Top 10 stories of 2020: Calamity and chaos
It was a year that dragged us away from our comfortable assumptions and into a dystopian nightmare we could scarcely credit in the 21st century. Twenty-Twenty was the year of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, coronavirus … the consensus pick among Enterprise staff for the most important story of the year.
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The Varsity Theatre sits idle in May as the COVID shutdown bit into Downtown Davis’ social life. Owen Yancher/Enterprise file photo
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No. 1: Coronavirus
It was a year that dragged us away from our comfortable assumptions and into a dystopian nightmare we could scarcely credit in the 21st century. Twenty-Twenty was the year of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, coronavirus … the consensus pick among Enterprise staff for the most important story of the year.
Healthy Davis Together to infuse $500,000 into Davis businesses
Second Street in downtown Davis is mostly empty at sundown in March. Caleb Hampton/Enterprise file photo
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Healthy Davis Together, the unique partnership between UC Davis and the city of Davis aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19, has been receiving national attention for the ease of and access to testing it provides to anyone who lives or works in Davis.
By offering free, saliva-based testing with results arriving within 24 hours in many cases the city and university hope to minimize spread of the virus here.
But the partnership is focusing not just on saving lives and keeping the community healthy. It’s now aimed at keeping local businesses healthy as well.