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enterprise THE DAVIS
FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2023
A Cold Shot of rock ’n’ roll It wasn’t all
rainbows at City Council meeting By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer
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Wednesday marked the return of Picnic in the Park events to Central Park, with the band Cold Shot kicking things off. The family-fun event will be every Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. through Sept. 13. A local band will play each night. There will be children’s entertainment, loads of food vendors, and plenty of opportunity to gather as a community. Up top, the crowd gets up to Shuffle as Cold Shot — René Martucci and Richard Urbino (lower right) set the groove. At lower left, Dilly Dally the Clown makes a balloon hat for a young patron.
Allen formally makes supervisor bid Enterprise staff Sheila Allen, a former Davis school board trustee who now serves as Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza’s deputy and as executive director of the Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance, has officially announced her campaign for Yolo County Supervisor, District 4. The primary election will be in March of 2024. Allen and her husband, Mitch Sutter, originally moved to Davis to raise their family. “Sheila immediately became active in the community and has been an energetic and effective advocate over the years,” a statement from her campaign said.
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She has a doctorate in nursing with a focus on public health polALLEN icy from Running for UC San District 4 seat Francisco and a bachelor’s degree in nursing with a focus on community health from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. “I am excited to bring my nearly three decades of successful local experience supporting Davis families, a rich understanding of the community I love, and a tenacious optimism to
WEATHER Saturday: Sunny and pleasant. High 85. Low 55.
county-level decision-making,” Allen said. “My passion and life’s work are to bring people together to address local problems and needs. I care about and have served the youngest to the oldest in our community. As we plan for our future, we always have to remember that our choices impact residents’ day-to-day lives, and that is really what matters. Allen was a founding member of Yolo First 5, a Davis School Board Trustee for nine years, served as president of the Yolo County School Board Association, has run several successful ballot measures in
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Winters councilman denies guilt in weapon charges By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer A Winters city councilman facing felony weapon charges pleaded not guilty to the allegations Wednesday in Yolo Superior Court. Richard Thomas Casavecchia appeared in Judge Tom Dyer’s courtroom via Zoom, as did his attorney Michael Wise, who requested a June 7 court date for setting a preliminary hearing in the case. “I did want to see if we could resolve it before we set it,” Wise said. Casavecchia, 39, remains free on his own
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Donning colorful clothing and holding signs at Tuesday’s Davis City Council meeting, members of the LGBTQ+ community and the Davis Phoenix Coalition gathered to show their support of the transgender community, drag shows, and the upcoming Davis Pride Festival, which will be held on Sunday, June 4 in Central Park. As the queer community and supporters prepare to celebrate Pride Month (June), the Davis Phoenix Coalition received a proclamation on LGBTQ Month for June so that the city can put up pride banners and the pride flag at City Hall. Sandré Henriquez Nelson, Pride Festival director, speaking with The Enterprise before the council meeting, worried that members of Moms of Liberty, a conservative “parents’ rights” group, were likely to attend the celebratory meeting. “They’re really just kind of bothering (Councilwoman) Gloria (Partida) because they feel that DPC is pushing a sexual ideology agenda and that we’re trying
recognizance in the meantime. Dyer also granted Wednes- CASAVECCHIA Pleads not day a guilty motion by the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office to file an amended complaint in the case, adding two counts of possessing an assault rifle to a previous misdemeanor charge of possessing an unserialized firearm.
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