The Davis Enterprise Sunday, March 5, 2023

School-board meeting centers on choir director

By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer

A tense school-board meeting Thursday was dominated by public comment around the fate of the Davis High Jazz Choir director, Amanda Bistolfo.

As the meeting began, board Vice President Betsy Hyder stated, “The board moved to approve Resolution 2623 in closed session with three members voting ‘aye’ and two members voting ‘no.’ The board moved to approve Resolution 4723 in closed session with five members voting ‘aye.’”

The meeting agenda listed closed-session items on “discussion and possible action ... for personnel employment/status/ actions” and “public employee discipline/ dismissal/release,” referencing California Government Code 54957, which governs public notice before any disciplinary action taken against public employees.

It came to the attention

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Climate activists gather in a circle Friday at Central Park in Davis as part of the local climate strike.

Climate strike hits close to home

By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer

A youth-led climate march took over B Street on Friday as part of the Global Climate Strike organized by chapters of Future for Fridays worldwide. About 25 Davis High School students walked out of class during lunchtime to join the movement, which ended at Central Park with a die-in, open mic, live music, and a roundtable with Davis City Councilmembers Gloria Partida

and Bapu Vaitla.

“We're on a clock now. We have six years. We have to get to zero emissions by 2029 for a livable Earth in 20 years, so we're demanding the end of fossil financing with our local leaders,” said 16-year-old Eliot Larson.

A continuation of the 2019 global strike, inspired by Greta Thunberg of Sweden, organizers of the March 3 Davis event gave demand letters to each of the council members.

Court denies Marsh appeal again

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

At the roundtable, Partida and Vaitla encouraged the youth to speak at the Davis City Council public comment, but students and some parents felt that was beyond the call of duty.

Larson said students are taxed with all of their responsibilities and yet continue to hold Friday For Future gatherings; Vaitla committed to an ongoing conversation with

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Sour note as Armadillo Music hit by flooding

Armadillo

specializes in new and used records, CDs, DVDs, cassette tapes, books and other music

merchandise. “We lost a pretty significant amount of records, three different genres of CDs, turntables …” Chapman said. Some of it is irreplaceable, like original Beatles posters, and a framed collage of Katy Perry memorabilia from a customer who was

in Perry’s band. Armadillo Music is at 207 F St. in the Brinley Building, which was built in 1963. The pipe that did the damage comes into the store from the roof, runs along a back wall above the stairs, then goes back into the wall about 20 feet away. He hopes when repairs are done, that can all be rerouted to the building’s exterior.

“Along the stairs, half of that was all coming off,”

See COMINGS, Page A3

A California appellate court has rejected Davis killer Daniel Marsh’s petition for sentencing relief, ruling for a second time that a 2019 state law regarding juvenile offenders doesn’t apply to his double-homicide case.

MARSH Bid to resentence rejected

The Third District Court of Appeal issued its written opinion Friday, a week after hearing oral arguments from Marsh’s appellate attorney and the state Attorney General’s Office.

“We are all very relieved that the the Court of Appeal has, once again, ruled in favor of upholding the trial conviction,” Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig said. “We are hopeful that this case will someday be truly and finally resolved for the

See MARSH, Page A4

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Some choices are just pretty rank

Despite being bombarded with information by advocates of ranked-choice voting since the midterm election last November, I have yet to become convinced that it is better than the system we use to elect our representatives in the city of Davis, the County of Yolo, the State of California or home-room monitor at North Davis Elementary.

The other day, though, I heard Donald Trump complaining loudly about ranked choice voting, which made me think I'd better give it another look.

Winners, of course, think the system that got them elected is just fine, while losers claim just the opposite. It all depends on whose ox is being gored.

If your preferred candidate lost in a ranked choice voting election, as Trump's did, blame the way the votes are counted.

If your candidate wins, on the other hand, it means the system is right and just and exactly what the Founding Fathers had in mind.

Those would be the same Founding Fathers who thought slavery was just fine and that women

could help count the votes, but not actually vote themselves.

In a two-horse race, the outcome is obvious, no matter what system of voting is employed.

Unless you live in Arizona, where losers routinely claim they are winners, no matter what the final tally says.

With two candidates, the person with the most votes wins, period. All you need is 50 percent plus one. This guarantees you have a majority and your opponent doesn't. Or the other way around.

That's all well and good, but what happens when there are more than two candidates, with No. 1 receiving 40 percent of the vote, No. 2 receiving 30 percent, no. 3 receiving 20 percent and No.

4 receiving 10 percent?

Is it right to have No. 1 take office when 60 percent of the electorate voted for someone else?

Ranked choice voting aims to correct this by allowing folks to also list their second, third and fourth choices, with as many choices as there are candidates.

But no matter how you slice it, one of those candidates — none of whom received a majority of firstplace votes — will be declared the winner.

So, if not candidate No. 1 at 40 percent, it might be candidate No. 2 at 30 percent or someone even lower, all depending on where the voters ranked them. I don't understand how that is necessarily a better outcome.

I'm not sure how satisfying it would be to voters — or candidates — to have someone down the list win the election because they received more second-place votes.

I'm not convinced I'd feel as if my candidate won if they were marked No. 3 on my ballot.

And clearly, if I'm sold on No. 1

and simply lukewarm about everyone else, I'm unlikely to vote for anyone but No. 1 anyway. I suspect many voters will respond the same way.

While conspiracy theorists can find fault with a peanut-butterand-jelly sandwich, I don't see how ranked choice voting favors one political party or ideology over another.

If Joe Biden were on the same ballot with Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, Biden would probably come in No. 1 in a conventional election.

But under ranked choice voting, the clear winner would be Donald Trump because he picked up all the No. 2 votes from those who support DeSantis.

Put Donald Trump on the ballot with Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, and Trump comes in No. 1 in the traditional way, but loses to Biden under ranked choice voting.

The drumbeat for ranked choice voting goes on, but whether it will ever become the law of the land remains to be seen.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

City Council to receive updates on 2-1-1 service, Crisis Now

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy

health and human services, information and resources in the community. From any phone, Davis residents can dial 2-1-1 to receive confidential information and referral service in multiple languages, 24 hours per day.

According to the staff report prepared for Tuesday’s council meeting, 2-1-1 was often used during the pandemic by residents with questions about closures, COVID-19 testing and vaccinations.

For fiscal year 2021-22, the 2-1-1 line received a total of 4,016 calls, of which 560 were from Davis. Nearly a third of Davis residents calling the line were doing so to seek information about housing. Questions about healthcare and mental health and substance use disorders were also received.

The 2-1-1 line is supported by grants from Kaiser Permanente ($50,000), the Agency on Aging Area 4

($41,000), the county and the cities of Davis, Woodland and West Sacramento, each of which provides $1,000 annually.

Meanwhile, council members will also receive an informational report on the 988 crisis line, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number which transitioned to the easy-toremember, three-digit number back in July.

The lifeline allows

anyone experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis to call or text 988 or chat at Lifeline (988lifeline.org) and connect with trained counselors.

The lifeline offers 24-hour access to counselors who are trained to listen, provide support, and connect callers to resources.

They can also assist family and friends of someone who may be considering suicide or needs crisis support.

COMINGS: Volt looks to put a charge into coffee scene

Chapman said. These are things that weren’t even really for sale, we just had them here for memorabilia, and really can’t replace at all. It’s kind of tough to swallow.”

It took a couple of days to realize the significance of the loss. They were still assessing things on Wednesday. He’s hoping insurance will “make sure we can take care of our employees.”

With all the storms, it’s been slow to get plumbers, waterrestoration companies and contractors onsite for repairs. The water is cleared out and things are drying, but noisy fans and humidifiers make it impossible to reopen.

Chapman said it might be another week before the wet walls can be removed. They were on a waitlist for something sooner. If that can be done, Armadillo could reopen temporarily, then close again for sheetrock and paint work.

I checked in next door with Bella Luna Jewelers, and it wasn’t damaged.

If escrow goes through as planned, Hometown Taiwanese Kitchen will close its restaurant later this year. The space is expected to be leased by the owners of The Burger Saloon in Woodland, though that’s not official.

Jean Lee, who owns the restaurant (formerly named Hometown Chinese Kitchen) with her husband, Steve, said Tuesday that the owners of Parkside Bar & Lounge are purchasing the property. When they first moved the restaurant to 330 G St. in October 2018, the bar was called Blondie’s. In April 2019, the bar converted to a national parks theme, rebranding and shifting some of its ownership. Parkside was a partnership between the Hometown owners and investor Bob Simpson. I have not confirmed if Simpson is the buyer.

Lee said she and her husband are retiring, and the Parkside owners are buying them out. She said Parkside plans to sublease Hometown’s space to a new restaurant. Phil Perry, CEO of Eats Partners, which owns The Burger Saloon, said Wednesday that they were not prepared to make an announcement.

Shanghai Town Chinese Cuisine in West Davis is looking to close, too, but only once it has someone to take over its lease.

The Chinese-food restaurant opened at 1260 Lake Blvd., Suite 111, in Westlake Plaza in 2005.

The manager, who would only give his first name (Jeremy), said, “My mom just wants to retire. Me and my brother want to make our own path.”

He said there is a group of UC Davis students who hope to take it over, but the proposal needs the landlord’s approval. “We’re still unsure if we will be transferring ownership,” he said. But it “seems likely.”

If the change takes place, Shanghai Town could close as soon as mid-March. Jeremy said the prospective tenants want to offer some different Asian food, possibly hot pots, but are still working out the concept.

Volt Coffee, Tea & Taps has its construction permit from the city. Work is underway, and is expected to be complete in May. The owners hope to open it on June 1.

CPA Robert Salazar bought the half-acre property at 1123 Olive Drive about six years ago. It’s where he operates his accounting firm The Tax Solutions Group, which will remain in a portion of the building. The lot is zoned for more than office use, he said, so soon after the purchase, he started dreaming up a beer garden/cafe idea.

Volt Coffee Tea & Taps will serve coffee Mondays through Sundays. On Thursday, Friday

Gather for Good at downtown bars this month

Special to The Enterprise Soroptimist International of Davis celebrates

Women’s History Month with a series of fundraisers at downtown bars and restaurants.

Downtown venues will designate a day in March to donate a portion of proceeds to the service club, which is part of a global volunteer movement to educate and empower women and girls.

At some locations, patrons will have the chance to order special drinks for the occasion, but proceeds from all sales will benefit the service club. No flyer is necessary but please mention the fundraiser when you order.

So far, venues include:

n Three Mile Brewing on Wednesday, March 8.

For International Women’s Day, the brewery, at 231 G St., Suite 3, will donate a portion of all sales to SI Davis. Hours are 4 to 10 p.m. n Woodstock’s Pizza, 238 G St., will donate a portion of proceeds from food and drink sales on Wednesday, March 22, from 5 to 9 p.m. It will also offer a special nonalcoholic Live Your Dream Lavender Lemonade to mark the occasion. Orders must be dine-in or

pickup. Please mention the fundraiser.

n Sophia’s Thai Kitchen and Bar will join in on Wednesday, March 29, from 4 p.m. to midnight. It’s at 129 E St., Suite E. Donations will come from food and beverage sales at the restaurant and bar.

If you’d like to add your downtown restaurant or bar to the Gather for Good event this month, email Maggie Memmott at sidavis@soroptimist. net. Watch @soroptimistdavis on Facebook and Instagram, especially tags #GatherforGood 2023 for updates.

SI Davis offers cash Live Your Dream Awards to female heads of household seeking education or training, and assists King High students through its Dream It, Be It: Career Support for Girls program. It also funds high school scholarships, grants to nonprofits that align with the Soroptimist mission, and antitrafficking efforts.

and Saturday nights, it will offer beer and food from two stationary commercial food trailers.

I have some disappointing news to share. Budget cuts at The Davis Enterprise are reducing the frequency of this column, at least for now. It will run every other weekend, though I will try to adapt the schedule around big news or my vacations.

Because I am a freelancer paid by the column — not by the hour or word — this saves the paper some money. I will still cover the same amount of news, and basically do the same amount of work, but under fewer headlines. Columns will be longer, and the reports won’t be as timely. I’d love to keep putting it out every week, but not for half the pay.

I appreciate all the compliments I get from readers. These kudos — in person and by email

several times a week — make me smile. (Those even include the people who stop me on the street to ask me questions without introducing themselves!)

You show your love by your clicks as well. Comings & Goings brings more traffic to The Enterprise website than any other regular feature, as seen by the Popular rankings on the paper’s home page. And it was super cool to win two California Journalism Awards last year for columns and business coverage.

What can you do? Subscribe and urge your friends to — and purchase ads. In fact, if you or your business would like to sponsor this column to help maintain its frequency, email me and I will help facilitate. (Sponsorship wouldn’t come with special privileges, other than getting to read this weekly like everyone else, and helping our favorite

Construction is underway inside the future Volt Coffee, Tea & Taps at 1123 Olive Drive. Outside, there will be a beer garden and two food trailers.

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local newspaper stay afloat.) Meanwhile, watch my Comings & Goings Facebook page, along with occasional photos on Instagram.

Before messaging me about the status of an ongoing project, check my paywall-free Google spreadsheet, which includes more than 325 Davis businesses coming or going. It’s at https:// bit.ly/DavisBusinesses. Look for the tabs for Restaurants Open, Restaurants Closed, Coming Soon and more.

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

EPA awards research grant to UC Davis

Special to The Enterprise

SAN FRANCISCO — The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday named UC Davis as one of four California institutions to receive more than $5 million in grant funding for community-based research to examine how climate change may compound adverse environmental conditions and stressors for vulnerable populations in underserved communities. EPA is awarding more than $21 million to 16 institutions across the country to investigate cumulative health impacts of climate change on underserved communities.

“These projects will advance solutions to challenges lying at the intersection of climate change and environmental justice, both here in California and in communities around the country,” said EPA Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Martha Guzman. “Advancing scientific research that helps protect public health and the environment is central to EPA’s mission and these

projects will have lasting results for years to come.”

The following California institutions are receiving awards:

n UC Davis, $1,349,979 grant, Early Life Vulnerability to Climate-driven Wildfire Events on Pregnancy and Child Developmental Health Outcomes in Underserved Populations;

n Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Sustainable and Healthy Energy, Oakland, $1,350,000 grant, Contra Costa Climate Air Pollution, and Pregnancy Study (CC CAPS);

n Stanford University, $1,350,000 grant, Advancing sanitation justice: Linking climate-exacerbated nitrogen, cyanotoxins, and parasites with reimagined sanitation infrastructure and services in African American communities;

n UC San Francisco, $1,330,536 grant, Partnering for Resilient

Opportunities to Eliminate

Cumulative Toxic (PROTECT) Health Effects from Wildfire PM2.5 in Environmental Justice Communities.

“It’s important to find out what the real concerns during pregnancy may be — including perhaps at what times during pregnancy we need to have people be the most careful about their exposure,” said Rebecca J. Schmidt, UC Davis Health molecular epidemiologist and associate professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences. “Our first step is to see who has the greatest exposures to these repeated wildfire events.

Then we’ll look at how that varies by factors such as race, ethnicity, rural versus urban location, poverty level and exposure to other pollutants.”

The environmental and health effects of climate change are far reaching.

Some communities are more vulnerable because they already face greater

exposure to pollutants and lack the resources to respond to and cope with environmental stressors.

These communities may be more likely to suffer sustained or even permanent damage from the impacts of climate change, further worsening health disparities. Additionally, children, older adults, and people with disabilities or pre-existing health conditions may be more susceptible.

These grants will support research projects that will use community-based participatory research approaches that aim to empower the partnering underserved communities with science-based resilience-building solutions to protect their most vulnerable residents.

MARSH: Court holds that sentence was final

families of the victims.”

Mark Greenberg, Marsh’s appellate attorney, said “we will have to petition for review again in the California Supreme Court to see if the Court of Appeal applied the rule of retroactivity correctly.”

At issue: Whether Marsh, tried as an adult and sentenced to 52 years to life for the 2013 murders of Oliver “Chip” Northup and Claudia Maupin, qualifies to seek a lesser sentence under Senate Bill 1391, which banned 14- and 15-yearolds from being tried as adults in California.

Marsh was several weeks shy of his 16th birthday when he carried out the killings in the couple’s Cowell Boulevard home, brutally stabbing each victim more than 60 times each in an act he described to investigators as “exhilarating.”

Much of the appeal centered around the issue of finality — that is, whether Marsh’s sentence was final when the new law took effect, more than four years after his sentencing hearing in Yolo Superior Court.

The appellate court answered “yes” to that question back in 2021, saying Marsh’s sentence became final well before SB 1391 went into effect.

Marsh’s appeal had proceeded before the California Supreme Court last summer when that court issued a ruling in a similar matter, prompting the Marsh case to revert back to the appellate court for

review in light of the decision.

The other matter, People v. Padilla, involved a 1982 murder case that also explored the finality issue and whether recent law should retroactively apply.

In Padilla, the court granted a 40-year-old defendant a juvenile-court fitness hearing under Proposition 57, approved by voters in 2016, which repealed prosecutors’ ability to file juvenile cases directly in adult court.

Under that law, Marsh received a retroactive fitness hearing before Yolo County Judge Samuel McAdam, who affirmed the case’s suitability for adult court and rejected Marsh’s resentencing bid. The Third District Court of Appeal later backed his ruling.

In Friday’s decision, the appellate court noted the Padilla case involved a sentence that had been vacated on a habeas corpus petition

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (UCC Sec. 6105 and SEC 24073 ET SEQ B&P, C.) Escrow No. 2216674DMB

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made. The name(s), business address(es) of the Seller(s) is/are: CHO & SA FOODS, INC., 622 3RD STREET, DAVIS, CA 95616

Doing Business as: MANNA KOREAN RESTAURANT

All other business name(s) and address(es) used by the Seller(s) within three years, as stated by the Seller(s), is/are:

The name(s) and address of the Buyer(s) is/are: EUN CHU LEE, 464 N SERRANO AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90004

The assets being sold are generally described as: FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, INVENTORY AND ALL BUSINESS ASSETS and are located at: 622 3RD STREET, DAVIS, CA 95616

The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of:

BAY AREA ESCROW SERVICES and the anticipated sale date is MARCH 22, 2023

The bulk sale IS subject to California Uniform Commercial and Professions Code(s) sections set forth above.

The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: BAY AREA ESCROW SERVICES, 2817 CROW CANYON RD, STE 102, SAN RAMON, CA 94583 and the last date for filing claims by any creditor shall be date on which the notice of the liquor license is received by the Escrow Agent from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Buyer(s): EUN CHU LEE

1529950-PP DAVIS ENTERPRISE 3/5/23 #2195

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a mobilehome, registered to ALEXAS C. LAUGHLIN in which KATJA BREANNE MORRISSEY is an interested party and described as a 1973 COVINGTON mobilehome, Decal Number LBN6427, Serial Number

S7062U/S7062X, Label/Insignia Number 92087/92088, and stored on property within the West Sacramento MH & RV Park, at 2225 W. Capitol Avenue, West Sacramento, CA 95691, Yolo County, (specifically those goods located/stored at Space #93 within the park), will be sold by auction at the West Sacramento MH & RV Park on March 21, 2023, at 3:00 p.m., and such succeeding sale days as may be necessary, and the proceeds of the sale will be applied to the satisfaction of the lien, including the reasonable charges of notice, advertisement, 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 Commercial Code 7209-7210.

DATED: February 17, 223

Stephanie D. Rice

LAW OFFICES OF JOSEPH W. CARROLL

Attorney for West Sacramento Mobile Home & RV Park, LLC

610 Fulton Avenue, Suite 100 Sacramento, CA 95825 (916) 443-9000

Published March 5, 12, 2023 #2185

Davis doublehomicide victims Oliver “Chip” Northup and Claudia Maupin.

Courtesy photo

two weeks before Prop. 57’s approval, which prompted the Supreme Court to rule the measure applied to that case for resentencing.

“We conclude Padilla is inapposite. In Padilla, the defendant’s sentence was vacated, the trial court regained the jurisdiction and duty to consider what punishment was appropriate for him, and the defendant regained the right to appeal whatever new sentence was imposed, thereby rendering his judgment nonfinal,” the ruling says.

“Here, however, the court … only conditionally reversed the judgment, the trial court did not regain

the jurisdiction or duty to resentence (because the juvenile court determined that transfer to adult court was appropriate), the trial court reinstated the judgment without change … and defendant did not regain a right to appeal a new sentence.

“Because defendant’s judgment was final before Senate Bill 1391 went into effect, we will dismiss this appeal,” the court concluded.

Victoria Hurd, Maupin’s daughter, praised the decision.

“I am grateful that the appellate system continues to keep this violent criminal contained,” said Hurd, who attended the Feb. 24 appellate court hearing where attorneys argued the case. “He is a danger to our community and will kill again if ever released.”

“I’m thrilled,” added Northup’s daughter Mary Northup. “I had the confidence that the system would recognize the original point of the law,” to guard against the disproportionate treatment of youths of color in the juvenile justice system.

Marsh, who turns 26 in May, continues to serve his sentence at the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego.

City of Davis Notice of Intent to Adopt a Negative Declaration

Notice is also hereby given that the City of Davis has prepared an Initial Study and intends to adopt a Negative Declaration for the project as part of the public hearing.

Project Title: 2020 – 2040 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan

Project Description:

The proposed project includes the adoption and implementation of the City's 2020 – 2040 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) and the establishment of a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission significance thresholds for use in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review of future discretionary projects proposed for City approval. The proposed CAAP includes qualitative and quantifiable steps to combat climate change and decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that align with the City's priorities, aims to cut GHG emissions by 40 percent below 2016 levels by 2030 and put the City on a path to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040.

The proposed CAAP addresses emissions targets through reduced dependency on fossil fuels and nonrenewable energy sources and increased efficient use of resources consumed. It also provides a way to connect climate change mitigation (i.e., GHG emissions reduction) to climate adaptation, community resilience, and broader community goals. The proposed CAAP contains community-wide and government operations GHG emission inventories to establish a baseline. The proposed CAAP also summarizes a forecast of probable future emissions levels if no action to reduce emissions is taken.

The proposed project also includes the establishment and adoption of GHG significan ce thresholds for use in CEQA review by the City. These significance thresholds would determine whether proposed projects have a cumulatively considerable or less than cumulatively considerable contribution to the significant cumulative impact of greenhouse gas emissions.

Two thresholds are proposed by the City: a bright-line threshold and an efficiency-based threshold. A bright-line threshold is a numeric, total mass (metric tons) of GHG emissions per year from a given project. An efficiency-based threshold is a measure of a project’s GHG emissions intensity, or emissions per service population or per capita. Under this approach, emissions are evaluated with reference to the population that would be served by a particular project. The efficiency metric threshold represents the intensity of a project’s emissions normalized against its population or “service population;” a service population is typically defined as the sum of residents plus employees.

Lead Agency: City of Davis, Department of Community Development and Sustainability

Lead Agency – Contact Person: Kerry Loux, Sustainability Coordinator / CAAP Project Manager; 530-757-5610; kloux@cityofdavis.org

Address where document may be obtained:

Agency Name: City of Davis, Dept. of Community Development and Sustainability

Street Address: 23 Russell Boulevard, Suite 2 City/State/Zip: Davis CA 95616

Environmental Determination:

An Initial Study analyzing potential environmental impacts has been conducted for the project and a Negative Declaration prepared pursuant CEQA requirements. The Initial Study shows that there is no substantial evidence, in light of the whole record before the agency, that the project may have a significant effect on the environment.

Cortese List Properties:

There is one site with a Davis address on the list maintained by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 (the Cortese List) – Frontier Fertilizer north of 2nd Street and approximately 1/3 mile west of Mace Boulevard. The CAAP does not propose any actions that would affect this property.

Availability of Documents:

Information pertaining to the project is available on the project webpage at: https://www.cityofdavis.org/sustainability/2020climate-action-and-adaptation-plan-caap; or for review at the Department of Community Development and Sustainability, Planning Division, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, 95616. Staff reports for the public hearing are generally available five (5) days prior to the hear ing date through the city’s website at: Agendas | City of Davis, CA; and are also available by contacting the project manager.

Public Notice & Comments:

Notice is hereby given that the City of Davis has prepared an Initial Study and intends to adopt a Negative Declaration for the project in a public hearing. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to comment on the document by written response or by personal appearance at the hearing. Persons with questions regarding this item or to confirm the meeting date may contact the project manager, Kerry Loux at: 530757-5610 ext. 8246; or via email at: kloux@cityofdavis.org

NOTICE INVITING BIDS (Project #720-06-2223)

DAVIS JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Davis Joint Unified School District of Yolo County, California, acting by and through its Governing Board, hereinafter referred to as the “Owner” or “District,” will receive bids for Multiple Site Roof

Replacement Project at DJUSD Capital Operations Office, 1919 5th Street, Da Vinci High School, 1400 E. 8th Street, North Davis Elementary School, 555 E. 14th Street, Davis Senior High School, 315 W. 14th Street, Cesar Chavez Elementary School, 1221 Anderson Road, and Emerson Junior High School, 2121 Calaveras Avenue, Davis CA 95616. The Project is a public works project within the requirements of Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1 of the California Labor Code, and each bidder and listed subcontractor is required to be registered pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 at the time of bidding. Failure of the bidder to be registered at the time of bidding shall render the bid non-responsive and unavailable for award. The bidder’s listing of an unregistered subcontractor may render the bid non-responsive and inaccessible for award unless such failure is the result of an inadvertent error and the provisions of Labor Code section 1771.1 apply.

Sealed Bids are due prior to T uesday, April 4 2023, @ 1:00 pm. for the award of individual Contract for the above-described school site. All bids shall be made and presented only on the forms presented by the Owner. Bids shall be received in the Office of the CAPITAL OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT located at 1919 5th Street, Davis, California 95616, and shall be opened and publicly read aloud. Any bids received after the time specified above or after any extensions due to material changes shall be returned unopened. Any claim by a bidder of error in its bid must be made in compliance with section 5100 et seq. of the Public Contract Code. Bids are due by 1:00 pm on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at 1919 5th Street, Davis, CA 95616. The Bids will be opened and processed by staff only. Bid opening will occur at 1:30 pm via Zoom, 30 minutes after the bid posting has closed. The mandatory pre-bid conference attendees will be sent the invite and link for the bid opening.

MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE MEETING

There will be a Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. beginning at DJUSD Capital Operations Office, 1919 5th Street, Davis 95616, then to Da Vinci High School, 1400 E. 8th Street, then to North Davis Elementary School, 555 E. 14th Street, then to Davis Senior High School, 315 W. 14th Street, then to Cesar Chavez Elementary School, 1221 Anderson Road, then lastly, Emerson Junior High School, 2121 Calaveras Avenue, Davis CA 95616. Meet by the Flagpole at the front of each school site. Attendees will be required to sign in to verify attendance at each site. Attendance for the duration of the meeting is mandatory, and each prime contract bidder (hereinafter referred to as “Bidder” or “Bidders”) shall be required to certify, as part of its Proposal Form, that it attended the entirety of the Pre-Bid conference. Failure to include the certification will render the bid non-responsive. For all Pre-Bid visits (other than the Pre-bid conference), the Bidder must make an appointment with the school before visiting the Site.

Miscellaneous Information

The bid documents are accessible on the District Web page using the following link https://www.djusd.net/departments/ capital_operations/capital_improvement under the Facilities Link tab. If an Addendum is issued, it will also be uploaded to the District Website. It is the responsibility of each bidder to access it and acknowledge it on the proposal form.

Each bidder shall be a licensed contractor pursuant to the California Business and Professions Code and be licensed to perform the work called for in the contract documents. The successful bidder must possess a valid and active C-39Roofing Contractor License at the time of award of the contract. The Contractor’s California State License number shall be clearly stated on the bidder’s proposal.

Subcontractors shall be licensed pursuant to California law for the trades necessary to perform the work called for in the contract documents.

Work will be performed from June 12, 2023, to August 9, 2023, while the campus is on Summer recess. Each bid must strictly conform to and be responsive to the contract documents defined in the General Conditions. The DISTRICT reserves the right to reject any or all bids or waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or bidding. Each bidder shall submit with their bid, on the form furnished with the contract documents, a list of the designated subcontractors on this project as required by the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act, California Public Contract Code sections 4100, et seq.

In accordance with California Public Contract Code section 22300, the DISTRICT will permit the substitution of securities for any moneys withheld by the DISTRICT to ensure performance under the contract.

Each bidder’s bid must be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidder’s security: (1) cash; (2) a cashier’s check made payable to the DISTRICT; (3) a certified check made payable to the DISTRICT; or (4) a bidder’s bond executed by a California admitted surety as defined in Code of Civil Procedure section 995.120, made payable to the DISTRICT in the form outlined in the contract documents. Such bidder’s security must be in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the maximum amount of bid as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into the proposed contract, if the same is awarded to a such bidder, and will provide the required Performance and Payment Bonds and insurance certificates. In the event of failure to enter into a said contract or provide the necessary documents, said security will be forfeited Prevailing wages are applicable to the Project. These per diem rates, including holiday and overtime work, as well as employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, and similar purposes, are available from the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. Pursuant to California Labor Code Sections 1720 et seq., it shall be mandatory upon the Contractor to whom the Contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor under such Contractor, to pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the Contract. (Per DIR LOCALITY: YOLO COUNTY WAGE DETERMINATION: Most recent based on the first advertised to bid date)

Bids shall not expire for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after the date set for the opening of bids. Separate payment and performance bonds, each in an amount equal to 100% of the total contract amount, are required and shall be provided to the DISTRICT prior to execution of the contract and shall be in the form outlined in the contract documents.

All bonds (Bid, Performance, and Payment) must be issued by a California admitted surety as defined in California Code of Civil Procedure section 995.120.

The District is an equal-opportunity employer. The District encourages the participation of DVBE businesses.

Any request for substitutions pursuant to Public Contracts Code section 3400 must be made on the form outlined in the contract documents and included with the bid.

No telephone or facsimile machine will be available to bidders on the DISTRICT premises at any time.

Each bidder’s sole responsibility is to ensure its bid is timely deli vered and received at the location designated as specified above. Any bid received at the designated location after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids shall be returned to the bidder unopened.

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State to end several COVID rules, including masking in high-risk settings

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

The state on Friday announced changes to its public health orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including eliminating requirements for masking in indoor high-risk settings.

Beginning April 3, masks will no longer be required in indoor settings such as healthcare, longterm care and correctional facilities as well as in homeless and emergency shelters.

While not mandatory, the California Department of Public Health continues its recommendation that individuals with respiratory symptoms wear a mask around others; that travelers using indoor public transportation such as airplanes, trains and buses wear masks; and that those with significant exposure to someone who has tested positive wear a mask for 10 days.

Other changes include an end on April 3 to the requirement

Matthew P. Blake

d. Feb. 20, 2023 BLAKE

Davis resident and passionate community contributor Matthew (Matt) Blake died Feb. 20, 2023, blindsided by a brief fight with a rare and aggressive cancer. He lived a bold, joyful 48 years with family who adored him, and among friends, colleagues, and neighbors who loved his thoughtful, creative approach. They’re all devastated at having lost him.

Matt charted a course throughout his life toward a variety of experience and discovery, which included an unconventional series of experiments, wins, fails, highs, lows. His boldness was tempered with kindness, and his brilliance glowed with humor.

Because he engaged in all his chosen activities with intensity and dedication, those of us left behind will notice pronounced gaps across the Davis school communities, One Health Institute, Davis Live Music Collective, Davis Music Festival, Davis Media Access (particularly KDRT), Odd Fellows and the many other groups who loved Matt.

Across every endeavor, though, this fourthgeneration Bay Area native poured himself into making sure that his wonderful wife and twin daughters knew how deeply they were loved.

Matt is desperately missed by his wife Sarah; daughters Delilah (13) and Charlotte (13); parents Anne Horgan of San Mateo, and Patrick and Mickey Blake of Aguilar, Colo.; sister Christine Harkin and nephews Huck and Beckett Harkin of Berkeley; brother-in-law Joe Harkin; Sarah’s parents, Carol and Paul Altuna of Pennsylvania, and Michael Brown and Phyllis Clark of New York; sister-in-law Jenny Brown Knoche; brother-in-law Christof Knoche; and nieces Aya and Isa, both of New York; and the friends, colleagues, neighbors and family who adored him.

The Enterprise publishes brief death notices free of charge. These include name, age, city of residence, occupation, date of death and funeral/memorial information. Paid-for obituaries allow for controlled content with the option for photos. Obituaries will be edited for style and grammar.

that healthcare workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 and a reduction in the number of days infected individuals must isolate.

Beginning March 13, residents who test positive may end isolation after five days “if they feel well, have improving symptoms and are fever-free for 24 hours,” the state announced in a press release.

“We stand before Californians today with a humble message of thanks for taking the hard steps

Daniel J. Dykstra Jr.

Oct. 13, 1947 — Jan. 4, 2023

Daniel J. Dykstra Jr. was born in Madison, Wis., on Oct. 13, 1947. He died Jan. 4 in Davis. Dan’s many accomplishments, include an immensely distinguished career as the deputy district counsel for the San Francisco District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“the Corps”). Dan often expressed a desire to make a difference, and without reservation, that is precisely what he did in both his personal and professional life.

Dan had an incredible thirst for knowledge, as evidenced by his lifelong love of learning and academic achievements. He began his academic career by earning a bachelor’s degree in history at Ripon College while serving in ROTC, where he was commissioned to the rank of second lieutenant. He earned his law degree from the University of Arizona College of Law. Hungry for more academic enrichment, Dan earned a master’s degree in labor law from George Washington University Law School.

Upon graduation, he served as an Army judge advocate general (“JAG”) captain, where he worked as a claims JAG for the U.S. Army Claims Service, Fort Meade, Md., and then for the Claims and Medical Care Recovery Judge Advocate, 9th Infantry Division,

Fort Lewis, Wash.

to help manage COVID-19, and with an ongoing commitment to be prepared for what comes next,” said Dr. Tomás Aragón, director of the California Department of Public Health and the state’s health officer.

“Our communities did a lot of the hard work by getting vaccinated and boosted, staying home and testing when sick, requesting treatments when positive, and masking to slow the spread,” he said. “With these critical actions,

He began his distinguished career with the Corps in the Norfolk District in 1978, transferring to the South Pacific Division in 1987. In 2004, he began his career in the San Francisco District where he served as deputy district counsel and served in Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Dan’s eloquently written legal opinions fill the San Francisco District’s digital library, so very emblematic of his legal scholarship and his noteworthy contributions to the Corps.

His awards include the De Fleury Medal and Commanders Award for Civilian Service, three times. Of his numerous accolades and awards, his most coveted was the San Francisco District’s “Gallery of Distinguished Civilians,” that Dan received in 2017. In that citation, he was described as “a learned scholar, a deep-thinker, and a great mentor who inspired his colleagues and peers to improve the quality of their legal work. He exhibited uncommon courage and competence during three tours of duty to Afghanistan where he was bestowed the (Chief Counsel’s) Bert P. Pettinato (Pride in Public Service) Award for his characteristically selfless devotion to

public service. He was widely recognized as humble and gentle in success, and as having the open mind of true wisdom.”

and a lot of patience and persistence, we have now reached a point where we can update some of the COVID-19 guidance to continue to balance prevention and adapting to living with COVID-19.”

The state has already begun winding down supports provided throughout the pandemic, including for state-funded testing and test-to-treat sites, mobile vaccine units and outbreak response times.

Rohnert Park. Dan was much beloved in the community where he served as a volunteer soccer coach for years, traveling with his team throughout Northern California.

Beyond his love of the law and public service, Dan deeply loved his wife, Moira (Mitty) Whelan. Dan’s father, Daniel J. Dykstra and Mitty’s father were both professors at UC Davis Law School in the early years of the school’s formation. Dan and Mitty got to know each other poll-walking for Robert Kennedy.

After several years of courtship, he proposed in his favorite place, McCall, Idaho. They married in 1972. Dan and Mitty raised two sons, Jack and Sam, in

After Dan retired, he and Mitty moved to the community of El Macero. Always having a heart to serve, he joined the HOA board, eventually serving as president. He made the most of his retirement years by traveling the world with Mitty, playing golf at the local country club, summering in McCall, and relishing quality time with his wife, his children and his grandchildren. He will be sorely missed by his family; Mitty, Jack (Teresa), Sam (Julia), and grandchildren Mira and Liam.

A celebration of life will be from 11 to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at the El Macero Country Club.

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CLIMATE: Feeling heard

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the youth climate activists and said he would come to the weekly Friday climate actions.

After the event, Larson told The Enterprise they felt heard by the two council members. “It’s twosided,” they said. “I think we both have to be able to listen to each other…Bapu, during his campaign, was saying he really wanted to meet with us. He would come and strike with us because he was elected. I haven’t heard from him since. I think we will be following up on that (promise).”

Some of the students acknowledged the effects of

climate change globally and locally. One student, in discussing how close to home climate change is, relayed a personal account in which she and her family were evacuated from Tahoe due to a large fire.

Acknowledging the effects of climate change in our community, Partida said Davisites are feeling the effects of climate change here. “We are very insulated, but take a look at roofers.” Many of whom are migrant workers who have moved from working in the fields to construction are up on 120-degree rooftops, she said. “They're experiencing the effects of climate change, and, you know, one of the things we can do is,

you know, make sure that they have that there are policies in place so that they're safe, so they're not, you know, suffering from heat exhaustion. So that there are people that are looking out for those folks.”

At the rally, UC Davis student Sam Saxe-Taller brought the crowd into a call and response type of chorus with “Keep on Moving Forward” by Emma’s Revolution and “The Tide is Rising” by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman an Yotam Schacter.

Currently, city of Davis Climate Action and Adaption Plan environmental review documents are available until March 27.

SCHOOLS: Meeting latest flashpoint in debate on future of music

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of the DHS Jazz Choir community that Bistolfo is being considered for nonrenewal in the upcoming school year. District jazz choir parents expressed their disappointment as well as corresponded the disappointment and dismay of the students if Bistolfo is no longer their teacher in the upcoming school year.

“I’m the parent of a rising senior who, if I understood what happened at the beginning of this meeting, I will have to go home to tonight and let know her beloved choir teacher, Amanda Bisolfo is being non-renewed by this district,” a parent said in the public comments.

Rather than idly sit back, Bistolfo took to the podium speak for herself.

“I got a call two weeks before the start of school offering my dream job. It really is my dream job to

teach in the school that helped make me who I am and I have had it in mind since I started in choral conducting 12 years ago,” said Bistolfo. “I quickly found out that the job was not what I had expected. Not only was the total number of choir students half of what it had been in former years, but two choirs were combined into the same period.”

As she summarized her workload since taking the job in the summer, she began to talk faster to to finish in time: “I have also put on the jazz choir retreat in September, the Madrigal retreat, the Madrigal Wine Pour Concert, the Veterans Day Concert, The Madrigal Elementary Workshop, the Davis Tree Lighting, the Madrigal Dinner, the Winter Concert, taking the jazz choir to the Sac State festival, a Madrigal trip to New York and recruiting trips to all the junior highs and Da Vinci schools. I have

donated to the choir program 290 hours of offcontract activities.”

Bistolfo’s words were met with a standing ovation. The next speaker in line yielded her position so Bistolfo could continue speaking with a resounding message of “There are no students like Davis students” and “I wish I could just teach.”

When contacted for comment about Bistolfo’s current employment status the following day, a district employee maintained that no definitive information is available or has been released regarding Bistolfo’s employment.

The Enterprise also reached out to Bistolfo on Friday, but she declined to go into specifics. “I did not come here to be the face of a movement,” Bistolfo said. “I came to teach and to provide a safe place for kids to grow and exist and build skills.”

The meeting transitioned to the enrollment projection update by Scott

Torlucci of Davis Demographics and Planning. He covered where data is collected around Davis, which study area students are from, forecast calculations, how families aren’t having as many kids impacting enrollment, a smaller student pool, families moving in and out, district-wide projections as well as a decline in resident enrollment of 1,178 since 200506 and an increase in non-resident enrollment of 1,008 since 2005-06.

“Some of the things I wanted to make sure we

understand is the average births. That has gone down in the last 20 years significantly, but there’s been a slight increase in T-K students expected from AB-130,” said Torlucci.

Associate superintendent of business services Amari Watkins gave a budget update. Among other factors, Watkins touched on the correlation between the previous enrollment statistics and their impact on the budget.

Finally came a discussion on utilizing the legislative process to enhance revenue

and advance other priorities. The board deliberated priorities that include systems that support the physical, social and mental well-being of students and staff, initiatives to dramatically improve the number of fully credentialed teachers and funding to expand opportunities for experiential learning for students. The legislative priorities were voted on and approved unanimously. After that, the board approved the instructional calendar for 2023-24.

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Climate activists carry a banner down B Street on Friday as part of a global climate strike.

Big West Conference needs its fans

Is the Big West Conference forgetting its basketball fans?

I posed that question last year at this time. My answer hasn’t changed since.

As I noted then, come March 7, fully 20 Big West Conference basketball teams — 10 women’s and 10 men’s — will gather in beautiful downtown Henderson to pick the league’s two representatives to the NCAA’s Big Dance.

For those unfamiliar with Pacific Time Zone geography, that would be Henderson, Nevada, located in a state that not a single Big West Conference institution calls home.

Is this likely to dramatically hurt attendance at what is supposed to be the grand finale to the conference’s basketball season?

You betcha.

In a normal year, every women’s and men’s team will have played 20 games to determine the Big West regular-season championship.

But that championship gets you nothing in terms of an NCAA tournament bid if you don’t win the Big West tournament

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championship.

You could be 0-20 in conference play, but put together a four-game winning streak in the conference tournament and you’ll be dancing with the likes of Duke and Gonzaga and Kentucky and Kansas on the men’s side or Stanford and South Carolina and Connecticut and Arizona on the women’s side.

Winning the regular-season championship does get you the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament, but that seeding does not make it any easier to put the ball in the basket once the game begins.

Tournament games in 2023 will again all be played at the new Dollar Loan

Center, which opened for the first time just minutes before tipoff of the 2022 tournament. But back to the question posed in the opening paragraph: Is the Big West Conference forgetting its basketball fans?

Let’s start to answer that question by pointing out that the tournament’s first game will take place at noon on Tuesday, March 7.

If last year’s tournament is any indication, there won’t be 100 paying customers in the Dollar Loan Center for that game, including those who came there hoping they could get a loan.

And for sure, there won’t be a single student fan there from any California or Hawaii institution of higher learning that is participating in this game, save for the highly entertaining University of Hawaii marching band.

Oh sure, Chamber of Commerce types will no doubt pass out complimentary tickets to scout troops, passing motorists on the Las Vegas Strip and folks in the drive-thru lane at In-N-Out in order to make the “crowd” scene look respectable on national television, but it will be a

neutral group at best that generally doesn’t care about the outcome.

Who knows, organizers may even resort to cardboard cutouts to fill the cheap seats.

Add to that the fact that both the Pac12 and the Mountain West will be holding their 2023 conference tournaments in Las Vegas at the exact same time and you can understand why the truly lovely Dollar Loan Center will have far more empty seats than full.

A much better plan for this important tournament, one that serves both the players and the fans alike and truly rewards a team for its success during the regular season, would be to play the entire tournament at home sites, with the better-seeded team always enjoying home-court advantage.

Does the NBA assemble all its playoff teams at one site to determine its championship because it’s only fair to have all games on a neutral court?

Would they play the World Series at Yankee Stadium if the participants were

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Ella Shorts watches her hit for the DHS softball team in Thursday’s game.

Aggie baseball loses on the road

BELLEVUE, Wash. — The UC Davis baseball team had a tough showing on Friday, falling to the Seattle University Redhawks 11-1.

At home plate, Alex Gouveia and James Williams had a double each for the Aggies.

Trailing 3-0, UCD (3-4) put its only run in the game in the seventh inning when Nick Leehey touched home plate.

UCD committed four errors.

The Aggies and Redhawks concluded their series, with the last game scheduled at noon.

Weather permitting, UCD and Causeway rival Sacramento State will play a home-and-home series on Monday and Tuesday. The first game will be at Sacramento and Tuesday’s game at Dobbins Stadium.

No start time was available for Monday’s contest. Tuesday’s game is scheduled at 2 p.m.

UCD women’s tennis

The UC Davis women’s tennis team defended its home court Thursday, taking down the University of Montana squad 6-1.

The Aggies won five singles matches as Yana Gurevich, Carly Schwartzberg, Michelle Zell, Kaia Wolfe and Olive Maunupau. All matches were concluded in straight sets.

UC Davis won two of the three doubles matchups to aide in the win.

DHS softball

Ella Shorts and Beatrice Taormino had a hit each for the Davis High softball team, which opened its season Thursday with a 5-3 loss to Wood.

Shorts and Taormino, along with Blue Devil teammates Kaylie Adams and Cloe Lamoureux, had a stolen base each.

Blue Devil boys lacrosse

Finn Shields had five goals for the DHS boys lacrosse team (2-1), which lost to Granite Bay 12-7 in a nonleague game at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium on Thursday.

Dom Freedland-Wolford and Ethan Cavanaugh had a goal each for the Blue Devils.

Davis continues its non-league schedule Tuesday, hosting Folsom at 7:30 p.m.

Polson keeps hitting for UCD

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor

Leah Polson continued her good fortune at home plate for the UC Davis softball team on Friday afternoon.

The Aggie centerfielder had two hits against Siena College in the first game of Capital Classic at La Rue Field. She has successfully had one or more hits in three of the last five games.

But UC Davis (7-5) could only generate two more hits that left runners on the bases, as Siena College posted a 1-0 win.

However, UCD knocked off Alabama 4-0 in the nightcap.

On Saturday, UCD was scheduled to host Saints Mary’s.

Today, the Aggies close out the classic with a 12:30 p.m. against Southern Utah and 3 p.m. rematch

against Causeway rival Sacramento State.

The Aggies slipped past the Hornets 2-1 at Shea Stadium on the Sacramento State campus on Feb. 9.

Today’s games are weather permitting, as weather forecasters are calling for rain on both days.

Polson, a junior who is a 2019 Oak Ridge High graduate, doubled down the third base line in the bottom of the fourth inning with the game at 0-0. But the Aggies’ next three batters flew and grounded out, leaving Polson stranded on second base.

Sienna College (10-4) scored the only run of the game in the top of the sixth frame.

McKenzie Swinson led off with a single to right field. After teammate Sabrina Vargas grounded out, Swinson slid into home plate when

Ava Fitzmaurice hit into a fielder’s choice for the 1-0 score.

The Aggies had two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning when Polson stepped into the batter’s box. She placed a perfectly executed bunt down the third base line, raced to first base and beat the throw.

But Polson would be left stranded, again, as a line drive gave UCD the third out of the frame.

Both teams went down 1-2-3 in the top of the seventh inning.

The Aggies had runners in on the base paths in the bottom of the second inning.

Libbie McMahan and Sarah Starks had a single each in the bottom of the inning. Now with McMahan and Starks at second and first bases respectively with one out,

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Aggie pitcher Kenedi Brown went the distance against Alabama State in the second game of the Capital Classic at La Rue Field on Friday.

The 6-foot-2 right-handed pitcher from Elk Grove struck out six batters and gave up only two hits. Through today and weather permitting, UCD was scheduled to wrap up the classic.

On Tuesday, the Aggies will host Cal.

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the last five games.

Stop unsafe oil drilling

By Hollin Kretzmann

Special to The Enterprise

Right now communities across California should be celebrating the monumental enactment of a new law to end toxic oil drilling within 3,200 feet of homes, schools, hospitals and other sensitive sites. Instead, the oil industry’s deceptive referendum to overturn the law qualified for the ballot, preventing it from taking effect.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has the power to protect communities and our climate — and beat back the oil industry’s appalling attack — all under existing law.

As a longtime environmental lawyer, I wasn’t surprised by the big money and deceptive signature gathering behind the referendum to overturn the setbacks law, known as Senate Bill 1137. The oil industry’s given California plenty of experience fighting their greed and dirty tricks. And since they’re not content with having made record profits and harming communities by drilling anywhere they please for the last century, the fight apparently continues.

To be clear, banning oil drilling near communities is overwhelmingly popular. The new law would help protect people from higher rates of cancer, birth defects and other serious illnesses. But instead of accepting this commonsense reform, the oil industry spent more than $20 million to gather signatures to try and overturn it.

Those millions bought the industry a delay the law until the November 2024 election, when the landmark health-andsafety setbacks regulations will go on the ballot.

If Newsom wanted, there is a viable strategy to rip up Big Oil’s playbook and launch an all-out legal push to put communities first.

First, the governor can use his existing authority to stop approving new oil and gas drilling permits altogether. Given what we know about the harms to our health, environment and climate, there’s simply no reason to keep approving these dirty fossil fuel projects.

Los Angeles County, the city of Los Angeles and Culver City have already announced plans for a complete phaseout of oil and gas drilling. Newsom should build on these local victories by implementing a statewide moratorium on new drilling permits.

Second, Newsom needs to instruct state oil and gas regulators to restart their rulemaking process to put health-and-safety protections in place. Long before SB 1137 was even drafted, the California Geologic Energy Management Division, or CalGEM, proposed its own science-based setback regulation under its longstanding legal duty to protect public health.

But CalGEM hasn’t advanced those rules from its initial draft for more than a year. Meanwhile, the former Chevron employee who led the agency abruptly resigned after a sharp spike in oil and gas permit approvals – many of them within the would-be setback. CalGEM should pick up where it left off and put these critical protections in place immediately.

Third, Newsom has a key opportunity to appoint a CalGEM supervisor who’s clearly committed to advancing the state’s climate and environmental justice goals. No more revolving door, please. California can’t afford another supervisor who’ll bow to industry pressure to drill wells near homes and schools. The agency’s rubber stamping of oil permits, without even the environmental review and public participation required by law, must stop.

Newsom has taken significant steps to show he sides with people over polluters, but California communities are suffering the health and environmental harms of toxic oil drilling right now.

Now is the time for Newsom to use every legal power he has to protect people and our planet. By doing so, he’ll send the necessary message to Big Oil that buying its way onto the ballot hasn’t also bought complacency from California’s leaders.

— Hollin Kretzmann is a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute. He wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California's Capitol works and why it matters.

L.A. County considers reform

Just about everything about California has changed since it became a state 173 years ago — beginning with the fact that when admitted to the Union in 1850, it had fewer than 100,000 residents but today counts nearly 40 million.

During the first half-century of California’s existence, its leaders tinkered constantly with the structure of its governance. County boundaries were altered, new counties were created, state government agencies were rearranged and the state capital shifted several times before landing in Sacramento.

Given the immense growth and economic and social change that California has experienced, particularly in the years following World War II, common sense would dictate that we should occasionally review how we govern ourselves and make obviously needed structural changes.

However, there’s been very little restructuring since the 20th century began. For instance, the last change in counties happened in 1907 when Imperial County was formed out of the eastern reaches of what was then San Diego County. The size of the

Not happening

Legislature — 80 members of the Assembly and 40 senators — was fixed within a few years of California becoming a state.

During this century’s first decade, with California seemingly facing a crisis of governance, there was an effort mounted to call a constitutional convention to fix its wills. However, those calling for reform were unable to agree on what areas of governance should be addressed and the effort collapsed.

Subsequently, Democrats achieved virtually complete control of state and local governments and we have been experimenting with one-party dominance, whether for good or ill.

Last week, structural reform popped up anew in an unlikely place – the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. All of California’s 58 counties, except for the city and county of San

Its hard to take seriously another objection to peripheral development based on the fantasy that PG&E’s property in Davis is going to be redeveloped for housing as Judy Corbett suggests in her commentary on Feb. 26. I have been hearing this for most of the 30 years I have lived in Davis even though during that time, a time that included two PG&E bankruptcies, the utility company has repeatedly stated they have no interest in such proposals.

Why is it that opponents of peripheral development continue to advocate for something that hasn’t happened and is unlikely to ever happen? Perhaps someone will come forward with an answer to that question, but meanwhile, there is no reason for the community to allow ideas based on pure fantasy to distract us from seeking actual solutions to this community’s housing problem.

Ron Glick Davis

University Mall idea

I live in North Davis and shop Trader Joe’s often. I truly miss the Cost Plus that used to reside at University Mall which

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Francisco, are governed by five-member boards of supervisors, which have both legislative and administrative powers.

It’s been that way for many decades and works reasonably well for smaller counties. However, a system that is tolerable in Alpine County, which has just over 1,200 residents, is ludicrous in Los Angeles, which has 10 million. It invests too much authority in too few hands and fails to reflect the county’s incredible economic, cultural and ethnic diversity – a distilled version of California as a whole.

That became very evident a couple of years ago when a commission assigned to redraw the county’s five supervisorial districts after the 2020 census found it almost impossible to fairly represent so many communities of interest.

Last week, the five women who serve on the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to begin exploring structural change, possibly including an expansion of the board’s membership.

“Having more seats at the table means that more and different voices can be part of the conversation,” Supervisor

along the TJ’s, made it a one-stop shopping match made in heaven. (It is now occupied by “Encounters UFO Experience”.) A consumer-friendly store such as Home Goods, Pier 1, Pottery Barn, or Crate and Barrel would make a much better match for this space.

Lowering the 90-plus-foot feet height by less than 10 feet wouldn’t seem enough to appease the local residents objecting to the project, but wouldn't making it a 2- or even 3-story building be an agreeable compromise and make the shopping experience great for us all?

Diane Steele Davis

Wright for Davis!

I live in District 3, and I emphatically support Francesca Wright for Davis City Council.

On a City Council of five members, those individuals need to represent many and diverse groups. So the primary traits I like to see in a Council Member are the ability to A) listen, and B) create win-win solutions from situations where there appears to be adversity. People talk about candidates having a specific 'expertise.' My view is that the expertise required of a true representative is the ability to bring people of different views together to come up with solutions that work for everyone.

I worked extensively with Francesca in

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Lindsey Horvath, a co-sponsor of the motion, said. Expansion, she said, would mean “each district will have greater access to their supervisor.”

Daniel Mayeda, a co-chair of the redistricting commission, lauded the action. “I’m glad that the county is looking at this,” Mayeda said. “I’m hoping there’s some momentum.” The commission had urged board expansion in its report.

Making the board larger and more representative is not the only reform to be explored. The study will include making county government procedures more accessible.

Expanding boards of supervisors, particularly of large counties, would be a major step in governance reform. But it should go further, such as exploring having an elected county executive — in effect a county mayor — to increase accountability. It would make as much sense as having an elected governor for the state and elected mayors in cities. — CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California's state Capitol works and why it matters. For more stories by Dan Walters, go to Commentary.

Yolo People Power and I have never witnessed a group so diverse and so passionate about their own issues. I've never seen larger potential for “missing the moment.” Francesca truly led that group to come together and produce a set of work that has, quite literally, changed and improved the city of Davis. She listened, she found the common threads, and she led that group to deliver evidence-based, deliverable goals to improve our city.

After the “Picnic Day incident,” Yolo People Power did the research and advocated for a Police Accountability Commission and an Independent Police Auditor, the model adopted by the city. After the murder of George Floyd, and at the request of the Chair of the Social Services Commission, Yolo People Power recruited a research team and created nine recommendations that the city should adopt to improve public and police-officer safety.

Almost 800 Davis residents signed a letter endorsing these recommendations, and they were adopted by the Joint Subcommittee on Public Safety and recommended to City Council. These are just two of the many reasons she won the 2021 Huynh Memorial Award in Civil Rights Advocacy. Francesca listens to all, keeps things moving forward, and advocates for the best plan that works for everyone. And isn't that who we want on City Council?

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If we keep electrifying, we’ll run out of power

By Llewellyn King

Special to The Enterprise

If you punch in “outage map” in a search engine, you will get a series of maps, ranging from the entire country to state by state and even smaller jurisdictions. These maps show electrical outages across the United States and territories, and they are within 10 minutes of actual time. The data come from the electrical utilities.

The maps are enlightening. At this writing, there are some areas in the dark in Michigan and California. More outages appear on the maps as severe weather sweeps across the country.

Today’s outages are all weather-caused. But in just a few years, they will reflect something else, something more ominous: shortages in the available amount of electricity. They will occur when demand begins to outstrip supply, as it frequently does in some developing countries.

The nation is in the grips of

two great transitions: a transition from fossil-based generation (coal, natural gas and some oil) to renewables (primarily wind and solar) and a transition to electricity, especially in transportation with electric vehicles.

We are in a rush to electrify to reduce carbon emissions.

There are an astounding 3,000 utilities, ranging from very small public and rural electric cooperatives to very large, investor-owned firms like the Southern Company and Exelon.

These make up the electric supply system, which has been described as the world’s largest engine. They all work together with surprising unity and are variously connected to the three electric grids, the Eastern Grid, the Western Grid and ERCOT, the free-standing Texas grid.

Their challenge isn’t only where will the power come from but also whether there will be enough transmission to move it

to where it is needed?

Duane Highley, CEO of TriState Generation and Transmission Association Inc., an electric cooperative in Westminster, Colo., told me that adding two electric cars to a family home can raise electric consumption by as much as 40 percent.

Many utilities, including those in rapid-growth states like Texas, are counting on distributed generation, which is when the utility enters into contracts with its customers to share the burden. This can involve agreements with incentives to allow the utility remotely to turn off certain functions during peak hours and buy power from its customers if they have rooftop solar installations or backup generators.

After Texas was felled by Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, many electric customers are turning to generators and rooftop solar to protect themselves, said David Naylor, president of Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative Inc. in Rockwall, Texas.

Faced with a growth rate that

has been as high as 8 percent and 9 percent in recent years, Naylor is vigorously pursuing distributed generation.

In the electric-utility industry, distributed generation is spoken of as “the first step in the virtual power plant.” In Connecticut, two pilot projects — promoted by SmartPower, a nonprofit green energy concern, where a utility, Eversource, and Connecticut Green Bank — are helping customers install solar power and a substantial battery. In return, the utility acquires the right to draw down from that battery on certain days at times of high demand.

All of this will help, but it doesn’t overcome the fact that between now and 2050, a target year for carbon reduction, electricity demand will double in the nation, according to many experts, and there is no way that demand can be met on the present generation and transmission trajectory.

The biggest frustration in the industry isn’t siting new wind

farms and solar plants but building new transmission to move electricity from the resource-rich areas where, as Tri-State’s Highley says, “the wind blows and the sun shines,” such as the Western states, to where it is needed.

With money pouring out of the Department of Energy for projects, the problem isn’t money but selfishness — selfishness as in “not in my backyard.” No one wants power lines, just the power. And everyone wants more of it.

The fact is that if the nation continues to electrify at the present rate, shortages could begin at the end of the decade and worsen as the century rolls on.

Those outage maps might become must-watching — until the power for our computers fails, and your region gets colorcoded on the outage map you can’t see.

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

Celebrating new ProspeROSA outreach program

Special to The Enterprise

Thriving Pink celebrated the launch of its ProspeROSA program to expand its outreach programs to ensure breast cancer education, mentoring, and resources in Yolo County.

“It’s wonderful to see so many Pink Peers for our Spanish speaking community. El Amor es mas grande because there is great love and support here,” said Dr. Alicia Silva, Thriving Pink board member. Thriving Pink recently hosted a ProspeROSA Open House welcoming over 50 survivors/thrivers from the Spanish speaking community.

Volunteers from UC Davis and UC Berkeley joined the Thriving Pink board members and community leaders to help welcome the new group to the Thriving Pink Office and Community Room.

Everyone received breast cancer books in Spanish, informational pamphlets, lovely hand fans with inspirational phrases, and a pink rose representing the symbol for ProspeROSA. One attendee said, “I so appreciate coming here to learn about the great network of support here for me.”

Deputy Supervisor Shelia Allen, representing Yolo

County Supervisor Jim Provenza, expressed her appreciation for the opportunity to support this program with a financial grant from the Yolo County American Rescue Plan Mini Grants Program. “As a former nurse in the area of public health, I realize how important it is to have information in one’s language and culture,” Allen said.

Maria Del Rio, a 27-year-old local breast cancer survivor and thriver, volunteers her time to help coordinate community outreach for the new Thriving Pink ProspeROSA program. She shared her heartfelt appreciation: “Thriving Pink’s mission to help our community thrive through this difficult journey means a lot to me.”

The Pink Team is reaching out more to build stronger families and a stronger community.

This past month, the Thriving Pink Grant Committee (Granting Pink) chaired by Rose Cholewinski of SwimAmerica, with committee members Mara Lindsay, Guillermina Campos Perez, Leslie Quiggin Hunter, Martha Ozonoff and Dr. Alicia

Silva, also reviewed many grant applications in Spanish and English to help those impacted by a diagnosis of breast cancer. A former grant recipient, Dannelle Larsen-Rife, said, “My world turned upside-down when my husband of 30 years left our family a few months

after my diagnosis. I faced a growing pile of medical bills and treatment challenges. I am so grateful to Thriving Pink. Thank you all for being there for me and so many other families.”

Thriving Pink is also hosting an upcoming Pink Connection support group series from March to May in partnership with Dignity Health. Community supporters and those impacted by breast cancer are also encouraged to join the Pink Team at a monthly Morning Walk on March 18, educational and wellness Pink Speaker Series workshops, and the annual Pink Gala on May 20.

The Pink Gala will be at the Yin Ranch Estate in Vacaville to honor and recognize local survivors and thrivers who are receiving grants and support from Thriving Pink. The Gala also celebrates community partners and supporters who help to sustain Thriving Pink’s mission and

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programs.

“We are very grateful for all our supporters and community partners, including our amazing community partners Davis Firefighters Local 3494,” said Leslie Hunter, Thriving Pink Executive Director. Local 3494 hosted an incredibly successful and sold-out Crab Feast on Feb. 11, which provided critical funding for the Granting Pink financial assistance program and Mentoring Pink outreach programs for Thrivng Pink. More than 300 attendees and community leaders filled the Veterans Memorial Center in Davis with unlimited crab, raffle prizes, dancing, and great community spirit.

A special thank-you to Bobby Weist, Matt Galloway and his parents, Emily Lo, Matt Fix, and so many volunteers and supporters for making the great night possible and for helping to raise much needed funds for Thriving Pink.

“There are amazing local heroes here who step up

each year to sustain our community,” said Joni Rubin, Thriving Pink board president at the special event. “I want you to know as a breast cancer survivor/thriver who has benefitted from Thriving Pink and has now come full circle to be able to serve this wonderful organization that I am humbled and grateful for this community of support.”

All support provided and funds raised for Thriving Pink will stay local to Yolo County to make a positive difference in the lives of those in the community. Thriving Pink is volunteer-driven and is currently also seeking Pink Peers, especially bilingual individuals with a past breast cancer diagnosis, who would be interested in mentoring newly diagnosed women on this journey. To learn more or support Thriving Pink, please visit www.thrivingpink.org.

— Thriving Pink board of directors

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Thriving Pink ProspeROSA supporters — from left, Leslie Hunter, Shelia Allen, Joni Rubin, Maria Del Rio and Dr. Alicia Silva.

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Davis Firefighters Local 3494 joins Thriving Pink for the Crab Feast. From left are Emily Lo, Bobby Weist, Joni Rubin, Matt Fix and Mary Liu.

A homegrown salute for a special roommate

* Editor’s note: Marion is taking the day off. This column first ran in 2012.

In our house, there’s a room we call “Mim’s Room.”

Whenever we have a guest, the first thing we say is, “You can stay in Mim’s Room.” Rarely do we explain who Mim is, why we named the room after her and why the name has stuck for 25 years after she left.

Even I am not quite sure why we continue to call it Mim’s Room.

Mim was a 26-year-old senior at UC Davis when she agreed to stay with us for a year and work parttime taking care of our daughter, 5, and our son, 2.

Only days after she arrived in August 1987, while we were still working out details of food and routine, I got a phone call from New York that sent me reeling. My vigorous 74-year-old mother called

to say she had cancer.

Despite “successful” surgery and a good prognosis, she died only a few weeks later, on Oct. 9.

My world fell to pieces as I tried to explain things to our children, traveled to New York with my husband for the funeral, helped with my dad — who hardly knew how to boil water — and dealt with my own broken heart.

Meanwhile, Mim was back in our house, working longer hours than anticipated and trying to explain death to 5-year-old Beth who really loved Grandma. Our toddler son, Daniel, was less aware

of the death and, thanks to Mim, his world continued normally.

Soon enough, Bob and I were back home, but I wasn’t myself for an entire year. Mim continued on, sympathetic, and a huge help with the kids. We’ve kept in touch ever since, mostly with holiday cards.

Three weeks ago, Mim sent an email. “This Friday we’re flying to Minneapolis. Adam has a job interview at Macalester. Is Daniel still in Minnesota?”

“Yes,” I wrote, hoping they would get together. What I didn’t think about was that Daniel, now 27, might not remember Mim. They did meet, and Mim wrote afterwards, “It was funny because I asked him if he even remembered me. He said, ‘um … not really’ — which doesn’t surprise me.”

Mim, on the other hand, saw hints of the toddler in the grown man. “He has the same eye and eyebrow movements … it’s so funny!” she wrote. It pleases me to think that Bob and I (with Mim’s help) raised the kind of son who would say “yes” to a reunion with a person he doesn’t remember. I like to think he did it because he grew up in a house where one room had a name, Mim’s Room, and he was curious.

I’m curious, too. Why have we kept that name all these years when we’ve had so little contact?

Then, as I started to write this column, I remembered a document that Mim gave me when I returned to Davis from my mother’s funeral.

It’s one page long, saved in a notebook with other things connected with my mom. I dig it out and reread it every few years. Sometimes I think of it without rereading. This

document that permanently touched my heart exists only because of Mim.

Here is the document.

“October 14, 1987. This was typed with help from Mim — the o’s didn’t always work so we used zero’s. This was initiated by Beth when one day walking home from school with Mim she saw some flowers and said, “that rose reminds me of my grandmother. She died.” We talked about that and decided it would be nice to list all the things Beth thought of about her grandmother. “I’ll number them,” she said.)

What I like about my Grandma by Beth, age 5.

Whenever I see a rose it lets me think like my Grandma because her name is Rose.

When I see a rose I feel how nice she loved me. It was nice going to the swimming pool with

her. Hearing her dead is very sad. It was nice when she was alive. She got a little bored just sleeping there in the hospital except I don’t understand why she is heartbroken. It seems like she’s heartbroken except she’s still dead. Seeing a rose it just makes me feel like how good a time we had and how nice we had swimming together. She’s just like a rose. She’s so sweet and nice and nice to look at. It’s hard to hear her dead. Other flowers make me think of her too. Like daises and tulips and sunflowers and … I can’t think of any more. Goodbye now, I have to get some stuff.”

Thank you, Mim. We’ll keep your room forever. — Marion Franck has lived in Davis for more than 40 years. Reach her at marionf2@gmail.com.

Be a foster child’s ‘someone’ this spring

By Tracy Fauver

Special to The Enterprise

March brings with it the hope of spring (though this year, spring seems a little late). As the weather warms up and flowers bloom, it seems that many of us get a bit more of a pep in our step. In addition to spring, March brings with it Women’s History Month.

As such, I’d like to take a moment to celebrate the strength of women … especially those who have been in the foster-care system and those who serve children in foster care. Did you know that Oprah Winfrey, Simone Biles, Coco Chanel, Cher and Tiffany Haddish are all women who have been in the foster-care system? When you read about these women’s stories, they all have one thing in common. Each of them can identify an adult “someone” who gave them a chance and showed up for them when others did not. The power of that someone, they all say, carried them through the toughest times of their lives.

Our CASA volunteers are often the “someone” for a foster child who needs a one-on-one, consistent and stable adult relationship.

CASAs are in a unique position to spot red flags, apply for grants, spot problems in school or life, and encourage their foster youths to follow their dreams.

If you’d like to make an impact in a foster child’s life this spring, our Spring Training begins on April 19 and we are collecting appli-

cations through April 5. The only requirements are a loving heart and the desire to help a child who needs you most. We train you to do the rest.

Here is an example from one of our CASA volunteers of the impact you could make in the life of a foster child:

“My 14-year-old CASA youth was having trouble confirming that he wanted to be adopted because he said he already had multiple sets of parents … his birth parents, his previous foster parents and his current ones. I told him that those extra connections give him strength. I also assured him that I would be his one and only CASA. This was important to him. He realized that there is no ‘giving up’ on him, which I learned is how he’d felt in the past.”

Can you imagine how scary it must be to feel like you will be given up on again and again? Trusted relationships mitigate this, but it takes time, which is why we ask that our CASA volunteers commit to a minimum of eighteen months of service. Commitment and continuity builds trust … trust that eventually shows a child that there’s no “giving up” on anyone … trust that shows a child that every child is worthy of love and commitment. Does this sound like something you’d be interested in?

Our Spring Training begins on April 19. The

only requirements are a loving heart and the desire to help a child who needs you most. We train you to do the rest. Visit the volunteer section of our website at yolocasa.org to find more information.

We know that there are many of you out there who care deeply about helping foster children but cannot commit to being a CASA volunteer right now. Another way you can support us is through helping us train, retain, and fund our volunteers. It’s the cornerstone of our mission.

The Big Day of Giving is around the corner on May 4 … less than two months

from today. It’s one of our biggest fundraising events of the year and the funds we raise on that day produce multiple CASA volunteers for kids who need them most. We would be honored if you marked your calendar and chose us as one of the causes you support that day. Again, all of your donations go directly toward recruiting, training, and retaining CASA volunteers.

It is my sincere wish that through recruiting quality and diverse volunteers, and raising funds to support them, that we can someday eliminate our waitlist of children who

Governor announces reappointments

Special to The Enterprise

Gov. Gavin Newsom

reappointed Daniel Rubin, 36, of Davis, as chief counsel at the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, a role in which he has served since 2018. Rubin served in several positions at the department from 2013 to 2018, including as acting chief counsel and staff attorney. He was a policy assistant at the Conservation Strategy Group LLC in 2013 and a graduate fellow at the California Energy Commission from 2012 to 2013. Rubin was a law clerk at the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California in 2011 and at the Department of Water Resources in 2009. He earned a law degree from Lewis and Clark Law

School.

This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $191,688. Rubin is a Democrat.

Mya Gbriel of Davis has been named to the fall 2022 Dean's List at Roger Williams University, in Bristol, R.I. Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per semester and earn a grade point average of 3.4 or higher are placed on the Dean's List that semester. At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU

offers 50 majors and robust offerings of graduate and professional programs across eight schools of study including Rhode Island's only law school, with campuses on the coast of Bristol and in the heart of Providence, R.I.

Gov. Gavin Newsom reappointed Kimberly Gallagher, 47, of Davis, to the California Water Commission, where she has served since 2020. Gallagher has been farm operations manager at Erdman Farms since 2014 and owner and operator of Gallagher Farming Company since 2009. She was a science teacher for the Davis Unified School District from 2012 to 2014 and an independent-study teacher for

the Elk Grove Unified School District from 2004 to 2011. Gallagher is a member of the California Rice Commission, USA Rice Farmers, the ColusaGlenn Subwatershed Program and the California Rice Industry Association. She is an associate director of the Colusa County Resource Conservation District. Gallagher earned a master’s degree in Christian leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Gallagher is a Democrat.

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

need a CASA volunteer in Yolo County. There is so much evidence-based research to support the power of trusted adult relationships as an antidote to childhood trauma and the reduced physical and mental health outcomes that come with it as adults. Through providing CASAs to our foster children, we can help restore that “fair chance” at life as an adult … and our CASAs benefit, too. Here’s one last inspiring quote about the power of relationships from one of our volunteers:

“Often you hear about it taking a long time for a

By Andy Jones

Special to The Enterprise

1. Mottos and Slogans.

The foundation named for what author uses the slogan “Follow Your Bliss”?

2. Dungeons & Dragons. Starting with the letter D, what is the least-played class in Dungeons & Dragons, 5th edition?

3. Unusual Words. What monosyllabic word do we use for a rigid structure, a body, a single complete picture, or a false incrimination?

4. UFO Museums. The Encounters UFO Xperience is found closest to what Davis grocery store?

foster child to open up to their CASA but for some reason we hit it off right away. My most-fulfilling moment was when my CASA child told me about a conversation she had with her biological mother. She was sharing with her mother that she was going through a particularly hard time and her mother asked her who she turns to for advice and support in those situations. She told me that right away she said, ‘My CASA.’ It doesn’t get more fulfilling than that.”

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

5. Another Music Question. What band’s Greatest Hits (1971–1975) is the best-selling album in the United States, with 38 million sold?

Answers: Joseph Campbell, druid, frame, Trader Joe’s, The Eagles.

— Dr. Andy Jones is the former quizmaster at de Vere’s Irish Pub and author of the book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People.”

His pub quiz is now seeking a new home. Meanwhile, Dr. Andy is also sharing his pub quizzes via Patreon. Find out more at www. yourquizmaster.com.

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No video available for historic game

Former UC Davis punter Daniel Whelan is currently playing in the XFL for the D.C. Destroyers, based in our nation’s capitol.

After two games, Whelan owns a 42.1 average on nine punts, with a long of 53 yards. Four of Whelan’s punts have been downed inside the 20-yard-line.

n New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer is a fan of the new pitch clock. Every pitcher in major league baseball must deliver a pitch within 15 seconds if the bases are empty, 20 seconds if a runner (s) is on base.

“I’ve always wanted to pitch fast, and now I can,” Scherzer says. “I couldn’t dothat before because guys were always stepping in and out of the (batter’s) box.”

Hitters now get only one ‘step-out’ per at-bat.

The faster pace of play enabled Scherzer this week to strike out a St. Louis Cardinals batter on three pitches in 22 seconds.

n On March 2, 1962, the Philadelphia Warriors’ Wilt Chamberlain dropped 100 points on the New York Knicks.

A notoriously poor foul shooter, The Dipper that night uncharacteristically made 28 of 32 free throw attempts.

On his way to the century mark, three

Knicks fouled out of the game attempting to “guard” Chamberlain.

Author Gary Pomerantz wrote an outstanding book about the historic game. “Wilt, 1962” is available through Amazon.

Because the game was played in Hershey, Penn., none of the regular newspaper beat writers from New York or Philadelphia made the trip That enabled a 30-year-old Jim Heffernan, then working as a copy editor for the Philadelphia Bulletin, to fill in.

As there was no video, either, the PRsavvy Heffernan saw to it that someone wrote ‘100’ on a piece of paper. It was handed to Wilt, and the still photographers captured the iconic photo you see today. Heffernan went on to become Pete Rozelle’s media relations director for

the National Football League. In a sad twist of fate, “Heff” died at age 91 on the 61 st anniversary of a record that likely will never be broken.

“Heff” was one of my earliest mentors and he will be sorely missed by all who knew and worked with him.

n Two UCD football players present and future will be honored Sunday evening at the National Football Foundation scholar-athlete banquet.

Graduate school scholar Jayce Smalley and incoming freshman Malachi BeanSeay are among 44 area players recognized for outstanding achievement on the field, in the classroom, and within the community.

n Great line from Boston Red Sox manager Joey Cora on the new 18” bases now used by Major League Baseball: “They look like a large pizza box.”

The new bags are designed to produce more steal attempts.

n Quiz time: Who was the first player from the Dominican Republic to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame? Answer below.

n The most popular player in Sacramento Kings history isn’t even a player. He’s never made a basket, fired up a 3, missed a free throw or failed to play

FANS: What will attendance be like at tournament?

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the San Francisco Giants and the Detroit Tigers?

Even the NFL uses home stadiums based on seeding for its postseason playoff right up until the Super Bowl.

Under this plan, the Big West team that wins the regular-season championship would be guaranteed to host all of its tournament games. This would put some real pop into the stretch run of the regular season as all teams battle for home-court advantage. A sample quarterfinal

mockup would have No. 8 playing at No. 1, No. 7 at No. 2, No. 6 at No. 3, and No. 5 at No. 4, with the four winners moving on to semifinal games hosted by the better-seeded team.

Best of all, even a number 5 or 6 or 7 seed might find itself hosting at some point if there are upsets along the way.

At every site, fan enthusiasm would be at a fever pitch because the local heroes would be playing in front of their hometown fans.

And, best of all, the students at these institutions would finally be

able to attend the most important games of the year. Does the Big West not care about the very students who have supported these teams all season with their passion and often times with their fees?

I’ll guarantee that attendance at these games would exceed anything that any team might draw for a regular-season home game.

And without a doubt, crowds would be 10 times larger than any game in Henderson would draw.

I mean, what sense does it make to play the

most important games of the season far from the students and community members and season-ticket holders who have supported these teams all year long?

I can assure you, your average college basketball player would rather play in front of a full house, even on the other team’s home floor, than in front of an empty house in a city where no one has even heard of the Big West Conference.

— Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning @davisenterprise. net.

good defense.

He’s team radio broadcaster Gary Gerould, who recently called his 3,000th Kings game. Gerould has worked for the franchise since the team relocated from Kansas City in 1985.

Most Kings fans know it’s been 16 years since the team last went to the NBA playoffs. That could end come April, if Sacramento can string together several more wins.

What you need to know is that Gerould, through thick and thin (mostly thin), has called every game honestly, fairly, straight down the middle. Whether the Kings played well or played horribly.

Luckily for us, the “G-Man” shows no signs of slowing down and the stretch drive has now begun.

n Quiz answer: San Francisco Giants pitcher Juan Marichal, inducted in 1983

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

UCD: Cal here Tuesday

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a fly ball and grounder ended the Aggies’ threat.

In the circle, Mia Hilderbrand went two innings for the Aggies. She struck out two, gave up no hits and walked none.

Taylor Fitzgerald finished the final five innings for UCD. She allowed three hits, struck out two and walked none.

UCD 4, Alabama 0

Starks smacked a home run, went 2-for-3 and had 2 RBIs in the nightcap.

Sommer Kisling, a senior, went 2-for-3 and McMahan had a double and an RBI.

Bella Pahulu, a junior from Tracy, also had a double for the Aggies.

Kenedi Brown got the win for UCD. Brown (5-1) struck out six, yielded only two hits and walked two Alabama players.

UCD will host Cal on Tuesday. Game time is scheduled at 3 p.m.

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