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Second crash victim dies Suspect pleads not guilty to murder By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer
Contestants in 2019 Picnic Day Doxie Derby take off down the track. The dachshund races are always a highlight of Picnic Day celebrations.
someone driving their doxie from Seattle to participate in the event,” April Yoshihara, Vice President of the Class of 2025 at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, said.
on by the second-year veterinary medicine students, the Doxie Races traditionally have had a long line of eager dachshund lovers outside of the University Credit Union Center.
If you didn’t get a chance to reserve a ticket, you could still join the fun by watching the livestream link (see below). Put
The Doxie Races began in 1972, and this is the first time
WOODLAND — As a Woodland family grieved a second loved one’s death, the teen accused of causing the collision ADELINA that took those lives PEREZ made his first 4-year-old died of her injuries appearance Wednesday in Yolo County juvenile court. The 13-year-old, who entered Judge Janene Beronio’s courtroom handcuffed to a wheelchair and wearing a neck brace, pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and other charges stemming from Saturday’s fiery crash at Court and College streets. He faces 13 counts in all, including vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, evading a peace officer causing death and injury, evading a peace officer with reckless driving, child endangerment, vehicle theft
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Tickets for Doxie Derby sell out By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer Hot diggity dog! Tickets have been sold out for the annual Doxie Derby at Saturday’s Picnic Day. With 84 dogs registered, there will be eight heats for the standard dachshunds, six heats
for the mini dachshunds, and two for the open race. These exclude the championships for each group type and the final race for standard versus mini. “I love being able to see how many people come together for this awesome event. People come from all over just to see the Doxie Derby. We even have
Plans for connection between Amtrak station and Olive Drive continue
Jensen named to public works/transit post
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy
Enterprise staff writer Plans for a grade-separated pedestrian/bike crossing from the Amtrak station to Olive Drive continue moving forward. Two options — each at 30 percent of design — have been completed, according to a staff report prepared for Thursday’s Bicycling, Transportation and Street Safety Commission. One is for an overcrossing with stairs and elevators, the other for an undercrossing with an ADA-accessible ramp and tunnel. The total cost of either
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option won’t be clear until designs are at 60 percent, according to city staff, but Amtrak would foot part of the bill as part of a multiyear effort to bring its stations into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and amid plans for a third main track at the Davis station. The city also has $1 million available from its development agreement with the builders of the Ryder (formerly Lincoln 40) apartment project on Olive Drive. According to city staff, the Amtrak Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority, in partnership with Union
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Pacific, began working collaboratively in 2012 to design and environmentally clear a third main track for additional Capitol Corridor trips. At the same time, Amtrak was working on bringing stations into ADA compliance. As the city of Davis owns the land and buildings at the Davis Amtrak station, Amtrak representatives reached out to discuss the needs for the project, including for additional land outside the railroad right of way to build the access to the crossing.
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Enterprise staff writer Dianna Jensen has been named the city’s director of public works engineering and transportation. City Manager Mike Webb announced the appointment on Thursday. Jensen, who has worked for the city of Davis for a total of 14 years, is the first woman in Davis history to serve in this capacity. She started with the city in 2007 as an associate civil engineer in the engineering division,
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JENSEN Appointment announced Thursday
overseeing projects and working with contractors, consulting engineers and members of the public.
From there, Jensen worked in the water operations division as a senior civil engineer before being promoted to principal civil engineer managing the division.
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