The Davis Enterprise Sunday, May 28, 2023

Happy trails

By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer

Retracing the steps of Gold Rush era Chinese who navigated across the Pacific and landed upon Gam Saan (Gold Mountain in Cantonese), members of the local Chinese community recently gathered at a new California State Park trail head near where James W. Marshall found specks of gold in 1948 about 36 miles up the American River from Sacramento.

Run by California State Parks, new interpretive signs at the beginning of the trail share the message: “News of the California Gold Discovery started in Coloma and reached as far as China.

Tens of thousands of Chinese were inspired to come here to seek their fortune and began calling California, Gam Saan. Although subjected to severe racism, through their perseverance and ability to adapt to change, Chinese people continue to make contributions to the rich and diverse fabric of America. In honor of those seeking Gold Mountain, this trail segment is named the Gam Saan Trail.”

While the 2.5-mile trail is now over a year old, back in February, members of the Asian Pacific Islander American

Public Affairs Association Davis Chapter, which serves UC Davis and Yolo County; the Locke Foundation, the Chinese Benevolent Association, and the APAPA Delta Chapter honored their ancestors with a Ching Ming Festival, which includes visiting and sweeping ancestral tombs. Aaron Wedra, Mary Yin Liu, and Alan Wei represented the Davis APAPA Chapter, where former Mayor Ruth Asmundson is chair and Carla Datanagan is the chapter president.

Sloping toward the setting sun against the American River, the “feng shui” landscape of Gam Saan near Coloma and Lotus, was idyllic for those who perished there during the Gold Rush era. As it was believed that when they died, their spirits would not rest until they received a proper burial in China, bodies were buried in graves for future exhumation.

California State Parks have developed a “Through Our Reexamining Our Past” initiative to become more inclusive

and accessible of some of the stories they’ve been telling, and the Chinese mining story was one that we felt needed a bit more understanding and interpretation, explained Steve Hilton, Supervisor of the Cultural Resources Program at California State Parks.

“We’re also looking at the Black experience, the Native American experience, and anybody else who isn’t in mainstream literature, especially about things like the Gold Rush,” Hilton said. “We feel like the world rushed in where we say that everybody came to Marshall for gold, and so we view this as an opportunity to expand on all those stories.”

The Gam Saan Trail meanders through heavy oak woodland, poison oak and blackberry bushes — natural deterrents that obscure the exact location of the exhumed graves and persuade people to stay on the trail.

Hilton said when the burial ground was first identified, even archaeologists back in the ’80s who looked at it didn’t know exactly what it was. It wasn’t until around 2007-2008 that State Parks came across it. “We didn’t know what we were seeing, exactly, but then we did a little bit more research,” he said. They were able to identify this

Tandem Foundation keeps up tradition with $40K donation to Davis schools

By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer

The Tandem Foundation hosted its annual grants reception on Wednesday, May 24, at Tandem Properties, 3500 Anderson Road in Davis. While their $40,000 donation is substantial to say the least, even more impressive is the fact they’ve been donating up to this amount for the last 22 years.

Tandem business partners John Whitcombe and Bill Roe embody the sentiment of putting their money where their mouth is (as did their late business partner, Paul Makley). And with nearly $500,000

Student’s family accepts posthumous degree

By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer

The 108 members of the UC Davis School of Medicine Class of 2023 received their Doctor of Medicine degrees at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on May 20.

In addition, a posthumous degree was awarded to the family of Joshua Crane (19922022), a fourthyear student and U.S. Navy veteran who drowned in the American River last July while saving two rafters.

CRANE Drowned saving rafters

“Obviously, I much rather watched him walk across that stage, but it was a very cool gesture,” Jessica Crane, his sister, said in an interview with The Enterprise. “In hindsight, you don’t think of it that same way when you’re going through it until you finally get there. And it was like the light at the end of the tunnel. He was there. He was almost

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donated to date, they have displayed not only the care toward the community they’re a part of, but the students and teachers within it as well.

“We really like to think that we’re part of the community. Speaking for myself, I’ve been here for decades. But the community has done a great deal for us and we want to be a part of it. We’re working on things we’re good at which is providing housing for people. Right now, we’re working on a program that will benefit teachers and young families looking to get started in Davis but can’t find starter homes,”

Whitcombe said.

“As far as the donations go, I don’t even think about the money. I just think about all these people here at this reception and seeing that we’re able to help to some degree. Hopefully we’ll be able to come to a time where we’re able to provide a bit more for people. But it is meaningful, and that’s something we’ve learned year after year is that people do appreciate it, and I think it goes to great places in this town.”

The event was serenaded by the Davis High School Baroque ensemble and

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

WOODLAND — The final defendant in a Davis “ghost gun” case accepted a plea deal last week, nine months after his three codefendants made similar agreements.

King James Goodwin, 22, pleaded no contest to carrying a concealed firearm, changing his previous not-guilty plea, during an appearance Tuesday in Yolo Superior Court.

He’s expected to receive a probation term at his July 5 sentencing before Judge Samuel McAdam, with no state prison time

unless he violates the terms of his agreement, according to online court records.

Three other defendants in the case — Demori Fobbs, Dewayne Dixon and Anthony Broadnax — each pleaded no contest last August to single charges in their case that also resulted in probation sentences.

The case stems from an Aug. 2, 2021, traffic stop on L Street in Davis, where officers reported finding assault rifle components and weaponmanufacturing tools in

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Members of the Davis chapter of APAPA headed to the Gam Saan trail to honor ancestors with a Ching Ming Festival, which includes visiting and sweeping ancestral tombs.

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Idon’t like change. That simple trait most likely explains why I’ve lived in this town for 93.5 percent of my young life, went to college at the local University Farm and am now in my sixth decade of working for the oldest business in a burg formerly known as Davisville.

But sometimes change gets forced upon you and all you can do is try to make the best of an uncertain situation.

I’ve been a customer at Union Bank from the day it opened its Davis branch in 1970 as Bank of California at Third and E in Downtown Davis. Like that charming and wonderful bar in “Cheers,” it quickly became a place where everyone knows your name.

But it was much more than that.

Yes, those who tended the teller’s windows or sat down with you to discuss a car loan or a mortgage were friendly and helpful and interested in your life, but above all they were genuinely happy to see you.

That was so even if there was a long line at the drive-through window at 5:59 on a Friday afternoon. Yes, they used to stay open until 6 p.m. on Fridays to be sure you had enough cash to make it through the weekend.

It was a kind and concerned culture that lasted through the years, even as longtime employees retired and newcomers took their place. I guess good people hire

good people.

So it was with considerable dismay that I processed the news some months ago that Union Bank was “merging” with the nearby US Bank, the end result being that Union Bank would be no more.

As much as I hoped the deal would fall through and Union Bank would remain standing, I finally realized it was real when I was told that I’d have to make a date to claim the contents of a safety deposit box buried deep inside the heavily fortified walls of the bank’s vault.

A safety deposit box? I had clearly forgotten all about it and had no idea where the key to the box might be. Probably somewhere in Idaho. Or maybe stuck between the seats of my old green ’72 Ford LTD.

No problem. Union Bank knows people who can deal with these things, so the date was made to crack the safe as I anxiously wondered what the mystery box might hold. I had

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put something, or some things, in there over 40 years ago and had never visited the vault again. Turns out all the box contained were a few hundred very old baseball cards that my mother had rescued from the childhood bedroom I shared with my brother. Anyone heard of a guy named Sandy Koufax?

In addition to the cards there was the manuscript of a neverpublished novel that I clearly hoped would never see the light of day.

As I walked back to my car with these items that were treasures only to me, I realized it was offi-

cial. Union Bank was about to close.

That blow was softened considerably, however, when I was told that every remaining Union Bank staffer would be transferred to the Davis Branch of US Bank just a block down the street.

I’m sure they will all bring that kind and generous culture with them as one door closes and another one opens.

Union Bank, a Davis institution for over 50 years, closed for good at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 26.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

comical or humorous person; joker; wit”?

By Andy Jones

Special to The Enterprise

4. Ladders. In what book of the Old Testament do we learn about Jacob’s ladder?

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led investigators to the J Street apartment Fobbs shared with Dixon, Broadnax and Goodwin, whom police suspected manufacturing “ghost guns” — weapons that are not serialized or registered, and more easily obtained by people prohibited from possessing firearms.

“A search of the apartment yielded a Glock 10 mm pistol

with an after-market auto sear that could make the gun function in a fully automatic firing mode,” a Davis Police Department news release said at the time.

“Detectives also located a lower receiver for another 9 mm semiautomatic handgun, loaded high capacity magazines and additional tools including ‘jigs’ and drill presses which are commonly used in manufacturing and modifying firearms components.”

1. Pop Culture — Music. In what decade did Bob Dylan release the albums “Bringing It All Back Home,” “Highway 61 Revisited” and “Blonde on Blonde”?

2. Sports. The youngest player in NBA history to secure 40 points and 20 rebounds in a game also led the NBA in field goal percentage from 1997 to 2002. Name him.

3. Unusual Words. Used more commonly as a verb, what threeletter word could be defined as “a

5. Anagram. What do we call a farm which is used primarily to research or exhibit various agricultural techniques? Hint: The correct answer is an anagram of the unusual phrase “A DRAFTSMEN MONITOR.”

Answers: The 1960s, Shaquille O’Neal, wag, Genesis, demonstration farm.

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

On their final day at Union Bank before transferring to US Bank are, from left, branch manager Binh Le, service and sales officer Bernadette Aquino and client relationship consultant Lokesh Suri.

Restaurant owner dies in highway crash

Chris Jarosz, co-owner of Bones Craft Kitchen in Davis, died Wednesday morning in a car crash. He was 55.

Reports say his SUV was traveling west on Highway 50 near 50th Street in Sacramento at about 2 a.m. Wednesday when the Range Rover veered into a road construction zone. It reportedly hit a lighted traffic sign before colliding with a flatbed truck. The two workers in the truck were not injured. Jarosz, a Courtland resident, was not wearing a seatbelt.

The Fix 50 roadwork, which started a year ago, is conducted between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. Caltrans reports that it had moved some of its work zones Tuesday and Wednesday, which took up the left lane. The lighted traffic sign points motorists to the right lanes.

Jarosz also had ownership stake in Broderick Roadhouse in West Sacramento and Anonimo Pizza in Sacramento.

The restaurateur’s death was a shock to many in the industry. He was a former president of the Sacramento chapter of the California Restaurant Association.

Dos Coyotes owner Bobby Coyote, a Davis resident, was stunned by the news. “Chris was a good friend. I met him through the Restaurant Association. I helped mentor him. I’m really sad that this tragedy happened.”

Coyote was a partner with Jarosz when Broderick had restaurants in Roseville, Folsom and Midtown Sacramento. All have since closed.

“We hung out a lot. We did a lot of trips together, lobbied together, hung out at each other’s restaurants,” Coyote said Thursday. “We helped each other through brainstorming sessions. It’s kind of hard to lose someone like that.”

Jarosz had a lot of creative energy, which is one thing people will miss most about him, Coyote said. “I think Chris really hit his stride finally with his pizza concept,” which opened in February 2022, shortly before Bones made its debut in June. “Anonimo is very, very good pizza.”

Heather Caswell, owner of The Wardrobe clothing store next door to Bones, mourned him in a Facebook post on Wednesday: “Chris was such a wonderful business neighbor and owner,

and he put his heart into our beloved downtown Davis. May he rest in peace.”

No word on whether Jarosz’s death will affect the Davis restaurant, which was open Wednesday and Thursday. It’s at 113 D St., in the former D Street Steakhouse spot. Broderick Roadhouse and Anonimo Pizza were closed on Wednesday but reopened on Thursday.

Mamma, the restaurant filling the former Bistro 33 site at 226 F St., passed its health inspection on Thursday. Co-owner Michael Galyen said they have one more final inspection to schedule – on its city building permit – before it’s allowed to open.

“We’re so close – and the place is ready to go,” he said Thursday, noting that the goal it to open in early June.

Once open, hours will likely be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. for the restaurant, and 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. for the café and deli side, which replaces the former City Hall Tavern portion of the property. It will have paninis, coffee drinks, beer and wine on tap, prepared foods, and Italian market items.

The restaurant will focus on simple pasta and pizza dishes. Galyen said I should be able to preview a menu next week.

After Mamma opens, they will work on Craft, a restaurant filling the former Uncle Vito’s space at Second and E streets. That menu will include several barbecue dishes.

You’re not going to believe it, but I have an update on Water Pig, the long-planned Asian fusion restaurant at 2120 Cowell Blvd., Suite 143, last occupied by Moshi Moshi

On Wednesday, owner Calvin Liu said the restaurant recently passed its city building permit, which required a resubmission because the project has taken so long. It still needs health and fire inspections. I don’t know the staffing status.

Davis once again has a GameStop. It opened recently at 4625 Second St., Suite 120, in Second Street Crossing. Davis previously had two GameStops: in University Mall and The Marketplace. The University Mall (Russell Boulevard) store closed in 2011 and The Marketplace (West Covell Boulevard) one shut down in 2018. The store sells video games, consoles, hardware, gaming accessories, toys and similar goods. Hours are noon to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, noon to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays.

I left two messages for an update on Bull ’N Mouth, the American fare restaurant and pub that will fill the old de Vere’s spot. I did not hear back. It was

Yolo County tourism continues to grow

Special to The Enterprise YOLO COUNTY

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Local tourism activity in Yolo County grew by 12.4% in 2022, continuing trends of an accelerated recovery for travel in the region, according to new economic impact research released today by Visit California.

Visit California’s annual report measuring the economic impact of tourism showed that increased travel spending in Yolo County contributed $418.7 million to local businesses and added 5,110 local jobs.

Visitor spending generated $16.5 million in local tax revenue last year, providing a stream of revenue to Davis, Woodland, Winters and Yolo County to support essential services and programs in the community.

“Tourism continues to play a key role in growing Yolo County’s economy,

benefiting local businesses and generating jobs in our region,” said Terry Selk, Executive Director of Visit Yolo. “Visitors from around the world are discovering Yolo County through Visit Yolo’s global outreach and product development efforts in Australia, Asia, Mexico, Canada, Europe and the US resulting in new pipelines of visitor traffic previously not realized.”

Statewide, travel spending grew by 31.7% in 2022 to $134.4 billion, bringing tourism spending 93% of the way back to pre-pandemic levels. During that time, the travel sector added 157,000 jobs in California, bringing the statewide total to 1.1 million jobs supported by tourism. Visitor-generated tax revenue for state and local government increased by 21.6% to $11.9 billion.

New community sentiment research also released today by Visit California found that Californians recognize and value the benefits of tourism in their communities. The research, prepared by Destination Analysts, surveyed Californians in each of the state’s 12 tourism regions and found that 60% of Californians believe tourism is important and 56% believe that the benefits of tourism in California outweigh any tourism-related strains.

— Visit Yolo is a California nonprofit that works to encourage visitation to Yolo County by developing and maintaining marketing programs that keep Yolo County a top-of-mind travel destination. For more information, free visitor maps or to sign up for newsletters, visit www.visityolo.com.

expected to open late this spring.

There’s a new way to encourage people to shop locally. On Wednesday, Davis Downtown started a new eGift Card. As of Thursday, it was available to use at 33 downtown stores and restaurants, with more being added daily.

I’ve been doing some communications work for Davis Downtown, so it’s been fun to see the program launch. Learn more at https://davisdowntown.com/ davis-downtown-gift-cards/.

Another client of mine, the Davis Farmers Market, brought back tables and chairs to its Picnic in the Park. The Market Food Court seating, intended for those enjoying market-purchased food, is provided by A Grand Affair. Picnic in the Park is 4 to 8 p.m. every Wednesday through Sept. 17.

hold up a sign for the restaurant before it opened in June. Jarosz died Wednesday in a vehicle collision.

Meanwhile, its Sutter Davis Hospital Farmers Market is back for the season. It’s open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday through September, at the hospital entrance.

Before messaging me about the status of an ongoing project, please review my paywall-free Google spreadsheet, which includes more than 325 Davis businesses. It’s at https://bit.ly/ DavisBusinesses. The most active tabs are Restaurants Open, Restaurants Closed and Coming Soon.

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

Bones Craft Kitchen co-owner Chris Jarosz, left, and operations manager Juan Rammzini

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Offering a few life lessons from the road

Acertain type of headline always causes me to read further. It can be worded in a variety of ways, but generally sounds like this:

“(Name) tells us her three truths.”

Or, “(Name) shares his secret for a happy life.

Or, “(Name) tells what is most important to understand.

Last week’s Washington Post offered a variation titled, “My neighbor lived to be 109. This is what I learned from him.”

The Post article was probably timed to coincide with graduation, an occasion when people give advice.

From such articles and from graduation speeches, we learn to “follow your passions,” to help others and to have an emergency fund. The 109-year-old counseled people in times of anger or annoyance to “Let it go.” He also wrote, “Be soft sometimes. Cry when you need to. Observe miracles.”

This is good advice, but today I’d like to offer something else, suggestions that are practical but

arrive less frequently, something I will call mini-advice.

Mini-advice springs from experiences we acquire by being out in the world and living our lives, smaller notes of wisdom, but also important to living well.

Today I offer three “car vs animal” truths. I start with the most recent.

Three weeks ago, as I drove down a country road in neardarkness to our second home in Lotus, I saw a skunk by the side of the road. Unlike most skunks I encounter, this one was alive, but probably like his road-kill brethren, not overly clever. Upon seeing my car, he dashed from a perfectly safe turnout into the center of the road.

Who was in more danger, the

skunk or me?

I hit the brakes.

The skunk started moving slowly back and forth, away from me and then towards me, like a drunk driver, briefly visiting both sides of the road but always regaining the center and pausing there.

Iwatched as his tail lifted and lowered several times. I did not move in my seat. I did not move my car. I waited patiently for several minutes, mostly holding my breath, until he finally chose the left side of the road, darted in among some blackberries and disappeared for good. Both of us came out of this moonlit encounter fine, proving that when humans know there’s risk, they can avoid it. This comes naturally. But it might require more patience than you think.

A greater danger on country roads is deer. No matter what speed you’re driving, if a deer crosses unexpectedly and too close in front of you, you will have an accident. The evidence

of this, deer carcasses, appear about once a month on my 10-mile country route. The deceased deer look banged up and the cars probably did, too.

The first deer to cross in front of you is usually not the problem because he or she is running so fast that no encounter will occur. It is your eyes, the eyes of the driver, following Deer No. 1, that creates the crisis. You don’t see what’s coming next.

Every time I have almost hit a deer, it is because a second or third was following the first one, frequently a fawn. If your car is still moving when a second deer crosses, you are likely to collide.

The life advice from deer vs car encounters is: Have a wider view. Always watch for the second deer.

My third truth involves a smaller, less dangerous animal: the squirrel. Squirrels, too, cross roads unexpectedly but their pattern is different from either the skunk or the deer. They often dash from one side to the other, until they notice your car, at which point they suddenly switch directions and race in

front of you almost as if they want to be crushed.

Never expect squirrels to complete the run they’ve started. They are the mind-changers of the animal kingdom and rarely stick to one path.

My mistakes in this situation have led to at least one squirrel death, maybe more. The feeling of a bump under your tires is not a happy one.

The advice here is: if someone acts unpredictable, make yourself predictable. Stop your car.

Every problem in life has a stage, usually at the beginning, when it is a skunk, a deer or a squirrel. Your response could be patience (skunk), or wariness (the second deer) or staying still (squirrel).

All three responses require you to be observant — an idea that belongs in all graduation speeches-- and all three reduce your chances of snuffing out the life of an animal with your car. Small truths but worth it.

— Marion Franck has lived in Davis for more than 40 years. Reach her at marionf2@gmail. com.

Sharing thanks and gratitude for all the generosity

By Heather Sletuer Special to the Enterprise

Thank you to our generous community. The month of May has brought the spring flowers and two successful Yolo Crisis Nursery events – The Big Day of Giving and the inaugural Yolo Crisis Nursery Run for the Roses fundraiser. These events raised critical funds and awareness to help children and families experiencing crises in Yolo County.

The Big Day of Giving (BDOG) is a regional day of generosity held every year on the first Thursday in May. Thank you to all who donated on the Big Day of Giving this year. Your generosity will make our community stronger. Nearly 200 donors came together to make this year the most successful BDOG yet for the Nursery! We are so grateful for each and every donor especially our matching gift donors Andrew and Thea Minsk, an anonymous donor, Brian and Stephanie Rubinstein, the Rubinstein Family Foundation, and Michael and Mary Patricia Whelan-Miille.

Our inaugural Run for the Roses Kentucky Derby fundraiser welcomed many new and familiar sponsors, guests, and supporters to Windmill Vineyards in Woodland. The weather cleared just in

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Avery Cross of Woodland has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Winter 2023 President’s List. The winter terms run from January to May.

Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum gradepoint average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named to the President’s List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer.

Southern New Hampshire University is a private, nonprofit institution with a 90-year history of educating traditional-aged students and working adults.

Michael Weideman of Davis, a member of the class of 2024 majoring in Interactive Media and Game Development at

time and the event was a huge success. We hope you will join us next year for this one-of-a-kind event the first weekend in May. Sponsors are key to a successful event and we would like to give a special thanks to our sponsors Windmill Vineyards, Muller Ag –Tom and Colin Muller, Ag Seeds Unlimited, Grow West, Eaton Drilling Co., LLC, Clark Pacific, Ginny Parks Real Estate, Ken Aoki Farms, Parks Water Resources, Styled Madera Events, WECO, Woodland Haven Preschool, Embellish Décor & Gifts, and Jennifer L. Ward, Edward Jones.

The funds raised at these two events will go to

support Yolo Crisis Nursery early intervention safe stay program and wraparound services. Targeted, critically time-sensitive support can make all the difference for a child. The nursery has helped over 8,000 children and their families, but our impact is best illustrated by the success of our clients such as Lucas.

Meet Lucas — a twoyear-old who struggled to get up the two steps to enter the nursery’s front door the first time he arrived. He had a heart condition and was morbidly obese – weighing more than three times the average two-year-old.

Lucas’ medical conditions

were severe and the result of poor nutrition and neglect. After 20-plus years of working with children, the nursery staff were heart broken and shocked to see this in such a young child. Lucas and his family came to the nursery through a referral from a medical provider. The nursery was a key piece of a safety plan for Lucas to focus on his physical, emotional and developmental needs.

Lucas began attending our specialized preschool, and the nursery’s wraparound services embraced his family with parenting education and connections to services to help them develop healthy nutrition and lifestyle for their family.

In just two months, Lucas was able to climb the stairs into the nursery’s front door with ease. He had lost 20 pounds and was able to interact and play with the other children. Life is a journey and Lucas and his family are all becoming healthier and stronger together.

The Yolo Crisis Nursery

helps children and families when they need it most, in times of crisis. The services the nursery offers change lives, and in many cases can be the difference between life and death. To all the Yolo Crisis Nursery loyal supporters and generous donors, your commitment is changing children’s lives and making our community stronger. On behalf of all of us at the Nursery and the children and families we serve –THANK YOU!

To learn more about the Yolo Crisis Nursery or to join us as a volunteer or donor, please visit www. yolocrisisnursery.org.

Heather Sletuer is the executive director of Yolo Crisis Nursery.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, was a member of a student team that recently completed an intense research project titled Weatherization of Worcester Community Fridges.

At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project

that applies science and technology that addresses an important societal need or issue. The project-based curriculum offers students the opportunity to apply their knowledge toward real problems

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

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done. And his life was tragically taken.”

Jessica Crane said Joshua was looking into an internal medicine residency and wanted to come back to like their hometown of Chico to give back to his community and to be near family.

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attended by most of the DJUSD school board, as well as numerous teachers from around the district who applied for a grant. In turn, each gave a small speech as to what the grant money received will be going to.

DHS received $4,000 for the Symphony Outreach concerts, $923 for the classroom library refresh, $1,377 for the front office and $5,800 for the DHS band.

Da Vinci Charter Academy received $2,000 for its World War I Museum Night event and $1,199 for 3D printing.

Emerson Junior High received $2,400 for archery equipment.

Holmes Junior High received $913 for social studies, $4,064 for steel picnic tables, $1,383 for the Birding Club, $2,495 for robotics competition and $2,495 for positive behavior intervention.

César Chávez Elementary received $837 for kindergarten initiatives, $2,000 for CARES recess games and $1,190 for a Glacier Chiller.

North Davis Elementary received $389 for Talk Time, $570 for the performing arts, $184 for temperature investigators, $1,264 for a community table and $1,000 for classroom seating and furniture.

Pioneer Elementary got $650 for the library, and the Davis School for Independent study got $2,500 for Age of Sail living history program and $367 for the school garden.

“I think the key thing is you’re giving the money to what maybe the most important institution other than the university in the city, and that’s the Davis schools. Not only have my wife and my partners gone to Davis schools, but my

son and daughter and grandchildren have gone to school here. For me, listening to the variety of requests, and having the teachers involved makes this grant program for me one of the most fun things we can get involved with,” said Roe. “Education continues to be the most important thing I think we should support, and this town is has been famous for the quality of its schools. Not only does it benefit the students, but benefits the community as a whole to have a school system as good as ours is.”

Also in attendance was DJUSD Superintendent Matt Best, who was more than ecstatic to be a part of the reception and the Tandem tradition of donation.

“First and foremost, school districts can’t do it alone. We need community partners to support us, and that shows their value in the community and helps us to show our value to the community. It’s really great seeing teachers’ smiling faces knowing they can do the things they want to do this coming year and we know that the students will all benefit,” said Best. “My favorite parts of being here are just the beautiful music when we arrive, the great food and then, for example, hearing things about librarians bringing books into libraries that will help students coming in from different places and countries feel more connected. I think that was a common theme, making sure students have a place to connect and that’s what it’s all about.”

To learn more about all things Tandem, one can visit their website at www. tandemproperties.com or call at 530-756-5075.

— Reach Aaron Geerts at aaron.geerts@mcnaughton.media.

The decision to award Joshua Crane with a posthumous degree came about two months after he died, Jessica said. In conversation with Sharad Jain, M.D., Associate Dean of Students at UC Davis Health, she learned members of Joshua’s were insisting on it; “‘Hey, we’re going to sit on the dean’s front doorstep if they don’t give your brother this degree on graduation because he should have been here with us,’” she related. “So, it was pretty much a unanimous decision he was going to receive the degree.”

According to his obituary, he served as a U.S. Navy corpsman rank HM3 and was stationed in Okinawa, Japan and Camp Pendleton in Southern California from 2010 to 2014. He earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Chico State University before attending UC Davis Medical School.

At Chico State, Joshua Crane tutored and taught an undergraduate

anatomy course before applying for medical school. Attending UC Davis Medical School, he was able to visit family regularly. When he was doing his clinicals, he shadowed a physician at Mission Ranch Primary Care, a clinic in Chico where his mom used to work, Jessica said.

“My mom struggled with substance abuse pretty much our entire lives, and I think that is the other reason why Josh focused so hard on internal medicine; because he wanted to be able to help people like my mom,” Jessica Crane said.

After he got out, he dug into bodybuilding and just last year competed in the Governor’s Cup. “He had the personality, the mental capacity to accomplish everything. And not only did he accomplish it, but he excelled in it to where he was training other people.” He had dreams of becoming a professional bodybuilder. Living a vegan lifestyle after watching documentaries showing the treatment of animals in the meat and dairy industries, he’s had find other ways of getting enough protein.

Demonstrating Joshua’s kindness and uniqueness, Jessica said he created a TikTok video telling viewers he was going on a first date. She said video shows him buying flowers and a card.

“He shows up at her house (and to

the camera says): ‘I’m so nervous.’”

His grandmother Terrie Mays opened the door and was happy to see him.

From med school and professional colleagues to friends and those he helped at the gym, the stories shared, Jessica said spoke to his kind and dedicated spirit.

As the obituary states, “Joshua spent his time doing the things he loved; aiding the homeless and the less fortunate, mending the wounds of the broken, lost, forgotten, and an advocate for the voiceless. Joshua had many friends, and interests.

Throughout his medical journey, he developed an unwavering passion for fitness and inspiring others to do the same. Joshua competed in bodybuilding competitions throughout California and had dreams of becoming a professional bodybuilder. However, he shared no greater devotion for his life, than that of his family. Joshua lived by the values held in his heart.”

Joshua Crane is survived by his (Mother) Carol Crane (Mother), Terrie Mays (Grandmother), Jessica Crane (sister), Thomas Crane (Brother) and (nieces & nephews) Lane & Levi Mowles, Peyton, Logan, Reagan & Thomas II Crane. Joshua is proceeded in death by his (father) Jeffery Crane, and (grandfather) Larry Mays.

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The Tandem Foundation’s John Whitcombe, center, and Bill Roe address the gathering at the foundation’s annual grants events on Wednesday.

TRAIL: State works to uncover all the history hidden in the forests

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area that has about 30 exhumed graves in there.

Prior to establishing the trail, State Parks had three or four forensic canines sniff out the soft tissue remains that ended up in the soil.

According to a State Parks press release on the Gam Saan

Trail, through research and a historical report completed in 1991 for a real estate sale in the area, it was revealed that a Chinese miner by the name of Toy Kee purchased a few acres near the project area in 1875 for a $55 gold coin. A few years later, in 1881, the Lin Hing and Man Lee Companies purchased additional acreage and operated businesses,

stores, a bank, and mining companies in the area from the 1870s through the early 1900s.

According to State Parks, the Man Lee building and the Wah Hop Store, once leased to a Chinese merchant of that name, are the only two remaining structures used by the Chinese that remain in Marshall Gold Park today, which houses exhibits of

gold mining techniques and mercantile goods.

In April, Locke Foundation President Douglas Hsia said the Wah Hop Store “got its first taste of a Chinese docent telling its story.” As said docent, Hsia says his opening line is: “The real gold mine is to sell provisions to the gold miners. You are entering the gold mine of the gold

mines.”

As Hsia notes from the park, there is the Monroe Ridge Trail that connects to the Gam Saan Trail on the other side of the hill. “We will construct a continuous story from Coloma to Lotus to the American River.”

Time for Big West to join the crowd

It’s about time for the Big West Conference to join the crowd and sponsor a conference tournament at the end of the baseball season.

The Big West already has a conference tournament in basketball, for both men and women, with the winners advancing to the NCAA tournament. The same should happen in baseball.

In Division I college baseball, after all, the ultimate goal is to earn a trip to Omaha to compete in the College World Series.

Actually, let me take that back. Obviously, the ultimate goal is not just to reach the College World Series, but to win it.

Volleyball

Many teams will earn an automatic bid to the 64-team tournament that leads to the College World Series by winning their conference’s tournament or perhaps the

regular-season championship.

The majority of the field, however, will be chosen at-large based on each team’s entire body of work in both conference and non-conference play. Much like college basketball’s Big Dance, a number of baseball leagues will receive multiple invitations.

It took baseball a while longer to figure things out, but now many conferences have a season-ending tournament, which gives a number of teams a second chance at a bid.

Some leagues invite all its members to participate in the conference tournament, while others limit it to the top four or top six.

Football

The Big West, where UC Davis competes, does not have a season-sending conference tournament in baseball. Which is unfortunate.

Some teams get off to slow starts that leave them too far behind to ever catch up to the leaders. Others have injury problems that may have resolved themselves during the season, but too late to turn the team into a contender.

A conference tournament wipes the slate clean, though the regular-season standings do figure in seedings, which can be important.

In their second season of rebuilding

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Seven is a good number for UCD

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Seven is a good number for UC Davis women’s volleyball head coach Dan Conners entering the 2023 season. He recently has announced the addition of seven student-athletes to the roster.

“We are very excited about our seven incoming Aggies,” Conners said. “These athletes provide us depth at every position, while several of them will be competing for starting positions and others competing for playing time. We get more athletic and competitive with this class, and I look forward to getting them in the gym and seeing how they complement our current group.”

Here is a look at the new Aggies.

Allie Caldwell, middle blocker

The 6-foot Caldwell from Sequoia High in Rage Westside, VBC is another prep standout, earning All-Peninsula Athletic League First Team recognition in all four of her varsity seasons with the Ravens. She finished as the league leader in blocks following her junior campaign as the dominant middle blocker looks to make an impact this fall at UCD.

Ally Chandler, middle blocker

Chandler, at 6’2 from Del Oro High, is a two-time team captain for Del Oro of Loomis. She starred at the middle blocker position for the Golden Eagles.

In 2021, Chandler was an Under Armour All-American nominee, and enjoyed an outstanding senior season, receiving All-Sierra Foothill League First Team honors. Chandler was also named the 49ers Sac-Hi Sports Player of the Week in November of that year, later earning an SFL Optimist All-Star selection.

Breeze Czapinski, outside hitter

The 5’10 hitter from Poway High of Ramona joins UCD. She was named the Most Valuable Player for the Titans in 2022. The outside hitter amassed over 700 kills in her two varsity seasons, hitting a career-best .326 in her senior year. She came up with 618 digs and 83 blocks in her high school career, making a huge impact on the defensive end.

Reese Diersbock, outside hitter

Diersbock, from Kailua, Hawaii who went to Le Jardin Academy, joins the Aggies from the Aloha State where she led the Bulldogs to a state championship, as she was named Most Outstanding Player after the team lifted the trophy.

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Blue Devils continue work on the field

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor

Three months may seem like a long time.

But that is OK with Davis High football head coach Nick Garratt.

This will give him and his assistant coaches time to continue developing their Blue Devil players. Garratt, entering his second season, and the Blue Devils wrapped up spring football practices on Thursday.

According to Sac-Joaquin Section Assistant Commissioner Will DeBoard, high school football teams can conduct spring drills — without pads and helmets — that started on May 15.

For the most part, Garratt was pleased with the Blue Devils’ efforts.

“I think the key is the enthusiasm,” Garratt said. “We’re working a lot of speed work, and it’s definitely showing for the guys that came to all offseason (weight training)

workouts. I’d say that enthusiasm is our momentum right now. There’s a hunger to keep going.”

There were more than 30 players taking part in various drills.

“It is growing,” Garrett said. “We’re trying to create and develop a type of program that the guys that weren’t really committed for the offseason weight training.”

Garratt feels that the roster could grow to 40, if not more, in upcoming weeks.

“A lot of these to-be juniors that are currently sophomores, for whatever reason, they just were not committed,” said Garratt of the Blue Devils’ off-season weight training program that started last December. “Now they are kind of going through the whole process of understanding what is required playing football at a Division I level.

“They are starting to put in the work. We’re here to commit, compete. Our goal is to learn how to

commit this spring ball season.”

The guys who were committed to the off-season weight training, Garratt noted, saw a significant improvement in the weight room the last seven months. They improved on their core lifts by more than 100 pounds each.

“Those guys that were committed over 90 percent of the time improved,” Garratt said.

There are quite a few returning players back from the 2022 Blue Devil squad that went 2-8 overall and 0-6 in the Delta League that are looking for better results this upcoming season.

Sawyer Schoen, who played wide receiver and cornerback during the ‘22 season, is now taking the snaps at quarterback. Schoen played quarterback at times middle and toward the end of last season.

“Sawyer is the No. 1 quarterback as of right now,” Garratt said. “He’s

Davis High football head coach Nick Garratt watches one of his players perform a drill during Thursday’s spring drill practice at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium.

Mike trask/enterprise photo Davis High quarterback Sawyer Schoen gets ready to pass the football during Thursday’s spring drill practice at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium.

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Victims of police violence deserve compensation

By Vinny Eng

Special to CalMatters

Every year, California loses almost 200 lives to police violence. These experiences are not foreign to my family.

Nearly a decade ago, my sister Jazmyne Ha Eng was killed by four sheriff deputies while experiencing a mental crisis.

Under other circumstances, where police are not involved, Californians who suddenly lose a loved one to violence can apply for support from the state’s Victim Compensation Board to help pay for funeral costs, cremation, counseling, medical fees or other related expenses.

But victims of police violence are currently shut out of this resource, often viewed not as victims but as somehow less deserving of support because the violence inflicted on them involves an officer. This shortsighted policy only serves to stigmatize families struggling to reckon with the failure of emergency response systems. They prolong the survivor’s trauma and financially destabilize those who have lost loved ones.

Jazmyne came to America as a refugee.

Our family survived the Cambodian genocide by fleeing the Khmer Rouge with my parents and two of her three sisters. Like many children who lived through war, Jazmyne struggled to find her footing in her adult life. She worked hard to sustain recovery from adult onset diagnoses of mental illness, which included post-traumatic stress disorder, psycho-dissociative disorder and schizophrenia.

Yet tragedy befell her, as it has thousands of other Californians struggling from crisis to crisis.

Jazmyne didn’t have an appointment the day she died. She was feeling agitated and wanted to sit in a space where she thought she would be safe. While she waited in the lobby, the clinic’s staff placed a low-level call for “backup.” Within 12 minutes of that call, and within 15 seconds of visual contact by four L.A. sheriffs deputies, she was first struck by two probes from a stun gun. Almost immediately, two bullets hit her, one through the palm of her hand and one through her heart. She died in a way that she often feared as a child — at the hands of government officials.

Her story highlights the importance of Senate Bill 838, legislation introduced this year that would allow some families who have lost loved ones to police violence to submit receipts to the victim compensation board for reimbursement. Under the proposal by state Sen. Caroline Menjivar, D-Van Nuys, California’s victim compensation board will no longer require Californians to file a police report to apply for support. Instead, families and survivors of police violence could submit to the board a letter from a doctor or social worker certifying the incident occurred.

All victims of violence are deserving of care, regardless of their background or how they were hurt. The compensation fund is not an entitlement, it is a last resort reimbursement for families to resource trauma recovery.

The bill could also help restore community confidence in emergency response systems so folks who need help are not afraid to call 911. Critically, it will make our communities safer for everyone because trauma of this kind — when left unaddressed — destabilizes communities and often expresses itself in individuals who turn to self-medication and substance use. It often leads to additional cycles of violence.

In order to build real safety across our state, policymakers must shed misguided policies that entrench racist perceptions, dividing survivors into categories of “deserving” or “undeserving,” disproportionately denying underrepresented survivors resources in a time of need.

Over a decade later, the grief my family feels is less overwhelming now. But we continue to wonder what our lives would be like if Jazmyne were still alive.

I don’t know if my family will ever feel whole again. But what I do know is that we can demand better responses to crisis and the damage they cause. We can send future survivors of police violence into systems of care, where they are treated with dignity and love.

— Vinny Eng is the director of policy, advocacy and programs for Safer Together.

Gavin Newsom is fond of proclaiming “big hairy audacious goals,” having borrowed the term from a book on successful corporate leadership.

However, he has not been particularly successful in delivering on his promises of bold, transformative action –such as single-payer health care for all Californians or constructing 3.5 million new housing units.

The hairiest and most audacious of Newsom’s goals is converting California’s massive economy – the fourth-largest in the world, according to recent estimates – into one that booms while reducing its carbon footprint to zero in the next 22 years.

It would involve, among other things, shifting 30 million cars and trucks from gasoline or diesel power to electricity or hydrogen and abolishing gas-fired power plants in favor of solar, wind or thermal generation.

Such massive conversions are technologically doable, but they would be very expensive for consumers, utilities and governments. They would require a lot of construction projects, such as solar and wind farms, with some of the latter offshore.

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planning to spend $180 billion over the next decade on projects to decarbonize the state’s economy and make its water supply less precarious, much of it from the federal government. However, he laments, the ability to deliver those public works is hampered by red tape, including the misuse of the California Environmental Quality Act by project opponents.

“The question is, are we going to screw it up by being consumed by paralysis and process?” Newsom said last week while announcing a package of legislation aimed at speeding up project delivery. “We’re here to assert a different paradigm, to commit ourselves to results.”

Newsom made his announcement at a solar energy farm in the San Joaquin Valley, citing it as an example of the kinds of projects his proposal would affect. If approved by the Legisla-

ture, Newsom’s package would extend to major public works projects, including a very controversial water tunnel beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and a big reservoir, Sites, in the Sacramento Valley, the same kind of fast-track permitting that the state has given to sports arenas.

“I love sports,” Newsom said. “But I also love roads. I love transit. I love bridges. And I love clean energy projects like the one we’re seeing here. It’s not just about stadiums. And we’ve proven we can get it done for stadiums. So why the hell can’t we translate that to all these other projects?”

Significantly, however, Newsom’s proposal to speed up CEQA’s process on big public works projects excludes housing, a field where the law has been obviously misused to delay or kill much-needed developments.

While administration officials say that CEQA reforms could indirectly benefit housing by reducing the volume of information that must be gathered, Newsom obviously doesn’t want a direct confrontation over the law’s application to housing, the

shortage of which has exacerbated poverty and the state’s homelessness crisis.

The housing exclusion is drawing fire from prohousing groups such as California YIMBY. Defenders of Wildlife, along with the Natural Resources Defense Council and more than 70 other conservation organizations immediately published an opposition letter. Opponents of specific projects, such as the Delta tunnel –which has been on the list of proposed public works for at least 60 years – are likewise angered.

With opposition mounting, the package is not a slam dunk in the Legislature, even though Newsom offers it in the form of budget “trailer bills” that can be enacted without the scrutiny that most legislation must endure a misuse of process unto itself.

Newsom may be staking his governorship on procedural changes needed to make decarbonization, his biggest goal, a reality.

— CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more stories by Dan Walters, go to Commentary.

Weed abatement

It’s been a terrible nuisance and danger to our pets that the city has simply quit caring about residential weed control. While the decision to quit spraying weeds with potent weed killers was understandable, the resulting lack of any other action has turned our greenbelts, streets and neighborhoods into a profusion of foxtails. The hooked thistle of these weeds, when mature and dried, can become lodged in our pets’ mouths, throats, paws and skin, and can have devastating consequences. We’ve had to change where we can walk several times, and I now avoid my beautiful greenbelt paths altogether because of this issue.

In north Davis, the foxtails were allowed to reach maturity, overtaking walking paths, blowing into yards and covering street green areas, and only then were they mown —much too late to prevent the “tails” from going everywhere. If the city has thrown up its hands with regard to controlling them before they mature (which is super annoying, because with a little research, I feel certain you can find a way to control them at the inception), then please mow them at least twice in March and April, before the tails mature, and pick up the detritus instead of leaving all these dried hooktails on the ground.

This is an issue which has been brought to your attention previously, I understand, but this year is worse than ever, and will

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continue in the same vein year after year, so please don’t fail to treat it with far more preparedness next spring, since the damage is already done this year!

Mindy Manville Davis

Remembering Lily

On Memorial Day, May 24, 2004, my beautiful daughter Lily Niesen, Age 19, a 2003 graduate of Davis High School; soccer player extraordinaire; whimsical, colorful artist; and mermaid swimmer, was brutally murdered, knifed and bludgeoned to death, taken from life by a crazed man with a knife when she was in San Diego in her first year of college. My heart was and is broken as I miss my child so much every day.

Annie Nisen Davis

Cut military, tax the rich

The 20 year wars in Iraq and Afghanistan cost us $21 trillion. Whatever we’ve been doing in the middle east, now Ukraine, and around the world has cost us trillions. Why are we not looking at ending sixty years of human and monetary damage caused by U.S. led forever wars when crying for a balanced budget?

Corporate profits have increased 14 times since 1980 to $2.8 trillion a quarter. In the same years, most wages have just kept up. Tax law has increased owner, executive, and trust babies purchasing power a 100 times. They can afford the

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cost cost of health care, housing and education. For these essentials, the rest of us have less purchasing power than we did 60 years ago. That is what our budget policy should fix.

Why are we worried about the full faith and credit of the U.S. vs. doing something worthwhile for the future of the country? This choice is false. The dollar is worth more when we invest in our people, debts get paid, people are able to care for each other.

In light of all the trillions lost for wasteful military campaigns, corporate greed driven inflation, the latest 2017 tax cut for the rich (noticeably kept in place by “Democrats” in power); wars and tax cuts are why we are in debt.

There is no excuse. Follow through on the laws that passed to give us a chance. The Inflation Reduction Act remains intact. People’s health, climate safety, jobs, education, food and ending child poverty, those are the priorities. Move the budget ceiling through! No changes!

If anything, tax the wealthy to make the budget work. The top 10% have $60 trillion and the bottom 50%, 2% of all wealth. That is the problem. The immediate solution would cost the rich 1/30th of their wealth.

The country has a $31 trillion debt and the people making the most money, from the systemically inequitable capital machinery, should pay more. That’s the fix.

Tax corporate profits and the uber wealthy. Put military spending on the table and no deal for cuts that help people.

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

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Some of you won’t like what I have to say

By Karen Levy

Special to The Enterpirse

That’s part of the reason I have to say it, despite the fact that I’m surrounded by individuals who have resorted to various levels of retaliation because I speak up.

I arrived in Davis in 1971, attended what was then WDE, WDI, then Emerson, DHS where I was a Blue Devil for a year, the same year a boy mustered up courage to hold my hand during a movie at The Varsity, before ice cream at Marvelli’s. It was in Davis that I sat in the park watching fireworks explode across night skies, returning to earth in showers of gems; where I became an Aggie, where I sat for hours over coffee at Café Tutti with a man who mustered up courage to ask me to marry him; where we walked miles of Greenbelt, shared fish & chips on lazy weekends perched on stools at Burgers & Brew, or croissants on the deck of Cloud Forest Café; enjoyed Picnic

Day before it became dreaded; here where we fell in love, bought a house and turned it into a home where we raised beautiful children, a home in which I thought we’d grow old together.

Here where my Mark collapsed on the corner of J and Eighth, where I screamed for help, where I believed he’d be saved. Here is where I now find myself standing before a headstone at strange hours of the night, checking if it’s really possible, still baffled that he’s gone.

I’m offering this brief history in case any of you thought I don’t belong in this city, because some of you have tried your damndest to make me feel that way.

My life here was punctuated by returns to my native Israel, where, ironically, I learned politeness and consideration of others despite the aggressiveness with which we’re attributed. I was taught to

respect neighbors by staying quiet between 2-4 in the afternoons, when shops closed and people napped during the hottest part of the day. At school I stood with classmates greeting teachers deferentially when they walked in.

I gave up my seat for elderly passengers on buses and eventually respected higher-ranking authorities when I wore a uniform and served my country.

Don’t get me wrong. While I wouldn’t have dreamed of practicing piano during that siesta, or not rising when a teacher walked in, I was also taught to question authority when rules didn’t make sense; how to use sharp elbows when jostled in line for that bus and an even sharper tongue when necessary. Most Israelis I know don’t hesitate to stand up for their rights, beginning with expectations of living peacefully in their own homes.

A neighbor could yell out the window if someone disturbed her rest, and the

offending party apologized and rarely tried it again. She could also tell your mother if she saw you kissing a boy behind the apartment building and not be labeled a “Karen” by juveniles. My neighbors shared meals, joys, grief and gossip. If one mistreated you, five others came to your defense. In other words, they cared.

Not in this neighborhood. Life in our Davis home became less enjoyable well before my Mark was gone. As residents died or moved away, renters replaced them. Dogs bark unchecked, chickens shriek beginning at dawn; while bad behavior of selfindulgent students has become normalized by a university whose bottom line is money and a police force that rarely arrives in time, if at all, then looks the other way. Out-of-control parties aren’t stopped, stench of pot drifts through windows; landlords collect checks taking no accountability for their

tenants, as homeowners choose apathy not action, preferring to be superficially liked to confronting ugly truths.

On our last morning together we’d talked about leaving despite everything we created during 23 years in this house, a difficult decision but the stress caused by our surroundings was becoming unbearable. It was time for our next adventure. Then the unthinkable happened; leaving is no longer an option. Not just Davis, this house. On my property is where I now spend most my time. No adventures await as I garden, swim, read, write, teach, and watch movies on my own in a home filled with memories; the cherry trees my Mark planted finally bear fruit, roses are rioting in the beds he built so long ago. Life here must suffice and I’ve no intention of being driven out.

That means entitled neighbors shouldn’t tell me to close windows, get earplugs, or “Cope with it” while doing as they please

at all hours. Cops shouldn’t say, “You live in a college town” or “It’s Saturday night” rather than enforce laws. Exercising my rights shouldn’t result in eggs on my garage door, slashed tires, being called a bitch, anonymous mailed threats, (“You should have died instead of Mark”), beer cans and obscenities thrown over my fence; all committed by the same hypocritical individuals professing to care about mental health without any regard for mine.

You don’t have to like me. That would entail getting to know me, stepping into my home, inviting me into yours. You do have to respect my rights to an undisturbed existence, basic ones like sleeping with open windows on summer nights without waking up because you’re doing karaoke at 1:00 a.m.

It’s called civility.

— Karen Levy is the author of “My Father’s Gardens,” 2014 Pushcart Prize Nominee.

APAPA Davis committed to leadership, civic engagement

By Carla Datanagan

Special to The Enterprise

With great partnerships and community outreach, the Davis Chapter of the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association has been dedicated to celebrating and honoring their diverse community during Asian Heritage Month and throughout the year.

“We started this local chapter about seven years ago to serve our communities and the mission to advance leadership and civic engagement,” said Ruth Asmundson, Chapter Chair and former Davis Mayor.

Earlier this month, the very impressive and popular APAPA train float led by the APAPA Davis Chapter in the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade was recently recognized as one of the best float entries under the theme of leadership and unity with the “Moving Forward Award.” More than 25 APAPA chapter leaders from across the state came together for this monumental effort and event, wearing cultural attire and bamboo hats, while carrying gold shovels and pick-axes with brightly lit lanterns along the route.

The SF parade is among the biggest parades in the country, with more than 100 floats and 3 million viewers. The 30-foot APAPA float train is a life-size scale replica of the Jupiter train from the mid-1800’s to honor the Chinese railroad workers. The jewel tone colors and details

reflect the actual historic train from that time period.

“We want to celebrate the positive contributions of all those who helped to build our great country, including AANHPI immigrants,” shared APAPA Davis Chapter Board Member Aaron Wedra and train float coordinator. “This amazing APAPA train with a smoke stack with bubbles, an authentic brass bell, and colorful lights will be the highlight of more local parades in Northern California.” The APAPA train took over six months to build by Design M Studio at the Yin Ranch in Vacaville, California, the home of CC and Regina Yin, APAPA founders, where many community events are held, including a special event with Governor Newsom hosted by APAPA last fall.

APAPA chapter leaders also supported and participated in the Davis and Woodland City Council Member meetings, and Yolo County Board of Education meeting proclaiming the recognition of Asian Heritage Month.

“We are really honored to be here to receive these resolutions and thank our city leaders for recognizing our diverse community,” said Carla Datanagan, APAPA Davis Chapter President. “It’s so important for all of us to come together to be united against hate and violence. That’s one of the main reasons why APAPA provides student internships

with public officials and professional development workshops for local UC Davis and other students. We must all be engaged to support our next generation of leaders to have a voice.”

The APAPA National Internship Program hosts more than 250 college student interns each year throughout the country from the CA state capitol in Sacramento to Washington, DC. The APAPA Davis Chapter and the greater community really appreciates all the local elected officials for mentoring and hosting our college student interns: Rep. John Garamedi, Rep. Mike Thompson, California Treasurer Fiona Ma, state Sen. Bill Dodd, Assemblywoman Lori Wilson, Assemblywoman Cecilia AguiarCurry, Davis Mayor Will Arnold, Davis Vice-Mayor Josh Chap-

man, Davis City Councilwoman Gloria Partida, Yolo County Supervisor Lucas Frerichs, Yolo County Assessor Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Supervisor Angel Barajas, DJUSD Superintendent Matt Best, and DJUSD Board President Lea Darrah, among others.

Other future outreach events for the APAPA Davis Chapter include booths at the Davis Farmers Market, a Youth Leadership Academy series of professional development workshops for local college students, an internship program this summer, more community events, outreach for a K-12 initiative to include Asian American history in the academic curriculum across the country, and partnerships with national APAPA for a fall Shining Star Gala in

Sacramento, a multi-chapter leadership summit in New York, and holiday party.

The APAPA Youth Leadership Academy workshops organized and co-hosted by the APAPA Davis Chapter will be held at the APAPA Headquarters Community Room in Sacramento from 9 am to 4 pm on Saturdays, June 17, July 15, and August 12. The workshops are open at no cost to all high school students in the area with lunch provided. Topics covered will include resume preparation, public speaking, leadership and professional development, interviewing, and college application presentations and support. Register ahead of time to attend at: https:// tinyurl.com/APAPAYLP23.

The APAPA Davis Chapter welcomes you to join the APAPA team. The board is expanding, and now includes several UC Davis students as part of a new campus focused chapter as well. APAPA is a national 501c3 nonprofit organization established in 2021 with over 49 chapters across the country. The chapters are volunteer-driven and dedicated to the mission of advancing the AANHPI communities through leadership and civic engagement. To learn more about the local Davis APAPA Chapter, other local chapters, upcoming events, or the national internship program, please visit Davis@apapa.org or www.apapa.org.

— Carla Datanagan is the president of the APAPA Davis Chapter.

Annual Pink Gala celebrates grant recipients

Special to The Enterprise

Courage, resilience and determination — all this is needed and more for a fight against cancer, a difficult journey which no one should go through alone.

Every year, our amazing community comes together to honor that journey at the Thriving Pink Gala. More than 280 attendees and supporters lifted up and lit pink candles together at the beautiful Yin Ranch Estate to recognize the 26 grant awardees, and many other survivors and thrivers in our community.

“Our hearts are filled with gratitude for our caring community which supports so many local women and their families,” said Thriving Pink Executive Director Leslie Hunter. All proceeds from the Gala that was held on May 5, 2023 directly benefit Granting Pink, a core Thriving Pink program which provides financial assistance for urgent and immediate needs. “A total

of over $278,400 in critical individual grants have been provided since we started seven years ago” shared Granting Pink Chair Rose Cholewinski of SwimAmerica Davis. All recipients are from Yolo County and many are newly diagnosed women referred to Thriving Pink by local medical doctors and nurses. In addition to the much needed financial assistance, Thriving Pink is dedicated to providing a compassionate network of resources ranging from Pink Peers and mentors, to support groups and professionally facilitated educational workshops.

Many grant awardees who came to the Gala event were overwhelmed with the incredible love and support from our community. “I work two part-time jobs to support my family. When you see me, please know that you see my faith, my family, my two daughters, and this amazing

community. I was 27 years old when I was diagnosed and went through a double mastectomy and treatment,” said Maria Del Rio a grant awardee.

Many Local Pink Heroes were recognized as Community Service Awardees and partners at the Pink Gala including Linda Dunn of Bloom Again, the George & Lena Valente Foundation, Dr. Claudia DeYoung of Kaiser Permanente, Tana Toll, RN at Dignity Health, Dr. Alicia Silva of Sutter Hospital, and Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza. Health care partners from Sutter Health, Kaiser, Dignity Health, Northbay Health and CommuniCare also joined the special event.

A special presentation recognized Davis Firefighters Local 3494 for their unwavering commitment as Platinum Pink partners. “We have been with Thriving Pink from the beginning and it is amazing to see this volunteer driven organization grow over the years.

The Pink Team is really making a positive difference for so many and we’re so honored to be part of it,” said Emily Lo, Davis Fire Department Battalion Chief/Local 3494.

A special thank you to our dedicated event committee who made this night so special, including Emma Hunter, our Gala Chair/ Co-MC, and Krysten Cholewinski, our Co-MC. The special occasion was made even more beautiful by Kelly Currywood of Circle Z Farms who provided the floral centerpieces as gifts for the awardees.

This Gala event’s incredible success, thanks to our generous donors, partners, volunteers, and supporters, has raised over half of the annual amount needed to replenish our Granting Pink Fund. All donations directly help those in Yolo County impacted by breast cancer. To give or donate to Thriving Pink, visit www. thrivingpink.org.

Thank you to all our

wonderful community part-

ners and sponsors:

Pink Gala Presenting

Sponsors: Kaiser Permanente Napa/Solano, Dignity

Health, Jim & Lucinda

Childress, Woodland

McDonald’s, Yin Ranch

Pink Gala Table Spon-

sors: Sutter Health, Gayle & Stan Barry, Mary & Harris Liu, SwimAmerica Davis, Mara & Dennis

Lindsay, Perfect Union, Brooks Painting, Robert Wiebe & Joni Rubin, James

Anderson, FIT House, CC & Regina Yin, Jim & Lori Schilling-Davis, Yolo County Supervisor Lucas Frerichs & Stacie Frerichs, Kaiser South Sacramento.

Platinum Pink Partners: Davis Firefighters Local 3494, Woodland McDonald’s, The George and Lena Valente Foundation, In Memory of Ann Murray

Paige

Hot Pink Partners: Black Bear Diner Davis, Blue Sea Resources Inc & Celeste Hanagan, Cancer Champions, Coleman Fung, JoAnn

Stodden, Jim & Lucinda Childress, Brooks Painting & Jeremy Brooks, Kathleen & Paul Hart, Michael & Mary Miller, Vandergriff Brent Family Fund, Zumbathon Team, In Memory of Adrienne Anderson, ARP Mini Grant Yolo County, Kaiser Permanente, Dignity Health

Bright Pink Partners: Guneet & Bubbly Bajwa, MD, Davis Ace Hardware & Aggie Ace Hardware, Davis Enterprise, Kim Eichorn, Patty & Dave Krueger/ Greiner Heating & Air, Jim & Colleen Schneider, NorthBay Health Care, Robert Wiebe & Joni Rubin, SwimAmerica Davis, Lori Schilling-Davis & James Davis, Woodland Sunrise Rotary, Lleyton Yang, Katie and Bryan Bolich, Bobtail Apparel, ACEs Aware Mini Grant, Sutter Health, Davis Food Co-Op, In Memory of Cindy Ditler (partial listing).

—Submitted by the Thriving Pink board of directors.

Courtesy photo

The APAPA train-themed float at the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade earned the “Moving Forward Award.”

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By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

By Jerry

Stephan Pastis

Charles M. Schulz

Complete the grids so that every row, column and outlined 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9.

I f y o u a r e l

Pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Codes sections 3691 and 3692.4, the following conditions will, by operation of law, subject real property to the tax collector’s power to sell.

1) All property for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for five or more years.

2) All property which has a nuisance abatement lien recorded against it and for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for three or more years.

3) Any property that has been identified and requested for purchase by a city, county, city and county, or nonprofit organization to serve the public benefit by providing housing or services directly related to low-income persons and for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for three or more years.

The parcels listed herein meet one or more of the criteria listed above and thus, will become subject to the tax collector’s power to sell on July 1, 2023, at 12:01 a.m., by operation of law. The tax collector’s power to sell will arise unless the property is either redeemed or made subject to an installment plan of redemption initiated as provided by law prior to close of business on the last business day in June. The right to an installment plan terminates on the last business day in June, and after that date the entire balance due must be paid in full to prevent sale of the property at public auction.

The right of redemption survives the property becoming subject to the power to sell but terminates at 5 p.m. on the last business day prior to the date of the sale by the tax collector.

All information concerning redemption or the initiation of an installment plan of redemption will be furnished, upon request, by Chad Rinde, 625 Court Street, Room 102, Woodland, CA 95695, phone (530) 666-8190.

The amount to redeem, including all penalties and fees, as of June 2023, is shown opposite the parcel number and next to the name of the assessee.

PARCEL NUMBERING SYSTEM EXPLANATION

The Assessor's Parcel Number (APN), when used to describe property in this list, refers to the assessor's map book, the map page, the block on the map, if applicable, and the individual parcel on the map page or in the block. The assessor's maps and further explanation of the parcel numbering system are available in the assessor's office.

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June 8,

County Board

625

Chambers, Room 205, located

provided herein

Yolo County (County) is the Lead Agency for the preparation and review of a Final EIR for the Gibson Solar Farm Project (Project) The Project consists of the construction and operation of an up to 20 megawatt alternating current (MWac or MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity generating facility with a 6 5 MWac/26 megawatt hour (MWh) to 13 MWac/52 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on a 147 42-acre parcel of land zoned for agricultural uses The proposed Project is a request for a Use Permit to construct and operate the Solar Farm The Project is subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because the Project requires discretionary action by a public body

T h e p r o p o s e d P r o j e c t w o u l d b e l o c a t e d a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 2 m i l e s e a s t o f E s p a r t o i n a n u n i n c o r p o r a t e d a r e a o f Y o l o County and would be constructed on a 147 42-acre parcel of land Within that parcel, the PV modules would cover up to approximately 34 4 acres and the area used for access roads equipment and other fixtures would require another 5 5 acres

The proposed Project would be located on a parcel that is currently in agricultural production and is surrounded by orchards and field crops The parcel is currently enrolled in the Williamson Act under Agreement #71-206

The e lectricity generated by the PV field will be used in part for charging the batteries and the remaining energy generated by the PV farm will be delivered to the grid Electricity generated by the proposed Project will be sold to the local Community Choice Aggregator Valley Clean Energy and be interconnected to the Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) electrical distribution system at the existing 21-ki lovolt (kV) Madison Substation

The Project alternatives that were considered during alternatives screening include:

• Alternative Sites for the solar facility Intensive Agrivoltaics Alternative Distributed Energy Alternative: Rooftop/parking lot locations

• Reduced Footprint Alternative

Adoption of the Project will require the following actions by the County:

Certification of the Final EIR for th e Project;

• Adoption of a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP) Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations; Approval of the Use Permit along with Conditions of Approval; Other County permits such as Building and Grading Permits related to individual Project elements; and • Cancellation or non-renewal of the Williamson Act Contract The County and its consultant, Aspen Enviro nmental Group, have prepared a Final EIR (which includes the Draft EIR) purs u a n t t o C E Q A T h e C o u n t y w i l l c o n s i d e r t h i s i

and other key references are now available t o t h e p u b l i c a t t h e f o l l o w i n g w e b s i t e :

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fi c atio n o r a c co m m o da ti o n to p ar ti c ip a te in th e s e h ea r i ng s , p l e a s e c o n t a c t t h e Yo l o C o u n t y D e p a r t m e n t o f C o m m u n i t y S e r v i c e s a t ( 5 3 0 ) 6 6 6 - 8 0 7 8 P l e a s e m a k e y o u r r e q u e

Is small ball better than home runs?

Viva Las Vegas?

Whenever the Athletics make their debut in Nevada, it will be the fourth city the franchise has called home, following Philadelphia, Kansas City and Oakland.

Las Vegas will be Major League Baseball’s smallest TV market; it will also be the smallest market to have three major pro sports franchises. The NHL Golden Knights arrived first, followed by the NFL Raiders.

As for the A’s, the team and city are wishing and hoping to tap into the roughly 40 million tourists who visit Las Vegas annually. The A’s lease at the Coliseum is up after the 2024 season.

The A’s could well play the ‘24 season as a lame duck in Oakland. Then two seasons at the stadium now housing the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators.

That’s if all goes well, by no means a certainty. A relocation vote of the owners could take place this June.

n Did you know the San Francisco Giants lead all of baseball in bunt base hits?

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been working hard this whole offseason. He’s been in my classroom every lunch studying and trying to learn how to get better. He’s a 4.1 (grade point average) student and just a great human being. He’s the type of guy you want leading your offense down the field. He’s confident, he’s talented.”

Arjun Singh, a sophomore who is listed as a quarterback, wide receiver and cornerback on the ‘22 roster, is projected to be Schoen’s backup.

“He’s a real intelligent guy,” said Garrett of Singh.

A.J. Hasson, a two-year starter who has played tight end and defensive

Now that is truly small ball. Conversely, no Giant has hit 30 or more home runs in a season since 2004, when Barry Bonds had 45.

n Best managerial candidate who’s currently doing TV: Ron Wotus, a coach under Bruce Bochy with the Giants, is keeping his hand in the game with appearances on the team’s pre- and postgame shows.

Here’s a nod for Wotus in ‘24.

n Injuries cut short the brilliant career of now 87-year-old Sandy Koufax, but the Brooklyn-Los Angeles Dodgers lefthander made the Hall of Fame anyway.

Between 1961 and 1966, Koufax

tackle/end the last two seasons, is being moved to offensive tackle this upcoming season, Garrett noted.

“We see him most valuable inside box, at the tackle position,” said Garrett of Hasson.

Hasson, at 6-foot-4 and 275 pounds, has visited Washington State and Boise State.

Alex Gasca, a 6-foot-2, 196-pound sophomore last season who played tight end, is also back in the trenches.

Other returning players who took part in spring drills were defensive end CJ Millian, lineman Giovanni Ruiz, linebacker Elijah Conlan and linebacker Sonny Huitron

who played inside and outside last season. All four Blue Devils are currently juniors.

“Most of our defense is coming back,” Garrett said.

Ray Keeper, a sophomore who played cornerback on the ‘22 team, is back as the upcoming junior is expected to see time at running back.

“He looks good at running back,” Garrett said.

Eathan Cavanaugh is another returning player. The soon-to-be senior played at wide receiver and defensive back last season. Cavanaugh also played safety.

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

dominated the game like no one before or since. He won 129 games in that span, lost 47 and threw 115 complete games before retiring at age 30 after the ‘66 season. One player, a Hall of Famer himself, enjoyed unusual success against Koufax.

In 122 plate appearances, Willie Mays had a remarkable .962 OPS (on base plus slugging).

In 97 at-bats, Mays had 27 hits, a .278 batting average and 14 extra base hits with five home runs.

Koufax, however, struck Mays out 20 times.

n Looking back on the legendary NFL career of Jim Brown, he still holds the record for most yards per rush attempt, 5.2. Brown played his last game 57 years ago.

Brown, who played for Syracuse prior to the Cleveland Browns, ranks among the greatest pure athletes ever. He was a four-year letterman in football, basketball, track and lacrosse. The latter quite possibly was his best sport.

Brown died of natural causes May 18 at age 87.

n Andy Reid, who has led the Kansas City Chiefs to a pair of Super Bowl wins in the last four years, is not a fan of the NFL’s newest rule on kickoffs. Teams are now allowed to fair-catch kickoffs/safety kicks and spot the ball at the 25-yard line. The rule has been used in college football for several years now.

“My thing is, where does it stop, right?” Reid said in an NFL Network interview.

“We start taking pieces and we’ll see how this goes.”

“But you don’t want to take too many pieces away, or you’ll be playing flag football.”

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

UCD: Many outside hitters

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The four-year letter winner posted a careerhigh 191 kills in her senior campaign.

Rachel Dunagan, OH Dunagan, from Ballard

on team

High of Edmonds, Wash., was a four-year starter at outside hitter for the Beavers.

Brooke Hibino, OH

The 6-1 Hibino was a four-year starter at Salinas High and looks to be a force at outside hitter

as she registered 607 kills in her prep career.

Mia Starr, setter

The 5-10 setter from Central Catholic High of Portland, Ore., will add some depth to the setter position.

CROWD: Bonus for winning title

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after the entire program was suspended nearly two years ago due to a hazing scandal, the Aggies have shown steady improvement, though they are nowhere near the top of the standings in the

11-team Big West. UCD has been competitive in virtually every conference game and has won three series against conference opponents. In the Big West, where everyone plays everyone three times each.

A conference tournament to conclude the

season would give every team something to shoot for down the stretch. It would also be a huge winner with fans.

I’d suggest letting the regular-season champion host the tournament as a bonus for winning the title.

‘He’s confident, he’s talented’