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The pandemic is coming up on a year old. The first vaccinations have been given and better days are ahead eventually, but health officials say the next few months will probably be rough.
On the latest edition of the KDRT program “Davisville,” Cory Koehler, executive director of the Davis Chamber of Commerce, talks about how Davis businesses are faring as 2021 begins, different ways they’re coping, and what might be ahead. The chamber hosts its annual State of the City gathering online on Wednesday, Feb. 3, and the impact of the pandemic is sure to be front and center.
“Davisville,” hosted by Bill Buchanan, is broadcast on KDRT-LP, 95.7 FM at 5:30 p.m. Mondays, 12:30 p.m. Fridays, 8:30 a.m. Saturdays and 12:30 p.m. Sundays. The current interview will be broadcast through Jan. 31 and is available anytime at http://kdrt.org/davisville or on Apple podcasts.
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The Covid-19 pandemic is about a year old. The first vaccinations have been given, and better days are ahead, but we’re months away from normal, and the county health officer even said this month that we re “probably about to enter one of the darkest times of the pandemic so far.” The deaths and illness are the biggest impact, followed by the damage to jobs, business and the economy. Today we talk with Cory Koehler, executive director of the Davis Chamber of Commerce, about how Davis 2,500 businesses are faring this far in, different ways they’re coping, and what might be ahead. The chamber hosts its annual State of the City event online on Feb. 3, and the consequences of the pandemic are sure to be front and center.
Comings & Goings: Burma Eat, Chando’s Tacos open; too many others close
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Burma Eat, shown on Wednesday, opened Friday in Davis Commons. The center recently updated its grass area and added several fire pits. Wendy Weitzel/Courtesy photo
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But before I dish out the bad news, there are a few good nuggets to report.
Burma Eat opened Friday in Davis Commons. It fills the former
Mikuni spot at 500 First St., Suite 11. The Japanese restaurant and sushi bar moved to the larger (former
Gap) spot in the same center.
Owner Myat Mon graduated from UC Davis in 2007 with a degree in managerial economics. She and her husband, Jordan Kyu, also own
Top 10 stories of 2020: Calamity and chaos
It was a year that dragged us away from our comfortable assumptions and into a dystopian nightmare we could scarcely credit in the 21st century. Twenty-Twenty was the year of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, coronavirus … the consensus pick among Enterprise staff for the most important story of the year.
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The Varsity Theatre sits idle in May as the COVID shutdown bit into Downtown Davis’ social life. Owen Yancher/Enterprise file photo
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No. 1: Coronavirus
It was a year that dragged us away from our comfortable assumptions and into a dystopian nightmare we could scarcely credit in the 21st century. Twenty-Twenty was the year of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, coronavirus … the consensus pick among Enterprise staff for the most important story of the year.
The year of COVID (Part 1)
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UC Davis Health nurse Heather Donaldson administers Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to Eva Teniola, an Emergency Department nurse at UC Davis health who has been on the frontlines fighting the virus. Courtesy UC Davis Health.
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Back in late January and early February, as the world increasingly focused attention on a novel coronavirus impacting primarily China but cropping up elsewhere around the globe, life continued more or less as normal in Davis.
Students were attending classes and going about their lives at UC Davis; parents were dropping their children off at schools around town and heading off to work; sports fields and bars and restaurants were bustling with activity and candidates for public office were preparing for an early primary in March.