The Davis Enterprise Friday, September 23, 2022

Two teens arrested for school threats

Holmes, DHS reopen after ‘hoax’ investigated

By lAuren Keene Enterprise staff writer

Davis police say two 14-year-old students were behind the emailed threats that briefly shuttered two schools Thursday morning.

“Both individuals live in Davis and attend one of the junior high schools,” the Davis Police Department announced via social media. “They were detained this morning, and we have determined that the threat to these campuses is no longer present.”

“The threat was a hoax and no weapons were found in the home,” Davis Joint Unified School District officials noted in a separate announcement.

Students at the two schools, Holmes Junior High and Davis High School, were expected to report to their classes at 10:15 a.m.

Davis police Lt. Dan Beckwith said both teens were released to family

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Aggies back on campus for new term

By CAleB HAmpTon Enterprise staff writer

Scattered showers ushered in a new school year at UC Davis on Wednesday as fall quarter classes began. The academic year is the second with students back on campus since the pan demic began.

“For many of us, this time of year is especially exciting,” UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May

said this week in a welcome message. “We are fresh from moving in new students to the residence halls, and returning students are settling into the city of Davis once again.”

Since Sept. 1, roughly 8,800 students moved into campus residence halls, and many oth ers moved in or returned to offcampus homes in Davis.

The freshman class is smaller

than in previous years, with UC Davis admitting fewer new students for fall 2022 to com pensate for an unusually large class who decided to enroll last year.

In 2021, UC Davis offered admission to 52,254 students from a pool of 105,901 appli cants, an acceptance rate of 49%. Of those admitted, 10,299 students enrolled, “significantly

Vaitla focuses on equity, environment

n Editor’s Note: This is the third in a five-part series profil ing the candidates for Davis City Council in the Nov. 8 elec tion. Voters in District 1 (West Davis) will be choosing among Councilman Dan Carson, Bapu Vaitla and Kelsey Fortune.

By Anne Ternus-BellAmy Enterprise staff writer

That Bapu Vaitla’s cam paign for Davis City Coun cil is focused on the intersection of equity and the environment would seem inevitable given his life’s work.

Born in rural India, Vaitla moved to the United States at the age of four and spent his childhood in a working-class neigh borhood of Chicago and

in Los Angeles.

“We were low-income,” he said. “We were not desti tute, we were not the poor est of the poor, but there were times we were depen dent on public benefits.”

He came to UC Davis as an undergraduate and his subsequent career has focused on protecting health and ecosystems,

exceeding the campus’s enroll ment target,” UC Davis said last month in a press release.

For fall 2022, UC Davis offered admission to 44,661 students from a pool of a record 110,189 applicants, an accep tance rate of 40%. The campus estimated 9,550 of those stu dents would enroll this fall.

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UCD sets fundraising record

By CAleB HAmpTon Enterprise staff writer

UC Davis set a record for annual fundraising, surpassing the $300 mil lion mark for the first time, the campus announced this week in a news release. During the 2021-22 fiscal year, UC Davis raised a total of $323 million from more than 58,000 gifts and pledges given by over 32,000 donors, the cam pus reported.

“Every year, I’m awe struck by the magnitude of our supporters’ gener osity,” Chancellor Gary S. May said. “With these gifts, faculty, staff and students in every disci pline will solve for today

and prepare for tomor row. Together, we con tinue to show the world that it should expect even greater from UC Davis.”

The donations from the past year contribute to a fundraising goal to raise $2 billion by 2024. So far, with the data from 202122 included, the campus has raised more than $1.7 billion during its “Expect Greater” fundraising ini tiative.

In addition to the over all fundraising record set this past year, donations from 2021-22 reached record highs in several areas on campus, includ ing the College of Agricul tural and Environmental

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Bapu Vaitla announced in August he is running for City Council, seeking to represent District 1.

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Etching aims to deter theft

WOODLAND — In an effort to deter would-be thieves and to track stolen catalytic converters, the Yolo County District Attor ney’s Office and the Davis Police Depart ment teamed up with Hanlees Toyota for Operation Etch and Catch on Sept. 17.

This community safety event offered free etching of vehicle’s license plate number onto owner’s catalytic converters.

The markings will assist the police in iden tifying victims of theft, and aid in prosecution of offenders. As a deter rent, area scrap yards should be aware of a catalytic converter with these markings, or evi dence of the markings being partially or com pletely removed.

Scary situation handled with aplomb

On Thursday evening, as parents of a student at Davis High, we received the following message concerning a threat to the safety of students at both Holmes Junior High and Davis Senior High School.

“Dear Davis SHS Parents and Guardians, “This evening (Wednesday, Sep tember 21), DJUSD staff received an email threatening to cause harm on Holmes Junior High School and Davis Senior High School campuses tomorrow (Thursday, September 22) morn ing at 9:00 a.m.

“Out of an abundance of cau tion, Holmes Junior High and Davis Senior High will be closed Thursday, September 22 until we, in partnership with the Davis Police Department, have deter mined it is safe for students and staff to return to campus. We ask that you keep your student at home until you receive an update via phone, email and/or text from the District. We do not have any information regarding threats to other DJUSD campuses. As a result, all other DJUSD campuses remain open at this time.

“The safety of our students and staff is our first priority, and we

take all threats to our school com munity very seriously. The Davis Police Department is actively investigating the threats and will be present at both campuses tomorrow morning.

“We will provide updates to our community via the District web site and social media.

“An event like this can cause everyone involved stress or anxi ety, regardless of the credibility of a threat. If you or your student would like to speak to someone at school about what they experi enced, counselors are available for support.

“Thank you for your patience and understanding.

“DJUSD Communications Team”f

Yes, we all assumed it was a hoax, but in this day and age, you can’t take a chance. And the

district and the Davis police abso

lutely have to take any such threats seriously.

The potential consequences of not taking this seriously are hor rific, as we’ve seen too many times in the last several decades in this country.

It’s Homecoming Week at Davis High, so our son and his friends and classmates were looking forward to all the festivi ties planned. They didn’t want to be home waiting for the “all clear” as Thursday morning dawned with no evidence that the threat was gone.

Around 9 a.m., however, we were made aware of the following message:

“The Davis Police Department identified two 14-year old individ uals responsible for the threat to the Davis Senior High School and Holmes Jr. High School. Both individuals live in Davis and attend one of the Jr. high schools.

“They were detained this morn ing and we have determined that the threat to these campuses is no longer present.

“Students should return to DSHS and Holmes at 10:15 a.m. this morning.”

So, our son, like so many

World War I display honors veterans

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WOODLAND — The community is invited to celebrate and honor veter ans by visiting the exhibit, “Honoring the Dead of WWI: A Photographic Exhibition Commemorat ing the Centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Yolo County Fallen,” on display from Monday, Oct. 10, through Tuesday, Nov. 29, at Gallery 625, Erwin Meier Building, 625 Court St. in Woodland.

The free events begin with a ceremony to honor all veterans from 5:45 to 6:05 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at

Courthouse Plaza, 725 Court St. in Woodland. The Friends of the Yolo County Archives will welcome attendees. Mel Russell will give a speech on “Selecting the Unknown Soldier,” after which all branches of the armed forces will be recog nized.

American Legion Yolo Post 77 will perform the “Missing Man Ceremony” and Taps.

The exhibit’s opening reception is from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at Gallery 625. Hosted by the Friends of the Yolo County Archives, exhibit themes include how the United States dealt with servicemen who died

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during World War I and highlighting the experi ences of five Yolo County servicemen to examine the impact on families waiting for the return of their loved ones; Segregation experi enced by African Ameri cans in the army; the story of how America selected a soldier and returned him home to be buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Sol dier; a selection of the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam unknowns.

Julie Dachtler, senior deputy clerk of the board, will play World War I tunes on the piano throughout the evening.

Tours of “Honoring the

students in town, hopped on his bicycle and headed happily off to campus, ready to resume his edu cation during what is supposed to be a special week.

Assuming, as most of us do, that the Police have arrested the true perpetrators of this hoax, we hope that all students were as comfort able heading back to school as our son was.

But we worry about the two who were arrested, whose names will not appear here because they are only 14 years old. Again, assuming they were the ones responsible.

What were they thinking? Were they capable of carrying out any thing other than a hoax? Did they realize the seriousness of what they were doing?

Obviously, this was a serious act and should have serious conse quences, but given their age, hopefully, they will get the help they need so this does not become a defining moment in their lives.

Our thanks to the Davis Police and the staff at the DJUSD for their quick and decisive action to take things back to a semblance of normal.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Dead of WWI: A Photo graphic Exhibition” will be at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon and 1 pm. Saturday, Oct. 8, at Gallery 625. Russell will lead four guided tours of the exhibit, and reserva tions are not required.

Lemonade and cookies will be available.

“Honoring the Dead of WWI” will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Veteran’s Day, Friday, Nov. 11, at Gal lery 625.

Contact Mel Russell at yolocountyWW1@ gmail.com with questions about any of these events. All locations are accessible to people with disabilities.

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City Council moves on affordable housing, mini-dorms

By Anne Ternus-BellAmy Enterprise staff writer

The Davis City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to extend the city’s interim affordable housing ordi nance into next summer as work continues on a perma nent ordinance that is expected to be completed before then.

The interim ordinance sets a target of 15 percent affordable units in multifamily rental housing devel opments, including five percent for extremely lowincome households, five percent for very low-income households and five percent for low-income households, though the council can approve deviations from those targets, including by allowing in lieu fees or con tributions to the city’s hous ing trust fund instead.

The interim ordinance was enacted in 2018 and has

been extended several times since then as staff and con sultants have worked on a permanent ordinance.

Davis has required an affordable housing compo nent in multi-family devel opments for decades. In 1990, the city codified an affordable housing ordi nance requiring 10 percent of dwellings in projects with 20 or more units to be reserved for very low-income tenants and another 25 per cent for low-income tenants.

But in 2009, a court rul ing prohibited local jurisdic tions from imposing affordable housing require ments on residential and mixed-use projects of more than 10 dwelling units per lot. That ruling was over turned by state legislation in 2017, restoring the ability of governments to require affordable housing compo nents.

However, AB 1505 also

allows the state to review and potentially require an economic feasibility study for any local jurisdiction that includes more than a 15 per cent requirement in multifamily proposals.

That has limited the city’s ability to go beyond 15 per cent, according to city staff.

But the city is working with its consultant, Cascadia Partners, on such a study.

“That’s the process that we’re in right now with Cas cadia,” said City Manager Mike Webb, “doing that study to understand locally what is supportable in terms of a percentage.”

Meanwhile, the council’s vote on Tuesday extends the sunset date of the interim ordinance through June 2023.

Vice Mayor Will Arnold said the interim measure “has served us well.”

“We have seen many innovative projects come

before us that utilize the new flexibility that was allowed for in this ordinance,” he said. “We have built and are poised to see built a lot of affordable housing com pared to previous years when we were operating under the previous ordi nance,” Arnold said.

Webb and the city’s com munity development direc tor, Sherri Metzker, indicated a new ordinance will likely begin moving through the approval pro cess, complete with public hearings before the Social Services Commission and Planning Commission, as well as the council, well before that new sunset date arrives.

Also on Tuesday, the council voted unanimously to require conditional use permits for additions, con versions or new construction of dwellings with six or more bathrooms.

The ordinance is aimed at limiting so-called “mini dorms” in predominately single-family neighbor hoods.

The council previously adopted an ordinance requiring conditional use permits for additions, con versions or construction of dwellings with six or more bedrooms.

Conditional use permits come with a higher level of review from city staff as well as approval by the city’s plan ning commission.

Staff recommended add ing CUPs for six or more bathrooms after a recent proposal came forward for reconfiguration of a resi dence that would create seven bathrooms in a singlefamily home.

“Staff feels the configura tion of the floor plan modifi cations would allow further subdivision of living space and bedrooms resulting in

an overcrowded, small-scale dormitory-style home,” according to the report pre pared for Tuesday’s meeting.

“These designs are often incompatible with and cre ate impacts on single-family and two-family neighbor hoods.”

Councilwoman Gloria Partida said she would pre fer a conditional use permit be required for five or more bathrooms, rather than six, saying, “even five bathrooms is excessive depending on where it is.

“I think we should cut it off at five.”

Metzker replied that “what we currently have for bedrooms, is if you go to six, you have to do a conditional use permit, so we just did the same for bathrooms.”

The council ultimately voted to stick with the staff proposal of requiring a con ditional use permit for six or more bathrooms.

AGGIES: University still navigating COVID threats to student body

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“UC Davis is aiming to return to a more gradual growth trajec tory with its entering class of fall 2022,” Robert Penman, executive director of Undergraduate Admissions at UC Davis, said last month. “The resiliency of these students is incredible, and we look forward to welcoming this talented and diverse class to cam pus in September.”

Total fall enrollment, including undergraduate, graduate, profes sional students, and interns and residents at all locations, was expected to be around 41,500, while the three-quarter average enrollment at the Davis campus for 2022-23 was forecast to be approximately 37,200 students.

UC Davis began the quarter on the back of impressive ratings in several nation-wide college rank ings. The Washington Monthly 2022 College Guide and Rank ings put the campus at No. 2 among all public universities, while the U.S. News and World

Report’s 2022-23 edition of “Best Colleges” ranked UC Davis the 10th best public university.

“A world-class university, UC Davis is highly ranked for how it transforms students’ lives, the impact of its research, the excel lence of its academic programs, sustainability and more,” the campus said in a news release.

This week, UC Davis announced record fundraising over the past fiscal year, raising $323 million for campus pro grams and departments.

“Every year, I’m awestruck by the magnitude of our supporters’ generosity,” May said. “With these gifts, faculty, staff and students in every discipline will solve for today and prepare for tomorrow. Together, we continue to show the world that it should expect even greater from UC Davis.”

The quarter also began amid challenges, with an out-of-season thunderstorm flooding parts of campus on Monday and knocking out the power in Mrak Hall, the primary administrative building,

Pets of the week

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cas@gmail.com. All shelter animals are up-to-date on vaccinations, micro chipped, and spayed or neutered.

Staff is available to assist via phone during business hours at 530-6685287. Shelter hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. To meet any adoptable YCAS ani mals, visit friendsofycas. org.

Among them is Izzy (A141857), a sweet, 8-yearold female Chihuahua who arrived at our shelter with Cubbie (A193417) after her owner declined in health and could no longer care for them. Izzy and Cubbie have lived together since they were puppies. Izzy is the more outgoing of the pair and loves to get pets and attention. Cubbie can be just as sweet but prefers to have the company of Izzy to help him warm up.

Also hoping for a good home is Wiley (A182985) a 7-year-old male golden retriever. Wiley is a fre quent flyer at YCAS is ready to find a permanent caring home where he is cared for and loved for the rest of his life. He’s a goofy boy, loves adventures, belly rubs and walks, is handsome and he knows it. Wiley needs a home with no cats.

For information on adopting, contact adopty

At Rotts of Friends Ani mal Rescue, you’ll find Pebbles, a 6- to 8-monthold spayed female black Chihuahua. She was picked up with her seven brothers and sister. Pebbles is a sweet, shy girl that needs a calm patient owner to help socialize her.

Ruger is a handsome, 1to 3-year-old neutered male Rottweiler with a

which was powered by a genera tor for much of Tuesday.

Last month, UC Davis police responded to a hate incident after four masked men hung antise mitic banners from a bicycle overpass near campus. In an Enterprise column, Chancellor May noted that the incident marked a “disturbing trend,” with antisemitic behavior up 34% over the past year, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

“The perpetrators of these crimes do not in any way embody the values of UC Davis,” May said. “Their actions represent the antithesis of our Principles of Community. We remain commit ted to an inclusive environment. We will continue to work dili gently to support the Jewish com munity on campus.”

Among other challenges, the school year marks another collec tive effort to navigate in-person education while guarding against COVID-19. “We are not through with the global pandemic, and we are still learning about COVID’s

repercussions,” May said this week. “You can rest assured that as the year unfolds, we will con tinue to remain vigilant about our public health and will take steps, as necessary, to address new developments.”

Students are required to remain up to date on COVID-19 immunizations and get tested once for the virus before moving into campus dorms—or, for those living off-campus, before Oct. 7.

Results from those tests indi cated very few students returned to campus with COVID-19.

Between Sept. 9 and 16, more than 5,000 UC Davis students were tested for COVID-19, with just 9 individuals testing positive, a positivity rate well under 1%, the lowest in months.

Aside from those requirements, most precautions were voluntary as of this week, with masking and regular testing encouraged by campus officials but optional.

“While the Davis campus does not have a mask mandate in place, we strongly recommend

that people wear masks indoors to reduce risk,” May said.

Over the summer, UC Davis Student Health and Counseling Services established a new public health unit within that campus department. Campus officials said the unit will provide “a new layer of protection” for students by harnessing some of the resources and expertise brought out by the pandemic.

The widely acclaimed Healthy Davis Together program expired in June, though rapid COVID-19 testing remains free and available for campus affiliates at least through the end of the calendar year.

“I wish you a year of new dis covery and good health,” May said. “We’re grateful that you’re part of our collaborative and wel coming community and know you’ll contribute in positive ways in the days and weeks ahead.”

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @ calebmhampton.

docked tail. This boy was picked up as a stray and no one ever came looking for him. Ruger is a smaller compact male. He’s shy but warms quickly turning into a mushy love bug! Ruger is a kind, shy, reserved dog who quickly became a vol unteer favorite.

The next Rotts of Friends adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, 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 mort gage statement or property tax bill. If you rent, 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 your landlord.

For information, visit facebook.com/rottsof friends.

Lots of animals are wait ing for “forever homes” at the Yolo County Animal Shelter, 2640 E. Gibson Road in Woodland.

Izzy

Ruger

City Council candidates converse with Delaine Eastin at forum

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Former California superinten dent of public instruction and Davis resident Delaine Eastin will moderate an evening of conversa tion with the five candidates vying for two Davis City Council seats.

The forum takes place Monday, Sept. 26, in Davis Community Chambers, and will be recorded for later viewing. Eastin will speak with District 4 Candidates — former Mayor Gloria Partida and Adam Morrill — from 6:30 to 7:20 p.m. District 1 candidates,

including Councilman Dan Car son, Kelsey Fortune and Bapu Vaitla are scheduled from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Event sponsors include Indivis ible Yolo, Yolo Democratic Social ists of America, and Yolo People Power. Indivisible Yolo focuses on holding elected officials account able; informing candidates and citizens on representative democ racy and progressive values; and encouraging elected officials to actively participate in proposing, enacting, and implementing laws that advance progressive values. Yolo Democratic Socialists of

America is a member-funded, member-run, and democratic organization that fights for a political agenda that puts work ing people at the center. Yolo People Power is a network of activists who engage the public to envision and advocate for a com munity safety model which ensures human dignity, access to fundamental needs, and harm reduction.

Opening questions have been generated by the sponsoring groups, and Eastin will add her own follow-up questions. “We

have selected this conversational format to leverage Dr. Eastin’s vast political experience and intellect, and to create lively dis cussion so voters can discover candidates’ policy objectives and personalities,” said Francesca Wright of the Yolo People Power coordinating team.

Nonprofit community media center Davis Media Access serves as media co-sponsor and will record the event for later viewing on DCTV Channel 15 Comcast in Davis, and on demand at https:// davismedia.org. Each election

season, DMA partners with com munity organizations as part of its countywide election coverage.

The event is free and open to the public. Wearing masks is requested, as there will be per sons from immune-compromised households in attendance. Kindly park in visitor-only parking for no longer than two hours or on A Street for up to three hour. The sponsors apologize for scheduling this prior to learning it is on Rosh Hashanah. For more information about the event, please contact yolopeoplepower@gmail.com.

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including in India, Ethio pia and Brazil, working for nonprofits. He holds a Ph.D. from Tufts Univer sity on the politics and economics of child hunger and completed a postdoc toral fellowship at Harvard University on climate change and food security. He currently works for Data2X, a gender equality initiative housed in the United Nations Founda tion.

Vaitla returned to Davis five years ago and has since been appointed to and chaired the Social Services Commission. He has also served on the Davis Home lessness Alliance steering committee and as a board member of Cool Davis.

Vaitla applied to serve on the Social Services Com mission, he said, largely because of his belief that social justice, racial justice and economic equity are intricately tied to afford able housing, something the commission spends the majority of its time on.

Who can live here?

A key concern in Davis, he said, “is many people of color, many low-income families can’t afford to live here. And that includes our own workforce. Our teach ers, our firefighters, our ser vice workers. When folks who are taking care of our children can’t afford to live here, or when folks who are the first-line response to emergencies can’t afford to live here, I think we’ve got to recognize that we have a moral problem.

“Are we going to be remembered historically as a city that held on to segrega tionist policy until there was no moral or legal option or are we going to be one of those cities that integrated ahead of the curve before the state of California ensured compliance?”

To that end, he wants to see greater engagement with nonprofit developers and discussion about how the city itself can be the engine for public housing.

“How do we incentivize nonprofit development and how do we create a structure

Obituary

Lyn H. Lofland, profes sor emerita in the depart ment of sociology at UC Davis, died on Sept. 7, 2022.

Lyn grew up in Juneau, Alaska, and attended Stan ford for a year before trans ferring to Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Initially a student of his tory, she fell in love with the discipline of sociology dur ing an introductory course and hastened to declare it as her major.

Having earned her bach elor’s degree in 1960, an era when it was uncommon for women to attend graduate school, Lyn worked as an administrative assistant and social worker for sev eral years before enrolling at the University of Michi gan. There she earned a master’s degree in 1966. She then joined the first cohort of doctoral students in the sociology program at UC San Francisco, where she knew she could develop her interests in symbolic interaction and premise her research on observa tional data.

Much of Lyn’s scholar ship grew out of her love for big cities, something she first discovered in Chicago and later relished about liv ing in San Francisco. The dissertation that she sub mitted to complete her Ph.D. in 1971 was pub lished two years later as a monograph titled “A World of Strangers: Order and Action Urban Spaces.”

whereby the city itself could create a public option for housing?” he asked. “And the public option does not have to be our exclusive strategy, but it does, just like in healthcare markets, have an affect on the market where it can reduce profit margins of private entities to the point where it’s still viable to them, but some of that excess profit is then converted into social benefit.”

Step one would be a Gen eral Plan update that lays out the city’s vision “and then attracting the kind of devel opers that are willing to fit that vision, even if it may mean that there’s a few per centage points fewer on return for them.”

As part of his role on the Social Services Commission, Vaitla also served on a tem porary joint subcommittee that was created by the council to put forward rec ommendations on reimagin ing policing and public safety in Davis.

“If there’s one thing that I’m proud of during the last five years in Davis and cer tainly on the Social Services Commission, it’s taking a lead role in the process of developing recommenda tions for the council and creating a report that I’m proud of, that was supported by evidence and also acknowledged the reality of the difficulty of change when you have different stake holders,” he said. “There was the police and there were folks concerned about rising crime on the one hand and activists who were calling for defunding the police and I think we listened to every one and in the end, we sug gested a plan to City Council that was thoughtful and well-researched and feasi ble.”

The council has already adopted many of those rec ommendations, he noted, including what he consid ered the most powerful rec ommendation, the creation of a Department of Social Services and Housing, “to pull homeless outreach out of the police department and to develop a staff that could handle traumatic situations, to intervene in a traumainformed way, especially with mental health and sub stance use crisis.”

“I’m really proud to have taken a leading role in that.”

On the environmental side of things, Vaitla said, the city has “been well-inten tioned in trying to respond to events but we all know that there’s much more we can do. We’re not net zero, for example… But again it takes a strategic vision that recognizes the scale of the problem is not only immense, but also every day becoming larger.”

Intersectionality

But as he focuses on the intersection of equity and the environment, he sees tension in the community.

“What it meant to be an environmentalist in the 80s and 90s is not the same as it is now. What it means now is to think about how we build climate friendly, affordable, transit-linked, dense infill housing. Because that’s the road to lower per capita emissions. It doesn’t matter for the climate if we her metically seal Davis to hous ing and achieve net zero while keeping our popula tion small, because that means people are living in other cities with weaker environmental regulations. The atmosphere instantly mixes and we’re facing the same conditions that every one else is facing. What it means is having a reasonably sized population where per capita emissions are lower and lower every year until we reach carbon negativity and then keep going.”

He believes the city can meet its housing obligations “without major changes in our peripheral landscape, without sacrificing some of the world’s best agricultural land, without destroying open space and habitat.

“But we have to be judi cious, and the other thing that has to happen is we need a coalition of social justice, affordable housing advocates and environmen talists who are focused on open space, agricultural land and habitat preservation.

“One of the most worrying things I’ve seen in Davis, and it played out in the Measure H debate, is this sense that there is tension between environmental and social equity objectives. I just don’t

think that’s the case,” said Vaitla. “I think we can build a coalition that’s around environmental action and social justice that focuses on how do we build this afford able, dense, climate-friendly, transit-linked infill.”

On the topic of Measure H, Vaitla notes that he was chair of the Social Services Commission when the Davis Innovation and Sustainabil ity Campus proposal came in and he supported it.

“We evaluated the pro posal on affordable housing grounds because that’s our arena and it was the first proposal in a long time that proposed the construction of a significant number of affordable units… It would have set a precedent for what’s possible. And my job as social services commis sioner is to take a public stand on issues based on the affordable housing compo nent.”

“Housing is for me a very deep emotional issue,” said Vaitla. “And when I saw that DiSC proposal, what I saw was 84 poor families that would have had a chance to live in Davis.”

However, he added, “DiSC had a lot of flaws and we need to respect the wisdom of the people in rejecting that twice and agree that there are other housing pri orities we can focus on and build a coalition around.”

Solving the issues facing Davis will require more community involvement, Vaitla said, getting more people involved in the busi ness of government, whether it’s working on housing issues, climate action or any thing else.

“If there’s one principle that’s at the heart of this campaign, it’s interdepen dence, the recognition that everyone’s well-being depends on the well-being of everyone else and of the natural world,” said Vaitla. “Community cooperation is the expression of that ethic. It’s saying, ‘I’m going to par ticipate to make this city the best city it can be and to protect and safeguard the well-being of others because my own well-being depends on that.’

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Learn more about Vaitla’s campaign at https://www. bapu4davis.org. ‘Interdependence’ is key idea

FUNDRAISING: UCD

raised $4M on Give Day

From

Sciences, the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, and Intercollegiate Ath letics.

Alumni and longtime donors Joelle ’89 and Michael Hurlston ’88, M.B.A. ’90, M.S. ’91 gave $8 million to establish the Davis campus’s first endowed deanship — in the Graduate School of Management — and sup port three distinct under graduate initiatives: the Diane Bryant Engineer ing Student Design Cen ter in the College of Engineering; and the Internship and Career Center and the Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center, both part of the Division of Student Affairs.

Another noteworthy gift was made by Sacra mento businessman Jim Anderson, who gave $5 million to the School of Medicine to found the Office of Wellness Educa tion and establish the Jacquelyn S. Anderson Endowed Chair in Well ness in honor of his late wife, Jacquelyn “Jackie” Anderson.

A $4 million endow ment was given anony mously to the Department of Viticulture and Enol ogy, College of Agricul tural and Environmental Sciences, to support cut ting-edge technology and innovation in grape grow ing and winemaking.

UC Davis also raised more than $4 million on its annual Give Day, held on Picnic Day and the day before, from over 6,800 donors. The campus also noted that employee giving is among its fastest-grow ing donation categories, contributing more than $3 million in 2021-22.

“The acceleration of our campaign progress is all by virtue of supporters who share our goal to make the world a better place for everyone and everything,” said Shaun Keister, vice chancellor of Development and Alumni Relations and president of the UC Davis Founda tion. “We are grateful for everyone who continues to advance the university’s mission.”

— Reach Caleb Hamp ton at champton@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.

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members following their detainment. As to the motive for the alleged threats, “the details of their involvement are still being investigated,” he said.

Officials announced the schools’ closures late Wednesday, the result of a suspicious email sent to the school district earlier that night.

The email, “threatening to cause harm,” targeted both the Holmes and Davis High campuses, DJUSD officials and Davis police announced. The specific nature of the threats wasn’t disclosed.

Davis parents reported getting midnight phone calls and texts from the district Wednesday night advising them of the clo sures.

“District received threat to Holmes and Davis High tomorrow,” the text read. “School closed until we determine campus is safe. Keep your student home till you receive and update.”

No other Davis schools were mentioned in the threat, and all other cam puses remained open.

— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenter prise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene.

text among scholars of urban sociology and social interaction, the book is an analysis of how modern city dwellers navigate social spaces populated by strang ers.

In “The Public Realm: Exploring the City’s Quint essential Social Territory,” published in 1998, Lyn expanded this focus to con sider the layered nature of urban social spaces, chal lenging her reader to see how public life is organized to encompass private activ ities and personal mean ings. In doing so, she established the public realm as a rich, standalone sphere of study.

Lyn’s writing balanced brilliant sociological insight with strict analyti cal discipline. She jetti soned rhetorical flourish in favor of clear-eyed descrip tion, a style that has given her work a timeless quality.

This is particu larly evi dent in her scholar ship on death and dying, emotion, and grief.

In between the publication of “World of Strangers” and “The Public Realm,” Lyn wrote “The Craft of Dying: The Modern Face of Death,” an examination of how people at the time were responding to the slow, medicalized forms of dying that have come to characterize end-of-life experience.

Originally published in 1978 but reissued in 2019, the text offers a trenchant critique of what Lyn called “The Happy Death Move ment,” or the movement that gave rise to hospice care. So prescient was Lyn’s analysis that this book has reemerged as a touchstone for scholars of the death-

positive movement today.

Shortly after joining the faculty at the UC Davis, Lyn developed the flagship course Self & Society and went on to teach courses in social interaction, urban sociology, and the sociology of death and dying. Early in her career she took special pleasure in lecturing to large groups of undergrad uate students, jokingly referring to herself as a “showboat.”

Graduate students sought her out not only for her substantive knowledge but also for her expertise in qualitative methods. Her

co-authored text “Analyz ing Social Settings: A Guide to Qualitative Observation and Analysis” remains widely used in the graduate training of quali tative sociologists.

When it came to the political work of academe, Lyn could be a fierce and savvy advocate — “feisty” in the words of one colleague — and she worked on behalf of faculty in many ways and at many levels.

Perhaps most notably, she chaired the department of sociology at UCD from 1996 to 1999, was presi dent of the Pacific Socio

logical Association from 1989 to 1990, served as president of the Society for Symbolic Interaction from 1980 to 1981, and worked as the academic director for the Women’s Resources and Research Center at UCD from 1976 to 1978.

In notes of remem brance, Lyn’s students and colleagues describe her as a “treasure” and a “rarity,” a wise and honest mentor. We will remember her for her remarkable accessibil ity, generosity, interper sonal ease, and warmth. She will be dearly missed.

— Ara A. Francis

LOFLAND

How do you like these apples?

By Sara ThompSon Special to the Enterprise

We have all experi enced it, when you slice up an apple it turns brown in just a few short minutes. It is a simple chemical reac tion called oxidation.

When an apple is cut, the inner flesh is exposed to the air. The air and enzymes in the apple react and cause the browning to occur. There are several ways to help slow down this reac tion, however, and you can experiment at home with which method works best for you.

It is well documented that simple solutions can help slow down the oxida tion process, such as coating the apples in different liq uids. But is one any better than the other? In this experiment, found at kiwico.com, we will be test ing which helps slow oxida tion down between water, milk, lemon juice and vine gar.

Supplies needed: Apples,

knife and cutting board (adults only), sealable plas tic bags, marker, and ¼ cup each of water, milk, lemon juice and vinegar.

Experiment: The first thing you will want to do is write which liquid will be in each bag, and write “con trol” on another one; this will be what you compare all other results to.

Next, pour the quartercup of each liquid into their corresponding bags, again, leaving the control empty. Now have an adult slice up the apple — you can use one

or more, depending on how many slices you want in each bag. When you are fin ished cutting, place a few apple slices into each bag, seal the bag, shake gently so the slices get fully coated, then let soak for about 2-3 minutes.

After soaking, pour out the excess liquid, reseal the bags, and set aside to watch the oxidation. Check on the bags about every 15 minutes to see how the reactions are doing. It doesn’t matter how long you let the experi ment go for, you can stop

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after 30 minutes, or let it go for a few hours. Do not let it go too long, however, most of the apples will begin to decompose and go bad after several hours.

When apples slices are coated in another material, such as a liquid, it reduces the flesh’s exposure to the air, slowing the process. There are also other way you can do this experiment. Try coating the apples in solids as well, such as sugar or cornstarch.

You can also have some slices in bags on the counter and some in the refrigerator with the same materials to see if the cold also helps. There are countless ways to see what can slow down the oxidation of apples.

Just remember, apples will eventually brown and start to go bad, so don’t let your experiments go too long.

Applicants sought for city commissions

By anne TernuS-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

Applications are now open for indi viduals interested in serving on a number of city commissions.

Commissions help plan the future of Davis and serve as a conduit for citizen input, a way of gathering, ana lyzing and recommending options to the council, the city noted in a press release on Thursday.

“Commissions also provide an important avenue for determining the community’s feelings about issues and extending the reach of the demo cratic process,” the release said.

The following commissions have openings:

n Bicycling, Transportation, and Street Safety (meets the second Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m.)

n Human Relations (meets the fourth Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m.)

n Police Accountability (meets the first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m.)

n Planning (meets the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m.)

n Recreation and Park (meets the third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m.)

n Senior Citizen (meets the second Thursday of the month at 2:30 p.m.)

n Tree (meets the third Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m.)

n Utilities (meets the third Wednesday of the month at 5:30 p.m.)

The application deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 12. Applications are available at https://www.cityofdavis. org/city-hall/city-clerk/apply-toserve-on-a-city-commission and may be submitted by email (clerkweb@ cityofdavis.or); by mail (City Clerk’s Office, 23 Russell Blvd., Suite 1, Davis CA 95616) or via the dropbox in the

City Hall parking lot.

In addition to the application form, commission applicants will partici pate in a 10- to 15-minute private interview with the council subcom mittee and city staff. Applications are tentatively scheduled to be submitted to City Council for appointment in late October. All applications and accompanying documents are consid ered public information and may be disclosed or released pursuant to the California Public Records Act.

For more information, contact the City Clerk’s office at 530-757-5648 or visit https://www.cityofdavis.org/ city-hall/commissions-and-commit tees

“The City Council is grateful for those individuals who serve as com missioners, and we appreciate their role in the democratic process,” said Mayor Lucas Frerichs. “Serving on a city commission can be a meaningful way to contribute to our community.”

Heavy rain, warmth brings out mosquitos

By anne TernuS-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

The extraordinary rain fall earlier this week is going to be followed by temperatures expected to reach the mid-90s this weekend — perfect condi tions for mosquito breed ing.

That’s why the Sacra mento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control Dis trict is urging residents to “drain after the rain.”

“It’s not common to get rain in September and the recent storm has left a lot stagnant water,” said dis trict manager Gary Good man. “We urge everyone to inspect their yards and dump out water from household containers such as buckets, flowerpots, bird baths and old tires that may breed mosquitoes.

“It’s especially impor tant because tempera tures are expected to increase by the weekend which means we will likely see more mosqui toes,” he added.

Even as fall arrives, mosquito season is not over and West Nile virus continues to be detected throughout the district in dead birds and mosquito samples.

To date there are also three confirmed human cases in Yolo County, the district reported.

Additionally, with the invasive mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti, rapidly spreading throughout the area, it becomes even more imperative that resi dents cooperate and examine their yards closely to eliminate all sources of stagnant water, Goodman said.

Invasive mosquitoes were initially detected within district boundaries in 2019 and since then have spread to many areas, including in the city of Winters. Invasive

mosquitoes are aggressive day biters and pose a pub lic health threat because they are capable of trans mitting debilitating dis eases such as Zika, dengue and chikungunya.

“We are currently in the time of year when these mosquitoes are most active and we need your help to control them,” said Goodman.

Residents experiencing mosquito bites during the day should report them immediately by calling 1-800-429-1022 or requesting service at www.FIGHTtheBITE.net

To report any stagnant water or mosquito breed ing problems, call1-800429-1022 or fill out a service request online at www.FIGHTtheBITE.net

Thus far this season, the district has detected 64 mosquito samples and 23 dead birds that have tested positive for West Nile in Yolo County. Twenty of those dead birds were in Davis.

As always, the district urges everyone to practice the “District D’s” of mos quito prevention:

DRAIN standing water that may produce mos quitoes.

DAWN and DUSK are times to avoid being out doors.

DRESS appropriately by wearing long sleeves and pants when outside.

DEFEND yourself by using an effective insect repellent and make sure to follow label directions.

DOOR and window screens should be in good working condition.

DISTRICT personnel are also available to address any mosquito problems. Call them at 1-800-429-1022 or visit www.FIGHTtheBITE.net

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

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An example of the home experiment of apple oxidation.

Mondavi Center begins 20th anniversary season

By Jeff Hudson Enterprise correspondent

The Mondavi Center kicks off its 20th anniver sary on Thursday, Oct. 6, with a gala performance by the San Francisco Sym phony (which performed at the Mondavi Center’s dedi catory gala back in October 2002). This concert will kick of at 7:30 p.m. under the baton of music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, who rose to fame in his native Finland in the late 1970s, and soon became a promi nent conductor with orchestras around Europe and North America.

Salonen went on to serve as the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1992 to 2009, a ten ure that critic Alex Roth of The New Yorker said “may mark a turning point in the recent history of classical music in America.” Salonen went on to lead the Phil harmonia Orchestra in London from 2008 through 2021. He started as music director of the San Francisco Symphony in the 2020-2021 season.

Salonen is also a com poser — he was composerin-residence with the New York Philharmonic from 2015 to 2018, and his 2012 violin concerto (written for Leila Josefowicz) won the esteemed Grawemeyher Award for Music Composi tion.

Joining Salonen will be South African soprano Golda Schultz, who has appeared with the Metro politan Opera and the San Francisco Opera in this country, and with several German opera companies as well. In 2020, Schultz was the featured soloist for the BBC’s “Last Night of the Proms,” which was

broadcast live on radio and television to a global audi ence of millions.

Salonen and Schultz worked together with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in October 2019, when Schultz was the featured soloist in “Luonnotar,” a tone poem for soprano and orchestra written in 1913 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. Schultz and Salonen will be reprising “Luonnotar” with the San Francisco Symphony.

Also on the Oc. 6 gala program:

■ A durable audience favorite, “The Firebird” by Russian Igor Stravinsky. It was Stravinsky’s big break through with Paris audi enes in 1910, and it continues to be a very pop ular score more than 110 years later.

■ A new piece, “Sun Poem” by the rising young composer Daniel Kidane, which was commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony. Sir Simon Rattle conducted the world premier at the Edinburgh International Festival on Aug. 18, and the performance at Mondavi by the San Francisco Sym phony will be the North American premiere.

Kidane was born in Brit ain and grew up there, his mother is Russian and his father is Eritrean. his piece “Woke” opened the Last Night of the Proms in 2019. During the Covid pandemic, he wrote a com position titled “We’ll Sing” for the Huddersfield Choral Society that reflects the feelings of choir members during Covid lockdown. “We’ll Sing” was then released as a music video in Fall 2020.

Tickets for the gala by

the San Francisco Sym phony at the Mondavi Cen ter range from $27.50 students in the balcony to $150 for very good seats downstairs close to the stage, available at mondavi arts.org.

Get weird

“Weird Al” Yankovic’s appearance at the Mondavi Center on Saturday, Sept. 24, at 7:30 p.m. is almost sold out.

As of Tuesday morning, a single seat in the back of the Orchestra Terrace was the only ticket left available for sale.

Yankovich is bringing a show with a long, fanciful title — “The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously

Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour” — to Mon davi. Yankovich launched his career as a teenager back in the 1970s, submit ting self-recorded comedy songs that pariodied pop hits of that era to a syndi cated radio show hosted by Dr. Demento, a popular media figure in Los Ange les.

Yankovich has gone on to release 14 albums (includ ing several that went Gold or Platinum), produce music videos, and win sev eral Grammy Awards. He’s also performed with sym phony orchestras, published a few books for children, and earned a bit of notoriety for playing the accordion. All in all, Yankovich’s unconventional show biz

UCD Design Museum showcases textiles from Bangladesh

Special to The Enterprise

“Woven Air: Dhakai Jam dani Textile From Bangladesh,” an exhibition of traditional Bangladeshi textiles noted for a weaving technique that creates surface decorations, opens at the UC Davis Design Museum on Oct. 3.

This exhibition features finecount Jamdani, the ornate tex tile that has experienced a revival in Bangladesh. Jamdani artisans employ the same weav ing techniques of two different thread densities, with the denser wrap thread inlaid with the fine warp thread to create tactile motifs and designs that are primarily flowers.

In addition to items from exhibition curator Hafsa

Akter’s own collection, some pieces have been acquired by Akter from contemporary arti sans for this installation and include a mix of fabric as well as saris and other clothing items. After the exhibition, she will donate some pieces to the Jo Ann C. Stabb Design Collection at UC Davis, which supports and enhances the teaching and research goals of the Department of Design and its curriculum.

Jamdani was produced for centuries in South Rupshi of Narayanganj district in Ban gladesh. Under British colo nialism, the Jamdani and muslin industries rapidly declined due to colonial import policies favoring industrially

manufactured textiles.

“Bangladeshi artisans and craftsmen can weave the finest quality hand-weaving textile,” said Akter, a UC Davis graduate student in design and native of Bangladesh. “With this exhibi tion, I wanted to showcase my culture and its rich background correlated with textile making.”

The exhibition runs through Dec. 11, with an opening recep tion on Oct. 3 at 6 p.m.

The Design Museum, part of the department of design in the UC Davis College of Letters and Science, is free and open to all. Located in Cruess Hall, Room 124, it is open weekdays from noon to 4 p.m.

For information, visit arts. ucdavis.edu/design.

career has proven to be more durable than the careers of many of the pop

artists he lampooned back in the 1970s at the start of his career.

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UC Davis graduate student Hafsa Akter is curating the collection.

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Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, above, will lead the San Francisco Symphony to mark the 20th anniversary of the Mondavi Center on Oct 6. Soprano Golda Schultz, below, will perform at the gala kickoff at the Mondavi Center.

By Derrick Bang Enterprise arts writer

Director Tom George’s mischievous period “who dunit within a whodunit” is a valentine to Agatha Christie — and her fans — and a cheeky send-up of theatrical storytelling con ventions.

Mark Chappell’s tonguefirmly-in-cheek script misses no targets. This is the sort of romp where, if a character laments the “awkwardness” of flash backs as a plot contrivance, you can bet that the next scene will be a flashback.

Most of the humor is slow-burn: witty, not farci cal, in the manner that is uniquely British.

Chappell also did his homework. A surprising amount of his narrative’s core details are based on historical fact (and I’ve no doubt viewers will rush to the Internet to determine fact from fiction, after watching this retro charmer).

The setting is early 1953, at West End London’s The atre Royal, as the cast and crew of Christie’s new mur der mystery play, “The Mousetrap,” celebrates its 100th performance. Essen tial details are supplied by an unseen narrator who, in a nod to 1950’s “Sunset Blvd.,” speaks from beyond the grave.

The festivities are cut short both by the drunken antics of boorish, black listed American screen writer Leo Köpernick (Adrien Brody), and — a bit later — the distressing discovery that one of these folks has been murdered. For real.

Cue the arrival of worldweary Scotland Yard Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) and his eagerbeaver rookie, Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan). They find the body propped on the couch of the play’s single-room theater

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setting. “Staged, so to speak,” Stalker impishly observes. Chappell’s script is full of similarly playful one-liners.

The corpus delicti is none other than Köpernick, who — as flashbacks reveal — managed to irritate, annoy, belittle or blackmail just about everybody else. In true Agatha Christie fash ion, there’s no shortage of suspects.

They include:

■ Aristocratic theater impresario Petula “Choo” Spencer (Ruth Wilson), who has sheparded this play to the stage;

■ Petula’s mother, Mignon (Ania Marson), a gour mand who says very little, but misses nothing;

■ Film producer John Woolf (Reece Shearsmith), who hopes to turn this hit play into an equally popu lar big-screen movie;

■ Ann Saville (Pippa Ben nett Warner), Woolf’s per sonal secretary and mistress;

■ Edana Romney (Sian Clifford), Woolf’s wife, and a hobbyist clairvoyant;

■ Pretentious, puffed-up playwright Mervyn CockerNorris (David Oyelowo), who despises the way Köpernick — hired by Woolf to “Americanize” the material — is ruining his adaptation;

■ Giovanni Bigotti (Jacob

Fortune-Lloyd), an Italian consort who speaks not a word of English, and is madly in love with Mervyn;

■ Mildly pompous actor Richard “Dickie” Attenbor ough (Harris Dickinson), who stars as the play’s investigating Det. Sgt. Trotter;

■ Fading actress Sheila Sim (Pearl Chanda), Dick ie’s real-life wife, and costar in the play; and

■ Theater usher Dennis (Charlie Cooper), a tall, brooding fellow who stalks the aisles.

And, when this cheeky saga charges into its third act, we shift settings in order to meet Agatha Christie (Shirley Hender son), her husband Max (Lucian Msamati) and their somewhat sarcastic butler, Fellowes (Paul Chahidi).

(We’re dealing with a Christie pastiche. Of course there’s a butler.)

Motives aren’t lacking. The biggie, though, is an eyebrow lift: Christie’s con tract stipulates that no film adaptation can be made until six months after its theatrical run concludes. Ergo, Woolf can’t even think about making a movie unless this produc tion of “The Mousetrap” were to, um, suddenly stop. For some reason.

(Believe it or not, this is true. “The Mousetrap” is by

Special to The Enterprise

The UC Davis department of art and art history in the College of Letters and Science will host an extraordinary lineup of visiting artists in the coming months. Making art that explores con temporary issues related to race, the environment, gender and national identity, this year’s visi tors will work closely with stu dents and deliver public talks. This fall’s visiting artists are Jes sica Segall, Xu Bing, Christina Quarles and Tarrah Krajnak. The UC Davis studio art visiting art ists program is one of the most extensive in the nation.

The California Studio

Jessica Segall’s performances, videos and installations address environmental issues and human interventions in nature. Her work often has a whimsical twist: a chandelier powered by lemons and a wood-burning movie pro jector. She has recently shown at the Fries Museum in the Nether

lands, the Coreana Museum of Art in South Korea and in the Havana Biennial.

Segall will give a talk Oct. 13 at 4:30 p.m. at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis.

Xu Bing is known for artworks that use language, words and text that ask viewers to consider how our cultural backgrounds, espe cially those shaped by language, affect our understanding of the world. He was first widely recog nized for his 1987 Book From the Sky that is made of 4,000-plus invented Chinese characters. His work incorporates a wide variety of media including ink rubbings, stencils, scrolls, computer manip ulations, organic materials and living animals.

Xu has received the MacArthur Fellowship, and his work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum, British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum.

Xu is a professor and the direc tor of the academic committee at the Central Academy of Fine Arts

in Beijing.

By Jeff HuDson Enterprise correspondent

With the Fall Quarter getting underway at UC Davis, the univer sity’s music department is resum ing its popular series of free Thursday noon recitals, held in the 399-seat recital hall at the Pitzer Center on the UC Davis campus. These concerts start at 12:05 p.m., and run for approximately an hour. Admission is free, no tick ets needed. They are also generally carried live on Youtube via the UC Davis Music Channel, and are also available for viewing on demand through the UC Davis Music Channel after the performance.

The series is known as the Shinkoskey Noon Concerts, in memory of Joy S. Shinkoskey (1923-1999), who played the piano, raised four children, taught water safety and swimming courses, and enjoyed tennis.

The Fall Quarter concerts will feature:

■ Sept. 29: Violinist Dagenais Smiley and pianist John Cozza will present a program of short com positions by late 19th Century and early 20th Century American composers including Amy Beach, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, and Samuel Barber. Dagenais Smiley is a member of the Sacra mento Philharmonic and the

far the world’s longestrunning stage play, having racked up 27,500 perfor mances as of September 2018. Christie’s original contract contains that very clause … which is why it never has been turned into a movie. COVID inter rupted its run for 14 months, but it reopened in May 2021 and continues to be a sold-out phenomenon.

(And yes: Richard Atten borough and his wife, Sheila Sim, were indeed members of the play’s ini tial cast.)

Although this film’s tone is both stylized and playful, Rockwell plays Stoppard fairly straight: a sexist, over-the-hill alcoholic who has lost his passion for solving crime. He’s viewed as “past it” by his boss — police commissioner Scott (Tim Key) — and does nothing to disabuse this notion.

His failings notwith standing, he can’t quell the shrewd instincts that once made him a superb investi gator, or the stubborn curi osity that demands that details be uncovered, and questions answered. The fun comes from the way Rockwell — always a sub tle, calculating actor — milks Stoppard’s slumpshouldered slow takes, and occasionally adds percep tive sparkle to the man’s

Xu will give his talk Nov. 3 at 4:30 p.m. at the Wyatt Pavilion Theatre.

The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies at UC Davis hosts five internationally recognized artists annually in quarter and weeklong residencies focused on teaching at the under graduate and graduate level. The program launched in fall 2021.

Thiebaud Endowed Lecture

This year’s speaker is Christina Quarles, whose figurative paint ings of intertwining bodies and body parts explore contradictory ideas of the self. Quarles’ art involves a complex process of gestural drawings that are photo graphed and manipulated with illustration software. These are then used as guides for creating finished paintings.

During 2021 and 2022, the artist had solo exhibitions at the Frye Museum in Seattle, the

otherwise seen-it-all gaze.

(His name is a nod to Tom Stoppard, whose 1968 play “The Real Inspector Hound” parodies much of “The Mousetrap.”)

Stoppard clearly is a man desperately in need of redemption, and Stalker’s just the person to point the way.

Ronan is a hoot. Stalker is a bubbly, effervescent force of nature: eager to please, willing to rush in where angels fear to tread, and determined to do the best job possible. Yet she’s out of her depth — as a blushing movie fan — while surrounded by so many film and theater stars. Ronan’s chirpy line delivery is both comedic and sweet; although Stalker is aware of her inex perience, and knows her place, she’s also not about to let Stoppard make her some sort of second-class dogsbody.

Brody — who gets more screen time than you’d expect, for a corpse — is the pluperfect comic villain: abrasive, oily and thor oughly loathsome. We soon begin to wonder why some body waited so long to bump him off.

Production designer Amanda McArthur’s touch feels period-authentic, as the story moves through various theaters, music

South London Gallery in Lon don, the X Museum in Beijing and the Museum of Contempo rary Art Chicago; her work was also included in the biennials in Venice, Italy, and Lyon, France.

One of Quarles’ paintings is in “Young, Gifted and Black” at the Manetti Shrem Museum through Dec. 19.

Quarles will give her talk Nov. 17 at 4:30 p.m. at the Manetti Shrem Museum.

The Betty Jean and Wayne Thiebaud Endowed Lecture in the Theory, Practice and Criti cism of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture celebrates the art and lives of professor emeritus Wayne Thiebaud, and his late wife, Betty Jean. Since 2015, the lecture has brought leading artists, critics, curators and art writers to cam pus.

Art Studio Visiting Artist Lecture Series

Tarrah Krajnak is a photogra pher who explores culture, place

halls, pubs and a stunning London property once owned by Attenborough (and, here, standing in for Agatha Christie’s estate).

Odile Dicks-Mireaux’s impeccable costume design draws a stark contrast between the opulent ward robes of the theater folks, and the uniformed plain ness of Stoppard and Stalker.

Daniel Pemberton’s orchestral score propels the action with a lively blend of swinging jazz and dance hall frolic.

George and editors Gary Dollner and Peter Lambert maintain a lively pace, and the momentum never flags during this 98-minute charmer. Mystery fans — and particularly Agatha Christie fans — will appre ciate it the most, but that background certainly isn’t essential.

Simply put, this a great time at the movies. Or the ater. Or both…

— Be sure to join Derrick when he hosts 1966’s “The Fortune Cookie” at 7:01 Sunday, as the final entry in a series of light-hearted heist films, presented at the Davis Odd Fellows Hall, 415 Second St. Read more of his film criticism at http://derrickbang. blogspot.com. Comment on this review at www. davisenterprise.com.

and self-identity. Her “El Jardín De Senderos Que Se Bifurcan” was published as a book in 2021 and named to the Museum of Modern Art’s inaugural list of 10 photo books of the year. For the project, Krajnak employed found photographs, her own writing and images from Peruvian maga zines in an effort to understand her place in the larger political, social and historical narratives of the year (1979) and place (Lima, Peru) of her birth.

Krajnak’s photos are held in the collections of the Centre Pompi dou in Paris and Museum Ludwig in Cologne, and have been pub lished in Aperture and Artforum.

Her talk will take place Dec. 1 at 4:30 p.m. at the Manetti Shrem Museum.

The Art Studio Visiting Artist Lecture Series is a critical compo nent of UC Davis Art Studio’s Master of Fine Arts program. Lecturers are invited by graduate students and art studio faculty, and meet with graduate students for one-on-one critiques. A whimsical delight

Modesto Symphony, and teaches violin students at UC Davis. John Cozza is a longtime accompanist at Sacramento State.

■ Oct. 6: The Sl(e)ight Ensemble — featuring pianist Jacob Lane, flutist Erika Oba, and saxophonist Stephanie Neumann — presents a program titled “Of California Ecology,” featuring three new works based on facets of Califor nia’s natural world, and inspired by “seismic activity, fungal biomes, waterways,” and more. Pianist Jacob Lane is a UC Davis graduate student of music.

■ Oct. 13: Joseph Donald Peter son, solo viola, will perform an arrangement of the Cello Suite

No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012, by J.S. Bach, as well as short works by American composer Milton Bab bitt (“Play It Again, Sam”), and Argentine/American composer Pablo Ortiz (“Le vrai tango Argen tin”) Joseph Donald Peterson is a UC Davis graduate student in music, composer Pablo Ortiz is a longtime professor of composition at UC Davis.

■ Oct. 20: Trimusica — a trio featuring clarinetist Sandra McPherson, cellist Susan Lamb Cook, and pianist John Cozza — will perform music by composers Miguel del Aguila, Jeffrey Hoover, Durwynne Hsieh, and others. San dra McPherson and John Cozza

are members of the music depart ment at Sacramento State, Susan Lamb Cook teaches cello students in the UC Davis music department and is also a member of the Sacra mento Philharmonic.

■ Oct. 27: Harpsichordist Dr. Faythe Vollrath of the UC Davis music department will present “The Macabre: A Harpsichord Halloween.” The program includes J.S. Bach’s Prelude in B Minor, BWV 923, Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonata in G Minor, K. 30, and contemporary California com poser/harpsichordist James Dor sa’s “Jekyll and Hyde.” Dorsa teaches at CSU Northridge in the Los Angeles Area.

This is way too much fun.

Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) and his fresh-faced associate, Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan), are surprised by the care with which a murder victim has been placed on a theater stage couch.

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Corporate welfare with a do-good façade

A close look easily makes clear the unspoken motives behind Proposi tion 30, one of the less publicized and advertised initiatives on this fall’s ballot.

Read it, and anyone can be sure this measure is primarily selfish corporate welfare. Start ing with a new tax on the top 10 percent of the 1 percent among California’s wealthy, the proposal is in large measure the handi work of the rideshare agency Lyft.

Why does Lyft want a new income tax on anyone making more than $2 million per year, as Prop. 30 would impose?

Even a quick glance at where this measure assigns its esti mated $3 billion to $4.5 billion yearly take — numbers that could change considerably if many of the super-rich leave Cal ifornia in response — reveals the reason.

Here’s where the money would go: 80 percent flows to a new state-run fund called the Clean Cars and Clean Air Trust, with most of the cash earmarked for

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huge numbers of new electric vehicle charging stations every where anyone can think of. That includes state aid for ultra-fast car chargers in single family homes, apartment and condo minium buildings, as well as myriad other locations.

How many chargers? The measure does not say. But it does say the purpose is to make recharging zero emission vehi cles “more accessible and conve nient than refueling a diesel or gasoline-powered vehicle for every Californian, regardless of where they live or work.”

Clearly, whoever fuels the most electric cars will benefit the most from this shift of recharg ing costs for EVs from the folks

who own them to the super rich.

No one pays to fuel more EVs than Lyft, Uber and other rideshare companies that must in some way reimburse drivers for their fuel costs. The more statesubsidized chargers this mea sure can set up, the less money Lyft will need to pay its drivers and the more its profits will increase.

That’s also essentially what Gov. Gavin Newsom says in TV ads for the “No on 30” campaign.

At the same time, no one can predict whether an exodus of the very wealthy would follow, a la EV manufacturing tycoon Elon Musk’s move to Texas to avoid state income taxes. Nevada, Florida or other places with low or no state income levies could also be destinations.

Since a big chunk of Califor nia’s budget comes from taxes paid by these same folks, there is no telling whether Prop. 30 would actually end up costing California taxpayers big money or destroying valued state pro grams. If 30 passes, we will all have to wait and see.

Yes, the measure does toss a bone to the causes of clean air and fighting or preventing wild fires. It gives 20 percent of all the new taxes to fire prevention, giving CalFire and other existing agencies new money for proactive programs. If this works, it could also help cut down air pol lution in both fire areas and far away places to which winds blow their smoke.

But the measure proposes no tactics not in use today, and those strategies themselves are relatively unproven. Clearing undergrowth in forests is said to prevent wildfires. But that’s far from certain, especially when today’s higher winds often cause fires to spread rapidly among tree branches high above any underbrush.

Plus, the 1.75 percent tax increase for the super rich in Prop. 30 may sound like a pit tance, but enough such pittances have piled up that the state levy on an very high incomes here could rise above 15 percent for the first time — and that’s before anyone even mentions federal

income taxes.

There’s no avoiding federal taxes aside from leaving the USA, but there are plenty of places the rich can hide from state income tax, while still leav ing the guts of their holdings in California intact. Just look at Musk, who moved his home and headquarters to Texas, but still makes most Teslas in a Fremont plant for whose setup he received large state tax benefits.

The bottom line is that no one knows how much harm this measure might unintentionally inflict, but we do know who it benefits. Officially, it may not be called corporate welfare for ridesharing companies, but that’s what it is.

— Email Thomas Elias at tde lias@aol.com. His book, "The Burzynski Breakthrough, The Most Promising Cancer Treat ment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It" is now available in a softcover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, visit www.californiafocus.net.

I am happy to strongly support Gloria Partida for reelection to the Davis City Coun cil. I understand very well the tremendous challenge Gloria faced in providing leader ship for our city during the COVID-19 out break. Her tireless engagement with community members, the university, and the business community was instrumental in helping us navigate this unimaginably diffi cult time. Gloria led with grace, patience, and a clear sense of what needed to be done during this time. That is no small thing. I also support Gloria because she is dili gent in delving deeply into the multitude of issues that come before the Council. Citizens who do not follow city business closely might be stunned by the sheer volume and variety of critical issues that city leaders must deal with. Gloria demonstrates a commitment to engaging every issue — studying each in detail and preparing to provide leadership on each one. She is committed to the hard work of governing and does it superbly.

Finally, and this truly sets Gloria apart in this role, she considers each decision she makes regarding its impact on all commu nity members. Gloria constantly asks how policy decisions will impact traditionally underrepresented groups and community members without a voice. Gloria under stands that she is working for the entire city and that every decision must be weighed regarding its impact on all of us. That is leadership, and I admire her never wavering commitment to inclusion.

If you live in District 4, I strongly encour age you to vote for Gloria.

Robb Davis

Former Mayor, city of Davis

Carson delivers

We as Davis residents expect a lot of our city. We want our roads and bike paths smoothly paved, our trees trimmed promptly when we ask, our weeds cut down each spring, our garbage picked up on time, and our parks to be forever green and vibrant. We rightly expect this as city tax payers and ratepayers.

Our City Council members are the folks who often get our first call when something goes wrong. I can tell you from personal experience that whenever our community reaches out to our council member, Dan Carson, he gets back to us promptly and politely, listens carefully to what we tell him, asks questions to fully understand what is going on, and gives us honest and smart advice about what can be done to approach and resolve problems.

We have seen some great improvements in West Davis. Our bikeway along Russell has been rebuilt with help from the campus, Arlington was repaved, Sports courts at Westwood and West Manor Parks were replaced and new amenities are coming to Arroyo Park.

I like the way Dan focuses on bigger issues that really matter to our community — responsible use of our tax dollars, hous ing, jobs, protecting our health and safety,

and addressing climate change. While Dan and his City Council colleagues do not always vote the same way on everything, they work collaboratively and respectfully with each other.

Our city can always be improved. Dan’s the right person for this difficult job and he has earned our vote. I am casting my vote this November to re-elect Dan Carson to the Davis City Council. In my opinion, Dan is the best choice for our community.

Pardeep Sharma Davis

Davis needs Vaitla

Davis Needs Him!

I have lived in Davis for 40 years, and I have never been more excited about a candi date running for Davis City Council.

Bapu Vaitla is running for council mem ber in District 1, and I strongly feel that he is the best candidate the city could hope to have as a council member. If you hear him speak at one of his many ‘Meet and Greets,’ you will also be convinced that he is the right person for the job.

Bapu has expert knowledge and experi ence with workable systems for trust and cooperation within communities abroad and locally. He has worked for humanitar ian efforts around the world for many years, and now he is focusing on being involved locally in our community. He is passionate about equity, justice and affordable housing, which he feels is intrinsically connected to climate resilience.

Bapu listens to citizen’s concerns and has real plans to implement improved change to those concerns. He works with climate action groups, and has ideas for community involvement in many service oriented orga nizations. His integrity, experience, strong leadership skills, compassion, and

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approachable manner make him an ideal candidate for city council. I urge you to consider voting for him. He is the city council candidate the city of Davis needs!

Sheila Cordrey Davis

Morrill listens

In the past four years, I have written to My Davis, to the city of Davis, sent letters to the editor, begging former Mayor Gloria Partida to lead to city she was elected to serve in cleaning up our once-lovely down town, to repair and maintain our rutted and crumbling roads and streets, and to eradi cate weeds on our streets, vacant lots down town and along our pathways — to no avail. I even requested the grand jury to inves tigate the City for being in violation of the Quimby Act, which it did; still no change. I, therefore, am voting for Adam Morrill in our upcoming election to replace our former mayor in District 4. I hope my fellow con stituents in District 4 will do the same. Please read the article in Friday’s Enterprise to appreciate all he has to offer. He has all the energy and qualifications to tackle the above needs and more. We need a change!

Anne Hawke Davis

Vote for Fortune

There is only one progressive and envi ronmentalist running for Davis City Council in District 1. That person is Kelsey Fortune. I had the opportunity to speak privately with Kelsey for more than an hour on a Zoom call. I was impressed with her intel lect and her planned approach to city-wide issues. Kelsey believes in diversity, honesty and transparency, the last of which has been

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missing in our current council. Kelsey will also be a strong advocate for affordable housing and in-fill development projects. But let’s look at the other two candidates. Dan Carson and Bapu Vaitla supported the Davis Innovation Sustainability Campus, Measure H. In June, Davis citizens disap proved this project 64% to 36%, which political scientists define as a landslide defeat. Carson was the honorary chair of the Measure H campaign which had lawn signs that implausibly read “combat climate change” — for a project that predicted 12,000 daily vehicle trips. What do these facts tell us? Carson and Vaitla are out of touch with the Davis electorate.

In a recent Sierra Club questionnaire to city council candidates, Bapu Vaitla stated that he would consider overturning the city’s phase-out of glyphosate, which is the primary ingredient in Roundup, an herbi cide made by Monsanto and now Bayer.

Here’s Vaitla’s quote: “If no effective organic herbicides exist for our context, we should reconsider the glyphosate question.” None of the other four candidates made this risky claim. In 2020, Bayer agreed to settle over 100,000 Roundup lawsuits, agreeing to pay $8.8 to $9.6 billion to settle those claims.

If elected, Kelsey Fortune will focus on our climate emergency, work on the city’s budget to make it sustainable and will help ensure that every decision the city makes is fiscally responsible.

For decades, the Davis City Council has had a progressive-environmental majority. Unfortunately, the current council has swung to the center-right. We need to get back on track. Please join me on Nov. 8, or earlier, and vote for Kelsey Fortune for Davis City Council, District 1.

David L. Johnson Davis

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Cal good but not great

This week’s picks are as follows:

CAL over ARIZONA ... The Golden Bears are good, not great, and may be suffering an emotional letdown after a tough loss at Notre Dame. Arizona is vastly improved, but not enough to stop Cal.

WASHINGTON over STANFORD ... Stanford is putting a better product on the field this fall, which isn’t saying much after last year’s disaster. The Huskies, meanwhile, sense a return to glory is just around the corner.

USC over OREGON STATE ... Talk about much improved, the Trojans and the Beavers are both in that category. The Beavers have a history of upsetting very good USC teams in Corvallis, but it won’t happen this time around.

OREGON over WASH INGTON STATE ... The Ducks are slowly recover ing from their first-game beating in Georgia and may actually develop into a serious Pac-12 contender before all is said and done.

KANSAS over DUKE A couple of unbeaten col lege basketball powers square off in Lawrence. Wait, these are unbeaten football powers, one of which will wake up on Sunday morning with a 4-0 record. Another sure sign The End is near.

MONTANA STATE over EASTERN WASHING TON ... a major showdown in the Big Sky opener for both schools.

MONTANA over PORT LAND STATE ... One of the best Griz teams ever, which is saying something.

UCLA over COLO RADO ... The Buffs are so bad, their athletic director is publicly apologizing for them.

UPSET OF THE WEEK: Sacramento State over Colorado State ... This one might not even be an upset, but trust me, it will be upset ting to the folks in Fort Collins. (Upset record: 0-3).

ROUT OF THE WEEK: Alabama over Vanderbilt ... The SEC keeps the Commodores around only to fatten everyone else’s won-loss record. (Rout record: 3-0).

DON’T BET ON IT, BUT: Notre Dame over North Carolina ... The most overrated team in college football attempts to salvage a season gone south. (Don’t bet record: 1-2).

FIVE EASY PICKS: This week’s guaranteed winners are LSU (over New Mexico), Georgia (over Kent State), Pitts burgh (over Rhode Island), North Carolina State (over Connecticut) and Penn State (Central Michigan). (FEP record: 15-0).

AGGIES over WEBER STATE

A critical Big Sky opener for both schools. Weber State coach Jay Hill applied for the Utah State job and didn’t get it.

Apparently, if you can’t join ‘em, beat ‘em, so his Wildcats went out two weeks ago and routed Utah State (also the Aggies), 35-7. This is a very good Weber State team trying to go 2-0 against teams nicknamed “Aggies.” Won’t happen. Take the Ags by 3.

OTHER GAMES: Utah over Arizona State, Ten nessee over Florida, Ohio State over Wisconsin, Air Force over Nevada, Ken tucky over Northern Illi nois, Mississippi State over Bowling Green, Clemson over Wake Forest, Miami (Fla.) over Middle Tennes see, Western Kentucky over Florida International, Memphis over North Texas, Cincinnati over Indiana, Central Florida over Georgia Tech, South Carolina over Charlotte, Purdue over Florida Atlan tic, Oklahoma over Kansas State, Brigham Young over Wyoming, Texas over Texas Tech, Mississippi over Tulsa, Liberty over Akron, Iowa over Rutgers, Texas-San Antonio over Texas Southern, Michigan over Maryland, North Dakota State over South Dakota, and Boise State over Texas-El Paso.

Last week: 47-7, season: 134-22, percentage: .859.

Davis cool off Flames

By ReBecca Wasik Enterprise correspondent

The Davis High boys and girls water polo teams extinguished the Lodi Flames' teams in their first home games of the season on Tuesday at Arroyo Pool.

The Davis boys (1-0 Delta League, 7-1 overall) conquered Lodi High’s squad 12-5. The Davis girls (1-0 Delta League, 7-2 overall) topped the Flames of 19-4.

Boys

Tuesday’s victory marked the 698th career win for DHS head coach Tracy Stapleton.

The Blue Devils who struck first at the 6:09 mark with a goal by Christian Davis, assisted by J.T. Doughty for the 1-0 lead.

Then Davis scored five more times in the opening period. Lodi added a goal,

but the Blue Devils had a 6-1 lead.

James Cerussi had two of the Blue Devils' goals in the first period, and four in the game. He also had nine shots on goal.

Lodi came out hot in the second period, scoring two goals, the latter on a powerplay. These two Lodi goals cut the Blue Devils’ lead to 6-3.

But Davis found the back of the net for the first time in the second period when Blake Fuchslin scored a goal at 1:19 giving Davis the 7-3 advantage.

Davis' Max Wang netted the ball 18 seconds later for an 8-3 score.

Blake Fuchslin scored another goal with only 17 seconds left in the period for a 9-3 score.

Davis outscored Lodi 3-2 in the second half of the contest.

Girls

Leila Meraz wasted lit tle time in getting Davis on the scoreboard, as she had five goals in the first period.

Another five goals were scored by the DHS girls in the second period. Of the five, Lucie Lapuz scored two.

The Blue Devil girls kept the Flames score less until the 2:03 mark of the second period.

At the end of the sec ond period, DHS led Lodi at 10-2.

Davis and Lodi won the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I and II titles last November, respec tively.

n To read the entire story, visit www. davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports tab.

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Davis attacker Kyla Cutler (5) gets ready to throw the ball in front of a Lodi player in Tuesday’s non-league game at Arroyo Pool. To view more photos, visit www.davisenterprise.com, click on the Sports tab and look for the story.

UCD to celebrate athletic center grand opening Saturday

Enterprise staff

The grand opening and dedication cer emony for the Edwards Family Athletics Center will take place on the UC Davis campus, just outside the new facility on Saturday.

Chancellor Gary May, Athletics Direc tor Rocko DeLuca and lead contributor Bruce Edwards will make comments before opening the facility to the public for an open house.

Aggie student-athletes and coaches will be positioned throughout the building to share the impact with visitors that day.

The ceremony will begin at 4 p.m., followed by an open house and selfguided tours of the facility until 6 p.m. Following their visit of the new Edwards Family Athletics Center, guests can continue the celebration on the Bob Biggs Practice Field, where games, food

trucks and a beer garden will be set up for fans to enjoy.

The UC Davis football team opens its Big Sky Conference schedule by hosting No. 12-ranked Weber State at UC Davis Health Stadium that evening. Kickoff is slated for 7.

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The Edwards Family Athletics Center is a comprehensive academic, strength and conditioning, sports medicine, and team facility.

The more than 50,000-square-foot project, designed by Gensler and built by AECOM Hunt, will provide a new hub for Aggie student-athletes.

As the exclusive provider of health care services to student-athletes, UC Davis

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Aggies welcome Weber State

Jay Hill won’t say it out loud, but the Weber State head football coach just might be thinking that when all is said and done this could end up being the best team in his nine years at the Ogden campus.

“I saw so many good things,” Hill noted after his 3-0 Wildcats domi nated from start to finish in a 44-14 win over Utah Tech last Saturday.

His only complaint on a day when Weber’s balanced offense turned in a 623-yard performance was that eight trips into the red zone produced only three touchdowns.

Hill and the No. 12 Wildcats will come to UC Davis Health Stadium Saturday to open Big Sky Conference play against the 1-2 UC Davis Aggies, who were also impressive last weekend in a 43-13 win over University of San Diego. Game time is 7 p.m.

“They’ve very solid and very sound and they still live by running the foot ball,” said Aggie head coach Dan Hawkins of the Wildcats.

Indeed, Weber State has generally featured a run-first offense, but don’t tell that to Wildcat quarterback Bronson Barron, who threw for 368 yards and four touchdowns in the win over Utah Tech to earn Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week honors.

“I thought Bronson played very, very well,” Hill noted.

“I’ve learned we have a team that will fight and claw and not get frazzled when things aren’t necessarily going exactly well.”

Being nationally ranked and in the playoff conversation is nothing new for Weber State, which has won or shared four of the last five Big Sky championships, including a co-title with UC Davis in 2018.

“These are two teams that have been

Davis host Wolfpack for homecoming

By MIke BUSh Enterprise sports editor

One thing is certain about today’s Delta League football game between Davis High and Cosumnes Oaks.

Either the Blue Devils or the Wolfpack will walk off the synthetic turf at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium with their first league win of the season.

Davis (0-1 in the DL, 2-3) and Cosumnes Oaks (0-1, 1-4) lost their league openers on Sept. 16. The Blue Devils held a short-lived 7-0, then the Franklin Wildcats took over the rest of the way to post a 42-14 victory.

Blue Devil running back Jude Vaughn had a 65-yard touchdown run, which gave them the short-lived lead.

Sawyer Schoen, one of the Blue Devils’ quarterbacks who starts at wide receiver, hit fellow wide receiver Daimyun Luevano for an 80-yard touchdown pass toward the end of the fourth quarter that accounted for the final touchdown.

Cosumnes Oaks played Elk Grove (1-0, 2-3) in their league opener. Elk Grove also produced lots of offense, which led to a 49-14 win over the Wolf pack.

The Blue Devils enter today’s game, which is scheduled to kickoff at 7:15 p.m., averaging 22.8 points per game.

Davis will face a Cosumnes Oaks squad that is averaging 19.4 points per game.

“They are basically, trying to get the ball from their quarterback into their play-making receivers,” said Davis head coach Nick Garratt. “Those guys go both ways (offense and defense). Great tack lers at the safety position. Those 50/50 balls, they are really going to try to cram

it in there, try to get through the needle, and we just have to make a play on the ball.”

The Blue Devils and Wolfpack defenses have given up 35.6 and 38.4 points per game respectively.

So, the question entering Davis’ homecoming game becomes: Could this contest be all offense and no defense, or defense that could lead to the winner producing a baseball or softball type of score?

Davis won its homecoming game against Pleasant Grove during the 2021 season for its only win of the season. There was no homecoming game in 2020, as football was moved to spring 2021 because of the pandemic.

“I’ve had to explain to not only players but students what homecoming is,” Garratt said. “We just had a rally (Wednesday) and they were like ‘what’s a rally?’ Regardless of whether there is or isn’t, there will be lots of people at the game. There will be lots of alumni that will be coming by. I try to paint the pic ture out for them.”

Garratt has been pleased with the performances of defensive players in Will Walsh and Dominick Jackson.

Other Delta League games tonight have Sheldon (0-1, 3-2) playing Frank lin at Cosumnes Oaks. Jesuit (1-0, 4-0) takes on Pleasant Grove (0-4), which had the bye last week, at Sheldon. Both games also start at 7:15 p.m.

Elk Grove, which will host Davis on Friday, Sept. 30, has the bye this week.

— Contact Mike Bush at mike@ davisenterprise.net. Follow on Twitter: @MBDavisSports.

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The Edwards Family Athletics Center will benefit all UC Davis student-athletes.

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Davis linebacker CJ Millican (right) gets ready to pull down Franklin quarterback Abraham Truett (12), while Blue Devil teammate Santiago Hultron (4) races closer toward them in their Sept. 16 Delta League game at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium. Tonight at 7:15, Davis host Cosumnes Oaks.

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Blue Devil running back Jude Vaughn (7) finds room to run against Franklin’s defense in the Sept. 16 game at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium. Vaughn played the first half of last week’s game, but sat out the second half due to a pulled hamstring.

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