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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
State orders phase-out of diesel trucks By Nadia Lopez CalMatters
Wolfe reflected on his many years with Congregation Bet Haverim during a mid-summer interview with The Enterprise. “When I came to Davis in July 1995, I was 34-years-old,” he said. He had attended Hebrew Union College, and then lived in Jerusalem, Los Angeles and New York. He then served for three years as an assistant rabbi with a congregation in Milwaukee, which
New big rigs and other trucks will have to be zero-emissions in 2040 — ending their decades-long reliance on high-polluting diesel — under a proposed regulation unveiled by the California Air Resources Board. Under the proposal, manufacturers couldn’t sell new medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks fueled by diesel or gasoline that operate in California, instead turning to electric models. In addition, large trucking companies would have to gradually convert their existing fleets to zeroemission vehicles, buying more over time until all are zero emissions by 2042. In another worldwide first, California aims to amp up its efforts to end the use of fossil fuels by setting requirements for clean-burning big rigs, garbage trucks, delivery trucks and other large trucks. Transportation is California’s largest contributor to climate-warming greenhouse gases as well as smog and other air pollutants. Chris Shimoda, a senior vice president at the California Trucking Association, which represents truck
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Congregation Bet Haverim Rabbi Greg Wolfe gets the challah out in 2001. Courtesy photo
Rabbi reflects on decades of service By Jeff Hudson Enterprise correspondent This has been a summer involving several transitions at Congregation Bet Haverim (which means “House of Friends”), located at 1715 Anderson Road in Davis. n At the end of June, Rabbi Greg Wolfe, who has been with Congregation Bet Haverim since 1995, transitioned into a new role as rabbi emeritus. n In July, Rabbi Bess Wohlner and Rabbi Jeremy Simons
(who are married, and coming to Davis as a team) started at Congregation Bet Haverim. They came to Davis from Tennessee, where they served on the staff of Temple Israel in Memphis. Temple Israel is generally regarded as the largest synagogue in the South, serving some 1,500 families. Wohlner is a native of Kansas City and attended the University of Missouri in that city. Simons was born in Providence, R.I., but his family moved to Nashville when
Simons was a fifth-grader, and then to Columbus, Ohio, when he was an eighth-grader. He went on to attend Ohio State University. Wohlner and Simons both also studied at Hebrew Union College. n In recognition of Wolfe’s nearly three decades of service at Congregation Bet Haverim, a new set of stained glass windows has been commissioned and installed, and will be dedicated on Sunday, September 18. (Details can be foun Bd on the Congregation Bet Haverim
website and Facebook page.)
Morrill: Ground-level perspective n Editor’s Note: This is the first in a five-part se-
ries profiling the candidates for Davis City Council in the Nov. 8 election. Voters in District 1 (West Davis) will be choosing among Councilman Dan Carson, Bapu Vaitla and Kelsey Fortune, while voters in District 4 (East Davis) will choose either Councilwoman Gloria Partida or Adam Morrill.
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Adam Morrill brings to the City Council race a fairly unique perspective: He is a city employee. Part of his job in environmental compliance with the Department of Public Works is ensuring residents are following regulations involving solid waste, waste water and more, and he’s even had to deal with some hostility from members of the public when asking them not to pile yard waste in bike lanes, or leave hoses running. He’s been in the position since 2017, but
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even before that, spent much of his career immersed in municipal services, from filling pot holes to fighting fires to writing environmental regulations. Now Morrill seeks to bring that perspective to city governance by representing District 4 on the City Council.
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MORRILL Running for City Council, District 4
“Knowing how a city works on the ground level is really important,” he said. Morrill grew up in Marin County and along with his high school sweetheart, Nicole, came to Davis for undergraduate studies. After receiving his degree in geography from UC Davis, Morrill went on to Montana State where he earned a master’s degree in earth science.
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Road-rage suspect charged with attempted murder
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The California Highway Patrol reported Wednesday an arrest in connection with an August road-rage altercation that has the suspect — a former Davis resident — facing attempted-murder charges. Akuila Tuikilakila Vabasi, 37, was taken into custody on Sept. 7, 11 days after he allegedly shot at another motorist in West Sacramento, according to CHP Officer Rodney Fitzhugh. The incident began when two cars collided around 9 a.m. Aug. 27
while taking the Reed Avenue on-ramp to westbound Interstate 80. “Following the traffic collision, a road-rage incident between the two vehicles resulted in a shooting,” Fitzhugh said in a news release. No one was injured, and the shooting suspect fled the scene before officers arrived. The nearly two-week investigation led to Vabasi’s arrest in Sacramento, Fitzhugh said. Online Yolo Superior Court records show he is charged with attempted
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