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Winters, Yolo County, California, Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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Winters police restart downtown parking enforcement this week By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief On Monday, Winters Police Department announced it would begin issuing warnings for a week as it begins enforcing parking-related violations in the Downtown area. Winters Police Department initially rolled out efforts to enforce the timed parking spot limits in May 2019. The new parking rules were passed by city officials in 2018 following the release of the Downtown Parking Master Plan. One of the notable aspects of the Downtown parking plan was the approval of incorporating timed parking limitations in front of many downtown area businesses. The majority of spots have a
two-hour time limitation, however, there are some key parking spots in front of businesses that are labeled with 30-minute time limits. Signage informs drivers of the time limits for the specified parking areas. Violating the time limit will result in a parking citation — which comes with a $30 fine for most offenses. Intentionally removing a tire chalk mark made by Winters PD or illegally parking in a handicapped spot costs more. Winters Police Chief John P. Miller told the Express that “during COVID, parking enforcement of the time zones was re-prioritized to ‘extremely low’ so no enforcement was taking place.” According to Mill-
er, city officials began having discussions to reinstate parking enforcement came about as COVID health restrictions were lifted. “Regardless of our enforcement efforts, or lack thereof, the time zones were never waived and it was never legal to park for more than two hours, as posted, and a few citations were issued,” Miller said. Another piece to reinstate enforcing the timed parking limits came when Winters PD made the part-time Community Service Officer position full-time. The CSO position is responsible for parking enforcement and vehicle abatement. Miller said during the initial parking study, it was
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Vallecillo, Scianna, Casavecchia maintain lead in City Council race By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief
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The Winters City Council race leaders remained at the top as the Yolo County Elections Office updated the final totals from the Nov. 8 General Election. The Yolo Elections website posted the fi-
nal vote total update on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 5 p.m. As of Tuesday, the City Council race results had Albert Vallecillo with 1,263 (22.79 percent), Carol Scianna with 1,195 (21.56 percent), Richard Casavecchia with 1,192 (21.50 percent), Lisa Baker with 1,116 (20.13 percent) and Michael Olivas with 777 (14.02 percent). For the Winters Trustee Area Two race, Incumbent Car-
rie Green remained in the lead with 256 (63.52 percent) over Challenger Robert Warren with 147 (36.48 percent). All final vote totals for all Yolo County 2022 General Election races can be found online at www. yoloelections.org. The City of Winters is expected to seat the new councilmembers on Dec. 13 at a special City Council meeting.
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Real Estate ................... B-2 Sports ........................... A-2
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Winters High School athletes volunteered to serve food to the community at the first Be Thankful Banquet Thanksgiving meal on Sunday, Nov. 20 at St. Anthony’s Parish Hall.
Thanksgiving community banquet returns with new name, leadership By Aaron Geerts Express staff writer Sunday, Nov. 20 marked the first Be Thankful Thanksgiving Banquet in Winters. From the volunteer efforts that facilitated it all to the delicious food that brought people together, it was a feast that embodied several factors that make this community great. In March, organizers of the annual Winters Community Dinner efforts stepped away due to spending concerns. As Thanksgiving neared, talks began to arise about bringing a community-wide Thanksgiving dinner back. Community volunteers began talking, and the talks soon turned into actions. The “Be Thankful Banquet” was created and geared up to revive the community dinner under
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Corinne Martinez joins a team of volunteers in the back to prepare different dishes for the banquet. a new name, but with the same intention to support Winters residents. “Different people and organizations came together to make this happen. We had discussions and realized people have
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Rain for week: 0.00 in. Season’s total: 2.09 in. Last sn. to date: 8.24 in. Winters rainfall season began 7/1/22. Weather readings are taken at 9 a.m.
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Jose A. and Sylvia A. Jara of Winters announce the birth of their daughter, Faith Marie Jara. Faith arrived at 4:20 a.m. on Nov. 12, 2022, at Sutter Davis Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 5.5 ounces, and measured 19.5 inches at birth. She joins big brothers Isaiah Macias (22) and Joseph Jara (9), and big sister Sophia Jara (11). Maternal grandparents are Steve and Kimberly Hicks of Winters, and Aysha Bicakci of Chico. Her Paternal grandmother is Ramona Jara of Winters. Other family members welcoming her are cousin Bella Macias, and Aunts and Uncles James and Beth Hicks of Napa and Le Ann and Adam Wren of Corning. Faith’s parents are longtime Winters residents who have lived in town their whole lives. Her dad Jose is known as the Cross Man in town.
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