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Flames hit Woodland homes

Legislative analyst: Mental-health plan could cost counties $750M

By KriS ten hwang

CalMatters

A major proposal from Gov. Gavin Newsom to overhaul the state’s behavioral and mental health system is likely to take nearly $720 million away from services provided by county governments annually, according to a new analysis from the Legislative Analyst’s Office.

Flames shoot from a home in Woodland on Saturday, part of a four-alarm fire scene.

Fire crews battle four-alarm blaze

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

Firefighters from multiple jurisdictions battled a fouralarm fire Saturday in Woodland.

Several firefighters experienced heat-related injuries

during the incident, which occurred amid a triple-digit heat wave.

In a Facebook post, the Woodland Fire Department reported that the blaze broke out at about 2 p.m. in the 400 block of Lincoln Avenue, ultimately involving five homes and

an outbuilding.

Crews from all of Yolo County’s fire agencies, along with mutual aid from as far away as Vacaville and Sacramento, joined in the attack.

“Firefighters successfully held the fire to the buildings of origin and prevented spread to adjacent homes,” the Facebook post said. At one residence, five kittens were rescued from the fire.

The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.

Saturday’s response included all available units from the Davis Fire Department, leaving resources stretched so thin that off-duty personnel and a crew from Vacaville provided local station coverage during the incident, Battalion Chief Paul

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County files lawsuit alleging state CEQA violations in salmon habitat restoration

Enterprise staff

Yolo County officials announced Tuesday its filing of a lawsuit against the California Department of Water Resources in connection with certain undisclosed aspects of the Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project.

Filed in Yolo Superior Court, the action asserts that DWR violated the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) by failing to disclose the conveyance capacity of operable gates at the Fremont Weir.

County officials called the lawsuit “necessary to safeguard the interests of

Yolo County residents, protect agriculture and maintain transparency throughout important projects,” according to a news release.

c, according to the project website. “The Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration Project works to reconnect the floodplain for fish during the winter season and improve connectivity within the bypass and to the Sacramento River,” the site says. “The project provides seasonal inundation that mimics the natural process of the Yolo Bypass floodplain and improves connectivity within the bypass and to

the Sacramento River.”

Currently being built seven miles northeast of Woodland, the operable gates are slated to convey twice as much water from the Sacramento River into Yolo Bypass farm fields than the DWR previously disclosed to the public, the county said.

According to the news release, the county discovered that the project is being built to release 12,000 cubic feet per second, rather than the 6,000 cfs rate DWR disclosed in public documents.

That, officials say, equates roughly to the entire Sacramento River

Although that money would be reallocated within the system, in part to house homeless individuals with severe mental illness and addiction disorders, the report authors note that Newsom and key legislators supporting the proposal have neither provided a complete justification for the changes nor have they published an analysis on how the changes may “negatively impact current services.”

“Consequently, as the Legislature considers the proposal, we recommend asking the administration certain questions to assess whether the proposal is warranted,” the report states.

Newsom wants the Legislature to put his proposal before voters next

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The Fremont Weir is a 1.8-mile-long concrete structure designed to allow flow into the Yolo Bypass during high-flow events when the Sacramento River is higher than the weir’s 32-foot elevation.

flow at the Fremont Weir on a typical summer day.

The petition also asserts that DWR violated CEQA by making changes to the project after its initial

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G St. projects, on ‘Davisville’

Three housing proposals have recently emerged that would add about 460 apartments and live/work lofts at three locations on G Street downtown, from 2nd Street north to the former Hibbert Lumber property on Fifth Street.

The applicants’ plans are available on the city’s cityofdavis. org site, and one attribute that immediately stands out is that most of the new homes would not come with new parking for the residents’ cars.

On the latest “Davisville,” host Bill Buchanan talks with Steve Streeter about what’s proposed, context, why these projects are emerging now, and how the city's downtown plan and new state laws that encourage homebuilding are influencing these developments. Streeter, who has a background in planning and recently completed two terms on the Davis Planning Commission, has no stake in any of the proposals.

“Davisville,” hosted by Bill Buchanan, appears on Davis station KDRT-LP, 95.7 FM on Mondays at 5:30 p.m., Tuesdays at noon, Fridays at 5 p.m., and Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. The current program will be broadcast through July 22, and is available anytime at https://kdrt.org/ davisville or on Apple podcasts.

It’s just all too reasonable to work

Every now and then, completely sane, reasonable people with the best of intentions will do something absolutely goofy.

Such is the case with the "No Labels" third-party movement that aims to drive a presidential candidate straight down the middle between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in the 2024 White House sweepstakes.

I don't know if you heard it here first because you've probably already said it to yourself, but trust me, this movement is doomed to fail.

We haven't had a viable thirdparty candidate since Ross Perot promised to stick his head under the hood and fix things. Perot actually had some serious momentum before suddenly pulling out of the race for reasons no one ever understood.

No Labels appears to stand only for compromise and not much else, claiming that a majority of Americans don't embrace the political extremes on either side and prefer the positions in the middle that No Labels is putting out.

As one prominent No Labels spokesman, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, declared, "If we end up with the same set of nominees that we did in 2020, is

that the definition of insanity or what?"

On that issue alone, Huntsman has a point. Polls consistently show that many Americans are distressed at the notion of having to choose between Biden and Trump. Whether those folks add up to a majority, however, is doubtful.

Then again, if No Labels could put JFK or Ronald Reagan on the ballot, they might be onto something.

The current alternatives to Trump and Biden, Ron DeSantis and RFK Jr., are even more divisive than Trump and Biden themselves.

While Huntsman said he's not interested in heading the No Labels ticket, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has hinted strongly that he might give it a go, claiming "If I run, I'm going to win." Sounds a bit Trumpian to me.

The fear, mostly among Democrats, is that the No Labels

candidate will draw more voters away from Biden than Trump, thus guaranteeing Trump a second visit to the White House. That is not an idle fear.

"Compromise" sounds great if you're deciding which movie to see with your family or where to go out for dinner, but it's become almost impossible in American politics, what with Ron DeSantis calling half the country "woke" and Hillary Clinton calling the other half "deplorable."

Is there a middle ground here? Maybe Woke Deplorables?

No matter, for "Compromise" is the word of the day according to the No Labels folks, so here goes.

Will a No Labels compromise on the Second Amendment result in a total ban on BB guns for 14-year-olds, but nothing else?

Will a compromise on U.S. aid to Ukraine result in America donating tons of meals-ready-toeat instead of dozens of F-16s?

Will transgender athletes be allowed to play flag football, but not tackle football?

Will we allow asylum seekers to cross the southern border on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, but not on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays?

Will Social Security checks be delivered every other month

instead of every month?

Will Joe Biden compromise and say he has six-and-a-half grandchildren?

Will Tommy Tuberville compromise by agreeing to praise white nationalists as "patriots" one day and condemn them as "racists" the next?

Will McDonald's and Jack in the Box compromise on a new burger called Mac in the Box?

Will Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor co-author a book titled "Salmon Fishing in Alaska" and order every American to buy a copy?

Will some states be allowed to select fake electors and others not?

Will tennis players and pickleball players all agree to just play volleyball instead?

Will the state of Georgia be required to provide water to every other voter waiting in line on Election Day?

Will the Proud Boys change their name to Boys Will Be Boys?

Will Joe Biden and Donald Trump agree to serve as co-Presidents to unite America?

The list goes on and on and on.

But the bottom line is this: No Labels, no chance.

Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Citrus Circuits hosts STEM event for local girls

Enterprise staff

On Saturday, July 22, Citrus Circuits will be hosting a WISE (Women in STEM Empowerment) event at the Stephens Branch Library’s Blanchard Room, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. There will be fun activities for attendees to enjoy as they explore different STEM concepts with members of the Citrus Circuits robotics team.

WISE (formally known as Girl-Powered) has been running monthly STEM events since 2018 for girls from grades 3-8.

Staffed by the female students and mentors of Citrus Circuits, WISE events engage students using hands-on activities that aim to empower girls and inspire

them to pursue a future in STEM education. Every event is free to attend.

Citrus Circuits was founded in 2004 and is located at Davis Senior High School. The team is composed of nearly 100 students from Davis Senior High School, Da Vinci Charter Academy, and Holmes, Harper, and Emerson Jr. High schools. Major sponsors of the team are DJUSD, TechnipFMC, UC Davis, Bayer and Intuitive Surgical. Their motto to educate, empower, and excel always drives them to create STEM opportunities for everyone and inspire those around them.

For information, go to www. citruscircuits.org.

Machete chase ends in assault arrest

a machete.

Lt. John Evans reported Monday that the chase victim summoned officers to his residence in the 4800 block of Chiles Road shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday.

“The suspect was observed on nearby

security camera footage chasing the victim toward his apartment with a machete in hand,” Evans said. “The suspect could also be seen breaking the victim’s apartment window with the machete.”

Officers located the suspect, identified as 46-yearold Dean Forrest French of Davis, and took him into custody. He was lodged at the Yolo County Jail on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Big-rig crash snarls Yolo Causeway commute

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

An overturned big rig snarled traffic on the Yolo Causeway east of Davis for several hours Tuesday morning.

The California Highway Patrol reported that the rig overturned at about 5 a.m. on the westbound side of the bridge, blocking all but one lane for about a half hour.

A second lane reopened at about 7:30 a.m., but by then the incident had caused additional traffic headaches along Interstate 5 in Woodland where motorists diverted to avoid the I-80 backup.

Crews cleared the scene after removing the uprighted rig and performing repair work where the crash occurred. No injuries were reported.

Courtesy photo

Head on over to the library on July 22 for some hands-on learning with Citrus Circuits.

By Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters

California State University must hire many more employees and overhaul huge portions of its bureaucracy to keep students and staff safe from sexual harassment and discrimination, according to a sweeping set of reports from an outside law group published today.

The reports, a month late according to Cal State’s own timeline, were produced by the law firm Cozen O’Connor, which system leaders hired in March 2022 to assess how the Cal State central office and its 23 campuses follow federal law prohibiting gender and sex discrimination in schools, known as Title IX, as well the system’s own rules.

Cal State sought out Cozen as part of its response to a USA Today investigation showing that the system’s then-chancellor, Joseph I. Castro, mishandled claims that a vice president at Fresno State sexually harassed students and staff while Castro was president of the campus. The allegations against Castro led to his resignation in February 2022. That followed a string of other allegations at campuses, which in some cases led to top officials resigning.

“Consistent themes that we heard from all participating constituents included institutional betrayal and grave disappointment in response to these incidents,” wrote the authors, who packed their conclusions and recommendations in a systemwide report totaling more than 236 pages plus individual campus reports that were roughly 60 pages each.

The findings provide a thorough, unvarnished examination of how the system “had fallen

short in our effort to provide campus environments that are safe and welcoming,” as board chair Wenda Fong put it in May when lawyers with Cozen previewed their findings publicly.

Nor will this be the last independent report examining the system’s handling of sexual misconduct claims. The California State Auditor is due to publish its findings tomorrow following a 2022 request from lawmakers.

The system’s legal staffing “is woefully deficient,” the reports found.

Cal State has paid Cozen a little over $1 million to date for its work, which included interviews with hundreds of individuals, analyzing survey responses from 18,000 people, and three-day visits to every Cal State campus.

Acting on Cozen’s recommendations — such as hiring more employees, staff training, and outreach programs for students and employees to know how to report harassment and discrimination — will cost Cal State an estimated $25 million in the 2024-25 academic year and unknown annual costs after that, system leaders said last week.

Interim Chancellor Jolene Koester said in a statement that the report’s recommendations provide “a pathway that moves us from where we have fallen short to a stronger and more vital university system.”

“We will not squander this opportunity. We will get this right,” Koester said. “The CSU’s mission and core values demand it and our community deserves it.”

Cozen’s lawyers sought to temper the findings by recognizing the work the system has been doing to improve, but still faulted Cal State across a wide range of areas.

The findings said that at Cal State “there is currently no framework to provide the level of supervision that would help promote more consistent, effective practices across the system.” The authors recommend that Cal State hire a systemwide senior executive to oversee its entire civil rights and harassment apparatus.

Next, the system’s legal staffing “is woefully deficient,” the reports found, and at levels significantly below those of other major public university systems. Among the problems raised by the authors: Each CSU campus is assigned to only one central office attorney to handle legal issues, and all attorneys have multiple specialties and administrative duties.

Much of the report focuses on the interplay between turnover among Title IX campus employees and poor data collection, which conspires to significantly hamper how Cal State responds to sexual assault and harassment claims.

Campuses generally track

claims and investigations independently. “The lack of uniformity in practices substantially hinders the ability to track data across the system in a meaningful way,” the authors wrote.

Because of the porous datakeeping, they said, individual campuses “are not positioned to allocate sufficient resources based on documented and substantiated needs” or “understand the lessons that can be learned from studying the data as it relates to questions of prevalence, potential bias, or system improvements.”

Staffing shortages led to other other problems. Limited outreach to staff and students about their rights creates “negative campus narratives and perceptions” and may inhibit individuals from coming forward with reports of harassment and other abuses.

In addition, lack of staff has contributed to “significant delays in completing investigations, with many investigations spanning more than a year,” the authors wrote.

But some of those delays are caused by the specific rights of individuals, including university staff, who are accused of harassment or assault. In various instances, the fact-finding process has to be redone because of state laws and some collective bargaining policies. This means that Cal State “must essentially prove the facts again as if the underlying finding had not been reached,” the authors wrote.

Employee rights are sometimes at odds with federal demands. The lack of consistency is in part due to federal rules changing regularly, especially between U.S. presidential administrations with wildly different guidelines on how campuses must respond to sexual harassment and assault claims

The authors suggest some of the ill will the system faces from students and staff is unfair.

“Ironically, campus community members often criticize senior leadership and the Chancellor’s Office for sanctions that appear to be less severe than warranted, when in reality, those final sanctions are often driven by external decision-makers, not the CSU,” the summary report said, referring to outside arbitrators and administrative law judges.

The regulatory environment outside of Cal State’s control, the Cozen authors learned, meant that many campus discipline decisions were never carried out and “in many instances,” the person accused “was ordered back to campus with their position reinstated and back pay awarded.”

The authors write that “this is a debilitating pattern that completely guts the outcome of the extensive investigative Title IX process and creates an untenable position” for the campuses.

NIH renews MIND Institute’s grant to study fragile X

Special to The Enterprise SACRAMENTO — It’s been 22 years since UC Davis MIND Institute Medical Director Randi Hagerman and her husband, researcher Paul Hagerman, discovered the neurodegenerative condition called FXTAS (fragile X-associated tremor ataxia syndrome). Hagerman, a pediatrician known for her enthusiasm for her work and patients, has been studying FXTAS ever since, seeking to develop treatments for it.

She was recently awarded her 24th consecutive year of funding from the National Institutes of Health for her fragile X-related work, a five-year, $3.2 million grant. The study has evolved over the years and is now focused on better understanding the characteristics, or phenotype, of FXTAS.

FXTAS causes tremors, balance problems, dementia and other neurological challenges. It gets worse over time and there are no approved treatments — only therapies to manage symptoms.

The syndrome is caused by a “premutation” expansion of the FMR1 gene. It’s genetically related to fragile X syndrome. Both are caused by different-sized changes in the FMR1 gene.

Fragile X syndrome starts in early development, and includes intellectual disability, developmental challenges and often, autism.

FXTAS begins in late adulthood. The premutation usually runs in families.

Hagerman is an endowed chair in fragile X research.

In this Q&A, she shares details about her research, what she’s focused on next and why she’s hopeful

about future treatments.

What is the goal of the FXTAS study?

We’re trying to better understand FXTAS, which leads to tremor and balance problems as individuals age, particularly in their 60s. We’re studying the progression of FXTAS, which is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson’s and even Alzheimer’s, as it can also be associated with cognitive decline.

About 1 in 200 females and 1 in 400 males have the premutation in the general population. We’re trying to understand the different phenotypes, or presentations, between males and females. Males tend to develop FXTAS symptoms earlier and about half develop dementia. Females have a milder form, with less white matter disease in the brain according to our MRI studies. But females may also have autoimmune problems and more significant anxiety and depression.

Who is in the study?

We’ll have a total of about 160 people after enrolling additional participants from more diverse backgrounds this year. Some participants have been part of the study for 10-15 years. That includes men and women who either have a FXTAS diagnosis or who have early signs of the condition but don’t yet have FXTAS, ages 40 to 85. This includes mild tremor, neuropathy, memory chal-

lenges and balance problems but also emotional symptoms that may exacerbate these. We’re looking at the illnesses or events that can be a sign FXTAS is starting.

When the study began in 1999, we were mainly focused on younger people with the premutation. We began focusing on FXTAS about 15 years ago. We are meeting with them about every two years so we can follow their progression and to see what therapies and treatments may help. Might it be possible in the future to predict that someone will develop FXTAS?

It’s possible. Better understanding the “preFXTAS” stage is very important. We are looking for biomarkers that could help with that goal. For instance, are there biomarkers that will tell us whether someone has white matter disease? And does the degree of white matter disease correlate with motor or mental health challenges? The interplay among these domains in the phenotype are important as we strive to help our patients.

What are some of the things you’re measuring or testing?

We do a special MRI brain scan protocol that shows the degree of white matter disease in the brain. We measure brain volume in different parts of the brain, too. We also look at the degree of tremor and balance problems that they have and assess their gait. We have them walk while doing mental calculations because sometimes that causes more balance difficulties. We also measure reaction time and grip strength and assess for

depression or anxiety. And we give them recommendations about what might help them, including exercise, nutrition or medications that their primary care doctor might consider.

What are the key takeaways from this study over the years?

One thing we’ve learned is that premutation challenges can be lifelong. Not necessarily FXTAS, which happens with aging, but there can be neurodevelopmental challenges, including autism, that can occur in a subset of premutation carriers. There are also psychiatric conditions like depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive behavior and chronic fatigue, which can occur in mid-adulthood. The premutation is also the most common single-gene cause of ovarian insufficiency, which causes infertility or early menopause. This is a condition we call fragile X-associated primary ovarian insufficiency, or FXPOI.

In fact, women are often tested by their gynecologist and then when we investigate the family tree, we find out their father or mother may have FXTAS. That’s mainly how we find people with FXTAS — either the grandparents of

a child with fragile X syndrome or the parent of a woman with the premutation who has FXPOI.

Are there better treatments on the horizon for FXTAS?

I feel very positive about potential future treatments. For example, we recently did a study about sulforaphane, a sulfurcontaining protein in broccoli, brussels sprouts and cauliflower. It turns on the Nrf2 gene, which controls the pathways to relieve oxidative stress in the neurons. This was helpful for some cognitive problems with FXTAS. We are also focused on exercise, which can help reduce inflammation and oxidative stress. But we need a better primary treatment for FXTAS. That’s why we’re excited about finding biomarkers in these studies that will lay the groundwork for treatment trials. I believe the next few years could bring about new treatments for FXTAS.

How far has the field of research come since 2001?

It is now an entity that has worldwide interest and hundreds of papers have been published about it by scientists around the world. But there are still

Death notice

Hans Joachim Schaffron has gone on to a new adventure. Born Dec. 12, 1950, he passed away peacefully on May 25, 2023, in Grants Pass, Ore., from a heart attack.

clinicians that I meet who have not heard of FXTAS — even neurologists. I see patients from all over the world at the MIND Institute, but there are still providers elsewhere who confuse FXTAS with fragile X syndrome, though they are two very different conditions. We must keep building awareness. My MIND Institute colleagues and I recently hosted a conference on the FMR1 premutation in New Zealand which included researchers from all over the world who are studying this, and I am very hopeful for the future.

What drives you to continue this work?

I truly want to find better treatments for FXTAS and all fragile-X associated conditions. You can help a whole family through multiple generations once you make the diagnosis with one or two members in a family. Also, these conditions occur all over the world. I love to bring new treatments and awareness to other places. We do such great work at the MIND Institute, and I want to share that with people all over the world.

— UC Davis Health News

Hans Joachim Schaffron

HAGERMAN UC Davis distinguished professor

Lauren Justice/caLMatters photo Presidents from CSU campuses listen to public comments in Long Beach on May 23.

By Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters

California State University must hire many more employees and overhaul huge portions of its bureaucracy to keep students and staff safe from sexual harassment and discrimination, according to a sweeping set of reports from an outside law group published today.

The reports, a month late according to Cal State’s own timeline, were produced by the law firm Cozen O’Connor, which system leaders hired in March 2022 to assess how the Cal State central office and its 23 campuses follow federal law prohibiting gender and sex discrimination in schools, known as Title IX, as well the system’s own rules.

Cal State sought out Cozen as part of its response to a USA Today investigation showing that the system’s then-chancellor, Joseph I. Castro, mishandled claims that a vice president at Fresno State sexually harassed students and staff while Castro was president of the campus. The allegations against Castro led to his resignation in February 2022. That followed a string of other allegations at campuses, which in some cases led to top officials resigning.

“Consistent themes that we heard from all participating constituents included institutional betrayal and grave disappointment in response to these incidents,” wrote the authors, who packed their conclusions and recommendations in a systemwide report totaling more than 236 pages plus individual campus reports that were roughly 60 pages each.

The findings provide a thorough, unvarnished examination of how the system “had fallen

short in our effort to provide campus environments that are safe and welcoming,” as board chair Wenda Fong put it in May when lawyers with Cozen previewed their findings publicly.

Nor will this be the last independent report examining the system’s handling of sexual misconduct claims. The California State Auditor is due to publish its findings tomorrow following a 2022 request from lawmakers.

The system’s legal staffing “is woefully deficient,” the reports found.

Cal State has paid Cozen a little over $1 million to date for its work, which included interviews with hundreds of individuals, analyzing survey responses from 18,000 people, and three-day visits to every Cal State campus.

Acting on Cozen’s recommendations — such as hiring more employees, staff training, and outreach programs for students and employees to know how to report harassment and discrimination — will cost Cal State an estimated $25 million in the 2024-25 academic year and unknown annual costs after that, system leaders said last week.

Interim Chancellor Jolene Koester said in a statement that the report’s recommendations provide “a pathway that moves us from where we have fallen short to a stronger and more vital university system.”

“We will not squander this opportunity. We will get this right,” Koester said. “The CSU’s mission and core values demand it and our community deserves it.”

Cozen’s lawyers sought to temper the findings by recognizing the work the system has been doing to improve, but still faulted Cal State across a wide range of areas.

The findings said that at Cal State “there is currently no framework to provide the level of supervision that would help promote more consistent, effective practices across the system.” The authors recommend that Cal State hire a systemwide senior executive to oversee its entire civil rights and harassment apparatus.

Next, the system’s legal staffing “is woefully deficient,” the reports found, and at levels significantly below those of other major public university systems. Among the problems raised by the authors: Each CSU campus is assigned to only one central office attorney to handle legal issues, and all attorneys have multiple specialties and administrative duties.

Much of the report focuses on the interplay between turnover among Title IX campus employees and poor data collection, which conspires to significantly hamper how Cal State responds to sexual assault and harassment claims.

Campuses generally track

claims and investigations independently. “The lack of uniformity in practices substantially hinders the ability to track data across the system in a meaningful way,” the authors wrote.

Because of the porous datakeeping, they said, individual campuses “are not positioned to allocate sufficient resources based on documented and substantiated needs” or “understand the lessons that can be learned from studying the data as it relates to questions of prevalence, potential bias, or system improvements.”

Staffing shortages led to other other problems. Limited outreach to staff and students about their rights creates “negative campus narratives and perceptions” and may inhibit individuals from coming forward with reports of harassment and other abuses.

In addition, lack of staff has contributed to “significant delays in completing investigations, with many investigations spanning more than a year,” the authors wrote.

But some of those delays are caused by the specific rights of individuals, including university staff, who are accused of harassment or assault. In various instances, the fact-finding process has to be redone because of state laws and some collective bargaining policies. This means that Cal State “must essentially prove the facts again as if the underlying finding had not been reached,” the authors wrote.

Employee rights are sometimes at odds with federal demands. The lack of consistency is in part due to federal rules changing regularly, especially between U.S. presidential administrations with wildly different guidelines on how campuses must respond to sexual harassment and assault claims

The authors suggest some of the ill will the system faces from students and staff is unfair.

“Ironically, campus community members often criticize senior leadership and the Chancellor’s Office for sanctions that appear to be less severe than warranted, when in reality, those final sanctions are often driven by external decision-makers, not the CSU,” the summary report said, referring to outside arbitrators and administrative law judges.

The regulatory environment outside of Cal State’s control, the Cozen authors learned, meant that many campus discipline decisions were never carried out and “in many instances,” the person accused “was ordered back to campus with their position reinstated and back pay awarded.”

The authors write that “this is a debilitating pattern that completely guts the outcome of the extensive investigative Title IX process and creates an untenable position” for the campuses.

NIH renews MIND Institute’s grant to study fragile X

Special to The Enterprise SACRAMENTO — It’s been 22 years since UC Davis MIND Institute Medical Director Randi Hagerman and her husband, researcher Paul Hagerman, discovered the neurodegenerative condition called FXTAS (fragile X-associated tremor ataxia syndrome). Hagerman, a pediatrician known for her enthusiasm for her work and patients, has been studying FXTAS ever since, seeking to develop treatments for it.

She was recently awarded her 24th consecutive year of funding from the National Institutes of Health for her fragile X-related work, a five-year, $3.2 million grant. The study has evolved over the years and is now focused on better understanding the characteristics, or phenotype, of FXTAS.

FXTAS causes tremors, balance problems, dementia and other neurological challenges. It gets worse over time and there are no approved treatments — only therapies to manage symptoms.

The syndrome is caused by a “premutation” expansion of the FMR1 gene. It’s genetically related to fragile X syndrome. Both are caused by different-sized changes in the FMR1 gene.

Fragile X syndrome starts in early development, and includes intellectual disability, developmental challenges and often, autism.

FXTAS begins in late adulthood. The premutation usually runs in families.

Hagerman is an endowed chair in fragile X research.

In this Q&A, she shares details about her research, what she’s focused on next and why she’s hopeful

about future treatments.

What is the goal of the FXTAS study?

We’re trying to better understand FXTAS, which leads to tremor and balance problems as individuals age, particularly in their 60s. We’re studying the progression of FXTAS, which is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson’s and even Alzheimer’s, as it can also be associated with cognitive decline.

About 1 in 200 females and 1 in 400 males have the premutation in the general population. We’re trying to understand the different phenotypes, or presentations, between males and females. Males tend to develop FXTAS symptoms earlier and about half develop dementia. Females have a milder form, with less white matter disease in the brain according to our MRI studies. But females may also have autoimmune problems and more significant anxiety and depression.

Who is in the study?

We’ll have a total of about 160 people after enrolling additional participants from more diverse backgrounds this year. Some participants have been part of the study for 10-15 years. That includes men and women who either have a FXTAS diagnosis or who have early signs of the condition but don’t yet have FXTAS, ages 40 to 85. This includes mild tremor, neuropathy, memory chal-

lenges and balance problems but also emotional symptoms that may exacerbate these. We’re looking at the illnesses or events that can be a sign FXTAS is starting.

When the study began in 1999, we were mainly focused on younger people with the premutation. We began focusing on FXTAS about 15 years ago. We are meeting with them about every two years so we can follow their progression and to see what therapies and treatments may help. Might it be possible in the future to predict that someone will develop FXTAS?

It’s possible. Better understanding the “preFXTAS” stage is very important. We are looking for biomarkers that could help with that goal. For instance, are there biomarkers that will tell us whether someone has white matter disease? And does the degree of white matter disease correlate with motor or mental health challenges? The interplay among these domains in the phenotype are important as we strive to help our patients.

What are some of the things you’re measuring or testing?

We do a special MRI brain scan protocol that shows the degree of white matter disease in the brain. We measure brain volume in different parts of the brain, too. We also look at the degree of tremor and balance problems that they have and assess their gait. We have them walk while doing mental calculations because sometimes that causes more balance difficulties. We also measure reaction time and grip strength and assess for

depression or anxiety. And we give them recommendations about what might help them, including exercise, nutrition or medications that their primary care doctor might consider.

What are the key takeaways from this study over the years?

One thing we’ve learned is that premutation challenges can be lifelong. Not necessarily FXTAS, which happens with aging, but there can be neurodevelopmental challenges, including autism, that can occur in a subset of premutation carriers. There are also psychiatric conditions like depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive behavior and chronic fatigue, which can occur in mid-adulthood. The premutation is also the most common single-gene cause of ovarian insufficiency, which causes infertility or early menopause. This is a condition we call fragile X-associated primary ovarian insufficiency, or FXPOI.

In fact, women are often tested by their gynecologist and then when we investigate the family tree, we find out their father or mother may have FXTAS. That’s mainly how we find people with FXTAS — either the grandparents of

a child with fragile X syndrome or the parent of a woman with the premutation who has FXPOI.

Are there better treatments on the horizon for FXTAS?

I feel very positive about potential future treatments. For example, we recently did a study about sulforaphane, a sulfurcontaining protein in broccoli, brussels sprouts and cauliflower. It turns on the Nrf2 gene, which controls the pathways to relieve oxidative stress in the neurons. This was helpful for some cognitive problems with FXTAS. We are also focused on exercise, which can help reduce inflammation and oxidative stress. But we need a better primary treatment for FXTAS. That’s why we’re excited about finding biomarkers in these studies that will lay the groundwork for treatment trials. I believe the next few years could bring about new treatments for FXTAS.

How far has the field of research come since 2001?

It is now an entity that has worldwide interest and hundreds of papers have been published about it by scientists around the world. But there are still

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Hans Joachim Schaffron has gone on to a new adventure. Born Dec. 12, 1950, he passed away peacefully on May 25, 2023, in Grants Pass, Ore., from a heart attack.

clinicians that I meet who have not heard of FXTAS — even neurologists. I see patients from all over the world at the MIND Institute, but there are still providers elsewhere who confuse FXTAS with fragile X syndrome, though they are two very different conditions. We must keep building awareness. My MIND Institute colleagues and I recently hosted a conference on the FMR1 premutation in New Zealand which included researchers from all over the world who are studying this, and I am very hopeful for the future.

What drives you to continue this work?

I truly want to find better treatments for FXTAS and all fragile-X associated conditions. You can help a whole family through multiple generations once you make the diagnosis with one or two members in a family. Also, these conditions occur all over the world. I love to bring new treatments and awareness to other places. We do such great work at the MIND Institute, and I want to share that with people all over the world.

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Hans Joachim

HAGERMAN UC Davis distinguished professor

Lauren Justice/caLMatters photo Presidents from CSU campuses listen to public comments in Long Beach on May 23.

MENTAL: Money for homeless would come from existing programs

year in tandem with a $4.68 billion bond measure to add psychiatric treatment beds. It would change how the state allocates money under the Mental Health Services Act, which levies a 1% tax on income above $1 million to fund behavioral health services.

Homelessness has become one of the most high-profile challenges plaguing California, increasing 32% in the past four years. Newsom, who promised to reduce homelessness, announced his intent during his State of the State tour to divert nearly onethird of the state’s Mental Health Services Act money to help address homelessness.

Since that time, local behavioral health providers and county officials have criticized the proposal because of its potential to cut services and pit mental health programs against homeless services.

The state has spent more than $20 billion on housing and homelessness since 2018. Supporters, meanwhile, say reprioritizing how the money is spent is long overdue in light of the growing needs of the state’s homeless population as well as the addition of new funding sources for mental health programs.

In a statement, Newsom’s Deputy Communications Director Brandon Richards said “upsetting the status quo” was neces-

sary in light of California’s changing health care needs.

Mental health needs among homeless

A recent study from UC San Francisco found that two-thirds of homeless individuals experience mental health conditions, although income loss is the driving force behind the state’s homelessness crisis.

“What’s more upsetting is watching people continue to suffer on the streets with ineffective interventions and inability to access much needed treatment,” Richards said.

“A California behavioral health system of care that is more focused, more transparent, and more accountable for results is what all Californians deserve and what this historic reform aims to achieve.”

Roughly one-third of the county mental health infrastructure in the state is supported by the Mental Health Services Act, which was approved by voters in 2004 as a ballot initiative. Substantial changes to the act, like the ones Newsom proposed, require voter approval. Last year the tax generated about $3.8 billion.

Critics of Newsom’s proposal say the new analysis bolsters their argument that the changes will result in significant cuts to current programs, particularly those that support children.

Newsom’s office has so far “danced around” how much money would be cut, said Adrienne Shilton, a lobbyist for the California Alliance of Children and Family Services, which represents behavioral health providers in every county. The report is the first to quantify how the proposal would impact programs statewide.

“We’re seeing in real dollars what the impact would be,” Shilton said.

The analysis estimates spending on current programs would be reduced from $1.34 billion to $621 million under the plan.

Housing money in Newsom’s plan

The report identified a number of key changes and unanswered questions for the Legislature to consider in Newsom’s plan:

n Reduced flexibility: Counties would have less flexibility to determine

how money is spent. Based on current expenditures, counties would be required to increase spending on housing by $493 million and on “full-service partnerships” by $121 million.

“Full-service partnerships” include intensive wraparound services like case management, housing and employment support as well as clinical care.

n Program cuts likely: In order to meet spending targets and caps, counties would likely need to reduce spending on current programs including “outpatient services, crisis response, prevention services, and outreach.”

n Less independent oversight: The proposed restructuring moves much of the program implementation and oversight authority to the Department of Health Care Services. The change “significantly limits” the independent oversight of

the current Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, who helped author the original law and who has been a key supporter of the changes, said the law was always meant to prioritize “the plight of people living with serious mental illness on our streets.”

“It’s appropriate, in fact, it’s necessary to set priority status,” Steinberg said.

Steinberg and Newsom’s office also contend that the state has invested heavily in the mental health safety net in other ways, including changes to the Medi-Cal system and a $4.4 billion one-time infusion into the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative.

“It’s no longer a funding source that stands alone,” Steinberg said. “(Now), the opportunity is to weave all these pieces together so that everyone has access to care, and nobody is left out or left behind.”

Still, advocates say it is premature to assume those investments have had a positive impact and that many have not yet been implemented. In an opposition letter, Lishaun Francis, senior director for

behavioral health at Children Now said the state “has yet to demonstrate that it has delivered” on its promises and that the proposal deprioritizes children and youth.

Advocates also say those funding sources, particularly Medi-Cal, won’t reimburse for the non-clinical programs like classroom interventions and family resource centers that have historically been supported by the Mental Health Services Act.

Medi-Cal is the state’s health insurance program for extremely low-income Californians.

“Families need flexibility,” said Christine StonerMertz, chief executive officer of the California Alliance of Child and Family Services. “We need community-designed practices, and we haven’t been successful in doing that with just Medi-Cal.”

— Supported by the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF), which works to ensure that people have access to the care they need, when they need it, at a price they can afford. Visit www.chcf.org to learn more.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CV2023-1146

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Emma Ann Larson-Maynard filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name a Emma Ann Larson-Maynard to Proposed name Emma Anne Larson McFadden

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

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: August 10 2023 Time: 9:00 a m Dept : 14 Room: T h e a d d r e s s o f t h e c o u r t i s S u p e r i o r C o u r t o f C a l i f o r n i a , C o u n t y o f Y o l o 1000 Main Street Woodland CA 95695

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

ELECTION NOTICE

NOTICE TO FILE NOMINATION PAPERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the voters of Yolo County, in accordance with provisions of the Education Code of the State of California that a Special School District Election is Consolidated with the Special District Election and will be held in the below named district TUESDAY NOVEMBER 7 2023 of the Counties of Yolo and Solano State of California The polls will be open from 7:00 a m to 8:00 p m Candidates to be voted upon at said election may file their declarations for the following office(s):

r m a t i o n I t i s t h e b i d d e r s r esponsibility to arrange for printing services For more information, send questions through www bidsy nc com

Note to General Contractors; Joint Apprenticeship Committee Participation Requirement: The County adopted a policy that one of requirements to be deemed a responsive bidder is that when submitting a bid at or in excess of one million dollars ($1 000 000) the bidder must then be participating in a joint apprenticeship committee on public works projects

The California Department of Industrial Relations defines a joint apprenticeship committee as a committee made up of equal number of members from labor and management Bidders submitting bids at or in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000) must complete a California Department of Industrial Relations DAS-7 form that documents the bidder’s participation in a joint apprenticeship committee Bids that are not accompanied by such proof of participation will be rejected The County will verify participation prior to the award

of July 2023 s/ JESSE SALINAS Assessor/Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters County of Yolo 7/19

, b y r e a s o n o f a breach or default in payment or performance of the obligations secured thereby including that breach or default Notice of which was recorded 4/3/2023 as Recorder s Instrument No 2023-0004865 in Book n/a at page n/a WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH lawf u l m o n e y o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s e v i d e n c e d b y a C a s h i e r s Check drawn on a state or national bank or the equivalent thereof draw n on an y othe r fin anci al i ns tituti on spe cifi ed i n section 5102 of the California Financial Code authorized to do business in the State of California ALL PAYABLE AT THE TIME OF SALE, all right, title and interest held by it as Trustee in that real property situated in said County and State desc r i b e d a s f o l l o w s : L o t 3 9 9 D a v i s M a n o r U n i t N o 9 f i l e d December 30 1958 Book 5 of Maps Pages 60 and 61 The street address or other common designation of the real property hereinabove described is purported to be: 1301 Pole Line Rd Davis CA 95618 The undersigned disclaims all liability for any incorrectness in said street address or other common designation   Said sale will be made with out warranty, express or implied regarding title possession or other encumb r a n c e s t o s a t i s f y t h e u n p a i d o b l i g a t i o n s s e c u r e d b y s a i d D e e d o f T r u s t , w i t h i n t e r e s t a n d o t h e r s u m s a s p r o v i d e d therein; plus advances if any thereunder and interest thereon; and plus fees charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust The total amount of said obligations at the ti me of initial publication of this Not i c e i s $ 5 6 6 , 7 7 0 3 9 I n t h e e v e n t t h a t t h e d e e d o f t r u s t d es c r i b e d i n t h i s N o t i c e o f T r u s t e e s S a l e i s s e c u r e d b y r e a l property containing from one to four single-family residences the following notices are provided pursuant to the provisions of Civil Code section 2924f: NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction You will be bidding on a lien not on the property itself Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien If you are the highest bidder at the auction you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off before you can receive clear title to the property You are encouraged to investigate the existence priority and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s o f f i c e o r a t i t l e i n s u r a n c e c o m p a n y e i t h e r o f w h i c h m a y charge you a fee for this information If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender m a y h o l d m o r e t h a n o n e m o r t g a g e o r d e e d o f t r u s t o n t h e property NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee beneficiary trustee or a court pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code The law requires that information about trustee s sale postponements be m a d e a v a i l a b l e t o y o u a n d t o t h e p u b l i c a s a c o u r t e s y t o those not present at the sale If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed and if applicable the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property you may call 916-939-0772 or visit this internet website www nationwidep o s t i n g c o m u s i n g t h e f i l e n u m b e r a s s i g n e d t o t h i s c a s e 2023-10668 Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not be immediately reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale   NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the C alifornia Civil Code If you are an eligible tenant buyer ” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction If you are an eligible bidder you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction T h e r e a r e t h r e e s t e p s t o e x e r c i s i n g t h i s r i g h t o f p u r c h a s e First 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale you can call

916-939-0772 or visit this internet website www nationwidep o s t i n g c o m u s i n g t h e f i l e n u m b e r a s s i g n e d t o t h i s c a s e 2023-10668 to find the date on which the trustee s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee Second you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee s sale Third, you must submit a bid, by remitting the funds and affidavit or declaration described in Se c ti o n 2 9 2 4 m ( c ) o f t h e C

Miguel gutierrez Jr./ CalMatters photo

Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his budget proposal for the 202324 fiscal year during a press briefing at the California Natural Resources Agency in Sacramento on Jan. 10.

MENTAL: Money for homeless would come from existing programs

year in tandem with a $4.68 billion bond measure to add psychiatric treatment beds. It would change how the state allocates money under the Mental Health Services Act, which levies a 1% tax on income above $1 million to fund behavioral health services.

Homelessness has become one of the most high-profile challenges plaguing California, increasing 32% in the past four years. Newsom, who promised to reduce homelessness, announced his intent during his State of the State tour to divert nearly onethird of the state’s Mental Health Services Act money to help address homelessness.

Since that time, local behavioral health providers and county officials have criticized the proposal because of its potential to cut services and pit mental health programs against homeless services.

The state has spent more than $20 billion on housing and homelessness since 2018. Supporters, meanwhile, say reprioritizing how the money is spent is long overdue in light of the growing needs of the state’s homeless population as well as the addition of new funding sources for mental health programs.

In a statement, Newsom’s Deputy Communications Director Brandon Richards said “upsetting the status quo” was neces-

sary in light of California’s changing health care needs.

Mental health needs among homeless

A recent study from UC San Francisco found that two-thirds of homeless individuals experience mental health conditions, although income loss is the driving force behind the state’s homelessness crisis.

“What’s more upsetting is watching people continue to suffer on the streets with ineffective interventions and inability to access much needed treatment,” Richards said.

“A California behavioral health system of care that is more focused, more transparent, and more accountable for results is what all Californians deserve and what this historic reform aims to achieve.”

Roughly one-third of the county mental health infrastructure in the state is supported by the Mental Health Services Act, which was approved by voters in 2004 as a ballot initiative. Substantial changes to the act, like the ones Newsom proposed, require voter approval. Last year the tax generated about $3.8 billion.

Critics of Newsom’s proposal say the new analysis bolsters their argument that the changes will result in significant cuts to current programs, particularly those that support children.

Newsom’s office has so far “danced around” how much money would be cut, said Adrienne Shilton, a lobbyist for the California Alliance of Children and Family Services, which represents behavioral health providers in every county. The report is the first to quantify how the proposal would impact programs statewide.

“We’re seeing in real dollars what the impact would be,” Shilton said.

The analysis estimates spending on current programs would be reduced from $1.34 billion to $621 million under the plan.

Housing money in Newsom’s plan

The report identified a number of key changes and unanswered questions for the Legislature to consider in Newsom’s plan:

n Reduced flexibility: Counties would have less flexibility to determine

how money is spent. Based on current expenditures, counties would be required to increase spending on housing by $493 million and on “full-service partnerships” by $121 million.

“Full-service partnerships” include intensive wraparound services like case management, housing and employment support as well as clinical care.

n Program cuts likely: In order to meet spending targets and caps, counties would likely need to reduce spending on current programs including “outpatient services, crisis response, prevention services, and outreach.”

n Less independent oversight: The proposed restructuring moves much of the program implementation and oversight authority to the Department of Health Care Services. The change “significantly limits” the independent oversight of

the current Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, who helped author the original law and who has been a key supporter of the changes, said the law was always meant to prioritize “the plight of people living with serious mental illness on our streets.”

“It’s appropriate, in fact, it’s necessary to set priority status,” Steinberg said.

Steinberg and Newsom’s office also contend that the state has invested heavily in the mental health safety net in other ways, including changes to the Medi-Cal system and a $4.4 billion one-time infusion into the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative.

“It’s no longer a funding source that stands alone,” Steinberg said. “(Now), the opportunity is to weave all these pieces together so that everyone has access to care, and nobody is left out or left behind.”

Still, advocates say it is premature to assume those investments have had a positive impact and that many have not yet been implemented. In an opposition letter, Lishaun Francis, senior director for

behavioral health at Children Now said the state “has yet to demonstrate that it has delivered” on its promises and that the proposal deprioritizes children and youth.

Advocates also say those funding sources, particularly Medi-Cal, won’t reimburse for the non-clinical programs like classroom interventions and family resource centers that have historically been supported by the Mental Health Services Act.

Medi-Cal is the state’s health insurance program for extremely low-income Californians.

“Families need flexibility,” said Christine StonerMertz, chief executive officer of the California Alliance of Child and Family Services. “We need community-designed practices, and we haven’t been successful in doing that with just Medi-Cal.”

— Supported by the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF), which works to ensure that people have access to the care they need, when they need it, at a price they can afford. Visit www.chcf.org to learn more.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CV2023-1146

To all interested persons: Petitioner: Emma Ann Larson-Maynard filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name a Emma Ann Larson-Maynard to Proposed name Emma Anne Larson McFadden

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

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: August 10 2023 Time: 9:00 a m Dept : 14 Room: T h e a d d r e s s o f t h e c o u r t i s S u p e r i o r C o u r t o f C a l i f o r n i a , C o u n t y o f Y o l o 1000 Main Street Woodland CA 95695

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

ELECTION NOTICE

NOTICE TO FILE NOMINATION PAPERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the voters of Yolo County, in accordance with provisions of the Education Code of the State of California that a Special School District Election is Consolidated with the Special District Election and will be held in the below named district TUESDAY NOVEMBER 7 2023 of the Counties of Yolo and Solano State of California The polls will be open from 7:00 a m to 8:00 p m Candidates to be voted upon at said election may file their declarations for the following office(s):

m a t i o n I t i s t h e b i d d e r s r esponsibility to arrange for printing services For more information, send questions through www bidsy nc com Note to General Contractors; Joint Apprenticeship Committee Participation Requirement: The County adopted a policy that one of requirements to be deemed a responsive bidder is that when submitting a bid at or in excess of one million dollars ($1 000 000) the bidder must then be participating in a joint apprenticeship committee on public works projects

The California Department of Industrial Relations defines a joint apprenticeship committee as a committee made up of equal number of members from labor and management Bidders submitting bids at or in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000) must complete a California Department of Industrial Relations DAS-7 form that documents the bidder’s participation in a joint apprenticeship committee Bids that are not accompanied by such proof of participation will be rejected The County will verify participation prior to the award

July 2023 s/ JESSE SALINAS Assessor/Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters County of Yolo 7/19

n t N o 2 0 2 0 - 0 0 2 4 2 1 2 , b y r e a s o n o f a breach or default in payment or performance of the obligations secured thereby including that breach or default Notice of which was recorded 4/3/2023 as Recorder s Instrument No 2023-0004865 in Book n/a at page n/a WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH lawf u l m o n e y o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s e v i d e n c e d b y a C a s h i e r s Check drawn on a state or national bank or the equivalent thereof draw n on an y othe r fin anci al i ns tituti on spe cifi ed i n section 5102 of the California Financial Code authorized to do business in the State of California ALL PAYABLE AT THE TIME OF SALE, all right, title and interest held by it as Trustee in that real property situated in said County and State desc r i b e d a s f o l l o w s : L o t 3 9 9 D a v i s M a n o r U n i t N o 9 f i l e d December 30 1958 Book 5 of Maps Pages 60 and 61 The street address or other common designation of the real property hereinabove described is purported to be: 1301 Pole Line Rd Davis CA 95618 The undersigned disclaims all liability for any incorrectness in said street address or other common designation   Said sale will be made with out warranty, express or implied regarding title possession or other encumb r a n c e s t o s a t i s f y t h e u n p a i d o b l i g a t i o n s s e c u r e d b y s a i d D e e d o f T r u s t , w i t h i n t e r e s t a n d o t h e r s u m s a s p r o v i d e d therein; plus advances if any thereunder and interest thereon; and plus fees charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust The total amount of said obligations at the ti me of initial publication of this Not i c e i s $ 5 6 6 , 7 7 0 3 9 I n t h e e v e n t t h a t t h e d e e d o f t r u s t d es c r i b e d i n t h i s N o t i c e o f T r u s t e e s S a l e i s s e c u r e d b y r e a l property containing from one to four single-family residences the following notices are provided pursuant to the provisions of Civil Code section 2924f: NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction You will be bidding on a lien not on the property itself Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien If you are the highest bidder at the auction you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off before you can receive clear title to the property You are encouraged to investigate the existence priority and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s o f f i c e o r a t i t l e i n s u r a n c e c o m p a n y e i t h e r o f w h i c h m a y charge you a fee for this information If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender m a y h o l d m o r e t h a n o n e m o r t g a g e o r d e e d o f t r u s t o n t h e property NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee beneficiary trustee or a court pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code The law requires that information about trustee s sale postponements be m a d e a v a i l a b l e t o y o u a n d t o t h e p u b l i c a s a c o u r t e s y t o those not present at the sale If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed and if applicable the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property you may call 916-939-0772 or visit this internet website www nationwidep o s t i n g c o m u s i n g t h e f i l e n u m b e r a s s i g n e d t o t h i s c a s e 2023-10668 Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not be immediately reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale   NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the C alifornia Civil Code If you are an eligible tenant buyer ” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction If you are an eligible bidder you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction T h e r e a r e t h r e e s t e p s t o e x e r c i s i n g t h i s r i g h t o f p u r c h a s e First 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale you can call 916-939-0772 or visit this internet website www nationwidep o s t i n g c o m u s i n g t h e f i l e n u m b e r a s s i g n e d t o t h i s c a s e 2023-10668 to find the date on which the trustee s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee Second you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee s sale Third, you must submit a bid, by remitting the funds and affidavit or declaration described in Se c ti o n 2 9 2 4 m ( c ) o f t h e C i

Miguel gutierrez Jr./ CalMatters photo

Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his budget proposal for the 202324 fiscal year during a press briefing at the California Natural Resources Agency in Sacramento on Jan. 10.

LAWSUIT: County shocked by data

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12,000 cubic feet per second, rather than the 6,000 cfs rate DWR disclosed in public documents.

That, officials say, equates roughly to the entire Sacramento River flow at the Fremont Weir on a typical summer day.

The petition also asserts that DWR violated CEQA by making changes to the project after its initial approval.

Specifically, the elimination of levee cutoff walls, which serve as protective features against potential damage caused by water flow, raised concerns about potential impacts on groundwater levels, drainage and agriculture in the Elkhorn area.

Yolo County officials contend these changes should have been subject to public notification and analysis of their potential consequences.

“We were disappointed to learn that DWR appeared to withhold the true scope of the project in public meetings and in the environmental review process over the course of several years,” Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza said.

“DWR released over 10,000 pages of material describing the project and its potential impacts, always describing the project as having a 6,000 cfs design capacity,” Provenza added. “I personally met with DWR leadership for years regarding the project, only to recently learn it is twice the size they advised us and the public all along.”

Supervisor Gary Sandy agreed.

“DWR has long known about Yolo County’s concerns about the project and its potential impacts on agriculture,” Sandy said. “A larger project only increases those concerns and changing it to eliminate levee protection features is a step in the wrong direction with the potential for additional impacts to farming in the Elkhorn area to the east of the Yolo Bypass.”

The county’s lawsuit seeks various forms of relief, including a halt to the project’s construction and its operations until DWR resolves the legal issues raised by the county.

Read the entire lawsuit here at https:// wp.me/p3aczg-4kLs.

BLAZE: GoFundMe pages set up to help

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Swanson said.

Supporters of the displaced fire victims established several GoFundMe sites since the incident, three of which have been verified by GoFundMe’s Trust & Safety Team, spokesman Jeff Platt said.

The sites support the following families:

n The Komaisavai family, who recently moved to Woodland. They have two young children and twins due this week: https:// www.gofundme.com/f/ komaisavai-family-fire-

relief.

n Maria, Osbaldo and Luis Garcia, known in the Woodland community as “kind and selfless people” who now must rebuild their home from scratch: https://www.gofundme. com/f/vunm5-recoveryfrom-house-fire.

n The Mule family, who immigrated to the United States in 2022 and have three teenagers. They were attending a church barbecue when the fire occurred: https://www.gofundme. com/f/assist-mule-familyto-rebuild-after-woodland-fire.

The federal Bureau of  Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources are partnering to reconnect floodplain habitat and improve fish passage for young salmon in the Yolo bypass.

Courtesy photo Firefighters douse a burning home with water during a four-alarm fire response Saturday in Woodland.

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Smoke and flames pour from the second floor of a Woodland Victorian home, one of five damaged Saturday in a four-alarm blaze.

LAWSUIT: County shocked by data

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12,000 cubic feet per second, rather than the 6,000 cfs rate DWR disclosed in public documents.

That, officials say, equates roughly to the entire Sacramento River flow at the Fremont Weir on a typical summer day.

The petition also asserts that DWR violated CEQA by making changes to the project after its initial approval.

Specifically, the elimination of levee cutoff walls, which serve as protective features against potential damage caused by water flow, raised concerns about potential impacts on groundwater levels, drainage and agriculture in the Elkhorn area.

Yolo County officials contend these changes should have been subject to public notification and analysis of their potential consequences.

“We were disappointed to learn that DWR appeared to withhold the true scope of the project in public meetings and in the environmental review process over the course of several years,” Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza said.

“DWR released over 10,000 pages of material describing the project and its potential impacts, always describing the project as having a 6,000 cfs design capacity,” Provenza added. “I personally met with DWR leadership for years regarding the project, only to recently learn it is twice the size they advised us and the public all along.”

Supervisor Gary Sandy agreed.

“DWR has long known about Yolo County’s concerns about the project and its potential impacts on agriculture,” Sandy said. “A larger project only increases those concerns and changing it to eliminate levee protection features is a step in the wrong direction with the potential for additional impacts to farming in the Elkhorn area to the east of the Yolo Bypass.”

The county’s lawsuit seeks various forms of relief, including a halt to the project’s construction and its operations until DWR resolves the legal issues raised by the county.

Read the entire lawsuit here at https:// wp.me/p3aczg-4kLs.

BLAZE: GoFundMe pages set up to help

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Swanson said.

Supporters of the displaced fire victims established several GoFundMe sites since the incident, three of which have been verified by GoFundMe’s Trust & Safety Team, spokesman Jeff Platt said.

The sites support the following families:

n The Komaisavai family, who recently moved to Woodland. They have two young children and twins due this week: https:// www.gofundme.com/f/ komaisavai-family-fire-

relief.

n Maria, Osbaldo and Luis Garcia, known in the Woodland community as “kind and selfless people” who now must rebuild their home from scratch: https://www.gofundme. com/f/vunm5-recoveryfrom-house-fire.

n The Mule family, who immigrated to the United States in 2022 and have three teenagers. They were attending a church barbecue when the fire occurred: https://www.gofundme. com/f/assist-mule-familyto-rebuild-after-woodland-fire.

The federal Bureau of  Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources are partnering to reconnect floodplain habitat and improve fish passage for young salmon in the Yolo bypass.

Courtesy photo Firefighters douse a burning home with water during a four-alarm fire response Saturday in Woodland.

Courtesy photo

Smoke and flames pour from the second floor of a Woodland Victorian home, one of five damaged Saturday in a four-alarm blaze.

This particular avalanche about sums it up

Most times when I write these columns, I sit down at my computer, having done a bit of research, with a topic in mind and a pretty good idea of what I want to say.

Today is no different, except that this morning’s New York Times blew all my plans to smithereens.

It started with the headlines.

”Storm Ravages Hudson Valley and Vermont.” “Lethal Landslides and Monsoon Flooding Inundate India.” “Heat Waves in Europe Killed 61,000 in 2022, Researchers Estimate.” “More Heat, and Less Respite, Is Expected in the Southwest.”

And, the kicker, the article I want to focus on for this edition of Per Capita Davis, “Extreme Weather Fueled by Climate Change Is ‘New Normal’.”

The article begins with a litany of climate related events that includes the above but goes farther afield.. “Catastrophic floods in the Hudson Valley.” “An unrelenting heat dome over Phoenix.” “Ocean temperatures hitting 90 degrees Fahrenheit off the coast of Miami.” “A rare tornado in Delaware.” “Over the past month, smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed major cities across the country. A deadly heat wave hit Texas and Oklahoma

(no mention of Mexico) and torrential rains flooded part of Chicago.”

And that’s just a sample from here in the U.S. and this year. Add to that heat waves, floods, droughts and other extreme weather events and we arrive at the rather obvious conclusion voiced by a climate scientist at the university of Pennsylvania, “Climate change is here, now. It’s not far away in the Antarctic and it’s not off in the future. It’s these climate change fueled extreme events that we are living through.”

The article also quotes the chief meteorologist and climate specialist for WFLA News in, of all places, Florida, home of some of the loudest loudmouths denying the climate crisis, “We’ve seen an increase in extreme weather. This without a doubt is happening. We are going to see

stuff happen this year around Earth that we have not seen in modern history.” This last statement echoing the now familiar warnings from all directions that the El Nino developing in the Pacific is going to add more and more heat to the atmosphere.

The Governor of New York labels this as “our new normal.” I know what she’s trying to say, but, really, what we are looking at is our planet on fire and, if anything, this is the new abnormal.

This is serious stuff. How do we understand the level of concern and potential for action in the snarling face of the climate crisis? Are we as a country motivated to take big steps to reduce fossil fuel use? The article presents several views, which probably sums up where we are now, by including a conversation with itself.

One, according to a recent NPR/PBS News Hour survey, only 8 percent of Americans identify the climate crisis as their number one issue.

Two, Bill McKibben: “This is the last (dope) slap upside the

head we’re going to get while it still matters. It’s obviously a pivotal moment in Earth’s climatic history. It also needs to be a pivotal moment in the Earth’s political history.”

Three, an unidentified interviewee (quoting the article): “she has seen climate change affect her hometown, but she avoids the news in order to stay positive. Quoting her, “I vote and do my part, but things are really out of my hands.”

Four, a retail worker in Chicago (quoting the article): “she said she wasn’t sure the weather extremes were anything that hadn’t happened before. (Quoting her): “I’m not a scientist so it’s hard for me to make a judgement call (back to the quoting the article) she said before offering an inaccurate explanation).

Quoting her, “Our planet has always had changes, and this may just be the cycle of life. You have to consider that deserts used to have lakes, Lake Michigan wasn’t always a lake.”

Fifth, this from a University of Oregon professor who specializes in the psychology of risk and decision making: “Even though storms and other extremes of climate are happening, if they are at a distance, we just as soon

pretend it doesn’t affect us, because we don’t want to do the things that are needed to deal with this threat. More and more people recognize climate change as a problem, but they don’t like the solutions. They don’t want to have to give up the comforts and conveniences that we get from using energy from the wrong sources, and so forth.”

Sixth, quoting from the article: “Even in Florida, a state that has grown more conservative over the last few years, a growing number of residents believe humans are causing climate change, including a record number of Republicans, according to a survey by Florida Atlantic University.

Seventh, the last word goes to McKibben the ever-hopeful pessimist: “The polling data has shifted over the last few years, and I would bet that it’s going to lurch again. At a certain point, if you see enough fires and floods, who are you going to believe?”

— John Mott-Smith is a resident of Davis. This column appears the first and third Wednesday of each month in the print edition of The Davis Enterprise. Please send comments to johnmottsmith@comcast.net.

Farewell to an original; bird strolls will continue

Iwould not have started Friends of North Davis Ponds (FoNDP) without the partnership commit ment of Ed Whisler to lead monthly bird strolls. Sadly, Ed died on July 4 at age 64. He will be missed.

Friends of North Davis Ponds began in 2013 and has monthly bird strolls, led by experts, and advocates, educates, weeds, monitors nest boxes, sponsors clean ups, prunes and has special events. Ed was a prime mover for FoNDP.

Ed Whisler got interested in nature in third grade, watching a “Wild Kingdom” program on bats. “My dad was a researcher in pomology –study of fruits and nuts and he did olive propagation,” he said. “I got to meet all of the wildlife people and got exposed to everything. Finally, my mom started feeding birds in the backyard and that kind of hooked me on birds and we started out sorting juveniles. I knew I wanted to major in wildlife. I took ornithology so my profession and my hobby kind of merged together. I started my bird list in 1978 when I took ornithology.”

His degree was in biological science with a concentration in biological conservation. He worked for the Forest Service and then went into environmental consulting, writing environmental-impact

assessments on developments, on the effects on wildlife. He did habitat restoration projects like North Pond and West Pond while working as a consultant with Jones and Stokes.

The developer hired his company and he assisted Steve Chainey with the pond design around 1989.

Chainey decided to pick up the runoff water from the neighborhood in the Partansky Pond.

“There was a concept of a moat to keep cats out and have water remain throughout the year,” he said. “But now drought has hit, and we have reduced water use. The Julie Partansky Wildlife Pond, the fenced-in pond, is designed to dry in the summer. The Northstar Pond is more for wildlife habitat. My hope is that we don’t love the ponds to death and keep them in a way where everyone can enjoy them. There was a plan for management of the ponds, but over the years, it was not followed.”

His favorite bird was the white-tailed kite. “I like its appearance — white and gray and black and ruby red eyes. They’re gorgeous

and you can see them. They hover when they’re hunting, which gave them the name angel hawk.” The most amazing thing he saw a North Ponds was when hundreds of white pelicans showed up feeding on carp.

A graveside service will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, at the Davis Cemetery. A potluck will follow at the home of Betty Berteaux. Maps to the potluck will be handed out at the cemetery.

Meanwhile, our other stroll leaders will carry on with first-Saturday bird strolls. The next one will be on Saturday, Aug. 5, at 8 a.m. Meet at the Northstar Pond, 3500 Anderson Road. Bring your binoculars, water and wear a hat for heat protection. West Pond will have its firstWednesday bird stroll on Aug. 2 at 8 a.m. Meet at

Isle Royale and Bryce Lane in Davis.

Joshua Greenfield did a bird count on July 12th. This is a slow time for birds but still, he found 22 species at the two North Davis Ponds and 22 species at the F St. Uplands place. There is a Swain-

son’s hawk nest in a redwood next to the Julie Partansky overlook with two adults bringing food to the chicks.

Insects are an essential part of bird life. The Bohart Museum of Entomology on the UC Davis campus is a great community resource.

They have almost 8 million species and the seventhlargest insect collection in North America. Summer hours open to the public are on Tuesdays from 2 to 5 p.m.

There is an evening funnight Saturday, July 22, from 7 to 11 p.m. in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane on the UC Davis campus, with a moth-and-fly theme. Free admission and also free parking. Our hot summer is a good time to explore nature while enjoying air conditioning.

A recent Sierra Club article reported on a study that suggest that spending more time in nature may help older people delay serious neurodegenerative diseases. Living near green space can help protect against some risks associated with dementia. They studied 62 million Medicare beneficiaries.

Thank goodness we live in a city with greenbelts and great places to walk. If you want to join an early morning walking group on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, contact Marilu Carter at mccarter@ucdavis.edu. We walk approximately 4 miles. Some do a shortened version, but it is so doable in the cooler morning hours.

— Jean Jackman is a Davis resident. Her column appears monthly. Got a story, comment, correction? Contact JeanJack man@gmail.com.

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A white-tailed kite perches high in a North Davis tree. It was the late Ed Whisler’s favorite bird.

Joshua Greenfield/courtesy photo

This rufous/Allen’s hummingbird was spotted on the Uplands side at the North Davis Ponds.

FC Davis women find positives in third season

By Henry Krueger Enterprise correspondent

Another season ends with the FC Davis women’s soccer team unable to secure a spot in the Women’s Premiere Soccer League playoffs, marking its third unsuccessful attempt in as many years.

The Lionesses finished the regular season with a 4-4-1 record, good enough for fifth place in the Pacific North Conference standings. Only the first-place team in each conference qualifies for the postseason.

FC Davis had a promising start to the season with a 2-1 record, but the club’s playoff aspirations faded away as it failed to win any of its next four matches. The Lionesses capped off the season with a pair of victories, which proved to be too little, too late.

“We were really up and down,” said head coach Zach Sullivan. “We gutted out a couple of impressive wins, but I think there were a few games we should’ve won, which would’ve put us at the top of the standings.”

On the positive side, FC Davis posted the best regular-season winning percentage in its three-year existence. The team finished the year at .500, surpassing its .429 mark from 2021.

The franchise-record was achieved without a consistent roster due to limited availability from most of the players, who

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were balancing their collegiate athletic and academic schedules. Sullivan rarely got to manage a full squad and it was common for players to compete in matches without attending practices.

“I’m kind of getting used to it and also adjusting my expectations,” Sullivan said. “I can’t expect to win the league title if we’re constantly bringing in new players, but it’s still always gonna be frustrating.”

Sullivan relied on the handful of players who appeared in nearly every game, which included midfielder Jackie Koerwitz. The University of Miami graduate delivered two goals and was a leader on and off the field.

“Jackie was our rock at center mid,” Sullivan said. “She’s one of the best players in the league and she brought veteran leadership. She could keep everyone organized and she kinda kept us together.”

FC Davis also got meaningful production from players who saw limited action, most notably Tatum Zuber, who was second in scoring with three goals in three matches.

The first-year Lioness buried a goal in the first 10 minutes of her debut against San Ramon on June 24.

“I’ve known Tatum for quite a while and I got her to come out for some matches,” Sullivan said. “She battled some See WOMen, Page B6

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A crowd of Aggie football fans sit on the lawn on the south end of UC Davis Health Stadium to watch a home game in 2022.

Mini plans available for UCD home games

Enterprise staff

Going to catch some UC Davis football home games

this season?

UC Davis athletics has announced two new mini plans for the upcoming 2023 football season.

The two mini-plans available are the Homecoming and the Causeway plans. Homecoming will feature FCS Playoff contender Montana on Oct. 7.

The Causeway Classic is scheduled for Nov. 18.

The plan works by buying a ticket for either Montana or Sacramento State and then the choice of one other contest between Southern Utah University, Eastern Washington, or Portland State. Purchase of the plan will include a CA logo bandana for each ticket bought.

The tickets will be for section 120 or 124 and are available for $60 for the entire plan, which is approximately a 15% savings off single game pricing.

The Aggies, who enter the season ranked inside the top-20 in two preseason polls, are coming

off the fourth winning s eason in the last five years under head coach Dan Hawkins.

With five regular season home games that includes the Homecoming matchup against Montana and concluding with the 69th annual Causeway Classic, UC Davis Health Stadium will be home to exciting football.

The Aggies return a lot of pieces this season, which include quarterback Miles Hastings.

Other Aggie All-Big Sky first team players are Rex Connors, Zach Kennedy and Lan Larison.

Second team players include Jordan Ford, and third team are Chubba Maae, Teddye Buchanan and Jehiel Budgett.

UC Davis will open the season at Texas A&M — Commerce on Thursday, Aug. 31.

Football season tickets are now on sale.

For more information, call the UC Davis Ticket Office at 530-752-2471 or visit ucdavisaggies.com, and look for the Football tab under Men’s Sports.

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last weekend.

Yardbirds fly high for the title

Enterprise staff

The Yolo Yardbirds — Gold baseball team wrapped up their season with a strong finish in the Silver Bracket of the National Championship Sports World Series tournament last weekend.

The Yardbirds, made entirely of former Davis Little League players who have played together consistently for the last three years, finished with a 4-3 record at the tournament held at the Reno Sports Complex and Rotary Centennial in Reno, Nev.

They finished the season with a 29-5 record.

Then the Yardbirds reached the championship game against Bass Baseball, posting a 7-6 win Sunday in the 100-plus degree heat.

Tristan McElhern pitched two scoreless innings for the Yardbirds.

The Yardbirds also got good defensive plays from infielders in Xavier Becker, Owen Withrow and Jackson Wallace.

Bannon Abrams came in from the bullpen stopping a Bass rally in the fourth inning.

The Yardbirds scored twice in the fourth on hits by Eli Meis, Wallace, Joaquin Espinoza and John Giovannettone.

The top of the sixth inning was huge for the Yardbirds, as Abrams struck out two while the other out came when Giovannettnne threw out a runner on the base paths.

In the bottom of the sixth, with two outs, Campbell, Meis and Wallace had solid hits.

The Bass had runners on first and second bases in the top of the seventh inning.

But Espinoza made an incredible catch running at full speed to end the inning.

The Yardbirds scored the go-ahead and winning runs

in the bottom of the final inning.

Giovannettone roped the first pitch into center field for a leadoff double. Then Abrams singled, advancing Giovannettone to third.

McElhern was the next batter, as he singled, driving in Giovannettone, and advancing to second on a throw attempting to catch the lead runner at home.

Now tied with a runner on second, Jake Stevenson stepped up to the plate and drove the ball into right center field, driving in the winning run.

Before reaching the championship game, the Yardbirds posted an 11-10 win over the Nines Baseball Academy.

Tyler Ross pitched a complete game for the Yardbirds.

Abrams, along with Espinoza and Sebi Ehrlich and others supported Ross throughout the game.

Offensively, the Yardbirds bats came alive. Colin Campbell clubbed a home run while Wallace Espinoza, McElhern, Abrams, Withrow and Stevenson had hits.

The Yardbirds won the first bracket game with an 11-7 score over the Blast Enos 13U team from Brentwood.

Campbell smacked a grand slam in the game that was the difference in the game.

The county squad finished with a 2-2 pool play record, earning a high seed in the Silver Bracket.

Prior to winning the Silver Bracket of the series, the Yardbirds won five gold bracket championships.

Earlier this summer, the Yardbirds were ranked 91st out of 227 teams playing in Division III in California, according to playncs.com.

Part of their record included a 16-3 mark in in-class games, and winning three of seven tournaments they have competed in recent months.

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FC Davis women’s soccer player Kaylin Herrera (center) uses her head to advance the ball during a home game earlier this month.

apriL pUntiLLo WaLLace/coUrteSy photo Yardbirds first baseman

Withrow snags the baseball to get the out at the National Championship Sports World Series in Reno, Nev.

To view more photos, visit www.davisenterprise.com, click on the Sports tab and look for the story.

Hurdles delaying clean energy future

By Terry Tamminen Special to CalMatters

Red tape has become an unwitting accomplice to climate change.

Too often, clean-energy projects needed to end our carbon dependence and protect our environment become bogged down by permitting and legal quagmires.

This must end.

This week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several infrastructure-streamlining bills out of a package of measures he had proposed in May to fast-track water, transportation and clean energy projects by reforming the state’s cumbersome permitting processes and the California Environmental Quality Act. By introducing his measures as budget trailer bills, Newsom drew criticism from environmental organizations and legislators who argued he was abusing the budget process.

The bill-signing ceremony ended a period of tumult between the administration and a legislature that so far has only passed five of the governor’s 11 proposed measures. But any lingering animosity must be set aside because there is plenty of work that still needs to be done and no time to waste.

California needs to add more clean, renewable energy to our grid as soon as possible. Newsom and the Legislature must act with urgency in a transparent, thoughtful and collaborative manner to expedite the state’s drive to decarbonize our homes and businesses.

California is an economic powerhouse, but its electrical grid is its Achilles heel.

After two consecutive days in August 2020 of rotating electrical outages throughout the state, Forbes reported the blackouts “exposed the fragility of one of the most expensive and least reliable electric grids in North America.”

The 10-day “heat dome” of September 2022 brought Californians within a hair’s breadth of more rolling power outages.

California energy officials are “cautiously optimistic” that the abundant water supply in state reservoirs due to this winter’s historic snowpack will generate enough hydroelectricity to help avoid dangerous power outages this summer. But weather forecasters expect an El Niño pattern this year, a weather wild card that could cause heat waves and again test the resiliency of our electrical grid.

California now has 35 gigawatts of clean electricity to help power the grid but needs an additional 148 GW by 2045 to meet the clean energy mandate established under a 2018 law, Senate Bill 100. With a diverse array of renewables, increased clean energy coordination with neighboring states, and flexible demand, storage and transmission buildout, a cleaner and more reliable grid is within our grasp.

A 2022 report by GridLab and Telos Energy found that California can reach 85% clean energy by 2030 without compromising reliability, even “under stressful conditions.”

California has set a goal to generate up to 25 GW of clean, renewable energy from offshore wind development by 2045. The Legislature is also considering several clean energy bills, including measures to develop wave and geothermal energy, place solar panels along California’s vast highway system and ensure clean energy procurement to bolster offshore wind development.

But once a clean-energy bill is signed into law, there is a thicket of bureaucratic and legal obstacles to overcome.

Coordinating agency permitting and environmental review of clean energy projects, as well as adopting a unified approach to prioritizing transmission development and addressing local land use constraints, are further steps the governor and legislature could take to reduce the delays on clean energy and transmission development.

California’s transformation to a decarbonized economy will reap many rewards, including climate mitigation, improved air quality and health outcomes for disadvantaged communities, the development of new technologies that bolster one of the largest economies in the world.

But to remodel our energy future, we need first to remodel our thinking with the sense of urgency and creativity that is needed to take action before it’s too late.

— Terry Tamminen is the president and CEO of AltaSea. He served as the secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The results of the latest polling of the ongoing race for the U.S. Senate seat now occupied by veteran Democrat Dianne Feinstein were startling — but eminently predictable.

As early as mid-May, this column forecast that the entry of even one Republican into the contest would throw Democratic thinking about the race into a trash can. It has.

Yes, surveys from the UC Berkeley Institute of Government Studies often deviate somewhat from the actual election results, but they provide a general idea of what’s going on.

And so, even as the three Democratic Congress members seeking to replace Feinstein campaigned with happy faces at their party’s springtime state convention in Los Angeles, the poll was demolishing one of their cherished presumptions — the notion that the primary election set for early next March would reduce the field from three Democrats to two, and no Republican need apply.

Now it may be time for one or two of those congresspeople — Adam Schiff of Burbank, Katie Porter of Irvine and Barbara Lee of Oakland — to swallow some pride and rethink their prospects.

For the latest Berkeley IGS polling actually had the first Republican into the field, Eric Early, in the lead. This was before retired baseball star Steve Garvey, 74, indicated interest in a GOP bid.

Early drew support from

Flying the flag

I have no issues with the City Council acknowledging celebration of “Pride” as it does in many other instances to support social issues. And yes, no issues with the badge number or displays on City Property for our fallen officer. My concern was allowing a banner to be raised on the public flag pole at City Hall.

19 percent of likely California voters in the poll to 18 for Porter, 14 for Schiff and 9 for Lee.

The three Democrats represent diverse constituencies in the Democratic Party, but all look quite similar when compared to Early, a Donald Trump-supporter who lost handily to Schiff in a 2020 congressional contest, or the longtime conservative Garvey.

It’s not that Early has any more appeal among Californians now than he did in his several previous futile campaigns. But his entry into this race gave loyal Republicans someone to vote for other than a Democrat, which few wanted to do.

Now, if the three Democrats want to assure a Democrat-onDemocrat race for the Senate, like the ones California saw in 2016 and 2018, they may have to make sure Garvey runs and fractures the GOP vote. That would lessen the total for either Republican, much as Democrats are now splintered among their three choices. Which means there still is a chance at an allDemocratic runoff election in November 2024.

If there should be just one GOP entrant, the primary becomes a dead-serious battle between the three Democrats for what could be only remaining one slot on the general election ballot, rather than the two they’ve expected.

Would that leave Schiff — even more of a Democratic hero now that Republicans in Congress censured him than when he was merely prominent for ramrodding two Trump impeachments through the House of Representatives — the lone Democrat?

His impeachment work won support from many Democrats and the undying enmity of Trump’s base, which remains loyal to the ex-president through his many legal troubles, including a jury finding him financially liable for sexually manhandling a woman in a department store changing room and defaming her afterward.

Would it be Porter, who won reelection last year by a narrow margin after redistricting made her Orange County district less friendly than before to Democrats? Porter will get support from many of the women who

make up the majority of Democratic voters and want the seat to go to a youthful liberal female who might serve for decades.

Would it be Lee, who could give California a Black woman in the Senate to essentially replace Vice President Kamala Harris, who gave up her Senate seat when she won national office? Lee, best known for her steadfast opposition to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, would likely not serve very long, as at 76, she is just 14 years younger than the apparently age-ravaged Feinstein.

This picture could change not only if Garvey sticks around, but also if Feinstein steps down before her term ends and Gov. Gavin Newsom, as promised, names a Black woman — Lee or someone else — to replace her.

The essence is that Early’s entry and relatively strong initial showing changed things considerably for the three major Democratic candidates, putting a question mark after one of their most cherished scenarios and proving again the folly of being guided by any kind of political assumption.

— Elias is author of the current book “The Burzynski Breakthrough: The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government's Campaign to Squelch It,” now available in an updated third edition. His email address is tdelias@aol.com.

Displaying pride flags around town is fine, and I support that, but I strongly believe that allowing the Pride flag to be flown on public property is an opening for future issues. Could extreme political groups be allowed to display their banner on city property? Could gun rights advocates demand banners at City Hall? Could the Ten Commandments be posted at City Hall? Could select religious groups be allowed to construct displays at City Hall for celebration of holidays in December? Could demands be made that the Council open meetings with prayers? Political groups could demand flying their flag at City Hall.

All these are freedom of speech, a Constitutional right as is freedom of religion (as well as not believing in religion). Anyone can stand outside City Hall with banners, flags, signs and song for whatever reason they choose. That’s freedom and may it always be.

Laws are made to protect select groups; their rights are then clearly stated. Those laws are needed to protect their rights, not giving acknowledgment of more rights than every other citizen.

Public property is public not political, religious, or supportive only to select groups.

John Clark Davis

Academic standards

There’s much to be said about Gary May’s reactions to the SCOTUS decision in SFFA v Harvard and SFFA v University North Carolina. He states that, since 1996, California universities have recruited new classes of students without considering race and gender as main factors, failing to note that this is a matter of unambiguous California constitutional law.

He then proceeds to underscore UCD’s commitment to building on efforts like those at its School of Medicine. As recently reported in the New York Times, SOM’s Dr. Mark Henderson has upped the affirmative-action ante with a new twist on “Holistic Admissions.” He has developed a tool by which he screens applicants based on a scale purporting to measure socioeconomic disadvantage.

According to the Times, using this scheme, “The higher an applicant rates on the disadvantaged scale, the bigger the boost. … Children of doctors … earned an S.E.D. score of zero. … I’d call it classbased affirmative action.” Much is troubling about all this. May and Henderson, in the spirit of the day, have joined the ranks of high-profile scofflaws and academic miscreants.

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The best way to ensure diversity in higher education, mentioned by May only in passing, is to ensure that all applicants to any undergraduate or graduate institution possess the requisite skills and aptitudes to merit admission. Underprivileged status cannot replace academic preparation and accomplishment as the basis for college admission at any level.

To that end, university leaders should be on the ramparts for public-school reform. They should call out the educational travesties of teachers’ unions as well as support and effectively fund public charter schools and school-choice voucher programs, these as feeder programs leading to merit-based admission to their own institutions. Ill-conceived admissions initiatives featuring prejudicial gimmicks such as S.E.D. compromise institutional excellence, harm the public, diminish the value of degrees conferred by schools, and run the risk of putting their graduates at personal and professional disadvantage.

As soon as meritocratic standards are modified the game is over. As Heather Mac Donald points out, mediocrity is like carbon monoxide – you can’t see it or smell it, but it’s deadly.

Jon Sugarman Davis

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

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

Early’s entry and relatively strong initial showing changed things considerably.

The perfect snack setup for that road trip

My cousin was getting ready for a road trip with various littles this weekend and posted the most glorious snacklebox photo (which she has kindly shared with you because she’s the nicest of cousins, as proved by her willingness to take a herd of littles on a road trip with divine snacks.)

If you’ve somehow missed this phenomenon, a snacklebox is a delightful little sectioned box (pro tip: you’ll get fantastic deals on these at Daiso; the best candidate for the job has removable dividers for easy cleaning) to be filled with small amounts of snacks. The small-sectioned ones are perfect for toddlers who eat only a few bites of any given food. See the list below, crowd sourced from my social media cohort, for a list of particularly delicious items for snackleboxes.

Adults often prefer their snackles to be six kinds of cheese and a little glass of wine, which calls for snackle boxes with larger sections. I recently won accolades on a road trip for providing “room cheese,” nicely cubed in a divided container for easy snacking while driving, or for noshing after a fun late night out. I tossed in a couple of varieties of crackers and some dried fruit for fancy.

Since I had the ice chest out, I also brought jugs of ready-todrink cold-brewed coffee, doctored to the specifications of each traveler. You could do the same with iced tea, caffeinated or not, or ice water infused with whatever you like – my current favorite is sliced lemon, a sprig of rosemary and a few juniper berries. (Previously negotiated travel rules mean that all this preparation does not preclude a

stop at the Olive Pit for a root beer float.) If you’re traveling for more than a few hours, it’s a good idea to pack something more substantial. Sandwiches are the obvious choice, if you like sandwiches. You can have the simple comfortable sliced-bread-andmeat sandwich of your childhood, or even a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich if that sounds delicious to you. If you want something a little fancier, a sub made on sturdy bread packs very well, and are actually a little more delicious after the ingredients have a chance to meld.

— Email Julie at jacross@ dcn.org or visit her on Facebook at The New Home Ec.

Submarine Sandwiches for the Road

Serves two.

Ingredients: Sturdy baguette 12 slices salami or veggie substitute ¼ pound thinly sliced ham or veggie substitute provolone cheese, sliced yellow onion, thinly sliced lettuce, shredded* tomato, sliced vinegar & oil salad dressing (salt & pepper) (mayonnaise)

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A snacklebox is an ideal way to load up on snacks for later in the day. The small compartments here are great for little food for little hands.

(mustard)

Putting it together:

Cut sandwich lengths from bread.  Slice bread down the middle and use bread knife to hollow out the center a bit.  Place rolls cut side up on cookie sheet and toast under broiler for a minute or so, until just barely starting to color.  Spread lightly with mayonnaise and mustard, if using.  Layer ham topped with provolone on one side and salami topped with onion on the other.  Broil 2-3 minutes, until cheese melts and onions begin to cook.  Remove from cookie sheet and top with tomato & shredded lettuce.  Sprinkle with salad dressing and salt & pepper.  Press firmly together and wrap tightly with foil or beeswax wrap, then a ziplock bag. If not eating within 4 hours, refrigerate or store in ice chest.

Amy’s Fennel and Chicken Salad

Not everyone is a fan of sandwiches. A good, cold salad is a nice alternative, particularly if you take care to add some good protein into it. This recipe

belongs to my dear friend Amy, who swiped the idea of it from a magazine long ago. Her version included sliced celery and kalamata olives, and lemon juice instead of mustard.

Ingredients:

1 to 1½ pounds cooked chicken, chopped or shredded into chunks

8 cloves garlic, minced or crushed

3 tablespoons olive oil

2 medium bulbs fennel, sliced finely and chopped to bite size

1 bunch green onions, finely sliced

30 castelvetrano olives, smashed or sliced into rounds

Mayonnaise to taste

1 teaspoon sharp mustard or to taste

Salt and pepper to taste

Putting it together:

In a small pan, sauté the garlic in the oil just to the point at which it begins to turn brown. Set this aside.

Combine the chicken, fennel, onion and olives in a large bowl. Drizzle a few spoonfuls of the garlic and oil over the salad, then toss to coat.

Add just enough mayonnaise

to bring the whole thing together to your liking, along with a bit of sharp mustard. Taste to adjust the seasonings (garlic oil, mayonnaise, mustard, salt and pepper), and serve.

Fresh fruit and vegetables are nice traveling companions, provided you choose the right ones. Things that are naturally bitesized, like cherries, grapes, strawberries, olives, and cherry tomatoes are grand. Carrot, celery, and jicama sticks keep fantastically well and aren’t a great deal of work. A sturdy dip like hummus is a nice addition. Whatever you choose, do be sure that you’re keeping cold things properly cold. A little ice chest with reusable freezer packs or actual ice will do the trick — if you don’t have one, check with your local Buy Nothing group, where folks often seem to have extra Styrofoam coolers. If you don’t want to bother with a cooler, just remember to eat up anything that requires refrigeration within about 4 hours.

Snacklebox suggestions

Nuts Sour Patch Kids

Sesame sticks

Peanut M&M’s

Baked garbanzo beans

Jerky

Mixed Berry Licorice

Dried fruit

Dehydrated marshmallows

Bagel chips

Dark Chocolate Peanut M&M’s

Corn nuts

Peanut-butter pretzels

Captain Crunch

Rice crackers

Goldfish

Cheese puffs

Pirate’s Booty

Popcorn

San Francisco’s iconic brewery pulls up anchor

In my last column I reported that Anchor Steam Brewery was no longer sending beer out of California and would no longer brew the iconic Christmas Ale that was a such a longstanding tradi tion of the company.

The reason for both decisions was surely that those activities were just too expensive to justify the return. This struck me as a rational business decision made by Sapporo, a major Japanese brewing company of long experience (founded 1876), which owns Anchor.

I was therefore surprised that the company recently ceased all brewing activity, closed the brewery and gave the necessary notice to their (unionized) brewing staff.

After all, despite restricting their operations to California the company would still be able to sell into a craft-oriented and large beer market. My perhaps naïve expectation was that Anchor would bring a renewed, reinvigorated and more intense focus on the significant beer market available in California.

Roughly 10% of the U.S. population lives here, many drink beer and Anchor Steam is an iconic brand that everyone has heard of.

I recently enjoyed a few beers with the former head brewer at Anchor Steam who happens to be a former student and is now a resident of Davis. He said that the unique history of the brewery founded in 1896 by German brewers, the iconic brand name, the connection to San Francisco and California, the odd character of their brewing process and excellent products, unfortunately did not translate into sales. Sales were in steady decline for some years.

I am sure I am not the only person interested in beer and brewing who will be sad to see this

extraordinary piece of California history come to an end.

Anchor Steam is a part of my history in California, too. Back in the early 1960s, the brewery was owned by one Laurence Steese and it was located on Ninth Street. It was always a special trip to take my brewing class to the city to see the brewery, partly because it was the only brewery in the United States at the time using essentially ale-making processes and, secondly, it was the most unsanitary brewing facility any brewer has ever seen or will ever see. A visit was a great learning experience because that unsanitation explained the rapid souring of the beer in the marketplace, which was not yet ready for sour beers. Such unstable beer had no path to success.

Mr. Steese was a character, and so were his brewery and his crazy unstable product. This was the brewery that Mr. Maytag bought very cheaply in

teenager worked on a sugar beet farm and ranches in California.

Name the author.

By Andy Jones Special to The Enterprise

1. California Cities.

Coming from the Spanish word for “winter squashes,” the name of what San Fernando Valley city 30 miles from L.A. starts with the letter C and has four A’s in it?

2. Unusual Words.

What verb means “to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity;

especially: to deprive of the right to vote”?

3. Books and Authors. Born in Germany, who authored “Siddhartha” and “Steppenwolf”?

4. Film. What D-word do the following films have in common: “Eragon,” “Mulan,” “Reign of Fire,” “Willow?

5. Books and Authors. “The Winter of Our Discontent” (1961) was the final novel of an American author who as a

Answers: Calabasas, disenfranchise, Herman Hesse, dragons, John Steinbeck.

— Dr. Andy Jones is the former quizmaster at de Vere’s Irish Pub and author of the book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People.” His pub quiz is now seeking a new home. Meanwhile, Dr. Andy is also sharing his pub quizzes via Patreon. Find out more at www.yourquizmaster.com.

1965 and revitalized. He sold the brewery on in 2010 two executives from Skyy Vodka, but it was by then a respected modern brewing enterprise located on Potrero Hill. Sapporo bought the company in 2017 for a reported $85 million and closed it in 2023. Thus ends the saga of Anchor Steam.

There are two subjects that these paragraphs raise:

(1) Why Anchor Steam?

Well, there are a variety of explanations but there is only one explanation that holds water and for which I have experience and can provide evidence. In the old days the name Steam was sometimes attached to a brewery because a steam engine was installed to provide the significant amount of motive power required in a brewery. That power was originally provided by teams of horses. One such brewery in England is Arkells brewery in Wiltshire. The words “Kingsdown Steam

Brewery 1843” are on their traditional tower brewery (photo below).

When I was at that brewery many years ago, the old steam engine was still driving the extensive system of belts used to bring power to all the pumps and hoists and paddles and so on around the brewery. However, the steam engine was then driven by electricity, not steam, but still doing the same work.

At my last visit it was a museum showpiece.

Another question arising is: (2) What are sour beers? These beers have a long history especially in Belgium, where Lambic beers are produced near Brussels by several brewing companies. They use mostly traditional “spontaneous” methods by which natural contamination of the wort cause long, slow, complex, mixed fermentations of “wild” yeasts and bacteria. Such beers are often used to blend with other beers and with fruits such as strawberry or

cherry (kriek) and are extraordinary products. Modern American sours beers are the epitome of deliberate choices by brewers of special “wild” yeasts (though they are cultivated by yeast manufacturers so perhaps not so wild) and mostly lactic bacteria selected and used in their own inventive and variable ways by brewers. Some may use spontaneous fermentation, others barrel aging, special malts and special attention to hops and blending with fruits. There is no shortage of invention that allows brewers to do wild and wonderful things beyond the outer edge of traditional brewing. Of course, established breweries that add a range of sour beers to their portfolio arrange a strict separation between their regular beer and sour beers activities to avoid disastrous cross-contamination.

—Reach Michael Lewis at waleslewis792@gmail. com.

Dogs who help people in their everyday lives are called canine companions and assistance dogs.

Some dogs are carefully trained to perform tasks that help the blind, deaf, or physically-impaired.

Help Molly (the guide dog) lead Mark safely through the park.

Have you ever heard someone say, “I’ve been working like a dog”?

People say this when they work really hard.

Some people say this phrase guard sheep from dawn until dusk, with only food, a place to sleep and affection as their pay.

Dogs have been sharing their lives with humans for at least 12,000 years. Since early times, dogs have helped people in many ways.

Dogs have a better sense of smell than humans. They can detect one drop of blood in five quarts of water!

With their ultra-sensitive noses, dogs are masters at finding buried land mines.

Mine-sniffing dogs have helped prevent thousands of injuries and deaths in war-torn countries.

Trained sniffers also find people trapped in collapsed buildings and drugs hidden in suitcases. Some dogs have been trained to sniff out termites in buildings.

Fido has sniffed out something buried under the sand. Connect the dots in alphabetical order!

Most homing pigeons continually return to their nests. Some people used to put this instinct to use.

If they wanted to send a message home when they were traveling, they would write it on lightweight paper, roll it into a tube on a homing pigeon’s leg, release the bird and have the message fly home with the pigeon.

Homing pigeons have been used in remote areas to send requests for emergency help.

They were used frequently in World War I to send messages from troops in the field. Homing pigeon Cher Ami was awarded the French award for heroism, the Croix de Guerre for delivering 12 important messages, despite being shot once.

What does Croix de Guerre mean? Use the code to find out.

In today’s newspaper, find five sentences containing at least one adjective each. Underline each adjective in red Underline the nouns described in blue. Use the list of adjectives and nouns you find to write five new sentences.

welve-year old Jake is left as an orphan with no inheritance except a dog. Mystery arises right away Where are the diamonds his dad is accused of stealing? Was that really his dad buried in the Nevada Desert? Jake sets out in search of the answers, aided by his dog’s keen nose.

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

Answers can be found at www.kidscoop.com

Find the words in the puzzle, then in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities.

Number Round Up

Look through the newspaper for 10 numbers, cut them out and “herd” them together onto a piece of paper. Round each number to the nearest 10. Next round each number to the nearest 100.

Puppy Tales

Tell a tale about a puppy. Be sure to tell details like the puppy’s name, where it lives, what it looks like and what it does. You can start your tale with “Once upon a time …”

Can you figure out where each of these words go in the article below?

Holly, a specially trained rescue dog, will receive a __________ award for saving victims of the Kashmir earthquake.

Holly and her

Neil are on standby 365 days a year so that they can fly anywhere in the world when disaster

In Kashmir, Holly’s heightened sense of __________ proved invaluable; she ________ several people who were then hauled alive from _______________ buildings. Holly worked tirelessly without ____________ in extremely hot weather.

… doing the right thing even when it is hard.

Dogs who help people in their everyday lives are called canine companions and assistance dogs. Some dogs are carefully trained to perform tasks that help the blind, deaf, or physically-impaired.

Help Molly (the guide dog) lead Mark safely through the park.

Have you ever heard someone say, “I’ve been working like a dog”?

People say this when they work really hard.

Some people say this phrase guard sheep from dawn until dusk, with only food, a place to sleep and affection as their pay.

Dogs have been sharing their lives with humans for at least 12,000 years. Since early times, dogs have helped people in many ways.

Dogs have a better sense of smell than humans. They can detect one drop of blood in five quarts of water!

With their ultra-sensitive noses, dogs are masters at finding buried land mines.

Mine-sniffing dogs have helped prevent thousands of injuries and deaths in war-torn countries.

Trained sniffers also find people trapped in collapsed buildings and drugs hidden in suitcases. Some dogs have been trained to sniff out termites in buildings.

Fido has sniffed out something buried under the sand. Connect the dots in alphabetical order!

Most homing pigeons continually return to their nests. Some people used to put this instinct to use.

If they wanted to send a message home when they were traveling, they would write it on lightweight paper, roll it into a tube on a homing pigeon’s leg, release the bird and have the message fly home with the pigeon.

Homing pigeons have been used in remote areas to send requests for emergency help.

They were used frequently in World War I to send messages from troops in the field. Homing pigeon Cher Ami was awarded the French award for heroism, the Croix de Guerre for delivering 12 important messages, despite being shot once.

What does Croix de Guerre mean?

Use the code to find out.

In today’s newspaper, find five sentences containing at least one adjective each. Underline each adjective in red Underline the nouns described in blue. Use the list of adjectives and nouns you find to write five new sentences.

welve-year old Jake is left as an orphan with no inheritance except a dog. Mystery arises right away Where are the diamonds his dad is accused of stealing? Was that really his dad buried in the Nevada Desert? Jake sets out in search of the answers, aided by his dog’s keen nose.

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

Answers can be found at www.kidscoop.com

Find the words in the puzzle, then in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities.

Number Round Up

Look through the newspaper for 10 numbers, cut them out and “herd” them together onto a piece of paper. Round each number to the nearest 10. Next round each number to the nearest 100.

Puppy Tales

Tell a tale about a puppy. Be sure to tell details like the puppy’s name, where it lives, what it looks like and what it does. You can start your tale with “Once upon a time …”

Can you figure out where each of these words go in the article below?

Holly, a specially trained rescue dog, will receive a __________ award for saving victims of the Kashmir earthquake.

Holly and her

Neil are on standby 365 days a year so that they can fly anywhere in the world when disaster

In Kashmir, Holly’s heightened sense of __________ proved invaluable; she ________ several people who were then hauled alive from _______________ buildings. Holly worked tirelessly without ____________ in extremely hot weather.

… doing the right thing even when it is hard.

By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

By Stephan Pastis

By Charles M. Schulz

DHS’ Zhang shines on the greens

Enterprise staff

Andre Zhang, a member of the Davis High boys golf team who will be a senior this upcoming school year, won 63rd California State Jr. Amateur Championship at Industry Hills golf club in Los Angeles on July 11.

Zhang finished the two-day, 36-hole tournament at 136.

He had a birdie and an eagle at the tournament.

Adding to his strong performance, Zhang is also one of the 80 First Tee participants selected nationwide to play in the 2023 Pure Insurance Championship Impacting First Tee.

The event will bring teenage golfers to Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course for the PGA Tour Champions tournament, which will be from Sept. 19-24.

The annual event is scheduled to be televised internationally on the Golf Channel.

Volleyball signups

The United States Youth Volleyball League is pleased to announce that registration is open for our 2023 fall leagues.

The Davis USYVL program runs from Sept. 12 to Nov. 2 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Walnut Park in Davis.

The eight-week fall leagues provide instruction to boys and girls ages 7 to 15 that is designed to teach basic volleyball skills in a positive environment.

Practices and games operate in a coed format and offer participants the opportunity to develop self-esteem and confidence.

Early registration is highly encouraged, as this allows participants to save with regular registration pricing available until Aug. 1. The registration fee includes a

uniform T-shirt and participation medal for each participant.

For more information or register, visit www.usyvl.org, email at info@usyvl.org or call 1-888-988-7985.

Sacramento Kings

SACRAMENTO — The Sacramento Kings announced Tuesday that they have signed forward Sasha Vezenkov. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Vezenkov was named the 2022-23 EuroLeague MVP after he averaged 17.6 points (55.3 FG%, 38.3 3pt%, 84.0 FT%), 6.9 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game in 40 games (39 starts) for Olympiacos. He also received the Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer Trophy and was selected to the All-EuroLeague First Team for a second consecutive season.

During the 2022-23 season, Vezenkov competed in the Greek Basket League for Olympiacos, posting averages of 16.7 points (58.0 FG%, 39.4 3pt%, 80.3 FT%), 5.7 rebounds and 1.0 steals per contest.

For his performance, Vezenkov was chosen as the league’s Most Valuable Player for the second season in a row and helped lead his team to win the Greek League Championship.

A native of Bulgaria, Vezenkov began his career in the Greek Basket League with Aris Basketball Club, spending four seasons with the team from 2011-15.

He joined FC Barcelona for the next three years (201518) before joining Olympiacos prior to the 2018-19 season.

Vezenkov was originally selected with the 57th pick in the 2017 NBA Draft by the Brooklyn Nets. Sacramento acquired his draft rights in a trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2022 NBA Draft.

WOMEN: Sullivan has impressive coaching résumé

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injuries this spring, so the game against San Ramon was her first in like six months. Scoring early was huge for her to get some confidence back before she returns to college at Central Washington.”

One of the primary reasons the Lionesses struggle to maintain a consistent lineup is not having a youth club team to pull talent from. They’re the only club in their conference with this issue.

In comparison, the conference champion California Storm are attached to the Davis Legacy Soccer Club and have enough players to compete in the WPSL and the USL W League.

“With them being in the same town, it kind of dilutes the player pool,” Sullivan said of the Storm. “They also have more resources and are

playing in two leagues. I think when they put in a different team week-toweek, it makes it harder to prepare. I’m all for playing their top team if they play their top team against all the teams, but that wasn’t really the case this year.”

With the summer season over, Sullivan will continue serving as the women’s soccer head coach at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, Calif., where it has won four consecutive league titles.

He also runs Solano Surf Soccer Club, an organization that has grown to 37 teams in two years.

— Henry Krueger is a Gonzaga University student 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.