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.
The year of COVID (Part 1)
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UC Davis Health nurse Heather Donaldson administers Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to Eva Teniola, an Emergency Department nurse at UC Davis health who has been on the frontlines fighting the virus. Courtesy UC Davis Health.
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Back in late January and early February, as the world increasingly focused attention on a novel coronavirus impacting primarily China but cropping up elsewhere around the globe, life continued more or less as normal in Davis.
Students were attending classes and going about their lives at UC Davis; parents were dropping their children off at schools around town and heading off to work; sports fields and bars and restaurants were bustling with activity and candidates for public office were preparing for an early primary in March.
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Educators examine how the pandemic has exacerbated educational inequalities, especially for students of color
On Dec. 18, the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) announced in an email that it will spend January discussing a plan for reopening under a hybrid model. Small groups of students are already learning on campus, but the majority of DJUSD students are still learning virtually. DJUSD Director of Secondary Education and Leadership Troy Allen explained via email that distance learning has been difficult for students, especially by impacting how they communicate with their peers and mentors.
“The challenge that students speak about most are the barriers that exist to relationships and casual interactions,” Allen said via email. “Relationships, between peers and with teachers and staff, are what characterize school for most students and many are feeling that loss; this makes engaging in content harder for students.”
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Editor’s note: If you know of a group we missed, or of a new organization just starting, send a news release to fgladdis@davisenterprise.net. We’ll include the information in one of our regular editions.
Being a Davis resident means being involved. For newcomers or longtime locals looking for connections, there are plenty of adult organizations, clubs and political causes. For those who want to lend a hand or further a cause, there are lots of volunteer opportunities that make a difference.
The activities of many of the following organizations are announced in the Briefly column or Community Calendar, or elsewhere in the pages of The Enterprise. Keep reading the paper, check online, and feel at home in the community.