The Davis Enterprise Friday, May 5, 2023

Davis police make arrest in serial stabbings

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

The nearly week-long manhunt for a brazen killer ended Thursday with the arrest of a 21-yearold Davis man who, it turned out, returned to the scene of his own alleged crime.

Police formally arrested Carlos Reales Dominguez in connection with Davis’ three stabbings shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday, a day after detaining him on Pine Lane and Colby Drive, where more than a dozen citizens reported seeing him wandering through Sycamore Park and the surrounding neighborhood.

He now faces two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder for the killings of David Henry Breaux, 50, in Central Park; 20-year-old Karim Abou Najm in Sycamore Park; and the attack on Kimberlee Guillory, 64, at a homeless camp at L and Second streets.

Dominguez is listed as a UC Davis sophomore studying biological sciences on the university’s online directory, but as of April 25 “was separated for academic reasons,” campus officials said in a statement. They did not elaborate.

He previously lived in Oakland, where he played high-school football and ran track. He also aspired to become a doctor, according to an online profile for a medical internship in which he described “how health care can be fun.”

“Maybe people think it’s boring or it’s scary if you’re a surgeon and you see all that blood, but saving someone’s life makes you feel good about yourself,” Dominguez said.

Dominguez declined an interview request Thursday from The Davis Enterprise.

Earlier Thursday, police erected crime-scene tape on Hawthorne Lane south of West Eighth Street, where Dominguez lived with several roommates, Police Chief Darren Pytel confirmed. Both are short walking distances from the two parks. His arrest sent a wave of relief

through the city as well as the Davis Police Department, which extended officers’ shifts and called in dozens more personnel from surrounding law-enforcement agencies to safeguard an anxious community and solve an unprecedented crime spree.

Pytel said Dominguez had

“physical evidence that was apparent on him” at the time he was detained, including biological evidence, and injuries to his hands and wrists consistent with a struggle. A pat-down revealed a large double-edged knife found in his backpack that “was consistent with the knife we were looking for from the first crime.”

Detectives continue to investigate the motive for the attacks. Pytel said it’s unclear whether Dominguez knew any of the victims.

“There’s still a significant amount of work being done, including analyzing all the evidence that’s being collected today,” as well as DNA, fingerprint and fiber comparisons, Pytel said.

As for the community at large, which saw event cancellations, early business closures and other precautions taken due to safety concerns, “I have no doubt that normal life will resume today,” he added.

The family of Karim Abou Najm, a UCD student who planned to graduate in six short weeks with a computer science degree, held services for him on Thursday and said they would comment on the arrest in the coming days.

Maria Breaux, whose brother David became known as “Compassion Guy” in Davis for his years of work to raise awareness of the term, told The Enterprise

Suspect expelled from UC Davis before killings began

By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer

In his third year at UC Davis, Carlos Reales

Dominguez — the suspected serial killer arrested on Thursday for the three recent stabbings — was expelled for academic reasons on Thursday, April 25, the same day David Breaux, “The Compassion Guy,” was found dead in Central Park.

Dominguez first attended UC Davis in the Fall of 2020 and had been majoring in biological sciences. He lived on Hawthorne Lane with two roommates and went home over the last week between

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Yolo County sheriff’s deputies detain Carlos Reales Dominguez on Wednesday, a block away from Sycamore Park, the scene of a UC Davis student’s homicide on Saturday.

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Local and police leaders, including Assemblywoman Cecila Aguiar-Curry, UC Davis Chancellor Gary May, Davis Mayor Will Arnold, and Davis City Council members Gloria Partida, Josh Chapman and Bapu Vaitla, listen as Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel updates the community Thursday on the arrest of a suspect in the recent stabbings around Davis.

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A two-vehicle crash that caused one car to flip onto its roof Tuesday resulted in only minor injuries, Davis police said.

Lt. Dan Beckwith said one of the vehicles was traveling southbound on F Street north of Covell Boulevard shortly after 3 p.m. when it collided with another car whose driver was making a left turn into an apartment complex.

Two people were transported to the hospital for evaluation of minor injuries, Beckwith said.

Friends show film on Pentagon Papers

The Davis Friends Meeting will show the movie, “The Most Dangerous Man in America.” The film is about the life of Daniel Ellsberg, who released the Pentagon Papers to the public during the Vietnam War.

The free screening begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 19, at the Friends Meeting House, 345 L St. in Davis.

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Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel was short and to the point as he opened Thursday afternoon’s press conference before a packed community meeting room at police headquarters on Fifth Street. “We are here to make an announcement that everyone wants to hear,” he began. “We have made an arrest.”

Added Mayor Will Arnold, who has shown true leadership during this terrible week, “The person responsible for these horrific, brutal attacks is no longer free to terrorize our community.”

Although the chief wouldn’t say, the consensus among those in the room is that the police have obtained a confession and now the relentless wheels of justice will begin to take over.

Yes, we always hear the admonition that a suspect is innocent until proven guilty, but that’s an important instruction for judges and jurors. The rest of us are free to draw our own conclusions.

Chief Pytel certainly thinks 21-year-old Carlos Dominguez is guilty of two murders, plus an attempted murder, or he wouldn’t have had him arrested.

And Mayor Arnold certainly thinks Dominguez is guilty or he wouldn’t have said our streets and parks are safe once again.

It turns out Dominguez was a third-year UC Davis student until April 25 when, according to UCD officials, “he was separated for academic reasons.”

A day or two later he began his killing rampage. Police do not believe he had a prior record of any kind.

We do know that Dominguez was living with an undisclosed number of roommates in a rental home on Hawthorne Lane in West Davis and returned on Wednesday afternoon to the scene of the second murder at Sycamore Park carrying a hunting knife in his backpack. He was wearing the same clothes witnesses described from his third knife attack earlier this week in East Davis. This prompted at least 15 calls to police headquarters and Dominguez was quickly detained.

Chief Pytel noted that a murderer returning so soon to the scene of the crime during daylight hours was “unusual and unique” in his experience in law enforcement.

We may all be breathing a sigh of relief, but even now things don’t seem

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quite right. I suspect it will take a while for things to return to “normal.”

As I asked in this space earlier this week, how can we explain the tragedy and terror that have stricken our beloved hometown? I don’t think any of us dreamed that a recent UC Davis student would turn out to be a serial killer.

Like so many others in our community, during the last seven days I have moved from moments of anger and bewilderment at the horrific actions of a serial killer to long stretches of intense sadness for the victims and their many grieving loved ones.

How could this have happened in Davis? How could it have happened anywhere?

We are not immune. Never have been.

Longtime Davisites will never forget the horrific abduction and murder of Davis teenagers John Riggins and Sabrina Gonsalves in December of 1980.

And none of us can erase the memory of the equally horrific torture and murder of Claudia Maupin and Chip Northup as they slept in their home in April of 2013. It’s impossible to make sense of the senseless. The “why” will never be answered. For so many reasons, this case will be especially troubling for a long, long time.

One ray of light in the darkness is that the third victim, a woman named Kimberlee who had been sleeping alone in a tent along L Street, is alert and “improving” according to Chief Pytel. We hope and pray that she will recover quickly and fully from her wounds and return to our community whole, with a warm and inviting place to live and people to care for her.

But two valued members of our community have been taken from us far too soon.

I wrote about them earlier this week, but the way they lived their lives bears repeating.

David Breaux, the Compassion Guy, who seemingly everyone knew from his famous bench at the southeast corner of Third and C, touched our town’s

soul like few others.

Said Mayor Arnold of David: “We shared in his vision for a kinder world. We connected on what it means to be human and humane. David was gentle and kind, soft-spoken and thoughtful, brilliant and selfless. He touched so many lives in such a determined and inspired way that many of us in our lifetimes will never reach.”

And then there was 20-year-old UC Davis senior Karim Abou Najm, who was simply riding his bicycle home on a warm and beautiful spring evening.

Our family and so many other families in town have kids who were classmates of Karim’s at Davis High School or UC Davis.

As Chancellor Gary May noted, “He was an exceptional student, son and friend.”

Karim’s father, UC Davis professor Majdi Abou Najm, showed immense grace and kindness through his grief as he granted requests from a number of news outlets to talk about his son.

The family had moved here from Lebanon a few years ago.

“We came here hoping for safety,” he explained.

They were so proud of

their son and all he had accomplished and all he had given back to others in his short life.

“Karim was such an incredible talent. He wanted to do computer science, so he came to UC Davis,” Majdi told one reporter.

“He was just six weeks away from graduation. It’s devastating. Instead of attending his graduation, we’re making arrangements for his departure.”

Added Majdi, “I want this to be his memory: a bundle of energy, a bundle of positivity. Someone who was full of ambition, proud of his roots, who just wanted to make the world a better place.”

No doubt, there will soon be a scholarship in Karim’s name and many of us will be proud to donate.

David Henry Breaux and Karim Abou Najm. Linked by tragedy, of course, but linked much much more by the love and caring they showed to those they came in contact with during special moments in their everyday lives.

Our town was blessed beyond measure to have them among us. They cannot be replaced and they will never be forgotten.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@ davisenterprise.net.

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Get a look inside these mountains of fire

By Sara Thompson

Special to the Enterprise

The word “volcano” comes from “Vulcan,” the fire god of Roman mythology.

Around 75% of the world’s volcanoes are located in the Ring of Fire, an area ringing the Pacific Ocean and is also where many tectonic plate boundaries converge.

There are a number of ways to classify volcanoes depending on size, shape, the ways they erupt, how the lava flows, chemical makeup of the resulting rocks, etc. The three most well-known varieties are called composite, cinder and shield volcanoes.

Composite volcanoes are likely what most people think of when they think volcano. They are tall, steep, and often part of mountain ranges. They have a concave, conical shape, and will usually become steeper nearer the summit. They obtain their tall stature from countless eruptions and lava flows over time. The layering of the lava continues to build up the mountainous volcano until it towers above all else.

This type of volcano can be active over tens to hundreds of thousands of years. Even though they are formed by layered flows, they can have large, explosive eruptions. The famous eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 was from a composite volcano. The top may no longer exist, but now the volcano can continue to build itself back up again into the picturesque cone shape in many of our minds.

Cinder volcanoes are the most common type of volcano in the world. They also have a cone-like shape but have a distinctive crater on the top. These volcanoes have an average height of 100 to

150 meters, but can get as tall as 300 meters. They often have the igneous rock, scoria, surrounding them. Scoria are irregularshaped stones with lots of cavities from gas bubbles inside. When cinder volcanos erupt, small blobs of lava are shot into the air and are cooled forming rock by the time they land. Cinder volcanoes have milder eruptions than other volcano types and have fewer “explosive” episodes.

Shield volcanoes are the

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 Pippin (A202056), a gorgeous white Chihuahua whose good looks and darling personality win over everyone’s heart. Pippin is great with families but not always sure when meeting new dogs.

Pippin will warm up once he feels secure and jump in your lap or play with another pup in no time.

Also hoping for a good home is Reese (A201338), a darling 3-year-old male American bully mix. Reese has a charming smile and a short, chunky body that will steal your heart in an instant. Resse is laid-back, calm and likes short walks and lots of cuddles. Reese

is good in a car and has a fun video profile on AdoptMeApp.

Saphira (AA200612) is a beautiful 2-year old husky who loves to train and learn new tricks. Saphira is easy to walk on

largest volcano variety. They have gentle slopes and flatter summits, looking like shields laying on the ground, which gives them their name. They are built by intermittent eruptions over millions of years. The largest active volcano on the planet is a shield volcano. Mauna Loa is more than 10,000 meters tall from its base on the sea floor.

All the volcanoes that created the Hawaiian Islands are shield volcanoes, and even though they are close together, they have separate magma chambers, making them all separate volcanos.

Volcanic eruptions can be devastating to witness, but areas with volcanic activity have some

of the most fertile soil from the minerals present in volcanic ash and rocks. It can be strange to think of the same thing that brings destruction can also help life thrive. Learn more about volcanoes and igneous rocks at our exhibit “Explorit Rocks!”

Explorit is open to the public on Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is $5 per person. Explorit Members, ASTC, and those age 2 and under free.

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daily walks and friendly with people and may even do well with another family dog.

To find out more about Saphira go to AdoptMeApp.

For information on adopting, contact adopt ycas@gmail.com. All shelter animals are up-to-date on vaccinations, micro-

chipped, and spayed or neutered.

Staff is available to assist via phone during business hours at 530-6685287. 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/yolovolunteer app. Follow on at @ycas. shelter and Instagram at @yoloanimalshelter.

At Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue, you’ll find Poppy, a young, spayed female yellow Labrador retriever. She is a supersweet girl who loves to play and is very friendly.

She came to Rotts right before giving birth to a

litter of puppies. Now the pups are old enough and have found homes of their own so it’s Poppy’s turn. She is smart and gorgeous.

Trinity is a young, spayed female shepherdRott mix. She is a dog- and people-friendly girl who loves to play with her stuffed toys and loves water play.

Trinity needs a brush up on her obedience training and will be enrolled when our next group of classes begin. Trinity has a heart of gold and will be a wonderful addition for a family or single.

Rotts of Friends adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturdays 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, upto-date on their vaccines and come with free lifetime obedience-training classes. For information, visit facebook.com/rotts offriends.

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attacks. Police have questioned the roommates, and that information remains under further investigation.

Asked about the nature of Dominguez’s expulsion, UCD references The Family Educational Rights and Privacy that puts measures in place for all records, including academic grades and health records, directly related to students. “FERPA requires all public universities to obtain explicit, signed consent from the student for most disclosures of identifiable information from his or her educational record. Although parents have special rights under FERPA for K-12 education, the rights previously held by parents and guardians are transferred to the student upon enrollment in a UC Davis academic program. Some information — such as a student’s major, dates of attendance, and degree awarded — is considered public and can be disclosed unless the student has designated themselves ‘all records confidential.’”

In a statement to the

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community, UCD said it continues to partner with law enforcement to provide access to any and all information as part of the investigation. “We are providing support to any students who may have interacted with him. As we learn more and are able to provide updates that do not interfere with the ongoing investigation, we will do so.

“We urge the community not to rush to conclusions or speculate until all facts are known. We are grateful for law enforcement’s quick response and resolution during an extremely difficult period for the city and campus.”

As students worried for their own safety during midterms prior to the arrest, the Associated Students of UCD on Tuesday wrote the Davis Division of the UC Academic Senate and Committees to express frustrations with the UC Davis Academic Senate Executive Council and “their failure to act decisively in response to the recent tragedies in our community.”

Signed by ASUCD President Radhika Gawde,

Carol Lucille Boyer aka “AC” (Auntie Carol), age 87, of Davis, beloved sister, aunt, great-aunt, and friend, passed away peacefully on April 10, 2023, due to congestive heart failure.

Born in Oakland at Merritt Hospital on Dec. 24, 1935, Carol was to be named Lucille after her mother’s best friend. Because she was born on Christmas Eve, however, her parents named her Carol, which was fitting. She was like a Christmas carol — loud, festive and fun; she thrived on celebrating the holidays and enjoyed singing, going to church, baking and gift giving.

Carol was reared with her older sister Margaret and younger brother Dick Jr. in Crockett, where their father Dick Sr. worked as a union warehouseman at C&H Sugar for more than 50 years. Her mother Margaret was a homemaker, community organizer and columnist for the local paper. The senior Boyers were known for their extensive world travels.

With red curly hair, Carol attended Carquinez Elementary and John Swett High School in Crockett. She participated in Campfire and Horizon Girls and attended the group’s summer camps in Lake Tahoe. As a child, Carol and her siblings hiked the wide-open hills around their home with their mother. Carol enjoyed cooking and being in the kitchen, as well as sewing and crafting with her mother. She played the bassoon all four years in the high school band and was active in sports.

In 1957, Carol graduated from UC Davis with a degree in home economics. She taught high school “home ec” for two years in San Jose and two years in Napa before returning to Davis. She taught at Davis High School for a few years, when her principal encouraged her to earn her master’s degree so she could become the school’s academic counselor, which she did. Carol spent the rest of her 45-plus year career at DHS, where she helped many students and made lifelong friends. She loved her job and her Davis community. In 1998, Carol was awarded “Counselor of the Year” for her service to public education in California.

Loved ones describe Carol as smart, outspoken, gener-

Leon Louis Francois Wegge, 89, of Davis, passed away peacefully on Feb. 4, 2023, after a multi-year battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma (Waldenström’s disease). He was surrounded by his loving family when he passed.

Leon was born in 1933 in Breendonk, Belgium. After attending primary school, junior high and high school in Breendonk and nearby communities, he spent two years at a junior college in Antwerp before transferring in 1953 to the Catholic University of Leuven, graduating in 1958 with several degrees, including one in economics. After military service in the French section of the Belgian army, he spent six months working on economic models at the Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis in the Netherlands.

In 1959, a Fulbright Scholarship provided for the boat trip across the Atlantic Ocean to the U.S., where he went on to study economics at MIT with Professor Robert Solow. In 1962 Leon met Beate, and they married that same year. Leon graduated with a Ph.D. in economics in 1963.

Leon’s first academic position was at the University of New South Wales in Australia. In 1966 he was recruited by the department of economics of UC Davis to develop their new graduate program. What followed were some of his most prolific years, during which he published many academic papers, taught graduate courses in econometrics, international economics and trade theory, and served on various faculty committees on the UC Davis campus.

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Carlos Dominguez was arrested Thursday in connection with three stabbings in Davis, two of them fatal.

Internal Vice President JT Eden, External Affairs Vice President Celene Aridin, and Academic Affairs Chair Megan Chung, the letter states the Academic Senate, the letter that was sent asked that all classes be remote until the perpetrator was caught and shared a survey of the student body that presses for more academic flexibility.

Of demands in the letter, Gawde told the Enterprise she will be asking that the Academic Senate extend the Passed/Not Passed grading option and late drop deadlines until the last day of instruction.

ASUCD would like the Academic Senate also to mandate faculty to retroactively forgive any missed points/assignments due to students skipping class/ missing participation this past week. She said they will be further asking that “faculty exercise leniency as students grapple with the death of our peer at the hands of another student.”

The second victim found in Sycamore Park on Saturday night, Karim Abou Najm, a Davis High School graduate, was only six weeks away from graduating from UC Davis. The university posthumously gave Najm a degree and started a memorial fund in his name to support undergraduates pursuing research.

The third, a 64-year-old unhoused woman, was stabbed multiple times through her tent at L and Second streets and is recovering in the hospital.

“Students deserve time to cope with the events of the past week,” Gawde continued.

“Despite the killer being arrested, it is unreasonable to expect students — many

ous, active, helpful, bossy, crafty, social, rambunctious and “a force.” She loved her family and a large circle of friends, including those from DSHS, water aerobics, church and book club.

Carol was an energetic, playful and attentive aunt to her five nieces and nephews, who consider her their second Mom. She thrived on organizing family events and making things special, including vacations, Easter egg hunts, and Christmas Eve (her birthday) visits from Santa. She sent family members and friends elaborate gift packages for each birthday that included their favorite items and her famous “scotcheroo” cookies. One family reunion she organized and sponsored, the family made a t-shirt that said, “Everyone should have an Auntie Carol. We are blessed.”

Nephew David describes AC as “an expert tickler; she would light you up and take you down.” Niece Anne remembers watching out the window for AC’s car to arrive and the fun to begin; the kisses goodnight numbering the child’s age; and her always giving “a pinch to grow and inch.” Anne also fondly recalls AC’s crafting, baking, making candy, and building her a dollhouse with furniture from scratch. She took her five nieces and nephews Christmas shopping individually and to lunch each year to buy gifts for their family.

Carol enjoyed traveling the country and world with friends and family, especially her sister and brother-inlaw. When each of her nieces and nephews turned age 16, AC took them on a trip to wherever they wanted to go in the world! She took Stephen to Ireland, Scotland, Germany and England, where he later moved. She traveled to Japan and Thailand with Peggy and took David to Northern Europe and behind the Iron Curtain. AC toured Greece and the Mediterranean with John and traveled to Spain, Italy and the Mediterranean with Anne. She instilled in all of them a love of travel, learning, and seeing other places and people. Through it all she insisted upon instilling in them the rules of comportment -- manners, proper speech, diligence, finance and risk-taking to name a few.

She was very active in her parish, the Episcopal Church

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who are connected to Karim or his friends, roommates of the killer, the killer himself, students involved in the arrest of the killer, etc. — to be in a mental state to focus on their academics. Throughout the week, students have been terrified. Many students have not slept through the night, instead turning to online Police Scanners and Yik Yak trying to keep themselves informed of all developments in the case,” she said.

Calling the decision by the Academic Senate to force students to go to campus during the day instead of mandating virtual instruction “disgraceful,” Gawde highlighted the fact that more than 4,000 students responded to a survey stating that they felt unsafe visiting campus during the day. “The students were right to be afraid. The perpetrator was a student and had access to and knowledge of all of the buildings and facilities all UC Davis students do. The Academic Senate knowingly forced students to choose between their safety and their academic success and should

feel ashamed for doing so.”

The letter stated that within one hour, they received responses from over 10% of the student body articulating their “overwhelming desire for virtual instruction alternatives in order to alleviate the anxiety and to mitigate the safety concerns of the student body.”

Eighty-six percent of the nearly 3,500 students surveyed stated they feel unsafe attending classes in person and that limiting virtual instruction “effectively ignores the safety concerns of our entire community and student population.”

In the comment section of the survey, one student stated fear of leaving home. “I haven’t been able to sleep and have nightmares of sirens. I’m having panic attacks walking outside. I have exams and in-person labs, but I don’t feel comfortable attending at all. I’m also crying a lot because I’m so scared.”

— Contact Monica Stark at monica@davisenter prise.net.

of St. Martin, which she helped develop from its humble beginnings at a theater in Davis. She was a part of the group that found and purchased the property where the current church was built and stands today. Carol was active at St. Martin’s throughout her adult life; she served on the vestry several times, helped with events, kept the calendar bulletin board updated, and managed the craft fair for years. She even organized the church’s 50-year anniversary celebration.

Most of her adult life, Carol lived in Davis and was committed to the town and community. She lived in Atria Covell Gardens in Davis the last five years of her life, where she continued to be active and social.

Carol is survived by her sister Margaret Markham, née Boyer; brother Richard “Dick” Boyer Jr; and nieces and nephews Stephen Markham (Clare Piggott), Peggy Callahan, David Markham (Sue Markham), John Markham (Stephanie Riggs) and Anne Davis. She is also survived by her grand-nieces and grand-nephews Robert Callahan (Becca Mason), Kelly Rishe (Dominic Rishe), Charlotte Davis, Wesley Davis, Jane Markham, Eleanor Markham, Maggie Angelillo (Joe Angelillo), Billy Markham, Riggs Markham, Patrick Callahan, Matthew Markham, James Davis, Tamara Davis and Avery Markham.

Services for Carol will be held at the Episcopal Church of St. Martin, 640 Hawthorne Lane in Davis, at 3 p.m. Friday, May 19, with a reception to follow.

Memorial donations are encouraged to Paul’s Place at P.O. Box 72463, Davis CA 95617 or by visiting paulsplacedavis.org.

On Tuesday, May 2, 2023 Ms. Rose Marie Garofalo of Davis passed away at the age of 78. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

In their early years in Davis, Leon and Beate regularly hosted Thanksgiving meals at their home with foreign graduate students or visiting professors as guests. He spent sabbatical years in Leuven (Belgium), Bonn (Germany) and Wassenaar (Netherlands), which allowed him to focus on research and expose his children to different European cultures as well as help them strengthen bonds with extended family.

Leon very much enjoyed traveling to other countries for professional conferences. Perhaps the most memorable trip was Leon and Beate’s visit to Taiwan in the year 2000. At the invitation of Paul T. Mu (the founding president of National Dong Hwa University, Hua-Lian, and a former Ph.D. student of Leon’s at UCD), Leon presented his research to the Economics Department at National Dong Hwa University as well as at the Economics Research Institute of Academia Sinica, the highest academic research institution in Taiwan.

Leon retired from UC Davis in 1994 and remained very active with his research and interests. He presented his last conference paper in 2019 in Singapore. Until a few years ago Leon was a regular fixture on the UC Davis tennis courts.

Twice he completed the Dodentocht walk (“March of the Dead”) in Bornem, Belgium, the longest walking race in Europe, which requires participants to walk 100 kilometers

He enjoyed harvesting his organic almonds, listening to the music of van Beethoven and Handel and getting together with friends in a local gourmet club. He was a devout member of the Saint James Catholic Parish for nearly 60 years. He was an enthusiastic bridge player until the end. He was also an avid sports fan of all kinds of sports, but especially of grand slam tennis tournaments and the exploits of Belgian athletes.

Leon had a keen sense of familial history, and long before genealogy became popular, he engaged in rigorous research of the Wegge family tree as well as other family surnames that culminated in a small book on his findings, written in both English and Flemish.

He was a one-of-a-kind individual and will be greatly missed. Leon was predeceased by his parents Petrus and Alberta, his sister Rosa, and his brother Frans. He is survived by his wife Beate; brother Jos Wegge; children Simone (Victor Valdivia), Robert and Elizabeth (Jason Bennett); grandchildren Jane, Leo, Jacqueline and Victor; godson Dr. Leon Andries and many nieces and nephews.

A celebration of his life was held in his hometown of Breendonk, Belgium on April 2. A Memorial Mass will be held on June 9 at St. James Church in Davis with a reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to the International Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia Foundation (https://iwmf.com/ ways-to-give/), or to a local charity like Yolo Cares (Yolo Hospice), https://yolocares.org/.

Rose Marie is survived by her siblings, Vince (Deanna) Garofalo and Betty Lou (Dave) Dais and children, Lorrie Davidson, Mark Blake and Toni Blake. She was the devoted grandmother and great grandmother to several, including Michael Bauer, who was a constant source of comfort, and Katy Nicole, who provided loving companionship and care in Rose’s last years.

Rose Marie was a longtime resident of Davis and former owner of the small business, The Bookkeeper, which led to many professional and personal relationships in the tight-knit Davis community.

Rose Marie was very involved with the group Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, where she met her dearest friend, Sandy Weiss. She delighted

in international travel, talking politics, and attending theater.

She was wellknown for her sharp wit and generous heart. She had a full body infectious laugh that filled the room and a gentle spirit that provided comfort to many over the years. She was silly and sharp and once showed up to her own surprise party dressed as a clown, because she was too smart to surprise and too much fun to show up looking pedestrian.

Rose Marie will live on in the many people who were lucky enough to be touched by her humor, heart and generosity.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to one of Rose Marie’s favorite charities, Yolo Crisis Nursery, Davis Meals on Wheels or the Democratic Party.

Leon Louis Francois Wegge d. Feb. 4, 2023

WEGGE

Carol Lucille Boyer

Dec. 24, 1935 — April 10, 2023

BOYER

Rose Marie Garofalo d. May 2, 2023 GAROFALO

A conversation with Sanne Stark Fettinger

By Lisa Montanaro

Special to The Enterprise

Sanne Stark Fettinger’s personal motto is “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” She has embodied that mantra since a young age.

Sanne grew up in Denmark, where biking to school, rain or shine, was the most natural thing to do. It was part of the culture. As a child, Sanne loved being in the saddle, whether on a bike or a horse. As a young adult, she carried her love of biking with her to Switzerland, where she used the bike as a means of transportation to get to work and didn’t own a car.

She then lived on the East Coast of the United States for 12 years, where she found herself biking much less than she had in Europe. Thankfully, she made her way to Davis in 2004 and was delighted to find such a bike-friendly community waiting for her.

Sanne quickly put her energy into volunteering for Davis’ bike community, starting with a program at Birch Lane Elementary School called Save a Gallon. Volunteers scanned students when they got to school by bike, so parents knew they arrived safely. She spread the word, helping to grow the program into the thriving city-wide version it is today, encompassing all Davis public schools and going by the name Active4Me.

In 2010, Sanne, along with

Christal Waters and Kristen Muir, created Loopalooza. It is an annual event hosted by the City of Davis in collaboration with Bike Davis to encourage people of all ages to get out on their bikes and cycle the 12-mile Davis Bike Loop through parks, greenbelts, and the UC Davis campus. The event is well attended, with approximately 500 people participating, who start anywhere on the Bike Loop and go in either direction.

This year, the event will be on May 7, and promises to be a fun ride for all. Along the Bike Loop, there are eleven stations hosted by local organizations. Participants can expect loads of fun activities throughout like helmet decorating, water balloons, sidewalk chalking, and more. Sanne is thrilled that this year marks the 13th anniversary of the Loopalooza event.

“The original idea for Loopalooza was to have stations near the schools to provide parents/caregivers with information on how to get to school using active transportation. Then we partnered with the City of Davis and Bike Davis, and it grew into this fantastic event we have today.” For more information about Loopalooza, visit https:// www.bikedavis.us/loopalooza.

Sanne has been a board member of Bike Davis since 2014 and has served as its Treasurer for years. The mission of Bike Davis

is to encourage and promote bicycling, improve infrastructure, influence policy, and advocate for a vibrant bicycle culture in Davis. As someone who has lived in Europe and experienced first-hand its excellent bike lanes, infrastructure, and bike parking and storage, Sanne enjoys working to improve upon bicycle culture in Davis.

Bike Davis’s website says, “The bicycle is the official symbol of the city of Davis. Bike Davis envisions Davis as a city where bicycling is the priority mode of travel, and we are committed to challenging and inspiring the citizens of Davis to reconnect with nature and their neighbors in pursuit of better health, kindred community, and the pure

joy of riding a bike. We envision a city that tirelessly promotes and preserves a comfortable, beautiful, and convenient bicycle network year-round for cyclists of all ages. We hope that the rich bicycle heritage in Davis will continue to distinguish us as the Bicycle Capital of America.” Sanne appreciates the advanced Davis bike culture, but also respects that the city is constantly looking at ways to improve and not resting on its laurels. Her dream is that when Davis public schools send out notices about school events, the default expectation would be that students, parents, and visitors would arrive by bike and the secondary mode would be by car.

She bikes these days for transportation, errands and pleasure. She also commutes by bike to her job at UC Davis, where she’s been employed since 2005. As a health coach, she likes to model the behavior she’s advocating for. And nothing would make her happier than seeing the smiling faces of community members on their own bikes, participating in Loopalooza on May 7 – or any day of the year for that matter!

— This article was written by Lisa Montanaro, commissioned by The Bike Campaign. For more information about how to “Drive Less. Ride More.”, contact Maria Contreras Tebbutt at funmaria@sbcglobal.net or www. TheBikeCampaign.com.

A tribute to the muttiness, wherever we find it

I'm a mutt. Norwegian and British on my mother's side, Sicilian and a touch of French on my father's. Leonardis probably came from Leon (in present-day Spain, so add Spanish), expelled in the 14th century because they were Jews. Maybe.

My family history is murky as well as mutty. My kids are even muttier with their German and Irish father — and their children muttier still.

If I did an ancestry analysis, I'm sure I could add to my mix. My food preferences reflect the mutt in me, though I doubt that the wonderful tastes of Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Korean and Thai food are “in my blood.” I grew up in the L.A. area; the family's favorite restaurant was La Fonda, dishes prepared by recent immigrants, so it's not surprising that I also have a great affection for Mexican food of all sorts, including the mutty TexMex and CalMex specialties.

You've probably noticed, though, that my everyday diet leans heavily Italian/ Italian American. Our weekly staples tend to be pasta, pizza, risotto and

polenta, which are themselves rather mutty foods — at home, in some version, almost everywhere. My wine tastes are equally eclectic. And as I begin to explore the wines of, for example, Georgia and Croatia and Crete, I can only shake my head when someone asks me for my “favorite” wine. This week? This month? This year?

This fortnight's favorite (my every-other-week column gives me a chance to use “fortnight” — one of my favorite words) — a Sicilian frappato. I found it on the always-intriguing shelves of The Pip — the Poggio di Bortolone ($25). This estate was founded by the Cosenza family over two centuries ago and passed down through the generations. The vineyards consist of fewer than 40 acres of sandy soil that

inhibits growth (but increases concentration), so the production is definitely small.

Frappato is a Sicilian native that complements the food of the region, like oily fish and flavorful fennel, tomatoes, and eggplant. Besides being concentrated with fruit flavors, frappato in general and this one in particular is wonderfully aromatic. Bright berries, roses, spices — all seem to waft out of the glass. It's a perfect companion to a simple weeknight dinner of tinned sardines, garlic, fresh oregano and lots of good olive oil over whole grain pasta.

And now that eggplant season approaches, I'm eager to try it with a longtime seasonal favorite — a bake of penne, tomato sauce, fontina, and sauteed eggplant. Now that we're headed into warm weather, I'd recommend a half-hour chill.

Besides being a great accompaniment to simple spring food, it's elegant enough to serve with a fancy dish or to give as a

Student earns Goldwater Scholarship

Enterprise staff

Two Oklahoma State University students have been awarded the 2023 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious national honors recognizing outstanding students seeking research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.

Georgia Eastham of Davis and Charlie Vermeire of Montana are OSU’s 31st and 32nd Goldwater Scholars. The one- and two-year Goldwater Scholarships cover tuition, fees, books, room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.

Established by Congress in 1986, The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation serves as a living memorial to honor the lifetime work of U.S. Sen. Goldwater of Arizona.

Name droppers

Today, Goldwater alumni are conducting research that helps defend the nation, finding cures for diseases and teaching future generations of scientists.

Eastham is a junior triple-majoring in biochemestry, chemistry, and plant and soil sciences.

Her research incorporates nutritional sciences

gift, especially since frappato is a relative rare variety, thanks to the low yield. No one makes frappato to get rich; passion drives its production, and you can practically taste the passion of winemaker Pierluigi Cosenza in this elegant bottle.

Nothing could be more different from rare frappato than ubiquitous chardonnay. I mentioned a few columns ago that I had a chard craving, and to my surprise it continues.

I tried a few low-priced versions, one made with organic grapes by a reputable cooperative in Argentina. How bad could it be?

I asked myself. The answer: pretty bad. I went up to a $15 bottle, this one French. Enjoyable enough but hardly exciting. In that price range I'd prefer a vermentino or verdicchio.

But I'm pleased to announce that by going up to $25 (much less than the fancy Napa chards) I found a really lovely one from the Margaret River region in Australia — 2021 Vasse Filix. Vasse Filix was the first wine estate in the area (established in 1967), a region that has been occupied and cultivated

and chemistry. Eastham plans to pursue a Ph.D. in chemistry and research chemical biology.

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

for 50,000 years (!) by the native Wadandi people. It has some of the oldest soil in the world. Do I just imagine that I taste that ancient history in the glass?

Aussie chards, like California chards, can be buttery, oaky monsters with way too much alcohol for my taste or for warm weather dishes. This one, though it has a bit of oak and underwent full malolactic, is crisp, vibrant, and fresh, its tropical fruit richness and almost creaminess balanced by minerals and sea kisses.

Winemaker Virginia Willcock is well-known for her citrus-and-mineral forward chards and this bottle exemplifies that nicely. Wine critics are as impressed as I am—it scored a 93 from both Suckley and Wine Enthusiast and a 90 from Wine Advocate — pretty unusual for a 12.5% alcohol chardonnay. WE summarizes it well: “it's beautifully balanced, the crunchy acidity neatly juxtaposing the textural weight. Finessed with polish and craftsmanship, but also utterly drinkable now.”

Best of all, you can find

it right in downtown Davis at Wines in Tandem. If you haven't visited this new little wine bar/shop, do check it out as soon as you can.

Anything But Chardonnay (ABC) your motto? No matter. Owner Ryan Crosbie will steer you toward something more to your liking. But if he happens to have the Vasse Filix open, ask for a taste and let me know if you're still ABC afterward.

The Poggio di Bortolone is 100% frappato, the Vasse Filix 100% chard, but these grapes are themselves mutts. Frapatto seems to be a cross between sangiovese and a so-far-unidentified grape (come on, UCD, get to work), while chardonnay, UCD discovered, is a cross between pinot noir and gouais blanc, a grape thought to originate in Croatia. Imagine the muttiness when (as is often the case) frappato and chard are blended with other grapes. Mutts indeed. Just like me. Just like us. — Reach Susana Leonardi at vinosusana@ gmail.com. Comment on this column at www. davisenterprise.com.

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Sanne Stark, one of the creators of Davis’ annual Loopalooza bike ride.

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ARREST: Locals spent terrified week as crimes continued

“there’s some degree of closure knowing who took David’s life.

“Of course, this doesn’t bring David back. I hope this young man, someone who’s someone’s son, someone who seemed to want so much to help other people, will eventually find the inner peace that David did through compassion,” Breaux said.

Citizens ‘delivered’

The events leading to Dominguez’s arrest began at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday when a man walking through Sycamore Park spotted him sitting alone on the children’s playground.

With shoulder-length wavy hair, and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black Adidas track pants, he bore a strong resemblance to the suspect seen fleeing the L Street stabbing scene.

“He made eye contact with me and came toward me rather briskly,” said the witness, who asked to remain anonymous. He said he backed off at that point but “kept an eye on him” as Dominguez wandered through the park, then through the neighborhood east of it.

“He was walking around sort of aimlessly, which I though was odd,” said the witness, who continued following the person from a distance to The Marketplace shopping center, where he briefly lost sight of him. Dominguez later emerged from a store and walked back toward the park area.

The witness said he called police multiple times as he tracked Dominguez, ultimately flagging down an officer heading westbound on Villanova Drive toward the park. Dominguez

began walking more briskly at that point but never tried to run.

Additional police units responded to the scene, bringing numerous residents outside to watch the commotion. Dominguez, who initially was cuffed, left unrestrained with officers shortly after 5 p.m.

At the police station, “he spoke for a long time” during his interview with detectives, said Pytel, who declined to go into detail about his statements, although he did note that Dominguez were aware authorities were looking for him.

Wednesday’s tips added to hundreds police have received over the past week, reporting people who matched the suspect’s description and other suspicious activity being observed.

The description first emerged early Sunday, after a witness who interrupted Saturday night’s attack on Najm in Sycamore Park briefly followed the suspect as he left the stabbing scene with Najm’s bicycle.

Witnesses to the Guillory’s L Street assault, and the victim herself, offered similar descriptions following that incident. One man, Isaac Chessman, told The Enterprise he saw the suspect lurking among some nearby trees some two hours before the stabbing.

“We asked the community to provide tips, and they delivered, meaningfully,” Pytel said. “That has to be recognized,” along with the law-enforcement teams from local, state and federal agencies he said worked “tirelessly” to solve the case.

Neighbors react

Dominguez, initially held on a weapon charge prior to Thursday afternoon, remains in Yolo

County Jail custody on a no-bail hold, his arraignment scheduled for Friday afternoon in Yolo Superior Court.

A 2020 graduate of Castlemont High School in Oakland, Dominguez spent the summer of 2017 as an intern at the West Oakland Health Center, and the summer before at Mentoring in Medicine & Science (MIMS), also in Oakland, according to his LinkedIn profile.

The Oakland Health Pathways Partnership — a collaboration among the Oakland Unified School District, Alameda Health System and the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency — featured Dominguez prominently on its website under the name Carlos Reales, where he said he wanted to “give back to the community” as a doctor.

“I got into health care to help my grandmother — she has Type 2 diabetes,” Dominguez had said. “My grandmother used to take care of me when I was young, and

now I take care of her. I’m the oldest in my family. My parents work, so I take care of my younger brother and sister, take them to school. I help with the cooking and cleaning.”

Thursday’s police activity attracted the attention of media and numerous neighbors, most gathering along West Eighth Street to observe the action, which was expected to last into the evening.

“It’s scary. You never know what people are capable of,” said Ryan Johnson, a UC Davis sophomore who lives a couple houses down from where Dominguez lived on Hawthorne Lane. Johnson said he saw the crime scene tape and investigators at the house when he left for class Thursday morning and worried that perhaps there had been another stabbing. By the afternoon, he was grappling with the idea that a fellow UCD student might be responsible for the crimes.

“I can’t make that connection,” he said.

Many students live in rental houses on that street, said Johnson, who moved there in the fall and wasn’t sure if he’d ever met Dominguez, but said he looked familiar.

Third-year UCD law student Jake Stanton, who lives two blocks down from the suspect’s house, was also taken aback that a student may have committed the crimes.

“We would expect students to look out for each other,” he said.

He was with two fellow law students, Myra Farooqi and Rachael Doty, on Thursday afternoon and all three expressed surprise that Dominguez’s roommates may not have connected the description provided of the suspect to someone they knew.

“It’s absurd you wouldn’t know,” said Farooqi, who noted it was tips from “random strangers” that led to Dominguez’s arrest “but not from roommates.”

None of the three law students knew Dominguez, but Farooqi said her brother worked in a lab with Karim Abou Najm, who Dominguez is now charged with fkilling.

“That’s when it became real,” she said.

One neighbor who was outside said he’d never spoken to Dominguez or his roommates but often saw them in their garage, working out and playing music.

“I guess you never know who’s living down the street,” he said.

— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene. Enterprise staff writer Anne Ternus-Bellamy contributed to this report.

Warning signs that brakes are faltering

Metro

Special to The Enterprise

Automotive problems are often best left to professionals. Though seasoned car enthusiasts may be capable of diagnosing and fixing car troubles without the assistance of a trusted mechanic, most drivers are better off letting the pros address issues under the hood.

But drivers can still play a vital role in vehicle maintenance. Learning to recognize warning signs of various problems that can affect cars can prevent breakdowns and potentially costly repairs. And in certain instances, such as when the brake system is not working properly, knowing how to spot problems before they escalate into something larger can make drivers and their passengers safer and potentially prevent accidents.

Television shows and movies have lent credence to the notion that brake problems are marked

by the sudden cessation of a vehicle’s ability to stop. Though that can happen, warning signs of fading brake systems tend to be more subtle.

■ Noises: Much like a knocking sound typically indicates a problem with a vehicle’s air-fuel ration mixture, certain noises also suggest there are problems with the brakes. The most noticeable such sign is a highpitched squeal that occurs when drivers apply the brakes. But grinding sounds and noises like scratching and scraping also warrant a visit to a brake specialist.

■ Increase in stopping distance: An increase in the distance a vehicle travels before it stops after the brakes are applied indicates that there’s an issue with the brakes. This issue may or may not require a brake replacement. In fact, it’s sometimes indicative that brake fluid levels are low, which can be remedied

quickly and easily. However, an increase in stopping distance is significant enough that it should be brought to the attention of a brake specialist immediately.

■ Pulling upon stopping : Another warning sign of brake problems is when the vehicle

noticeably pulls to one side as it comes to a stop. This indicates that one side of the brakes is malfunctioning while the other is working properly. Like other issues with brakes, this one requires immediate attention from an automotive professional.

Warning signs of fading brake systems tend to be subtle. Metro/Stock photo

Brake systems should be inspected during routine maintenance visits. But issues with brakes can arise even after such inspections, which underscores how important it is that drivers learn to recognize the warning signs of brake problems.

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Davis Mayor Will Arnold addresses Thursday’s press conference announcing the arrest of a suspect in the recent string of fatal and near-fatal stabbings.

Today

n Free document shred day for Yolo County residents and Umpqua Bank customers, hosted by the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office and Umpqua Bank. Event is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (or until the truck is full), 203 Main St. in Woodland. No box limit, but contents should not include stiff metal, plastic bags, CDs, DVDs or other items that will jam the shredder. For more information, call 530-4062521.

Saturday

n Rob Furrow, an assistant professor in wildlife, fish and conservation biology at UC Davis, will lead a Yolo Audubon field trip to Willowbank Ditch in South Davis. The focus of this field trip will be on migrating songbirds passing through Davis.

Early May is the heart of warbler and flycatcher migration. Some of the targets include Wilson’s, yellow and MacGillivray’s warblers, western woodpewee, western tanager and lazuli bunting. This trip will also entail learning the songs and calls of an array of songbirds as well as discussing their habitat and food sources. For information contact Furrow at robertfurrow@gmail.com.

n The Solano County Genealogical Society will host a virtual Speaker Series presentation — Nancy Calhoun will present “Shaking Out the Smiths: Researching a Common Surname” at 11 a.m. Guests are welcome to attend this free event. If interested, send an email to the society at scgs@scgsca.org no later than 4 p.m. May 5 and request an invitation. More information on events is on the society’s

website at www.scgsca. org and Facebook page.

Sunday

n To help celebrate May is Bike Month, the city of Davis invites everyone to get on their bikes for the 13th annual Loopalooza from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. In partnership with Bike Davis, this beloved family-friendly tradition is a community bike ride event along the 12-mile Davis bike loop.

There will be 11 interactive stations along the loop Make this free event a special day for your family and friends by visiting local greenbelts, picnicking at the park and connecting with friends and neighbors.

Participants can start anywhere on the bike loop and ride in either direction. Access the event map at: https:// www.cityof davis.org/Loopalooza

For information, contact city of Davis Safe Routes to School Coordinator Daniela Tavares at dtavares@cityofdavis.org.

n Manfred Kusch, an emeritus professor at UC Davis, will lead a Yolo Audubon tour of his garden in Winters. Kusch attracts a wide variety of birds in the gardens around the house, especially hummingbirds and orioles. Space is limited for this trip. Contact John Hansen to reserve a spot at jjhindavis@ yahoo.com.

Wednesday

n Join Project Linus to make blankets for children in need. The next gathering is at the Davis Senior Center, 646 A St., from 1:30-3 p.m. For general information, drop-off location questions or fabric and yarn donations, contact Diane McGee at dmmyolo@ gmail.com.

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Yolo Basin Foundation Volunteer Lindsay Flores, left, leads a pond study in the Yolo Demonstration WetlandsParticipants used nets to find and identify small fish and invertebrates, with an overall theme of understanding ecosystems and the food web. At right, a young guest touches the shell of a tortoise from the Northern California Herpetological Society.

Duck Days educates, entertains

Enterprise staff

The Yolo Basin Foundation hosted the 2023 California Duck Days Festival at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters on

Saturday, April 29.

More than 1,400 participants, 90 volunteers and 83 exhibitors participated in the family-oriented outdoor festival, focused on wildlife education, which

included interactive exhibits, arts and crafts, fly tying, wood duck nest box building, bird dog demonstration and ducklings, of course.

Event organizer Corky

Quirk said she hoped children would be influenced by this project become more at ease with nature from a basic science perspective. Visit yolobasin. org.

Corky Quirk, the founder of Northern California Basts, holds a Mexican free-tailed bat. NorCal Bats is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of bats. Quirk leads the Yolo Basin Foundation’s bat walks beneath the Yolo Causeway where a population of 250,000 bats nest during the summer months. At left, Ke’-lik-a-lik, an American kestrel cared for by Jacqueline Ramirez — Manager of Volunteer Programs for the Effie Yeaw Nature Center Carmichael — was one of the guests of honor at Duck Days.

Mondavi gets ‘Wild’ this weekend

By Jeff Hudson Enterprise correspondent

Concertgoers have plenty of options to choose from during the coming week, with concerts including music by a Black composer who became famous during America’s ragtime era; music by composers from Brazil; Baroque era music composed in France, Italy and Germany, and a one-man show based on popular early 20th Century California author Jack London’s most famous short story.

Lara Downes

Pianist Lara Downes for many years a favorite with Mondavi Center audiences, and New York Times columnist/author John McWhorter present a program on the life and music of American composer/pianist Scott Joplin at the Mondavi Center on Fri., May 5 at 7:30 p.m.

During the 1970s, Joplin’s music experienced a sudden resurgence in popular interest when Joplin’s jaunty ragtime-era piece “The Entertainer” was prominently featured in the 1973 Paul Newman/ Robert Redford film “The Sting. “ A number of performers soon recorded and released new recordings of Joplin’s music, almost always including “The Entertainer.”

Over time, Downes (and

McWhorter, who is deeply interested in African American culture) both concluded that Joplin has been unjustly pigeonholed as a bit of a “one-hit wonder”... whereas Joplin also composed lovely concert waltzes, a full-length opera that went unperformed during the composer’s lifetime, etc.

At Mondavi, Downes will be playing music from her bestselling 2022 album “Reflections — Scott Joplin Reconsidered,” which debuted atop the Billboard classical chart. Downes and McWhorter will also have an onstage conversation about Joplin’s importance in American musical history. $49-$37 general, MondaviArts.org and at the door.

Gershwin & Brazil

The UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, under visiting Brazilian guest conductor Evandro Matté, will perform the highlyregarded Piano Concerto in F by George Gerswhin (with powerhouse pianist Natsuki Fukasawa at the keyboard) on Sat., May 6, at 7 p.m. Composed in 1925 (about a year after Gershwin composed the very popular “Rhapsody in Blue,” which was orchestrated by Ferde Grofé), the Concerto in F was orchestrated by Gershwin himself.

The piece was initially

conceived of as Gershwin’s “New York Concerto,” since the piece hews closer to the three-movement structure that had been the standard for concertos as fas far back as the late Baroque era.

Also featured on this program will be orchestral works by Brazilian composers Alberto Nepomuceno (1864-1920), a prominen musical figure in his day; and Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), whose music became internationally popular. $24 general, $12 students, MondaviArts.org and at the door.

‘Call of the Wild’

Looking for a familyfriendly performance in the afternoon? San Francisco-born adventurer and popular writer Jack London’s most famous story will be transferred to the stage when a touring multimedia program titled, “Call of the Wild: Illustrated Edition” comes to the Mondavi Center on Sun., May 7, 2 p.m.

An energetic professional actor will roam the stage (and sometimes howl like a sled dog) as he performes London’s classic text, surrounded by huge 180-degree projected images of the Klondike

Gold Rush and the wintry Yukon Territory. $35 general, $10 youth (under 18), MondaviArts.org and at the door.

Bach Soloists

The Anerican Bach Soloists will wrap up their 2023 season in Davis on Mon. May 8 at 7 p.m., at Davis Community Church, 412 C St.

Titled “Harmonious Love,” this program of Baroque compositions will feature gifted professional soprano Mary Wilson (who has impressed local audiences in her past appearances) as well as

four more professional vocal soloists plus a period instrument ensemble in performances of a storydriven cantata by G. F. Handel (“Apollo and Dafne”) plus a compact one-act opera by JeanPhilippe Rameau (“Pygmalion,” based on an Ancient Greek myth that would later be adapted as a play by George Bernard Shaw, which was adapted in turn by the Broadway team Lerner and Loewe as the musical “My Fair Lady,” which was later adapted as a popular film).

Music director Jeffrey Thomas will conduct.

Manetti Shrem Museum extends Mike Henderson exhibit

Special to The Enterprise

The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis is extending the run of “Mike Henderson: Before the Fire, 1965-1985” to July 15.

“By every measure, from attendance to visitor engagement, our community has responded with unprecedented interest and enthusiasm,” said Founding Director Rachel Teagle. “We want to make sure as many people as possible are able to experience this profoundly moving and timely exhibition of Mike Henderson’s groundbreaking work.”

Opened Jan. 30, this ambitious exhibition brings to light the pioneering artist’s rarely seen contributions to the history of contemporary painting and filmmaking, radical Black politics, and the story of California art. It marks Henderson’s first solo U.S. museum exhibition in 20 years.

UC Davis Professor Emeritus Mike Henderson

started exploring the role and responsibility of an artist early in his practice. His “protest paintings,” which he began while studying at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1965, confront the anti-Black violence of the civil rights era. One of these figurative works, Non-Violence, 1967 — included in “Mike Henderson: Before the Fire, 1965-1985” — was shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1969, and recently in “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, in 2019. Non-Violence and other large-scale works bridge the gap between the past and present, challenging and resonating with contemporary audiences as America continues to grapple with systemic racism and social justice issues.

Henderson’s subsequent works offer new ideas about Black life and utopian visions in a unique visual language that merges abstraction, Afrofuturism and surrealism.

In 1985, a fire in his studio damaged much of Henderson’s work from the previous two decades and partially obliterated these vital ideas about a time of tumult and change in California and the world.

After his studio catastrophe. Henderson never returned to this subject matter again. Many pieces that were thought lost have been recovered and restored by the Manetti Shrem Museum and

anchor “Mike Henderson: Before the Fire, 19651985.” A slideshow of destroyed artworks is included in the exhibition to illuminate dozens of paintings that were not able to be restored.

Henderson joined the groundbreaking UC Davis art faculty in 1970, teaching alongside Wayne Thiebaud, Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, Manuel Neri and William T. Wiley. He taught for 43 years and had a profound effect on students.

“‘Mike Henderson: Before the Fire, 1965-1985’ offers visitors an integrated vision of Henderson’s politically striking contributions to both painting and filmmaking at a critical phase of his career,” said Teagle. “With this exhibition, the museum fulfills one of its highest purposes: to recuperate the art of a major California artist who is central to UC Davis’ legacy.”

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog, “Mike Henderson: Before the Fire, 1965-1985” (UC Press, 128 pages), with a foreword by UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May. Exhibition curators consider the context of Mike Henderson’s life, work and the dialogue it generates. — UC Davis News

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Noel Gaulin stars “Call of the Wild: Illustrated Edition.” Catch it at Mondavi on Sunday.

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Mike Henderson, “The Cradle,” 1977. Oil on canvas, 71 × 120 in. Fine Arts Collection, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. Gift courtesy of the artist and Haines Gallery.

‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’: The fun is gone

Grotesque subplot ruins series’ last outing

By Derrick Bang Enterprise film critic Writer/director James Gunn

has stamped his portion of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a sense of playful chaos that sets it apart from its numerous superhero colleagues.

But while some of that snarky atmosphere remains present, it’s blemished this time. The character roster has grown too large to grant proper attention to all concerned, and — more crucially — far too much time is spent with the helpless furry victims of vivisection gone horribly awry.

That latter subplot is necessitated by this third entry’s primary focus on Rocket, and the backstory that explains his biomechanical enhancements.

It’s a solid topic, and two or three brief flashbacks would have been sufficient. But spending great chunks of time as young Rocket befriends three similarly imprisoned but atrociously mutilated critters feels like audience abuse, and leaches the “fun” right outta this film.

The individual responsible for this horror is a longtime Marvel Comics villain dubbed the High Evolutionary, whose deplorable efforts in genetic manipulation date all the way back to a 1966 issue of “The Mighty Thor.” He’s played with malevolent fury here by Chukwudi Iwuji, and is genuinely scary.

But that’s getting ahead a bit. Events actually kick off with the explosive arrival of another familiar Marvel Comics character: golden-hued Adam Warlock (Will Poulter), a Supermangone-bad who flies into Knowhere spaceport, current base of operations for the Guardians, and damn near takes out the entire team.

They are, by way of reminder,

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gung-ho Starlord, aka Peter Quill (Chris Pratt); the genetically enhanced Nebula (Karen Gillan), adopted daughter of the slain Thanos; the powerful but somewhat dim-bulb Drax (Dave Bautista); Mantis (Pom Klementieff), an empath able to sense and alter another’s emotions; and Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel), the hyper-intelligent, tree-like organism.

Along with Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper), who is critically injured during this initial, landscape-leveling battle with Warlock.

Worse yet, the team can’t revive their friend with standard med-tech, because that would activate a “kill switch” buried within Rocket’s cybernetic implants. Our heroes are able to partially identify the programming — the firmware has a signature — which prompts a mission to the Orgoscope: a gloppy, pulsating, organic space station where full data on all of the High Evolutionary’s thousands of experiments have been stored.

Turns out that Warlock is one of the High Evolutionary’s recent and much more successful “projects,” and was sent to snatch Rocket. The reason? Rocket proved much more successful

than expected, emerging with an intellect superior to that of his maker … and a vengeful god can’t tolerate the thought of being outclassed by one of his creations. Ergo, the High Evolutionary wants to study Rocket’s brain. By removing it.

Peter is introduced at low ebb: still unable to process the love of his life — Gamora (Zoe Saldana) — having been killed, and then to witness her return as an alternate version of herself that never had said relationship. (This hiccup courtesy of the five-year “blip” and multiverse complexities that took place in “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame.”)

Worse yet, the mission to the Orgoscope requires assistance from the Ravagers — cue Sylvester Stallone’s brief return as Stakar Ogord — whose ranks include the I-don’t-know-anyof-you Gamora. That’s a tough pill for any guy to swallow, but it fuels this film’s most captivating character dynamic, as Pratt and Saldana angrily spar with each other.

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‘Newsies’ hits DMTC Main Stage

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Davis Musical Theatre Company presents “Disney’s Newsies” (Underwritten by Suzy Goldschmidt, in honor of David Goldschmidt) through May 21 at the Jean Henderson Performing Arts Center (607 Pena Drive, No. 10 in Davis.

Based on the real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899, this new Disney musical tells the story of Jack Kelly, a rebellious newsboy who dreams of a life as an artist

away from the big city.

After publishing giant Joseph Pulitzer raises newspaper prices at the newsboys’ expense, Kelly and his fellow newsies take action.

Kyle Jackson directs and choreographs, with musical direction by Boris Karpuk.

The cast features Kat Fio as Katherine Plumber and Paul Mollitt as Jack Kelly. Jojo Hale is Medda Larkin and Scott Minor is Joseph Pulitzer.

“Disney’s Newsies” plays on Fridays and Saturdays at

7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. April 28 through May 21. All performances are at the Jean Henderson Performing Arts Center, 607 Peña Drive in Davis. Tickets are $18 General, $16 Students & Seniors (55 and over) and $14 each for groups of 10 or more.

(There is a $2 facility fee per ticket on a purchase, cash, charge, phone, internet, or in person Purchase tickets at http://dmtc.org. For information, visit dmtc.org or call 530-756-3682.

Logos hosts 2nd Friday ArtAbout reception

Special to The Enterprise Logos Books will host an exhibit of silkscreen, digital prints and murals by Elyse Doyle-Martinez, “Homage to our Gente” through June 2 at 513 Second St. in downtown Davis.

Doyle-Martinez is an artist, educator and brown-issues adviser based in Woodland. After graduating from CSU Northridge with a bachelor’s degree in gender and women’s studies, with a focus on Chicano studies, she moved back to Woodland and found a vocation in education and youth advocacy.

She works on campuses with systemimpacted youths and their families to

cultivate the next generation of brown leaders through healing, civic engagement and narrative change. Starting in 2018, she has worked at César Chávez Community School, Yolo County Juvenile Hall, and Cache Creek High School in Yolo County.

Meet the artist at her 2nd Friday ArtAbout reception on May 12 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Light refreshments will be available.

Public receptions for local artists will also be held at various venues on that same evening in conjunction with the Davis Downtown 2nd Friday ArtAbout. You can see more details and a map of venues at facebook.com/davisartabout or https:// theartery.net/2nd-friday-artabout.

something of a cranky couple; she softens his vicious edges, and constantly puts him down, but ferociously objects if anybody else does the same. He’s bemused by her behavior, but finds it comforting. Bautista and Klementieff have fun with their sniping.

Poulter plays Warlock as an intriguing mystery: simpleminded and emotionally underdeveloped, with the curiosity of a child; watching him evolve here is intriguing.

Unfortunately, Gunn and his co-writers don’t do much with Nebula; Gillan is little more than a sullen weapon who seems annoyed by having to help in any given situation. Back in Knowhere, Sean Gunn’s Kraglin is given even shorter shrift, as he attempts to master the lethal, sound-sensitive yaka arrow left to him by deceased mentor Yondu Udonta.

Finally, making Groot a “guy in a suit” at times — rather than a wholly CGI creation — is a major mistake.

Everything ultimately leads to an all-stops-out confrontation with the High Evolutionary, who has established his current

laboratory on Counter-Earth, a planet wholly populated by the villain’s next-gen “humanimals,” evolutionarily accelerated to be free of the human failings that create so much trouble on our Earth. (Uh-huh. He wishes…)

As has become de rigueur in all MCU films, the third-act climax is an explosive, overly long melee that once again relies on character powers that are as randomly strong — or weak — as a given scene demands. Credit where due, though: Gunn and his co-writers maintain momentum, suspense and humor during this all-outs skirmish.

Even so, this is the most grotesquely violent and longest of the trilogy, at 150 minutes: another reason it’s inferior to its predecessors. Like too many recent superhero films, this one suffers from self-indulgent bloat. All concerned really need to stop that.

— Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at http:// derrickbang.blogspot.com. Comment on this review at www. davisenterprise.com.

All-female 1970s rock band reunites for documentary

Special to The Enterprise

SACRAMENTO — The acclaimed documentary

“Fanny: The Right to Rock” will premiere on PBS KVIE on May 22 at 9 p.m., with streaming on kvie.org and on the PBS App on the same date. The film, directed by Bobbi Jo Hart and winner of the Hot Docs Audience Choice Award, chronicles the life and revival of this groundbreaking allfemale rock band in 1970s America, revealing the fascinating untold story of a phenomenal band that were dubbed the “female Beatles.”

Sometime in the late 1960s, in sunny Sacramento, two Filipina American sisters got together with other teenage girls to play music. Little did they know their garage band would evolve into the legendary rock group Fanny, the first allwomen band to release an LP with a major record label (Warner/Reprise with Grammy-winning producer Richard Perry).

Yet, despite releasing five critically acclaimed albums over five years, touring with famed bands from Slade to Chicago and amassing a dedicated fan base of music legends including David Bowie, Fanny’s groundbreaking impact in music was written out of history … until now.

Leading up to the May 22 premiere, a series of special events with Fanny will be taking place across California. The highlight event will feature the reunion of Fanny bandmates at the famed Whisky A Go-Go nightclub on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles for a 50th Anniversary concert on May 17. Special guests will join bandmates June

Millington, Jean Millington (a Davis resident), Brie Darling, Alice de Buhr and Patti Quatro on stage on this special night. The 50th anniversary concert at Whisky A Go-Go is made possible in part with support from AARP.

The lead-up festivities will culminate in a Homecoming Screening Party and Performance at Sacramento’s Crest Theatre on May 22. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with the screening beginning at 6:30 p.m. Following the screening, Fanny bandmates will take the stage for a live performance. Free tickets are required and available at kvie.org/ fanny. Space is limited.

With incredible archival footage of the band’s rocking past intercut with its next chapter releasing a new LP today, the film includes interviews with a large cadre of music icons, including Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Bonnie Raitt, The Go-Go’s Kathy Valentine, Todd Rundgren, The Runaways’ Cherie Currie, Lovin’ Spoonful’s John Sebastian, The B-52s’ Kate Pierson, Charles Neville, and David Bowie guitarist and bassist Earl Slick and Gail Ann Dorsey.

Fighting early barriers of race, gender, and sexuality in the music industry, and now ageism, the incredible women of Fanny are ready to claim their hallowed place in the halls of rock ’n’ roll fame.

Dennis Harvey of Variety hailed the film in his review writing: “Fanny: The Right to Rock remains thoroughly engaging thanks to the demonstrable talent and brassy forthrightness of its central personalities. There’s no whiff of ‘nostalgia act’ to their current music — these women are born rock lifers who clearly never stopped evolving creatively, even if the hoped-for commercial rewards never quite arrived.

“I am honored to celebrate the untold story of Fanny’s vital — yet buried — contributions to rock ’n’ roll with the public. Just like Sister Rosetta Tharpe inspired Elvis, Fanny shattered the glass ceiling of the genre to lay crucial groundwork for future bands of women to succeed, from The Runaways to The Go Go’s, and continue to do so today! Fanny deserves to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2024.”

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Star Lord (Chris Pratt, center) and his companions — from left, Mantis (Pom Klementieff), Groot (Vin Diesel), Drax (Dave Bautista) and Nebula (Karen Gillan) — prepare to face yet another megalomaniac who wants to take over the universe.

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The Newsies of New York decide to strike, in DMTC’s production of “Disney’s Newsies” at Davis Musical Theatre Company.

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From left, bassist Jean Millington, drummer Brie Howard and guitarist June Millington of Fanny will reunite with their bandmates to celebrate the premiere of “Fanny: The Right to Rock” on PBS.

Follow the money on gas lawsuit

By Matt Vespa Special to CalMatters

Afederal appeals court recently dealt a destabilizing blow to local governments across the West by ruling that a first-inthe-nation policy from Berkeley to phase out methane gas hookups in new buildings was preempted by federal law.

California has led the nation on policies to upgrade homes and buildings with clean energy appliances, rather than continuing to use fossil fuels like gas for heating and cooking. Berkeley’s original policy kickstarted a national movement for healthier housing, and in less than four years, it gained incredible traction.These solutions are vital for local and state governments. Not only is pollution from buildings one of the largest sources of climate emissions in our communities, but this pollution carries significant public health risks. A recent study found close to 13% of childhood asthma in the U.S. can be attributed to gas stove use. In California, it’s more than 20%.

The recent ruling from 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rests on a broad interpretation of federal law preemption, which could become a significant barrier to local and state authority to upgrade housing regulations and fight climate change.

Thankfully, its immediate impact is limited. There are many viable pathways to ensuring new homes are built to run on clean energy and this ruling just impacts one. The decision, made by three Republican-appointed judges on the 9th Circuit, will also likely be appealed to the full 9th Circuit.

Hopefully sound legal analysis will prevail. Time will tell just how damaging the court’s interpretation of federal preemption is, but it’s fair to say it impedes California’s efforts to end its reliance on polluting gas and the wishes of Californians who overwhelmingly support action on climate change. And on the same day that the 9th Circuit issued their decision, it became clear that SoCalGas may have had a hand in this setback.

While the California Restaurant Association, or CRA, has served as the face of this suit, it turns out that the gas industry played a key role. Public filings showed that when CRA filed its lawsuit, SoCalGas, the nation’s largest gas utility, began to pay millions in legal fees to Reichman Jorgensen, the same firm representing CRA.

While SoCalGas had previously denied the work was related, last week SoCalGas was forced by the California Public Utilities Commission to admit that it funneled more than $1 million of customer money to pay for legal services by Reichman Jorgensen that included work on federal preemption of local laws to limit gas, the very issue at the heart of the CRA litigation. This was at the same time SoCalGas ramped up its donations to the CRA’s philanthropic arm, the California Restaurant Foundation, from $24,000 in 2019 to more than half a million in 2021.

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That’s right. On the heels of the most crippling utility bill affordability crisis this decade in Southern California, SoCalGas used money collected through gas bills to develop the legal claims underpinning the challenge to a policy that’s been embraced by dozens of California communities, including Los Angeles.

The revelation comes as a result of Earthjustice’s client, the California Environmental Justice Alliance, intervening in SoCalGas’ request to California regulators to increase gas rates by more than 20%.

Supporting CRA’s lawsuit is very much in the gas industry’s financial interests, and against the interest of our communities.

SoCalGas was previously sanctioned for misusing customer money to directly oppose local government adoption of allelectric building codes. While SoCalGas is now claiming it “unintentionally categorized” costs of research underlying the legal basis in CRA’s lawsuit as customer funded, there’s ample evidence to suggest this is a pattern of attempting to charge customers for its profit-driven efforts that obstruct climate action.

Regulators must hold the gas industry accountable to ensure it is not a barrier to building healthier, more affordable communities.

— Matt Vespa is a senior attorney at Earthjustice. He wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California's Capitol works and why it matters.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month.

So, I planned to begin this column with a nod to the many challenges we have faced in recent years, both as a community and as a nation, and the toll these challenges have taken on our collective mental health. That was before the past week’s horrific crimes, which have deeply impacted our entire community and shaken our sense of safety and wellbeing.

Mental health resources can help us get through times, like these, of intense stress. At UC Davis, this means not only supporting the needs of students, faculty and staff, but finding solutions to improve the mental health of all.

A new nationwide survey from the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments shows that levels of depression and anxiety have reached an all-time high for students. Even scarier, the survey found that more college students than ever before said they had contemplated suicide.

Over the years, students, faculty and staff have shared their own stories or those of others with me. As a result, early in my tenure here, I created three task forces to address the basic needs of students, including one focused on mental health. At the time, a survey revealed that 64.8% of undergraduates reported feeling “overwhelming anxiety” and 49% were so depressed they had

trouble functioning.

We acted swiftly and made significant progress since then, such as providing the resources to hire an additional 12 counselors or therapists on campus. We also doubled the staff of our nonclinical case managers at the Office of Student Support and Judicial Affairs. This supports students with mental health conditions to obtain appropriate care and resources. We’ve also increased access to care through telehealth services.

Many other members of the UC Davis community are committed to mental health issues as well. They include UC Davis Police Chief Joe Farrow, who is also president of the board of directors for the National Alliance on Mental Illness’ California branch. Some of his key goals are to encourage more humanistic responses to crisis situations and destigmatize mental illnesses as a whole.

Further, we introduced a new campuswide campaign last fall called Aggie Mental Health to support student mental health and wellbeing. It’s the result of a collaboration between students,

mental health experts and clinicians. The program utilizes resources from the University of California Office of the President’s Equity in Mental Health Funding Plan. We will continue to make mental health a campus priority. After all, students can’t do their best work if they’re struggling with fear, anxiety or depression.

At the same time, UC Davis researchers are making discoveries that seek to provide mental health benefits to all.

UC Davis was part of a team that developed the first drug treatment specifically approved for postpartum depression. The product, Zulresso (brexanolone), was launched by the startup Sage Theraputics. Michael Rogawski, a UC Davis professor of neurology and pharmacology, conducted its first-in-human clinical studies.

UC Davis also launched the Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics recently to make discoveries in providing safe treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, substance abuse and other disorders.

Our researchers are also breaking ground in the emerging topic of climate anxiety. This includes worries related to the increase of wildfires, melting polar ice caps, ocean acidification and

other impacts of a warming planet. These concerns at the top of mind for many of us.

According to a 2020 study from the American Psychiatric Association, 67% of Americans were “somewhat or extremely anxious about the impact of climate change on the planet.” More than half of the people polled were “somewhat or extremely anxious about the impact of climate change on their own mental health.”

As we move forward, let’s keep looking out for one another and recognize we are not alone when it comes to addressing mental health.

Let’s also remember that these recent senseless crimes do not represent our community. During the darkest days of COVID-19, we rallied as a community and became a role model for public health. We’ve stood together in the face of hateful acts and senseless tragedies, from candlelight vigils in Central Park to taking action with Hate Free Together. Now, in the most difficult situation imaginable, our community is coming together again.

I know this last week has been incredibly difficult to process. We are grieving collectively and individually. Let’s continue to care for each other and ourselves as we move through the days and weeks ahead.

— Gary May is the chancellor of UC Davis; his column is published monthly.

Protect the homeless

The city of Davis has a moral duty to house the homeless residents of Davis until the serial killer is caught. Most residents of Davis can shelter in place, but those without shelter are forced to live in terror and remain vulnerable to these attacks until a suspect has been arrested. Putting homeless residents up in hotels will save lives and the city should act immediately.

Colleen O’Malley

DHS alum

Minneapolis

Let’s vote on developments

Bob Dunning, in his April 19 column, thinks it’s a good idea to put the four new development proposals to the vote in November 2024. I agree with Bob. The sooner we get these projects approved and built the better. Seems pretty simple. Get the developers to write their proposals, pare them down to fit on a ballot, put them on the ballot, we all vote in 2024.

Keith vonBorstel Davis

President and CEO R. Burt McNaughton Publisher

Genocide awareness

The poet wrote, “April is the cruelest month”, not knowing that just a century later the world would designate April as Genocide Awareness Month. It’s real: genocide is something we don’t want to talk about but must. And there are hopeful signs that despite even recent history, we can declare “Never again”.

The impulse to do that comes from our commitment to be aware and to make changes to prevent any more atrocities.

The April 9 edition of the New York Times carried the obituary of the last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials, Benjamin B. Ferencz, 103 years old at the time of his death. He was just 32 when he participated in the signing of an agreement between West Germany and Israel in which Jewish groups negotiated reparations payments of $822 million to Israel and groups representing survivors of Nazi persecution.

The obituary notes that in later life “he crusaded for an international criminal court, and for laws to end wars of aggression.”

You might share with me that hope that eventually never again will mean never. Right now, in the U.S. Congress, there are efforts to address genocide by

Speak out

President

The Hon. Joe Biden, The White House, Washington, D.C., 20500; 202-456-1111 (comments), 202-456-1414 (switchboard); email: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

U.S. Senate

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3841; email: https://www. feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/ e-mail-me

Sen. Alex Padilla, 112 Hart Senate Office

reducing its roots in geopolitical conflict. They are cost effective and moral alternatives to continued war:

n $66 million for the Complex Crises Fund, which enables USAID to respond to early warning signs and escalating conflicts with the aim of preventing mass violence, quickly filling immediate, shortterm funding gaps during emergent crises.

n $40 million for Reconciliation Programs, which enables the Center for Conflict and Violence Prevention at USAID to conduct people-to-people reconciliation between ethnic, racial, religious, or political groups in areas of civil trouble and war.

n $25 million for Atrocities Prevention, which enables the Department of State to implement the 2022 U.S. Strategy to Anticipate, Prevent, and Respond to Atrocities, and other programs aimed at preventing mass atrocities and genocide.

Find more information about these alternatives at https://www.fcnl.org/ issues/peacebuilding, on the website for Friends Committee on National Legislation.

Willa Pettygrove Davis FCNL Advocacy Team

Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202224-3553; email: https://www.padilla. senate.gov/contact/contact-form/

House of Representatives

Rep. Mike Thompson, 268 Cannon Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515; 202225-3311. District office: 622 Main Street, Suite 106, Woodland, CA 95695; 530-753-5301; email: https:// https:// mikethompsonforms.house.gov/contact/

Governor Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Capitol, Suite 1173, Sacramento, CA 95814; 916-4452841; email: https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/ gov40mail/

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Case Number: CV2023-653

To all interested persons:

Petitioner: WONDWESEN BELAY ALI filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name a WONDWESEN BELAY ALI

to Proposed name BIRUK LIGABAW REZENE

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause if any why the petition for change of name should not be granted Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing NOTICE OF HEARING

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Case Number: CV2023-0815

To all interested persons:

Petitioner: Ali Soleimani filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name a Ali Soleimani to Proposed name Nima Soleimani

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted If no written objection is timely filed the court may grant the petition without a hearing

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CAPITOL AVENUE WEST SACRAMENTO CA 95691 all right title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said D 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 sale was held the amount of the last and highest bid and the address of the trustee Second you must send a written notice of intent to plac e a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee s sale Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale If you think you may qualify as an eligible tenant buyer or eligible bidder, you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase FOR SALES INFORMATION: (844)

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Blue Devils knock off Sheldon

Enterprise staff

The Davis High baseball team broke away from a close Delta League game at Sheldon to come out with a 12-3 win on Wednesday.

Davis (11-6 in the Delta, 17-10 overall) held a 3-2 lead entering the top of the fifth inning.

Then the Blue Devils scored four times in the top of the fifth for 7-2 lead.

After the Huskies scored for a 7-3 score, DHS scored five more runs in the sixth inning to finish the game.

Davis and Sheldon wrap up the regular season today at the Blue Devils’ field at 4 p.m.

Davis is one of four Delta League teams that have earned one of the four playoff berths.

According to the Sac-Joaquin Section’s website — www.cifsjs.org — the baseball playoffs are scheduled to start on Tuesday, May 9.

Post 77 signups

The Yolo Post 77 American Legion baseball season is just around the corner as signups for players 15-to-19 years old begin Sunday at Clark Field in Woodland.

The sessions also will serve as clinics, so interested players are asked to bring gloves and practice gear.

With each starting at 6 p.m., other sign-up days will be May 14, 21 and 28.

Assistant coach Dave Ryan says 22 games already are scheduled, along with “at least two tournaments.”

For more information, contact head coach Austin Calvert at (707) 688-0564 or Ryan at (916) 247-2426.

DHS boys lacrosse

Davis ended its season on the road in the North Coast Section Division I playoffs on Tuesday, as Marin Academy posted a 16-10 win in the first round.

Finn Shields scored four goals for Davis (11-8).

Blue Devil girls lacrosse

For the second time in less than two weeks, Davis (14-5) faced Vista del Lago. But Tuesday’s meeting was in the opening round of the North Coast Section Girls Lacrosse Championships D-I.

The visiting Eagles soared to a 13-9 lead over DHS at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium.

Vista del Lago jumped out to an 8-3 first half lead.

The Blue Devils outscored the Eagles 6-5 in the second half, but it wasn’t enough.

Tory Agnew scored three goals for DHS. Agnew also had two assists.

Izzy Churchward had two goals for the Blue Devils.

Vista del Lago beat DHS by an 11-10 score in their Delta League finale, also at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium, on April 21.

DHS: Home game next Wednesday

From Page B8

Davis batter Hannah

Fox singled to right-center field to move Lamoureux to second. But an infield fly with two outs was caught for the final out and Sheldon win.

Two of the Huskies’ 12 hits came off the bat of Kwinci Brown, who went 3-for-4 with 5 RBIs.

Sheldon’s Sakora Harvell had two hits.

Seven different Sheldon players had a hit each.

Davis plays at Elk Grove (6-3 in the Delta League, 13-11) today at 4 p.m.

The Blue Devils close out the season next week.

Davis plays at Pleasant Grove on Monday at 4 p.m.

Then the Blue Devils

WEIDLER: ‘Wonderful athlete to coach’

From Page B8

that was unique to me.”

Weidler and Petersen figured out “that my body thrived off lower mileage, high intensity” and that her high school workouts were “higher in volume.”

At UCD, Weidler loves having more access to recovery avenues.

“I’ve been prioritizing recovery,” she says. “It’s convenient to go to the training room here … where we have a lot of great trainers.”

Petersen saw Weidler as an anomaly in high school. The talent was there but the runner remained “down ladder” as teammates ticked off eye-popping times while Weidler fought through the interrupted COVID experience and those nagging injuries.

“She was just another girl in the gang of terrific Great Oak athletes,” recalls Petersen. “Not their No. 1 by any means.”

But when Weidler came to Davis, Christmas arrived early for the Aggie distance crew.

“She’s such a wonderful athlete to coach,” Petersen continues.

“She’s so attentive to everything. She’s a wonderful racer. … You know when she gets on a course, Bri’s going to make that into a magical race day. Which is really cool for me because I get to watch what she does.

“I feel so blessed that she chose Davis. She’s so naturally talented,” Petersen notes.

So, does this distance maven have a definitive style or is she analytical with her coaches about the field she’s about to compete in?

“We try very hard not to go into too much depth about who’s going to be in the race … what kind of competition she might expect,” says Petersen, who is assisted by her husband Drew Petersen, a former distance champion by way of Davis High and UCD.

“We always tell her we can control her race (because) we don’t always know what everyone else is doing.”

Run in front, come off the pace, fall down … It

doesn’t seem to matter to Weidler. Running in the pack by feel, at the end she frequently breaks the tape first. Wait. What? Did you say “fall down?”

Oh, yeah. When she rewrote the Aggie record book in the Clay 5,000 at Azusa Pacific, she went to the ground at about 4,000 meters.

Petersen remembers being away from the action, standing on the other side of the course that day:

“Drew called and said, ‘She just fell.’ I felt sooo bad for her because she put so much effort in and now a stumble …

“But she got straight back up. (As she) went by I shouted, ‘Bri, you’re so brave. Keep it up. Do what you can!’ “ You know how it went: Run hard, fall down, get up, set a school record.

Bruce Gallaudet, former sports editor and managing editor of The Davis Enterprise, can be reached at bgallaudet41@gmail.com or (530) 320-4456.

TWICE: Bitners 1st in shot put

From Page B8

Elliott of Bitners, who is a junior.

welcome Cosumnes Oaks on Wednesday, May 10. That game is also scheduled to start at 4 p.m.

“They know they can do better,” said Gibson of his players. “We can’t make the playoffs. We’re playing to get better.”

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

Elliott of Valcarenghi. “I’m really happy for him.”

Girls

Sol Bitners took first place in the discus with a toss of 37 feet, 7.50 inches.

“She has invested so much time and energy into the sport,” said

Bitners had a secondplace finish in the shot put at 34-07.50.

Norah Dulaney, a senior, won the 3200 meter at 11:19.98.

“She also battled really hard in the (800) and (1,600),” said Elliott of Dulaney.

Dulaney was second in the 1600 at 5:13.96.

The Blue Devil boys

and girls won the Delta crown in 2022, 2018, 2016 and 2015.

Section meet

Next for the DHS teams is the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I meet, which will be held at Folsom High, which will be held Wednesday, May 10 for the trials and Friday, May 12 for finals.

DHS squad can’t keep up with the Huskies

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor

Three Davis High softball players had hits in Wednesday’s Delta League home game.

But visiting Sheldon had four times as many; that led to the Huskies posting a 14-1 win over Davis (1-8 in the Delta League, 5-11 overall), which ended after five innings because of the mercy rule.

“It’s been the story of our season,” said Davis head coach Tyler Gibson. “We’ve had good glimpses of really good defense and offense. And also real poor offensive at-bats and defensive play, and that was today.”

Sheldon (5-5 in the Delta, 15-11) wasted no time in scoring its runs in the first two innings of the game. The Huskies scored four times in the top of the first and five in the top of the second for a 9-0 lead.

The Huskies’ runs in the second were thanks to four hits, all singles.

The Blue Devils scored their only run of the game in the bottom of the second. All thanks to three underclassmen.

Sofia Lester, a freshman, led off the frame with a walk. Then she circled the bases to third when Blue Devil teammate Lea Lamoureux, who is also a freshman, doubled to left field.

Beatrice Taormino, a sophomore, drove Lester home on a single to shallow left field.

Now Sheldon held a 9-1 lead.

Davis kept the Huskies’ bats quiet in the third inning. The Huskies grounded out twice and a fly ball to right field ended the half inning.

“There was the one inning where we made exceptional plays,” Gibson said.

Then the Huskies increased their lead to a 12-1 advantage in the top of the fourth inning.

“Then we struggled with kind of the simple stuff,” Gibson said.

Sheldon used two hits and one DHS error to account toward its runs.

The Huskies capped off their scoring spree in the top of the fifth frame with two more runs for the final margin.

Sheldon had four hits in the fifth. One of those hits was a double off the bat of winning pitcher Kwinci Brown, who is the younger sister of junior UC Davis pitcher Kenedi Brown. Kenedi Brown was present to watch her sister hold the Blue Devils to only three hits.

Davis’ bats showed signs of life in its final at-bat in the bottom of the fifth.

Alessandra Trask singled to left field.

Then Cloe Lamoureux reached first base on a single. But the Huskies were able to get Trask out at second base on the play.

See DHS, Page B7

track and fiEld

Ben Feyrer won the high jump for the Davis High boys track and field team at the Delta League championships at Elk Grove High on Tuesday. To view more photos, visit www.davisenterprise.com, click on the Sports tab and look for the story.

Twice is nice for Blue Devils

Enterprise staff

ELK GROVE — For the fifth time since 2014, the Davis High boys and girls track and field teams have won the Delta League crown.

The Blue Devils captured this year’s titles at the league championships finals at Elk Grove High on Tuesday. The league’s trials were held on April 29.

“Our athletes had a great day,” said Davis head coach Spencer Elliott. “Even those who didn’t necessarily get first, had some amazing performances.”

The Davis boys finished with 180.5 points. Jesuit was second at 156 points and Pleasant Grove third at 106.5.

The Blue Devil girls ran to first place with 186 points. Pleasant Grove was second at 119 and Franklin third at 114.

Below are the results of the DHS boys and girls.

Boys

In the field events, Ben Feyrer won the triple jump at 45 feet.

“He’s turned into such a versatile, talented athlete,” said Elliott of Feyrer.

Feyrer was a double winner, taking the pole vault at 14-07.00.

Ryan Mitchell crossed the finish line in the 3,200-meters race at 9 minutes, 26.78 seconds.

“He’s battled injury most of the season, so it was great to see him back on the track,” said Elliott of Mitchell, who is a senior.

Alex Valcarenghi overcame injuries throughout the season to win the high jump at an even 6 feet.

“He stuck through it and won the high jump,” said

TWICE, Page B7

Weidler achieving her dreams

By Bruce Gallaudet Enterprise correspondent

Talk about literally making strides.

Brianna Weidler, even by her own admission, has come out of nowhere for UC Davis.

Overshadowed by the cloud of COVID and developmentally delayed by injury, the Aggie sophomore harrier showed great potential while running for Temecula’s Great Oak High, a school known for its dominating distance program.

Now understand, Weidler knew she had talent, but the opportunity to demonstrate it was fleeting. She did win a Southwestern League individual title, but the pandemic and niggling pains curtailed her prep career.

Upon graduation — and without substantive offers for the next level — Weidler decided to move north to attend “my dream school,” UC Davis.

Originally suggested by Weidler’s older brother Anthony, UCD scored multiple points with Brianna.

“I liked the environmental aspects,” she says. “It’s a pretty campus; the downtown and the people

here are friendly and nice.

“Then when I looked into the team, it seemed close-knit, fun and supportive — kind of like family.”

When Weidler and cross-country coach Emma Petersen eventually met, the deal was sealed.

Not yet through her second year on campus, Weidler won the Big West 2022 cross country title as her time of 19 minutes, 28 seconds in the 6K was the second-fastest all-time women’s clocking on the course. This came after she was named the sport’s Freshman of the Year in 2021.

In February, Weidler’s 9:34.27 earned the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation’s 3,000-meter indoor title.

Then last month she ran a school-record 5,000 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational (15:48.57, the quickest time by any Big West female competitor ever).

Now, her sights are set on two important upcoming conference meetings.

On Saturday, she’ll run the 5K in the Big West MultiMeet at Cal State Fullerton. The following week comes the conference gathering, also in Fullerton. For that outing,

Weidler and Petersen are still plotting strategy as UCD hopes to make a big dent in the women’s team scoring.

For the Big West Conference meet, “Coach Emma and I were saying to just have fun at that meet: sit with whoever’s in the front of that race, then pull (ahead) if I feel good.”

Weidler believes the NCAA Regionals (May 24-27) at Sacramento State “will be the bigger race for me to really test my body.”

“She could do any event,” her coach says. “She could go up to 10,000. It seems like the longer she goes, the better she is. But I haven’t wanted to rush her to go up because I didn’t want her to overtrain.”

So, what does Weidler think of her astronomical leap forward from high school to college?

“Honestly, I couldn’t tell you because I’m not really sure myself,” the daughter of Amber Weidler will tell you. “When (I came here) I didn’t expect much out of my performances.

“But with college it was training

See WEIDLER, Page B7

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Davis High second baseman Hannah Fox getes the Sheldon runner at second base in Wednesday’s Delta League game. But the visiting Huskies got the win.

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Brianna Weidler (6) leads a group of runners in the 1500-meters race for the UC Davis women’s track and field team at the Causeway Classic Dual at the Woody Wilson Track on April 28.