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FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2020
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A sign at the entrance to the Mr. Pickle’s sandwich shop in South Davis announces its closure following an emailed tirade by the franchise owner to employees over Black Lives Matter.
Show must go on? Movie theaters and bars will be allowed to reopen today, but it won’t be business as usual. OWEN YANCHER/ ENTERPRISE PHOTO
Movies, pools cleared to open BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Movie theaters, public pools, bars, gyms and more can reopen today in Yolo County. The reopenings were announced Thursday along with specific guidance for businesses to ensure public health and safety. However, just hours after announcing the reopenings, the county reported a surge in cases — a total of 13 confirmed on Thursday, the highest one-day total in Yolo County since mid April. Eleven of the new cases were reported in Woodland. County Health Officer Dr. Ron
Chapman previously told the Board of Supervisors that additional outbreaks might occur, given the novel coronavirus isn't going away, but he said he believed it was safe to continue reopening activities. However, it won't be business as usual for those activities resuming today — all reopened businesses must adhere to specific guidelines and residents must continue to abide by the county’s face-covering order and social distancing recommendations. Activities cleared to reopen Friday include: ■ Schools (further details on school reopenings will be provided by
schools or school districts at a later date) ■ Day camps ■ Music, film and TV production ■ Professional sports (without live audiences) ■ Movie theaters and family entertainment centers ■ Bars and wineries ■ Zoos, museums, galleries and aquariums ■ Gyms and fitness facilities ■ Hotels (for tourism and individual travel) ■ Card rooms and racetracks
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Judicial Council ends Former UCD star calls out racism in gymnastics statewide zero-bail schedule BY LAUREN KEENE
BY CALEB HAMPTON
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Enterprise staff writer By the time Alexis Brown graduated from UC Davis, she was one of the most decorated gymnasts in program history. In 2017, her junior year, Brown was named the best gymnast in her conference and the top female athlete at UC Davis. She won multiple conference championships, earning the school’s first ever perfect score from a judge. Despite her extraordinary talent, events in the final two years of her NCAA career nearly drove Brown to quit gymnastics. After graduating, she left the United States in part,
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UC Davis alumna Alexis Brown is one of the most decorated gymnasts in program history.
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California’s Judicial Council voted Wednesday to end the statewide emergency bail schedule created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, though local court officials appear poised to keep similar measures in place. The 17-2 vote repeals effective June 20 the emergency schedule, which set zero bail for misdemeanors and lowlevel felonies with the intent of reducing jail populations — by 20,000 across the state, according to the Judicial Council’s estimate — and curbing the spread of coronavirus.
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Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye also has rescinded a statewide order extending time for defendants to be arraigned, reverting the limit to the previous 48 hours. “The Judicial Council’s action better reflects the current needs of our state, which has different health concerns and restrictions county-to-county based on the threat posed by COVID-19,” Justice Marsha Slough, a Judicial Council member and chair of its Executive and Planning Committee, said in a news release following Wednesday’s action. “We urge local courts to
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BLM fight closes sandwich shop BY LAUREN KEENE AND WENDY WEITZEL The Davis Enterprise The corporate office of Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shops shut down the Davis store as of Wednesday, after local franchise owner Mickey Mann sent an email to his employees, berating them for bringing Black Lives Matter into his workplace. Michele Fagundes, president of Mr. Pickles Inc., responded to The Enterprise with an email Wednesday afternoon, before posting the same message on its social media: “Mr. Pickle’s is a franchise network of independently owned and operated shops. Corporate has been notified of the alarming and painful statements made by the owner of the Davis shop to his staff. We made the decision to terminate his franchise and (it) is now permanently closed for business. If that location ever reopens, it will be under new ownership that upholds our corporate standards.” In Mickey Mann’s Tuesday email — which he confirmed sending — he said he was upset when at least one employee wore a Black Lives Matter pin to work, saying they brought politics into his store — against store policy and against his will. “I do not support Black Lives Matter. I never have and I never will. You do not have arguments that can change my mind.” He later added, “BLM is the
flip side of the KKK. Their tactics are out of the Mafia play book.” Similar business policies are not uncommon. BuzzFeed News reported on Wednesday that the Starbucks company’s dress code policy states Black Lives Matter attire is prohibited, just as any political or religious clothing, saying it could potentially incite violence. However, the policy exempts jewelry and attire celebrating LGBTQ rights. Mann wrote that he and his wife Bonnie were harassed by employees. “I am not one to bend to bullying or run away. The members of this crew that are a party to the bullying and attempted oppression of Bonnie and I had better understand that right now. I have no fear of the repercussions that may come from standing up to you.” “I do regret putting that in writing,” Mann said Thursday, “because of the damage that it has done to myself, my family and my employees. However, the sentiment conveyed is my true feeling, I will not retract the sentiment.” Three former employees of Mr. Pickle’s who spoke to The Enterprise on Thursday said it was never their intention for the Manns to lose their business. “Never in a million years did we think that was going to happen,”
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