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County OKs UCD study of universal basic income
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer
The Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a $350,000 agreement with UC Davis to evaluate the county’s universal basic income pilot project.
The board had declined to approve the agreement last month when concerns were raised about using a solesource agreement with UC Davis rather putting the evaluation out to bid for other educational institutions to consider.
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The weekend storm, the second since New Year’s Eve, knocked out power to 3,300A tree uprooted by Sunday night’s strong winds lies askew at an apartment complex on Cowell Boulevard in South Davis. The adjacent redwood caught most of the downed tree, resulting in relatively little damage to the building.
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overturned a big-rig west of the Yolo Causeway. Travel through the area began to re-open at about 8:30 a.m. Until then, traffic was being re-routed at the County Road 32B, with the California Highway Patrol alerting motorists west of there
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By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writerThe atmospheric rivers that swept through California have impacted the return to UC Davis from winter break. On Monday morning there were still closed streets, buildings with lost power and reports of leaky buildings.
Crews have been working hard to restore power and clear debris. By Monday afternoon, the university reported that power had been restored at all locations.
According to UC Davis News and Media Relations, Cuarto and Primero Grove residence halls and parts of West Village lost power on Sunday night. Russell Park
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customers, including large swaths of central Davis. City Hall and the Davis Senior Center were closed. PG&E estimated power would be fully restored Tuesday by 10 p.m. Eastbound Interstate 80 east of Davis was closed for eight hours Sunday morning after powerful storm winds
Likely driving the increase everywhere is a new Omicron subvariant, XBB.1.5, which Sisson said is highly contagious and evades immunity from prior infection and vaccination.
UC Davis workers cut up a eucalyptus tree that, on its way down New Year’s Eve, punched a hole in the side of Kemper Hall.
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Wastewater researchers at UC Davis estimate 40 percent of the virus in Davis wastewater is XBB.1.5, Sisson said.
The variant is already dominant in the northeastern United States, she added, “where the rise of XBB.1.5 is associated
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In the nearly 106 years that Davis has been a city, the City Council has had fewer than 100 members total. Not a big number for a city that now numbers 67,000 people.
Dan Carson, who became one of the newest council alumni after losing re-election to Bapu Vaitla last November, appears on the latest edition of the KDRT program “Davisville” to talk about his experience as one of the city’s elected leaders.
The conversation touches on Measure H and his lawsuit challenging the ballot statement opposing the measure, a criticized tactic that Carson later regretted. But the program spends more time on what Carson learned about the city from being on the council, how he thinks Davis is doing, and what he does and does not miss now that he no longer has the job.
“Davisville,” hosted by Bill Buchanan, appears on Davis radio station KDRT-LP, 95.7 FM on Mondays at 5:30 p.m., Tuesdays at 5 p.m., Fridays at 12:30 p.m., and Saturdays at 8:30 a.m.
The current program will be broadcast through Jan. 21, and is available anytime at https://kdrt.org/ davisville or on Apple podcasts.
After scrutinizing our family's California State Tax Form to be certain we came in under the $500,000 definition of “Middle Class,” the State of California finally sent us our very own debit card in the mail the other day. Which, I guess, is better than being in debtor's prison or simply in debt.
The kids will have shoes for the winter after all. Or, this winter apparently, rubber boots.
Some lucky folks received Gavin's Gift several months ago via direct deposit into their checking accounts and could use this massive windfall however they pleased.
For some unknown reason, however, the rest of us had to wait and wait and wait before our debit card arrived, even though we happen to have a checking account, too.
Why the state chose debit cards issued by the New York Community Bancorp instead of just sending us a check is a mystery known only to the governor himself.
Then again, the cardholder agreement with this New York outfit states clearly that “When your card expires, any remaining balance on the card will be returned to the State of California.”
That might be the answer right there.
Sure, the state is giving folks as much as $1,050 depending on a few variables, but when it's done by direct deposit, the state will not reclaim a single dime whether or not that money is ever used. It's yours to keep forever.
Also, it will sit in your bank account even if you don't know it's there. The state has relinquished all control and will never see it again.
Not so with debit cards.
The card arrived in a standard white business envelope that contained absolutely no words on the outside that indicated it was from the State of California. Actually, it wasn't from the State of California.
The only words on the outside of the envelope stated “Not a bill or an advertisement. Important information about your Middle
Class Tax Refund.”
Not a mention of California anywhere. Plainly and simply, it looked like junk mail.
The return address inside the see-through window did say “California Middle Class Tax Refund Card,” with a return address of PO Box 247022 in — you'd better sit down — Omaha, Neb.
Given that law enforcement has been warning us for weeks about scams surrounding this “tax refund,” the fact it's from Omaha and not Sacramento might have caused some folks to toss it in the trash.
With direct deposit, nothing gets thrown out, either intentionally or accidentally. Nothing is set down on the kitchen counter with an empty box of cinnamon toast waffles and eventually gets lost in the shuffle.
A certain percent of those who receive the card and go through the steps to activate it and set a pin number will eventually lose it and not know how to reclaim what funds were left.
And every time something like that happens, the state will get the money back. Again, none of those problems exist with direct deposit. Or, if the state had decided to
Environmentalists slammed Gov. Gavin Newsom for slashing billions of dollars from initiatives that the governor has repeatedly called top priorities: efforts to combat climate change and transition to zeroemission vehicles.
Facing a projected $22.5 billion deficit, Newsom today proposed to eliminate $6 billion in climate spending in his 2023-24 budget. The governor helped push a five-year $54 billion climate package approved by the Legislature during last year’s session, but he now proposes to cut it to $48 billion.
More than half of those proposed cuts – $3.3 billion – come from the state’s clean transportation initiatives. Newsom hopes to offset those reductions with federal funds and perhaps a new bond reserve, but the move comes just five months after the state approved a historic mandate for electrifying cars.
Now climate advocates are questioning whether the state will be able to fund its ambitious electrification efforts and ensure
California transitions to clean cars as it faces an economic downturn.
“We recognize the financial situation, but this is exactly what we’ve been nervous about,” said Mike Young, political and organizing director at California Environmental Voters, an advocacy group. “We actually need to be investing and defending more of our climate investments and really pushing for that. We can’t get out of our situation if we’re going backwards.”
Money for zero-emission vehicle incentive programs, such as rebates for car buyers, and charging infrastructure would be cut by $2.5 billion. About $1.4 billion of that amount would be shifted to the state’s fund for its cap-and-trade program, a market that is paid into by fossil fuel companies. That leaves a net decrease of $1.1 billion.
At a press conference today, Newsom said he is not concerned that the $1.1 billion cut would keep the state from meeting its electrification goals. He said climate and transportation was cut “because of the magnitude” of the investment those areas already had. He added that he is confident that California
could make up those shortfalls with federal Inflation Reduction Act dollars. His budget plan also says he might ask the Legislature for a bond issue.
“We’re committing a $48 billion package, which is just an unprecedented investment in this space,” he said. “Our commitment is firm.”
Still, those dollars would have been used to build more charging stations in disadvantaged communities and provide electric car subsidies for people who cannot afford to buy electric cars.
The cuts would also affect the construction of chargers and other infrastructure for heavy-duty trucks, a much-needed investment as the state considers another ambitious proposal to ban sales of high-polluting diesel trucks and phase in zeroemission models. The proposed budget cuts $1.5 billion from the general fund and shifts responsibility for $839 million of those dollars to the state’s cap-and-trade fund. Another $2.2 billion in funds would be cut from transportation spending for some rail and publictransit projects.
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Soroptimist International of Davis will accept applications from local nonprofit organizations for its annual Community Grant funding. The deadline is March 7.
For 2023, the club has $3,000 budgeted for Community Grants, which give a boost to local projects that improve the lives of women and girls. Nonprofit organizations whose work supports the Soroptimist mission are encouraged to apply for up to $3,000. Awards will be distributed in late spring. Applicants will receive notice of their application’s status by May 1.
Grant applications are evaluated for their alignment with the Soroptimist mission, vision, core values, community impact and feasibility. Any nonprofit, including previous recipients, can apply. Applicants are asked how the requested funds would address the needs of women and girls in Yolo County, and support Soroptimist core values of gender equality, empowerment, education and diversity.
To apply, visit https://
www.sidavis.org/grants.
Questions may be emailed to Grants Chair Mary Chapman, Community at marechap29@gmail.com.
Soroptimist is a global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic empowerment. Soroptimist International of Davis has several fundraisers a year, and reinvests all of its profits in its programs and projects. Signature programs include Live Your Dream: Education and Training Awards for Women, and Dream It, Be It: Career Support for high school girls. It also funds high school scholarships, anti-trafficking efforts, and these Community Grants to area nonprofits.
The international service club was founded in Oakland in October 1921.
SI Davis was chartered in 1954. A second club, SI Greater Davis, chartered in 1985. Local members join some 75,000 Soroptimists in 122 countries and territories to contribute time and financial support to community-based projects benefiting women and girls. For more information on the club, visit https:// sidavis.org or like its Facebook or Instagram pages: @SoroptimistDavis.
simply send everyone a check.
When you activate your card you are involuntarily entering into a cardholder agreement you had nothing to with drafting.
Included in the New York Bank envelope with the Nebraska return address is a page declaring what New York bank is likely to do with your personal information.
“Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. All financial companies need to share customers' personal information to run their everyday business.
“The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us.”
Turns out, this can include “Social Security number and income, account balances and payment history, and transaction history and credit history.”
Even worse, “When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information.”
Somehow on that card, it should say “Use at Your Own Risk.”
How our dear governor got mixed up with this outfit is anyone's guess, but for my money he has some serious explaining to do.
Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer
The Yolo County Board of Supervisors has appointed Diana Lopez as the new Yolo County librarian.
Lopez succeeds Mark Fink, who took a position in Colorado in October after five years in the position.
“My colleagues and I are delighted to have Diana Lopez join the Yolo County community as the Yolo County Librarian. Her experience and knowledge will undoubtedly have an impact within the community for years to come,” said Supervisor Oscar Villegas of West Sacramento.
Originally from the Pasadena area, Lopez has over 10 years of experience in public library management and over 20 years of serving people of varying needs from different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, ages and abilities, the county noted in a press release.
Lopez holds a Master of Library and Information Science degree from San
Jose State University and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Cal Poly Pomona. She is passionate about eliminating equity, education, and opportunity barriers within the community, the county said.
“I am very excited with the selection made by our Board of Supervisors to have Diana Lopez serve as our next librarian. Her commitment to providing great customer service and her strong track record of collaborating extremely well with diverse communities will make our library system even stronger. With the support of our highly talented library staff, Diana will continue the Yolo County tradition of excellence and innovation,” said County Administrator Gerardo Pinedo.
Lopez will assume her new responsibilities on Jan. 30.
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The Bike Campaign offers free bike inspections at both Bike Garage locations.
Bring your bike to either Bike Garage location — 1500 Cannery Ave. in Davis, or First and Hays streets behind Douglass
Middle School in Woodland — on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 9 a.m. to noon and let them show it the love. Inspection will include, lube, reflectors and helmet adjustments. Free bike maps available.
For information, see www.TheBikeCampaign.
n Davis Science Café runs from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at G Street Wunderbar, 228 G St. in downtown Davis. Each month, Professor Jared Shaw of the UC Davis department of chemistry hosts the Davis Science Café for free, featuring scientists who are studying some of today’s cutting edge topics. This month’s speaker is Prof. Andrew Latimer in the UCD department of plant sciences , who studies how plant populations and communities respond to change, including sudden, major disturbance such as fire and drought. Latimer’s talk is “Too Hot to Handle: Cases and Consequences of Megafires in California.” Complimentary soft drinks provided courtesy of the UCD College of Letters and Science. Contact Shaw for more information at jtshaw@ucdavis.edu, www.facebook.com/ davissciencecafe or https://twitter.com/ DavisSciCafe1.
n The Central Solano County Taxpayers 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. For information, call or text 707-771-5481.
Arboretum hosts a Folk Music Jam Session from noon to 1 p.m. Folk musicians can bring their acoustic instruments and play together informally during this jam session at Wyatt Deck (next to the redwood grove). Pull out your fiddles, guitars, mandolins, penny whistles, pipes, flutes, squeezeboxes (you name it) and join your fellow musicians for a little bluegrass, old-time, blues, Celtic, klezmer and world music over the lunch hour. 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.
n Join the John Natsoulas Gallery in Davis to see selected sculptures and prints from the 50-year career of the legendary artist Mark Bulwinkle, the Oaklandbased innovator of graphically cut steel. The exhibition will be open from Jan. 11 to Feb. 26. A public reception with music and refreshments will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13.
n The Davis Genealogy Club invites the public to attend a free virtual presentation at the Davis Senior Center, “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Is this Genealogy or the Cha-Cha?” by professional genealogist Sara Cochran from 1 to 3 p.m at 646 A St. To register to attend in person or via Zoom, email President@ DavisGenealogy.org. Visit DavisGenealogy.org for more.
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.
Clista Carol Prather; loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, left this Earth to join her husband on Dec. 13, 2022.
Clista was born on Jan. 3, 1934, to Warren and Clara Hughes. She grew up in Vacaville, where she met the love of her life, Charles (Chuck) W. Prather, on a ferris wheel during the Fiesta Days Celebration. They married in 1952, spent three years in Fort Eustis, Va., and then returned to Davis to raise their family.
Clista was the proud mother of four children; Charles Jr., Cary, Candace and Cheri. She became a licensed radiological technologist in 1963 and worked at the Davis Medical Group for 27 years. Upon retirement in 1990, Clista and Chuck moved aboard their motor vessel “Shilo” and spent the next 27 years traveling from Alaska to Nova Scotia, via
the Panama Canal. They spent five years exploring the Caribbean and the east coast of the United States, before settling down in the harbor in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico.
Clista was predeceased by her loving husband Charles W. Prather, and her sister Barbara A. Apple. She is survived by son Charles W. Prather Jr. (Katie); daughters Cary Lieberum (Carl), Candace Rhyne (Paul) and Cheri Ward (Dennis); eight grandchildren; and 6½ great-grandsons.
Clista will be remembered by her family and friends as a strong woman who always put her family first. A private celebration of Clista’s life will take place at a future date.
Melvin N. Gagnon died Dec. 31, 2022, in Davis, at age 92. Born Feb. 26, 1930, he was a retired communications specialist at UC Davis Ag Extension. A reception in celebration of his life will be in the spring of 2023.
and American Rescue Plan funds.
In addition to the 76 families in the program, another 107 families form a control group of sorts and are receiving $100 per quarter for participating in the study.
The county’s goal is to determine whether universal basic income not only lifts low-income families out of poverty, but also improves their circumstances longterm by essentially removing the challenges of poverty and enabling them to participate in job training, further education and more.
Under the contract approved by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, UC Davis will be evaluating the program, including by interviewing members of both the program families as well as those in the control group, and tracking outcomes including differences on finances, education, housing, health, mental health, substance abuse and entry into
the child welfare system.
Nolan Sullivan, director of the county’s Health and Human Services Agency, told supervisors on Tuesday that UC Davis professors, researchers and staff have already been a key factor in designing the program and getting it up and running.
The $350,000 contract for that work was brought to the Board of Supervisors back in December but not approved at the time.
Supervisor Oscar Villegas of West Sacramento had said he was not comfortable approving the agreement without additional information and Supervisor Angel Barajas of the rural 5th District questioned the solesource process giving UC Davis the contract.
“My concern is it didn’t go to (request for proposals),” Barajas said back in December. “Sac State might want to do a study and bid for it, Woodland Community College, Solano. We keep on using
UC Davis … I have a lot of questions around process. Sole sourcing just to one university, one entity, is not very common.”
But Sullivan said the sole sourcing was largely related to the deep discount UC Davis was providing as well as the university's track record for publishing nationally.
“This will probably cost in the millions if we RFP it out,” he said. “UC Davis offered an extremely, extremely deep discount and the reason that UC Davis was the original focus was also a Ph.D.level study has that star power and we’re trying to publish nationally.”
According to the county, UC Davis staff, professors and researchers are offering significant in-kind support and donated research time, greatly reducing overall costs.
The cost for the study is $350,000 for the period of July 2022 through June 2025, or
about 10 percent of the pilot project’s total cost of $3.3 million.
By comparison, Sullivan said, other universal basic income projects elsewhere are spending as much as 30 percent or 50 percent of total budget on studies.
Back in December, former Supervisor Don Saylor noted another reason why UC Davis is the preferred choice for a study.
“There is at UC Davis, truly unparalleled resource capacity that none of the other institutions in the region provide,” Saylor said. “There’s a Center for Poverty Research, there’s a Center for Regional Change. This particular group of researchers has not only come forward to assist with the evaluation but also with the program design. They’re a part of the team. So it doesn’t really lend itself to just shop it out in a procurement process for all comers.”
He also noted that “every conversation we’ve had requesting support from private funders,
when they’ve seen the involvement of UC Davis, that has been a selling point. That has been a major factor in every decision to support this project.”
With Sullivan returning to the board on Tuesday with additional data and information on the agreement, both Villegas and Barajas voiced their support for the agreement with UC Davis. That data, Barajas said, justifies “the sole source.”
Supervisor Lucas Frerichs of Davis, serving in his first board meeting, said he, too, was “very comfortable with this.”
“There are a lot of great educational institutions in our region, including UC Davis, that we could be working with in future contracts like this … but I think that I’m personally satisfied with the work that’s been done.”
— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@davisenter prise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.
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with a rise in COVID-19 cases as well as hospitalizations.
“We can expect similar rises as the proportion of cases caused by XBB.1.5 grows.”
The good news: while the bivalent booster may not protect against XBB.1.5 infection, “it still protects against severe disease, hospitalization and death,” Sisson said.
But booster uptake has been low.
About 58 percent of Yolo County residents over the age of 65 have received the bivalent booster, Sisson said, and just 25 percent of those over the age of five.
The booster is recommended for everyone over the age of six months and is widely available at pharmacies and through healthcare providers.
“Now is a great time to
get a bivalent booster for those who haven’t done so already,” Sisson said.
SISSON County health officerSince the end of Healthy Davis Together’s community PCR testing last summer, wastewater monitoring, rather than case rates, has been the primary tool for evaluating COVID19 levels in the community, because only PCR-confirmed cases are included in published case rates and not the more widely used antigen tests.
Thus the county’s current case rate of 7.9 cases per 100,000 residents per day represents a significant underestimation of the actual case burden in Yolo County, Sisson said.
Case Number: CV2022-2236
To all interested persons: Petitioner: PAMELA RUIZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a PAMELA RUIZ to Proposed name PAMELA LUNA
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause if any why the petition for change of name should not be granted Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted If no written objection is timely filed the court may grant the petition without a hearing
NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 02/15/2023 Time: 9:00 a m Dept : 14 Room: The address of the court is Yolo Superior Court Clerks Office - Civil 1000 Main Street Woodland CA 95695 A copy of this Order to Show Cause s hall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise
Date: JAN 03 2023 DAVID ROSENBERG Judge of the Superior Court Published Jan 11 18 25; Feb 1 2023 #2136
CV2022-1615
To all interested persons: Petitioner: NIMA SOLEYMANI filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
Present name a NIMA SOLEYMANI to Proposed name ALI SOLEIMANI
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause if any why the petition for change of name should not be granted Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted If no written objection is timely filed the court may grant the petition without a hearing
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: 02/09/2023 Time: 9:00 a m Dept : 11 Room:
The address of the court is Yolo Superior Court Clerks Office - Civil 1000 Main Street Woodland CA 95695
A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise
Date: 12/9/2022
Daniel M Wolk
Judge of the Superior Court Published Dec 28, 2022; Jan 4, 11, 18, 2023 #2123
However, another significant metric throughout the pandemic has been COVID-19 hospitalizations, and there the county continues to see very low numbers, with just three COVID-positive patients in the county’s two hospitals on Jan. 5.
That could change,
though.
“It’s typical to see wastewater levels rise before the COVID-19 case rate and hospitalizations increase due to case reporting lags as well as the time that it takes for people to develop severe disease,” Sisson said.
COVID-hospitalizations in the greater Sacramento
region have been increasing, she added.
In better news on infectious respiratory viruses, Sisson said both flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) levels are decreasing in Yolo County.
However, given that overall respiratory virus
activity is currently high, she continues to recommend wearing masks indoors in public places.
Additionally, masks are required in all healthcare, homeless shelter and correctional settings.
“I continue to recommend four actions,” Sisson said. “Vaccination against flu and COVID; wearing a mask indoors; regular hand washing; and staying home when you’re sick.
“Since the COVID landscape is increasingly comprised of variants that are immune evasive, wearing a high-quality mask indoors is becoming increasingly important in order to prevent infection.”
— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.
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court for a decree changing names as follows:
Present name a GEOFFREY ROGER GIRON to Proposed name GEOFFREY ROGER LEAL GIRON
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause if any why the petition for change of name should not be granted Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted If no written objection is timely filed the court may grant the petition without a hearing NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 02/09/2023 Time: 9:00 a m Dept : 11 Room: The address of the court is Yolo Superior Court Clerks Office - Civil 1000 Main Street Woodland CA 95695 A copy of this Order t o Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise
Date: 12/29/2022
Donna M Petre Judge of the Superior Court Published January 4, 11, 18, 25, 2023 #2126
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By Kathy Keatley Garvey Special to The Enterprise
The nonprofit Friends of the Dixon May Fair has reorganized its agricultural-related college scholarship program — now named the Donnie and Tootie Huffman Scholarship Program in honor of its founding president and treasurer — and has increased its scholarship funds to a total of $25,000 for 2023.
“This year we will award nine scholarships to Solano County students majoring in agriculture in either a four-year California university or a two-year California community college,” announced scholarship chair Carrie Hamel of Dixon. The top award, the newly created Donnie Huffman Scholarship, is $5000. Other awards in the four-year university category include the $4000 JoAn Giannoni Scholarship; the $3500 Ester Armstrong Memorial Scholarship; and the newly created $3000 Joe Gates Memorial Scholarship, commemorating the longtime auctioneer of the Dixon May Fair’s Junior Livestock Auction. Gates, of Rio Vista, died in February 2021 of COVID.
The Friends also will fund two additional $3000 scholarships in the four-year category for a total of $21,500. In the two-year community college category, the
Friends will award the Jack Hopkins Scholarship at $1500; and two $1000 scholarships for a total of $3500.
The all-volunteer organization is the service-oriented and fundraising arm of the fair and annually awards the scholarships. Since 2000, the Friends have awarded a total of $233,250 to Solano County students majoring in an ag-related field in a California university or community college, Hamel said. The organization raises funds from the sale of beverages at the fourday fair and donates the proceeds for exhibitor awards, building and grounds improvements, as well as college scholarships.
n Sam Esperson, a 2022 graduate of Rio Vista High School and now a student at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, received the then top award, the $3000 Ester Armstrong scholarship. The award memorializes fair industry veteran Ester Armstrong of Rockville, a former director of the California Division of Fairs and Expositions who served as interim CEO of the Dixon May Fair from 2006-2009. She died in May 2009 of cancer.
n The $2500 JoAnn Giannoni
Scholarship went to Molly Feins, a 2021 graduate of Vacaville High School and a student at Cal Poly. Giannoni, of Dixon, is a founding member, and inaugural secretary and scholarship chair of the Friends of the Fair.
n Clairese Wright, a 2022 graduate of Rodriguez High School Class, Fairfield, and a student at UCLA, received a $2000 scholarship.
n Natalie Victorine, a 2021 graduate of Dixon High School and a Cal Poly student, received a $2000 scholarship.
n In the two-year community college category, Jared Tanaka, a 2020 Dixon High School graduate and a student at Modesto Junior College, won the $1500 Jack Hopkins Scholarship. The award memorializes a 50-year fair supporter from Fairfield and Suisun Valley.
The deadline to apply for the annual Friends of the Fair scholarships is 5 p.m., March 1. Applicants must be Solano County high-school graduates with plans to major in agricultural-related field at a California college. More information on the scholarship application rules is available on the Friends of the Fair Facebook site at https://www.facebook. com/FriendsoftheDixonMayFair.
Applications must be on the Friends of the Fair form and include a personal essay of not more than two pages; accumulative and current transcripts; and two letters of support, with one from a professional educator. The packet (one set of originals and a copy of each document) is to be mailed to the Friends of the Fair, P.O. Box 242, Dixon, Calif.
Applicants are scored on personal, civic and academic experience; academic standing; personal commitment and established goals; leadership potential; civic accomplishments; chosen field in the areas of agriculture, said Hamel. Most applicants have experience in 4-H, FFA or Grange, criteria desired but not mandated.
Continuing scholarship winners may apply up to four times, Hamel said. All scholarship checks can be used only for tuition, fees, books, materials and supplies, housing, and meals purchased on campus.
SACRAMENTO — Diabetes affects 34.2 million people in the United States. Diabetic retinopathy, a diabetes complication that affects blood vessels in the eye, is the leading cause of blindness in adults. Early detection and treatment are critical to prevent vision loss.
But fewer than 50% of the 3.2 million Californians with diabetes undergo their recommended yearly eye screening.
Glenn Yiu, a professor of ophthalmology at UC Davis Health, hopes to increase that number significantly.
The UC Office of the President announced Yiu received a $2 million grant to lead an interdisciplinary program, the Collaborative UC Teleophthalmology Initiative, or CUTI.
The project, part of UCOP Multicampus Research Programs & Initiatives, is in partnership with medical centers at UC San Diego, UC San Francisco and UC Los Angeles. CUTI builds on a screening program Yiu launched at UC Davis Health in 2018.
The goal is to expand eye care access for diabetics, particularly for underserved populations. The project will utilize digital medical equipment for teleophthalmology or “remote” ophthalmology.
A key feature of the CUTI program is integrating digital eye screenings
into routine care at primary care facilities or clinics for patients with diabetes.
The screening is simple and just requires the patient to look into a special camera. Known as a fundus camera or retinal camera, the machine takes high-resolution images of the interior of the eye. The images can detect changes that may signal diabetic retinopathy and other eye conditions.
After the digital image is taken at the primary care office or clinic, the results are sent to an off-site eye care provider for evaluation and diagnosis.
“Teleophthalmology provides a convenient way to get your eyes screened for diabetic retinopathy and other ocular disorders during a routine visit to the primary care physician,” Yiu said. “It also enhances eye care access for those who do not live near an ophthalmologist.”
Since launching a separate pilot teleophthalmology program at UC Davis in 2018, Yiu has improved diabetic eye screening rates by more than 15%, helping to make UC Davis Health one of the top performers in the country.
In addition to eye screenings at primary care facilities at UC health systems, the program will work with community clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) to reach underserved members of the community.
In the Sacramento area, this includes student-run free community clinics, such as Clinica Tepati and Paul Hom Asian Clinic, that provide care in Sacramento’s inner-city neighborhoods. UC Davis Health is also working with Communicare Health Care Centers, a FQHC, to provide remote diabetic eye screening to rural areas of California’s Central Valley. The region has limited eye care access.
UC San Diego and UC San Francisco will also be engaging with community clinics in addition to primary care centers.
Because eye screenings are not a routine part of primary care, the program will train health care providers and identify the barriers that prevent the widespread adoption of remote eye screening.
Yiu noted that the COVID-19 pandemic increased awareness and acceptance of telehealth. He thinks this technology can reduce in-person health visits and improve access and adherence to preventative eye care.
The interdisciplinary CUTI team includes members from the four different UC campuses with expertise in public health, clinical informatics, and health economics who can address obstacles in clinical workflow, technology integration, and financial sustainability.
The retinal images taken
during the four-year study will be collected in a centralized repository for research using artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence may be able to identify eye diseases and predict the risk of cardiovascular events and strokes — simply from images of the eye’s interior.
“The introduction of artificial intelligence is another exciting development in teleophthalmology,” Yiu said. “The incorporation of AI for
automated image interpretation allows for faster and more sensitive diagnosis of early eye disease.”
Remote diabetic eye screening is already available at UC Davis primary clinics in Midtown, Folsom, Elk Grove and the Lawrence E. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center.
Yiu and his team believe that remote eye imaging may be used in the future to screen for other eye conditions such as glaucoma and age-related macular
degeneration (AMD). Over the four-year program, they hope to spread the word to improve awareness about preventative eye care.
“We are excited to start this project and hope to find a way to scale it up for all of California. Our longterm goal is to make it easy for people with diabetes to get their annual eye screening, so we can help people avoid preventable blindness.”
— UC Davis Health News
running a regular schedule, with detours on the P/Q line due to the closure of the Pole Line overpass.
UC Davis languages and literatures office assistant Kevin Adamski reported to his department that the storms have hit Sproul Hall “pretty hard.” The Mag Starter for the building air compressor was malfunctioning as of Monday, but the facilities team installed a temporary compressor so the building had heat while they await the new part. He wrote: “Regarding leaks, multiple rooms across multiple floors in the building have reported leaks. We have submitted these for urgent attention to facilities. If you notice any water leaking in your office, please report it to us as soon as possible for repair.”
Freshman Colin McCarthy, who operates Extreme Weather Updates on Twitter under the handle @ US_Stormwatch, said when he returned to the Segundo dorms on Sunday afternoon, power was on, but outside of campus, the scene was much different. “It’s crazy that the power’s out for that many people. I don’t know; I’m not used to that.”
Some students and staff have had concerns about their safety upon returning to campus.
Michelle Cino, who studies communication and education at UC Davis, said she “had such bad anxiety” regarding the storm and needing to commute from Sacramento. “Just praying everyone is going to be okay!” she wrote on UC Davis Reddit.
Staff received the following message in their email on Sunday evening from the university: “The
campus has power, internet, and wi-fi working normally, and, at this point, we expect classes to be held in person on Monday as normal. Employees should plan to be at work based on their regular schedules on Monday. If things change overnight, we will send an update early Monday morning. If you have any concerns or special needs for work on Monday, please discuss them with your supervisor.” Meanwhile, CalTrans had told people to stay off the roads and postpone nonessential trips.
A graduate student associate instructor, who asked to remain anonymous, decided to move her class online for the safety of herself, her teaching assistant, and her students. “The administration’s Sunday email states that they expected the class to be inperson. But students and educators need timely, clear direction, so I took the liberty of pushing my early morning Monday class online the night before.”
Concerned about Monday’s forecast and President Joe Biden’s declaration of emergency, linguistics associate instructor Chloe Brotherton said UC Davis’ statement frustrated her and some colleagues. “We are afraid that getting to work is unsafe and being on campus is unsafe,” she said in a phone interview on Monday.
Because her schedule doesn’t have her teaching on Mondays, she made phone calls to Cal OSHA, human resources, and, later, Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry’s office.
In a message to the Labor Commission, Brotherton asked: “What are our rights here? Can we refuse to work or ask to work from
home (for those with power?) Can we file a complaint that our employer is expecting us to risk our safety and come to work, against government advice?”
In response, the Labor Commission’s local district office wrote: “There is no labor code within the local jurisdiction that requires an employer to provide for time off, telework or other alternatives due to weather conditions when driving to work. You might wish to check with your own human-resources unit to determine if they have anything in their policy regarding weather conditions that may address an emergency weather declaration by the governor.”
She called HR, who said if someone physically could not get to work because of a road closure or evacuation, they needed to contact their supervisor and their department’s HR. “They didn’t have guidance beyond that,” Brotherton said.
Concurrently, OSHA responded that they can’t get involved unless there’s a specific hazard on campus that makes it dangerous for someone to do their job, according to Brotherton.
She called Aguiar-Curry’s office to discuss OSHA’s response and to see if anything could be done, noting the assemblywoman’s help with wildfire victims in the past.
“I think the next step is to lobby members of the legislature to change the labor code because this is dangerous. Someone could hydroplane on their way to work and be injured, and that’s not worth it to teach a class,” Brotherton said.
— Contact Monica Stark at monica@ davisenterprise.net.
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to change their direction of travel if possible.
The CHP’s traffic information website indicates the big-rig overturned at about 12:15 a.m. Sunday on the bridge, where wind gusts reached 50 to 70 mph. It was unclear whether any injuries resulted from the crash, although the truck had been carrying two tanks of natural gas that began to leak, causing concern to first-responders on the scene.
Multiple drivers complicated the situation by running through the road closure, according to the CHP.
Elsewhere in Yolo County, the CHP
responded Sunday morning to reports of toppling power poles on County Road 29 north of Davis and on County Road 31 near the Yolo County Airport; as well vehicle collisions on westbound I-80 at Richards Boulevard in Davis and on South River Road south of West Sacramento.
Meanwhile, PG&E reported multiple power outages throughout the city, which also experienced widespread power loss during the New Year’s Eve storm that blew through the region. As of 10 a.m. Sunday, PG&E reported 12,498 customers without power in Davis and the surrounding unincorporated areas.
The Davis Police
Department will again open its doors from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday for those who need water, restrooms and power for charging devices. The station is located at 2600 Fifth St. Ring the intercom to gain entry.
Like last weekend, city police and firefighters also received numerous reports of downed trees, as well as a fallen light pole on the Pole Line Road overpass, according to Davis police.
Several vehicles and structures sustained damage, but no injuries were reported.
To report a downed city tree (not a privateproperty tree), call the Police Department’s nonemergency line, 530-7475400.
Multimedia Journalism 1 students interviewed millenial alumni. Look for more profiles on BlueDevilHUB.com.
Emily Glass is the Colorado Rockies’ first female scout, after spending her three years at Davis High as a staff member for the HUB and a leader on the softball field. Glass doesn’t know if she considers herself a trailblazer. “I don’t necessarily think of myself as that,” Glass said. “However, I’ve met younger women who told me that I gave them hope.”
What Glass does know is that she has a passion for baseball.
Glass played baseball during her younger years with her brother, starting at age 5 in T-Ball. Once Glass got to DHS, she switched to softball. The reality was that to play in college she would have to switch due to women not being given a chance to play baseball outside of college.
She graduated from DHS in 2011 and played as a catcher on her university softball team at Pomona College. After college, Glass contemplated leaving baseball.
However, she was awarded the Watson Fellowship that allowed Glass to travel all over the world, from the Dominican Republic to Japan, and learn as much as she could about baseball.
This experience grew her love of baseball, and put her foot in the door for a potential career in the industry.
Glass is fluent in both English and Spanish, making her an asset to any workplace, but especially the Major League Baseball.
The MLB is a league that recruits many Latin American players, including some who can’t speak English at all when they first arrive in the U.S. Glass’ baseball background and Spanish knowledge gave her an opportunity as an educational coordinator of Latin American players for the Miami Marlins.
Glass taught Spanish immersion classes to help bond the English and
Mieko Chambers’ life took an unexpected turn in her senior year at Davis High, when her high school sweetheart was diagnosed with cancer and lost his leg. That experience led to a lifetime of advocating for people with disabilities.
Chambers was taught to give back to the community from a young age. She was part of Student Government and a member of Key Club before she graduated in 2001.
Chambers did a lot of volunteer work with STEAC (Short Term Emergency Aid Committee), a local organization that helps community members who are below the poverty level.
In high school, Chambers facilitated a sports equipment donation called “Sports for the World’s Children.” The sports equipment was sent to underprivileged children all over the world.
Chambers also volunteered with Meals on Wheels, Families First and many other volunteer programs while in high school. “I’ve always been able to contribute back to the community. It’s always been something that’s important to me,” Chambers said.
Chambers founded Capital City Adaptive Athletes Foundation in 2017, with the goal to “support people with physical disabilities and bridge the gap between people with physical disabilities in the communities,” according to Chambers.
The desire to support the physically disabled members of the community started with Chambers’ high school boyfriend and now husband, Joseph Chambers. Joseph Chambers had cancer and lost his leg in 2004.
Chambers’ husband is a two-time wheelchair basketball paralympic. The couple wanted to build a program in their hometown that offered wheelchair
Spanish-speaking players as well as help the non-English-speaking players adjust to their new environment
Glass was given the chance to break into the scouting industry at the Arizona fall league in 2021. She worked alongside minority men and women, all with the same goal of entering the brutal Major League Baseball scouting industry.
“The experience in scout school really helped me break in and pivot my career,” Glass said.
In November of 2021, Glass finally got her big break with the Colorado Rockies. She was hired as a Scouting Operations Administrator.
Glass works in Denver to support the Rockies’ scouting office. “I get them information… but mostly just try to learn from them,” she said.
Ana Ebrahimi received her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 2018, and is now working in science policy for the National Institutes of Health. She is passionate about justice issues and bringing science into more government policies.
Ebrahimi attended Davis High and graduated in 2008. Although Ebrahimi didn’t exactly know what she wanted to do after high school while at DHS, she did have some ideas. She had always loved math and science, and knew she wanted to be some type of engineer.
Ebrahimi shared her love for math with her mother, as well as her interest in engineering with her father, who was a civil engineer for the Department of California Transportation.
Ebrahimi also
enjoyed many things in high school that didn’t have to do with academics. She was a gymnast growing up, as well as the track and field club president.
She was also director of the pep band. “I watched her light up the crowds as pep band director during football games,” her best friend Caroline Hirst said.
Ebrahimi said that gymnastics was part of what got her into physics in high school. “I loved learning how to manipulate your body to change your performance,” she said.
As she grew older, she learned more about how much physics and math were involved in her sport.
Although her studies were extremely important to her, she also remembered how much fun she had at DHS, and the many memories and friendships that were made.
“I’m still friends with a lot of people from high school actually… and I really loved the people I grew up with,” she said.
In high school, Ebrahimi had the idea that she would teach when she grew up, and went into college thinking the same.
In college she took multiple teaching courses, but realized in grad school that she didn’t want to be a professor. Instead, Ebrahimi found a passion in grad school for justice issues, and is now making sure resources are accessible to all.
Currently, she works in the Neurological Disorders and Stroke department of the National Institute of Health, where she helps distribute grants to biomedical researchers around the country.
basketball on a competitive level.
Chambers was part of the coaching staff for the 2019 Under 23 Women’s World Championship, where the basketball team took home gold.
“It’s really important to us to serve the community in different ways,” Chambers said.
The foundation organizes a number of different sports, including wheelchair softball and wheelchair tennis, for physically disabled community members.
The non-profits’ most recent endeavor is starting a wheelchair basketball program inside of the California Medical Facility Prison in Vacaville.
The Capital City Adaptive Athletes Foundation works alongside city recreational departments and does community outreach. The groups will bring wheelchairs to schools, and demonstrate how to use them to people who aren’t physically disabled.
“We love doing it at elementary schools because it’s important to talk about inclusivity, diversity and overcoming obstacles,” Chambers said.
With no prior hair cutting experience, Max Williams asked the owner of the Davis Barber Shop how he could get a job. Now, Williams has been cutting hair for four years, growing his career as a barber.
After attending Sacramento City College’s Cosmetology program, Williams became licensed to cut hair. Returning to the shop, he was put to work instantly.
“(I asked the owner:) ‘I got my license, when do I start?’ and he said ‘you start tomorrow’,” Williams said. Williams loves being able to give back to the community by chatting with customers and giving haircuts.
His dad, Davis High teacher Bill Williams, was a big help in leading him to the path he is on. His dad noticed that Max was “very personable and liked to carry on conversation.”
Together they discovered the passion he had talking to his clients and cutting hair.
Attending high school at DHS, Williams knew he was going to take the community college route.
Before becoming a barber, Williams attended many local community colleges. There he met many great people from different walks of life. Learning from people’s experiences was very valuable to him.
Talking to all kinds of people all day is one of the things Williams loves about being a barber. Even though he graduated from DHS in 2015, “I’m learning something every day,” Williams said.
When he cuts the hair of DHS seniors, he likes to give them advice. He tries to open their eyes to more options about college. Williams believes you should figure yourself out first and have fun.
Williams stays in Davis to keep his loved ones close because they are a big part of his life. His dad works at DHS and his fiancé works as a veterinarian locally.
As a barber he hopes he can own his shop one day, wherever he may end up in the future. Hoping to improve his hair cutting skills, Williams’ goal is to teach his craft to future barbers to leave his lasting mark.
“I’m learning something every day.”Barber Max Williams Davis Barber Shop
Only one conclusion can be reached from last week’s drawn-out saga for speaker of the house. As with what occurred on Jan. 6, 2021, American democracy remains under siege.
This time those perpetrating the takeover of our nation’s Capitol wore suits and hijacked yet another institutional process with the goal of satisfying narrow ideological and personal interests.
Led by Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Andy Biggs of Arizona and Matt Gaetz of Florida — who were also among the 147 GOP lawmakers who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election after the insurrection — a small cabal of congressional representatives stymied the Republican Party’s efforts to select a speaker, dubiously claiming their interests represented the will of the people.
There are several reasons that things got to this point, and it’s hard to imagine anything will fundamentally improve for those of us living in Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s district — or for California overall.
First, the Bakersfield Republican failed to do his homework. When the long-predicted “red wave” didn’t materialize, McCarthy thought giving numerous proTrump candidates copious amounts of money for their political campaigns would pay off. He put all his chips on the table, knowing there was no viable opponent within the Republican caucus.
In effect, his strategy after the 2022 midterms was “I gave you money and I’m your only choice.” With his colleagues in a corner, McCarthy didn’t do the necessary work to prevent what transpired last week.
In a caucus of self-described alpha males, McCarthy is viewed as useful but weak. The pro-Trump crowd looks down on people they believe are frail in nature, and McCarthy’s obsequious ambition makes him the ideal speaker because they can get him to do their bidding.
Consider what this means. Put up roadblocks to the Jan. 6 investigation? Done.
Impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for border issues Donald Trump claimed he fixed? OK. Endless investigations of Hunter Biden? Sure.
Ignore reckless deficit spending under Trump while calling for debt ceilings that will force a debt default (and higher interest rates, too)? No problem.
Bring back the Holman Rule, which allows Congress to target specific individuals in government agencies — like the Department of Justice and the DHS — if they’re making trouble for Republicans? Fine.
More troubling is the subpoena power Trump acolytes demand, which will effectively allow the GOP to go after the Jan. 6 investigators. This kind of subpoena power is the first step in creating a kangaroo court environment.
What can Californians look forward to under Speaker McCarthy? We can expect more of the same theatrics. Stylized and dramatic form will become a substitute for substance.
In McCarthy’s own Kern County, oil and agriculture are the two dominant industries. Agriculture depends on a steady supply of labor, and the ICE raids and labor shortages we experienced during the Trump administration made it clear that something substantive needs to be done about immigration.
California farmers know this, and they have communicated this to McCarthy to no avail. Rather than focus on creating viable immigration and worker programs McCarthy has chosen to focus on demonizing undocumented immigrants from Latin America.
Kern County’s petroleum producers have looked to Washington, D.C., for help because of what they perceive to be an industry-hostile governor in California. Has McCarthy helped? As oil industry promoters in Kern County put it, McCarthy has been AWOL.
McCarthy’s leadership position in Congress isn’t going to change the political tone or trajectory of our nation, California or Kern County. For the next two years, we can simply expect more theatrics and little relief for our region’s problems.
— Mark Martinez is a professor at Cal State Bakersfield and chair of the political science department.
In last week’s Enterprise, I read Bruce Gallaudet’s excellent feature story, “Former Blue Devil Kreidler making strides.”
Bruce details Ryan Kreidler’s rise in baseball from Davis High School to UCLA and last September to the major leagues for the Detroit Tigers, appearing in 26 games. It’s both amazing and unlikely.
It got me to thinking about long odds and luck.
Making it to the top ranks of a professional sport is not entirely a matter of good fortune. If you are lucky to have been born with great genetics for your sport and you grow up in a supportive environment with peers, parents and coaches providing good guidance, climbing the ladder is a combination of hard work, perseverance and some luck.
Others with as much natural ability who fail may have been unlucky with their mentors and choice of friends; they may not have had the same work ethic; they may have lacked the necessary diligence; or they might have been derailed by a bad coach, an injury or an addiction.
In major league baseball, no one makes a career of it without having truly elite genes to play their position. It’s possible Kreidler does. It’s also possible that he is one who, with hard work and merely very good genes, can have a cup of coffee in the majors but will never have a sustained career at that level.
After three seasons with the Bruins, Ryan was the fifth pick in the fourth round of the 2019 amateur draft, the 112th overall selection. He smartly accepted a $517,400 bonus to sign with Detroit.
According to the website berecruited.com, 5.6% of high school baseball players make a college roster; and
10.5% of those who play collegiately will play professionally.
Of the 30 players chosen in Kreidler’s round, only one — Michael Massey, a second baseman for the Royals — has appeared in more games (52); two others have been up to the Show; and 26 have not yet worn a major league uniform.
Even among the 41 players selected in the first round of the 2019 draft — that includes 11 compensation picks — a slight majority (21) have not yet been to the majors.
By simply appearing in a big league game, Ryan Kreidler has already bucked the odds. According to Bleacher Report, “only 32 percent of players drafted (in rounds 3-5) reach the majors.”
So at this point, among everyone who was playing high school baseball in 2016 — when Ryan graduated from Davis High and was drafted in the 35th round by the Cubs but did not sign — the odds of having a cup of coffee in the majors are 18.8 in 10,000.
While that seems like impossibly long odds, those are numbers most of us can imagine. We all more or less can picture 10,000 people — say the attendance at a typical Oakland A’s game. One full row might have 18 or 19 fans.
Numbers most people cannot fathom are the odds of winning big money in a lottery. As I write, the payoff if you have the lone ticket that
matches all the numbers in Mega Millions is $1.1 billion.
If you buy a $2 ticket, the odds are 1 in 302,575,350 to match the first five and the Mega Ball. You don’t have to be innumerate to struggle with picturing 300 million. It’s beyond the imagination of most of us.
Think of a piece of flooring that is one square foot. Picture a Mega Ball ticket on that square. Now contemplate a room that is 10 by 10 feet. That’s 100 square feet or 100 tickets.
A typical suburban house has roughly 2,000 square feet. The odds of picking the right square foot in that house is 1 in 2,000. In a city with 10,000 houses that size, the odds of picking the one square foot with the one winning lottery ticket would be 1 in 20 million.
Next consider 15 cities, each with 10,000 houses that are 2,000 square feet apiece. That’s 300 million square feet. The odds you can pick the one square foot out of 300 million are impossibly long.
When I was in my 20s, working for a cousin of mine in San Francisco, I bought a lottery ticket and said maybe I’ll win. He replied, “I didn’t buy one, and our chances of winning are almost exactly the same.”
Winning Mega Millions is not the only long shot out there. If you have laser eye surgery, the odds are 1 in 5 million that you will go blind. That’s not too bad. Yet you are 60.5 times as likely to lose your eyesight as a result of that operation than you are to win Mega Millions.
According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, the chance you will be killed
considering dropping the specialist model and going to a generalist model.
I disagree with this decision and so do most others that I have talked to, especially the band, choir, and orchestra students at various sites within the district.
The odds of any one American getting attacked by a shark are just 1 in 3,748,067. Nonetheless, that is 80.7 times more likely than winning Mega Millions.
by fireworks is 1 in 340,733. (I would imagine the odds are higher in places where dangerous fireworks are not well regulated.)
There are just over 348,000 residents in Anaheim. So, all else held equal, chances are one person living there will be killed by fireworks. One in 340,733 is 888 times as likely as winning Mega Millions.
Every so often, a story of a person being bitten by a shark makes the news. Yet according to the National Safety Council, the odds of any one American getting attacked by a shark are just 1 in 3,748,067. Nonetheless, that is 80.7 times more likely than winning Mega Millions.
Ryan Kreidler may not have a long career in the majors. But the odds of him simply having a cup of coffee in the Show, while long and not all luck, are still 569,326 times as likely as you buying the one winning Mega Millions ticket.
— Rich Rifkin is a Davis resident; his column is published every other week. Reach him at Lxartist@yahoo.com.
to drop out, thus lowering test scores, grades, and overall performance in the district. I ask you to please help us reinstate the specialist model for all our sakes. Thank you.
My name is Kyla Steen and I am a 10th-grader at DHS. I am writing to you today to discuss the music program in DJUSD. It has come to my attention through various sources that the board is
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Six years ago, inspired by a family I’d read about online, my family set out on a 28-day adventure that would turn out to be one of the greatest learning experience of our lives.
Frugal February, undertaken by many thoughtful people in Davis and around the country, is a practice in scaling back, spending less and focusing on what you have and what you need, rather than what you want.
Maybe because we weren’t quite clear on the concept or maybe because we’re a bit extremist - an all or nothing kind of family - we decided as a family to participate in Frugal February by not spending any money during the month of February. We would pay the mortgage and the regular bills that would arrive in our mailbox that month, but freeze all other spending.
“All other spending” included:
Groceries
Art supplies ■ Anything that cost money and was not one of our regular monthly bills
I’m not sure all of our kids had actually given their “thumbs up” on the program before my husband Bob wrote a column in this newspaper sharing our intentions. In a town the size of Davis and considering The Wary I’s vast readership, it was all over. The Dunnings were “all-in” for Frugal February, thumbs up or not.
On the last week of January, as if we were preparing for the storm of the century, we went to Costco and spent approximately $600 to prepare for the coming month. We bought staples like flour, sugar, butter and eggs. We bought big bags of frozen vegetables, the economy size bottles of shampoo and conditioner, enough Tide to do 100 loads of
laundry and toilet paper. Lots and lots of toilet paper.
For the next 28 days, we spent a few dollars on one item only. Milk. We agreed at the beginning of the month that milk was important, so we allowed that luxury. But we would make no other purchases. It didn’t matter what expenses we’d forgotten to anticipate. Prior library fines from December and January froze our library membership and meant we couldn’t check out books in February.
No glue to make homemade Valentines for 120 children in our four elementary-age children’s classrooms? Flour and water make a fine homemade paste. Out of brown sugar for baking? White sugar mixed with molasses from the back of our pantry made beautiful golden brown sugar. In the end days of February, we had tons of fun Googling things like, “Find me a recipe with lemons, frozen cauliflower and sardines” and “is it okay to eat canned pinto beans from 2004?” and, when we’d run out of bread and had no yeast in the house, “how do I make homemade tortillas without a tortilla press or lard?”
As the days passed, our kids became increasingly enthusiastic in the challenge and in their desire for us to succeed. When one of the kids learned that a deposit was due for her spring Girl Scout camping trip, she made the choice to skip the trip rather than end our challenge. It was completely her choice and we fully supported her either way, but there was more than one adult in the troop who could not understand her sacrifice and, I’m afraid, questioned my parenting.
Another time, one of our kids was invited to an end of the season basketball gathering at YoloBerry. Of course she wanted to go, and she did. But she suggested that, after everybody else bought their yogurt, they eat it
It’s fun and rewarding to make your own tortillas.
across the street at Central Park where she could enjoy a snack brought from home. It worked out beautifully.
As we skimped our way through the month, we had only two rules. The first was that we would not spend any money. Other than milk, we would not make a purchase. Setting this strict rule actually made the month easier because there were no decisions to make. If it wasn’t milk, we weren’t buying it.
The second rule was that we would not accept extraordinary gifts that would not have been given if we weren’t practicing Frugal February. For example, if someone inadvertently brought us lemon muffins, that would be acceptable. And wonderful. But if someone wanted to buy our tickets to the movie or purchase our YoloBerry yogurt because we couldn’t, then that was not allowed. In other words, if we weren’t allowed to spend the money on something ourselves, we wouldn’t allow anyone else to spend the money on it for us.
The most difficult situation I found myself in, more than once, was when there was a request for a contribution to recognize a child’s teacher or coach. It is such a lovely gesture, and a common one in Davis, to
chip in $5 or $10 for a group gift to recognize someone who has worked with our children. It was humbling, embarrassing even, to say, “I’m sorry. I can’t contribute.” Never mind that we, and our children, were always willing to provide a nice homemade thank-you card. It wasn’t the same as cash. And it made me realize how difficult it must be for those among us who never have the resources to participate in these group recognitions. Humbling for sure Eventually, we would run out of lots of important items, only to realize that they were never really necessary. Paper towels, hair conditioner, craft glue, ice cream and gas in the car are all wonderful things to have but none of them were necessary to our happiness. When our neighbor had his lemon tree pruned, we gathered the lemons from the discarded branches in the gutter. Somehow, we were always fine. During the entire month, I can’t recall a moment of suffering or want. At no point did I, or my adventurous family, wish for the days to go faster or for February to end.
One day, early in the month, Bob’s column about our adventure was picked up by one of the news services and spread across the United States. The phone
Paper towels, hair conditioner, craft glue, ice cream and gas in the car are all wonderful things to have but none of them were necessary to our happiness.
began ringing with interview requests. A radio station in Milwaukee, Channel 10 in Sacramento, KGO-TV in San Francisco, The Rachael Ray Show and Anderson Cooper all wanted to meet with us. It was great fun, it was overwhelming and it all added to our great adventure.
In the end, it was the most effective reset of our lives. What started out as a wacky, nearimpossible idea had taught us so many lessons. Walking to Cactus Corner on a Sunday afternoon is just as entertaining as an $80 family trip to the movie theater. Not giving $10 to the coach’s appreciation fund doesn’t mean you’re not grateful. And, maybe Ronald Reagan wasn’t so wrong when he classified ketchup as a vegetable. The greatest lesson, though, was that so many of the things we thought we needed, we didn’t. We could clearly see how we had been throwing money we didn’t have at things we didn’t need.
On Feb. 28, when someone asked, “When the clock strikes midnight, what will you buy first?” we were at a loss. There was no pent-up need to go shopping and no hunger for anything we didn’t already have. Eventually, the kids needed new shoes, the van needed an oil change and we had run out of salt. But with a big fat bank account and money to burn, there was nothing any of us really needed. Except maybe a gallon of milk.
— Shelley Dunning is a Davis resident and a mom of four. Reach her at dunningsm@ gmail.com.
Dark winter days sap any small ambitions I harbor, but in these first days of a new year, I do crave The New. I'm not too picky. Just something a bit out of my routine. Rain, for example. Isn't it nice? I had almost forgotten that lovely plinck, plinck, plinck on the roof and windows. (OK, so after days and days of it, it gets tiresome and a bit scary.)
And you already know that I can get pretty excited about new wines. At any time of year, but especially now. So I was delighted by a recent introduction to Adam Saake and his Perch Wine Company. 2022 was actually Adam's fourth vintage, but his production is so limited that I'm not surprised I only just found out about Perch. (Named, by the way, not after the fish but after the resting place of birds. Adam's a birder.)
Perch came about during lockdown when Adam “had a barrel of syrah finally in bottle and nothing but time on my hands.”
He had worked a harvest in El Dorado in 2016 and after a few years of traveling internships, returned to the foothills where he “quickly fell in love with the rich history of grape growing in the area and became a student of the old vines that contorted and
clung to the red volcanic soils all around me.”
Adam has continued to produce syrah, grapes grown near the town of Volcano (Amador Co) on 30-plus-year-old vines at almost 3,000 feet in elevation. He fermented the grapes with native yeast in whole clusters, pressed it “in my trusty little wooden basket press,” and aged it in neutral oak for 10 months It then spent three years aging in the bottle. Adam predicts that it will age for another 10 or more, but, trust me, you won't want to wait that long to drink a wine that's so delicious right now.
You can pick up a bottle of this blueberry-and-spice-infused beauty at The Pip in Dixon for about $28; it would be a perfect Valentine's Day wine — deep and complex but light-hearted enough to be fun and flexible.
Under 12% alcohol (!), it's amazingly intense and really shows off this sometimes-maligned variety,
so often dominated by oak and sugar, especially in this area.
The Pip also carries Perch Sauvignon Blanc — a beautifully lush but minerally version of the grape. It might be a bit too lush for my taste, but if you crave an opulent white (that's moderate in alcohol — 13.5%), try this one, which comes from old vines in the Oleta vineyard (Fiddletown AVA). A perfect alternative to chardonnay.
Adam's other current release is a lovely zinfandel from the Fox Creek Vineyard in the Shenandoah Valley. It's a restrained version of zin (like the syrah, less than 12% alcohol), just the way I like it — fresh, bright, and extremely food-friendly. If you're wondering what a foothill zin tastes like without that obscuring oak and overripe fruit, try this. You can get it from the Perch website ($28) or at Corti Bros if it hasn't sold out.
Sacramento-area wine shops and bars like Beyond Napa and Betty are also offering Perch.
My other “new” wine for the season comes from an old friend — Folk Machine. I've written endlessly about various wines made by Kenny Likitprakong (Amy at The Pip once asked “Can't this guy make a bad wine?”). This bottle is his new
vintage of carignane, a new grape to many of us, though with historic roots in California, partly by way of Italian immigrants (who probably called it carignano). The 2021 sports a new and charming label, grapes from an organic vineyard in Redwood Valley (Mendocino).
You can pick up a bottle at The Pip for $20. The wine is earthy and filled with blue-and-red berry flavors and is, as Kenny says, “on the rustic side and reminiscent of old California.” In other words, a great combination of old and new.
It’s reminiscent of old California — you know, that time before the wines started soaring in sugar and alcohol, when wine drinking was, especially for many immigrant groups, just an ordinary, daily thing that only required grapes and time. My Sicilian grandmother made wine in L.A. — possibly zin since it's genetically identical to the southern Italian primitivo — and so did many of my grandparents' compadres.
My own first wine as an adult was probably a California zin or carignane, cheaply made (both grapes grow easily and prolifically in warm climates), but I've always had an affection for them. So it delights me that young
The editors of the San Diego Poetry Annual announced that Davis Poet Laureate Julia Levine was the winner of the 2022 Steve Kowit Poetry Prize for her poem, “The Extra Angels.”
The award carries a prize of $1,000 and publication in
the San Diego Poetry Annual, which comes out March 1.
“A ferry trip, a diagnosis, mortality and faith — these are the ingredients of a trip haunted by a benign, invisible presence that manifests in the various people the speaker encounters, all
aspects of ‘the world’s ripening mystery,’ ending with Charon in the guise of a transit worker,” judge Kim Addonizio said of Levine’s work. “I admired the way the narrator negotiates between the ordinary and the miraculous, as well as the pitch-perfect ending.”
The awards ceremony will be at the San Diego Central Library on April 7.
Gov. Gavin Newsom reappointed Gregory Ferraro, 76, of San Francisco, to the California Horse Racing Board, where he has served since 2019.
(meaning, at this point, anyone under 60) winemakers are working with them and with a sense of their history. And producing such lively and interesting versions.
Like Adam, Kenny also makes old-style zin, the Camp Zin, which you can get at the Co-op and the slightly more expensive, slightly richer Hobo Zin, both with grapes from Sonoma County and both delicious. I almost always add a bottle of the Camp Zin to my weekly Co-op stop; I especially like it (as well as the carignane) with a good red sauce — over pasta, polenta or pizza.
So maybe what I really crave at this time of year is something new-old, something I can do/ taste/hear/see/read that is entirely its own self but that conjures memories of past pleasure, that carries traces of history. And what better place to find that than in a bottle of living wine that looks both forward and backward but remains firmly rooted in the here and now. Maybe a metaphor for the way I want to live 2023?
— Reach Susana Leonardi at vinosusana@gmail.com. Comment on this column at www. davisenterprise.com.
Ferraro was director of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Center for Equine Health from 1997 to 2014. He was owner and chief executive officer of Gregory L. Ferraro DVM, LLC from 1972 to 1997.
Ferraro earned a DVM degree from the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine. He is a member of the
American Association of Equine Practitioners and the American Veterinary Medical Association.
This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Ferraro is registered without party preference.
— Do you know of someone who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy? Email it to newsroom@davisenter prise.net.
By Scott Adams
By Stephan Pastis
Jim Les has preached from day one that defense wins basketball games.
As such, the Aggie head coach was pleased as a hungry and aggressive UC Davis defense took apart Cal State Bakersfield, 67-48, in a Big West men’s basketball game Saturday night at the University Credit Union Center.
The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the Aggies, who are now 1-2 in conference play and 8-7 overall. Bakersfield dropped to 1-3 and 5-10.
“That’s what Aggie basketball needs to look like,” Les said as the UCD defense dominated the outmanned Roadrunners from start to finish, with the outcome never in doubt.
The 48 points are the fewest the Aggies have allowed an opponent so far this season.
The previous low was against Holy Names in a 110-55 Aggie blowout.
“The odd thing is we had a number of good looks, but shots weren’t falling and that’s going to happen to you some nights. But our guys were never fazed and just kept playing great defense and going for every rebound and every loose ball,” Les added.
Les’ words were the exact opposite of what he had to say to his team just two nights prior when he
expressed disappointment in UCD’s defensive effort in an 88-83 loss to UC Irvine.
“It’s got to always be defense first,” Les went on.
“There were so many loose balls we got to. It was a positive step forward. I like the maturity of this team. They received a message after Thursday’s game and really responded tonight. If you want to be successful in this league, you have to win games like this.”
The Aggies trailed only once at 4-3, but immediately went on a 14-point run to take a 17-4 lead and simply never looked back. Five Aggies scored during that initial streak that started with two free throws by Kane Milling and finished with two free throws from Christian Anigwe.
Bakersfield rallied briefly to cut the margin to 27-22, but the Aggie defense stiffened and UCD took a 32-23 advantage into the break.
The Aggies opened the second half with an 11-2 burst capped by Anigwe’s bucket and free throw and Bakersfield came no closer than 12 points the rest of the way.
Bakersfield was without leading scorer Caleb Higgins, who was injured early in a Thursday night game against Cal Poly and didn’t suit up.
Higgins was averaging
Two goals were all the Davis High boys soccer team needed Monday to remain undefeated in Delta League play.
That led to Davis posting a 2-0 win over Elk Grove at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium.
The game was originally scheduled for Jan. 4. But heavy rainstorms hitting Northern California led to rescheduling the game.
Davis (3-0 in the Delta League, 6-0-2 overall) found its groove early against Elk Grove (0-4 in the Delta, 3-6), despite not having played a game since Dec. 22.
Throughout the entire first half, DHS kept the ball on its side of the field.
Strong offense from Davis meant a lot of action for Elk Grove’s goalkeeper.
Davis’ Rigo Guerra was stopped by the Thundering Herd’s goalie at the 14th minute mark.
A shot from Emanuel Tames-Kaimowitz in the 17th minute went over the net, followed by a close miss by Caleb Yoon a minute later.
The Blue Devils had a shot panned out at the 21st minute when Andrew Yang scored for a 1-0 advantage.
A shot from Simon Vaca-Lorenzi went just above the goal and a penalty kick from Yang was stopped by Elk
Grove’s goalie at the 38th minute.
Davis held onto a slim 1-0 lead at halftime.
Yoon took a shot for the Blue Devils at the 47th minute but it sailed to the left of the net.
Lucas Liu followed with a kick at the 50-minute mark that went over the goal.
Liu made up for the missed shot two minutes later when he banked a goal to give DHS a 2-0 edge.
Yang had another shot on goal in the 58th minute when his kick was stopped by EG’s goalie.
The Thundering Herd attempted a shot at the 60-minute mark that sailed to the left of the goal.
In the 67th minute, DHS goalie Joey Clark stopped a shot on goal from Elk Grove’s Jack Gerber, who gained a sizeable lead when running down the field with the ball.
Davis had another shot on goal in the 70th minute, on a Holt Klineberg kick that was saved by the Thundering Herd’s goalie.
The final shot on goal of the game came at the 78-minute mark when a kick from the Blue Devils’ Diego Nieves was stopped once again by Elk Grove’s goalkeeper.
Davis plays at Franklin of Elk Grove today at 3:30 p.m.
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Members of the Davis High boys basketball team displayed high energy on the sideline during the fourth quarter on Friday night as their teammates on the court attempted to secure a victory in the Delta League opener.
Noah Salmon and Aidan Crawford led the way with double digit point totals. But several easy layups from visiting Pleasant Grove High in the third quarter gave the Eagles the edge they needed to post a 43-39 win over Davis (0-1 in the DL, 7-6 overall) inside the North Gym.
Pleasant Grove (1-1 in the DL, 8-10) held a 35-26 lead enter the fourth quarter.
After the Eagles made a field goal for a 37-26 score, DHS’ scoring spree began.
Several players contributed, with back-to-back-to-back buckets from Collin Carpenter, Will Ackerman
and Salmon.
Ackerman and Crawford then each made one free throw, making the score 37-34 with Pleasant Grove still in the lead.
After a 3-pointer from the Eagles, Crawford answered right back with a basket and a 3-pointer back-toback. This put DHS within grasp at 40-39.
Unfortunately for the Blue Devils though, Crawford’s 3-pointer at the 39-second mark was their final basket of the game.
Missed free throws by Davis in the fourth quarter ultimately thwarted its chances of a full resurgence despite fighting until the clock expired.
“The Delta League is tough, and wins are never easy,” said Davis head coach Dan Gonzalez. “I think the team showed a lot of character in not ever giving up. Having a good fourth quarter is usually what can get you wins.”
Pleasant Grove made three free throws toward the end of the final
quarter to secure the win.
The Eagles held a 21-17 lead entering the third quarter.
Davis added nine points to its tally in the frame, while PG scored 14.
A 3-pointer from Salmon at 6:22 got Davis started on the right foot, but Blue Devils defense fell short in allowing the Eagles to record several easy buckets.
Salmon and Crawford did all the scoring for DHS in the third frame. Salmon with the 3-pointer and a bucket and Crawford with two field goals.
Pleasant Grove led Davis 12-9 enterting the second quarter.
Salmon scored six of Davis’ nine points in the first quarter with two baskets and two made free throws.
Salmon led the team in scoring with 13 points. Crawford followed at 10.
Davis will face league rival Jesuit today at 7:30 p.m.
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With its first conference win accomplished, the UC Davis men’s basketball team will have a chance to move into the upper half of the Big West Conference standings when they play three games in five days, beginning today at winless Cal State Northridge.
Game time at the Matadome on the CSUN campus is 7 p.m.
Then the Aggies come home Saturday for a 2 p.m. battle with Cal State Fullerton, then play a rare Monday game (3 p.m.) at UC San Diego.
The Aggies broke a four-game losing streak last Saturday night with an impressive defensive performance that produced a 67-48 win over Cal State Bakersfield.
UCD is now 8-7 overall and 1-2 in the Big West, but will be heavily favored to pick up a win at struggling CSUN, which is 0-4 in league play and 3-12 overall.
CSUN began as San Fernando Valley State in 1958, then transitioned to Cal State Northridge in 1972, but now insists, for their athletic teams at least, that they be known simply as CSUN.
Be that as it may, the Matadors are the lone winless team in the 11-member Big West, where men’s basketball has shown incredible parity in the early stages of the 20-game league schedule.
UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara share the lead with their 3-0 marks, followed closely by Cal State Fullerton, Hawaii and UC Riverside, all at 3-1.
UCD and UC San Diego follow at 1-2, with Cal Poly, Long Beach State and Cal State Bakersfield all checking in at 1-3.
CSUN, under former Stanford head coach Trent Johnson, was competitive in losses to Cal Poly, Fullerton and Long Beach, but failed to show up in their most recent outing, a 68-45 pasting at the hands of UC Riverside.
Fullerton, which comes to UCD’s University Credit Union Center Saturday afternoon, is another matter altogether.
In last year’s COVID-shortened season, the Titans went 3-0 against the Aggies, winning at UCD, 74-58, at Fullerton, 62-59, and eliminating UCD in the Big West Conference tournament quarterfinal round, 73-55.
Fullerton, under former Aggie player Dedrique Taylor, went on to claim the tournament title to earn the Big West’s automatic bid to the NCAA’s Big Dance.
The Aggies continue to be led by 6-4 junior Eli Pepper, with team highs of 18.7 points and 5.9 rebounds a game, along with 53 assists on the season.
TY Johnson adds 16.0 points and 5.1 rebounds with 37 assists and 30 steals.
Christian Anigwe averages 12.5 points and 5.3 rebounds a game, with 53.0 percent shooting from the field, including 11 of 22 from 3-point range.
— Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
early in a Thursday night game against Cal Poly and didn’t suit up.
One oddity in the lopsided outcome was that UCD’s leading scorer, Eli Pepper, who entered the game averaging 20 points a game, had a season-low of just two points, that coming on a driving layup with the game not yet seven minutes old.
Pepper, who took only five shots during his 33 minutes on the floor after scoring 27 points against Irvine, was content to set up his teammates with a teamhigh four assists, while adding four rebounds, with no turnovers. A strong night’s work despite the lack of
points.
Milling picked up the slack with a 19-point performance that included three 3-pointers, 62.5 percent shooting from the field and 6 of 6 at the foul line. And, by the way, a game-high nine rebounds.
Milling, a native of France, played at Nevada before transferring to UC Davis.
He entered the contest averaging 5.8 points a game, but his effort was not unexpected by Les.
“He’s a big part of this team,” said the Aggie coach.
“He always comes to practice early and ready to put in the extra work.
I’m not surprised that he’s about to break out.”
— Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@ davisenterprise.net.
We pray that Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin continues to show “steady, remarkable” improvement following his on-field cardiac arrest on Jan. 2.
The entire incident, seen by millions on Monday Night Football, was a stark reminder of the potential dangers in playing sports. At any level.
n When Sonny Dykes coached at Cal, who would have thought he would one day coach for a national championship? His TCU Horned Frogs face Georgia in Monday’s College Football Playoff national championship game.
Georgia won 65-7. n The recent holiday
season was anything but for hundreds of college basketball players playing in 4- and 8-team tournaments that are often anointed as ‘classics.’
The late Al McGuire once coached Marquette to a national men’s basketball championship before retiring to a long tenure as an NBC/CBS commentator. McGuire was once asked what made a ‘classic.’
“It’s simple,” the always quotable McGuire said, “Invite three teams you know you can beat and call it a classic.”
n TCU playing for the national championship brings to mind one of the Fort Worth school’s most famous alumni: Dan Jenkins, who could put words to paper better that most writers of his day.
His passions were college football and golf.
He wrote about each for Sports Illustrated and in a series of novels.
Those included SemiTough, You Gotta Play Hurt, Life Its Ownself and Baja Oklahoma
His daughter, Sally, is a top-notch sports columnist for The Washington Post. Her father died in 2019 at age 90.
n The best NFL story of this season?
No question it’s the emergence of Brock
Purdy, the last player taken in April’s NFL draft to becoming the San Francisco 49ers quarterback when both Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo each suffered a season-ending injury.
The 49ers have wrapped up the NFC West title and beat the Arizona Cardinals 38-13 on Sunday.
n Personally disappointed to see Brian Sabean leaving the San Francisco Giants.
Sabean worked 30 years for the franchise in a variety of roles. It was Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy who primarily put together the three World Series championship teams in 2010-12-14.
Contact Doug Kelly at DKelly1416@aol.com.
