioned ordinance adopted by the City Council: Every three years, the building code writing organizations update their technical and administrative codes.

Health and Safety Code section 17922 requires that jurisdictions within the State of California adopt certain Building, Plumbing, Mechanical and Electrical Codes as required by the California State Building Standards Commission. In July of 2019 the California Building Standards Commission announced the publication of the new 2019 California Building Standards Code scheduled to be effective on January 1, 2020.

The new California Building Standards Code incorporate public health, life safety, and general welfare standards used in the design and construction of buildings in California. These standards incorporate the latest International Building Code, International Residential Code, National Electrical Code, and the Uniform Mechanical and Plumbing Codes. California amendments to these codes enhance the public health and safety standards for homes, commercial buildings, public schools, and hospitals as well as other occupancies throughout the state.

The 2019 Green Building Standards Code includes requirements for residential and commercial projects.

While most cities do not require it, the City of Davis has required Tier 1 compliance as mandatory, not optional.

Staff also recommends adoption of Appendix G, Flood Resistant Construction, found in the 2019 California Building Code with some minor revisions in order to be compliant with FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) requirements.

All of the local amendments included in the ordinance have been previously NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on approved during preceding code November 5, 2019, the City Council of adoptions and reach codes. the City of Davis introduced, and on December 3, 2019, the City Council The above summary constitutes unanimously adopted the following the major highlights of the adopted entitled ordinance: ordinance. A reading of the entire ORDINANCE NO. 2569 document may be necessary to obtain AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL a full understanding of the ordinance.

OF THE CITY OF DAVIS REPEALING A certified copy of the ordinance may AND RE-ENACTING ARTICLE 8.01 OF be viewed in the City Clerk’s Office, CHAPTER 8 OF THE CITY OF DAVIS 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, MUNICIPAL CODE, AND ADOPTING and/or copies may be obtained at a

BY REFERENCE THE CALIFORNIA nominal charge.

CODE OF REGULATIONS TITLE 24, The following description summarizes 12/18 654

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Master Bedroom for Rent $800/month.

No smoking. No pets. One person only. Washer & Dryer included.

WSG included.

Not a party house.

AVAILABLE DECEMBER 3rd.

First, last and Security required.

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Dear Annie by Annie Lane

Hogging the piggy bank

Dear Annie: I have a 40-year-old son who seems to think I am his personal piggy bank.

He did a short time in prison. We have supported him through that and all of the other bad times he has experienced in his life. However, he only contacts us when he needs money. After years of helping him, we have decided to stop. His situation has not changed for the better during all the years that we have assisted and he shows little appreciation.

Our family has always included him in family functions, but he chooses to ignore the invitations. We just don’t understand it.

His bad credit and evictions have limited where he can live. His last contact with us via his spouse was needing help to find a place to Public live. We responded by asking to have a sitNotices down to look at his financials before we would Legals Submission consider helping. He responded by telling us email legals@da- not to worry about him — putting us on a guilt visenterprise.net trip for questioning his need for help.

View Legals at https://www.caWe could write a book on all the things publicnotice.com my husband and I have done to help him and his family. We’ve paid for utilities, cars, school fees and more. We just can’t do it Rentals & anymore. It makes me incredibly sad and Real Estate disappointed at how his life has turned out.

For my own sanity, I have decided not to contact him or his spouse any longer. Each time I reach out I get sucked back into the drama. I am just too tired and old for the continuous drama and the never ending daily turmoil. How do I stop worrying about him and his family? How do I stop feeling guilty when I don’t help them?

— Throwing the Towel In Dear Throwing the Towel In: Know that whatever pain he might feel about your cutting him off, it is not as deep as your pain over having to cut him off. Tough love is tougher on the giver. That’s a fact parents know all too well.

I commend you for taking the first step and drawing that line. Good boundaries (upside down) make healthy relationships. Now you must do the ongoing, difficult work of fortifying Sudoku 2 ▼ those boundaries. I recommend seeking the support of a group such as Families Anonymous (https://www.familiesanonymous.org) or a personal therapist.

Stay strong, and know you’re not in the wrong.

——— Dear Annie: I wrote to you several years ago about my relationship with my in-laws.

Unfortunately, little has changed about the situation. The hurt my beloved father-inlaw has caused by siding with my motherin-law in cutting off contact has been harder on me than my cancer diagnosis. As both of them are aging, I am mentally preparing for their respective funerals. I was wondering how inappropriate it would be to put in the grave with them a letter saying I regret that our relationship ended this way, that I once loved them as much as my own parents, that my family didn’t deserve the hurt they caused, and that their deaths did not stop the hurt. This would not be meant for anyone’s eyes, but it might help me deal with the finality of it all. Your thoughts?

— Still Hurting Dear Still Hurting: I am so sorry: for your having cancer, for your in-laws’ behavior and for the fact that you are preparing to lose them. My heart goes out to you in all of this.

Writing such a letter for closure is a wonderful idea. Putting it in the grave with them is not: not because it’s inappropriate (though it is), because it’s unnecessary.

Your closure will come from the act of writing itself, not from where you place it afterward. So pour your heart into that letter.

You might find it becomes more of a book.

It sounds like, with everything you’re going through, you could really use the outlet.

——— Dear Annie: This is in response to “Big City Drinker,” who wants to keep friendships he made at the bar while limiting alcohol intake. I would strongly recommend he switch to alcohol-free beer. It looks and tastes like beer, so his buddies will not feel that he is a “teetotaler.” Most every restaurant or bar I’ve been to has at least one brand available.

Some also have alcohol-free wine for those who want to limit or stop alcohol yet participate in the fun and friendship of drinking wine together. This is less commonly available, but private country clubs usually stock it, as well as some grocery stores. I know this has saved me when I stopped alcohol. De-alcoholized spirits (like bourbon) are available online, but are pretty expensive. But if you crave it and want to avoid drinking alcohol, it is worth the money.

— Maureen Dear Maureen: Cheers to finding a way to celebrate with friends that worked for you. Thanks for sharing the tip.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2019

Resolution: Support well-planned density A nother year is ending, and another is beginning.

Typically, New Year’s Day is when we can all reboot, put the past behind, make resolutions, and look forward with bright optimism. I confess I instead feel a significant trepidation about the future.

In some very important ways, the discussion around the climate crisis has improved. The percentage of people who continue to deny the existence of a problem has declined around the world and even reaches into the highest levels of policy discussions in the U.S. A big problem, however, is that it is still mostly talk, with little concrete action.

This is perhaps best summarized by an article on the front page of the New York Times this week describing the end of talks in Spain that were supposed to add concrete and specific detail to the promises and goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Remembering back to 2015, there was general congratulatory celebration at the conclusion of the Paris talks that finally the world, almost every country, including the U.S., was going to get serious about tackling the climate crisis. There was some kicking of the can down the road, especially on iss`ues of accountability and reimbursement from

the major polluters to those countries suffering the effects of that pollution.

That was four years ago. Since then, rather than going forward, most countries, most notably the U.S., have been backsliding.

Maybe “backsliding” is too mild a term. The Trump administration announced its intention to withdraw from the agreement in total, and has been actively searching for every conceivable way to overturn any and all Obama era policies and regulations that would limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But it’s not just us.

The Paris Agreement set a goal of limiting global temperature increase to not more than 2 degrees Celsius, but also indicated a commitment to doing better than that — 1.5 degrees Celsius. Despite the massive accumulation of science that storms, fires, droughts, sea level rise, etc. are increasing, and the world is dangerously close to

“tipping points,” not only could they, led by he US, China, India and other large emitters, not agree on efforts to meet the 1.5-degree goal, they apparently couldn’t even agree on measures required to meet the 2-degree goal.

In summary, quoting the lead paragraph in the New York Times article, “In what was widely denounced as one of the worst outcomes in a quarter century of climate negotiations, United Nations talks ended on Sunday with the United States and other big polluters blocking even a nonbinding measure that would have encouraged countries to adopt more ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions next year.”

Further, “The outcome was also notable in that it followed a surge in street demonstrations this year often led by young people, highlighting the deep fissures between the demands of thousands of citizens and their governments.”

Scientists and others have been arguing for decades that the longer the world waits to address the problem the more drastic, urgent, severe and expensive any solutions will have to be.

What’s driving many of the street demonstrations, as well as

other manifestations of the level of concern growing among young people, revolves around one word in that last sentence: urgency. It’s not that they think nothing is being done. Rather, what is being done is not enough to allay their fears about the nature of the world they will be inheriting.

The title of this column has for over a decade, been “Per Capita Davis,” intending to indicate that what we can do as individuals can aggregate into broad-based change. With the apparent failure, for whatever reasons, of national governments to take meaningful action, we have seen significant commitments from people, corporations, and subnational governments. But the question is always still the same: are the actions sufficient to satisfy the urgency of the problem?

And, as a corollary, proposed actions often are disruptive to current economic interest or the status quo and described and opposed as too severe.

This tension between urgency and disruptiveness is now everywhere, including in policies and actions right here in Davis.

Examples include a requirement to switch from gas to electrical appliances, to encourage bike travel that might impinge on car transit or parking, and infill

development. Infill development, containing sprawl, is one of the lynch pins of sustainable development.

A friend, in a conversation with me about potential increased traffic around Fifth Street and Pole line Road as a consequence of multi-family construction ion that area, nailed the issue: “The curse of infill development is increased congestion.” Even with provision of services like a grocery store, cafe, daycare center and schools within a walkable distance of increased density, whether near Fifth and Pole Line, at University Mall, or anywhere in town, infill is a big part of our sustainable future and will require us to think differently about what is “normal” and to make changes in how we go about our lives.

The great thing is, increased density, properly planned, can materially increase quality of life.

My resolution for 2020? Support and enjoy well-planned increased density and infill development.

— John Mott-Smith is a resident of Davis. This column appears in the print version of the Enterprise the first and third Wednesday of each month. Please send comments to johnmottsmith @comcast.net.

Yolo Bypass best with good binoculars I

n just one hour, you can make yourself happy inside. Get away from the computer, the to-do lists, the mall and take a one-hour drive around the Yolo Basin Wildlife Area. Your eyes will relax as they focus out over the big sky scenes, distant mountain ranges, ponds reflecting the various greens and beiges of plants and trees and thousands of birds.

On Sunday morning, I drove the Yolo Basin auto tour with my windows down, to better photograph

the thousands of birds out there now. The vistas are gorgeous with the snow-covered Sierra Nevada and Sacramento skyline to the east and the purple looking Coastal Mountains to the west.

Above me were V-shaped formations of flying geese. Ponds were covered with American shoveler, pintail, gadwell, bufflehead, American wigeon, ruddy duck, green-winged teal, American coot and hooded merganser. White-crowned

This American kestrel, looked like a little brown bird from a distance but with a long lens and computer blowup, the exquisite color was revealed.

sparrow, song sparrow and blackbird perched in the bushes and trees along the road. American egret, elegant and white, punctuated the greenery along the drive. Hawks posed in the sunlight on trees all along the road.

There’s a cacophony of bird sound and the smells of nature. To get there from Davis, take I-80 East and exit at Mace Blvd.

Turn left at the end of the off-ramp (Chiles Road).

Go straight through the next light and travel approximately 4 miles to the end of the road. Drive up on to the levee, turn left at the top, and enter the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area.

All birding is much more fun if you have a decent set of binoculars and if you want photos, a long lens with image stabilization. Those 25-year old binoculars may not serve you well because optics have improved so much. A $200 pair of binoculars is now equal to what used to be a top-of-the-line $1,000 set. And since it is present giving and getting time, consider new binoculars or a long lens as a gift to yourself or loved ones.

Audubon did the hard work for us in July 2019 by enlisting professional ornithologists and dedicated birders to test 50 pair of binoculars from 16 companies. They rated 8x42

A great blue heron takes flight at the Julie Partansky Wildlife Area, the first photo the photographer took with a long lens years ago.

JEAN JACKMAN/COURTESY PHOTOS

There are numerous species to view on the Yolo Basin Wildlife driving tour — American shoveler, pintail, gadwell, bufflehead, American wigeon, ruddy duck, green-winged teal and American coot, to name a few. Below, a red-tailed hawk was one of several hawks sitting on tree tops along the Yolo Basin auto tour Sunday morning. models on clarity, brightness, color rendition and eye relief. Most birders use 8-power binoculars because they’re bright and have a wide field of view.

Once you get higher powered, it gets harder to see because the higher power magnifies your shake of your hand. Roger Tory Petersen used 7x42s for writing his bird book. And if you use greater than 42mm, the binocs get heavier.

Google: https://www. audubon.org/gear/binocular-guide and you will find enough information to confidently buy good binocs and find simple tips on how to use them.

I started photographing for this column almost 17 years ago with incredibly unsophisticated digital equipment, a small camera cobbled together with a spotting scope. By the time I got it all set up, the bird would have been long gone.

Then I bought a better camera and a long 300 mm lens. The first photo I took was of a 4-foot-tall great blue heron taking off at the pond. I had no idea it had such beautiful coloring with a two-toned wing with lighter headlights, plus a salmon color under wing and on the top of the legs.

Then I photographed a stunning pair of hooded mergansers. After the pond, I walked out to the ditch and took a photo of what to my poor eyes was a brownish bird on a reed.

When I put it on my computer, it was a truly handsome male American kestrel with so much color it looked like a tropical bird.

Good equipment can totally increase your appreciation of birds — a camera with a long lens and a good pair of binoculars. Things can get pricey, but I am sorry I waited so long to purchase a long lens for my camera and new binoculars.

———— The Yolo Audubon Society Checklist Committee has revised the checklist of 370 birds recorded in Yolo County with 140 confirmed as nesting here.

The committee — Steve Hampton (Chair), Keith Bailey, Michael Perrone Jr. and Kirk Swenson — have updated the previous list from 2004. Judy and John Whitcombe have given generous financial support.

This 37-page book is a treasure of information.

There are changes because the habitat in Yolo County is changing, as is the weather. There is an

expansion of vineyards and orchards which is not good bird habitat and affects the abundance of species. Winters have become milder so species closer to the coast are increasing here.

The book gives prime birding sites and access information for 23 sites.

And, you can look up one of our 370 birds and find its degree of abundance, when it is here and if it nests here. The Checklist is available for $5 at Yolo Audubon General Meetings or make a check to Yolo Audubon Society for $7 and mail to PO Box 886, Davis, CA 95617.

Include your address and note it is for the 2019 checklist.

— Jean Jackman is a Davis resident. Her column appears on the third Wednesday of each month.

Got a story, question, comment? Contact her: Jean Jackman@gmail.com

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2019 B5

Branching out with a Christmas classic I

’m not a huge fan of sweets, but it’s nice to have something fancy for the holidays. A Buche de Noel or Yule Log cake is definitely fancy!

At the most basic, it’s a jelly roll frosted with chocolate ganache and sprinkled with confectioner’s sugar snow. If you’d like to get more elaborate, you can upgrade the filling (although I think cherry jam is delicious in a chocolate cake) and use a fluffy chocolate or mascarpone filling (both recipes below) or whipped cream (in which case eat the cake the day you make it so it doesn’t get soggy.)

Meringue mushrooms are a traditional garnish.

They’re a little finicky to make, but delicious and impressive. You can make them a day or two ahead and store in an airtight container at room temperature, but garnish the cake immediately before serving, since even a hint of dampness makes them sticky.

Some people like to make two cakes and cut the second one to form branches off the log. I suggest making two recipes of the cake rather than doubling, which never seems to work well.

— Julie Cross has left the restaurant world, but will always want to have fun with food — email her at jacross@dcn.org or follow her on Facebook at The New Home Ec.

Chocolate Roulade Ingredients: 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped 2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter ¼ cup (21 g) Dutchprocessed cocoa 1/8 teaspoon salt ¼ cup (35 g) all-purpose flour 1/3 cup (66g) granulated sugar, divided roughly in half 6 large eggs, separated, at room temperature 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Putting it together: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter an

18-by-12-inch sheet pan. Cover bottom with parchment with the edges hanging over slightly and butter again.

Melt chocolate and butter together in a double boiler or microwave. Stir and set aside to cool.

Mix cocoa, salt, and flour together.

Beat egg yolks with mixer or whisk until combined. Beat in half the sugar. Continue beating until yolks are thick and creamy and fall in ribbons from the mixer is lifted.

Add vanilla.

Clean beater if necessary. Beat egg whites with cream of tartar until foamy.

Beat in sugar 1 teaspoon at a time until all the sugar is added and whites are stiff and glossy. Stop!

Don’t overbeat your whites.

Stir the cooled chocolate mixture into yolks. Stir a quarter of the whites into chocolate mixture. Fold the rest of the whites into the chocolate until it’s almost mixed — you should still see a few streaks. Sprinkle the cocoa mixture over the batter and gently fold it in just until mixed.

Pour batter into pan.

Use an offset spatula to smooth out the batter and press it into the corners of the pan.

Bake 5 minutes. Rotate pan and bake another 3-5 minutes, until the cake springs back when you poke it.

Remove pan from oven and let cool 5 minutes.

Spread out sheet of parchment slightly longer than the pan. Use knife or offset spatula to loosen up edges of cake. Carefully turn out onto new parchment and peel baking parchment off. Roll cake up, complete with parchment, jelly roll style. Cool 15 minutes.

To assemble: Unroll cake. Spread with filling. Roll back up fairly snugly. Ice with ganache. If desired, use fork to make wood-grain pattern. You may slice off ends of cake and arrange them artistically to make stumps.

Garnish with mushrooms.

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Add some rustic charm to the Christmas table with this traditional cake.

Sprinkle on confectioner’s sugar “snow” if you like.

Ganache 60% chocolate will suit most American adults in this recipe. You can make this in a double boiler (after all, people were indulging long before food processors were invented) but the food processor makes quick work of it.

Ingredients: ¾ cup heavy cream 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 6 ounces good quality chocolate, chopped Putting it together: Place the chopped chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl. Heat the cream in a small saucepan over medium heat (alternatively, heat the cream in the microwave).

Bring just to a boil. Immediately pour the boiling cream over the chocolate and allow to stand for 5 minutes. Stir with a whisk until smooth. Let stand at room temperature until firm, about 1 hour. (Or refrigerate until needed, bringing to room temperature to use.)

Fluffy Filling Makes 4 cups (there should be leftover, it keeps

Meringue mushrooms are a traditional garnish. They’re a little finicky to make, but delicious and impressive. You can make them a day or two ahead and store in an airtight container at room temperature. in the fridge for about three weeks) Ingredients: ½ cup nonhydrogenated shortening, room temp ½ cup butter, room temp 3½ cups powdered sugar, sifted if clumpy 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract 2-4 tablespoons milk Putting it together: Beat the shortening and margarine together until well combined and fluffy.

Add the sugar and beat for about 3 more minutes.

Add the vanilla and 2 Tbsp. milk, and beat for another 5 to 7 minutes until fluffy, adding the rest of the milk as needed.

Creamy Mascarpone Filling Ingredients: 1/3 cup heavy cream 1 teaspoon espresso powder ¼ cup Dutch-processed cocoa 1 cup confectioners’ sugar 16 ounces mascarpone cheese (about 2 cups) Putting it together: Heat cream. Stir in espresso powder and cocoa. Stir in confectioner’s sugar. Beat mascarpone until softened. Stir in cream mixture. Refrigerate until needed.

Meringue Mushrooms Makes 4 dozen small mushrooms and stems.

Ingredients: 2 large egg whites, room temperature 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar ½ cup superfine sugar ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract Putting it together: Preheat oven to 250

degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment, foil or a silicon sheet. Fit a pastry bag with a plain tip and fold top of bag over to make a deep cuff. (Put pastry bag in a tall water glass, tip down, with the cuff over the top of the glass for easy filling.)

Using an electric mixer, beat egg whites until frothy. Add cream of tartar and continue to beat until stiff peaks start to form. Add vanilla.

With mixer running, add sugar 1 tablespoon at a time, beating after each addition, until all sugar is added and you have a very stiff and shiny meringue.

Fill pastry bag.

Form mushroom caps and stems with the pastry bag. (Yes, stems will stay upright and bake just fine!)

Bake until dry and crispy, approximately 50 minutes for small caps and 65 for larger. If you don’t need your oven, turn it off and leave the door ajar with the meringues inside for up to 4 hours to dry. If you do need your oven, take tray out and let mushrooms stand.

To assemble, use a paring knife to make a hole in the flat part of the mushroom cap. Add a dab of chocolate or ganache to act as glue, then quickly insert stem.

Eat any mistakes. Garnish cake immediately before serving.

Thoughts on Santa, surveillance and holiday wines

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reaking out the holiday albums, I listened first to Diana Krall’s “Christmas Songs.” After all these intervening months, I was jolted (as I am every year) by some of the sentiments of our modern secular seasonal songs.

Every time I hear that Santa “knows when you are sleeping, knows when you’re awake, knows if you’ve been bad or good,” I remember the childhood terror of the all-seeing Eye of God, here transferred to his North Pole henchman, jollity notwithstanding. Et tu, Santa?

(But who needs God and Santa to keep eyes on us when we have Facebook and Google?)

And then there’s the popular Trump & Friends anthem, “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas,” that concludes, “And may all your Christmases be white.”

(Traditional carols have their problems, too. All those rude demands for figgy pudding, the relentless triumphalism, the world being saved from the clutches of Satan — didn’t work, folks — and God asked to “rest” only “gentlemen.” But the quaint vocabulary and grammatical constructions — that “rest,” for example, is a transitive verb meaning something like “protect” — render them a bit less bothersome and kind of charming.)

If holiday lyrics don’t put us off “the most wonderful time of the year,” we’ll once again be gathering and gift-giving this month, so you may be in need of my annual Wine Lovers

Gift-Giving Guide. Something besides SUVs and iPhones have to keep the economy going.

Fortunately ’tis the season not only to be jolly but also to be drinking the 2019 Beaujolais Nouveau, released last month.

You can imbibe while you’re contemplating my picks or you can just buy a case and give it to every wine-drinker on your list.

If they’ve been naughty, go ahead and get the Georges Duboeuf, but if they’ve been nice, go for the Domaine Dupeuble, made by Grislaine Dupeuble, imported by Kermit Lynch, grapes estate grown, naturally fermented, unfiltered. It’s delicious, alive, food-friendly, and fun. Both the co-op and Davis Wine Bar have it (in very limited amounts) this year--$17-18 a bottle. It’s the wine that, in a much earlier incarnation, converted me from my I-hateBeaujolais-Nouveau stance.

Also from Kermit Lynch and a terrific gift for a white-wineeven-in-winter friend is the Kuentz Bas Pinot Blanc from Alsace.

One of the KL staff calls this her “cooking wine” — that is, she loves a couple of glasses while she’s cooking. A duet of this and the Kuentz Bas Riesling (both

under $15 at Co-op), both in tall, elegant bottles, would be even more impressive. I’m also a huge fan of the Kuentz Bas Pinot Noir, equally elegant, especially wrapped with a chunk of French sheep milk cheese.

But maybe you want to create wine packages with products made closer to home. How about a pound of roasted Massa Organics almonds (Farmers Market) and a bottle of Camp Chardonnay ($15), made by Kenny Likitprakong from Alexander Valley grapes. Or, for a bigger splurge, give a bottle of Matthiasson Chardonnay ($30), made by Steve and Jill Matthiasson, California pioneers in “green” agriculture and winemaking, from Linda Vista Vineyard (Napa) grapes. Both available at the Co-op.

Another excellent gift: a copy of Alice Feiring’s new book, “Natural Wine for the People.

What It Is. Where to Find It. How to Love It.” Over a decade ago, Feiring’s “The Battle for Wine and Love” pushed me onto the natural-wine bandwagon, and I’ve been there since, as you probably know. Feiring is, by the way, wonderfully entertaining, very funny, and eminently helpful. A great pairing for this book would, of course, a natural wine.

To stay local, make that a bottle of Broc Cellars Love Red, made, as are all Chris Brockways’ wines, with minimal intervention and great skill. $19 at Co-op.

For a stocking stuffer, get the “Repour” wine saver — just

Every time I hear that Santa “knows when you are sleeping, knows when you’re awake, knows if you’ve been bad or good,” I remember the childhood terror of the all-seeing Eye of God, here transferred to his North Pole henchman, jollity notwithstanding. $2.50 at Davis Wine Bar. Winebuyer William Kramer (also a certified sommelier) assures me this closure will preserve an open bottle for many months.

To make sure your giftees drink their wine in a timely fashion, give them a bottle of bubbles to open on New Year’s Eve. Good ones come in all price ranges from the reliable Miguel Pons Cava Brut ($8 at Nugget or Co-op) to the whatever-you-canafford Real Thing from Champagne.

My own recommendation in the latter category is to skip the Veuve Cliquot at $60 and

splurge instead on the Veuve Fourny & Fils, a premier cru blanc de blancs, imported by Kermit Lynch (Co-op, $45).

Beyond the budget? Nugget has a special now on a consistently excellent non-Champagne French sparkler, the Gérard Bertrand Crémant de Limoux, brut or rosé, just $13.

Very local bubbles are available, too, from, for example, Capay Valley and Turkovich.

Above-mentioned William Kramer recommends Serendipity Blanc de Blanc: “I first served this great sparkling wine at the Tower Bridge dinner two years ago and loved it. The producer (Nostra Vita Family Winery, Lodi) is small and local ... I buy the wine direct from his daughter.” If you purchase and drink your bottle at Davis Wine Bar (611 Second St.), William will saber it for you. An evening out with sabering and bubbles — what a fun, thoughtful, impressive gift! I just put it on my wish list.

Well, time to get out there and support the green economy. I myself am dreaming of a green Christmas, just like the ones I used to know (having been born and raised in L.A.). And here’s my wish for my beloved readers: may all your holidays be green, bubbly, and filled with good food (maybe skip the figgy pudding) and good company!

— Susana Leonardi is a Davis resident; reach her at vinosusana @gmail.com. Comment on this column at www.davisenterprise. com.

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B8 THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE

Calendar TODAY Davis High BASKETBALL — Devil girls vs. Whitney, 7 p.m.

UC Davis No events scheduled THURSDAY Davis High BASKETBALL — Devil boys vs. TBA, Les Curry Tournament, noon.

UC Davis BASKETBALL — Aggie women at Pepperdine, 2 p.m. Listen: KDVS 90.3 FRIDAY Davis High BASKETBALL — Devil boys vs. TBA, Les Curry Tournament, TBA. UC Davis No events scheduled SATURDAY Davis High BASKETBALL — Devil boys vs. TBA, Les Curry Tournament, TBA. UC Davis BASKETBALL — Aggie men at San Francisco, 2 p.m. Listen: KHTK 1140.

Watch: TheW.TV. SUNDAY — WEDNESDAY, Dec. 25 Davis High & UC Davis No events scheduled THURSDAY, Dec. 26 Davis High BASKETBALL — Devil boys vs. TBA, at Dougherty Valley Holiday tourney, Dougherty; Devil girls vs. TBA, at Ram Jam tourney, Dixon.

UC Davis No events scheduled FRIDAY, Dec. 27 Davis High BASKETBALL — Devil boys vs. TBA, at Dougherty Valley Holiday tourney, Dougherty; Devil girls vs. TBA, at Ram Jam tourney, Dixon.

WRESTLING — Devils vs. TBA, No Guts No Glory tourney, Rocklin, noon.

UC Davis No events scheduled SATURDAY, Dec. 28 Davis High BASKETBALL — Devil boys vs. TBA, at Dougherty Valley Holiday tourney, Dougherty; Devil girls vs. TBA, at Ram Jam tourney, Dixon.

WRESTLING — Devils vs. TBA, No Guts No Glory tourney, Rocklin, 7 a.m.

UC Davis BASKETBALL — Aggie women at Stanford, 2 p.m. Listen: KDVS 90.3 FM.

BYRNE: DHS had several shots on goal From Page B1 capitalize in those situations we’re given.

“On the flip side, I don’t think they had a shot (Tuesday). We’ll take that.

We’ll take the shutout.”

The majority of the first half was played in The Herd’s danger zone. In fact, DHS took nine shots in all before intermission, but only converted Byrne’s burner.

The second half saw more Davis domination, throwing shot after shot goalward but to no avail. For the afternoon, the Blue Devils unleashed 19 shots. But when your opponent doesn’t get a chance to shoot even once, odds are your team is likely to earn the result.

For the game, DHS won the timeof-possession battle 72-18. It had six corners and kept Devil keeper Harper Burnham out of the action, although she did a yoeman’s job directing traffic with back-liners Megan Looney, Grace Carlson, Lyah Fitzpatrick and Mia Williams rerouting the few Herd offensive ventures.

Of the Davis chances, several were tantalizing: ■ Five minutes after kickoff, Byrne battled to earn a corner kick. Franny Bolivar’s launch in wasn’t greeted by any Blue-and-White shoes and sailed through the box and out of bounds.

■ Summer Baron’s left-foot roller went just wide at 17:10.

■ Annabelle Lossin captured Olivia Johnson’s rebound and blasted a laser off the crossbar. Seconds later, Lossin had another shot, this time collected by the goalie.

■ After the break, Bolivar’s blast went just high.

Grrrr.

“I just want us to have the confidence,” explained Stone, who told her team afterwards to keep pressing forward, take the shots. “The hardest thing in soccer is to score goals. A lot of it is timing, a lot of it is figuring out who they’re playing around.”

It’s early in the campaign and Stone used a myriad combinations on Tuesday.

Elk Grove packed it in on defense, creating a mountain of defenders through which Davis had to navigate.

“We would get within shooting range, then it was a wall we had to get beyond,” noted Stone. “Being smarter in certain situations — and our upper classmen taking the lead in that. We have six freshmen on the team.”

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2019

No limit on talented coaches W

hile we were sleeping, the already rugged Big Sky Conference just upped its game.

In the last few days, two Big Sky schools have made a splash by hiring well-known coaches to turn around programs that have struggled in recent years.

Add that to the fact that Sacramento State, under first-year head coach Troy Taylor, just engineered one of greatest turnarounds in college football history, going from worst to first in one magical season.

Sac State’s season was special enough to earn Taylor the Eddie Robinson Award as the top Football Championship Subdivision coach in the country, the same award UC Davis’ Dan Hawkins earned last year when the Aggies tied for the Big Sky title after seven straight losing seasons.

You look at the bottom of the 2019 Big Sky final standings and you’ll find the names Cal Poly and Northern Colorado mired in a five-way tie for last. Poly was 2-6 in league and 3-8 overall, while UNC was 2-6 and 2-10.

Both, however, recently shocked the world of FCS football with spectacular coaching hires that seem certain to improve the football fortunes of both schools in the

13-team conference.

Whether it will be an immediate Sac State-style improvement or something that will take some time remains to be seen, but optimism is high on both campuses.

Upon the retirement of head coach Tim Walsh at season’s end, Cal Poly hired a proven winner in Beau Baldwin, the former head coach at Eastern Washington who spent the last three years as offensive coordinator at Cal. The move was surprising given that Baldwin seemingly was being groomed for an FBS head job, but when Cal Poly came calling, he jumped at the chance to return to the Big Sky, where his success was legendary.

In nine years as head coach at Eastern Washington (2008-16) Baldwin produced five Big Sky championships, six FCS playoff berths and one national championship in 2010.

The FCS title came after Eastern rallied from a 19-0 deficit to stun Delaware, 20-19.

Baldwin’s nine-year Big Sky record was a remarkable 58-14.

Obviously, even the best coach can’t win without players, but if Baldwin could convince 18-yearolds to play ball on the sometimes frozen tundra in remote Eastern Washington, he’ll have no trouble convincing them to play ball in sunny San Luis Obispo.

Mark my words, Poly will one day, sooner rather than later, be a contender in this high-scoring, thrill-a-minute conference that is a feast for fans in eight western states.

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nterestingly, though Baldwin played quarterback at Central Washington, he was born in Santa Barbara, so this may be a homecoming of sorts for him.

While the Big Sky schedule rotates through all 13 teams over a four-year period, the Aggies are guaranteed every year to play their two “natural rivals” in Sac State and Cal Poly.

A couple of years ago, when both those schools were struggling mightily, that schedule didn’t look so daunting. Now, it may soon look more like a murderer’s row.

Northern Colorado, mean-

while, made national news when it broke all the rules by hiring former NFL star Ed McCaffrey, whose only head coaching experience came in the last two years at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Park, Colo., just south of Denver.

Despite his lack of coaching experience at the collegiate level, McCaffrey does have enough Super Bowl rings to cover the majority of his fingers on one hand, so he may well be able to turn around a Northern Colorado program that has been miserable for some time now. He replaces Earnest Collins Jr., who had a nine-year record of 28-72.

McCaffrey will not, however, be allowed to suit up for the Bears.

All of these moves are good news for a highly respected conference that placed four teams among the top six seeds in the FCS playoffs and has seen two of those advance to this weekend’s semifinal round. In fact, an allBig Sky championship game remains a possibility, though both Montana State and Weber State are decided underdogs going into Saturday’s games.

Fasten your seat belts, Aggie fans. The Big Sky is about to soar even higher than it has before.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

DEVILS: Invitational features strong section squads From Page B1 And with the Rams averaging just 48.6 points per game, now might be a wise time to clear the calendar for Thursday night.

Here’s a look at the Curry Invite’s three other first-round contests...

Will C. Wood (5-1) vs. Pleasant Grove (1-6), 4 p.m. — Don’t be fooled the Eagles’ one-win record heading into this one.

Battle-hardened at the Healdsburg Classic last weekend, PG gave East Bay conference heavyweight Monte Vista a run for its money, while the school’s most recent loss to Monterey Trail, was by just 2 points, 62-60.

One of five Delta League squads to make the playoffs last season, the Eagles top guns are senior guard Noah Wagner and towering 6-foot-10 post J.P. Morgan. Wood’s 6-6 center Landon Seaman (10 ppg, 6.1 rpg) has been an impact player in each of the last three seasons.

Roseville (4-8) vs. Christian Brothers (8-3), 5:30 p.m. — Winners of the consolation championship in the Mark Gallo Invitational at Central Catholic this past weekend, CB is likely one of the top teams in the Curry field. After losing its opening game to Vanden, 82-70, last Thursday, the Falcons rattled off

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Blue Devil Ryan Hakl drives the lane Saturday against Antelope as DHS knocked off the home squad to claim their second tournament title. three straight victories, beating Patterson, Manteca and then Burbank. Former UC Davis power forward and fan-favorite J.T. Adenrele (the Aggies’ alltime Division I leader in both blocks and offensive rebounding) is a member of first-year head coach Al Seyford’s staff.

Following a 10-2 finish in the

Capital Valley Conference last season, Roseville has recent wins over Natomas, West Campus and Porterville.

Rodriguez (6-4) vs. River Valley (2-7), 7 p.m. — Pummeling American Indian High 88-35 this past Saturday, Rodriguez recorded its fourth game this year with 65-or-more points.

However, the Mustangs fell to the same Castlemont team Davis beat by 70 points, 57-56 last week.

River Valley finds itself in the midst of a three-game losing skid, but still has much of the firepower that led the Yuba City squad to a CVC title last season.

Their 6-6, 215-pound center Puneet Bains can run the floor and hit from downtown.

Notes: Simultaneous to the varsity tournament, DHS is hosting a junior varsity Curry Invitational in the school’s South Gym Thursday through Saturday. The playing field remains consistent with varsity, with the exception of Antelope replacing Roseville in the 5:30 p.m. matchup against Christian Brothers. JV Devil coach Mike Mueck’s uptrending squad is 2-4 heading into the tourney. Mueck says Jason Henkel, Devan Minouei and Rockwell Lybbert have been key pieces early on. Henkel dropped 26 points in the Devils’ recent clash with Bella Vista last week, while Minouei has been a steal machine, according to Mueck. Standing 6-foot-4, Lybbert leads DHS in rebounding.

— Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@davisenterprise. net. Follow him via Twitter at @530athletics.

MOON: Hero credits his teammates From Page B1 Sprinting up the court he dribbled once, twice, then lost his defender with a crossover and dribbled once more to get inside the half-court line.

Then he rose up and let it fly from 40 feet as the buzzer sounded. The sparse holiday crowd of 634 held its breath as the buzzer sounded and the shot found net.

“I’ll tell ya, I watched the flight of it and it looked like money the whole way,” said an all-knowing Les. Was that the plan? A 40-foot heave?

“We executed just like coach drew it up,” Mooney said. “(Coach) said, ‘Joe, we’re gonna take it from half court.’ ” As Les tells it, “They all look a lot better when they go in.”

But both coach and star senior tell the same story: that miracle shot was made possible

“I watched the flight of it and it looked like money the whole way.”

Jim Les UCD men’s head coach by all the little things — Pepper diving for steals, Gonzalez heating up, Koehler shutting down Scott.

“We battled back and we respected the game, and when you respect it and you grind like that, sometimes it just pays you back,” Mooney preached. “It came down to, everyone sees my shot at the end, but you gotta think about all the guys that stepped up.”

He framed the comeback another way …

“It’s kind of a little snowball

effect but in the right direction, you know?”

Now the Aggies hope that snowball keeps rolling right through the holidays and into Big West play. Three preseason games remain. UCD visits USF on Saturday, then heads to New Mexico on Dec. 29 before hosting Holy Names (Jan. 3). Conference opens against UC Riverside at The Pavilion on Jan. 9.

Notes: The Aggies — one of the top 20 free-throw shooting teams in the nation — hit 13 of 17 charity tosses (12 for 15 in the second half) on Monday. ... The Aggies had 12 steals while forcing 19 LMU turnovers. ... The last Aggie buzzer-beater was T.J. Shorts’ game-winner in double overtime at Long Beach State almost two years ago.

— Reach Lev Farris Goldenberg at lev.goldenberg@ mcnaughton.media or call 530-312-7656.

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Aggie Joe Mooney puts up a shot — not the shot — against Loyola Marymount on Monday.

NET: Blue Crew defense continues to pass all tests From Page B1 Enterprise, adding the snappy “W” was doubly taxing in that it came at the end of the first day of finals week.

The victory ran Davis’ record to 6-1, while the Thundering Herd fell to 3-3.

“Really, the defense is why we’re doing so

well,” laughed Park. “Nobody scores against us.”

Park pointed to goalkeeper Cory Kordia and the back-line defenders Ben Park (no relation), Hayden Tam, Walsh Klineberg and Diego Gonzalez for so many opponent misfortunes once venturing across center line. The air-tight defense has allowed but three goals thus far.

Now there’s a break in the action. DHS doesn’t officially play again until it hosts 5-0 Franklin at 4 p.m. on Jan. 8. The site in Davis is to be determined.

In the meantime, the Blue Devils also will host their annual Alumni Game. Park says the exhibition is at noon on Dec. 26 (at Playfields Park) and is open to any former Davis High pitch roamer.