The HUB (2025)

20/11/2025

Photo essay by Bella Trask

1. Senior Riley MacDonald goes up for a layup.
2. Senior Sonia Clayton defends a player from Franklin High.
3. The Davis women's JV and freshman teams cheer for the varsity players.
4. Senior Suhela Lamba takes a shot at the basket.
5. Sophomore Lorelei Nachman shoots a 3-point shot.
6. Clayton and junior Emma Killou return to the court after their halftime meeting.
7. Nachman successfully drives to the basket for a layup.
8. Junior Chaya Chiu high-fives her teammates as the announcer says her name.
9. MacDonald prepares for the tip-off as the referee holds the ball.
10. Senior Lynnelle Davis takes a free throw.

20/11/2025

Article by Harlow Hamilton

At the Nov. 18 City Council meeting, council members motioned to keep staff at the Respite Center and to move one position to outreach, effective now. No decision to move the Center was made; the council will evaluate relocation proposals again in February with new information and will make a decision in Mar. 2026.

The Respite Center is a daytime resource center for the unhoused to get necessities such as internet access and laundry services that they might not otherwise have.

Currently, the Center has three full-time in-house staff members. They are deployed in the city for several different reasons, including outreach and immediate assistance for those in need.

Running the Respite Center with two new staff positions replaces the much more expensive contractor option. The nonprofits that applied to run the Center proposed significantly higher budgets, while the city’s in-house model costs about $505,000 per year, including staffing and all building expenses.

Keeping the Center at its current location also avoids the high costs of moving to and upgrading a new site. So, by staying at 530 L Street and hiring two city employees instead of paying an outside agency, the city spends less overall.

“We’re increasing the Homeless Outreach Team from two to three staff, and we also rely heavily on our local partners, so the work doesn’t fall just on the city,” Community Engagement Director Jenny Tan said.

Ariana Domenico, a public safety specialist for the Respite Center, attended the meeting to show her support for keeping the Center alive and thriving.

She hopes that it will “stick around and be run by the city.”

Vernon McZeke, another Respite Center worker, shares Domenico's hopes for the Center. He worries that its possible shutdown would leave more citizens on the streets and impose a strain on other services designed to help the unhoused.

“We believe in collaborating and community, and creating safe spaces for individuals who are experiencing homelessness,” McZeke said.

18/11/2025

Article by Elianna Passerini

The Academic Center is a valuable resource for Davis High students that provides help with schoolwork through free tutoring. However, it is the people working behind the scenes, like supervisor Kimberly Arellano, who make the magic happen.

Arellano loves working with students and making sure they are equipped for success. Her goal at DHS this year is to increase engagement from students as well as families.

Arellano grew up in Inglewood, California, with her mom, dad and two sisters. She credits her father for teaching her the value of education and the importance of being grateful for what you have. “He is the definition of a hardworking person,” she said.

Arellano attended UC Davis and majored in Chicanx studies. She started tutoring DHS students and worked with multilingual learners. “I've never thought about changing my career. I absolutely love and have a passion for working in education alongside students, teachers and staff,” she said.

Among the staff at the Academic Center are UC Davis tutors like Melisa Martinez, who wants to pursue a teaching degree in the future. “It's gratifying seeing them progress,” Martinez said. She finds it fulfilling to work at a job where she can give back to the community, especially in the tight-knit community of DHS.

Martinez goes to classes to help students with language barriers and more. Arellano is always there to support and encourage her. “She’s a great boss,” Martinez said.

Administrative assistant Maggie Vazquez loves working with Arellano. “She is a ray of sunshine,” Vazquez said. “She is the kind of person you want on your team.”

To Arellano, the most rewarding part about working with high school students is the connections she makes with students. “It's an incredible thing to be part of someone's team, rooting them on, and guiding them toward progress, growth and success,” she said.

Arellano describes herself as smiley, approachable, warm and welcoming. “I love to be the excited adult for students,” she said.

17/11/2025

On Sunday, Davis High Moda Magazine hosted its second Moda Market, a student-run flea market for Davis High and Da Vinci High students to sell and buy various items. At the market, students sold items ranging from clothing and jewelry to food and drinks.

Photo essay by Alyssa Hwang

1. Senior McKenna Ngan sets up her shop, selling clothes and shoes.
2. Senior Sophie Webb sells clothes and homemade baked goods at the market.
3. Senior Lauren Lin’s shop features a ‘$5-$15’ box with clothing items costing no more than $15.
4. Davis High Barista Club serves iced matcha lattes to customers, made fresh on-site.
5. DHS Moda Magazine co-presidents senior Annabel Nichols and junior Oren Vinokurov convene throughout the market event.
6. Lin arranges a clothing rack of items for sale at her shop.
7. Juniors Ruby Deering and Nina Livni greet a customer at their table.
8. Senior Minh Bernier organizes his thrifted clothing items for sale.
9. Juniors Naima Beshair and Emma Philips shop for clothing items at Lin’s shop.

11/11/2025

Article by Athena Kreylos

- an Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Youtube account for all things Davis- hopes to fill a void of media in town.

“When I went to school at UC Davis, I noticed that there were not a lot of resources that were being shared for people to do,” Richard Jia said, a co-founder of the accounts. Jia studied neurobiology at UC Davis.

The Instagram account was created in 2021, with a goal to “cover all things Davis,” Jia said. “There’s still a lot of stuff that we want to feature, so there’s a very long list of places and events that we still gotta get to.”

As of now, the account has 37,700 followers on Instagram, 1,800 followers on Facebook, 762 subscribers on Youtube and 6,000 followers on TikTok.

Jia said that he hopes that the accounts, can help bring more light to small and local businesses in Davis while giving students and residents new ideas of where to visit.

The videos on the accounts are fun and lighthearted.

“One of our favorite videos we ever did was on Steve’s Pizza- they made us a giant slice of pizza and let us dunk it into a five-gallon bucket of ranch, and that video got us 8 million views, so that was a really cool one,” Jia said.

Figuring out what events or small businesses to feature takes consideration of both time and interest., “Usually we try to feature anything time sensitive, so if there’s an event, we will try to get that news out as soon as possible,” Jia said. “(Other posts are of) whatever we find interesting, Jia said. “Sometimes people will recommend us stuff or we’ll hear about stuff.”

After living in Davis for more than 10 years, Jia said three words come to his mind when he thinks about Davis.

“First thing for sure is community. Then bikes-you gotta have bikes in there- and peaceful,” he said.

08/11/2025

Photo essay by Maggie Lubell

1. Junior Katherine Berdovskiy and sophomore Matthew Valero celebrate their “judges vote” Davis Got Talent victory.
2. Senior guitarist Nathan Ibarra in the band Will and Co. performs a solo for the audience.
3. Berdovskiy and Valero share an emotional performance of “Hallelujah.”
4. Host junior Naima Beshair cracks jokes to keep the audience engaged in between acts.
5. Senior Liliana Teague graces the stage with her ballet performance.
6. Sophomore Juan Pablo Quinones Jaimes plays a saxophone solo during the Music Club’s performance of “Walking on Sunshine.”
7. Senior Frankie Whitcombe embodies Fiona Apple performing “Criminal”.
8. Teachers Spencer Elliott, Julie Crawford and Teri Arnold judge the acts throughout the show
9. Senior Dominic Corbett prepares to sing “Fly Me to the Moon.”
10. Senior Jasarae Deremer and Teague give a comical performance of a “Twilight” scene.

06/11/2025

Article By Parker Leno

The Davis High varsity women’s water polo team dominated the Mountain House Mustangs 24-1 on Nov. 5 in their first playoff game at the new DHS Aquatic Center. The Blue Devils entered the playoffs as the #1 seed, while the Mustangs were the #16 seed.

Junior Jesse Walker started the game off strong for the Blue Devils, scoring the first goal in the opening minute of the game. After that, Davis never let up.

Davis continued rapidly scoring throughout the rest of the first quarter, with the period capped off by a goal from Junior Aiva Mann that pushed the score up to 8-0.

The second quarter was just as successful for the Blue Devils, and they took a 16-0 lead into the third quarter.

Sophomore Katie Tapio contributed to the blowout with three goals. “We really worked well as a team on offense,” Tapio said.

The Devils slowed down the scoring in the third quarter, but led 18-0 by the end of it. The Mustangs managed to get on the board late in the fourth, but the game was well out of reach by then.

The goalkeeper, Junior Hazel Beatty, was a huge contributor in the dominant defensive display. “I think the team passed the ball really well,” Beatty said.

Head coach Jamie Wright was proud of how the team played. “I think our conditioning really showed,” Wright said.

Davis is now focused on getting ready for their next playoff game, against the #8-seeded Pitman Pride.

05/11/2025

Article By Stefani Vicente

On Oct. 30 through Nov. 4, a Día de los Mu***os (Day of the Dead) altar set up by Latinos Unidos was displayed in Davis High's library. Students and staff were given an opportunity to contribute to the altar by placing a picture of their loved ones to remember.

Although Bruce Cummings, a librarian at DHS, did not see many students partake in the altar, "many adults came through and looked at it," he said. "I am glad the students are doing it as it's a way to honor relatives and reflect on their lives," Cummings said.

The altar celebrates the Day of the Dead, an important tradition in Mexican culture. "It's a big aspect of Día de los Mu***os," said Senior Emily Garcia. Garcia was one of the club members who set up the altar.

Latinos Unidos co-president senior Sophia Garcia planned the event and bought many of the supplies that were used to make the altar.

"We wanted to make sure that we were highlighting parts of our culture," Garcia said. “(It’s a great way to) embrace their culture and honor their loved ones.”

In tradition, families make altars for their loved ones who have passed away and give them offerings such as food or something that symbolizes their time of life. In Mexico, the holiday is celebrated on Nov. 1 for children, and Nov. 2 for adults.

The cultural significance of the holiday is rooted in family connection and honor. “Their spirits come to return to visit us and is a way to keep their memory alive," Garcia said.

04/11/2025

Article by Ida Mills

Joy Geng is a visual psychologist at UC Davis and researches “how we pay attention to things.” She earned her doctorate in psychology with a neuroscience emphasis.

Geng originally wanted to pursue clinical psychology as an undergraduate student, but when she did a practicum working with a child, she decided to shift gears. “(It was) really rewarding, but it was also really exhausting,” she said.

Now, she teaches undergraduate and graduate students about research and the scientific process. “What I try to have students take away is a critical way of thinking about research as a whole in science,” Geng said.

In her lab, Geng conducts research on visual attention, which focuses on how attentional mechanisms in the brain work and what causes distraction.

“We use college students as subjects (...) getting images of their brain while they are thinking of something,” Geng said.

Geng serves on a study section for National Institutes of Health at UC Davis, where she reads and scores grants.

“She definitely tries to provide more hands-on projects or homework so that you have a better understanding,” said Quainquain Wan, a postdoctoral student who works with Geng.

Geng doesn’t think about having power over her students; she just wants them to excel in their study of research. “When I work with the graduate students (...) I think about what I can do to try to help them have the careers that they want to have.”

“Everyone has an equal say about everything, because everything that we talk about should be based on facts we have,” Wan said.

Geng has inspired many of her students to pursue similar careers in psychology, “I think if I one day become a professor I want to do a lot of the same things as Joy,” Wan said.

01/11/2025

Infographic by Madeline Lu

At the Oct. 30 Davis Joint Unified School District Board of Education meeting, superintendent Matt Best announced the two concepts for district reconfiguration in response to declining student enrollment. The district will receive community input at three public outreach meetings. The meetings will take place on Nov. 3 at Davis High, Nov. 5 at Emerson Junior High and Nov. 13 at Da Vinci High. The chosen concept will be implemented during the 2028-29 school year at the earliest.

01/11/2025

Photo essay by Cameron Pund

1. Every year, student government hosts a costume competition held in the quad at lunch open to all students to participate in. Students and staff are pictured lining up in anticipation for the start of the competition.
2. Junior Evie Barnett announces each student’s costume to the judges, beginning the competition.
3. DHS counselors sport matching Pirates of the Caribbean costumes.
4. Students wait in line as each contestant takes turns being announced to the judges.
5. As the competition continues, each student is announced to walk onto stage to show the crowd their costumes.
6. Student government judges senior Angie Schick and junior Aiden Warden reveal the winners of the contest: senior Helena Massotti Miranda, dressed as Pitbull, won ‘Most Funny’ and seniors Liliana Teague and Elizabeth Wallis, dressed as Elphaba and Glinda, won ‘Most Creative.’

28/10/2025

Article by Saya Choi

As an educator, junior high teacher Alison Broaddus has the role of guiding and mentoring the next generations. For Broaddus, it is important to be able to connect with her students.

Broaddus started her career as an English teacher in Jan.1990 at Fremont High in Sunnyvale.

She worked at Fremont High for 4.5 years then moved to Woodland High where she worked for six years.

Broaddus stayed at home from 2000 to 2010 to look after her kids, but she did not give up on education. She helped out in classrooms as a substitute teacher. Broaddus is currently teaching at Holmes Junior High where she has worked for the past 15 years.

Although Broaddus has spent many years as a teacher, she originally wanted to go into international relations and pursue a similar path as the rest of her family, who went into business.

“I felt like I needed to follow in my family’s footsteps,” Broaddus said.

Inspired by her sophomore English teacher, Broaddus decided to switch careers. She even went back to become a student teacher for her former English teacher.

Broaddus’ favorite part about being a teacher is seeing her students come up with new ideas.

“I love seeing the lightbulb go off. I love seeing the sparks fly,” she said.

Broaddus wants her students to understand the importance of thinking and reading and believes that people should be aware of the things they say and do.

Broaddus’ job does not come without hardship. One challenge she faced was during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I could not make a connection with students online,” Broaddus said.

Even with the disruption of the pandemic, Broaddus spoke highly of all of her students.

“Every student who has been in my class has made an impact,” she said.

Broaddus recommends education as a career choice.

“I think it’s important for young people to go after their dreams. Education is a great career. It doesn’t come without its challenges, but it’s so immensely rewarding,” she said.

Jean Kennedy, Holmes principal and Broaddus’ longtime friend, said she has learned a lot from Broaddus.

“She’s just overall a very good person. She really cares about all of her students,” Kennedy said.

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