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Volume 140, Number 36 — Locally-owned since 1884
The hometown paper of Lara Kramer
Winters, Yolo County, California, Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Council hears Bodega fire update, accepts FEMA grant By Amelia Biscardi Express staff writer
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Class of 2023 members Aliyah Holliday, Anneliese Gonzales and Sofia Sanchez organized a Pink Out game for their Senior Capstone Project in October 2022. The 2023 Pink Out event is on Friday, Oct. 20 during the home football game.
Winters goes pink to support breast cancer awareness By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief Organizations, officials, and residents are striving to increase awareness about resources for breast cancer awareness in the Winters community this October. Many of the endeavors are spreading the importance of early detection screenings as well as raising funds to donate to breast cancer research.
Many businesses will have a breast cancer awareness window cling placed in their store windows and multiple youth sports teams will be sporting pink socks, bows, jerseys and more this month in support of breast cancer awareness.
Pink Out event Winters High School seniors Hailey Landazuri Estrada and Bianca Dyer-Gonzalez are
Local News Briefs Express staff
Volunteer cleanup day
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Beautiful Winters is inviting community members to participate in a Volunteer Litter Clean-up Day — in part of the Adopt-a-Highway program — on Saturday, Oct. 7 at 9 a.m. Volunteers will meet at the west side of the Lorenzo’s Market parking lot. Efforts to clean up Grant Avenue/Highway 128
are expected to last about two hours. Organizer Mark Rowan said volunteers who are participating for the first time should first watch a safety video at http://tinyurl. com/3hej9hkm. Volunteers must be 18 years or older and will be expected to attend a brief safety orientation before the clean-up begins at the parking lot. Safety gear will be provided and must be worn. Solid, closedtoed shoes and long pants must be worn and long-sleeved shirts are recommended. To be added to
hosting the 2023 Pink Out event on Oct. 20 to bring breast cancer awareness to Winters during the Winters High School football game. The outreach campaign is part of their senior capstone project and is in collaboration with the Thriving Pink nonprofit. The WHS football games scheduled for Oct. 20 at Dr. Sellers Field start with the
Winters Middle School is seeking coaches for the middle school basketball teams. Alex Monsalve, WMS athletic director, said they are in need of coaches for the seventh-grade boys and girls teams, as well as the eighth-grade boys and girls teams. The seventh-grade basketball season is from Nov. 1 to Dec. 7. The eighth-grade basketball season is from Jan. 9 to Feb. 8. The coaches will also
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Winters firefighters remove their personal protective equipment following a fire at La Bodega on Aug. 31. tance from other nearby fire departments. It only took the firefighters on call three minutes to get to the fire and five more minutes to get water on the fire. This allowed them to get the fire under control in around an hour, ac-
cording to Snyder. “Our volunteers are amazing when it comes to the callbacks,” Snyder said. “We had a great force.” The fire itself was isolated to the back
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WMS seeks basketball coaches
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La Bodega, at 42nd Main St., has been closed down since the Aug. 31 fire in a back storage room. With a total of 32 personnel attending, Snyder explained that “teamwork was vital in this scenario.” Specifically, Snyder praised fire shift Captain Cheyne Baumgart, who made the call once he got on the scene to ring the second alarm, bringing in further assis-
the clean-up email list or to ask questions, email Winters. is.beautiful@gmail. com
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Bodega fire update
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Fire Chief Jack S. Snyder III brought a lot to the podium for Winters residents at the Winters City Council meeting on Sept. 19. Chief Snyder shed light on the August fire at La Bodega downtown and successfully pitched a grant from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) for a volunteer recruitment retention coordinator to council members.
Winters rainfall season began 7/1/23. Weather readings are taken at 9 a.m. daily by local weatherman Joe Bristow.
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Woodland mayor Vicky Fernandez, Supervisor Lucas Frerichs, Davis city council woman Gloria Partida (front), Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig and Winters city council woman Carol Scianna attended the collaborative gathering on Monday.
Frerichs, Reisig host inaugural County gun violence prevention efforts Yolo County Special to the Express Yolo County Supervisor Lucas Frerichs and Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig convened the inaugural gathering of the Yolo Gun Violence Prevention Collaborative (Yolo GVPC) on Monday, Oct. 2, to coordinate gun violence prevention efforts throughout Yolo County and its cities. Nearly 40 participants representing a broad range of stakeholders agreed that now is the time to take preventative action to assure we have a safe
and thriving community. Participating agencies included school district, city, county, state and federal leaders from government, law enforcement, public health, UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program, local non-profits working with children and families, gun violence survivors, responsible gun owners, healthcare representatives, the Yolo County Youth Commission, and more. The purpose of the Yolo GVPC is to establish countywide communication channels, share resources
and relevant information, and create an actionable plan to proactively prevent all forms of gun violence. Participants received a presentation on local gun violence data from Deputy District Attorney Matt De Moura and an update on local, state, and federal gun violence prevention efforts from Mike McLively, Policy Director at Giffords Law Center. “Gun violence is a public health epidemic in this country and is currently the number one killer
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