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SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2020
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‘A solemn place’
BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY
The family of slain Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona sits in the front row of a ceremony to dedicate a memorial to her and Officer Douglas Cantrill at the Davis Police Station one year after her death. Below right, the new memorial benches honor the two officers.
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Memorial honors fallen officers BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer A community that united one year ago to mourn the death of Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona came together again Friday, this time to remember not only Corona’s sacrifice but those of first responders everywhere. They include fallen Davis Police Officer Douglas Cantrill, whose name joins Corona’s at a newly built memorial dedicated Friday outside the Davis police station on Fifth Street. “This memorial is a solemn place,” Police Chief Darren Pytel told the large gathering that
included Corona’s family, Davis police officers and firefighters, and dozens of their supporters from the community. He noted its four benches “where anyone can come and sit and pay their respects. It is also a place where someone can come and collect their thoughts. We all need a place like this.” Pytel said that despite the passage of time, the Davis Police Department continues to reel from Corona’s death — her fatal shooting on Jan. 10, 2019, while investigating a routine vehicle collision on Fifth Street, nearly 60 years after Cantrill lost his life in the line of duty. “That’s just how Natalie
affected us,” Pytel said, calling Corona “our star. … We lost someone special, someone that represented the profession, all that Davis PD strives to be.”
Davis assistant police chief to pursue a law-enforcement career, Corona demonstrated passion for not only police work but also the Davis community,
Hand-picked by a retired
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Former mayor helps students prepare for globalized world BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer As mayor of the city of Davis from 2016 through 2018, Robb Davis was tasked with guiding the city through a divisive and turbulent time in national politics that at times played out locally. As mayor, Davis approached that challenge by trying to “help people work together to solve problems,” he said. It’s a common thread that runs through his new work at UC Davis. Since leaving City Hall, Davis has worked for UC Davis Global Affairs, stepping into a new position in fall 2019 as the campus’s first director for intercultural programs. The position was created to help develop programs in line with UCD’s Global Education for All initiative, which aims to equip students to graduate into a globally interconnected world as well as a globalized job market. For example, Davis said, agricultural and food science students will be entering an industry influenced not just by hard science, but by international markets, tariffs,
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Former Davis Mayor Robb Davis works for UC Davis Global Affairs, stepping into a new position in fall 2019 as the campus’s first Director for Intercultural Programs. farmworker and labor issues and shipping. “No matter what the student’s field of study is, they’re going out into very complex global systems,” Davis said. One of the first steps in preparing students for that reality, he said, is getting them thinking about skills they might need to acquire outside the scope of their coursework.
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“They’re going out to operate within a complex system that’s far beyond their discipline’s ability to influence. How do they work in that system? What competencies do they need beyond their academic qualifications?” To help students answer those questions, Davis is working with students, professors, staff and faculty to embed
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An effort highlighted by a then-10year-old Girl Scout more than four years ago to make bike travel in her east Davis neighborhood safer is nearing fruition. The Davis City Council on Tuesday will provide direction to staff on options to be included in a bid package for the Tulip and Ponteverde multi-use path extension project. Funding for the safety improvements — $770,000 — is included in the current fiscal year budget. The staff report prepared for Tuesday’s meeting notes that the Mace Ranch greenbelt, which runs parallel to and south of Loyola Drive, “is an important east-west bike path connecting Mace Ranch Park and Korematsu Elementary School with destinations to the west.” The bike path is even a designated Safe Route to School corridor. All but one portion, that is. The section between Salamanca Court and Ponteverde Lane was removed from the suggested safe route because of safety concerns. Marina Greenwood learned about that first-hand back in 2014 when she was hit by a car turning onto Ponteverde from Tulip. Lucky for Marina, the collision caused no injuries, but it did serve as a reminder of the safety risk bicyclists face in that location. Here, bicyclists headed eastbound on Ponteverde from Tulip Lane must cross the westbound traffic lane on a tight 90-degree curve to access the bike path. To avoid this, bicyclists —
SEE SAFETY, PAGE A6
UC praises budget for commitment to higher education
global learning opportunities in formal courses, in internships and in extracurricular opportunities, as well as other special programs offered on campus. In October, for example, UC Davis Global Affairs hosted a two-day workshop on tackling global food challenges. Researchers from eight countries gave presentations and held discussions on food security and innovation. In addition to equipping students for an interconnected world, according to UCD officials, global learning initiatives go hand-in-hand with UC’s public service mandate. “As a public land-grant university, I think it is extremely important to educate global leaders who can address pressing challenges, many of which have global dimensions,” Global Affairs vice provost and associate chancellor Joanna Regulska told UC Davis Big Ideas. UCD is drawing from the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals to inform the problems it aims to familiarize students with locally.
The University of California Board of Regents Chair John A. Pérez and President Janet Napolitano issued a statement Friday applauding California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget plan for 2020-21. “The governor’s budget reflects an ongoing commitment to higher education,” the UC statement reads. The $222 billion budget plan proposes a $217.7 million General Fund increase for UC campuses. The funding increase comes with “the expectation that UC will continue to focus on maintaining college affordability, increasing student access, improving timely degree completion and reducing achievement gaps,” the budget summary states. In 2019-20, UC added approximately 3,200 resident undergraduate students. In its statement, UC affirmed the State’s aims for the university. “The
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SEE BUDGET, PAGE A3
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