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FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2022
UC Davis admits fewer undergrads for fall 2022
On May 25, UC Davis student Trisha Yasay, 19, was riding her bicycle on campus when a garbage truck collided with her. She died from her injuries later that day. A “ghost bike” and other mementos mark the spot on campus.
By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer
garbage truck knocked her off her bike. According to the complaint, Yasay was riding eastbound on Hutchison Drive near the intersection with Dairy Road when the collision happened. She was taken by ambulance to the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, where she died from her injuries later that day. She was 19. “After being struck by Defendant’s vehicle, and before her death, Decedent Trisha Yasay
UC Davis offered freshman and transfer admission status for fall 2022 to roughly 7,600 fewer students than the campus did for fall 2021, dropping its acceptance rate by roughly 9%, according to admission data released Wednesday by the University of California system. In 2021, UC Davis offered admission to 52,254 students from a pool of 105,901 applicants, an acceptance rate of 49%. Of those admitted, 10,299 students enrolled, “significantly exceeding the campus’s enrollment target,” UC Davis said Wednesday in a press release. In an effort to meet its enrollment targets, the campus admitted fewer new students this year to make up for the unusually large group of students who enrolled last year. “UC Davis is aiming to return to a more gradual growth trajectory with its entering class of fall 2022,” said Robert Penman, executive director of Undergraduate Admissions at UC Davis. For fall 2022, UC Davis offered admission to 44,661 students from a record pool of 110,189 applicants, an acceptance rate of 40%. The campus
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Family of student killed by truck sues university Parents seek damages for wrongful death, negligence By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer The parents of Trisha Yasay, a UC Davis student who died this spring after she collided with a garbage truck while bicycling on campus, filed suit in Yolo Superior Court seeking damages for wrongful death and negligence.
In the complaint, filed July 18 against the Regents of the University of California and Francisco Gonzalez, plaintiffs Reuben and Therese Yasay alleged that the defendants’ negligence caused their child’s death. In the lawsuit, Gonzalez was the only individual named as a defendant, alongside the UC regents. The complaint did not explicitly identify Gonzalez as the garbage truck driver involved in the collision. UC Davis told The Enterprise the
driver was a campus employee — who was placed on leave following the collision — but did not disclose the employee’s name. There are two people named Francisco Gonzalez in UC Davis’ online directory, but campus officials did not respond Wednesday to a question from The Enterprise asking if Gonzalez was the driver who collided with Yasay. At around 8 a.m. on May 25, Trisha Yasay was riding her bicycle to a poetry class when a
DiNunzio seeks re-election to school board
Vaitla joins City Council contest By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer
By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer Come November, Joe DiNunzio will be running for re-election for the DJUSD Area 3 seat on the school board. Although he’s been a trustee the last four years, time’s done nothing to dampen his enthusiasm to serve the district. DiNunzio’s résumé of service to Davis stretches beyond the past four years of serving on the school board of trustees, however. He’s served as board chair for the Davis Chamber of Commerce, president of the Davis Schools Foundation, director of Davis Roots, PTA sitecouncil president for Willet Elementary and as a Davis AYSO
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Bapu Vaitla announced Tuesday he is running for City Council, seeking to represent District 1. coach — all while managing fulltime parenthood. DiNunzio works at UCD as the executive director of the Mike and Renee Child Institute for Innovation and
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Davis City Councilman Dan Carson has a second challenger in District 1. Bapu Vaitla announced Tuesday he will also be seeking to represent West Davis on the City Council, joining Kelsey Fortune who previously announced her candidacy. Carson, who was first elected in a citywide vote in 2018, is running in his first district election in November. Also on that Nov. 8 ballot is District 4 in East Davis, where so far incumbent Councilwoman Gloria Partida and challenger Adam Morrill are squaring off. Friday is the deadline for filing in either district. In his announcement on Tuesday, Vaitla said he is running because he believes “Davis can be a
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Bapu Vaitla announced Tuesday he is running for City Council, seeking to represent District 1. regional and national model for social justice and climate action.
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