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Judge upholds charge in cold-case homicide

Keep on burning

Partida, Vaitla take leads in early count

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy

WOODLAND — More than 13 years passed between Monica Turknett’s apparent murder and the arrest of a suspect in the case.

West Sacramento police took Robert Wyly Spurlin Jr. into custody back in July, and that’s when he made an incriminating comment, authorities say.

During the booking process at the Yolo County Jail, a correctional officer asked Spurlin whether he had any security concerns. Spurlin replied that he did.

“My old girlfriend that I murdered had friends that are bikers, like white pride,” Spurlin allegedly said, according to the correctional officer, Yolo County Sheriff’s Deputy Nathan Dahl.

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A firefighter keeps watch over a controlled burn at the Cache Creek Preserve earlier this year. A “cultural burn” demonstration and workshop is planned at the Woodland-based preserve for Nov. 10 through 12, weather permitting. The burn — which will be done in accordance with First Nation traditions — will be conducted by state and local fire agencies.

Hosted by the Cache Creek Conservancy, the event is informed by the Cache Creek Conservancy’s Tending and Gathering Garden Advisory Committee. Named the “Leok Po,” which in the Wintun language means “Good Fire,” it is scheduled at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve, 34199 County Road 20. A cultural awareness and burn plan review is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday; with tours of a past burn and discussion of the environmental effects at 10:30 a.m.

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UCD quiz show shows industry news

By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer Fifteen business students from UC Davis, Riverside, San Diego, and Los Angeles showed off their knowledge of financial news in competed in a “Jeopardy”-like fashion.

Squaring off into five teams of three, UCD had two squads and a few rights to brag at the university’s first Biz Quiz, held over two days: Friday, Nov. 4, and Saturday, Nov. 5. It included business news questions from Sept. 15 to Oct. 30. The event was sponsored by the UC Davis Graduate School of Management and Financial Times, a global business publication.

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GSM students competing as Team GUM, from left, Gordon Chang, Umang Kulshrestha and Mika Shang, ponder a question in the UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz on Saturday, Nov. 5.

Taking the first initials of its teammates’ first names, Gordon Chang, Umang Kulshrestha and Mika Shang, UCD Team “GUM”

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The beer industry in the last couple-of-hundred years has “become a type of middle-aged, whiteman kind of business,” says Dr. Glen Fox, academic director of the UC Davis Master Brewers Certificate Program.

In fact, a demographic survey by the Brewers Association of 9,000 craft breweries revealed that women make up only 22.6 percent of craft brewery owners. Meanwhile, 88.4 percent of brewery owners identify as white, and 1 percent identified as Black, as

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Beer program brews up diversity scholarships

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Bapu Vaitla and Gloria Partida held sizable leads in early returns on Tuesday evening as the race for Davis City Council drew to a close.

Vaitla is running in District 1, which encompasses West Davis, where he is in a three-way race with incumbent Councilman Dan Carson and fellow challenger Kelsey Fortune.

As of 8:25 p.m., Vaitla had almost 60 percent of the vote in that race, followed by Carson with 27 percent and Fortune with almost 13 percent.

A total of 2,307 ballots had been counted.

In District 4, encompassing East Davis, incumbent

cited in an article titled, “Craft Beer Faces a Gender and Race Reckoning” in Civil Eats, a nonprofit food news publication.

So, to tap the brewing potential of a diverse pool of applicants to the world-renowned UC Davis Master Brewers Certificate Program and its “Brewing Quality” series of online courses, the UC Davis Master Brewers Certificate Program is seeking applicants for its “Tapping Potential” scholarships.

“There’s so much value in having people of color

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Find a way to keep teachers here P AY THEM WHAT THEY’RE WORTH ...

“Teachers keep up pressure for higher wages at board meeting,” said the front-page headline in Davis’ Only Local newspaper.

It’s well known that the DJUSD has some of the best teachers in California, but we lose some to nearby schools every year because of salary concerns.

On top of that, if Davis is to become the carbon-neutral city it hopes to be, we shouldn’t have teachers driving out of town every day in search of a better living.

SPEAKING OF SCHOOL BOARDS ... The message arrived via text as I began to ponder what I was going to have for lunch.

“This is Ian Arnold,” it began.

“With 20 years experience working with school districts, I am the best candidate for Dixon School Board.”

Good to know, Ian. If I ever

move to Dixon, you have my vote, for sure.

GAS PAINS ... I was in Greeley, Colorado a week or so ago and gas was $3.49 a gallon. When I got home, gas here was $5.49 a gallon.

I’m trying to do the math to see if it’s worth driving to Greeley the next time I need a fill-up.

In any regard, we’re still checking the mail every day for Gavin’s Gas Giveaway Gift Card that has yet to arrive.

GAS MATH EXPLAINED ...

For those who flunked arithmetic in second grade, a nearby newspaper recently explained how to decide where you should pump your gas.

“You can calculate your savings with the number of gallons you put in multiplied by the price per gallon. Do this for both the warehouse price and a non-warehouse station. Then, find the difference.”

You don’t say.

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LECTION BLUES ... I don’t know about you, but with only 40 percent of the town allowed to vote this time around, it was awfully hard to get excited about the City Council election.

Already, prominent Davis politicos are discussing putting this whole discredited district debacle on the ballot and letting the entire electorate decide this issue instead of leaving it to our cowering council members.

ON THE DOLE ... Like so many

other Americans, I have involuntarily paid into Social Security my entire adult life, and I get awfully tired of mean-spirited politicians acting as if it’s some sort of welfare program that no one deserves. As if anyone can actually survive on a monthly Social Security check alone.

TREE DAVIS ... Every now and then, while riding my ‘56 Schwinn around town, I’ll look skyward and spot the top of a tall palm tree I’ve never seen before. Because these trees have such skinny trunks, you might not ever see them until they emerge in the sky dozens of feet above every other species.

I think it’s time for Tree Davis to determine once and for all which palm tree is the tallest in Davis.

They may not be native to this area, but they sure are majestic.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

QUIZ: Queries vary from soccer to world economic news From Page A1 included Lucas Haskins, Vaibhav Kumar, and Ranjani Ramachandran; together, they fought to “leverage individual strengths and win.”

As Jim Kelly, UCD Senior Assistant Dean of Finance and Administration asked a question, the competitors tried as quickly and to answer it accurately.

Sometimes the 15-second time limit would run out, and at other times, the contestants knew the answer before Kelly got through asking it. With a click of their team’s buzzer, the answers to such questions were tallied by judges.

Going into the final round on Saturday morning, UCSD had 24 points, UCLA had 15, and UCD had 10. Silence followed Kelly’s first question that

round. “Chinese billionaire, Guo Guangchang, is the chairman and co-founder of Fosun group. What English football team does Fosun own?” The answer: Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The quiz varied in topic, be it the name of Italy’s first female prime minister (Giorgia Meloni) or the losses various banks incurred by the financing of software company Citrix.

The questions were projected behind the contestant stage for the audience to see clearly. That is if the contestants didn’t buzz the correct answer before the question was read completely.

From FT’s list of news coverage areas, contestants were given 10 categories to focus on. Chang explained that they ranged from

energy-related news to market trend analyses and the world economy.

Because UCSD and UCD were “neck and neck” in speed, Chang said they interrupted the questioner to blurt out their answer.

“As long as we felt we got the gist of the question, we were like, ‘we won’t give them a chance to answer,’” Chang said.

As future Biz Quizzes get planned, Dean at the Graduate School of Management H. Rao Unnava said the questions themselves will increasingly change from memory to conceptual. The goal would be to show more than rote memorization but understanding and reasoning for an answer.

Previously, a business professor at Ohio State University, Unnava ran the Biz Quiz for seven

years, boasting about 16 undergraduate teams and partnering with the Wall Street Journal. Unnava hopes the Biz Quiz at UCD will grow to include more teams in future years.

To prepare for the competition, Chang focused his study time on “Moral Money” (environmental, social and governance) and “The Big Read.” The latter, he explained as “a much broader category with coverage of areas such as politics and science and is unique in its long-form format.”

“I think the questions were fair,” added Shang.

“It wasn’t like they chose really hard ones. Some of them were kind of unexpected.”

As a team, Chang said the Ags built up a shared database of questions based

on what they thought were the key insights from each article. He explained that each team member would generate two to three questions for two categories where they were the primary reader.

Later, a team member created a quiz simulator to draw questions from the pool. “The team used the simulator to mimic the competition: we would split our team into two, and their advisor acted as the host and question reader,” he said.

Before each of these mock quiz sessions, he would review the questions he wrote up in his assigned categories, as well as any questions that were missed by both teams in the previous sessions.

— Contact Monica Stark at monica@davisenter prise.net.

Living

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Keep gratitude front-and-center n Editor’s note: This column first ran ahead of Thanksgiving 2017.

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ast Saturday, after dropping off a vanload of out-grown clothes and well-loved toys at SPCA, my daughter, Maev, and I ducked into the book section of the store for a quick browse.

We laughed as we realized that we either owned or had donated most of the books in the store. But one unfamiliar title caught our attention: “The Four Things That Matter Most” by Ira Byock. I jokingly said to Maev, “I don’t have time to read this book or even buy it, but let’s look at the first chapter and find out what those four things might be. If they’re in the title, they must be important.”

We flipped through the pages until we found the four things listed. They were impressive and they did, indeed, matter: “Please forgive me,” “I forgive you,” “Thank you” and “I love you.”

I didn’t get far beyond these words before I realized we were late for our next appointment. I put the book back on the shelf and hurried off to our next errand.

But those 11 words stayed with me through the weekend: “Please forgive me,” “I forgive you,” “Thank you” and “I love you.”

On Monday morning, I returned to the store to buy that book. I searched the section where we had found it on Saturday, but it was not there. I asked the workers and

other shoppers to keep their eyes open for the title, but nobody found it. Oddly, in the same nonfiction section and very near where “The Four Things that Matter Most” had stood, was a book I hadn’t noticed on Saturday.

A book that, while very different and much less graceful, helped lead me to the writing of this column. That book was called “Spending the Holidays with People I want to Punch in the Throat” by Jen Mann.

In two weeks, we will celebrate Thanksgiving. And while it is my favorite day, my most anticipated meal and my most treasured family gathering, too many people spend it wanting to punch each other in the throat.

The Internet is full of stories about “surviving our dysfunctional families during the holidays” and “Thanksgiving guests who will drive you crazy.” You don’t need to search long to find advice on “dealing” with your uncle who drinks too much, your angry, grudge-holding brother, your ultra-conservative aunt,

your sensitive snowflake cousin or your sister-in-law who criticizes your outfit and your cooking.

We are told to “practice tolerance,” “take deep breaths” and “keep upsetting topics off-limits.”

For heaven’s sake.

In all the advice available on the World Wide Web, I did not find one site that suggested we actually love the flawed people joining us for dinner. Not one bullet-point mentioned forgiving them for their imperfections and not one helpful hint proposed that we might ask forgiveness for ours. Not once was it recommended that we might, on this national day of thanks, consider being thankful for them.

Imagine what might happen if we promised to apply those four things that matter to every person seated around our Thanksgiving table.

What if we actually looked each of them in the eye and resolved, quietly in our minds, “I hope you can forgive me for not understanding.” And, “I forgive you for not understanding me.” And, “I’m grateful for the things our differences are teaching me.” And, “I love you because you are my (family) (friend) (sharing my Thanksgiving table).”

One lucky Davis bargain shopper took “The Four Things That Matter Most” home with them from the SPCA thrift store. And if they find the time to read it and

commit to practicing those four things that matter most, I guarantee you, it won’t matter if the china matches or they use the good silver. And it won’t matter if the turkey is dry or the gravy is lumpy or the cranberry sauce is from a can.

If the person who bought that book can practice the four simple things that matter most, theirs will be the happiest Thanksgiving table in Davis, in California and maybe in the whole USA. — Shelley Dunning is a Davis resident and a mom of four. Reach her at dunningsm@gmail.com.

Grill-Roasted Vegetables with Pine Nut Pesto This is my favorite Thanksgiving recipe and, more importantly, the favorite recipe of my favorite vegetarian. Food & Wine, November 2008. 12 servings Ingredients: 1 pound carrots, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 pound parsnips, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 pound Brussels sprouts, halved lengthwise One 2½-pound butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into ½-by-1½-inch pieces 2 large shallots, cut into ½-inch wedges 6 thyme sprigs ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil Salt and freshly ground pepper

¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons pine nuts 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 1 large garlic clove, thinly sliced ¼ cup freshly grated ParmigianoReggiano cheese Putting it together: In a large bowl, toss the carrots and parsnip pieces with the Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, shallots, thyme sprigs and ¼ cup of the olive oil. Season generously with salt and pepper.

Preheat gas grill to high heat (about 425 degrees). Place two perforated grill pans directly on the grate to heat for about 10 minutes. Divide the vegetables between the grill pans and grill over high heat, stirring and turning occasionally, until they are tender and lightly charred in spots, about 50 minutes.

Alternatively, roast the vegetables in a large roasting pan in a 425-degree oven, stirring them occasionally.

Meanwhile, in a small skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil.

Add the pine nuts and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until they are lightly browned, about 2 minutes. Add the butter and garlic and cook, stirring, until the pine nuts are browned and the garlic is golden, about 2 minutes.

Let cool, then transfer to a food processor. Add the grated cheese and the remaining 3 tablespoons of olive oil and pulse to a chunky puree. Season the pine nut pesto with salt.

Transfer the vegetables to a large bowl and toss with the pine nut pesto. Serve warm.

Welcome to November, followed by party time

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am always pleased to welcome November back into my life. Every second year that is a special delight because on the first Tuesday we finally have done with the election and the degrading, messy, expensive charade that has become, or perhaps always was.

This year I don’t care if “democracy is a stake” or “it’s the economy stupid,” because it is clearly both. However, the first is our problem and the second is a worldwide problem. I am not looking forward to the postelection shenanigans.

Also in November, we set the clocks back one hour so the mornings are lighter; I am more than willing to pay for that with evenings that are darker earlier. I think this is a vestigial emotion from my early days in Britain where the more northerly latitude of my home city (52.5 degrees north) made winter mornings of my childhood and youth an enduring misery. During World War II, Britain had Double Summer Time so the clocks were ahead of GMT all year around. I liked that.

November signals the end of the old year and the approach of the new one. I look forward to 2023 when I hope I can finally

shake off the ennui brought on by COVID and summon the energy to jump on an airplane and go somewhere.

November is also the start of the holiday season. We look forward now to Thanksgiving and family gatherings and, soon after, the celebration of Christmas and finally party time gone wild: New Year’s Eve. It’s also that time of years for fires in the hearth on cold dark winter nights under a blanket with a dear friend and a generous glass of a single-malt scotch — a little water, no ice — building castles in the flames and recalling fond memories.

Alcohol will doubtless be a common companion in the coming month or so and, for the most part, will be a delightful enhancement of whatever is going on: A loosener of tied tongues and a release from chained inhibitions, so that the relaxing effects of the

long evenings can be enjoyed to the full.

Leaving home to go to a party, however, brings on a whole new weight of concern. What brings this to mind is a story I read of a young couple who gaily attended a party and did more or less everything wrong. They were lucky to escape the evening without a major tragedy; they forgot to respect alcohol and did not act wisely around it.

It’s useful to think of alcohol as a toxin, or poison, by which a drinker can become intoxicated.

That raises a red flag! It is neither benign nor harmless but sneaky and deceiving. It can be siren that lures drinkers onto the rocks. A little alcohol can be delight, a lot of alcohol is a danger and an excessive of it can kill.

The alcohol in all alcoholic beverages is a small molecule of formula C2H5OH, formally called ethanol, and is among the simplest alcohols in a large class of such compounds. It is the result of yeast gaining energy from simple sugars to under anaerobic conditions, that is fermentation; the two carbons of ethanol derive from the original sugar molecule.

Once alcohol is taken into the body there is very little a drinker

can do to mitigate its effects.

Those effects are quite variable from person to person; gender, body size, ethnicity, age, familiarity with alcohol and rate of consumption all affect a drinker’s response to alcohol. However, nobody is immune to its effects on the brain.

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vercoming the effects of alcohol takes time. The body needs time to metabolize alcohol into harmless products mostly, by oxidation, to CO2 and H2O. Brewers have long said that there are 24 bottles of beer in a case of beer for a good reason: That’s one beer per hour for the whole day. That is a reasonable indicator of how fast an average human can process alcohol. Say around one drink per hour or so.

It is a truism that a drink is a drink, meaning that a bottle of beer or a standard serving of wine or spirits will supply about the same amount of alcohol. In a well-regulated bar that may be true. But at a party only the bottle of beer is a guaranteed single drink; a heavy pour of the other products may confound a drinker’s best intentions. For this reason, never ever drink the punch at

Sisson joins tobacco committee Enterprise staff Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson to the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee. Sisson has served as health officer of Yolo County since 2020.

She was a health officer and public health director at the Placer County Department of Health and Human Services from 2019 to 2020. Sisson was a public health medical Officer at the Workforce Development Section in the California Department of Public Health’s Chronic Disease Control Branch from 2017 to 2019, where

Name Droppers she was a public health medical officer in the Program Development Section from 2015 to 2017 and from 2008 to 2009.

Sisson was a Categorical General Surgery Intern at the UC Davis Medical Center from 2005 to 2006.

She is a Fellow at the American College of Preventive Medicine and the President at the California Academy of Preventive Medicine. Sisson is a member of the California Conference of Local Health Officers, the Health Officers Association of California and the California

Medical Association.

She earned a master of public health degree in epidemiology from UCD and a medical degree from the UCLA School of Medicine. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Sisson is a Democrat.

———— Approximately 1,600 students were named to Biola University’s Dean’s List in spring 2022. Biola students are placed on the dean’s list to honor those with a GPA of 3.6 or higher while enrolled in 12 or more credits and whose cumulative GPA is at least 3.2.

The students included Woodlanders Alissa Pascoe, majoring in nursing, and Kasidee Pascoe, majoring in comm sciences disorders.

“Inclusion in Biola University’s Dean’s List is reserved for students who demonstrate exceptional

a party because its alcohol content is unknown, but likely high.

Planning ahead can help with party survival. A party-goer should eat a full and satisfying meal before leaving home, the belly-filling nine yards. That may tend to promote alcohol processing in the stomach and also delay release of alcohol into the blood stream, both good things. But it only slows the absorption process and delays and lowers the onset of peak alcohol effect; a full stomach does not prevent alcohol’s effects, but stretches them out over a longer time.

So many drinkers seem to think alcohol improves their driving skill; this an error of judgement and misunderstanding with potentially serious consequences.

A wise drinker does not leave a party until ready, never early, and perhaps only after a quiet nap.

Uber solves a lot of problems.

That is always the best way to arrive and depart. I once attended an event of a few dozen beer wholesalers anxious to learn (back in the day) what this craftbeer thing was about.

They all arrived and left in Uber limos.

—Reach Michael Lewis at waleslewis792@gmail.com.

performance in their academic studies. This honor signifies hard work, engagement and investment in scholarship,” said Tamara Anderson, Associate Provost of Academic Effectiveness and Administration. “These attributes are the building blocks of continued success, not only in the classroom, but in the workplace and in the students’ personal lives. We

celebrate these students and their achievement, looking forward to their future accomplishments.”

Biola University is a nationally ranked Christian university in the heart of Southern California.

— Do you know of someone who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy? Email it to newsroom@davisenter prise.net.

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BREWS: UCD looks to expand opportunities COUNT: A long From Page A1 in this industry,” Fox said.

“We’re reaching out to people that represent the diversity.”

The Tapping Potential application deadline is Nov. 30. One $16,000 scholarship is available for the online Master Brewers Certificate Program, which starts in early 2023, and three scholarships are being offered to the selfpaced Brewing Quality courses. The applications are available on the UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education website - https://cpe.ucdavis. edu/areas-study/brewing/ scholarship.

Staff working within the Master Brewers Certificate Program have taken advice from people representing the DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) Community to ensure UCD is presenting these opportunities in the “right” way, Fox explained.

“That it’s not seen as just trying to tick some boxes.

We’re truly serious about bringing more women into the industry, bringing more people of color into the industry representing the LGBT communities,” he said.

“This industry is for everyone,” Fox said.

For thousands of years, women were brewers, and it was only in recent history that it became more of a man’s business, explained Fox. “As it became more industrialized, and it was seen as, as a result by men.

It’s sort of one of those selffulfilling prophecies,” he

said. “Men saw it as men’s business and wanted to get into it.”

Many of the great craft breweries in America have been regarded as a husband and wife partnership. The man is often seen as the face of the business, even when the woman does all the work, Fox continued.

“Still, there’s this crazy perception that brewing is a man’s business, and women weren’t given any acknowledgment. It’s been incredibly disappointing,” he said.

Preference to earning the scholarships will be given to those who have experience with or understand the difficulties the underrepresented populations face in the brewing industry. Also, the applicant should promote cross-cultural understanding in the brewing industry.

“Occasionally, we need someone who wants to be a little bit disruptive and challenges some paradigms. They’re the sort of people that we think will be what the industry needs.

We’re shaking, shaking the old tree, and looking for different things. We need other people as well, not just another white man.

One of last year’s recipients, Brazilian-born Mariana da Silva Schneider, said she felt empowered by the scholarship and a sense of pride for the person that she is fighting to become.

Having moved to Scandinavia eight years ago, Schneider started a women / queer international brewing collective named GLOW (global ladies of

wort) right before COVID to help bring awareness to the challenges minorities face in the industry. Those efforts were recognized by the scholarship committee.

“We felt that she represented what we wanted to bring to the industry,” Fox said, “lifting women’s position in the industry and making sure their voices are heard. Mariana was a great first-round applicant.”

Schneider said that no matter how hard she worked, she always felt she wasn’t enough. She needed to put in double and triple the effort to make people accept her presence at work.

“The Danish beer scene is still very macho and immensely white. I am an absolute exception here, not the rule,” she said.

The scholarship, however, had her reevaluating her place in the industry, not only as a capable professional, but also as someone trying their hard to break the status quo and hopefully make the lives of others like and unlike me easier down the road, she said.

Schneider started her journey in Scandinavia as an au pair because it was the only visa she could get at the time, and through a lot of hard work — and “a lot of help” — she managed to turn her beer-making hobby into a career. Now she manages the production team at a (vacuum) distillery in Copenhagen and runs her side project, Heavy Duty Brewing, while learning from some of the

best in the business with the UC Davis Master Brewers Program, she said.

Schneider explained the Masters Brewer Program as “absolutely nuts in the best kind of way.”

She gets to log on to her computer at any given time and see Professors Charlie Bamforth or Fox in her lectures. She can chat with them live on Friday evenings, and she has colleagues from all over the world who all have different backgrounds with so much to add to their conversations. “The curriculum itself is amazing, but the combination of teachers/staff and students has been an immensely important part of the learning experience. I still cannot believe I get to study what I love the most and learn from the best in the business,” she said.

According to a press release, the scholarships are supported by the UC Davis Tapping Potential program crowdfunding campaign, which generated more than $20,000 from individual donors and brewing industry companies.

For information on the UC Davis Tapping Potential scholarship program, UC Davis Master Brewers Program and how to support UC Davis’ efforts to increase diversity in the brewing industry, contact Jon Hughes, Director of Brewing and Sensory Science at UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education ( jghughes@ ucdavis.edu).

concerts, art center). She filled her home with items she would buy in support of people in the Davis community, many becoming close friends along the way.

She loved food and wine and supported many local restaurants and wineries in their early days.

Inger loved to exercise and to be outdoors; she could be found daily walking, running, or biking along the Davis greenbelt, one of her favorite places to spend time. She would swim almost daily at the David Athletic Club. Bo and Inger loved to kayak and explored many rivers and lakes around northern California (and the world).

Inger loved to cook and bake, and was a master at it. She was known by many for her brownies and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. She won many awards from the now historic Davis Enterprise Cookbook Contest, which still hang above her kitchen entry. Inger passed this skill to her children and in recent years her grandchildren — one of their favorite activities being baking with “Farmor” (Grand-ma).

Inger is survived by her husband, Bo; son Jacob of Falun, Sweden; LONNERDAL daughter Ida of Davis; son Jan of Davis; and son Daniel of Kensington, Md.; daughter-in-law Marie Hansen and grandchildren Matilda, Malte and Maja of Falun, Sweden; and daughter-in-law Jacqueline Lonnerdal and grandchildren Matias and Mila of Kensington.

Obituary Inger Christina Lonnerdal Feb. 16, 1947 — Aug. 25, 2022

It is with great sadness that we share that Inger Lonnerdal, 75, a longtime resident of Davis, passed away peacefully at home on Aug. 25, 2022, after a tough battle with aggressive cancer.

Inger was born in Linkoping, Sweden, on Feb. 16, 1947, where she met her future husband Bo Lonnerdal in high school.

They exchanged their vows in 1969 while they both studied at University of Uppsala and they formally got married in 1974 in order to be allowed to adopt their two oldest children from Sri Lanka. Inger received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry and mathematics and taught junior high school for several years in Sweden.

In 1978, Bo and Inger moved to Davis when Bo received a research fellowship at UC Davis. What started as a one-year adventure, ended up in a forever home due to their love of the Davis community.

Inger dedicated her life to raising her four children, always being available to them and attending all their events and activities — sports, music and arts.

She started her involvement as a part of the Davis Parent Nursery School (DPNS). She was a force in the disability community, implementing and ensuring full inclusion in the Davis school system for children with developmental disabilities. She thought of novel approaches such as study aides in the classroom, circle of friends, and other ways to be fully inclusive in the community.

She received the DSHS PTA Volunteer Service

Award and the Annual Recognition Award from the Yolo County SELPA for her outstanding efforts to improve the lives of those with developmental disabilities. In this and many other ways Inger was a lifelong champion for social justice, contributing time, resources and energy in improving the lives of others.

Inger was a keen learner and always pursuing new adventures, individually, with Bo or with her family — she took classes in swimming, Spanish and computer skills. Inger loved dancing and took many classes in ballroom dancing and salsa with Bo. She loved to travel — Bo and Inger travelled the world and loved to see new sites, cultures, and meet the locals. They also exposed their children to the world, going back to Sweden every summer, but also taking them along to many different countries as they grew up, to explore and learn. Sweden always remained home and summers were spent in Furudal, where her family originates from. The family loved the time there and it was one of Inger’s favorite place on Earth — time was spent with family — in the woods, on the lake, looking for berries, baking, kayaking, swimming and enjoying life.

Inger was an involved community member of Davis and a strong supporter of local businesses and artists (Co-op, pottery, farmers market, artwork,

At this time there is no in-person service planned, but a celebration of life will be held at a later time.

Memories can be posted and shared at https:// ingerlonnerdal.remember ed.com. A bench will be placed in the North Davis Greenbelt in her honor — take a walk in the spring to look for it and spend a moment remembering her.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Team Davis (www.team-davis. org/donate) or the American Cancer Society.

way to go still From Page A1 Partida had a lead of 61 percent over challenger Adam Morrill’s 39 percent. A total of 2,384 ballots had been counted in that district.

District 1 has a voting age population of about 10,900 and District 4 about 8,600, according to data from the most recent Census and redistricting.

But how many voters turned out and voted for a council candidate remains to be seen and will likely take a number of days, if not weeks, to be determined. The first results posted on Election Night are largely ballots received prior to Tuesday.

That said, early results in council races have largely held up in recent elections.

The two incumbents running this year — Partida and Carson — were first elected to the council in at-large elections in 2018 and Partida went on to serve two years as mayor.

But both also supported Measure H — the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus — which was turned down by voters in June, and opposition to DISC among many voters, and criticism of Carson and Partida for supporting the project, was evident throughout the campaign.

Carson was also dealing with the fallout of suing the Davis residents who signed the ballot argument opposing DISC. He has since said the lawsuit was a mistake.

Vaitla, a member of the city’s Social Services Commission, also supported DISC, while Fortune and Morrill did not.

In the early results on Tuesday evening, Vaitla had received 1,384 votes to Carson’s 629 and Fortune’s 294.

This was Fortune’s second run for Davis City Council. Prior to moving to District 1 in West Davis, she ran in District 5 in South Davis in 2020, finishing fourth in a fourperson race that was ultimately won by Councilman Josh Chapman.

Over in District 4, Morrill was in his first race for council. He is a city of Davis employee — handling environmental compliance for the city’s public works department — and entered the race following the demise of Measure H, saying the council’s support for the project showed they were out of touch with Davis voters.

However, in recent years, Davis voters have had a penchant for turning down development projects while supporting the council members who voted to place them on the ballot. Thanks to Measure J/R/D, residents have the final say on projects on the city’s periphery.

As of 8:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Morrill had received 922 votes to Partida’s 1,462.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

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HOMICIDE: Judge’s decision sends case to trial stage From Page A1 Dahl was one of several witnesses who took the stand last week in Yolo Superior Court at a hearing to determine whether sufficient evidence exists to support Spurlin’s murder charge.

Judge Tom Dyer ultimately upheld the count, paving the way for the case to proceed to the trial stage.

Spurlin, 59, has pleaded not guilty to the murder allegations. His attorney, Deputy Public Defender Aram Davtyan, say detectives set their sights solely on Spurlin and failed to consider any other suspects during their lengthy probe.

Cold-case arrest The West Sacramento Police Department announced Spurlin’s arrest in late July, several months after reopening the murder investigation.

“Detectives spent months obtaining additional information and even requested assistance from members of the West Sacramento community to provide invaluable insight about Turknett, her life, and the events leading to her murder in 2009,” a police news release said.

During Spurlin’s threeday preliminary hearing last week, Yolo County Deputy District Attorney Preston Schaub elicited testimony suggesting Spurlin had both motive and opportunity to cause Turknett’s death.

The couple resided together on Maple Street, where police found Turknett dead of a head wound on the morning of June 13, 2009.

Earlier that morning,

Spurlin arrived at the home of his friend, John Conto, whose wife asked Spurlin if something was wrong “because he sure was quiet,” Conto testified.

“That’s when he said he thought Monica was dead,” Conto recalled. “He said she had a bottle of booze or some pills or something.”

The trio then walked back to Spurlin’s house and entered Turknett’s bedroom. Spurlin pulled down a blanket that had been covering the woman’s face.

“She looked like she was calmly sleeping, but she had a big gash in her forehead,” Conto said.

Another several hours passed before anyone called the police. Once they arrived that afternoon, officers searched the Maple Street house for a possible murder weapon, Spurlin told Conto during a phone call.

“He said, ‘Oh, they’ll never find that,’ ” Conto said.

Testimony indicated Spurlin and Turknett had a volatile relationship marked by drug and alcohol abuse, arguments and Turknett’s reported suicidal tendencies.

A week or two before Turknett’s death, Spurlin “told me that Monica gave him permission to chop her head off ” and showed him an axe on the day they found her body, Conto said.

“I told him, you don’t want to do that, you’ll get in trouble.”

‘Not a murderer’ West Sacramento police Detective Timothy Twardosz, who conducted Spurlin’s initial interview back in 2009, said the defendant’s emotions that

day ranged from anger to “smiling, laughing and joking.”

“He didn’t appear to show any remorse that his girlfriend had just been found murdered,” Twardosz said, also noting that Spurlin appeared to be under the influence of methamphetamine during the interview.

According to Twardosz, Spurlin described having a strained relationship with Turknett, with frequent fights “but nothing ever physical,” he said. Spurlin said he last saw Turknett alive on the afternoon of June 12, when she drank alcohol and took pain medications before retiring to her bedroom Spurlin told the detective he checked on Turknett following a trip to the liquor store.

“He believed she was sleeping, so he left the room,” Twardosz testified.

Spurlin said he entered the bedroom the next morning and found Turknett’s foot “cold to the touch,” so he covered her with a sleeping bag.

When asked outright whether he killed Turknett, “he was extremely emphatic that he did not do that, and he told me that he is not a murderer,” Twardosz said.

Davtyan, Spurlin’s public defender, introduced several witness statements favoring his client, including one from a West Sacramento officer who described Spurlin as “crying and covering his face” prior to his police interview.

Conto’s now-deceased wife, Deborah, told investigators that Spurlin appeared stunned when they uncovered Turknett’s face. “ ‘Oh my f—-ing god, I

didn’t do that,’ ” Spurlin said, according to the statement. He was “freaking out, like he couldn’t believe that she looked like that.’”

Others told police that Turknett got “obnoxious” and “mouthy” when she drank, and began publicly criticizing Spurlin after she caught him trying on her clothes several weeks before her death.

One acquaintance, Colleen Shea, reportedly told detectives she could see Turknett triggering an argument with Spurlin, with “things getting out of hand.”

Charges stand In his closing remarks in the hearing, Schaub, the

prosecuting attorney, said Spurlin emerges as a clear suspect in the case despite the lengthy passage of time.

He cited the couple’s troubled relationship as well as DNA evidence, which pointed only to Spurlin and Turknett as being inside the Maple Street house.

“This was an event that would have been messy,” leaving additional genetic material had someone else been involved, Schaub said.

But Davtyan argued that many others came and went from the residence, including an ex-boyfriend of Turknett’s who, along with other potential suspects, never garnered police attention.

“Their assumption is

(Spurlin’s) guilty, and we’re going to do whatever’s possible to prove that he did it,” Davtyan said. Spurlin’s jail booking comment, he added, was both “unrecorded and unsubstantiated.”

Dyer ultimately upheld the murder charge, citing the credibility of John Conto’s testimony and giving significant weight to Dahl, the correctional officer, who “had a very particular memory of what was stated to him,” he said.

Spurlin, who remains in Yolo County Jail on a nobail hold, returns to court Nov. 18 for further proceedings.

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

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Calendar Friday n The UC Davis Arboretum hosts a Folk Music Jam Session from noon to 1 p.m. Folk musicians are once again invited to bring their acoustic instruments and play together informally during this jam session at Wyatt Deck (next to the redwood grove). All skill levels welcome and listeners are invited.

Short-term parking is available in Visitor Lot 5 on Old Davis Road at Arboretum Drive. Hourly rates start at $1.75.

Sunday n Ryan Janke will lead a Yolo Audubon field trip to the Cosumnes River Preserve from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

This preserve has an array of important valley floor bird habitats including wetlands, floodplains, agricultural land, and rare valley oak riparian. Birding at the interface of these habitats provides a unique opportunity to view a diverse list of species with relative ease. For reservations, go to yoloaudubon. org or facebook.com/yolo audubonsociety. n The Episcopal Church of St. Martin, continues its free Seeds of Justice lecture series online at 4 p.m.

John M. Liu, professor emeritus in the departments of Asian American studies and sociology at UC Irvine will offer a presentation on “How Manifest Destiny Changed the Color of Labor.” Learn more at https://churchof stmartin.org/2022/08/ 03/save-the-date-seeds-ofjustice-continues/.

Monday n The public is invited to attend the Davis Bike Club’s monthly membership meeting and social at 7 p.m. at the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame at Third and B streets in Davis. This month’s gathering will feature free docent-led tours of the Bicycling Hall of fame and the opportunity to meet enthusiastic bike riders. For information about the Davis Bike Club and its weekly rides, see www.DavisBikeClub.org or contact Maria, outreach director, at outreach@ davisbikeclub.org.

Wednesday, Nov. 16 The Yolo Audubon Society invites the public to join its monthly program meeting via Zoom. Marc Hoshovsky will speak on the history of the South Fork Preserve, which is along Putah Creek, a few miles southeast of downtown Davis. The preserve is a publicly accessible city of Davis open-space area.

This 192-acre preserve is one of the best examples of riparian and floodplain forest along Putah Creek.

For reservations, go to yoloaudubon.org or

facebook.com/yolo audubonsociety.

Thursday, Nov. 17 n Soroptimist International of Davis invites community members to join its annual Soup Night and Silent Auction at Davis Odd Fellows Hall, 415 Second St. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The silent auction begins at 6 and closes at 7:30 p.m. Fill up on members’ best soups, breads and desserts while getting a jump start on holiday gifts. Beer and wine will be available for purchase, along with nonalcoholic beverages. Cash, checks and credit cards will be accepted. The evening’s proceeds benefit SI Davis programs and projects. Learn more at https://www.sidavis.org/.

Saturday, Nov. 19 n The annual Davis model train display will be up and running at the Davis train station (Amtrak) at 840 Second St. in downtown Davis. Sponsored by the Davis Sunrise Rotary Club (davisrotary.org) and the Davis Model Train Club, admission is free. Any donations received will be directed to local charitable programs. The electric train display will be open from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. n Ceramics, jewelry, wildlife photography, cards, woodblock prints, baked goods, candles, soaps, crocheted accessories, Japanese fish prints, tote bags, quilted baby blankets, local honey, and more will be featured at the 12th annual Village Homes Arts & Crafts Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Village Homes Community Center and on the Village Homes Green, 2661 Portage Bay East (off Russell Blvd.). Guests can enjoy live music by a diverse array of local performers while appreciating local art. Admission is free.

Masking will be requested inside the Community Center. For information, contact Jill Van Zanten at jillvz@sbcglobal.net.

Sunday, Nov. 20 n The Western Yolo Grange Hall will host a Holiday Craft Fair at 16787 Forest Ave. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Guinda.

On hiatus for two years because of the COVID pandemic, Holiday Craft Fair, returns in 2022 with craft vendors, luscious food, and volunteers to prepare and serve chili and sell Grammy Wyatt’s homemade almond roca.

Available crafts include handmade shopping bags in a great variety of fabric, hand-knitted cowls and hats, screen-printed bandanas, rosemary and other herbal products, prepacked nuts, hand-crafted jewelry and organic samosas.

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Restructured music program prompts protests and rancor

By Elliot DeJong HUB Staff Maintaining the quality and quantity of choirs at junior high and high schools was the driving force for the restructuring of teaching positions in DJUSD music for the 2022-23 school year, according to Superintendent Matt Best.

The previous model was a “specialist” model, with separate teachers for band, orchestra, and choir. The new model at junior highs is a “generalist” model, with one person teaching all three music classes.

Rancor over the restructuring has grown to the point that some music teachers are forbidden from talking to each other without mediation by an administrator.

The original restructuring plan assigned Clyde Quick, Greg Brucker and Veronica Tonus to teach all music courses at their respective junior high school, with the exception of the Holmes orchestra, which would remain under the direction of Moreno.

Quick had previously taught primarily band; Brucker, orchestra; and Tonus, band.

“We were feeling pretty good, quite frankly, that these three teachers were like (…) ‘we’ll do what it takes to make this work,’” Superintendent Matt Best said.

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How it all began The impetus of the restructuring was William Zinn’s retirement in 2018. Zinn had been teaching choir full-time at DHS, Holmes and Harper since 2003 alongside Karen Gardias.

Zinn’s position was decreased to parttime after his retirement and a choir class at Emerson was added. Arielle Deem was hired to fill this role during the 2018-19 school year, traveling to four sites per day to teach four classes without the benefits of being a full-time teacher.

Best said Deem felt “burnt out” from traveling daily between school sites.

Quick, Tonus and Brucker had been aware of the strain Deem was feeling, and Best says they had been discussing potential solutions for a few years before the decision. A DJUSD announcement from June 2022 explained, “Mr. Brucker and Ms. Tonus volunteered … to implement a solution to the staffing challenge, by each teaching all music courses, for which they are credentialed to teach, at one site for the 2022-23 school year.”

This new solution was implemented at the beginning of the 2022-23 school year with a reshuffling of music teachers.

Deem transitioned to teaching at Da Vinci High School and Tonus and Brucker planned to teach entirely at Emerson and Harper, respectively. Quick assumed directorship of the Holmes choir and band programs.

Gardias transitioned to serve as a DHS vice principal, with Amanda Bistolfo taking her position as DHS choir director.

Tonus, who originally intended to teach Emerson music courses for the 2022-23 school year, decided to leave the district in August. Quick dropped his role as DJUSD music coordinator.

Robert Comarow was hired in place of Tonus to teach Emerson music courses, and has been working with Quick and Brucker to develop curriculum and skill in unfamiliar fields.

What the teachers had to say When the plan to implement the change was publicized, Moreno (DHS and Holmes orchestra) and Thomas Slabaugh (DHS band) emailed letters of discontent to their respective Davis High orchestra and band communities, criticizing the decision.

In his June 8 email, Moreno stated, “No music teachers, students, or parents that are being affected by these backwards changes were consulted in the decisionmaking process.” Slabaugh wrote on Oct. 22, “Mr. Quick told us that he had unilaterally made a decision to change our teaching assignments in the coming year and to change the educational model of how music services would be

Drew Liu/courtesy photo DHS/Holmes Orchestra Director Angelo Moreno protested the restructuring of DJUSD music programs by organizing students to perform “The Star-Spangled Banner” at a June 16 board meeting. delivered district-wide.”

Teachers involved in the decision-making process declined to comment, but district officials reiterated that the decision was made by all three junior high teachers.

Moreno was initially slated to be removed from his position as head of the Holmes orchestra program.

However, according to Best, the district has no authority to forcibly remove Moreno from his position at Holmes per the Davis Teachers’ Association contract.

Even so, Moreno expressed feelings of duty to protest the “negative nonsensical direction”.

“When you spend your entire adult life sacrificing to build, improve, and maintain something of great value, ... you are called to stand and fight to protect that which is virtuous and under attack and being persecuted because it is the right thing to do, regardless of the political fallout,” Moreno wrote in the June 8 email.

Moreno was sent a list of talking points by a DJUSD administrator, which he forwarded to the DHS orchestra community.

The orchestra community disagreed with these points, and protested the change at a DJUSD Board of Education meeting on June 16 by interrupting proceedings with a performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

“I think the situation got quickly blown out of proportion for what had been a pretty simple contractual decision,” Best said.

“In hindsight, should we have notified the larger school community (…) that Mr.

Brucker wasn’t going to teach orchestra at Emerson? Maybe,” Best said. “But I also think individual teachers’ rationale for their individual decisions isn’t necessarily district news. That’s a hard balance.”

Slabaugh did not publicly protest to the extent Moreno did, but published his opinion in an Oct. 22 memo sent out to DHS band students. He expressed a similar “responsibility (…) to be an advocate to the community,” disagreement with the removal of Jazz Band at Emerson and Harper and an emphasis on the disadvantages of a ‘generalist’ vs. ‘specialist’ model of class assignment.

Slabaugh noted that junior high teachers are no longer taking part in joint meetings and cross-site events like Pep Band.

Rancor grows Slabaugh, Quick, Brucker, Tonus and Bistolfo were all contacted but declined to comment on the situation.

Slabaugh and Moreno are not currently permitted to contact the junior high teachers for any reason without a district intermediary per Board of Education Policy 4119.21.

“We expect all of our teachers to treat one another like professionals,” Best said.

“When we are in circumstances where there’s conflict between people and folks can’t meet these standards, we’re going to limit their communication with each other.”

Overall, the total full-time equivalent of music teachers in DJUSD has only dropped from 9.8 to 9.7, the equivalent

of half a class. According to Best, this is a normal level of annual fluctuation. Student enrollment in DHS performing arts classes hasn’t decreased, and Best says multiple years of significant decreases would have to happen before cutting a course.

“I don’t think there’s any evidence that there’s some nefarious plan to reduce music programming in the district,” Best said.

Moreno and Best both stated they believe the best avenue to a solution would be gathering all impacted staff to discuss the situation. Moreno made this request at the beginning of the year, but the meeting was delayed until at least next semester.

“When you put people in a room with common goals who are specialists (...) you get a think tank with positive outcomes for everyone involved,” Moreno said.

Slabaugh and Moreno’s preference for the specialist model is shared by Best and Allen, but neither thinks it is sustainable for DJUSD. “In a teacher shortage and especially when we’re talking about music credentials (…) there’s just fewer (music teachers) in California, in Davis, with a specialty,” Allen said.

Best says that, though it will take time, he believes music teachers will grow and adapt to their new courseloads.

“My biggest fear is (…) the current climate in the music department… why would people want to work in that?” Best said.

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How to get younger voters to the polls

By Sumayyah Rose Abuelmaatti Special to The Enterprise

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lection Day will undoubtedly reintroduce a familiar tale: Young people ages 18-24 don’t vote, or not enough of them do.

Traditionally, young voters have the lowest turnout rates nationwide and in California. About 51% of voters ages 18-24 cast a ballot in the 2020 presidential election, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and more than 47% in California. These numbers typically plunge during midterms and more local elections.

Why don’t young people vote? Many people surmise it is due to apathy about elections or our self-absorbed nature, claiming that Generation Z and millennials prefer vanity to voting.

That is far from true. If anything, it’s the antipode.

The issue is not that young people are ignorant to the political process – the intention to engage has always been there.

The issue is that our civics education, which most young people are relying on, isn’t conducive to actual civic engagement.

It should be, considering that the two youngest generations eligible to vote will soon make up the largest share of the electorate. In the last 10 years, the greatest youth share of the 18-24 vote in California was 10%, according to USC’s Price School of Public Policy.

California’s youths are underrepresented.

That reality is a detriment to our democracy.

The genuine desire for civic engagement is out there. Over the past five presidential elections, an average of 85% of people ages 18-29 said they are interested in politics, and 81% said they intend to vote, according to the American National Election Study. However, most of them don’t seem to follow through, largely due to significant voting barriers that disproportionately affect younger voters.

The younger voter, with their first foray into the world of booths and ballots, has little to no experience. Unlike older voters, the closest precinct location is likely a place they’ve never visited. The history shaping the top issues of the election are not necessarily stored in their recent memory.

The former is a technical barrier to voting that usually occurs on Election Day, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. Trouble locating a polling place, transportation and long lines are also barriers, the Tufts University study found.

The latter are institutional barriers, or at best are caused by an unhelpful civics curriculum. Young people often don’t know how to research their candidates or where to even begin. Their knowledge of current issues is “modest, at best” according to The California Survey of Civic Education. Most are clueless about key voting dates.

In California, a semester-long course in American government and civics is a minimum requirement for high school graduation. It’s well-intentioned in wanting to make sure high schoolers, who are usually of or close to voting age, understand their government and engage with it. But as Duke University political science professor Sunshine Hillygus describes it in her book “Making Young Voters,” civics lessons are taught using “bubble sheet civics.”

“We’re teaching facts and figures about politics and government and history, which are not necessarily connected to the issues of the day, or even the very kind of fundamental and basic practical facts that people might need to know about like when and how they need to register and vote,” Hillygus wrote.

She’s right. This is not to say that the curriculum provides no benefit. Understanding the foundations of government is essential to the political process. But if we want young people to leave their civics class ready to vote, our civics curriculum needs to fill that experience gap.

When the next election arrives, if we want young Californians to turn out at higher rates, rethinking how we teach civics is the most effective way to get there.

— Sumayyah Rose Abuelmaatti is a political science and philosophy student at Palomar College. She is working on Joseph Rocha’s campaign for the 40th District in the state Senate serving San Diego County.

Toyota joins GM as classic front-runners

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oyota Motors makes a sport utility vehicle called the “4Runner.”

But the company, like rival General Motors, might better be called a classic front-runner.

Another term for that might be “bandwagon jumper.”

Back in 2017, when thenPresident Donald Trump began trying to remove California’s ability to set its own smog standards — granted in the federal Clean Air Act signed by Republican President Richard Nixon in 1970 — General Motors and Toyota backed his effort with a lawsuit later imitated by attorneys general of 17 Republican-controlled states.

The two companies were tired of California forcing them to develop innovations, from the first smog control devices to catalytic converters to hybrid cars and electric vehicles.

But some of their competitors demurred. Ford, Volkswagen, Honda, BMW and Volvo all joined a lawsuit by former state Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra that held up Trump’s effort long enough for him to lose the 2020 election, regardless of his obdurate, false claims to have won.

Now the federal threat to California’s smog-control authority has disappeared, at least for a few years, with President Biden reversing the Trump-era Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to thwart the switch to electric

Letters Inclusive playgrounds Davis recently received a healthy play grant of $300,000 to renovate playgrounds. My hope is that renovations will make play areas that prioritize inclusivity, collaborative and imaginative play. At stake are sand areas located in eight of our city parks.

My kids spend hours in Davis city park sand areas with any kids who show up in the neighborhood. They range in ages from toddlers to preteens and work together to design their own cities in the sand. I believe this type of imaginative and collaborative play should be accessible to all children, especially our pandemic kids who’re at risk for fully realizing these skills. Will Davis add ramps and other universal design features?

Please learn more at the next zoom meetings: Nov. 7 and 8, and the Recreation & Park Commission’s Nov. 16

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cars and trucks and stymie this state’s efforts to clean up its air, while also getting away from fossil fuels.

One result of that election outcome was a complete reversal by GM. That company’s chief executive, Mary Barra, changed her tune almost the instant Biden was inaugurated.

Rather than resist California’s authority, Barra pulled GM from its Trump-backing role in early 2021, saying she agrees with Biden’s plan to make electric vehicles more widespread and popular.

“We believe the ambitious electrification goals of (Biden), California and General Motors are aligned,” she said. It would have been difficult to be more blatantly opportunistic.

Toyota waited longer before becoming another example of corporate bandwagon jumping.

Just two days before California’s Air Resources Board used its restored Clean Air Act authority to order sales of new gasoline powered cars and trucks to end in 2035, Toyota this year announced it would no longer be opposed.

Like GM’s statements, this

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was a 180 degree reversal of position.

Neither company admitted its prior stance was wrong or mistaken.

Neither asserted Trump’s administration forced it into anything. But both say they’re now firmly in the EV camp, vowing to produce many new totally zero emission vehicles.

CARB Chair Lianne Randolph tweeted a welcome aboard to Toyota. “We’re pleased to see that Toyota has now recognized California’s authority to set vehicle standards,” she said. “Although we’ve had differences in the past, we look forward to advancing (EVs) together on positive footing.”

The carmakers’ response to California’s new EV mandate is plainly political bandwagon jumping at its most blatant. It also stands in stark contrast to past forecasts of disaster from automakers every time CARB set new standards for them to meet.

GM is a classic example.

When CARB early in this century gave automakers 10 years to start selling zeroemission cars in significant quantities, GM said that was impossible. At the very same time, its publicists were lending demonstrator models of the company’s first, primitive EV to automotive reporters around the country — a clear demonstration of two things: 1) The company’s right hand did not know or care what its left hand was doing, and 2)

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Support public schools One of the things that make Davis a desirable place to live is the quality of our public schools. We have a long history of providing an outstanding K-12 education. Community and parent support help the schools provide the extra opportunities in specific subjects, in music and drama, and in athletics. An often-overlooked key to student success in all these areas is social and emotional learning. Students who succeed with this area of learning do better overall.

That is why the Davis Schools Foundation has chosen to help fund programs and projects in this area that help all the schools in the district.

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EVs could be built to be both roadworthy and highperforming.

It was much the same for Toyota: The company opposed as impossible or too expensive every incremental step toward clean-air cars.

Nevertheless, it developed the Prius hybrid, which became the best-selling passenger car in California.

Meanwhile, Toyota’s newest statement reversed its longtime claims that making cars ever cleaner would not be possible. The Japan-based company said it “continues to share the vision” of CARB in reducing greenhouse gases and making vehicles carbonneutral. “We are excited about our efforts to extend zero-emissions activities beyond our core vehicle business.”

Make no mistake: If the 2020 election results had been different, California’s clean-air authority surely would have disappeared and neither GM nor Toyota would have changed its stance.

That’s something idealistic car-buyers might want to consider when deciding which brand of new car to buy.

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Davis High boys make statement in pool playoff victory

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor SACRAMENTO — Davis High boys water polo head coach Tracy Stapleton watched his team take charge early in Friday’s SacJoaquin Section Division I playoff game.

DHS, the top seed, made plenty of waves against No. 8 McClatchy in a quarterfinal matchup at American River College. Once the water calmed, the Blue Devils had posted a 19-2 win over the Lions.

Now DHS (25-4) advances to the section’s semifinal game against No. 4 Rio Americano (219), which beat Pitman of Turlock 27-12 in another quarterfinal.

Davis and Rio Americano, a member of the Capital Athletic League, will play at ARC on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

This will be the second meeting between the Blue Devils and Raiders. DHS edged Rio Americano 15-10 in a non-league game at Arroyo Pool on Sept. 24.

The other semifinal game has Davis’ Delta League rival, No. 2 Jesuit, taking on No. 3 Rocklin out of the Sierra Foothill League.

“This has been a process,” said Stapleton said. “The guys have made great strides and continue

to do so.”

Stapleton is referring to the players on this year’s team who were a part of the 2021 squad that fell in the D-I semifinals to Jesuit at Tokay High’s swimming pool in Lodi last November.

Returning to Friday’s game, Blue Devil attacker JT Doughty, a junior returning from that squad, put the ball in the back of the net at 5:50 in the first quarter to give the Blue Devils a 1-0 lead.

The game was over after that goal, as DHS built on its lead.

Brennan Fuchslin, another junior attacker on the team, made it 2-0 at 3:18 with a goal. Doughty’s penalty shot made it 3-0 toward the end of the quarter.

Then the Blue Devils ripped off seven more goals in the second quarter for a comfortable 10-0 halftime lead.

Fuchslin and Doughty had back-to-back goals for a 5-0 lead halfway through the frame, then Fuchslin recorded his third goal of the game for a 6-0 score.

Fuchslin and Ryan Mayeur scored the final two goals in the quarter, which led to the 7-0 advantage.

Then Fuchslin found the twine again for another goal, which upped the Blue Devils to

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Davis High attacker Brennan Fuchslin (9) gets in front of McClatchy attacker Logan Williams (7) in Friday’s Sac-Joaquin Section Division I boys water polo playoff game at American River College in Sacramento. To view more photos, visit www.davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports. an 8-0 score.

McClatchy took almost a halfdozen shot on goals in the first half, but the Devils’ defense forced the Lions to take chances at the net, which led to turnovers.

Mayeur and Blake Fuchslin finished the half with a goal each to make it 10-0.

Davis finished the third quarter with a 14-0 score. James Cerussi had a hat trick in the quarter;

Rocklin ends DHS girls tennis’ run Enterprise staff A great run for the Davis High girls tennis team ended on Monday afternoon.

Davis, which was the No. 2 seed in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I girls tennis team playoffs, hosted what would be its last team match of the season against No. 3 Rocklin. But the Thunder’s season has been extended, as they edged Davis by 6-3 score.

“It was a great journey,” said Davis head coach Sally Hosley. “Even though we played our match without our No. 1 player (sophomore Hannah Proctor), my girls played with grit and heart.”

Hosley moved up all of her singles players by one spot against the Thunder.

“They all played solid matches,” Hosley said.

Blue Devil winners were No. 5 singles player Charlotte Sloane at 6-1, 7-5, No. 6 Bianca Ho 6-2,

Local roundup 7-5 and the No. 1 doubles team of Alena Voss-Cloe Lamoureux 7-6, 4-6 (105).

“It was a great day to watch tennis since all the matches were competitive,” Hosley said. “It seems odd and bittersweet to be finished so abruptly. I was so proud of all the players throughout the season.”

Rocklin advances to the team championship against No. 5 Granite Bay-No. 1 Oak Ridge, which are scheduled to play on Wednesday.

The season ends for Davis, which won the Delta League title with an 11-1 record.

UCD women’s basketball Megan Norris finished with her first career double-double in her collegiate debut as the UC

Davis women’s basketball team won its season opener by an 84-36 score over Bethel College on Monday morning at the University Credit Union Center.

Now UCD (1-0) is 28-21 all-time in seasonopening contests.

Monday’s contest was an exhibition for the Threshers.

Norris led the charge offensively with her first career double-double, shooting 8-for-12, scoring 20 points and collected 11 total rebounds.

Aggie junior guard Evanne Turner followed with 17 points, including a team-best five 3-pointers. She scored nine of her points in the first quarter, which helped for a 14-0 run.

At halftime, UCD led 40-15.

The Aggies travel for their first road game of the season against Washington on Friday. Tipoff is at 5 p.m.

ADVANCE: Section title game is next From Page B6 goals toward the end of the quarter, which led to a 5-0 advantage.

Davis senior attacker Kenzie Walker, who made a verbal commitment to Cal last summer, scored the final goal in the quarter for a 6-0 lead.

Malaya Wright, single-handedly, created her own play to score her second goal in the second quarter.

Wright, who had six goals and five steals in the game, stole the ball away from a Flames player at the middle of the swimming pool. Then she swam to the east side of the pool, eyed her shot and threw it faster than an NBA player slamming the basketball on a dunk for an 11-0 score.

Before Wright’s goal, Blue Devil teammates in Lapuz, along with Walker, Ava Portello and Cutler each scored. Walker recorded two goals to make it 10-0.

Lodi scored its first goal with 58 seconds left in the quarter for an 11-1 halftime score. Laine Woodard punched the ball into the next on a second offensive attempt in which the ball went out of play.

Lapuz and Lodi’s Emily Engle traded goals in the third quarter for a 12-2 score.

Davis’ Rylie Johnson scored two

goals in the quarter, increasing the lead to 14-2.

“We tried to slow it down because after the first period, we were playing really rushed and fast,” Malaya Wright said.

“We were kind of rushing entries and rushing passes. I feel liked we slowed it down. I think we played a much better second half.”

Wright lit up the scoreboard in the fourth quarter, scoring four of the Blue Devils’ six goals.

“Malaya is a great all-around player,” said Doug Wright. “That’s what I’m hopeful for all of my players, the good offensive and defensive players that can counter-attack and post up and pass.”

Cutler and Johnson had a goal each in the game.

Cutler and Lapuz, along with Johnson, had three goals each in the contest.

Walker and Meraz had two goals each.

Alia Cordone had three steals for the Blue Devils.

Now Davis will shift its focus to playing in the section title game.

“Now it’s just thinking about Granite Bay and St. Mary’s,” Doug Wright said.

Malaya Wright added, “You know, this feels nice. We really want to go as far as we can.”

OPENER: Team back in action this evening From Page B6 a deft move on Cal’s last line of defense for a layup and a 73-65 lead at 0:56.

Game, set, match.

Another newcomer, Robby Beasley, sank two free throws like a pro off a 1-and-1 at 0:27 to establish the final margin of victory.

Asked where he ranked this win in his 12 years as

Aggie head coach, Les demurred.

“I don’t really look at it that way,” he said. “Maybe when I’m retired, I’ll look back and have an assessment like that, but right now it’s what it means for this team and all the hard work they’ve put in during practice. There’s not a player we had on the court tonight who didn’t

contribute in a significant way. And believe it or not, when we look at the film, we’ll find a number of things where we can improve.”

If so, the college basketball world better take note.

The Aggies come home for the first time today at 6 p.m. against Cal Maritime.

Mayeur scored the fourth.

Fuchslin punched in his sixth goal in the fourth quarter to give the Blue Devils before McClatchy scored its first goal of the game, thanks to Sam Jacobsen, making it 15-1.

Davis and McClatchy scored within a minute of each other for a 16-2 score. Mayeur and the Lions’ Logan Williams sent their shots into the back of the net.

Bo Brown, along with Blue Devil teammates Elliott BlackHolcroft and Cerussi registered the final goals.

Fuschlin finished with six goals in the game, plus four steals.

Cerussi four and Mayeur three.

Doughty played a role in the assists for the Blue Devils, with three.

Blue Devil goalie Ryan Barr had six saves in the playoff contest. Alex Gallagher had two.

Davis and Rio Americano, along with Jesuit and Rocklin, are just one game away from playing in the D-I title game that will be played at the Roseville Aquatic Center on Saturday, Nov. 12.

“There’s a reason we seek out a very competitive schedule,” said Stapleton, as Davis, Jesuit and Franklin are the only Delta League schools that have a boys water polo program. “Because, honestly, it hardens us. It exposes our weaknesses, and we have to respond. We have to learn to fix those mistakes and (help) our game.”

— Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise.net.

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Gomez added field goals of 34 and 20 yards and C.J. Hutton scored on a short pass from Hastings to push the lead to 22-3 at the half.

Things would only get worse for the Bengals in the final 30 minutes.

Ulonzo Gilliam, UCD’s all-time leading rusher who was playing his last game in front of a home crowd, added touchdown runs of four yards and one yard.

Then it was Tompkins again on the receiving end of an 8-yard scoring strike from Hastings to complete the scoring.

The Aggie defense, which has improved with every game, held the Bengals to

just 23 yards of total offense in the second half, including no yards through the air.

“It’s great to see these guys having some fun,” Hawkins added.

“We always tell them to be your best, play hard and have fun. Obviously, with these wins we’ve put ourselves in position to do some things.”

Those “things,” obviously, include the possibility of earning a playoff bid when the NCAA announces the FCS field on Nov. 20, the morning after the regular season concludes.

“We have to play with excellence, and we have to coach with excellence because we’re going to be facing two pretty good football teams,” Hawkins said.

“But we’re not playing

two teams, we’re playing one. Right now, we’re playing Idaho.”

Standout offensive lineman Nick Amoah from Davis High School also played his final home game, but is looking forward to keeping the win streak going as the Aggies hit the road.

“Our offense has found its groove,” he said. “We’re cooking in the pass game and in the run game. And the defense is getting turnovers and setting the offense up with great field position. It’s fun, but we know these next two games are going to be dogfights.”

Indeed.

— Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Major challenges for Big Sky football

By Bob Dunning Enterprise staff writer With just two weeks left in the regular season, Sacramento State and Montana State sit atop the Big Sky football standings, both at 6-0, followed closely by Idaho at 5-1.

UC Davis and Weber State are tied for fourth, both at 4-2, while preseason favorite Montana shares sixth place with Portland State, both at 3-3.

Defending champion Sacramento State is a four-touchdown favorite as it travels to meet Portland State in a rare Friday-night game in Hillsboro, while Montana State is similarly favored in its Saturday game at last-place Cal Poly, which is 0-6 in league play.

Both Sac State and Montana State face major challenges the last week of the season when the Hornets entertain UC Davis in the Causeway Classic and the Bobcats host Montana in the Brawl of the Wild.

If two or more teams tie for the conference championship, there is no title game or tiebreaker. formula. Instead, they will be declared co-champions. The top five teams, including the Aggies, maintain a mathematical chance of gaining at least a share of the league championship.

That might have once seemed a distant dream for UCD, which started league play with an 0-2 mark after losses to Weber State and Montana State.

Sacramento State, which is 21-1 in Big Sky play over the last three seasons, is now ranked second in both the FCS Coaches Poll and the Stats FCS Poll and has picked up a number of first place votes as well behind No. 1 South Dakota State. Montana State is third in both polls.

Other ranked Big Sky teams are Weber State 10/7, Montana 14/16 and Idaho, 20/15.

While the Aggies aren’t listed in the Top 25 in either poll, they are in the “Others Receiving Votes” category, which equates to No. 35 in the Coaches Poll and No. 28 in the Stats Poll.

On the national stage only three FCS teams remain unbeaten overall, including Sacramento State, 9-0, No. 5 Jackson State, 9-0, No. 6 Holy Cross, 9-0, and No. 16 Princeton, 8-0. Princeton, however, competes in the Ivy League, which regularly declines to have its members compete in the FCS playoff. n Sacramento State 33, Weber State 30

OGDEN, Utah — Asher O’Hara scored three touchdowns and racked up nearly 250 yards of total offense as Sacramento State outlasted Weber State on a cold and rainy day in Utah. With the victory on Saturday, the Hornets have won their last 17 Big Sky games dating back to 2019. Sacramento State’s nine-game winning streak is the longest in school history, surpassing eight-game streaks in 1966 and 2021. n Idaho 48, Eastern Washington 16 MOSCOW, Idaho — Hayden Hatten caught four touchdown passes to lead Idaho past Eastern Washington. Between the second half of the Sacramento State game last week and the first half of the EWU game, Hatten has scored seven touchdowns. As a team, the Vandals racked up 531 yards of offense, including 308 yards rushing, while limiting the Eagles to just 278 yards of offense and 36 yards rushing on the day. n Portland State 35, Northern Colorado 21 HILLSBORO, Ore. — Portland State scored 35 unanswered points to down Northern Colorado and earn its second straight win as the Vikings improved to 4-5 overall. Dante Chachere passed for 269 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Vikings, while Emmanuel Daigbe and Jobi Malary combined for 166 yards on the ground. n Montana State 41, Northern Arizona 38 FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Montana State survived an upset bid on the road as the Bobcats topped Northern Arizona thanks to a Blake Glessner field goal as time expired. Tommy Mellott led the Bobcats with 179 yards passing, 119 yards rushing and four total touchdowns, with his biggest play of the day coming on a 64-yard strike to Taco Dowler with time winding down to set up Glessner’s game-winning field goal. The two teams combined for 1,023 yards of total offense. n Montana 57, Cal Poly 0 MISSOULA, Mont. — It was a Winter Wonderland in Missoula on Saturday night as Montana shut out visiting Cal Poly to return to the win column after three straight losses. Montana rolled up 695 yards of total offense, the second-highest total in program history, as the Griz defense and wintery conditions limited the Mustangs to under 200 yards of offense.

Nick Ostmo rushed for 221 yards and two scores to become Montana’s first 200-yard runner since Dalton Sneed in 2018.

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Blue Devil girls cool off Flames, advance to title game

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor

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Davis attacker Malaya Wright (right) tries to steal the ball away from Lodi’s Jenna Bigelow in the first quarter of Tuesday’s Sac-Joaquin Section Division I girls water polo playoff game at American River College. Wright had six goals in the game.

SACRAMENTO — Malaya Wright stands 5-foot-6.

But the senior attacker on the Davis High girls water polo team stood taller than most NBA players in Tuesday’s Sac-Joaquin Section Division I semifinal playoff game against Lodi. Wright was many players who helped top-seeded Davis (21-8) cool off the Flames with a 20-3 win.

This was the second meeting between Davis and Lodi this season. The Blue

Devils posted a 19-4 victory over the Flames in a nonleague game at Arroyo Pool on Sept. 20.

“We were just a little bit more aggressive,” said Davis head coach Doug Wright, who is the father of Malaya. “A little bit more confident on defense.

The Blue Devils’ next stop is the section D-I title game, which will be played at the Roseville Aquatic Center on Saturday at 4 p.m. Davis will play the winner of the No. 2 Granite Bay-No. 3 St. Mary’s game, which is scheduled to take place in Stockton on

Wednesday.

Saturday’s section winner earns an automatic berth into the California Interscholastic Federation Regional Water Polo Championships, which will start on Tuesday, Nov. 15.

Wright and the Blue Devils wasted no time in beating No. 4 Lodi (20-11) in the first quarter.

After Blue Devil teammates Lucie Lapuz and Kyla Cutler scored a goal each early in the first quarter for a 2-0 lead, Wright upped the team’s lead to 3-0 when she took the ball and fired it into the back of

the net. Hailey Pistochini had the steal that gave the Blue Devils the ball back, which led to Wright’s goal.

“I think overall, our defense in this game we stopped a lot more,” Wright said. “We had a lot more steals (17), which limited their possessions.”

Lodi tried to get its offense going midway through the opening quarter. But the Flames turned the ball over twice and an exclusion.

Blue Devil attacker Leila Meraz scored the next two

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UC Davis forward Christian Anigwe (4), seen here in a Big West Conference game against CSU Northridge in February, scored 21 points in Monday’s win at Cal.

Aggie men take down Cal in opener

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UCD quarterback Miles Hastings (7) hands off the football to running back Ulonzo Gilliam (34) in Saturday’s Big Sky Conference game at UC Davis Health Stadium. To view more photos, visit www.davisenterprise.com, click on the Sports tab and look for the story.

UCD keeps rolling in Big Sky

By Bob Dunning Enterprise staff writer Four weeks ago, UC Davis head football coach Dan Hawkins told his 1-4 team that it was time to get on a roll, and, by the way, a berth in the FCS playoffs was still an achievable dream.

Well, the Aggies have taken Hawkins’ words to heart, rolling in unprecedented fashion to four straight lopsided wins over Big Sky competition, pushing their overall record to 5-4, including 4-2 in league play.

The latest victim of the Aggie hit parade was Idaho State, which took an early 3-0 lead and didn’t score again as UC Davis rolled to a 43-3 Big Sky win over the Bengals Saturday evening at UC Davis Health Stadium.

Idaho State fell to 1-8 and 1-5.

The schedule suddenly gets a bit more difficult as the Aggies finish the regular season on the road with games at Idaho and Sacramento State.

Idaho pushed its record to 6-3 and 5-1 with a 48-16 rout of Eastern Washington, while Sacramento State, 9-0 and 6-0, kept its perfect season intact with a 33-30 win over Weber State.

Aggie defensive back DaVon Frazier (13) and linebacker Nick Eaton (53) bring down Idaho State quarterback Hunter Hays (7) in Saturday’s Big Sky Conference game at UC Davis Health Stadium.

Mike Bush/ Enterprise photo

When it comes to the 24-team FCS playoff, the only automatic spots go to the various conference champions across the country, but if the Aggies manage to beat both highly regarded and highly ranked Idaho and Sacramento State, they are virtually certain to earn an atlarge berth to the playoff.

Last year five Big Sky teams earned playoff bids.

Hawkins was effusive in his praise of the Aggies, who have put together the highest-scoring four-game streak in school history with wins of 56-27 over Northern Arizona, 58-10 over Northern Colorado and 59-17 over Cal Poly before taking care of the Bengals.

“We started a little slowly for a variety of reasons, but then we cleaned things up and played awfully well the rest of the way,” said the Aggie coach.

Without a doubt, this four-game stretch of offensive explosion and defensive mastery has infused a sense of confidence into the Aggies.

“We expect to win, we expect to play well, we expect to compete,” Hawkins noted. “That’s the standard when we enter the arena.”

The four-game win streak is a dramatic turnaround from the first

half of the season when the Aggies dropped four of their first five games, one to Cal and three against top 10 opponents South Dakota State, Weber State and Montana State.

In their favor, not only have the Aggies dramatically righted their ship and saved their season, they have done so in a confidence-building fashion, with significant contributions coming from a variety of players on both sides of the ball.

Sophomore quarterback Miles Hastings, for one, has been lights out over the last four games, adding to his phenomenal totals with a Saturday performance of 25 completions in 33 attempts for 270 yards and two touchdowns.

His four-game totals are now 86 of 107 for a phenomenal 80.4 completion percentage, along with 1,274 yards and 11 scores with just one interception.

Idaho State had one impressive drive — its first — that ended with a 33-yard field goal from Ian Hershey.

The Aggies responded with a 45-yard field goal of their own off the foot of Isaiah Gomez, then took a 9-3 lead when Trent Tompkins

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Enterprise staff writer BERKELEY — Apparently, the 34th time’s a charm.

The UC Davis Aggies had lost 33 straight times to the California Golden Bears in a men’s basketball series that dates back 105 years, but that streak ended in dramatic fashion here Monday night as the Aggies played lights out down the stretch to take home a 75-65 decision before a stunned crowd of 3,128 in Haas Pavilion.

The game was the season opener for both schools, but the Aggies were clearly in midseason form for a full 40 minutes.

“We have a really good team,” said senior forward Christian Anigwe, as if there were any doubters.

Anigwe had a careernight with 21 points, including the final dagger with 56 seconds remaining as the Aggie defense suffocated the Bears over the final 10 minutes.

“We came to make a statement,” Anigwe added with a broad smile. “We’re not Cal’s little brother. This team has a real bond going.

Our coaches prepared us well for this game and we all felt this was a game we could win.”

Is this the greatest win in Aggie men’s basketball history?

Well, let’s not forget that Division II national championship in 1998 or wins in recent years over Washington State, Oregon State and Utah State. But this one is certainly in the conversation for the way the Aggies battled back after falling behind by six points midway through the second half when everyone in the house thought the Bears were about to take control.

Everyone except the Aggies, that is.

Aggie coach Jim Les fielded a team with seven new faces, and conventional wisdom dictates that such a team will take a while to develop a rhythm and create a winning identity. But Les took this group to Europe in August for a four-game swing that included significant team

bonding both on and off the court.

“I think we’re a little bit ahead of where we might otherwise be because of that trip,” Les noted.

UC Davis dominated the Bears early, taking a 32-21 lead on a 3-pointer by Anigwe, but the Bears rallied to cut the deficit to 41-36 at the half.

Early in the second half the Aggies twice pushed the spread back to eight, but Cal responded with an 8-0 run to tie the game at 51, then went ahead for the first time since the opening several minutes when Grant Newell hit a trey for a 54-53 advantage.

It was Newell again with a putback that gave the Bears their biggest lead of the night at 60-54 with 10:07 left in the game.

Remember that score and remember that time.

For over those last 10 minutes and seven seconds the Golden Bears of the Pac-12 managed just five total points and only one field goal as the relentless Aggie defense turned the game around for good. At one point the Aggie defense forced the Bears into an 0 for 15 shooting drought by never giving their hosts a decent look at the basket.

From that 60-54 hole, the Aggies went on a 17-1 tear to take a 71-61 lead on a short jumper by Elijah Pepper with 2:53 to play as Cal went nearly eight minutes without a field goal.

Pepper, who finished with 16 points and four steals, had two of those steals for breakaway layups during the streak.

The Bears cut the lead to 71-65 on a pair of free throws from Devin Askew with 1:21 left, but that’s when Anigwe pulled out the aforementioned dagger to seal the outcome for good.

As Aggie guard Ty Johnson — a tremendously talented transfer from Loyola Chicago who scored 17 points and pulled down a game-high eight rebounds — dribbled deliberately near midcourt to run down the clock, he finally drilled the ball to Anigwe, who put

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