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Davis schools to remain closed through at least May 1

BY JEFF HUDSON Enterprise staff writer On Tuesday, March 31, superintendent John Bowes announced that the Davis public schools will remain closed until early May due to the concerns about coronavirus.

In a message to the community,

Bowes stated, “This decision has been made after close consultation and coordination with Yolo County Public Health, Yolo County Office of Education and other Superintendents from Yolo County school districts. In a recommendation issued earlier, superintendent Garth Lewis of Yolo County Office of Education

underscored, ‘Physical distancing continues to be the best strategy to achieve our collective goal of flattening the curve associated with the spread of COVID-19.

The safety and wellness of students, families, school personnel and the community is our highest priority.’ ” Bowes added, “As a school

district, we understand that we play a key role in contributing to public health mitigation efforts.

We also recognize that the safety and well-being of students, staff and our entire community is a collective responsibility. As we near our new return to school date of Monday, May 4, we will be closely monitoring and

re-evaluating the conditions, and we will be consulting with our regional and public health partners to make the best decisions with updated information.”

In the meantime, the Davis school district will continue to stay in close conversation with

SEE SCHOOLS, PAGE A2

Yolo’s virus cases up to 25

A fixture in the region since it opened as a gas station in 1934, owner Pete Fazzari for two decades has kept the kitchen fires burning. Here he poses at the empty bar after taking a break from a little catch-up maintenance work.

Fazzari — like so many other restaurant owners — has suspended operation until the COVID-19 all-clear is sounded.

But shelter-in-place may be working

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer

home to two ancient gasoline pumps. The property once was surrounded by the old community of Plainfield, established in 1873.

Now it’s just Pete and his faithful customers — until two weeks ago.

“Kinda quiet around here,” says Fazzari, who lives in a home adjacent to Plainfield Station. “But it’s given me a long-overdue chance to do some maintenance.”

Fazzari misses his clientele, most of whom seem to become friends (or, at least, regulars) after one or two initial visits.

Plainfield Station is festooned with autographed dollar bills, license plates from across the nation and a poster from “Trigger Effect” — a 1996 movie starring Elisabeth Shue and Dermot Mulroney.

The film was shot at the restaurant a few years before Fazzari and his ex-wife Claire acquired Plainfield Station.

Yolo County’s 25 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus are just the tip of the iceberg, according to health officials, but there are very early indications that the county’s shelter-inplace order is making a difference in slowing the surge of cases.

Those were two of the messages the Yolo County Board of Supervisors received during a video-conferenced meeting on Tuesday morning.

The meeting began with Yolo County Public Health Officer Dr. Ron Chapman announcing the county’s 25th confirmed case of the virus, which came on the heels of eight new cases confirmed on Monday.

“The (confirmed) cases are dependent upon our testing capacity,” said Chapman, and that capacity is very limited.

Beyond those 25 known cases, he told county supervisors, “are many, many, many more cases of coronavirus in our communities that are being undiagnosed.”

With traditional flu season largely over, he said, anyone presenting with a fever and cough at this point will be assumed to have COVID-19. But given the shortage of testing kits, only a small percentage of those cases will ultimately be confirmed.

Of those 25 individuals who have tested positive, only one is currently hospitalized (and in intensive care),

SEE GATHERING, PAGE A4

SEE CASES, PAGE A4

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Plenty of room at the bar It’s hard when you can’t gather at your gathering place

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise staff writer One of the great comforts during personal challenges is to fall back on your friends.

Getting together with your best buddy, having lunch with the girls, maybe even just talking with your favorite bartender can do wonders when you’re faced with tough times.

But with the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, those avenues have been reduced to FaceTime, texting or emails.

There are no physical shoulders to cry on, not during the shelter-in-place orders of

California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

So, how is one of Yolo County’s unique and stress-reducing gathering spots — Road 98’s Plainfield Station — doing as the world stops spinning?

“We’re closed, like everybody else,” says owner Pete Fazzari. “It’s a shame, but what can we do?”

Fazzari, born in Italy and a U.S. resident since he was 5 years old, has owned the former 1930s gas station for almost 20 years. He doesn’t remember the place being closed for more than two days since he took over. The usually jumping roadhouse has now been shuttered since March 16, the day before St. Patrick’s Day. “Oh, man ... we had the corned beef all cooked. We were decorated. That’s a big day for us,” Fazzari explained.

The restaurant’s south parking lot is buffered by eucalyptus trees stretching far into the sky. The “front porch” of the place is supported by an island that used to be

Lessons learned from first coronavirus patient

BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer On Feb. 26, the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento announced that it was treating the first case of community-acquired COVID-19 in the United States.

The patient had neither traveled to a high-risk country nor come into contact with a person known to have the virus. Her case, which made headlines nationwide, was an early indicator that the U.S. had

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failed to contain the outbreak.

On Monday, UC Davis Health physicians and medical staff who treated the patient published a paper detailing their observations.

The paper provides “a detailed case study of her condition and the medical steps and challenges they experienced before arriving at a diagnosis and treatment,” UC Davis Health said in a press release.

According to UC Davis

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Health, the patient was “an otherwise healthy woman in her 40s.” She had been hospitalized at NorthBay VacaValley Hospital in Vacaville with a respiratory infection and was transferred to the UC Davis Medical Center when her condition worsened.

thought could be COVID19 — spreading to others.

At UC Davis, radiographic imaging indicated that she had pneumonia.

Medical staff implemented droplet and contact precautions to reduce risks of her illness — which they

Over the next several days, many tests were done, including a respiratory viral panel, respiratory culture, blood cultures and

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“Within 24 hours of admission, her respiratory status deteriorated. She was intubated and given antibiotics including linezolid, piperacillintazobactam and azithromycin,” UC Davis Health said.

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The UC Davis Medical Center announced in February that it was treating a patient who may be the first person in the country to have contracted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from community exposure.

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Briefly Shooting hits truck, building A man reported being shot at, but not injured, in the latest of a rash of shootings in Woodland, police said.

The investigation, which is ongoing, began at about 10:30 p.m. Friday when dispatchers received multiple reports of shots fired in the areas of Armfield Avenue and East Street, as well as Yolano Drive and Donnelly Circle to the north, followed by a vehicle fleeing eastbound from Yolano, according to Sgt. Dallas Hyde.

“Officers checked the area and located witnesses in the Yolano/ Donnelly area who had heard several gunshots in the area,” Hyde said.

“It was discovered that a parked, unoccupied truck had been hit with rounds as well as a building.”

Although no victims were located at the time, a man called police about an hourand-a-half later “stating he had been in a vehicle at the scene and he had been shot at,” Hyde added.

Anyone with information can contact the Woodland Police Department at 530666-2411.

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Chew on the unkindest cut of all W ith all of our restaurants closed up tight — except for takeout — it reminds me of a disturbing note I received from a kind citizen several months ago about eating out in Yolo County.

And let me just say, I have some troubling information to report about our city’s relationship with our northern neighbor, the county seat of Woodland.

Or at least I think it’s troubling.

I’ll let you decide, but it certainly has me scratching my head and wondering what it all means.

Not all great restaurants, you see, are located within the Davis City Limits. In fact, a number of Davisites have admitted to occasionally dining in Woodland and leaving some of their hard-earned sales tax dollars there.

Traveling to Woodland, of course, can be a perilous journey, given that one of the major routes connecting Woodland and Davis was hit by a sudden tornado and hailstones the size of golf balls late one Saturday afternoon last fall.

OK, maybe those were actual golf balls from Wildhorse, but you get

the picture.

One of the reasons Davis people choose to dine at this particular Woodland establishment is the prime rib.

According to the menu, the prime rib is “Certified Angus Beef, butchered in house.”

I think that means they bring Bossy tableside and let you pick which rib you desire, but this could just be an urban myth.

Bossy, stop fussing. This will only take a minute.

The prime rib is served with a “paired starch,” which is fine, but I’d really rather they identify the starch by name before I give it the A-OK. I mean, doesn’t “Mashed Yukon Gold Potatoes” sound better than a “paired starch”?

No matter, for none of this is what’s troubling me. No, what really made me choke on my ovenroasted beef and signal for the Heimlich was the note that the prime rib comes in two sizes.

Now, it’s not unusual for prime rib to come in more than one size.

Frequently you’ll see a “King’s Cut” or a “Queen’s Cut” or in a western-themed restaurant a “Lil’ Podner’s Cut.” The more ounces you order, the more you pay, but in any regard, everyone gets the paired starch.

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he prime rib at this popular Yolo County eatery comes with two choices: The Woodland Cut (16 ounces) and the Davis Cut (12 ounces).

I am not making this up.

Makes me wonder if there’s an “Esparto Cut” that’s not on the menu, but available only for special guests.

I’ve been thinking about this for some time now. Does the smaller Davis Cut mean we’re trimmer than the average Woodlandite?

Or does the larger Woodland Cut mean the county seat is more

LESSONS: Patient discharged From Page A1 bronchoscopy cultures.

These tests failed to identify the cause of her infection.

“The UC Davis team suspected a potential COVID19 infection,” the press release stated. The physicians requested that she be tested for the virus. However, because she had not traveled to China or been in contact with a person known to be infected, she did not meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria to get tested.

Her condition continued to worsen. “The patient developed acute respiratory distress syndrome, a condition in which fluid builds up in the lungs and limits the oxygen that can reach the bloodstream. She developed septic shock, a potentially fatal sharp drop in blood pressure in reaction to severe infection,” the press release stated.

Due to the severity of her respiratory condition, the CDC eventually recommended she be tested for COVID-19 and physicians scaled up infection transmission precautions. “The patient was put on airborne precautions and strict contact precautions. Two days later, the results came back positive,” UC Davis Health said.

Clinical trials are underway While there are currently no FDA-approved antiviral therapies for COVID-19, clinical trials at UC Davis and several other medical centers are underway.

“Because of the severity of the patient’s illness, the team received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to treat her with an investigational drug called remdesivir,” UC Davis Health said.

Remdesivir is a broadspectrum antiviral that has been tested in humans with

to these critical “After receiving contributor efforts.” remdesivir infuChanging CDC sions, the testing protocols patient As the first suspected improved.” case of community-spread

UCD Health statement Ebola and in animals with other coronaviruses. It is developed by Gilead Sciences, Inc., whose headquarters are in the Bay Area.

“After receiving remdesivir infusions, the patient improved, needing significantly less ventilator support and having better blood oxygen levels and chest X-ray results,” UC Davis Health said.

Fourteen days after being admitted to the UC Davis Medical Center, the patient was removed from mechanical ventilation. She has since been discharged and is recovering at home, according to UC Davis Health.

While the patient’s condition improved after receiving remdesivir infusions, UC Davis Health warned against drawing premature conclusions.

“The team emphasizes that whether remdesivir is effective against human COVID-19 is not yet known,” the press release stated.

Clinical trials at UC Davis Health, which are being funded by the National Institutes of Health, will continue to analyze remdesivir’s efficacy against COVID-19.

“Given the urgent need to find an effective treatment for COVID-19, clinical trials are essential for determining, from a scientific standpoint, if remdesivir is safe and effective,” said Allison Brashear, dean of the UC Davis School of Medicine.

“With this new study funded by the NIH, UC Davis will be an important

coronavirus, the patient at UC Davis highlighted “significant knowledge gaps in the diagnosis and management of COVID-19,” according to UC Davis Health.

Subsequent research indicates the virus was likely already spreading through communities in California and elsewhere.

UC Davis Health said its COVID-19 diagnosis helped shift the national public health response to the outbreak. Because of the case at the UC Davis Medical Center, the CDC revised its testing criteria to include any patient who is hospitalized with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 and lacking another diagnosis.

“Our case has influenced national health policies for revising screening criteria,” said Angela Haczku, associate dean for translational research at the UC Davis School of Medicine and senior author on the study.

While social distancing measures have been implemented to slow the spread of the virus, testing capacity remains limited and turnaround times continue to lag.

To effectively tackle the pandemic, UC Davis Health physicians emphasized that “there needs to be significantly faster, less expensive and more widespread testing of all patients who potentially have COVID-19.”

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important than Davis? Four ounces more important to be exact.

Maybe the Davis Cut is an environmental nod to a town that claims you can save the planet by eating less beef and more paired starch.

Makes me wonder, too, if you have to provide ID with a photo and home address just to prove your eligibility for either the Davis Cut or the Woodland Cut. I mean, can a Woodlandite order the Davis Cut and a Davisite order the Woodland Cut? Who knows, maybe a Davisite’s molars are not equipped to handle the Woodland Cut. And what is someone from Zamora supposed to order?

Fortunately, my expense account is flush with cash and I plan as soon as the quarantine lifts to take a fact-finding mission to this Woodland prime rib palace where I will, of course, order both cuts.

Stay tuned. The truth will emerge one day soon.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

School board to hear latest on COVID response

BY JEFF HUDSON Enterprise staff writer The Davis school board will discuss three very current topics when the trustees meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: ■ There will be a staff update on the Davis school district’s response to the COVID-19 virus.

Schools remain closed through May 1, and Gov. Gavin Newsom has indicated that he does not think the state’s public schools are likely to reopen for the rest of the school year.

Davis administrators have been putting in long hours planning for the switch from in-classroom instruction to “distance learning.”

■ There will be a staff update on the most recent vote count from the Yolo County Elections Office regarding the school district’s parcel tax Measure G, which appears to have squeaked out a narrow win.

Measure G would assess homeowners at a rate of $198-per-year, with the proceeds going to bring local teacher salaries up to the level of nearby districts.

■ Staff will also present an update regarding the school district’s bond program financing (and sequencing), and the district’s Solar Master Plan, in light of the extended closure of local schools this spring.

Consistent with the Shelter in Place orders from the Governor and Yolo County health officials, this meeting will be compliant with the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 which allows for a deviation of teleconference rules under the Brown Act. Email public comment to boe@djusd.net. The meeting will be available for viewing live on local cable television on DJUSD Education Channel 17 or stream the meeting at www.djusd.tv .

SCHOOLS: Updates are online From Page A1 the city, state, and local officials regarding COVID-19. Parents, staff and the community will continue to receive regular updates during the closure. The school district’s website www.djusd. net/coronavirus hosts

resources and new and all important updates will be shared as quickly as possible with the community by email and District social media.

Questions about the extended school closure may be directed to communications@djusd. net.

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Get comfort from making cookies I

recently spent two weeks exploring Mexico City, its history, art and food, including dining at Pujol and a magical dinner at artist Frida Kahlo’s house and garden.

My plan was to share some restaurants and street food corners with you.

Upon my return home, however, I discovered the chaos caused by the coronavirus, which changed that plan. My thoughts turned instead to those in need, and to the comfort found from making cookies.

With the coronavirus having turned all of our worlds upside down, we certainly need some calm and comfort. The other day, while I could still go out for non-essential errands, I found myself wanting to bake oatmeal raisin cookies. The thought of the aroma wafting through my kitchen, of having the time, and of eating them with a glass of milk, comforted me.

Little did I know then that quarantine baking would become a “thing.”

Why oatmeal raisin cookies came to mind when I like to bake several cookies, I don’t know.

Something to do with feeling safe, loved and protected in my mother’s kitchen. Within 24 hours of that thought, I was reading food bloggers writing about the same feeling, like David Lebovitz from Paris, Food 52, Simply Recipes and so on.

On a recent trip to the Davis Food Co-op, I discovered that they were out of flour, almost all butter, eggs, and a lot of sugar. So I’m thinking many of you are having the same feeling — time to bake. While grocery shelves are once again full or almost full or will be full soon, perhaps you have enough in your pantry to bake anyway. In

the hopes that you do, I am sharing two favorite cookie recipes with you.

My sister and I baked Spicy English Gingersnaps and Marguerites last summer for our mother’s 96th birthday bash.

Because so many there asked for the recipes, I thought they deserved the spotlight here, since many of you probably already have favorite recipes for oatmeal raisin cookies.

If your kids are home from school, they will likely love to help bake or at least lick the bowl. Measuring can help children learn math and recipes make good reading practice. Cooking as a family also builds a fond communal memory. In my experience, kids like to do things in the real world such as cooking, cracking walnuts, harvesting from the garden, collecting chicken eggs — as well as play imaginary or computer games.

In this time of shelter in place, with many of you doing more home cooking, please feel free to email me with questions about beans, grains and other foods you may not cook as often as you are now. The Co-op is still selling bulk items but sanitizing often, according to manager Prasanna Regmi, and they are still awaiting shipment to replenish some of the grain and bean bins.

I’m guessing a lot of you have grains and beans in your pantry now. For eggs, some grains, meat and produce, the Davis Farmers Market is still open Wednesday’s and Saturdays. That’s a good thing.

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Make some Marguerites, above, or Spicy English Gingersnaps, at right, while sheltering at home.

Spicy English Gingersnaps Recipe from my mother, Audrey Lippman, who credits it mostly to Sweet Gratitude by Judith Sutton — with a few changes from me.

These cookies are sometimes called Molasses Cookies. By either name, they are very simple. I like them chewy, so I bake them to the short time listed below, about 9 minutes. My mother likes them snappy, so she always bakes them a little longer, 11 or 12 minutes.

With their dark brown color, they are beautifully presented on your best platter with a paper doily underneath, especially at afternoon tea parties (when such parties are advisable again).

Cooking Notes: the spices will have more fragrance and flavor if you grind them yourself, in something like a small electric coffee grinder. I have one I dedicate to that purpose. You can buy cinnamon sticks, allspice berries and black pepper corns in bulk at the Davis Food Co-op.

I heat the pepper corns in a small frying pan over medium heat until they pop, then grind them by hand in a mortar and pestle. Also, I use a heavy baking sheet with a Silpat baking mat — a non-stick liner. The liners make cleaning easy.

Ingredients: 2 cups unbleached allpurpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons ground ginger ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon (freshly ground where possible) ¼ teaspoon ground allspice (freshly ground where possible) ½ teaspoon Kosher or sea salt 1/ 8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 12 tablespoons (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature ½ cup granulated sugar, plus about 1 cup for rolling ½ cup packed light brown sugar 1 large egg ¼ cup dark molasses Putting it together: Whisk together the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and salt and pepper in a medium bowl.

In a large bowl, beat the butter and both sugars with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.

Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Beat in the egg, blending well, then beat in the molasses. On low speed, beat in the flour mixture in two additions.

Cover and refrigerate until the dough is firm enough to shape, about two hours.

(The dough can be refrigerated for up to one day; it can also be frozen, well wrapped, for up to two weeks. Thaw it in the

refrigerator before using).

Put the racks in the upper and lower third of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease two heavy baking sheets (if you don’t have heavy baking sheets, reduce the baking time by a minute or two.)

Put the sugar for rolling in a small shallow bowl. Using about 1 level teaspoon of dough per cookie, roll the dough into 1-inch balls, then roll the balls in the sugar, coating well, and place 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.

Bake for 9 to 11 minutes, switching the position of the baking sheets halfway through baking, until the cookies are flat and crinkled and the edges are very slightly browned. Let cool on the baking sheets for 1 to 2 minutes, then transfer the cookies to racks to cool completely. (The cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to 5 days.)

during this time of nonessential trips to the store.

If you are grocery shopping at a very large store with housewares, they may have them. My Granny served marguerites on a sliver platter with a cloth doily.

Cooking Notes: The recipe is exactly as Fanny Farmer wrote it — with two exceptions. Farmer’s recipe calls for pecans, my family uses walnuts.

Farmer’s recipe puts a piece of pecan meat on top of each cake. We don’t, although the nuts are clearly visible, and, I’ve added our experience with the baking time and characteristic color. If you want more than one batch, do not double, just make two separate batches.

Butter 18 2-inch cupcake tins. Set the oven at 350 degrees.

Marguerites

Mix thoroughly: 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1 cup light brown sugar ½ cup flour ¼ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 1 cup walnuts, chopped small

From my Granny, via my sister Helen Patterson and “The Fanny Farmer Cookbook.”

For this easy recipe you will need a set of 2-inch cupcake tins. They are handy to have on hand, and easy to order online

Putting it together: Fill the tins two-thirds full. Bake until the cakes shrink slightly from the pans (8 to 15 minutes).

Note: we bake them until they are a golden color, watch them closely, about 12-15 minutes. Makes 18.

Brewery fermentation and herd immunity P orton Down!

When I read those words my chest tightened, my heart beat a little faster, breath came in a rush and I broke a sweat. I guess that is the fight-or-flight reaction but in this case the emotions were alternately fearsome dread and fascinated curiosity.

So why the emotional response to Porton Down?

Well, Porton Down is the British government’s Ministry of DefenceDstl, or Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. It is a large hush-hush military research laboratory for weapons of chemical and biological warfare and, of course, for defense against them. I was both excited and repulsed by this and, in 1960 as a newly graduated biochemist, considered employment there.

I was interested that my academic preparation could lead in two such disparate directions from the benign (beer) to the brutal.

Fortunately, the opportunity to explore the USA came along instead.

Why this re-enactment of ancient things? I ran across a research paper on the Internet published in 2013 about homemade face masks, which is a topic of interest now.

The scientific approach seemed to be impeccable.

Although the data suggested that such masks were better than nothing the authors could not recommend them.

The source of this research? Porton Down.

Watching the novel coronavirus spread exponentially in this country (and many others), although that is disturbing even frightening, it is fascinating to see biology behaving in real life exactly the way one might find described in any biology text.

Thomas Friedman in a recent New York Times column wrote that economists in the future will think of the economy in terms of BC and AC; meaning Before Coronavirus and After Coronavirus.

Unfortunately, AC is almost certainly wishful thinking. After all, do we have AF (After Flu) or AM (After Measles) or really A-anything else? More likely we shall have DC, During Coronavirus, for the rest of our days with

regular seasonal recurrence against which we shall line up every fall for vaccination.

With all the dystopian evidence available I am astonished there are still governors in some states who don’t act urgently in the face of the imminent danger of this virus. I think some of this blindness arises from basic science denial plus devoted evangelical faith plus a feast of “Fox & Friends.” But the peculiarity of exponential growth may also play its part. Exponential growth begins slowly, ho-hum, and then explosively accelerates to the OMG stage. A brewer’s fermentation might serve as an illustration of this effect.

There are three general phases to a brewer’s fermentation that might act as a metaphor for a governor’s view of the pandemic: 1: The lag phase. Here, nothing much seems to happen after yeast is added. This lag might last about 12 hours and can occasionally make brewers nervous. But it is typical of the deceitful way exponential growth starts out: slowly.

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A governor, might not wish to impose draconian counter measures on his citizens to counter-act such a meager threat. In more rural states with modest populations where the rate of doubling may be low, a governor could be lulled into the assumption that the virus will pass over and do nothing but wash his hands of it.

Whew!

2: The growth phase.

This phase concerns the onset of vigorous fermentation when the rate of changes appears to go from nothing to full speed within a few hours. A governor observing this sudden change in virus infections might well dither wondering if it will be sustained.

He might find his previous rosy (and incorrect) comments to the public a political embarrassment.

But the fermentation and the viral pandemic are now proceeding apace and it’s panic time. Find a

scapegoat! Shelter in place! Close everything!

Lockdown! Yikes!

3: The stationary phase.

No exponential growth can continue forever and stationary state will eventually arrive for both the brewer’s fermentation and for the viral infection too.

It arrives in a brewer’s fermentation because all the fermentable sugar has been used up and there is nothing left to feed the yeast.

The virus, of course, feeds on susceptible people and so spreads; “social distancing” works because it makes it harder for the virus to find new hosts.

When enough people have become immune through infection (or have died) and so are removed from the equation the pandemic dies out. That’s why an effective, safe, cheap, and widely available vaccine is crucial to create a massive population of immune people.

When a pandemic dies

of natural causes that is called herd immunity.

Without intense mitigation efforts or, better yet, efforts at suppression that we can only engage in when we have effective widespread testing, herd immunity is the ultimate line of defense.

The number of potential deaths that come along with that can be calculated. The number depends on how many susceptible people each infected person infects (R0) and the mortality rate of those infected.

Unfortunately, none of the mortality numbers are small.

— Reach Michael Lewis at lewiswales@me.com.

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GATHERING: Time for repairs CASES: County helps homeless From Page A1 Since Pete took over, the throwback gathering place has seen wakes, kids’ birthday parties, live music and wedding receptions (actress Anna Faris and then-husband actor Chris Pratt celebrated Faris’ brother’s nuptials there).

Fazzari has hosted fundraisers ranging from Soroptimist International of Woodland get-togethers to cancer-awareness drives.

Bob Biggs, the former UC Davis football coach and a standout quarterback at Vacaville High 50 years ago, is a regular at Plainfield Station. He remembers how he and Pete — another VHS graduate — rekindled their acquaintance.

“Our histories go back quite a ways,” Biggs told The Enterprise. But it wasn’t until Pete bought the place in 2002 that Bob and Pete reunited.

“When my kids were young, we’d do yard work in the mornings and part of the enticement was, ‘OK, we’ll go down to Plainfield and get a burger and play some pool,’ ” Biggs remembers.

“We were frequent visitors there. But more times than not, I just went to say hi to Peter. I might grab a beer, burger or taco — but it was just his friendly smile and disposition (that was) the draw.

“And he always knew what was going on in Vacaville. When I lost track of people … Pete would bring me up to date: who was ill, who was marrying who, who was getting divorced, what the kids were doing.”

Biggs also reports that “Pete is the hardest-working

“We try to make this place a destination at least once a month.”

Bill Miller Lawyer and motorcyclist guy on the planet.”

When life was normal, Fazzari would open his place just before the lunch crowd hit. He is literally the chief cook and bottlewasher, often tending bar and acting as waiter.

The burgers are to die for. Pete, whose family has been in the restaurant business for decades (who doesn’t know of Pietro’s No. 1 and No. 2 in Vacaville?) has a way with a menu that includes chicken, some Mexican food, fish tacos, patty melts (another house favorite) and, occasionally, pizza (Fazzari has an oven he breaks out for special occasions).

There’s a patio in the back with room to spread out. But right now, when the community could most use a beer and someone to confide in, no one is at Plainfield Station ... except Pete, doing spring cleaning while watching one of his four big TVs, hoping to hear when the lunacy of this virus will end.

A colorful-but-fading mural by the door depicts a motorcycle rider, a hunter, a skydiver and a handful of other folks who have come and gone during the history of the restaurant (bar?).

Guys like Biggs, Davis High football coaches present (Steve Smyte) and past (Dave Whitmire) are

among Pete’s regulars.

Biggs says Pete works so hard that he and Smyte offered to tend bar for their friend so he could take a couple of weeks off and make his longoverdue trip to his homeland. Even though Pete’s got a break right now, travel is out of the question — especially to virusravaged Italy.

Bill Miller, an attorney who lives in Sacramento with offices in Folsom, found Plainfield Station by accident: “I played golf one morning with a friend from Winters and he took me here. One cheeseburger and I was hooked,” he relates.

“I ride with a bunch of weekend motorcycle enthusiasts … and we try to make this place a destination at least once a month. There aren’t many places like this left.”

What the future holds is anybody’s guess, but when the all-clear sounds, Plainfield Station will be ready.

“I really do love the guy,” Biggs notes. “It’s so eclectic, that place. Just about any time I go in there, there will be a professor from some (UC Davis) department, an owner of a business in town …”

Not to mention a farmer, a biker, a lawyer or maybe even a Nobel Laureate.

The 69-year-old Fazzari says retirement remains on the back burner.

“I just enjoy the social aspect,” says Pete. “Meeting folks, talking about what they’re up to. It’s a good place to be.”

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OBITUARIES Frances C. McPherson May 25, 1927 — March 20, 2020

A resident of Howell, Mich., for 50 years, Frances (Francie) C. McPherson died on March 20, 2020, in Ventura.

Though she lived in California for the last 20 of her 92 years, she always considered Howell home. Howell was where she raised her family, devoted herself to civic organizations, and cultivated her deepest friendships.

With her marriage to Edward G. McPherson at 23, she became a part of one of Howell’s pioneering families. Francie and Ed enjoyed 53 years together until Ed’s death in 2003.

Born May 25, 1927, in Detroit, Francie received her primary and secondary education in Highland Park before attending Denison University in Granville, Ohio. She left Denison after two years and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1949. She then taught school in Howell for several years before she and Ed started their family.

Her children include Greg McPherson of Davis, Mark McPherson of Seattle, Jean McPherson of Ventura and Douglas McPherson of Los Angeles.

Francie actively involved herself in the education of her children, serving as classroom parent, tutor, and leader of many field trips. She was a mother who never missed her children’s sporting events, concerts, or recitals. For years she served as a volunteer at Howell’s first and only hospital, the

McPherson Community Health Center, eventually serving on the Board of Trustees. She became a leader of Friends of the Carnegie Library and organized the annual book sale.

With her family she traveled the world, returning often to France, her favorite destination. Athletic and sporty for a woman of her generation, she enjoyed tennis, loved figure skating and cross-country skiing, and became a good enough golfer to win the women’s championship at Chemung Hills Country Club. She was never happier, though, than when she was in or on water, from swimming to sailing and canoeing. She did all three at Walloon Lake during a half century of annual summer visits to Camp Michigania, the University of Michigan Alumni Family Camp.

In 2000, Francie moved from Howell to University Retirement Community in Davis, where frequent visits from her 11 grandchildren gave her great joy. She will be remembered for her generous spirit, lust for life and loving soul. She served as an endlessly curious and loving mother and grandmother, anchoring the lives of her family. Her warmth and positivity won her many dear friends. Her enthusiastic and uncomplaining spirit lives on in those whose lives she touched.

A tree will be planted in her honor at the TREE Davis Memorial Grove in Davis, California, this spring.

From Page A1 according to Brian Vaughn, the county’s public health director.

One individual has died and the remaining are — or were — isolating at home. However, there are currently three people in intensive care units in Yolo County who are suspected of having the novel coronavirus, Vaughn said.

Holding up Thus far, the impact on health-care delivery in Yolo County has been fairly minimal.

The county is using only about 15 percent of the ventilators available and has capacity for a lot more, Vaughn said, with hospitals having deferred their elective surgeries and prepared to open hospital wings to alleviate any surge.

“We feel prepared,” Vaughn said, but he added that everything will depend on the size of the surge.

“We’re still very early in this whole outbreak,” he noted.

Still, the county is now two weeks into the shelter-in-place order and “based on the data that we’ve seen, the people who were infected prior to those orders going into effect, they likely should have been sick already and showing up in our hospitals now,” said Vaughn.

“The fact that we haven’t seen a huge blip …

I think there is some promise to the fact that social distancing may be working, so I just want to re-emphasize the message that we need to keep practicing this, we need to be as strict as possible.”

Extension?

That shelter-in-place order issued by Chapman remains in effect into next week, but Chapman said Tuesday the county may extend the order through May 1 similar to Bay Area counties which have already done so.

“We are considering extending it,” he said.

Whether that order will become more strict will depend on how well it’s working and whether, in fact, the spread of the virus appears to be slowing in the county.

“If not, we will need to issue stricter orders,”

“I would like to know where these outbreaks are.”

Duane Chamberlain Yolo County supervisor

said Chapman.

That could mean reducing the list of businesses deemed essential, he said, noting that in some countries all that remains as essential is grocery stores and healthcare.

“I hope we don’t have to get any stricter,” Chapman added.

Supervisor Oscar Villegas of West Sacramento suggested that before going with a stricter order, perhaps the county could find ways to enforce the existing order better.

Where and when Meanwhile, the desire by many in the community to know where exactly the county’s confirmed coronavirus cases are will soon be satisfied.

“We’re at the point now that we have cases in all the major cities (in Yolo County),” Chapman said.

Likely by the end of the week, residents will be able to access a dashboard on the county website that will show how many cases are in each of four geographic regions of the county — the cities of Davis, Woodland and West Sacramento, as well as the city of Winters combined with all unincorporated areas of the county.

The information provided will not be streetlevel, Chapman said, but will provide a sense of which communities are seeing cases.

He noted that the variations among cities will not be evidence that “one city is sicker than another”: rather, it would likely be due to doctors and health systems in different cities ordering tests in different ways.

Supervisor Duane Chamberlain of the rural fifth district objected to the fact that the county is not providing more information than that, saying he’d want to know if neighbors were diagnosed with the virus so he doesn’t unknowingly go their homes.

“I would like to know

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where these outbreaks are,” Chamberlain said.

But Chapman pushed back, saying, “the outbreak is everywhere.”

“The number of cases we know of is just a drop in the bucket,” he repeated.

“That’s why everyone needs to stay at home as much as possible. And if you need to go out, you need to stay away from other people. Our 25 cases are nothing compared to what’s out there.”

Supervisor Gary Sandy of Woodland agreed. “(By) giving people specific locales, we may in fact be ill-serving them by associating the virus with a specific locale when in fact it’s everywhere,” he said.

The only previous location disclosed by the county was a cluster of cases in the Bryte and Broderick area of West Sacramento, where three people were diagnosed with the coronavirus last week.

All nine of the confirmed cases on Monday and Tuesday involved adults — five of them over age 65 — who are isolating at home.

Meanwhile, county staff continue working on getting the most vulnerable members of the homeless community into hotel rooms where they, too, can shelter in place.

As of Tuesday, about 100 people had been moved into hotels in just the last 12 days, said Sandra Sigrist, director of the county’s Adult and Aging Branch.

Funding appropriated by the Board of Supervisors last week and the state yesterday, as well as funds likely coming from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will aid the ongoing effort.

Supervisors were impressed.

“It takes a herculean effort to house people that quickly,” said Supervisor Jim Provenza of Davis.

More information about COVID-19 cases in Yolo County, the shelter-inplace order and other information is available on the county website https://www.yolocounty. org/coronavirus.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

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Frances Cook Lawyer May 5, 1953 — March 11, 2020

Francie Lawyer passed away on March 11 after a short battle with esophageal cancer at age 66. Her family and friends will miss her greatly.

Frances Ann Cook was born and raised in Marin County in Mill Valley. She had wonderful memories of her childhood with her parents, Bob and Lori Cook, and older sister, Linda. As a teenager, she decided to get rid of her heavy and hard-to-transport string bass and traded it for the comparably light and pocket-sized flute, starting a life-time relationship with an instrument in which she would excel. She graduated as the valedictorian of her Tamalpais High School class and set off to pursue her interests in science.

She attended UC Davis starting in 1971, majoring in genetics. Francie spent her junior year abroad at the University of Edinburgh. One of her Scotland colleagues, Duncan, had a roommate at Davis from his freshman and senior years, Artie Lawyer. Through this connection, Artie and Francie met, played flute and clarinet duets together, fell in love, and started a life-long partnership in 1975. Francie and Artie were married on May 29, 1976.

Francie and Artie spent their first four years at Yale in New Haven, Conn., where Artie was in graduate school. Francie worked in the laboratory of Frank Ruddle, where new techniques of molecular and cellular biology were being developed.

During these years, Francie also took flute lessons from Daniel Nyfenger and played in the Yale ensembles.

They returned to the Bay Area in 1979 for Artie’s postdoc and decided to focus their career opportunities around Francie’s sought-after skills in laboratory techniques. Francie joined Cetus Corporation working in the new and exciting area of genetic engineering. She worked on many projects at Cetus, which became Roche Molecular Systems. Ultimately, Francie was on the team that was key in the development of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) — used to amplify DNA and now widely used to identify small amounts of specific DNA for “fingerprinting.” Francie authored several publications and was an inventor in the patent for the DNA polymerase

molecule, the “Molecule of the Year” and “Patent of the Year” in 1989 and 1990, respectively.

Francie lived the ultimate work/ life balance — always centered around her family. Her son Lewis came into her life in 1983, followed four years later by her daughter Emily. After 10 years living in the Montclair hills of Oakland, Francie “retired” from her science career and moved with her family to Davis, where they have lived happily ever since.

Francie immediately started connecting with her new community, first with the “coffee group,” a group of women who, like Francie, had recently left professional careers to focus on their family and community.

Ultimately, Francie became active in many organizations, becoming president of the Davis Bridge Educational Foundation, the Friends of Mondavi and the Willowbank Club among other focuses.

Importantly, Francie was able to rekindle her love for the flute and piccolo once in Davis. She has been an active member of numerous flute ensembles including,

Flutes!, the Camellia City Flute Choir and FluteSong4, and has played in several regional orchestras, building a strong group of flute-friends that have enriched her life.

Her smile, her warmth, her humble brilliance, her wit, her calm stability, her fundamental belief in doing the right thing and the deep love that she had for her family will live on in our memories. She was an impressive gardener and cook.

Finally, as a mom and grandmother, Francie was the best. She was nurturing, patient, joyful, supportive, thorough, thoughtful and above all, loving.

Francie is survived by her husband Artie, her son Lewis and his wife Laurie and their daughter Telia Lawyer of Cambridge, England, her daughter Emily and her husband Andrew and their daughter Penelope Wainacht of Crockett, Calif., and her sister Linda Schmidt of Davis.

A celebration of Francie’s life will be postponed until later this summer due to the current challenges with traveling and congregating. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Cazadero Music Camp.

We will miss her forever.

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NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 11, 2020 Time: 9 a.m.

Dept: 9 Room: N/A The address of the court is 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Date: February 27, 2020 Stephen L. Mock Judge of the Superior Court March 11, 18, 25, April 1 767 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: March 13, 2020 FBN Number: F20200275 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) KSS Cleaners Inc 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

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333 F Street, Suite C Davis, CA 95616 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip KSS Cleaners 333 F Street, Suite C Davis, CA 95616 4. Business Classification: Corporation 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: January 1, 2019 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Kwang Sun Schrader President, KSS Cleaners Inc 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8 780 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Filed: March 13, 2020 FBN Number: F20200274 The person(s) or entity listed below are abandoning the use of the following fictitious business name(s): Name of Business(es): Swansons Cleaners The fictitious business name was filed in Yolo County on March 7, 2017 and is being ABANDONED by the registrant(s) listed below: Kwang Sun Schrader 3056 Scotland Avenue Antelope, CA 95843 Corporation or LLC name & address and county of the principal place of business: N/A The business was conducted by: An Individual I declare that all information is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

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Dept: 9 Room: N/A The address of the court is 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Date: March 11, 2020 Stephen L. Mock Judge of the Superior Court 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8 783

PUBLIC NOTICE YOLO LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION NOTICE OF PROTEST HEARING Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, May 28, 2020, at 9:00 am, the Yolo Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) will conduct a Protest Hearing at the Yolo County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 625 Court Street, Room 206, Woodland, CA to consider the following matter: Springlake Fire Protection District Change of Organization from an Independent District to a Dependent District to Yolo County (LAFCo No. 934) The above proposal was conditionally approved by Yolo LAFCo at a noticed hearing held on February 27, 2020.

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Device shall be used and located only in an area separated from any brush, trees, grasses, weeds, combustibles, and other fire fuel by not less than fifteen (15) feet; (5) An Outdoor or Portable Cooking Device shall be constantly tended by a person over the age of eighteen years when in use until the fire is extinguished.

A portable fire extinguisher having a minimum rating of 2-A:10-BC or other approved extinguishing agent such as sand, dirt or water in sufficient quantity shall be available for immediate use; (6) No Outdoor or Portable Cooking Device shall be used in such a manner as to emit offensive or objectionable smoke or odors or when atmospheric conditions such as wind or other circumstances make such fires hazardous.

The above summary constitutes the major highlights; to obtain a full understanding of the ordinance, a reading of the document in its entirety may be necessary.

A certified copy of the full text of the adopted 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.

4/1 792 PUBLIC NOTICE

CITY OF DAVIS ORDINANCE SUMMARY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on February 25, 2020, the City Council of the City of Davis, introduced, and on March 24, 2020, the City Council unanimously adopted the Filed: March 9, 2020 following entitled ordinance: FBN Number: F20200248 ORDINANCE NO. 2576 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY Sky Farms COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DAVIS, 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of AMENDING CHAPTER 34 OF THE Principal Place of Business in California.

DAVIS MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND Business is located in Yolo County.

ARTICLE 34.06 AND TO ADOPT 1530 Highland Drive AND INCORPORATE BY REFERENCE West Sacramento, CA 95691 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), CHAPTER 15 OF TITLE 6 OF THE YOLO COUNTY CODE REGARDING TOBACCO Residence Address, State, and Zip RETAIL PERMITS AND THE SALE OF Amy Arghestani FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS 1530 Highland Drive West Sacramento, CA 95691 4. Business Classification: The following description summarizes Individual the aforementioned ordinance adopted 5. Beginning Date of Business: The by the City Council: Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business As part of its tobacco regulations, the City name or names listed above on: previously adopted the County of Yolo’s January 3, 2020 tobacco retail licensing ordinance, which “I declare that all information in this requires tobacco retailers to obtain a local statement is true and correct.” (A registrant permit to sell tobacco products or tobacco who declares as true information which he paraphernalia, and allows for the suspension or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) or revocation of the permit for a violation 6. Signature of Registrant(s): of any tobacco control law. In 2016, the Amy Arghestani, Owner County amended its tobacco retailer permit 3/25, 4/1, 4/8, 4/15 787 regulations to prohibit licensed tobacco retailers from selling, offering for sale, or exchanging flavored tobacco. In furtherance PUBLIC NOTICE of its substantial interest in regulating the sale and use of tobacco products, the City has adopted and incorporated by reference the County’s 2016 amendments to the County Ordinance to clarify that licensed CITY OF DAVIS ORDINANCE tobacco retailers cannot sell, offer for sale, SUMMARY or exchange flavored tobacco within the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March City limits.

24, 2020, the City Council of the City of Davis introduced and on April 7, 2020, The above summary constitutes the major the City Council shall consider adopting highlights of the adopted ordinance. A reading of the entire document may be the following ordinance entitled: necessary to obtain a full understanding of the ordinance. A certified copy of the AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY ordinance may be viewed in the City COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DAVIS ADDING ARTICLE 13.03 OF THE DAVIS Clerk’s Office, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING OPEN California, and/or copies may be obtained at a nominal charge.

CAMPFIRES 4/1 793 The proposed ordinance will add Article 13.03 to Chapter 13 of the City of Davis PUBLIC NOTICE Municipal Code. The purpose and intent of this Article is to avoid the spread of wildfire by prohibiting a person from setting, igniting or maintaining an open campfire on public property unless they first obtain ORDINANCE NO. 2575 a permit from the Police Chief. The Police AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF Chief can grant a permit so that a person THE CITY OF DAVIS ADOPTING can use an Outdoor or Portable Cooking EMERGENCY REGULATIONS RELATED Device on public property. Permits will TO EVICTIONS AND DECLARING THE have specified safety conditions including URGENCY THEREOF but not limited to: NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF (1) An Outdoor or Portable Cooking Device THE CITY OF DAVIS HEREBY ORDAINS AS permit shall only be issued in conjunction FOLLOWS: with a street use or parade permit. The permittee must obey all provisions of the Section 1. Findings. The City Council street use or parade permit; finds that each fact set forth in the recitals (2) An Outdoor or Portable Cooking is true and correct and incorporated by Device shall be used only with an reference. approved fuel; the burning of yard waste, lumber, leaves, grass, paper, cardboard, Section 2. Eviction Moratorium. A unseasoned logs, garbage, refuse, trash temporary moratorium on eviction of or like manner of things is prohibited; residential and commercial tenants (3) An Outdoor or Portable Cooking impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic is Device shall be used and located only in imposed as follows: an area separated from any structure by not less than fifteen (15) feet; 1. Eviction of Residential Tenants.

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B. A landlord who knows that a residential tenant cannot comply with lease terms, submit documentation, or pay some or all of the rent temporarily for the reasons set forth above shall not serve a notice pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1161(2), file or prosecute an unlawful detainer action based on a 3-day pay or quit notice, or otherwise seek to evict for failure to comply with lease terms, failure to submit documentation, or nonpayment of rent. A landlord knows of a residential tenant’s inability to comply with lease terms, submit documentation, or pay rent within the meaning of this Ordinance if the tenant notifies the landlord in writing of the tenant’s inability to comply with lease terms, submit documentation, or pay full rent due to impacts related to COVID-19 on or before 10 days following the date on which the lease terms are violated or the documentation or rent is due. A residential tenant who is unable to pay full rent due to impacts related to COVID19 must also provide documentation to support that claim within 30 days after the date that rent is due.

2. Eviction of Commercial Tenants.

A. During the period of local emergency declared in response to COVID-19, no landlord shall endeavor to evict a commercial tenant for nonpayment of rent if the tenant demonstrates that the tenant is unable to pay rent due to impacts related to COVID-19.

B. A landlord who knows that a commercial tenant cannot pay some or all of the rent temporarily for the reasons set forth above shall not serve a notice pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1161(2), file or prosecute an unlawful detainer action based on a 3-day pay or quit notice, or otherwise seek to evict for nonpayment of rent. A landlord knows of a commercial tenant’s inability to pay rent within the meaning of this Ordinance if the tenant notifies the landlord in writing of the tenant’s inability to pay full rent due to impacts related to COVID-19 on or before 10 days following the date the rent is due. A commercial tenant who is unable to pay full rent due to impacts related to COVID19 must also provide documentation to support that claim within 30 days after the date that rent is due.

3. Tenant’s Liability for Rent. During the period of local emergency declared in response to COVID-19, a residential or commercial tenant shall pay the portion of the rent that the tenant is able to pay.

Nothing in this Ordinance shall relieve the residential or commercial tenant of liability for the unpaid rent, which the landlord may seek after expiration of the local emergency and the tenant must pay within six months of the expiration of the local emergency. The exact terms of the repayment plan are to be agreed upon by the landlord and tenant. If no agreement is reached between the landlord and tenant, the total of all the delayed payments shall be repaid in six (6) equal payments to be paid in thirty (30) day intervals beginning the day after the expiration of this ordinance. A landlord may not charge or collect a late fee for rent that is delayed for the reasons stated in this Ordinance.

4. Impacts related to COVID-19. For purposes of this Ordinance, “impacts related to COVID-19” include, but are not limited to, the following: A. A residential tenant’s inability to comply with lease terms or submit documentation related to the tenancy as a result of administrative delays or other impacts of COVID-19; or B. A substantial decrease in a residential or commercial tenant’s household or business income as a result of any of the following: (1) being sick with COVID19, or caring for a household or family member who is sick with COVID-19; (2) lay-off, loss of hours, or other income reduction resulting from business closure or other economic or employer impacts of COVID-19; (3) compliance with an order or directive from a government health authority to stay home, selfquarantine, or avoid congregating with others during the state of emergency; (4) extraordinary out-of-pocket medical expenses; or (5) child care needs arising

appointed fire commission. Over the last three years, the FPD Board has been unable to fill two vacancies and is concerned about its ability to maintain a quorum. The FPD currently contracts for services with the cities of Woodland and Davis and the University of California, Davis. No changes to contracted services would occur due to this proposal. Existing property taxes and any assessments/fees would also not be affected by this action. The governance change would take effect July 1, 2020. The resolution can be referenced at www. yololafco.org/active-proposals.

The purpose of the Protest Hearing is to allow both landowners and registered voters within the affected territory the opportunity to submit written protest to the proposal. Qualifying individuals may submit written protest as both a landowner and registered voter, but must use a separate form for each protest. Written protests must be filed with LAFCo before the conclusion of the protest hearing. This includes submitting written protest by mail, e-mail, or hand-delivered, so long as

from school closures related to COVID-19.

5. No-fault Eviction. For purposes of this Ordinance, “no-fault eviction” refers to any eviction for which the notice to terminate tenancy is not based on alleged fault by the tenant, including but not limited to eviction notices served pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 1161(1) or 1161(5).

6. Notification in Writing. For purposes of this Ordinance, “in writing” includes email or text communications to a landlord or the landlord’s representative with whom the tenant has previously corresponded by email or text. Any medical or financial information provided to the landlord shall be held in confidence, and only used for evaluating the tenant’s claim.

7. Implementation of Temporary Moratorium. This Ordinance applies to nonpayment eviction notices, eviction notices related to failure to comply with lease terms or submit documentation, no-fault eviction notices, and unlawful detainer actions based on such notices, served or filed on or after the date on which the local emergency was proclaimed.

Section 3. Urgency. The City Council finds that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk of housing displacement, loss of income, and homelessness for many people in the City of Davis and surrounding areas, as more fully described in the recitals of this Ordinance. The City Council further finds that, unless this Ordinance is effective and its regulations are immediately put in place, the public health, safety and welfare will be at risk. Therefore, the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare requires that this Ordinance be enacted as an urgency ordinance pursuant to Government Code section 36937(b) and that it take effect immediately upon adoption pursuant to Government Code section 36934, and its urgency is hereby declared.

Section 4. Violations. Violations of this Ordinance shall be punishable as set forth in Chapter 1 of the Davis Municipal Code. In addition, this Ordinance grants a defense in the event that an unlawful detainer action is commenced in violation of this Ordinance.

Section 5. Duration. This Ordinance shall remain in effect for the duration of the local emergency.

Section 6. Uncodified. This Ordinance shall not be codified.

Section 7. Severability. If any provision of this Ordinance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be considered a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this Ordinance.

Section 8. Effective Date. Based upon the findings in Section 3 of this Ordinance, this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by a minimum 4/5 vote of the City Council.

Section 9. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance, and the City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance or a summary thereof to be published as required by law.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Davis on this 24th day of March, 2020, by a unanimous vote: 4/1 794 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: March 6, 2020 FBN Number: F20200233 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) NAILS BY DENISE 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

616 Cottonwood Street Woodland, CA 95695 Alternate mailing address: 1305 Adams Court Woodland, CA 95776 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Denise Garcia 1305 Adams Court Woodland, CA 95776 4. Business Classification: Business classification 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: March 5, 2020 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Denise Garcia, Owner 4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22 795

it is received by LAFCo at 625 Court Street, Suite 107, Woodland, California 95695 by 5:00pm on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, the day before the protest hearing. All other protests must be hand delivered to LAFCo staff at the protest hearing scheduled for Thursday, May 28, 2020, at 9:00 am, at the Yolo County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 625 Court Street, Room 206, Woodland, CA before such hearing is closed. Each written protest shall state whether it is made by a landowner or registered voter. It shall also identify the property location or assessor's parcel number(s) (landowner) or residence address (including street number where applicable) (registered voter) and be signed and dated.

All signatures must be dated after the publication of the protest hearing notice per Government Code 57051 (i.e., March 29, 2020). Only valid protests will be considered.

Protest forms for landowners and registered voters are available at www.yololafco.org/notices. If you have any questions, please contact Yolo LAFCo at (530) 666-8048 or lafco@yolocounty.org.

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t the risk of inflicting my internal turmoil on you, I confess to a huge ambivalence in making any connection between the pandemic and the climate crisis. Do we really need two elephants in the room at the same time?

One that has been with us for a long time, decades even, becoming so familiar that many of us, too many, have placed our fear of its potential carnage on a back burner, take its presence for granted, and figure some day we’ll talk about it and figure out how to get it out of the room without the whole house shattering. Now, along comes elephant No. 2, crashing its way into the room and demanding our immediate attention.

What to do?

The pandemic is a very serious threat and failure to respond dramatically in ways that require previously unimaginable actions that alter the lives of everyone on the planet is the clear path forward: a global consensus. Forget about elephant No. 1; this virus must be stopped.

Countries around the globe shut down industries and require others to convert to the production of items needed to stop the pandemic. Scientists stop what they are doing and devote their brainpower and labs to feverish efforts to find a cure for the virus’ fever. Billions of people of all cultures are required to change behavior. This is a global Manhattan Project.

The climate crisis appropriately takes a back seat.

The U.S. Congress passes a trillion-plus dollar survival bill to stop a free fall in the economy, directing funds to people who have lost their jobs and also to backstop businesses that lost all their customers, but indicates this is no time to prop up the renewable energy sector; there will be time for that later.

What to do?

The Environmental Protection Agency, responding to a request from the American Petroleum Institute for regulatory relief, tells power plants, factories and other facilities “to determine for themselves if they are able to meet legal requirements on reporting air and water pollution.” The API is concerned that the virus will affect its ability to repair leaky equipment and monitor pollutants seeping into rivers and lakes.

This is just one example, and it may be a picky one, but it does indicate a nexus between our two elephants in terms of how, once the pandemic is manageable, we will return our gaze to the climate crisis. Will we continue to ignore it or will we learn from how we responded to the pandemic.

A writer in the New York Times recently quoted Katherine Hayhoe, climate scientist, as defining the pattern of climate denial as having six stages. It’s not real. It’s not us. It’s not that bad. It’s too expensive to fix. Aha, here’s a great solution (that actually does nothing). And, oh no! Now it’s too late. You really should have warned us earlier.

Sound familiar. She could have been describing the pandemic. It’s a hoax.

It’s not us, its China. We have it under control. It will magically go away.

There’s a pill that will stop it. Nobody saw this coming and warned us.

The nexus, what convinced me to talk about this now, even though two elephants in the room at

the same time seems like too much, is that our response to the pandemic raises really serious questions about how, as it progresses at a much slower pace than the pandemic, we will respond to the climate crisis as its negative effects accelerate.

Will we be prepared?

Will there be a global sense of urgency? Will we listen to the scientists? Who will be our Dr. Fauci? Will we have capable leadership at the national and international level that will level with us about the seriousness of the problem and the need for action? Will people be willing to accept those strong measures, many of which will require changes in behavior and customs?

Our response to the pandemic raises really serious questions about how, as it progresses at a much slower pace than the pandemic, we will respond to the climate crisis as its negative effects accelerate.

Will there be equality of response to those who are poor, stateless, without a voice in the halls of power?

And, as asked in the Times article, “Can we respond to this crisis without relying on the bad environmental practices that got the planet into a mess?”

One other thing. Quoting from the Times article: “The concept of the personal carbon footprint was popularized by British Petroleum in a 2005 media campaign costing over $100 million — a campaign that, research has indicated, deflected responsibility for climate change away from the corporation and onto the individual consumer.”

Two books on my bookshelf illustrate the point: “30 Simple Energy Things YOU Can Do To Save the Planet” and, more ambitiously, “50 Simple Things You Can Do To Save the Earth.” Will corporations with large investments in the status quo, and government officials dependent on these corporations, accept the responsibility for action and change.

Lots of tough questions.

Answers coming soon.

We can all use some humor in this tense time.

Have a look at this on YouTube. Scroll down until you see the two people and an arrow to click on to start the video: https://999ktdy.com/ couple-sings-what-we-areall-feeling-homebound.

— John Mott-Smith is a resident of Davis, who lately feels like a person in that YouTube video. This column appears in the print edition of The Davis Enterprise the first and third Wednesday of each month. Please send comments to johnmottsmith@ comcast.net.

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s frontline providers mobilizing to fight an invisible enemy, and care for you, our community, we want you to know the truth.

These are very difficult times. At the time of writing this column, there are more than 163,000 COVID-19 cases in the United States and almost 2,900 deaths. In our own Yolo County there are 24 cases and one death, and the numbers increase every day.

We are hearing stories of significant challenges from our physician colleagues across the country, in hard hit areas like New York, and most recently from Southern California and the Bay Area. Hospitals and clinics are rapidly overwhelmed with people sick from COVID-19, making it very difficult to care for people with other conditions like heart attacks, stroke, asthma or injuries. While we are doing everything we can to prepare for this pandemic, we need to slow the spread of the virus in our county.

WE IMPLORE YOU, please use social distancing and stay home unless you have to go shopping for food or seek medical care. There is no COVID-19 treatment and no vaccine.

The virus spreads from person to person. The only way we can slow and eventually stop the spread of this virus is to keep 6 feet from other people.

Stay at home.

Learn, play and work at home.

Pray at home.

To help stop the virus from spreading and to stay as healthy as possible wash your hands regularly throughout the day, try not to touch your face, cover any cough or sneeze, clean your workspaces and frequently touched areas regularly, and do not smoke or vape any products.

Take care of yourself.

Eat and sleep well.

Get outside, sunshine and fresh air are healing.

Walk or run or ride bicycles, but not in groups, and critically, please maintain your 6 feet of distance.

If you are sick with COVID-19 symptoms, such as a losing sense of smell, cough, sneeze, fever, or trouble breathing and wonder what to do, please call your health-care provider.

Most people will only have mild symptoms and should stay home and self-quarantine to prevent the spread of disease.

Depending on how sick you are, your provider might recommend you be seen at the clinic or the emergency department. Please call your provider before coming in to be seen. Unfortunately, hospitals and clinics are locations with increased burden of COVID19, and thus should be visited only if necessary. Our providers are working on new ways to allow you to remotely access healthcare such as phone or video visits, to help keep you safe.

There are currently not enough tests for those who are mildly ill, so if you are sick with a flu-like illness stay home. We are only testing the sickest patients and those who risk transmitting the disease rapidly.

As testing availability increases, our healthcare systems will be updating our community to changes in testing protocols. Again, please call your provider if you have questions about whether you should be tested.

Thank you for the sacrifices you are making during these tough times to protect yourselves, your families and friends, and our community. Your efforts will keep our local hospitals, clinics and emergency departments running so we can continue to serve you in your greatest time of need.

— Justin Chatten-Brown, MD, ER medical director, Woodland Memorial Hospital; Suzanne Eidson-Ton, MD, MS, chief medical officer, CommuniCare Health Centers; Mark Ho, MD, medical director, Kaiser Permanente — Davis Medical Offices; Karen Hopp, MD, president and CEO, Woodland Clinic Medical Group; Kevin Jones, MD, ER medical director, Sutter Davis Hospital; Anca Knoepfler, MD, medical director, UC Davis Health — Davis Clinic; Jaime Lopez, PA, medical director, Winters Healthcare; Melissa Marshall, MD, chief executive officer, CommuniCare Health Centers; Deven Merchant, MD, chief medical executive, Sutter Davis Hospital; Paul Riggle, MD, UC Davis Health — Davis Clinic; Andrea Trader, MD, pediatrician, Winters Healthcare; Ron Chapman, MD, MPH, public health officer for Yolo County Health and Human Services; Mary Ann Limbos, MD, MPH, deputy public health officer for Yolo County Health and Human Services, pediatrician at CommuniCare.

s of the end of last year, California’s budgetary rainy day fund amounted to about $20 billion. That sounds like a lot, and the last two governors both put more cash than legally required into the fund.

Now the rainy day has arrived. Skies are dark, figurative rain clouds loom over the Sierra Nevada and other mountain ranges. It’s almost time to tap into the rainy day fund. But it would be unwise to take all the money at once, just as no family should exhaust all its savings in one fell swoop, if at all possible.

For the coronavirus pandemic brought with it enormous personal and corporate financial losses, which will soon translate into vastly lowered revenues for state government. That may last a while.

Personal income taxes for 2020, mostly to be paid next year, will be much lower than this year’s and last year’s unless the stock market rockets back up at the same extended record pace it has lost ground over the last two months. With most businesses shuttered and restaurants, bars, sports teams and their arenas all idled to avoid disease contagion, corporate taxes will also skid. Income

and corporate tax dollars the state will not be getting.

All of which means anyone or any program dependent on state budget support needs to get set right now for serious belt-tightening on a scale unseen in more than a decade. The days of relatively easy money are over.

tax revenues will fall, too, because of the layoffs and unemployment the closures have brought.

The last time anything like this happened to California, in the fiscal crisis of 2008-11, these same types of tax receipts nose-dived, and quickly. In 2007, for one example, the state took in $11 billion worth of capital gains taxes. The very next year, capital gains tax receipts came to just $2.3 billion, a drop of about 80 percent.

Capital gains taxes paid to the state were about 50 percent higher in 2018 and 2019 than in 2007. They will likely come to about $15 billion this year. But they will certainly drop in 2021, and by at least as much as in 2008, barring a miracle stock market recovery.

The rainy day fund can make up some of this, but not all. And that won’t account for the anticipated income

LETTERS Response to coronavirus Two major lessons emerge from how American governments have responded to the spread of the coronavirus — one negative, one positive.

The negative is the failure of the national government in the person of President Trump to respond immediately, decisively and intelligently with specific solutions. The positive is the leadership from below — how quickly and effectively governors, mayors and other state and local government officials have stepped in with information and specific solutions.

As protectors of public health, many governors and mayors have ordered residents to stay at home, closed nonessential businesses, aided hospitals and other medical services, and kept their constituents informed. The actions of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and California Gov. Gavin Newsom have been especially visible and effective in their states.

Yet there are limits as to what the governors and mayors can accomplish. They lack the resources — revenue, regulatory power, etc. — of the national government and its ability to deal with a national crisis in a unified manner. The state and local landscape is fragmented, with governments going their own way. For every Cuomo or Newsom, there are many more officials who have not responded, being

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his means the $2 billion Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to contribute toward housing the homeless probably will be cut or will simply evaporate.

It means plans for the massive tunnel the governor would like to bore beneath the Delta of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers may not advance nearly as fast as expected. It means schools must prepare to spend far less in the 2021-2022 academic year than they have lately. It could mean a big cut in state support for the University of California and the Cal State system, both of which saw such backing sliced dramatically during the last fiscal crisis.

Many more programs and proposals will also be affected, but it’s hard to pinpoint Newsom’s priorities and the Legislature’s.

They probably don’t even know those priorities today,

passive or even in denial about the public health crisis.

It is shameful for the United States to have a president avoiding his responsibility in the face of a national emergency, conceding the leadership role to the lower-level governments. This will go down as an aberration in American history, hopefully not to be repeated when the next national crisis hits us.

Al Sokolow Davis

Hometown homeless For the last year or so a homeless encampment has appeared along F Street, north of Covell Boulevard. There seem to be approximately 10 tents with unknown numbers of people living there.

They have been there through the winter cold and rains in what must be squalid conditions. And now with COVID-19 they cannot stay overnight in churches. This condition is a hazard for the homeless and for the community, especially now.

Why is it taking so long to provide homeless shelter in Davis? We are a highly educated, affluent, caring town.

We can and must do better!

Pam Rhodes Davis

Thanks for COVID-19 action I would like to thank the Davis Food Co-op for its response to the COVID-19

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All of which means that anyone who thought the farreaching ripples of the viral threat were already pretty bad now needs to get ready for further crises to come.

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Pandemic limerick A virus, not lightning or thunder, Has scattered our world asunder, Without more detection, Our first choice selection, Is six feet apart (versus under).

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That way, state government could spread the harm from the coronavirus financial crisis over at least two or three years, rather than imposing all the needed cuts at once a year from now. Yes, this would be bitter medicine for a state already disrupted by the pandemic, but it would be easier to take than the kind of massive slashing that would come next year if everything is left intact in budget negotiations this spring and summer.

crisis. I shopped there today, March 27th, during the 10-Noon block reserved for vulnerable folks like me. I saw a couple of pregnant women and many fellow grayhairs. Two staff met me at the door offering gloves and wipes.

The store was not crowded and the inventory was great. People were more conscious of social distancing than I have experienced elsewhere.

The check-out lanes are spaced and the staff and customers are protected by fullstation-length plexi-shields.

I especially appreciate the Co-op staff for continuing to work and maintaining a great attitude. A shout-out to the leadership for increasing their pay.

Ron Clement Davis

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and will likely spend months hashing it out. If Newsom is wise, the scheduled May revision of his proposed 2020-21 budget will slash many categories even if the state begins to pull out of immediate crisis mode by then.

California Senate Sen. Bill Dodd, State Capitol, Room 5063, Sacramento, CA 95814; 916-651-4003; fax: 916-651-4903; email: visit sd03.senate.ca. gov. District office: 555 Mason St., Suite 275, Vacaville, CA 95688; 707-454-3808; fax: 707-454-3811.

California Assembly Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0004; 916-319-2004; fax: 916319-2104; email: visit www.asm.ca.gov/ aguiar-curry. District office: 600 A St., Suite D, Davis, CA 95616; 530-757-1034

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s fears grow that the 2020 college football season may be canceled in its entirety, the NCAA has partnered with the CDC, HHS, ESPN, Zoom and John Madden to come up with an alternative game plan for the fall.

The former Raiders head coach has agreed to update his wildly popular “Madden” game so it can create realistic head-tohead virtual match-ups between the nation’s top coaches.

Because the entire 2020 college football schedule was finalized several months ago, the virtual games will follow the already established dates from the UC Davis-Nevada game in late August through the ArmyNavy showdown on the second Saturday of December.

Games will be played through all four NCAA divisions and will provide for national championship playoffs at each level.

Every head coach in the country will be connected via Zoom with his offensive coordinator,

defensive coordinator, starting quarterback, defensive captain, punter and most generous booster.

A team will no longer be allowed to play defense if its defensive captain is disqualified for targeting, a rule that Alabama head coach Nick Saban termed “crazy.”

However, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney praised the rule, stating, “Player safety should be our No. 1 concern as we transition into virtual football.” Swinney also insisted, “The Good Lord will take care of our defensive captain.”

The regular 40-second time clock between plays will be in operation as each team’s brain trust comes up with whatever offensive plays or defensive strategies it wishes to employ.

The game will be so realistic that it will allow for bad calls from the officials, instant replay to overturn those bad calls, star players getting injured in the weight room, disgruntled stars

entering the transfer portal, winning coaches receiving the obligatory Gatorade bath, the Boomer Sooner wagon overturning at midfield and Roseanne Barr singing the National Anthem.

Color commentators, sequestered 6-feet apart in an air-tight tornado shelter under the Fargo Dome in North Dakota, will be allowed to continue to butcher the language, including substituting “lay” for “lie,” “southmore” for “sophomore” and “offsides” for “offside.”

Officials will be allowed, without limit, to state: “The previous play is under further review,” even if the previous play had

never been reviewed in the first place.

Head coaches will be fitted with realistic headphones that they can tear off their heads and slam to the floor if a trick play gets blown up or an official calls pass interference when no contact was made.

Fans, connected through payper-view, will be hooked up with special microphones that will allow them to cheer, scream, boo, stomp their feet or berate officials in real time, so crowd noise will be as realistic as it would be at any football stadium in America on a Saturday afternoon.

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ans in the Southeastern Conference will be encouraged to visit their local Waffle House for take-out-only in lieu of tailgating and will be allowed to drink Budweiser until midway through the third quarter.

Pac-12 fans, meanwhile, will be allowed only hand-crafted, small-batch IPAs to wash down

their Impossible Burgers as the NCAA endeavors to keep their carbon emissions as close to zero as possible.

In cooperation with the National Weather Service, games will be played in realistic conditions, including heavy downpours at Husky Stadium in Seattle, brutal dry heat in Tucson and Tempe, snow flurries in South Bend and stifling humidity in Oxford, Miss. Hurricane season may lead to unexpected cancellations in Miami, Tallahassee and the Carolinas.

NCAA President Mark Emmert admits there may be “a few hiccups” as the program is rolled out this fall, but said “it’s the best we can do in a trying situation to serve our studentathletes without actually paying them for their services.”

And that’s the way it is in the world of sports on this First Day of April in the Year of our Lord, 2020.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

‘It’s a totally different time’ DHS football staff, players learn to adjust ■ Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series looking at everything that is Davis youth and high-school football during the strange days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, DHS head coach Steve Smyte talks about the adjustments and cautions in his Blue Devil program.

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BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor While sports around the world are running in place, coaches from Davis to Zanzibar are trying to figure out ways to keep their sequestered athletes healthy and safe from the coronavirus.

At the same time, teams and the individuals who have had their seasons interrupted hope to find ways to keep in shape and drink in inspiration from their coaches.

In the Blue Devil football program, varsity head coach Steve Smyte has been in contact with his student-athletes. His message is not different from the universal call: “My primary responsibility is that (the players) are going to be healthy.

In doing so, my first line of defense is saying, ‘Hey, we’re not going to do anything and chance it. It’s a totally different time.’

“As a coach, I think that’s my ethical duty ... I don’t look at them as much as my players as I do my sons. What would I say to my son?”

Davis High had its sports calendar suspended last month and regular personal contact by staff to student-athletes was forbidden by local school officials.

Since, Davis Joint Unified School District superintendent John Bowes has given the green light for communication between coaches and their team’s participants. Smyte was quick to rekindle the contact.

“We’ve provided workouts they can do (without weights), ways to stay healthy and in shape,” the veteran mentor Smyte told The Enterprise this week.

He originally thought spring football might start in May, but with the district canceling sports for the

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Davis High head football coach Steve Smyte is figuring out the best way to help his student-athletes stay sharpe during the county’s shelter-in-place order. His primary focus is to keep the Blue Devils healthy and safe during the pandemic. foreseeable future, no one in the juniors and sophomores returning, world of athletics has an accurate the spring bloom of what might be was nipped in the bud by COVIDcrystal ball.

For now, it’s reaching out by long- 19. distance as online instruction for “Being healthy and safe is beyond DJUSD teachers will begin on April the importance of our football 13 — the day after the normal-but- team,” Smyte knows. “We have a elongated spring break ends. civic responsibility. We also talk “These are strange times,” Smyte about our moral responsibilities as a team. Don’t be selfunderstated, notish in this time. ing that he’s Our kids, not just implored his guys in sports, need to “to be safe, be be responsible.” smart. Make sure you’re washing Now is the time, your hands, make Smyte adds, for his sure you’re using charges to lead by sanitizers, make example and show sure you’re keeping Steve Smyte that the character social distancing ... that’s so important because if you get DHS head football coach on the field with sick, that can put Blue Devil football you — and those around you — carries over to family, friends and back a long way.” community.

Spring football would have been a “At first, the football coach in me chance for Devil Nation to get a thought ‘OK, work out on your own. taste of what’s in store for the 2020 Do everything on your own. Throw season. The 2019 Blue Devils were the football with each other,’” the feel-good story of the region, reports the special-education coorgoing from 6-5 to 10-3 and winning dinator. “But I’m not going to stick their first postseason contest in 25 my head in the sand. A lot has years. changed since the initial warnings.

With an accomplished cast of My primary responsibility is that

“I don’t look at them as much as my players as I do my sons.”

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(the players) are going to be healthy.

“In doing so, the first line of defense is saying, ‘Hey, we’re not going to do anything stupid and chance it.’ That’s not who we are.”

So, for the time being, the weight room at Davis High remains shuttered. Brown Stadium and the freshly refurbished Halden Field turf sits unused. The activity that should be the practice fields at the school are a ghost town.

“With all this uncertainly, will we run a spring ball?” Smyte repeats a questions. “I don’t know. No one does.”

Notes: There are several varsity and junior-varsity coaching positions available and Smyte asks that folks interested contact him via email at ssmyte@djusd.net. ...

One key spot filled has been junior varsity head coach. Longtime Junior Blue Devil official and former UC Davis fullback Paul Hasson got the call from Smyte. Hasson replaces Mike Satre, who held the position for a decade. ... A local flagfootball program, run by DJBD, has been canceled but fall tackle league registration is ongoing at juniorbluedevils.com says Hasson.

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UC Davis junior golfer Thomas Hutchison has received an invitation to compete in the 54th annual Pacific Coast Amateur Championship at the Royal Colwood Golf Club in Victoria, B.C. The 72-hole event is scheduled to be held from July 21 to 24 on a course that opened in 1913 and immediately received a royal designation from King George V in 1931. The present history of the event dates back to 1967, but its roots trace back to 1901 with the first championship played at the San Francisco Golf Club following the formation of the Pacific Coast Golf Association.

Among the previous winners is Aggie alum — and current assistant coach — Tyler Raber, who won the 47th tournament by three strokes in 2013 at the Capilano Golf & Country Club in West Vancouver, B.C. Hutchinson ranks No. 94 according to the World Amateur Golf Ranking and No. 130 among U.S. collegiate players, according to the Golfweek. He had a team-high seven top-25 finishes during a shortened 2019-20 season.

Six times he led the Aggies in the clubhouse, shooting a low of 67 in the second round of the Marquette Intercollegiate.

All told, Hutchison finished a combined 6-under for the season with a teambest stroke average of 71.38 — which ranks fourth in single season in school history, behind his No. 3 average of 71.00 set in 2018-19.

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