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Voting in District 3 begins next week
Spectators crowd into the roach race arena to take images of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology’s cockroach races during the 2022 Picnic Day.
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Residents of Davis City Council District 3 who will be voting in the special election called for May 2 will have several options for returning their ballots. The election, which will decide who succeeds former mayor Lucas Frerichs (now a Yolo County supervisor), is by mail only, with ballots being mailed out next week to registered voters in District 3. In addition to returning those ballots via the postal service, voters can also deposit them in drop boxes that will be open in four locations beginning Monday, April 3. Those locations are: n Davis City Hall parking lot, 23 Russell Blvd. (open 24 hours) n UC Davis campus, 282 Tennis Court Lane (open 24 hours) n Nugget Markets, 1414 E. Covell Blvd., Davis (open daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.) n Yolo County Elections Office, 625 Court St., Room B-05, Woodland (open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
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Off to the cockroach races n Editor’s note: A full guide on Picnic Day will be published in the April 12 issue of The Davis Enterprise. A truncated version of this story will be included in a larger piece on the day’s events. Ready, set, and we’re off to the cockroach races at UC Davis’ Picnic Day on Saturday, April 15. Taylor Kelly, a Ph.D. Candidate in the Attardo Lab, a
Laboratory of Vector and Reproductive Biology in the Department of Entomology and Nematology, has helped with the department’s Picnic Day activities since 2019. Kelly breaks down the races, which will be held in front of Briggs Hall: “Each run, we hand-select three feisty competitors from a batch of raceready roaches (adults with all six legs intact, ideally). The
roaches can get stressed by the runs, so we cycle the roaches rather than having a bracketstyle advancement system. Each roach is partially propelled or encouraged forward by an air pump pushed by the roach coach (volunteer participants). If a race is too close to call, the roach coaches can duke it out over a game of rock paper scissors.”
at the end of the track, the roaches have no real incentive to win. “We are blasting them with air at the opposite end of the tube, which seems to annoy them,” Kelly said. She says the roaches run the course in about 30 seconds, and if none win, a redo is declared, and the race is reset. A tip for the roaches: don’t
Running into a small pouch
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Recology worker wins national ‘Driver of the Year’ award
State announces updated COVID-19 recommendations
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy
The California Department of Public Health has announced changes to COVID-19 recommendations and requirements, with varying effective dates. Yolo County previously rescinded all local orders related to COVID19 and aligns with the updated CDPH guidance. The changes include: n Isolation: As of March 13, individuals with COVID-19 infections are no longer asked to test negative before leaving isolation and returning to normal activities. Instead, they
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer
Enterprise staff writer Davis refuse collector Gustavo Arriaga has been named residential “Driver of the Year” by the National Waste & Recycling Association. Arriaga, who works for Recology, has served the Davis community for 35 years, hauling away millions of pounds of waste. In addition to being an exceptional driver, the association said, Arriaga is known “for taking extra steps to assist his customers.” “As a skilled carpenter, Arriaga has fixed customer gates and trash bin storage shelters after completing his route,” the association said, and customers describe him
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Recology Davis refuse collector Gustavo Arriaga has been named “Driver of the Year” by the National Waste & Recycling Association.
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