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Mays-Triplett, 19, works from April 12 as a student assistant inside the Love Library Edition at San Diego State University.

CSU undergrad workers seek union representation

By Rocky Walker CalMatters

California State University is the largest public university system in the country, so when sophomore Delilah MaysTriplett decided working on the San Diego State University campus as a library assistant would be the best thing for her education, she didn’t expect to be paid less than the local minimum wage.

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But when Mays-Triplett’s check came, she saw she was paid $15.50 per hour, nearly a dollar lower than the San Diego minimum wage of $16.30.

That reason, paired with others, is why Mays-Triplett decided to sign a union authorization card when organizers approached her. Undergraduate student assistants at the university are mounting a union organizing campaign, calling for more work hours, paid sick time

and higher wages. The campaign could potentially affect thousands of library assistants, clerical workers and other nonacademic student employees across the system’s 23 campuses and comes at a time of heightened campus labor activism.

“There’s a lot of things that are kind of unfair about our job,” said Mays-Triplett. “So just being able to organize and address some of those issues would be really helpful,” she

FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2023

City Council approves climate plan

Building electrification remains a sticking point

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

The city of Davis now has a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan that lays out a framework for reaching carbon neutrality by 2040.

The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the plan, which has been two years in the making and involved city staff, city commissioners, consultants and many members of the public.

said, adding that she finds power in “just being able to have a voice.”

A student assistant organizing committee filed a request for a union election Monday with California’s Public Employment Relations Board, submitting more than 4,000 signed union authorization cards. The students are seeking representation by the California

See UNION, Page A7

And while the plan focuses on five areas — including transportation and land use; water conservation; adaptation; and carbon removal — it is the building energy-and-design component that has drawn the most scrutiny during the approval process and that remained the case at Tuesday’s public hearing.

An initial proposal to require that gas home appliances be replaced with electric appliances at end of useful life drew public opposition last year, prompting the City Council in December to move toward a voluntary approach for at least three years.

See CLIMATE, Page A5

Local students earn recognition for ‘clean air’ artwork

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy

Enterprise staff writer Davis students performed well in the 2023 Clean Art Art Contest sponsored by the YoloSolano Air Quality Management District.

Every year, the district invites students in grades K-12 residing in or attending schools within the district’s boundaries to participate in the contest. This year, students were asked to submit artwork illustrating clean air messages, or complete the sentence, “Clean air is important to me because….” and draw a picture depicting their answer.

The district received 75

entries from students representing 21 schools and the district board of

directors and district staff selected the top three drawings in each of four

grade-level categories.

Each of the following students will receive a

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certificate of achievement

Davis High junior Maryam El-Mashad won first in grades 9-12 for her entry, left, in the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District’s 2023 Clean Air Art Contest. Holmes eighth-grader Joanna Liao was tops in grades 6-8 with the entry on the right.

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Spider myths, on ‘Davisville’

Emma Jochim, a Ph.D. candidate in entomology at UC Davis, has a particular interest in trapdoor spiders, plus a knack for making arachnids seem less weird, creepy and dangerous. She deployed those skills at a recent Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on campus, and uses them again on the latest edition of “Davisville” to debunk spider myths.

For example: many people think poisonous brown recluse spiders exist in California, and they don’t. Nor do you ingest several spiders in your sleep every year.

Other topics during the interview: How to get boring if accurate research information across to the public, plus a post by a UC Riverside arachnologist frustrated by stubborn beliefs “solidly based on erroneous general consensus.”

“Davisville,” hosted by Bill Buchanan, appears on Davis station KDRT-LP, 95.7 FM on Mondays at 5:30 p.m., Tuesdays at noon, Fridays at 5 p.m., and Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. The current program will be broadcast through April 29, and is available anytime at https://kdrt.org/davisville or on Apple podcasts.

One sure way to bring prices down

If you live in City Council District 3, not Yolo County Supervisorial District 3, this is for you.

The other 80 percent of the electorate that cannot vote in this special council election can go back to planting heirloom tomatoes, since this doesn't concern you.

Then again, whichever candidate claims the District 3 seat for the next year and a half will be helping to make decisions that will ultimately affect all of us, District 3 residents or not, so maybe everyone in town should take an interest in this May 2 showdown between two exceptionally well qualified candidates.

If you don't know if you live in District 3, check the map provided on both the city of Davis and the Yolo County Elections Office websites. But be sure you're looking at the old map from 2019, not the new and improved map drawn since the 2020 census.

Because this is a special election to fill the remaining term of new County Supervisor and former Davis City Councilman Lucas Frerichs, who was elected in 2019, the 2019 map is the one being used for this election.

The Enterprise's Anne TernusBellamy did an excellent job of reporting the responses of candidates Frencesca Wright and

Donna Neville to questions posed in a recent online forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters.

To the question "What are the top three issues raised by constituents in District 3?" the responses were remarkably similar.

Wright said, "The most frequent comment I hear has to do with the conditions of our roads and paths."

Said Neville, "Our roads are a mess. What are we going to do about infrastructure?"

Oddly, even though our family home is in District 3, the condition of our roads isn't the first thing that comes to my mind about pressing issues.

However, I have always wondered why H Street between E. Eighth and the Little League ballpark has more serious potholes than the rest of our town put together.

Maybe it's because the people who live along H lack political

Picnic Day kept cops, fire crews on the move

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

Davis police responded

to 325 calls for service during the 36-hour Picnic Day enforcement period — a busy stretch, but less so than some prior Picnic Day weekends. The enforcement period began at 6 p.m. Friday and ended at 6 a.m. Sunday.

During that time, officers received 42 complaints of parties or other excessive noise, Lt. Dan Beckwith said. Police made five arrests — two for impaired driving, one for an alcohol-related battery, one for drug offenses and one for domestic violence — and investigated four collisions, one of them alcohol-related.

Officers also issued 28

citations, six of them nuisance infractions committed within the Safety Enhancement Zone that resulted in those fines being doubled, Beckwith said.

At the Davis Fire Department, crews responded to 31 medical emergencies, three traffic collisions, one small fire and one public assist. About half of the incidents were Picnic Dayrelated, Battalion Chief Paul Swanson said.

Davis police took in more than 500 calls for service during the Picnic Day weekend in 2010, the flurry leading to the following year's creation of the Safety Enhancement Zone in Central Davis and surrounding neighborhoods to curb alcoholrelated problems.

Davis police investigate reported gun brandishing

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

A couple reported having a gun brandished at them Wednesday while driving in Davis, according to police.

Lt. Dan Beckwith said the pair arrived at the Fifth Street police station shortly after 2 p.m. to report the incident, which they said occurred as they traveled on Pole Line Road near Claremont Drive.

"A man in a red compact car had pulled in front of them while they drove southbound, causing them to come to a stop," Beckwith said.

"While in his vehicle, the man retrieved what was believed to be a handgun from his waistband and brandished it at the pair."

The couple reported that the when they drove away, the suspect followed them for a time while pointing the gun at them out of his driver’s side window. He was described as a middleaged Hispanic male with short hair and a goatee, wearing sunglasses and a black shirt.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Davis Police Department at 530-747-5400.

power or maybe it's because the folks in charge of paving our streets don't like baseball.

Let's just say if you walked down that street in the dark of night, you'd be certain to break an ankle.

Both candidates have concerns about the high cost of housing, which virtually all local candidates over the last 40 years will cite, but never fix. Could it be that the problem is so entrenched that it's not solvable? Of course, any candidate even suggesting such a thing would have virtually no chance of actually being elected.

Said Wright, "As I talk to young families in particular, and especially those that are renters who want to get into a permanent home, houses are very expensive and there's not very many available."

Noted Neville, "Addressing housing affordability is really at the heart of my campaign. We've got to work together as a community to actually find common ground in terms of what our vision is for the future. I'm going to promote the development of denser, more affordable housing by continuing to streamline our permitting process and putting other mechanisms in place."

Translation for both those

quotes: It's hard to take an $800,000 three-bedroom, onebath East Davis starter home and suddenly make it cost $400,000. And, by the way, the city does not control the interest rate on 30-year mortgages.

Those Davisites who already own their homes, of course, are overjoyed with what they’re worth — especially if they bought them 20 years ago — and have no interest in seeing the price of housing decline.

The bottom line to the price of housing is that Davis is a great place to live and it's no longer a secret. If we really want housing prices to drop to an affordable range we need to elect council members who will continue to let our roads crumble, our bike paths and greenbelts be overrun with weeds and crime to soar.

Then we could tell the rest of the world that Davis is a lousy place to live and no one would want to move here. And that's when housing prices will decline very quickly.

Unfortunately, both of these candidates are dedicated to making Davis an even better place to live, and as a result, the high cost of housing will remain a significant problem well into the foreseeable future.

Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Grant boosts restorative justice

The California Board of State and Community Corrections last week approved a three-year, $2,145,000 grant supporting the Yolo County District Attorney’s Restorative Justice Partnership (RJP) program.

Yolo’s RJP grant application ranked first among 10 mid-sized counties competing for the funding.

RJP is Yolo County’s flagship prosecutor-led adult criminal diversion program. Launched in 2013 as Neighborhood Court, it uses a facilitated conference model that prioritizes accountability and repairing harms according to the principles of restorative justice.

Diversion provides a pathway for individuals to address criminal offenses outside of the traditional court process without obtaining a conviction. A 2017 independent evaluation found that RJP graduates were 37 percent less

Dollar Tree settles civil case on medications

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

The Yolo County District Attorney’s Consumer Fraud and Environmental Protection Division last week settled a civil action against Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for its sales of expired over-the-counter products.

Dollar Tree Stores Inc., which also operates Dollar Tree Distribution Inc. and Family Dollar LLC, will pay $2,894,050 in civil penalties, restitution and investigative costs, according to a District Attorney news release. The civil complaint, filed in San Joaquin Superior Court, alleged that the retail chain offered and sold expired over-thecounter drug products, including medications. The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office also joined in the action.

“Retail establishments that sell over-thecounter drug products are required to

ensure that those products have not exceeded the manufacturer's printed expiration date,” District Attorney Jeff Reisig said. "Consumers should be able to trust what they are buying is not expired before they bring it home.”

According to prosecutors, Dollar Tree cooperated with the investigation and evaluated all the products on their shelves in more than 750 California locations, including six in Yolo County.

“There was no evidence that the sale of outdated over-the-counter drug products resulted in harm to consumers” the news release said.

Without admitting or denying liability, Dollar Tree agreed to the settlement amount along with a court order prohibiting additional violations of California's laws related to the sale of expired over-thecounter products.

likely to reoffend, and only 5.9 percent of program participants were rearrested within one year of completing the program.

The program significantly expanded its eligibility criteria in 2019 and achieved the goal of diverting 10 percent of the county’s filed felonies. This new grant will maintain the 2019 expansion and fund additional behavioral health staff to address gaps in mental health service capacity.

Those new positions will serve as mental-health liai-

sons and provide supportive case management to participants facing significant barriers to success.

Interested in becoming an RJP volunteer? The DA’s Office will hold a twopart panelist training session for Yolo County residents this spring.

To sign up, send an email to RJPartnership@ yolocounty.org or visit yoloda.org/progressiveprograms/restorativejustice-partnership/ for more information.

Fowler back in Davis to talk about latest novel, ‘Booth’

By Jeff Hudson Enterprise correspondent

Karen Joy Fowler graduated from high school in Palo Alto in 1968, and then did her bachelor’s degree at UC Berkeley ... a time when protest demonstrations at college campuses were big news. She then came to UC Davis to earn a Master’s degree, which she completed in 1974. Along the way, Fowler gave birth to her first child while a grad student, and gave birth to a second child just a few years after completing her degree.

When her second child trundled off to elementary school, around Fowler’s 30th birthday, she gave some thought to her own eventual future. “I began to feel that I should have a life when the children left (someday),” Fowler told Elisabeth Sherwin of the Davis Enterprise several decades ago (in one of Sherwin’s articles profiling local authors and their books).

Fowler decided to enroll in a writing workshop offered through the Davis Art Center. She’d long harbored an interest in fiction, and the workshop proved to be a turning point. In a conversation this week with The Enterprise, Fowler said that it retrospect, that workshop “was the beginning of my career.”

In the 1980s, she began publishing short stories that could be classified as science fiction or fantasy, but also qualify for consideration as literary fiction. Her first published novel “Sarah Canary” in 1991 — it’s about a mysterious and unusual woman who wanders into a Chinese labor

camp in Washington state in the 1870s. It was picked as a New York Times Notable Book. More novels followed, including one about a female baseball team set in Minnesota circa 1947; and another that describes several women living in San Francisco during the 1890s.

Fowler’s best-known book (at least thusfar) is 2004’s “The Jane Austen Book Club,” which became a New York Times bestseller. Set in the college town of Davis during the early 2000s, it is built around book club meetings attended by five women and one man, who discuss several of the still-popular novels written in the early 1800s by (who else?) Jane Austen, who published her novels anonymously during her lifetime because British society in those days felt that literature should properly be written by men.

By this point, Fowler’s fiction was starting to win awards. Two of her short stories, “What I Didn’t See” and “Always,” won the science fiction field’s Nebula Award in 2004 and 2008 respectively. And her 2013 novel “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves” won the PEN/Faulkner Award (a mainstream literary honor), and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize (the U.K.’s highest literary honor) ... that novel also sold over a million copies.

Fowler’s most recent book, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize, is 2022’s “Booth,” a historical novel set in the 1800s featuring members of the famous (and famously dysfunctional) Booth family — a family now remembered primarily for John

Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln while Lincoln was seated in a theater, watching a play. Fowler’s book is told from the viewpoint of various members the extended Booth family, including the patriarch Junius Brutus Booth (a flamboyant actor and heavy drinker); son Edwin Booth (a renowned tragedian who toured Europe and the USA), among others.

Fowler said “when I wrote ‘Booth,’ I really didn’t want to focus on John Wilkes Booth. He was something of a “golden boy’ in the family... (but) there has (already) been a lot of attention paid to him” by other novelists and historians. Fowler wanted to examine the environment in which the famous assassin had grown up. “I wanted to talk about the rest of the family,” she said. Fowler also wanted to reference the intertwined topics of America and guns — a conjunction that still reverberates today.

Help all species on Earth Day

By Sara Thompson

Special to the Enterprise

Earth Day is April 22, 2023. Our world is home to countless different species of plants and animals that all need it to survive and thrive. On this day we like to remind ourselves of ways we can keep our Earth healthy for everyone who depends on it.

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law in December 1973.

Overseen by both the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Services, the ESA has been protecting species in danger of becoming extinct and helping those species to recover so they no longer need the protection of the Act. The process for a species to be included on the ESA’s endangered species list can take several years, many screening processes and research.

Those petitioning to have a species included must show their reasonings and impact of their loss to the environment. There are several ways for a species to be removed from the list including increased population size, threats are eliminated or controlled, or an increase in habitat and stability of its quality. There are several international conservation groups, such as The World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, and UNICEF, that help oversee endangered and threatened species worldwide. A species is considered endangered if it is in danger of extinction throughout a significant portion or all of its natural range. A

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species is considered threatened if it is in danger of becoming endangered throughout a significant portion or all of its natural range.

There are several ways to help preserve our planet and keeping it healthy for all species. Following the three “Rs” of Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle can help conserve our natural resources and reduce landfill space. Use reusable shopping bags to help reduce plastic pollution in our natural spaces. Look for and use non-toxic chemicals for your home and places of work.

Educate yourself about other conservation efforts and volunteers for conservation organizations. A common tradition of Earth Day is planting trees which help provide oxygen, cool our neighborhoods, and become homes for our local and native animals.

At home, plant native plants for our local pollinators. There are many ways to help conservation efforts on Earth Day and every day.

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Fowler told The Enterprise that her interest in the Booth family emerged over a period of years. It started some years ago, when she wrote a short story involving the conspiracy around Lincoln assassination. “And then I came across another story involving the Booth family, and then another. Slowly, I got pulled deeper and deeper in. What prompted the novel, really, was the endless mass shootings that we seem unable to put an end to in this country. And I was thinking about the families of the shooters.”

Fowler and her husband relocated from Davis to Santa Cruz about 17 years ago, when her husband retired. The older neighborhoods in that coastal city still host many stately Victorian homes built in the late 1800s, an era that interests Fowler. She sees some changes when she returns to Davis — several student-oriented apartment complexes have been added

Award-winning novelist Karen Joy Fowler will be in Davis on Friday, April 28, for an author’s event at the Veterans Memorial Theater at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10, available in advance online at avidreaderbooks. com and at the door. Fowler will discuss her novel, “Booth.” Courtesy photo

in recent years, and certain favored restaurants and shops have faded away over time. Fowler doesn’t feel there is a conflict between the fact that she has published a fair amount of what most people would regard as “science fiction” while setting much of her fiction in the 1800s. She recently told an interviewer from the Booker Prize organization that “imagining a story set in the past is not entirely different from imagining a story set in the future. One is decent practice for the other. I see a lot of genreswitching these days and I approve. Myself, I never left science fiction, but good sci-fi is really hard to do. I am trying.” And she’s looking to lighten up a bit in her next novel. “I’m trying to write something funny. I feel kind of burdened by all the bad news (these days). So I’m trying to spend my imaginary time, at least, somewhere funny.”

Pitchforks headline next Odd Fellows Thursday Live!

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The Davis Odd Fellows Thursday Live! monthly music series presents The Pitchforks, bringing classic honky-tonk and Western swing to town on Thursday, May 4. Doors for the show open at 7 p.m. with music beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Davis Odd Fellows Lodge, 415 Second St. in downtown Davis. Shows are donation-only, with all proceeds going to the musicians.

The Pitchforks play classic tunes from the days of true country.

Think: nudie suits and cowboy hats, not ripped jeans and trucker hats.

With a huge emphasis on vocals and creativity,

the band pays tribute to some of the greats including Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard and The Chicks. They don't try to "copy" the originals, but rather show reverence to them by putting their own heart and style into it.

The band includes Shawna Herve on lead vocals and percussion, Josh Yenne on pedal steel and vocals, Cory Herve on rhythm guitar and vocals, Brad Maestas bass guitar and vocals, Rich Southwick on lead guitar and Tim Gahagan on drums. For information or to be added to the email list, email Juelie Roggli at juelrog@gmail.com.

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A sign designates a protected habitat for a nesting area for the endangered California least tern.

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The Pitchforks come to town May 4 to headline the Davis Odd Fellows Thursday Live! music show.

Fast food bill could undermine local ownership

By Jay Hazari

Special to CalMatters

Ididn’t have a penny to my name or speak a word of English when I emigrated from India at 16 years old. I took the first job I could get, and started cleaning toilets at a McDonald’s in Alameda County. That started my 42-year journey with McDonald’s.

I worked each position at the restaurant and eventually earned a spot as a general manager.

In 2004, McDonald’s offered me a lifechanging opportunity to own and operate a local franchise restaurant. Since then, I have leveraged that opportunity and now own and operate nine restaurants alongside my wife in Sacramento and the Central Valley.

The business I’ve built through McDonald’s is my pride and joy.

Assembly Bill 1228, sponsored by Assemblyman Chris Holden, is an infuriating attack on local franchised restaurants and small business owners like me. As a franchisee, acting as both the owner and operator of my local restaurants is key to our restaurants’ success. I maintain control over operating decisions including hiring, employee wages, scheduling, benefits and workplace standards.

AB 1228 could force national fast-food corporations to exert significant control over franchised restaurants by making the corporations legally liable for employment and personnel decisions that are typically made by local owners.

If corporations assume this new legal liability, they will have no choice but to seek out ways to take control over the operations of my restaurants. This policy would strip me of my authority and rights as a small business owner, and effectively demote me to middle management working for the corporation.

This is unfair, and it’s not right.

I prize the independence and autonomy of my business. That independence was central to my decision to become a franchisee. AB 1228 would force the corporation to micromanage my everyday business decisions and potentially rob more than 5,000 franchisees of the opportunity to become small business owners and pursue a better life for our families.

My restaurants employ more than 500 people. I work closely with my employees, and I invest in professional growth opportunities that help position them for success whether that be in our business or elsewhere. I’ve been in their shoes, and I take pride in creating a positive work environment where everyone is valued and respected. Many of my employees have worked at our restaurants for over 15 years as a result. I consider them family.

We also serve our community through food donations and school fundraisers. I operate like this because it’s the right thing to do and because investing in our community, valuing employees and creating a safe and compassionate place for them to work is a smart business strategy. We want to operate our businesses successfully for decades to come.

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AB 1228 would break the bond I have with my employees and community by shredding my independence to make local decisions and be a thoughtful, responsive employer and community partner.

It’s unimaginable why anyone would want to take decisions out of my hands and instead put out-of-state corporations in charge.

For many Californians – especially immigrants – the path to small business ownership is out of reach.

Franchised restaurants provide a unique opportunity for entrepreneurs, many of whom are women, people of color and veterans. The franchise model provided me with a ladder, and I never stopped climbing.

Owning a restaurant has provided me with a life-changing opportunity that simply does not exist outside of the franchise model. The far-reaching impacts of AB 1228 could affect this path for myself and others, creating a new systemic barrier.

I hope the Legislature can see AB 1228 for what it really is.

— Jay Hazari owns and operates nine McDonald’s franchised restaurants in Sacramento and the Central Valley.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has spent much of the last year tossing tea leaves around where anyone and everyone who’s interested can try reading them.

His advertising and namecalling against potential future presidential rivals like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott drew stares during the last campaign season, even though it cost him only a few hundred thousand dollars, a political pittance.

His get-tough and getactive advice telling fellow Democrats to cease their consistent passively defensive stances and instead take cultural battles to Republicans in red states they dominate opened eyes nationally, as Newsom took on the role of a party leader, a function largely abdicated by President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

But it was his early-spring tour of the Old South that drew the most attention and speculation. He was variously described as meddling and inspirational, vain and helpful.

Perhaps it was all those things, made necessary by a political calendar that poses unique challenges for Newsom, who cannot change it.

Like most California governors, he plainly would like to run for president, much as he denies it. That’s been obvious since he ran for governor in 2018, espousing causes like abortion availability and

universal pre-school, combined with respect and trust for science and scientists, cultural touchstones controversial in many places.

Newsom’s tone didn’t change much while touring the South, including Florida, where even Democrats chafed at his very direct comparisons between California and Florida, where DeSantis regularly picks fights with everyone from local officials to his state’s largest private employer, Walt Disney World.

Newsom visited civil rights monuments in Alabama and encouraged Democratic politicians in Arkansas.

He stayed out of states like Iowa and New Hampshire, usual stomping grounds for early presidential candidates.

Newsom’s choices today may be dictated by Biden’s stated plans to seek reelection, which no serious Democratic politician will contest, which now stymie his 2024 desires.

This immovable political calendar (if Biden runs next year) will see Newsom without an office or active government title in 2027 and early 2028. That means he must

Jury nullification in Trump’s N.Y. case

New York prosecutor Alvin Bragg should be careful what he wishes for. The promised land of litigating former President Trump’s hush money case before a criminal jury should not only thrill him, as it clearly seems to be doing, it also should terrify him. If Bragg’s jury fails to convict Trump on felony-level charges (for transparently misdemeanor-level conduct), Bragg’s presumed prime objective of removing Trump from the political scene could instead energize Trump’s maddeningly solid base, and quite probably expand it, thereby increasing Trump’s chances of winning the presidential election in 2024.

Bragg vastly underestimates how a jury might deal with his “trumped up” felony charges (all pun intended). A few years ago I was elected foreman of a criminal jury in Yolo County, and this jury had no

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establish a voter base outside California and keep it supporting him and his ideas until the 2028 primary season begins almost five years from now.

Why head to the Old South in this circumstance? Newsom knows there is no major Democratic presence in most of that region. DeSantis demonstrated this last year, when his reelection landslide in Florida included carrying Miami’s surrounding Dade County, the first Republican in a generation to manage that.

Newsom stepped into this vacuum rather than visiting early-primary states, trying to lay a foundation for a national campaign later on.

It drew mixed reviews in some of the states he visited.

Some local Democrats said Newsom should instead just send campaign money. Others were more positive.

“We’re at a moment now where national Democrats are saying ‘Wait a minute, we have to look beyond the coasts and lean into the entire country,’” said Chris Jones, an Arkansas Democrat and unsuccessful 2022 candidate for governor.

Neither Biden nor Harris does much of that. Yes, Biden makes forays to factories and construction sites where laws he pushed now provide jobs. But he has largely avoided Republican controlled states. Newsom seeks them out, likely because he knows they,

difficulty recognizing the prosecutor’s overreach in bringing felony-level charges for misdemeanor-level conduct, and we punished the prosecutor for doing so.

My jury refused to convict the defendant of felony-level charges in spite of what the strict letter of the law required us to do given the facts as we determined them to be. The jury for which I was the foreman decided to convict the defendant only on the misdemeanor charges, and pointedly not on the felony charges. The possibility of jury nullification in the Trump hush money case should weigh heavily on prosecutor Bragg. Unless Bragg wins a felony conviction, he loses and Trump wins. As Trump himself advised (while he was still a sitting President), “when you strike at the king, you must kill him.”

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I’m writing to enthusiastically support Francesca Wright for City Council. (I wish I could vote for her but I’m in the 4th

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too, send delegates to Democratic Party nominating conventions – people who can further his presidential ambitions.

Republicans do this all the time, with figures like DeSantis and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas making California and New York forays to attract campaign donations and possible delegate votes in Democratic states.

So Newsom, like potential future opponents he so often derides, takes his ideas – he calls them “California values” – to places like Jackson, Miss. and Montgomery, Ala. He has drawn tart responses from GOP figures like Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, who said “tourism helps drive Mississippi’s economy, so I am glad to welcome Gov. Newsom. I disagree strongly with his extreme COVID lockdowns, his insistence on letting boys play girls sports, his advocacy for abortion all the way up until birth and his enthusiasm for gun control, among other things.”

Through all this, Newsom maintains he’s not really running for president. But they all say things like that, until they formally start running.

— Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. His book,

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District.) As another co-founder of Yolo People Power, I’ve had the chance to work with Francesca and have seen her respond to numerous community issues thoughtfully, strategically, creatively, and successfully.

Much has been written in this paper and elsewhere about the value that Donna Neville’s experience on city commissions, etc. would provide, which surely is not to be discredited. But a lack of the same type of experience may be equally qualifying if it serves to free a candidate to consider a wide range of possibilities, not just those assumed to be the “right” ones, or as another letter writer put it: “in the box.”

Wherever she has shown up I’ve seen Francesca invite discussion, listen, encourage group interaction, and then, collaboratively, figure out how to utilize our resources to tackle issues, especially where there has been no established roadmap to success. She would be great on the council. I urge my fellow Davisites who can, to vote for Francesca.

She really is the “Wright” choice!

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CLIMATE: Voluntary numbers look iffy

But making that change from mandatory to voluntary reduced the city’s ability to meet its target goal of a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

According to projections from city consultants, just 10 percent of homeowners would comply with a voluntary-only approach when replacing their gas appliances.

Preliminary analysis by city consultants “shows that voluntary compliance with electrification at time of permit would need to reach (50 percent to 60 percent) in order to retain achievement of 2030 interim GHG reduction target,” the staff report prepared for Tuesday’s meeting noted.

Among the options consultants considered for making up that gap were more aggressive land use and transportation approaches; implementing paid parking downtown and incentivizing active transportation; more carbon sequestration on agricultural, parks and open space lands, such as adding compost over the top of farmlands; or providing substantial funding to community members to incentivize voluntary electrification of homes and vehicles.

“The challenge with these additional approaches is that they require significant resources to implement, but would not be likely to show significant results by 2030,” according to city staff.

The city’s Natural Resources Commission had recommended the council “revisit the choice to make the action entirely voluntary and consider more stringent requirements related to building electrification,” adding that “failing to meet the minimum targets is not an acceptable nor responsible outcome of the CAAP process.”

That opinion was echoed by a number of public commenters at Tuesday’s council meeting, including several high school and college students who said the plan does not go far enough.

Their comments were noted by many of the adults in the room.

“I am reminded that the youth think that we as adults are not stepping up

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to the challenges that we have created in our own lives and on our planet,” said Chris Granger of Cool Davis.

“We all know that the current actions that are outlined in the climate action plan, while wonderfully creative with lots of expertise and effort put to them, that they have a potential to deliver a significant amount of reductions. But there’s a lot more work to do on them and the plan is not yet there enough to set us on the path to achieve our 2040 goal.

“I would suggest to you that the electrification discussion we’ve been having is about some of the last low-hanging fruit. It is the stuff we can actually measure, which is why when we took it out, it made a difference in that bottom line. A lot of our transportation items are not well developed and we can’t put a clear number on what our result is going to be.”

Under the plan approved Tuesday, switching from gas to electric appliances would be voluntary for homeowners for three years, after which an assessment will determine what carbon-reduction goals have been met.

During those three years, the focus will be on educating the public and incentivizing the switch to electric.

But decisions made outside of Davis leave some uncertainty.

Councilman Bapu Vaitla said he is “willing to just support voluntary electrification as aggressively as possible …

“But that being said … I don’t think we have a great shot of achieving our goals with voluntary electrification and I also think it’s likely the state will man-

date electrification a few years down the road.”

He suggested staff begin now to prepare, including by figuring out a plan for individuals who cannot afford to make the switch.

Councilwoman Gloria Partida added that, “we have to figure out a way so that people can do this.

“They’re willing, they understand the importance of it and people want to do the right thing,” she said. “So I think if we help them to get there, we’ll get to where we all want to be.”

In addition to uncertainty about what the state will do, a recent federal court decision has also muddied the waters.

On Monday, a threejudge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an ordinance adopted by the city of Berkeley banning natural gas connections in new developments violated federal law that bans state or local regulation of energy efficiency in appliances.

According to Davis City Attorney Inder Khalsa, Berkeley’s ordinance prohibited the connection of new development to natural gas pipelines, prompting a legal challenge from the California Restaurant Association.

“Berkeley took the position that their regulation did not actually regulate appliances at all. It actually prohibited natural gas connections for new development,” said Khalsa. “But the restaurant association said that it had the effect of regulating or prohibiting certain types of appliances.”

A federal judge sided with the city of Berkeley, but that decision was overturned on Monday.

“I would fully anticipate that Berkeley will seek

review from the full Ninth Circuit on this and we don’t know what the result will be,” said Khalsa. “This case could end up in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. That’s not that far fetched an idea at this point.”

In any case, electrification remains voluntary under the final Climate Action and Adaptation Plan approved by the council on Tuesday.

That plan, said CAAP Manager Kerry Loux, “is a planning document with recommendations for actions, and many of those actions need further development before we’re ready to actually implement them. But it’s a clear pathway… to get to where we want to go.”

Loux said the goal is to update the plan in two years and then every five years after that heading toward the 2040 carbon neutrality goal.

“I do believe it is a bold plan that sets us on a trajectory that we can be proud of and we will look back proudly on,” said Mayor Will Arnold.

“These plans,” he added, “have a tendency, when they’re adopted, that they can just sit on the shelf and never really see the light of day. So it’s the commitment to future action that is the most important step here, and it’s not contained in any of these pages, but it’s contained in our collective will to move forward.”

See the full plan at https://www.cityofdavis. org/sustainability/2020climate-action-and-adaptation-plan-caap.

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

City commission meetings will be recorded

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

When the pandemic began back in March 2020, local government bodies that have always met in public settings had to quickly pivot, with Zoom becoming the common method for continuing to meet, take public input and make decisions, albeit remotely.

Many Davis residents who were interested in various topics going before city officials, but who had neither the time nor inclination to attend a meeting in person, actually appreciated the pivot.

Public participation, some said, exceeded that pre-pandemic.

But with the state ordering local jurisdictions to resume in-person meetings beginning last month, that option has largely disappeared.

In the city of Davis, both the City Council and the Planning Commission continue to provide multiple options for public participation, from attending in person to watching a live stream or recording and taking public comment via pre-recorded voicemail as well as in person.

But all other bodies — including all other city commissions and committees — are back to pre-pandemic operations with no live streams or recordings of meetings. Anyone who wishes to watch or participate must attend in person.

Now that’s about to change.

The City Council on Tuesday voted to have video recording at all commission and committee meetings, with city staff subsequently posting the

recordings online. Total additional staff time would be about 20 hours per month.

Those meetings would not be livestreamed, however, as that would require an estimated 60 hours of additional staff time per month.

“I’m just really concerned about staff work load,” said Councilman Bapu Vaitla. “I would hesitate to adopt any option more than 20 hours a month.”

He made a motion for the city to record video and audio at all commission and committee meetings and his colleagues voted unanimously in support of that.

Mayor Will Arnold said he hoped there was a way to explore live stream options in the future, including live streaming via YouTube, but added that, “I also think that that’s potentially a lot more work for little gain.

“I think the biggest jump here, the most significant one, is going from no video/audio record to having a video/ audio record of the meeting, and I think that’s critical.”

“The status quo is no recording exists,” said Arnold, “and … I don’t like that as an option. The minutes capture what they capture, but I think a recording is something we have the technology to do.”

The council’s vote on Tuesday followed the recommendation of city staff, which had been looking into all options in March, including by testing different technologies and access options at commission meetings held in the community chambers at City Hall, as well as the City Hall confer-

ence room and the Davis Senior Center, where several commissions meet.

Audio recording only, one of the options investigated, would take up less staff time — about 11 hours per month — but there were drawbacks, including challengers for listeners in determining who was speaking.

Video recording eliminated that issue. Staff tried out an Owl Recorder that provides both audio and visual recording and maneuvers the camera to the person speaking.

“Staff found the audio capture to be good (in many cases better than the audio-only devices) and … (t)he video recording provides a much more complete idea of what happened during the meeting than the audio recording.”

One downside is if someone wants to participate in the meetings, they must do so in person or send written communication via email to commission and staff. But they won’t be able to participate in real time if they’re not attending in person.

Meanwhile, city staff are also working to provide closed caption capabilities for City Council and Planning Commission meetings.

“Staff hopes to select a vendor in May, receive authorization for purchase in June and have equipment and software installed in July.

“This will replace the closed caption provided by the Zoom platform during remote-only meetings for these two platforms, since these meetings are housed on the city’s website, which does not have other closed captioning capabilities.”

State University Employees Union, which represents non-student workers in similar roles and has been working with campus organizers to collect union authorization cards since last fall. The union is billing the campaign as the largest non-academic student worker organizing effort in U.S. history. Cal State “acknowledges all workers’ rights to organize,” university spokeswoman Amy Bentley-Smith said by email Monday. “In the event student employees are formally recognized by the California Public Employment Relations Board, we look forward to engaging with them as we do with all of our other union partners.”

The union previously filed petitions with the board in 2021 to add student assistants into its existing bargaining units, but Cal State disputed the claim that student workers have enough in common with other university support staff to be folded in with them. “The Student Assistants’ primary role is that of a student and not a traditional employee,”

Timothy Yeung, a lawyer for the university, wrote in December to the administrative law judge handling the case.

But Grace Dearborn, another San Diego State student, said she deserves the same benefits as any other employee. Dearborn said she caught COVID last semester. While her supervisor allowed her to make up the hours she missed, she felt she should have gotten the paid COVIDrelated leave that California at the time required businesses to give full-time workers.

“This is a real job for a lot of students,” Dearborn said. “We get paid and we

use that pay for bills and our personal expenses, and so if you’re expecting for it to be a real job but not receive sick pay, I think that that’s really weird.”

Several cited the discrepancy between Cal State’s minimum wage and local minimum wages as part of their motivation. “As a state entity, the CSU is subject to state, not local minimum wage laws,” Bentley-Smith said, noting that student assistant pay rates range from $15.50 to $23.50 and are based on job duties, experience and department budgets.

Emma Galloway, a commuter student at Cal State Northridge, said receiving at least the Los Angeles minimum wage of $16.50 for her work as a student assistant in the Journalism Department office would help her save money to move out of her parents’ house.

“I have a very big fear of being homeless, especially with the homeless crisis in Los Angeles,” she said.

“I’m really grateful to have my parents and to live under a roof, but that fear kind of lingers a little bit, and I just want to save enough to the point where I can rent a onebedroom apartment.”

“Student assistants are a backbone” for the campus departments where they work, she added. Student organizers also raised concerns about Cal State capping work hours at 20 per week for most student assistants, which Bentley-Smith said is intended to “allow students the flexibility to focus on their education and education-related opportunities.”

That’s not realistic for all student employees, said Cameron Macedonio, a third-year student at Cal State Fullerton who’s active in the campaign.

ARTWORK: ‘Creative way to learn’ about air quality issues

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and a gift card. The winning artwork will also be featured in YSAQMD outreach materials.

Grades K-2:

n 1st Place: Meerub

Khuram, Tafoya Elementary, Woodland

n 2nd Place: Marjie

Burke, Waggoner Elementary, Winters

n 3rd Place: Reem

Mahmoud, North Davis

Elementary, Davis

Grades 3-5:

n 1st Place: Hareem

Khuram, Tafoya Elementary, Woodland

n 2nd Place: Yousef

Mahmoud, North Davis

Elementary, Davis

n 3rd Place: Camilla

Anahi Fuerte, Whitehead

Elementary, Woodland

Grades 6-8:

n 1st Place: Joanna

Liao, Holmes Junior High, Davis

n 2nd Place: Elizabeth Cui, Willet Elementary, Davis

n 3rd Place: Mariam Mahmoud, North Davis Elementary, Davis

Grades 9-12:

n 1st Place: Maryam El-Mashad, Davis High School, Davis

n 2nd Place: Ramish Naseem, Woodland High School, Woodland

n 3rd Place: Ciena Barrera, Davis High School, Davis

“We were excited to see so many wonderful and imaginative entries this year representing what clean air means to the youth that we serve,” said Karin Bloesch, public outreach coordinator for the district.

“This contest provides a fun and creative way for students to learn about what impacts air quality and helps identify simple actions students can take to improve the air in their community.”

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Replacing gas appliances with electric will remain a voluntary choice in Davis for now.

And D-I-N-G-O is their name

By Evelyn Dale Special to The Enterprise

When is a dog not a dog? When it’s a dingo dog. Yes, dingoes are not dogs. Arriving in Australia

Cookie Dough

Pets of the week

Enterprise staff

Lots of animals are waiting for “forever homes” at the Yolo County Animal Shelter, 2640 E. Gibson Road in Woodland. Among them is Cookie-Dough (A201899), a 2-year-old tri-tabby cat that is as sweet as her name. Cookie is a playful girl but also likes to sit back or in a window just watching the world go by. She is friendly and happy-go-lucky with everyone she meets.

pull a person on a skateboard, play frisbee and is up for any strenuous exercise. Like hiking? Bike riding? Running?

This sweet boy is for you. Kobe also walks well on leash, is crate-trained and loves his people. See his instagram #adoptkobejrt. No small kids please, though; too energetic.

5,000-8,000 years ago, dingoes were geographically isolated from wolves and dogs for thousands of years so their evolution is a unique event resulting in a distinct canid species, Canis dingo.

Back in 1793, German naturalist Friedrich Meyer studied dingo skull and skin specimens and determined dingoes are a species in their own right and named it Canis dingo.

Fast forward to 2014, when a University of New South Wales Sydney Australia (UNSW) study led by Dr. Mathew Crowther agreed with Meyer. In the article “Dingo a distinct species,” https://www. unsw.edu.au/ news/2014/04/dingo-adistinct-species, senior author, Dr. Mike Letnic wrote, “The appropriate scientific classification is Canis dingo, as they appear not to be descended from wolves, are distinct from dogs and are not a subspecies.”

Paws for ThoughT

dingo (wongari) is also important to the spiritual and cultural lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities where dingoes are revered as “creators” who live in both the physical and spiritual realms.

dogs,” The Leakey Foundation, 27 April, 2022 @ https://leakeyfoundation. org/new-research-revealswhere-the-dingo-sits-onthe-evolutionary-timelineof-dogs/.

Also hoping for a good home is Mozart (A201635), a lovable 3-year-old Anatolian mix who is truly a gentle giant. Mozart will need a big yard match his size. Mozart is an affectionate cuddle bug who likes long walks and enjoys outdoor activities. For information on adopting, contact adoptycas@gmail.com. All shelter animals are upto-date on vaccinations, microchipped, and spayed or neutered.

Staff is available to assist via phone during business hours at 530668-5287. Shelter hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. To meet any adoptable YCAS animals, visit friendsofycas.org. To volunteer, sign up at tinyurl. com/yolovolunteerapp. Follow on at @ycas.shelter and Instagram at @ yoloanimalshelter.

At Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue, you’ll find Kobe, a neutered male Jack Russell mix who’s a fun-loving ball of energy! He knows how to

Pebbles is a 4- to 5-month-old spayed female, sleek and shinyblack Chihuahua. Pebbles is a sweet, lovable girl who’s full of personality. She is very inquisitive and loves exploring. Pebbles loves playing with other small dogs. Most of all she would love to be your very best friend. She is up to date on vaccines and microchipped.

The next Rotts of Friends adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 22, at 34505 County Road 29 in Woodland. Come by 10 a.m., as it takes at least an hour to meet and adopt a dog; everyone who will be living with the dog should come out to meet it.

Bring proof of homeownership, such as a mortgage statement or property tax bill. If you rent, bring proof that you are allowed to have a dog in your home, such as a pet clause in your lease or a note from your landlord.

All dogs adopted from Rotts of Friends are healthy, microchipped, up-to-date on their vaccines and come with free lifetime obedience-training classes. For information, visit facebook.com/ rottsoffriends.

A 2019 study including 20 leading researchers coauthored by Professor Corey Bradshaw of Flinders University in South Australia confirmed that “the dingo is actually a unique, Australian species in its own right,” https:// www.sciencedaily.com/ releases/2019/03/ 190305100635.htm.

More recently, in 2022, advanced technology for genomic sequencing of DNA enabled researchers to sequence the genome of a living desert dingo named “Sandy,” who’d been found by the side of the road in 2014. Highquality genomes were generated comparing Sandy, a purebred dingo, with five domestic dog breeds (German shepherd, boxer, basenji, great Dane, Labrador retriever) and the Greenland wolf. The conclusion of this study was that “the dingo genome is structurally distinct,” https://www.science.org/ doi/10.1126/sciadv.

abm5944.

Why is this research important? For many years, Europeans believed dingoes were merely wild dogs and killed them indiscriminately. Today, as a unique, indigenous species, dingoes are protected and their population managed under Australia’s Nature Conservation Act.

Wildlife conservationists note that dingoes are beneficial native wildlife that help balance and maintain native ecosystems by reducing non-native animal populations as well as kangaroo populations that compete with cattle for valuable grassland. The

Learn more

n “Bonding & Training,” Dingo Den: watch videos and learn about dingo behavior @ https://www. dingoden.net/bonding-training.html.

n “Noble Spirit,” Dingo Den: watch Uncle Max & Draken video, and read about the dingoes’ importance in the culture and spiritual lives of Indigenous Australians @ https://www.dingoden. net/noble-spirit.html.

n “New research reveals where the dingo sits on the evolutionary timeline of

n Follow “Pure Dingo” on Facebook and learn about Sandy Maliki and her siblings, Eggie Warrigal and Didi Mirigung at @ https://www.facebook. com/profile.php?id= 100065464029767.

Happy Tails

The Perez family likes having two dogs, so when their beloved “Molly” passed away in 2019, they wanted to find another canine companion for their small terrier “Shelby.”

Checking online, Ceci Perez’s parents found a possibility and drove to the Front Street Animal Shelter. The first dog they met wasn’t good with other dogs so they walked around the shelter looking for another dog.

“When walking through

the last building, my parents came upon the quietest and calmest dog that caught their attention, a small golden retriever mix,” Ceci recalls. “When returning to the front of the shelter to ask about adopting her, they were informed that they needed to pull the dog’s kennel card. My dad sprinted down to her kennel and immediately snatched her kennel card and went into the adoption process. They adopted her that day and she opened up to show her true colors, a happy and hyper little pup who loves to chase balls and play with her sister Shelby.

“Lexi is a highly energetic dog with a huge personality. Although she can be sneaky she is also very sweet, playful and incredibly good-natured.”

— Evelyn Dale of Davis is a volunteer and advocate for shelter animal welfare. Contact her at pawsforthought.comments@gmail.com This column appears monthly.

Ceci Perez and Lexi enjoy a quiet moment together. Lexi is a happy member of the Perez family where she chases balls and plays with her canine sister Shelby.

Mozart

Kobe

Pebbles

Concerts showcase classics, nimble pop in late April

By Jeff Hudson Enterprise correspondent

An unconventional little orchestra, with every musician playing a ukelele. A showcase performance featuring eager young string students from local public schools. An acclaimed young soprano, who will appear soon with the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic. A concert of classical Indian music, featuring one-of-akind custom-built raga guitars. And a concert by popular local choral group, singing music focusing on things divine. All of these are planned for the last weekend of April.

Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain

Audiences in Davis (and many cities around the world) are fond of the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain, which returns to the Mondavi Center for a concert on Friday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m.

This unconventional orchestra was organized 30 years ago as a special-one-time-only concert project, but has grown into a professional group that tours all over the world.

Traditionally, their musical selections are sometimes picked on the spot, and are announced from the stage (rather than listed in a printed program). Their concert at this return engagement at the Mondavi Center will likely include a few nimble all-ukelele arrangements of famous rockand-roll anthems, as well as ukelele renditions classic melodies that symphony orchestras typically play as encore numbers, plus a few unanticipated surprises as well.

The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain always seems to draw a crowd when they come to town, and the remaining tickets, which

are going fast, are $95-$50 general, in advance at MondaviArts. org and (possibly) a few seats available at the door.

Wennberg Festival

The 2023 Wennberg Festival — an annual fundraiser benefitting string music programs at several Davis public schools, will be held on Satday, April 29, 2:30 p.m. at the Mondavi Center.

Conductor/teacher Angelo Moreno will lead the Davis High string ensembles (Baroque Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra featuring violinist and competition winner Sarah Son; as well as ensembles from Holmes Junior High (Intermediate Orchestra, Advanced Orchestra). Also playing will be the Davis High Strings Tutoring Program Orchestra (under student conductor Michael Wang), Davis Elementary All City Orchestra (under teachers Lydia Cooley and Luana Hernandez), and two chamber groups (Holmes Junior High Advanced String Quartet, Davis High Symphony Quartet).

$25 regular, $15 youth (under 18), MondaviArts.org and at the door.

J’Nai Bridges

J’Nai Bridges (mezzo-soprano) and Ulysses Owens Jr. (percussion) will be the featured artists in a program titled “Notes on Hope” (featuring music by classical figures like Debussy and Ravel, American bandleader Duke Ellington, traditional Black spirituals and more) at the Mondavi Center on Sunday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m.

Upcoming engagements for J’Nai Bridges include the famous Tanglewood summer series in Massachusetts; an October production of Jake Heggie’s opera “Intelligence” at the Houston

Grand Opera; a trio of concerts with the New York Philharmonic in November; and in 2024, a fully-staged production of the John Adams’ nativity oratorio “El Niño” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Music director Ulysses Owens Jr. will lead an ensemble including guitar, harp, vibraphone, piano and bass. Owns has played percussion on Grammy-winning jazz albums by vocalist Kurt Elling and bassist Christian McBride. Tickets are $65-$25 general, MondaviArts.org and at the door.

Davis Chorale

The Davis Chorale, a community-based choir founded in 1978, will perform their spring program on Sunday, April 30, 3 p.m., at Davis Community Church, 412 C St. The program will features

“music exploring the divine,” including French composer Maurice Duruflé’s post-World War II Requiem (premiered in 1947); British composer’s Benjamin Britten’s cantata “Rejoice in the Lamb” (1943); and contemporary composer Reena Esmail’s “When The Violin.” Esmail (b. 1983, in Chicago) comes from Indian and American ancestry, and her music reflects her studies of Western classical and traditional Indian music. She is composer-in-residence with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Seattle Symphony.

Leading the concert will be conductor Alison Skinner, guest artists include Lauma Akmene (organ, Latvian), Jia-mo Chen (cello, Master’s from SF Conservatory). Vocal soloists will be Emerson McAlister (mezzosoprano) and Daniel Yoder (baritone, of Native American heritage).

The suggested donation $20.

Matt Grasso and Joel Veena

On Sunday, April 30 at 3 p.m. at the Davis Odd Fellows Hall, two artists extensively trained in the tradition of North Indian (Hindustani) music, Matthew Grasso & Joel Veena, perform a concert of afternoon ragas on their unique instruments. Matt & Joel will play traditional and original compositions while explaining the features of their ‘raga guitars’. They will be accompanied on tabla by Alex Jenkins with Aya Ueda playing tanpura and Miyan Grasso providing Tantrakari guitar support. The Odd Fellows Hall is at 415 2nd St. in Davis, a donation of $15-$25 is suggested.

UCD hosts internationally known artists-in-residence for May

By Jeffrey Day

Special to The Enterprise

UC Davis is hosting two internationally acclaimed artists who will give public talks, screen films, and work directly with students in May. Lynn Hershman Leeson and Shimon Attie are presented by The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies in the Department of Art and Art History, housed in the College of Letters and Science. The California Studio is part of UC Davis art studio and underwritten by a gift from Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem.

Groundbreaking artist

Hershman Leeson, a professor at UC Davis from 1993 to 2004, is a pioneer in the fields of photography, video, film,

performance, artificial intelligence, installation, and interactive and netbased media art. Her work investigates the relationship between humans and technology, identity, surveillance and the use of media as a tool of empowerment against censorship and political repression.

She will show films May 23 and 24 — “Teknolust,” “Electronic Diaries” and “Logic Paralyzes the Heart” — followed by a Q&A session at 4 p.m., and give a talk May 25 at 4:30 p.m.

The screenings and talk in Wright Hall are free and open to the public. (“Teknolust” is rated R for sexual content and nudity. Films may contain sensitive content, including trauma, hunger and body dysmorphia, divorce, and childhood physical and sexual abuse.)

The artist has worked across many mediums:

drawings that dissect the human form; performance, in one case taking on an alternative identity for several years; and early artistic forays into artificial intelligence. In the 1980s, Hershman Leeson was the first artist known to create interactive work using a precursor to the DVD and incorporating a touchscreen.

She has collaborated with other artists, actors, filmmakers and scientists. As part of her residency, she will be screening three films.

“When I was at UC Davis, I was doing media work, photography, and trying to do feature films,” said Hershman Leeson, who lives in San Francisco.

“I actually made ‘Teknolust’

while I was there and was working on ‘Electronic Diaries.’ I chose (to screen) those not only because I was doing them while I worked at UC Davis, but also to show some of the range of what one could accomplish. One was a feature film, a high-definition video with 24 frames with a real actor, Tilda Swinton, and the other was just me sitting in front of a camera. They show the different kind of works that could be done.”

Hershman Leeson’s 26 films, six of which are feature-length, have screened at the Sundance Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival. Her artwork is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie in Germany; the Los Angeles

County Museum of Art; the Tate Modern, London; and the National Gallery of Canada. A retrospective, “Lynn Hershman Leeson: Twisted,” was held at the New Museum in New York in 2021. She is a recipient of the Siggraph Lifetime Achievement Award, Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica and the College Art Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She received a Special Mention at the 2022 Venice Biennial (curated by Cecilia Alemani, who was at UC Davis as part of The California Studio in February).

Site-specific engagements

Attie is a multidisciplinary artist who creates site-specific video and photography installations in

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Mezzo-soprano J’Nai

Lynn hershman Leeson/courtesy image via uc Davis

Lynn Hershman Leeson, a UC Davis professor emerita, is returning to campus for The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies. She will screen several movies including “Teknolust,” starring Tilda Swinton.

‘The Covenant’: Promises to keep in the chaos of war

Suspensful drama slightly marred by directorial excess

By Derrick Bang Enterprise film critic

Although director Guy Ritchie’s harrowing war drama is a fictionalized extrapolation of actual events, it’ll resonate strongly with anybody horrified by what has become of Afghanistan.

Americans who served there likely will find this particularly grim viewing.

Ritchie and his co-writers — Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies — have concocted a nail-biter that shines a spotlight on the many thousands of Afghan translators and military personnel who were shamefully abandoned when American forces withdrew in May 2021 … despite having been promised visas and safe passage to the States, for themselves and all family members.

Nor was this merely a case of being “left behind.” It was — and remains — common knowledge that the Taliban would hunt down, torture and execute Afghans who previously worked alongside U.S. and NATO forces.

One of a well-crafted story’s strongest assets is its ability to transform an abstract — “thousands” — into a tightly focused saga of symbolic individuals. That’s definitely the case here.

It’s March 2018, the setting Bagram Air Base, Parwan Province, in Taliban-occupied Afghanistan. Army Sgt. John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) — on his final tour of duty, looking forward to returning home to his wife and children — leads an elite unit tasked with finding Taliban munitions. A routine search at a vehicle checkpoint goes awry when two of Kinley’s men — one of them the group’s Afghan interpreter — are killed by a lorry bomb.

Back at base, in need of a new interpreter, John selects Ahmed (Dar Salim) from half-a-dozen willing candidates. John is impressed by Ahmed’s ability to

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speak “four languages worth speaking,” but is cautioned about the newcomer’s reputation for independent thinking.

As it soon turns out, Ahmed knows stuff … lots of who, what and where. Even so, the initial dynamic is prickly; John, not accustomed to being questioned by a “mere translator,” views such behavior as borderline insubordination. (“Actually,” Ahmed retorts at one point, “I’m here to interpret.”) Gyllenhaal’s gaze and attitude stops just shy of being condescending or racist; John simply is more accustomed to strict protocol and the military chain of command.

Salim, in turn, grants Ahmed a multitude of depth via his expression and body language: intelligence, wariness, quiet nobility and — most of all — mild amusement, at the arrogance of Americans who claim to “know better.”

When the unit is deployed once again on the house-by-house search of a nearby village, Ahmed’s initial efforts to help — outside his interpreter duties — are rebuffed by John, who nonetheless notes the accuracy of the new man’s input. A few sorties later, armed with information on two potential Taliban IED manufacturing sites, Ahmed’s instincts prove very helpful during a drive to the first.

The second alleged manufacturing site is 120 kilometers away; John’s unit sets off the next day. Although the intel proves accurate, the assault on the IED factory goes appallingly awry; John and Ahmed wind up fleeing on foot, heading into a nearby forest, with dozens of gun-toting

Taliban fighters close behind. Worse yet, the regional Taliban commander wants them captured alive.

By this point, John wisely has decided to trust Ahmed unreservedly.

And you’ll get no further details, in order to preserve the well-developed suspense and tension that Ritchie and his cowriters deliver during the next 90 minutes.

This is a complete change of tone for the director, best known for snarky crime dramedies — “Snatch,” “The Gentlemen” — and similarly cheeky revivals of established properties such as Sherlock Holmes and “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” This grim war thriller, in complete contrast, is played completely straight: proof positive that Ritchie intends it as advocacy cinema.

The developing bond between John and Ahmed is credible and thoroughly engaging. Gyllenhaal and Salim work well together, and both are convincing in their roles. Ahmed, in particular, exudes pluck, cunning, raw strength and never-quit determination, all of which prove

‘Young Frankenstein’ lurches onto stage

By Jennifer Goldman Enterprise staff writer

The hilarious performance of “Young Frankenstein: The Musical” at the Woodland Opera House will leave you in stitches! If you love Mel Brooks, bawdy humor, and great acting, you will love director Andrea St. Clair’s take on this memorable show.

Instead of a horror movie, like most Frankenstein movies, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder came up with a fresh idea about a middle-aged scientist named Professor Frederick (Brandon Price), who happens to be Dr. Victor Frankenstein’s grandson and only living descendant.

Professor Fredrick travels from his university home in New York to the town of Transylvania in order inherit the castle and join the family business of bringing the dead back to life.

Right from the start, this show had something different and entertaining. Projections where made onto a sheet at the back of the stage that looked like the old black-and-white movies announcing the show’s title and credits. Cheers came from the audience when theatre goers saw their friend’s names appear on the screen in huge letters. This was a fun way to start the interaction between the audience and performers, which really set the tone of the show. You could feel the electricity and excitement of the crowd.

You will love Inga (Nichole Richter), Igor (Christopher Travlos) and Frederick in “Roll in the Hay.” The staging was very impressive with special effects horses and werewolves. We laughed so hard, tears were starting to form. The chemistry between them was very wonderful! The

Monster was charming and, dare I say, suave at times. Great acting even with limited lines of dialogue. Kudos to the cast for that cool tap dance number of “Puttin’ on the Ritz” and “Join The Family Business.” As I said before, all the acting was great but I have to mention some of the crowd favorites. Christopher Travlos (Igor) was outstanding with spot-on comedic timing. Darryl Strohl-DeHerrera (Inspector Kemp) somehow managed to make us believe he had both an artificial leg and arm. He was serious and funny at the same time. He reminded me of Maxwell Smart and also had fantastic timing. Amaralyn Ewey (Elizabeth), who played Frederick’s fiancée, commanded the stage and brought down the house at least twice with her songs “Please Don’t Touch Me” and “Deep Love.” Spencer Alexander (The Blind Hermit) along with Rick Eldridge (The Monster) had a hilarious scene where I think some ad-libbing was apparent involving a wayward cigar mishap.

But the crème de la crème performance came from Lenore Turner-Heinson

who, after many years away from the Woodland Opera House, returned in all her glory for the role of Frau Blucher.

We were blown away with her rendition of “He Vas My Boyfriend.” That number stopped the show the night I saw it. Through her many years of teaching, youth productions, choral directing, and community involvement which touches so many lives in Yolo County, it was a delight to see her shine in this show.

St. Clair is a master of directing all her actors to really develop their characters. When you add in the challenging dancing of veteran Choreographer Staci Arriaga, Music Director Lori Jarvey, and a cast made up of award winning actors, it’s no wonder this production was great.

As this show has a a lot of adult humor, I do not recommend it for children. It is a great date night show, after all it is a Mel Brooks Musical. You are guaranteed to leave with a smile.

Young Frankenstein runs now through May 7; Friday and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m.. Tickets available at WoodlandOperaHouse.org.

essential during what is to come.

Jonny Lee Miller is equally solid as Col. Vokes, John’s sympathetic commanding officer: outwardly by the book, but willing to encourage outside-the-box thinking. Alexander Ludwig also is fine as Sgt. Declan O’Brady, John’s best friend and Vokes’ similarly “helpful” assistant.

The story’s softer emotional element is supplied by Emily Beecham, as John’s devoted and supportive wife, Caroline; she’s an equal partner in their Southern California-based vehicle restoration business. Beecham conveys much during her brief scenes; Caroline has the telling gaze of one whose partner puts his life on the line every day, but it’s also clear that she has made peace with this, recognizing the importance of remaining a fully engaged parent to their children.

Beecham also is quietly powerful when Caroline delivers the story’s most telling speech; we initially expect it to slide one way, but she surprises us by pivoting in the opposite direction.

However…

The story’s solid premise and the excellent acting

notwithstanding, Ritchie overcooks his ingredients: too much bombast, too many unnecessary tight-tight close-ups, and a relentless, thunderous synth “score” that initially is merely obnoxious, but soon becomes insufferably distracting. (I refuse to call Christopher Benstead’s efforts “music.”)

The divide between absorbing drama and exaggerated contrivance can be quite thin, and Ritchie skirts the ragged edge, particularly during the final 20 minutes. Perhaps he was out of his career comfort zone; perhaps he didn’t sufficiently trust the material. Either way, his already compelling film would have been even more riveting, had his directorial hand been applied less visibly.

That said, “The Covenant” succeeds on its stronger merits, and certainly deserves to be recognized as an important indictment — and longstanding reminder — of a tragic American screw-up.

— Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at http://derrick bang.blogspot.com. Comment on this review at www.davisenter prise.com.

Opera House unveils 2023-24 season

Enterprise staff

The Woodland Opera House is excited to officially announce its production schedule for the upcoming 2023-24 season. The lineup includes a variety of Main Series and Family Series shows and two Rising Stars productions that include youth only casts. The season offers great comedy, contemporary and classic musicals, and includes something special for every age group. The Main and Family Series productions are as follows:

n “The SpongeBob

Musical,” Aug. 11-27, 2023

n “The Addams Family,” Oct. 6-29, 2023

n Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “School of Rock,”

Nov. 17-Dec. 10, 2023

n Disney’s “Descendants: The Musical,”

March 1-17-2024

n “Damn Yankees,”

April 12-May 5, 2024

n “Peter and the Starcatcher,” June 14-30, 2024 Rising Stars produc-

tions:

n Roald Dahl’s “Matilda

The Musical Jr.,” September 7-10, 2023 (cast ages 11-18 years old)

n Disney-Pixar “Finding Nemo Jr.,” February

16-18, 2024 (cast ages 7-14 years old)

Season tickets are on sale with three packages to choose from: Package A (Main Series productions), Package B (Family Series productions), and Package C (All Main/ Family Series productions). Contact the box office for information and purchase at 530-666-9617 or go to www.WoodlandOperaHouse.Org. Early-bird pricing applies through May 12.

The Woodland Opera House is at 340 Second St. in Woodland.

ARTISTS: Public lecture on May 18

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public spaces around the globe, often collaborating with local communities. His work reflects on the relationship among place, memory and identity, and explores a wide range of social and political issues.

Attie will give a public lecture on May 18 at 4:30 p.m. at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis.

“I hope to provide UC Davis students with a hopefully new perspective as to what art making can be, how it can engage local communities and activate public sites with images of their lost histories or speculative futures,” Attie said. “I would like to inspire each student to find their own blending of form and content, such that concepts and aesthetics come together seamlessly.”

In Attie’s “Night Watch,” from 2018, a barge showing large video portraits of people recently granted political asylum in the U.S. traversed waterways in New York. It was remounted in the San Francisco Bay in 2021.

Other works by Attie over the past 30 years have included slide projections of pre-World War II Jewish street life photography on locations in Berlin; projections of handwritten songs, stories and dreams in several languages on buildings

in New York’s Lower East Side; a film made with Syrian refugees who had recently arrived in Europe, many on rafts over the Mediterranean; and light and language installations across Israel and Palestine.

His work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. He has received fellowships from the American Academy in Rome, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.

Although most often associated with New York, Attie grew up in Los Angeles and earned art degrees from UC Berkeley, Antioch University in San Francisco, and San Francisco State University.

At UC Davis, he will teach an undergraduate class and a graduate seminar. Students in those classes will create a projected light artwork that will be shown during the May 12 “Art About” gallery crawl in Davis, and a work on electronic billboards on the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento May 22-28.

— Jeffrey Day, content strategist in the UC Davis College of Letters and Science

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From left, Christopher Travlos (Igor), Nicole Richter (Inga) and Branden Price (Frederick) star in the Woodland Opera House’s production of “Young Frankenstein.”

R, for strong violence, frequent profanity and brief Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Alexander Ludwig, Jonny Lee Miller, Emily Beecham, Antony

Courtesy photo

Although Sgt. John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal, right) has been told that the road ahead is safe, he eventually yields to the insistence of his interpreter, Ahmed (Dar Salim), who is convinced that something is amiss.

YOLOlaughs

By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Charles M. Schulz

Civil 1000 Main Street Woodland CA 95695

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation printed in this county:

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR UNITRANS PUBLIC TRANSIT PROPOSED SERVICE CHANGES FOR 2023-2024

The Unitrans Advisory Committee (UAC) a committee to the D a v i s C i t y C o u n c i l , w i l l h o l d a p u b l i c h e a r i n g o n Th u r s d a y , April 27 2023 at 4:00 PM at the Davis Senior Center at 646 A Street in Davis on proposed Unitrans service changes that if approved would go into effect on Monday August 7 2023 Meeting information will be available 72 hours in advance of the meeting at https://www cityofdavis org/city-hall/ commissions-and-committees/unitrans-advisory-committee S e r v i c e c h a n g e p r o p o s a l s a r e a v a i l a b l e a t unitrans ucdavis edu Click on “2023-2024 Change Proposals” in the News section Proposed changes focus on improving service reliability to get customers to their destinations in a timelier manner and reduce traffic in and around UC Davis during passing periods Summary of key proposals: Reroute the A line to serve the Memorial Union Bus Terminal reroute the Z line to serve the Silo Terminal increase the service span of the Z line to match the A line, minor O & Z line reroute from Pena Drive to Cantrill Drive to better serve high density housi n g a d j u s t C D J V - E X V - L T & W l i n e s c h e d u l e s

m i n ut e s e a r l i e r d u r i n g a c a d e m i c y e a r to i m p r o v e r e l i a b i l i ty and continue restoring service frequencies to pre-pandemic levels as driver staffing improves with a focus on restoring 30minute service on all routes and reducing crowding

To learn more or comment you may attend the public heari n g e m a i l c o m m e n t

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LIFTING SHORTAGE LEVEL 2 OF THE CITY’S WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN (WSCP) AND MODIFYING THE WATERING RESTRICTIONS FOR SPRINKLER IRRIGATION CITY OF DAVIS

The Davis City Council will conduct a public hearing at the City Council meeting at 6:30 p m on Tuesday May 2 2023 in the Community Chambers at City Hall 23 Russell Boulevard Davis California for the purpose of receiving comments on lifting Shortage Level 2 of the City s Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) and modifying the watering restrictions for sprinkler irrigation

DESCRIPTION: On March 28, 2022 Governor Newsom issued Executive Order (EO) N-7-22 to address drought conditions after the driest first three months of a year in the state s recorded history For S u p p l i e r s w i t h a W S C P t h e E x e c u t i v e O r d e r r e q u i r e d t h a t each supplier implement the shortage response actions adopte d u n d e r s e c ti o n 1 0 6 3 2 o f t h e Wa t e r C o d e f o r a s h o r t a g e l e v e l o f u p to tw e n t y p e r c e n t ( L e v e l 2 )

TO DO BUSINESS IN

STATE; OUTSIDE

ENTRANCE TO THE CITY HALL 1110 WEST CAPITOL AVENUE WEST SACRAMENTO CA 95691 all right title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said

Ronald P Kelman

A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Leslie B Kelman in the Superior Court of California County of: Yolo

The Petition for Probate requests that: Leslie B Kelman and David M Kelman be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval Before taking certain very important actions however the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action ) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 05/25/2023 Time: 9:00 A M Dept : TBD Room:

Located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695

If you object to the granting of the petition you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as

With the atmospheric rivers in late 2022 and early 2023 the State has seen improved conditions that have helped to rehabilitate surface water supplies Executive Order N-5-23 lifts the requirement under EO N-7-22 for water agencies to adopt shortage response actions for a shortage level of up to twenty percent Staff is requesting that City Council conduct a public hearing to lift Shortage Level 2 of the City s WSCP Certain other State emergency order water waste prohibitions will remain in place

Staff is also requesting that City Council modify the two days p e r w e e k w a t e r i n g r e s t r i c t i o n s f o r s p r i n k l e r i r r i g a t i o n t h a t began January 1, 2 023 to a maximum of three days per week watering for sprinkler irrigation The maximum three days per week watering would not apply to landscape irrigation using a low volume irrigation system (such as drip irrigation and micro-irrigation or soaker hose) designed to apply small volumes of water slowly at or near the root zone of plants

e e d o f T r u s t i n t h e p r o p e r t y s i t u a t e d i n s a i d C o u n t y a n d State described as: MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The street address and other common designation if any of the real property described above is purported to be: 1866 RENOIR AVE DAVIS CA 95618 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation if any shown herein Said sale will be held but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession condition or encumbrances including fees charges and e x p e n s e s o f t h e T r u s t e e a n d o f t h e t r u s t s c r e a t e d b y s a i d D e e d o f T r u s t , t o p a y t h e r e m a i n i n g p r i n c i p a l s u m s o f t h e note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust The total amount of the unpa id balance of the obligation secured by the property to be s o l d a n d r e a s o n a b l e e s t i m a t e d c o s t s e x p e n s e s a n d a dvances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $137,816 01 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason the successful bidder s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction You will be bidding on a lien not on the p r o p e r t y i t s e l f P l a c i n g t h e h i g h e s t b i d a t a t r u s t e e a u c t i o n does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien If you are t he highest bidder at the auction you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off before you can receive clear title to the property You are encouraged to investigate the existence priority and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge y ou a fee for this information If you consult either of these resources you should be aware that the same lender m a y h o l d m o r e t h a n o n e m o r t g a g e o r d e e d o f t r u s t o n t h e property NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee beneficiary trustee or a court pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be m a d e a v a i l a b l e t o y o u a n d t o t h e p u b l i c a s a c o u r t e s y t o those not present at the sale If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property you may call (844) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site WWW STOXPOSTING COM using the file number assign ed to this case 108831-CA Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale NOTICE TO TENANT: Effective January 1 2021 you may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code If you are an eligible tenant buyer you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction If you are an eligible bidder you may be able to purc h a s e t h e p r o p e r t y i f y o u e x c e e d t h e l a s t a n d h i g h e s t b i d placed at the trustee auction There are three steps to exerci sing this right of purchase First 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale you can call (855) 313-3319 or visit this internet website www clearreconcorp com, using the file number assigned to this case 108831-CA to find the date on which the trustee’s

Brown is named Coach of the Year

Enterprise staff

SACRAMENTO — The NBA announced Wednesday that Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown has been named the unanimous 2022-23 NBA Coach of the Year.

Brown is the third head coach in franchise history to win the yearly award, joining Cotton Fitzsimmons (1978-79) and Phil Johnson (1974-75) and is the first to receive the honor in the Sacramento era.

Brown received (500) points (100 first-place votes) from a global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. The honor marks the second time Brown has been named Coach of the Year during his coaching career, including his first since the 2008-09 season with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Since the award’s inception in 1962-63, Brown is the 11th coach in NBA history to receive the Coach of the Year award at least twice in his coaching career.

In his first season with the Kings, Brown led the club to one of the best seasons in franchise history.

Brown guided Sacramento to the seventh-best record in the NBA this season and helped the Kings secure the third seed in the Western Conference, marking the Kings best finish in the West since the 2002-03 season.

Behind Brown, Sacramento finished with the thirdmost wins in the Western Conference (48-34) and matched a franchise record for most wins on the road (25-16), which also ranked first in the Western Conference. He is the second coach in the Sacramento era to finish above .500 in a single season, joining Rick Adelman.

Brown coached the Kings to the highest offensive rating in NBA history (118.6) with the team scoring the most points per game by an NBA team in 40 years, which was last done by the Denver Nuggets (1983-84).

For his efforts, Brown was selected as the Michael Goldberg NBCA Coach of the Year after the Kings earned its first Pacific Division title since 2003.

Among league leaders, the Kings led the NBA in offensive efficiency and points per game while finishing second in field goal percentage (49.4%), third in assists (27.3), fifth in three-pointers made (1,128) and ninth in three-point percentage (37.3%).

Sacramento also ranked first in true shooting percentage (60.8%), second in effective field goal percentage (57.2), second in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.02), eighth in net rating (2.6) and seventh in assists percentage (62.6%).

In February, Brown was named the NBA Western Conference Coach of the month as the Kings led the NBA with seven games where they scored 120+ points, which included a 176-175 win in double overtime against the Los Angeles Clippers on Feb. 24, marking the second-highest scoring game in NBA history.

Davis High runner Brooks Ochoa rounds third base en route toward home plate in Wednesday’s Delta League baseball home game against Pleasant Grove.

After today’s game on the Eagles’ field, DHS will play Elk Grove in a threegame series on Monday starting at 4 p.m.

TITLE: Teams meet again today at 4 p.m.

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players have a hit each in the contest.

The Blue Devils had three pitchers saw time on the mound.

Reyan Islam went the first three innings of the game, striking out two and giving up two hits.

Carpenter put in two innings of work, also striking out two Eagle batters.

John Schacherbauer tossed the final two innings, striking out one and gave up four hits.

Today at 4 p.m., DHS and Pleasant Grove wrap up their series on the

Eagles’ field.

Then the Blue Devils will shift their focus toward Elk Grove.

But Guevin, his assistant coaches and Blue Devil players are living by the age-old saying of one day at a time.

“It’s not even one game at a time,” Guevin said.

LACROSSE: Big West tournament next

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Cup for a fourth straight season.Sacramento State opened up the contest with a 1-0 lead, taking the doubles point with 6-4 wins.

Then De Vries posted a 6-0, 6-3, straight set win, which helped kickstart a strong team singles performance for UCD (13-6

overall, 5-1 in the Big West Conference).

Necz and Brinkman closed out their matches in straight sets as well, giving the Aggies a 3-1 lead. Volgin sealed the Causeway Cup with a 6-3 third set win over Hornet star Mark Keki.

The Aggies roll into next week’s Big West Conference tournament winning

six of their last seven matches.The Big West tournament will start either Friday, April 28 or Saturday, April 29 at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego.

A Friday match would mean UCD is the third seed and must play a quarterfinal match, while the top two seeds advance to the semifinal on Saturday.

“I’m looking at practice (Thursday). Can we show up and get better at practice (Thursday)? That’s the biggest thing. When you get better every day, you kind of keep your focus on the present.”

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

DHS: Second place in DL

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teams in the Delta League advance to the playoffs.

Jesuit sits in first place in the Delta at 9-0 and 30-3. Davis is in second and Pleasant Grove (7-2 in the Delta) third.

DHS boys go the distance to beat Antelope

Enteprise staff

The Davis High boys volleyball team had one more non-league match to play before it returns to Delta League action.

Davis (15-6 overall, 7-2 in the Delta League) took care of business against Antelope inside the South Gym on Wednesday. The match went five sets, with DHS pulling out a 3-2 win; the final scores were 25-18, 21-25, 25-23, 25-16, 15-13.

“I’m really proud of the team’s performance (Wednesday) night, of course” said Davis head coach Rachel Hinojosa. “They came out strong in the first set with a handful of smart hits from Owen Buzbee, executing the game plan we set for ourselves; and the connection between our setter, Liam Langley and other outside hitter, Ethan Wells, was nearly flawless.”

Wells had 24 kills for the Blue Devils, while Buzbee followed with 14 kills.

Gabriel Crawford followed with seven kills, Mason Rowell five, Liam Langley four and Anthony Edson one.

Langley had 39 assists.

Buzbee and Crawford had three aces each.

Rowell had two kills, and Wells and Langley had one each.

Four DHS players were in double digits for digs; Langley 13, Buzbee and Crawford 12 each and Ryan Buzbee, only a freshman, had 11.

Hinojosa was pleased with her team’s rally after three sets to win the match.

“As a young team, consistency and a strong mental game are always our biggest challenges,” Hinojosa said. “And that’s what really got us in sets 2 and 3. In set 2, we did not focus and stick with the game plan that secured our first set win.

“And in set 3, despite some amazing defensive plays from our brother duo — Owen and Ryan Buzbee — we got into our heads about a few errors and dug ourselves into a hole.”

The Blue Devils head coach knew her squad would overcome their challenges to beat Antelope.

“This team has really worked on their ability to pick themselves up and change the momentum of a game in their favor with focusing on the next point and leaving behind past errors, which is what they did toward the end of set 3,” Hinojosa said.

On Thursday, DHS hosted Cosumnes Oaks.

Davis plays at Sheldon next Tuesday at 6 p.m. Then the Blue Devils close out the regular season hosting Pleasant Grove on Thursday, April 27, also at 6 p.m.

According to the Sac-Joaquin Section’s website — www.cifsjs.org — the top four

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loCal roundup delta league baseball

Blue Devil girls lacrosse wins league crown

Enterprise staff

The Davis High girls lacrosse team are the 2023 Delta League champions.

The Blue Devils had already wrapped up the crown entering Wednesday’s game at Rio Americano. Davis (5-0 in the Delta, 13-2) showed the Raiders why it won the crown with a 22-8 victory.

Today at 7:30 p.m. at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium, DHS will close out the regular season when it entertains Vista del Lago of Folsom.

Tory Agnew leads the Blue Devils in goals at 60.

Katie McMullen has 15 saves for DHS.

Goalie Amel Seleman has 60 saves. Then the league tournament is scheduled to start next week.

Blue Devil boys lacrosse

Davis (5-3 in the Delta League, 10-5) were also winners on the road Wednesday, beating Rio Americano 16-3.

Finn Shields had five goals for the Blue Devils.

Mason Bennett followed with three goals.

Dom Freedland-Wolford and Holt Klineberg had two goals each.

Ethan Cavanaugh, along with Blue Devil teammates Ethan Christian-Lichtenhan, James MacDonald and Luc Carner, had one goal each.

Blue Devil goalie Sawyer Schoen had three saves.

Today at 7:15 p.m. in Folsom, Davis will close out the regular season against league leader Vista del Lago.

DHS softball

Davis won its first Delta League game of the season Wednesday, posting a 9-5 win over Cosumnes Oaks on the Wolfpack’s home field in Elk Grove.

The Blue Devils scored four times in the top of the first inning, which proved to be the difference in the game.

Naomi Kalanetra went 3-for-4 and 3 RBIs for Davis (1-5 in the Delta, 5-8), which had 12 hits. One of her hits was a double.

Maya Frank went 2-for-4, and also 3 RBIs.

Kaylie Adams, along with Blue Devil teammates Lea Lamoureux, Cloe Lamoureux, Alessandra Trask, Ella Shorts and Maia Romero, had a hit each.

The Wolfpack had eight hits.

In the circle, Lea Lamoureux went 5 1/3 innings, struck out eight, walked one and gave up five hits.

Trask finished the game, fanning two, walked three and allowed three hits.

Today at 4 p.m., DHS will host Elite in a non-league game.

UCD men’s tennis

SACRAMENTO —UC Davis men’s tennis players

Sam DeVries, Andras Necz, Brett Brinkman and Andrei Volgain each won their singles matches to power to a 4-1 victory over Sacramento State on Wednesday.

The win ensures UCD possession of the Causeway

Rally leads to victory, still in title hunt

By Mike Bush Enterprise

Two hits wrapped up a big Delta League win for the Davis High baseball team on Wednesday.

The resulted in a come-frombehind 7-6 win over Pleasant Grove on the Blue Devils’ field. Davis (9-2 in the Delta League, 15-6) trailed 6-2 through the fourth inning, when it started chipping away at the Eagles’ lead.

“We’ve been in a lot of tight games,” said Davis head coach Ethan Guevin. “And at this stage in the season, we’ve been on both sides of tight games.”

The win also keeps DHS in the league title hunt behind Franklin (13-1 in the Delta, 20-4). Thirdplace Elk Grove (9-3 in the Delta, 13-8) starts its three-game series at the Blue Devils’ field on Monday.

Pleasant Grove (2-9 in the Delta, 10-11). which scored all of its runs in the top of the third frame, led 6-5 entering the bottom of the final inning. The Eagles led 6-2 after three innings and 6-3 after four.

“There’s no panic in our guys,” Guevin said. “We’ve come back three, four times. So, we’re

comfortable in the close game (s).”

Carter Stoltz led off the bottom of the seventh with a walk.

But the hopes of the Blue Devils’ remarkable comeback took a minor hit when the next two batters grounded out, which gave the Eagles two outs.

However, the next two DHS batters kept the drive alive.

Selassie Campos singled to rightcenter field. That put him at second base and Stoltz at third.

Then Andrew Keegan, who entered the game in the bottom of the fourth inning, stepped into the batter’s box for the Blue Devils. He hit a hard grounder that went up the middle of the infield, which drove in Stoltz for the tying run and Campos for the winning run.

The Blue Devils trimmed the Eagles’ lead to 6-5 in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Brooks Ochoa walked, stole second and scored when Houston McCray reached first base on an Eagle infield error.

McCray also moved on the bases, stealing second. Then he touched home plate when DHS teammate Christian Reyes singled up the middle of the infield.

“We were in the position where we score one run in every inning, we’re going to tie the game up,” Guevin said. “We did a good job in setting the table.”

Davis threatened to score in the bottom of the fifth frame.

Brian Chin was hit by pitch and Stoltz walked. Baker loaded the bases when he singled. But the trio were left on the bases when the Eagles, who already had two outs in the inning, got a Blue Devil batter to strike out to end their threat.

“We had some big two-out hits,” Guevin said.

Baker doubled down the first base line and stole third base in the bottom of the fourth inning. Then he touched home plate for a 6-3 score when Keegan hit a sacrifice fly to right field.

The Blue Devils scored a run each in the second and third frames.

Davis finished the game with eight hits. Pleasant Grove only had six. Campos and Reyes went 2-for-4 each.

The Eagles had six different

Christoph lossin/enterprise photo

Davis High boys volleyball players Anthony Edson (12) and Owen Buzbee (1) go up for the block in Wednesday’s non-league game against Antelope inside the South Gym.

Blue Devil batter Houston McCray takes a cut at a pitch in Wednesday’s league game against Pleasant Grove. McCray and DHS rallied from a 6-2 score to post a 7-6 win over the visiting Eagles.

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