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County extends lockdown to May 31

Special delivery: Feds probe mail thefts

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BY LAUREN KEENE

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Enterprise staff writer Yolo County’s shelter-inplace order, which was set to expire Friday, will be extended to May 31, the county announced Wednesday.

The order, first issued on March 18, requires county residents to remain at home except for essential travel and activities, including grocery shopping and medical appointments.

Intended to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, the order was extended on April 1 and was extended again this week.

County officials believe the shelter in place has effectively slowed the

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Motels to shelter homeless through July

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Yolo County will continue housing homeless individuals in motel rooms through July 31 if needed.

Leases of motel rooms in Davis, Woodland and West Sacramento were set to expire at the end of April, but the Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to extend the existing emergency hotel agreements on a month-to-month basis for up to three months through the end of July should the need for emergency housing continue.

Currently, 278 county residents are in motel

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“We’ve received a variety of requests,” says DHS senior Emily Chapman, who along with classmate Emily Landerman has been heading up the group’s communications front.

“Our first one was an older sister who wanted a song from the movie ‘Aladdin’ for her younger sibling who was having a birthday. So we made a personalized happy birthday message for him along with a song from the movie.”

Chapman encourages those who know someone celebrating anything from birthdays, anniversaries or even school graduations

Who is stealing the mail in Davis?

That’s what local residents want to know after reports surfaced earlier this week that someone may have obtained a copy of the master key that opens Davis’ “cluster” mailboxes — the centralized mailbox units typically located in newer neighborhoods — and helped themselves to mail and packages.

“What happens now?” said Willowcreek resident Phil Pacca, who learned about the apparent key theft from his mailman earlier this week and posted the information on Nextdoor, eliciting dozens of shocked and angry responses from his neighbors who realized they’d been victimized. “People are expecting stimulus checks, bills. All that stuff is probably gone.”

The alleged thefts, a federal crime, have been reported to the U.S. Postal

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The Davis High Madrigals’ annual European tour has been canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, the group visited Italy and placed second overall at the Da Vinci International Choral Festival.

Choir students begin outreach

BY OWEN YANCHER Enterprise staff writer In yet another story of local ingenuity despite shelter-in-place orders, Davis High’s three choir groups have begun an outreach campaign to spread joy via song.

Banding together as one, the nearly 75 Blue Devils who make up the DHS Advanced Treble, Jazz and Madrigal choirs have pooled talents to create free, personalized music videos in efforts to connect

with those isolated due to the coronavirus.

What started as a group brainstorming session, according to longtime DHS choir director Karen Gardias, quickly evolved into a completely student-driven project: “They’ve taken off with it,” she adds. “It’s been so easy for me to step back and let them do their thing.”

With upwards of 30 video requests in just their first few days active, these Blue Devils have been busy crafting content that’s ranged from classical works to Disney musicals.

Students sue UC and CSU over tuition

BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer Students at the California State University and University of California systems filed lawsuits this week, demanding refunds on mandatory tuition fees used for on-campus services that are no longer being offered. Campus operations have been suspended since March due to the coronavirus, with instruction continuing remotely.

Despite the suspension

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of campus operations, the university systems are charging students full tuition. The UC Office of the President already announced tuition will not be reduced or refunded even if classes are taught remotely in the 2020-21 academic year.

“Tuition and mandatory fees have been set regardless of the method of instruction and will not be refunded in the event instruction occurs

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With no students on campus, UC Davis transitioned to remote instruction, which has added unexpected costs.

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Briefly UCD grad ID’d in Dec. cliff crash A UC Davis graduate has been identified as the driver of a sportutility vehicle captured on camera driving off a cliff along Highway 1 south of San Francisco several months ago.

Tracey Ivori Sinclair, a San Francisco resident, earned a bachelor’s degree in biological and physical sciences from UCD in 1989, university officials told media outlets Wednesday after the San Francisco-area California Highway Patrol released her identity.

According to the CHP, a passing motorist’s dash camera captured Sinclair’s northbound Lexus SUV veering off the highway near Gray Whale Cove and plunge into the ocean below shortly after 10:30 a.m. Dec. 30.

An extensive, multiagency search failed to immediately locate the vehicle or the driver, due to dangerous ocean conditions.

Human remains and Sinclair’s driver’s license later recovered on nearby Montara State Beach, along with a missing-person report filed by Sinclair’s family, led to her identification through a DNA match and records confirming her ownership of a Lexus SUV, CHP officials said.

For the record Wednesday’s From Field to Fork column misidentified two Davis Farmers Market vendors, Skyelark Ranch and Upper Crust Baking Company.

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This blatant disrespect will not stand

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hen our dear mayor delivered his muchanticipated “State of the City” address several months ago, I’m not sure if he knew that our beloved town was about to lose its title as the Most Relevant City in America.

If he had known, it seems his address would have dealt with how we can get back on our feet and take our rightful place atop the national rankings in pretty much all categories known to man.

For those who have had their head in the sand and don’t wish to confront the sad reality that has befallen Carmel-by-the-Causeway, I’m speaking here of WalletHub’s hot-off-the-press rankings of the “Best College Towns and Cities in America.”

Last time I checked, yes, we are indeed a college town. Or at least we were a college town before all those students left in a rush to quarantine themselves at places unknown.

It used to be when these various rankings would come out that Davis would invariably be No. 1 or at least very near the top. Sometimes we might have to battle Chapel Hill for the overall crown, but at least the rest of the country knew we were a force to be reckoned with.

“High school seniors face a laundry list of tasks when getting ready for college,” the story begins.

varying sizes based on 31 key indicators of academic, social and economic opportunities for students.”

Like how long it takes to have a pizza delivered to your dorm room.

C Well, we just happen to have a high school senior in our humble household and she is definitely facing a lot of laundry, most of it on her bedroom floor.

“Between standardized tests, essays and financial-aid applications, the final months before orientation can be difficult. One of the most important steps in the process is the campus visit, which often includes a tour of the city or town that will serve as the student’s home for the next several years.”

Which, apparently, is why WalletHub decided to put together this onerous list that didn’t rank us as highly as we would have liked. But look at the bright side.

If everyone takes WalletHub’s advice at face value, one day soon we’ll have far fewer UC Davis students clogging up our bike lanes or taking up all the parking spots downtown.

“To help prospective college students narrow down their school choices, WalletHub compared more than 400 U.S. cities of

ities were ranked on a wide variety of subjects, such as “Most nightlife options per capita.” Sounds educational to me.

Not surprisingly, coming in first was Las Vegas, where the most popular majors are Buffet Management and Elevator Science. Of course, now that Las Vegas has completely shut down and struggles with the highest unemployment rate in the nation, WalletHub may have to revisit that ranking.

Coming in first in the category of “Highest share of rental units,” was Isla Vista, the densely packed student ghetto at UC Santa Barbara. Whether it was a good thing or a bad thing to come in first in this category is unclear.

Among the factors included in a town’s “Social Environment” was the number of “breweries per capita.” That’s an interesting “quality” to be analyzing given that the vast majority of university undergraduates are not yet old enough to drink. At least legally.

Davis did not score in the top five of either “Highest Quality of Education” or “Lowest Quality of Higher Education,” which is what someone with a Ph.D. might call a

Accused coronavirus specimen thief back in jail

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer A homeless man who allegedly posed as a federal employee to steal a possible COVID-19 specimen from Sutter Davis Hospital is back in custody, accused of committing new crimes just days after being let go from jail on a supervised release program.

Shaun Lamar Moore pleaded not guilty Thursday to the new counts of sexual battery and petty theft, stemming from separate incidents that occurred on April 18 and 20 while he was wearing a GPS tracking device, according to the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office.

Moore, 40, also made a brief video appearance in Yolo Superior Court on Wednesday to address his supervision violation, dur-

ing which Judge David Rosenberg revoked his release and set bail at $10,000.

“Mr. Moore has more (mental health) issues that I hope the public defender will explore,” including his competence to undergo criminal proceedings, Rosenberg said.

Richard Van Zandt, Moore’s public defender, said Moore will be assigned to a mental-health specialist in his office as soon as possible.

“During this pandemic, one of the many challenges we have faced for our clients is getting the services for their particular needs, such as housing, drug and mental health treatment, and medication,” he told The Enterprise on Wednesday.

According to complaints

filed in court this week, Moore committed the petty theft on April 18 in West Sacramento. He was later hospitalized on a mentalhealth hold at Woodland Memorial Hospital, where prosecutors say on April 20 he grabbed the breasts of an elderly woman who also was a patient there. That incident reportedly was caught on security cameras.

Judge Peter Williams granted a protective order for the woman during Moore’s arraignment hearing Thursday, calling the details of the alleged incident “troubling.”

Moore already faces felony charges including second-degree burglary and attempted possession of a restricted biological agent related to the alleged hospital theft on April 11, during which Moore reportedly

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identified himself as an employee of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and was given the specimen despite having no identification or other credentials.

released a statement pledging to conduct an internal investigation into the matter.

Although prosecutors sought to keep Moore in custody on a no-bail hold as a public safety and flight risk, Rosenberg, noting Moore’s apparent mentalhealth issues, granted his zero-bail release from jail under a California Judicial Council emergency bail schedule for misdemeanors and low-level felonies, one of several measures taken to reduce the state’s jail populations during the coronavirus pandemic.

Sutter Davis employees alerted police after seeing Moore leave the property on a bicycle, followed several minutes later by the arrival of the state Department of Health courier who was supposed to pick up the specimen. The incident triggered “a rather large and disruptive public health emergency,” Yolo County prosecutors said in court documents.

Moore’s release required him to wear the GPS tracking device and stay at least 100 yards away from Sutter Davis Hospital. He’s now due back in court May 27 for further proceedings on his three pending cases.

Officers found the undisturbed specimen several hours later at a CVS Pharmacy store in The Marketplace shopping center and returned it to the hospital.

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Victim: Muggers blame COVID ‘distress’ Bear spotted in W. Davis

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer A kidnapping and robbery investigation is underway in Davis after a local man said two strangers forced him to drive to his bank and withdraw money, according to police.

The unusual incident was reported Tuesday by the victim, who told officers he was pumping gas at the Shell station on Anderson Road and West Covell Boulevard — his toddler child in the back seat — at about 4:20 p.m. when a couple pulled up alongside him in their gray Ford Explorer, which had two young children sleeping in the back seat, Lt. Art Camacho said.

“They said they were in financial distress because of

COVID-19 and asked him to give them money, and they offered jewelry items in return,” including a goldcolored necklace and ring, Camacho said.

The man refused but offered to fill the couple’s gas tank; the counter-offer also was declined.

“As he got into his vehicle to leave, the female got in the front passenger side of the victim’s vehicle, and she demanded they go to his bank to give her $300,” Camacho said. “He’s intimidated by this, and so he complies.”

Camacho said the man drove to a Bank of America branch as the male suspect followed in the Ford. He withdrew $200 — “That’s all I have,” he told the

couple — and they parted ways.

The man drove home and relayed the incident to his wife, who contacted police.

The man described the male suspect as an East Indian male, 30 to 40 years old, about 5-foot-5 with a medium build and short black hair, wearing a purple long-sleeved shirt and gray pants. The woman wore a face mask, yellow shirt and brown head covering similar to a hijab. They also spoke Spanish to one another at times, Camacho said.

Anyone who may have been approached by this couple, or has information about their whereabouts, can contact the Davis Police Department at 530-7475400.

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“good news/bad news” scenario.

The rankings were divided into “Large City,” “Midsize City” and “Small City.” Our town of 70,000 highly intelligent human beings fell into the last category.

WalletHub ranked 200 such small cities. If you’re sitting down with a tall cool beverage and the children have left the room, I’ll tell you where we are ranked.

Ready? Were we No. 1? No, that honor went to Ann Arbor.

Been there, done that. Yes, their football stadium is 10 times bigger than our football stadium, but that’s about it.

We’re we No. 2? No, that honor goes to lovely Provo.

On and on we go down the list, through Orem (No. 8), Santa Barbara (No. 10), Berkeley (No. 15), Boone, N.C. (No. 26), Moscow (No. 28), Ypsilanti (No. 32), Pullman (No. 39), Oshkosh (No. 43), and finally Davis (No. 45), sandwiched between Muncie and Champaign.

Our mayor and our chancellor must immediately put their heads together at the top of the Mrak and come up with a game plan to advance us at least 10 spots by the time the 2021 rankings come out.

No, make that 20 spots.

The very health and welfare of our fair city hangs in the balance.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

OBITUARY Ann Davis

Sept. 24, 1951 — April 24, 2020 Longtime Davis resident Ann Davis, 68, passed away on April 24, 2020, in Woodland.

Ann was born in England to Harold and Florence Savage. At age 3, Ann immigrated to the United States with her family, spending her childhood years in Southern California and graduating from Oxnard High School in 1969. She continued her education at CSU Long Beach, where she earned her bachelor’s degree.

Ann taught for many years at Lee Junior High School before her retirement. She enjoyed entertaining friends and family, golf and reading, but nothing brought her more joy than spending time with her

four grandchildren, Layla, Winter, Mabel and Weston.

Ann is survived by her brother, Frank, and sister, Susan. Ann was preceded in death by her mother, father, and sister, Pam. She will also be missed and fondly remembered by her two sons, Matthew and Ryan and their spouses, Jennifer and Nikola.

A private family remembrance will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers or other offerings, with all four of Ann’s grandchildren currently enrolled in Davis schools, please consider honoring Ann’s memory with a donation to the Davis Schools Foundation.

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer The Davis Police Department issued an alert Wednesday morning about a reported bear sighting in West Davis.

According to the 8:30 a.m. social media alert, the Police Department “has received reports of a small brown bear last seen about 7 a.m. near the West Davis pond” in the area of Arlington Boulevard and Shasta Drive.

“If seen, please use caution, do not approach, and call 911 immediately,” said police, who also released a 12-second video showing the bear walking down a driveway near two parked vehicles.

In the initial report at about 6:20 a.m., a resident of Glacier Drive said he saw the bear walking in a neighbor’s front yard and hop the fence into a

back yard, according to the Police Department’s online crime log.

By 2 p.m., there had been no additional sightings of the bear, and Yolo County Animal Services officers that had been scouring the area ended their search.

“The bear got away, and we sincerely hope he is happy, safe and found what he was looking for,” Deputy Police Chief Paul Doroshov quipped. Social media claims that the bear was found dead along a highway appear to be unfounded, he added.

The sighting is the second known bear visit to Davis since last summer, when a black bear wandered onto the east end of the UC Davis campus in June.

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Explorit Science Center needs your help

BY SARA THOMPSON Special to the Enterprise

S

ince its founding in 1982, Explorit has specialized in teaching science with hands-on experiments and activities.

We provide a variety of topics for elementary students both at our Fifth Street site in Davis and also others that travel to area schools.

Because our programs are fun and engaging, we travel to a whopping 18 counties in Northern California and the Bay Area, including many of the schools here in Yolo County.

Because of COVID-19, we needed to cancel our spring programs and close our doors to the public for the health and safety of our visitors and staff.

Unfortunately, this left us with an uncertain future.

Like all nonprofits and small businesses, we are dependent upon our local communities to keep our

doors open.

Our primary funding comes from school program fees that we are unable to currently perform now. Funding not only comes from performing school programs, but generous donations and memberships. Grants may help us develop new programs or improve others, but they are not used to pay our bills or staff time.

We are looking into ways to continue teaching science to the elementary schools in our community, while still keeping it fun and hands-on including digital learning and when allowed, outdoor teaching and activities. But until that time, we are sitting without income. In the meantime, we have significantly reduced staff time, while continuing to pay our bills and care for our live animals.

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scientists of tomorrow.

You can help us continue our mission by supporting us through memberships, direct donations, and sponsorships at http:// www.explorit.org/support.

Explorit is also participating in Big Day of Giving on Thursday, May 7, and we humbly ask for your support during this

TUITION: Lawsuits filed in federal courts on Monday From Page A1 remotely for any part of the Academic Year,” the university stated in a budget analysis document. The same message has been circulated to students at UC Davis and other campuses.

The class-action lawsuits were filed Monday in Oakland and Los Angeles federal courts on behalf of more than 700,000 students. According to the complaint, UC and CSU students, depending on their location, are paying up to $4,000 per year for services they no longer have access to.

UC students pay a base fee of $1,128 per year — or $376 per quarter — for student services. On top of that, students pay campusbased fees, which vary depending on the campus.

UC Davis students pay nearly $2,000 per year for things like Unitrans, health services, the Memorial Union and other campus facilities. More than half of the campus-based fees go towards maintenance and activities.

“It is improper for (the universities) to attempt to retain what amounts to many millions of dollars in aggregate in campus fees they collected from their students, even though they terminated the services that these fees covered,” Adam Levitt, one of the lawyers filing the suits, said in a statement.

“A college education is already a monumental expense for students and their families, and to essentially offer them no relief on these material expenditures, particularly during a time when millions of Americans are struggling financially, is not only tonedeaf but unfair and unlawful,” Levitt said.

Several students have started online petitions calling for the fees to be refunded, some of which

have received tens of thousands of signatures. “These additional campus-specific fees cannot be justified since students will not be able to take advantage of the services they are intended to provide,” said a petition started by UC San Diego student Zaccary Bradt. “Continuing to nickel and dime students in the midst of a pandemic is unjust and unacceptable.”

Both university systems appear determined to hold their ground. “CSU will vigorously defend against this suit,” CSU spokesperson Michael Uhlenkamp said in a statement. In Uhlenkamp’s view, the lawsuit “misstates the facts,” as CSU campuses continue to offer services like counseling, advising and telehealth medical services remotely.

UC officials have not publicly responded to the suit, which was filed just a few days ago. Prior to the complaint, UC President Janet Napolitano defended the university’s stance on tuition. “The tuition is to pay for instruction, not for a particular medium of instruction,” she told NBC. “The faculty are still teaching classes. The students are still taking classes and making progress toward their degrees and that is what tuition is for.”

UC campuses are also offering some services remotely. A newly designed Virtual UC Davis website outlines services available to students, which include Student Health and Counseling Services, the Academic Assistance and Tutoring Center, the campus bookstore, Services for International Students and Scholars, the Student Disability Center and resources for remote learning.

The transition to remote instruction and services has added to unexpected costs incurred by the universities. “UC will have tremendous costs due to the COVID-19 response, both

in new expenditures and lost revenues,” Napolitano said in an April 15 letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state government leaders. According to Napolitano, the new expenditures and lost revenue for March exceeded $310 million.

In the same month, UC Davis experienced unanticipated losses and expenditures of $80 million, according to chancellor Gary S. May. The cancellation of student housing contracts, the suspension of elective surgeries at the UC Davis Medical Center, and Paid Administrative Leave for employees who are out of work account for only some of the losses.

The university is set to receive some federal relief funding through the CARES ACT, but campus and university leaders said it is not enough to recoup the losses already sustained, let alone future costs related to the pandemic.

While the universities are suffering financially, Matthew S. Miller, who filed the lawsuit with Levitt, said that does not justify billing students for a product they can no longer deliver.

“We understand that these institutions face their own financial pressures and that this situation is not easy for anyone,” said Miller, who has filed similar lawsuits against several other universities. “But that doesn’t make it right for CSU, UC or any of these schools to pass their losses on to students. Many of these universities have multi-million- or billiondollar endowments to sustain them. Students and their families do not have the same resources.”

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net.

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uncertain time. Donations will go toward food and upkeep for our live animals, helping to pay our utilities and keeping us afloat long enough to open our doors again and continue to Think It! Try It! Explorit!, or provide virtual learning tools.

Donations can be made at the Big Day of Giving

site, https://www.bigday ofgiving.org/Explorit, or at our own donation page, http://www.explorit.org/ support/make-a-donation Explorit’s coming events: ■ Continue to support Explorit during this uncertain time by becoming a member. Membership grants you free visits to Explorit’s regular public hours, discounts on events, camps, and workshops, and gives you ASTC benefits. To purchase or renew your membership, visit www.explorit.org/join/ membership-levels or call Explorit at 530-756-0191.

■ We are monitoring the situation surrounding COVID-19 and recommendations for health and safety. We are still taking Summer Science Camp registrations, and have several spaces still

available. Modifications to space and class size may occur to ensure the health and safety of campers. Any changes to camp information will be sent out to current registrants and posted on our website before the end of May. Register online at http://www. explorit.org/programs/ summer-camp/summerand-vacation-classes.

■ To help slow the spread of COVID-19, Explorit will be closed until public health restrictions have been lifted or eased. Our staff is working remotely and will be answering emails, please contact us at explorit@ explorit.org with any questions. We are not currently accepting recycled material donations.

— Explorit Science Center is at 3141 Fifth St. For information, call 530-7560191 or visit http://www. explorit.org, or “like” the Facebook page at www. facebook.com/explorit.fb.

Drive-in religious services and all construction now allowed in county

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Construction activity in Yolo County will no longer be limited to public works and housing under the county’s shelter-in-place order. Effective May 4, all construction activities will be allowed here, provided appropriate social distancing occurs.

Also permitted beginning Monday will be drive-in religious services that allow members to participate from their own vehicles without touching or being physically close to non-household attendees.

Not included in the amended order issued Thursday: curbside pickup services by nonessential retail businesses and expanded child care with limited capacity. Allowing both, along with construction and drive-in religious services, were being considered under Yolo County’s Roadmap to Recovery.

Under the county’s existing order, nonessential businesses may provide delivery service but not curb-side and child care is limited to children of essential workers.

But until the state allows expansion of those activities, the county cannot, according to Jenny Tan, the county’s public information officer.

Tan noted that curbside retail pick-up and expanded child care fall under “Stage 2” of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-athome order and those activities may not be allowed for another two weeks to a month.

“The state’s order both informs what we can do and restricts what we can do,” Tan said. “It is the standard that all counties have to follow.

“Until the state releases certain activities, we cannot release those activities locally.”

Tan said guidelines for the newly approved activities will be forthcoming and posted on the county website at https://www. yolocounty.org/corona virus-roadmap.

County officials, meanwhile, will monitor the impact of allowing those activities on the county’s coronavirus case numbers, which will determine whether additional loosening — or tightening — of the health order occurs going forward.

The same monitoring is underway for outdoor recreational activities approved last week, including golfing and fishing.

Looking ahead, other Stage 2 activities that may be allowed in the next month — if the governor

allows — include retail with curbside pick-up, manufacturing, offices where telework is not possible and more activity in public spaces.

“In Stage 3 of the state’s plan, there are higher risk workplaces,” Tan said.

Those include hair and nail salons, gyms, entertainment venues like movie theaters and inperson religious services such as weddings, she explained.

In Stage 4, toward the end of the stay-at-home order, activities such as concerts, convention centers and live audience sports would be allowed.

“As the state order evolves, the county is continuing to look for businesses that are allowed by that order,” said Supervisor Don Saylor of Davis, “which is why we have been able to release some activities but not others.

“Our ongoing efforts will be based on evidence and will consider the best interests of all,” he said.

“Physical health, mental health, economic health — these are all front-ofmind as we develop, adjust and navigate this new path.”

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

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‘May is Bike Month’ is virtual this time around

BY JENNIFER DONOFRIO Special to The Enterprise The City of Davis and the Sacramento region are celebrating “May is Bike Month” a little differently this year.

Instead of in-person events, we are shifting our activities and encouragement online and on social media.

The Sacramento Council of Governments (SACOG) encourages you to log your trips at MayisBikeMonth.com and follow them @MayisBikeMonth on Instagram. Bike riders can win bike month socks and t-shirts by participating in online challenges. The fun begins on May 1.

Check out the city of Davis “May is Bike Month” activities at www.Getting AroundDavis.org. We have posted May is Bike Month-themed Zoom backgrounds and phone graphics for you to show your bike month pride.

We know how much you love bike month t-shirts, and we want to challenge you to earn one! Complete one of the six challenges in May, and we will mail you a T-shirt. Complete more than one challenge to earn more prizes, including spoke reflectors and bike bells. Challenges are for both adults and kids. One T-shirt per person, while supplies last.

All the details about how to participate in the challenges are on www.Getting AroundDavis.org on the 2020 “May is Bike Month” webpage.

List of challenges ■ Sign-up for MayisBikeMonth.com and log 10 trips during the month of May. ■ Make a one to two-minute YouTube video about why you bike and share a link to your video at @MayisBikeMonth on Instagram or Facebook.

■ Complete the Cycling Savvy basic course or The League of American Bicyclists Traffic Skills 101 course.

■ Kids 12 and under practice riding your bike to school and find your suggested safe route to school map and city of Davis bike map. Share a photo of your ride @MayisBikeMonth and send screenshot of post.

■ Learn to ride a bicycle. Show off your new skills in a photo or video and post on social media and send a screenshot.

■ Participate in all four weeks of bike month BINGO. This challenge is for kids 12 and under.

For public health reasons, the city’s inperson bike education classes have been canceled. Still interested in learning the rules of the road? Then, good news! The city is now offering a free, online bike education class. Davis residents can sign up to take the free Cycling Savvy online course. Follow the sign-up instructions at www.GettingAroundDavis.org on the 2020 May is Bike Month webpage.

There are also bike education videos and suggestions for fun activities on the GettingAroundDavis.org website. We also recommend that you take this time to check your bike helmet does it have cracks? How old is it? If you wear your Rentals & Real Estate

helmet everyday and leave it outside — it wearing your Bike Month T-shirts. Please might be time for a new one. Give your send any questions about May is Bike bike a bath, lubricate your chain, and Month to bikes@cityofdavis.org. make sure you have all seven required reflectors on your bike.

— Jennifer Donofrio is the city of We have received lots of requests for Davis’ bicycle and pedestrian coordinabike maps. Unfortunately, city staff is not tor. in the office to mail out maps. We encourage bike map enthusiasts to use thewww.cityofdavis.org/ bikes. Also check out the suggested Safe Routes to School maps at the same 4/24 link!

Even though we cannot Parkside Drive meet you face-to-face this and West Eighth May, May is Bike Month will be lots of fun. We look Street, Davis. forward to seeing your completed challenges and Call 916-812-0650 eventually seeing you

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City of Davis Notice of Public Hearing The City of Davis Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the project application, as described below, at a meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 in the Community Chambers, City Offices, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California. In accordance with Executive Order N-33-20 and N-29-20, this meeting may be conducted electronically or by teleconference, without a physical location from which members of the public may observe and offer public comment. Information on how to observe the meeting and offer public comment electronically or telephonically will be included in the meeting agenda.

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Public Notices will contain 214 parking spaces and 216 bike parking spaces – 148 long-term bike spaces within the buildings and 68 short-term bike parking spaces scattered throughout the site. Finally, there will be 40,100 square feet of open space within the project.

The proposed project is subject to the review and approval of the City Council.

Recommendations of the Planning Commission are advisory to the Council.

Environmental Determination: The City has determined that the proposed project qualifies as a Transit Priority Project under the California Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 21155 and a Sustainable Communities Project under PRC Section 21155.1. Therefore, the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The proposed project is also exempt from CEQA as an infill project pursuant to PRC Section 21094.5.

Availability of Documents: Additional information pertaining to the project is available for review at the Department of Community Development Project Name: University Research Park and Sustainability, Planning Division, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, 95616.

Staff reports are available through the Project Location: city’s website at: https://cityofdavis.org/ 1770 Research Park Drive city-hall/commissions-and-committees/ planning-commission/agendas. Staff Applicant: Fulcrum Properties, reports for the public hearing are generally David Nystrom available five (5) days prior to the hearing File Number: PA#18-21, General Plan date and may be available by contacting the project planner.

Amendment #03-18, PPD #03-18 Final Planned Development, Design Public Comments: Review, Lot Line Adjustment All interested parties are invited to participate in the meeting electronically Project Description: The proposed project includes an or by teleconference, or send written amendment to re-designate the property comments to Sherri Metzker, Project from General Commercial to Mixed Use; Planner, City of Davis, Department to Amend Planned Development 3-84 of Community Development and to create and apply a Mixed Use zone Sustainability, 23 Russell Boulevard, Suite within the Planned Development; and a 2, Davis, California, 95616; or via email Final Planned Development, a Lot Line at smetzker@cityofdavis.org, no later Adjustment, and an Architectural and than noon the date of the meeting. For Site Plan review for a mixed use project questions, please call the project planner consisting of four buildings, each with at (530) 757-5610, extension 7230. four floors of residential apartment units over one floor of non-residential space. The City does not transcribe its The 160 dwelling units would include 32 proceedings. Persons who wish to studio units, 96 one-bedroom units, and obtain a verbatim record should arrange 32 two-bedroom units. The project would for attendance by a court reporter or provide 138,431 square feet of residential for some other acceptable means of space and 26,912 square feet of open recordation. Such arrangements will plan tech/office space. The maximum be at the sole expense of the person building height would be 60 feet. This requesting the recordation. project will sit on a re-configured parcel approximately 4.5 acres in size. To service If you challenge the action taken on this the apartments and tech space, the site matter in court, the challenge may be

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existing 2,800 square-foot, single-story structure which currently serves as a transitional housing and a homeless services facility owned and operated by Davis Community Meals and Housing (DCMH) and replace it with a new 16,928 square-foot, 4-story multi-functional Ashley Feeney, Assistant City Manager homeless facility that would continue to 5/1 819 be owned and operated by DCMH. The new facility would provide additional PUBLIC NOTICE housing and allow for expanded services for institutional non-profit and residential uses. Project entitlements include a Rezone of the site to a Planned Development, a Final Planned City of Davis Development, Demolition of the existing Notice of Public Hearing and Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated structure, and an Architectural and Site Plan Design Review for the new 4-story Negative Declaration building.

The City of Davis Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the project application, as described below, at a meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 in the Community Chambers, City Offices, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California. In accordance with Executive Order N-33-20 and N-29-20, this meeting may be conducted electronically or by teleconference, without a physical location from which members of the public may observe and offer public comment. Information on how to observe the meeting and offer public comment electronically or telephonically will be included in the meeting agenda.

Please contact the City Clerk’s Office or Community Development and Sustainability Department for the approximate time this item will be heard.

The proposed project is subject to the review and approval of the City Council.

In addition, notice is hereby given that the City of Davis has prepared an Initial Study and intends to adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration (#02-18) for the project as part of the public hearing by City Council on a date to be determined.

Project Name: Paul’s Place Multifunctional Homeless Facility Project Location: 1111 H Street Applicant: Maria Ogrydziak, AIA 241 B Street, Davis, CA 95616 File Number: Planning Application #1798 for Rezone/PD #02-18, Final Planned Development #05-18, Design Review #28-17, Demolition #10-17, Negative Declaration #02-18 Project Description: The project is proposing to demolish an

Public Comments: All interested parties are invited to participate in the meeting electronically or by teleconference, or send written comments to Eric Lee, Project Planner, City of Davis, Department of Community Development and Sustainability, 23 Russell Boulevard, Suite 2, Davis, California, 95616; or via email at: elee@ cityofdavis.org, no later than noon the date of the meeting. For questions, please call the project planner at (530) 757-5610, extension 7237.

The City does not transcribe its proceedings. Persons who wish to obtain a verbatim record should arrange for attendance by a court reporter or for some other acceptable means of recordation. Such arrangements will be at the sole expense of the person requesting the recordation. If you challenge the action taken on this matter in court, the challenge may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Director of Community Development and Sustainability or City Clerk at, or prior to, the public hearing.

The new facility would consist of: four emergency shelter beds, staff offices, dining/kitchen area, laundry, bathrooms, and a resource center on the first floor; 10 transitional single-occupant bedrooms with shared kitchen, laundry, living room, bathrooms and offices on the second floor; and 9 single-occupant permanent supportive micro-units on each of the third and fourth floor (18 total micro units). Site improvements include four parking spaces, 28 bicycle parking spaces, storage, outdoor recreation Sherri Metzker, Principal Planner areas, and related site improvements. 5/1 821 A total of 18 trees are located on the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME site with perimeter trees to be retained STATEMENT and several ornamental trees in the Filed: April 22, 2020 development area to be removed.

FBN Number: F20200320 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Environmental Determination: An Initial Study analyzing potential THE STRIDE GROUP environmental impacts has been 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of conducted for the project and a Principal Place of Business in California.

Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared Business is located in Yolo County. pursuant CEQA requirements. The Initial 1520 E. Covell Blvd., Suite B5-131 Study shows that there is no substantial Davis, CA 95616 evidence, in light of the whole record 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), before the agency, that the project as Residence Address, State, and Zip mitigated may have a significant effect Peter Carroll 2620 Caravaggio Place on the environment.

Davis, CA 95618 4. Business Classification: Availability of Documents: Additional information pertaining to Individual the project is available for review at the 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Department of Community Development Registrant(s) commenced to transact and Sustainability, Planning Division, business under the fictitious business 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, name or names listed above on: 95616. Staff reports are available April 16, 2020 through the city’s website at: https:// “I declare that all information in cityofdavis.org/city-hall/commissions- this statement is true and correct.” and-committees/planning-commission/ (A registrant who declares as true agendas. Staff reports for the public information which he or she knows to be hearing are generally available five (5) false is guilty of a crime.) days prior to the hearing date and may 6. Signature of Registrant(s): be available by contacting the project Peter Carroll planner.

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n Thursday, May 7, as part of its (all-virtual) 2020 spring fundraising drive, the Davis Schools Foundation will participate in the Big Day of Giving, “an annual 24-hour community-wide movement” intended to grow and support local philanthropy.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, DSF seeks to engage the greater Davis community to ensure that students, teachers and staff of the Davis Joint Unified School District have the resources and tools they need in this extraordinarily difficult time.

In keeping with our community’s values, DSF’s mission is to support a whole-child approach to education, defined by our commitment to social, emotional and physical wellbeing for all students. The present crisis only strengthens our resolve.

Indeed, all of DSF’s funding priorities, including mental health and counseling, equitable opportunity and access and support for educators, take on greater urgency in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health support and resources, for example, are especially critical. Our students are dealing with the trauma of a global crisis, as well as the impacts of distance learning, sheltering in place and the loss of contact with peers.

In addition, it has never been more important to support equitable access to technology in our classrooms. The reality of distance learning is that schools must provide universal access for students to ensure that every child has the tools they need during this crisis. In the coming weeks and months, there will be further opportunities to help address vital needs for Davis students and with your help, DSF will be ready to support these efforts for the 2020-21 school year.

Eleven years ago, DSF played a crucial role in supporting our local schools during a severe recession and state budget crisis. Today, we are facing a new crisis. The future of school budgets in Davis and around the state is uncertain and the current emergency will almost certainly result in reduced state funding for our schools in the coming years.

These are difficult times and we know that many families are impacted financially by the COVID-19 crisis. We respectfully ask that those who are still employed and have the means, to consider donating to DSF. Every dollar raised is an investment in our students’ education and wellbeing, and we are grateful for your support.

You can donate to DSF on May 7 during the Big Day of Giving event at: https://www.bigdayofgiving.org/ davisschoolsfoundation or any time on our website: www.davisschools foundation.org. For more information, please visit our website or contact info@davisschoolsfoundation.org or 530-400-9862.

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SF is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to supporting student well-being and enhancing the educational experience of all K-12 students in the Davis Joint Unified School District. DSF was formed in 2004 by a group of community members who shared a commitment to maintaining and improving the excellence of programs in Davis schools.

DSF works in partnership with families, educators, school staff and community members, and provides annual grants to DJUSD that bolster, support and sustain district-wide student programs and services that would not be possible with public funds alone.

Since 2004, DSF has raised over $4 million to fund instructional aides, counseling services, computer labs, librarians, special education program specialist, music programs, outdoor education, and much more, thanks to the generous support of our donors.

— Ryan Davis is the board president of the Davis Schools Foundation.

nce again, I hope everyone is staying healthy and safe as we’ve reached nearly two months of sheltering in place.

In a normal month of May, UC Davis would be getting ready to host the Whole Earth Festival. It’s the traditional Aggie way of celebrating our commitment to environmental sustainability while enjoying a weekend in the sun. This year was set to be extra-special, with 2020 marking the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. We might have to wait for another time to gather, but UC Davis’ dedication to the environment and sustainability remains unchanged. In fact, this commitment remains stronger than ever, from our research to how we operate our campuses and facilities.

That ranges from finding new ways to conserve water, source sustainable foods and reduce our overall emissions.

We’re certainly on the right track. UC Davis has achieved a 40% reduction in our business operations-related greenhouse gas emissions since 2007 For three years in a row, UC Davis is ranked No. 1 nationally for sustainability by the GreenMetric World University Rankings. These rankings included such factors as

campus recycling programs, water efficiencies and research efforts that are dedicated to the environment and sustainability.

Our health system in Sacramento also received kudos recently with an Environmental Excellence Award from Practice Greenhealth. And in 2019, the UC Davis Medical Center was named as a James Beard Foundation “Smart Catch Leader.” This was the first hospital in the nation to receive these accolades for sourcing sustainable seafood.

UC Davis is driven to provide leadership in environmental sustainability, and it’s easy to see these values in action. We have the nation’s largest solar installation on a university campus, with a 16.3-megawatt capacity production.

Our West Village student housing project is the largest planned “zero net energy” community in the United States, with living quarters for

more than 2,000 students, faculty and staff. It’s also home to the campus’s energy and transportation research centers.

Meanwhile, UC Davis researchers are focused on finding solutions that address the effects of climate change and help protect our natural resources.

You’ll find the names of several UC Davis faculty members on many of the white papers that prompted California to enact the world’s most comprehensive legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It’s formally known as the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.

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esearchers at our outposts in Lake Tahoe and Bodega Bay are studying water issues that have implications across the planet. We have Dr. Benjamin Houlton leading the way with OneClimate. This initiative blends UC Davis’ strengths in cross-disciplinary research and problem solving into worldwide networks of climate solutions.

One of the benefits of living in Davis is seeing this kind of commitment to environmental sustainability all around the city. Here, the preferred mode of transportation is a bicycle. You find planned

communities like Village Homes that keep such energy efficiencies as solar energy and stormwater collection at the core of its designs. And of course, our farmers market showcases a variety of sustainably grown produce and locally produced goods year-round.

Let’s do what we can to reduce our carbon footprint and keep up the momentum with sustainable practices. We must continue to address the effects of climate change, especially as droughts and wildfires become our new normal.

If you’d like to pass this message along to your kids, I hope you’ll show them a video I recorded for “Story Time Sacramento.” This series from Sacramento Mayor Pro Tem Angelique Ashby features some familiar local faces reading a favorite story.

The book I chose to read was “Ice Is Nice!” It’s a fun story about the north and south poles with appearances from Dr. Seuss’ Cat in the Hat, and delivers an educational message about climate change.

I hope you’ll tune in here.

In the meantime, I wish everyone the best of health.

Keep taking care of one another and the environment as well.

— Gary May is chancellor of UC Davis; his column is published monthly.

LETTERS Solar lease option On March 24, the City Council voted 4-1 to direct the city manager to execute a Lease Option with BrightNight LLC for 235 acres of city-owned land near the city’s wastewater treatment plant. The Lease Option is a particularly bad deal for the city. It provides a five-year option at $5000.00 per year, followed by a 49-year lease at approximately $80,000 per year, with a 2% per year rent escalator.

The Lease Option provides BrightNight with agriculture land lease rates, which are about $350 per acre. BrightNight’s proposed land use, however, is for solar collectors.

Typical solar project lease rates are $1,000 per acre. Most solar project leases are for 25 years, not 49 years.

The City Council made several serious errors in approving the Lease Option. The city failed to issue an open request for proposals to obtain the best offer for a solarelectric facility on its property. Such RFPs should be standard procedure for local government agencies.

The city also failed to ensure that any power generated by the solar project would first be sold to Valley Clean Energy Agency (VCEA), which provides electric power to Davis citizens. Indeed, the potential for electricity generation at the site and subsequent purchase by VCEA was never brought before the VCEA Board for discussion. This despite the fact that Davis is a founding member of VCEA. Instead, the electric power will go into the grid. Finally, the City Council made the decision in a hurry, without a full public hearing and input from the city’s Utilities Commission.

The City Council needs to void the Lease Option and start over. This time there should be input from Davis citizens about the use of the 235 acres, and if a decision is made to proceed with a solar project, there should be a request for proposals.

Robb Davis, Joe Krovoza, Ann Evans, Mike Corbett and Bill Kopper Former mayors of Davis

Contract with BrightNight The city entered into a lease option agreement with BrightNight to build a solar farm on city land. A LOA is a contract, with an offer, acceptance and consideration (a benefit to both sides).

BrightNight has offered to expend whatever funds are necessary to gain site

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approval; the city has promised to lease the land to BrightNight if all the city’s terms under the LOA agreement are met.

As the city had a right to do, it opted to negotiate a sole-source contract with BrightNight instead of choosing a public bidding process. Negotiations were held behind closed doors, as permitted under the Brown Act for real estate deals. It was done without commission input from either the Utilities Commission, the Natural Resources Commission, or the Open Space & Habitat Commission.

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, there were no commission meetings in March, but time was of the essence to meet an April 15 deadline. So the City Council made the choice to move ahead without commission input. From recent public comments this has been an unpopular decision with some. It is unfortunate certain disgruntled individuals are now accusing the City Council of malfeasance.

By law the city is obligated to enter into a lease agreement if BrightNight meets all of the requirements to obtain site approval. The terms of the lease are still open to negotiation over the next few years. To rescind the contract at this point, as the Utilities Commission is advocating in a recommendation to the City Council (in a 5-2 vote, I was one of two who voted against), would open up the city to litigation, as well as liability for contract damages and attorneys fees.

The City Council has done nothing nefarious, the lease terms are still negotiable, and a solar farm is in keeping with the city’s goals to address climate change. It was unfortunate circumstances got in the way of commission input, which may or may not have resulted in a better deal. However, rescission in such a situation would be counterproductive, and discourage

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Letter: Secession Tom Elias’s recent column (“Secession a Coronavirus Side Effect?”) reminded me that when I lived in Washington State, former Seattle mayor Paul Schell proposed, in all seriousness, that Washington, Oregon, California and British Columbia shrug off their federalist shackles and form an independent nation called “Pacifica.”

God knows there have been moments when I wondered if we might have been better off if Lincoln had allowed the South to cut itself loose. It would have spared both sides an estimated million lives and the North the dismal machinations of bigoted Dixiecrats and their New Majority Republican successors. But then I must remind myself that secession would have condemned future generations of African American to enslavement and all Southerners to eternal subservience to a brutal, autocratic planter class.

So, even as other states’ governors and legislators appall us with their reckless idiocies and Trump proves himself a corrupt and lethal clown, it seems to me manifest that Lincoln was right. As the nation strives for unity and reconciliation, secession is an affront to the better angels of our nature.

Instead, while progressives on the Pacific Coast congratulate ourselves on our prosperity and common sense, and wish everyone were just like us, secession appeals to the forces of ignorance, evasion and division, not to mention fear and exasperation, that afflict so much of the rest of the country.

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MOTELS: Davis inns housing 84 From Page A1 rooms thanks to Project Roomkey, the state’s effort to enable homeless individuals to shelter in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Funded primarily by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as well as the state, the program is focusing on elderly homeless individuals, those with chronic health conditions and those with COVID19 symptoms, placing them in individual motel rooms and providing services such as food and healthcare.

Also on Tuesday, the board authorized contracts through the end of July with the local agencies providing services at those motels.

As of Wednesday, 84 previously unsheltered individuals were staying in motel rooms in Davis.

County supervisors on Tuesday authorized the extension of leases at two Davis motels — up to $509,320 for the La Quinta Inn on Research Park Drive and up to $342,368 for the Motel 6 on Chiles Road.

Meanwhile, another 194 individuals are in motel rooms in Woodland and West Sacramento.

The county also authorized extended leases at the Econo Lodge Inn and Great Value Inn in Woodland and the Crest Motel, Rodeway Inn and Stardust Motel in West Sacramento.

The total cost of leasing rooms at those seven motels through July would be a $1.93 million.

Meanwhile, the county authorized contracts extending through July — with an option to extend for a full year through June 2021 — with four agencies providing

case management services to individuals at those motels.

CommuniCare Health Centers, Empower Yolo, Turning Point Community Programs and the Yolo County Children’s Alliance are the four agencies providing daily check-ins, health care, mental health and substance abuse services, housing support, transportation and medication delivery.

Funding is coming from the county’s COVID-19 contingency fund as well as the California Medical Services Program, the California COVID-19 Emergency Response Grant and the Mental Health Services Act. The medical services being provided by CommuniCare healthcare workers are being funded by donations from Dignity and Sutter Health.

LOCKDOWN: Still need to avoid crowds From Page A1 spread of the virus and flattened the curve but have said it is too soon to resume normal activities.

“The extension underscores the fact that the threat from the virus is still very real,” said Yolo County Board Chair Gary Sandy of Woodland.

“Please avoid crowds and large gatherings, stay at home, wash your hands regularly and use face masks,” he urged county residents on Thursday. “We must not let our guard down.”

The shelter-in-place order has been amended twice in the last week to allow for the resumption of some activities. Golfing, fishing, boating and hunting were

permitted as of last Friday and beginning Monday, all construction and drive-in religious services will be allowed.

Additional activities and businesses considered low-risk for virus transmission could be added later in May if the state's stay-athome order is amended to allow them.

Meanwhile, an additional health order issued last week requires face coverings to be worn when Yolo County residents are out in public. That face mask requirement will remain in effect until rescinded by the county health officer, Dr. Ron Chapman.

Extension of Chapman’s shelterin-place order comes as the rate of new cases of COVID-19 appears to

be slowing in Yolo County.

There was a large and deadly outbreak at St. John’s Retirement Village in Woodland, where 32 residents and 34 staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus and 11 residents have died.

But elsewhere in the county, the number of new cases has remained flat, something Chapman and others have attributed to the shelter in place.

As of Thursday, 164 county residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and 16 have died.

— Reach Anne Ternus-Bellamy at aternus@davisenterprise.net.

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CHOIR: Singers find a way to keep on singing From Page A1 while isolated to request videos for a friend or family member. They can connect with the choir at davishigh school.choirs@gmail.com.

At a time of the year her students would normally be preparing for a handful of concerts and outings, Gardias says these music videos have given them back a creative outlet.

The Advanced Treble Choir’s trip to the International Choral Games has been canceled as have their annual Passing of the Pearls, Memorial Day, Tribute to the Armed Forces, Cabaret and Pops concerts.

“We miss people and we miss that human connection,” Chapman adds. “And with this outreach program we’re able to reach not just people isolated by this lockdown, but also people who may have been isolated even before.

“And that’s part of what makes this so special.”

The Blue Devils have already produced videos for residents of St. John’s Retirement Village in Woodland, where all residents are quarantined due a localized COVID-19 outbreak. They’re also exploring the possibility of coordinating with Shriners Hospitals for Children in Northern California in hopes to connect with more kids.

“The feedback has been so amazing,” Chapman adds.

“Sometimes you don’t realize how much you’re touching someone.

“I love being the communications officer, since I get to interact with the people we’re sending these out to and the amount of gratitude they have is humbling.”

Gardias says the choir’s student directors Andrea Leung, Lee Libet and alto cosection leader Zoe Poppenga have been the backbone of the operation in the early going, but that there are too many students involved to name them one-by-one.

“We have such an array of skill levels and singing focuses between the choirs,” Chapman points out. “So we’re able to produce so much, be it pop, jazz, more classical or close to anything else.”

“So please don’t hesitate to reach out.

"We’re simply doing this because we want to share our love of singing with the community and help spread happiness.”

Bravo, Blue Devils.

Notes: Gardias reports the high school is looking into the possibility of producing a virtual choir concert in lieu of their normal physical event.

Choir students also say that local civil engineer Jeff Pelz has been instrumental in their recent endeavors, volunteering his time to assist with video editing. For more information on the DHS choirs, visit: jazzchoir.net, davis madrigals.org or davis highatc.wixsite.com/atc.

—Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@davisenterprise. net.

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Not-so-random acts of kindness increasing

BY JACCI O’CONNOR AND JAY WOODS Special to The Enterprise

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he other morning Jay and I headed for the Starbucks drivethrough after a necessary doctor appointment. We ordered our coffees, and drove around to the pickup window. As the barista handed us our drinks she smiled and told us, “The car in front of you paid for your order.”

We were in disbelief.

“Really? Really?”

Neither of us had paid much attention to the car in front of us in the drivethrough line, other than making sure not to rearend it. By the time we grabbed our coffees and looked up again, the car had pulled out and taken off.

At first this surprise gesture was a mystery to be solved. For a few minutes we started guessing and speculating — was it someone we knew and they saw us but we didn’t see them? Or did they see the two heads of gray hair in the car behind them and figured they should help the elderly (ahem)?

Maybe they looked in their rearview mirror and saw the big ol’ bandage on my face from the skin biopsy I’d just had, and assumed I could use some cheering up (that would have been an accurate assumption).

It took me a few minutes to let go of the need to figure out what motivated the driver and passenger in front of us to do what they did. Once I did let go, I was able to receive in my heart the sweetness of the person or persons we’ll probably never meet up with again. An act so simple as treating the strangers in the car behind you to their favorite Starbucks beverages can so

There’s more — so much more — love, compassion and sweetness around us these days. change how the day feels, indeed how life in such stressful times feels.

There’s more — so much more — love, compassion and sweetness around us these days. Take for example the son of a friend of ours who showed up at his local hospital with more than 50 meals for the hospital staff.

And our neighbor Grace, who put out calls for elastic and started a face mask sewing collective last month. They continue to stitch today thanks to elastic and material donations from good souls in our neighborhood and beyond.

Only days after the first shelter in place guidelines came out last month, another neighbor we’d never met went around taping notes to the front doors of a nearby senior living complex. In the note she introduced herself and said that she and her sons would pick up groceries and medications for anyone who needed help.

On Wednesday night, members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis created and “planted” colorful signs on Covell Boulevard outside Sutter Davis Hospital, praising and thanking all the staff members who work there. Not just the doctors and nurses — all of the staff.

Thank you to all these good people.

And thank you to the young ladies who recently serenaded joggers, bikers and strollers along our nearby greenbelt.

And our good friends at PDQ downtown, who announced that they will go out to your car and take care of your shipment for you so you don’t have to go inside the store.

Thanks also to Trader Joe’s, who also will send an employee out to your car, take your shopping list and gather all your items, process your payment, and bring the groceries out to your car.

We’re sure many other local stores and businesses are making similar accommodations for their vulnerable clients and customers. We thank all of them.

And thanks The Davis Enterprise for making coronavirus-related news free for us to read online without having a paid online subscription.

Finally, to the occupants of the car in front of us at the Starbucks drivethrough, our heartfelt thanks to you for your gesture of utter sweetness, and for inspiring us to write this column — and to the best of our ability, pay it forward.

— Jacci O’Connor and Jay Woods own Tech Over 60, www.techover60.com.

We are maintaining and updating frequently a list of senior shopping services and accommodations from local grocery and produce markets on our website. We update our information whenever we hear from others in the community who have visited these stores. You can visit and participate on our community website page at https://techover sixty.com/blog/category/ community/.

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FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2020

MAIL: No definitive answers on how thieves could be gaining access From Page A1

Anyone with information that could aid the investigation is urged to call the Postal Inspection Service’s 24-hour dispatch line at 877876-2455.

Many learned about the situation after Pacca wrote his Nextdoor post. He told The Enterprise on Wednesday he was working in his home office when he heard a commotion of raised voices outside.

Curious, he went outside to find a couple of neighbors speaking with their mailman, who told Pacca it was his first day back from vacation. Pacca said the mailman

Inspection Service, the lawenforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service, and are being investigated by its Sacramento bureau in cooperation with local authorities and the Davis post office.

“This is something we take very seriously,” said Jeff Fitch, spokesman for the Postal Inspection Service’s San Francisco division. In addition to the thefts, “if we determine somebody has manufactured or used a counterfeit key, that’s a separate federal offense.”

was told by his substitute that he had been on his mail route a couple of days earlier and discovered the rear doors of some cluster boxes “wide open.”

“What was odd was that I’d been checking my mailbox and there had been nothing in it for several days,” said Pacca, who had been expecting tax paperwork that was mailed to him in mid-April but never arrived. Even his usual junk mail was missing.

The mailman said a copied master key was suspected, and that it “will work at any box in Davis,”

When are pets considered adults?

Special to The Enterprise Kittens and puppies grow up fast. One minute they’re small, fluffy balls of fur, and the next minute they’re taking up your entire sofa.

Young animals are full of seemingly boundless energy. Young pets may sprint from room to room as they explore the world around them, sniffing, scratching and chewing along the way. All of this can be adorable for the first few months, but many pet owners are left scratching their heads wondering when their pets are going to “grow up” and be less of a fulltime job.

The pet resource Rover. com says that puppies are generally considered adults by the time they reach their first birthday.

This may vary depending on the breed. The home life guide TheNest.com says that kittens take about a

year to reach adulthood.

Just because a cat or dog is considered an adult does not mean he or she will behave more maturely. In fact, adulthood often means the pet simply won’t grow any more. Many behavioral issues associated with young animals may continue into adulthood.

A pet’s journey to emotional maturity can take quite a while, but it will come. Hormonal surges will even out, and the animal will begin to settle down. Only when that point is reached will pet owners get an idea of what their animals will be like over the long haul.

It can take a cat up to four years to reach emotional maturity. Dogs’ journeys to maturity will vary depending on the breed and the size of the animal. The pet food company Pedigree says a large dog breed will mature into an adult

between 15 months and two years, while smaller breeds may only act like puppies for nine months.

Since emotional maturity varies from pet to pet, these signs may indicate it has happened or is just about there: ■ Settles down more readily and has fewer episodes of “the zoomies.”

■ Listens better.

■ Responds to social cues from other animals.

■ Older animals treat the animal like an adult.

■ Responds appropriately to training.

■ Doesn’t get into the same level of puppy or kitty trouble around the house.

Even as cats and dogs mature physically and emotionally, they may still have some bouts of youngster behavior. But in general, after a year or two pets start to show their true colors and behave more maturely.

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according to Pacca, who noted that the mailman continued to load mail into the box as he spoke. “He was remarkably aloof about the whole thing.”

Fitch, the Postal Inspection Service spokesman, would not confirm whether a master key would open all of the city’s cluster mailboxes, as “we don’t want to educate the bad guys.” For the same reason, he declined to detail any security upgrades being considered for the compromised boxes, though he did say anassessment is underway.

He also urged the community to

take a see-something, saysomething approach to the federal probe by continuing to file theft reports and any resulting crimes, such as unauthorized purchases that appear on their credit-card bills. Reports can be filed online at www.uspis.gov/report/.

“It’s reporting that makes all the difference in these investigations,” Fitch said, enabling investigators to trace suspects. Mail thieves face up to five years in federal prison and $250,000 in fines, while counterfeit key use can bring up to a 10-year prison term, he added.

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

Among them is Cheyenne (A179159), a young, 1-year-old female Siberian husky looking for a home with an active family. She is loving and playful and needs a family willing to continue her training.

Also looking for a good home is Miss Kitty (A177917), a 12-year-old spayed female calico cat enjoying her days in a foster home while waiting for a family to adopt her.

All shelter animals are up-to-date on vaccinations, microchipped, and spayed or neutered.

The shelter is closed to the public for non-emergencies but staff is available to assist at 530668-5287 during new temporary hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday to Friday, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

For information, visit www.petfinder.com/ member/us/ca/woodland/ yolo-county-animalservices-ca283/.

At Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue, you’ll find Thor, an 8-year-old tanand-white neutered male boxer. He is obediencetrained, and walks well on leash. Thor is also super people-friendly; he just loves everyone! Thor is somewhat dog reactive, so he needs to be an only dog.

Batman is a 4-year-old neutered male black shepherd. He is smart, obedience-trained and walks well on leash. Batman is people-friendly but will do best in a home with adults or older children. Another wonderful German shepherd is Sasha, a friendly 5-year-old, sable-and-tan colored spayed female.

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Joy, beauty and community on two wheels

BY LISA MONTANARO Special to The Enterprise As spring arrives with warmer weather, and folks are itching to escape from their homes where they’ve been sheltering in place for awhile, the natural world is going to become a living room without walls.

One activity that people can still enjoy during this pandemic is bike riding. It provides fresh air, exercise and being in nature.

For those who already love to cycle, it’s a lifeline during this difficult time.

It can serve as the commute to an essential job, a positive form of stress relief, or an escape from being cooped up in our homes. It’s a form of exercise and movement when schools, workplaces and gyms are closed and so many other activities are off the table.

Of course, bike riders need to practice appropriate safety protocols due to the pandemic. These include: ■ Social distancing from anyone who isn’t sheltering in place with you, ■ Wearing gloves that cover your entire hand (including your fingers) if you plan to touch anything other than your bike, ■ Wearing a mask (or carrying one with you) if you’ll be passing other folks at a distance that feels too close for comfort, and, ■ Riding as safely as possible to avoid injury so

homes, staying in the Bike riding is a their saddle and chatting with them from the sidewalk way to stay while they hang out on front porch. Or bike connected to our their to a park, and chat at a communities at safe distance from each other, but get a sense of a time when being together. we’re feeling Physical, mental disconnected. and emotional you don’t wind up needing medical attention at a time when health care is stretched so thin.

Safety protocols also include following current CDC guidelines, as they’re rapidly changing. With safety protocols in place, the benefits of bike riding at this time will surely outweigh any negatives.

What are the benefits of bike riding during this pandemic? Here are a few:

Connection to community Bike riding is a way to stay connected to our communities at a time when we’re feeling disconnected.

Bikes unite us, even as we are so physically separated.

We get to see others and engage at a safe distance.

Neighbors can wave and greet each other, which adds a sense of community and connectedness during a time when we miss human connection.

Miss your dear friends and know that you’d benefit from seeing them?

Consider bike riding to

health boosts

Bike riding can boost your immune system and improve your mental state.

Being outdoors provides fresh air and exercise during this challenging time when people are stuck inside. You can bike ride with family members that are sheltering in place as a family activity, or get some much-needed alone time by heading out for a solo ride if your home feels like it’s shrinking and you need a break!

Smell the roses Bike riding connects you to nature. Spring brings with it blooming plants, and chirping birds. Experience the beauty around you!

Take a breath Air quality has improved due to the drastic decrease in traffic. Enjoy it while it lasts!

Silence is golden Noise pollution is

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Maria Contreras Tebbutt, executive director of The Bike Campaign, takes another moment to “stop and smell the roses.” extremely low right now.

It’s downright quiet out there!

Decreased traffic The streets are almost empty, which translates to a safer environment for bike riding for children and adults alike.

What if you don’t know how to ride a bike? Well, there’s no better time to learn! When my husband and I were walking our dogs recently on a street with absolutely no traffic, we saw a father teaching his young son how to ride.

When the father gently let go of the handlebars, the

son’s face was one of pure joy, wonder and excitement as he felt the exhilaration of rolling along on two wheels.

For anyone serious about learning how to ride a bike at this time — even

though the Bike Garage is temporarily closed — phone consultation, free bike repair and quality used bicycles are available by appointment. The Bike Garage also gladly accepts bike donations. Contact Maria Tebbutt at funmaria @sbcglobal.net.

And if you’re not a bike rider and don’t plan to learn right now? That’s good too. You can still enjoy a sense of community by waving at us as we roll by. I promise we will give a friendly wave or hello back.

For more information about how to “Drive Less.

Ride More.,” contact Maria Contreras Tebbutt at fun maria@sbcglobal.net or www.TheBikeCampaign. com.

— Lisa Montanaro is the author of the book The Ultimate Life Organizer, and is a freelance writer for print and online publications.

When not writing, Lisa helps organizations and people be more productive.

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Ride for fun, exercise and exploration – even now

BY WENDY WEITZEL Special to The Enterprise Social distancing might keep us from hosting inperson events, but it doesn’t stop us from getting out for solo bike rides or trips with other members of our household.

Hopping on a bike is a great way to enjoy the spring weather, get some exercise, and feel mentally refreshed. The practice not only relieves stress, it may start a healthy habit worth keeping down the road.

And it’s absolutely allowed during the shelter-in-place order, as long as you maintain at least 6 feet physical distance.

Wearing a face covering is not required while engaging in outdoor recreation such as walking, hiking, bicycling or running.

However, anyone engaged in such activity must comply with distancing requirements. Everyone should carry a face covering with them, to use if needed.

According to the April 24 Yolo County Public Health order requiring face coverings, runners and cyclists must take extra precautions. These activities cause people to forcefully expel airborne particles, making the usual six feet inadequate.

The following measures help runners and cyclists from exposing others: ■ When running, cross the street to avoid pedestrians on sidewalks.

■ When unable to leave the sidewalks, slow down and move to the side when approaching others.

City of Davis’ ‘May is Bike Month’ goes virtual — See page A4 ■ Never spit.

■ Avoid running or cycling directly in front of or behind another runner or cyclist who is not in the same household.

The city of Davis reminds residents that May is (still) Bike Month. Each year, the Sacramento Regional Council of Governments hosts May is Bike Month.

This year, it goes virtual but offers more badges and prizes to participants.

Not a regular bicyclist?

With fewer cars on the road, it’s a perfect time to practice, and add it to your routine. Need a bike? Many local bike stores are offering online or phone sales (with advice on fitting), as well as no-contact bicycle repairs. (Bicycle-repair services are deemed essential).

Additionally, the Bike Campaign offers free Saturdaymorning repairs, by appointment, and sells used bikes. Email Maria Contreras Tebbutt at funmaria@sbcglobal.net.

Use your bicycle for essential trips to the grocery or hardware store, or to the Davis Farmers Market. Support local businesses with outings for takeout coffee or dinner.

Cycling can be educational for children too. Play an “I Spy” game, participate in the Bike Month Bingo

contest, practice biking to your school, use the exercise as physical education, or decorate our family’s helmets for an art project.

Lorretta Moore, program coordinator for the city’s Safe Routes to School program, said, “This year, we can’t gather together to celebrate May is Bike Month, but it’s still a great time to focus on health, safety and fun. Our streets are much quieter, giving us a great opportunity to practice walking or biking around our neighborhoods while schools are closed and we’re all looking for fun activities to keep our families engaged. It’s a great time to learn to ride a bike or rediscover biking if you haven’t done it in a while.”

The city of Davis hosts the Getting Around Davis website. This page, getting arounddavis.org/events/ 2020-may-is-bike-month, offers bike-education videos and training courses, and tips on how to change a tire, choose a lock and secure your helmet. There are ideas for art projects, including how to make a mask out of old T-shirts.

Learn the rules of the road or how to give your bike a bath.

The city’s Safe Routes to Schools Program has a webpage focused on safe walking and biking activities during the pandemic.

Visit https://cityofdavis. org/saferoutes.

The page has resources, tips and links for: Planning walking and cycling routes around town.

Ideas include touring Davis on a public art tour using the Davis Art Map, visiting historic sites with another map, or exploring nature trails to see wildlife, birds and landmark trees.

Bicycle safety resources with routes like the Davis Bike Map, and bicycle training videos.

Pedestrian safety and a guide to mindful walking.

Additional tips on how to stay active while sheltering in place.

Jennifer Donofrio, the city’s bike and pedestrian coordinator, said she’s “happy to be seeing and hearing about more people walking and biking. I highly recommend that folks take our free online bike education class to learn rules of the road. Knowing them will make your riding experience more comfortable and safer.”

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Annual ceramics conference goes online Special to The Enterprise The 32nd California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art will be offered free and online May 1 to 3. The annual ceramics festival, hosted by the John Natsoulas Center for the Arts will continue to bring the leading national and international ceramics artists for a weekend of creative instruction and collaboration.

The Natsoulas gallery will hold a free, larger event with more participants than ever. Instead of six artists, there will be 15 from all around the world.

Participants will receive an online, live experience of artists giving lectures, demonstrations and tours of their own studios via Zoom. The featured artists

will be Yana Payusova, Sean Henry (England), Lisa Reinertson, Esther Shimazu (Hawaii), Kevin Snipes, Wanxin Zhang, Paolo Porelli (Italy), Adrian Arleo, Margaret Keelan, Chris Riccardo, Michelle Gregor, Arthur Gonzalez and John Toki.

The weekend events will also include a gallery tour and a live performance by Cold Shot.

The staff has been working tirelessly to bring everyone together during this difficult time. They were eager to maintain the original dates of the conference and continue the ceramics conference after 32 years of tradition.

For updates, schedules, artist bios and to register, go to https://www.natsoulas. com/ccaca/.

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Artist John Toki, center, and others give a presentation at the 2019 California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art. The event will proceed as planned this year, but will move online via Zoom.

Frances to release first single Special to The Enterprise

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Davis-based electronic musician Lillian Frances’ first single, “Raincheck Summer,” off her debut album, will be released on Friday, May 8.

May 8 will be a landmark day for Davis-based musician Lillian Frances. One week from today, she will release “Raincheck Summer,” the first single and accompanying music video off her debut album, “Moonrise Queendom.”

In 2018, the motto of the summer seemed to be “I’m good! How are you?” At every party she went to, the electronic musician and producer found herself counterfeiting connections: making plans with people whose names she’d forgotten, who likely didn’t remember hers either.

“It was a raincheck summer, let’s hang out soon never,” Frances sings on her new single “Raincheck Summer,” flanked by cellos and propelled by an 808 kick

drum.

In “Raincheck Summer,” Frances explores the idea of authentic connection. Initially, the song was intended to poke fun at the emotional distance we establish with people we’re together with physically. However, in the past couple of months, the song’s meaning has shifted, now raising the question of how we can deepen social bonds while remaining physically separate.

The song’s accompanying music video is saturated with Frances’ playful, colorful aesthetic and embodies the song’s lyrical contradictions. It was produced and directed by Frances, with filmmaker and director of photography, Zeroscope.

“Raincheck Summer” will be

released with the music video on Friday, May 8. The full album, “Moonrise Queendom,” will come out June 5, under a full moon.

Her music will be available on Spotify, Youtube and online music stores. To see Frances’ collages and follow her musical endeavors, find her on Instagram at @lillian francesmusic.

Frances has been featured on NPR’s Heavy Rotation, Capital Public Radio and Indie Shuffle.

Past festivals include Sacramento PorchFest (2018, 2019), the Davis Music Festival (2017, 2019), and the Davis Cherry Blossom Festival (2018, 2019, 2020); notable performances include opening for Sylvan Esso, and playing alongside Shakey Graves, Sage the Gemini and Lexi Panterra.

‘Dolemite Is My Name’: This is one far out movie, man!

Biographical comedy is not for the faint of heart

BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic We love to learn about unlikely Hollywood success stories; they fuel Tinseltown’s image as the land of dreams and magic.

Writer/director Robert Rodriguez made his feature film debut, 1992’s “El Mariachi,” on a budget of only $7,000 (!) … half of which he raised via stipends earned as a participant in experimental clinical drug trials.

Steven Spielberg was only 17 when he began working as an unpaid clerical assistant in the Universal Studios editing department in the summer of 1964; four years later, his first professional short subject, “Ambin’, ” impressed studio vice president Sidney Sheinberg enough to offer Spielberg a seven-year directing contract.

Rudy Ray Moore’s saga belongs in their company.

His unlikely career is profiled — more or less accurately — in “Dolemite Is My Name,” an unapologetically raucous and profane biographical comedy/ drama from director Craig Brewer.

The Netflix original boasts an impressively nuanced performance from star Eddie Murphy: an onthe-nose casting choice, given that — like Moore — he’s also an industry Comeback Kid, having risen from the ashes of his own imprudent career decisions.

Moore and his “Dolemite” persona are likely to be recognized or remembered only by cinema buffs who devoured the 1970s blaxploitation flicks. As with the concurrent kung fu phase, many (most?) such

‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Starring: Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Snoop Dogg and Chris Rock Rating: R, and you’d better believe it, for nudity, crude sexual content and relentless profanity films were made on microscopic budgets, and typified by shoddy special effects, clumsy scripting and atrocious acting. Fans couldn’t have cared less; such guerilla filmmaking inevitably came with an antiestablishment attitude and visceral degree of energy that made them, well, fun.

(If only in the sense of guilty pleasures.)

Scripters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski don’t shy from the eyebrowraising coarseness of Moore’s personality, which is to be commended; there’s really no other way to depict his unlikely career with anything approaching authenticity. Murphy, in turn, radiates the charisma and unrelenting — often foolish — persistence with which Moore pursued his improbable dreams.

Murphy also isn’t afraid to embrace Moore’s physical limitations, including the potbelly that made him the world’s least likely film star.

But that comes later.

Rudy is introduced in 1970 as a fortysomething has-been, working as an assistant manager at a Los

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If clothes truly make the impersonation, Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy) must decide whether his outfit is flashy enough to persuade a nightclub audience that he’s a streetwise pimp.

Angeles record store, having failed to become a recording artist. He’s also a failed stand-up comic, demoted to serving as emcee at a local nightclub.

We meet him as he tries to hustle good friend and radio DJ Roj (Snoop Dogg) into spinning one of his early 45s: a scorching, profanity-laced plea that falls on deaf ears.

(This brief scene serves as a warning for prudish viewers, who — if outraged or appalled — are advised to check out. ’Cause things only get more vulgar.)

Discouraged but not defeated, Rudy’s attention is drawn to a local wino’s hilariously obscene, rhymeand rhythm-laden stories about the sexual and violent exploits of a fictitious street pimp dubbed “Dolemite.” Each yarn is more crude and coarse than the one before, and Rudy has an epiphany: After recording and refining the material, and finding suitably flamboyant apparel, he turns Dolemite into a stand-up persona.

And wows the nightclub crowd during his next

emcee appearance.

(Two off-camera comments: One, yes, Moore built his career on material “stolen” from somebody else … so what else is new?

Two, this very early display of rhyming street poetry has, decades later, earned Moore well-deserved accolades as “the Godfather of rap.”)

With the help of good friends Jimmy (Mike Epps), Ben (Craig Robinson) and Toney (Tituss Burgess), Rudy records an album of Dolemite material … in his living room.

No label will touch the

result, which is far too racy for mainstream release.

(This was a time when the word “crap” was routinely bleeped during radio play of Paul Simon’s hit song, “Kodachrome.”)

Undeterred, Rudy starts selling them — under the counter — from his record store, and, literally, from the trunk of his car. When it becomes obvious that everybody in the neighborhood is listening to the album, combined with the wrap-around-the-block lines waiting to see his nightclub routine, Rudy comes to the attention of

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In yet another example of the wildly colorful characters populating this saga, the regional indie label is run by four excitable Hungarian brothers: Joseph (Aleksandar Filimonovic), Julius (Ivo Nanci), Lester (Michael Peter Bolus) and Saul Bihari (Kazy Tauginas). Squabbling amongst themselves, but nonetheless smelling opportunity, they take a chance on Rudy.

Most folks would have been satisfied with what follows, during the next few years … but not Rudy Ray Moore. Vexed by the fact that his albums — and stage act — never stray beyond inner-city boundaries, he craves broader mainstream attention.

Given that such exposure occurs only via countryspanning movie theaters, he embarks on an even crazier plan.

In what can only be described as the 1970s equivalent of the (fictitious) Judy Garland/ Mickey Rooney “Hey kids, let’s put on a show!” cliché, Rudy and his friends decide to make a movie.

Never mind their lack of experience. Or money. Or equipment.

The cast expands again at this point, starting with Wesley Snipes’ hilarious

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FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2020

‘Bad Education’: Actually, it’s terrific!

Jaw-dropping actual events fuel brilliant dark comedy

‘Bad Education’ Starring: Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Ray Romano, Geraldine Viswanathan, Annaleigh Ashford, Rafael Casal and Stephen Spinella Rating: TV-MA, for considerable profanity

BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic Boy, this one couldn’t be better timed.

As we continue to be astonished by the actions of the wealthy, arrogant twits who conspired with Rick Singer to cheat their children into top-flight universities — and the additional hubris of the few parents who blithely insist that they didn’t know their actions were wrong — it’s essential to be reminded that such behavior is nothing new.

Director Cory Finley’s “Bad Education” isn’t merely a marvelously scathing piece of filmmaking, anchored by top-flight performances from Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney; it’s also a crafty cautionary tale lifted from actual events.

Mike Makowsky’s script is impressively faithful to what actually went down at a prestigious Long Island high school in 2002.

The HBO original film airs many times during the next few weeks, starting Sunday and Monday evenings (and also is available to stream, via HBO Go or HBO Now).

But do yourself a favor: Don’t investigate until after watching this film. Much of its fun comes from the way Finley and Makowsky tease, hint and beguile us during their initial two acts, with a subtly snarky tone that often belies the atmosphere of impending doom — of what sort, we initially can’t imagine — that hangs over these proceedings.

Considerable credit goes to Jackman, for his (typically) charismatic portrayal of Frank Tassone, the capable, extraordinarily successful and muchrevered superintendent of New York’s Roslyn school district. Finley opens the film on tight close-ups of Frank, as he primps and dresses in tailored CEO apparel for another typical day at work: at first blush, a sequence of disarming banality.

But Frank’s glance in the mirror lingers perhaps half

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Forced to confront an unexpected crisis, Frank Tassone (Hugh Jackman, foreground center) marshals his thoughts while the members of his school board apprehensively wait for another shoe to fall. a beat too long, his satisfied smile perhaps just a shade too narcissistic.

Jackman’s performance throughout is laden with such subtle tics, twitches and gestures, slyly suggesting that — at all times — Frank, himself, is adjusting, modulating and refining a performance.

Or maybe the man is simply vain, physically fit and fastidiously dietconscious, forever swilling health drinks that resemble liquid charcoal. Nothing wrong with that, as long as he delivers. And Frank definitely has delivered during his tenure, building Roslyn High School into the state’s fourth-highest performer for seniors admitted to prestigious universities.

With that has come a corresponding rise in property values and community wealth, delighting realtors, the school board, and all the rest of Roslyn’s movers and shakers. As far as they’re concerned, Tassone walks on water.

It’s hard to argue, particularly as Jackman radiantly portrays him.

He’s also patient with even the most troublesome parents, who aggressively insist that their little Johnnies and Susans are gifted to a degree matched only by Stephen Hawking, and therefore deserve all manner of additional privileges.

Stephanie Kurtzuba makes us wince, in her teeth-grinding appearance as a haughty tiger mom insulted by the way her young son has been “mistreated” by his teacher.

There’s no question that

What follows is equal parts mocking dark comedy, mildly suspenseful investigative mystery (you go, Rachel!), and increasingly incredulous revelation. It’s a brilliant tightrope walk, with Finley unerringly making us laugh and cringe (sometimes simultaneously).

Finley and Makowsky shade her as an insufferable pain in the tush (and boy, that stereotype strikes familiar bells). We can’t help feeling sorry for Frank, while admiring the grace with which he caters to her: a master at granting such snooty “peers of the realm” that to which they believe they’re entitled.

Frank’s primary aide-decamp is Pam Gluckin (Allison Janney), the district’s assistant superintendent for business; even at first blush, their passive/ aggressive relationship seems less like that of colleagues, and more like partners in … something.

Their sparring frequently has a subtle edge, always accompanied by one of Janney’s malevolent, widegrinned slow takes (one of her longtime signatures).

Pay attention to her body language early on, and that of Jackman, when Frank and Pam chat on the school bleachers during lunch hour one day. He’s gagging through another plastic cup of black glop, and she tortures him with a pastrami sandwich.

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an additional clue from Frank’s fondness for Charles Dickens; an adjective derived from a character in “Martin Chuzzlewit” is quite revealing.

The third primary player is Rachel Bhargava (Geraldine Viswanathan), a junior reporter for the high school newspaper, the Hilltop Beacon. She shows up in the administration offices, seeking a pull-quote for a proposed multimillion-dollar “skywalk” project that everybody in Roslyn thinks is the bee’s knees; Frank cheerfully obliges, and then — noting the girl’s dejected aura — asks about the nature of the story.

“It’s just a puff piece,” she replies, somewhat sadly.

Frank, unable to pass up a teachable moment, gives her an impromptu lesson in journalistic perseverance. “It’s only a puff piece,” he admonishes, with Jackman’s best kilowatt smile, “if you let it be a puff piece.”

Thus, as we glimpse a spark of determination in Rachel’s eyes, is he the engine of his own destruction.

What follows is equal

parts mocking dark comedy, mildly suspenseful investigative mystery (you go, Rachel!), and increasingly incredulous revelation. It’s a brilliant tightrope walk, with Finley unerringly making us laugh and cringe (sometimes simultaneously). He and Makowsky also pay careful attention to sidebar characters, all of whom are equally memorable.

Viswanathan is totally credible as Rachel, starting with the fact that she genuinely looks like a highschool junior. Viswanathan gives her just the right blend of pluck, stubborn persistence and uncertainty; she is, after all, a teenage interloper in territory governed by adult authority figures.

Hari Dhillon is nicely understated as Rachel’s father, a doting but mostly off-camera presence until he suddenly becomes quite important.

Annaleigh Ashford is comically pitiable as Pam’s dim-bulb niece, Jenny: a nepotistic — and obviously incompetent — office coworker who’s just beginning to perceive her job’s potential side benefits.

Ashford is brilliant; watching Jenny attempt to navigate her aunt’s imperious manner is like waiting for a minnow to be swallowed by a shark.

Ray Romano is laid-back and congenial as a local real estate agent and school board chairman “Big Bob” Spicer, who couldn’t be happier about the empire that his good friend Frank has built. Ray Abruzzo adds an intriguing note of

desperation to his role as Pam’s husband, Howard; we can’t help wondering what he’s worried about.

Alex Wolff is just right as Rachel’s newspaper editor, Nick, who can’t understand why a puff piece intended to be a boost for the school’s proposed skyway, seems to be blossoming into something else.

Rafael Casal and Stephen Spinella also are solid, in roles that can’t be discussed without giving too much away.

Frank Tassone and Pam Gluckin are real-world individuals; Rachel (alas!) is a composite of several Hilltop Beacon journalism students, although her actions throughout this saga accurately reflect what actually happened. The names of other key players — such as Jenny — may have been changed, but the fidelity to truth otherwise remains constant.

Makowsky’s attention to detail also is superb — down to the vanity license plate on Pam’s car — and with good reason; he attended Roslyn High School shortly after these events went down. Fascination led to a deep dive and Robert Kolker’s September 2004 New York Magazine article, and everything came together brilliantly.

As to whether the outcome here has an impact on life in these United States, moving forward … I suspect not. With the Singer scandal still making fresh headlines, it’s obvious that the rich still believe in an aristocratic class divide.

In which case, we can hope that talented filmmakers such as Finley and Makowsky will continue to shine a merrily sarcastic light on their bad behavior.

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

DOLEMITE: This film is a romp, from start to finish, even during credits From Page B3 performance as D’Urville Martin, an established actor with numerous film and TV credits, and a correspondingly condescending attitude. He rebuffs the offer to co-star as the villain in the gestating “Dolemite” movie … until Rudy sweetens the deal by allowing Martin to direct.

Snipes’ slow, longsuffering takes — as events proceed — prove a delightful contrast to Murphy’s

eager-beaver portrayal of Rudy.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph brings a welcome note of earnestness as Lady Reed, a Mississippi single mother who joins the entourage as singer and foil for Rudy’s stand-up act. Randolph has a touching, down-toearth warmth that turns Lady Reed into something of a den mother for this motley gang.

Keegan-Michael Key is amusing as the frequently

Davis Shakespeare Festival plans online reading group Enterprise staff The Davis Shakespeare Festival’s Shakespeare Reading Group is about to kick off. Sessions will be on Zoom from 4 to 5:20 p.m.

Wednesdays from May 6 to June 3.

The first session will feature Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part 1,” with an interactive reading and discussion.

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The cost is $50. All ages and levels of experience are welcome.

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To sign up, visit www. shakespearedavis.org/ reading-group.

perplexed Jerry Jones, an acting coach and serious playwright; his efforts to craft a script laden with social relevance are undercut by Rudy’s demand that he include pimps, hookers, kung fu, car chases and lots of bared breasts.

Jerry’s connections encourage the participation of some (white) UCLA film students, led by Nicholas “Nick” Josef von Sternberg (Kodi Smit-McPhee), as a gonzo cinematographer.

Smit-McPhee projects solicitous — if wide-eyed — equanimity, despite the increasingly dog-nuts challenges Nick faces. He also gets one of the film’s best lines, delivered with straight-faced sincerity: “There is no such angle.”

You’ll die laughing when that one lands.

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designer Clay A. Griffth and cinematographer Eric Steelberg take their assignments seriously.

Everything looks, sounds and feels authentic to the early 1970s setting. The colorful and rigorously accurate street clothes, along with Dolemite’s flashy outfits, come courtesy of no less than Ruth E. Carter, a recent Oscar winner for “Black Panther.”

The result is a romp, start to finish; the cherry

on top comes during the end credits, which feature clips from 1975’s “Dolemite” … at which point we get indisputable evidence that Brewer, Alexander, Karaszewski and this film’s cast haven’t exaggerated much.

Groovy. In the best possible way.

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

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These movies just as good as winners Many excellent films have been neglected or forgotten

BY DERRICK BANG Enterprise film critic Nobody remembers who came in second place.

Although generally a sports adage, it’s equally true with cinema; very few people can name films that didn’t win Best Picture, even after only a few years.

Once we get decades into the past, fuhgeddaboutdit.

Which obviously means that a lot of quite entertaining films have been ignored over time, if not forgotten entirely. The following five merely scratch the surface; all are available via the usual streaming services.

Spectacle sometimes overwhelms quality and common sense, when it comes to Best Picture, and that certainly was the case in 1952. “The Greatest Show on Earth” took the top prize, shoving “High Noon” aside (which is crazy). Also overlooked was “The Quiet Man,” an unexpected collaboration between director John Ford (who won his fourth Oscar) and star John Wayne … which is to say, it’s a gentle romantic drama, and as far from a western as could be imagined.

The story is set in the 1920s. Wayne’s Sean Thornton, an Irish-born American living in the United States, returns to his birthplace to claim his family’s farm. He meets and falls in love with the high-spirited Mary Kate Canaher (Maureen O’Hara), sister of the wealthy but thoroughly unpleasant Will Danaher (Victor McLaglen). Will also wants the Thornton property, and becomes furious when his purchase attempt is thwarted.

In retaliation, Will tries to prevent Mary Kate from marrying Sean; when that fails, Will refuses to turn over her considerable dowry of property and gold.

Mary Kate demands that Sean stand up to her brother; Sean, unfamiliar with Irish customs, declines. He also has A Secret, which precludes any sort of physical confrontation.

Frank S. Nugent’s screenplay is rich in character development, and the film is populated by numerous members of Ford’s repertory company. It’s fun

to see Wayne play against type, and O’Hara is a terrific force of nature. The film also is gorgeous, the rugged Irish setting beautifully lensed by cinematographers Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout (who also won Oscars).

1961’s “West Side Story” left everything in the shade that year; its competitors included “The Guns of Navarone,” the first — and absolutely the best — bigscreen adaptation of an Alistair MacLean novel. (“Where Eagles Dare” runs a close second.) MacLean was enormously popular in the 1960s and early ’70s; sadly, the later films based on his books were a case of rapidly diminishing returns.

“Navarone” is a terrific “impossible mission” World War II thriller, and an excellent example of the 1950s and early ’60s “epic” filmmaking style. The story is inspired by an actual event: the Battle of Leros, during World War II’s Dodecanese Campaign.

The year is 1943, and 2,000 British soldiers are marooned on the island of Kheros in occupied Greek territory. Rescue by the Royal Navy is impossible, because the Aegean Sea is covered by two immense, large-caliber German guns sheltered in an impregnable fortress on nearby Navarone Island.

A crack Allied commando unit is assembled by Gregory Peck’s Capt. Keith Mallory; the small team includes Col. Andrea Stavrou (Anthony Quinn), from the defeated Greek army; explosives expert — and token “peacenik” — Corp.

Miller (David Niven); engineer and hand-to-hand combat veteran “Butcher” Brown (Stanley Baker); and Navarone native Spyros Pappadimos (James Darren, an obvious play for the youth market).

The acting is a bit stiff at times, but the setup and execution are superb; director J. Lee Thompson maintains tension during the entire 158 minutes, and you’ll be at the edge of your seat during the final halfhour. Great stuff.

“The Sting” was pretty much all that everybody talked about in 1973; all these decades later, “A Touch of Class” is little but

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In “Breaking Away,” the small-town high school kids — from left, Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley), Cyril (Daniel Stern), Dave (Dennis Christopher) and Mike (Dennis Quaid) — are derisively dubbed “cutters” by the wealthier, condescending college kids at nearby Indiana University.

Although Mary Kate (Maureen O’Hara) and Sean (John Wayne) initially are madly in love, and they seem perfect for each other, events — and other people — keep getting in the way in “The Quiet Man.” a faint memory, despite it having brought Glenda Jackson the first of her two Best Actress Oscars. It’s an unconventional romantic comedy: amusing and lighthearted … until, suddenly, it isn’t.

The tone is typically British, so the humor runs gently droll, rather than broad. The very married Steve Blackburn (George Segal), a serial philanderer, meets divorced single mother Vickie Allessio (Jackson); they engage in an affair against the romantic setting of Málaga, Spain.

Early encounters are

He cute, but he oh-so-dumb: In “Broadcast News,” William Hurt’s Tom Grunick is wonderfully poised and telegenic when delivering the news — but he wouldn’t recognize a good story if it bit him.

played for laughs — Steve’s back spasm prevents their initial effort at lovemaking — but director Melvin Frank (who co-wrote the savvy screenplay with Jack Rose) gradually shifts the tone into more serious territory. Steve and Vickie bicker, make up, squabble again — the one-liners are arch — then settle into a comfortable routine.

Unfortunately, they fall in love.

The sharply perceptive line, late in the game, comes from Steve’s best friend Walter (Paul Sorvino), also in Málaga with his wife. I can’t reveal it here, because it’s a spoiler, but it remains one of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever gotten from a movie.

“Kramer vs. Kramer” was a solid Best Picture winner in 1979, although “Breaking Away” was far more popular with the general public. But that was then, and this is now; few modern filmgoers have even heard of “Breaking Away,” despite Steve Tesich’s wonderful Oscar-winning original screenplay. Tesich hits all of his many targets: coming-of-age story, underdog saga, and an enjoyably droll depiction of numerous carefully sculpted characters.

It’s one of those rare scripts where every single line of dialog is crucial, and

Artists can apply for grants for public-art projects Special to The Enterprise Mini-grants from the city of Davis are available to visual artists to create new public art that promotes community health and resilience during the coronavirus crisis, and long-term environmental vitality and stewardship.

Grants are designed for professional artists who have been economically impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, are confident making murals and large paintings and cutting stencils, and want to help build hope, health and resilience during this difficult time.

This project welcomes both artists struggling economically and volunteer artists who want to help out in solidarity. Artists must live or work in Davis.

The project has two components: The first, #healthisinourcommunity, uses sidewalk stencils with hip, humorous health messages to promote social distancing, mask-wearing, handwashing and other smart stuff.

The second, #planforresilience, uses temporary murals in parks and plazas to honor public holidays while reflecting on long-term resilience and planning.

Read more about both projects at https://bit.ly/2KGW3hDc. Interested artists should apply for a mini-grant ASAP. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, starting April 30 and continuing through May 30. Visit https://bit.ly/3f0bNtP. Studies have shown that art makes public-health programs more effective and impactful. All projects will be created while following public-health guidelines including wearing masks, sanitizing hands and physically distancing.

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no scene is superfluous. It’s a film that should play well here in Davis, because this also is the quintessential town/gown rivalry saga.

And it boasts a terrific cast of young actors who’d go on to prosperous careers.

Dave (Dennis Christopher), Mike (Dennis Quaid), Cyril (Daniel Stern) and Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley), working-class best friends in the town of Bloomington, Ind., often are at odds with the snotty, more affluent college students at nearby Indiana University. As a sidebar, Dave has become obsessed by competitive bicycle racing, and particularly Italian racers, and (therefore) all Italian culture … much to the long-suffering amusement of his parents (Paul Dooley and Barbara Barrie, both excellent).

The ongoing clash with the Indiana University students turns briefly violent; by way of compensation, the university president invites Dave and his friends to field a team in the school’s annual “Little 500” bicycle race.

OK, sure; you know where this is going. But — trust me — the journey is utterly captivating.

Much to my dismay — I still can’t understand it — 1987’s “The Last Emperor” won all of its nine Academy

Award nominations, completely shutting out “Broadcast News” (which lost all of its seven). The latter is a crafty indictment of television news: shrewdly relevant at the time, and even more so now. It was the second bigscreen feature from writer/ director James L. Brooks — “Terms of Endearment” being the first — who cut his teeth on wildly popular TV sitcoms such as “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Taxi” and “Lou Grant.”

The setting is the Washington, D.C., offices of a national television network, where the news show is produced by Jane Craig (Holly Hunter): talented but wholly neurotic, and with no life beyond her job.

Her best friend and frequent collaborator is Aaron Altman (Albert Brooks), an equally talented writer and reporter who yearns to sit in the on-air anchor spot, but hasn’t the faintest trace of screen presence.

He’s also secretly in love with Jane; she, naturally, is oblivious.

They’re both challenged

by William Hurt’s absolutely perfect, on-the-nose performance as local news anchorman Tom Grunick, who is charismatic and telegenic … and utterly vacuous. Naturally, as the show’s visible face, he gets all the credit for the stories that Aaron supplies, and Jane supervises.

Brooks’ script — heck, the entire film — is a fiendishly scathing indictment of the already disheartening trend toward “infotainment”; this was prophetic in 1987, and it’s even more perceptive today. Every one-liner, expertly delivered, is pure gold.

The equally superb supporting cast includes Lois Chiles, Robert Prosky, Joan Cusack (one of her very early roles) and no less than Jack Nicholson, as the evening news anchor.

What’s not to love?

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

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FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2020 B7

Local courses back in the swing of things Enterprise staff Golfers, rejoice!

Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Ron Chapman has amended the county’s shelter-in-place order in favor of allowing some previously banned outdoor recreational activities.

As of Saturday, with Chapman’s new Friday directive, area golf courses are teeing it up again. The health official also gave hunting, boating and fishing the OK — but provided an order requiring county residents to wear face coverings when in public.

That directive became effective Monday.

The news was welcomed by Davis golf layouts at Wildhorse Golf Club, Davis Golf Course and

El Macero Country Club.

In the case of the two public courses, requirements to play have been posted and neither is taking drop-in players. Tee times must be secured online or by calling in.

Every other stall at driving ranges have been closed to provide separation between golfers, and at least at Wildhorse, the greens cups have been raised an inch so the ball cannot be holed.

At El Macero, only golf has been reinstated, not other recreational activities, according to GM Rusty Seymour. Food service remains ongoing.

Individual counties across the state have been inconsistent in their golf course closure orders. Yolo County courses found themselves

Dan Fortin, left, and Rhett Clark hit the links at Wildhorse Golf Club on Wednesday. Golf courses in Yolo County, given the green light to reopen by public health offices, did so this past weekend.

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ordered shut down while golfers in nearby Sacramento County were allowed to play on.

Local course managers felt the move was unfair and Chapman listened, consulted with experts

and gave local facilities a thumbsup to reopen with the necessary precautions.

SIGNING: DHS senior student-athletes ready for next step From Page B8 Alessandra Frizzi and Paulo Castiglioni will attend USD to compete for the Toreros men’s cross country and track teams.

Consistently one of the top distance runners in the Sac-Joaquin Section, he finished fourth overall at the SJS cross country championships in Folsom last fall, pacing the Blue Crew to a secondplace finish. His Devil boys topped Jesuit to win the Delta League track title last spring.

■ Josh Catacutan (Nevada): The son of Jessie and Kim Catacutan will head across the border to play baseball for the Wolfpack in Reno. A captain on the DHS squad, Catacutan finished 2019 with a 3.39 ERA and was a member of the 2018 Devil team that finished as the SacJoaquin Section runner-up.

■ Faith Cerussi (San Diego State): After being tagged as Sac-Joaquin Section MVP, the daughter of Jane Russell and Tom Cerussi will join the Aztecs’ women’s water polo team. Cerussi ended her senior season with a team-high 95 goals, spurring the Lady Devils’ victory in the SJS title match for the fourth straight season.

■ Gerad Christian-Lichtenhan (Colorado): Boulder will be gaining some size up front this upcoming fall as the 6-foot8, 345-pound son of Teri Christian and Tabitha Lichtenhan will join forces with the Buffaloes’ PAC-12 football program as an offensive tackle. The all-section honoree Blue Devils know as “Tank” was named Delta League Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2019. Also the goaltender for the DHS boys lacrosse squad, he’d fielded offers from Nevada, San Jose State and Portland State, among others.

■ Owen Dulcich (Chico State): The son of Sumiko Hong and Matt Dulcich will run for the Wildcats next year. Also a force for the DHS cross country squad, the 400-meter specialist helped the Devil boys to a Delta track title in 2019.

■ Brennen Garvin (Ohio Wesleyan): The son of Kelly O’Connell and James Garvin will football for the Battlin Bishops in Delaware, Ohio. A member of the DHS track team as well, Garvin won the 2019 Delta League football title with the Devils, compiling 812 passing yards, eight pass TDs and four interceptions across his varsity career as a dual-threat QB and linebacker.

■ Tendai Gundumura (American River College): The son of Tendai Gundumura Sr. will become a Beaver this fall and play for the ARC football team in Sacramento.

As a Devil, Gundamura recorded 38 tackles at cornerback along with three INTs. ■ Ryan Hakl (Occidental): The son of Karin Denvir and Anthony Hakl is headed to Los Angeles to play for the Occidental Tigers men’s basketball team.

The 6-foot-6 forward led the DHS boys hoops squad in scoring throughout league play, recording 11 double-digit outings.

■ Alex Harris (Long Beach State): One of the top offensive threats on the DHS girls water polo team, the daughter of

Blue Devil Theo Seng, above, signed a National Letter of Intent to attend San Francisco State in the fall. He sparked the DHS boys basketball team to an 11-0 start, posting several double-doubles before his season was shortened by an injury.

Left, three-sport standout Surina Beal will be setting off for UC Santa Cruz.

She will play basketball for the Banana Slugs. She paced the DHS girls hoop squad with a team-high 29 3-pointers. She averaged 8.6 points and six boards per game this past season.

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Tanya and John Harris will take her talents to The Beach upon graduation. A winner of five combined section titles between her feats with the Blue Devil swimming and water polo teams, Harris compiled 44 goals, 25 assists and 41 steals for the DHS girls polo unit.

■ Cayden Hotaling (Chico State): Captain of the DHS boys soccer team, the son of Carin and Jason Hotaling will suit up for the Wildcats next next season. The first-team all-Delta League selection spearheaded the Blue Crew’s playoff push in 2019 as the Devils finished 10-8-2 overall.

■ Allison Lelchuk (Cal State East Bay): The daughter of Polina and Joseph Lelchuk will continue her work in the water in Hayward next year for the Pioneers’

women’s water polo team. Aiding the Lady Devils efforts en route to a pair of section titles over the past two seasons, the versatile wing netted 41 goals, dished out 31 assists and made 21 steals.

■ McKenna Lutzker (Loyola Marymount): Another talented DHS netminder, the daughter of Brandi and Josh Lutzker will play for LMU’s women’s soccer team next season. She’ll join the Lady Lions having won two Delta League titles with with the Blue Crew.

■ Aidan Minamiji (Puget Sound): A member of the turnaround DHS football team that earned its first league championship in more than 20 years this past fall, the son of Christy and Michael Minamiji is set to suit up for the Loggers, who compete in the Northwest Conference.

The 6-foot-1, 220-pound two-way lineman tallied 15 tackles and 2.5 sacks this past season.

■ Elle Motekaitis (UC Davis): A threetime section winner for the DHS girls swim team, the daughter of Peter and Koren Motekaitis will join her older sister Mia on the UCD swim squad next year.

Part of the Lady Devils’ school-record breaking 200 free relay at the CIF State meet last spring, Motekaitis is a two-time All-Conference honoree.

■ Paige Ochoa (Penn State): The daughter of Erin and Chris Ochoa, Paige was off to a solid start as the No. 1 hurler for the DHS softball team. Although nothing is in concrete, Ochoa has been invited to try out for the Nittany Lions when she arrives in Pennsylvania this fall.

■ Noel Riely (UC Davis): A standout IMer for the Lady Devils, the daughter of Brendan and Rachel Riely is one of two DHS swimmers set to join the Aggie ranks. Riely has helped the Blue Crew win three section titles in as many years and is a four-time Section qualifier.

■ Theo Seng (San Francisco State): Dynamite on the hardwood for the DHS boys basketball team, the slam-dunking son of Ryan and Sita Seng will join the SF State Gators hoops squad next winter.

Seng averaged nearly 20 points per game during a senior season cut short by injury.

His frequent double-double outings led the Devils to an 11-0 start to their 201920 playoff campaign.

■ Elena Siemens (Rice): Davis’ standout pole vaulter will be a member of the Owls track and field team in Houston next sprint. The daughter of Kelly and Roger Siemens finished 14th at the 2019 state meet after winning Sac-Joaquin Section honors. Her first vaulting effort this spring was a 12-foot, school record-tying register.

■ Taylor Vaughn (American River College): The son of Amy Glenn will also join an already loaded ARC Beaver football unit. A standout Devil running back in addition to his feats on the lacrosse field, Vaughn was a major reason for the success of Davis’ football offense. In three varsity seasons, he rushed for 2.969 yards and 28 touchdowns.

■ Celine Varland (Sacramento City): The starting defensive specialist for the DHS girls volleyball team, the daughter of Theresa and Scott Varland will pool talent with the Lady Panthers next fall across the causeway. Varland’s 166 digs led all Blue Devils last fall, as did her 169 in 2018.

■ Alyssa Yee (UC Santa Cruz): Named the Delta League’s Most Valuable girls golfer two years in a row, the daughter of Vince and Heidi Yee is set to become a Banana Slug. The three-time allconference selection ended her DHS career with a stellar round of 79 at the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section NorCal Tournament.

—Bruce Gallaudet contributed to this story. Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him via Twitter at @530athletics.

YANCHER: Running at night has obstacles, seen and unseen From Page B8 educate me on how I happened to be violating several penal codes by not wearing any reflective gear or lights.

Threatening to report me to the local authorities for my shameful actions, he asked for my name.

I told him I was my newspaper colleague Evan Ream and continued on my way.

And I’ve yet to receive any fines or be censured by the Golden Valley Harriers or any Fleet Feet running groups, so I think he bought it.

Just to be safe though, I now dress like a crossing guard and sport enough flashing lights to be mistaken for a runaway Christmas tree.

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’ve also been scared straight in the unlit portion of the arboretum where it’s so pitch black that you don’t know you’re not alone on the path until someone’s less than three feet from you.

Jogging with earbuds in, I’ve sent a couple folks screaming and running into the bushes, including myself.

And then there’s my worst enemy: greenbelt sprinklers.

Every time I think I’ve finally figured out their run times they seem to get me. I’ll be trotting along a bike path and be ambushed by a barrage of them.

I swear the ones in Covell Park are possessed.

I’ve gone through at several different hours and every time they just happen to activate right

when I’m passing through.

This past Monday, I felt like I was navigating a Cambodian mine field, dodging streams of water from seemingly each and every direction.

One false move and you’re drenched by a jet. Step in a puddle? Now your shoes are soaked.

And those rocks on the path up ahead? Well, they turned out to be frogs.

So I found myself dripping wet doing what probably looked like a demented version of the Gangnam Style dance through Northstar Park.

It was the most fun I’d had in weeks.

Speaking of running …

Two of the top female harriers in Davis High history are set to reunite in Lobo land.

Four-time All-American Fiona O’Keeffe, a 2016 DHS grad who competed at Stanford (winning the PAC-12 cross country title this past year) will conclude her college career at the University of New Mexico next spring, where she plans to pursue a masters degree in biology.

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ranted an additional year of eligibility by the NCAA Council after spring sports (including her senior track season with the Cardinal) were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the elder O’Keeffe will have the chance to compete alongside her sister Olivia, a 2018 DHS grad, who recently transferred to UNM following a season running at the University of Washington.

Both sisters won CIF titles during their days as Blue Devils.

Fiona was the state cross country champion in both 2014 and 2015, winning California’s 3,200-meter track title her senior season. Olivia topped the CIF cross country scene as a junior in 2016, running the fastest 1,600 time in the U.S. two years later (2018) as she won the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters title in 4:42.71 her senior year.

The last time the duo pooled resources was 2015, when the Lady Devils placed second overall at the Nike Cross Nationals competition.

— Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@davisenterprise.net.

Follow him via Twitter at @530athletics.

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WPSL puts on brakes Davis squad was full of Blue Devils

BY EVAN REAM Enterprise staff writer

After signing a gaggle of local players expected to compete in FC Davis’ first-ever women’s season, the local club was forced to put that campaign on hold as the WPSL announced on Thursday the indefinite suspension of gameplay due to the COVID-19 virus.

The squad consists mostly of current and former college players, many of whom made their names on the pitches of Davis.

The WPSL was to have run from mid-May to late June.

Now, those plans will be pushed back to at least the fall, with the second-tier WPSL announcing that it would consider a one-time only fall league.

“While we are all disappointed a WPSL season will not take place this summer, under the current circumstances this was 100 percent the correct decision,” said FC Davis owner Adam Lewin. “Sports will be an important part of the healing process for Davis and our surrounding area, and we will use the FC Davis platform to do our part and bring a sense of normalcy back to the community.

“We have events planned all year long and will continue to provide an outlet for our youth and adult fans as government agencies permit,” he added. “Currently, FC Davis is in early planning stages to host a summer event for the community alongside our causeway rival in Sacramento.”

After two years of stellar play on the field with its men’s side, FC Davis added a women’s team this year and made waves by signing a series of former Davis High and UC Davis standouts; players like Stanford’s Maya Doms, Ava McCray (Arizona) and Aggie Julia Curtis.

“I was really looking forward to playing alongside my former highschool teammates as well as meeting new players who played club and are on collegiate teams around the area,” Doms told The Enterprise. “Last year, I didn’t really have a team to play with after ending club and entering my freshman season, which I think really affected me.

“This whole pandemic and situation is unfortunate, and at least for Adam Lewin’s sake, it’s hard to see his hard work and organization remain unseen. But in the end, canceling the season was the smart and safe way to go as it puts everyone’s health first. On the positive, we can look forward to next year and build a fan base from all of the recent player announcements coming out.”

In addition to the aforementioned former DHS stars, FC Davis had Sidra Bugsch, Lily Byrne, Yasi Dmeiri, Alana Curtis, Ruthie Mitchell, Tiffany Miras, Brooke Rubinstein, Paige Rubinstein and Skye Shaffer.

Current and former Aggies on the squad included Rachel Ahr, Sydney Burger and Leslie Fregoso.

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A new kind of signing day DHS seniors ink their NLIs minus pomp

BY OWEN YANCHER Enterprise staff writer

Each spring, tables stretch end-to-end across the Davis High quad when as many as 40 Blue Devils gather to celebrate National Collegiate Signing Day. But with campus closed for the remainder of the academic year, next-level DHS athletes are unable to John Hancock their letters of intent to play NCAA sports in front of the usual crowd of teammates, friends and family members.

This year, things will go down virtually.

DHS Athletic Director Jeff Lorenson plans to recognize athletes who will continue their playing careers through a virtual ceremony on May 8 on the school’s athletics website (dshs. djusd.net/athletics) that will highlight student’s families, academic and athletic accomplishments and future landing spots.

“I’m so proud of the seniors this year,” Lorenson told The Enterprise on Monday. “The contributions and commitment all of these athletes have made to their school, community and craft has been amazing.

“This year’s class will be remembered forever,” the sixthyear AD added. “I’m sorry that this pandemic has caused the loss of so many important functions, but I’m excited to (still) be able to recognize them. It’ll be exciting to see their future seasons of success.”

While a handful of Blue Devils are yet to make final college decisions, here’s a list of the 30-something students that have announced where they’re headed to play in college: ■ Uraib Ali (Lewis and Clark): Diminutive for a defensive lineman (5-9, 205), Ali

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Above, Blue Devil Alyssa Yee, a two-time Delta League golfer of the year, signs a National Letter of Intent to attend UC Santa Cruz. Below, water polo standout Alex Harris sports the colors of Long Beach State, the next stop on her educational and athletic tour.

was one of the driving forces in the DHS turnaround from 0-10 in 2017 to 10-3 and two straight playoff berths. He is the son of Bushra Moshin and Khadiam Ali. ■ Marquist Allen (Dartmouth): The son of Sandie Verdugo will attend Dartmouth College and compete for the Big Green’s football team in Hanover, N.H. The all-Delta League lineman also laced up

at center for the DHS boys basketball team.

■ Joey Asta (Claremont McKenna): Another DHS football star, the son of Theresa Forni and Mark Asta was also a force on the hardwood for the playoff-bound Blue Devil boys basketball squad.

The first-team all-Delta League hoopster and safety/wide receiver will join former DHS tight end Will Smith on the

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps football roster. Asta was good for 15 receptions and 283 yards with four scores and made 38 tackles this past fall.

■ Payne Barksdale (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy): The son of Peg and Craig Barksdale is headed to Nassau County, N.Y., to play football for the Mariners. As versatile as they come, Barksdale (who also plays baseball and runs track) has been a threat to Devil opponents at quarterback, wide receiver, punter and safety over the past several seasons, earning all-conference honors.

He was named the Delta League Offensive MVP in 2018.

■ Surina Beal (UC Santa Cruz): The daughter of Sheila David and Peter Beal is joining the Banana Slugs women’s basketball team. A triple-sport athlete for the Devils (cross country, basketball, softball), Beal averaged 8.6 points and six rebounds this past winter, leading DHS with 29 makes from beyond the 3-point arc.

■ Miles Brower-Douglas (American River College): A valuable member of a lightsout secondary, the scrappy cornerback also became an excellent special-teams guy.

■ Lily Byrne (Colorado College): The captain of the DHS girls soccer team, the daughter of Robin Holm and Bill Byrne will ski and lace up for the Tigers women’s soccer unit in Colorado Springs. The Delta League MVP and Davis Enterprise/FC Davis 2020 Girls Soccer Player of the Year also placed fourth in the giant slalom event at the CaliforniaNevada Interscholastic Ski and Snowboard Federation State Championships earlier this year.

■ Zeno Castiglioni (University of San Diego): Following in the footsteps of his older sister, Sofia (University of Portland), who was a standout harrier for the Lady Devils during her high school heyday, the son of

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Sneak attack on greenbelt S

ometime around the summer of 2014, I started running at night.

Driving through town one day in the 100-plus degree midday heat, I remember passing by a jogger. He was running along the asphalt in East Davis and I asked myself: “Why in the world someone would subject themselves to such torture voluntarily?”

Running at night — once the sun had set and temperatures tapered off — seemed far more logical. And lo and behold, when I tried it a few days later, I actually enjoyed it.

When I first started, I’d go out around 9 or 9:30 p.m. But

due to the nature of my work, both as a swim coach and sports reporter (sometimes coaching early in the morning and covering Davis High or UC Davis athletic events in the evenings), I’m usually working on stories until 10 or 11 p.m.

So naturally 9 eventually became 10. At some point that turned into 11 p.m. And then two or three years ago, I started running closer to midnight.

And it’s been awesome.

As far as safe activities go, I admit it’s probably not one of them.

I could write a handful of columns unfit for publication about some of the things I’ve

seen along Putah Creek and in the UCD arboretum after dark.

But it’s still fun. And with gyms and pools closed throughout this COVID-19 shutdown, it’s been my go-to fitness alternative to at-home YouTube video workouts.

You get to see the town and

university in a whole different light (literally) when there’s no one out.

And to my surprise, there’s even been scientific studies done, one by the University of Chicago, that’ve shown how the body’s metabolism adapts better to nighttime runs than it does to early morning or afternoon.

However, because of my odd hobby, I’ve learned certain lessons the hard way.

One night a few years back, a far more educated Davisite than myself was kind enough to pull over and berate, er,

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Blue ponders NCAA’s image rules

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor As early as the 2021-22 school year, collegiate athletes could be paid for commercial use of their name, image or likeness, according to the NCAA Governing Board.

This week, a working group within the organization sent the NCAA governing body recommendations that included allowing student-athletes to benefit from endorsement deals. A board spokesman had given an initial nod toward adopting the guidelines in January.

While cautioning “allowing promotions and third-party endorsements is unchartered territory,” panel member and Ohio State President Michael V. Drake

said the working group “relied upon considerable feedback from, and the engagement of, our members ... including student-athletes.”

UC Davis Director of Athletics Kevin Blue believes “the report of the committee that was studying name, image and likeness ... (took) a positive step for college athletes.”

“It is representative of progress in economic freedoms and rights for student-athletes, which I think is very positive,” he says.

“There are a number of granular details that will still be worked out.”

While it’s expected that athletes from high-profile schools such as Alabama, Florida and Southern Cal will benefit the most, Blue says the importance of the eco-

“There are a number of granular details that will still be worked out.”

Kevin Blue UC Davis athletic director nomic change for students at UC Davis should not be downplayed.

“The visibility for studentathletes at some of the envious programs is certainly higher, therefore the earning potential ... is higher,” Blue explains. “But I would not underestimate the earning opportunities that will present themselves locally. Our

intention is to educate our studentathletes as to how they can best optimize their earning potential.”

Even though the NCAA is expected to allow college competitors to hire agents, one wonders if athletic directors or sports information officers would wind up being ad hoc representatives for their student-athletes — fielding calls about representation, commercial photo shoots and other needs.

Blue says the NCAA will “make it clear” that schools cannot get involved in arranging third-party deals.

“And there’s some people who believe increased commercial rights ... will have an impact on academics,” Blue points out. “I just don’t believe that at all ... in fact,

these commercial experiences will help student-athletes become more sophisticated about how the real and business worlds work.”

In 2009, UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon filed suit against the NCAA, EA Sports and the Collegiate Licensing Co., claiming violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act and that the uncompensated use of his name and likeness deprived him of his right to earn money from his popularity.

In 2014, the suit was settled for $40 million and, according to one media source, 4,000 studentathletes are expected to eventually benefit from that award.

— Reach Bruce Gallaudet at bgallaudet41@gmail.com or call 530-320-4456.

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3 bedrooms • 2.5 baths • 2,903 sq. ft. • 217,800 sq. ft. lot

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Set atop a gentle knoll sits this custom country retreat w/stunning sunset views, sweeping private gates & a shop. Open floor plan with great room open to kitchen, offering granite counters, spacious pantry & tons of counter space for bar stools, flowing into an elegant formal dining space. There’s a fantastic bonus/entertainers room with another full kitchen, perfect for larger gatherings of family & friends. Master retreat has separate tub/shower & walk-in closet & an office. A sparkling pool/spa, join the home to the most amazing 50x50 finished/insulated/painted shop, which boasts 2 large roll up doors for RV drive through, 2 smaller roll up doors, finished cement floors & a wonderful living area, complete with full bath & kitchen. There’s a water conditioning system, 2 car garage, energy efficient owned solar & the list goes on. If you’ve yearned for country living, stop looking!

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