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Aggie aims to be the youngest queer climber to scale K2

By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer

Growing up, Aidan Hyman struggled to be queer in athletic spaces — whether that was his high school cross country team or elementary flag football teams. Now, this UC Davis student aims to become the youngest known queer mountaineer to trek one of the deadliest mountains in the world: K2 in Pakistan, starting on June 17.

Landing in Pakistan with Lucy Westlake (the youngest American woman to summit Everest) and their collegiate mountaineering group, Hyman will be 20 years old when he arrives at base camp; his birthday is a couple of days before.

And while the youngest person ever was 19 years old, Hyman will be the youngest queer climber to reach the base camp, which is 16,400 feet above sea level.

In some YouTube videos on climbing K2, other climbers have said the mountain is

“trying to kill you.” As most of his friends and family are concerned for Hyman, they’ve seen him train for the past couple of months and have been nothing but supportive, he said. Taking all of the necessary precautions, there is a long list of natural dangers on K2 that, if not prepared for, can have deadly consequences, some of which include but are not limited to: altitude sickness, extreme weather conditions (mainly snow storms), treacherous glacial terrain, remote location, landslides, limited communication, and a plethora of other factors.

Knowing the risks, Hyman wants to demonstrate the skill of LGBTQ mountaineers and raise money for local charities.

Hyman wants to use this expedition to show queer youth that everyone belongs in mountaineering. The trek to base camp should take about two weeks and will be led by the notable sherpa Mingma Chhiring. Through his campaign, Hyman hopes to raise thousands of dollars for charities that advocate for LGBTQ+ youth.

Hyman is dedicating his climb to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and hopes to fundraise for

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Board delays decision on replacing Hyder

By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer

The school board meeting on Thursday, June 1 was wrought with pride as rainbow colors flooded the community chambers. Even with a lengthy agenda ahead, the public comment section was filled with advocacy for all walks of life, genders and sexual orientations.

Commenters stepped forward in the public comment section and thanked the board of education for helping create a safe and welcoming place for all walks of life to attend school.

After the public comment section, the board moved onto the upcoming

Teen suspect’s lawyer seeks to close courtroom

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

WOODLAND — The attorney for

a Woodland teen accused of causing a fiery collision that killed two people and wounded eight others wants his juvenile court proceedings closed to members of the public.

Yolo County prosecutors have charged the 13-year-old with two counts each of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter in connection with the April 8 collision that fatally injured Woodland resident Tina Vital, 43, and her 4-year-old granddaughter Adalina Perez.

Authorities say the boy stole the family car that he drove at high speeds through town, striking two other vehicles traveling through the intersection of Court and College streets. The wreckage caught fire after the impact, engulfing Vital’s car.

Yolo Superior Court Judge Janene Beronio set a briefing schedule on the closure request during a court appearance for the teen on Wednesday, with a hearing and ruling set for June 20.

The boy’s attorney, Martina Avalos, could not be reached for See CLOSE, Page A3

HYDER Stepping down

board of education trustee vacancy left by Betsy Hyder who has had to step down due to, as Superintendent Matt Best stated, personal circumstances and relocation. After a lengthy discussion of options, the board opted to abstain from appointing a new board trustee until more information is gathered. However, the board appeared to be leaning towards leaving the appointment of the new board trustee to the community’s vote.

From there came the May state budget update given by Superintendent Best. The Superintendent started it off by going over the numerous variables that influence the district’s budget including inflation, unemployment, enrollment decline and other trends. From there, Best handed the presentation off to the deputy superintendent of business services, Bruce Colby.

“The local control funding formula – LCFF – is a major source of revenue for the district’s budget bringing in over 60% of the district funding. It’s driven by state funding factors and local DJUSD factors. The

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Researchers, activists sound alarm on highway widening

By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer

The Yolo Causeway commute is no joke.

Between the morning and afternoon peak driving hours on the weekdays and the Tahoe travelers on the weekends, for years, the congestion has caused indigestion on Highway 80.

A $200 to $300 million project known as the Yolo 80 Corridor Improvement Project seeks to mitigate those sluggish driving cycles.

Caltrans proposed eight options, one of which is a no-build; another makes improvements to the

existing fast lane. The remaining six would add a lane to Interstate-80 in Yolo County. According to Caltrans, all but the nobuild options include the addition of very limited bicycle and pedestrian improvements and managed lanes (ie, bus, carpool, or toll lanes).

And, yet widening the freeways, as Amy Lee, a Ph.D. candidate in the Transportation Technology & Policy Graduate Group at UC Davis explains, is “a candy-like notion: it's easy to eat. It feels good. It seems like it would make sense

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UC Davis student Aidan Hyman aims to take on the windswept slopes of K2, far from Northern California.

Two people hurt Thursday in Mace Boulevard collision

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

Two people suffered serious injuries Thursday when their vehicles collided on Mace Boulevard, the impact sending one of the cars onto Interstate 80, according to Davis police.

Lt. John Evans said the driver of an Acura sport-utility vehicle apparently suffered a medical episode while traveling northbound on the Mace overpass at about 10 a.m., crossing into the southbound lanes and striking a Honda Civic heading toward the westbound I-80 onramp.

The Civic then went down an embankment and came to rest facing eastbound in one of the freeway’s westbound lanes. Firefighters had to extricate the driver, who was trapped inside the vehicle due to crash damage.

“Thankfully, no other collisions occurred, but both parties sustained some pretty serious injuries,” Evans said.

Both went to area hospitals for treatment.

Evans said neither drugs nor alcohol appeared to be factors in the collision, which is being investigated by the Davis Police Department’s Major Accident Investigation Team.

AI not clearing the bar quite yet

So, our teenage son, Mick, and I were discussing the new-andimproved version of artificial intelligence dubbed GPT-4.

I have no idea what any of that means, but I was spellbound as Mick related a story he had seen that claimed No. 4 could pass the California Bar Exam near the top of the class. And probably accomplish the feat a thousand times faster than its human counterparts.

Simply hard to imagine, but perhaps close to the truth.

So I tried to think of a story or an event that I know well to test if No. 4 knew more about it than I do.

With Mick's help, I asked “Tell me about the UC Davis football Miracle Game in 1971.”

In my mind, the words “Tell me about the Miracle Game” should have sufficed, but I gave GPT-4 a head start by telling it (it is an “it”) the team was UC Davis, the sport was football and the year was 1971.

That's pretty much the whole story if you ignore the final 20 seconds of the game.

The reply was swift and certain and supremely confident. GPT-4 does not say “I think” or “maybe” or “supposedly.” No, it states things definitively as if the Voice of God had descended from on high to reveal a universal truth.

“The Miracle Game, also known as the UC Davis Football Miracle Game, took place on November

20, 1971.”

Well, actually, it took place on November 6, 1971, but November 20, 1971 was also a Saturday, the day of the week when UC Davis usually plays its football games.

On November 20, 1971, the Aggies were at Humboldt State, claiming the Far Western Conference championship when Adrian Wagner's 39-yard field goal split the uprights in the late-night fog as the final gun sounded for a “miraculous” 29-28 victory. I was there and GPT-4 wasn't, so I'm showing off a bit, which my mother taught me is neither polite nor productive.

“The game was between the UC Davis Aggies and the California State University, Hayward (now known as California State University, East Bay) Pioneers.”

Giving credit where credit is due, that statement is right on the money. And congratulations on noting the name change of the Hayward campus.

“This game is remembered for its dramatic finish and the incredible comeback by the UC Davis Aggies.”

Blaze damages F St. garage

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Parrilla said. “We also had issues with power lines going to the house which were exposed to fire.”

Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the detached garage, and no one was injured or displaced, Parrilla said.

Right again. At this point, I'm beginning to think GPT-4 is about to beat me at my own game. “In this game, the Aggies were trailing 27-7 with only 12 minutes left in the fourth quarter.”

Truth be told, they were actually trailing 29-14 with 20 seconds left in the fourth quarter. (You read that correctly.)

“Miraculously, they managed to score three touchdowns in just over three minutes, bringing the score to 28-27 in favor of the Pioneers.”

But wait, how did Hayward get from 27 points to 28 while the Aggies were scoring those three touchdowns? Did Hayward get to kick the extra point after a UC Davis score?

“With only 10 seconds left on the clock, UC Davis had possession of the ball on their own 20-yard line.”

No, with only nine seconds left, UC Davis had the ball on the Hayward 44-yard line, but a complete pass to Tay Thompson moved the ball to the Pioneer 29-yard line with 0:04 on the clock.

“In a stunning turn of events, UC Davis quarterback Tom Blanchfield completed a 49-yard pass to receiver Mike Bellotti.”

The name Mike Bellotti is correct, but the pass was 29 yards and the quarterback was Bob Biggs. Then again, “Biggs” and “Blanchfield” sound an awful lot alike, so I'll give GPT-4 a pass.

“Bellotti later became a successful college football coach, most notably at the University of Oregon.”

Correct, but ironically, before Bellotti headed off to Eugene, he once served as a talented assistant coach at Cal State Hayward.

“With only two seconds left, the Aggies' kicker, Mike Wise, successfully kicked a 48-yard field goal, securing a 30-28 vic-

tory for UC Davis.”

The late, great Mike Wise was indeed an Aggie football player, but he was only seven years old in 1971. An All-American and team MVP as a defensive lineman, he was selected in the second round of the 1986 draft by the Oakland Raiders. He did not kick field goals.

The final play of the Miracle Game, after time had expired, was a successful two-point conversion pass from Bob Biggs to a diving Mike Everly in the right corner of the end zone. The final score was 30-29.

“The Miracle Game is still remembered as one of the most dramatic and exciting comebacks in the history of college football and serves as a testament to the never-give-up attitude of the UC Davis Aggies.”

On that, dear friend, we can both agree.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net

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their campaign, which aims to “build LGBTQ acceptance across the globe by sharing stories of LGBTQ people and their families around the world and helping LGBTQ advocates build capacity for change in their own cities and countries.” Through his social media campaign and media relations, he hopes to raise money and awareness for LGBTQ+ advocacy programs within these organizations.

“While I’ll be climbing K2, LGBTQ+ youth are climbing their own deadly mountains every day,” said Hyman. “I want to show queer youth there is space

for us in the mountains and beyond.”

Hyman said he always felt pressure to live up to this idea of the masculine athlete and questioned whether or not there was space for a queer person in sports. “How can your teammates properly support you if you cannot truly act as yourself?” He said now he prioritizes bringing his pride flag on every climb, marathon, ultra-trail marathon, or triathlon– to show younger athletes, “Yes, you can.” He said now more than ever, with laws banning queer people and history in America, it is crucial to showcase queer voices in

nontraditional queer environments, whether the great outdoors or the road races of big metropolitan cities. “I want to be one of the many voices advocating for queer athletes because everyone deserves to see themselves represented in their passions,” he said.

Hyman said with respect to the trek to base camp, the initial ascent is beyond picturesque. Beginning in the village of Askole, Pakistan (the last accessible settlement before the trek), the group will follow the Braldu River upstream, passing through a few smaller villages as we gradually ascend higher in

CLOSE: Law allows access for murder

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comment about her reasons for seeking the closure.

Sebastian Oñate, editor of The Davis Enterprise, said the court should uphold the public’s right to stay informed “on a case that has had an enormous impact on the Woodland and Yolo County communities.”

He noted that California’s Welfare and Institutions Code provides the public the same right to attend hearings for certain serious crimes allegedly committed by juveniles, including both murder and manslaughter, as they would if the defendant were an adult.

Under current state law, minors under age 16 cannot be charged as adults, regardless of the circumstances of the crime.

“The public can be kept informed of the legal decisions and facts of the case without compromising the

defendant's identity, and closing the courtroom would represent a significant impediment to Yolo County residents being able to stay informed on serious public-safety issues in their community,” Oñate said.

Jonathan Raven, Yolo County chief deputy district attorney, said his office "cannot speak to issues in this case in part because we have not seen the motion.

"That being said, we firmly believe in transparency which promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their government is doing," Raven said. "Courtrooms should not be closed to the public absent some unusual and extenuating circumstances."

Also on Wednesday, Beronio granted prosecuting attorney Jennifer McHugh's motion to file an amended petition, or list of charges, in the case. The teen entered a not-guilty plea to the revised charges,

which were not read aloud, and a copy of the list was not available from the court as of Thursday.

Numerous members of both the juvenile’s and the victims’ families attended Wednesday’s proceedings, including Johnny and Trinity Barrera, two of Vital’s three adult children, who suffered critical injuries in the crash that left them hospitalized for weeks.

Both continue to bear signs of their still-healing wounds, including neck braces, as well as Johnny Barrera’s use of a walker for mobility. They declined to comment to reporters.

The minor remains in Yolo County Juvenile Hall custody. Avalos, the defense attorney, also seeks a detention hearing to determine whether he should remain there or be allowed to return home while his case is pending.

That proceeding, originally set for April 20, has not been rescheduled.

altitude. Eventually, they will enter the Karakoram mountain range, where their local guide will lead the group due to the unknown terrain.

One of the most notable landmarks of the region is the Baltoro Glacier, one of the longest glaciers in the world, outside the polar region. At this point, they will need to utilize the appropriate equipment, such as crampons and roping, as they begin to exercise more caution. As they start to rapidly ascend, they will use altitude medications and climbing camps of other groups attempting to summit the mountain. They anticipate

the trek to base camp to be a 2-week round-trip journey; however, this duration is subject to change with changing weather conditions. On certain days around the rapid assent, they must stay camped for a couple of days while their bodies adjust to the thinning air to avoid altitude sickness that could impede their climb.

The precautions mountaineers can take to mitigate the risks are numerous. For one, Hyman’s team is going during the “golden period” of the year, when the weather conditions are more favorable.

Additionally, he has been strength-training, researching, trekking and learning the technical climbing fundamentals thoroughly over the past several months. “I feel safe knowing the team I’m climbing with, and I have been taking all the necessary safety and training precautions,” he said. Hyman said capable athletes don’t even attempt mountaineering or racing feats because they don’t believe in themselves. While he has been racing for years, he just started as an average teenager interested in marathoning.

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Two restaurants debut as Bones closes

Bull ’N Mouth opened Thursday, more than a year after it took over the former de Vere’s Irish Pub spot at 217 E St.

It’s open from 4 p.m. to close (about 10 p.m., depending on patronage) Tuesdays through Saturdays. In another two to three weeks, hours will expand to include lunch, once staffing can accommodate. Eventually, they may add breakfast as well.

New restaurants are finding that it’s not the best time to be hiring in Davis, as the UC Davis quarter wraps up this month, and some students leave town.

But you’d think opening before graduation season would be a good thing? Not this year. All undergraduate commencements (June 16-18) moved to the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

That’s money that Davis restaurants, hotels and stores rely on each year.

Bull ’N Mouth’s menu focuses on burgers, sandwiches, salads and fried appetizers. At a preview event on Wednesday night, my husband and I had the warm beer cheese dip with pretzel bites and sliced bell peppers, the Steak & Avocado Salad, and the Alabama Jama fried chicken sandwich. Everything was tasty and filling. There’s a good selection of draft beer, craft cocktails and wine as well.

Vegetarian options include veggie burgers, Mediterranean and apple walnut salads, and appetizers like steak-cut fries, fried green beans, fried cauliflower, and portobello fries (which are vegan and apparently excellent). View their full menu, including what beers are on tap, at https://bullnmouth.com/.

The eatery is owned by World Famous Fare, which has seven other restaurants, including Fanny Ann’s Saloon in Old Sacramento, and Madison Bear Garden and Mom’s Restaurant in Chico. Four of them are in Nevada: Red’s Old 395 Grill in Carson City, Red’s Bar & Grill in Fernley, Red’s Golden Eagle Grill in Sparks, and Little Waldorf Saloon in Reno.

The décor is similar to de Vere’s but with more memorabilia on display, including more than 2,000 different beer cans from all over the globe, and

loads of license plates. De Vere’s closed on Oct. 1, 2021.

Falafel Corner Mediterranean

Grill opened May 26 at 720 Second St.

Hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays Sundays through Thursdays, and 11-10 Fridays and Saturdays. The menu includes wraps, platters, falafels, burgers, fries, quesadillas, desserts and more. It offers Halal and vegetarian foods. Mediterranean Grill opened May 26 at 720 Second St.

The Ahmad family that owns it also has another Falafel Corner franchise. I spoke with Humza Ahmad, who was working the counter when I stopped by last Saturday.

There are several Falafel Corners in the Sacramento region, with another coming soon to Woodland, at 1849 E Gibson Road, Suite D. I don’t know what other store this family owns. The eatery’s brochure said, “We go to great lengths to bring high-quality Zabiha (Halal meat) ingredients such as premium corn-fed Harris Ranch beef and local fresh produce to our valued customers.”

In last week’s column, I said Bones Craft Kitchen remained open despite the May 24 death of its owner, Chris Jarosz, 55, in a Highway 50 crash. Well, that proved incorrect.

Bones opened for lunch on May 24 but closed before dinner. It hasn’t reopened since. No word on what will happen to the Davis restaurant, which debuted just a year ago. Jarosz also had ownership stake in Broderick Roadhouse in West Sacramento and Anonimo Pizza in Sacramento. Those two remain open.

A Japanese shabu-shabu

restaurant is coming to Davis Commons, according to a June 1 story in the Sacramento Business Journal.

It says Shabu Shack, based in Elk Grove, signed a lease in May for the 2,144-square-foot Suite 15 of the center, at 500 First St. The owners hope to have it open by the end of the year. The space is between Mikuni and Local Kitchens

The “menu features a variety of broths, vegetables, rice and noodles, sides and proteins including wagyu beef, seafood, lamb and pork,” the story said. “The ingredients are cooked in a boiling pot at the table on individual stoves.”

Mamma, the restaurant filling the former Bistro 33 site at 226 F St., is close to opening. I left multiple messages with coowner Michael Galyen on Thursday. None were returned. When I spoke to him last week, he said their goal was early June. They just needed building inspection

approval from the city.

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.

After it debuts, Galyen and chef/co-owner Arnaud Drouvillé will work on Craft, a restaurant filling the former Uncle Vito’s space at Second and E streets. Last I heard, that menu will focus on barbecue.

Plans for the former site of Casablanca have changed slightly.

Ibrahim Zabad closed the Mediterranean restaurant, and planned to convert it into a kabob house. Now, he said he sold the business at 640 W. Covell Blvd. in Anderson Plaza. He didn’t name the new owner but says they plan to make it a kabob house.

I couldn’t confirm if it will still be called Davis Grill & Kabob

I’ve reached out to the owners of Estelle Bakery & Pâtisserie (replacing the former Konditorei) and El Toro Bravo, which closed in 2020 but may return. Neither responded to my messages.

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.

Senate approves Dodd’s ‘Junk Fees’ legislation

Enterprise staff

SACRAMENTO — The state Senate on May 31 approved legislation from state Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, in partnership with Attorney General Rob Bonta and state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, that would outlaw hidden charges on purchases — also known as junk fees — ensuring consumers are not exposed to deceptive business practices that add unfair costs.

“This bill will put an end to junk fees that boost corporate profits at the expense of those who can least afford it,” Dodd said.

“For too long, Californians have been hit with dishonest charges being tacked on to seemingly everything. It is time we put the consumer first and create a level playing field for those

businesses that advertise the real price up front.”

In his State of the Union address, President Biden called out junk fees applied to an array of transactions involving banks, ticket vendors, airlines and online sellers. By one estimate, 85% of Americans have paid hidden fees totaling $28 billion per year. California, which has fifth largest economy in the world and the nation’s largest population, pays an outsized share. The president proposed federal action by numerous federal agencies to address issues within their subject matter and regulatory authority.

At the state level, Dodd and Skinner, along with Attorney General Bonta, introduced Senate Bill 478, which would expand on the White House proposal and

put the Golden State at the forefront of banning these secretive fees, regardless of industry sector. The bill would expressly prohibit the pervasive and deceptive practice of advertising a certain price and then adding on mandatory charges that are controlled by the business. Companies that fail to comply with the new rules could be subject to steep financial penalties.

SB 478, which has broad support from consumer groups, was approved by the full Senate on a 31 to 3 vote. It heads next to the Assembly.

“Today’s vote on SB 478 is a win for Californians,” according to Bonta. “I am sponsoring this bill to stop hidden fees because the price consumers see should be the price consumers pay. With SB 478 clearing the

Senate, that guiding principle is closer to becoming the law in California. I am grateful to the authors of the legislation, Sens. Dodd

and Skinner, for being in this fight with us: Together, we are fighting for consumers and a fair and transparent marketplace.”

Wendy Weitzel/Courtesy photo

Jack Sterling, CEO of World Famous Fare, left, and company President Brandon Keith are glad Bull ’N Mouth is finally open.

BOARD: Developer offers to spend millions on art center

key state funding factors, the rate per ADA that is adjusted to by inflation by the state COLA,” said Colby. “We have seen inflation has been on the rise over the last year and is projected at 8.22% for the 2023-24 school year. The COLA is projected to drop in subsequent years.

“Funded COLA has a large impact on the LCFF annual growth. Continuing from the governor’s January proposals on 2023 mid-year cuts to one-time funds are here and getting bigger.

This reduction is driven by reduced prop 98 funding for K-12 due to lower state revenues. This will be a strong point of budget negotiations as we head into the final state budget as there’s differing opinions between all the political factors that go into the

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final state budget. These proposed reductions include a 50% reduction in the arts, music and instructional materials block grant. For DJUSD that means a cut of $2.4 million dollars from what was in the original state budget. And also a new one is a 32% reduction in the learning recovery block grant which would mean a $1.4 million dollar reduction from the final state budget.”

Following suit came lengthy discussion regarding the 526B Street Property Discussion. All of which, however, was eclipsed by a proposal made by Davis real estate broker and developer James Kidd.

“I’m 83 years old and am proposing to build a $35 to $40 million dollar, nonprofit, 40,000-square-foot, four-story art center on the lower portion of the 2.2 acres at Fifth and C

James Albert Eaton

Sept. 15, 1948 — March 22, 2023

Jim Eaton, 74, died on March 22, 2023, at home, with his wife, life partner and soulmate Wendy Cohen by his side. He was content and peaceful.

Interrupting his parents' best fishing trip of the year, Jim was born at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on Sept. 15, 1948. His love of the outdoors was first instilled by his parents, Claud and Lillian Eaton. He learned his love of rocks from his mother, who would take him and his brother Bud Eaton on frequent trips searching for elusive gemstones.

Jim’s involvement in conservation began in 1966 at UC Davis where his Aggie Villa roommate Bob Schneider suggested Jim work to protect wilderness so Bob could go climbing.

As Jim said “Working on wilderness issues was eminently more pleasurable than reading, studying, writing and taking tests.”

Despite all odds, Jim earned a bachelor’s degree in geology from UC Davis in 1970.

In 1976, Jim co-founded the California Wilderness Coalition, a grassroots organization dedicated to permanently protecting wilderness areas in Califor-

I f y o u a r e l o o k i n g f o r q u a l i f i e d a n d e x p e r i e n c e d c a r egivers for your elde r l y l o v e d o n e s , p l e a s e c a l l u s a t S i e r r a S e n i o r C a r e W e c a n f ac i l i t a t

nia. He travelled the State organizing wilderness groups, teaching grassroots organizing, and leading trips to wild areas.

His zeal for wilderness, humor, genuine warmth, and willingness to teach others inspired a generation of passionate conservationists. A love of storytelling, intimate understanding of the land, remarkable memory, unparalleled ability to connect with others, and jovial nature made him an indispensable figure in every major California wilderness protection battle from the late 1970s through the 1990s.

Jim met Wendy at a Sierra Club meeting in Oakland in December 1977. Jim invited Wendy on a group backpack trip in the desert, but the others dropped out so it was just the two of them and Jim’s dog Stickeen. So began a lifetime of meaningful work, companionship, and travel, plus three more great dogs (Inyo, Coso and Yuki) and a cat (Whitney).

They backpacked in many wilderness and roadless areas in California during their first 25 years. In 2003, they got a popup

Street, across from Central Park. The art center will have seven multi-purpose classrooms for all aspects of art. Drawing, printmaking, music instruction, poetry, ballet lessons, painting, vocal instruction, orchestra rehearsals and performance just to name a few,” said Kidd. “There will also be a 300-400 seat auditorium for lectures, performances and other events with wellknown professionals in the various fields of art. Additionally, there will be a 20,000 square foot art gallery on four floors for visitors.

“Professionals within the field of art will be invited to lecture and teach Davis K-12 aspiring artists. As an additional part of this proposal, it’s intended to be equipped with both indoor and outdoor restaurant servicing all events while having the Davis

camper and drove it to Alaska on a 4-week, 7,800mile trip and saw many wild places. Over the next 20 years, they explored and camped throughout the West. They also travelled farther afield to Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Galapagos Islands, and Hawaii.

Jim was especially connected to a few special areas. He discovered the magnificent Point Reyes National Seashore in college and spent more time there than any other wild place.

He worked with other activists in the late 1960s to get the funding to finish buying the seashore, fight schemes to develop the land, and preserve half the park as wilderness. Jim helped stop Forest Highway 100 from Fresno to Mammoth, now blocked by the Ansel Adams Wilderness.

He was instrumental in passage of the California Wilderness Act of 1984 that included the Snow Mountain Wilderness, another place he loved. He was a key leader and organizer for the 1994 Desert

public enjoy seeing a free, 20,000

square foot art gallery. Why am I giving this $35 to $40 million dollar gift to the DJUSD? I want to give back as a result of my daughter having gone through the K-12 school system in the city of Davis where I’ve lived and profited for over 40 years.”

No action was taken on the 526 B St. property, however there was much discussion regarding affordable housing for district employees.

Following suit was the public hearing on the 2023-24 community facilities district No. 1 tax rate. The board then voted on and approved the adjusted tax rate of $298.35 per special tax unit.

After that, the meeting transitioned to the 2023-24 community facilities district No. 2 tax rates public hearing. It was followed by the board’s approval of

Protection Act, the largest land conservation bill ever in the continental US, protecting more than 9.6 millions acres of desert wild lands and establishing Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and the Mojave Natural Preserve.

Jim “retired” in 1997 at age 48 and then continued his conservation work as a volunteer. He helped found Tuleyome, which works to conserve and restore lands and waters in northwestern California.

He was involved in the Rewilding Institute, whose mission is to explore and share tactics and strategies to advance continentalscale conservation and restoration in North America and beyond. He served on the Board of the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation, where he provided expertise and advice in spending a $150 million grant over 5 years to protect California wild lands and waters.

Jim was close to and spent quality time with his sister-in-law Lenore Cohen

the increased adjustment rate of 89.06 cents per square foot of accessible space for future residential property and to 13.36 cents per square foot of chargeable covered and enclosed space for future commercial and industrial property.

Then came the public hearing on the 2023-24 Measure G tax rate. The board then voted and approved the recommended tax rate of $220.33 per parcel for all parcels.

Luckily, there was yet another public hearing regarding the 2023-24 Measure H tax rate. The board then approved the recommended tax rate of $747.20 per all taxable parcels.

With that, the meeting came to an end. The board will reconvene on June 15.

and his 5 nieces (both born and chosen) Melanie Eaton, Rachel and Miriam Cohen, and Allie and Emmie Gunther. Uncle Jim was supportive, eager to teach, genuinely interested in their lives, and always there for special occasions.

The nieces also shared his love of rocks! His Village Homes neighbors appreciated his friendship and cooking at countless potlucks and yappy hours. With his passion for wil-

derness, music, gardening, cooking, and so many other wide-ranging interests, Jim was a true Renaissance man.

To honor Jim, we ask that you plant a tree, shrub, flower, or other vegetation to benefit wild creatures of all kinds. To share your memories of Jim, visit his memorial page at memorialsource/memorial/jimeaton.

Jim’s spirit will be with us always!

NOTICE OF IMPENDING POWER TO SELL TAX-DEFAULTED PROPERTY

(Rev. & Tax Code, Sections 3361, 3362)

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

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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The importance of community archives

By Autumn Labbé-Renault

Special to The Enterprise

Loss — both within our greater community and inside the Davis Media Access (DMA) and KDRT community — has me feeling reflective this week. I’ve been thinking particularly about the role our community media nonprofit plays in maintaining and sharing archived materials of those who have passed on.

The recent stabbings in Davis brought this home to bear in a profound way when we shared video and radio archives of David Breaux (“Compassion Guy”), one of three victims. It’s hardly the first time we’ve shared archival footage of community members who are no longer with us, but the circumstances were unusual. Would sharing the archives bring comfort, or create more duress? How soon is too soon?

In the end, we decided to share two radio interviews Breaux had done with Bill Buchanan, host and producer of “Davisville” on KDRT (https:// tinyurl.com/mr4d6hbt), and one video episode David had recorded with DCTV volunteer producer Lin Weaver (https:// tinyurl.com/yck7hpfz).

For whatever concerns I may have had about sharing archives in a time of upheaval and fear, I was repeatedly reassured by the emails and texts I received in the days that followed.

One KDRT listener wrote, “KDRT has seen me through hard times. This week, not only did ‘Celtic Songs’ ease my anxieties, but also Bill Buchanan’s interviews with David Breaux were really uplifting and deep, and I shared them with my sister in Florida so that she could understand who we lost this week.”

Stepping aside from the greater Davis community, our internal community at DMA/ KDRT has been rocked by the deaths of two of our longtime participants this year. In February, we lost the great Matt Blake, and last week we were all saddened and shocked to learn that Peter Schiffman, one-half of KDRT's “The Folk Brothers,” and a man loved and respected in countless hearts, homes, communities and towns, died unexpectedly.

Co-host Bill Wagman is traveling, and so Rodriguez, host of KDRT program “Silver Nine Volt Heart,” filled in this week for “The Folk Brothers” with music and warm remembrances of our friend and fellow Davis programmer.

“Peter, we’re going to miss you a lot here,” Rodriguez says toward the end of the hour. “Thank you for your contributions to radio, particularly KDRT and also KDVS, and your love of music, and your love of live music in Davis.”

I’ve advocated staunchly for the importance of community archives and am reassured that even — especially — in a time of loss, the capacity to hear the insights, wisdom and even laughter of those who have passed on is indeed meaningful.

Meanwhile, life does indeed go on, and this weekend I’ll be in the thick of perhaps one of its most exuberant expressions, Davis Pride. For the first time, KDRT will onsite at the festival with a live broadcast from noon to 4 p.m. featuring music, interviews and more. Festival-goers are invited to swing by to record a station ID, pick up a schedule (or scan a code), and learn more

about the station’s work to build community by promoting dialogue, encouraging artistic expression, and acting as a forum for people who typically lack media access.

And not to end on a bad note, but for the umpteenth time, I’m readying for fight mode on behalf of community media. This week I received rather startling news from the Alliance for Community Media (ACM) — the DCbased organization that represents the interests of Public, Education and Government (PEG) access channels around the country.

According to the ACM, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed HR 3557 on a vote of 27-23 last week. If enacted, the bill would allow the cable industry to eliminate all PEG channels in the United

States. The bill should concern all community channels in the U.S., as well as the municipalities they serve. Davis Media Access manages P & E here in Davis, while the city manages its own G resources. All are based on cable franchise funds. All provide access and transparency for community meetings, issues, and as previously mentioned, archives.

There is opposition to the bill in the House — all coming from Democratic representatives who have been standing up for the rights of local communities. I have a meeting scheduled with Congressman Mike Thompson’s staff, and I’m in touch with our City Council and County Supervisors.

I learned long ago that to be an advocate means facing situations that can feel totally out of my control. All I can do is focus on what I can do: reaching out, having the conversations, trying to connect the dots.

— Autumn Labbé-Renault is executive director of Davis Media Access in Davis, where she uses local media as a tool for strategic community engagement and doing good. Reach her at autumn@davismedia.org.

Explore nature this summer with All Together Outside program

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This summer, in conjunction with its annual Summer Reading Program, the Yolo County Library is offering a series of programs, called All Together Outside, to encourage community members to explore the natural world, learn about local wildlife and regional recreational opportunities, and explore the California state parks with free day-use passes that library cardholders can borrow.

The series begins with a family-friendly kickoff festival on National Get

Outdoors Day, Saturday, June 10, from 9 a.m. to noon at Capay Open Space Park, 15603 County Road 85 in Capay.

Festival attendees can sign up for the Yolo County Library’s Summer Reading Challenge and receive a free “keeper” book. Local wildlife experts and conservation organizations, including the Putah Creek Council, Cache Creek Conservancy, Yolo County Parks, Bohart Museum of Entomology and the California State Parks Department, will be present to provide information and hands-on activities.

At 9:30 a.m., enjoy a nature walk through the beautiful oak savanna grasslands of lower Cache Creek with local environmental organization Tuleyome. Latino Outdoors volunteers will be on hand to provide Spanish language translation. Talk, sing, read and play during bilingual Spanish/English storytime at 10:30 a.m. At 11 a.m., dance to the sweet sounds of Mexican and Caribbean roots-based musical group Cascada de Flores.

Attendees are encouraged to bring water and appropriate sun protection. Sturdy walking shoes,

snacks and a blanket also are recommended.

Additional all-ages All Together Outside events will take place weekly at all Yolo County Library branches during the Summer Reading Program period, June 1 to Aug. 15. Children and their families can:

n Learn about the animals who live in the American River watershed with the Effie Yeaw Nature Center,

n Meet the mammals, birds and reptiles that call California their home with Wild Things,

n Sample honey and see live bees in their hives at the Uncle Jer’s Traveling Bee Show presentations,

n Learn insect facts and observe a variety of little critters with the Bohart Museum of Entomology,

n Explore the fascinating lives of the world’s only flying mammals with NorCal Bats, and

n Enjoy a variety of art programs, including natural journaling, sculpting, watercolors and cyanotypes (sun prints) with local artists Select programs will be

offered in Spanish. Pop-up programs at local county parks also are being planned. Check out the library’s events calendar at yolocountylibrary.org/ events for information.

All Together Outside is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the state of California, administered by the California State Library. Connect with the Yolo County Library on Facebook at www.facebook.com/yolocountylibrary.org and on Instagram and TikTok at @yolocountylibrary.

I learned long ago that to be an advocate means facing situations that can feel totally out of my control.

HIGHWAY: Caltrans looking for ways to mitigate Causeway’s impact

initially, but you know, the longer feedback effects are ones that we tend to ignore.”

Lee co-authored an award-winning paper with Jamey Volker, Ph.D., and Susan Handy, Ph.D. titled, “Environmental Reviews

Fail to Accurately Analyze Induced Vehicle Travel from Highway Expansion Projects,” which starts by stating that “if we expand roadway capacity, more drivers will come, or so economic theory suggests and a substantial body of empirical research now shows.”

Local angle

Davis environmentalists like Alan Hirsch (also known in town as the Lorax) see the CalTrans Yolo 80 Corridor Project as a proposal that negates the Davis 2020-2040 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan. He argues “Improvement” should be struck from the project name and replaced with “Widening,” as more lanes added to the roadway would inevitably increase cars on the road over time. “When it's easy to do something, people do it more. So you actually encourage longer commutes and further commutes and more and more discretionary trips,” he said. “History shows wider freeways never fix congestion for long,” he says, asking why are we spending $387 million to make driving temporarily more attractive and not improving transit?”

In Houston, where “The Katy,” a 26-lane freeway was expanded in 2008 and regarded by those who make the freeways as a congestion solution, is now

congested, and more lanes were being considered last year for $550 million of 13 miles of widening. According to Community Impact, a Texas community news agency, in June and July of last year, the Texas Department of Transportation said they anticipate a nearly 40% increase in area traffic between 2025 and 2045.

UC Davis runs a Campus Travel Survey every year of its students, faculty and staff to understand where they live and how they get to campus. Lee has run the survey twice and said more and more people are commuting from outside of Davis. A lot of congestion, she said, is a “land use problem. People are living in one place and working in another one. They have to bridge that distance somehow, and most of them are driving.”

In December 2020, Volker and Lee were the inaugural winners of the newly instituted Mary Nichols Environmental Policy Award for that paper. Named in honor of the California Air Resources Board Chair and longtime UCD Institute of Transportation Studies supporter, Nichols, this award is given to the outstanding paper on environmental policy in transportation by current or recently graduated UC Davis students.

Their paper explains that “despite strong evidence, the ‘induced travel’ effect is often ignored, underestimated, or misestimated in the planning process, particularly in the assessment of the environmental impacts of roadway capacity expansions.”

The study states that underestimating induced travel will generally lead to

an overestimation of the traffic congestion relief benefits a highway expansion project might generate, along with an underestimation of its environmental impacts.

The authors state, “A major reason that induced travel tends to be underplayed in environmental analyses is that travel demand models do not typically include all of the feedback loops necessary to accurately predict the induced travel effect.”

Lately, Lee has researched highway expansion projects and the powers that be. “Who are the power brokers? What are the factors that motivated these sorts of projects?

Traffic congestion is this thing that is so frustrating to people; it just frustrates people to their core in a sort of irrational way that it gets a lot of political attention.”

Habit

According to a Jan. 26 New York Times article titled, “Widening Highways Doesn’t Fix Traffic. So Why Do We Keep Doing It?”, there are billions of dollars available to improve transportation infrastructure in the country and states have a chance to try new strategies for addressing congestion. But some habits are hard to break, reads the article. “Over the next five years, states will receive $350 billion in federal dollars for highways through the infrastructure law enacted last year. While some have signaled a change in their approach to transportation spending — including following federal guidelines that encourage a ‘fix it first’ approach before adding new highway miles — many still are pursuing

multibillion-dollar widening projects, including in Democratic-led states with ambitious climate goals.”

During public comment at the May 16 Davis City Council meeting, Davis resident Alan Miller stated the use of the shoulder in the middle of the causeway for an added lane reminds him of “the old days when we had that three-lane horror where if somebody stopped they got rammed by a truck. This is less safe.”

“(Caltrans) also said, ‘Oh, we're gonna give you a bike bridge,’ and then they took it away. So we now have mitigation, which is money for the Downtown Plan and subsidizing the Nishi crossing, giving money to a developer who said they were gonna do it themselves. And a micro-transit system: In Davis? Are you freaking kidding me? Prove that any of these are actu-

ally mitigation. They are not. You must move away from that.” Instead, he suggested investing in Caltrans’ rail alternative rather than a “highway lane and calling it sustainable.”

“The rail alternative would help with GHGs (greenhouse gasses) and VMT (vehicle miles traveled) on a massive scale. And the policy of this organization is to actually do it. But how do you do it? You put the money into that instead of into more highways. You must say ‘no’; you must say, ‘no’’ you must say ‘no.’ Do not accept the bribe. Do not accept the mitigation because what you are saying is we support highways instead of massive mass transportation.”

Nishi would unite UC Davis research and development with high-density housing that would fill in a

46-acre strip of land southwest of Olive Drive.

Lee provided some background on VMT mitigation strategies, stating that VMT as an impact metric in the California Environmental Quality Act is relatively new, however for a highway project, which would “induce a lot of VMT,” it would be “a tall order to try to mitigate all of those VMT.”

According to Caltrans, the Causeway was built in 1962 and it’s not possible to estimate when the entire structure will need to be replaced. Using 1957 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials bridge design specifications, Caltrans states that design life for bridges constructed is typically 75 to 100 years and that the Causeway is in “good health.”

OVER: Climber, athlete seeks to raise funding for important causes

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Much of his training for triathlons and marathons overlaps with his mountaineering training. He has a relatively intense seven-daya-week training schedule that he balances with school. Long-distance runs help build aerobic capacity

and coincide with long-distance trekking training. “I can knock them both out by throwing on a 50-pound backpack,” he said. “In addition to the physical training regimes being similar, my runner’s mentality is definitely helping me overcome the mental training hurdles; often, I find myself saying,

‘You’ve finished triathlons you thought you could never, and this climb is no different.’”

Whether running the Boston Marathon for Boston Children’s Hospital or skydiving for his birthday, Hyman said he has always gravitated towards extreme sports. These feats

are a testament to the human body and a celebration of our capabilities.

“That being said, as marathons and other athletic feats are entertainment spectacles, I’ve found that I can use these events to showcase my identity and raise money for a relevant cause. If there is an

endeavor that will allow me to create space for queers in athletics and raise money while doing so — chances are you will most likely find me signed up.”

Hyman first started raising money for charities by running the Los Angeles Marathon for the American Cancer Society and

later the McCourt Foundation; since then, he has found ways to include charitable pursuits in all my athletic feats. K2 will be the culmination of his life’s training, passion, and fundraising coordination. Follow Hyman’s trek via his Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn pages.

Time for NBA to change playoff format?

Sports are all about post-season playoffs these days.

You’re nobody if you don’t get a ticket to the NCAA’s Big Dance.

You’re an also-ran if you don’t get invited to the College Football Playoff.

Super Bowl or bust.

As we’ve learned this year, no matter how many wins your team may have had during the regular season, if you don’t win the NBA championship, it’s time to fire the head coach and trade away half the roster.

That being said, I much prefer the NCAA basketball tournament format, which is sudden death from the get-go, to the prolonged agony of the NBA playoffs.

I wish the NBA would just take the top 16 teams from the regular season and put them in a singleelimination bracket with appropriate seeding and homecourt advantage. You lose, you’re done. You win, you move on. Win four straight games and you are the undisputed NBA champions.

As it is now, you have to win four straight best-ofseven series, a potential 28-game grind, before you can claim the title.

Obviously, this format is about selling tickets and nachos, not determining a champion.

I don’t like the insistence that games be played on a neutral court in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. This robs students and fans from watching their favorite team that they have supported all year long. They can, of course, watch on television, but there’s nothing like being in the arena when the battle begins.

For some reason, the NCAA has decided it’s just fine for the women’s tournament to be conducted on home courts for the first two rounds. The top 16 seeds get to play in front of their home crowds, a plus for both players and fans. Even players who have to travel for first-round games would prefer to play in front of a highly engaged crowd, even if it’s hostile.

I remember several years back when the Aggie women’s basketball team qualified for the Big Dance and had a first-round date against powerhouse Stanford on the Cardinal’s home court in Maples Pavilion.

The crowd was electric. It was most definitely a championship atmosphere. Had the Aggies faced Stanford on a neutral court in Albuquerque, it wouldn’t have had the same feeling.

Having the potential for hosting two tournament games on your home court gives teams great incentive down the stretch run of the regular season.

The men’s tournament should follow the women’s

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Aggie women’s soccer head coach Tracy Hamm looks on during a home game during the fall 2022 season.

Hamm receives contract extension

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Klineberg shined in soccer, lacrosse

By Henry Krueger Enterprise correspondent

Davis High senior Holt Klineberg

first reacted with confusion after being informed he was slated to receive an honor at the school’s Senior Awards Night on Tuesday.

“I was called to the Career Center and was handed a slip of paper that said, ‘Congratulations, Holt Kleinberg, you’re receiving a special award,’” he said. ‘“I was like, ‘What does this mean?’”

Kleinberg soon learned exactly what the paper meant when he was announced as the Male Athlete of the Year at the ceremony. The female honor went to water polo and swimming standout Malaya Wright.

As Kleinberg walked on the stage at the Richard Brunelle Performance Hall, he was overwhelmed by feelings of joy and gratitude.

The Blue Devil soccer and lacrosse star was excited about the award but was also cognizant of the numerous Blue Devils who had accomplished similar feats.

“I’m happy I’ve been recognized and I’m glad I got the recognition I deserve, but there are so many great athletes at DHS, and so many great

athletes on my teams that I just feel thankful,” he said.

Kleinberg, who captained the boy’s soccer team, led the Blue Devils to an undefeated season that was capped off by a CIF NorCal Championship title. The squad was ranked third in the country by MaxPreps.

As a midfielder in lacrosse, Kleinberg was second on the team in scoring with 43 goals, while also dishing out 19 assists.

The Blue Devils had an 11-8 record and reached the North Coast Section Championships.

With soccer happening in the winter and lacrosse beginning in the spring, Kleinberg had to manage overlapping schedules but kept his commitment to both teams.

He is grateful for his coaches, who never had an issue with players participating in multiple sports.

“I have had to miss practices and stuff in the lacrosse season for soccer practices or games and every single time my lacrosse coaches will always be like, ‘Oh yeah it’s OK,’ and we will talk through it,” he said. “They’re always trying to help me just have fun and be able to do all the different things I wanted to do.”

Kleinberg believes his involvement in athletics shaped his high

school experience by introducing him to new friends and strengthening his love for competition.

“Sports have meant a lot to me,” he said. “They’ve been how I’ve made my friends and how I’ve spent my time throughout all of high school. It made me just love sports in general and want to keep playing sports in the future.”

In the fall, Kleinberg will matriculate at Rice University where he plans to study Computational Applied Math on the Pre-Med track. He won’t be a student-athlete but he’s interested in playing club sports.

Kleinberg anticipates missing his hometown after he departs for college, especially since his family is set to move away from the area.

“Davis has a lot of great people who always want to help each other out and I’ve certainly received a lot of help from all of the wonderful people here,” he said. “That also includes all of my friends who have helped me grow as a person.”

— Henry Krueger is a Gonzaga University and working as a correspondent for The Enterprise this spring and summer. He was an intern at the newspaper in 2022. Follow him on Twitter: @henrykrveger.

Holt Klineberg (2) looks to pass the soccer ball to a Blue Devil teammate in a nonleague game against Grant at Rio Linda High on Dec. 7, 2022.

Klineberg and the DHS boys soccer team finished the season with a remarkable 22-0-2 record, which including winning the Delta League, SacJoaquin Section and California Interscholastic Federation NorCal Division I titles.

He also played on the Blue Devil boys lacrosse team that posted an 11-8 mark this spring and earned a playoff berth.

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After leading the UC Davis women’s soccer to the most successful season in the school’s Division-I history, head coach Tracy Hamm has signed a multi-year contract extension that will run through the 2028 season, UCD Director of Athletics Rocko DeLuca announced Friday.

“I am excited for the future of our women’s soccer program under the leadership of Tracy Hamm,” said DeLuca. “As of one of the top soccer coaches in the country she’s done a remarkable job positioning UC Davis for sustained success and we’re proud to support her championship pursuits.”

Said Hamm: “UC Davis Athletics has a prowess about us now and I’m looking forward to continue adding to the powerhouse department that Rocko is building. It’s an exciting campus to be on with a lot to look forward to.

“We have laid a foundation for a true program here at UC Davis. Not just good teams year to year, but a program with traditions, high standards and expectations, and quality leadership from our student athletes and staff. Our players are at the core of what we do and I’m honored to continue building with them.

“My staff has always been an integral part to our success, especially (assistant coach) Jody Lingafeldt, who has been here with me since day one.

“Davis is an amazing community of high performing individuals. Getting to be a part of, and to add to, the environment is really special. I’m beyond excited for the future. Going into my fifth season, I know there is a lot left to accomplish and we will continue to level up.”

Last season in Hamm’s fourth year at the helm, the Aggies achievements put UCD on the map.

Registering the first win over a ranked opponent in program history, this was just a small fraction of the success captured in 2022.

The Aggies finished the season second in the Big West Conference with a final record of 9-6-4, giving UCD its See HAMM, Page B8

Davis High senior Holt Klineberg (left) receives his award as Male Athlete of the Year from DHS Athletic Director Jeff Lorenson at the senior awards ceremony at the at the Richard Brunelle Performance Hall on May 30.

Pay-to-play feeds corruption

By Steve Glazer Special to CalMatters

Anew California law that took effect this year may be the most important political reform the state has enacted in a half century. No wonder special interests and the politicians they help elect are trying to kill it.

The law takes aim at the practice known as “pay-to-play,” where individuals, groups and corporations make campaign contributions to local government officials just before and after they vote on items providing a direct financial benefit to the donor.

You might think that such blatant conflicts of interest were already against the law but they were not.

Since the 1970s, California’s Political Reform Act has banned conflicts where elected officials vote on matters affecting their own financial interest. And since the 1980s, we have banned appointed members of local boards and commissions from taking action on matters that affect contributors when the appointee receives donations for a political campaign.

But politicians who were directly elected to their positions rather than appointed were exempt from that ban. Senate Bill 1439, which I authored, closed that loophole.

The bill is simple. It says that local elected officials can’t vote on matters that have a direct financial effect on interests that have contributed $250 or more to the official’s campaign in the previous year. It also blocked local officials from accepting such a contribution for a year after the vote.

The new law will apply to votes on real estate developments, trash hauling contracts and other matters where there is a direct link between an official’s vote and the financial interests of the donor.

The need for the bill was made clear by recent cases around the state. In 2016, a Los Angeles developer contributed $50,000 to a campaign committee supporting a city council member just two months before a scheduled vote on the developer’s project. In 2018 and 2020, nearly a third of about $125,000 donated to Huntington Park city council members came from eight companies and their executives who had contracts pending with the city, according to an investigation by KCET.

While it rarely makes the headlines, it is common knowledge that local officials solicit contributions from private interests who have matters pending at the city council or county board of supervisors. That kind of strong-arming is not a crime unless the public official links their action to the recipient of a contribution. But preventing the public official from voting when they receive such a contribution would reduce the incentive for that kind of corrosive behavior.

Although the bill passed without an opposing vote in either the Senate or the Assembly, special interests and local officials sued to try to block the law’s implementation. Their arguments were disingenuous, and a Sacramento Superior Court judge agreed last week, rejecting the lawsuit and upholding SB 1439.

Their claim that the law violated the free speech of donors ignored that the law applies to elected officials, not contributors. Donors are still free to support whoever they want. Elected officials are simply not allowed to vote on matters that directly benefit those who contribute to their campaigns.

The argument that the law is flawed because it does not apply to spending by independent campaigns on behalf of elected officials is also misleading. Those making that case know full well that the Supreme Court has ruled that such spending is protected by the First Amendment and couldn’t be included in SB 1439.

Finally, the same interests complaining about SB 1439 violating their right to make contributions are questioning why it doesn’t also apply to state officials. Although the lion’s share of state decisions apply to the general public, not specific interests, I agree that the same rules should apply to state officials.

We need to preserve SB 1439 — and expand it — so we can ensure that our government officials are making decisions for the public interest, not the special interests.

— Democratic state Sen. Steve Glazer of Orinda represents California’s 7th Senate District. He wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.

Five years ago, while running for governor, Gavin Newsom pledged to transform California’s medical care to a single-payer system similar to those in Canada and western Europe.

Newsom backed singlepayer legislation, which had passed the state Senate, saying there was “no reason to wait around.”

“I’m tired of politicians saying they support singlepayer but that it’s too soon, too expensive or someone else’s problem,” Newsom said.

His position helped solidify support for Newsom among the proposal’s progressive advocates as he dueled with a fellow Democrat, Antonio Villaraigosa.

The bill stalled in the Assembly, and after winning the election, Newsom began edging away from the singlepayer concept, citing difficult barriers. One is persuading the federal government to give California the $200-plus billion it spends on Californians’ health care – about half the state’s total medical expenditures.

Newsom segued into pursuing universal health care, meaning all of the nearly 40 million Californians would have some sort of coverage, and came close last year.

At the time, “About 3 million Californians reported

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being uninsured in spring 2022,” a report from the Public Policy Institute of California notes, citing census data. “Nearly seven in 10 (68%) are Latino, about 38% are noncitizens and 80% have low or moderate incomes (below 400% of the federal poverty line).”

Some of the gap was closed in the 2022-23 budget, drawing on what seemed to be a nearly $100 billion budget surplus, by extending Medi-Cal coverage to undocumented immigrants otherwise ineligible for federally subsidized insurance.

“Beginning no later than January 1, 2024, Medi-Cal will be available to all income-eligible Californians,” the final 2022-23 budget declared.

The expansion of Medi-Cal – California’s version of the federal Medicaid program –was made easier during the COVID-19 pandemic when federal authorities relaxed eligibility requirements. This year, enrollment topped 15

When I responded to the DHS students who hypothesized that Measure J/R/D –the Citizen’s Right to Vote on Future Use of Open Space and Agricultural Lands – is the cause of Davis’s high housing prices, I expected pushback. There have been many rumblings in the community about overturning or modifying the ordinance. So I chose my words carefully to make sure that they said what I meant.

Thus, I did not expect that my statements would be so misrepresented. In a reply to my letter, Richard McCann states that I chastisted the students. In fact, I said I was pleased to see their letter and that their participation was to be “welcomed and encouraged.” I then said that I hoped they took the next steps to think about how to support their hypothesis and suggested some questions that are relevant for supporting their hypothesis.

I never said that I was “better qualified to review that evidence.” Instead, I simply said that as someone who has specialized in the philosophy of science, I urged them to “take the next step in thinking about how to ferret out causes in complex

million, or nearly 40% of the state’s population.

Under his “California Blueprint,” universal health care is still Newsom’s professed goal.

However, at the moment, coverage appears to be shrinking, and with the state facing chronic budget deficits, reaching it before Newsom’s governorship ends would be difficult, if not impossible.

The federal government’s “continuous enrollment” pandemic policy is expiring and hundreds of thousands of Californians who benefited from it will once again have to prove their eligibility.

Newsom’s revised 2023-24 budget, unveiled last month, projects that Medi-Cal enrollment will decline by more than a million people, still more than a third of the state’s population but moving away from the universal coverage Newsom has sought as a single-payer substitute.

Single-payer advocates are, unsurprisingly, annoyed by Newsom’s failure to deliver on his 2018 promise. They gave him some heat when he appeared at last month’s state Democratic Party convention.

Covering all Californians would be expensive. MediCal coverage costs federal

situations.” Indeed, that has been a focus of my research for the last 30 years; I have some interest and expertise in it. But I never claimed, and would never claim, to have more expertise than another citizen. I encourage everyone, students and nonstudents alike, to participate in discussions about the future of Davis.

I also did not say that the students misinterpreted the evidence. What I said was that they had yet to provide evidence for their hypothesis, which is exactly where you’d expect them to be after the type of study they performed. Richard McCann proposes additional evidence they might consider. That is the sort of exchange I do welcome.

We can disagree respectfully without twisting the words of others and implying meaning that is simply not there. There is no need to smear and falsely accuse each other, which just deters people from getting involved in democratic discussions.

Let us have robust and respectful discussions instead.

Roberta Millstein Davis

Framing the question on transgender athletes

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and state governments about $10,000 per enrollee. No one knows precisely how many Californians still lack coverage today but 2 million is as good a number as any, and including that many more in Medi-Cal could potentially cost another $20 billion a year.

Meanwhile, single-payer advocates haven’t given up. Last week, the state Senate passed Senate Bill 770, aimed at implementing a plan for single-payer coverage developed by the Healthy California for All Commission, which Newsom created in 2019.

The bill would direct state agencies to begin talks with federal officials about participating in a California singlepayer system.

“It’s time we made real progress toward eliminating the inequities and injustices of our fractured healthcare system,” a co-author of the bill, state Sen. Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat, said.

As Newsom finally learned, it’s much easier said than done.

— 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.

transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in gendered athletic competitions, the two sides have extrapolated from this focused issue into broader societal concerns. Those supporting competition by transgender individuals in female events argue that any restrictions are akin to the broader efforts to discriminate. Those most strongly opposing such eligibility use concerns about lack of separation of genders elsewhere as justification. We should be framing this question about what are the goals of the policies promoting women’s athletics such at Title IX. Is the goal to provide access to all nonmale individuals to an arena that has long been an avenue to more rapid social and financial achievements and advancement?

Or is it to provide a more equitable competitive arena to individuals from a one of the two broadest population groups who have a distinctive genetic trait (i.e.,. XX chromosomes) that makes them less physically able to compete and succeed with those from the other broad population group (i.e., XY chromosomes)?

Before proceeding any further in this debate, we need to first answer these questions and avoid the discussion about broader societal and political implications until this is settled.

Richard McCann Davis

The necktie is dead, long live the bow tie

By Llewellyn King

Special to The Enterprise

From time to time, I feel it necessary to report on the necktie wars. Sadly, the news is dismal. Neckties are in retreat, and in many instances, they have disappeared.

Father’s Day this month is already causing stress. The rule was always when in doubt, give a necktie. Certain to please.

But if you give the old boy a necktie this year, you know it will never see the light of day after the insincere raving about how lovely it is.

The next several weeks will see children hopelessly crowding men’s haberdashers, seeking that sure-to-please gift.

I predict that men who have never stuck anything so much as a ticket in the upper left pocket will be inundated with pocket

squares. Before pocket squares were what they have shrunk to, they were full-size handkerchiefs, albeit of silk or something that looked like silk.

In an emergency, pocket squares could be whipped out for valuable service: drying a tear, wiping up a spill, or signaling across an airport concourse. Now they are a pathetic reminder that men still like a bit of color and have some fashion flair — despite the unkempt area around the neck, leaving the shirt-wearer looking like a halfmade bed.

The great tie makers like Liberty of London, Fumagalli of Italy, Hermes of France, and Ralph Lauren of the United States must be in despair. There are hundreds of fine tie makers,

especially in Northern Italy — some of which have been lovingly working with the region’s silk for generations.

Men can now go tieless, where once they were forbidden. Those ties kept on hand at clubs and restaurants are no more. Just this past month in Washington, I saw tieless men at an opera at Kennedy Center, at the city’s two dominant clubs, the Cosmos and the Metropolitan, and even in church. At a funeral in London, I was the only man sporting a tie — a bow tie, to be exact.

Bow ties remain the preserve of a select number of wearers, and they are onto something.

I wear one because of Tucker Carlson. Years ago, before Fox and all that, Tucker wore bow ties. When he was between TV gigs, I invited him to be a guest on “White House Chronicle,” my

PBS and SiriusXM program. At that time, Tucker wore bow ties, and, as a gag, I donned one for the interview. Afterward, I found that people love men in bow ties.

So, liking to be loved, I stuck with a bow tie, and it has paid untold dividends for me. I am given special attention on Amtrak and airplanes. Recently, a flight attendant threw her arms around me, saying that my blazer and bow tie reminded her of the old days when passengers were smart dressers and were nice.

I have checked with other bow tie-wearers — from a dentist to an economist — and all report they get this special magical treatment. A frequent remark is, “Thank you for wearing a bow tie. You remind me of my father” or grandfather. I find many men who would

like to experiment with a bow tie are hesitant because they don’t want to make a mess of tying it. Don’t worry, get the pre-tied version. They generally look better and don’t windmill as much as a poorly tied one. My secret is my wife, who is a whizz at tying a bow. Otherwise, when traveling, I go pre-tied.

So, here is a thought: Stop agonizing over wallets, belts and sweaters in the men’s emporium. Get dad a pre-tied bow tie. He won’t dare not to wear it for you. And when he goes out, even down to the convenience store, he will be praised. He may even get a hug, and that is a super Father’s Day gift in my book.

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

Finding meaning in the geometry of compassion

By Carlos Puente

Special to The Enterprise

My name is Carlos Puente. I am an emeritus professor from UC Davis, where I served for 35 years. As a person that often went downtown for lunch, I saw the “compassion fellow,”

David Breaux, many times in the streets of Davis. As Karim Abou Najm is the son of a colleague and dear friend of mine, I write these reflections with a very heavy heart.

Hoping to contribute to our university community and to the city of Davis at large, I would like to share what I wrote to David Breaux when I tried to answer his important question: what is compassion? I wrote in his notebook two formulas that I explained for almost 20 years at a first-year seminar class of mine at UC Davis, Chaos, Complexity and Christianity. These equations are 1 + 1 = 1 and 0 + 0 = 00, the first one written vertically and the second drawn horizontally.

What I shall try to do here is to explain why such are not so silly formulas, as they allow us to contemplate some key traits about love and community that may be useful, not only to those students graduating soon into the world, but also to others that have been affected by the tragic passing of David and Karim.

The first thing to say is that when true love operates, 1 + 1 is never equal to 2. Instead, it is surely a one, a larger one that reflects the union and unity of those involved, something that could be remembered by stacking an index finger vertically onto the other, nail with nail.

If you think about it, such an unstable dictum of oneness is not so arbitrary for it is a known maxim about marriage, “the two shall become one,” and such certainly serves as a reminder of how things should be, for if our Loving relations add to two, it is because such unions are unhealthy and fractured, thus needing amends. Of course, achieving this formula, 1 + 1 = 1, is not trivial, as it requires, and married people know it, a great degree of unselfishness and constant adaptation, which requires putting the other person, the beloved spouse, first.

Clearly and in the loving togetherness

commenTary

of geometry, the same formula applies to our true friendships. As we learned at a beautiful memorial for Karim, 1 + 1 = 1 happened to him and his best friend Aman Ganapathy in very special ways: in their daily conversations that lasted at least two hours, in the thoughtful gifts they shared, and surely in the magic of the larger one that resulted when they dreamt to change the world together.

There is no space between two that love each other, I have argued in my seminar class. This is something that we are summoned to do following the most famous of commands, that is, “Love one another” and such represents, I think, the only way we may build the happy and fulfilled communities we would like our sons and daughters to live in. Without a doubt, love is the glue that takes us to our best destination, where the obvious generalization of the formula yields unity and union, that is, 1 + 1 + … + 1 = 1. Once again, this is to be visualized vertically, and its positive flow (as seen on plus signs that are also crosses reflecting the pain in not succeeding) is the only one that allows us to dream together, to reconcile and perfect our families, cities, countries and the world at large.

The other formula, 0 + 0 = 00, is something that I am sure you are understanding by yourselves, joining the index and thumb fingers of both hands and bringing the two hands together, arriving at the familiar shape of the infinity symbol. Of course, nothing plus nothing is nothing, and such applies to spendable resources, like money, but the zeroes that this equation speaks about and join are not “nothings” but two unassuming people, folks with compassion, comrades fully open to one another and committed to the core, like Karim and Aman or King David and Jonathan; that is, two really unselfish friends, which the two partners in marriage should also be. The point is that those two zeroes (or more) in their individual humility, together experience the spark of a deep connection, hence defining the geometric

infinity that enlightens life.

A person experiencing the blissful state of zero constantly is one who lives in a selfless and giving manner, a fully committed and happy individual mindful of others, a little, but strong person, as reflected by the notion of a “saint,” that is, somebody so surrendered to help others, like our Davis’ pacifist David, whose halo on top of his head, signifies an entry of the equation. This, of course, is the image of an unusual individual, but such a concept also represents a suitable symbol to depict our call to love everybody, “being perfect,” something that reflects our most profound vocation as human beings.

Clearly, this notion is not trivial either, but it opens the door for us to be connected with one another, for when two or more of such agree, the divine in their midst always provides beyond limit, giving rise to the infinity on the right hand side of the formula. Two or more, apparently powerless, apparently nobodies, but saints, by fulfilling their zero power in their lives, actually become very powerful, and such is encouraging, as this happens not individually but in shared goodness.

As is well known, although is not so obvious, any number, except possibly zero, raised to the power of zero is equal to one (this is now straight calculus!) and hence a saintly person, fully surrendered to goodness and empowered by apparent nothingness, as is devoid of selfishness and full of love, possesses an inner unity and peace that allows him or her to be a committed link, a faithful 1, in the 1 + 1 = 1 formula and a faithful 0 in the 0 + 0 = 00 formula. This explains why, at the end, zero and one are the two related sides of the same coin, something that allows us to appreciate what is needed for love to work. For without the zero in us, there is no true unity and without inner unity, it is not possible to build a true and Loving

relationship and much less a community.

Of course, and I’ll repeat it one more time, all of these ideas are easy to visualize but difficult to achieve, for their implementation, requiring constant reminders, recognizing misdeeds, extending forgiveness and asking for forgiveness, are often hampered by the ego that gets in the way. Of course, love represents a constant and beautiful journey and how wrong it is when we take it for granted thinking that we have it all figured out. However, although such may be the case, these expressions, these formulas containing equal signs and pluses linking 0, 1 and infinity, turn out to show us the way, for they also show us, logically, that there is no other possible way. Inner peace happens only in our humble commitment to do good to all we encounter, in the sharing of our lives with due compassion, and in the delicious spark of infinity that comes to us while being surprised by the spirit of love.

Before summarizing these words by a poem-song, I would like to share yet another equation that helped my students appreciate the dynamics of love. Such is 1 = 0.999…, with infinitely many nines. You see, the flow on the spiral 6 reflects nature’s division, like the shape and motion of a ferocious hurricane, whose inward movement towards its center corresponds to a turbulent entity that may be used to depict our unabated selfishness. The other spiral, on the other hand, the 9, positive by convention, and traveling unnaturally outwards, turns out then to properly illustrate our saintly love. So, if you like to have unity within you, the solution is indeed to become a saint: just start anew with a “zero period,” from scratch, and then just love, love, love and continue loving. And if somehow this chain fails, make your amends and just repeat the algorithm, growing more nines

Here is my poem-song “Geometry.” I hope those graduating will take it with them as they go to conquer the world. My sincere congratulations to them!

— Carlos Puente is a professor emeritus at UC Davis.

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From Janet Krovoza

In response to “Bob Dunning: Some things you can’t bank on”

Did I ever tell you about my suspension?

n Editor’s note: Tanya is taking the day off. This column first ran in December 2021.

TThis week I had a funny flashback: I was suspended from high school for one day, with a three-day further suspension pulled back at the last minute because the timing would have caused me to miss final exams and thus not graduate.

(Insert time-travel harp music here.)

I think I’ve mentioned here before that I went to a Catholic high school but wasn’t Catholic. We lived in a new, unincorporated area of Los Angeles which didn’t have a local high school. So my mom thought it might be a good time for me to learn about religion at the closer, Catholic school. I sure thought I was hilarious in ninth-grade Old Testament class asking the teacher if everyone truly believed there were two of every single kind of animal on Noah’s Ark.

“Like two alligators, and two crocodiles and two caimans?”

Anyhoo, I became comfortable at my high school, so I was woebegone when my mom and stepdad announced that we were moving to Northern California toward the end of my junior year. From March to June I attended a high school in Sacramento but that summer began plotting my

return to SoCal.

My dad and stepmom, who lived in Silver Lake — about 30 miles from my high school with downtown Los Angeles between us — invited me to move in with them for my senior year.

Spoiler alert: I would be very late to high school many, many times this year.

My commute would sometimes be 40 minutes and sometimes 90 minutes. “We have a Sigalert on The 10 East,” the AM radio-announcer would frequently declare. School started at 8 a.m., and if I left our house at 7 a.m., I had an equal chance of arriving 20 minutes early or a half-hour late.

I was constitutionally opposed to leaving before 7 a.m. My philosophy was if a 30-mile drive takes more than an hour to complete then I’m gonna be late.

So the first time I was sent to the dean of discipline’s office for too many tardies, we had a discussion about why I was late all the time. Mrs. O sent me back to my first-period physics class with

a warning.

Lather, rinse, repeat. This happened a handful of times before Mrs. O said she had no choice but to suspend me for a day because of my refusal to arrive to class on time. She gave me a note to give to my dad, which stated he would need to come to school the next day for a disciplinary meeting.

My tardiness was not news to my dad and stepmom. I bitched nightly over dinner about the traffic on my way to and from school and told them I spent a lot of time talking to Mrs. O instead of in physics. So when I presented the “invitation” to come meet with her the next day, he said he wasn’t going.

Walking in to Mrs. O’s office the next morning without my dad, she seemed stunned. “Where’s your parent?” she asked.

“He isn’t coming. He knows I’m late all the time because of traffic, and he didn’t want to make the round-trip drive.” I think this was an a-ha moment for Mrs. O, who must have realized I was simply raised wrong. I might be misremembering that she handed me the suspension notice for my dad to sign with a little sympathy.

On telling Sister Jane — my physics teacher, whom I adored — about all these shenanigans and why I would be missing

physics the next day, she instructed me to come directly to class from then on, bypassing the administration office. Thanks to Sister Jane, I would have no more on-the-record tardies.

Fast-forward to the end of the school year as I entered the prom. Mrs. O was checking all the female students’ attire for dress-code violations, and she pulled me out of the line-up for a special once-over.

“Your dress is too low cut,” she told me.

“No it’s not,” I said with total weariness. Honestly, as a fullgrown adult, I now understand how aggravating a 17-year-old who would not not be tardy must have been to someone who’s chosen profession was dean of discipline. But also as a full-grown adult, I see how insane it was to pick such frivolous battles with a child.

“Yes, your dress is too low for a bra, and you are required to wear a bra.”

“I am wearing a bra,” I said.

“It’s strapless.” In fact, it was a super uncomfortable strapless bra that I wished I wasn’t wearing.

“That’s not possible,” she decreed. And so on. She was not going to lose this battle, and even though I grabbed the center of the bra and snapped it upwards so she could see it, she told me

the dress was too low. “This is a judgment call, and I’m the judge.”

Because of my earlier suspension, the next step on the punishment ladder was a three-day suspension. But since it was already June and we only had about a week left of school before graduation, I would miss all of my finals.

Mrs. O, who seemed to realize my dad would not be a party to this three-day suspension process, and who probably understood that a good student who appeared to have “absentee” parents did not deserve to repeat 12th grade, waived the whole thing. She literally just dropped it, after threatening at the prom that I would be suspended for all of my finals.

Over the years I’ve wondered how Mrs. O told these stories to people. I imagine she peppered them with words like “insubordinate” and “disruptive.” But I like to think she also used the word “moxie.”

— Tanya Perez lives in Davis with her family. Her column is published every other Sunday. Reach her at pereztanyah@ gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter at @californiatanya.

Making summer rec fun accessible for all

By Natalia Baltazar Special to the Enterprise

As the school year comes to an end, Empower Yolo’s After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens (ASSETs) team is planning fun, summer programs for local youths through its Kids Day Camp and Freshman Leadership Academy.

Kids Day Camp

serving youths 7-12 years old

This summer, Empower Yolo is offering Kids Day Camp, a free, two-week summer camp through its ASSETs program. The camp is for kids ages 7-12 and is open to anyone in the community of Woodland. “Kids Day Camp is meant to provide a fun, enriching experience to young children where they can make new friends, get mentored by high school student volunteers, and have fun,” says Daniela Talavera Rangel, director of youth programs at Empower Yolo.

There will be a variety of activities planned for the program this summer including pool days on Fridays, arts and crafts, musical activities, and sports such as kickball and capture the flag. “Our goal is to provide a free summer camp for families that are low-income and are unable to afford childcare; and to provide access for kids coming from rural communities that are too far away to attend other summer camps. We hope to give young children a memorable experience and fun activities to do during the summer,” says Rangel.

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Ixchel Lopez of Woodland received a bachelor of science degree from Harvey Mudd College on May 14. Lopez completed a joint major in chemistry and biology and graduated with distinction. Lopez attended Davis High School.

Harvey Mudd College is a liberal arts college specializing in science, engi-

Kids Day Camp not only provides fun programming for children, but it also offers a leadership component for teens who help staff the camp. ASSETs staff will be leading this camp with the help of high school student volunteers.

“This opportunity for high school students is important because it provides valuable community service, experience working with kids, allows students to grow as leaders, and allows those who are passionate about working with kids to be mentors to young children,” says Rangel.

Parents can register their children for Kids Day Camp by contacting ASSETs at (530) 6624678 EXT 5422 or scanning the QR code on the flier. There is not a hard deadline for registration, however space is limited; please register as soon as possible if you are interested. Kids Day Camp is free and the only requirement is that participants are children ages 7-12. Snacks will also be provided. The camp will be hosted at Woodland High School, 21 N West Street, Woodland.

Leadership Academy

serving incoming ninthgrade students

To serve local teens

Empower Yolo’s ASSETs program is also hosting its annual Freshman Leadership Academy (FLA). FLA is a free, five-week summer academy where incoming

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neering and mathematics. The college’s mission is to prepare engineers, scientists and mathematicians to become leaders in their fields and understand the impact of their work on society. Students learn to problem-solve in a handson, collaborative environment; do research alongside outstanding

ASSETs staff and student volunteer leads preparing for Kids Day Camp.

9th grade students gain leadership skills, gain knowledge about higher education, and tour different colleges and universities. It is hosted by several organizations that have collaborated to make this academy possible including ASSETs, the UC Davis Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP), and Woodland Joint Unified School District. FLA is open to incoming 9th grade students from Lee Middle School and Douglass Middle School.

This program is beneficial for incoming freshman for many reasons. “Teens should participate because they will gain valuable life skills and knowledge about college,” says Rangel. “Participants will also get to make new friends and develop a community, so that when they start high school in the fall, they are able to lean on each other

for support,” adds Rangel.

Students attending FLA will gain leadership and life skills such as self-advocacy, how to form healthy relationships, how to apply for a job (i.e., resume building, filling out an application, mock interviews, etc.), and culinary skills. They will also receive information on college such as how to budget, how to select their majors based on their interests, and how to study according to their learning styles, and more. Students will also be touring different college campuses each

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week on Wednesdays to get a sense of what being in college is like.

“Our goal is to prepare and motivate students to pursue higher education. Through FLA, they will have an advantage through the skills they will learn and the knowledge they will gain about college. Our hope is to get students thinking about ways they can be leaders in high school in preparation for college. We also hope to provide opportunities for students to become leaders and gain important life skills that they can utilize

not only in college, but in their day-to-day lives as well,” says Rengel.

FLA will be taking place at Pioneer High School from June 15-July 14. “We are very excited to welcome a new cohort of incoming freshmen. Current sophomores and juniors from both Pioneer High and Woodland High School will be participating as high school leads where they will gain over 100 community service hours and will gain leadership skills by stepping into this role as mentors,” says Rengel.

The community can support these youth programs by making financial donations to buy raffle prizes and gift cards for the student leads for both FLA and Kids Day Camp.

“Our students do tremendous work to keep our programs fun, organized, and successful. Without them, this would not be possible. Our ASSETs team would love to reward them in any way possible because they truly are the core of our programs,” says Rangel. For more information, to register for Kids Day Camp, or to donate towards Empower Yolo’s youth programs any time visit empoweryolo.org.

faculty; and develop leadership skills to benefit an increasingly technological world. Located in Claremont, Harvey Mudd College is a member of The Claremont Colleges Consortium.

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Miranda Love Solo Acoustic @ Lakeview Social @ 5pm Lakeview Social Tahoe, 3135 Harrison Ave, South Lake Tahoe

The Complements

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Moondough @ 7pm Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St, Sacra‐mento

Vertical.Show @ 7:30pm / $29-$75

Vertical.Show showcases the strongest competitive athletes from Pole and Aerial Sports from all over the world Great Star Theater, 636 Jackson Street, San Francisco. management@greatstartheater.org, 415-735-4159

San Francisco International Arts Festival at Brava The‐ater Center - Main Theater @ 7:30pm / $12.50 Brava Theater Center - Main The‐ater, 2781 24th Street, San Fran‐cisco

"The Road to Mecca" @ 7:30pm / $12.50

Z Below, 470 Florida Street, San Francisco

San Francisco International

Arts Festival at Theatre of Yugen

@ 8pm / $10-$12.50

NOHspace at the Project Artaud, 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco

San Francisco International Arts Festival at Joe Goode Annex

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Loud Life @ 8:30pm

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San Francisco International Arts Festival at Joe Goode Annex @ 8pm / $10-$12.50

Joe Goode Annex, 401 Alabama Street, San Francisco

Jason Bayani- Locus of Control @ 8:30pm / $25 Locus of Control explores the com‐plicated, sometimes fragmented experience of the Filipinx-Ameri‐can background and identity. The‐atre of Yugen at NOHspace, 2840 Mariposa Street, San Francisco. info@s�af.org, 415-399-9554

San Francisco International Arts Festival at Theatre of Yugen

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NOHspace at the Project Artaud, 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco

Comedian Adam Ray @ 9:45pm / $15-$18.75 Punch Line Sacramento, 2100 Ar‐den Way, Suite 225, Sacramento

ESCAPE Aquathlon

@ 7am The ESCAPE Aquathlon is back for its third year! For anyone looking to experience the thrill of the ES‐CAPE, the 750 meter swim and 5k run will take place June 10, 2023! Marina Green, 500 Marina Green Blvd, San Francisco. info@es capealcatraztri.com

ESCAPE FROM ALCA‐TRAZ

TRIATHLON @ 7:30am Jun 10th - Jun 11th

The 42nd Escape from Al‐catraz Triathlon weekend event returns to San Fran‐cisco Bay June 10-11, 2023! Marina Green, San Francisco. info@escapeal catraztri.com

Black Swan Arts & Media and Helen Stoltzfus Pre‐sent, "Dispatches from the Great Burning" June, 2023 @ 2pm / $25-$28

Black Swan Arts & Media Produc‐tions and their artistic director He‐len Stolzfus join The San Francisco International Arts Festival with their production, "Dispatches from the Great Burning". Theatre of Yugen at NOHspace, 2840 Mariposa Street, San Francisco. info@ s�af.org, 415-399-9554

Clyde Leland presents "A Musical Bene�t for Jewish Voice for Peace" - Bay Area Chapter June, 2023

@ 4pm / $25-$28

Musician Clyde Leland joins the San Francisco International Arts Festival in his solo bene�t concert titled, "A Musical Bene�t for Jew‐ish Voice for Peace - Bay Area Chapter". Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th Street, San Francisco. info@s�af.org, 415-399-9554

Groovy Judy: Bambino’s

@ 6pm BAMBI‐NO'S RESTAU‐RANT AND FULL BAR 30 beers on tap, 301 Georgia St suiet 122, Vallejo

2nd Friday ArtAbout at the Pence Gallery

@ 6pm Don't miss the Pence's monthly art reception on June 9! Pence Gallery, 212 D Street, Davis. pencesocialme dia@gmail.com, 530-758-3370

David Kleinberg Presents, "He Wants to Run" June, 2023 @ 6:30pm / $20-$22

Performer David Kleinberg joins

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Clemón: Live at Lucid Wines @ 7pm Lucid Winery & Tasting Room, 1015 R St, Sacramento

JourneyDay Music @ 7pm Andaz Napa - A Concept By Hyatt, 1450 1st St, Napa

Bons Tempos Theatre Presents "Qadda�'s Cook" June, 2023 @ 8pm / $25-$28

The Bons Tempos Theatre Com‐pany joins The San Francisco Inter‐national Arts Festival & presents their production, "Qadda�'s Cook".

Joe Goode Performance Group, 401 Alabama Street, San Fran‐cisco. info@s�af.org, 415-3999554 "More or Less"

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NOHspace at the Project Artaud, 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco

Spanish Pianist Alex Conde in Concert Brava Theatre, June 2023 @ 6pm / $25-$28 Spanish Pianist Alex Conde joins the San Francisco International Arts Festival in his solo piano con‐cert, "Jazz & Flamenco". Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th Street, San Francisco. info@s�af.org, 415399-9554

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Three Week Residency at North Beach Restaurant @ 8pm Lyon & Swan, 140 Columbus Ave, San Francisco Riki @ 8pm The Independent, 628 Divisadero St, San Francisco Turnover @ 8pm / $30 The Independent, 628 Divisadero St, San Francisco

Rotary Club of Davis Weekly Lunch & Program @ 12pm See website for details. ro‐taryclubofdavis.com Davis Com‐munity Church, 421 D Street, Davis. dawsonlaw@cal.net, 530-758-4500

Malevolence @ 6:30pm The War�eld, 982 Market St, San Francisco

Saturday Jun 17th

Vallejo Juneteenth Festival &

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VCE's 5 Year Anniversary: EV Ride and Drive Event @ 4pm Valley Clean Energy is celebrating 5 years of service! We invite you to join us for an afternoon of family fun complete with an Electric Vehicle Ride and Drive experience. Central Park, Davis. mdavis@reach-strate‐gies.org

Vertical.Show @ 6:30pm / $29-$75

Vertical.Show showcases the strongest competitive athletes from Pole and Aerial Sports from all over the world Great Star The‐ater, 636 Jackson Street, San Fran‐cisco. management@greatstarthe ater.org, 415-735-4159

The Skivvies @ 8pm / $34 Feinstein's at the Nikko, 222 Ma‐son Street, San Francisco Ensambles Ballet Folkorico de San Francisco Present, "Sones Y Tradiciones"

June, 2023 @ 8pm / $25-$28

Ensambles Ballet Folkorico de San Francisco join the San Francisco International Arts Festival and pre‐sent their production, "Sones y Tradiciones". Brava Theater Cen‐ter, 2781 24th Street, San Fran‐cisco. info@s�af.org, 415-3999554

"Beautiful - The Car‐ole King Musical" @ 7:30pm / $65-$95 UC Davis Health Pavilion, 1419 H Street, Sacramento Randy Feltface: SACRAMENTO, CA

@ 8pm Punch Line Comedy Club, 2100 Ar‐den Way, Sacramento

TOMI @ 8pm Great American Music

San Francisco Interna‐tional Arts Festival at Brava Theater Center - Brava Studio @ 8pm / $12.50 Brava Theater Center Stu‐dio, 2781-24th Street, San

Francisco

Jessica Fudim- Venemous @ 8pm / $25 Her story is more than two thou‐sand years old, but what would Medusa say if she �nally had a chance to speak for herself? Joe Goode Performance Group, 401 Alabama Street, San Francisco. info@s�af.org, 415-399-9554

Alex Ramon "Magic" @ 8pm / $46.83 Harveys Cabaret at Harveys Lake Tahoe, 18 Hwy 50, Stateline

17th Annual Spine Symposium @ 8am / $375-$475

Jun 16th - Jun 17th

The UCSF Spine Symposium is an annual two day event emphasizing pioneering trends in diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for patients suffering from spinal disorders. Hilton San Francisco Financial District, 750 Kearny Street, San Francisco. sari.will@ucsf.edu

Francisco. info@s�af.org, 415-399-9554

Spirit of Rotary: Equine and Wine by the Shoreline @ 4pm / $75 BBQ, Live Music, Games, Horses, Roping Demonstrations, Wine, and more. SpiritHorse Therapeutic Rid‐ing Center of the San Francisco Bay Area, Wetlands Edge Road, American Canyon. d5847y@ aol.com, 707-396-0504

The Last Supper Season End Celebration @ 8pm / Free LSP Season End Celebration Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th Street, San Francisco. info@s�af.org, 415399-9554

Alive & Well Productions and Annie Kahane Present "Meeting #7" Joe Good Annex, June 2023 @ 8pm / $21-$24 Alive & Well Productions and An‐nie Kahane present "Meeting #7". Annie Kahane stars in this onewoman show, a satirical multi-me‐dia project. Joe Goode Perfor‐mance Group, 401 Alabama Street, San Francisco. info@s�af.org, 415399-9554

Josh Lanzet: Don't Tell Comedy @

A Moments Notice CA:

Jordan Blake Memorial Concert @ 5pm The Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Ln, Or‐angevale

Kyra Gordon @ 6pm Simple Pleasures Cafe, 3434 Bal‐boa St, San Francisco

Fely Tchaco @ 7pm Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th St, San Francisco

Dance Through Time & Nash Baroque Present

Riverside @ 7pm House Concert, Davis

J. NAVARRO & THE TRAITORS w/ Omnigone + Stop The Presses @ 7pm The Starlet Room, 2708 J St, Sacramento

Randy Feltface: Feltopia World Tour @ 7pm / $30.25 Punch Line Comedy Club - Sacra‐mento, 2100 Arden Way, Sacra‐mento

J. Navarro & the Traitors @ 7pm The Starlet Room, 2708 J St, Sacramento

Phillip Greenlief: Tony Passarell CelebrationGLP Trio @ 7:30pm Luna's Cafe & Juice Bar,

Thu 6/15

"Pulcinella's Dream" June, 2023 @ 7pm / $25-$28

Historical dance company Dance Through Time & chamber ensem‐ble Nash Baroque joins The San Francisco International Arts Festi‐val with their production, "Pulcinel‐la's Dream". Joe Goode Perfor‐mance Group, 401 Alabama Street, San Francisco. info@s�af.org, 415399-9554

Harriet Potter and the Enchanted Tassel: A Burlesque Parody @ 7:30pm / $35-$69

Jun 16th - Jun 24th

Ready your wands and study your spells! It’s time to enter the wizard‐ing world of Harriet Potter and the Enchanted Tassel:A Burlesque Parody Great Star Theater, 636 Jackson Street, San Francisco. management@greatstarthe ater.org, 415-735-4159

"Beautiful - The Carole King Musical" @ 7:30pm / $65-$95

UC Davis Health Pavilion, 1419 H Street, Sacramento

"More or Less" @ 8pm

ugs have it rough!

danger of being eaten every day of your life! Luckily, we bugs have come up with some clever ways to protect ourselves from being eaten by predators.

© 2015 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 31, No. 31

If a bug can’t be seen, it won’t get eaten. Cicadas sing loudly, but they are very hard to see because their bodies match the tree trunks on which they sit.

Rain forest treehoppers or thornbugs look like thorns on a twig. These bugs feed together and face the same direction to look even more like real thorns.

Phasmids or stick insects resemble leaves or sticks. They can grow up to 20 inches long and are the longest insects in the world.

The planthopper looks more like a leaf than a bug. How many planthoppers can you find hiding in the leaves at left?

Have you ever heard of a stinkbug? There are many kinds of bugs called stinkbugs. They all have a special scent gland in the thorax that produces fluids that smell disgusting.

Some bugs can squirt this smelly fluid at attackers. If enough fluid lands on an attacker, it may kill it. Usually, it only creates a burning feeling or temporary blindness.

Some bugs avoid being eaten by tasting terrible.

The monarch butterfly lays its eggs on milkweed plants. Its caterpillars grow up eating milkweed, which makes them taste bad. Lots of animals can’t eat milkweed, because it tastes awful and even makes some animals sick.

When the caterpillar becomes a butterfly, the bitter-tasting chemicals from the milkweed are still in its body. Birds and other predators learn that the orange and black beauty is a snack to avoid.

Standards Link: Life Science: Students know that organisms have distinct structures and body systems that serve specific functions in growth, survival and reproduction.

CAMOUFLAGE

Fluid Meanings

Look through the newspaper and find synonyms for the word fluid. Try replacing the word fluid on today’s Kid Scoop page with each of the synonyms you found. Does the synonym change the meaning of any of the sentences?

Standards Link: Vocabulary: Identify and use synonyms and antonyms.

Beauregard loves bugs. He sits quietly and watches carefully to see how many bugs he can spot in a day. On Monday he spotted two bugs. Each day since then he has doubled the number of bugs spotted.

Record in his notebook how many bugs he spotted each day for two weeks. What day did he first spot more than 100 bugs?

Standards Link: Number Sense: Calculate sums to 20,000.

regory wakes up to discover that he has become a giant beetle! Surprisingly, no one notices him one bit. Not even when his slippery beetle self falls down the stairs and he lies there wriggling, all six legs in the air.

Unscramble the title of this book. Then, check it out at your library this summer!

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Read age-appropriate text in a variety of genres.

Look through the newspaper and find 10 adjectives that describe one or more of the bugs on today’s Kid Scoop page. Use these adjectives to write a paragraph about the lives of bugs.

Standards Link: Grammar: Identify and use adjectives in reading and writing. ANSWER: A chocolatecovered elephant.

FLUID

The noun fluid means a liquid or something that flows easily.

Water is a fluid

Milk is a fluid, too.

Try to use the word fluid in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members.

Wacky Bug

Make up a weird and wacky bug and describe what it looks like, where it lives and what it eats.

Broadway Joe is just ordinary today

On Friday, all of Major League Baseball recognized “Lou Gehrig Day.”

That day marked the 82nd anniversary of Gehrig’s death due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS.

The Commissioner’s office produced a Zoom call designed to draw more awareness of ALS, whose research in trying to find a cure has lagged behind that of other diseases.

Several current MLB players took part, notably Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola and his brother, San Diego Padres catcher Austin Nola. The Nolas lost an uncle to ALS.

Also on hand was the co-founder of the popular Zac Brown Band, John Driskill Hopkins, who was diagnosed with the insidious disease a year and a half ago but continues to perform.

On the same night as “Lou Gehrig Day” the Zac Brown Band played to a sold-out Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. Gehrig played 1923-39, all with the New York Yankees. He appeared in 2,130 consecutive games, a record that stood until Cal Ripken broke it in 1995. Gehrig’s career batting average was

.340. He is arguably the best first baseman to ever play the game.

There is still no known cure for ALS, making research funding all the more important.

With MLB instituting “Lou Gehrig Day” three years ago, the movement to a cure is picking up steam.

n Joe Namath celebrated his 80th birthday on Wednesday.

The legendary quarterback has gone from “Broadway Joe” from his days with the New York Jets to “Ordinary Joe” as he lives happily in retirement in Tequesta, Fla.

Namath’s teammate, center John Schmitt, calls him “the world’s greatest babysitter” as Namath dotes on his six

grandchildren. Read the whole story on ESPN.com.

n Kick returns are one of football’s most exciting plays. They are also one of the most dangerous.

So, the springtime United States Football League (USFL) tweaked its rules to encourage more runbacks while getting away from the brutal head-on collisions that often result in concussions.

The plan seems to be working. Eightythree percent of USFL kickoffs are being returned as the league winds down its second regular season. Conversely, just 38 percent of NFL kickoffs were returned in the 2022 regular season.

n What’s in a Name? The Chicago White Sox have a left-handed reliever by the name of Aaron Bummer. Not exactly a last name a ballplayer might want, but this Bummer is in his seventh season in the bigs, all with the White Sox, and has 252 career appearances.

n First big-league manager to be let go? Oliver Marmol is feeling the heat in St. Louis, where the Cardinals were seven games below .500 heading into the weekend.

n Doubtful this would ever happen, but the Sacramento River Cats might draw more fans if they reduced ticket and concession prices.

n No matter who the Golden State Warriors hire as their next general manager, that person has the unenviable circumstance of taking over for Bob Myers. Citing the fact that “it’s time,” Myers walked away from the Warriors even though the team had offered him a huge contract. His Golden State legacy will always be four NBA championships in an eight-year span.

What Myers will do next is and will be a subject of great conjecture, though Myers did tell reporters the first thing he planned to do was that he and his wife would stop and have a beverage of choice on their way home.

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.

NBA: Don’t forget about watching the College World Series

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best regular season finish since joining the conference.

Hamm’s overall record at UCD is 26-25-4.

She has already notched a 10-win season on her resume, implementing a standard of success that has followed her since her days as a coach at San Francisco State.

The 19 victories over the last two seasons under Hamm are the most in a two-year span since 2011-12.

The best collegiate tournament in terms of being fair to all participants belongs to Division I baseball, where 64 teams are selected with the goal of reaching the College World Series in Omaha. The softball World Series has a similar format.

Some of the teams selected are regular-season or league tournament champions who automatically qualify.

Many more are at-large picks based on their overall performance during the regular season.

The tournament is divided into 16 four-team regionals, with the top 16 seeds serving as hosts. Again, this is good for the athletes and good for the fans.

The regionals feature a double-elimination format, which makes it difficult for a team to dominate with one good pitcher or another team to be eliminated with one poor performance.

The 16 regional winners move on to eight Super Regionals, again at home sites of the higher seeded team.

The Super Regional is a best-of-three format, again

testing a team’s depth and tenacity.

Finally, the eight Super Regional winners earn a trip to the College World Series in Omaha, where they’ll play before crowds sometimes 10 times larger than what they experienced in their home stadiums.

Omaha provides a tremendous atmosphere similar to the Final Four.

In Omaha, the eight teams are separated into two four-team pods. again in a double-elimination format.

The two pod winners then engage in a best-ofthree series to determine

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Ultimately, the national champion has to win a minimum of 10 games to claim the title, but interestingly, a team can lose up to four games — one in each round — and still win the whole thing.

In 2006, Oregon State opened the College World Series with an 11-1 loss to Miami.

Down, but not out, the Beavers won four straight to win their pod, then lost 4-3 to North Carolina in the first game of the championship series.

OSU, however, took the final two games from the Tar Heels to take the

I like the format because it tests a team’s depth and grit and ability to bounce back from a loss, which is what the long baseball season is all about.

The College World Series started this weekend and will run for the next several weeks.

It’s worth watching.

— Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.