Facing public skepticism from lawmakers over his push to penalize oil companies for excessive profits, Gov. Gavin Newsom has dropped that proposal in favor of an alternative that would pursue a similar aim through regulations.
In the Scientific American
article “Why So Many People Have Pets,” human “attraction to animals may be subconscious, driven by biological and social forces that we do not fully acknowledge.” It’s not a far stretch then that Introductory Companion Animal Biology students are naturally attracted to The Manetti Shrem Museum’s “Roy De Forest: Habitats
for Travelers” exhibit as dogs and other animals dominate the 50 prints that were drawn from a recent donation of 400 works to the museum.
De Forest (1930-2007), whose funk and “nut art,” a term he coined in which the art reflects the nuttiness of the artists themselves, joined the UCD art department in 1965 and taught there for 27 years.
A general-education class, Companion Animal Biology consists of science students
from across campus and is taught by Distinguished Professor Anita Oberbauer, who’s the Executive Associate Dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Unlike many university art departments that house museums, The Manetti Shrem Museum operates under the Office of the Provost and the Chancellor, akin to the library or the Mondavi Center, according to Randy Roberts, deputy director of the museum. She
explained that it intentionally serves an interdisciplinary community with exhibitions and programs that go beyond those already interested in art. It also introduces art as a way of thinking and finding new perspectives, sparking discussion across different study areas.
The museum’s Leadership Collaboration Committee advises on exhibitions, programming and “university
See MUSEUM, Back page
Wednesday was a big day for Adrian Rodriguez.
He’d taken time off of work, watched a YouTube video that morning to learn how to tie a tie, and was now sitting in a courtroom at the Yolo County courthouse, wearing that tie with a matching suit jacket and listening as a judge asked him if he had anything to say.
He did.
“I want to, first of all, apologize publicly to my mom,” Rodriguez said.
“Sorry it took so long to become me. The real me,” he told his mother as she sat in the back of the courtroom, wiping away tears.
“My mom’s always done the
Courtesy photo
Adrian Rodriguez receives his certificate of completion from Judge Janet Gaard after a year in Yolo County’s Mental Health Diversion Court.
most she could for me,” Rodriguez told the court, “and I just couldn’t do it.”
But in the end, he did.
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The governor’s office said late Wednesday that it plans to put forward an amended bill in the coming days that would create a watchdog division within the California Energy Commission to investigate alleged price gouging by the oil industry and authorize the commission to set through its rule-making process a threshold above which profits would be penalized.
Dana Williamson, Newsom’s chief of staff, said the shift in approach was the result of months of consultation with legislators, who broadly felt that an appropriate penalty would best be determined by industry experts.
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The school board meeting on Thursday wasn’t nearly as volatile as the one on March 2. However, the lengthy updates for the Local Control Accountability Plan and the Extended Learning Opportunity Program extended the meeting long into the night.
The meeting started out with board President Lea Darrah stating that a member of the public recently raised concerns about the scope of the board’s reporting after closed session during the regular board meeting on March 2.
“We sincerely regret any confusion related to reporting out after closed session,” she said. “In order to correct any potential errors, we want to provide a more detailed report regarding
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On Monday, March 13, Yolo County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report that a man was stuck in the Yolo Bypass Wildlife area.
With the combined efforts of the West Sacramento Fire Department, Yolo County Search and Rescue and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the man was located on the east end of the wildlife area.
He was rescued and subsequently transported to the hospital for further evaluation.
On Tuesday, March 14, the Yolo County Sheriff’s marine patrol unit along with the Sacramento Police Department’s marine patrol unit responded to a report of a vessel floating adrift in a Yolo County marina.
The vessel presented a navigational, safety and environmental hazard and the marine patrol units did not want it to collide with any other vessels or bridges causing damage. After being located in the Clarksburg area, the vessel was promptly hauled off.
to The Enterpirse Campaign signs are just beginning to appear in Central Davis, but vote-by-mail ballots will land in District 3 mailboxes in early April.
Two longtime local activists — Francesca Wright and Donna Neville — are competing for a seat on the Davis City Council. The winner will replace Lucas Frerichs, who was elected to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors in November.
The all-mail ballot special election will be held May 2.
The League of Women Voters Davis Area and Davis Media Access will hold a candidates’ forum on Wednesday, March 29 to help District 3 residents prepare to vote. The free Zoom event will run from 7 to 8:15 p.m.
The local League is a nonpartisan organization committed to voter registration and education. Audience members will be able to submit questions before and during the forum. Register for the event at BIT.LY/DAVISD3FORUM.
Both candidates tout experience
in local and regional government policy making.
“I spent much of my professional life as a lawyer in state service where I worked to make state and local programs more accountable and more effective,” Neville said in an email. “I am running for the vacant seat on city council because I am dedicated to our community and because I have the skills and background needed to step right in and be an effective leader.”
Neville graduated from UC Davis School of Law in 1990 and pursued a career in state government. As chief legal advisor for the California State Auditor, she helped develop a local government program to detect financial vulnerabilities in California cities and towns.
She has chaired the City’s Finance and Budget Commission and is currently a member of the Davis Planning Commission. Neville has chaired the local school district’s bond oversight committee and is the county board president for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
“I look forward to having even greater impact by serving on the
City Council,” she said.
Wright moved to Davis in 1996 to work for the Foundation Consortium for California Children and Youth, an alliance focused on conditions children need to do well in school. She has a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and development from Wheelock College, a formerly independent institution that’s now part of Boston University, and a master’s degree from the University of Southern California.
Wright ran her own private consulting business, affiliated with the Davis Consulting Network, from 2005 to 2017. The work focused on policy and data analysis for clients that ranged from First 5 Commissions in four counties, (including Yolo), to the Institute for Local Government’s Cities Counties Schools Partnership Program and local nonprofits like Yolo Crisis Nursery.
Today, Wright is coordinator of Yolo People Power. A co-founder in 2018, she continues to lead the grassroots network of individuals committed to building a more just and equitable county through research, public education,
The city of Davis has opened the nomination period for its annual Golden Heart Awards.
The awards recognize outstanding youth in the community — especially those students who are not typically recognized in other forums — and were established in memory of Andrew Mockus, a Holmes Junior High School student who was killed by his peers in 1992.
Awards are bestowed in two categories — the service award for individuals who have given significant service to the community, their peers or their schools; and the personal challenge award for individuals who have overcome significant challenges in their lives.
Youths in grades seven through 12 are eligible for nomination and the nomination deadline is 5 p.m. on Monday, April 10.
“It is so important that Davis youth feel seen and heard,” said Mayor Will Arnold. “Their perspectives are so valuable as we navigate today’s issues.
“The Golden Heart Awards honor young people who have demonstrated resilience in the face of hardship and who have devoted themselves to the service to our community. I look forward to meeting the award winners and drawing inspiration from their experiences,” he said.
Nomination forms are available at http://cityof davis.org/about-davis/ community-awards/ golden-heart-awardnominations.
Submit forms via email to Kellie Vitaich at kvitaich@cityofdavis.org; by mail to city of Davis, Golden Heart Awards, Attention Kellie Vitaich, 23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616; or by dropping the nomination off at the city clerk’s public counter, City Hall, 23 Russell Blvd.
Awards and recognition will be presented at an upcoming City Council meeting.
For more information, call the city of Davis Parks and Community Services office at 530-757-5626 or visit http://cityofdavis.org/ about-davis/communityawards.
— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.
On Wednesday, Mach 15, the Yolo County Cannabis Unit shut down an illegal cannabis cultivation in Guinda. The operation was also a collaboration with the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office, Code Enforcement and the Building Division.
An inspection warrant was served to a property located off State Highway 16 in the Capay Valley area in Guinda suspected of illegally growing cannabis. Suspicions were confirmed during the inspection and the operation on the property allegedly had over 1,000 plants in varying stages of growth.
In addition to the illegal cannabis grow, multiple building code violations were observed involving electrical, plumbing, fire, mechanical, accessibility and occupancy. Code
enforcement proceeded to yellow-tag the building indicating it’s not safe for use and PG&E has been asked to cut the power.
This was the first inspection warrant issued under the Cannabis Unit’s new illegal cannabis abatement program. A Notice of Violation has been issued to the property owner to bring the building up to code and to cease the illegal cannabis operation. For each day the property is in violation, the penalties will be assessed up to $10,000 per day for the unlicensed cultivation and up to $1,000 per day for each building code violation.
“I am proud of the work that the Cannabis Unit has done to develop and implement an illegal cannabis abatement program,” said Leslie Lindbo, interim community services director. “It is important that we work to eliminate these
illegal operations for both the safety of the public and in fairness to our licensed cannabis cultivation operators who are being undercut by the illicit cannabis market. I want to thank all our partners in the Cannabis Unit, Building Division, Code Enforcement and the Sheriff’s Office who were key in making this operation a success.”
community dialogue, public advocacy and direct education.
Wright and others in the group have worked on immigration issues, police oversight and other matters. She was awarded the City of Davis Thong Hy Huynh Memorial Award in 2021 for civil rights advocacy.
Now, she hopes to enliven the City Council “with collaborative problem-solving,” Wright said in an email. “I want to facilitate solutions for better land use planning, workforce housing, city revenue and services.”
Wright has prior experience as a consultant for the Center for Community-School Partnerships in the School of Education at the University of California Davis. There, she trained parent leaders, developed training materials and did marketing, strategic planning and grant writing.
Wright’s volunteer service includes service as a member and chair of the Site Council at Holmes Junior High, leader of Girls Scout Troop #1226, chair of the Threshold Choir and founding membership in Women in Leadership Davis.
Woodland police assured Woodland High School that there was no danger after catching a student with a firearm.
Police officers arrived at the WHS campus on Thursday, March 16, to contact a student regarding an incident that occurred last week off campus.
During the follow-up,
officers discovered that the student was in possession of a firearm on campus and the student was promptly taken to Yolo County Juvenile Hall.
The Woodland Police Department assured the community in a social post that the WHS students, staff and teachers are all safe with there being no direct threat to any of the students on campus.
Security footage recored two people allegedly filling a garbage can full of merchandise from the Dollar General store in Esparto on Sunday, March 5.
“Unfortunately,” a Yolo County Sheriff’s social media post said, “they did not remember to pay
before quickly departing.”
Sheriff’s deputies were able to track down Marco Medina and Tasha Byrd and arrest them in Woodland. The pair were brought up on charges including shoplifting, conspiracy, possession of methamphetamine, violation of probation and driving with an unrestrained toddler.
With spring almost here, new Davis businesses are starting to emerge at a quicker pace.
The Vietnamese noodle bar Sit Lo Saigon is open at 424 G St., filling the former Thai Nakorn space. Sit Lo specializes in pho, made with beef bone broth that is simmered for 72 hours. The menu does not have any vegetarian or vegan options. The new restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 to 9 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays, extending its hours to 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Happy Mochi just opened at 612 Fourth St. It fills the space last occupied by Kaya Yoga
The shop sells mochi doughnuts, Korean hot dogs, tea and coffee. Mochi doughnuts are made from balls of mochi connected into a ring and fried. Korean hot dogs are a mochi version of a corn dog. Both come with various toppings.
There is not a public listing of its hours, or a contact phone number to call and ask.
Yes, I have an update on Mamma, the Italian restaurant and market filling the former Bistro 33 and City Hall Tavern spaces at 226 F St.
Co-owner Michael Galyen said they are shooting to open in mid-April. “Our hope is for April 10, but we have to finish the city approval steps. We have a lot of staff already on board, and we are finishing a lot of the detail work.”
Sunday is the final day for
Sudwerk’s brewery taproom, The Dock. It’s gearing up to open the remodeled restaurant, onsite at 2001 Second St.
But it won’t be an immediate turnaround. On Thursday, coowner Trent Yackzan said they were “still at least a few weeks from opening.” They are “working on staffing, sourcing supplies and other pre-opening items but we’re getting closer.”
The inside space will open first. Heavy rains postponed the patio. The new menu will focus on West Coast and California cuisine, locally sourced when possible. Along with its own beers, it will feature guest taps of beer, cider and nitro coffee, and a full bar.
Hours are expected to be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays. Eventually, they plan a Sunday brunch, and will open earlier that day.
Note: Sudwerk occasionally hires me to write news releases but does not have influence on this column.
Shelley Dunning plans a soft opening on Wednesday, March 29 for Mabel’s Farm Box
The charcuterie market fills
the former Shu Shu’s Clothing space at 227 E St., Suite 3, along the breezeway between Peet’s Coffee and Chipotle
The little store will sell premade charcuterie boxes as well as ingredients to build your own. I plan to have photos in next weekend’s column.
Hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesdays through Sundays. Its website is https://www. mabelsfarmbox.com/.
Two bank branches are closing soon in Davis. They aren’t related to each other, and the closures are not associated with the banking crisis in recent news.
Union Bank merged with U.S. Bank on Dec. 1. The last day of business for Union Bank branches is May 30, an operator told me. Transitions are May 1 for mortgage accounts, Memorial Day weekend for checking and savings accounts, and June 23 for the transition of credit card accounts.
The Davis branch of U.S. Bank is at 304 F St. No word on what will happen to the Union Bank branch site at 300 E St. that’s closing.
Meanwhile, the Chase branch at 4525 Fermi Place, across from Target, will not be available much longer. Chase has another branch in Davis: downtown at 330 E St., as well as an ATM at UC Davis. A Chase spokesman said the two Davis branches will consolidate on May 18.
Armadillo Music may be back open by Sunday or Monday.
The music store suffered a drainpipe leak Feb. 24 that
spilled stormwater into the store and onto lots of valuable records, CDs, equipment and memorabilia. It’s been closed since, waiting for repairs. It’s at 207 F St., downtown.
Owner Josh Chapman, also city councilman, said crews began installing sheet rock on Wednesday. “Repair work is moving along well, and if all things go as planned, we will open on Sunday morning. If Sunday doesn’t happen, we will be open on Monday.”
The Davis Planning Commission on March 8 approved plans for the redo of University Mall, which will be called The Davis Collection. It will be single-story, with only retail and restaurant spaces. Earlier proposals included housing. It’s on Russell Boulevard between Anderson Road and Sycamore Lane.
According to Anne TernusBellamy’s story, the representative for mall owner Brixmor cited construction cost increases for the amended plans. Bill Brown declined to name prospective tenants at the mall, but said, “we probably have three of the anchors that are fairly wellcommitted and four of the 15 shop spaces that are fairly wellcommitted,” leaving room for local businesses as well.
Stay tuned.
An ARCO gas station opened Thursday at 4480 Chiles Road. It replaced a Gas & Shop Kintsu MedSpa & Wellness is open at 1736 Picasso Ave., Suite C, in the Green Meadows office park.
Dr. Shay Nicholas also has a clinic in Berkeley. She opened the Davis office in 2020. Services include Botox, fillers, hair restoration, platelet-rich plasma facial rejuvenation, and noninvasive laser “facelifts” and eyebag reduction procedures.
“We survived COVID but just redid our office,” she said. She plans a grand opening event in April. Learn more at https:// www.kintsuspa.com/.
I hope to have an update soon on Bull ’N Mouth, the American restaurant coming to the former De Vere’s spot at 217 E St. I hope it will open this spring, too.
Same for the owners of Burger Saloon in Woodland and Parkside Bar & Lounge in Davis, who are coordinating on a restaurant that will replace Hometown Taiwanese Kitchen, when those owners retire this year. I don’t see that turnaround happening before summer.
Before you message me about the status of an ongoing project, please review 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 Sundays. Check for frequent updates on her Comings & Goings Facebook and Instagram pages. If you know of a business coming or going in the area, email news tips to wendyedit@ gmail.com
Cindy McReynolds, a UC Davis doctoral alumna and researcher who co-founded
EicOsis Human Health
LLC with UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock, is its newly appointed chief executive officer, replacing Hammock, who has transitioned to chief scientific officer and chairman of the board of directors. McReynolds earlier served two years as its director of research.
EicOsis, based in Davis, is a leader in the clinical development of soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors (sEH), an innovative approach to treating chronic inflammation and pain. Hammock’s pioneering work on the sEH inhibitors spans 50 years.
“Dr. McReynolds will lead EicOsis through the commercialization of its new therapeutic solution for chronic conditions that affects tens of millions of people, including those with neuropathic pain but also osteoarthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease,” said Glenn Croston, chief operating officer. “Dr. McReynolds has deep experience advancing drugs through preclinical and clinical development, including EicOsis’ leading drug EC5026. In addition, she has published extensively on the science of sEH as an important new drug target.”
McReynolds, who received her doctorate in pharmacology/toxicology from UC Davis in 2021, studying with Hammock, said “it’s been an amazing
opportunity being involved with EicOsis as an early preclinical stage company and seeing the transition of our lead candidate to clinical
“The scientific validation of our approach supports a truly disruptive product that could provide a safe, non-addictive, and effective treatment for pain and neurodegeneration, and I look forward to leading the company as we obtain clinical validation,” she said. “We have an experienced and dedicated team that has a long history of working together, and I am excited to continue working together in this exciting next stage.”
EicOsis has “completed two phase 1a clinical studies with its lead drug EC5026, demonstrating clinical safety and pharmacokinetics (PK) with oral dosing, and is advancing to clinical proof of concept,” said Hammock, who holds a joint appointment with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. “PK describes the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs in the body. The PK on this compound after oral administration is very favorable.”
“As co-founder, Cindy has played a key role building EicOsis into a leader in therapeutics targeting sEH,” Hammock said.
“Cindy’s scientific insight, drive, and commitment ideally positions her to take EicOsis to the next level and builds on the vast body of science validating our approach. I know Cindy will continue to deliver great results for EicOsis and for a great many patients.”
Hammock, in his role as CSO, “will continue to deliver cutting edge progress in translating soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors into clinical results,” Croston announced. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Inventors, Hammock cofounded and built the company to translate these findings into “a revolutionary new solution for chronic inflammation and pain.”
“We’d like to thank Bruce for his incredible leadership in the field and as CEO of EicOsis,” said Chris Somerville, board member of EicOsis Human Health.
“We’re looking forward to his continued scientific leadership and to his continued support in Cindy’s new role.”
McReynolds, who has researched the biological activity of lipid mediators for the past 12 years, said her current efforts “focus on understanding the roles of lipid mediators in inflammation especially relating to pain and degenerative disease. My research focuses on developing tools
for use in in vitro and in vivo knockout studies to understand their role in inflammation with a focus on mechanism of pharmacokinetics.”
Always aiming for a scientific career, McReynolds received a bachelor’s degree (1999) in animal science from UC Davis and a master’s degree (2001) in animal science from Washington State University (WSU). Her career advanced from senior research associate, Celera (formerly Axys) in South San Francisco to senior associate scientist of Miikana, Fremont, to project coordinator of Arete Therapeutics, South San Francisco, to UC Davis researcher.
At UC Davis, she served as the scientific program manager (2010-2017) for the Center for Integrative Toxicology, and as a graduate student researcher. She won a UC Davis Staff Assembly Citation of Excellence in Research in 2021. She earlier received the UC Davis 1999 Outstanding Senior Award, and several awards fromWSU: the 2000 Dr.Erb Outstanding Graduate Student Award; the 2001 Teaching Assistant of the Year, and the 2001 Outstanding Graduate Student. While a graduate student, she was
supported by a National Institutes of Health Chemical Biology Training Grant.
Sarjeet Gill, now a UC Riverside distinguished emeritus professor, and Hammock co-discovered sEH in 1969 in mice when they were researching insect developmental biology and green insecticides in the UC Berkeley lab of John Casida (1929-2018). Both hold doctorates from UC Berkeley.
Hammock explained that the enzyme is a key regulatory enzyme involved in the metabolism of fatty acids. It regulates a new class of natural chemical mediators, which in turn regulates inflammation, blood pressure, pain and other key biologies. Hammock’s 50-year research has led to the discovery that many regulatory molecules are controlled as much by degradation as biosynthesis. “The epoxy fatty acids rapidly degraded by the
sEH,” Hammock said, “control blood pressure, fibrosis, immunity, tissue growth, depression, pain, and inflammation, to name a few processes.” Approximately 50 million Americans (20 percent of the population) suffer from chronic pain, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The annual economic toll is $560 billion, encompassing direct medical expenses, lost productivity, and disability claims. Pain research is now one of the top priorities of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
EicOsis derives its name from eicosanoid, “the major backbone of chemical mediators in the arachidonate cascade,” said McReynolds.
EicOsis won the “Sacramento Region Innovator of the Year” award in the medical health/biopharmaceutical category in 2019.
Gardeners are feeling overwhelmed by weeds. City crews are out mowing in parks and greenbelts. Farmers are waiting to get into their fields to till and plant. Redwing blackbirds are enjoying the robust fields of mustard for nesting sites.
During a winter featuring no less than ten atmospheric river storms (so far), it’s been pretty hard to get out in the yards and parks and farms. Waist-high grasses and mustards and wild radishes now border the fields and roadways. Ryegrass, awful for allergy sufferers, is preparing to bloom. Foxtail barley, whose seeds can cause life-threatening harm to pets, is not far behind. Thistles are stretching, getting ready to bloom and cast their seeds into the wind. Bedstraw is clambering up and over and into shrubs and rose bushes and ground covers, little white flowers beginning to show and the Velcro-like seeds not far behind.
If you are using a control product, choose the least toxic alternative that will get the job done effectively and efficiently. Consider the impacts on nontarget organisms and possible adverse impact on the environment. Broad-spectrum herbicides, for example, can reduce diversity unless they are applied in a very targeted manner. Read and follow the label directions.
You can consider non-chemical alternatives such as smothering, woven fabrics in some situations, and “mechanical removal” (weed eater, mower, hoeing, hand-pulling). Some
orchards locally have taken to using “controlled grazing” by sheep or goats.
Several weed sprays have come on the market that are promoted as being safer alternatives. Problem is, most of them just burn off the leaves. That kills some weeds, but most just re-grow. Online discussions tend to veer away from labeled products, touting household ‘remedies’ and making dubious claims. If something hasn’t been tested and labeled as an herbicide, it isn’t known to be safe for you or for the environment.
A common example is vinegar,
or concentrated forms of acetic acid. Vinegar, which can be made naturally, is 5 – 7% acetic acid. It just burns the leaves at best. Synthetic acetic acid is sold in 20% or even 30% strength. This is very dangerous to your eyes and skin! Manual removal is more labor-intensive. But with a better understanding of weed management principles and practices, effective strategies can be created.
■ Identify the weed species.
■ Determine the adaptive strategy of the weeds that are increasing.
■ Learn the life cycles to figure out when you’ll get best results.
■ Do a survey to establish the
baseline of the population.
■ Note changes over time: which species are increasing?
You need to know what you have so you can figure out how this weed is outwitting us. Typical weed adaptations and examples include:
■ Massive fecundity (makes lots of seeds, often after a very short growth cycle). Example: spurge.
■ Vigorous vegetative spread and self-propagation: bermudagrass, field bindweed.
■ Storage organs that allow the plant to survive extreme weather conditions: nutsedge.
■ Rosette growth habit with lots of potential growing points ready to re-sprout after cutting or mowing: dandelions.
So, that was several weeks ago, and it was pretty wet out there!
What to do now?
■ Get the weeds mowed or chopped down before they flower and the seed matures.
■ If it’s a species with a vigorous growth stage which tangles on other plants, work to get it cut or smothered now before it starts to climb up onto other plants (field bindweed, bedstraw).
■ If it survives from one season to the next by storing energy in rhizomes, bulbs or a dormant crown, smother it before it sprouts. Otherwise, you’ll need to chop the plants relentlessly as soon as they come up (oxalis, bermudagrass). But a deep mulch can suppress many perennial weeds, as long as it’s continually applied at the sight of any new growth. Your goal with these types is to prevent photosynthesis as thoroughly as possible.
If you’re hand pulling weeds, here’s a bit of good news: as
grasses enter their flowering stage, their roots begin to die back. That oat grass or foxtail plant you couldn’t pull in January? It should pop right out of the ground now and the soil is nice and moist for pulling. Also, it’s ok to just leave them there to dry out and decompose.
■ Fall rains. Many weed species germinate in October or November with the first rains. Most of what you’re seeing right now came up last fall.
Next fall you can mulch heavily in areas where you’ve had weeds before, to prevent those seeds from sprouting. In your vegetable garden you can
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plant cover crops in fall (fava beans, annual ryegrass, oats with peas, etc.) to grow faster than the weeds and shade them out.
Top-kill herbicides can be somewhat effective on young weeds on a sunny day or you can just hoe, pull or mow them. Note that some, such as bedstraw (aka cleavers or ‘velcro weed’) can continue to germinate even in colder winter conditions. I have seen seedlings as late as December. That’s one of the reasons this one is such a problem.
■ Spring. The second major period of weed growth begins in spring when the crabgrass, spurge and oxalis sprout, and when bindweed and bermudagrass begin to regrow from the stems. These are all temperature dependent, usually emerging in April. Heavy mulching at that time, and repeatedly if needed, can suppress them. They will all
Bedstraw (Galium asparine) is one of our most annoying weeds. Seedlings sprout anytime October through February. Seedlings shown here germinated in December and have just begun to spread outward. This stage is easy to control! Get them soon as they’re already flowering and will be dispersing seeds soon.
be growing rapidly when the weather warms, so early management is key. If all else fails, hoe them off relentlessly or the problem will just get worse.
■ Start of summer. The third major period is when the soil warms to the mid-60s in May. Many of our summer weeds sprout then and grow very rapidly, setting a lot of seed within just several weeks after they germinate. Examples are redroot pigweed and purslane. They’re soft and succulent and easy to control with chopping or hoeing when they’re young, but they can get away from us quickly.
Nature abhors a vacuum. You often have weeds growing because you have bare soil. There are plenty of plants that will outcompete and shade out many types of weeds. Relandscaping an area significantly reduces the population of weeds in your yard.
Spreading arborist wood chips several inches deep over unplanted areas and around shrubs, trees and larger perennials helps to retain water, builds the soil and keeps weed seeds from sprouting. Or fill the void with greenery!
Consider plant installations
Grasses that spread by rhizomes and which can be mowed at long intervals can readily suppress the growth of many annual, and some perennial weeds.
■ The fine fescue grasses are well-adapted to lower-water landscapes, have good drought recovery and can shade out many herbaceous weeds. Creeping red fescue can be used in light shade, and dwarf forms of hard fescue in full sun. Repetitive overseeding can be done during fall and winter rainfall to establish a dense stand.
■ Two of our native fescue grasses (Festuca rubra and Festuca idahoensis) have varieties with dark green or silver-grey foliage and soft texture.
■ Some sedges have been tested as lawn alternatives and may achieve sufficient density, especially with periodic mowing, to suppress weeds. Use caution: these tend to be a permanent decision.
■ Our native deer grass, Muhlenbergia rigens, is a large clump-forming grass that can be planted 4 to 5 feet apart.
There are ground-covering woody plants, basically shrubs with prostrate growth habits, which can be effective at suppressing weeds once established.
Examples:
■ Artemisia Powis Castle. This
hybrid sagebrush has silver-colored leaves that are highly aromatic. The plant spreads rapidly to several feet across, and to a height of about 2 to 3 feet, with sufficient density to deter weed growth.
■ Baccharis Twin Peaks. Lowgrowing variant of our native coyote brush. Winter flowers aren’t showy but are very attractive to beneficial insects.
■ Myoporum parvifolium. Australian ground cover that grows flat along the ground. Pretty white or pink flowers are very attractive to bees.
■ Rosemary. The common kitchen herb from the Mediterranean region is a very tough, drought tolerant landscapes shrub. For weed suppression, select the intermediate-height spreaders such as Irene or
Benenden Blue. Lovely lavenderblue flowers in winter.
■ Native sages: Salvia clevelandii, S. sonomensis, S. ‘Pozo Blue’. These are large shrubs with sprawling growth habits that can very effectively shade out weeds. Spring flowers attract bees and butterflies. Very drought tolerant.
Larger plants installed on 3 to 6’ centers are easier to establish than small, rooted cuttings. The wider spacing allows for manual weed management (hoeing, careful spraying) between the plants as they root in and start to grow. Thick mulch such as arborist wood chips can be installed for further weed suppression.
Monday
n Davis Community Church will offer Candlelight Meditation, Soundbath and Labyrinth Walk, an evening of gentle reflection, meditation and community with an eye toward the emerging season of spring. Singing bowls will provide space for meditation combined with an opportunity to try the ancient practice of walking a prayer labyrinth. The labyrinth takes turns, requires focus on the moment and can be explored as a metaphor for a life’s journey. The event is from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and begins in the church’s Fireside Room. Participants may enter on C Street ramp close to Fourth St. The suggested donation for the evening is $35 and registration is required at dccpres.org/events.
Tuesday
n The Davis Genealogy Club invites the public to attend the free hybrid program With returning in-person presenter, Laurie Markham at the Davis Senior Center, “The Latest and Greatest at FamilySearch.org” meeting held 1 to 3 p.m. at 646 A St. and via Zoom. Learn about the newest helpful features of the largest free genealogy website. To register, email President@ DavisGenealogy.org. Visit DavisGenealogy. org for more.
Saturday
n The instrumental group Baroque & Beyond will present a varied program, titled “Pairs and Permutations — Captivating Combinations to Stimulate the Mind” at 7:30 pm, at the Davis United Methodist Church, 1620 Anderson Road in Davis. This concert explores how pairs of instruments can blend, interplay and dance around each other. Suggested donation is $1020. For information, call or text 530-220-2012.
n In honor of Women’s History Month, the Yolo County Library will be showing the exhibit Herstory 1 & 2: The Legal History of Chinese American Women, curated by Dr. Chang C. Chen. Chen grew up in Taiwan and immigrated to the United States 50 years ago to pursue her graduate studies. She was elected as a Taiwan senator and hosted four television shows. Her most popular program, “Chiu Chang Talking Law,” on Star-TV in Hong Kong, catapulted her into the limelight. The Stephens Branch Library, 315 E. 14th St. in Davis, will host Chen to discuss her books and the exhibit at 11 a.m.
n Village Homes Performers’ Circle will present Nat Lefkoff to perform his original songs, with support from local musicians Rowan McGuire and Sam Lacour. The event begins with an open mic from 7:15 to 8:15 pm and concludes with the featured performance from 8:30 to 9 pm. Signups begin at 6:45 for the short performances (less than 5 minutes per act). This month the Village Homes Performers’ Circle will be held inside the Village Homes Community Center, 2661 Portage Bay East, Davis.
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Court following many years of alcohol addiction that led to criminal DUI charges, Rodriguez was one of the first two graduates of the program, having completed all of the steps required of him, including maintaining his sobriety.
Also receiving a certificate of completion that day was Joseph Rodriguez (no relation). Both men were the beneficiaries of a program started a little over a year ago thanks to the work of Chief Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Raven and Public Defender Tracie Olson.
In addition to the District Attorney’s Office and the Public Defender’s Office, other partners include the Probation Department, Yolo County’s Health & Human Services Agency, CommuniCare Health Centers and Judge Janet Gaard, who has overseen the program from the start.
“We tried to figure out how we could create a program for a different segment of individuals who are having some mental health issues or substance use disorders, or both, where we could try to use the court system to decriminalize and try to help people get well, and keep them out of the system,” Raven told the court Wednesday.
Among the requirements of the program: maintaining sobriety, being medication compliant, attending all required appointments and court hearings and obtaining employment, vocational training or education.
“This is an amazing day,” Raven said, “because we have our first two graduates here.”
Along with the two graduates in the courtroom on Wednesday were some two dozen individuals still participating, each in a different phase of the program, but all working on their sobriety, mental health and other requirements of the program.
Several thanked Adrian and Joseph for their inspiration.
“Our struggles are really hard on a day-to-day basis,” said one participant. “It’s encouraging. I want
more of this.” Said another: “Seeing them… I’m just proud to see both of them go through the program and be the first ones through. It’s not always easy.”
Both graduates offered their own words of encouragement.
“I know it takes time,” said Joseph Rodriguez. “Just don’t give up. You will get there. And know that you’ve got good people on your side, good people who will help you.”
Added Adrian Rodriguez: “To my peers, the changes on your faces is noticeable. Just keep it up.”
The Rodriguez men didn’t just inspire their fellow Mental Health Diversion Court participants during their journey to graduation. Those who assisted them along the way were also moved by their efforts.
CommuniCare case manager Romney Sears told Adrian and Joseph their graduation “is kind of personal for me because both of you are single fathers and I’m a single father, too.
“So to see two single fathers that have had perfect attendance and have been the first to graduate from our program is such an honor. And I am humbled to be able to stand here and witness this. Thank you for being great examples.”
Sears added that “above everything else, you want to make sure your child is proud of you and I think you guys showed them that no matter what mistakes you make in life, you can always recover from them and that you can have the life you deserve.
“So I hope that you know that you are worthy of it. You absolutely are not the mistakes that you made. You are way bigger than that.”
Both men had entered the diversion court with a desire to be better and to do better. It wasn’t easy — Adrian’s father was an alcoholic and Adrian himself has been struggling for more than 15 years, while
Joseph had his first drink at the age of eight. But they persevered.
“You guys have showed up every time you needed to and you have both worked really hard to get where you’re at today,” said CommuniCare social worker Julie Santiago.
In therapy, she said, Adrian worked through “some really tough things.”
“You really addressed some things that have come up in your life,” she told him.
Joseph as well.
“Joseph has incredible focus,” said Deputy District Attorney Martha Wais. “He focuses on his family, on caring for his son, on his classes and actively engaging in every phase. Joseph has focused on his sobriety and his journey throughout this program.”
He did more than what was asked of him, said Wais, “and has become a better man, a better father.”
“You are a wonderful example,” she told Joseph.
Of Adrian, she said, “with every struggle, it seemed like he would just double down and find a way forward to figure it out. He has dedicated himself to turning his life around and the reality is, that is
exactly what he did.”
There were many in the court Wednesday expressing similar sentiments, including representatives from all of the participating agencies.
But perhaps there was no one more proud and thankful than Adrian Rodriguez’s mother.
“This is a miracle that I have been waiting for and praying for, for years,” she told the court and the diversion court’s participants.
She recalled seeing her son driving home drunk, an altercation with police, “and to go through all that pain, you can imagine how happy I am now. I don’t have to worry about him any more.
“I’m just so thankful for everybody that’s involved in this program, that you have taken an interest in helping others to come out of such a dark, dark place that they’re in. And as a mother, I’m thanking you for the mothers of all these young men and ladies that are up here.
“I hope that you all have the success in this program,” she told them.
— Reach Anne Ternus-Bellamy at aternus@davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.
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“We feel like this is stronger from where we started,” Williamson said. “It is the only one of its kind in the country. And it’s really going to set up a watchdog entity that is going to watch the industry every single day.”
The amendments, for which language is not yet available, would establish requirements for oil refiners in California to regularly report information on factors that can contribute to massive price spikes like those the state saw last summer, such as maintenance schedules, inventory and import and export levels.
The watchdog division
within the energy commission, which would have an independent director appointed by the governor, would be granted subpoena power as it conducts investigations and could refer suspected price gouging to the attorney general’s office for prosecution.
Greater access to this data that oil companies have historically withheld as proprietary would enable experts to more deeply consider what is the right threshold for a penalty on profits, according to the governor’s office, and inform a rule-making process through the California Energy Commission.
“What we’re asking for is
simple: transparency and accountability to drive the oil industry out of the shadows,” Newsom, who met with stakeholders Thursday to outline his new plan, said in a statement. “Now it’s time to choose whether to stand with California families or with Big Oil in our fight to make them play by the rules.” This announcement takes the governor even further from the concept that he urgently laid out in October, when he called for a special legislative session to pass a tax on oil company profits, punishing the industry an “inexplicable” gap between gas prices in California and the
national average that had grown to more than $2.50 a gallon. Prices, and the gap, have dropped since then, along with the political momentum.
The idea has also faced relentless criticism from the oil industry, Republican lawmakers and some economists. Even many of Newsom’s Democratic allies in the Legislature have been reluctant to embrace it, as during a hearing last month where several state senators expressed doubt that a financial penalty would have the desired effect of driving down prices.
The governor already abandoned his tax for the
more politically palatable, and easier to pass, penalty. Now, even if lawmakers approve this revised measure — his office made clear Wednesday that the plan does not represent a deal with legislative leaders — it could be years before any regulations are adopted, if the California Energy Commission pursues a rule at all.
Kevin Slagle, spokesman for the Western States Petroleum Association, which represents the oil industry in California, criticized the new proposal for empowering unelected bureaucrats to increase energy costs and for potentially making confidential trade information public.
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Nigeria, Ukraine, Hungary, Salt Lake City … UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education recently announced the recipients of its second annual Tapping Potential Brewing Diversity Scholarships, and the winners span the globe. The crowdfunded awards provide current and aspiring brewing professionals with full-ride scholarships to the prestigious online UC Davis Master Brewers Certificate Program and “Brewing Quality” series of online courses.
Chijindu Onwuchekwa of Nigeria is the Online Master Brewers Certificate Program Scholarship winner. Onwuchekwa is a brewer and quality control supervisor at Bature Brewery, Nigeria’s first microbrewery.
With a bachelor’s degree in applied microbiology and brewing, she has been making beer for four years, and at home, she experiments with raw materials such as hibiscus, bananas, pineapples and locally sourced dates.
“There are not many female craft brewers where I am from,” said Onwuchekwa. “I hope I am able to inspire women from around these parts that they can also brew amazing beer because brewing started with ale wives. We can take back the reins.”
Onwuchekwa plans to use the in-depth technical knowledge she learns in the Master Brewers Certificate Program to take her brewing to an “international level” and open the first female-led brewery in Nigeria.
“I always said that my five-year goal is to become a master brewer. I am one foot in the door to achieving that thanks to this scholarship.”
Lana Svitankova, Ukraine: Svitankova is a freelance beer writer, translator and Ukraine’s first ever certified cicerone, or beer somelier. Recently, much of
her writing has been focused on Ukraine — including pickle-style beers and Ukrainian golden ale — to help keep the conversation about Ukraine top of mind.
Svitankova is pushing the boundaries of emerging beer culture in her country and creating more space in the industry for female beer lovers and professionals.
“My goal is to be living proof that females can be knowledgeable about beer,” said Svitankova.
“When I landed my first beer job in 2016 as a spokesperson for a brewery, a filming crew declined my offer to answer their questions because they said they ‘needed someone with competence.’ That was their answer based on my gender, having no knowledge whatsoever about my competence. I soon became a certified beer judge through the Beer Judge Certification Program and the first certified cicerone in Ukraine, so I can answer ‘that’s my level of competence.’”
Jae Vanderwerf, Utah: Vanderwerf is a cellar woman and assistant brewer at SaltFire Brewing Company in Salt Lake City.
Vanderwerf wanted to further her brewing education, but she was also facing steep medical and legal expenses for gender transition. “Because of the Tapping Potential Scholarship, I no longer have to choose between living authentically as myself and also getting an education,” she said.
Vanderwerf plans to use the Beer Quality Series to fill in “the gaps” in her knowledge, especially in quality control and microbiology. “I know that having UC Davis on my résumé can only broaden my career horizons and make it possible for me to be taken seriously as a brewer.”
Nadhine França, Hungary (and Brazil): In 2017, França left a stable career in the IT industry for the opportunity to make a name for herself in craft beer — and she did just that.
She became a beer sommelier, a brewer and the first woman president of Abracerva, the
Brazilian Craft Beer Association. “It's not easy not to fit in; it's not easy not to be accepted. But being in this place means making a difference, bringing representation, and most importantly, being the engine of these changes. This motivates me,” França said.
Now, she lives in Budapest and the UC Davis online Beer Quality Series helps give her the education she needs to succeed abroad. “Living outside the country where I built my career, I am starting step-by-step to reestablish my network and reaffirm myself in the sector,” França said. “Having access to this knowledge from a solid, international institution like UC Davis will increase my chances of being recognized outside Brazil.”
The UC Davis Tapping Potential Diversity Scholarships were created to support students who are committed to diversity, have experience and/or understanding of the barriers traditionally faced by people from underrepresented
populations (based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities…) and demonstrate a high potential for leadership in promoting cross-cultural understanding in the brewing industry.
The scholarships were developed through an annual crowdfunding campaign, which generated more than $20,000 from individual donors and brewing industry partners, including Barebottle Brewing Company, G.L.O.W. (Global Ladies of Wort), United Malt Group, Sudwerk Brewing Co., Touchstone Brewing Company, Sacramento Area Brewers Guild, El Segundo Brewing Company, CLS Farms and BSG.
The Tapping Potential Diversity Scholarships are part of UC Davis Professional Brewing Scholarships, which provide support for deserving students to attend UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education’s worldrenowned in-person and online brewing programs. Scholarships are designed to recognize academic and professional excellence and increase diversity and crosscultural understanding in the brewing industry.
For more than 25 years, the brewing programs offered by UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education have provided students with an in-depth understanding of brewing science and brewery engineering and
Brewer Chijindu Onwuchekwa takes a breather at Bature Brewery, West Africa’s first craft brewery.
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prepared them to enter the brewing industry with the potential to rise to the highest levels of leadership within it.
For more information on UC Davis Professional Brewing Scholarships, the UC Davis Master Brewers Program and how to support UC Davis’ efforts to increase excellence and diversity in the brewing industry, contact Jon Hughes, director of Brewing and Sensory Science at UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education (jghughes@ucdavis. edu).
The Master Brewers Certificate Program is offered by UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education, the workforce development arm of the university. For more than 60 years, CPE has blended the distinctive academic expertise of UC Davis with practical training that immediately improves capability and job performance. This “Career Curriculum” supports working professionals as they refresh and expand job skills over the course of their careers.
With 48,000 annual enrollments in professional, academic and enrichment courses and more than 3 million enrollments on Coursera, CPE serves lifelong learners in the growing Sacramento region, all 50 states and more than 100 countries.
— UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education
Special to The Enterprise César Chávez Elementary School, 1221 Anderson Road in Davis, will host its 10th annual Citywide Bike Swap from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 23.
Shoppers will find dozens of bicycles of all sizes at the bike swap Sunday, April 23, at César Chávez Elementary School, 1221 Anderson Road.
Last more the event sold more than 250 bicycles — adult and kid’s bikes, and several bike trailers, too. And, although the annual bike swap is hosted by Chávez, all Davis schools can make this event a fundraiser for their school by just having a parent or two from their school volunteer to help on the day of the swap (visit website for
June 16, 1949 — March 7, 2023
Robert “Bob” Martin Ensminger Jr. of Davis passed away at home on Tuesday, March 7, 2023.
He was 73.
Bob was born in Eureka and grew up in the northwest coastal towns of Fortuna and Arcata. From a young age, he took great pleasure in being outdoors and found fishing to be a favorite pastime. He loved learning and was an accomplished student. At Arcata High School, he was awarded a scholarship as a Life Member of the California Scholarship Federation.
He then went on to graduate Cum Laude from Humboldt State University with a bachelor’s degree in High German literature. As part of his study, he lived abroad for a year and was visited by his father, Robert. They had a memorable tour of Poland and the former East Germany. He then went on to attain his master’s degree at UC Davis, graduating in 1974.
After his graduation, he made his home in Davis. He was a lifelong tennis enthusiast, playing in school and later, instructing and coaching many
students and friends in the sport. Bob had been a devoted outdoorsman, with a fondness for hiking, backpacking, hunting, fishing and target shooting. Some of his friends referred to him as "Sherpa Bob '' for his willingness and fitness to carry his share or more of gear when packing into the backcountry. He had a very quick wit — he was well-read (crime novels and history were favorites), liked words and enjoyed puns and word puzzles.
Bob was also well known for his compassion and care of animals, providing exceptional care to numerous friend’s dogs and his own rescues, Jet and Nitro.
In the words of John Steinbeck, “It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.”
Bob is survived by his mother, Alice; sisters Lynn and Leann; and many nephews and a niece. In honor of his memory, please feel free to donate to the animal rescue, Rotts of Friends, 34505 County Road 29, Woodland, CA 95695.
details). All funds from the CCE Bike Swap go to Davis schools PTA programs.
“It's a win-win situation,” a press release said. At the Bike Swap:
n Sell a bike on consignment: Seller gets 75% of the sale price and Chávez gets 25%.
n Donate a bike: Chávez or participating Davis schools will get 100% of the sale price.
n Buy a bike: Get a great deal on a gently used bike or bike gear from the selection available. The event will have all size bikes, bike trailers and bike gear, too.
Calvin Crabill, muchloved family patriarch, companion, Davis High math teacher, and musician died on March 8, 2023, at the age of 98. His daughter Carol was with him.
Cal, as he was known to most, was an accomplished musician, playing jazz trumpet in bands from his teenage years into the 2020’s. He was a longtime member of the Davis-based It’s About Time Band, and performed with famed recording engineer Wally Heider as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, from which he received a bachelor's degree in Music.
“This is a great affordable way for growing kids to get the next size bike and a great way for you to maybe make some money on a bike that may not be getting used and is taking up space in the garage,” the news release said.
Drop off bikes for donation or for consignment either the day before the sale between 3 and 6 p.m. Or between 7 and 9 a.m. Sunday, April 23, the day of the swap. Also important to note — donated bikes and the 25-percent commissions for consigned bikes are taxdeductible.
Cal was a veteran of World War II, serving as a naval navigator. Born in Holly, Colo., he spent his teenage years in Burbank and worked for The Walt Disney Company before and after the war. It was during this period that Cal fell in love with his wife of 64 years, Judy, who preceded him in death in 2007.
Cal had many notable exploits. He co-authored three secondary mathematics textbooks, lectured for the UC Davis School of Education, was featured in Ken Burns’ “Dust Bowl” series (for which he was included in the promotional
“Not only is this a great fundraiser for the school bike program but everyone who bought a bike was happy with the great deal that they got on their new, gently used bike,” organizers said. And again this year, a city of Davis representative will be available to register bikes into the city’s Bike Index Register.
For information on how to get your school involved or volunteering, visit www.davisbikeswap. org, or contact Jill Bonner at davisbikeswap@gmail.com or 530-330-4315.
media tour), and was a longtime volunteer for Habitat for Humanity.
With Judy, Cal built Habitat houses all over the country alongside presidents Carter and Clinton, as well as many popular political and entertainment figures. A highly respected math teacher, he was inducted into the Davis High School Hall of Fame in 2015. Cal leaves behind his longtime companion, Jan Bazinet, and three adoring sisters — Sandy Bucknell
(Lee), MaryAnn Herman (Lee) and Jeanne Gayaldo, as well as many dear nieces, nephews, and in-laws. He is survived by his loving children Carol Crabill, Susan Crabill O’Reilly (Dan), and Dave Crabill (Gerry Benoit). He was the cherished “G’pa” and “GG’pa” to Cecilie Hitchcock Stuelpe (Casey), Annabelle Stuelpe and Calvin Stuelpe, Cal’s namesake. Cal was also Grandpa Cal to Jennifer O'Reilly Savage (Chad), Sky Ternahan, Daniel O’Reilly (Liz), Zero Ternahan, Rebekah Savage, Tesla Ternahan and Clara O’Reilly.
Gifts in his honor may be made to STEAC, Paul’s Place or Yolo Food Bank.
“Brewing started with alewives. We can take back the reins.”
Chijindu Onwuchekwa Craft brewerCOurtesy phOtO/enterprise file
connection.” Its members come from across disciplines: art, English, law, Asian studies, African American studies and history to academic affairs, computer science, and agriculture and environmental sciences. “It runs the gamut. It’s really kind of in our DNA to work that way,” Roberts said.
With the help of the museum’s academic liaison Jennifer Wagelie, Oberbauer, who sits on the LCC, thought: “Wouldn’t that be cool to have the students come and engage in the museum? Wouldn’t it be cool to get them to the museum and look at how art can blend and influence our thinking?”
Oberbauer decided to offer an extra-credit opportunity.
Not looking for anything in particular, other than that her students went to the exhibit and made a personal connection, Oberbauer says there’s no right or wrong answer regarding this art experience because it’s so unique.
She has the students pick their favorite or least-favorite piece, make notes of observations, determine the figures in the scene and their potential interplays, plot out a storyline while describing the imagery, and tie the selected painting to a class topic. “How does this depiction of an animal fit within the historical and contemporary perspectives you’re learning about in class? What behavioral traits do the animals exhibit in the painting you selected?”
Facilitating transformational experiences with art for the university community and beyond, The Manetti Shrem Museum is focused on serving its UCD faculty and students, says Roberts.
The current large-scale exhibit, “Mike Henderson:
Before the Fire, 19651985,” connects students to ways of thinking about the world and to their academic studies in general.
“We always say the good news is it’s still relevant, and the bad news is it’s still relevant,” Roberts said of the exhibit as a whole. She said it stands to reason so many classes from various disciplines have been interested in the Henderson exhibition, as it ignites curiosity inside those who see it.
On March 15, each section of the lecture class Studio Art Appreciation visited “Before the Fire” and spent nearly an hour looking closely at just one piece.
Leading the discussion of the 12:10 p.m. section, Wagelie brought the students in to sit facing the large Henderson piece, “Non-Violence.”
She stressed to the students that with the process of “slow-looking,” it doesn’t matter one’s background in art: “You could be a regular person and have a good experience.” She explained that everything the viewers feel is legitimate.
An excerpt from the description card for “NonViolence” reads the following: “Unapologetically confrontational in its engagement with the topic, the work includes elements of the grotesque and horrific in order to engage the long and complex history of white supremacy in the United States. By aligning police power with white supremacist power, as evidenced on the violent offender’s uniform, Henderson makes a direct argument about the long history of anti-Black violence, generating an acutely aesthetic approach to the topic.”
After having the Studio Art Appreciation students look at “Non-Violence” for one minute in silence,
Wagelie first asked them how it made them feel. She also asked the group what the first thing they saw, to which answers varied:
n People with darker skin than the officer, who wore a swastika on his arm with a tiny peace sign.
n A knife.
n Thick brushstrokes.
n People being attacked.
n Nakedness.
n Screams of pain.
Wagelie probed them a little as they answered her: “Tell me what you’re talking about. I want to know more.”
About “Non-Violence,”
The Haines Gallery quotes the artist himself describing the painting, stating it “depicts white cops breaking into houses and brutalizing Black people during the Civil Rights marches. When I started working on this painting, the cop had a gun in his hand, but I thought that this was too humane; a big knife was more primitive and brutal.”
When discussing the prominence of the knife while the officer’s gun sat in the holster, the Studio Art Appreciation students commented on the closeness the officer had to come to the Black victims.
Drawn by different pieces in the multi-faceted Henderson exhibit, Jeanette B. Ruiz, a professor of race and media, says there’s much to unpack. “The discussions in class are remarkable. The written responses are really insightful as well.”
Students in that class learn how different groups are represented (or not) in media based on political, societal, and media (as a business) factors. Ruiz explains the Henderson exhibit allows them another example/ perspective from a nondominant media view. Ruiz wants her students to recognize that the media doesn’t represent everyone equally or fairly.
“Media has a racist past that is slowly, very slowly, working to diversify the narratives and images they present. Mass media is particularly influential in shaping how we perceive the world and ‘others,’ specifically in relation to ourselves.”
Ruiz wants her students to be more critical of the media, become more thoughtful consumers of information, and be able to discern when they’re being
pandered to. Because the Shrem expands this line of thinking by providing narratives and voices not offered in mass, she asks: “Why would I not incorporate a first-rate museum into my curriculum?”
Students have been overwhelmingly positive about the Manetti Shrem as part of the course curriculum.
“While my class offers a lot of examples, the museum provides an additional ‘aha’ moment. I liken it to when a coach or teacher reiterates what a parent has been telling their kid. Sometimes it takes someone else to say it for things to really sink in,” she said.
On another note, visiting the museum opens up a new world for many of Ruiz’s students. Most had never visited a museum before, and most had not seen the Shrem. Many of her last quarter’s students have
returned, bring their friends.
Last quarter students from her Race and Media course came to see “From Moment to Moment: Picturing Protest in the Kramlich Collection.”
“Again, what drew the students differed widely. It’s always a learning experience for me as well!” Ruiz said.
The Henderson and the De Forest exhibits are now at The Manetti Shrem Museum, along with Loie Hollowell’s “Tick-Tock Belly Clock.” Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Thursday and Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are reserved for students. The museum is at 254 Old Davis Road. Admission is free. For information, visit https:// manettishremmuseum. ucdavis.edu/.
— Contact Monica Stark at monica@davisenter prise.net.
On Tuesday, the Sac-Joaquin Section will be holding its fifth, and possibly, final meeting for the 2024-28 league realignment cycle.
The meeting will take place at The Reserve at Spanos Park in Stockton starting at 9 a.m.
Davis High is proposed to join the Sierra Foothill League.
Davis is currently in the Delta League, which is Division I, with Jesuit, St. Francis and Elk Grove schools in Cosumnes Oaks, Elk Grove, Franklin, Pleasant Grove and Sheldon.
Davis, along with Jesuit and St. Francis, would be join the SFL that includes Del Oro, Folsom, Granite Bay, Oak Ridge, Rocklin and Whitney of Rocklin.
The new Delta League retains all Elk Grove schools listed, plus add fellow city members in Laguna Creek and Monterey Trail. The latter two schools are current members of the Metro Conference, which is D-II.
All high schools in the section filled out a questionnaire — and can be found on the section’s website www.cifsjs.org. Click under the administrators tab, realignment and for information provided by member schools. The next page will take to the list of all the nearly 200 high schools in the section.
That is where the DHS administration posted that “we want to ensure we are in a (Division) I league that has the largest scope to ensure we can play league (competitively) for all sports.”
Since the early 2000s, the Blue Devils have produced many winning seasons, plus section and California Interscholastic
Federation NorCal playoff berths in volleyball, boys and girls water polo, girls tennis, boys and girls cross country, girls field hockey, girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, boys and girls track and field, boys and girls swimming, boys tennis, girls badminton and girls lacrosse.
The Davis football, boys basketball and softball programs have had limited winning success after and before the pandemic.
Could DHS raise the bar in the SFL in the sports it has been successful since the early 2000s? Most likely.
Can DHS climb the bar that the SFL has set in football, boys basketball and softball?
That is a question will start getting answers in late summer/early fall 2024, when DHS football team plays its first league game.
Current Davis High student-athletes
See DHS, Page B8
Enterprise staff
The UC Davis baseball team started Big West Conference action at Dobbins Stadium against CSU Northridge, which posted a 6-3 win in 11 innings on Friday.
Danny Carrison was lights out entering the game from the bullpen for UCD (0-1 in the Big West, 5-9 overall). Recording four strikeouts blowing his fastball past hitters.
But Matador Nathan Barrazza hit a critical bases clearing double that happened right after a fielder choice in which the Aggies recorded no outs.
Another bright spot for UCD was freshman Alejandro Huezo, starting the ballgame and
throwing five innings, giving up two runs, all earned, on two hits, with one walk and a strikeout. Making his first career start.
At the plate, the Aggies were paced by junior Alex Gouveia, who had a home run and two RBIs.
The Aggies were limited to just three hits, with the trio of junior college transfers responsible for all of them. This group includes Gouveia, along with Jack Gallagher and Damian Stone, all of whom each singled. Leighton Helfrick picked up the other Aggie RBI after drawing a walk with the bases loaded.
UC Davis trailed 2-0 in the seventh inning when it first put runs on the board. The Aggies plated two runs when Gouveia left the yard
with senior James Williams on base.
The Matadors then scored four runs to retake their advantage heading into the 11th inning, when the Aggies responded by getting back on the scoreboard themselves.
Helfrick drew a walk, which scored junior Stone. But the Aggies were unable to get any closer. The Aggies and Matadors closed out their best-of-three series Saturday with a doubleheader.
But UCD is back at Dobbins Stadium next weekend, also in Big West play, when CSU Fullerton comes in for a three-game set.
The first game is this Friday at 2:30 p.m.
Then the two teams play again Saturday and Sunday. Both games start at 1 p.m.
Guevin has sent a clear message to the Delta League — the Blue Devils plan on being serious contenders this season.
Numbers against DHS’ rival speak volumes.
In its first two league games against rival Jesuit last week, the Blue Devils have outscored the Marauders 9-0.
“Of course, we want to win every game we play, but I couldn’t be more pleased with where we are as a team entering Delta League play,” Guevin said. “We don’t schedule worried about winning and losing. We try to play the best teams we can so that we are battletested when games matter most. Early in the season, the win-loss column is a misleading barometer of team ability and trajectory.
“We’ve played five very competitive games against playoff-caliber teams. The early competition has challenged us to do a better job of winning the next pitch in high pressure situations. We’re already using those close losses to play better baseball and are excited to keep improving as the season progresses.”
Prior to beating Jesuit twice, Davis knocked off another section heavy in Oak Ridge, 6-3, on the Blue Devils’ diamond on March 6.
Davis (2-0 in the Delta League, 3-2) are looking to improve on its 2022 record, which was 10-8 in league and 12-17 overall. The record included a Sac-Joaquin Section Divi-
sion I playoff berth, but McClatchy showed the Blue Devils the exit door in the first round.
“Every team in the Delta is well-coached and can beat you,” said Guevin of the league this season. “Franklin is the top-ranked, but there are always surprises. We are excited to play it out and see who rises to the top.”
There are 27 players on this year’s roster.
“This is the biggest roster I have ever had,” Guevin said.
The future looks good this and upcoming seasons for Guevin and the Blue Devils.
Eight players are seniors, plus 15 juniors and four sophomores.
The seniors on the team, all returning from the 2022 squad, are pitcher/outfielder Brooks Ochoa, catcher Jake Almy, pitcher/ first baseman Keaton Carpenter, infielder Will Ackerman, catcher/utility Koen Carston, pitcher/outfielder Brian Chin, catcher Carter Stoltz and pitcher John Schacherbauer.
The juniors on the squad are outfielder/ utility Houston McCray, pitcher/infielder Reyan Islam, outfielder/pitcher Gizaw Baker, infielder/pitcher Selassie Campos, pitcher/ outfielder Oskar O’Geen, infielder John Churchward, outfielder Ethan Tofolla, pitcher Josh Han, infielder TJ Mueller, outfielder/catcher Noah Schelp, infielder Andrew Keegan, pitcher Bekele Baker, infielder Sean Campbell, outfielder/first baseman/pitcher Christian Reyes and pitcher/first baseman Byson Schelp.
Campos, along with Baker, Islam and McCray, were starters as sophomores during
the 2022 season.
Four sophomores on the team are pitcher/ infielder Cade Castles and Alex Kieffer, catcher/infielder Eli Burnham and pitcher Charlie Sheridan.
Pitching, Guevin notes, will be the “backbone” of the Blue Devils this season.
“We return seven of nine starters from last year’s team, and the vast majority of our innings on the mound, Guevin said. “As has been the case so far this season, our pitching has done a phenomenal job of keeping us in the game and giving us a chance to win.”
Depth at catcher is a plus for DHS.
“Our catching corps is deep and experienced with guys who will play at the next level,” Guevin said.
At the plate, the head coach is confident about whoever is inserted into the lineup.
“Offensively, we have the ability to have a balance lineup with offensive ability 1 through 9 in the order,” Guevin said.
However, Guevin admits that his Blue Devils need to be consistent on offense and defense.
“We need to do a better job of trusting our process, using mental game strategies we work on to stay present and focused when faced with adversity, and believing in the work that we’ve put in, Guevin said. “The better we get at these aspects of the game, the more aggressive and loose we’ll be, and success will follow.”
Davis has a goal this season.
See PITCH, Page B8 Koen Carston watches the pitch coming toward him in DHS’ Delta League game at Jesuit on Wednesday. Carston winded up walking to first base. The Blue Devils benefited from 12 walks from Jesuit pitchers, en route to a 3-0 win. DHS only had two hits.
California’s Office of Traffic Safety needs to do what the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration so far failed to achieve: Keep Californians safe from Tesla’s flawed Full Self-Driving beta software.
A nationwide recall of 362,758 Tesla vehicles equipped with Full Self-Driving, or FSD, software didn’t go far enough. Worse, NHTSA has been handling Tesla with kid gloves.
Specifically, the recall indicated that the software may allow the vehicle to act unsafe around intersections, such as traveling straight through an intersection while in a turn-only lane; entering a stop sign-controlled intersection without coming to a complete stop; or proceeding into an intersection during a steady yellow traffic signal without due caution. The vehicle may respond insufficiently to changes in posted speed limits. And the FSD software does not adequately account for the driver’s adjustment of the vehicle’s speed to exceed posted speed limits.
Still, numerous issues remain with the recall:
■ Teslas with FSD software are still on the road, and the company hasn’t even asked owners to turn the software off and not use it.
■ Tesla has said it will deliver its fix for the defects remotely, but hasn’t provided details about how or when that will be done.
■ For its part, NHTSA hasn’t given Tesla a deadline to make the fixes.
■ Moreover, neither NHTSA nor Tesla has put a review process in place to guarantee the software fixes are effective.
■ In fact, Tesla’s software update could actually exacerbate problems in the code or even lead to other unintended effects. (As a software developer myself, I’m painfully aware that glitches can cascade in unpredictable ways.)
California deserves better. If NHTSA is going to allow Tesla to soft pedal the dangerous flaws in its FSD beta software, California’s OTS needs to act with fast, decisive courage.
The state already helped lead the way toward holding Tesla accountable with the passage of state Sen. Lena Gonzalez’s Senate Bill 1398, which took effect in January. The new law essentially bans Tesla from advertising its vehicles as Full Self-Driving.
A Tesla shareholder lawsuit filed in late February created even more momentum to hold Tesla accountable, accusing the company, Elon Musk, et al., of making false and misleading claims about Tesla’s self-driving capabilities.
NHTSA only negotiated the voluntary recall with Tesla after a Super Bowl TV ad, sponsored by The Dawn Project, criticized NHTSA’s continued inaction. The commercial showed what happened when we put Tesla’s FSD to the test, and the results were alarming.
Don’t get me wrong: I’m all for self-driving vehicles. I believe they’re the wave of the future for an efficient transportation system. In fact, I happily own several Teslas — but I don’t rely on their faulty FSD capability.
California has served as an incubator for self-driving vehicle technology. You can’t walk or drive down the streets of San Francisco, for example, without seeing them in action.
But there is a big difference between responsibly testing the technology, as other companies have done, and irresponsibly loading hundreds of thousands of Teslas with the beta version of software that Tesla seemingly knew was flawed. Tesla would deserve more credit if it was transparent and conscientious about its response to those flaws. But Tesla FSD is dangerous. The state of California has the power to keep this menacing software off the road unless and until it is proven safe.
— Dan O’Dowd is founder of The Dawn Project and is president and CEO of Green Hills Software. He wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.
Sometimes — not often, but sometimes — one person can have a lifechanging impact on the wellbeing of millions of people.
Marion Joseph, who died nearly a year ago at age 95, was one of those people. She impacted millions of California schoolchildren present and future who struggle with reading comprehension, the vital skill that underlies all of education.
The pandemic underscored that too many of California’s elementary school students lack effective reading ability. EdSource noted that, prior to the pandemic, fewer than 50% of the state’s thirdgraders were reading at the expected level for their age. Three years later, after students had suffered through school closures and haphazard Zoom school, that had dropped to 42%.
It’s evident that one factor in the state’s reading crisis was that too many students were being subjected to a trendy form of reading instruction called “whole language,” which largely left them struggling on their own to decipher the words in their books.
For decades, California educators and politicians had been waging what were
dubbed “reading wars” over whether that approach or the rival phonics method was more effective. School districts were left to decide for themselves which to use.
Joseph was one of the fiercest reading warriors. She had retired in 1982 after a long career in the state Department of Education, but became a tireless advocate for phonics after discovering that her granddaughter was struggling in reading.
Appalled to learn that the majority of California’s elementary students could not read well enough to learn from textbooks, Joseph started pestering state officials to do something. In the 1990s, then-Gov. Pete Wilson appointed her to the state Board of Education, which gave her a platform for the phonics crusade.
Joseph had some success in advancing the phonics cause, which stresses fundamental
Very soon, for the first time some of us must vote for and elect a single Davis City Council member. A special mail-in ballot election concerning only the current City Council vacancy in District 3 will take place Tuesday, May 2.
Davis’ new district election system puts an especially heavy premium on participation by voters within each district. In the current city council election there are fewer than 10,000 voters living within District 3. Voting is by mail-in ballot only. There are no other election contests to build wide voter interest or attention to this mail-in election. Voter turn-out is forecast to be extremely low because this special election is at an unusual time of year and limits the usual opportunity for discussion and reflection among voters. The old adage “every vote counts” is very relevant in this small, almost invisible special election.
But it is important for those of us who live in District 3! District 3 voters should receive their ballots beginning in April. They can be marked and mailed in at any time before election day, but must be returned by election day, May 2. I will vote
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instruction in the letters and letter combinations that make up sounds, thus allowing children to sound out words and eventually whole sentences and passages.
In 2005, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, an education policy research group, honored her, saying, “Her relentless, research-based advocacy — for which the retired grandma didn’t earn a dime — is still a sterling example of what a citizen-activist and lone individual can accomplish in reforming U.S. schools.”
Alas, after Joseph retired for a second time, the advocates of whole language, which assumes that reading is a naturally learned skill, much like speaking, recouped and reading scores once again stagnated. However it now appears that phonics, now dubbed the “science of reading,” will become the state’s preferred method.
Phonics have a new champion in Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has struggled with dyslexia and thus has a strong personal interest in improving reading skills.
Buried on Page 123 of a trailer bill attached to Newsom’s proposed 2023-24 state
for Donna Neville to be District 3’s representative on Davis City Council. I hope many other District 3 voters will do likewise.
D. Steven Blake Davis
There was an interesting discussion at the March 7 City Council meeting about declining enrollment in our schools. The suggested solution centered around the idea of providing affordable housing in town for teachers. While a laudable goal, it really doesn’t address the main problem — fewer students. Davis teachers who don’t live here can already enroll their children in Davis schools, so providing them affordable housing won’t increase the number of students attending our town’s schools by much, if at all.
The one thing that would result in more students coming to Davis is an incentive for young families with children to move here. That incentive is new well paying jobs, which requires economic development. However there is a powerful antigrowth contingent in town that has stymied both growth outside city limits as well as infill. They want to keep Davis “as it has always been, a small town” with few traffic snarls and quaint feel.
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Rep. Mike Thompson, 268 Cannon Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515; 202225-3311. District office: 622 Main Street, Suite 106, Woodland, CA 95695; 530-753-5301; email: https:// https:// mikethompsonforms.house.gov/contact/ Governor Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Capitol, Suite 1173, Sacramento, CA 95814; 916-4452841; email: https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/ gov40mail/
budget is a $1 million appropriation to the Department of Education for creation of a “Literacy Roadmap” aimed at improving reading and other language skills using “evidence-based literacy instruction in the classroom, including explicit instruction in phonics, phonemic awareness, and other decoding skills.”
Newsom’s support isn’t the only indication that Joseph’s long struggle is paying off. Beginning next year, credentialing of teacher preparation programs will require reading standards aligned with phonics.
Perhaps most importantly, 14 leading figures in California education research and advocacy, including those who have fought in reading wars on both sides, have issued a joint paper that calls for more vigorous and targeted instruction in basic reading skills, including phonics.
It’s unfortunate Joseph is not alive to see what’s finally happening to address California’s literacy crisis.
— 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.
The problem with this myopic view is the graying of our community, so that eventually we become a city of primarily senior citizens. No economic development and the high cost of housing prevents young families with children from moving here. Eventually, as we are seeing, student enrollment begins to decline, with the result that schools have to start closing.
We have already seen this happen at Valley Oak.
Another side effect of no economic development is an erosion of tax revenue, that because of inflation, can’t keep up with the cost of meeting the repair needs of the city’s infrastructure. Sure enough, we have experienced deteriorating roads, bike paths and pedestrian walkways, as well as crumbling community pools and buildings that are in desperate need of major fixes.
So what is the answer? Citizens need to think long and hard about what they really want, and the ramifications of those decisions. If they want vibrant schools where none close down because of declining student enrollment, if they want infrastructure that is not crumbling, they need to step up to the plate and start supporting economic development. The City Council can’t do it alone.
Elaine Roberts Musser DavisSpecial to The Enterprise
America’s electric utilities are undergoing a revolution — one which is quiet but profound.
Since Thomas Edison set the ball rolling, utilities have made electricity in a central station and dispatched it down a line to a consumer. It was a simple transaction: manufacture, transport, sell.
Now it is getting more sophisticated. So long a one-way street for electrons, those wires are getting two-way traffic.
Electricity is beginning to be more multidimensional. Smart, if you will.
There is talk about the “smart grid” and the “smart meter” in your home. More than 70 percent of electric meters nowadays fit the smart classification, which means they are equipped to play a part in a virtual power plant.
Most of us are aware of the shift from coal and natural gas generation to renewables, mostly wind and solar. But hydro, tidal and geothermal are also classed as renewable. This new wave in electricity is
known as distributed energy resources (DER), and it is sweeping the country and the world.
DER are energy resources mostly located close to the place where the demand is. Renewables tend to require a lot of land and to be situated primarily where the wind blows and the sun shines.
DER harness a lot of slack, which already exists in the electric grid. Utilities are looking to incorporate new sources of electricity and storage, besides their own battery installations. These include commercial and home rooftop solar, if they have batteries installed, and in the future will embrace electric vehicle (EV) batteries by contractual arrangement. Privately owned commercial and home generators will also be included.
Rooftop solar, EVs and their associated batteries are, in fact, a kind of Uberization of that resource, which is growing all the time as more companies and homeowners put panels on their roofs and buy EVs.
DER incorporate what used to be called demand-side management. Industrial, commercial and residential consumers enter into a partnership with the utility to curtail electricity use at times of stress for the supply.
For example, data miners may contract to turn off their servers during peak demand times, mostly in the evening. A retailer might tune up the air conditioning in the storage areas of the facility. A homeowner might agree not to operate their washing machine or dishwasher; or to charge their EV in the evening, but instead to allow the utility to buy back some of the charge. Or simply to set a thermostat higher between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. for a rebate or a check.
DER also offer something not often seen: a wholehearted endorsement by both the utility industry and the environmental community, often at odds over everything from fuels to power lines. They fit the common environmental view that less is more.
Brian Keane, who runs SmartPower, an environmentally conscious, power marketing organization that has been a
strong voice for solar, says, “DER is a win for the residential consumer, the local utility, and society at large.”
David Naylor, president of Rayburn Electric Cooperative, a utility bordering the Dallas metroplex, says: “Rayburn views DER as a resource that has tremendous potential to both lower our members’ bills and to improve reliability while minimizing the lifestyle impact.
“For example, should Rayburn be instructed to shed load, DER enables us to meet those obligations while the users see no difference in their homes. During extreme weather, DER also increases our flexibility to meet the power obligations and backstop reliability.”
The head of another Texas utility, Rudy Garza of municipally owned CPS Energy in San Antonio, notes the same advantages but adds that DER will help CPS with decarbonization.
I find similar enthusiasm among leaders across the industry.
Duane Highley, CEO of Tri-State Generation and
Transmission near Denver, says DER benefits from geographic scale and is reaching a point where distributed resources can be bid into the market in the same way as other generation. In other words, these resources are a virtual power plant, something environmentalists have been talking about for a while.
The key is reliable and independent data flows and communications between smart meters and the whole interconnected world of the smart electric utility of the future.
DER is coming of age at a time when new sources of power are likely to be needed in increasing volumes. Most forecasts say the demand will double by 2050 and that supplies, already tight in New England, Texas, the midsection of the country and California. All could reach a breaking point in a few years.
At present, DER is the best hope to keep the electrons flowing from where they are hiding to where they are needed.
Llewellyn King is the executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.
Special to The Enterprise
This is from one of the people I’m least likely to bother quoting:
“We need a national divorce ... From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrats’ traitorous America
Last policies, we are done.”
The words are those of our fellow American, Marjorie Taylor Greene, sputtering unhinged right-wing comedy for all the country to hear. The point she’s making, of course, is anything but unique. The right-wing chorus of snarling contempt is everywhere, focused essentially on a single word, which is the darling enemy of the moment: Woke.
“We will never, ever, ever surrender to the woke mob. Florida is where woke goes to die.”
That’s Florida governor Ron DeSantis, of course, who recently signed something called the Stop WOKE Act into law, which prohibits the teaching of uncensored (i.e., actual) racial history in the state’s schools, under threat of criminal prosecution, so that no little boy or girl will ever feel uncomfortable as they sit at their desks.
My purpose in splattering these words, yet again, onto the nation’s computer screens is not to counter them so much as simply to analyze them – indeed, to analyze the present moment itself, from which Greene wants her divorce – and to look beyond this moment, into the larger possibilities of a “woke future.”
The amazing thing about the anti-woke crusade of the right is how fragile and linguistically cautious it is, compared to the way things were in the “good old days,” whose passing the anti-wokers so deeply lament. Please, dear
Lord, make America great again. Bring back the days when white supremacy was simply the way things were, when America was overtly and indisputably racist and proud of it: proud of its segregation, its racist laws, its outright voter suppression, its lynchings and cross burnings and Klan terrorism, etc., etc., etc. Now all this stuff is just history, and the woke culture wants to teach it to our kids in a negative way, as though it were wrong.
In other words, even though Republicans (i.e., white supremacists) maintain plenty of political clout, the power they had in the old days has been shattered. The civil rights movement, nonviolent at its core, pierced the national consensus. It created not simply political and legal, but spiritually transformative change in the USA, pushing it closer to its own cliché of being “one nation under God, with liberty and justice for all.” You might say the country is ... pardon the term ... “woke.” Well, kind of. And oh so tentatively.
Don’t get me wrong. In no way do I mean the country has fully transformed itself, made itself a land of equality, ended systemic racism, atoned for its history (of slavery, genocide, etc.), which Greene, DeSantis and friends have devoted their lives to whitewashing. I simply mean there has been a breakthrough. Systemic racism ain’t what it used to be. And that matters.
The fact that the whitesupremacist wannabes have targeted, in their hate speech, not specific racial or ethnic groups as the enemy of their freedoms, but a word, shows the extent to which their authoritative power has diminished. Today’s
America is complex, which is precisely what happens when a large part of the nation — to some extent against its own will — is awake, rather than asleep.
The assault on the word “woke” is, of course, dogwhistle racism. The word is African American in its origins, dating from the early 20th century. Its original use was in relation to the dangers people of color faced simply living their lives. “Stay woke” meant, in essence, “be careful.” But over the years, the word began crossing cultural barriers and expanded to mean something hard-won and spiritual: awareness of how wrong things can be, of the crucial urgency of change. In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd and other such murders, the word became overtly political.
“Woke” meant being aware that a better world is possible. Uh oh ...
Soon thereafter it was seized by the right as a verbal scapegoat and, as John McWhorter noted in the New York Times, became “a prisoner in scare quotes,” uttered with a sneer. It was ransacked of its meaning and, you might say, is now being used as the white supremacists’ placeholder until the n-word can return to public discourse.
The point of what I’m trying to say is this: Woke lives! Despite the word’s abduction, the spiritual truth behind it remains a political force for change. It transcends the “us vs. them” mentality of societies built on racism and every other form of domination. It transcends the need for, and creation of, an enemy. The civil rights movement, nonviolent to the core — a movement emerging out love for all life, out of awareness of the world’s connectedness — is humanity’s force for evolution. Its work is far from over.
It penetrated racism. Now it must penetrate militarism, which is racism plus bombs and patriotism. War gives people the freedom to dehumanize their enemies and then, of course, kill them, along with any and all collateral bystanders.
So I end with the words of longtime peace activist Kathy Kelly, writing recently about the 20th anniversary of the beginning of our war on Iraq and the shock-and-awe bombing campaign. She and other global activists were in Iraq at the time.
She writes:
“Our team visited hospital wards where maimed children moaned as they recovered from surgeries. I remember sitting on a bench outside of an emergency room. Next to me, a woman convulsed in sobs asking, ‘How will I tell him? What will I say?’ She needed to tell her nephew, who was undergoing emergency surgery, that he had not only lost both his arms but also that she was now his only surviving relative. A U.S. bomb had hit Ali Abbas’s family as they shared a lunch outside their home. A surgeon later reported that he had already told Ali that they had amputated both of his arms. ‘But,’ Ali had asked him, ‘will I always be this way?’”
Distraught, Kathy returned to her hotel room, where she pounded her pillow in anger and shame, crying: “Will we always be this way?”
Answering “no” to this question is the journey of peace: the journey of woke.
Robert Koehler (koehlercw@ gmail.com), syndicated by PeaceVoice, is an award-winning Chicago journalist and editor. He is the author of “Courage Grows Strong at the Wound.”n Kirk event draws hundreds of supporters and dissenters: http://wp.me/p3aczg-4hP8
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By Bill HimplerSpecial to The Enterprise
For decades, it has been a Washington parlor game for industries or even individual companies to use policymaking and regulation to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. We’ve seen it in trade policy throughout America’s history. In the 18th century, rules favored the sugar and cotton industries; in the 19th century, rules favored the steel and timber industries.
We’ve seen efforts to have policymakers pick winners and losers in emerging industries, such as broadband and mobile technologies. In the tech arena, internet companies like Google, Netflix and Amazon sought policies that would hinder companies like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon from competing against them for customers.
This approach to shaping policies, and accomplishing what fair competition cannot, may work for the company or the business but usually is never beneficial to the consumer or the broader American economy.
We are seeing this again, with the House Financial Services Committee considering “The Close the ILC Loophole Act.” Industrial banks or industrial loan companies (ILCs) are Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.regulated depository institutions chartered in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota, Nevada and Utah. The House bill would bar the issuance of ILC charters moving forward, thus limiting financial services options for consumers.
ILCs were originally formed decades ago to offer financial services to
blue-collar workers who did not have traditional bank accounts. Today, these important financial institutions serve as competition for consumers’ business. This is particularly so for ILCs operated by such entities as major auto manufacturers that provide vehicle loans or other credit products.
“The Close the ILC Loophole Act” is drawn from the misimpression that ILCs are unregulated or less strenuously regulated than other banks. But that’s not the case.
The Congressional Research Service has noted, “ILCs are subject to the same laws and regulations as all state banks.”
Additionally, industrial banks are subject to the same restrictions and requirements, regulatory oversight, and safety and soundness exams as any other kind of FDICinsured depository institution.
ILCs create more options for consumers and more competition among financial institutions for consumers’ business. That’s a good thing for the marketplace.
The past year — with increased financial insecurity, rising prices and greater uncertainty for those consumers who do not have traditional bank accounts or access to credit — has highlighted the real need for all consumers to access safe and reliable financial services.
— Bill Himpler is CEO and president of the American Financial Services Association, a trade group representing the consumer credit industry. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.
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Gentoo penguins, like other penguins, walk by moving half their body forward at a time, left side, right side, left side, right side. Like ice dancers, they extend both wings for balance. Their movement looks both formal and cute.
But “formal and cute” isn’t enough to explain my passion for them.
I first saw penguins outside zoos on a voyage to Antarctica 10 years ago, where I also met a passenger who was eager to give advice.
“If you like penguins,” he said, “go to the Falkland Islands. No cruise necessary, and you can make all the arrangements yourself.”
You fly from island to island, he explained, in 6-8 passenger planes and travel off-road in four-wheel drive vehicles.
Accommodations range from a comfortable guest house on Sea Lion Island to two metal shipping containers welded together on Saunders Island.
This all sounded fine to me, although I did seek help from a travel agent for our first Falklands trip in 2016. At the end of that two-week adventure, my husband asked casually, “Do you
think you’d want to come here again?”
He was expecting a “no” (we had seen so many penguins) but I looked back at him like a hungry gentoo.
“I hope I can still handle the off-roading,” I said, thinking about entering my 70s, “But, yes, I want to come again. Let’s plan it ourselves.”
Many travelers look at the glories of our big wide world and never want to go to the same place twice. Others, like me, have favorite places. My husband and I returned to the Falklands in 2018 and when COVID hit we were holding a full set of reservations for a third trip.
The islands closed for two years, but we made our third trip, finally, last month.
In my first few minutes in a
Land Rover, jolting over rocks and peat at age 75, I wondered if I’d made a mistake, until I saw my first penguins and transportation issues flew out of my mind like cormorants winging toward the sea.
Our first stop was Saunders Island, known for its double beach, which is gorgeous, and for the shipping container accommodations, which are not.
Now that I’m older, I’m more nervous when temperatures drop, wind howls and the nearest human being (besides my husband) can only be summoned by radio and can only reach us via indistinct, boulderfilled tracks.
I sure don’t want to need help in the dark.
And yet I want to be there. I want to be on that treeless island where gentoos are unafraid of humans and stand regally by as I choose my spot to sit down and watch them.
I try to sit where none of their pink poop has marked the spot. I notice how often two of them will break away from the pack and start running, one in front of the other, as if a cheetah were chasing them. The one behind is the baby, almost full-grown and
hungry as heck, trying to get the parent to stop and regurgitate his or her dinner.
I think the parent is being a little mean for running away, but reportedly he or she is simply helping the baby build strong muscles for the sea.
Charles Darwin went to the Falklands in 1832 and it changed his life. He studied and studied what he saw. I see his writing and shelves of other books by wildlife observers in the lodges where we stay, but I surprise myself by how little I read.
Instead, I bundle up at dusk and go out to the penguins where I am perfectly happy, ecstatic even, to sit on (nonpink) sand surrounded by gentoos and simply be.
I talk to them. I tell them they’re pretty and fun to be with. If I do this quietly, without motion, their curiosity causes them to move closer to me.
I recognize that this behavior is unusual, a wild animal choosing to move towards a human. A fox won’t do that, nor a rabbit, nor a robin.
On previous trips, I assumed that penguins approach because they’re used to us. Even in a
lightly populated country like the Falklands, people visit them a lot. But this time someone said to me, “That’s just how they are. It’s in their DNA not to fear humans” and as soon as I heard that I realized it must be true.
Penguins are just being themselves when they stay nearby; I’m the one who’s weird, out of character for a human, flying thousands of miles to be in their presence.
Even as I get older and more hesitant about long-distance travel, my desire to be with the penguins remains. Interestingly, it’s not a passion for knowledge. I barely learned a few more facts about penguins on our trip. I’m OK with this because when I’m with the birds I’m like the birds; I connect with the world through my senses, not my brain. I bundle against the wind. I sit. I watch.
I’m learning about time and patience and beauty. I’m learning about my fears and my passions.
From penguins.
Who knew?
Marion Franck has lived in Davis for more than 40 years. Reach her at marionf2@gmail. com.
The YoloCares Center for Loss & Hope exists to help hospice patients, their loved ones, and members of the broader community, journey through experiences of loss and grief.
2022 was a transitional year for the center. Building on its legacy of compassion and innovation, the center established new goals for expanding high quality care, initiated new structures of support, and hired new staff.
In the fall, I joined YoloCares as the manager of the Center for Loss & Hope. With more than three decades of experience guiding people through life transitions, I have a particular expertise in trauma and recovery. Elisa Stone and Debra Chapman are also new additions. Stone, one of three grief specialists, is also the coordinator of YoloCares for Kids, the region’s only grief program for children who have suffered a significant loss.
With a strong history in developing and managing social programs and services, focusing on the emotional life of individuals and families across the age spectrum; early childhood development is her expertise. Chapman is a grief specialist and support group coordinator. A certified death doula and grief companion, Chapman values what is sacred to the people and communities she serves.
The Loss & Hope team leads YoloCares in offering a robust array of grief support programs that exceed normal standards for care among California hospice organizations, making
YoloCares a regional standout in end-of-life care and support for those who have lost loved ones.
Chapman, for example, has planned a year of weekly drop-in support groups, free to the community, offered both as online and in-person formats. All groups are facilitated by expert group guides. She is also organizing short term, theme-focused groups that help participants not only face their loss in a safe environment, but that offer tools, resources, and coaching to find their way into a new and healthy future through a different relationship with the one they have lost.
In another area, Stone will inaugurate Camp Hope in 2023 — a summer day camp for children and youths. Camp Hope will welcome both tears and laughter as campers receive and give support to one another through art, movement, games, crafts, swimming, and music. The first program of its kind in the Sacramento Valley, it takes a different approach to grief. Grief is not something to heal from. Instead, staff honor and work with the natural feelings of grief to help create healthier, more integrated young people and families who know how to embrace the whole human experience.
The end of the weeklong camp will be punctuated with a meaningful memorial celebration for the children and their families. The culmination of the week’s activities and learning, campers will be commissioned as Ambassadors of Hope in a special ceremony. Encouraged to go out into
the world and help others, they will offer their experience and new understanding to those who struggle to find meaning through loss. In time and with appropriate funding, the Center for Loss & Hope will expand to serve rural residents with mobile kids and adult programs. Offerings for both children and adults will be available in Spanish, in-person, online, and through mobile programming. YoloCares Ambassadors of Hope approach is the foundation for a new grief paradigm.
All human life is characterized by big and small losses; these losses wound our lives and our communities. Grief is inevitable and unavoidable. It is also something we do not, and cannot, cure. Grief always dwells in the soft tissue of our lives; it lives in our bones. And so, the program does not treat grief as a disease, a pathology of our minds and bodies and souls.
Grief is a normal — and even creative — response to loss. It is an adaptive way we cope with the distress-
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Jackie L. Wallis of Davis was named to second honors on the Clark University Dean’s List. This selection marks outstanding academic achievement during the fall 2022 semester. Students must have a GPA of 3.8 or above for first honors or a GPA between 3.50 and 3.79 for second honors.
Founded in 1887 in Worcester, Mass., Clark University is a liberal artsbased research university with 33 undergraduate majors, more than 30 advanced degree
programs, and nationally recognized community partnerships. See more at www.clarku.edu.
Alissa Pascoe of Woodland and Bethany Taylor of West Sacramento were among approximately 1,700 students were named to the Biola University dean’s list in fall 2022. Biola students are placed on the dean’s list to honor those with a GPA of 3.6 or higher while enrolled in 12 or more credits and whose cumulative GPA is at least 3.2.
Pascoe is majoring in nursing and Taylor is majoring in cinema and media Arts.
“Inclusion in Biola University’s Dean’s List is reserved for students who demonstrate exceptional performance in their academic studies. This honor signifies hard work, engagement, and investment in scholarship,” said Dr. Tamara Anderson, associate provost of academic effectiveness and administration. “These attributes are the building blocks of continued success, not only in the
classroom, but in the workplace and in the student’s personal lives. We celebrate these students and their achievement, looking forward to their future accomplishments.”
Biola University is a nationally ranked Christian university in the heart of Southern California. For more information, visit biola.edu or call 562-7774061.
— Do you know of someone who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy? Email it to newsroom@davisenter prise.net.
ing experiences of our lives. Of course, uncared for, it can shut us down, isolate us, and become chronic and destructive. But tended well, it can open us, connect us, and, with help of compassionate guides, can transform our lives. And so, at the Center for Loss & Hope, we work with grief as natural process, helping children, youths and adults honor the inner workings of grief Our mission is to change our personal and societal responses to grief, fostering grief-informed families, organizations, and cultures. Given the right conditions, grief can be transformative, empowering us to learn, grow, and integrate our experiences
Andy Jones
Special to The Enterprise
1. Great American Poets. First name Dana, and with a last name that is an Italian word meaning “joy” or “delight,” what is the name of the California Poet Laureate Emeritus and former National Endowment of the Arts Chairperson?
2. Science. The hottest planet in our solar system is the only such planet that rotates clockwise. Name it.
3. Great Americans. One U.S. President reportedly spoke eight foreign languages (Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Russian, and Spanish), more than any other U.S. president. He remains the only U.S. president who could converse in
Chris Erdman was appointed in 2022 as the manager for YoloCares’ Center for Loss and Hope. He has extensive experience in bereavement counseling/ programming and his articles have appeared in “Leadership Journal,” “Books and Culture,” and “The International Review of Mission.” For more information about the Center for Loss & Hope, call 530-758-5566.
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of loss that foster hope and human flourishing. We aim to cultivate those conditions and by doing so make us all Ambassadors of Hope, contributing to healthier lives, stronger communities, and a better world.
— Chris Erdman, Ph.D., MDiv, former pastor and head of staff at Davis Community Church was appointed in 2022 as the manager for YoloCares’ Center for Loss and Hope. Erdman earned his doctorate from Columbia Theological Seminary, a master’s degree in divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary, and a bachelor’s degree in business/marketing from Colorado State University.
Russian. Name him.
4. Unusual Words with Six Letters. The only English word that ends with the letters MT is monosyllabic. Name it.
5. Film. What 2022 film was nominated for Oscars for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor twice, and Best Supporting Actress?
Answers: Dana Gioia, Venus, John Quincy Adams, “dreamt,” “The Banshees of Inisherin.”
— 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.your quizmaster.com.
Grief is not something to heal from. Instead, staff honor and work with the natural feelings of grief to help create healthier, more integrated young people and families who know how to embrace the whole human experience.By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
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LUNCH MOB AT 3 @ 11:30am
At 3 Restaurant, we are so excited to celebrate The Community Day! Three Restaurant, 721 Texas Street, Fair�eld. Threerestaurant@ gmail.com, 707-673-4129
American Mile: The Boardwalk @ 8pm The Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Ln, Orangevale
Barrio Manouche: Bissap Baobab // WORLD MUSIC NIGHT @ 8pm Bissap Baobab, 3372 19th
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Stevie Nicks
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Adrian West Band @ 6pm Roxx On Main, 627 Main St, Martinez Paul Tolle @ 6pm Private Event, Sacramento
Kyle Athayde + Christelle Durandy @ 6:30pm Regiis Ova Caviar & Champagne Lounge, 6480 Washington St, Yountville
Alphonso Horne: Sammy Miller & The Congregation @ 7pm SFJAZZ Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco
Enon @ 7pm The Hotel Utah Saloon, 500 4th St, San Francisco
Lánre @ 7pm The Hotel Utah Saloon, 500 4th St, San Francisco
Stevie Nicks @ 7pm Chase Center, 1 Warriors Way, San Francisco
Button Masher @ 7pm DNA Lounge, 375 11th St, San Francisco
Wyn Starks @ 7:30pm
The Independent, 628 Divisadero St, San Francisco
Sorcha Richardson with
Uncle Chris
@ 8pm / $17 Cafe Du Nord, 2174 Market St., San Francisco
PEARL CHARLES
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Michael Rault @ 8pm Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St, San Francisco
Alphonso Horne: Sammy
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Alphonso Horne: Sammy Miller & The Congregation @ 7pm SFJAZZ Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco
Wil Blades @ 7pm Keys Jazz Bistro, 498 Broadway, San Francisco
ali macofsky @ 7pm Punch Line Comedy Club, 2100 Arden Way, Sacramento
Crazy Funny Asians Comedy Show @ 7pm / $7.50 Neck of the Woods, 406 Clement Street, San Francisco
"California Suite" @ 7pm / $21.50
Sacramento Theatre CompanyPollock Stage, 1419 H Street, Sacramento
Steve Lucky & the Rhumba
Bums featuring Miss Car‐men Getit: Steve Lucky's
Hammond Cheese Combo @ 7:30pm The Royal Cuckoo, 3202 Mission st, San Francisco
Alphonso Horne: Sammy Miller & The Congregation @ 7:30pm SFJAZZ Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco
Comedian Eric Neumann @ 7:30pm / $18.75
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38 Spesh @ 8pm / $13 Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 1710
Healing Arts Workshop (1-Day)
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Sign up for this free, one-time Healing Arts workshop at the Pence Gallery. Pence Gallery, 212 D Street, Davis. pencesocialmedia@ gmail.com, 530-758-3370
FRIDAY LIVE MUSIC:
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Alphonso Horne: Sammy Miller & The Congregation @ 7pm SFJAZZ Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco "California Suite"
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The Purple OnesInsatiable
Tribute to Prince: The Purple Ones at Empress Theatre @ 8pm Empress Theatre, 330 Vir‐ginia Street, Vallejo
Alphonso Horne: Sammy Miller & The Congregation
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Alphonso Horne: Sammy Miller & The Congregation
Old Iron‐sides, 1901 10th St, Sacramento Crape @ 8pm Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission St, San Francisco
Amulets @ 8pm The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd, San Francisco
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Forever Goldrush
The UC Davis women’s water polo team made it six straight wins with another thrilling victory over a ranked opponent, taking down No. 19 Indiana by an 8-7 score inside Schaal Aquatics Center on Thursday.
UC Davis (2-0 in the Big West, 13-8 overall) played its first home game since Feb. 12.
Two Aggie players put on a strong performance in Thursday’s game.
Noelle Wijnbelt had four goals.
Goalie Sophia Noble provided a careerhigh 17 saves.
Kelly Hungerford came through found the back of the cage for the third straight contest while dishing out two assists.
Reigning Big West Player of the Week Ally Clague tallied a goal, an assist and a game-high three steals.
It would prove to be a low-scoring affair until Wijnbelt wasted no time getting her team on the board, firing two quick goals inside the first three minutes.
Clague found the next goal less than a minute later as UCD raced to a 3-0 lead.
Indiana would answer back, however, with three goals of its own to level the score at 3-3 after eight minutes.
Lengtat opened the scoring in the second quarter and Gianna Nocetti followed by converting on a power-play chance for the hosts.
The Aggies would tighten up on the defensive end and hold the Hoosiers scoreless in the period, gaining a 5-3 advantage at the break.
Indiana used a three-goal third period
to claw its way back into the game. Despite Hungerford’s power-play goal, the two teams would go into the final period tied at 6-6.
Wijnbelt clutched up when it mattered most, scoring twice to give her team a two-goal cushion in the dying minutes of the game.
The Hoosiers got one back at the 3:31 mark, but Noble came up with some huge stops down the stretch to solidify the 8-7 win for the Aggies.
On Saturday, UC Davis hosted No. 11 Michigan at noon.
The 49ers announced Friday that they have re-signed defensive lineman T.Y. McGill to a one-year deal.
McGill signed to the team’s practice squad on Oct. 29, 2022, and spent the remainder of the season between the practice squad and active roster. He appeared in nine games and registered eight tackles.
McGill (6-foot, 295-pounds) originally entered the NFL after signing as an undrafted free agent with the Seattle Seahawks on May 15, 2015.
Throughout his eight-year career with the Indianapolis Colts (2015-2016), Cleveland Browns (2017), Philadelphia Eagles (2018, 2020), Los Angeles Chargers (2018-19), Minnesota Vikings (2021) and 49ers (2022), McGill has appeared in 55 games and registered 43 tackles, 5.5 sacks, three passes defensed and one forced fumble.
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“Our goal is to win the next pitch,” Guevin said. “We’d like to accomplish that goal enough to compete for a Delta League title and section championship.
“And in pursuing these goals, we hope to build life-long relationships, improve as players and
people, and have fun.”
Davis continues its best of three series in league when it welcomes Cosumnes Oaks on Monday. Then the two teams meet again on the Wolfpack’s diamond on Wednesday.
Game time for both games start at 4 p.m. Davis and Cosumnes
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who are freshmen and sophomores will get a taste of SFL action in a year and a half.
Oaks play the series finale at the Blue Devils’ field on Friday. That game is also scheduled to start at 4 p.m. Next week, DHS will take on Franklin, which is the defending league champion.
— Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise. net. Follow on Twitter: @ MBDavisSports.
The seventh and eighth graders at the three middle schools in the Davis Joint Unified School District will be freshmen and sophomores when the next cycle begins.
If anyone wants to speak about DHS going into the SFL, attend Tuesday’s meeting and voice their concerns and opinions. The meeting is open to the public.
The section’s staff and the league realignment committee has looked at the enrollment numbers and scope of athletic programs at each high school, which stretches
from Yuba City in Sutter County to Mariposa in Mariposa County.
Like high school student-athletes in the classroom, the section staff and league realignment committee have done their homework.
— Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise.net. Follow on Twitter: @MBDavisSports.
