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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2019
Planners to get townhome proposal BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer A single-family home on Russell Boulevard currently occupied by student renters would be demolished and replaced by four townhouses under a proposal currently undergoing city review. The University View Townhomes project is tentatively scheduled to go
before the Davis Planning Commission on Jan. 8 for review and recommendation to the City Council. The proposal requires a General Plan amendment to rezone the property from residential low-density to high-density and split the existing lot into four separate parcels. Currently a single-story, three-bedroom, two-bathroom house, the property at
335 Russell Blvd. — between Oak Avenue and College Park — would become home to four twostory, single-family townhouses in two duplex buildings. Each townhouse would have three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms. “The proposed project will attract university faculty, staff and graduate student residents with its
family-friendly amenities and high-end finishes,” according to the application by Maureen Guerrieri and RMDBT Properties. Parking for the proposed townhouses is two spaces for each unit in attached garages under the second floor of each unit and two additional uncovered guest parking spaces on site.
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The owner of a single-family home on Russell Boulevard — currently occupied by student renters — is seeking city approval to replace the house with these four townhouses.
County continues its modest growth
Be on the lookout
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A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectars on catmint in the summer in Vacaville. This little guy could be worth a cold brew to the first to find one.
UC Davis prof back with annual beer-for-a-butterfly contest BY KATHY KEATLEY GARVEY Special to The Enterprise Suds for a bug? Collect the first cabbage white butterfly of the year in the three-county area of Sacramento, Solano and Yolo and
win a pitcher of beer or its equivalent, compliments of Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology. Shapiro is sponsoring his 48th annual Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest and it’s all in the name
of research to determine the first flight of the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae. Since 1972, when he launched the contest, the first flight has varied from Jan. 1 to Feb. 22, averaging about Jan. 20. The butterfly inhabits vacant lots, fields and gardens where its host plants, weedy mustards, grow. The male is white. The female is often slightly buffy; the “underside of the
hindwing and apex of the forewing may be distinctly yellow and normally have a gray cast,” Shapiro said. “The black dots and apical spot on the upperside tend to be faint or even to disappear really early in the season.” The contest rules include: ■ It must be an adult (no caterpillars or pupae) and be
Yolo County added an estimated 814 residents in 2019 — an annual growth rate of 0.56 percent — according to figures released by the California Department of Finance on Dec. 20. This put Yolo pretty much in the middle of the pack among California’s 58 counties (No. 28). Yolo County posted more modest rate of population growth than several adjacent counties to the north and east, including Sacramento County (15,867 new residents, an increase of 1.03 percent), Colusa County (223 new residents, +1 percent) and Sutter County (2,243 new residents, +2.21 percent). However, Yolo County grew at a somewhat faster rate than Coast Range counties to the west, including Lake County (-131 residents, -0.20 percent) and Napa County (-511 residents, -0.36 percent). Solano County, to the south of Yolo County, added residents at a virtually identical rate, with Solano County adding 2,170 new residents, +0.57 percent. California’s most populous county — by far — continues to be Los Angeles County, with 10,260,237 residents, accounting for just over 25 percent of California’s population as a whole. Los Angeles County, by
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Thousands stolen from Woodland Salvation Army BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer A Grinch paid a visit to The Salvation Army Service Center in Woodland this past week, damaging two doors and stealing more than $2,400 in kettle donations meant to aid people in need. Sam Jarosz, public relations director for The Salvation Army’s Del Oro division, said the vandalism and burglary at
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413 Main St. occurred sometime between late Tuesday, Christmas Eve, and 12:30 p.m. Thursday, when employees returning from their Christmas holiday discovered the losses.
injured, this is far from a victimless crime,” said Jarosz, who noted that the theft of $2,413 in kettle donations and nearly $1,000 in damages “represents a real impact to the community.”
The crimes were reported to the Woodland Police Department and remain under investigation. Anyone with information is urged to contact the department at 530-661-7800.
“Money raised during The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign, which happens between Thanksgiving and Christmas, helps fund crucial community programs all year long,” Jarosz said. “This year,
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with Thanksgiving falling a week later than usual, The Salvation Army had less time to collect donations and was already behind on its goal.” “These crimes push the service center further away from its fundraising target and could mean some people in need may not be able to receive services,” Jarosz added. Meanwhile, The Salvation
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Thieves left the door of the Woodland Salvation Army Service Center smashed after breaking in over the Christmas holiday. COURTESY PHOTO
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