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Final tally sees Measure G pass Supervisor race will go to runoff BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer SHAWN COLLINS/ENTERPRISE PHOTO
Having been forced to close almost a year ago due to structural problems, the old Valley Wine building in downtown Davis had its roof collapse on Wednesday. Firefighters were on scene.
Downtown building’s roof collapses BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer
Yellow caution tape and chain-link fencing were erected around a shuttered downtown Davis building Wednesday after the roof collapsed, causing part of the building to lean against a neighboring fast-food restaurant. The former home of Valley Wine Co., 417 G St., will be demolished on Saturday, Davis building officials said after members of the Yolo County Bomb Squad sent a remote-controlled robot into the structure — which reportedly has seen multiple break-ins by transients since it closed last May — to make sure no one was trapped inside. “This is the Davis Police Department. Anyone inside the building needs to exit — the building is unsafe for occupancy!” an officer announced via radio as the robot made its entry. No one answered. While the building has been vacant and condemned for nearly a year now, a sense of urgency arose at about noon Wednesday when a passerby
called emergency responders to report that the roof had caved in and the building appeared to be falling. The roof “has been falling all morning,” Destiny Yarrow, the manager of Western Feed & Pet Supply to the south, said in an interview later that day. “You could hear it creaking and cracking.” It continued to crumble well into the afternoon, causing windows to break out as well, Fire Chief Joe Tenney said. “If you look at the building, it’s structurally unsound,” Tenney said at the scene, noting that the front half of the roof has collapsed while “the north and south walls are bulging outward.” The north wall came to rest against Taco Bell next door, which later shut down for safety reasons. “There are huge separation gaps between the roof structure and the wall structures. The building’s clearly still moving,” Tenney said. With crews unable to enter or even get near the 3,300-square-foot structure due to its safety hazard, workers
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The Yolo County bomb squad robot surveys the damage at the scene. fenced off both the falling building and Taco Bell while the city worked with Valley Wine owner John Booher — who also owns the building — to
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Yolo County reports third coronavirus death BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer
The novel coronavirus has claimed another life in Yolo County — the second resident in two days to die, health officials reported on Wednesday. Three county residents have now died of COVID19 — the disease caused by the coronavirus — and 67 people have tested positive — an increase of 11 cases
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over Tuesday. All but one of the new cases were in the city of Woodland, which now has 17 confirmed cases. The city of West Sacramento still has the most confirmed cases — 34 — while the city of Davis has 10 and Winters and the unincorporated areas of the county have a total of six. Yolo County Public Health Officer Dr. Ron Chapman has said the
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number of cases in a given city is not necessarily reflective of how “sick” that city is; rather, it may be the result of different testing protocols and the use of different labs. Chapman has also said that 40 percent of some tests are producing false negative results and that, combined with the lack of broad testing in general, means incidences of the disease are likely much
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greater than the numbers show. The good news, even with the additional cases and fatality reported Wednesday: hospitalizations remain unchanged. A total of 17 county residents have been hospitalized during the course of this pandemic, including a number of whom were later discharged to isolate at home.
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Final results from the March 3 presidential primary election are in, giving Measure G — the schools parcel tax — a win and changing the makeup of the Yolo County Board of Supervisors. The final composition of the board will be determined in November, however, as incumbent Supervisor Jim Provenza of Davis and challenger Linda Deos are headed to a runoff. Meanwhile, Woodland City Councilman Angel Barajas has defeated longtime Supervisor Duane Chamberlain in the rural 5th District, which also encompasses a portion of the city of Woodland. Barajas finished with PROVENZA 52.37 Incumbent
percent of the vote to Chamberlain’s 47.63 percent. In the DEOS 4th DisChallenger trict, Provenza finished with 48.43 percent to Deos’ 37.5 percent. David Abramson finished in third place with 14.07 percent. Because no candidate topped 50 percent, the top two finishers head to a runoff. Deos, a Davis attorney, said Thursday she appreciates “the opportunity Yolo County voters have given me to continue in this race.” Noting the ongoing global pandemic, Deos said, “while the economic fallout is not fully known, I have spent decades working with individuals and companies who have fallen on hard times and into bankruptcy… I look forward to using my years of experience to help us out of this crisis and into a better future.” Provenza, seeking his fourth term on the Board
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UC Davis will hold virtual commencement in June BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer UC Davis will not hold a traditional commencement ceremony this June, Chancellor Gary S. May announced Wednesday. The campus is putting together a virtual celebration to honor the class of 2020 in June with the possibility of an in-person ceremony being held for those graduates at a later date. “We are saddened to
share UC Davis Commencement Ceremonies will not take place in the same way as previous years,” May said.
The decision to move the ceremony online comes amid widespread mitigation efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus. On Thursday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he expects the state’s number of cases will peak in May, but that the trajectory of
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