By CaleB Hampton Enterprise staff writer UC Davis offered freshman and transfer admission status for fall 2022 to roughly 7,600 fewer students than the campus did for fall 2021, dropping its acceptance rate by roughly 9%, according to admission data released Wednesday by the Uni versity of California system. In 2021, UC Davis offered admis sion to 52,254 students from a pool of 105,901 applicants, an acceptance rate of 49%. Of those admitted, 10,299 students enrolled, “signifi cantly exceeding the campus’s enroll ment target,” UC Davis said Wednesday in a press release. In an effort to meet its enrollment targets, the campus admitted fewer new students this year to make up for the unusually large group of students who enrolled last year. “UC Davis is aiming to return to a more gradual growth trajectory with its entering class of fall 2022,” said Robert Pen man, executive director of Under graduate Admissions at UC Davis. For fall 2022, UC Davis offered admission to 44,661 students from a record pool of 110,189 applicants, an acceptance rate of 40%. The campus
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On May 25, UC Davis student Trisha Yasay, 19, was riding her bicycle on campus when a garbage truck collided with her. She died from her injuries later that day. A “ghost bike” and other mementos mark the spot on campus. Hampton/ enterprise pHoto StUDent, BaCk page See UnDeRgRaDS, page a5
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In the complaint, filed July 18 against the Regents of the Uni versity of California and Fran cisco Gonzalez, plaintiffs Reuben and Therese Yasay alleged that the defendants’ negligence caused their child’s death.Inthe lawsuit, Gonzalez was the only individual named as a defendant, alongside the UC regents. The complaint did not explicitly identify Gonzalez as the garbage truck driver involved in the collision. UC Davis told The Enterprise the driver was a campus employee — who was placed on leave fol lowing the collision — but did not disclose the employee’s name.There are two people named Francisco Gonzalez in UC Davis’ online directory, but campus officials did not respond Wednesday to a question from The Enterprise asking if Gonza lez was the driver who collided with Yasay. At around 8 a.m. on May 25, Trisha Yasay was riding her bicycle to a poetry class when a garbage truck knocked her off her bike. According to the com plaint, Yasay was riding east bound on Hutchison Drive near the intersection with Dairy Road when the collision hap pened. She was taken by ambu lance to the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, where she died from her injuries later that day. She was 19. “After being struck by Defen dant’s vehicle, and before her death, Decedent Trisha Yasay
By anne teRnUS-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Davis City Councilman Dan Carson has a second challenger in District 1. Bapu Vaitla announced Tuesday he will also be seeking to represent West Davis on the City Council, joining Kelsey Fortune who previ ously announced her candidacy. Carson, who was first elected in a citywide vote in 2018, is running in his first district election in November.Alsoonthat Nov. 8 ballot is Dis trict 4 in East Davis, where so far incumbent Councilwoman Gloria Partida and challenger Adam Morrill are squaring off. Friday is the deadline for filing in either district. In his announcement on Tues day, Vaitla said he is running because he believes “Davis can be a regional and national model for social justice and climate action.
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By aaRon geeRtS Enterprise staff writer Come November, Joe DiNunzio will be running for re-election for the DJUSD Area 3 seat on the school board. Although he’s been a trustee the last four years, time’s done nothing to dampen his enthusiasm to serve the district. DiNunzio’s résumé of service to Davis stretches beyond the past four years of serving on the school board of trustees, however. He’s served as board chair for the Davis Chamber of Commerce, president of the Davis Schools Foundation, director of Davis Roots, PTA sitecouncil president for Willet Ele mentary and as a Davis AYSO coach — all while managing fulltime parenthood. DiNunzio works at UCD as the executive director of the Mike and Renee Child Institute for Innovation and Courtesy pHoto Bapu Vaitla announced Tuesday he is running for City Council, seeking to represent District 1. See VaItla, page a5
The parents of Trisha Yasay, a UC Davis student who died this spring after she collided with a garbage truck while bicycling on campus, filed suit in Yolo Superior Court seeking dam ages for wrongful death and negligence.
Courtesy pHoto Bapu Vaitla announced Tuesday he is running for City Council, seeking to represent District 1. See DInUnZIo, BaCk page
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SPEAKING OF NEW CANDI DATES ... If anyone is qualified to serve on the Davis School Board it’s Hiram Jackson, who has decided to run for the Area 1 seat thisJacksonfall. has been involved in so many school issues over the years that I like to think of him as a de facto board member. I don’t endorse school board candidates and I don’t live in Area 1, but Hiram Jackson is certainly well qualified to serve on the board. — Reach Bob Dunning bdunning@davisenterprise.net.at freshmen should get this
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Special to The Enterprise In a state that doesn’t have many Latinas either sitting on the judicial bench or arguing cases before it, Patricia Guerrero would make history as chief justice on California’s high estGov.court.Gavin Newsom on Wednesday nominated Guerrero, 50, to be chief justice of the California Supreme Court. Already the high court’s first Latina after her March swearing-in, Guerrero would also be the court’s first Latina chief justice. A former lawyer in pri vate practice, Guerrero was also a federal prosecutor before she became a judge in San Diego County Supe rior Court and, in 2017, became an appellate judge in California’s Fourth Dis trict Court of Appeal. She grew up in the Imperial Valley, and her parents were immigrants from Mexico, and graduated from Stanford Law School. Newsom called her “a widely respected jurist with a formidable intellect and command of the law.” A col league at her Fourth Dis trict confirmation hearing in 2017 recalled how she finished a brief on her way to give birth to her son, and coordinated filing the brief hoursJuanlater.Esparza Loera, edi tor of the Fresno Spanishlanguage newspaper Vida en el Valle, said he was surprised by Guerrero’s nomination to chief justice so soon after she was sworn in. But he’s happy he gets to write about another “firstin-history.”“I’vebeen here 32 years, and it’s surprising to me that even in the year 2022, I’m still writing about firsts for Latinos,” Loera said. “I’ll be happy when I start writing about seconds and thirds.”The numbers in 2022 remain grim for Latinos overall in California’s judi ciary. More than 62% of all trial court judges are white, as are more than 70% of appellate court judges.Latinos, by contrast, make up just 12% of trial court judges and 7% of judges in the appellate court, though they make up 39% of the state. It’s not a new problem. A CalMatters series last year found significant underrepresentation in many county courts — and four California counties with no Latino superior court judges, despite the fact that the counties’ populations were majority Latino. Race alone, of course, does not dictate how some one will rule on cases. Results from studies trying to tease out the link between race or ethnicity and judicial conduct have been mixed. A Yale study found that having Black judges made white judges adhere more closely to sentencing equity for both Black and white defendants. Cornell Law School researchers found that judges, like everyone else, have implicit biases that can affect their rulings. And in a 2012 compara tive study of white judges and judges of color, a Northwestern University law professor found that white judges were particu larly more likely to dismiss cases involving plaintiffs of color than those involving white plaintiffs. But the way individual judges rule on specific cases matters less than the per ception of justice, said Helen Torres, CEO of Hispanas Organized for Political Equality. A 2016 study in Texas of Latino attitudes on justice after the appointment of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court found that Latinos were more aware and approving of the court after her appoint ment.“They had more confi dence in the judiciary,” Tor res said. “It builds trust in the system that represents you.”When trying to read the tea leaves on the next chief justice, handicappers look at the history of elevating sitting justices versus choos ing someone entirely new. Newsom seemingly split the difference, nominating a sitting justice who was just elevated to the Supreme Court in March. David A. Carrillo, execu tive director of Berkeley Law’s California Constitu tion Center, said in an email that diversifying the court first became a prior ity under former Gov. Jerry Brown in the 1970s. “Doing so is crucial to both the perception and the reality that those who administer justice reflect the state’s diversity,” Car rillo wrote. “The judge in my case doesn’t have to look like me, but it shouldn’t be true that there are no judges who look like me.”Guerrero racked up immediate public support from state Senate Judiciary Committee chairperson Tom Umberg and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon. Guerrero would be tak ing on both a judicial and administrative job, said Natasha Minsker, policy advisor for Smart Justice California, which advocates for policies it hopes lessen reliance on incarceration. She would effectively be the head of the third branch of government, and her deci sions would have far-reach ingMinskerconsequences.pointed to Tani Cantil-Sakauye, the sitting chief justice, who last month announced her plan to retire in January. Cantil-Sakauye was responsible for the judi cial orders that closed court rooms during the onset of the pandemic and instituted zero-dollar bail for some lower- level crimes.
IS THERE A GRAMMARIAN IN THE HOUSE? … Once again, as invariably happens at this time of year when colleges and universities release their demographic data, there is mass confusion over what to call first-year students. Several years ago the otherwise excellent Reno Gazette Journal noted that Iowa State had sus pended four “freshmen football players.” Actually, these would be “freshman football players,” even though all four were indeed fresh men.And who can forget that former president with the big hair who regularly attacked four “freshmen congresswomen,” according to cer tain press accounts. All those who have said it should be “freshman congresswomen,” please move to the head of the class. Now, before you howl in protest, substitute the word “sophomores” for “freshmen” and see how it sounds.Lastweek I learned that a cer tain university admitted “19,287 freshman,” which is apparently a very large person. So, as a public service, in addi tion to fueling my desire to be inducted into the National Gram mar Hall of Fame, I once again offer my Pulitzer Prize winning Bob’s Rules of Order. “Freshman English is required of all UC Davis freshmen accord ing to the freshman orientation guide distributed to incoming freshmen during Freshman Week activities designed to help all freshmen in the freshman class.” G-L-O-R-I-A ... One of the things I don’t like about district elections — among many — is that only 20 percent of the populace will have a chance to vote for someone like former mayor Gloria Partida. In fact, this November only 40 percent of Davisites will have a chance to vote in any council elec tion as opposed to 100 percent previously being able to vote in every single City Council election. Partida, the first Latina council member and mayor, swamped the field in the 2018 citywide election before we went to districts. Despite her overwhelming win, we then went to districts because Latinas and Latinos could never win a citywide election. Or so the argument went. Logic never had anything to do with this decision.
Bingo is back at the Davis Odd Fellows Hall on Sunday, Aug. 14, to benefit the Foster and Kinship Care Program — helping Yolo Coun ty’s foster children. Doors open at noon, and Bingo begins at 1 p.m. at 415 Second St. in downtown Davis. Bingo is zations.andonSundayBingoBingo”theprizesgames—winnersprizesadultsgambling,sanctionedsoonlymayplay.Cashareawardedforofeverygamethescheduleisfor15andthecashgoupto$250forfinal“blackoutgame.TheOddFellowsrunonthesecondofeverymonthbehalfofcharitablecommunityorgani
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SPEAKING OF DISTRICTS Incumbent Dan Carson will have two challengers for his District 1 seat, which just might split the vote enough for Carson to remain on the council. Most voters have made up their minds about Carson one way or the other going into this fray, and presumably we’ll soon know more about challengers Kelsey Fortune and Bapu Vaitla. Gloria Partida has a worthy opponent for her District 4 seat in Public Works employee Adam Morrill, but her popularity is such that she’s virtually unbeatable. Voters in Districts 2, 3 and 5 will simply sit this one out, having no say at all in either race. There’s a much better way to elect the five members of the Davis City Council. We once had it right, where every voter had a say about every seat, but a lack of courage led us down this sorry path to district elections.
“She had a particular awareness of how difficult the legal system is for peo ple with no resources,” Minsker said. “Rich people have fancy lawyers and get justice. Cantil-Sakauye tried to do something to addressLoera,that.”the Vida en el Valle editor, recalled that one of the first Latino judges in the Central Valley, Armando Rodriguez, came home from World War II and earned a law degree, but found that no one in Fresno would rent him office space. He had to look more than 20 miles away, in “WhenMadera.any segment of the community feels they’re being overlooked, they don’t have a trust of the system,” Loera said. “Maybe the courts are ruling cor rectly 99% of the time, but it’s that perception that does impact how people look at the system.” Feeling like part of the system requires that the system look like you, Torres said.“We don’t want to stop with the first, of anything,” Torres said. “So many of our women are the first-of: the first on a city council, the first on a regulatory board, the first chief justice. Newsom also nominated Alameda County Superior Court Judge Kelli Evans to be an associate justice on the Supreme Court, to fill the expected vacancy cre ated by Guerrero’s elevation to chief Evans,justice.53,of Oakland, was raised by her grand mother in public housing and went on to attend Stanford and graduate from the UC Davis School of Law. A former civil rights attorney and civil division attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, she was also special assistant to the attorney general at the California Department of Justice from 2017 to 2019. Minsker, with Smart Jus tice California, called Evans’ nomination “a really big“Shedeal.”might be the only future Supreme Court jus tice that has direct experi ence working on police use-of-force cases,” Minsker said.Both nominees must be confirmed by the Commis sion on Judicial Appoint ments, and California voters in November will be asked to confirm Guerrero for a 12-year term.
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By KaThy KeaTley Garvey Special to The Enterprise UC Davis community ecologist and professor of entomology Louie Yang was one of 12 invited scien tists nationwide who deliv ered a presentation during the two-day Monarch But terfly Summit, which met recently at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Organized by Sen. Jeffrey Merkely, D-Oregon, it was a gathering of science experts and policymakers to share science and con servation actions to help the declining western monarch population. The scientists discussed the natural his tory of the monarch (Danaus plexip pus), its population status, habitats and barriers to conservation success. “It was a great group of folks work ing hard to connect science and policy to improve monarch conservation,” Yang said. “It was a privilege to be a part of Duringit.” the summit, the Depart ment of the Interior announced a $1 million award to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conserva tion Fund, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a Pollina tor Conservation Center. Last year two bills to support the Monarch Action, Recovery, and Con servation of Habitat Act and the Monarch and Pollinator Highway Act were proposed; and if passed, these acts would support a variety of initia tives focused on monarch research andInconservation.additionto Yang, three other scientists affiliated with UCD gave scientific presentations: n Professor Matt Forister, the Trevor J. McMinn Endowed Profes sor in Biology, Foundation Professor, at the University of Nevada, Reno. He holds a doctorate in ecology (2004) from UC Davis where he studied with major professor Art Shapiro, distin guished professor of evolution and ecology n Elizabeth Crone, former profes sor and population ecologist at Tufts University and who will join UC Davis starting this fall as a professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology n Sarina Jepsen, director of the Xerces Society’s Endangered Species and Aquatic Program, who holds a master’s degree (2006) in entomol ogy from UC Davis. She studied with major professor Jay Rosenheim, dis tinguished professor of entomology. Others giving scientific presenta tions were Amanda Barth, Western Monarch and Native Pollinator Working Group; Wendy Caldwell, executive director, Monarch Joint Venture; Ryan Drum, wildlife biolo gist, USFWS; Wayne Thogmartin, quantitative ecologist, U. S. Geologi cal Survey; Cat Darst, wildlife biolo gist, USFWS, Cheryl Schultz, professor, Washington State Univer sity, Pullman; Sarah Hoyle, pesticide program specialist policy lead, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conserva tion; and Francis Villablanca, profes sor, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. In a news release, the U.S. Depart ment of Interior noted, “In the 1980s, more than 4.5 million monarchs overwintered along the California Coast. Currently, the western overwintering population has declined by more than 95 percent. In 2020, west ern monarch numbers dropped to all-time lows when only 1,900 overwin tering monarchs were observed. In 2021, biolo gists and the public alike were greeted with the news that monarch numbers were heading in the right direction with approxi mately 250,000 monarchs estimated at overwintering groves along the coast of California.”
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“There is no single cause for the extreme multi-decade drop in the western monarch butterfly overwin tering population numbers,” accord ing to the Department of Interior, which aims to play “a central role in how the United States stewards its public lands, increases environmental protections, pursues environmental justice, and honors our nation-tonation relationship with Tribes. “Multiple factors have contributed to the long-term decline, including habitat loss and degradation in over wintering groves and breeding areas, pesticides, and the effects of climate change, including drought, increased storm frequency and severity, and temperature extremes,” the news release related. “As with many insects, monarch populations likely fluctuate in response to changes in temperature, precipitation, and other environmen tal factors. Conservation efforts are focused on an all-hands-on-deck col laborative approach, engaging a broad array of partners to enact large and small-scale conservation efforts for the benefit of monarchs and their habitats. Outcomes from this week’s summit will further contribute to the conserva tion of this iconic species.”
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Special to The Enterprise Lots of animals are waiting for “forever homes” at the Yolo County Animal Shelter, 2640 E. Gibson Road in Woodland.Amongthem is Choco late Chip (A197448), a stunning and sweet 4-year-old shorthaired rabbit. Chip is very friendly and gentle, litter box-trained, and looking for a calm and loving home.Also hoping for a good home is spayedfindAnimalyoloanimalshelter.terFollowcom/yolovolunteerapp.unteer,friendsofycas.org.abledays.a.m.Mondayare668-5287.businessassistspayedmicrochipped,to-datesheltertycas@gmail.com.adopting,personality.happyyourandtomalehandsome(A197524),Teddyaspirited,2-year-oldterrier.Teddylikesgoonwalksbutisjusthappytocuddleinlap.TeddyisapupwithabubblyForinformationoncontactadopAllanimalsareup-onvaccinations,andorneutered.Staffisavailabletoviaphoneduringhoursat530-Shelterhours10a.m.to5p.m.,toFriday,and10to4p.m.onSaturTomeetanyadoptYCASanimals,visitTovolsignupattinyurl.onat@ycas.shelandInstagramat@AtRottsofFriendsRescue,you’llLuca,a7-year-oldfemalemin-pin. She is a “tripod,” missing a front leg, but it doesn’t slow her down at all. She is well socialized and a gentle, wonderful girl. Luca is a perfect lap dog and gets along with cats as well as dogs. She walks well on leash and is crate-trained.Parsleyisa 6-monthold neutered male shep herd mix. He is as cute as can be, well-socialized and ready for any adven ture. He is crate- and leash-trained so is fun to take on walks exploring. Parsley comes up-to-date on vaccines, micro chipped and with free lifetime obedience train ingTheclasses.next Rotts of Friends adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Satur day, Aug. 14, at 34505 County Road 29 in Woodland. Come by 10 a.m., as it takes at least an hour to meet and adopt a dog; everyone who will be living with the dog should come out to meet it. Bring proof of home ownership, such as a mortgage statement or property tax bill. If you rent, please bring proof that you are allowed to have a dog in your home, such as a pet clause in your lease or a note from yourAlllandlord.dogsadopted from Rotts of Friends are healthy, book.com/rottsoffriends.information,traininglifetimecinesup-to-datemicrochipped,ontheirvacandcomewithfreeobedience-classes.Forvisitface
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‘Catastrophic failure’ kills 21K fish at UCD facility
Obituaries Todd Christopher Trisch Aug. 14, 1973 — May 27, 2022
By CaleB Hampton Enterprise staff writer Around 21,000 fish died at the UC Davis Cen ter for Aquatic Biology and Agriculture, a research facility at the school’s main campus, UC Davis reported Thursday in a press release. “The loss appears to be due to chlorine exposure, to which fish are espe cially sensitive,” the press release said, calling the event a “catastrophic fail ure.”UC Davis said it was in the process of investigat ing the incident, notifying regulatory and funding agencies, developing miti gation plans for research programs affected by the loss of fish, caring for sur viving fish and reviewing its processes at other similar facilities. The campus said it was also initiating an independent external review of the incident.“Anexample of research that was being conducted at CABA involved the investigation of bioener getics and environmental stressors on fish species, which included green and white sturgeon, as well as endangered Chinook salmon,” the press release said.UC Davis added that it has lots of other facilities where aquatic research is conducted and that those facilities were not impacted. “While many of these facilities do not have similar potential for chlo rine exposure, there are some that do, and we are going to evaluate risk at those facilities,” the press release said. “We know that many researchers, regulatory agencies, Native American tribes and other partners trust us to care for their aquatic species,” UC Davis said in the press release. “We will work hard to earn that trust by conducting a thorough review of our facilities, holding our selves accountable for what happened, and tak ing steps to prevent it from happening ever again.” — Reach Caleb Hamp ton at davisenterprise.net.champton@
He was ever so thankful to his donor and family for this gift of life being able to watch his son becoming a young man. He loved soccer, skiing, road bik ing, mountain biking, golf, photogra phy and traveling. His love of photography led him to photograph ing wildlife all over the world. He shared stories and pictures with many worldwide wildlife photogra phers.Todd was a loving son, with an infectious smile and laugh bringing countless joy to so many. Join a celebration of life at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Veterans Memorial Center, 203 E. 14th St. in Davis.The family requests donations in Todd’s memory to Cystic Fibrosis Research, Inc. (CFRI); 1731 Embar cadero Road, Suite 210; Palo Alto, CA 94303.
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TRISCH Kian Kelsch of Santa Rosa, formerly of Davis, passed away on July 24, 2022. He was 30 years old. Kian is survived by his parents, Laura Petitt and Christopher Kelsch (Hollie Malamud), his sisters Julia and Madeline, grand mother Theresa Kelsch, many beloved aunts, uncles, and cousins, count less friends, and his soul mate and life partner Jenna Mozdy.Kian was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., and was raised in Davis where he graduated from Da Vinci Charter Academy in 2011. One of Kian’s passions was music, which led him to study
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friends, never meet ing a stranger. He married the woman of his dreams, Denise Grahlman in June of 2000.Their miracle child, Jackson Todd Trisch was born on May 29, 2004. Nothing in Todd’s life compared to his love for Denise and Jackson. Todd lived his life with an excited curiosity of our world. His diagnosis of cystic fibrosis at three months of age never stopped him from doing anything. Todd was magic, never complaining of his given path because he was too busy living every single minute of his life. His love for nature and wildlife was truly an inspiration. At the age of 34, Todd was gifted with a continuation of life by receiving a double-lung transplant.
Precious and beloved son, brother, husband, father and uncle, Todd Christopher Trisch passed suddenly on May 27, 2022. Todd is survived by his father and mother, Chris and Tory Trisch, wife and son, Denise and Jackson Trisch, sister and husband, Leslie and Rich Nance, niece and nephew, Emma and JoshToddNance.loved all animals especially his two dogs, Scout and Mack who gave him unconditional love and sup port.Todd was born in Reno and attended the Davis schools from nurs ery school through high school. Todd graduated college from Chico State and became a successful businessman in sales. He loved people and with his magnetic personality became instant
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and had several food indus try jobs before returning to school to become a certified drug and alcohol counselor. This is where Kian found his true calling. He coun seled and advocated for people in recovery from substances, and at the time of his death he worked in management at a drug and alcohol rehab facility. Kian’s impact on the recovery community was immeasurable. He had a rare ability to connect with people no matter their cir cumstances or background. Kian’s co-workers adored him, his clients trusted him, and he served people who struggled with addic tion in a manner that can only be described as an inherent gift. He saved countless lives with his empathy and sensitivity to human suffering, and cli ents have said that Kian loved them until they learned how to love them selves.Itwas impossible not to whenlaugh you were with Kian. He had mosthumorfindabilityuncannyantoinsitu ations and could recite lines from TV/movies and easily perform imperson ations. Kian’s wild imagi nation led to many hilarious skits and games; his younger sisters and friends readily volunteered for a chance to be part of his latest creative endeavor. Kian also enjoyed cooking and preparing elaborate feasts in line with his most current food kick. He loved animals, and cats in par ticular. He was crazy about Pig and Moo, the two kit ties he shared with Jenna. Their mischievousness and silly antics entertained him for hours on end. If he wasn’t playing with the cats, you might find him playing his guitar, which gave him a sense of peace and calm from the troubles of the Kianday.was predeceased by his maternal grandparents, Albert and Katherine Petitt, his paternal grandfather Robert Kelsch, and his beloved aunt, Barbara Petitt. A celebration of life for Kian will run from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday, Sept. 18, at the Church of One Tree in Santa Rosa. All are wel come to join in his memory and share stories of his life. In lieu of flowers, the fam ily requests that donations be made in his name to forgottenfelines.com.recovery.orgwww.facesandvoicesofortowww. Clemens Kelsch
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Acceptance down 9% estimates 9,550 of those students will enroll this fall. “The resiliency of these students is incredible, and we look forward to welcoming this talented and diverse class to campus in September,” said Penman.UCDavis expects to enroll more California residents, including both new and continuing students, than any other UC campus, which it has done every year since 2010. UC Davis is also on track to meet the sys temwide goal of enrolling one new transfer student from California Community Colleges for every two students who enroll straight out of high school, the campus said in its pressForrelease.fall2022, UC Davis admitted 21,139 freshman and 8,184 transfer applicants from California. In total, 8,874 international applicants and 6,464 U.S. out-of-state applicants were admitted as freshman and trans fer students. California residents typically accept admission offers and enroll at higher rates than interna tional and out-of-state students. Among California residents UC Davis admitted for fall 2022, roughly 42% are from low-income families and 38% would be the first genera tion in their family to graduate from a four-year university. UC Davis’ total fall enrollment, including undergraduate, graduate, professional students, and interns and residents, is expected to be around 41,500.
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By CaleB Hampton Enterprise staff writer The University of Cali fornia system admitted a record 85,268 California residents as freshman for fall 2022, the UC Office of the President announced Wednesday in a press release. The number of Californians admitted this year is roughly 1,000 more than last year, which was also a record-breaking total.The university system said the record-breaking number of in-state admis sions reflected the univer sity’s “commitment to serve California students with a world-class education,” adding that the growth was enabled by a highly quali fied pool of applicants and critical state funding. “The University’s endur ing dedication to Califor nia’s young people and its partnership with the state continue to attract unprec edented numbers of tal ented Golden State students,” UC President Michael V. Drake said in the press release. “It is our privilege to be able to offer admission to the state’s largest-ever class of Cali fornia students.” The university also admitted a more diverse cohort of in-state freshman applicants, 43.8% of whom are from underrepresented ethnic groups, up 2.5% from last year, according to admission data released this“Theweek.University is proud to be the college of choice for so many outstanding Californians as it continues to honor its commitment to guarantee admission to high-performing high school students,” said Han Mi Yoon-Wu, executive director of Californiastate.”andexcitedAdmissionsUndergraduateatUC.“I’mforthesestudentsthefutureofourgreatAmongnewlyadmittedfreshmen,47% are from low-income fami lies and 44% would be the first generation in their family to earn a bachelor’s degree, a similar socioeco nomic profile to those admitted last Meanwhile,year.the UC sys tem admitted far fewer international and domestic out-of-state students. Admission offers to inter national students decreased 12.2% from last year, while offers to out-ofstate students dropped by 19%.Those reductions corre sponded with declining acceptance rates for those groups of applicants. For international applicants, the acceptance rate dropped from 68% to 56%. For out-of-state applicants, it decreased from 61% to 48%.The move to decrease the proportion of students who are nonresidents is in com pliance with the university’s compact with California Gov. Gavin Newsom that was adopted as part of the 2022-23 state budget agreement.Dueto the significant decline in out-of-state and international admissions, the total number of fresh man admissions decreased this year by 5.1%.
Now is the time for all of us who call Davis home to show what a unified, pas sionate, tireless commu nity can do.”
Vaitla has served as chair of the city’s Social Services Commission, as a member of the Davis Homelessness Alliance steering committee and as a board member of Cool Davis.Born in rural India, Vaitla moved to the United States at the age of four and spent his child hood in a working class neighborhood of Chicago and in Los Angeles. He came to Davis as an undergraduate at UC Davis and his subsequent career has focused on pro tecting health and ecosys tems, including in India, Ethiopia and Brazil work ing for nonprofits. He holds a Ph.D. from Tufts University on the politics and economics of child hunger and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University on climate change and food security. He currently works for Data2X, a gender equal ity initiative housed in the United Nations Founda tion.“Bapu has a plan for building affordable, cli mate-friendly housing in Davis that will enhance our quality of life,” his campaign announcement said. “He has a plan for substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions and transitioning our city to a carbon-neutral econ omy. He has a plan for meeting the needs of our unhoused residents and those undergoing mental health struggles. Making this vision a reality will require mobilizing all of Davis's diversity — people of all ages, backgrounds, colors, genders — and he’s got a plan for expanding civic engagement, too.” Vaitla will hold a cam paign kick-off event on Saturday, Aug. 20, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at the Village Homes Community Cen ter, 2661 Portage Bay East. This will be a com munity picnic and all are welcome, including chil dren and pets. Light refreshments will be pro vided.For more details and to learn more about Vaitla, visit www.bapu4davis.org or send a message bapu4davis@gmail.com.to — Reach Anne TernusBellamy at Followdavisenterprise.net.aternus@heronTwitter at @ATernusBellamy.
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Legislature passes Dodd’s faithless-electors bill Special to The Enterprise SACRAMENTO — The California Legislature on Aug. 11 approved a bill from state Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, that would ensure the state’s presi dential electors cast bal lots for candidates who win the popular vote and do not instead switch can didates or abstain from voting.“We must protect the legitimacy of our free election process and pre vent extreme partisanship from denying the will of the voters,” Sen. Dodd said. “Today we take a step toward ensuring electors uphold their responsibilities and do not go rogue, threatening the underpinnings of our democracy. I thank my fellow legislators for sending this bill onto the governor.”Doddintroduced Sen ate Bill 103 amid increased national atten tion on the manipulation of the Electoral College system following the 2020 presidential elec tion. Although President Joe Biden was the clear winner over Donald Trump, some groups in other states suggested electors might ignore the outcome and ratify TrumpWhileinstead.33states and the District of Columbia have laws requiring electors to uphold their voting pledges, many do not have any enforcement mechanism and a major ity have no way to make sure electors faithfully comply.Sen.Dodd’s legislation governing California’s 55 electors would void their vote if they cast ballots for a candidate who did not win the majority of sup port in the state. The faithless elector would be immediately replaced by a new elector who would cast a ballot for the win ningLearncandidate.more at www. sen.ca.gov/dodd.
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“The past several years have made clear that racial, social and eco nomic justice in America are still dreams deferred, and that climate change has brought the global community to the brink of “However,catastrophe.in the midst of despair, local action can bring hope,” his announcement said. “Cit ies all over our nation and the world are showing that a different future is possible, that sciencebacked policy and civic cooperation can create equity and justice for all.
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UC Davis Director of News and Media Relations Melissa Blouin told The Enterprise the university was aware of the lawsuit and referred the newspaper to a statement made by Chancellor Gary S. May fol lowing Yasay’s death: “On behalf of UC Davis, we share our deepest condo lences with her family,” May said.A police investigation into the fatal collision has been underway for more than two months. The UC Davis Police Department, which has jurisdiction over the investigation, handed evidence over to the Davis Police Department’s Multi disciplinary Accident Investigation Team, which has more advanced tech nology for investigating vehicle collisions than the campus police department.
Special to The Enterprise From crop damage to cooling failures at cloud-based data cen ters, climate change affects a wide variety of economic sectors. It’s unclear whether a country’s econ omy can bounce back each year from these impacts or if global temperature increases cause per manent and cumulative impacts on the market economy. A study from UC Davis, pub lished Wednesday by IOP Publish ing in the journal Environmental Research Letters, addresses this fundamental question, which underlies the costs and benefits of climate change policy. The research uses an empirical approach to revisit the effect of rising global tempera tures and climate change on gross domestic product, or GDP. The study found that economies are sensitive to persistent tempera ture shocks over at least a 10-year time frame. It also found that climate change impacts economic growth in about 22% percent of the countries analyzed.“Ourresults suggest that many countries are likely experiencing per sistent temperature effects,” said lead author Bernardo Bastien-Olvera, a Ph.D. candidate at UCD. “This con tradicts models that calculate metrics like the social cost of carbon, which mostly assume temporary tempera ture impacts on GDP. Our research adds to the evidence suggesting that impacts are far more uncertain and potentially larger than previously thought.”
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Previous research examined the question by estimating the delayed effect of temperature on GDP in sub sequent years, but the results were inconclusive. With this study, UC Davis scientists and co-authors from the European Institute on Economics and the Environment in Italy used a novel method to isolate the persistent temperature effects on the economy by analyzing lower modes of oscilla tion of the climate system. For example, El Niño Southern Oscillation, is a three to seven-year temperature fluctuation in the Pacific Ocean that affects tempera ture and rainfall in many parts of the“Byworld.looking at the GDP effects of these types of lower-frequency oscillations, we’re able to distin guish whether countries are expe riencing temporary or persistent and cumulative effects,” BastienOlvera said. The team used a mathematical procedure called filtering to remove higher frequency yearly changes in temperature.
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The researchers note that charac terizing temperature impacts on the economy is an enormous task not likely to be answered by a single research group. “Data availability and the current magnitude of climate impacts limit what can be done globally at the country level,” said co-author Frances Moore, an assistant professor of envi ronmental science and policy at UCD and the study’s principal investigator. “However, our research constitutes a new piece of evidence in this puzzle and provides a novel tool to answer this still unresolved question.”
Additional co-authors include Francesco Granella of the European Institute on Economics and the Envi ronment.
Brian GG, UC Davis/CoUrtesy photo Bernardo Bastien-Olvera, a Ph.D. candidate at UC Davis, used an empirical approach to revisit the effect of rising global temperatures and climate change on GDP.
The evidence included video footage of the colli sion captured from multi ple angles by surveillance cameras on buildings near the intersection. It also included footage of the col lision’s aftermath captured by police body cameras and by a camera mounted on a patrol vehicle. The investi gation involves reviewing footage and witness state ments, conducting lab tests and creating a diagram of theThecollision.police expect to release their findings within the next few weeks, UC Davis Police Chief Joseph Farrow told The Enterprise this week. UC Davis did not make operational changes due to the collision, campus offi cials told The Enterprise in June. Drivers employed by the university were told to be“Normalcautious.garbage collec tion operations are con tinuing,” said Andy Fell, a news and media relations specialist at UC Davis. Those operations include garbage trucks leaving the “core campus,” a central area that is always closed off to regular car traffic, by 7 a.m. (Dairy and Hutchi son, which is near a park ing garage at the edge of campus, is outside the core campus.)Thecase filed by Yasay’s parents against the univer sity and Gonzalez was assigned to Yolo Superior Court Judge Daniel Wolk. The first hearing is sched uled for Nov. 14. — Reach Caleb Hamp ton at Followdavisenterprise.net.champton@himonTwitter at @calebmhampton.
Entrepreneurship and as an adjunct assistant pro fessor at the Graduate School of management. Even with this list of accolades encompassing years of hard work, DiNunzio’s passion for the district and education continues to burn. “It starts with a simple concept I had in my first campaign which is that every child deserves an excellent education and a path to fulfillment and happiness,” he said. “Our district, historically, has done a fantastic job in that, but if you apply the growth mindset, there’s always opportunities to improve. Particularly to serve students that are furthest from opportu nity.“That’s a big part of my passion. I’m also a parent and that’s part of it, but I’m also a member of the community and I have a very strong belief in the power of education to transform lives. So that’s really at the core where I come from.” Of DiNunzio’s four years on the school board, a year-and-a-half was as board president. A chal lenging task in the best of times, it also coincided with a global pandemic. Regardless, DiNunzio views his tenure as an opportunity to have served the community and strengthen the bond between Davis and its schools. Resulting from it all are experience and knowledge that — if reelected — he’ll be able to utilize for another four years.“First, it’s the impor tance of listening and hearing all members of the community. We’re not always going to agree and there’s not always a path forward that’s going to make everyone equally happy, but it starts with making everybody feel like they’re heard and lis tened to and their voice is incorporated into the governance and decision making within the dis trict. Dealing with the pandemic is a perfect example. There were many different voices suggesting very different paths forward for how to handle COVID, and it was important to listen to all of those and to factor them all into the decision making,” DiNunzio elabo rated on the experience gained over the last four years.“Also, something I knew intrinsically but really hit home over the last four years, is the importance of the student voice and incorporating it. Not just students at the high-school level, but also at the junior high and elementary schools. It’s about our ability to incor porate the feedback from our students into the pro grams we offer and how we address their needs.” In a recent press release, DiNunzio sum marized his goals with the following statement: “Our aspiration is for each of our students to embrace a love of learning and find their own, unique path to a fulfilling, meaningful and happy life. As a district, we need to embrace a growth mindset to continuously address the resources, supports and opportuni ties needed to help them build the skills, relation ships and confidence to find that path.” To learn more about DiNunzio’s campaign, visit www.joe4schools. com or email joe@ joe4schools.com. — Reach Aaron Geerts at mcnaughton.media.aaron.geerts@ sustained significant bodily injury,” the complaint stated. “These injuries led to her death.” Yasay’s par ents alleged that “negli gence was the legal cause of the fatal injuries” their childReubensuffered.and Therese Yasay are seeking damages for medical, funeral and burial expenses, legal fees, for the loss of their child and for the pain and suffer ing Yasay suffered prior to her death, as well as any further relief the court may award.The plaintiffs, who are represented by Jason Sigel of the Sacramento law firm Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora LLP, left the door open to name more defendants in the complaint.
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Courtesy photo Elio Gutiérrez-Montoya, plays lead role of Usnavi, in Woodland Opera House’s upcoming production of “In The Heights.“
Courtesy photo “Nomad” by Ianna Frisby is covered with crystals, minerals, and sparkly baubles, as well as a St. Christopher medal.
By JeNNifer GoldmaN Enterprise arts writer Another must-see blockbuster production hailed from the Woodland Opera House this week. “In the Heights” exploded with Spanglish rap music, salsa, breakdancing and scintillating storytelling performed by an eth nically representative cast. “In The Heights” was written by Quiara Alegria Hughes with music and lyrics by the now famous Lin-Manuel Miranda of “Hamilton” fame, who brought a completely new kind of musical to Broadway in 2008. Before the show even started, we were enthralled by the beauti ful set, which included a second level for a full orchestra and extra space for the large cast. Immedi ately, we were blown away with the opening number's incredible dancing and energy that practi cally brought the audience to their feet after just one raucous number. Truly, this show is like nothing we’ve seen before on this stage, the sheer number of stunts and dance lifts were mind-blow ing.Every move by every actor was precise and exciting. Kudos to director and choreographer Jacob Gutiérrez-Montoya for bringing this show to life. Also fantastic musical directing by Sandra Gallegos. The story takes place over three days in New York’s Wash ington Heights, home pre dominantly to immigrants from the Caribbean islands, during which one of the resi dents wins $96,000 in the lottery. However, properties in the neighborhood are being bought up by the rich, which is causing the residents to be priced out. The show focuses on the effects of this, and the fears of losing the tight-knit community they cultivated there.One thing the show does well is showing each of many many characters’ unique sto ries. This helps to remind the audience of the importance of each and every member in our communities.Usnavi(Elio GutiérrezMontoya), who introduces us to everyone else, is a firstgeneration American who runs a small convenience store along with his snarky 15-year-old cousin Sonny (Alexander Quiñónez). Graf fiti Pete (Michelle Dela Cruz) is often seen darting around and putting their own mark on the barrio, much to the frustration of the local business owners. Abuela Claudia (Gabriela Gar cia) serves as the honorary grandmother of the area, and gives comfort and encourage ment to its residents with her mother’s favorite phrase “pacien cia y fe” which means “patience and faith." The studious resident Nina (Ahlani Santos) is return ing from her first year at Stan ford University. She struggles to discover who she is and avoids discussing her time away with her parents Camila (Irma San chez-Weldon) and Kevin (James Caballero). Her troubles are compounded by the fact that her parents have sacrificed and struggled with their small cab company in order to give her a betterEvenlife.more ambitious than Nina, Benny (Judah Dwight) is trying to work his way up in the world beginning with his job at the cab company; how ever, he struggles to advance because he is Black and can not speak Spanish. With a simple dream to escape the barrio and leave her dysfunc tional mother, fashion designer Vanessa (Alysia Sambuca), is saving up from her job at the neighborhood salon. The salon is owned by the vivacious gossipy Daniella (Arianna Garcia-Manabat) and naive religious Carla (Zariah Williamson). The ensemble stepped in to play the various other members of the neighborhood as was needed during large scenes. Every single actor was inte gral and fantastic in making the show the spectacle that it was. Most importantly, I need to congratulate the ensemble for the exquisite dancing that they brought throughout the entire performance. Elio Gutiér rez-Montoya was riveting and we couldn’t help but love him. I was also especially impressed with the snappy attitude and com manding voice of Arianna Gar cia-Manabat, who led the fun number “Carnaval Del Barrio,” where most of the cast celebrated with dancing and waved flags of various Latin countries, a pride flag and a Black Lives Matter flag.Of course, I have to mention Dwight’s incredible charisma, which helped him steal the show during his song “Benny’s Dis patch.” While Graffiti Pete is tra ditionally seen as a smaller role, Dela Cruz’s interpretation really transformed them into a major character who I was always inter ested to watch. Every single actor was fabulous, and their hard work and chemistry are truly what made this show such a resounding success. This show not only reminds us of the importance of community, but elevates the story of the struggles and dreams of the working poor who scrape by in America. Beyond that, it exposes the audience to a taste of the richness of the culture that they bring with them. The show is so unique and exciting, I absolutely recommend going to experience it, perhaps more than once! “In the Heights” is playing through Aug. 28 at The Wood land Opera House, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sun days at 2 p.m. Reserved seats are $30 for adults, $23 for seniors 62-plus, and $15 for children 17 and under. Balcony tickets are $18 for adults and $9 for chil dren. Flex Pass specials and group rates are available. Buy tickets at land-woodland...com/.../in-the-heights-woodhttps://www.etix.
arts THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE AUGUSTFRIDAY, 12, 2022 B Section Calendar B2 Movie review B3 Other thing B4 By Natalie NelsoN Special to The Enterprise This month of August, the Pence is holding its Second Friday Art About reception on the 12th, from 6 to 9 p.m., to have a last hurrah for three popular exhibits. Stop by to have a glass of wine and enjoy the five other venues that are also open in down town Davis. At the Pence, our annual exhibit “Slice: A Juried Exhibit of Regional Art,” boasts an eclectic array of sculpture, photography, drawings, and textiles by 30 California-based artists. It is great to see both emerging artists fresh out of art school and estab lished artists side by side, at times addressing a similar theme, or having a similar approach to their materi als.For “Slice,” so much of the work was about artists wrestling with the personal effects of having COVID, or just the pandemic in gen eral. (Last month I wrote about one of my favorite pieces was constructed from multi-colored dispos able face masks, all flat tened and looking very minimal in this applica tion.) Other artworks were more political in nature. Trung Cao’s painting, “Becoming Liberty and Justice for All,” depicted the Statue of Liberty with an intense stare, her crown discarded at her feet. A big difference between the painted Liberty and the actual sculpted one is the dominant presence of shackles and chains around her feet and wrist. The piece, completed in 2020, the year of the last fateful presidential election, could be interpreted in many dif ferent ways. While Trung Cao might want us to lean one way, viewers are ulti mately left to their own interpretation and appre ciation of the piece. When I talk about an artwork like this that brings up strong opinions, someone usually has the courage to ask me, “but what does it really mean?” I try to offer the idea that we might be able to read what the artist or a critic says, but what is more interesting is what they think, and why they might think that way. As then you get people more engaged in making meaning out of the artwork, and conversations can become even more interesting then. I asked my college intern Eve, who is well-versed in art and has loads of great ideas, to review two pieces from our other exhibits on display, and she chose two favorite pieces and wrote this up to share. I invite you to come in to see these two artworks and see if you agree or not with what Eve has to say. In “Found,” our exhibit displaying sculpture using found or recycled objects, Eve writes, “‘Nomad’ by Ianna Frisby is a fantastical and intriguing sculpture. Formed out of rich, earthy ceramic and adorned with shiny trinkets, there’s a lot to discover in this piece. The tower and windmill tail evokes imagery of a Ghibli movie (Japanese animated movie studio), and a similar sense of whimsy. Accentuated with a multitude of textures and forms, this sculpture is its own wonderful collection of objects, textures and forms.”Evewas thinking about her references, whereas I was thinking about how the artist told me that the piece was in response to not being able to travel because of the pandemic. Both add to my appreciation for the piece, and neither is more important to me. In “Exhibit It,” our nonjuried exhibit of 50 art works, Eve reviewed one of the most popular pieces in the display, “Where Do We Stand #2,” by Srdan Tunic. I know that it’s popular as people have been voting daily on which piece they like best, and Tunic’s one is pretty well-liked. As Eve writes, it’s a “vibrant and varied world of polymer clay lifeforms. Soft rounded forms and bright colors evoke imagery of children’s cartoons, enhancing the surreal and abstract nature of the small beings. The sheer number of miniature sculptures in such a small space feels like a crowded public space … with every one headed in different directions on their own mission.”While there are some amazing paintings in the display from people who are accomplished artists, this piece by a graduate student is also one of my favorites. It’s so unusual and charming, that I can’t stop marveling at it, much like Eve did. Both “Exhibit It” and “Found” end on Aug. 14, so come in soon! “Slice” stays open through Aug.Thanks17. for reading, and please stop by the Pence next month for our art auc tion! We are returning with artworks by 130 local and regional artists for bidding online and in person from Sept. 3 to 24. See more on our website at www.pence gallery.org, and save the date for our Gala on Sept. 24, 6:30 to 9 p.m. The auc tion supports the Pence, a nonprofit art gallery, and its work serving the com munity through the arts. — Natalie Nelson is the executive director and curator of the Pence Gal lery; her column is pub lished monthly.
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Thanks to a cunningly crafted storyline co-written with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, “Last Night in Soho” con stantly confounds expecta tions, plunging its young heroine into a most unusualWrightjourney.alsoisknown for making savvy use of music, and at first blush his new film seems a sweet love let ter to 1960s pop tunes. A lengthy prologue intro duces Eloise “Ellie” Turner (Thomasin McKenzie), a sweet but unsophisticated young woman who lives with her grandmother Peggy (Rita Tushingham) in rural Redruth, Cornwall. Ellie adores the music and fashion of the Swinging Sixties; the title credits appear against Peter & Gordon’s “A World Without Love,” as she capers about her bedroom in a hand made newspaper dress. Ellie has long dreamed of studying at the London College of Fashion, and her eyes go sparkling wide upon receiving an accep tance letter. Peggy is con cerned; she knows that Ellie’s mother — also a fashion designer — killed herself for reasons unspeci fied, and that the impres sionable Ellie has a tendency to occasionally “see” her mother, like a watchfully lingering spirit.
On Saturday, Aug. 13, Peregrine School will pres ent the Capital City Pow wow and Dance Corps at 2650 Lillard Drive. Its leader, Joaquin Rojas, spoke about growing up in a musical household, the drum, different Native American musical genres, social media and the upcoming performance. Raised in a musical household, Joaquin had no distinct first memories of music, for the music was omnipresent. His first music was the music of his own Native American cul ture and his first, and still favorite, instrument was the drum. For the Chu mash Tribe, “the elder” is the large, double-headed drum that sits on the ground often accompanies the Northern style singing. The elder is not left alone, nor left Joaquinuncovered.comments, “The drum is more of an identity verses an instrument,” Rojas said. Unlike most Western drums, the elder is not tuned by adjusting the tenson of the head with a key, but is tuned with the environment (for example, if the drum is placed in the sun and water is wiped on the head, this will tighten the head, raising the pitch). The Capital City Pow wow and Dance Corps sing in the Northern Style. In this style, the singers per form in their upper range (versus the Southern Style singers, who sing in a low range in an almost operatic style). One unique practice of Northern Style singers is prior to the performance, there is absolutely no warm-up. This can be very demanding on the singers, but Rojas said that the more a singer performs, the stronger one’s voice will become.Forthe upcoming per formance, in addition to the Northern Style song with the elder drum, many of the songs will be Round Dance songs. Originated by the Cree Tribe in Canada, the Round Dance songs are often about love and in English. Rojas has studied with the Cree and has learned how the Round Dances are run, what songs are sung and the reasons for their performances. The drum used for the Round Dance songs is a handheld instrument, single-headed, and produces sound both by being struck and by the player dragging his or her finger or thumb across the back of the head — scratch ing the back of the drum’s head.The concert at Peregrine School is always a special performance for the Capi tal City Powwow and Dance Corps. During the performance, Joaquin will tell backstories about the songs and music. He will encourage parents to become animals with their children and act a little silly too. It will not “just be a musical performance,” but the audience will have something to take home after the show and share. The fourth free concert in the Second Saturday Family Concert Series is supported, in part, by a grant from the city of Davis Arts & Cultural Affairs pro gram. There is a suggested $20 donation, but no one will be turned away due to lack of funds. The gates will open at approximately 10:30 a.m. Seating is lim ited and will be on a first come, first served basis. For additional information, please contact Peregrine School at 530-753-5500 and www.peregrineschool. org.
B2 THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2022Arts Last Night in Soho: Quite a ride
By Derrick Bang Enterprise film critic Director Edgar Wright’s new film is an exhilarating, boldly audacious slice of cinematic razzle-dazzle: a breathtaking experience with a true sense of wonder. “Last Night in Soho” barely achieved theatrical release in the States late last year, which is a shame; it screams to be seen on the bigWrightscreen.is no stranger to boldly imaginative fanta sies — often laced with a cheeky sense of humor — with an oeuvre that stretches from 2004’s “Shaun of the Dead” to 2017’s “Baby Driver.”
According to Bazooka is the featured act at the Vil lage Homes Performers’ Circle on Tuesday, Aug. 23, in Davis. The band, aka A2B, writes original music inspired by life in the Sac ramento Valley. Lush har mony brings these songs to life, with Richard Urbino on guitar, har monica, and vocals; René Martucci on accordion, keyboard and vocals; Daphna Rahmil on violin; Jamie Knapp on upright bass and harmony; and Don Johnston on drums. A2B’s vibrant Ameri cana-pop infused sound blurs the lines of Ameri can roots music to include vibes from rock, folk, blues, jazz, pop and zydeco. Their unique show features relatable stories and irresistible "retropop" melodies. This fusion of sound grew out of the original instrumentation of the band which included an accordion and a bouzouki, hence the name According to Bazooka. Their recent album “Swanky” is avail able at tobazooka.bandcamp.https://according com. Three full length albums are previously released: “Easy Come, Easy Go” (2015), “Where We Are Now” (2017), and “The Devil's in the Details” (2019). Visit month,fourthrequired.orperformances.simplyasformerseventformers’moreingtobazooka.comwww.accordforontheband.TheVillageHomesPerCircleisafreethatwelcomesperofalllevelsaswellaudiencememberswhocometoenjoytheNoticketsreservationsareItisheldtheTuesdayofeachexceptDecember.
Special to The Enterprise On Aug. 12, Davis musi cian Lillian Frances released her new single “DirectWritten,Sunlight.”recorded and produced by Frances her self, “Direct Sunlight” meshes poppy drums with bright mandolin and dreamy synths, making it the first song you’ll want to play on your summer road trip. In February 2022, Frances did something she had been dreaming of for years: finally moved out of her parents’ house into her own apartment. COVID had been in swing for nearly a year, and she was champing at the bit to get out of way-too-close quar ters with her mom, dad andWellsister.itfinally happened, and Frances was over whelmed by a beautiful wave of freedom. Sud denly, she felt like she could go anywhere, do anything, be anyone (within reason, of course), and so she did. Week after week, she found herself hopping in her Chevy Volt, jetting off to some new outdoorsy tinationdes (usu ally revolving around rock climbing … Joshua Tree, Smith Rock, Ore., or Red Rocks, Nev.). On the road, she experienced a level of freedom, adventure and romance that reminded her what it’s like to be truly alive.
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Peggy’s apprehension is justified, because nothing could have prepared Ellie for the cacophonous hustle and bustle of her late-night arrival in London, against the deafening opening bars of John Barry’s jazz/rock title theme to 1960’s “Beat Girl.” Her rowdy college dorm is even worse, when she’s immediately targeted by a posse of “mean girls” — led by her new room mate, Jocasta (Synnove Karlsen, impressively bitchy) — who feign friend ship just long enough to more accurately mock Ellie’s country-mouse inno cence.Knowing that she’d never survive in this unrestrained atmosphere of alcohol, drugs and casual sex, Ellie flees to a charming upstairs room in a bedsit run by the elderly Ms. Collins (Diana Rigg, in her final role). That night, Ellie wakens into a participatory dream; she wanders down a shad owy corridor until — just as Cilla Black’s “You’re My World” hits its crescendo — she stumbles into 1960s Soho. The transition is breathtaking; Wright, pro duction designer Marcus Rowland and costume designer Odile DicksMireaux fill this streetscape with sparkling vintage vehicles, nattily attired men, gorgeously dressed women, and all manner of period-specific décor. The authenticity not withstanding, the result is an opulently stylized, somewhat larger-than-life London: much the way Quentin Tarantino reimaged Los Angeles, in “Once Upon a Time in Hol lywood”; and Jean-Pierre Jeunet gave us an impossi bly perfect Paris, in “Amé lie.”Ellie is drawn, moth to flame, by a vivacious young woman named Sandie (Anya Taylor-Joy). It’s dif ficult to determine if Ellie has become Sandie, or is instead some sort of observer; every time Sandie passes in front of a mirror — this film is filled with mirrors, and deliberately so — Ellie is in the reflection. This is a jaw-droppingly brilliant blend of clever choreography, set trickery and sneaky efforts by visual effects supervisor Tom Proctor. It looks real Ellie watches as Sandie confidently strides into the Café de Paris, determined to ignite a singing career. She instead comes under the wing of Jack (Matt Smith), a teddy boy charmer who suggests that she try a more modest venue; he also promises to “manage” her. Their result ing courtship gives new meaning to the term “whirlwind,” much to Ellie’s delight.Subsequent dreams rein force Sandie’s ongoing saga. By day, Ellie dyes her hair blonde, builds a ward robe based on Sandie’s fashion choices, and boldly obtains a job at the Toucan, a famed Soho pub (despite her total lack of experi ence). The distinction between the two begins to blur, and this makeover prompts unwanted atten tion from a silver-haired gentleman (Terence Stamp), whose posh com portment can’t quite con ceal a sinister undertone. At which point, Wright’s approach becomes increas ingly nervous and twitchy. Then the narrative really darkens, as Ellie veers help lessly into horror film terri tory. It’s no surprise when Wright’s pop-tune soundtrack gives us R. Dean Taylor’s “There’s a Ghost in My overdrive;sultryreckless.butbycharacter,She’sherdiately,Ellie;Rabbit,”ishberedMcKenzie,House.”wellrememastheconcealedJewgirlin2019’s“Jojoisnote-perfectasweadoreherimmeandourconcernforwelfareonlyintensifies.acarefullycraftedskillfullyplayedMcKenzie;Ellieisnaïvenotstupid,boldbutnotTaylor-JoypushesthebuttonintoherSandieisa luminous force of nature. She’s wild, uninhibited, confident and daring, but — unlike Ellie — lacks dan ger radar. Later, as Sandie’s dreams are cruelly dashed, Taylor-Joy’s eyes harden into the resigned, dead look of a trapped animal. Smith’s Jack oozes charm and graciousness … until, quite suddenly, he doesn’t. The shift is startling — but not unexpected — and Smith’s handling of the “actual” Jack is just as per suasive.“Last Night in Soho” is a helluva ride, and Wright manipulates us with the skill of a master puppeteer. During an era so strongly dominated by sequels, remakes and re-treads, it’s refreshing to encounter a filmmaker whose work is so creatively and fearlessly original—Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at blogspot.com.http://derrickbang.Comment on this review at www. davisenterprise.com.
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Centurions Make It Happen for Yolo County was honored to receive a donation of $2,820 from 100 Men Who Give a Damn About Yolo County this summer to support local transition age youths, many foster youths, who are moving into their own apart ments for the first time. 100 Men members meet once a quarter for an hour to network and listen to three nonprofits chosen to present. After hear ing from the groups, each person makes a minimum $100 tax-deductible donation. Members immediately vote on which organization will be awarded 100% of that meeting’s total donations. Make It Happen for Yolo County was proud to receive funds from the summer meeting. Thanks to 100 Men Who Give a Damn About Yolo County, we can continue providing furniture and household goods to more of Yolo County’s transition age youth so they can be successful first-time renters. We extend a heartfelt thank you to this wonderful organization that is working to make Yolo County a better place for every one. Jan Judson Board President, Make It Happen for Yolo County Food Bank firing I was appalled to read of the firing of Michael Bisch, the outstanding Executive Director of Yolo Food Bank. Among other things, he has been voted Executive Direc tor of the Year, under his leadership the Yolo Food Bank has been named Business of the Year and Nonprofit of the Year. When Michael became the executive director in 2018, Yolo Food Bank was on the brink of insolvency. It went from the verge of not being able to meet payroll and rent to having $1 million in reserve in one year. He tripled the poundage of food being delivered to the food insecure of Yolo County in three years. The Food Bank now serves 25,000 people each month. And, in spite of all these extraordinary achievements, the board of directors of Yolo Food Bank, in their infinite wisdom, chose to terminate his employment there as Executive Director. There is also the ques tion of how much the Yolo County Board of Supervisors was involved with his firing. I have worked with Michael for the entire four years he has been at Yolo Food Bank. I have never known a more dedi cated and creative individual in my life. To say that his firing is perplexing is a gross understatement. I don’t know what the future holds, but let’s hope the harms can be healed and Yolo Food Bank can be rebuilt. Greg Gibbs Davis Monarch butterflies Sunday’s article, “UC Davis Zeroes in on Monarch Threats,” captured my attention with a great picture and the expectation that there may be good news. Instead, we got word about a study that after 3 years has documented FACTORS: some early, some late, plus microclimate variations that affect development. Any Davis person concerned about our environment, but who is not a scientist, is left guessing at the important findings of the study. Could we please have the factors spelled out? We do care!
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Fully funding Senate Bill 372 will enable California to clean up our roads and communities and fight cli mate change, all while delivering the right kind of help to each fleet. The Legislature voted last year to acceler ate the transition of medium- and heavyduty vehicles to zero-emission by establishing the bipartisan SB 372, a public financing program specifically designed to overcome barriers to scale. Now, the Legis lature needs to take one more step: It must earmark $60 million in the state budget to launch the bill. Putting more electric trucks and buses on California roads will improve air quality and grow local jobs. For many fleets, however, the transition to electric will require innova tive policy and finance solutions to get the job done on pace with climate targets. There is a gap between the fleets prepared to deploy electric vehicles and the capital needed to finance the transition, because the first is outgrowing the second. Fleets and financiers still face considerations such as higher upfront vehicle costs (generally offset by lower operating costs over time), the need to make one-time investments in charging infrastructure, and uncertainties about residual value (which will begin to resolve as the market grows). These barriers can seem especially daunting for operators of smaller fleets without ready access to cap ital or expertise to manage the transition. By addressing these barriers, the state can resolve them more quickly. Deploying more electric trucks and buses in communities across California will directly address air pollution. Diesel-fueled trucks make up just 6% of vehicles on the road, but produce 72% of the state’s health-harming nitrogen oxide emissions and 21% of all transportation climate emissions. Lowincome communities and communities of color often bear the biggest health burden from this pollution. SB 372 has established a target to deploy three-quarters of its financial mechanisms in these priority communities. If implemented well, SB 372 can spark significant private-sector investment in fleet deployment. The key is for public programs to be designed specifically to overcome local market issues in ways that give fleets the confidence to say “yes” to an electric future, and the finance community the confidence to invest in the fleets, infrastructure and business models that most effectively sup portSBdeployment.372isaframework designed to use public money efficiently in ways that will help close the gap. The pace of truck and bus electrification nationwide is accelerating. To meet climate and air quality goals, however, it must go faster — financed not only with public sub sidies, but through programs such as those envisioned by SB 372 that will attract pri vate capital, too. Electric trucks — from semis and delivery vans to tractor-trailers and garbage trucks — could spark a $47 bil lion global industry. The idea that public dollars can be used to remove barriers to private investment is not new. The markets for both solar and wind, especially in their earlier days, achieved larger scale through various financial incen tives established by federal and state gov ernments. And green banks in Connecticut, New York and other states have a track record of sparking private investment through targeted use of public investment. For example, in 2020-21, the New York Green Bank committed about $350 million of its own capital in ways that mobilized about $1 billion in investment into clean energy projects in that state. SB 372 would bring an approach like this to California’s transportation sector, the state’s single larg est source of greenhouse gases. Working together, public and private finance can play a huge role in accelerating the climate and clean air benefits of electric vehicles.—Andrew Darrell is senior advisor of global finance for the Environmental Defense Fund. He wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture com mitted to explaining how California’s Capi tol works and why it matters.
California’s economic Jere miahs regularly predict an imminent major eco nomic downturn, some say ing it has already begun. The reality, though, is that while a dip is likely, it will not do a fraction of the damage inflicted by the last similar hit to this state. That one came in the late spring of 2020 and saw unemployment here leap from 4.1 percent to 15.9 per cent in just two months as businesses by the thousands shut down amid hordes of layoffs in the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic. But California rebounded swiftly once vaccines became available and both hospital izations and deaths from the virus dropped considerably. As the state heads into what might be a new downturn, unemployment levels are back to just about the same as pre-pandemic and Califor nia seems well situated to make this a fairly brief decline, far short of a major disaster – unless it’s your business that’s hurting as the perpetual economic roller coaster heads downward for a bit.For sure, even though the state budget has a rainy day fund in the tens of billions of dollars at the ready, there are signs of trouble, although that could be eased if Presi dent Biden’s compromise recovery plan gets through Congress.OracleCorp., whose head quarters moved to the tax haven of Austin, Tex. when its founder Larry Ellison relo cated fulltime to the Hawai ian island of Lanai, has already laid off hundreds of workers in Silicon Valley, its former headquarters and still home to most of the gigantic software company. Oracle will reportedly lay off more droves in Texas, Canada, India and Europe amid a $1 billion-plus cut in expenses. If that weren’t enough of a sign that Silicon Valley is not immune from national and international economic cri ses, Google paused hiring in late July and Facebook parent Meta reported its first-ever yearly revenue downturn. Plus, many high-tech start ups recently stopped hiring or made layoffs. At the same time, the year seems to be seeing a drop in capital gains for Californians invested in stocks. Hints of this can be found in a report from the nonpartisan state legislative analyst’s office, which reports California may collect as much as $25 billion less in capital gains taxes than expected when the current $308 billion budget was adopted in June. Rising inflation and higher interest rates, along with supply chain issues, are identified by state budgeteers as the major cur rentSaidbugaboos.Gov.Gavin Newsom, in opposing Proposition 30, a November ballot initiative seeking to raise taxes on any one with income over $2 mil lion per year, “California’s tax revenues are famously vola tile, and this measure would make our state’s finances moreAnotherunstable.”sign of a likely downturn: Inflation has led to rising rents here and nationally; while real estate sales prices are down slightly this summer, rents are not dropping.Thisisnot only a California problem: Yahoo Finance pre dicts there will be no letup in rent increases nationally until at least 2024. That’s partly because most home and con dominium owners who paid high prices in recent years are so far not inclined to sell at today’s slightly lower levels. That has led to a drop in available housing stock –from here to New York to Tennessee, North Carolina and Florida – which in turn means more demand for rentals. That makes wide spread rent decreases extremely unlikely. At the same time, the national Consumer Price Index – the most watched indicator of inflation –reached a 43-year-high this summer, almost matching levels of the late 1970s, when Jimmy Carter was president. The good news is that most Californians have also seen their earnings rise, especially because of increases in the minimum wage. That base line figure will reach $15.50 per hour in January. The new cash flowing to even the least skilled workers makes Cali fornians better equipped than ever to cope with inflation. All these realities explain why there has been no great drop in retail sales even as inflation and other indicators of a downturn appeared. All of which points to a dip, but nowhere near as severe as what this state endured just over two years ago. — Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. His book, “The Burzynski Break through: The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It,” is now available in a softcover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, visit www.californiafocus.net
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The UC Davis men’s basketball team’s 2022-23 schedule will see it take on two Pac-12 teams, as well as host of familiar names during the non-conference slate in addition to its Big West Conference schedule.AllUCD home games will be broadcast on ESPN+.The Aggies will open the season at Cal on Nov. 7. The Aggies will look for its first win in the history of the program against the Cal Bears after the Aggies came within six points of a win in their last meeting in 2019.This is one of four games for UCD in earlyThenNovember.UCDwill welcome Cal Maritime on Nov. 9 at University Credit Union Center for the home opener. That same week UCD will travel to face Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles on Nov. 12 before hosting Arkansas State in the second home game on Nov. 18. The annual Causeway game against Sacramento State returns to the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Nov. 22, where this year UCD will be the designated homeThenteam.theAggies will head to a threeday tournament hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from Nov. 26-28. The Aggies will face UWMilwaukee, Southeast Missouri State and Boston University in a to-be-determined order during their stay in Wisconsin. December will see the Aggies open the month with back-to-back home games, beginning with Pacific on the first and a to-be-announced opponent on Dec. 12. Then UCD heads to Eastern Washington for a Dec. 17 date. The Aggies will close out the nonconference slate on Dec. 21 at UCLA. The Aggies have not faced the Bruins since 2011 and this season’s matchup will come almost 11 years to the day since UCD’s last trip to Pauley Pavilion on Dec. 17, 2011.The Big West portion of the 2022-23 schedule begins on Dec. 29 at Hawai’i with the conference home opener one week later on Jan. 5 against UC Irvine. The Aggies host CSU Bakersfield on Jan. 7, one of three home-and-home weeks the Aggies will enjoy during the conference schedule. Though opening on the road, UCD will close out the season with back-to-back home games on March 2 against UCSB and March 4 against Long Beach State. For a second consecutive year, Henderson, Nev. will again play host to the Big West Conference Tournament with the conference championship to be decided March 7-11 at the Dollar Loan Center.UCDavis head coach Jim Les enters his 12th season at the helm of the program in 2022-23 with a coaching staff of associate head coach Kevin Nosek, assistant coach Jonathan Metzger-Jones and assistant coach Kyle Vogt.All-Big West Second Team guard and last season’s leading scorer Elijah Pepper returns to lead the Aggies on the court along with veterans Christian Anigwe and Kane Milling. opener
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The ball will move back to the closest line after a first down. The offense will have four plays to score from inside the 15. If an offense does not get a first down or com mits a turnover, the ball returns to the 35. Garratt pointed out Blue Devil players who stood out in practices this week in preparing for the jamboree, including defensive end CJ Milli can, linebacker Sonny Huitron and quarter backs Braulio Acevedo and Sawyer Schoen, who also doubles as a wide receiver.Admission for the jamboree is $5 for adults and $2 for children 12 andAccordingunder. to Will DeBoard, commissionerassistantofthe SacJoaquin Section, high school football teams hosting a jamboree or scrimmages can change admission, but only up to $5.Davis opens the regular season against Vacaville in a non-league game at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium on Friday, Aug. 12.Then the Blue Devils will play Granite Bay, Oakmont of Roseville and Fairfield. Delta League play starts in midSeptember. Other Delta League schools opening the season on Aug. 12 are Cosumnes Oaks hosting Sierra Foothill League school Oak Ridge, Elk Grove GraniteentertainingBay,Sheldon at River Valley of Yuba City, Pleasant Grove playing Lodi at Sheldon — Pleasant Grove has a stadium but no stands or stadium lights — Frank lin at Woodcreek of Rose ville and Jesuit at Bishop Manogue of Reno, Nev. Lodi is in the Tri-City Athletics League.
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Aggie women hosting familiar names this winter UCD men’s schedule out
The UC Davis women’s basketball team released its 2022-23 schedule, which features two WCC teams and a host of familiar names during the nonconference slate in addition to its Big West Conference schedule. All Aggie home games will be broadcasted on ESPN+. Following an exhibition contest against San Francisco State, UCD kick off the season against Bethel as their home opener on Nov. 7 at University Credit Union Center. That same week, UCD has an exciting challenge early, as they head on the road to face Pac-12 member University of Washington on Nov. 11. The Aggies hold a 2-1 edge in the series history against the Huskies with their most recent matchup in 2012. Six days later, the Aggies return home to face Boise State for the first time in over 15 years, showcasing a battle between two of the top mid-major teams on the West Coast. The annual Causeway game against Sacramento State returns to the Golden 1 Center for the second straight year on Nov. 22, marking the 61st meeting between the two teams. A start time for that game will be announced at a later date and will include a double header with the men’s teams.Then the Aggies will head to a twoday tournament hosted by the University of the Pacific from Nov. 26-28.UCDavis opens December with a pair of road contests against WCC opponents, facing St. Mary’s on Dec. 3, followed by Gonzaga on Dec. 11. The Aggies clinched an exciting comefrom-behind victory against the Bull dogs at home last year, 69-66, knocking off the defending WCC champions at home, earning their first win in the seriesThehistory.Aggies return home for a twogame slate, featuring William Jessup on Dec. 15 and Northern Arizona on Dec. 19.The Big West portion of the 2022-23 schedule begins on Dec. 29 with their conference home opener against Hawai’i followed by a trip down to UC Irvine on Jan. 5. After hosting UC San Diego on Jan. 16, the Aggies will see back-to-back road games, featuring UC Riverside on Jan. 19 and Cal Poly on Jan. 21. After its conference home finale against Cal Poly on Feb. 25, UCD will close out the regular season with backto-back road games against UC Santa Barbara on March 2 and against Long Beach State on March 4. The Dollar Loan Center in Hender son, Nev. will again play host to the Big West Conference Tournament with the first two rounds from March 7-8 and the final two rounds from March 10-11. UC Davis head coach Jennifer Gross enters her 12th season at the helm of the program.TheAggies add four newcomers to the team this season, one freshman and three transfers, to complement nine returners. All-Big West Honorable Mention guard Evanne Turner returns to lead the Aggies on the court.
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The Blue Devils have the first-round bye during the five-team jamboree. Then they will play Bradshaw Christian on the east side of the field. Then Davis will take on Delhi in the third round of contest, also on the east side of the field. All teams will take a 5-minute water break after the three rounds. Coming out of the break, Davis will play host Dixon on the west side of the field. Then it wraps up the jamboree by playing Del Campo on the east side of the field.Each varsity scrimmage will have a 20-minute running clock. The offense will start at the 35-yard line. Opposing teams are not allowed to tackle the quarterback in the pocket. But the quarterback can be tackled once he becomes a running back should he runs out of the Offensespocket.willhave three plays to earn a first down and keep moving the football. The first downs are at the 25 and 15-yard lines.
By henry krueger Enterprise correspondent While Davis High girls golf tryouts are just wrapping up, head coach Dan Ariola already has a good feel for his team. Bringing back five of the top six players from last season, Ariola believes this year’s group could outperform the 2021 team.“This year’s team is a little older and more mature,” Ariola said. “I think we’re going to be better than last year.” Headlining the large group of returners is sophomore Alessandra Trask, the top player from last season. “Alessandra is back, and she looks good,” Ariola said. “She’s stronger. She’s been working in the weight room. She’s moreTraskathletic.”alsoplayed on the Davis High softball team this past spring. Ariola also mentioned Sydney Tuss, Saera Ojha, Ashlyn Swanson, Esha Kajley, Brooklyn Bolnik as other key returners.However, the players won’t be the only ones with added experience. ‘Made some great strides’ Ariola is coming back from his first season coaching girls golf after previously serving as the DHS baseball head coach from 1995 to 2019. “Last year was my first year so I didn’t really know the girls and didn’t know a whole lot about the program, Ariola said. “We’ve made some great strides. We’ve had a little bit of an offseason program and I’m really excited about the team, but we have a long way to go to keep improving.”TheBlue Devils finished last season as the No. 4 team in the Delta League standings.Theleague champion was Pleasant Grove, who had four of the top six indi vidual performers in the Delta League Championship. The Eagles went on to finish seventh at the NorCal Champion ships.With several of Pleasant Grove’s most talented golfers returning, including Petra Yee, Ariola believes the Eagles will still be the team to beat in the Delta League.“Pleasant Grove is loaded,” Ariola said. “They have a lot of girls back. They have pretty much the same team they took to NorCal last year.” Ariola’s goal for his team is to make it to the section championships, which they’ll qualify for by finishing as a top three team in their league. Impressed by his team’s showing at tryouts, Ariola believes this mark is attainable.Davisrecorded five individual scores below bogey at tryouts on Monday, a feat see DAVis, PAge B5 see AriOLA, PAge B5
Metro Who isn’t playing home mixologist these days? Many people are heading to the liquor store to make sure they have all the essentials on hand to blend classic cocktails and creative drinks for socially distant happy hours over Zoom or to toast to birthdays and other special events with loved ones at home.
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Rachel KReaGeR/enteRpRise File photo Davis High quarterback Braulio Acevedo hands off the football to running back Jude Vaughn in the Blue and White scrimmage at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium on Aug. 6. Tonight at 7:30, Acevedo, Vaugn and the rest of their Blue Devil teammates take part in the Under the Lights Jamboree at Dixon High. MiKe tRasK/enteRpRise photo Davis High girls golfer Ashlyn Swanson, a senior, gets ready to take a cut at the ball during an open tryout at the Wildhorse Golf Club last week. Swanson and the Blue Devils will scrimmage Inderkum and Christian Brothers on Monday and Wednesday, respectively. Then Davis opens the season against Inderkum in a non-league match on Monday, Aug. 22.
Davis and Dixon, along with Bradshaw Christian, have seen each other quite a bit over the summer. They competed against each other in 7-on-7 games since June. Breakdown of jamboree
Davis is Under the Lights at Dixon tonight
Coach Ariola has good feeling about Blue Devils
By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor Now the Davis High football team will see different faces tonight and in upcomingTonight,months.theBlue Devils will make the short trek westbound on Interstate 80 into Solano County. That is where they will take part in the Under the Lights 2022 Jamboree, which the Dixon High football program is hosting. “We are preparing like it’s game week,” said new Davis head coach Nick Garratt of tonight’s scrimmages. “We integrated various types of fronts and offensive sets that we will likely see (tonight). But all in all, it’s a game week and it’s just about us and making ourselves better and doing things better than we have ever done before.”Fiveschools are from different leagues will hit the Rams’ field tonight. Davis is the lone representative of the Delta League. Host Dixon is part of the Golden Empire League. Del Campo of Fair Oaks, Bradshaw Christian of Elk Grove and Delhi, which is located in Merced County, are playing at the jamboree. Del Campo is a member of the Capital Athletic League, Bradshaw in the Sierra Valley Conference and Delhi in the Southern Athletic League. The jamboree is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.
Drink ingredients • TequilaRumGin • Triple VermouthSec • Vodka • Whiskeys (including Bourbons and Scotches) In addition: Sour Simplemixsyrup • Green GrenadineMaraschinoolivescherriessyrup • Muddled mint Citrus rinds • Citrus juices • Tonic water Club soda & other sodas photoMetro/Stock YOLOsips B Section Arts B1 Forum B3 Comics B4 Sports B5 THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE — FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2022 sports Football GolF
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