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Healthy Davis Together expands vaccination program 5 minute read Dr. Sheri Belafsky, left, chats with nurse Sarah Jorgensen at Thursday’s vaccine clinic in Woodland. Belafsky is the medical director of Healthy Davis Together, which is running the clinic. Anne Ternus-Bellamy/Enterprise photo Support Local Journalism Shares Jessica DeZarn, a UC Davis nurse, pulls individual doses from a vial of Covid-19 vaccine at the Healthy Davis Together/CommuniCare vaccine clinic now open to the general pu...

Shares I suppose because I live on the Eastside and complain a lot, I received a personal letter from the director of the city of Davis’ Public Works Utilities and Operations Department, better known as the PWUOD (Puh-wowd). Seems the city is planning some sort of draconian rate increase for one of its many services, in this case nearly doubling the cost to the average hardworking Davisite. “Dear Property Owner,” the letter begins presumptively, even though I sign all my checks to the cit...

Commentary: Should California create a public bank? Special to CalMatters Nearly 200 local and national banks operate more than 6,500 branches in California. But lawmakers believe the state needs one more. A bill in Sacramento establishes a public bank with “a zero-fee, zero-penalty public option for basic financial services.” Assembly Bill 1177, the California Public Banking Option Act, would create BankCal. BankCal would strengthen “the financial stability of the state’s most vulnerab...

Shares TANA (Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer) features a collection of socially and politically engaged posters by TANA artists, workshop participants and interns from May 1 to 31 at Logos Books, 513 Second St. in Davis. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays and, starting April 27, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays. TANA artist Gino Herrera’s silkscreen will be part of the May exhibit at Logos Books. Courtesy photo TANA is a collaborative partnership between the Chicana/o studies pro...

Explorit: Summer science camps are back for 2021 Special to the Enterprise Explorit’s Summer Science Camps are back for 2021! Beginning in June and running through to the beginning of August, our camps are filled with fun, hands-on science activities. Camps are Monday through Friday from 8 to 11:15 a.m. to beat the heat our California summers bring. All of our camps are held in our back-patio area under awnings for shade. We will have campers sitting at the ends of 6-foot-long tables, that wi...

UC Davis LIVE panel talks mental health during the pandemic Shares UC Davis LIVE held a panel discussion on mental health in the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday, covering how the pandemic has exacerbated mental distress and illness in children and adults. The panelists included Lorin Scher, director of emergency psychiatric services at UC Davis Medical Center, and Paula Wadell, a child and adolescent psychiatrist.  Scher said that, especially in the first months of the pandemic, the medical center ...

Wherefore art thou, Oscar? 6 minute read Chloé Zhao, left, is nominated in four categories for “Nomadland”: Best Picture (as co-producer), Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing. Courtesy photo Support Local Journalism By Derrick Bang Talk about challenging. Between the yearlong closure of movie theaters, the concurrent explosion in streaming content — and the almost certain political influence of the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements — nothing seems certain th...

Awards & More of Davis is set to reopen on Tuesday. Its new shop is at 720 Olive…

Commentary: Utilities are trying to stymie rooftop solar Special to CalMatters Two years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom described Pacific Gas & Electric and the events that led to the deadliest wildfire in state history saying, “It’s about corporate greed meeting climate change. It’s about decades of mismanagement.” As PG&E emerges from their second bankruptcy in 20 years while pushing 11% rate hikes on their customers, it seems they’re looking for a scapegoat, and they have found one: pe...

School board to discuss return to in-person learning and virtual academy Shares The Davis school board on Thursday will receive an update on the district’s launch last week of a five-day, in-person instruction model, the status of COVID-19 in Yolo County, how summer school will operate this year, plans for the 2021-22 school year and plans for the remainder of the current school year. The board will also receive an update from staff about the district’s progress in creating a Virtual Academ...