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FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023
Davis Lactation Support boosts mother-baby bonding By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer
California fails to meet its landmark mandate, enacted last summer, to phase out new gasoline-powered cars by 2035. As California enforces its firstin-the-world zero-emission requirements for cars, the state is navigating a policy path strewn with unique obstacles: international human rights and environmental issues, global resource constraints and
At the turn of the new year, Davis Lactation Support officially opened its doors and joined the community’s stellar lineup of local businesses. Although a relatively new business, owner, Lisa Paradis comes with years of experience facilitating breastfeeding success through mental, emotional and physical support. Originally hailing from the Auburn/Tahoe area, Paradis and her family made frequent visits to Davis to see her brother who was attending law school. Naturally, they fell in love with Davis and Paradis officially became a community member when she moved into town in 2007. Before that, Paradis attended Cal Poly San Louis Obispo and got her degree in nutrition. She then worked as a registered dietitian at a hospital in Lodi and commuted there from Davis every day — for 13 years. “That was the hospital that sparked my interest in becoming a lactation consultant because they were going to go baby-friendly which meant they had to adhere to a bunch of rules and policies to support breastfeeding and needed lactation
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Lithium found in brine pulled from around the Salton Sea could be a leading domestic source of the critical metal. Ariana Drehsler/ CalMatters photo
Will supply problems stall electric-car mandate? By Julie Cart CalMatters After more than 30 years toiling in obscurity in the ultracomplex world of battery technology, Kurt Kelty and the other chemists, electrical engineers and minerals experts racing to design the next generation of electric vehicle batteries are at last having their moment. Kelty, who ran Tesla’s battery
cell team for more than a decade, now heads battery engineering at Sila Nanotechnologies, a Bay Area startup experimenting with new designs for EV power. When he started his career in the 1990s, Kelty avoided telling people at social gatherings he was in the battery industry because “you were relegated to the corner section of the cocktail party.” “Now you go to parties and you are the center of attention,”
he said. “Everyone wants to know what’s going on with batteries.” Do they ever. For all of the policy hurdles and consumer reluctance bedeviling California’s transition to all-electric transportation, unlocking the battery puzzle is the most critical element to jump-starting the post-fossil fuel revolution. Failure to deliver safe, affordable and efficient batteries for electric cars could mean that
Sculpture draws cultural complaints Palestinian activists mark
‘Apartheid Week’ at UC Davis
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Plans to place a new piece of public art near the Woodbridge open space area in South Davis may be temporarily paused due to concerns raised about cultural appropriation. The Davis City Council on Tuesday unanimously requested that the city’s Human Relations Commission weigh in on the artwork prior to installation. Back in February, the city announced the purchase of the “Frog Totem,” an 8-foot-tall concrete composite piece by the late artist Mary Fuller McChesney. The city’s Civic Arts Commission had selected the work “because of its universal appeal to all ages, especially children, and its playful nod to the renowned Davis legacy of celebrating and protecting our frogs and other wildlife,” the city said in a press release in February.
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By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer A large Palestinian flag hung from a tree in the quad, waving in the sunshine as students gathered around on Wednesday to hear personal stories about life in Palestine and precautions when visiting there.
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Artist Mary Fuller McChesney’s “Frog Totem” sculpture was supposed to be installed at San Marino Park.
WEATHER Saturday: Showers all day. High 55. Low 51.
Organized by Students for Justice in Palestine, an on-campus political advocacy group for Palestinian Liberation, the teach-in was day three in a weeklong event at UC Davis known as Apartheid Week, recognized by chapters nationwide. Focused on the right
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of return for Palestinian refugees and the end of the Israeli occupation in the West Bank in Gaza, throughout the week, educational events also included a Hunger Banquet: Living on $1.90 a Day and work on an apartheid wall at UC Berkeley in conjunction with Bears for Palestine.
The World Bank’s previous definition of “extreme poverty,” $1.90 per person per day, was updated last September, measuring at $2.15 per person per day. According to the World Bank, about 648 million
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