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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2023
County OKs UCD study of universal basic income
A tree uprooted by Sunday night’s strong winds lies askew at an apartment complex on Cowell Boulevard in South Davis. The adjacent redwood caught most of the downed tree, resulting in relatively little damage to the building.
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer The Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a $350,000 agreement with UC Davis to evaluate the county’s universal basic income pilot project. The board had declined to approve the agreement last month when concerns were raised about using a solesource agreement with UC Davis rather putting the evaluation out to bid for other educational institutions to consider. Since late spring, the Yolo Basic Income project has been providing 76 families throughout the county with an average of $1,200 per month to lift them above the state poverty measure. The families, all with children under the age of five, are homeless and in the state’s CalWORKS program. In addition to the stipend, the pilot project also provides case management and other supports and is funded to run for 24 months, with money coming largely in the form of grants and private donations, as well as the county’s cannabis tax revenue
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Another storm leaves its mark By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer A stretch of Second Street, from Cantrill Drive to L Street remained closed Tuesday as crews worked on downed utility lines following the weekend’s heavy rain and winds. On Monday, the the Pole Line Road
overpass crossing above also was closed as work began. “For the Second Street closure there is NO ACCESS, even for business owners due to the dangerous situation,” city officials tweeted Sunday morning. The weekend storm, the second since New Year’s Eve, knocked out power to 3,300
customers, including large swaths of central Davis. City Hall and the Davis Senior Center were closed. PG&E estimated power would be fully restored Tuesday by 10 p.m. Eastbound Interstate 80 east of Davis was closed for eight hours Sunday morning after powerful storm winds
overturned a big-rig west of the Yolo Causeway. Travel through the area began to re-open at about 8:30 a.m. Until then, traffic was being re-routed at the County Road 32B, with the California Highway Patrol alerting motorists west of there
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Campus digs out from rough weather COVID wastewater levels in Davis higher than ever
By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer The atmospheric rivers that swept through California have impacted the return to UC Davis from winter break. On Monday morning there were still closed streets, buildings with lost power and reports of leaky buildings. Crews have been working hard to restore power and clear debris. By Monday afternoon, the university reported that power had been restored at all locations. According to UC Davis News and Media Relations, Cuarto and Primero Grove residence halls and parts of West Village lost power on Sunday night. Russell Park
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UC Davis workers cut up a eucalyptus tree that, on its way down New Year’s Eve, punched a hole in the side of Kemper Hall. and The Atriums were without power on Monday. Regan Main, the ARC Ballroom, and The Green community center were open for warming and charging devices. News and Media Relations reported that all
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campus dining and retail food establishments were open except for Cuarto dining commons and the Sage Market Cafe in West Village. Unitrans services are
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Levels of the COVID19 virus in Davis wastewater are currently higher than has ever been seen before, according to Yolo County’s health officer. Levels have also been rising in Winters, Woodland and Esparto, Dr. Aimee Sisson told the Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, but not as dramatically in those cities as they are in Davis. Wastewater monitoring is being conducted by Healthy Central Valley Together — an offshoot of Healthy Davis Together
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— in all four of those cities.
Likely driving the increase everywhere is a new Omicron subvariant, XBB.1.5, which Sisson said is highly contagious and evades immunity from prior infection and vaccination.
Wastewater researchers at UC Davis estimate 40 percent of the virus in Davis wastewater is XBB.1.5, Sisson said.
The variant is already dominant in the northeastern United States, she added, “where the rise of XBB.1.5 is associated
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