The Davis Enterprise Sunday, September 25, 2022

City officials respond to climate-plan concerns

By anne ternuS-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

The city’s draft 2020-2040 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan remains open for public review and comment through Oct. 10, but city staff are already responding to some of the con cerns raised by members of the public, particularly related to building electrification.

The CAAP is a planning doc ument that proposes actions to help the city reach carbon neu trality by 2040, focusing on everything from building elec trification to transportation to land use. The state is requiring renewable energy and 100-per cent carbon-free electrification by 2045, but Davis — along with some other California jurisdictions — has adopted an earlier target for carbon neu trality, in this case five years before the state.

A lengthy process aimed at determining how the city can achieve that goal began in 2019 with multiple public work shops, online surveys and out reach that resulted in 28 proposed actions reviewed by the City Council before being circulated for public review and

feedback in August.

Those recommendations are contained in the draft plan cur rently open for public comment. Even if the council approves the plan, likely in December, it will require further action by coun cil down the road and the rec ommendations would not immediately become require ments.

“It is important to note that the CAAP is a planning document that recommends carbon reduc tion and climate risk implemen tation actions and approaches, but does not establish city

One killer’s parole denied, another’s rescinded

By lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

requirements,” the city noted in a statement this week.

Among the recommenda tions that have drawn concern from residents are those related to building electrification. Four such recommendations would be voluntary, at least until 2025, likely later, when the city would reassess if they should be required.

Those four actions are:

n Electrification at end of useful life or when replacement or remodeling requires a per mit. This would apply only where the property owner is

requesting the change, and only for equipment already being installed or replaced. “In other words, existing equipment that uses gas or other nonrenewable resources will not need to be replaced until it is at ‘the end of useful life,’” the city’s statement noted.

n Electrification at time of home sale, with a defined fair and appropriate implementa tion schedule to be determined as part of future ordinance development. This proposed

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Program to give ineligible UC applicants a second shot

By CaleB Hampton Enterprise staff writer

The University of California is establishing a new program that will give California high school graduates who did not fulfill all the require ments for UC admission a second chance at getting into the university system, UC officials said this week at a monthly Board of Regents meeting in San Diego.

The program, which was designed to comply with a request from Cali fornia Gov. Gavin Newsom in last year’s state budget, will target stu dents who earned a 3.0 grade point average in high school but did not complete all the A-G courses required for admission to the UC system. Beginning next year, those students will be guaranteed transfer admission to a UC campus if they complete the required courses at a community college.

“There are students that apply to us, and they don’t always know that they have not fulfilled all the A-G requirements,” said UC Provost Michael Brown. “The though is some of those students are going to go to community college.”

According to data presented at the meeting, only about half of

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Awards honor educators across Yolo County

Special to The Enterprise

WOODLAND — the Yolo County School Boards Association will honor county recipients during its annual Excel lence in Education Awards On Monday, Sept. 26, at 5 p.m. This year’s event will be held in per son at the Yolo County Office of Education, 1280 Santa Anita Court in Woodland.

Carl Williams, the April 7, 1989, stran gling death of Evelyn Munoz, an acquaintance

The annual award cer emony recognizes pro grams and leadership excellence from the five school districts across Yolo County, plus indi viduals and programs from the Yolo County

Office of Education and the Los Rios and Yuba Community College dis tricts.

YCSBA invites commu nity members to help cel ebrate the many accomplishments of these devoted educators. There is no cost to attend the event. Individuals who plan to attend in person are asked to register in advance at https:// yolocoe.k12oms.org/ 2495-222992.

The awards ceremony will also be streamed starting at 5:30 p.m. on Facebook Live at face book.com/YoloCOE and

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who had been staying with Williams at a West Sacra mento motel, according to

the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office.

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Evelyn Munoz’s daughter Nicole, right, and granddaughter after speaking out against Carl Williams’ parole.

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City staff have been conducting outreach and soliciting input on the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan since 2019, including at a Davis Farmers Market booth. The draft plan is now circulating for public comment.

Much easier when it’s all spelled out

Ihad no idea that California is known for having cities with names that are difficult to pro nounce, but thanks to KTLA in the City of Angels, I am now an expert.

I suppose when you grow up in a town named Davis, surrounded by towns named Woodland, Win ters and West Sacramento, you simply don’t realize there are places like Coalinga that are rou tinely mispronounced, even by the well educated folks in your home town.

KTLA puts “Tuolumne” at the head of the list, warning that we’re not supposed to pronounce the “n,” which should seem obvious since it’s almost impossible to pro nounce an “m” and an “n” in rapid order. Think “solemn.”

We’re also told that “Lompoc” ends with “poke,” not “pock,” and “La Jolla” is not actually jolly at all.

On the story went through Vallejo, Suisun City, Yosemite, San

Luis Opispo, Paso Robles, Ojai and Tulare. For unknown reasons, Lodi also made the list. For those of us who have lived here for decades, those names roll off tongue with ease. For newcomers they’re much more difficult.

I’ve always been big on pro nouncing a city’s name the way the natives do, even if I might have pronounced it differently at first glance.

Folks up in Idaho insist on Boysee, not Boy-zee, for their capital city, while people in the Del Norte County town of Gasquet act as if its pronunciation is an inside

secret. Even “Del Norte” can pres ent problems.

On several occasions I’ve pointed out to non-natives that Davis has both a street and a small development named Oeste, which rhymes with “toasty,” because that’s the way the Oeste family has always pro nounced it. That’s landed me in a fight or two with people who insist it should be pronounced “Oh-estay,” which is just flat wrong.

The same for Putah (pew-tah) Creek, which is most definitely not “poo-tah” Creek.

It’s “mahn-tuh-sell-o” Dam that blocks the flow of the Mighty Putah, not “mahn-tuh-chell-o,” and Chiles Road is like “child” with an “s” at the end instead of a “d.” It has nothing to do with red hot chili peppers.

In the far northeastern corner of California is a sparkling body of water named Tule Lake. Fair enough. But the nearby town is known as “Tulelake,” one word.

Taste of Capay supports fire departments

Longstanding Yolo County celebration returns on Oct. 23

Special to The Enterprise

Capay Valley Vision is excited to host the 21st Annual Taste of Capay from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, at Luna Lavender Farms, 7086 County Road 49 in Guinda.

Taste of Capay is a longstanding event in the Capay Valley and meant to celebrate the bounty of food grown in the community.

The event will feature a multi-course dinner featuring produce, meats and other products sourced from the Capay Valley’s diverse farms. Guests will also enjoy wines, beer and olive oils from the region. Both local and guest chefs will collaborate to pre pare an exquisite menu. The event will also include music, silent auc tion and even a live auction during dinner.

Proceeds from the event will sup port the Capay Valley and Esparto fire departments.

“Taste of Capay has become a tradition in Yolo County by bringing our community together every year to celebrate the end of the harvest season,” Capay Valley Vision Board President Mathew Trask said. “We are excited to yet again highlight the wonderful products grown and cre ated in the Capay Valley. We look forward to hosting friends new and old for a day in the countryside enjoying great local food made by local chefs, and a great lineup of entertainment.”

Tickets for the event are available. Each ticket is $75, and a table for eight guests is $560. All purchases can be made at: https://toc_2022. eventbrite.com.

Sponsorships for the event are also still available. You can contact Event Coordinator Mathew Trask at m_ trask@yahoo.com for more infor mation.

The Board of Directors of Capay Valley Vision would also like to extend their appreciation to those who attended last year’s Taste of Capay event and the people, restau rants, wineries and farms who made it possible.

A special recognition is extended

Reminds me of the time a Davis City Council candidate from the west side of town thought Pole Line was one word — Poleline — and butchered the name so badly that no one in East Davis voted for him.

Other California names that regularly get mispronounced include Scotia, Ceres, Gualala, Graeagle, Nice, Blythe, Covelo, Guerneville and Soquel. People from Montana mispronounce St. Helena, while folks from Kansas struggle with Salinas.

When I’m in Oregon I don’t dare try to say “Yachats” or “Sius law” around the natives. The same in Washington with Puyallup, Cheney, Anacortes and Cle Elum.

Much, much easier on the mind and the tongue to simply grow up in Davis. Gives you time to think about other things.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

to Martin and Dawn Armstrong, Owners, and Natalie and Paul Klempau, Managers, of Taber Ranch Winery and Event Center.

A very special thanks goes to the Taber Ranch staff and to Teresa Warde and her students in the Esparto High School Culinary Arts Program, and to Terri Berbena, the florist.

Restaurants, wineries and farms that supported Taste of Capay through produce, meats and culinary expertise include Mojo’s/Kitchen 428; Lucy’s Café/Cadena Farm; Rustic BARB-Q; Full Belly Farm Kitchen; Capay Valley Vineyards; Seka Hills Olive Mill & Tasting Room; Heather Creek Ranch Win ery; Simas Family Wines; Match book Wines; and Grumpy Goats Olive Oil.

Sponsors are Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, Taber Ranch Vineyard & Event Center, Fully Belly Farm, Cobram Estate and Wilbur Hot Springs, The Heitman Foundation, Chamberlain Farms, Boundary Bend, First Northern Bank and Farm Credit West.

DHS Class of 1980 plans reunion

Special to The Enterprise

All members of Davis and King High Class of 1980 are invited to a reunion and 60th birthday celebration from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at Stonegate Country Club. Pre-registration is required by Oct. 7.

Visit the website http:// DavisHigh1980.org to find the registration link and other details about the weekend including com mittee members names and contact information and private Facebook group.

Meals on Wheels drives 40% increase in senior nutrition

Special to The Enterprise

Now nourishing more than 530 vulnerable seniors countywide with meals five times or more each week — and recently initiating service to Dun nigan — Meals on Wheels Yolo County has announced staff, board and service additions aimed at sup porting goals to continue impactful progress toward healthier outcomes for aging adults throughout Yolo County.

“Since committing to the ‘Operation Accelerate’ ini tiative in January, Meals on Wheels Yolo County is nourishing 40% more seniors, doing so with fresher, more nutritious foods, and delivering with equity to remote, rural areas of the county for the first time ever,” shared Joy Cohan, Executive Director of the organization. “These results have required sig nificant adaptation to change and an innovative spirit amongst staff and Board members alike. Their willingness to embrace and pursue a new path forward is changing the lives of local senior citi zens experiencing food insecurity and isolation.”

Beginning with Cohan’s hiring to lead the organiza tion nearly nine months ago, the nonprofit began to address underperformance issues exacerbated by pan demic conditions. A man agement leadership team was formed, as well as dis tinct – yet collaborative –

areas of focus within the staff structure. This prompted the following recent promotions and additions to the team:

* Davisite Adrienne Mer edith as deputy director, overseeing administrative, human resources and fiscal functions.

* Promotions of Zea Davis of West Sacramento to food services manager and Alexa Torres of Wood land to programs manager.

* James Pearson of West Sacramento as engagement manager, the organization’s first-ever dedicated devel opment and marketing position.

* Woodlander Angel Camarena and Alex Lloc clla as program specialists.

* Promotion of West Sac ramento resident Carissa Brown to food services specialist.

* Amora Harding provid ing service as an Ameri Corp VIP, building capacity for the recently launched Meals on Wheels Yolo County Volunteer Program.

n Natalia Sterling of Woodland as the inaugural volunteer coordinator.

* Nutrition site special ists Kathy Tuel in Winters and Kathy Martin in Woodland.

* Expanded kitchen and food services workforce, including Chefs Kathy French and Liz Lorenz, and kitchen aides Tamberlynn Thompson, Jose Zavala, Michele Long, Aubrey Freed and Hassan Tran.

“As a growing nonprofit with a critically important mission, shining a spotlight on the value of volun teerism and HR as the underpinnings for the high performance required to

provide more meals for more seniors in more parts of the county cannot be ignored,” Cohan said. “Fur thermore, the bold move of our Board of Directors to approve a $17.50 per hour ‘living wage’ as the mini mum pay for any Meals on Wheels Yolo County employee speaks volumes to our organization’s com mitment to operating as a responsible social services provider.”

Cohan also notes that in the new fiscal year that began July 1, Meals on Wheels Yolo County’s annual operating budget increased by approximately $850,000 to $2.7 million, congruent with the uplift in meals both provided and planned. The Agency on Aging Area 4 provides fed eral funding that consti tutes roughly one-quarter of the budget, while local private philanthropists and corporate donors continu ally are invited to invest in

the organization’s work to supply the remainder.

Also in July, a new slate of officers was welcomed by the Board of Directors for 2022-2023, headed by Woodland resident Eric Miller as Chair. Formerly serving as Vice-Chair, Miller is a business law attorney with Sacramento firm Boutin Jones. Wood landers Bridget Levich, a retired UC Davis clinical nursing specialist, and Jim Odusola, owner of Advance Care Home Solutions, were elected, respectively, as the new Vice-Chair and Trea surer, and Michelle Weiss of Davis, a retired HewlettPackard marketing execu tive, is serving as interim Secretary.

Additionally, Marc Thompson, a Davis resident and mortgage consultant with Summit Funding, Inc. was elected to join existing board directors in guiding the organization’s progress, including immediate past

chair Dr. James Barrett of Woodland, Knights Land ing resident and vice presi dent and financial services manager of First Northern Bank’s Woodland branch Vicki Faye, Colliers Interna tional Commercial real estate appraiser Ryan Frings of West Sacramento, and Woodlander Karen McClellan.

“A very intentional ‘Cul ture of Innovation’ is being fostered and nurtured within the organization,” Cohan offered. “We are continually checking our strategies and our actions against the ‘why’ Meals on Wheels Yolo County exists in the first place, which is to create healthier, safer outcomes for seniors in our community through food assistance and social con tact.”

To connect with services or to offer support, please visit https://mowyolo.org, email welcome@mowyolo. org, or call 530-662-7035.

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A Meals on Wheels Yolo County vehicle arrives at Campers Inn in Dunnigan for the first day of regular meal deliveries to the community on Aug. 23.

Arts Alliance Davis announces leadership change

By Wendy Weitzel

Special to The Enterprise

Members of the arts community met on Sept. 20 for the first inperson gathering of Arts Alliance Davis since the pandemic started. They shared details on how their organizations are regrouping, and the work they are doing to help Davis and Yolo County community members recover.

It was an occasion of transition for the group’s leadership as well. Shelly Gilbride, executive director of International House Davis is the new chair, filling a role held for four years by Autumn Labbé-Renault, executive director of Davis Media Access.

Arts Alliance Davis was formed a few years ago as a grassroots effort to give artists and their supporters the opportunity to gather, share ideas and create meaningful impact. Meetings, held at least quarterly at local arts-related establishments, are open to any one. Gilbride plans to survey mem bers about meeting times, then set a schedule for the next year.

Rachel Hartsough, the city of Davis’ arts and culture manager, said she was grateful for LabbéRenault’s leadership during the pandemic. She helped orchestrate an Arts Alliance advocacy effort that ultimately led the City Council to allocate federal recovery funds to the local nonprofit arts and culture sector.

“It has been a wild ride navigat ing this sector during a pandemic, and keeping us together,” LabbéRenault said to the more than two dozen gathered at International House, three of them via Zoom.

Labbé-Renault drove the effort for funding relief for local artists and arts organizations. “She gets a lot of credit for helping to inject more than half a million dollars into the community,” Hartsough said.

Gilbride worked closely with Labbé-Renault to draft a request to the city for American Rescue Plan funding. From the federal money it received, the Davis City Council allocated $500,000 for commu nity arts organizations that primar ily serve and impact Davis residents, and $50,000 for indi vidual Davis artists. The grants to arts organizations will be managed by the Yolo Community Founda tion. The city’s Arts and Cultural Affairs program will manage the grants to individual artists.

“This is a huge amount of money for the size of our community,” Hartsough said. To see details of the application, visit http://artsal liancedavis.org/.

Jessica Hubbard, executive director of YCF, explained to the group how to apply for these funds, available to nonprofit arts and cul ture organizations in Davis, or

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

serving the Davis community and region. Organizations must dem onstrate that at least half of their expenses are for support of the arts and culture sector, and that they suffered a negative financial impact from the pandemic. There are tiers for applicants with facilities, those with staff but no facilities, and organizations with neither. Grant funds are for general operating expenses.

The YCF grant applications, available at https://bit.ly/ DavisArtsCulture, are due by Oct. 13.

For individual artists, the goal is to easily get the money into the hands of artists who are not fulltime salaried professionals. Grants for individual artists will be admin istered by the city, and details will be released later in October.

Each Arts Alliance Davis meet ing includes introductions and announcements from participants, who share ideas and updates. Those included:

Davis Coworking is partnering with the city to offer space for Arts Alliance members to work, create and collaborate. Founder Do Tromp started the business in 2019 in University Mall, above Fluffy Donuts. It now has a second space in the lower level of I-House. Both facilities offer desks with monitors, high-speed Wi-Fi, a conference room for up to eight people, printer, coffee, tea and parking. It’s a place to get focused work done, away from the distractions of home.

As a pilot program, the city of Davis will provide a six-month membership to Davis Coworking, offering this free resource to Davis artists and arts organizations to support their work. Once it is final ized, more detailed information and timing will be released through the Arts Alliance.

Gilbride said I-House is prep ping for its International Festival, which starts at 10:30 a.m. on Sun day, Oct. 2 in Central Park. It includes food, performers, art and fun, and runs until about 7 p.m.

Joseph Fletcher, manager at the city’s Veterans Memorial Theatre, said in-person events have already resumed at the facility, which will complete a major renovation proj ect by late October.

Alison Skinner of the Davis Cho rale said it plans two major con certs this year. “We are excited that we are rehearsing inside. We spent a lot of time outside last year, and being inside is really enhancing people’s experience.” On Sept. 13, it launched the Davis Youth Choir for children ages 8 to 14. Learn more at https://davischorale.org/.

Jessie Nakahara, arts associate with the city’s Arts and Cultural Affairs program, said there’s a big demand for visual arts programs

for children. She encouraged local groups to boost their offerings.

Davis Arts Center Executive Director Stacie Frerichs said it will add a half-dozen or so kids’ classes starting in in October and Novem ber. The only classes it’s offered since the pandemic was Art Play for Littles, which was grantfunded.

“You’ll see us start to get more programming,” Frerichs said. DAC plans to apply for some of the city’s ARP funds. “We’re probably not going to be where you saw us before but we are going to add slowly, and see where it goes.”

Meanwhile, DAC has been con tracting with school districts around the state, developing arts curriculum. “That has kept us alive during the pandemic.”

Frerichs is also working on a countywide plan for using arts to address mental health. It will work with organizations to encourage arts programming that supports mental health and therapy services.

“What we see post-pandemic is a lot of need for holding space for what’s happened in our community and our world in the last few years, and artists are sometimes those first and second responders, so we’re not always prepared for that,” Frerichs said. “We’re working on bridging that gap and providing that resource to people around the county.”

The first week of October is Mental Health Awareness Week. The local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness – NAMI Yolo County – plans a Woodland concert called Rally for Recovery, on Wednesday, Oct. 6. For details, visit https://namiyolo.org/namiy olo-events/annual/mental-illnessawareness-week-2022/.

Anya McCann spoke about the need for art at NAMI Yolo County’s two Davis residential homes. Both have new fencing that needs art, and one has a two-story living room wall that would be great for a mural. The group also wants to hire artists to work with support groups.

Pamela Trokanski of Pamela Trokanski Dance Workshop said her studio is celebrating its 38th season in Davis. She said she’d be happy to host an upcoming Arts

Alliance Davis meeting.

Labbé-Renault said DMA’s remodeling — postponed by the pandemic — is set to start on Oct. 3. The upgrade will revamp the TV studio control room, and add space, including a media lab. The improvements will allow it to train community volunteers, and offer after-school programs for the first time.

She said KDRT, its low-power radio station, turns 18 years old on Sept. 24. “It’s now of age,” she said, calling herself a proud mom. The station is available online, and some of its shows “get 16,000 downloads from all over the coun try.”

Yelena Ivashchenko, owner of Bohème Used Clothing & Gifts, spoke about the Davis Downtown Business Association’s new Thurs days in the Davisphere, made pos sible by a city of Davis grant. She runs the DDBA marketing com mittee, and is excited about the new event, which launched on Sept. 1 and continues every Thurs day in Central Park, from 5 to 9:30 p.m., through October. In future years, it will run every Thursday from May through October. It includes two live performers with a professionally managed sound stage, a beer and wine garden, food, crafts and informational booths. Nonprofits can qualify for a discounted booth.

And though the Davis ArtAbout is no longer managed by the DDBA, it is helping support the event by sharing the news. Galler ies like The Pence and The Artery are managing the return of the tradition, on the second Friday of each month, downtown.

Natalie Nelson, who manages the Pence Gallery, is hopeful that its first big in-person event in three years, its Art Auction – will pay for critical HVAC improvements. The event was set to culminate with a Sept. 24 gala. Meanwhile, it offers hands-on adult classes. Nelson encourages patrons to return to the ArtAbout on Oct. 14. Businesses wishing to host an artist’s work are encouraged to email pencegal lery@gmail.com. The Pence web site is https://pencegallery.org/.

Alison Flory, executive director of Yolo Arts, discussed its 15th

annual Art Farm Gala, set for 3 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15 at the Gibson House in Woodland.

Meanwhile, The Barn Gallery hosts a preview exhibition of the 97 par ticipating artists who are in the show, with all work inspired by local farmlands. There’s a juried silent auction, food and wine tast ings, and music. Visit https:// events.handbid.com/auctions/artfarm-gala-2022.

Local musician Wendy Silk announced that the Village Homes Performers’ Circle reopened in May, and gathers – outdoors, when possible – on the fourth Tuesday of every month. The featured per former takes the stage around 8:30 p.m., preceded by an open mike. It has a Facebook page https://www. facebook.com/villagehomesper formers/.

Jen Nachmanoff, a local ceramic artist, is also involved in some local theatre productions. “It feels like theatre is coming back. Audiences are very excited about being in the theatre,” she said.

The teen-acted Acme Theatre Company is starting auditions on Oct. 13 for the January show, “Ica rus Livingstone Falls into the Sea” written by ACME-alum turned professional playwright Briandan iel Oglesby and directed by Emily Henderson. Visit https://www. acmetheatre.net/.

She’s also involved with the Young Performers Theater at Davis Musical Theatre Company, which has productions of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” playing through Oct. 2, and “Alice in Won derland” playing through Oct. 9. Visit https://dmtc.org/.

Nachmanoff lives in the Davis Manor neighborhood, which is partnering with the city to revamp a little “pocket park” on N Street. She’s excited that it includes plans for an outdoor stage and large pub lic art commission.

For more information on Arts Alliance Davis, to post an event or opportunity, or to subscribe to the mailing list, contact Shelly Gilbride at info@artsalliancedavis.org.

Learn more about local and regional arts, Arts Alliance Davis and city of Davis Arts and Cultural Affairs through the following chan nels:

n Arts Alliance Davis Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Arts AllianceDavis.

n Arts Alliance Davis website http://artsalliancedavis.org/ n City of Davis Arts Instagram @cityofdavisarts, hashtag #cityof davisarts.

n City of Davis Arts & Cultural Affairs Facebook https://www. facebook.com/DavisArtsandCul ture.

n City of Davis Arts website at https://www.cityofdavis.org/ arts.

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 in Urban Public Spaces.” A foundational 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,

challeng ing her reader to see how public life is orga nized to encompass private activities and personal meanings. In doing so, she established the public realm as a rich, standalone sphere of study.

Lyn’s writing balanced brilliant sociological insight with strict analytical disci pline. She jettisoned rhe torical flourish in favor of clear-eyed description, a style that has given her work a timeless quality. This is particularly evident in her scholarship on death and dying, emotion, and grief. In between the publi cation of “World of Strang ers” and “The Public Realm,” Lyn wrote “The

Craft of Dying: The Mod ern Face of Death,” an examination of how people at the time were respond ing to the slow, medicalized forms of dying that have come to characterize endof-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 deathpositive 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

president of the Pacific Sociological 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

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Autumn LabbéRenault of Davis Media Access, left, ended her four-year term as Davis Arts Alliance chair on Sept. 20. Shelly Gilbride of International House Davis took the reins.

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Anew plan for University Mall, submitted to the city a few days ago, removes any housing from the redevelop ment.

Mall owner Brixmor Property Group refers to the project as The Davis Collection. It is a retreat from Brixmor’s most recent submission, a seven-story mixed-use development called University Commons.

The Davis Collection is a sin gle-story retail center. The design calls for tearing down all 96,680 square feet of University Mall’s main structure. It would be replaced by a 90,228-squarefoot retail area, all of it with out door entrances. The Trader Joe’s pad would stay as is.

The property is at 737-885 Russell Blvd., between Anderson Road and Sycamore Lane. The gas station at the southeast cor ner is not part of the property.

With the redevelopment plan, the mall’s footprint would be similar, except there are no buildings set for the east exten sion, where Fluffy Donuts and Chengdu Style reside. (Brixmor has voiced its support for mak ing space for most existing ten ants). The development proposal also calls for two new pads at the front of the property, close to Russell Boulevard. They would also be for restaurants or retail, totaling another 16,000 square feet.

Brixmor’s new proposal incor porates a fair portion of the retail design that was planned for the ground floor of University Com mons. The submission says it “will deliver a retail, entertain ment venue to accommodate national, local and specialty retail, restaurant and service tenants.”

It highlighted the site’s com mon areas, “with outdoor seat ing, bicycle parking and pedestrian connections among buildings. These new gathering nodes will be designed to provide a pleasant, dynamic experience for both its customers and ten ants.”

In August 2020, the Davis City Council approved the envi ronmental impact report and General Plan amendment for University Commons, a sevenstory mixed-use development to replace University Mall. The amendment was required

because it added housing. The final site layout and building design still required city review before moving forward. After pushback from some Davis resi dents, the project stalled.

Brixmor said University Com mons would “intensify and revi talize the center.” It had about 150,000 square feet of retail on one or two floors, and three floors for parking behind that. Much of the controversy sur rounding the proposal was its height, which had been lowered from an earlier submission.

There were still four floors of apartments above the parking, for 264 residential units – about 894 college students.

Since the mall owner origi nally submitted those plans, sev eral major tenants have closed, including Cost Plus World Mar ket, Forever 21 and The Davis Graduate University Mall was built in 1966; it expanded in 1970. The last new construction there was the Trader Joe’s in 2010, shortly after Brixmor purchased the property from Centro Watt.

View The Davis Collection proposal at https://bit.ly/umall plans.

Chuy’s Taqueria in West Davis is closing at the end of month. The last day for the restaurant will be Friday, Sept. 30.

A note at the front counter says, “It is with great sadness to inform you that Chuy’s Taqueria will be PERMANENTLY CLOS ING at the end of this month. Thank you for your support and continued business through the years.”

The West Davis Mexican food restaurant is not affiliated with the Chuy’s Taqueria in Winters, an employee said. I left a mes sage for owner Jaime Duran but it was not returned. It looks like it’s been at 1260 Lake Blvd., Suite 103, since at least 2006.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays

and Saturdays, and 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Fridays.

The wine bar Cork It Again is expanding. It’s leasing the spot next door, recently vacated by Davis Gold & Silver Exchange, which closed on July 30.

Joseph Shaw of Nashoba Wines, which owns the shop at 820 Fourth St., said he’s been looking to expand since they purchased it in 2019. It operates as an offsite tasting room for the Acampo winery. Shaw knew his neighbors, John and Dawn Hel eva, planned to retire and close the coin shop after a decade in business.

“The timing was pretty good for us and (John),” Shaw said. A small space made sense during the pandemic restrictions. But these days, it’s crowded on the weekends.

Shaw runs the shop on his own. He hopes to add a parttime employee after the tasting room expands.

“It’s getting pretty busy, espe cially on Friday nights,” Shaw said. “People are leaving because there’s not enough seating. That’s the impetus for a little more room.”

The addition will double the size of the wine bar, adding more indoor lounge space and a nicer restroom. Ideally, the remodel ing would be done by late Octo ber, allowing more indoor space during the cold months.

Meanwhile, it’s adding an out door bar in the breezeway. He hopes to get the official OK from the Department of Alcohol Bev erage Control soon, since it has passed its 30-day notice period

for the expanded outdoor bar.

“I think we’ll have a pretty nice, unique outdoor experi ence,” Shaw said Thursday.

The tasting room is open from 1 to 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Shaw hopes to even tually add Wednesday hours.

Two other businesses are working on alcohol licenses. Hikari Sushi & Omakasi at 110 F St., Suite A, is adding a license, I believe for beer and wine.

And Dunloe Brewing’s tap room, The Local, passed its 30-day ABC notice for outside consumption. Owner Brennan Fleming hopes to get the nod for patio beers soon.

Three Davis women who have taught cooking classes at the Davis Food Co-op and via Face book Live have a new business license to offer their expertise to a wider in-person audience.

Danielle Davidson, Laura Doyle and Myvanwy Morgan own Lavender Bergamot Kitchen. It offers in-home classes on cooking, herbs for home use, and more.

Lavender Bergamot began a year ago, Doyle said. “We started by doing a few Facebook Live classes and have been mak ing YouTube videos. … Our plan was always to do in-person classes.” She said they got the business license in preparation to start booking those.

Morgan said, “classes include multi-course seasonal supper classes, hands-on spa day classes, and birthday parties for children and adults.

“Classes are held in the com fort of your own home, and we take care of the cleanup,” Mor gan said. “We also offer simple meal classes that are perfect for team-building activities at your business.”

Davidson owns Pearly Ever lasting Organic Botanical Prod ucts, and also teaches classes at Park Winters. Morgan and Doyle are former Co-op employ ees.

Visit https://lavenderberga mot.kitchen/ for more informa tion.

The food truck Akka Kadai opened in late August in the Davis Food Co-op parking lot. Recently, it moved to 504 L St., for longer hours. It’s parked at the 5th & L Gas & Mart from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

It specializes in Malaysian food, including Egg Roti Canai, Peanut Butter Fried Chicken, Idli with Malaysian Sambaar, Masak Merah Chicken with Coconut Rice, Lamb over Rice, and Nasi Lemak. Learn more at https://www.akkakadaifood. com/.

Readers keep asking about Estelle Bakery & Pâtisserie, which is supposed to fill the for mer Konditorei Austrian Pastry Cafe space at 2710 Fifth St. When the cafe closed in Febru ary, Estelle’s owner Esther Son purchased it, saying she hoped to open in Davis in early fall. I have left several messages for Son since my original interview, but none have been returned. I checked with the city of Davis and, as of Wednesday, it did not have any building applications submitted for that site.

I keep track of Davis busi nesses on my Google spread sheet, which includes more than 325 Davis businesses coming or going. It’s at https://bit.ly/Davis Businesses. Email me (address below) to suggest updates.

— Wendy Weitzel is a Davis writer and editor. Her column runs on Sundays. Check for fre quent updates on her Comings & Goings Facebook and Instagram pages. If you know of a business coming or going in the area, con tact her at wendyedit@gmail.com.

Startups built from UCD innovations drive solutions in food, health

By NeelaNjaNa Gautam

Special to The Enterprise

During the 2021-22 fiscal year, 13 startup companies executed agreements to access foundational intel lectual property and com mercialize new technologies developed at UC Davis.

“The bold pursuit of novel solutions through research at UC Davis often results in new technologies and ser vices aligned with a com mercial pathway for impact,” said Prasant Mohapatra, vice chancellor for research at UC Davis. “In most cases those innova tions are licensed to existing companies, but many also become the foundation for emerging startups. We are thrilled to see the success of this pathway continue at UC Davis.”

The process for connect ing innovations from the university to commercial impact is managed by the Innovation and Technology Commercialization division, which is part of the Office of Research. During the 20212022 fiscal year, the division processed 132 new records of invention and executed 48 license agreements.

The division’s Venture Catalyst unit focuses on advancing potential tech nologies with proof-of-con cept funding and facilitating startup formation.

The UC system ranks first in the world for the number of U.S. utility patents according to a recent report from the National Academy of Inventors and the Intel lectual Property Owners Association.

“Venture Catalyst, which was launched in 2013, pro vides resources to help cam pus innovators advance technologies and launch new companies,” said Janine

Elliott, interim director Venture Catalyst. “It is excit ing to see the results of these efforts.”

In the last 10 years Ven ture Catalyst assisted 130 startups with foundational intellectual property. The 13 emerging startups over the past year are focused on developing technology to

meet needs in food, health and agriculture.

One of the startups, Eunicera is developing novel therapeutics to treat and cure advanced drugresistant prostate cancer.

Co-founded by Allen Gao, a professor in the Depart ment of Urology, the com pany’s proprietary, orally

bioavailable small mole cules targeting AKR1C3 and androgen receptor vari ants either work alone or in combination with current therapies to overcome and prevent treatment resis tance.

Another company, Opti mized Foods is propelled by innovations in the food technology and cultivated meat sectors. By using a novel approach in mycelium technology, the team is cre ating nutritious, sustainable

foods, starting with cultured caviar. Minami Ogawa, a graduate student in the Department of Food Sci ence, discovered how the innovation could be har nessed as an ideal scaffold for cell cultivation. closing

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The owners of University Mall on Russell Boulevard have submitted a new proposal for redeveloping the site. The single-story retail mall would be called The Davis Collection.

CITY: strategy would require more action by council

action will consider “a wide array of significant issues and costs to homeowners, such as any panel upgrades needed, age of equipment, age of home and other con cerns,” according to city staff.

The city anticipates that not all electrification would need to be implemented at once at the time of sale and will address concerns about this proposal before recom mending or implementing any time-of-sale require ments.

n Energy efficiency, cool ing/ventilation in rental properties.

n Electrification for new construction, including incentives and require ments.

The city notes that “one way to decrease carbon emissions locally and increase environmental resilience is to reduce or eliminate natural gas in favor of renewable energy such as electricity.”

Electrifying buildings in Davis, the city said, will provide additional, imme diate benefits, including:

n Community Health: “Electric appliances do not

emit air pollution that can cause asthma and other health impacts. Further, paired with good air filtra tion and home weatheriza tion, electrification can provide protection from impacts of wildfire smoke.”

n Energy Affordability: “Gas prices are expected to rise significantly in the future. Switching to elec tricity protects residents from unaffordable energy prices.”

n Resilience: “Coupled with solar and battery stor age, all-electric buildings can mitigate impacts of power outages.”

n Safety: “Gas has the potential to cause explo sions, leaks and increased risk to residents, especially during disasters.”

n Local Jobs and the Economy: “Transitioning to electric buildings with the latest technology will require a well-trained and well-paid workforce. Devel opment of the city’s electri fication strategy can include supporting work force training and local jobs.”

n Real Estate Value: “With most new construc tion in Davis opting to be all-electric, electrifying

existing houses and build ings will make them com petitive with new technology.”

n Greenhouse Gas Reduction: “Natural gas use in existing buildings comprises 12 percent of forecast emissions in 2030.

Implementation of electri fication actions reduces these emissions by 41 per cent, providing significant advancement of the city’s carbon neutrality goal of 2040.”

The city noted that there are multiple options for replacing gas appliances with electric and the devel opment of the Davis build ing electrification strategy through the proposed rec ommendations “will include a phased roll-out of requirements relating to various home appliance systems.”

“Development of the electrification strategy … requires solving many com plex issues such as panel capacity, age of house and age of units to potentially be replaced,” the city said.

“Active engagement of the Davis community will be sought in any ordi nances or other require ments before adopting

APPLICANTS: Kicks off next year

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California’s 3,700 high schools offer the full set of A-G courses, which include math, science, history, Eng lish, foreign languages and other subjects.

Last year, roughly 10,000 UC applicants from California were ineligible for admission. More than a third of those students had at least a 3.0 grade point average. The students dis qualified for not complet ing the A-G requirements were disproportionately low-income students and underrepresented ethnic minorities.

“Can we create a process where we hold on to them and make sure that they have the right advice since they have already signaled a UC intent?” Brown said.

“It’s a wonderful intent.”

Beginning next year, stu dents who qualify for the program will be given a conditional offer of admis sion to a specific UC cam pus, which they will be able to attend after completing the necessary courses at a community college.

The pilot program will run through the 2025-26 academic year and extend until the students in that cohort are eligible to

transfer, possibly after an additional two years. Stu dents eligible for the pro gram will receive letters from the university next spring inviting them to participate.

There are six campuses participating in the pro gram. They are Davis, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz.

These are the same UC cam puses that already have admission guarantee pro grams for transfer students.

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

electrification actions.”

Additionally, according to the city’s statement, “the city of Davis CAAP priori tizes equity and inclusion. Every action in the CAAP, including electrification, includes equity consider ations and development of financing and incentives to help all community mem bers, including low-income and other socioeconomic groups.

“The city is pursuing a variety of grant funding opportunities and regional collaboration to assist with implementation and out reach.”

Once the council approves the final CAAP, as well as a subsequent envi ronmental impact report, “all proposed actions will be further developed,” according to the city’s state ment. “Each action that requires an ordinance or other mechanism for

implementation at the local level will have further com munity review and ulti mately review and approval by City Council. Some actions, such as building electrification, may also require approval by the California Energy Commis sion or other state agen cies.”

“We know there are a lot of people out there that have some concerns about this and there are some legitimate concerns that we want to address,” said the city’s sustainability coordi nator, Kerry Loux. “But the Climate Action and Adap tation Plan is not meant to be … completely finished.

“It’s, ‘Here are actions we can take. We’re going to put them all in the plan and once the plan is adopted, we’re going start develop ing these actions so they can be implemented,’” she said.

She also addressed some specific concerns that have been raised by community members.

One such concern is that if someone replaces their heating and air system today and then in three years wants to sell their home, would they have to replace it again?

“That’s not going to hap pen,” Loux said. “The ordi nance, whenever it is adopted, would have con sideration for the age of the equipment, the age of the house, the cost factors, etc.”

Find the draft Climate Action and Adaptation Plan at https://www.cityof davis.org/sustainability /2020-climate-action-andadaptation-plan-caap.

To submit comments, concerns, or other input during the community review period ending Oct. 10, visit https://cityofdavis. org/davis-CAAP-survey.

Barn Dance returns on Oct. 8!

By Sharon Schauer Special to The Enterprise

After a two-year hia tus, the Yolo Crisis Nursery Barn Dance is back! This one-of-akind event will be from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Central Park Pavilion in Davis. The Barn Dance will be hosted by the Friends of the Yolo Crisis Nursery. Nugget Markets, continuing their long history of local phi lanthropy, is our premier sponsor.

Come and dance the night away to one of the hottest modern country cover bands — MoonShine Crazy — performing live! MoonShine Crazy is the 2019 and 2020 Sacra mento Music Award win ning “Best Cover Band.” The band is comprised of four members: Jessica Spaid, Mark Coudriet, Ritch Shefke, and Dave “Shoobie” Shafer.

With top notch vocal talent, tight harmonies, and excellent musician ship, MoonShine Crazy entertains crowds all over Northern California cover ing Country Hits, Top 40, and Rock Classics. They recently shared the stage with Jimmie Allen and Lonestar and released their first single “The American Way.” Be sure to get to the event early to participate in the free line dancing lessons taught by local instructors Carrie Gifford and Elise Willis.

Longtime Yolo Crisis Nursery supporters Mar tha L. Bernauer, Kim Eichorn, and Snow and Associates, all of Lyon Real Estate, have generously donated an amazing raffle prize. Buy a ticket and try your luck at winning a $2,500 Cash Prize! We are so fortunate to have the support of this wonderful group of colleagues from Lyon Real Estate.

Raffle tickets are $20

Yolo Crisis NurserY

each or 3 for $50. The winning ticket will be drawn around 9 pm and you will need be present to win. Tickets can be pur chased online as part of registration or in-person at the Barn Dance.

Come hungry or work up your appetite on the dance floor. Either way, Chandos Tacos food truck will tempt your taste buds with a delicious menu available for purchase. Beer, wine, and water will be available for purchase at our conveniently located watering holes. Also avail able again is our Cookie Corral, generously spon sored by Morse Custom Homes and Remodeling. Grab a bag of delicious, freshly baked cookies to enjoy and share with friends!

“The Barn Dance is all about community. It is about bringing together friends for an evening of entertainment, dancing, and good old-fashioned fun to benefit the Nursery,” said Jennifer Thayer, Pres ident of the Yolo Crisis Nursery. “The entire board and our amazing staff are so appreciative of the Friends of the Yolo Crisis Nursery’s efforts to build community and raise funds at this event and our Crab Feed each March.”

We are extremely grate ful to have Nugget Mar kets returning as our Barn Dance sponsor. It is won derful to partner with a local family-owned com pany with a long-standing tradition for giving back to their community. “Since 1926, Nugget Markets has been committed to sup porting local nonprofits and causes in our commu nity,” said Kate Stille, chief impact officer with Nug get. “We are excited to be

part of the Barn Dance, and more importantly, happy to support the Yolo Crisis Nursery’s mission to protect the most vulnera ble children in our com munity. The value of the Nursery’s work in our community is immeasur able.”

Barn Dance Tickets are just $25. Tickets can be purchased now at www. yolocrisisnursery.org. Western attire is encour aged. Parking will be avail able at City Hall Lot at 23 Russell Boulevard. When making your Barn Dance plans please consider taking a taxi or using a rideshare service. We anticipate a sell-out crowd, so don’t delay. Get your tickets today! All proceeds go to the Yolo Crisis Nurs ery.

The Yolo Crisis Nursery is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for chil dren and families in tur moil. Our services are free

of charge, voluntary, and we do not turn away any children.

The Nursery’s emer gency respite care program is funded by the generosity of our community. Every family the Yolo Crisis Nursery serves is different, but each one is in crisis and all in need of aid, hav ing little or no support sys tems of their own. The nursery keeps their young, vulnerable children safe and helps parents resolve their immediate crises.

The nursery continues to work with and follow families for one year to ensure that they success fully transition out of cri sis, the children remain safe, and the family stays whole. To donate or learn more, please visit: www. yolocrisisnursery.org.

— Sharon Schauer is co-chair of Friends of the Yolo Crisis Nursery.

By andy JoneS Special to The Enterprise

1. National capitals: Minsk is the capital of what country?

2. Music: The Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars song “Uptown Funk” mentions what thriceOscar-nominated actress in its first stanza?

3. Comedy: What deadpan comedian’s album “Boyish Girl Inter rupted” was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017?

4. Rivers: Starting with the letter S, and at 444 miles long, what is

the longest river on the East Coast of the United States?

5. Programming: What language that was named after a beverage that was named after an island?

Answers: Belarus, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tig Notaro, the Susquehanna River, Java.

Dr. Andy Jones is the former quizmaster at de Vere’s Irish Pub and author of the book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People.” His pub quiz is now seeking a new home. Meanwhile, Dr. Andy is also sharing his pub quizzes via Patreon. Find out more at www. yourquizmaster.com.

Come kick up your heels for kids at the Yolo Crisis Nursery Barn Dance.

MollY leaCh/ CourtesY photo

PAROLE: Governor steps in on case

Munoz’s death stemmed from an argument with Williams, who wanted to borrow Munoz’s car in order to sell crack cocaine.

When Munoz refused, “Williams became violently angry and strangled Ms. Munoz by stuffing a sheet down her throat,” the DA’s Office said in a news release. “A witness in a nearby room twice heard Ms. Munoz beg for her life, saying ‘Help, help me.’ ” Williams then found Munoz’s keys and fled the scene with her vehicle.

A Yolo County jury later convicted Williams of firstdegree murder. State cor rections officials approved his transfer to a prison in Arkansas, where Williams has family, due to over crowding in the California prison system.

Held by videoconference, Williams’ Sept. 14 parole hearing — his fifth — ended with parole board Commissioners David Long and Keith Betchley denying his release for at least three years, citing his continued risk to public safety.

“Your minimizing accep tance of taking responsibil ity and deflecting blame to the victim is indicative of your criminal thinking,” Long said at the hearing. Also present were Munoz’s two daughters, granddaughter and son-inlaw, as well as Yolo County Chief Deputy District Attorney and DA victim advocate Kenya SalazarCampos.

“The family of Ms.

Munoz has been suffering immeasurable pain since this senseless and brutal murder in 1989,” Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig said. “We will do everything we can on their behalf to honor Evelyn Munoz and to keep society safe from this dangerous man. That is the very least we can do for this family and all families who have survived similar tragedies.”

‘Still a danger’

In another West Sacra mento homicide case, three Board of Parole Hearing commissioners reversed a previous parole grant for Daniel Robinson, who had been deemed suitable for release in December 2021.

Robinson, 46, was con victed in 1998 of killing 16-year-old Robert Castro in a gang-related drive-by shooting while the teen rode his bike down a neigh borhood street.

According to the DA’s Office, Robinson was a member of the 29th Street Crips who, along with his friends, felt “disrespected” by another West Sacra mento gang, the Broderick Boys.

“They decided to get revenge by shooting Castro, even though they had never seen him, didn’t know him, and had no reason to believe he was in a gang,” prosecutors said.

Sentenced to 18 years to life at Salinas Valley State Prison for second-degree murder, Robinson served 24 years before receiving the December grant of parole.

“Subsequently, Gov.

information about Robin son’s illegal possession of a cell phone in prison, which he reportedly used to con spire with his wife to unlawfully collect state unemployment benefits.

“We find that you engaged in criminal think ing because of these things,” Purcell told Robinson in rescinding his parole. “First, you were not truth ful under oath at your parole hearing and when you did so, you were untruthful in order to secure a grant of parole.”

Raven also represented the DA’s Office at the rescis sion hearing, which Cas tro’s parents, sister and cousins also attended by videoconference.

Reisig, the Yolo DA, praised the commissioners’ ruling.

AWARDS: Ceremony at Page A1

via Zoom at https://ycoe. zoom.us/j/83422714609 (Meeting ID: 834 2271 4609).

YCSBA will host a social with light appetiz ers and refreshments starting at 5 p.m. The awards program will begin at 5:30 p.m. This marks the first time since 2019 that the awards cer emony will be hosted in person. For the past two years, the event has been held in a virtual format.

The awards ceremony will also feature recogni tion of the 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year for Yolo County.

School Amy George, Teacher, Birch Lane Elementary School

Ellie Miller, Teacher, Birch Lane Elementary School Stephanie Moore-Tealdi, Teacher, Patwin Elementary School

Nancy Sanchez, Elemen tary Music Coordinator, Davis Joint Unified Salute to Educators Excellence Certificate Awardees (Secondary Grades 7-12):

Gretchen Conners, Social Studies Teacher, Da Vinci Charter Academy

Gavin Newsom reviewed the decision and raised concerns about whether Mr. Robinson continued to be a public safety risk if released,” a DA news release said.

Newsom asked the full Board of Parole Hearings to consider prison miscon duct and other confidential information about Robin son from the spring of 2022, which led to a “rescission” hearing to determine whether the prior parole decision was appropriate.

At the Sept. 16 rescission hearing, parole board Com missioners Catherine Pur cell, Joe Sullivan and Nancy Wong received

“Board members took the concerns expressed by Gov. Newsom to heart, reviewed the evidence, and took note of Mr. Robinson’s dishonesty and sophisti cated criminal conduct,” Reisig said. “Clearly, Mr. Robinson’s very recent vio lations in prison and the EDD fraud are indicative that he still remains a dan ger to the public.”

Because the rescission hearing only addressed the December 2021 parole decision, Robinson becomes eligible for another parole suitability hearing within the next several months.

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

Last week, Erica Chung, a teacher at Woodland High School, was announced as the Yolo County Teacher of the Year. She will represent the county in the statewide Teacher of the Year program.

Award winners from Davis Joint Unified include: Gay Bourguignon, Prin cipal, Patwin Elementary School

Monica Roque, Execu tive Assistant, Davis Joint Unified Program Award: “Dual Enrollment Program ” (Pro gram Leader: Mayra Chavez, Davis Joint Unified) Salute to Educators Excellence Certificate Awardees (Elementary Grades K-6): Alma Drabkin, Paraedu cator, Pioneer Elementary School

Karen Fingerman, Teach er, North Davis Elementary

Katie Herrick-Jasper, Eng lish Language Development Teacher, Harper Junior High Ken McKim, Science Teacher, Teacher, Harper Junior High Jeanne Reeve, English Teacher, Holmes Junior High Salute to Educators Excellence Certificate Awardees (Alternative Education):

Jolanda Blackwell, Sci ence Teacher, Martin Luther King, Jr. High School Flor Diaz, Paraeducator, Martin Luther King, Jr. High School

Wesley Ruff, Teacher, Martin Luther King, Jr. High School

Salute to Educators Excellence Certificate Awardees (Student Ser vices Credentialed):

Susie Carrell, Counselor, Birch Lane Elementary School

Grace Keller, Librarian, Pioneer Elementary School

Karla Mahoney, Nurse, Davis Joint Unified Jackie Orozco, Counselor, Harper Junior High August Page, Campus Safety Supervisor, Davis Joint Unified

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Sixteen-year-old Robert Castro died in a gang-related drive-by shooting in 1998 while he rode his bike down a West Sacramento street.

UCD women end Big West clash in draw

By ReBecca WaSik Enterprise correspondent

The UC Davis women’s soccer team fought hard in its Big West Conference home opener on Thursday at Aggie Soccer Field.

The Aggies, down two starters, recorded their third tie of the season in a 2-2 draw with defending Big West regular season cochampions, UC Irvine. The Aggies’ last draw came on Sept. 8 against Boise State.

UCD (3-4-3 overall, 0-1-1 Big West) lost its first Big West Conference game of the season on Sept. 15 at Hawai’i. UCI (4-3-3 over all, 0-0-2 Big West) came to a draw with UC San Diego in their first Big West matchup on Sept. 18.

“We did a lot of really good things today,” said UCD head coach Tracy

Hamm. “There were a cou ple letdowns on soft goals, but a good performance in general.”

The Aggies struck first in the match at the 15 minute, 43 second mark with a goal by defender Lexi Trucco and assist from forward Emma Vane.

At 19:35, the Anteaters were awarded a free kick after a foul on UCD’s Lind say Porter. The shot to the bottom right of the net was saved by goalie Caeley Goldstein.

Then UCI tied the game with a goal at the 41:20 mark. Going into halftime, the squads were still tied at one goal apiece.

The Aggies took back the lead at the 53:12 mark when forward Sarah Cana van found the back of the net, once again assisted by Vane. Vane recorded both

of UCD’s two assists in the match.

In the 61st minute, the Anteaters tied the game back up with another goal.

UCI took another shot at 76:58, but Goldstein was there to save it.

Canavan took a shot for UCD at 81:10 but it was off target. She was then yellow carded for unsporting behavior 40 seconds later.

Goldstein recorded her final save on the day on another UCI shot with seven minutes left in the match.

The Aggies took five shots in the game. Canavan took three shots while Trucco and Genavieve Fon tes each took one.

UCD had only two shots on goal, which were the goals from Trucco and Canavan.

Goldstein recorded three

saves in the match.

The Aggies had 11 fouls against the Anteaters in total.

“I thought Lexi Trucco was phenomenal today,” said Hamm. “She’s our defensive midfielder and she did exactly what she is supposed to do. She was a ball winner in there and switched the point of attack for us, being very mobile.

Emma Vane was also another fantastic player for us today. When she’s on the field, she makes good stuff happen.”

The Aggies’ next game is Sunday against CSU Northridge at Aggie Soccer Field. Game time is 1 p.m. In their game against the Matadors this weekend, Coach Hamm expects her team to display more domi nance when given the chance to score.

“We need to take better advantage of opportuni ties,” she said. “There were a couple missed chances today that we should have been able to find the back of the net on.”

After their game against

CSUN, the Aggies will play three straight games on the road to start the month of October.

— Follow Rebecca Wasik on Twitter: @BeccaFrom TheBay.

Future Aggie athletes will benefit from new center

My random thoughts as September wraps up and we enter the first full weekend of fall:

n The Edwards Family Athlet ics Center on the UC Davis cam pus will have held its grand opening by the time you are reading my column on The Enterprise’s website at www. davisenterprise.com or Sunday’s print edition. The grand opening was Saturday, three hours prior to the UCD football team host ing Weber State in the Big Sky Conference opener at UC Davis Health Stadium.

Future UCD student-athletes should benefit from the new

athletic facility, be it Aggies play ing football, men and women’s soccer, men and women’s golf, men and women’s basketball, baseball, softball, or any of the college’s sports programs.

n If you’re a fan of Aggie foot ball or the San Francisco 49ers, there are reasons to be near your

TV, phone, laptop, tablet or desktop computer on late Sun day afternoon.

One, the 49ers are playing the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Colo.

Two, you can check out Bron cos head coach Nathan Hackett, a former UCD football player and assistant coach, in prime time.

Current and former Enterprise writers weighed in with their predictions.

I’ll go first. This 49er fan is going to say San Francisco 30, Denver 17. Niners quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will throw for

two touchdowns. The 49ers’ defense will score a touchdown.

Madilynn Sepp, Enterprise correspondent and Broncos fan: Denver 23, San Francisco 20.

Bronco quarterback Russell Wil son will also have two TDs and she’s hoping that the Broncos will rush for go over 100 yards rushing.

Bob Dunning, Enterprise staff writer: 49ers 24, Broncos 20.

Rebecca Wasik, Enterprise correspondent and 49ers fan, says San Francisco 24, Denver 17. Wasik feels it will be interest ing to see how Wilson does against a team he’s familiar with. She expects Garoppolo to be

dominant again after getting his job back.

Owen Yancher, former Enter prise sports editor and Broncos fan, shockingly, is going San Francisco 28, Denver 21.

Yancher feels Empower Field will be good for the kickers.

We’ll know who wins come the middle of Sunday night.

n As of Friday afternoon, the San Francisco Giants were 9.5 games away from clinching the National League’s Wild Card playoff spot.

The Giants had 12 games remaining on the schedule.

I’m a Giants fan, but one has

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Aggie defender Francesca Van Norden (21) slide-tackles the ball away from UC Irvine forward Alex Jaquez in Thursday’s Big West Conference game.

Ough blocks her way to UC Davis volleyball record

By Michael Gutnick Special to The Enterprise

When asked to describe the art of blocking, UC Davis volleyball player in senior middle blocker Josephine Ough took a moment to reflect on the concept.

Even after all those massive, momentum-swinging blocks that she has jumped for and success fully planted, Ough needed to consider everything she's learned from high school to college to present a more meaningful answer.

“It's about knowing your strengths,” Ough said. “I may not be the fastest middle blocker, but I try to make up for that by read ing the game well and putting my hands in a good position that takes a little pressure off of our defense.”

To this day, Ough is still mas tering her craft, however while doing so, she is climbing the UC Davis all-time total blocks leader board, passing players from the side-out era along the way.

After collecting three more total blocks against the California Golden Bears last weekend, Ough stands alone at third all-time on that list, passing Candy Lench, who played for the Aggies from 1988-1992.

Tacking on a solo block and two block assists in the confer ence-opening win against UC Riverside at home on Tuesday, Ough now has 354 total blocks. That puts her 39 total blocks away from reaching second.

Ough recognizes the mountain she's climbing steadily and hopes her name and performances on the court are a part of this team's legacy going forward.

“It's really exciting,” Ough said. “It's so exciting that I'm continu ing to climb, and my name will be there for a while.”

Ough began playing volleyball at age 13. Ough says it was intim idating for her to pursue volley ball at first because she would be following in the footsteps of her aunt and cousin.

However, once she sprinted out

onto the court for the first time and saw the potential within her self, she immediately fell in love with the sport.

At El Cerrito High School, Ough grasped control of her power at the front of the net, becoming a three-time All-TriCounty Athletic League firstteam selection. She guided her team to an undefeated TCAL record and league championship as just a sophomore.

Ough also played volleyball for Absolute Volleyball Club and started to shape and refine her blocking skill set, along with her attacking ability and impeccable timings.

“Absolute was definitely where my volleyball skills took off,” Ough said. “They trained me very well. Just getting to play with girls at such a high level and much higher than I was used to pushed me to becoming a better volleyball player much faster.”

Ough knew she wanted to con tinue playing volleyball going into college following her graduation from El Cerrito High School in 2018. She ultimately picked UC Davis and the choice was a clearcut decision in her mind.

“I really only had my eyes on UC Davis,” Ough said. “Every thing that I was looking for was right here. It just made the most sense to me. I liked the coaches, the girls, the area. It's also not too far from home, too.”

On her first arrival to the UCD campus and volleyball team, Ough replaced Jackie Graves as tallest player in program history with her height at 6-foot-6.

Aggie head coach Dan Conners welcomed Ough with open arms to the court, finding room for her to be a starter up front as a fresh man.

“When Josephine came in, she was a little bit wide-eyed and didn't have a good understanding of what college volleyball is all about, but what I've seen is that she was able to adapt very quickly,” Conners said. “Her hit ting percentage from her fresh man season to her sophomore

year jumped quickly. That came from her off-season work she's put in and through her mentality. Her ability to understand how to move and where she is in space really contributed to her growth as a volleyball player.”

As a first-year starter in 19 of 22 matches, including all 16 Big West matches, Ough led Aggies with 76 total blocks (1.03 per set), averaging fifth overall in confer ence while earning Big West Con ference All-Freshman Team honors.

The following season, Ough erupted with both her hitting percentages and blocking totals, finishing her sophomore cam paign with 173 kills and 1.82 kills per set while hitting .386, which was a massive improvement from her freshman year when she hit just .224.

Despite the 2020 season being canceled due to COVID-19 pan demic, Ough hasn't slowed down.

“She's grown in her competitive nature,” Conners said. “She doesn't like to lose. She wants to solve it. As she gets older, she's more proactive in solving that process as opposed to being just frustrated.”

In 2021, Ough appeared in all but two matches, finishing her junior year ranked No. 5 in the

league in hitting percentage (.376) and led the Big West in blocks per set (1.29). Her 134 total blocks also ranked fourth on the school's single season list that year. Without a doubt, she made the 2021 All-Big West Confer ence First Team alongside Olivia Utterback.

The numbers and accolades show that Ough is a force to be reckoned with each time she steps onto the court.

Not only is Ough an offensive and defensive threat at any given moment. She's also evolved into a leader and some of her long-time teammates have envisioned her growth from day one.

“She has the fire,” Aggie junior defensive specialist/libero Shira Lahav said. “You need her on the court. She's that intimidating player that we have against other teams. Playing with her, I feel more comfortable knowing she has my back. I know I can trust her to block a ball or crush it. She's just so fun to play with energy-wise, bringing the team together.”

“She's always been really great,” Aggie redshirt junior Demari Webb said. “She's very humble about her accomplishments. It's really fun to get to watch her be in her element.”

Webb and Ough have been teammates for five years together as Aggies. Webb has appreciated the friendship they've created over their time in UC Davis.

From helping get unstuck some Skittles candy in a vending machine on doubles day fresh man year to showing her team mates her home in Berkeley, Webb says Ough has treated her like family on and off the court.

“She's always there as a team mate and a friend,” Webb said. “She likes to make jokes, but when it's time to get serious, she can be really dialed in. I appreci ate all that she has done so far while we have been here together.”

Ough and her teammates are not done yet as they storm ahead through the rest of this season.

Whether it's a jaw-dropping block at the net or quickly paced kill in open space, Ough's team mates know she's got their back.

“I want to run around the court like crazy,” Lahav said when Ough puts up an energizing block. “You see the whole team on the bench erupt. We're lucky that we have her because she does that a lot and we get to celebrate with her.”

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Aggie middle blocker Josephine Ough (4) goes up for a block during a recent home match at the University Credit Union Center.

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Giants get good use out of Interstate 80

Since 2020, 20 NFL teams have started the season 0-2. Not one has advanced to postseason play.

n OTTOTW threw a massive pick-six here last week. Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hack ett is not the NFL’s youngest coach at age 42. A number of sideline supervisors, notably Sean McVay of the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams, are in their late 30s.

n One of the great base steal ers of all time, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Maury Wills, died at age 89 on Monday. Wills was the National League Most Valuable Player in 1962.

That season, he stole 104 bases to break Ty Cobb’s previous record of 97. He led the National League in steals from 1960-65. Future San Francisco Giants manager Roger Craig pitched for the hapless New York Mets in ’62. Wills singled off him that year and Craig threw to first base 12 consecutive times to try and hold Wills close. When Craig at last threw another pitch, Wills

stole second base.

Craig was a good pitcher on a wretched club. His won-lost record in two Mets seasons was 15-46 in 88 total appearances as a starter and reliever. Ques tioned by more than one New York scribe about it, Craig replied, “Do you know how good you have to be to get sent out there that many times?”

Now 92 years old, Craig lives in Arizona.

n Dodger Stadium opened in 1962 and celebrates its 60th anniversary this season. It is the third-oldest MLB park behind Fenway Park (1912) in Boston and Wrigley Field (1916) in Chi cago.

Think of all the cities with new or fairly new parks replacing stadia built in the 1960s and ’70s.

n Recommended endofsummer reading: “Ocean Prey” by John Sandford. The latest in Sandford’s long-running Lucas Davenport series.

n In just two games, Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams now knows what many knew already.

That is, Derek Carr isn’t Aaron Rodgers.

n If somehow St. Louis Cardi nals first baseman/designated hitter Albert Pujols is stuck at 699 career home runs on the last day of the regular season, bet the house on this:

All he will see from any Pitts burgh Pirates pitcher is a room service, batting practice “fast ball” right down the heart of the plate.

Due to lockout rescheduling,

the Cardinals face the Pirates six games in a row at season’s end.

Hopefully it won’t come to that.

n Mike Yastrzemski is having a rough year at the plate for the Giants, but the organization would be smart to keep him around. He still plays excellent defense and his presence in the clubhouse should not be under estimated.

n The Giants, through Friday, have made a total of 430 player transactions since the beginning of the year.

That’s a lot of trips up and down Interstate 80 to Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento and Oracle Park. The former is the home of the Sacramento River Cats, which is the Giants’ Triple-A team.

n Want to know the real rea son Major League Baseball will have a pitch clock next season? Network television.

Several years ago, ESPN and FOX both let Commissioner Rob Manfred and the Lords of

Baseball (i.e., owners) know that nationally televised games were running too long.

They were correct. Nineinning games were routinely tak ing well over three hours to play. In some cases, notably New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox games. went four hours or longer. The extra time was interfering with both networks’ other program ming.

So, the pitch clock was insti tuted in the minor leagues, the thought being that if pitchers and hitters each had to adhere to a clock, game times would be shortened.

They have been, and that’s why MLB, with a push from its lifeblood, TV dollars, will have a clock.

The longtime radio and tele vision color man on UC Davis football broadcasts, Doug Kelly is director of communications for Battlefields2Ballfields and man aging general partner of Kelly & Associates. Contact him at DKelly1416@aol.com.

Blue Devil girls serve up a victory to remain undefeated

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The Davis High girls ten nis team remained unde feated in Delta League action on Thursday.

The Blue Devils posted a quick 9-0 win over Shel don.

Davis head coach Sally Hosley said she didn’t play her top four singles players.

But 24 hours earlier, Davis (4-0 in the DL) recorded one of its biggest wins of the season as it knocked off defending league champion Pleasant Grove 6-3.

“This was a huge win for us,” Hosley said.

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wins came in the singles portion of the match.

Maria Anderson, Ellie Chang, May Edmonds and Charlotte Sloane were the singles winners, all in straight sets.

Davis’ doubles teams of Alena Voss-Cloe Lamou reux and Natalie HerschInkyung Hwang were winners. Their matches went three sets each before producing wins.

The Blue Devils host St. Francis in another league match on Tuesday at 3:45 p.m.

DHS girls golf

The Davis High girls golf team shot a season-best in knocking off Cosumnes Oaks in a Delta League match at the Wildhorse Golf Club on Thursday.

Davis posted a 222 score. Cosumnes Oaks only had four players for the match. Five players are needed for a league match.

Blue Devil Alessandra Trask finished par, par, birdie to surge into the lead and finish tied for medalist honors with Cosumnes Oaks’ Priyana Singh at 40 each.

Other Davis golfers who recorded scores were Saera

Ojha (43), Sydney Tuss (44), Ashlyn Swanson (45) and Brooklyn Bolnik (50).

DHS volleyball

The Davis High volley ball team fell to Cosumnes Oaks in a Delta League match on Thursday.

The Wolfpack won in straight sets at 28-26, 25-16, 25-19.

Nicole Risch had 15 assists and seven digs for Davis (3-2 in the DL, 12-4).

Olivia Kim had nine digs for the Blue Devils. Team mate Lena Sundin had seven kills.

Tessa Schouten had four blocked shots.

BUSH: Judge closing in on historic Yankee mark

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to be realistic. Their chances of grabbing the wild card, with the Mil waukee Brewers, Philadel phia Phillies, Atlanta Braves in front of them, are pretty slim.

n When I was a sports writer at the Lodi NewsSentinel, prior to coming to The Enterprise, one of my office duties was

downloading professional sports stories and briefs for the daily print edition.

Anytime I came across stories regarding New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, I always added in those stories that he’s a Linden product or Linden High graduate.

You’re going to read, hear and see his name a little bit more once he breaks and eventually

becomes the new home run king among American League players.

Roger Maris is the alltime AL leader at 61 home runs; Judge is currently at 60.

On top of that, Judge could become a Triple Crown winner; he leads the league in home runs, batting average and RBIs in the same season. Miguel Cabrera won Major

League Baseball’s crown in 2012.

n By the way, or BTW for the older generation, here’s your geographical lesson for today: Linden is in San Joaquin County, east of Stockton.

Who says you can’t learn from a journalist?

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

DHS field hockey

The Davis High girls field hockey team posted a nar row 2-1 win over Corning in a road game Thursday.

Aurora Hogan scored both goals for Davis (4-0 in

the Eastern Athletic League, 5-2).

Ella Evans had six saves for the Blue Devils.

Davis will host Red Bluff at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium on Tuesday at 5 p.m.

Tax-the-rich dynamics are different

There’sa ditty that captures Californians’ attitudes about taxes: “Don’t tax you, don’t tax me, tax the fellow behind the tree.”

It explains why California vot ers are usually willing to impose new taxes on the state’s most affluent residents and why the state has, by far, the highest income tax rates of any state, topping out at 13.3%.

In this century, the syndrome has been evident in three elec tions, beginning in 2004 when Darrell Steinberg, then a state legislator and now mayor of Sac ramento, and mental health advocacy groups proposed boosting the tax rate on incomes over $1 million by one percent age point to expand services to the mentally ill.

Eight years later, in 2012, Gov. Jerry Brown sponsored a ballot measure that added four new tax rate brackets on incomes over $250,000 for seven years, saying the proceeds, about $6 billion a

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year, were needed to keep the state budget solvent.

Four years later, a coalition of public employee unions and pro gram advocacy groups backed another measure to extend Brown’s temporary increase until 2030.

All were successful, in part because the wealthy people who would pay the additional taxes didn’t mount any opposition campaigns.

Once again, California voters are being asked to impose more taxes on high-income taxpayers, but this time, the dynamics are markedly different.

Proposition 30, primarily sponsored by the Lyft ride ser vice company but with support from environmental and health groups, would raise the rate on incomes of $2 million or more by 1.75 percentage points, push ing California’s top rate to just over 15%. Proceeds would sup port climate change resistance efforts.

This time, however, wealthy Californians are donating heavily to a campaign against the mea sure. At least one reason might be that under a 2017 federal tax overhaul, they can no longer deduct state and local taxes (SALT) over $10,000 on their federal tax returns.

In effect, that means that Cali fornia’s high-income taxpayers now feel the full brunt of state tax increases. The SALT cap also encourages some of the state’s wealthy to leave California for low- or no-income tax states such as neighboring Nevada, Texas or Florida — electric car

tycoon Elon Musk most spectac ularly.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic politicians have been trying to scrap the SALT deduction limit on behalf of California and other high-tax states, such as New York, but so far have failed.

This week saw another unusual wrinkle in the perpetual efforts to increase taxes on the wealthy: The campaign against Proposition 30 is broadcasting an ad in which Gov. Gavin New som denounces the measure, cit ing Lyft’s sponsorship.

“Don’t be fooled. Prop 30’s been advertised as a climate ini tiative,” Newsom says. “But in reality, it was devised by a single corporation to funnel state income taxes to benefit their company. Put simply, Prop 30 is a trojan horse that puts corpo rate welfare above the fiscal wel fare of our entire state.”

It bolsters the opposition cam paign’s contention that Lyft

wants the new money for climate change programs because it would subsidize a state mandate that it and other ride companies convert their fleets to zero emis sion vehicles.

Newsom’s opposition is just one of the strange bedfellows makeup of campaigns for and against Proposition 30. His Democratic Party has endorsed the measure, as have groups that have been Newsom allies on cli mate change. But the California Teachers Association joins him in opposition, improbably aligned with the state Republi can Party and anti-tax groups. This time around, therefore, one cannot say that raising taxes on the rich will be an easy sell.

— CalMatters is a public inter est journalism venture commit ted to explaining how California's state Capitol works and why it matters. For more stories by Dan Walters, go to Commentary.

Serving on the Davis Planning Commis sion for almost five years has enabled me to have frequent contact with City Council members, particularly Dan Carson.

During my tenure the commission has carefully reviewed many proposed develop ment projects, forwarding them to the Council with recommendations for approval or denial. Some of those projects have been large and complex, and have not always garnered unanimous commission support. Even when the commission recommends approval, we often pass along concerns and suggested changes to Council.

In some instances the commission’s con cerns will prompt council to defer action. In such cases the council will typically appoint a subcommittee to negotiate improvements to the project. Dan Carson has often been one of the key council members involved with such negotiations, which can entail many months of protracted and detailed discussions.

The result has been better final projects that reflect the values and priorities of Davis. This is the type of largely unknown but vitally important behind-the-scenes efforts in which Dan has been involved — work that has made Davis a better place for everyone.

A good example is the proposed Plaza 2555 apartments, located at the intersection of Cowell and Research Drive. The commis sion recommended approval of the project on a split vote in 2018, but registered con cern that with many four- and five-bedroom units, the project was yet another large stu dent-oriented complex that would not meet the needs of Davis families. Council assigned a committee including Dan and Council woman Partida to negotiate a better project.

The result was a family-oriented apart ment project approved by council in Novem ber 2020, including an innovative affordable housing plan that included the developer’s donation of an acre for the future site of the Yolo Crisis Nursery. Last month the Plan ning Commission completed design review and other final approvals for the project, and more recently gave the green light to the design for Yolo Crisis Nursery.

This is an example of the tireless but per haps little-known work Dan does on behalf of the Davis community. Please join me in enabling him to continue such work for another term.

Greg Rowe Davis

Garamendi climate legislation

The Yolo Chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby thanks Rep. John Garemendi for vot ing for the Inflation Reduction Act. As the biggest climate legislation ever passed in the U.S., this bill is a step in the right direction. It makes investments in renewable energy, electric vehicles, and sustainable land prac tices.

We also thank Rep. Garamendi for cosponsoring the bipartisan National Cli mate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act (NCARS, H.R. 6461). This bill sets the framework necessary for responding to the ever increasing climate induced disasters.

At the ages of 18 and 77, we are the youngest and oldest members of our CCL chapter. We admire Rep. Garamendi’s work on an issue that is very important for future generations.

Stuart Pettygrove and Jared Umphress Davis

Zombie Bike Ride

Congratulations to The Davis Enterprise on an excellent “Welcome to Davis” maga zine insert. Anne Ternus-Bellamy’s inter view with DDBA ED Brett Maresca was great, but I wanted to be clear that the date for the Zombie Bike Ride is not TBD. It’s Sunday the Oct. 30 from noon to 3 p.m. and is free to the community.

Join us along the Davis Bike Loop and who knows who or what might be ready to surprise and delight you along the way. The route map and other information is at https://www.zombiebikeparade.com/. Afterwards come to Community Park at 3:30 to see Skydance Skydiving Zombies fall from the sky.

And with your last burst of energy come to the Zombie Mash After Party on E Street Plaza with DJ Duc Jones, Fire Uni versity and more Zombies! Event proceeds to benefit Norcal Trykers. Many thanks to our sponsors, partners and to the Davis Odd Fellows.

Michelle Weiss Davis

Support Vaitla

Please join me in voting for Bapu Vaitla, running for the Davis City Council in District 1, the area west of Rt. 113. This is the first time we have had a City Council election in District 1. The election is sched uled for November 8, but ballots will be

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Bapu is an outstanding candidate. He has been a member or chair of the City’s Social Services Commission for over three years; his support has been crucial in imple menting the City’s new outreach program to provide housing and services to the many unhoused people in Davis. He has also been a member of the Cool Davis board of direc tors, the local community organization pursuing environmental action issues.

Although he grew up in L.A., Bapu lived in Davis for many years while earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at UC Davis. He then received his Ph.D. at Tufts Univer sity on the economics of child malnutrition, and did a postdoc at Harvard on climate change and food security. After working throughout the world for many years, he returned to Davis 5 years ago because he regards Davis as home. Bapu lives in Village Homes; I am also a resident of West Davis, living at University Retirement Community. If you live in West Davis, please join me in voting for Bapu Vaitla for City Council. For more information, please go to the web site: bapu4davis.org.

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Water assistance

On behalf of the residents of Rancho Yolo Senior Community, I would like to express our sincere thanks and gratitude for the response to our recent water crisis. When our water main sprang a major leak, water for all 350 residents had to be shut off. Some sections of our mobile home park were without water for two days.

While our park manager, John Bur mester, provided emergency bottled water as best he could, the need was great and his attention had to be focused on finding and

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fixing the leak. Residents stepped up and also provided and delivered water that helped neighbors cope.

News of our water crisis made it to Jer emy Ferguson of the Davis Public Works department and Mike Webb, City Manager, and then to Mayor Lucas Frerichs.

Mayor Frerichs and Jeremy Ferguson contacted me to let me know that the City could help us. Lt. John Evans, from the Davis Police Department, coordinated an effort to deliver from Woodland a pallet of 50 cases of bottled water from an emer gency stash.

What a great response that was from the Davis Police Department!

Five officers assisted in various aspects of getting, delivering and distributing the water. Residents were pleased to see the police “mule” being driven around by 3 smiling officers handing out cases. They were also relieved to be able to pick up water at our parking lot.

While our water is back on and our crisis has now ended, our thanks remain.

We wish to acknowledge the assistance of the following city staff: Mayor Lucas Fre richs; City Manager Mike Webb; Deputy director of public works utilities and opera tions Jeremy Furguson; Public Works staff Adrienne Heinig, assistant to the director, Jeff Winslow, water-distribution crew supervisor, and Sherry Kimura, water qual ity compliance specialist; City Manager staff Barbara Archer, communications and cus tomer service manager, and Jenny Tan, director of community engagement; Davis police Lt. John Evans, Lt. James MacNiven, parking enforcement officers Kemper Wil liams and Joel Troche, code enforcement Officer Eric Perez and Chief Darren Pytel.

Thank you all!

Elizabeth Lasensky Davis

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Editor’s note: No, that’s exactly what this is

Idon't know what the aver age person thinks an editor does. My guess is the average person never thinks about edi tors or editing ever. No hard feel ings.

But I think about it constantly because it's been my job for many years. Professionally, I was an associate editor for The Enterprise, and editor for UC Davis, and now an editor for EdSource. Personally, I've edited stuff for every community group I've been part of, and every fam ily member, friend and acquain tance who asks. I love it.

In the loftiest sense, the way I describe editing to someone who is unfamiliar is that editors try to make a story its most readable and engaging.

Fact-checking, grammar and punctuation and AP Style are also part of the job, but your overarching goal is to get people to want to read your story.

There's a bossiness and

arrogance that probably comes with the job: "I know better than you how your story should go." This is often hard to take for a writer, and I've gotten better over the years or remembering "the sandwich method" — give a compliment, highlight a prob lem area, give a compliment — when talking to writers about their work.

Example: "Wow, you sure did use all the words you know! Now let's get rid of about 95% of them. Also, nice font choice!"

I kid, but one thing a good editor does is learn how to read the writer's skin-thickness. In

my earliest days, I assumed writers would be thrilled to be told their stories sucked.

Sometimes when a person finds out that I'm an editor, she will ask if I'd read something for her ... maybe cut it down to meet a word limit, or read it for clarity. If my husband, S is around, he always asks if the person has ever had anything edited because it's not easy to hear your story is not as great as you think it is. Side note: I have edited S's work many times and I regularly for get to tell him I like it before I jump right into criticizing.

What a good editor should always start with is, "Your story is great! Now let's get people to read it!" That helps ease the pain of the chopping that is to come.

The chopping, by the way, is often necessary for newer writers who are afraid to leave anything

COVID’s legacy — the end of service

By LLeweLLyn King Special to The Enterprise

The wreckage from COVID continues to litter our lives. We work differently, play dif ferently and are entertained differ ently.

For all I know, romance isn’t how it was. How can it be? So many fell in love, or just into dating, at work. When Zooming at home, that doesn’t quite cut it.

Customer service of all kinds has been laid waste. Excuse the bit ter laughter, but what was for a while called the service economy was sent packing by COVID, as companies in droves found out they could serve less and get the same money.

Let us start with the airlines. If you have had the misfortune to take a flight, you are as likely suffer ing from your own brand of PTSD. You may get counseling at the YMCA or find a support group online.

First off, booking online. This isn’t for the faint of heart. Some people aren’t computer-wise but don’t think you can call the airlines and get help. That is so last century. You had best find one of the few independent travel agents still in business. This person, you soon learn, will book you on Expe dia and charge you a fee for doing the obvious. What price hassle reduction?

The TSA security infuriates us all. More so since COVID, because no one wants to put on the uniform when they can get work where everyone doesn’t hate them.

It didn’t have to be this way. If the airlines and their friendly regulator, the FAA, had just put locks on cock pit doors after the first hijackings in the 1950s, chances are there would have been no 9/11, no TSA, and I could keep my shoes on and TSA hands off. If you like being patted down, get a dog.

Then there is the cash conun drum. On banknotes, it says, “This note is legal tender for all debts public and private.” Not anymore. Try using cash at the airline coun ter. Not since COVID do they take it.

I saw a sad situation when a young woman, already pulled up short for having to pay for checking her backpack, was told to convert her cash into a credit voucher at a machine, which has suddenly appeared near the check-in — for another fee, of course. Friendly skies, eh?

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Once you have paid extra for lug gage, extra for a marginally larger seat, extra to board early, and extra for Wi-Fi, you might think all is well, and it is time for the boarding scrum. No way. The flight is can celed. No pilot. To my mind, that would be a critical job in aviation, and if you have the temerity to run an airline, you might want to have a few extra pilots. Soon, the airlines may ask passengers to pop forward and handle the controls — for a fee, of course.

Banksresponded to COVID by closing branches and putting ATM machines in parking lots.

Maybe you have tried to pay your credit card bill when it is already in arrears because the bank card com pany has stopped sending out paper bills without telling you? Next thing is they are calling you in the middle of dinner to tell you that your credit is being damaged by your being tardy paying. “No problem,” you tell the recorded voice, which has just ruined dinner.

Don’t do that unless you have half a day to spare because you don’t call the bank and speak to someone — it used to be a person, but they are now a “representative” who has just crossed the border and sent to a call center by a Southern governor. They know enough Eng lish to tell you they are trying to col lect a debt, not solve your problem because you don’t have the paper bill.

You give up. You don’t care about your credit score anymore. You read this person the information from your check and ask them to take the money and do something unsani tary with their card. Over? Hell no. Later, you will get a letter from the “customer relations team” telling you impolitely that your check didn’t clear because you gave them the wrong routing number.

Hotels also have jumped at the opportunity to stick it to you since the COVID outbreak. You have to beg to have your room cleaned, even though you pay hundreds of dollars a night. More begging for towels. When you complain about how you are being treated, they say this is for your safety due to COVID.

The hospitality industry is reeling from COVID. Yes. Reeling it in.

Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.

out. They also suffer from having spent two hours interviewing an enthusiastic subject who talked and talked but didn't actually say anything. Still, though, a new writer feels like that subject should be heavily quoted because "She spent so much time talking to me!" No, not if you are focused on the reader.

When I worked at The Enter prise as an editor, I was a bit more ruthless than I am now. Being an editor of professional writers is done in large part with the publication in mind. We want the newspaper to look good, credible and engaging; if your story is not advancing those goals, it will be rewritten by me, you or the boss above me.

Editing students' work has those goals, too, but you also have to be mindful of not cam ouflaging a student's abilities. My work at UCD with students and now at EdSource — where I am the editor of 10 college

journalists from schools across California — has added to my understanding of good editing.

Obviously, for me to com pletely rewrite a student's story and have him pass it off as his work when applying for jobs is misleading at best, hoodwinking at worst. And it's also not fair to a student to push him forward into the journalism world with out the writing skills he needs.

But at the top of the pyramid of editing students' work is help ing them get better. For me that means not losing that writer's voice in the editing process. The way a person uses vocabulary and phrasing and tone are all part of her writing voice. And it's important to make those voices be heard.

— Tanya Perez lives in Davis with her family. Her column is published every other Sunday. Reach her at pereztanyah@ gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter at @californiatanya.

Opening Bob’s Rhubarb Lounge

By RoBeRt C. KoehLeR Special to The Enterprise

Michael suggested the name Bob’s Rhubarb Lounge. I couldn’t stop laughing, at least on the inside. I imagined com missioning someone to make a neon sign with those words, maybe 10 feet high. I’d place it in front of my house, of course.

Why not? The point of the lounge would be to serve as a place where peo ple can explore the meaning of life, just as I once explored the meaning of rhu barb. The imagination has no limits! At the same time, it has all sorts of lim its, some of which are deeply painful.

All this emerged from an event at the house last week. My daughter, Ali son — the Stained Glass Poet — who came to Chicago from Paris, is the one who organized it. “We should do a reading, Dad.”

A reading at the house. I was a little taken aback, having lived essentially as a hermit for the last couple of years. This is not something I would have imagined, but soon enough a skeptical “hmmm” morphed into “wow.” It’s not like we filled Soldier Field or anything. Maybe 15 people came. We pretty much filled up the living room. I was amazed, relieved, overjoyed.

Both Alison and I read some poetry — Alison performing with her friends Erin and Michael, two documentary filmmakers who also happen to be musicians. They backed up her poetry on guitar and drums.

I read half-a-dozen poems, all of them exploratory in ways I couldn’t imagine, except as poems. I read about my relationship with my father, my relationship with snow (and snow balls), my relationship with fire, my relationship with . . . well, rhubarb. Yes, I confess: I read a poem called “The Coming of the Rhubarb” — the mysterious, annual arrival of rhubarb into my backyard. The poem, which wanders into some strange places, ends thus:

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. . And the rhubarb has been pushing up through the ground here in my yard for 30 years, since before my daughter’s birth, and I am so grateful for it.

The worms have disappeared but the rhubarb so miraculously keeps coming back and yesterday I went outside with my notebook and looked at the progress of the rhu barb, red-green hands reaching up in fetal wonder, life emerging screaming a billion years of evolving.

Nature isn’t just a chunk of scen ery or the scary and powerful behavior of

inanimate huge forces like wind or waves or rockslide gravity but … life LIFE that ugly fetal rump red-green cervical wounded emergence up push breaking of earth soil soul.

Oh how do I break words into pieces fine enough to bless the process of life becoming aware of itself?

I can’t share a poem without won dering what the hell a poem actually is. I fear that any activity that happens to fall under the label “art” becomes vul nerable to, shall we say, cultural kid napping. It’s either good or bad, in some condescending, externally deter mined way. Art is exclusive! Only some people are “artists.” I can’t stand this.

I taught writing for many years, at college, high school and even elemen tary-school levels; it was side work to my career as a journalist. The starting point was always this: Everyone can write! Everyone has a voice. The key is finding it, letting it come forth. The other stuff comes later: the sharpen ing, the polishing, the digging. And yeah, the spelling, the grammar. But too often the “other stuff” is all that’s taught. It’s imposed on both children and adults before they actually know they can write, far too often turning it into no more than a dreary chore. Teaching can too easily push students out of the subject being taught — teaching them only that they’re no good at it. In particular, this is too often what happens with those sub jects labeled “art."

So in the midst of the reading a “what if” feeling began emerging in me, resonating louder and louder. Sev eral guys who came later performed their own songs on Erin’s guitar. A number of fabulous musicians were present. I started imagining an event where everyone feels their inner artist awaken — where people can partici pate both at their best and at their most frightened and uncertain. What ever that might mean.

It felt indigenous.

Bob’s Rhubarb Lounge is just start ing to take shape, in and maybe beyond my imagination. I guess that’s called fetal wonder. There’s no neon sign yet.

Robert Koehler (koehlercw@ gmail.com), syndicated by PeaceVoice is an award-winning Chicago journal ist and editor. He is the author of Cour age Grows Strong at the Wound.

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