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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2023
Family, friends mourn crash victim By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer
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These days, the Picnic Day Battle of the Bands will takes place on Mrak Lawn, north of the administration building, rather than along Lake Spafford in the UC Davis Arboretum. Fire and safety concerns required the popular event to change locations.
Beat goes on at Picnic Day By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer Six university bands will battle out their beats starting at 2 p.m. near Mrak Hall on Picnic Day, Saturday, April 15. Marching bands from UC Davis, UC San Diego,
Stanford, the University of San Francisco, Cal Poly Humboldt and Cal Poly Ponoma will last for eight hours, ending with UC Davis playing last. Historically the battle would be a competition between the schools to see who could play the longest with-
out repeating any songs. A school would win if they were the last ones playing. Many years ago, the battle would last until late into the night and end when the other schools would have to go home or finally
Two pedestrians killed in early-morning collisions By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer Motorists struck and killed two pedestrians in the Davis area over the past two days, resulting in one driver’s arrest for impaired driving, while the second fatality remains under investigation. Davis police dispatchers received a call shortly before 2:30 a.m. Monday of a man down in the roadway in the 1400 block of Olive Drive, according to Deputy Police Chief Todd Henry. “Upon arrival it became very clear he had been
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struck by a vehicle and was deceased,” Henry said, describing the victim as being in his mid30s. Yolo County coroner’s officials were in the process locating the man’s next of kin as of Tuesday morning. The motorist had left the collision scene, but the Davis Police Department announced Monday afternoon they had traced the involved vehicle and driver to a residence in Sacramento. That person’s name has not been released.
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WEATHER Thursday: Sunny and breezy. High 67. Low 40.
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WOODLAND — Family meant everything to Tina Vital. A mother and grandmother, she worked hard to provide for her loved ones, recently achieving her goal of earning her trucker’s license. The only sister among five siblings, she grew up bold VITAL and fierce. “Touched a lot “She of hearts” always put me in check,” brother Victor Ramirez said. “We always had a strong bond.” Vital and her extended family began their Saturday in Vacaville, attending a celebration of life for their cousin, one of three relatives who had passed away in recent months. From there, they went their separate ways. Vital drove her mother home, then gathered two of her three children and 4-yearold granddaughter to go see the new “Super Mario
Suspect charged with murder
Murder is among the charges being filed against a 13-year-old Woodland boy accused of causing Saturday’s vehicle collision that killed a woman and injured 10 others. Yolo County Assistant Chief Deputy District Attorney Melinda Aiello said the teen will make his first juvenile court appearance Wednesday morning. Under state law, he cannot be charged as an adult. He remains in custody at Yolo County Juvenile Hall, where authorities booked him Monday evening following his release from medical treatment for injuries he sustained in the three-car crash.
Bros. Movie.” “Unfortunately, they didn’t make it,” said Armando Preciado, another of Vital’s brothers. As they headed toward the Main Street theater, a speeding vehicle driven by a 13-year-old boy slammed
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Developer wants Covell project on ballot By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer With four peripheral development projects in the works on the northeastern edge of the city of Davis, the City Council last week hit the brakes on all of them for now, saying they would not favor any of those projects going before voters in the November 2024 election. Rather, said council members, they would prefer city staff focus on a revenue measure for that ballot and give residents a break from another contentious election cycle focused on a development project. Meanwhile, work continues by a council subcommittee on criteria the
city should use in evaluating peripheral projects. A representative for one of the four proposals — the Shriners property north of Covell Boulevard and east of Wildhorse — told the council that none would be ready in time for that ballot anyway, absent shortcuts. But Davis resident and developer John Whitcombe disagrees. Whitcombe and his partners have proposed the “Village Farms” development north of Covell and west of Pole Line Road that would include 1,395 new housing units along with parks, bike paths, a preschool, a new Davis fire station and grade-separated bike/pedestrian crossings to the east and west.
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The project, Whitcombe said, would absolutely be ready for the November 2024 ballot if the city gives the go-ahead to begin preparing an environmental impact report. “There’s no reason to put this on hold,” he said Monday. The county, he added, is even willing to assist the city with the staff needed to get the proposal through the analysis and review process. “We can do it,” Whitcombe said. “There’s no reason the city can’t permit us to proceed.” Long a vast agricultural field across Covell from the
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