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Court rules against city of Woodland in flood-wall case By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer
of that demand and intent,” Selk said. “Demand and intent for travel in the next two months has dropped six to eight points. The demand and intent for travel in the fall is holding steady, but if these factors continue, if gas prices (remain high) and inflation and interest
A Yolo County judge has sided with the Yolo County Farm Bureau in a lawsuit filed over the city of Woodland’s approval of a flood wall on the northern boundary of that city. Judge Samuel McAdam found approval of the Woodland Flood Risk Reduction Project in February 2021 violated Measure S, an initiative passed by Woodland voters in 2004 that prohibited the city from taking any action supporting a flood wall. The focus then was on the Lower Cache Creek Flood Barrier, but Measure S said the city should not fund or take any action that supports a substantially similar structure. “From a review of the ballot material related to Measure S it is evident that the primary practical purpose of the initiative was to require the city to obtain voter approval of a future flood wall,” McAdam wrote in his ruling, adding that voter approval of Measure S in 2004 followed voter rejection of a ballot measure in 2002 that would have funded a flood wall. At the time, McAdam noted, then
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The UC Davis Arboretum offers a serene, ecologically educational environment. Carly Wipf/ Enterprise file photo
Destination: Yolo County Area draws interest as travel spot By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer As Yolo County — and the city of Davis — work to highlight their appeal as travel destinations, they’ve been buoyed by pent-up demand from those
who delayed travel during much of the pandemic. According to Terry Selk, executive director of Visit Yolo, “up until about probably two months ago, the intent and demand for domestic travel was through the roof.
“In fact,” he told two Davis City Council members during a meeting last week, “a lot of destinations were reporting much higher visitor traffic … and occupancy than even before COVID, before 2019.” But high gas prices and interest rates, as well as inflation, are beginning to have an impact. “There is a curtailing of some
‘One of a kind’ former judge dies at 68 By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer Kathleen M. White, a longtime attorney who served 15 years on the Yolo Superior Court bench, succumbed to neuroendocrine cancer on Sunday, July 31, 2022, surrounded by family at her Monterey home. She was 68. “Judge White was a person of extraordinary talents, and she will be missed greatly by the entire courthouse community,” Presiding Yolo Judge Daniel Maguire said. “Her intelligence, humor and energy were truly one of a kind.” White served as the court’s chief administrator prior to her judicial appointment, and was a
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driving force behind the design of the modern Yolo County CourtWHITE house that opened on “Extraordinary talents” Main Street in 2015. She was born to James and Katherine White in Queens, New York, in 1954, the third of five children. Her family moved throughout the country during her childhood, following James White’s electronics industry career. At the high schools she attended in Deerfield, Ill., and Guilford, Conn., White
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“distinguished herself academically and as the concert master for her school orchestra,” her family said. “She was frequently asked to join other orchestras and quartets in need of her violin skills and musicianship.” After graduating with honors from Duke University in 1976, White found success as a theatrical agent representing television, film and theater actors in New York. Her family noted: “When confronted with contentious lawyers, she concluded they were much easier to handle than temperamental actors.” White ultimately gravitated toward the law herself, graduating with
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Davis School Board trustees plunge back into business By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer After a summer break that feels like it only started yesterday, the school board is reconvening for a meeting on Thursday, Aug. 4, to prepare for the upcoming school year. The meeting will features — as always — various approvals and a COVID-19 health-andsafety update. On top of the t0-do list is approving the recommendation for a district representative for the Yolo County Community Advisory Committee (CAC). This comes as a requirement by the Yolo
County Governance of Special Education for the DJUSD board of education to appoint a representative for two years, from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2024. The representative recommendation is teacher Beth Slykeson. Also on the docket is the approval of facility and bond program agreements. These are regarding the notices of completion for the field improvements at Harper Junior High and the science classroom project at Emerson/Da Vinci junior highs. For the Harper fields, Valley Precision
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