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The year of COVID (Part 2) September seemed to offer a measure of hopefulness as Yolo County entered month six of the COVID-19 pandemic. New cases of the novel coronavirus were declining during the strict lockdown measures that came with the county’s placement in the purple tier of the state’s color-coded reopening blueprint. 7 minute read Locals line up in November for COVID testing at the Davis Senior Center. Owen Yancher/Enterprise file photo Support Local Journalism September seemed to offer a measure of hopefulness as Yolo County entered month six of the COVID-19 pandemic. New cases...

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. 9 minute read The Varsity Theatre sits idle in May as the COVID shutdown bit into Downtown Davis’ social life. Owen Yancher/Enterprise file photo Support Local Journalism No. 1: Coronavirus It was a year that dragged us away from our comfortable assumption...

Free saliva-based COVID-19 testing now available for Davis community Healthy Davis Together partnership between UC Davis and the City of Davis provides testing at the senior center Healthy Davis Together, a partnership between UC Davis and the city of Davis, has brought free saliva-based COVID-19 testing to the broader Davis community. This test involves spitting, unlike the more invasive nasal swab test. The program also distributes free surgical masks.   Currently, testing is available at the Davis Senior Center. On Dec. 6, a second testing center will open at the Mondavi Center for the P...

Healthy Davis Together expands COVID testing to skilled nursing facilities The heavy toll that COVID-19 has taken on some of Yolo County’s oldest and most vulnerable residents continues, with cases — and deaths — mounting in skilled nursing facilities. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 51 nursing home residents and staff members have died of COVID-19, more than half of all the deaths that have occurred countywide. On Monday alone, the county reported 72 more cases and two more deaths linked to outbreaks in Davis, Woodland and West Sacramento longterm care facilities. Health officials...