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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2022
It’s all about who can be more Yolo T HE NAME GAME ... I don't know about you, but I absolutely love following the race of Yolo County Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator, even though all the signs along Road 102 and in the various endorsements indicate that the only part of that title anyone cares about is "Sheriff." Unfortunately, big Ed Prieto, who served this county well in that position for so many years, is not on the ballot. What we have instead is a twoman race that features Tom vs. Tommy. If you're wondering if that has ever happened before, it hasn't. Gavin Newsom has 25 opponents in his race to be governor for another four years, but not a single one of them is named "Gavin." I'm doing my best to keep Tom and Tommy straight, but sometimes it's hard to tell one from the other. Maybe the good folks at Yolo County Election Central should have required both Sheriff candidates to use only their middle name when running for office. So do you vote for Tom or Tommy? And why is a grown man known as Tommy unless he's playing shortstop in the major leagues,
where such names as Billy and Bobby and Sammy and Mickey are common. I grew up in this town, which means every now and then, when I run into an old Little League coach or Catechism teacher or long-ago next-door neighbor, I may still get called "Bobby." But at some point after I learned to shave I dropped the "by" and became known simply as "Bob." So it's Tom or Tommy. The choice is yours.
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DON'T CARE WHO YOUR ANCESTORS WERE ... Our two candidates for Yolo County Sheriff seemed obsessed with the presumed importance of how long one's ancestors have lived in Yolo County. Why that's important is unclear, but apparently it is.
Tom's official ballot statement begins with the words "I am a fifth-generation Yolo County resident." Tommy's "Message to Voters" sent in postcard form begins with the words "As a fourth-generation farmer of Yolo County." I don't know who wins the "Generation Battle" here, but it appears Tom beats Tommy, 5-4. But maybe it's the other way around. Truth be known, if you go back enough generations you're likely to find that your ancestors did something not so nice to someone else's ancestors. But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it actually is helpful that your great, great, great grandfather grew corn in Clarksburg. And maybe it is essential to your current job that your great, great, great grandmother taught fourth grade in a one-room schoolhouse in Esparto. I'm imagining Tom or Tommy sitting in the sheriff 's high-back chair at headquarters in Woodland when a call comes in that requires immediate attention at a remote part of Yolo County. Is that when they call Great Great Great Grandpa Festus to ask what's the quickest route to Rumsey? I mean, every single one of us
Alleged Davis burglars target occupied K Street apartments By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer Davis police arrested two people on burglary-related charges following separate weekend incidents. One suspect blamed his methamphetamine use for his decision to enter a residence in the 500 block of K Street at about 6 a.m. Saturday, capturing a neighbor’s attention as he went in through a rear sliding door, Lt. Ilya Bezuglov said. The neighbor called police, and “he was still inside the apartment when
officers arrived,” rummaging through the kitchen, Bezuglov said. Two residents who were in their bedrooms had been unaware of his presence, he added. Armando S. Cervantes, 44, ultimately was arrested on burglary charges. A second man, 54-yearold Derrick Wadell Cooper, faces an attempted burglary count after he allegedly tried to enter an apartment in the 1200 block of Fifth Street late Sunday morning.
Two sisters were at home at the time and alerted their mother, who was out grocery shopping. The mother called police, who obtained video from a Ring camera that captured the suspect, later identified as Cooper. Officers spotted Cooper in the area of Fifth and J streets, and “his explanation was he was trying to get inside the apartment to charge his cell phone,” Bezuglov said. Both men were booked into the Yolo County Jail.
has ancestors who lived somewhere, all the way back to the Big Bang. If we didn't have ancestors, we wouldn't be here today. I was born in Portland and moved here on my fifth birthday so Dad could finish a college education that was interrupted by World War II. (The family voted 4-2 to leave me in Portland, but Aunt Flo refused to take me in.) So that makes me a first generation Yolo County resident and seemingly three or four generations removed from being qualified to run for Yolo County Sheriff. Still, I do know the way to Dunnigan, which is not named after one of my ancestors. And I do know that when you cross the Sacramento River northbound out of Knights Landing you're no longer in Yolo County and should turn around and come home. What I don't know is why the "Knights" in "Knights Landing" doesn't have an apostrophe. But I'll bet Tom and Tommy know all about that missing apostrophe. The first one to let me know about Knights Landing gets my vote. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
One injured in Pole Line Road condo fire By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer One person was hospitalized Monday following a condominium fire on Pole Line Road, the Davis Fire Department reported. Battalion Chief Emily Lo said firefighters are investigating the cause of the 6:20 p.m. blaze, which began in the rear bedroom of the unit, part of a four-plex in the 2900 block of Pole Line Road.
“The fire was contained to that unit, and was under control in about 10 minutes,” Lo said. One person who was inside was transported to the UC Davis Medical Center for treatment of smoke inhalation. Both the Davis and UC Davis fire departments responded to the incident, during which Woodland and West Sacramento firefighters provided station coverage in the city.
