UC Davis Professor John Eadie talk about his research as he hold a duckling as they collect data on wood ducks and their ducklings at the Roosevelt Ranch in Zamora in 2017. Each duckling was fitted with a tracker and has blood drawn for genetic tests. Students do the gathering of the data on the ducks.
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The winner of this year’s UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate and Scholarly Achievement is Professor John Eadie in the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology. Leading and teaching by example, and through the use of various Canadian-themed hockey jokes, Eadie is a “global leader in behavioral ecology and
waterfowl conservation, an outstanding instructor, a first-class mentor, a selfless campus citizen, and a generous and highly valued colleague,” reads the exuberant nomination submitted by Nann A. Fangue, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology and Professor of Physiological Ecology on behalf of the department.
Given annually to honor faculty who are both exceptional
teachers and scholars, Fangue writes that her WFCB colleagues would agree to the nomination had it not been confidential.
The nomination quotes a comment from Eadie’s Distinguished Professor Review: “I would argue that his excellence in Teaching, Research and Creative Work, Professional Competence and Activity, as well as University and Public Service are of the highest distinction
among university professors across the globe.”
The award recognizes teaching and scholarly achievements, and Eadie values the recognition of that dual nature and combining the two. “You’re not going to be a good teacher unless you really understand the material, and are able to translate that to your students. You’re also not going to be a
Donna Neville has officially announced her candidacy for the District 3 Davis City Council seat.
She joins Francesca Wright as the two candidates thus far hoping to succeed Lucas Frerichs, who represented the district for two years prior to his election to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors. The filing deadline is Friday.
In her announcement Monday, Neville said, “I love this community, which has given so much to me and my family, and I want to give back.
“My years of professional experience working to
make state and local government programs more accountable and more effective, combined with my community volunteer
experience, have given me the skills and perspective needed to address the
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By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer
Climate change is a frightening and — as some consider — hopeless reality that all humans who consider Earth their home face. That’s why the poet laureate of Davis, Julia Levine, set out to instill hope in the youngsters of Da Vinci Junior High with a project she calls Hope River.
Before she was appointed poet laureate of Davis in 2021, Levine spent 35 years as a clinical psychologist in Yolo County, working with children and their families. With her final year as a psychologist occurring during the pandemic, she was dismayed at the increase in teenagers’ depression and suicidality. They conveyed the sense of a hopeless future, and rather than remain idly sad, Levine came up with an idea to counteract this sense of hopelessness which was derived from her career experience and her platform as a poet laureate — climate change. To activate her idea, she applied for and got a fellowship grant from the American Academy of Poetry and the Carnegie Ballad Foundation.
“I came up with this idea of how I can get kids who I know are overwhelmed by negative media about climate change, which as an adult makes me very anxious. I can’t imagine what it feels like for a young teen. So, I thought, ‘what can I do to
The sentencing hearing in a UC Davis rape case sent a San Pablo resident to state prison for a threeyear term.
A Yolo County jury convicted 23-year-old David Alexander Padilla-Chicas in December of forcible rape, also acquitting him of three other counts in connection with the April 2019 incident. Padilla-Chicas’ attorney, meanwhile, called the case “complicated,” saying UCD police waited months before contacting witnesses to what his client believed was a
consensual encounter.
According to a Yolo County District Attorney’s Office news release, Padilla-Chicas — who has no affiliation with UCD — attended an on-campus party where he followed the intoxicated 19-year-old victim to the bathroom and offered to assist her.
“Inside the restroom, Padilla-Chicas forcibly raped the victim on the floor and told her to pretend to be throwing up as he exited the restroom,” prosectors said.
“Witnesses found the victim in
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Three times a week, the Brisssk Morning Walkers of Davis take a loop route of about four miles in an hour and 20 minutes. Since 2007, the group walks yearround — including holidays, light rain and inclement weather.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, meet at 8 a.m. at the three Dancing Pigs at Peet’s Coffee & Tea, north Davis Marketplace (Covell Boulevard and Sycamore Lane, east of Highway 113). If you woke up late or you have injuries, join us after the walk at 9:20 a.m. for drinks and socializing.
On Saturdays, meet at 8 a.m. outside Common Grounds Coffee Shop at Oakshade Town Center (Pole Line Road and Cowell Boulevard, south of Highway I-80). Or drop by after the walk at around 9:20 a.m. for drinks and socializing.
Walkers must be vaccinated. To prevent falls, dogs are allowed with permission. Other outings, hikes, theater trips and potlucks are available. For information, contact Marilú Carter at mccarter@ ucdavis.edu or Richard Crescitelli at rcresci@ rocketmail.com.
Friday’s Forum Page column on firearms misstated the rate of deaths by gun in California — the correct ratio is approximately one every three hours.
The other day I was reading about some sort of artificial intelligence outfit that was writing term papers for college students that more often than not earned the best grades in the class.
Turning in something that someone else wrote, of course, is plagiarism. In this case, however, the “someone else” is not a person at all. I guess that makes it botulism, but that word may already have been taken.
Then again, if you’re writing a term paper about the War of 1812, you’re pretty much just rewriting someone else’s research since you’re unlikely to have witnessed the war yourself. Some students may be better at rewriting someone else’s words than other students are, but it’s still basically rewriting. Not technically plagiarism, but not far off.
The same story I was reading noted that some real estate agents said such a writing aid was saving them dozens of hours a week by not having to write flowery descriptions of the homes they have for sale. Certainly nothing illegal or unethical about that. And obviously a big help to a certain group of people.
Journalists, on the other hand,
have been flat-out fired for plagiarism, even if we do sometimes quote one another. With attribution, of course.
As I noted the other day, I’ve been writing a regular column — sometimes an irregular column — for this newspaper for the last 53 years. Without counting each and every one, that’s probably somewhere around 13,000 columns, give or take a paragraph or two.
So that got me to wondering what it would be like to take a day off and have ChatGPT turn in a day’s work for me. I mean, a daily grind may be good for coffee, but not so much for human beings.
With the help of our teenage son, Mick, the following “prompt” was issued: “Write a Bob Dunning column for the Davis Enterprise newspaper.”
This is what we got, free of
The school board will reconvene for another meeting this Thursday, Feb 2. Although the agenda isn’t lengthy, it features important items including an update on the district’s renowned music program.
The music program itself spans from fourth through 12th grade and comprises of choral music, band, orchestra, Mariachi and academic coursework. Back on Jan. 12, the district’s music community gathered in a public forum to establish a unified vision for the music program moving forward. The update is set to include feedback from this forum as well as touch on the passage of Prop. 28, which the district expects additional funds to be dedicated to arts and music education.
The meeting is also set to include the approval of the 2022 School Accountability Report Cards. In accordance with educational codes, the school board must annually issue a SARC for each school site. In preparing these cards, the district’s current data was submitted to the California
Tracking Services.
An update will also be given regarding the January Governor’s budget which marks the start of the state budget planning process for the next fiscal year. It’s focused on maintaining programs where possible and includes revenue to fund the Local Control Funding Formula for inflation (COLA). As part of this formula, districts are also required to develop a Local Control Accountability Plan concurrently with the budget.
The board will also approve Resolution No. 39-23 which recognizes February as African American History Month. This month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans as well as recognition of their integral role in American history.
Other approvals include that of Resolution No. 38-23, which is in honor of the Week of the Counselor from Feb 6 to 10.
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, and will take place at the Community Chambers at 23 Russell Boulevard. Video will be online at djusd.davismedia.org.
charge. it arrived in less than two seconds after the prompt.
“Bob Dunning is a retired American journalist and author, who wrote a column for the Davis Enterprise, a daily newspaper in Davis, California.”
Retired? So much for accuracy and doing one’s research.
“He wrote mostly about local issues and events, as well as his personal experiences and observations.”
Past tense again. I want a column, not an obituary.
“Unfortunately, I am a language model and my knowledge cut-off is 2021, So, I don’t have the recent information and events that Bob Dunning would write about in his column. But I can provide you with an idea of what his column would be like.”
Your knowledge cut-off is no excuse. My knowledge cutoff was sometime in the 1950s.
“Bob Dunning’s column would probably be a mix of local news and events, personal anecdotes, and witty observations about life in Davis.”
I would not have used an Oxford comma. You should have
come across that in your research.
“He might write about the latest developments in city politics, or offer his thoughts on a recent controversy or hot-button issue.”
Fair enough.
“He might also share personal stories from his own life, such as his experiences as a lifelong resident of Davis, or his thoughts on the changing face of the community over the years.”
I was born in Portland, not Davis.
“In addition to being informative and thought-provoking, Bob Dunning’s column would also be filled with his signature wit and humor, making it a must-read for Davis residents.”
Deadly accurate. Please, let me hear more.
“It is worth mentioning that writing a column for a newspaper or any other publication is a very personal and creative task that reflects the writer’s opinions and views, and as a language model it’s not possible for me to replicate Bob Dunning’s style and voice.”
Thank the Good Lord for small favors.
— Reach Bob Dunning at ChatGPT.
Davis residents may have fallen victim to another TikTok challenge, this one involving car break-ins and thefts.
Back in July, someone posted a video on the social media platform showing a vehicle being hot-wired with a USB connector — a vulnerability that exists among many Kia and Hyundai vehicles. The challenge, which encourages TikTok users to post videos of successful thefts and subsequent joyrides, is believed to be behind a rash of local thefts and break-ins.
“This is a national trend — it’s all over the place,” Davis police Lt. Dan Beckwith said.
Locally, police received reports of 11 Kia and Hyundai thefts and four attempts between Jan. 15 and 24, involving a models built between 2011 and 2019.
No arrests had been made until early Tuesday morning, when someone reported vehicles racing at the Walnut Park soccer fields in South Davis around 4 a.m.
“When officers got there, they saw car lights on the field and noticed people running from the vehicles,” Beckwith said. Both cars
had been reported stolen — a Kia out of Davis and a Hyundai from Dixon.
Officers apprehended one suspect, identified as 18-year-old Douglas Moriarty Jr. of Woodland. An investigation to identify any accomplices is ongoing.
In Woodland, police there said they recovered a 2019 Hyundai Tucson stolen from Davis on the morning of Jan. 24 after receiving a report of a suspicious vehicle in Everman Park.
“It appears the suspect(s) drove the Hyundai around the park several times before crashing into a park bench,” Sgt. Victoria Danzl said.
High-severity wildfire is increasing in Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascade forests and has been burning at unprecedented rates compared to the years before Euro-American settlement, according to a study from the Safford Lab at UC Davis and its collaborators. Those rates have especially shot up over the past decade.
For the study, published in the journal Ecosphere, scientists analyzed fire severity data from the U.S. Forest Service and Google Earth Engine, across seven major forest types.
They found that in lowand middle-elevation forest types, the average annual area that burned at low-tomoderate severity has decreased from more than 90% before 1850 to 60-70% today.
At the same time, the area burned annually at high severity has nearly quintupled, rising from less than 10% to 43% today.
(High-severity burns are
those where more than 95% of aboveground tree biomass is killed by fire.)
Lead author and UC Davis project scientist John N. Williams said this ratio is severely out of balance.
“We’re seeing more ‘bad fire’ and less ‘good fire,’” said Williams, who is the coordinator of the California Prescribed Fire Monitoring Program. “Any consolation we’d get from the idea that, ‘At least we’re burning more than we used to,’ isn’t really a consolation because it’s often coming in the form of the wrong kind of fire.”
Many fire ecologists talk about the need to burn more acreage by putting “good fire” on the ground, such as through prescribed burning, while preventing “bad fire.” In forests like oak woodland, yellow pine and mixed conifer, good fire refers to the low-tomoderate severity burning that the dominant species are adapted to. They are typically ignited by lightning or by people to enrich and restore the land. Many such fires were set by
Native Americans before the mid-19th century through the practice of cultural burning.
Before 1850, much more land burned each year in California compared to the present day. The study indicates that gap is beginning to close. Unfortunately, more of what is burning comprises damaging, high-severity fire.
That represents the most concerning result, say the authors: The average area of high-severity burning in the region is now above the best estimates of
high-severity burning that took place before EuroAmerican settlement, even though overall burning in the modern day is still much lower.
“At current or even projected rates of forest management by federal and state agencies, the amount of forest treated or restored is going to be a drop in the bucket compared to the need, and compared to the huge unmanaged areas that are going to burn, often at high severity,” said senior author Hugh Safford, a UC Davis fire ecologist and
chief scientist of environmental public benefits corporation Vibrant Planet.
“I’m not exaggerating when I say that the very existence of montane conifer forest in California is at risk, especially in the southern part of the state.”
Nine of California’s 10 biggest wildfires occurred within the past decade. The state’s record-breaking 2020 fire year — when nearly 9,900 fires burned 4.3 million acres — was the only year in which the annual area burned exceeded historical levels, but much of that burned at high severity.
The authors say this trend is especially concerning because most of the low- to middle-elevation forest types affected are adapted to low-to-moderate severity burning. Excessively severe fires in these forests can harm landscapes and the habitat and ecosystem services they provide.
Other research carried out by the Safford Lab at UC Davis and its partners has shown that negative
effects of severe burning in these forest types are serious and long-lasting to biodiversity, carbon storage, soil biogeochemistry, air quality and forest regeneration.
The study’s results highlight the need to better balance fire exclusion with management practices that proactively reduce forest fuels and increase resilience to climate change and other ecological disturbances.
“We need to burn much more each year, but we want the right mix,” Williams said. “The current trend is going in the wrong direction if we want to restore forests and their natural ecological processes.”
The study’s additional co-authors include Nic Enstice of the California Department of Conservation, Zack Steel of the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, and Alison Paulson of USDA Forest Service Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
— UC Davis News
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challenges facing Davis. If elected, I would work collaboratively to develop feasible and creative solutions that result in real change. It would be an honor for me to bring my prior experiences and commitment to the community to the work of City Council.”
Her top priorities include ensuring that the infrastructure and services Davis residents depend on and appreciate, including roads, parks, bike paths and greenbelts, are funded and well-maintained.
“If we are going to continue to provide the level of services we have, we need to generate additional revenue,” she said. “The revitalization of our downtown by implementing our recently
approved downtown plan is just one way that I will promote economic development.”
Other priorities, she said, include supporting climate resiliency hubs (support centers that provide needed services during a climate emergency): addressing the complex issues surrounding homelessness; and developing practical solutions for more affordable housing.
“There is so much we can do, ranging from identifying funding to support the Housing Trust Fund, which will act as an incentive to build more affordable housing, to ensuring that we provide the right forms of support to those who are at risk of experiencing homelessness,” Neville said. “I am impressed by the work being done by our newly formed
city Department of Social Services and Housing and will ensure it has the funding and resources it needs to be successful.”
Neville said if elected, she intends to make herself available and will listen carefully to community concerns.
Neville is a 1990 graduate of UC Davis King Hall School of Law and spent nearly 30 years as a lawyer in state government, first for the Office of the Legislative Counsel, where she provided legal and policy advice to legislators and their staff in the areas of the environment and public education.
Later Neville went to work for the California State Auditor, where she managed the legal division and advised teams of experts
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distress on the floor of the restroom, where she immediately reported the rape.”
Padilla-Chicas, whose DNA was found on the victim’s body, initially denied having any sexual contact with the victim, but at trial altered his story to say they engaged in consensual intercourse, prosecutors said.
Jurors convicted PadillaChicas on Dec. 27 after about four-and-a-half hours of deliberations. Yolo Superior Court Judge David Rosenberg sentenced him last Thursday .
“The victim was so courageous,” said Stephanie Allen, one of the case’s prosecutors. “With all the trauma she suffered, I know it was so affirming for her when the jury, after thoughtfully listening to all the evidence, came back with a guilty verdict.”
But Deputy Public Defender Daniel Hutchinson, who represented Padilla-Chicas, noted flaws in the case, including the UCD Police Department’s failure to make contact with Padilla-Chicas until May 2020. His arrest occurred four months later.
The initial court case, which charged PadillaChicas with rape and sexual penetration with a foreign object, was dismissed in February 2022 and refiled to add two more sexualassault counts. Jurors convicted him of rape and found him not guilty of the other three allegations.
“The jury’s acquittal of Mr. Padilla of three of four serious charges, and the complaining witness’ own testimony at trial, demonstrated that this encounter began as two teenagers consensually making out at a party,” Hutchinson said. “Ultimately, they engaged
in sexual intercourse, which Mr. Padilla testified he believed was also consensual.
“Although Mr. Padilla had no prior criminal record, the law does not allow for probation in this type of case,” Hutchinson added. “The court had no choice but to sentence him to prison and chose the lowest prison term allowable.”
— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisen terprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene
who gathered information and evaluated the performance of virtually every state and local program in California, she said.
Locally, Neville has served as chair of the city’s Finance and Budget Commission and now serves on the Planning Commission, and also chaired the school district Measure M Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee, overseeing expenditures under the $150 million school facilities construction program. She also is board president of the National Alliance on Mental Illness for Yolo County (NAMI).
“I love this community,” Neville said. “This is where we raised our son and where he participated in soccer, little league, the city basketball program, Camp Putah, high school lacrosse, you name
it… We loved living here where he could safely bike to school every day. This is also where I cared for my parents, who were welcomed by the senior community when they moved to Davis in their late ’70s.
“This is also where my husband, who is an ecologist and professor at UCD, developed his career restoring natural habitats in the region and mentoring the next generation of ecologists. This is the time for me to give back and work hard to make Davis a more welcoming, sustainable, and affordable place to live.”
— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@davisenter prise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.
After a historic, six-week strike by 48,000 Academic Workers, the University of California has told academic departments they must reduce graduate admissions for the 202324 year to pay for the raises contained in the new contracts, according to a statement released by the United Auto Workers on Friday.
This comes in the wake of a compact between the State of California and the University of California in which the University pledged to expand enrollment by 8,000 undergraduate students and 2,500 graduate students by 2027 in exchange for hundreds of millions of dollars per year in increased state funding.
As recently as Nov. 22, UC stated that “Graduate students are critical to every aspect of the University’s mission.”
“It's like they have this like public proposition, and then behind the scenes, they're doing everything
they can to damage graduate workers,” Elias Bunting, a graduate student researcher at UC Davis, said. As GSR appointments are cut, Bunting says they’ll have to TA more.
“It's not in keeping with the goals that they had been saying publicly that they wanted to work on,” he said.
UAW 2865 President Rafael Jaime and UAW 5810 President Neal Sweeney have sent a letter to UC President Michael Drake
demanding that he honor this commitment and reverse the enrollment cuts.
Ryan King, associate director of media relations for the UC Office of the President, said that UCOP has not provided any
guidance to campuses instructing them to reduce student enrollment in the upcoming budget year 2023-24. “Given that the contract is in the final budgeting and initial implementation phase across our system, it would be premature to speculate on any impacts on enrollment.
“As is the case when new labor contracts are negotiated, especially those involving new bargaining units (this is the first contract for our GSR unit), there is an expected period of implementation where issues are brought to our attention and appropriate processes and procedures are put in place. We will continue our conversations with each location to understand where there are needs and how best UCOP can support the implementation of this vital contract.”
According to King, UC remains grateful to the Governor’s “continued support of our ongoing budget compact, as offered in his latest budget proposal.”
The University of California employs 19,000 teaching assistants, and 17,000 student researchers across the state.
According to the UAW, in a survey circulated by UAW 2865, graduate workers from 89 departments spanning all 10 campuses indicated that they had been informed of plans
to reduce enrollment for the 2023-2024 academic year. Many also indicated they had heard about plans to increase class sizes and shrink the size of research groups.
The union said materials shared with workers by faculty in their departments, including PowerPoint presentations and meeting notes, confirm these plans.
— Contact Monica Stark at monica@ davisenterprise.net.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Case Number: CV2023-0088
To all interested persons:
Petitioner: Brittany Priscilla Frus filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
Present name a Brittany Priscilla Frus to Proposed name Brittany Priscilla Sadeghini
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
reasonable charges of notice ad vertisement and sale
This sale is conducted on a cash or certified fund basis only (cash, cashier's check, or travelers checks only) Personal checks and/or business checks are not acceptable Payment is due and payable immediately following the sale No exceptions The mobilehome and/or contents are sold as is, where is with no guarantees
This sale is conducted under the authority of California Civil Code 798 56a and C ommercial Code 7209-7210
DATED: January 10 2023
Stephanie D Rice LAW OFFICES OF JOSEPH W CARROLL
Attorney for Westwind Mobile Home Park LLC 610 Fulton Avenue, Suite 100 Sacramento CA 95825 (916) 443-9000 1/25 2/1/23 #2138
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Gail Lyn Blue CASE NO PR2023-0011
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate or both of: Gail Lyn Blue
A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Jason Blue in the Superior Court of California County of: Yolo
The Petition for Probate requests that: Jason Blue be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval Before taking certain very important actions however the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action ) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority
A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as fol-
lows: Date: March 2 2023 Time: 9:00 A M Dept : 11 Room:
Located at 1000 Main Street Woodland CA 95695
If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney
If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code or
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
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 #2137
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The Estate of Katherine Ann Chambers Decedent Case No PR2022-0086
s c o u r a g i n g u r b a n s p r a w l , p r e s e r v i n g open-space and prime agricultural lands effi ciently providing government services and encouraging the orderly formation and development of local agencies based upon local conditions and circumstances (§56301) The studies inform logical and reasonable development of local agencies to advantageously provide for present and future community needs SOIs indicate the probable physical boundaries and service area of a local agency” (§56076) MSRs provide the relevant growth capacity financial and accountability data to inform LAFCo s SOI determinations The MSR provides recommendations to improve agency capacity, financial ability, and accountability On the basis of the MSR and in accordance with Government Code Section 56425(g) staff has reviewed the agency’s SOI and recommends that a SOI Update is not necessary at this time Therefore no change to the agency s SOI is recommended The Draft MSR/SOI for the Yolo County Resource Conservation District is available for public review at the office of the Yolo LAFCo and online at www yololafco org
Meet Donna Neville, a candidate for the May 2 Davis City Council (District 3) special election.
The event is being hosted by N Street Cohousing in the Common House at 716 N St., on Sunday, Feb. 5, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
The host requests that those attending be feeling healthy and not recently exposed to COVID-19. Immunocompromised guests are encouraged to wear a mask. Everyone is welcome.
Do you enjoy quilting, knitting or sewing?
Join Project Linus to make blankets for children who are seriously ill, traumatized or otherwise in need. Come to our gathering from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, at the Davis Senior Center, 646 A St.
Everyone is encouraged to contact Diane McGee and sign up for the email list to receive detailed information and updated meeting time changes. All are welcome to attend the meeting and help sew Linus labels on handmade blankets that will be given to Yolo County organizations that serve children in need. Project Linus members may take home donated fabrics and yarn each month to complete a blanket.
Finished blankets can be brought to the next monthly gathering or to the Joann Fabric store in Woodland. For general information, drop-off location questions or fabric and yarn donations, contact McGee at dmmyolo@ gmail.com.
Davis Science Café presents “Preventing
Broken Hearts: Understanding and Treating Heart Disease in Women” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, 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, featuring scientists who are studying some of today’s cutting- edge topics. This month’s speaker is Prof. Amparo Villablanca from UC Davis Health who studies the sex differences in the molecular and cellular determinants of cardiovascular disease.
The event is free to attend, with complimentary soft drinks courtesy of the UCD College of Letters and Science. Contact Shaw for information at jtshaw@ucdavis. edu or https://twitter. com/DavisSciCafe1.
The Kiwanis Club of Davis will host its 41st all-you-can-eat Crab and Pasta Feed on Friday, Feb. 10, at the Veterans Memorial Center, 203 E. 14th St. in Davis.
The social hour starts at 6 p.m. and dinner is served at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $75, available by calling George Barden at 530-756-1332 or Rich Seropian at 530-4004830. Proceeds benefit Kiwanis charities.
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good researcher unless you can communicate that information to stakeholders and learn from others,” he told The Enterprise.
Acknowledging the “amazing group of educators at UC Davis,” Eadie said, “I'm very, very appreciative, but I’m also like, ‘oh my gosh, why me?’”. Throughout his career, Eadie has seen incredible resumes, CVs, and letters for professors on campus.
Eadie was the department chair from 2012 to 2017 before handing the position to Fangue, whom he mentored. “He left our department in a strong position, leading us through fiscal challenges while recruiting and retaining talented junior faculty. He encourages all faculty to elevate their pedagogy and made clear that we in WFCB take teaching and mentorship as seriously as we do our scholarship,” she wrote.
Eadie joined the department in 1995, starting as an assistant professor and moving up through the years until being named distinguished professor in 2022, according to biographical background in the award announcement. Eadie was the department chair from 2012-2017 and he currently serves as the Dennis G. Raveling Endowed Chair in waterfowl biology. Eadie’s courses are a mixture of lecture, laboratory and field classes. By his estimates, he’s taught more than 3,000 undergraduate students during his career at UC Davis. He also contributes to seminars in the Avian Sciences Graduate Group and Animal Behavior Graduate Group.
Since 2012, Eadie has served as a team member to revise the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, which goes back to 1986. Prior to the 2012 Revision, the plan focused only on bird populations and their habitat, but it was missing the importance of human engagement and human enterprise in conservation practices. “That goes without saying, you know, writ large, but even in 2012 people were concerned, ‘we can barely manage the birds and the habitat.
Now you want us to manage people. What are you thinking?’”
Despite the pushback, he and his colleagues remained steadfast in their message. “People matter. In fact, people may be the North Star of everything. If you can’t get people to care and to feel that this is part of them, something that they value, something that they think is important to sustain, then the battle is lost. That starts with me as an educator.”
Accompanying the award is a $60,000 prize, which Eadie and his wife, Jane, are using to establish a new scholarship supporting underrepresented and nontraditional students in wildlife and waterfowl biology.
Funded through philanthropic gifts managed by the UC Davis Foundation, the prize is one of the largest teaching prize in the country. Eadie says it will provide an opportunity to jumpstart efforts to increase opportunities for incoming students. “We have to open the doors to young students who may not know this is a career path for them, but one that has such great value.”
If the constituency of the field doesn't represent society, Eadie asks how wildlife conservation can move forward. Given how underrepresented many sectors of society are in the wildlife profession, Eadie says, it falls on educators to offer
more opportunities to the next generation.
To Eadie, who grew up on a farm in British Columbia, fundamental to the human spirit is the connectivity with nature. Despite the challenges of growing up in a family of five raised by a single mother, he feels he had the best childhood with the whole outdoors around him. He wants opportunities to have that connection be universal.
“We have to provide that to others.” Expanding these opportunities, he says, leads to a more diverse population caring for the environment.
One of these efforts is the Wood Duck Internship Program at UC Davis, which Eadie has led since 1995, in which more than 500 students have had the opportunity to study waterfowl. Akin to a scouting experience, students help put up duck boxes and, for four hours once a week, help check the nests, band birds, and measure eggs.
“It seems pretty simple,” he said, “but for many of these students, it’s amazing. I mean, you see them hold a duckling, and there is this connection formed. It’s like when we play with kittens and puppies. And it’s indescribable — that bond gets formed at the same time as you’re also providing some real baseline experiences in a safe outdoor situation.”
Passionate about wetlands
because “we’ve lost half of them” and in California, 90% have been lost, Eadie explains that while his specialization is waterfowl and wetland birds, his interest is also on the other “ecological goods and services” that wetlands provide, such as water storage, flood control, water filtration and a litany of values within those wetland habitats.
Part of his motivation in teaching follows from the well-documented Nature Deficit Syndrome confronting our young people; it argues that a lack of connection to nature can lead to a variety of challenges including learning disorders, lack of concentration, and reduced empathy for others and the natural world.
Eadie summarizes this in a saying he often tells his students: “Mud on the boots. Skin in the game — We won't sustain what we don't care for; we won't care unless we find some value in it, and we can’t value what we don’t know or understand.”… In other words, you can't blame someone for not knowing or not caring if they haven't had the opportunity to experience that connection with nature. It’s our job, as educators, to help forge that connection.”
Eadie will be honored at a gala at the Mondavi on Thursday, Feb. 2.
— Contact Monica Stark at monica@davisenterprise.net.
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combat this?’ And I came up with a project where the kids are given a voice and hopefully the end result makes them feel like it’s not hopeless and they can play a part in this,” said Levine.
“The other part is, ‘how can I build hope with them through some of these amazing things people in Davis are doing?’ What I came up with was a curriculum that involved a lot of eco-poetry and a lot of specific prompts for writing poems and then two weeks where I had 10 different business professionals, researchers and educators come in to talk to the kids and tell them about these amazing things they’re doing to work against global warming being the end of the future, that there is a future.”
At the conclusion of this
project, the seventhgraders of Da Vinci Junior High School submitted a poem they’d written with most also submitting a recording of themselves reading their poem. These recordings were then uploaded to the website/ app called Hope River, and on Feb. 1, they will be walking along the bike path near school — the
shoreline of the metaphorical Hope River — and listening to a progressive telling of their poems through QR codes posted down the path. All of which wouldn’t have been possible without the help of fellow poets Bethanie Humphries and Stanly Zumbiel, Da Vinci Junior High’s Research and Communication teacher Alison Kimmel, English teacher Anna Kieschnick, and science teacher Amy HannonKorynta.
“As a result of this, Julia found a nonprofit press that wants to make a book out of 15-20 of these poems selected by the students, Kimmel said. “Over 60 students submitted their poems and one of the biggest things I’ve seen is a confidence boost in their ability as writers. As this progresses and they hear they may be published authors by the end of this,
there’s a huge increase in their confidence. Some of them have discovered they are poets and that they have the ability to write when they didn’t before. We also had a 95% turn-in rate for poems which is an unheard of number.”
The community will have an opportunity to float down Hope River and listen to these poems at an event on March 18. For more information, refer to the Da Vinci Junior High School website, https:// www.davincicharteracademyjh.net/
The Hope River website/ app itself can be found by searching https://agws. app/davis/hope-river/ and was created by Andre Gonzales of Andre Gonzales
Web Services (www.agonzales.dev/).
To view Levine’s latest published work, head to the Avid Reader and look for “Ordinary Psalms” (LSU Press, 2021).
Which such incredible success with this first iteration, these poetic Pandas of Da Vinci Junior High are undoubtedly making a positive impact on the future with their creative writing. And with any luck, they’ll add to the current that will — hopefully — keep Hope River flowing to other school districts in Yolo County and beyond.
— Reach Aaron Geerts at aaron.geerts@ mcnaughton.media.
SMALL MODULAR REACTORS: One of the many criticisms of nuclear power as a bona fide tool in the toolbox to confront the climate crisis has been the enormous length of time and amount of money required to go from shovels in the ground to an operating facility. Not to mention the industry’s very real downsides in terms of melt downs and waste disposal.
Large power plants are technically complicated to build and controversial in terms of public support.
All of this contributes to seemingly endless delays and major cost overruns.
Parenthetically, there are some folks of good reputation who would support nuclear power but claim the U.S. has lost the ability to build big things like super-fast trains and large-scale nuclear power plants.
Advocates of Small Modular Reactors argue that not only can these smaller nuclear facilities be built less expensively, thereby reducing financial risk and, because they are modular, a “plant” could be very small, with just a few modules to power a small city, or larger, with multiple modules to serve a bigger area. They also assert that the modules are safer to operate.
In any case, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has approved a design and given the green light for NuScale Power to begin the process of applying for a license to build and operate a SMR. If approved, this would make NuScale’s SMR the first given the goahead for use in the U.S.
Hopefully, this first out of the gate effort that began in 2018 will have worked out the regulatory glitches and technical obstacles to substantially grease the wheels for future SMR applications.
The company, NuScale, expects to be operating a
Thursday
n The Davis Odd Fellows’ Thursday Live! music series returns with San Francisco musician Maurice Tani, a fixture on the alt-country scene for more than a decade. Doors open at 7 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Hall, 415 Second St., with music starting at 7:30 p.m. All ages welcome. Thursday Live! shows are free, but donations are encouraged to support the musicians.
Friday
n The UC Davis 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). 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.
Wednesday, Feb. 8
n Join Project Linus to make blankets for children who are seriously ill, traumatized or otherwise in need. Come to our gathering from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Davis Senior Center, 646 A St. Contact Diane McGee and sign up for the email list to receive detailed information and updated meeting time changes. All are welcome to attend the meeting and help sew Linus labels on handmade blankets that will be given to Yolo County organizations that serve children in need. Project Linus members may take home donated fabrics and yarn
6-module plant, with each of the six capable of generating up to 77 megawatts, by 2030.
NuScale claims that in addition to benefits on the front end, the technology for their SMR is such that meltdowns like what took place at Fukushima and Chernobyl are not possible: in any emergency the reactor just shuts down and cools off all by itself, no human intervention required.
Apparently, the NRC agrees with them. If true, this is a major advantage. Waste disposal remains a significant issue.
A BREATH OF NOTSO-FRESH AIR: The Hill, a newsletter on energy and the environment, recently published an article with the scary title, “Traffic pollution can impair brain function,” reporting on a study by a team of Canadian scientists published in Environmental Health.
The senior author, head of respiratory medicine at the University of British Columbia, claims this study is “the first of its kind in the world” and “provides fresh evidence supporting a connection between air pollution and cognition.” I didn’t really know that we needed new information, but these guys claim that common knowledge, at least amongst scientists, has been that although car exhaust has negative effects on the lungs, our brains are constructed in such a way that protects us from harmful effects of air pollution. The study
each month to complete a blanket. Finished blankets can be brought to the next monthly gathering or to the Joann Fabric store in Woodland. For general information, drop-off location questions or fabric and yarn donations, contact McGee at dmmyolo@ gmail.com.
n Davis Science Café presents “Preventing Broken Hearts: Understanding and Treating Heart Disease in Women” 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, featuring scientists who are studying some of today’s cutting-edge topics. This month’s speaker is Prof. Amparo Villablanca from UC Davis Health who studies the sex differences in the molecular and cellular determinants of cardiovascular disease. The event is free to attend, with complimentary soft drinks courtesy of the UCD College of Letters and Science. Contact Shaw for information at jtshaw@ucdavis.edu or https://twitter.com/ DavisSciCafe1.
n The Kiwanis Club of Davis will host its 41st allyou-can-eat Crab and Pasta Feed on Friday, Feb. 10, at the Veterans Memorial Center, 203 E. 14th St. in Davis. The social hour starts at 6 p.m. and dinner is served at 7 p.m. Tickets are $75, available by calling George Barden at 530756-1332 or Rich Seropian at 530-400-4830. Proceeds benefit Kiwanis charities.
argues that our brains may not be as protected as previously thought.
They measured (fMRI) brain activity before and after exposure to diesel exhaust and found that interconnected regions in the brain that “contribute to memory and internal thought” had decreased functionality after just a few hours of exposure to traffic pollution.
I’ve always thought we are plagued by bad drivers and now I know why. The scientists suggest we not drive with windows open and not ride a bike or walk in congested areas
or on busy streets.
WORD OF THE YEAR: Many who study the English language report annually on which word or words are used most often, as well as what new words have appeared. Not everyone agrees.
For 2022, The New York Times cited “climatarian” as passé as a descriptor for dietary choices, apparently because it suggests the goal is “eating sustainably, which implies a state of preserving what is.”
According to the snippet, “a new generation wants food from companies that are actively healing the planet through climate reducing agriculture, more rigorous animal welfare policies and equitable
treatment of the people who grow and process food.”
Hence, the new word for 2023 is, “regenivore,” for folks who will be looking not only at the food they eat but also how it is grown, packaged, and whether restaurant cooks/ chefs use “climate hero” ingredients, etc.
SHOUT OUT TO COOL
DAVIS: I am sometimes, often actually, reminded how lucky we are to have an organization like Cool Davis in our little town. This is not the norm. It is exceptional.
The work they do on behalf of climate action in the community, but also in educating us about climate actions and topics broadly.
The latest to come to my
attention is something I wish to bring to yours.
Cool Davis has started a three-part Climate Movie Circle with screenings and follow-up discussion with scientific experts. January’s offering was “Eating our way to extinction.”
February’s screening will be “What the Health?” In March the topic is “The Invisible Vegan.” I encourage you to go to cooldavis. org for information about this movie series, and while there see what other programs and actions they have available. It’s a treasure trove.
— John Mott-Smith is a resident of Davis. This column appears the first and third Wednesday of each month. Please send comments to johnmottsmith@ comcast.net
Every day without fail, hundreds of Davis High students line up outside the All Student Center and wait in blistering heat, windy frigid air, rain, and other unpleasant weather in order to receive their free school lunches.
Many things have led up to this point, and hopefully there are solutions on the way. Clearly something must be changed.
Beginning almost 11 years ago in 2012, Davis High lunch facilities have been an ongoing issue.
According to a 2012 HUB story by Hannah Kaplan and Lily Batchelor, the old multipurpose room had to be closed because it had “been in critical condition for two and a half years. Chronic water leaks, structural problems and mold (had) left it in a non-functional state.”
The MPR was then demolished in 2012, leaving DHS without a central place for students to eat lunch and socialize.
DHS implemented an interesting approach to distributing school lunches: food trucks.
Principal Bryce Geigle was made aware of this issue at the beginning of this year when he began working at DHS.
As a white American Jew, I struggle to reconcile my people’s history of oppression with my experience in Davis as someone whose success is not impeded by religious persecution.
In sixth grade, my classmate threatened to show me the Hitler salute because he thought it was funny. He didn’t say that to me because he hated Jews or because he supported Hitler, he just didn’t understand how hurtful of an action it was.
That was the first time I had directly experienced antisemitism, and despite knowing it was a bad thing, I did not feel especially affected by it.
A large part of Judaism is celebrating the times when Jews have overcome oppression. We have an old joke about it that says “they tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat,” and that is what a majority of our holidays consist of.
It’s hard to grow up when most of what I’ve learned about being Jewish is centered around people hating us, although I myself have never experienced that kind of oppression.
Sometimes in the Jewish community there is a message sent out that we as Jews must be wary of nonJewish people, based on our history. And although this message is not wrong, many Jews in America do not relate.
“I don’t feel particularly scared when I’m around (non-Jewish) people… because of being Jewish,” sophomore Shai Kol said.
In America, Jews have had a generally positive experience.
“Jews have been more successful in America than essentially anywhere else in Jewish history,” said Jeremy Simons, Rabbi at Congregation Bet Haverim (CBH) in Davis.
Yet, it feels like American Jews continue to focus on all the negative parts of being Jewish and Jewish history. “There’s a sense of (being) happy to be here and
not have others discriminate against us, rather than lifting each other up in a way that’s only positive,” Kol said.
And there’s a reason why Jewish communities focus on negativity. Antisemitism can be a serious danger to Jews, as seen in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in 2018 and the firebombings of three synagogues in Sacramento in 1999.
“We have to all take (antisemitic acts) seriously and act as if it could be our own (community),” Simons said.
The recent antisemitic views that have been very publicly expressed by Kanye West and Kyrie Irving raise concern in Jewish communities for the future of Jews in American society.
These comments themselves will not initiate the oppression of Jews in America, but this hate incites more hate, and it is important to be aware of all the different forms of antisemitism that may continue to appear.
My sixth grade classmate, for instance, was not aware of the harm of his comments, and his ignorance created an opportunity for him to learn.
When my parents reported the incident to the principal, she asked me if I wanted an apology from him, but what I wanted was for him to learn why his action was wrong and for more education on antisemitism to be implemented into the curriculum.
Yet it is also important to remember all the positive moments in Jewish history.
“It’s walking a very fine line between not losing that sense of (the history of persicution) but also not letting the bad things define us,” CBH Rabbi emeritus Greg Wolfe said.
In my own Jewish identity, I acknowledge my privilege that I live in modern America and that when I learn about the oppression of Jews— it is history. I try to focus on the love that my Jewish community gives me and the beauty of this culture I am a part of.
our campus used to have ... let’s tap into that as well, as long as we have the staffing and the means,” Geigle continued. tion spots would certainly have a positive effect on the wait times we experience, and is
“One of the constraints is staffing for our student nutritional services — I don’t think there’s been a time this whole school year where we’ve been fully staffed — so it makes it difficult to push out with a food
“I think one way to mitigate that ... we could have a student volunteer program that
This would be an attractive solution
If such a program were implemented, tion stations feasible, but it would also
As the spring semester begins, so will the onslaught of college acceptances, rejections, decisions and announcements. The latter have increased in prevalence over the past few years as more and more seniors take to social media to share their academic plans.
But where does that leave the rest of the students? According to the Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE), 63% of California public high school students enroll in college directly following graduation. Of that number, 57% enroll in public in-state community colleges. This statistic is unsurprisingly misrepresented across social media platforms.
@DHSdecisions2023 is an Instagram account created with the purpose of sharing students’ college commitments. Similar accounts are in place for other classes and grades.
“Personally, I don’t like it. The whole account that is dedicated to posting, I think that’s pressuring, and it makes us feel not the best,” senior Khadijah Sandhu said.
Likewise, students whose plans do not include immediately attending a four year institution are left feeling marginalized. These accounts, while entertaining, are misrepresentative of most high school campuses and student bodies.
“Normally the people that submit those posts, they’re going to a good college (and so) they want people to see it. It makes people who’re going to community college feel kind of bad,” Sandhu said.
@DHSdecisions2023 has only posted four year college plans, with no listed community college and trade school admits. This creates increasing pressure for students to immediately attend a four year, regardless of other economic or social factors.
“(Social media) puts a lot more pressure on wanting that prestige of like ‘oh I’m going to a four year straight out of high school,’” senior Matt Kenney said.
California is an economic powerhouse.
It is a center of innovation and birthplace to world-leading enterprises –and may soon become the world’s fourth largest economy.
But this is only half of the story.
While the knowledge-based economies of California’s coastal metropolises have surged ahead in recent decades, the state’s inland and rural regions have been left behind.
As a result, California features shocking regional disparities in income, employment and education. Personal income in the Inland Empire is less than two-thirds per capita compared to Orange County. Fewer than a quarter of the people in the Inland Empire earned a bachelor’s degree but more than 40% did in Orange County.
To reduce these disparities, less prosperous regions need inclusive regional economic development. In other words, they need both sustainable economic growth and greater economic inclusion.
Fortunately, state leaders have begun to promote regional approaches to economic development. Last year, the governor and Legislature invested $600 million in the new Community Economic Resilience Fund. Known shorthand as CERF, the fund will support regional collaboratives encompassing business, labor, community organizations, local government and other stakeholders as they create and implement strategies for inclusive development.
The state’s support for inclusive regional economic growth deserves recognition.
However, on its own, CERF does not provide the support, coordination or leadership needed to reduce the economic disparities between regions.
The Little Hoover Commission, California’s independent government oversight agency, identified steps state leaders can take to help lift up California’s less prosperous regions in a new report.
First, California must prioritize historically disadvantaged regions for CERF funding and other related programs. The institutional capacity to advance economic growth varies by region, and some need additional investment much more than others. The state can maximize its spending and help rectify longstanding inequities by prioritizing CERF funds for more disadvantaged regions.
Second, state government needs to align resources in support of regional plans and priorities. There is significant federal and state funding available to support regional economic growth efforts – the commission identified $9.3 billion in one-time state funding alone. The catch? It is spread across more than 50 programs administered by almost 20 agencies. Regions cannot be expected to coordinate all these resources alone.
Third, state leaders must put equal emphasis on growth and inclusion. California must address the significant economic disparities that exist within regions, as well as those between them. State government must work with less prosperous regions to build on their strengths and make their economies more productive, competitive and innovative while ensuring that disadvantaged communities benefit.
Lastly, the governor should appoint a single, senior leader responsible for regional economic development.
The community resilience fund has the potential to advance the economies of California’s less prosperous regions. But without further action, the state risks turning this transformational opportunity into yet another one-time program that ultimately yields limited transformational impact.
California cannot let this opportunity go to waste.
— Bill Emmerson is a member of the Little Hoover Commission. He served on the commission’s subcommittee examining equitable economic development across California. Gil Garcetti is a member of the Little Hoover Commission. He served on the commission’s subcommittee examining equitable economic development across California.
If you’re looking for sure things among bills under consideration in the state Legislature, think of one word: housing.
It's not yet certain just which new housing measures will be proposed this year, but if the recent past is prologue, almost anything that includes new housing — permanent homes, tiny homes or temporary hotel and motel rooms for the homeless and new construction for other folks — will pass easily.
Some of that housing is needed, but there’s no hard evidence backing the state’s claims that 1.8 million new units must be built by the end of 2030 both to avert a disastrous rise in homelessness and fill the needs of first-time home buyers looking for something they can afford.
In fact, the state auditor last April reported that estimates of need from the state Department of Housing and Community Development are unreliable because they’re based on information inputted to state computers by workers who never vetted it at all. Devastating as this report should have been, it was completely ignored by both lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom; no one in any office that deals with housing said a single public word about it.
Instead, they keep leaning on the unproven assumption
that HCD estimates are correct. Never mind that HCD’s current estimate of housing need is about 1.2 million units lower than five years ago, but only a fraction that many units have actually been built or converted from commercial space emptied by the COVID19 pandemic.
So the same legislators who in 2021 passed bills known as SB 9 and SB10, which essentially ended single family zoning statewide and allow apartment building in many currently spacious neighborhoods, in 2022 passed a couple more densifying laws.
Newsom signed all these measure into law with no hesitance. He shares all the assumptions pushed by HCD’s so-called experts, despite their being found derelict by the auditor.
One of last year’s new bills is already useful. That’s a measure allowing conversion of empty office or big-box space and some parking lots into housing without local approvals. It was high time folks in high places recognized the
A relatively new meaning associated with “equity” that has developed in the social-justice context (particularly in matters of race), equates equitable outcomes with equality of outcome. That such a development can quickly lead in a very troubling direction was made clear by the actions taken by Fairfax County, Va., schools in recent years.
A number of these schools (at last count, 17 or more) failed to notify their students of their “National Merit Commendation” awards. The schools chose not to notify the students and their families even though the National Merit Scholarship Corp’s letter advised that the school’s passing on this information would be “the students’ only notification.” One parent of a student who should have been notified reported that she was told by an administrator that announcing the commendations would hurt the feelings of students not commended. More than 230 Fairfax County
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reality that many white collar workers sent home to work at the pandemic’s outset will only be back in their old offices once in awhile, if that often.
That’s why companies that still believe workers accomplish more when they’re crowded together are setting up gyms and private eateries to entice staffers to return.
Okay, one of four major new housing laws makes sense. But last year’s other new law, allowing dense new housing to be built without parking spaces so long as it’s near mass transit, does not.
This one is based on the assumption that all residents of such new buildings will use the available mass transit and not keep or use their own cars and pickups.
Said Newsom while signing the measure, “Reducing housing costs (by omitting parking spaces) for everyday Californians and eliminating emissions from cars: That’s what we call a win-win.”
But this assumption has never panned out. Because light rail and express buses don’t reach every corner of California’s cities, folks without cars often are left to hoof it for miles when they get as close to their destinations as mass transit can take them.
Knowing this, most still drive. That’s borne out by the
students who had earned awards ended up applying for college without ever knowing about their commendations.
The Virginia attorney general has opened a civil-rights investigation to determine if school officials were motivated by illegal discrimination; the issue here appears to be that mostly Asian-American students earned the National Merit Commendation awards.
The justification for withholding the information about the awards appears to relate to concerns that announcing the awards would violate Fairfax’ “Equitycentered Strategic Plans,” plans whose goals included aiming for “equal outcomes for every student, without exception.” These strategic plans were developed in connection with a consulting contract with Performance Fact out of Oakland, whose founder and president is Matui Fagbayi.
This news should be of particular interest (and concern) to DJUSD students and their families, since DJUSD has hired Fagbayi & Performance Fact as a strategic planning consultant in order to update its own strategic plan, especially concerning matters related to equity. Fagbayi has indicated that one of the goals of this update is “ensuring access and success for all stu-
202-224-3553; email: padilla.senate. gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me
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The Hon. Joe Biden, The White House, Washington, D.C., 20500; 202-456-1111 (comments), 202-456-1414 (switchboard); email: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact
U.S. Senate
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3841; email: http://feinstein. senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me
Sen. Alex Padilla, B03 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510;
Rep. John Garamendi (3rd District), 2368 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515; 202-225-1880. District office: 412 G St., Davis, CA 95616; 530-753-5301; email: visit https://garamendi.house.gov/contact/ email Governor Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Capitol, Suite 1173, Sacramento, CA 95814; 916-4452841; email: visit https://govapps.gov. ca.gov/gov40mail/
reality that transit use has not risen significantly even as thousands of new apartments and condominiums went up in cities like Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento and Fresno.
Eliminating parking spaces in new buildings has already led to bidding wars for offstreet parking in some areas around new buildings. There will be more of this, in addition to the ongoing frequent competition for on-street parking in and near those places. That’s because everyone wants mobility. Newsom has not given up his, often riding in chauffeured vehicles escorted by local police and highway patrol motorcycles.
In short, this state’s housing policy operates in a kind of fantasy world first pushed by Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, whose plans to densify the state languished for years in legislative committees before Newsom began supporting and signing them.
— Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. His book, "The Burzynski Breakthrough, The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It" is now available in a soft cover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, visit www.californiafocus.net.
dents.” Great care should be taken by associate superintendent Julia Corona and the School Board that DJUSD’s efforts to ensure such “success” do not lead to apparently illegal and discriminatory actions like those undertaken in Fairfax County.
Andrew MajeskeRecent occurrences of disturbing antitrans events by mostly outside agitators peppered by a few local parents made its small wave in Davis.
I’m thankful our community had a strong showing at the board of education meeting this past week supporting the trans community especially our trans kids most affected by this.
Growing up in China in a seemingly racially homogeneous society, I remember some kids were deemed “second class” in my junior high school just because of the town where their grandparents were born.
Hate is not rational, hate has no bounds. Only when we stand up to hate over and over, can we live in a world that’s acceptable to us all.
Audrey Pan DavisWe welcome your letters Addresses and phone numbers should be included for verification purposes; they will not be published. Limit letters to 350 words. Anonymous letters will not be accepted. We reserve the right to edit all letters for brevity or clarity. Mail letters to The Davis Enterprise, P.O. Box 1470, Davis, CA 95617; bring them to 315 G St.; fax them to 530-756-1668; or email them to newsroom@davis enterprise.net.
Growing up in an African American community in Alabama, Kenathius
Finch thought of the bicycle as something one was forced to ride because they were poor and couldn’t afford a car. That stigma stayed with him for years despite relocating to Fairfield when he was thirteen years old.
He biked to high school, but always felt inferior, partly due to the narrative that bike riding was a last resort, and partly because the bikes he rode were not of the best quality. Once he was old enough to drive a car, he ditched the humble bike to become what he thought of at the time as “cool.”
Fast forward many years later to when Kenathius graduated from Sacramento State University and moved to Davis, a bikefriendly community, where he found himself making his way back to the bicycle out of necessity. He and his wife had one car, and he often used his bike to commute to work, do errands, and trail their two kids by bike to and from many places around town. The bikes still weren’t the best quality and were often hand-me-downs, but they worked.
However, that old narrative that people who rode bikes did so because they were poor, or had no other choice, stuck with him. “When I saw people on bikes, especially lower quality ones, I made judgments about them, and assigned that brand to
myself,” he now admits. “I had to shift that mindset to see bike riding as cool and something you choose.”
His attitude towards biking changed dramatically in recent years once he started going to Ken’s Bike-Ski-Board Shop in Davis. He learned a lot from Ken about getting properly fitted for a bike and matching the bike’s style to his needs. But stereotypes persisted as Kenathius found himself feeling uncomfortable being a “big guy” on a bicycle. “In my mind, big people didn’t ride bikes. So, I had to then get over that hurdle next.”
A few years ago, Kenathius experienced some health issues, and decided to get more serious about his health. “I thought I was having a heart attack. It was a wakeup call, and I realized I needed to watch what I ate and add more exercise into my life.”
He credits his wife, a licensed therapist, with being a huge part of this decision, as he watched her go through heart surgery at the age of twenty-five, and then learn better ways to treat her body. “She was the spark and fire for better, healthy choices in our home.”
He started bike riding daily to his job as a paraeducator for the special education department of Willet Elementary School. Bike riding helped him improve his health immensely. He lost considerable weight and lowered his cholesterol. It also came with some wonderful other benefits, including treading more lightly on the environment, saving money, and decreasing wear and tear on the family car. “Fixing a bike is much less expensive than fixing a car!”
His kids are now 9 and 11 years old, and he loves to teach
them biking skills. He had to learn those skills as an adult and wants to pass them onto his kids early on in their lives. He cycles at least a hundred times a year to work, clocking thousands of miles. The only time he refrains from biking is when it’s unsafe to ride due to high wind or heavy rain. Willet Elementary has a scan-in program which logs miles by bike for kids, so parents know they made it school safely. The school promotes a friendly competition with Birch Lane Elementary and Kenathius’ high mileage has helped contribute to Willet’s winning the competition. As the only African American staff member at Willet, he believes when students see him on a bike, it helps to decrease the
harmful stereotypes he grew up with around bike riding. As a certified life coach who has spent his career working with young people, he thinks its important to engage the students’ natural curiosity about the Black experience and answers their questions.
When Kenathius decided to bike more to improve his health, he hoped it would bring positive benefits on a personal level. What he didn’t expect were the ripple effects of how it would inspire others, positioning him as a role model to his students, children, and the community.
“Cycling has made me a better person, father, educator, coach, and community member. I now see myself as a leader.”
Looking back now to when he first sat on a bike in Alabama as a kid, he had no idea the extraordinary role the bicycle would play in his life and how it would help him to serve and inspire others. Now at 47 years old, he credits bike riding for much of the magic in his life and has a message for others. “No matter where you are in life, you can learn to do different things to better your health and community. Just do it!”
— This column was written by Lisa Montanaro, commissioned by The Bike Campaign. For more information about how to “Drive Less. Ride More,” contact Maria Contreras Tebbutt at funmaria@sbcglobal.net or www. TheBikeCampaign.com.
There are symmetrical meetings when the inter ests, experiences, expecta tions and assumptions of the participants are similar and there are asymmetrical meetings when they are not.
Yesterday I had lunch and drank a lot of beer at Plainfield Station with a dear and longstanding old friend of mine.
Although his career in the military and mine in academia could hardly be more different, the meeting was a symmetrical one. As we have not seen each other for some time we enjoyed our hours together.
Life is full of meetings such as these. For the most part they are navigated with tact and courtesy and respect, because the contact is between equals; the meeting is symmetric.
Meetings are less easy to navigate when they are asymmetric. I suppose the most traumatic asymmetric meeting for most ordinary citizens is when they are confronted by a police officer, uniformed and well-armed. Ordinary citizens and police officers often have widely different expectations, experiences and make different assumptions; one may be hypernervous the other highly sensitive. Such asymme-
try can lead to deeply harmful results.
Such as this week in Memphis.
It is hard to look back over the events of this week and avoid hearing about the death of Tyre Nichols after a beating by five policemen in Tennessee. I have not seen the videotaped record of the beating because even the idea of such behavior of one human being toward another sickens me. I am more than willing to let others see it and pass judgement, and if that judgement is sufficiently uniform, and it is, that’s good enough for me. I struggle to understand the context of this event that would lead to such violent behavior by five policemen, not one of whom cried Stop! Enough! I cannot find context. Five other responders are perhaps culpable and are under suspension,
I am generally supportive of
policing and policemen because, in the words of the Gilbert and Sullivan song, “A policeman’s lot is not a happy one.” Police work is difficult on many fronts and in general policemen do a good job. But not here in Memphis. This is madness.
I suppose most people at some moment(s) in their lives have had a business meeting with a policeman who is going about his business of law enforcement; I certainly have. None were pleasant, perhaps not so much in fear of the policeman but by being aware of one’s own culpability. On the other hand, if the scale of danger is 1 to 10, where 10 is death, my police encounters score less than 0.001.
The reason I score the intensity of my police contact so low is because the context of my encounters, like Mr. Nichols’, are all traffic stops. However, I survived and he did not. What do you suppose was different? It’s perhaps worth mentioning that for a policeman there is no such thing as a “routine” traffic stop; each comes with potential danger. But, having said that, what could Mr. Nichols possibly have done to justify the extreme actions of those policemen and others on the scene?
The confrontation between a citizen and a policeman is not one of equals. My Dad was a mildmannered man but, in such a situation he could contribute to the escalation because he had a castiron sense of fairness and resented his minority position in such an uneven meeting. On the other hand, he always counselled me, if such situations should arise, to be calm, docile, cooperative and obedient, despite being so bad at that himself.
Apoliceman at work is prepared for battle. He is accoutered as for war, in badge and uniform and body armor and multiple weaponry and from a culture of “us vs the bad man” and enforcement and risk and perhaps entitlement and macho training. Now, in our own American culture of violence and firearms, we cannot put officers on the street without those tools to guide them and to use when the appropriate situation arises. Unfortunately, it’s too easy to turn to the baton, Taser or pistol at the slightest perceived danger whether real or not. Being a policeman is a difficult and demanding job that many officers do well and a few do badly. The latter make the
national press but the many thousands of successful police interventions receive scant recognition.
There is absolutely no excuse or justification or rational for what happened to Mr. Nichols in any sensible scenario, and the officers and others involved clearly deserve all that is coming their way; I can only imagine that experienced police officers across the country feel the same way and who, while understanding the pressures of the job, cannot imagine themselves so violently assaulting a fellow human being, as far as we can tell, without provocation.
However, both parties to a confrontation have to work to avoid actions and practices that provoke violence. In connection with COVID, I have recently been told so often how to behave, that I am quite receptive to such advice. Can the CDC (or another body) come up with a simple statement of behavior, advising citizens and policemen alike how to behave, that will make a traffic stop always a survivable event?
How hard can that be? I know: much harder than drinking beer at Plainfield Station.
Reach Michael Lewis at waleslewis792@gmail.com.
Special to The Enterprise Woodland schools
Superintendent Elodia Ortega-Lampkin was named among the Top 25 Latino Change Makers in the Sacramento region by the Sacramento Bee on Jan. 25.
The project by the Sacramento Bee’s Equity Lab aimed to identify and elevate Latinos from various fields and backgrounds who are responsible for creating change and demonstrating leadership through their actions.
“Latino community leaders transform Sacramento everyday with their vision, initiative and creativity,” stated the SacBee on their website. “These
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contributions span many fields, but the leaders share a common goal: a commitment to lifting up Sacramento and their communities. It’s long overdue that we begin honoring these leaders.”
Ortega-Lampkin is the superintendent of Woodland Joint Unified School District. As the proud daughter of migrant parents and a first-generation college student, she learned firsthand the challenges that many Latino and migrant students face to become successful.
As a result, she has dedicated her life to public education as a way to
create widespread, generational change and to make a direct, positive impact in the lives of thousands of students.
“What inspires me everyday is to see students grow and learn,” said Ortega-Lampkin. “And when I come to work
everyday I know that I have an impact on their learning and growth, so they can be the best that they can be in their life.”
Her commitment to increasing access to highquality public education has been a driving force throughout her nearly 40-year career. She has served as an instructional assistant, teacher, school principal, director of English learner services, director of educational services, and as WJUSD Superintendent.
“I’m honored and humbled to be recognized for my small part in improving the lives of our students and young people in our community,” OrtegaLampkin said. “I believe
that by working together, as parents, students, families, and community members, we can all make a difference, not only in a student’s life, but throughout our community and beyond.”
Oregon State University announced the students who made the Scholastic Honor Roll for fall 2022. A total of 12,220 earned a B-plus (3.5) or better to make the listing. To be on the Honor Roll, students must carry at least six graded hours of course work. Davis students on the Honor Roll included Caroline L. Brennan, sophomore, psychology; Regan
senior,
M. Campbell,chemistry; Daniel C. Glendon, post baccalaureate, computer science; Rianna J. Humble, senior, botany; Daniel Koh, post baccalaureate, computer science; Na Leifson, sophomore, zoology; Samuel S. Luxa, senior, political science; Michelle E. Majstorich, post baccalaureate, botany; Reese M. Neely, sophomore, biology; Laura R. Osborne, freshman, university exploratory studies; Hallie R. Perlman, senior, zoology; Brett H. Wiebe, sophomore, accountancy.
— Do you know of someone who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy? Email it to newsroom@ davisenterprise.net.
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women’s water polo head coach
Kandace Waldthaler earned her first win at the helm when her team posted a 12-8 win over No. 14 San Jose State on Sunday.
Grace Pelkey shined with four total goals on the day, scoring twice in each match. Tess Fundter was instrumental to the team’s win over San Jose State with a couple clutch goals down the stretch as part of her hat trick.
Alyssa Lengtat scored on the power play to open the scoring before finding the back of the cage less than a minute later to put the Aggies out in front. San Jose State immediately replied with three consecutive goals to take its first lead, but UCD answered back with four straight scores from Kelly Hungerford, Noelle Wijnbelt and Pelkey (twice).
The Aggies held a one-goal advantage at the break and kept the momentum alive in the second half by notching three unanswered goals, including a double from Fundter, to open up a four-goal lead.
Wijnbelt scored early in the fourth quarter before goals from Fundter and Madison Sparre finally put the game to bed and UCD got its first win of the season.
UC Davis (1-3) fell to No. 4 Cal 14-7 after getting the win over the Spartans.
Now the Aggies head to San Diego to compete in the in the Triton Invite. The Aggies’ first match will take place against host UC San Diego Friday at 4 p.m.
The UCD gymnastics team outdistanced Air Force and AlaskaAnchorage with a season-best 196.175 Sunday afternoon at the University Credit Union Center.
The Aggies shined as Air Force posted a 193.200 and AlaskaAnchorage finished third with a 188.950. UC Davis boasted the top two finishers in each event and swept the top-four spots in three of the four events.
In the vault, the Aggies started off the meet with a 48.825 on vault. Keanna Abraham won with a
9.875 and Emma Otsu followed in second with a 9.80.
Moving to the bars, the Aggies posted a 49.100 and took the topfive spots in the event.
Kaitlyn Lyle won the event with a 9.875 and was followed by a 9.850 from Thea Michovsky. Otsu and Isabella Fitz-Gerrald tied for third with a 9.80.
On the beam, UCD ran away with the beam victory with a 49.075 on the strength of the top-four finishers. Rachel Schuelke hit a 9.90 to win the event as Anna Holtan and Lyle tied for second with a 9.825. Ava Scafani was fourth with a 9.80.
The floor had the Aggies posted their highest score of the meet on the floor as they boasted a 49.175.
Abraham claimed her second event title with a 9.875. Amelia Moneymaker was second in her home debut with a 9.850 and Holtan and Bella Trejo were tied for third with a 9.825.
UC Davis will host San Jose State on Sunday, Feb. 5 at the University Credit Union Center, starting at 2 p.m.
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Beach. Bambrick followed with 13 points, Hamilton-Fisher 12 and Berry 10.
The Aggies continue Big West action at Hawai’i on Thursday.
Game time is 10 p.m.
“The key right now is we can’t one loss derail us, you know?” Gross said. “We need to go to
Hawai’i with confidence and energy.”
Then UCD returns continues conference action against UC Riverside on Thursday, Feb. 9 at the University Credit Union Center.
— Contact Mike Bush at mike@davis enterprise.net. Follow on Twitter: @ MBDavisSports.
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with its 8-1 mark and 17-3 overall, including a dramatic last-second, 65-64, win at Hawaii last Thursday night.
UC Riverside is second at 6-2, followed by UC Irvine at 7-3, UCD and Long Beach, both at 6-4, Cal State Fullerton 6-5, UC San Diego 3-7, Cal State Bakersfield 2-8, Cal Poly 1-9 and Cal State Northridge 1-10.
All 10 teams will compete in the Big West tournament in early
March in Henderson, Nev., with the top six from the regular season earning first round byes. The tournament champion advances to the 68-team NCAA tournament.
TY Johson’s 3-point attempt from the top of the key rimmed out at the buzzer for the win last Saturday afternoon at the Walter Pyramid.
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quarter.
Crawford led the Blue Devils with 18 points in the game.
Salmon followed at 17 points and Cossu 13.
“The balanced scoring from Noah, Aidan and Matt was awesome,” said Gonzalez.
“This was something we worked on in practice in terms of moving the ball. All three players are capable of putting
up double digits. When we move the ball, that just makes it tough on our opponents.” Merlin and McCabe had four each, while Carpenter had three. Barker and Coaker had two points apiece. Today, the Blue Devils welcome league powerhouse Sheldon to North Gym. Tipoff is scheduled at 7 p.m.
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Contribution all around was key for the Davis High boys basketball team on Friday night.
With double digit point totals from three different players, Davis was able to secure a 63-45 victory over Elk Grove in the North Gym.
Following a slim 71-68 loss to Cosumnes Oaks on Wednesday, the Blue Devils were able to get back in the win column, improving their Delta League record to 3-5 and 10-11 overall.
“I thought the overall team performance was great,” said Davis head coach Dan Gonzalez. “It was our pressure man defense that I think made a difference in this game.”
Going into the fourth quarter, DHS held a 46-31 lead over Elk Grove (3-5 in the Delta, 10-13).
The Thundering Herd began the frame with a 6-0 run.
Collin Carpenter then banked a shot for the Blue Devils. The score was then 48-37.
After two Elk Grove buckets, Derek Barker sunk a basket for Davis.
Aidan Crawford hit a field goal and Elk
Grove answered right back with a basket of their own.
Noah Salmon then hit back-to-backto-back 3-pointers, leaving the crowd and Blue Devils’ bench elated.
After Salmon’s nine straight points, DHS held onto a 61-43 edge.
Senior Will Ackerman then entered the game with his left forearm still wrapped in a cast.
The Thundering Herd scored their two final points of the game on free throws.
Crawford banked the Blue Devils’ last bucket on a layup.
Matt Cossu, who had nine 3-pointers made in Monday’s game against Franklin, opened the third quarter for DHS with back-to-back 3-pointers.
Following a 3-pointer from Elk Grove, Crawford banked a 3-pointer and a basket.
Carpenter then sunk one free throw.
Crawford shot another bucket and Erwan Merlin banked a 3-pointer. Then he finished his strong third quarter performance with a buzzer beater 3-pointer.
At halftime, Davis led Elk Grove 26-19.
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UC Davis men’s basketball head coach Jim Les
sits down and talks with his players during a time out in the second half of a Jan. 19 Big West Conference game against UC Riverside at the University Credit Union Center.
After dropping a heartbreaking 75-72 Big West Conference men’s basketball decision last Saturday at Long Beach State, UC Davis returns to action at home Thursday evening against the University of Hawaii.
Game time at the University Credit Union Center is 6 p.m.
Hawaii, one of the preseason favorites in the Big West, comes in at 7-3 in league play and 16-6 overall, while the Aggies are 6-4 and 13-9.
The first time around in the Big West’s double roundrobin format, Hawaii defeated UCD, 74-66, in the conference opener for both schools before a raucous crowd of 5,256 at the Stan Sheriff Center. The Rainbow Warriors consistently lead the Big West in attendance, making them a tough out on their home floor.
The teams traded the lead on several occasions the first time around before Hawaii broke a 46-all deadlock and led the rest of the way.
The Rainbow Warriors are led by 6-2 junior Noel Coleman with 13.7 points a game and season totals of 43 assists and 26 steals.
Joron McClanahan, a 5-10 junior out of Vallejo by way of Sheridan College in Wyoming, adds 10.7 points a game and leads the team with 67 assists. McClanahan led all scorers in the first game between the two with 23 points.
Former St. Mary’s assistant Eran Ganot, now in his eighth season at Hawaii, has compiled an impressive 130-83 mark.
As he has all season, Elijah Pepper leads the Aggies with 20.0 points a game and is also the leading rebounder at 6.0 a game and leads in assists with 80. With 10 games to go, Pepper is a prime candidate for Big West Player of the Year honors.
UC Santa Barbara continues to lead the Big West
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One good thing continued and another ended for the UC Davis women’s basketball team on Saturday.
Aggie guard Evanne Turner continued her scoring freely from any spot on the court in a Big West Conference home game against Long Beach State.
However, the Beach had four players who also scored often against the Aggies. That led to Long Beach State posting a 66-45 victory over UC Davis (5-5 in the Big West, 9-11 overall) inside the University Credit Union Center in front of 703 fans.
The loss ended UC Davis’ threegame winning streak. But the Aggies stay right in the middle of the conference standings, behind Hawai’i (6-4 in the Big West), UC San Diego (7-3), UC Santa Barbara (7-2), Long Beach State (8-2) and leader UC Irvine (8-1).
“I don’t know, for some reason, we came out so tentative,” said UC Davis head coach Jennifer Gross.
“It’s just frustrating because we had a good week of practice working against the zones and the presses.”
Turner, a junior, had a careerhigh six 3-pointers en route to scoring 20 points in Saturday’s matinee. She had 16 attempts
behind the arc. She accounted for all but one of the Aggies’ 3-pointer attempts, which was 7-of-24.
Turner joined Aggie teammates in guard Sydney Burns and Campbell Gray, plus the frontcourt of forward Mazatlan Harris and center Megan Norris in starting the first quarter.
Long Beach State countered with five guards in Ma’Qhi Berry, Malia Bambrick, Kristyna Jeskeova, Tori Harris and Kianna HamiltonFisher.
The Beach’s backcourt dominated the Aggies from start until the end of the game.
Long Beach started the quarter with a 6-0 run within two minutes of the first quarter.
Turner canned one of her 3-pointers to cut into the Beach’s lead at 6-3 just past three minutes into the quarter.
The Aggies’ defense toughened up the next three minutes, holding the Beach to two baskets. Long Beach hung onto a 10-3 lead at 4:13 left in the quarter.
Turner scored five of UCD’s points in the opening quarter. But Long Beach held a 19-7 lead after 10 minutes of action.
Long Beach State cranked up its offense in the second quarter, which led to a 23-11 scoring advantage and 42-18 halftime lead.
UC Davis outscored the Beach,
18-16 in the third quarter. But that wasn’t enough to stay with the Beach.
“I think we were much more aggressive,” Gross said. “In the second half... we were trying to be more aggressive and taking a few more chances. And they key is you have to get the ball to the paint, whether it’s with passes or attack the rim.”
The Aggies outscored the Beach again in the final quarter, 9-8.
The Aggies had a strong performance off the glass against the Beach, winning by a 35-32 margin.
But UCD had a season-high 25 turnovers. The Aggies also shot just 33.3 percent, 16-of-48.
Long Beach, meanwhile, made 9-of-19 from the 3-point range and sank 11-of-16 free throws.
The Aggies made only 6-of-11 at the free throw line.
Norris, a 6-foot-3 redshirt freshman from Menlo Park, followed in scoring for UCD with seven points. Forward Megan Jones had five points, guard Victoria Baker four, guard Nya Epps three and Gray, Burns and guard Makaila Sanders two points each.
Norris grabbed nine of the Aggies 35 boards. Burns pulled down seven and Turner five.
Harris had 14 points for the
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