The Davis Enterprise Sunday, January 8, 2023

The normalizing of the Odd Fellows

By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer

Mystery and intrigue surround one of the oldest fraternal orders of all time with their symbols and secrets. The fraternity club with an odd name began in Britain. With literal skeletons found in closets, one may be drawn to live a life of virtue by staring death in the face.

“There may be skeletons in Odd Fellow Lodges,” Davis Odd Fellows President and

Department Commander Dave Rosenberg said. Has the Yolo County Judge and former Davis mayor ever seen any? “Oh God, yes; There are secrets inside the lodge,” he answered.

Some of these secrets happen right away at initiation: passwords, signs, and grips. Long ago, the Odd Fellows had a whole book of signs, so when Odd Fellows would meet other Odd Fellows, they could communicate by flashing a sign, a

helpful technique if danger was afoot.

In keeping with the spirit of all things odd, practices today include meeting times that start at 8:01 versus 8 o’clock and hosting “Oddtoberfest,” a catchy turn of phrase of the annual German beer festival.

In the entryway of the second floor lies fraternal order regalia and jewels worn by officers during important meetings.

A decorative throne sits on the hall’s stage for well-known

Report: Homicide suspect not competent for trial

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

WOODLAND — The man accused of fatally beating his girlfriend’s toddler should undergo mental-health treatment before continuing his court proceedings, according to a report recently submitted in Yolo Superior Court.

Derrick Dimone Woods’ homicide case has been at a standstill since May, when his public defender raised doubts regarding Woods’ ability to understand the nature of the legal proceedings and assist in preparing his defense.

That led to an evaluation

by the Alta California Regional Center, which provides services to people with developmental disabilities. On Friday, Judge Peter Williams reported receiving a 56-page evaluation “that finds him not competent and recommends referral for treatment.”

Typically, a defendant will undergo treatment at a state facility until their mental competence is restored, allowing court proceedings to resume.

Prosecuting attorney Jesse Richardson requested two weeks for his office to review the report “and discuss internally what we

characters like Santa for his annual breakfast with Davisites. On New Year’s Eve, Mumbo Gumbo, a popular local band, graced the hall.

With 349 members, the Davis Odd Fellows has the largest Odd Fellows fellowship in the world. When Rosenberg joined in 2004, the thenmayor remembered a much different scene. There were only 30 members. “It was very

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Filing period opens Monday for District 3 council seat

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

Residents interested in running for the vacant District 3 seat on the Davis City Council can take out nomination paperwork beginning Monday.

The nomination period will run through Friday, Feb. 3, which is the final day candidates may make an appointment to submit completed paperwork to run for office.

Ballots will be mailed to District 3 voters beginning April 3 with the allmail election taking place on Tuesday, May 2.

All of this was set in motion back in June when former Mayor Lucas Frerichs was elected to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors. He was sworn in to that position on Tuesday, officially vacating his City Council seat representing District 3.

Later that day, the remaining four Davis City Council members voted unanimously to fill the vacancy by calling a special election rather than appointing someone to fill the seat.

Whoever is elected in May will finish out the remainder of Frerichs’s term, which runs through 2024.

Candidates must be residents of District 3 based on the original district map approved by the council in

State funds two ag easements near Davis

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

Nearly $4 million in grants from the state will be used to purchase two agricultural conservation easements near the city of Davis, preserving nearly 340 acres of farmland in perpetuity.

A $915,000 grant from the California Strategic Growth Council, awarded to the city of Davis and the Yolo Land Trust, will help purchase an easement of 120 acres northeast of the city and immediately west of County Road 105.

to other agricultural areas.

A second grant of $2.9 million, also from the strategic growth council, will help purchase an agricultural conservation easement on 217 acres of farmland south of Putah Creek. That grant was awarded to the Solano Land Trust.

“We’re pretty excited about both of these,” Assistant City Manager Kelly Stachowicz told the City Council on Tuesday.

Agricultural conservation easements are voluntary, legally recorded deed

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Sixteen-month-old Amanda Owens, right, was found dead in a motel room on Feb. 15, 2021, allegedly murdered by her mother’s boyfriend; her half-brother Elijah Washington was also hurt in the attack.

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Dave Rosenberg of the Davis Odd Fellows Lodge shows off some the regalia and accouterments used by the “mysterious” fraternal order.

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MLK celebration

returns Jan. 16

The city’s annual celebration of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., will be Monday, Jan. 16.

The 29th version of the event — which usually features music, dance, poetry and more — will take place at the Veterans Memorial Center at 10:30 a.m. and will be followed by a march to Central Park.

“We’re looking forward to a great event that day,” said Assistant City Manager Kelly Stachowicz.

This will be the city’s first in-person MLK celebration since the pandemic began.

Food bank distributes gift cards after power outages

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

The Yolo Food Bank is providing disaster relief grocery cards to vulnerable residents impacted by power outages during these winter storms.

The effort aims to supply those households with emergency and replacement food and was made possible by financial support from PG&E, according to the food bank.

A total of 925 grocery store gift cards valued at $40 each are being distributed by the food bank’s partner agencies, including the ShortTerm Emergency Aid Committee in Davis.

The cards are being distributed on a first come, first served basis and individuals who are interested should contact their local agencies.

Davis residents should reach out to STEAC by calling 530-758-8438.

Gift cards are also being distributed to residents of Clarksburg, Knights Landing, West Sacramento, Woodland, Yolo and Zamora who have been affected by

recent power outages.

Yolo County Supervisor Oscar Villegas of West Sacramento was on hand in Clarksburg Thursday distributing gift cards and providing residents there with an update

on recovery efforts. At that event, the Yolo Food Bank also distributed more than 100 shelf-stable meal kits and water to Clarksburg residents, while PG&E representatives provided power outage

resources, including batteries and blankets, and the Yolo County Children’s Alliance distributed toiletries, diapers and baby wipes to local families.

“The atmospheric river storm has left many residents of Yolo County with extended power outages following last week’s severe wind and rain,” the food bank noted in a press release on Thursday. “With support from PG&E, Yolo Food Bank and its local partner agencies will provide gift cards to local grocery stores located in the vicinity of affected households including Raley’s (Woodland, Knights Landing, Yolo, Zamora), Walmart (Clarksburg), Nugget Markets (Woodland, Davis), and Grocery Outlet (West Sacramento).”

For more information about the Yolo Food Bank, visit https:// yolofoodbank.org.

— Reach Anne Ternus-Bellamy at aternus@davisenterprise. net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

School board tackles inclusion, strategic plan

District

looks toward new year

By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer

It was the first board meeting of the new year, and much like meetings of years past, was filled with the status quo of pertinent updates on happenings around the district.

The meeting itself — and the second half of the school year — kicked off with Superintendent Matt Best emphasizing the district’s motto of “We All belong.”

After a public comment section filled with voices vying for more transgender student inclusion and equity, the meeting dove headfirst into an update of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress by Troy Allen, director of secondary education and leadership.

The update itself was filled with data points covering test scores of different student groups including students with disabilities,

Bob Dunning is on vacation. The Wary I will return Wednesday.

test score comparisons between DJUSD students and students around California, data by race and ethnicity, parent education, science data as well as how the data drives continuous improvement.

“In looking at our data, we’re mindful that these percentages and graphs represent our individual students and that this tells a valid and consistent story. So, as we look and analyze, the most compelling question is, ‘what do we do now that we know this?’” Allen said. “This is a new baseline, and we’ll begin to see year-by-year comparative growth again next year on the state dashboard and the accompanying reports.

“However, these scores every year reflect the demand for action on behalf of the students who are not yet meeting state standards. As a learning organization, DJUSD puts a high currency on looking at data with curiosity for where our efforts and continuous improvement should be focused.”

Following suit was an update on the DJUSD strategic plan. The district hired Performance Fact as a strategic planning consultant, and the update was given by the organization’s president, Mutiu Fagbayi.

Fagbayi began by emphasizing how Performance Fact is only a guide in the strategic planning process, and while giving information and a point of view, leaves the decisionmaking up to the district and the community. The update included how various teams have been created to collect data such as the student voice team, instructional focus team, alignment team and so on to embrace multiple diverse voices and points of view.

The update also included what’s to come on the strategic planning calendar, data collection analysis as well as the projected four goals drafted for student success which include

ensuring a safe school climate and student wellbeing, equitable access and opportunity, realized academic potential and ensuring students are confident and prepared for life.

“The four goals tell a story. The first is about mental health and social/ emotional well-being for the students. The second goal is about ensuring access and success for all students,” said Fagbayi.

“The third goal recognizes that at the end of the day, we really want not just strong social/emotional well-being, but students to be strong academically. The final goal is about getting the students ready to graduate, and ready to — what I call — ‘rock and roll’ and are ready for successful secondary experiences.”

Following suit was the Special Education Program implementation update given by associate superintendent Julie Corona. The

district has been working hand-in-hand with WestEd to address areas of immediate improvement and implementation plans moving forward. The update covered goals mirroring those of the strategic plan update, the multitiered system of supports, the type of work being done, ongoing activities as well as projections for the future.

“While we have much work to do, I’m particularly excited about continuing to increase two-way communication pathways and hosting a more collaborative meetings format that will continue to make this work more effective and more fulfilling for all involved,” said Corona.

With that, the meeting came to an end with the next scheduled for Jan 19.

— Reach Aaron Geerts at aaron.geerts@ mcnaughton.media.

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Yolo County Supervisor Oscar Villegas distributes grocery store gift cards Thursday to residents of Clarksburg impacted by power outages from recent storms.

small and it did nothing, and the building was dark. I remember walking by this building and saying what is it? Because it had no signage.” Except for a tiny little sign in the window with the word “church” on it, the building on 415 Second St. was deemed by many as just that even though the church rented the place for only a few hours on Sundays. Not much more really was happening there. The Odd Fellows back then “pretty much did nothing in the community,” Rosenberg said.

To rectify the situation, a new sign was erected; since 2015, passersby on the 400 block of Second Street may have wondered what the neon letters “IOOF” signify. Well, it stands for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

According to an Enterprise article from June 20, 2015, the sign was purchased online on the Etsy website from an antique dealer in New Jersey. It was spotted by Odd Fellows member Debbie Friend, who alerted Rosenberg. He, in turn, got the support of the other members of the Hall Board, the lodge operations manager, and staff.

“The sign had been lying on its side for years, ignored and forgotten, in a warehouse,” Rosenberg said at the time. “It was constructed in the 1950s and had come from a defunct lodge in Philadelphia.”

Under Rosenberg’s tutelage and guidance, Davis Odd Fellows hosts the Zombie Bike Ride, Thursday Live Music, monthly Bingo, Breakfast with Santa, and New Year’s Eve party. “I think that people join now for companionship and friendship, and the things we do for the community,” he said.

The Davis Odd Fellows boast dozens of special-

interest and hobbyist committees, like a hiking group, beer tasting, and crafts.

Rosenberg said he heard the tale in the olden days of Odd Fellows being there to help other Odd Fellows who were down and out. “Now the secrets: there was a purpose behind the secrets in the old days. If you were an Odd Fellow, you got benefits. I mean, if you went to another city and were down and out, you needed a meal, and you were an Odd Fellow, they would give you a meal. They would give you a place to sleep if you needed a place to sleep. If you wanted to find a job, they would help you find a job. And so you had to prove you were an Odd Fellow; you were tested. You had to know the passwords; you had to know the signs. So and there was a way for them to doublecheck.”

Today, however, these practices are performed out of tradition, primarily,

and Rosenberg wants to change some of that. “A lot of these old rituals are quite archaic. We have, for example, oaths that we take, you know, that you keep the secrets and all that that it’s 300 words long. So there need to be some changes. Eventually, it’ll happen,” he said.

The two-story building, built in the mid-1950s, underwent about a million-dollar renovation in the last few years. Rosenberg gets calls weekly from interested parties who want to rent it out for various private events. Prepandemic, that kind of thing was all the rage. But the 20-person staff that operated the full commercial kitchen had been laid off when COVID first hit, and they’re all still gone.

And yet the lodge is doing better than ever financially because the fraternal order owns the surrounding properties and collects rent from their tenants, including the Refinery Salon, Treehouse

Vintage and Elite Property Management.

“We made a lot of money in our hall rental business, but we also paid out a lot of money for staff,” Rosenberg said. “I mean, you got to pay salaries; you got to pay health insurance. We don’t need to bring it back, so the hall now is just used for Odd Fellows.”

The Davis Odd Fellows’ first incarnation began on April 12, 1870, as Yolo Lodge No. 169, later moving to a G Street two-story. As time passed, the building deteriorated, and the Odd Fellows were looking for a new location. According to Rosenberg’s historical account of the lodge, in 1949, Frank Weber, one of the Davis Odd Fellows members, bequeathed about $200,000 to the Davis Odd Fellows and the Davis Rebekah Lodge (the women’s auxiliary).

Good timing for the fraternal order because they were looking to relocate. That is until an attorney named Thomas B. Leeper claimed that he was named the main beneficiary of Weber’s estate in a supposed second will. It took a few years, but Superior Court judges ultimately ruled in favor of the Odd Fellows and the Rebekahs and sentenced Leeper to state prison for perjury and intent to commit grand theft.

Rosenberg explains that the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs prevailed and formed a board that collectively owns the building. The Hall Board Association continues today and is composed of Odd Fellows Rosenberg, Dave Reed and Bob Bockwinkel, and Rebekahs Lea Rosenberg, Barb Geisler and Marge Fagan.

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

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the case.”

Williams agreed, noting “the charges here are grave.” He ordered the case back to court Jan. 19 for further proceedings.

Woods, 45, was arrested in February 2021, a day after he allegedly beat 16-month-old Amanda Owens and her 3-year-old brother in a West Sacramento motel.

Amanda died of her injuries.

The children’s mother, who had been away from the motel to borrow money for rent, returned to discover the brutalized siblings. Woods, meanwhile, fled the scene with the aid of his mother Annette Womack.

According to previous court testimony in the case, Womack drove to Silvey’s Motel on West Capitol Avenue on the morning of Feb. 15, 2021, after receiving a phone call from Woods.

A cousin who accompanied Womack to the scene told police they went inside the motel room to find Amanda “cold to the touch” while her brother Elijah was “tore up.” The cousin said she implored Woods and Womack to call 911, but neither of

departure.

them did. Instead, the women parked their car nearby and waited for Woods’

“I took it too far,” Woods told investigators after his arrest the next day, according to court testimony. He said he started to discipline Elijah that morning for misbehaving and got carried away, turning his anger onto the toddler girl as well.

Womack, who according to prosecutor lied to police about her son’s whereabouts after helping him flee the crime scene, later pleaded no contest to being an accessory to a felony.

Williams, the Yolo County judge, sentenced her in November 2021 to three years in Yolo County Jail, of which she was expected to serve about a year due to time already served prior to her plea. — Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene

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Zoltar stands vigil at the entrance to the Odd Fellows Hall. He’ll tell your fortune ... for a fee, of course.

Patricia Colenzo passed away peacefully on Jan. 3, 2023 at the age of 80, in Vacaville.

She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Salvatore (Sam) Colenzo; children Karin Seis (Richard), Kenneth Colenzo (Elizabeth) and Kristi Colenzo; grandchildren Jonathan and Samantha Seis, Madeline Shull, and Liliana Colenzo; and sister Kathy (Terry) Pituch.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Genevive Posney, and sister Barbara Cusick.

Patricia was born in New Kensington, Pa., the oldest of three girls to Charles and Genevive Posney. She moved to Davis after marriage to husband Sam in 1970. She was a registered nurse, graduated with a BSED from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, in 1964. She worked as a child birth educator, was a Lamaze instructor, worked as a playground supervisor for the Davis Unified School District, was active in various ministries at St. James Parish, where she served for many years as a marriage and baptism coordinator.

She was a Girl Scout

leader, had many years of community outreach as a volunteer, and above all, was a loving

wife, mother and grandmother and a friend to everyone she met. She enjoyed traveling, attending stage plays, cooking and spending time with her grandchildren.

There will be a viewing at St. James Church, 1275 B St. in Davis, from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, followed by a vigil service from 7 to 7:30 p.m. (4:30 to 5 p.m. for family only please).

The funeral service will take place at St. James Church at noon Saturday, Jan. 14, followed by a Celebration of Life reception. The Catholic Rite of Committal will begin at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, 5810 Midway Road in Dixon.

Donations can be made to St. James Church, American Cancer Society or American Diabetes Association.

Emanuel “Manny” Epstein, a long-term resident of Davis and a distinguished professor in the department of soils and plant nutrition at UC Davis, passed away on Dec. 4, 2022 in Davis.

He was born in Germany in 1916, coming of age just as Hitler’s Nazis started persecuting Germany’s Jews. His family, positively Jewish but not religious, was strongly Zionist, supporting what would be a Jewish state in Palestine. Emanuel’s father foresaw coming ill times for Jews, equipping each family member with passport, visas, and a small suitcase with supplies needed to flee the increasing danger.

After a brief stay in Belgium with relatives, the family went to Palestine. After staying on a farm there, Emanuel departed to the United States to study pomology at UC Davis, earning his Bachelor’s degree in 1940 and master’s degree the next year. With understatement he wrote, “That gave

me a taste for research.”

Emanuel, by then naturalized, married Californian Hazel Margaret (“Peggy”) Leask, who was widely loved and respected in the community. She died in 2020, their marriage of 78 years the stable center of two fruitful lives.

Emanuel completed his Ph.D. in the field of plant physiology in 1958 at UC Berkeley’s famous division of plant nutrition, going on to a new research unit at the USDA’s main installation in Beltsville, Md., using radioisotopes to study minerals in plant micronutrition, also enjoying with Peggy and their two boys — Jonathan and Jared — the proximity of Washington, D.C., its public buildings, museums, galleries and magnificent vistas.

In 1958 they returned to UC Davis, where Emanuel stayed until retiring in 1987.

At UCD Emanuel pioneered innovative fields important to real-world agriculture, showing how

mineral nutrients are absorbed through plant cell membranes; developing crop plants including wheat, barley, and tomato able to tolerate saline conditions; and on the surprising significance of the element silicon in protecting plants against environmental onslaughts such as diseases, pests and metal toxicities.

He published more than 80 times, including what became the standard textbook for plant nutrition, and was a friend and mentor to hundreds of graduate students, colleagues, postdoctoral researchers and visiting scientists. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, American Society for the Advancement of Science,

numerous other organizations.

As a UCD professor emeritus for many years, Emanuel kept a productive hand in plant research, riding his bicycle almost daily to the lab at UC Davis for a full day’s work. “It’s a passion,” he said of his research and teaching in 2003, “A commitment to take yet another step to advance science and understand nature’s secrets.”

Surviving family is across the world far and wide: in the U.S. (California, Texas, New York), and in France, England and Israel. Peggy and Emanuel are survived by their son Jonathan; five grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and a large extended family who loved and admired them.

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Shu Shu’s Clothing another COVID casualty

Shu Shu’s Clothing & Accessories will close by the end of the month.

The high-end women’s boutique is at 227 E St., Suite 3, in the alley between Chipotle and Peet’s

Owner Shokoufeh “Shu Shu”

Hanjani opened the store in May 2014, offering women’s clothing, accessories and shoes “mostly for women over 30,” she said Thursday.

She plans to close the store on Friday, Jan. 20, depending on sales. Her lease ends on Jan. 31. “I’m hoping I will move a lot of inventory next week.”

Starting Tuesday, hours will be noon to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, or by appointment. Before that, hours are noon to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.

“It’s been sad. It took me a few months to convince myself to just close the store. I shortened hours after COVID so I could just carry on and survive but it’s not happening.”

Another complication came when her husband started working on the East Coast. For a year, she’s been splitting her time between her homes in Davis and Hartford, Conn. It was an extra expense to staff the shop when she was gone.

Hanjani said she’s closing the storefront but not her LLC. She plans to do quarterly pop-ups in and around Davis. “I do have some loyal customers who would like to still shop with me.”

She said she will miss her customers and the support of her landlord, Dan Dowling. “I’m still trying to digest it. I had a great store and a great landlord. Customers came to just chill out. They didn’t feel pressured to buy. It was a great experience, I must say.”

The store has markdowns of

up to 60 percent on about 90 percent of its merchandise. She’s saving some of the collections for future pop-ups, and those are not being discounted.

Brixmor Property Group, the owner of University Mall, will host an informational open house on Wednesday about the future of the center.

The event is from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at the Davis Senior Center, 646 A St.

“Have you been wondering about the future of the University Mall? Now is your chance to find out what the plans are and ask questions,” a Brixmor Facebook ad says. “Stop by and speak with Brixmor’s design team about planned redevelopment of University Mall.”

The mall is at Russell Boulevard and Anderson Road. Plans for the center include complete redevelopment, “to include experiential retailers, modern facades, green spaces, pedestrian and bike-friendly access, new landscaping and gathering areas. This reimagined retail hub will be renamed The Davis Collection.”

The mall’s operator abandoned earlier plans for a multistory development that included housing.

The Big Blue Barn, a thrift store that rescues items before they enter the Yolo County

Central Landfill, is expanding its hours. It will be open every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 44030 County Road 28H in Woodland.

“Every year, Yolo County has strived to grow and improve our Big Blue Barn in some fashion. This year, we’re taking a big leap forward, and have committed to having the store open every Thursday,” a Facebook post said.

In addition, it will be open on the third Saturday of each month, when it will host a sale with half-price merchandise. It was previously open one twoday block a month, on the third Friday and Saturday of each month. A weekly schedule is easier for customers to remember.

“We took a huge step going from being open 24 days this past year to 63 days in the coming one. These changes are largely based on the public survey conducted this past fall. We hope everyone will be pleased with the improvements, and we look forward to seeing you in the coming year.”

Thrift store donations are accepted daily, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Landfill customers enter through the main gate and head to the scale house. Let them know you have donations, and they send you to the Big Blue Barn, where they have staff to assist donors, they said.

Sit Lo Saigon has its sign up and lit. Work is underway to open the restaurant in the former Thai Nakorn space at 414 G St. Thai Nakorn closed at the end of October, when its owners retired.

Sit Lo Saigon is a Vietnamese noodle bar, with a restaurant in Elk Grove, and a sister restau-

rant in Sacramento called Saigon Alley Kitchen + Bar. Owner Jimmy Voong and his wife Mymy Nguyen previously operated the former Make Fish sushi and poke restaurant at 400 G St., now filled by Good Friends Hawaiian Poke

There was a vinyl banner up in front of the future Orangetheory Fitness site, advertising that it was on its way. It’s filling the former Round Table Pizza spot at 2151 Cowell Blvd., Suite A.

The sign blew down in a recent storm. Remodeling of the interior hasn’t begun.

Happy Mochi is still working on its interior at 1405 Fifth St., last occupied by Kaya Yoga

The café will offer mochi doughnuts, Korean rice flour hot dogs, tea (including boba) and coffee. It originally planned to be open by the end of 2022.

Still no activity at the future Wayback Burgers site at 1351 W. Covell Blvd., Suite A, in The Marketplace.

A spokeswoman for the burger chain told me in September that it planned to open in the first quarter of this year. She did not respond to an email inquiry I sent on Jan. 3.

The Mediterranean & Moroccan food restaurant Casablanca closed temporarily on Dec. 28. As of late Thursday, it was set to reopen on Saturday.

“We are doing some renovations, including new interior painting,” owner Ibrahim Zabad said. “We are also buying new equipment to replace old ones.” He said the work will make it more appealing for indoor dining.

The restaurant is at 640 W.

Covell Blvd., Suite A, in Anderson Plaza.

There’s a new business in town designed to support nursing moms and their little ones. Davis Lactation Support opened this month at 330 Madson Place, Suite B.

Owner Lisa Paradis is an international board-certified lactation consultant and registered dietitian with more than 12 years’ experience working in maternal and infant health and nutrition.

“I recently left my job at a local health system in town to go into private practice,” she said.

Davis Lactation Support is open weekdays by appointment. Services include prenatal and initial comprehensive consultations, and tongue-tie assessment and support. Virtual consultations are available, as well as follow-up, back-to-work and infant weight-check evaluations.

Visit https://www.davislactationsupport.com/ for more information.

Missed a column? Wondering when a new Davis business is opening? Check my paywall-free Google spreadsheet, which includes more than 325 Davis businesses coming or going. It’s at https://bit.ly/Davis Businesses. Look for the tabs for Restaurants Open, Restaurants Closed, Coming Soon and more.

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

Training series helps entrepreneurs Taxpayer group switches to Wednesdays

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Sacramento Valley Small Business Development Center recently announced a partnership with Davis Chamber of Commerce to offer a free, online training series designed to help entrepreneurs in Yolo County start their businesses. The five-part series, which begins on Feb. 8, will provide in-depth instruction on the fundamentals of planning, launching and sustaining a small business in today’s economy.

“Whether you have an idea for a business, are just starting out or have been in business for many years, every business owner can benefit from the information in these sessions,” said Cory Koehler, executive director of the Davis Chamber of Commerce. “We know it’s a challenging time for every business owner and this education series provides essential information and tips at the right price — it’s free.”

Knowing the outsized impact that entrepreneurs have on their communities, the program is designed to ensure that small businesses have the education and resources to build

long-term success. Since launching services in January of 2022, Sacramento Valley SBDC has helped 69 entrepreneurs start businesses. Each new business is an important piece in creating resilient local economies, explains Sacramento Valley SBDC Director, SiewYee Lee-Alix.

“Business ownership is an opportunity for people of all backgrounds and walks of life to be financially secure, provide for their families, and make a difference in their communities,” explains Lee-Alix, who emphasizes the importance of partnerships with local groups like the Davis Chamber of Commerce.

“My hope is that ambitious entrepreneurs across Yolo County will take advantage of this training as a first step to making their dreams a reality.”

Topics covered during the series will include writing a business plan; choosing the right legal structure; obtaining and maintaining the necessary licenses and permits; different funding options; marketing, and more. Participants will work with SBDC Business Advisor

John Goldberg, and will have access to ongoing support from Sacramento Valley’s SBDC’s diverse team of experts.

Registration is available at bit.ly/davisbusiness startseries.

Sacramento Valley SBDC began offering services in January of 2022 under the host organization California Capital Financial Development Corporation. They serve businesses in Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba Counties with free training, business advising, financial guidance, and more. Since opening their doors, Sacramento Valley SBDC has provided services to over 1,200 entrepreneurs.

Since its start in 1905, the Davis Chamber of Commerce has had a commitment to the local community. The chamber is made up of vibrant local and regional businesses that reflect the vitality, education, community involvement, and quality of life characteristics of our community. The chamber offers opportunities for growth, education, professional seminars and networking.

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VACAVILLE — The Central Solano County Taxpayers Group will change its monthly meetings from Friday at noon to Wednesday evenings starting on Wednesday, Jan. 11.

The group will meet at Pietro’s No. 2 Fine Italian & American Food Restaurant, 679 Merchant St. in Vacaville, just across the

street from the Vacaville city offices. A no host dinner will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the restaurant meeting room.

The general meeting will commence at 6:30 p.m. All CSCTG meetings are open to the public and last about one hour.

Featured reports will be given on the recent Fairfield-Suisun School District $247,600,000

Measure S bond recount of votes cast in the November election. Measure S won approval by just two votes.

Guests and members will hear other brief reports will be given by selected committee members. Other local issues will also be discussed. For information, call or text 707-771-5481.

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restrictions intended to maintain farmland in active production by preventing development on the parcels.

“Such an easement prohibits practices that would damage or interfere with the agricultural use of the land,” according to the California Department of Conservation.

“Because the easement is a restriction on the deed of the property, the easement remains in effect even when the land changes ownership.”

The department notes

that while the easements are created to specifically support agriculture and prevent development on that land, “other benefits may accrue because the land is not developed (scenic and habitat values, for example).”

The two new conservation easements announced this week follow the city’s purchase last summer of a 124-acre agricultural conservation easement northeast of the Wildhorse neighborhood.

The family that owns the property, the Gills, also donated a limited public trail easement to the city that runs along the channel

and adjacent to the nut orchard north to County Road 29.

The city, which co-owns that easement with the Yolo Land Trust, covered a quarter of the $925,000 purchase price with funds from the city’s open space parcel tax (Measure O) and the remainder also came in the form of Strategic Growth Council grant funds from the state.

Then-Mayor Gloria Partida said at the time that “the protection of farmlands and habitat areas is an important part of preserving the history and character of Davis.”

Police make pair of assault arrests

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

Davis police made two unrelated assault arrests in the past week, one in connection with an earlier hate crime.

Solomon Cody Yellowhorse, 39, is suspected of striking a man in the head with a stick while shouting racial slurs regarding his Middle Eastern ethnicity, according to Lt. John Evans. The assault occurred on the night of Dec. 21 in the 100 block of F Street.

Police were unable to locate a suspect at the time, but later obtained security video that identified Yellowhorse as the alleged assailant, Evans said. He was arrested Tuesday night by officers responding to reports of a man throwing rocks at cars downtown.

Another man faces multiple felony

charges in connection with a Thursdaymorning incident on Woods Circle.

Evans said a woman called police at about 5:15 a.m. “reporting a known suspect had broken into her residence through a window and held her at gunpoint” while demanding her wallet and cell phone.

A physical fight ensued over the gun — later determined to be a BB gun — which both the suspect and victim used to strike the other person in the head, causing injuries, Evans said.

The suspect, identified as 23-year-old Xavier Enrique Urazandi De Colletti, fled the scene but was later taken into custody in the 1600 block of Pole Line Road. Police booked him into the Yolo County Jail on suspicion of first-degree robbery and burglary, assault with a deadly weapon and making criminal threats.

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2019, as that was the map used when Frerichs was elected the following year.

The district encompasses much of central Davis, bounded on the west by Oak Avenue and the east by Pole Line Road, but also stretching into North Davis as well as including downtown.

Frerichs has represented the district since 2020.

Now at least two

candidates have emerged to succeed him — Donna Neville, chair of the city’s Finance and Budget Commission, and Francesca Wright, 2021 recipient of the city’s Thong Hy Huynh Memorial Award for civil rights advocacy.

Both Neville and Wright filed initial paperwork with the city clerk indicating their intent to raise campaign funds prior to the council actually calling for a special election. As of

Friday, no other candidates had emerged.

Whoever wins in May likely won’t be sworn in until June, so until then, the Davis City Council will operate with just four members rather than five. Council members declined Tuesday to make an interim appointment.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ ATernusBellamy.

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California awarded the city of Davis and the Yolo Land Trust $915,000 to help buy an agricultural conservation easement on this 120-acre property.

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The open city council seat covers most of Central Davis. Courtesy photo

From Blue Devil football to UCD hoops

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor

Today, The Enterprise continues its look at the top 22 sports stories of 2022.

In today’s edition, part two is Nos. 14-8. Wednesday’s edition, online and print, displayed stories and photos of Nos. 22-15. The top seven stories are scheduled to run in Friday’s edition.

You’re anxious to read what top stories made the middle of the pack and into part of the top 10. Let’s jump right into the stories.

No. 14 Davis High football

Nick Garratt was named the new DHS football head coach in July.

Garratt took over the Blue Devils program that had gone through two head coaching changes in little over a year.

Steve Smyte had returned to the program in January 2022. He had coached during three different tenures in the 2010s.

In April 2022, Smyte was offered, and eventually accepted, the position of offensive coordinator for the Sacramento City College football team. But Smyte would only accept the new job if DHS was able to find his replacement.

Mark Johnson had served as the DHS football head coach for the fall 2021 season, taking over for Smyte who resigned after the spring season that was created from the pandemic. Johnson resigned shortly at the end of the fall season after the Blue Devils finished with a 1-8 record.

Garratt had been the defensive coordinator for the Swarco Raiders, based in Innsbruck, Austria, the last two seasons before taking over DHS’ program. He was also the head coach of the Bolzano Giants, a member of the Italian Football League, based in Bolzano, Italy, from 2015-19. He also served as offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator.

Along with coaching football outside of the United States, Garratt was the defensive coordinator at for the South Tahoe High football teams from 2011-15. He was the defensive quality control guest coach for the Seattle Seahawks in 2013, working with defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. That same season the Seahawks beat the

Denver Broncos 42-8 in Super Bowl XLVIII.

“Nick came highly recommended with great playing and coaching experience,” Davis High Athletic Director Lorensen told The Enterprise in July.

Garratt, who teaches world history at the campus, and the Blue Devils posted a 2-8 record in the 2022 season.

13. DHS girls field hockey

Last fall, Davis girls field hockey head coach Beth Hogan and her squad posted a 10-0 record in the Eastern Athletic League and 14-5 overall.

The Blue Devils had some exciting wins in league play against Lassen, Corning, Chico, Bella Vista and Pleasant Valley of Chico.

Another highlight for DHS last fall was beating Pleasant Valley twice in four days. Their first game was postponed and rescheduled to the end of October because of the excessive heat hitting Northern California in early September.

Forward Emma Brayton was the Blue Devils’ leading scorer with 14 goals. Aurora Hogan followed with 12 goals and Mia Williams seven.

Aurora Hogan led DHS in assists with 13. Evelyn Soller was second at 12 and Williams 10. Soller also had 13 steals.

Goalie Ella Evans had 155 saves for the Blue Devils.

12. Blue Devil girls tennis

Davis head coach Sally Hosley watched her 2022 team win the Delta League championship with an 11-1 record.

“Each player was determined and composed,” Hosley told The Enterprise after her team beat St. Francis for the crown. “I don’t think I’ve ever had a team where each player is completely dialed in, playing their personal best during a match. It was awesome to watch. Even our opponents were in awe. I was really proud of them.”

The Blue Devils’ run continued in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoffs. Davis earned the No. 2 seed, advancing to the semifinals to face Rocklin, which won and advanced to the title match against Sierra Foothill League foe Oak Ridge.

Key singles players for DHS this season were Hannah Proctor, Maya Moeller, Ellie Chang, May Edmonds and Charlotte Sloane and Maria Anderson.

Some of the Blue Devils’ doubles teams that played during the season were Alena Voss-Cloe Lamoureux, Natalie Hersch-Inkyung Hwang and Macey Foncannon-Lea Lamoureux.

11. DHS boys soccer

The Blue Devils boys soccer team captured the Delta crown last winter with a 10-2 record and 14-3 overall.

Some of the highlights of the season were the Blue Devils winning 11 of their first 12 games of the season.

Davis also knocked off Delta rival Jesuit in their first meeting at the Marauders’ field in Carmichael on Jan. 6. Jesuit won the second meeting at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium on Feb. 1.

Davis also earned the top seed in the section’s D-I playoffs, earning a first-round bye. Then the Blue Devils posted victories over Chavez of Stockton and Oak Ridge. But the Blue Devils’ bid to reaching the title game fell short on Feb. 17, when No. 4 Modesto shocked Davis with a 1-0 win.

10. Blue Devil girls water polo

The 2022 DHS girls water polo team captured another Delta and section D-I titles, concluding the season with a 22-9 record.

Some of the big games for the Blue Devils during the regular season were wins over Lodi, which won the section D-II title in 2021. One of those victories was in the second round of the 2022 D-I playoffs by a 20-3 score.

Davis captured its 18th section title against Granite Bay with a 13-7 win at the Roseville Aquatic Center on Nov. 12.

The Blue Devils earned a second consecutive berth into the California Interscholastic Federation NorCal Girls Water Polo Championships D-I. But their trek was short-lived, as Acalanes of Lafayette posted a 9-6 win in the first round.

Cal-bound Kenzie Walker led the Blue Devils in scoring with 98 goals. Malaya Wright was second at 71 goals and Leila Meraz 53.

Wright had 65 assists and Meraz 50. Meraz led DHS in steals at 56 and Wright 53.

Goalie Hailey Pistochini had 161 saves for the Blue Devils.

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Kings waive former Aggie

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SACRAMENTO —

The Sacramento Kings announced early that they have waived former UC Davis men's basketball player in forward Chima Moneke, according to a press release sent early Friday evening.

The 6-foot-5 and 223-pound Moneke was still listed on the Stockton Kings' roster as of early Friday evening.

The Stockton Kings are the G-League team of the Sacramento Kings.

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UC Davis forward Christian Anigwe (4) gets ready to drive around a UC Irvine player in Thursday’s Big West Conference game at the University Credit Union Center.

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Davis High girls tennis player Maya Moeller, seen here during practice toward the end of last August, and her teammates captured the Delta League title in 2022.

Davis High football head coach Nick Garratt (right) shouts out instructions to players during a Saturday morning intrasqaud scrimmage in late August. Garratt was named the new Blue Devils skipper earlier in that month.

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We’re flying unfriendly skies

By Llewellyn King Special to The Enterprise

AConservative British prime minister, Edward Heath, coined the phrase “the unacceptable face of capitalism” in 1973. He was describing the actions of Roland Walter “Tiny” Rowland and the company he headed, Lonrho (London Rhodesia), a mining and real estate conglomerate with interests across Africa.

Having had a hectic travel schedule since the end of the COVID-19 lockdown, the airlines have become an unacceptable face of capitalism.

I refer to the airlines collectively because, from the traveling public’s point of view, they are a massive whole with little to choose between them. Nominally in competition, their attitude to the public has become a common one of disrespect.

That one of the airlines, Southwest, would implode when stressed was no surprise. A metamorphosis had taken place in the last two years with the passengers — the customers — becoming, in the collective airline psyche, just economic opportunities ripe for endless upselling.

When the airlines realized they could extract money over and above the ticket price, they began a service free fall and abandoned any pretense of respect for their customers — or, apparently, themselves. They, the customers, had become economic targets for exploitation.

First came the baggage charges. Surely, the airlines knew people didn’t travel without bags and could have allowed for that in ticket pricing.

Then they found they could upsell the seating, making passengers pay extra for marginally better seats and even for boarding about five minutes early.

On a recent flight in a Boeing 767, the airline was charging a stiff premium to sit in the double seats near the window rather than in the three abreast in the middle. My wife and I stayed in the middle.

A new class of service called “basic economy” has prohibited carry-ons in the overhead bins, forcing passengers to pay for checked baggage and wiping out some of their flight cost savings.

I have flown around the globe for decades and have known every class of service, from that on the Concorde to the wonders of first class on Asian air carriers. But mostly, I have sat in the back and watched as the aircraft have gotten older and shabbier, as the seating area has shrunken, as the lavatories have shrunken in number and size, as the snacks and food offerings are as incomprehensible as they are inedible, and as the flexibility of tickets has disappeared.

In tandem with these deteriorations in comfort, service and pricing has come the cancellation of normal business practices when it comes to cash and credit cards. You can no longer buy a ticket with cash at the airport. You can’t use a credit card on board for a snack if you haven’t pre-registered your credit card and, in many cases, you must have your own device to watch entertainment.

For a fee, of course, you can now get Wi-Fi on many airlines. But the seats are so positioned that you can’t, in my experience, open a laptop and work. For another fee, they may have a fix.

As I have strapped into a sometimes-broken seat (which reclines about 2 inches), looking at the ashtray (which indicates the age of the cabin furnishings), I have begun to wonder to what extent this predatory approach to passengers, this total indifference to those who pay the stiff fares and all the fees on top, has filtered down to the maintenance department.

Passengers are inured to the horrors of airline travel and the victimhood that goes with it. Know this: If you are trying to travel by air, you have identified yourself as an economic target for a group of companies, the airlines, which supposedly compete but which, within hours, match every new fee dreamed up by one of their supposed competitors.

The latest and most serious inequity is the defrauding of passengers by reducing the value of their frequent-flyer miles.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg needs to take a root-and-branch look at the airlines: the greed, the collusion and the manifest disrespect for the passengers that is pervasive. Notably, he needs to look at seat size and aisle width and their effect on safety.

I have a full flying schedule in January, and I am preparing for my time in the gouging skies with trepidation and resignation.

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

Environmental law gets misused

It’s well known that the California Environmen tal Quality Act, signed by then-Gov. Ronald Reagan in 1970 and meant to protect the natural environ ment in public and private projects, is routinely misused to stop or delay muchneeded housing construction.

Anti-housing NIMBYs in affluent communities misuse it to stymie high-density, multi-family projects, arguing that their neighborhoods’ bucolic ambience would be altered. And construction unions misuse it to extract wage concessions from developers.

It’s a long-running civic scandal and a major factor in California’s chronic inability to reduce its severe housing shortage, one that cries out for CEQA reform, which former Gov. Jerry Brown once described as “the Lord’s work.” But neither Brown or any other recent governor has been willing to take on the task, which would mean confronting environmental groups and unions, two of the Democratic Party’s major allies.

In the absence of comprehensive reform, governors and legislators sometimes grant CEQA exemptions for particular projects, such as sports arenas, or narrow categories of housing. However, CEQA misuse contin-

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ues and the courts have become venues for battles over its application.

Two recent state appellate court actions in the crowded San Francisco Bay Area — one expanding the use of CEQA by those who oppose housing projects and another that restricts its use – underscore the law’s chaotic role.

Just before Christmas, one panel of the First District Court of Appeal issued a preliminary ruling that could open a new avenue for using CEQA to halt projects. It declares that a University of California student housing development in Berkeley violates the law because UC didn’t consider the impact of having more people — 1,100 students — in the neighborhood, citing the potential of late-night parties and other gatherings that could worsen a “persistent problem with studentgenerated noise.”

In other words, the court said that the presence of more people is an environmental impact — a novel

theory that could hand anti-housing groups everywhere a potent weapon.

As UC law professor Chris Elmendorf tweeted about the draft decision, “The court’s reasoning is devastating ammunition for racist white homeowners who would leverage CEQA to keep poor people and minorities out of their neighborhoods.”

For example, he continued, “using the court’s statisticalassociations logic, white homeowners could argue that CEQA requires affordable housing developers to analyze and mitigate putative ‘gun violence impacts’ from any lower-income housing project in an affluent neighborhood. The homeowners would point to statistics showing that poor people, and African Americans and Hispanics, are statistically more likely than affluent people and whites to be victims of gun violence.”

A few days later, another panel of the same appellate court rejected efforts by a group opposing a 130-unit project in downtown Livermore, called Save Livermore Downtown, to employ CEQA. Attorney General Rob Bonta had interceded

of minimum-wage jobs. So when you happen to encounter an EMT or paramedic, give them thanks and an extra nod of approval as they certainly are not in these critical professions for the money.

Derek Wong Davis

In the wake of the scary moment occurring to Buffalo Bills football player Damar Hamlin during the Monday Night game in which he collapsed and suffered cardiac arrest following a tackle, it shined a huge spotlight on the first responders who immediately attended to him and saved his life in front of a worldwide audience.

These first responders include EMTs and paramedics who receive specialized education and training, as well as pass a national test, to become certified in applying immediate life saving techniques. It is commendable that these first responders often receive accolades from the community and from family members whose loved ones are saved.

What is not commendable is the relatively low salaries EMTs and paramedics receive for careers that benefit us all. Starting hourly wage rivals those

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How Davis may have saved my life

After a night of drinking downtown I made the mistake of biking home. Of course I crashed and broke some bones. Cue the $1,000-plus bill at the clinic. Sounds bad right?

It was, but could have been much worse if not for the great design of the city of Davis. First, the city and university invests in bike lanes, so instead of a dangerous car crash it was a silly (albeit expensive) bike crash. Second, the calm slow streets and bike paths of Davis kept me out of traffic. Lastly, the somewhat dense and highly connected layout of the city means I chose to bike rather than drive.

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in the case, supporting the city’s approval of the project and its win in Superior Court.

“Timing is critical for affordable housing projects, which often rely on timesensitive funding sources like tax credits to finance development,” Bonta said while intervening, adding, “Our state is continuing to face a housing shortage and affordability crisis of epic proportions. CEQA plays a critical role in protecting the environment and public health here in California. We won’t stand by when it is used to thwart new development, rather than to protect Californians and our environment.”

After the appellate court action, Bonta tweeted, “CA’s housing crisis is dire. We won’t stand by and let people misuse our laws to avoid being part of the solution.”

The outcomes of both cases underscore the need for a fundamental CEQA overhaul to reinstate its original purpose, rather than continuing wasteful project-by-project skirmishes.

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drunk or buzzed, but it’s much better to encourage this behavior with actual incentives rather than hopes and scolding. To save more lives the city should continue improving bike infrastructure (like Russell Boulevard), implement street calming/slowing measures on major roads (like Pole Line), and approve infill projects near downtown and commercial areas (see University Mall).

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No more excuses: State must prioritize foster care

By Christine Stoner-Mertz Special to CalMatters

After years of stalled progress on improving support for children and youths in foster care, compounded by the harm young people experienced during the pandemic, California simply can’t wait any longer to make foster youths a priority.

Roughly 60,000 youths are the legal responsibility of the state of California, removed from their family homes after suffering abuse and neglect. The trauma of abuse and the separation from their families puts them at high risk for adverse consequences throughout their lives – from homelessness and suicide to exploitation and sex trafficking.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Young people can and do recover from trauma, reunite with family members, and thrive because of the support from caring

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professionals and nonprofit organizations that are deeply rooted in communities across the state.

Yet too many are left in harm’s way because California’s initiative to transform foster-youth services, known as “Continuum of Care Reform,” has not been fully funded to truly meet the needs of all foster youths. Severe gaps remain in services.

California can’t leave vulnerable youths waiting any longer. State leaders must commit in 2023. Here’s how:

n Stabilize programs for youths with the greatest needs. Youths experiencing the most severe effects of trauma heal best with intensive therapy and support, delivered in settings that feel like a home, not an institution. Despite the growing need of this intensive care model, short-term residential programs

Remembering Jan. 6 and defending democracy

By Mary Jo Bryan Special to The Enterprise

As we begin the new year, the Davis Area League of Women Voters wishes to honor our shared community and our individual civil rights by remembering those who defended democracy on Jan. 6, 2021.

It has been two years since our electoral process was marred by a violent attack on our nation’s Capitol. We remain grateful to those who protected the “People’s House.” We thank the legislators who ensured certification of the 2020 presidential election, protected the sanctity of representative democracy, and oversaw a peaceful transition of power. In this new year, let us remember and pledge continuing support for the honorable, dedicated officials across this country who preserve, protect, and defend our voters and our elections.

Free and fair elections and voting rights protections continue to require our vigilance. We depend upon the integrity of our elected state and county officials, but also dedicated poll workers and passionate community members who register, assist, and educate voters. As we emerge from smoothly, fairly and securely run 2022 midterm elections, our League praises our county elections workers for their commitment to democracy and adoption of the enhanced ballot access made possible by California’s Voter’s Choice Act. This model legislation also was supported by the California League.

Still, there is more work to do to strengthen and protect our democracy. Congress has now advanced bipartisan reforms to address the ambiguities of the Electoral Count Act that extreme interests sought to weaponize to invalidate the results of the 2020 election and undermine American democracy. The LWV has been a prominent supporter of the bipartisan efforts to fix legislative loopholes that threaten ballot integrity. In the words of League national president Deborah Turner, “While there may be other actions that the government can take to hold those accountable for the violent insurrection, strengthening the Electoral Count Act is vital to the protection of our democracy.”

The Davis League of Women Voters thanks all in our community who have inspired voting among friends and family and who stand up for election integrity and voting rights for all Americans. We welcome interested community members to join us at our public, annual member meeting on January 18th, to learn more about League voting and public policy priorities.

As we remember the violence of Jan. 6, 2021, we must all commit to ensuring peace at the polls so that, together, every American and every poll worker can make democracy work for all.

— Mary Jo Bryan is president of the League of Women Voters, Davis Area

are rapidly disappearing because state funding hasn’t kept pace with soaring costs of providing care, and costly new federal rules are accelerating the closures. Unless California significantly increases its financial support for this model, organizations will be forced to close more of these programs.

n Increase foster family retention and support. The stress of the pandemic and rising costs of raising a family are taking a toll on all families, making it harder to find, recruit and train foster parents (also known as “resource families”). Nonprofit agencies succeed in this difficult work because of their close ties to communities, but they can’t do it alone. California must dedicate state budget funding to ensure vulnerable youths don’t have to worry if they’ll have a bed to sleep in or a family to support them.

n Prevent family separation. Child abuse and neglect

can be prevented, and entry into the child welfare system can be avoided. The vital work of family resource centers, 500 trusted community partners across California, helps families ease stressors in the home and reduce the likelihood of separation. With families under more pressure than ever, keeping families together means the state must commit significant funding to prevention.

n Stop the pipeline from foster care to the streets. Nearly 1 in 3 foster youths become homeless after they exit the child welfare system — a devastating and shameful reality. For California to succeed in mitigating homelessness, leaders must commit to preventing foster youths from ever reaching the streets. A portion of the $1.5 billion lawmakers have already dedicated for a new Behavioral Health Bridge Housing Program should be used for partnerships between counties and community-based

organizations that assist with housing youths ages 18-25.

n Respect, support and pay critical staff. Children who have been abused and traumatized count on talented and dedicated workers to support them during a vulnerable and challenging time in their lives. This work is fulfilling but intense, leading to burnout and high turnover. California must increase the rates it pays to care for children so we can retain these invaluable professionals and their quality of care.

Children in California’s child welfare system had little to no say about the circumstances that brought them into foster care. No budget shortfall, lack of political will or mixed up priorities should further delay support they need to thrive.

State leaders must honor their duty to the children in their care.

— Christine Stoner-Mertz is CEO of the California Alliance for Child and Family Services.

The threat business — Russia or China? commenTary

By Mel Gurtov Special to The Enterprise

For those in charge of U.S. national security, the central challenge is identifying threats and determining how to counter them. The Biden administration has cast China and Russia, in that order, as the major threats to U.S. security.

China is a “pacing challenger,” whereas Russia is an “acute” challenger. Those rather odd designations mean, in plain English, that the administration considers China, once called a “peer competitor,” an all-encompassing threat, not just military but also political, economic and technological. Russia has been downgraded from the Trump years. It is a military threat, not on par with China.

Here’s how the Biden-Harris “National Security Strategy” paper (October 2022) puts it:

The People’s Republic of China harbors the intention and, increasingly, the capacity to reshape the international order in favor of one that tilts the global playing field to its benefit, even as the United States remains committed to managing the competition between our countries responsibly. Russia’s brutal and unprovoked war on its neighbor Ukraine has shattered peace in Europe and impacted stability everywhere, and its reckless nuclear threats endanger the global non-proliferation regime

At first glance, the Biden-Harris paper seems to say that the Russian threat is actually far more serious than the threat from China.

Russia, not China, is carrying out a war of aggression, condemned as such by the United Nations.

China requires managed competition, whereas Russia is a belligerent that has “impacted stability everywhere” and poses a global nuclear threat.

China, the paper says, seeks to “become the world’s leading power” and has both the intent and the capability to “reshape the international order.”

Russia is said to be pursuing “an imperialist foreign policy with the goal of overturning key elements of the international order.” Is that a distinction without a difference?

At war with Russia

Despite all the contentious issues between the U.S. and China, they are not at war, whereas to all intents and purposes the U.S. is at war with Russia, which not only “has shattered peace in Europe” but has shown that destroying Ukraine is just part of its mission to undermine the Western alliance. Those are the reasons the US is heavily invested in defending Ukraine: tens of billions of dollars in military aid, military training, supply of advanced weapons capable of hitting targets in Russia, and sanctions on Russian officials and trade.

In the Asia-Pacific, the U.S. strategy

does not rest on war-fighting scenarios but on deterrence of China, marked by strengthening security partnerships, particularly with Taiwan, Japan, and Australia. Engaging either adversary, whether through negotiations or transactions, is not a priority.

We worry that Russia will use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine. We don’t worry, according to the president, that China will invade Taiwan, much less deploy a nuclear weapon.

The U.S. has brought NATO into the Ukraine war, with allies supplying arms, advisers, intelligence sharing, and financial and political support. But Russia’s supposed strategic partner, China, has not provided Russia with military assistance for the war.

As the war moves closer to its first anniversary, US and NATO involvement gets deeper — more military assistance of all kinds, such as a reported doubling of Ukraine soldiers trained, Patriot missiles, and HIMARS rocket launchers — and prospects for a negotiated settlement with Putin become more remote.

In fact, the more successful the Ukrainians are in prosecuting the war, the greater the outside aid to Ukraine — but also, the greater the risk of expansion.

If Ukraine’s forces succeed at ousting Russia from more of its territory, Putin might react by escalating the use of force, such as use of a nuclear weapon. An unidentified Biden administration official recently made just such a suggestion. That prospect would present the US and NATO with an entirely new challenge, one that might make them full-fledged combatants.

In Congress

In the U.S. Congress, one finds declining enthusiasm for supporting Ukraine, but plenty of enthusiasm for confronting China. With Republicans about to control the House of Representatives, its far-right members are anxious

to reduce aid to Ukraine. Their line of argument closely follows Moscow’s narrative on the war.

But when it comes to dealing with China, a Cold War-style consensus has formed among House members across the political spectrum. Republicans are forming a Select Committee on China that will assuredly take a very hard line, going beyond what the Biden administration has already decided—such as banning TikTok.

Republicans want Democrats’ support, the committee’s chair (Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin) saying: “We want the Democrats to nominate serious, sober people to participate, because defending America from Chinese Communist Party aggression should not be a partisan thing.” Plenty of Democrats will apply.

After all, isn’t TikTok a greater threat to national security than Russian aggression and election interference?

Money talks

And let’s not forget the bread and butter of the threat business: the weapons and money for the Pentagon and military contractors. The New York Times reports: “Military spending next year is on track to reach its highest level in inflation-adjusted terms since the peaks in the costs of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars between 2008 and 2011 ...”

In a spirit of bipartisanship that national security always prompts, Congress has voted for a record $858 billion in military spending. That’s $45 billion more than the President requested. The war in Ukraine has been a boon to the permanent war economy. One specialist finds that US military contractors will receive about 40 percent of the latest round of military aid to Ukraine (about $47 billion). Please note: All these spending decisions have been made with virtually no debate.

Mel Gurtov, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is professor emeritus of political science at Portland State University and blogs at In the Human Interest

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“Truly an amazing Davisite who proved anything is possible and in his lifetime did so much to help so many with disabilities.”

Near-accident taught me about instincts

n Editor’s note: Marion is taking the day off. This column first ran in 2007.

I’m not saying I would have died in the accident I almost had last Sunday. I might have been injured slightly, or not at all, and the other motorist, driving a heavy truck, would have been fine as long as he was wearing his seatbelt.

But the accident I avoided was a big deal nonetheless, because I was pretty shaken, and because I learned a couple of things about what happens to the psyche in a moment of crisis.

The story begins, as many accidents do, with my wanting to get somewhere on time. I had a Sunday kayaking date with my friend, Marie, and although it was raining and I knew we’d probably cancel, I wanted to reach my cabin in Coloma for our 10 a.m. “decision” phone call.

I left Davis at 8:30 and for most of the ride, I drove distracted, telling myself I didn’t need to concentrate because the freeway was nearly empty. It was raining, but not hard at first. I listened to a CD of essayist David Sedaris for the second time, giggling, trying to figure out how he manages to be so funny and wanting to do more

of that myself.

When I hit the last part of my drive, 20 minutes on a rainsoaked country road, I turned the CD off. I believe I was driving the speed limit, 50 mph, but I can’t swear to that. I was still thinking intently about David Sedaris.

As I banked around a woodsy corner, I saw red lights.

Immediately and almost passively, I recognized implacable danger. The road was slick and wet. I was driving fast in a pickup without four-wheel drive. The truck in front of me, twice the size of mine, was at a neardead stop.

Every nerve in my body flicked on as if I had been awakened from a nap by gunshots. I was alert, but bewildered. Thoughts didn’t form the way they usually do, but I knew that all the alternatives I faced were bad.

I couldn’t stop normally, because the truck was too close. I couldn’t slam on the brake because I might skid. I couldn’t pull to the shoulder because there was none.

So, I hit the brakes quickly but not powerfully and thought about stopping distance. It was horrifying to realize that I might be about to hurt someone.

I can’t explain what happened next, especially since this all transpired in one second, but I passed into an altered state.

My vision suddenly widened and I was no longer simply seeing the truck in front of me. Instead, I saw something next to me, which came up extremely quickly: a driveway.

It was a country driveway, gravel-covered, meandering, with scraggly bushes at the entrance and at least one tree.

The angle to the road seemed impossibly sharp, but at the last moment, I swerved hard into it. My pickup responded like a horse to an unexpected command. It turned, a little too slowly. I held my breath.

Then everything was still.

I wasn’t moving. Nor was my car. I sat there for a moment, the way you pause when a good meal has been placed in front of you,

and you enjoy looking at it before the first bite. I took a deep breath. I hadn’t hit the truck. I hadn’t wrecked my car. I was fine.

And then a new feeling flooded my brain.

I wanted it to be over. The rain, the near crash, the whole incident: I wanted it to be over as badly as I’ve ever wanted anything.

I wanted the world put back in order, with everything in its place, and me driving quietly to Coloma, disappointed about not being able to kayak, but thinking about how to write funny columns.

Instead, my door was pressed against bushes. I had demolished a Yard Sale sign. The other motorist might be waiting.

Cautiously, I pushed open my door and squeezed out. Nestled in branches, my pickup was undamaged. The truck I almost hit was gone. The only house I saw was under construction and vacant.

I was totally alone.

I knew I should inspect the driveway and perhaps look for the owner of the Yard Sale sign. It would have been wise to talk to someone and to rest a few

minutes.

But the desire to return to normalcy was tugging at me like the undertow of an entire ocean. So, without doing anything I should have done, I got into my pickup, gunned it backwards and left.

But I didn’t go straight back into normalcy, even though I wanted to, desperately. With adrenalin coursing through my veins, and visions of what might have happened crowding my head, I could only achieve an imitation of normal.

I had to make do with that, but I tried to learn from the experience. Drive more slowly in rain. Know that during a crisis your primitive instincts are good ones. Know that after the crisis is over your primitive instincts are not so good.

On the way home the next day, it was raining again. I drove slowly and conscientiously, mindful of other cars, but looking for the location of my nearmiss, which would be marked by my rescuing driveway.

I couldn’t find it.

— Marion Franck has lived in Davis for more than 40 years. Reach her at marionf2@gmail. com.

All those invisible strings remain, tying us together

By Tracy Fauver Special to The Enterprise

As 2022 moved into 2023, I felt quite reflective. It seemed like just yesterday that we were ringing in 2021 in quarantine, hopeful for vaccines and thus a less isolated life on the horizon.

In many ways, the pandemic was a pivotal time for me at Yolo County CASA. Like everyone else, I quickly adapted to running an organization remotely.

For us, that included moving volunteer trainings, fundraisers and special events all to Zoom. Additionally (and perhaps something that differed from many organizations) we had to find a way to move the core of what we do to a remote platform… which is fostering relationships between our volunteers and the foster children they serve.

Our CASA volunteers (Court Appointed Special Advocates) traditionally form those relationships with their foster children through weekly visits. The trust built, combined with physical check-ins, help our CASAs to spot red flags and identify points of advocacy and empowerment that they can help their foster children with in school, in court, and in life. “How do we mimic this remotely?” was a question I asked myself during many nights as I laid awake pondering the

Yolo CASA

changes.

Fast forward to 2023 and the hindsight I’ve gained. There is a children’s book called “The Invisible String” by Patrice Karst. The premise of the book is about attachment … going out in the world alone is scary, but loving and trusted relationships are always in our hearts, connecting us to the courage and love we leave behind to go be independent throughout the day (I highly recommend it if you have a child who’s nervous about going to school, by the way).

Much like this book, during 2020, we focused not on the actual visits, but on what the invisible string represents: Accessibility, trust, listening, connection. It turns out that our CASAs can also form and hold invisible strings with their foster children.

Some examples we heard about were reading duplicate copies of books together over the phone, waving from two sides of a glass door while talking on the phone, and even becoming pen pals. We worked on keeping lists of “virtual visit” ideas for our CASAs and our hearts swelled with pride and gratitude as we saw all the creative ways that they built connection with their foster children.

Now that life is resembling pre pandemic times,

we of course realize how hard it was through those years… but we also realize more than ever before the intangibility of close relationships.

Add to that the fact that a CASA volunteer might be the only consistent and stable one-on-one relationship that a foster child has, and it’s easy for me to see why so many are dedicated to this cause.

Here are two of the many quotes we’ve heard from volunteers that illustrate the relationships our CASAs build:

n “I’ve had four foster girls between the ages of 4 and 18. Across the board, they all just want a consistent relationship and less drama in their lives … a voice that stands out from the chaos they’ve experienced.”

n “He was only 2½ years old. When I went to visit him for the first time, his foster mom said he was hiding and that I’d be lucky to get him out. When I approached him under the table, I just smiled and started taking out the books and toys that I had

brought. By the time I was a couple of minutes into reading the first book, he was already in my lap. Even at just 2½ years old, you can teach a child to trust again.”

In 2023, I hope to see many additional relationships formed between CASAs and foster children. Someday, I hope our waitlist disappears.

For now, we are extremely grateful for the generosity that our community showed us for the annual appeal. This generosity allows us to form and

foster those invisible strings. After all, being a CASA volunteer is not just about once-a-week visits. Being a CASA volunteer is about giving the gift of a relationship to a child who needs it most.

For more information on becoming a CASA volunteer or donating to Yolo County CASA, please visit our website at yolocasa. org.

By Andy Jones

Special to The Enterprise

1. Know your Mountain Ranges. At more than 5,500 miles long, what is the longest continental mountain range in the world?

2. Pop Culture — Music. Dan Reynolds, the cofounder of the LGBTQ+ advocacy group LoveLoud, is also the lead singer of what imaginative band responsible for the hit “Radioactive”?

3. Sports. What Oklahoma professional sports team plays its home games at Paycom Center?

4. Pop Culture — Television. What American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter features a

conspiracy theorist as one of the two main characters?

5. Books and Authors. In what book did Kahlil Gibran say, “You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give”?

Answers: The Andes Mountains, Imagine Dragons, The Oklahoma City Thunder, “The X-Files,” “The Prophet.”

— 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.

— Tracy Fauver, LCSW, is the Executive Director of Yolo County CASA.

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Our CASA volunteers form strong relationships with their foster children through weekly visits.

Pearls Before Swine

By Stephan Pastis

Classic Peanuts

By Charles M. Schulz

Rise and shine for workouts, new season

My random thoughts as we enter the first full weekend of January.

n Offseason workouts and a change in the preseason schedule are on the plate for the 2023 Davis High football team.

According to Davis head coach Nick Garratt, returning juniors who will be seniors for the 2023-24 school year and sophomores who will be juniors have been taking part in off-season early morning workouts four times a week.

Three of the four non-league foes DHS played during the 2022 season are back this season.

The Blue Devils open against Vacaville, Oakmont of Roseville and Fairfield.

Del Campo, a member of the Capital Athletic League that went 3-7 last season, has been added to the schedule. The Cougars will make the trek to Ron and Mary Brown Stadium to play the Blue Devils.

Del Campo takes the place of Granite Bay (9-5 in 2022), which defeated DHS 74-6 on the the Grizzlies’ field on Aug.

26. The Grizzlies were runner-up in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II championship game.

n Although the 2022 section football playoffs have been over for almost two months now, two schools should have made the playoffs based on the strength of their league, non-league foes and winning record.

Livingston from the Trans-Valley League and Laguna Creek of Elk Grove from the Metro Conference.

Livingston plays in the toughest smallschool league in California. The Wolfpack finished with a 4-6 record that included

an upset win over Ripon, which beat Rosemont in the first round of the Division V playoffs. Then Sutter edged Ripon in a quarterfinal game.

Laguna Creek had a 7-3 overall record and 4-2 in the Metro. Two of its four non-league games were against West Park of Roseville, which posted a 9-2 mark and advanced to the section D-III semifinals game, and Roseville that went 6-5 and had a third-place finish in the Capital Valley League.

n If you’re planning or thinking about going to the San Francisco 49ers’ regular season finale against the Arizona Cardinals at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara today, a couple of things to consider.

One, weather forecasters are projecting a heavy rainstorm scheduled to hit the region on Saturday night, going into this morning.

Two, according to Ticketmasters’ website, there are lowered tickets in the lower and middle sections near the 49ers’ sidelines that are still available as of late

FOOTBALL: Wright also coached at UCD programs

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9. Doug Wright

Since 1995, Doug Wright had served as the DHS girls water polo head coach.

During that time, he led the Blue Devils to 21 consecutive trips to the section’s D-I title game, winning 18 crowns for a 92 percent success rate.

On top of that, he coached two undefeated seasons.

Wright, who teaches art at DHS, has accomplished quite a bit in his 52 years of life.

Coaching competitive water polo teams, Wright’s teams have captured eight Western States titles. That included the 2014 and 2000 U.S. Water Polo 17U teams won national titles.

Wright was an assistant coach for the UC Davis men’s and women’s aquatics teams from 1994-97.

He’s a former Aggie studentathlete who achieved All-American

status in water polo and swimming.

In 2010, he was the fastest American to swim the English Channel.

Now he’s focused on his family.

Wright announced recently that he was retiring as head coach from the successful program he had built.

Wright and his wife, Lori, have six adopted children. Malaya Wright is one of them and the oldest at 17. Luke is a freshman and is part of the DHS boys water polo program. Doug and Lori also have four more children under the age of 7.

“And taking all that time coaching just wouldn’t have been fair for Lori and raising our four daughters still at home,” Doug Wright told The Enterprise recently. “It’s slightly different in dealing with adopted kids. They’ve already had loss. They’ve already had trauma, and me not being around… it’s not fair to them.”

Now Doug Wright notes it’s “my turn” to wrangle the kids.

8. UC Davis men’s basketball beats Cal

The UC Davis men’s basketball teams had lost 33 straight times to the California Golden Bears that dates back 105 years.

But that ended on Nov. 7, as the Aggies played lights out down the stretch to take home a 75-65 decision over the Bears before a stunned crowd of 3,128 at Haas Pavilion. This was UC Davis’ season opener.

“We came to make a statement,” UCD forward Christian Anigwe told The Enterprise. “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.”

Anigwe finished with 21 points for the Aggies. Ty Johnson followed with 17 points and Elijah Pepper 16.

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

Friday afternoon.

n Before I forget: San Francisco 35, Arizona 17.

n The 49ers have three quarterbacks in Jimmy Garoppolo, Trey Lance and Brock Purdy.

Entering the offseason, after the 49ers’ playoff run ends — let’s hope it’s at Super Bowl LVII in Phoenix, Ariz. — must keep all three men entering the 2023 season.

Sign Garoppolo to a three-year contract. Make the third year as an option.

Most 49er fans could be happy with a two-year contract, with the second year as an option.

Based on Purdy’s performance in the latter part of this season, he enters the next season as the No. 2 quarterback.

Lance, recovering from his ankle injury suffered earlier this regular season, can be charted as the No. 3 quarterback.

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

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Doug Wright has coached the Davis High girls water polo teams to 18 Sac-Joaquin Section Division I crowns.