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Fire Dept. brings on Marquez as newest full-time fire engineer

By Rodney Orosco Staff Writer For Winters firefighter Jesus Marquez, climbing into his stifling turnout gear and rushing to a grass fire in 100 degree weather or working an overtime weekend shift is a dream come true.

“I have made it a personal goal of mine to become a professional firefighter with the City of Winters,” Marquez, the newest fulltime member of the Winters Fire Department, said.

The fire engineer is no stranger to the engine bays in Winters.

“I started pursuing my fire service career in 2015 and got hired as a volunteer firefighter with the Winters Fire Department and have always maintained my volunteer status with the department,” Marquez said.

His time as a Win-

ters volunteer led to work as a part-time firefighter with the Red Bluff City Fire Department. A fulltime job with the Woodbridge Fire District soon followed.

However, in March of 2020 Marquez returned to his fire-fighting roots and he accepted a full-time job with the Winters FD. “I have always admired the way the Winters Fire Department is always looking to improve themselves as an agency and to provide a better service to the community,” he said.

As Marquez begins his fifth year as a professional firefighter, he is proud to return to where he started and to be with not just co-workers but with his community.

Winters Fire Chief, Brad L. Lopez said Marquez will be sworn in on Aug. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the WFD station.

Winters COVID testing event returns Aug. 4

By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief Winters residents, and others community neighbors, will be able to register for a free, COVID-19 Community Testing event scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 4.

Yolo County Public Health will be hosting the free community COVID testing event from 4-8 p.m. in the Winters Healthcare parking lot (on the East Side by Dollar General).

Christopher Kelsch, Winters Healthcare Executive Director, told the Express in an email that interested community members would need to register for the event, but there will

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City Council approves community driven ballot measure

By Rodney Orosco Staff Writer

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Jesus Marquez, WFD’s newest fire engineer, started his career as a volunteer Winters firefighter in 2015.

A tearful goodbye, approval of allowing the people to vote for future development, and a vote to allocate funding to fight the pandemic made for an eventful July 21 city council meeting.

For City Manager John W. Donlevy, Jr, the meeting marked his last council meeting before he leaves to become the city manager in Auburn on Aug. 10.

To celebrate Donlevy’s 19 years as Winters’ City Manager, state Senator Bill Dodd and former Winters mayor and current state Assembly Member Cecilia Aguiar-Curry presented Donlevy with a certificate of appreciation.

“I’m here with a heavy heart, because I didn’t want to have this time come,” Aguiar-Curry said. “I owe a lot of my success to

By Crystal Apilado Following the decision to return to school in a distance learning format this fall, Winters Joint Unified School District staff are trying to reach out to all families to learn more about what their access to the Internet and technology is.

The Connecting to School: Internet and Device Survey was sent out by text message, email and was posted on various school social media accounts on Friday

Input from families will provide Winters JUSD staff with information on which students have technology access at home and which ones will need support in getting connected to the Internet or who need devices.

multiple children attending Winters schools only need to fill the survey out once. Two of the questions inquire about multiple children and which Winters school sites they attend.

Survey Details

Nicole Reyherme, Director of Innovation and Technology, said the survey should be available for most of August.

Winters JUSD also shared a link to resources for ways to get internet access at home at https://bit. ly/2ONA4rn

There are two versions of the survey available for Winters JUSD families to take: Spanish version: https://cal.network/305NRzK English version: https://cal.network/2P39daX Families who have

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By Anne Ternus-Bellamy McNaughton Media With only a fraction of those Yolo County residents who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus officially in isolation in recent weeks, the county has struggled to contain the spread of the virus.

Isolation of those who test positive and quarantine of those who have come into close contact with positive patients are benchmarks of public health disease control. But last Tuesday, July 21, 70 county residents were in

isolation even though 357 positive tests had been reported to the county in the previous 10 days.

Delays in receiving those test results — sometimes stretching beyond the isolation period — overburdened contact tracers and county residents who are not cooperating with public-health staff are the among the reasons officials have given.

Delays in test results are largely out of local officials’ hands and Yolo County has turned to the state to seek additional contact investigators to manage the workload.

But now the county has added some teeth to requirements that those who test positive for COVID-19 isolate at home and those who have come into close contact with them quarantine for two weeks.

Under a mass isolation and quarantine order issued Friday

by Dr. Mary Ann Limbos, the county’s interim health officer, individuals who are notified they have tested positive for the novel coronavirus will be required to isolate at home while those informed they are close contacts must quarantine.

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The school district is currently working on obtaining hotspots for students who need them through T-Mobile. However, due to high demand they are unsure of how long it will take and encourage families to look into the listed options to get connected.

Families who cannot get internet access should contact the Winters JUSD Tech Support team at TechDesk@wintersjusd.org to get on a waitlist for the hotspot once they are available.

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Aguiar-Curry recognized that Donlevy’s dedication to Winters went beyond city hall: Donlevy was a tireless volunteer during the youth soccer season, she said, he volunteered at the fire department and he was a master pancake flipper at the yearly Rotary pancake breakfast.

“No one in this community is more loyal to the city than John Donlevy,” she said. “It will be hard to fill his shoes.”

In a heartfelt moment Donlevy later rejoined, “My family will always consider Winters our hometown.”

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be an opportunity for “drop-ins” and those individuals would fill out the registration information then.

Interested individuals should register online beforehand at https://cal.network/2NPhEWu. Individuals will not be able to select a time when filling out the registration form, nor will they receive confirmation of registration.

Winters Healthcare is located at 172 E. Grant Ave. in Winters. The Community COVID testing event is not a drivethrough testing location. Results will be emailed 48 to 72 hours after the lab has received the test sample though there may be some delays.

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According to the order itself, consequences for failing to comply “may include civil detention or requiring one to stay at a health facility or other location to protect the public’s health if an individual who is subject to this order violates or fails to comply with this order.”

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Analysis: County COVID town hall meeting shows a long way to go for Yolo

By Rodney Orosco Staff Writer At the first Winters area town hall meeting since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Yolo County Supervisor, District 2 Don Saylor, and his staff, gave a clear message: The public holds the key to getting back to normal.

Saylor began the Zoom meeting with a bit of cheerleading to the more than 35 people in attendance.

“The people of Yolo County have truly stepped up… to do as well as we can during the pandemic,” he said.

The slide show following those remarks, presented by County Administrator Patrick Blacklock, featured a grim dose of reality: • Testing positivity rates going up.

• Hospitalization numbers going up.

• Cases in Winters are increasing.

• COVID Test results are de-

COVID Continued from Page 1 days from the date of a positive test.

For those with symptoms, the isolation period is at least 10 days from the onset of symptoms and at least 24 hours since recovery (meaning resolution of both fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and the improvement of cough and shortness of breath, if present).

COVID-19 Positive Requirements

Under the isolation order, COVID-19 positive individuals are required to do the following: • Isolate themselves in their home or another residence for 10 days. They may not leave their place of isolation or enter any other public or private place, except to receive necessary medical care or during an emergency that requires evacuation to protect the health and safety of the person.

• Tell their close contacts that they need to quarantine themselves. Close contacts of an individual who has COVID-19 are persons who, during the individual’s infectious period, were within six feet of the individual for 15 minutes or longer The infectious period begins 48 hours before symptoms began (or, in the absence of symptoms, 48 hours before the date of administration of a positive test) and ends when the isolation period is over.

• Carefully review and follow the “Home Isolation Instructions” posted at https://covidtesting. yolocounty.org The individual should also refer their close contacts to follow these instructions.

Who the Quarantine Order is Intended

The mass quarantine order is aimed at residents who have had close contact with a positive COVID-19 individual. Close contacts are required to do the following: Stay in their home or another residence for 14 days from the last date that they were in contact with

layed.

And, Yolo County still on the State Monitoring list for the foreseeable future.

At one point, when asked if there would be a return to a full county-wide shelter in place, Blacklock said he did not foresee that happening .

“I’m dubious about community compliance if we were to do that,” Blacklock said.

He added that even when there was a shelter in place decree, large social gatherings were still being held.

Blacklock emphasized the key was learning to live with the virus and keep it at a lower rate of spread—This means face coverings and good social practices.

And, “So far we have not been doing a good job of that,” he said.

It seems that people cannot help themselves: “It has been primarily in our social gatherings and our mixing of family of friends that we have not been doing a good job [of stopping the spread],”

the infected individual. Individuals are required to quarantine themselves for the entirety of the 14-day incubation period because they are at high risk of developing and spreading COVID-19, the county said.

They may not leave their place of isolation or enter any other public or private place, except to receive necessary medical care or during an

he said.

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Blacklock praised local business for doing their best to comply with county protocols. And, he added that there have been no protocol enforcement issues in Winters.

However, Blacklock added, because the county remains on the state monitoring list, county officials are limited on what they can do to move back to “normal.”

What businesses can do, he said, was call the county help line to get advice on protocols and how best to follow them.

The number businesses should call is 833-965-6268.

As the one-hour meeting came to a close, Saylor’s opening words summed up what needs to happen to get back to indoor dining, students back in classrooms, and showing teeth when you smile: the people of Yolo County need to step up their efforts.

can easily infect others they interact with, such as friends, families and coworkers.

“For this reason, compliance with COVID-19 isolation and quarantine requirements is vital,” the press release said.

“Unfortunately, in recent weeks county staff have identified instances where voluntary compliance with these requirements has not been

“For that reason the county has issued these orders to help protect our community by slowing the spread of illness.”

Carolyn Jhajj, Yolo County emergency that requires evacuation to protect the health and safety of the person.

Carefully review and follow the “Home Quarantine Instructions” posted at https://covidtesting. yolocounty.org Health workers and first responders may be exempt from quarantining if they inform their employer, are showing no symptoms and the employer determines they are needed at work based on staffing need.

“In an effort to protect the health of the community, individuals that do not comply with the isolation and quarantine requirements under the orders may be subject to penalties including citation,” the county press release said. “Prior to the use of any enforcement measures, efforts will focus on providing education, resources and/or guidance to that individual on compliance.”

Yolo County COVID Case Increase

Over the last month, Yolo County has seen a significant increase in COVID-19 cases due to family gatherings as well as interactions among a cross section of industries, the county noted.

“Self-isolation and quarantining are extremely important in curbing the spread of COVID-19 because a person with COVID-19

adhered (to). This hinders contact tracing efforts and threatens the overall health and safety of the community.”

Test delays

Meanwhile, also hindering case investigation and contact tracing has been the delay in receiving test results.

“Because the current turnaround time for test results has been prolonged, (public health officials) often receive positive test results after a patient’s isolation period will have already been completed,” the county noted.

“As part of this mass isolation order, the county is also releasing instructions for isolation and quarantine that will be provided at various testing sites and also available on the county’s website at https:// covidtesting.yolocounty.org.

“These instructions will allow a person with symptoms or who is a close contact to a COVID-positive case to begin isolation or quarantine before even receiving test results. This pro-active action will help curb the spread of COVID-19 from a potentially infectious person before they even receive their results.”

Speaking last Friday morning, Yolo County spokeswoman Carolyn Jhajj said

the county acknowledges that “isolating and quarantine is not easy, especially for people who are not able to work from home or don’t have sick leave or don’t qualify for any assistance programs.

“For these individuals, having to miss work to isolate or quarantine has very serious effects.”

However, said Jhajj, attending work while potentially sick with COVID-19 puts coworkers and their families at risk as well.

“For that reason, the county has issued these orders to help protect our community by slowing the spread of illness.”

First Yolo County Business Citation

A Woodland gym is the first business in the county issued a citation for noncompliance with COVID-19 health orders.

Fit Republic Gym was issued a citation July 23 in the amount of $2,500, according to Jhajj.

The citation was made possible by an urgency ordinance passed by the Yolo County Board of Supervisors earlier this month allowing for penalties against businesses and organizations that violate state and county health orders related to COVID-19.

Those penalties range from $250 to $10,000 per day until a violation ceases.

Lake Berryessa water levels down eight inches in last week The level of Lake Berryessa was down by 0.65 feet last week, with a decrease in storage of 11,356 acre feet of water, according to Ken Emigh of the Solano Irrigation District.

Tuesday morning the lake level was 424.71 feet above sea level, with

storage computed at 1,274,097 acre feet of water.

Evaporation on the lake averaged 276 acre feet of water 268 day. The SID is diverting 605 second feet of water into the Putah South Canal, with 43 second feet flowing at the Diversion Dam.

Public Safety Report ~3:40 p.m., vehicle accident, 300 block of First Street. ~3:43 p.m., lift assist, 100 block of Almond Drive.

July 23: 8:31 a.m., medical aid, 400 block of E. Main Street. ~12:41 p.m., medical aid, 100 block of E. Baker Street. ~12:52 p.m., medical aid, Russell Boulevard.

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July 11: 9:51 a.m., outdoor fire, Third Street/Russell Street. ~3:49 p.m., grass fire, SB I-505/Putah Creek Road.

July 12: 1:32 a.m., medical aid, 300 block of Peach Place. ~4:42 a.m., medical aid, Encina Drive. ~6:13 a.m., medical aid, 700 block of Matsumoto Lane. ~8:01 p.m., medical aid, 700 block of Railroad Avenue.

July 13: 6:06 a.m., medical aid, 400 block of Morgan Street.

July 14: 2:30 p.m., medical aid, Highway 128. ~2:53 p.m., mutual aid, Putah Creek Road. ~4:03 p.m., medical aid, 900 block of Railroad Avenue.

July 15: 1:05 p.m., medical aid, 600 block of Snapdragon Street. ○11:42 p.m., illegal burn, 100 block of First Street.

July 16: 6:32 a.m., medical aid, 900 block of Railroad Avenue. ~8:40 p.m., grass fire, Pleasants Valley Road/Quail Canyon Road. ~8:46 p.m., grass fire, CR 34/El Camino.

July 17: 7:53 a.m., smoke investigation, Pleasant Valley Rd./ Highway 128. ~10:57 a.m., medical aid, 40 block of Main Street.

July 18: 7:46 a.m., medical aid, 400 block of First Street. ~8:07 p.m., medical aid, 400 block of Main Street.

July 19: 1 p.m., water rescue, Highway 128.

July 20: 9:07 a.m., lift assist, 100 block of Edwards Street.

July 22: 9:47 a.m., grass fire, 700 block of Railroad Avenue. ~10:58 a.m., carbon monoxide alarm, 400 block of Edwards Street. ~1:52 p.m., medical aid, CR 90.

Police Case Log

July 15: 5:20 a.m., 100 block of Main Street, Audible Alarm. ~6:25 p.m., 300 block of Railroad Avenue, Audible Alarm.

July 15-16: 7 p.m.-6 a.m., 100 block of Elliot Street, Vandalism.

July 16: 12 a.m., 100 block of Elliot Street, Vandalism. ~8:30 a.m., 100 block of East Baker Street, Sodomy. ~9-11 a.m., 1000 block of Mermod Place, Theft. ~12:14 a.m., 200 block of Railroad Avenue, Vandalism. ~2:58 p.m., 200 block of Almeria Place, Verbal Domestic Dispute. ~3:41 p.m., 100 block of Niemann Street, Found Bicycle. ~8:40 p.m., 900 block of West Grant Avenue, Threats.

July 17: 1:05 a.m., 8800 block of Stevenson Bridge Road, Assisted Solano Sheriff. ~10:54 p.m., 700 block of Matsumoto Lane, Audible Alarm.

July 18: 12:13 a.m., 700 block of Matsumoto Lane, Audible Alarm. ~7:33 a.m., 4500 block of Putah Creek Road, Assisted Solano Sheriff. ~2:03 p.m., 100 block of Main Street, Audible Alarm.

July 19: 4:20 p.m., Hemenway Street/ Niemann Street, Found Kindle.

July 20: 2:58 p.m., 200 block of Baker Street, Found Bicycle.

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Obituaries Francis J. Martin Francis Jessie Martin of Mountain Home, Arkansas went to be with God on June 23 at his residence in Mountain Home. He was born on January 16, 1934 in Culp, Arkansas.

Francis was the son of Joel Martin & Delphia Branscum-Martin. After spending his childhood in Arkansas he joined the United States Army and served his country for 20 years including service in the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War. After his service he spent another 25 years as a Warehouse Shipping Manager while living in Winters.

While on his first tour in Germany he met and married his first wife Elisabeth Pfaff-Martin on June 9, 1956. Together they raised 3 children, Elane Herndon of Mountain Home, AR, Evelyn Camarena of Santa Barbara and Tony Martin of Mesquite, NV. On February 18, 1993 Elisabeth passed away after a long battle of COPD. On June 1, 1995 Francis married Bette Blankenship of Gary, Indiana. Francis and Bette spent time traveling the United States and Australia. Before moving to Mountain Home they spent many happy years in Culp, Arkansas near his brother Jay Martin & sister-in-law Barbara Martin.

Francis is survived by his daughters Elane Herndon, Evelyn Camarena, step daughter

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Donna Matthews, his son Tony Martin, stepsons Jack Smith & Stephen Smith. Francis also leaves behind his brother Larnal Martin of Rich Hill, MO, sisters Alma Staggs and Vada Lester of Calico Rock, AR, grandchildren Felicia Camarena, Amanda Kuehl, Liza Vernazza, Nicole Raffetto, Sam Herndon, Breezy Howard and Cori Martin, great grandchildren Ansley Villarreal, Addison Alsbury, Rowan Brakefield, Braven Howard, Knightly Howard, Kodiak Kuehl and Tanker Kuehl.

He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife Elisabeth Martin, second wife Bette Martin, brother Jay Martin and sister Lois Pinkston.

A Funeral service for Francis was held July 9 at Table Rock Cemetery, Calico Rock, Arkansas. Military Honors were provided by the United States Army Honor Guard.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to Hospice of the Ozarks, 911 Burnett Drive, Mountain Home, AR 72653.

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G. W. Scott’s peach trees are bearing the largest crop he ever harvested. The fruit is large and the quality excellent.

At the Seaman estate sale Saturday, the opera house property had the most bidders. Wm. Brinck started the fight at $5,000. F.M. Wyatt and J. Rummelsburggot into it only to quit when E.H. McMillan offered $8,500. It looks like the Vacaville man had the most faith in Winters.

Dr. Wyatt has had a survey made for an irrigation ditch from the canal to the Overhouse farm which he recently bought and will put the land under irrigation principally for alfalfa.

The cannery is certainly a hive of industry this week, an oversupply of ripe peaches requiring a full force of some 20 or 30 people in the dry yard. Both muirs and cling peaches are being canned this week.

Yesterday the pack exceeded 12,000 cans.

County School Superintendent Mrs. Minnie DeVilbiss is still in San Francisco and slowly regaining her health Miss Bertha Pearse is acting superintendent in her absence.

After a prolonged visit with relatives and friends in Santa Clara County and elsewhere, Mrs. S.H. Hoy and children have returned home.

Mr. Hoy and Will and Ben are on the circuit with their horses, W.A. Cannedy started Wednesday for New York. He is a United States deputy marshal accompanying some deported foreigners. Mr. Cannedy will visit several Atlantic cities before returning home.

August 9, 1940

After keeping it undercover for the past two years, it has finally been announced that the drilling operations carried on by the Standard Oil Company in the Fairfield Knolls tract, near Buckeye district, are gas wells, of definite production capacities.

Mrs. Warren Thompson and daughter Miss Juanita are in Berkeley this week, securing living quarters for the latter, who has been named to the faculty of the University of California elementary school.

Mrs. JF Vasey and daughters Misses Betty and Patricia, Misses Bettymae Niemann and Ermyl Baker and Miss Jean Griffin of Walnut Grove are expected home from San Francisco where they have been vacationing George Mosolf and family returned home Monday from Tacoma, Washington where they have been spending the summer vacation period Mr. and Mrs. G.M. Vasey and Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Graf and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Franke are planning to leave today to attend the annual American Legion conclave in San Diego.

Misses Delight Moody and Marion Degener returned to Capitola with MissHelen Shaw, guest of the Degeners, for a week’s visit.

Six Winters High School members of the 1940 graduating class have passed the U.C. entrance test, Subject A. They are Elda Button, Dorothy Day, Sarshel Culton Margaret Ish, Paul Shiozaki and Edgar Yarberry.

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Four canneries are buying peaches in the Winters area this week, with the prevailing price of $60 a ton, plus $2.50 for hauling.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Chapman are the parents of a son born Sunday, Aug. 7 in the Woodland Clinic.

The purchase of a school bus by the Winters Joint Unified High School District depends largely on whether or not a bus driver can be found, according to Byron Snow, principal.

At 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, the first concrete was poured for the Monticello Dam. When the first pouring was completed at 6:45 a.m. yesterday morning, 360 yards of concrete was in place. The dam, when completed, will contain about 345,000 yards of concrete.

Abe Anderson spent Tuesday at Bodega Bay fishing. He reports rough waters and not too much luck.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dwight Griffin have asked about 50 friends to join them at their Bolinas summer home on Sunday for the annual all-day picnic and swimming party.

Postmaster Charles A. Graf and Mrs. Graf are vacationing at Bijou, Lake Tahoe.

Mr. and Mrs. Carroll W. Griffin and son Johnnie left Saturday for a month in Colorado visiting both with Mr. and Mrs. Griffin’s families.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harkins have purchased the Jack Mermod home here on Mermod Road. Mr. Harkins is with the Bureau of Reclamation and the family resided in Tracy before coming to Winters.

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YEARS AGO August 13, 1970 Voters of the Winters School District Tuesday rejected a 75 cent school tax override by a vote of 253 in favor and 360 opposed Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new fire district building will be held Monday morning at 11 a.m. according to the Fire Chief, Vernon Bruhn.

A Navy Commendation Medal has been awarded to Lance Kelly, son of Mr. and Mrs., Ed Kelly, and a seaman with the U.S. Coast Guard in Vietnam.

Karla Timperly of Winters recently won three first-place ribbons at the Happy Horse Riding School in Davis.

The Winters Dance Center won awards at the Napa Town and Country Fair last Sunday evening.

Third place trophies and cash awards went to David Lane, age 8, in the Junior Division and to Jean Bourland, age 15, in the Senior Division.

Mr. and Mrs. Juan De La Cruz, of Winters, are the parents of a son, born in the Davis Community Hospital, Aug. 7, 1970.

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Rojo have returned from a week’s visit to Connecticut where they visited with their daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Invernon have returned to Winters after a vacation in Europe.

Jack Vasey was honored on his birthday, Aug. 9, with a party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Islip in Marysville.

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Distrito Escolar de Winters envĂ­a encuesta de acceso a la tecnologĂ­a Por Crystal Apilado Traducido por Carol Alfonso DespuĂŠs de la decisiĂłn de regresar a la escuela en un formato de aprendizaje a distancia este otoĂąo, el personal del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Winters estĂĄ tratando de comunicarse con todas las familias para obtener mĂĄs informaciĂłn sobre su acceso a la tecnologĂ­a e Internet.

La encuesta “ConexiĂłn a la Escuela: Encuesta de Internet y Dispositivosâ€? se enviĂł por mensaje de texto, correo electrĂłnico y se publicĂł en varias cuentas de redes sociales del distrito escolar el pasado Viernes. El

aporte de las familias proporcionarĂĄ al personal del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Winters (WJUSD) informaciĂłn sobre quĂŠ estudiantes tienen acceso a la tecnologĂ­a en el hogar y cuĂĄles necesitarĂĄn ayuda para conectarse a Internet o quienes necesitan dispositivos.

Hay dos versiones de la encuesta disponibles: VersiĂłn en EspaĂąol: https://forms.gle/ KMU4Kw7vGYkLaXWn8 VersiĂłn en InglĂŠs: https://forms.gle/ nZm9NSJgNPtNJto36 Las familias que tienen varios hijos que asisten a las es-

cuelas de Winters solo necesitan completar la encuesta una vez. Dos de las preguntas se refieren a varios niĂąos y a quĂŠ escuelas de Winters asisten.

Nicole Reyherme, Directora de InnovaciĂłn y TecnologĂ­a, dijo que la encuesta deberĂ­a estar disponible durante la mayor parte de Agosto.

El Distrito Escolar Unificado de Winters tambiĂŠn compartiĂł un enlace a recursos para obtener acceso a Internet en casa en https://bit. ly/2ONA4rn El distrito escolar actualmente estĂĄ trabajando para obtener puntos de acceso

para los estudiantes que los necesitan a travĂŠs de T-Mobile.

Sin embargo, debido a la gran demanda, no estĂĄn seguros de cuĂĄnto tiempo llevarĂĄ y les exhorta a las familias a buscar las opciones enumeradas para conectarse.

Las familias que no pueden obtener acceso a Internet deben comunicarse con el equipo de soporte tĂŠcnico del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Winters (WJUSD) en TechDesk@wintersjusd.org para obtener una lista de espera para el punto de acceso una vez que estĂŠn disponibles.

Nueva estafa apunta al rastreo de contactos COVID-19

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Traducido por Carol Alfonso Ha surgido otra estafa para explotar los temores durante la actual pandemia del COVID-19, el Ăşltimo fraude que aprovecha el proceso de localizaciĂłn de contactos del estado.

En Mayo pasado, el Gobernador Gavin Newsom lanzĂł “California Connectedâ€?, una campaĂąa integral de rastreo y conciencia pĂşblica en la que los trabajadores de la salud del estado se ponen en contacto con aquellos que dieron positivo al coronavirus, junto con otros que pudieron haber estado expuestos a ellos.

El objetivo del programa es garantizar pruebas confidenciales, acceso a atenciĂłn mĂŠdica y otros servicios para ayudar a frenar la propagaciĂłn del virus.

Ahora, los estafadores estĂĄn participando en el acto, utilizando el proceso de bĂşsqueda para convencer a las vĂ­ctimas de que ofrezcan su dinero, informaciĂłn de identificaciĂłn personal o estado migratorio. “Muchos delitos y esquemas financieros tradicionales ahora se orquestan a travĂŠs de la electrĂłnica. Ahora, mĂĄs que nunca las personas de todas las edades, incluidos los ancianos, pueden ser vĂ­ctimas de estos delincuentes,â€? advirtiĂł la Oficina de Servicios de Emergencia de California (Cal OES) en un comunicado de prensa la semana

pasada.

Hasta ahora, el Departamento de PolicĂ­a de Winters (WPD) no ha recibido ningĂşn informe de estafa similar a nivel local. La Oficial de Servicios Comunitarios del WPD, Gail

JimĂŠnez, dijo que cuando se trata de detectar una estafa, siempre verifique dos veces.

JimĂŠnez dijo que sugieren seguir las recomendaciones de Cal OES antes de compartir cualquier informaciĂłn personal o realizar una transacciĂłn monetaria. “En el caso del rastreo de contactos COVID, puede verificar que una persona es quien dicen a travĂŠs del departamento de salud,â€? dijo JimĂŠnez.

AquĂ­ se explica cĂłmo detectar un es-

tafador de rastreo de contactos, segĂşn Cal OES: Los rastreadores de contactos reales no le pedirĂĄn dinero. Solo los estafadores insisten en el pago con tarjeta de regalo, transferencia de dinero o

criptomoneda.

El seguimiento de contactos no requiere su cuenta bancaria o nĂşmero de tarjeta de crĂŠdito, por lo que usted no debe compartir la informaciĂłn de la cuenta con nadie que se comunique con usted para solicitarla.

Los rastreadores de contactos legĂ­ti-

mos nunca le pedirĂĄn su nĂşmero de Seguro Social. Nunca le dĂŠ ninguna parte de su nĂşmero de Seguro Social a nadie que lo contacte.

Su estado de inmigraciĂłn no importa para el rastreo de contactos, por lo que los rastreadores reales no lo preguntarĂĄn. Si lo hacen, puedes apostar a que es una estafa.

Cal OES tambiĂŠn aconseja al pĂşblico a tener cuidado con los correos electrĂłnicos sospechosos, las llamadas telefĂłnicas y los mensajes de texto, y que eviten hacer clic en un enlace o archivos adjuntos en un mensaje de texto o correo electrĂłnico, ya que pueden descargar archivos daĂąinos o “malwareâ€? en un dispositivo.

En caso de duda, comunĂ­quese con su departamento de salud local para verificar que una llamada o mensajes sean vĂĄlidos.

JimĂŠnez seĂąalĂł que si una persona cree que es vĂ­ctima de una estafa en Winters, puede comunicarse con la lĂ­nea de despacho de 24 horas de emergencia de la PolicĂ­a de Winters al 530-795-4561.

La Jefa de RedacciĂłn del Winters Express, Crystal Apilado, contribuyĂł a este artĂ­culo.

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Lo que tanto anhelaban, como el chapoteo del agua en el canal auditivo, el fuerte olor de clorina inhalada, el pellizco de las gafas demasiado apretadas, ha regresado a la piscina de la ciudad.

La nataciĂłn por vueltas (Lap Swim) esta de vuelta en el Centro de NataciĂłn Bobbie Greenwood.

La nataciĂłn por vueltas se limita a una sesiĂłn de una hora de duraciĂłn, una vez al dĂ­a, y los nadadores deben pre-inscribirse para su horario y pagar en lĂ­nea.

Los baĂąos estarĂĄn cerrados, por lo tanto, los nadadores deben llegar listos en traje de baĂąo. Los nuevos procedimientos para la nataciĂłn por vueltas estĂĄn disponibles en lĂ­nea en https://cal. network/304RGVU. Los horarios previstos para la nataciĂłn por vueltas son de Lunes a Viernes de 2:45 p.m. a 8:45 p.m. con reserva de carriles a las 2:45 p.m. para edades de 12-15 aĂąos.

Para mayores de 16 aĂąos, los horarios de nataciĂłn son a las 4 p.m., 5:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m. y a las 7:45 p.m.

Los SĂĄbados para la nataciĂłn por vueltas en la piscina serĂĄn de 9 a.m. a 1:45 p.m. con reserva de carriles a las 9 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 11:30 a.m. y 12:45 p.m. para mayores de 16 aĂąos.

Registro en lĂ­nea de tres pasos

No se permitirĂĄn nadadores no registrados dentro del

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Para pre-inscribirse en la nataciĂłn por vueltas, siga las instrucciones de tres pasos proporcionadas: 1.

Visite http:// www.cityofwinters. org/swim-schedule/ y busque el botĂłn “Registrarseâ€? (Sign Up) en la parte derecha de la pĂĄgina web.

2. Complete la forma de exenciĂłn de nataciĂłn a vuelta.

Hay un botĂłn de firma electrĂłnica (Online E-Sign Waiver) disponible en la misma pĂĄgina y etiquetado como “2 de 3â€? debajo de la parte de Registrarse (Sign Up). La exenciĂłn de la nataciĂłn de vuelta debe completarse para cada sesiĂłn y tambiĂŠn estĂĄ disponible en lĂ­nea en https://cal.network/332IcMQ. 3. Haga un pago de $7.50 por cada sesiĂłn para finalizar el proceso.

La nataciĂłn recreativa y las clases de nataciĂłn no se llevarĂĄn a cabo en la piscina este verano.

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The Express Editorial team is working on the upcoming 2020 “Welcome to Winters” special edition that publishes in August. It serves as an introduction to the Winters area and features information on local organizations and nonprofits, local businesses and more.

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Winters residents pilot new Waste Management camera program

By Rodney Orosco Staff Writer Waste Management presented the Winters City Council with a vision of the future of waste collection, accountability cameras in Waste Management trucks, literally.

During her presentation at the July 21 City Council meeting, Waste Management representative Kayla Rodriguez cheerfully explained how lucky Winters customers will soon be—They will be among the first in the state to have their garbage filmed and reviewed by trained waste overseers.

The program, called Residential Smart Services Solution, will include cameras in the dump bays of trucks that collect recycling and green waste.

As the truck dumps a resident’s recycling or green waste bin, the camera will record what is being dumped. And, if a greasy pizza box, or plastic bag ends up in the truck’s collection bin, a no-no, the waste overseer will flag that image and the resident will receive a $10.99 surcharge, Rodriguez said.

The new smart truck technology will also be able to take pictures of bins overflowing, that is, the tops

not being able to be closed, and the resident will be surcharged.

According to Rodriguez, August and September will be “no charge” months as the program begins it “soft launch” of education of the program and Waste Management bin expectations. Garbage scofflaws will be notified of their rubbish transgressions via email or text.

The cameras, however, allow Waste Management to provide proactive customer service and will help to identify damaged or cracked bins that need to be replaced.

Surcharges will begin to be issued as of Oct. 1, 2020. However, residents will first receive a warning on a first offense, and the surcharge on following offenses.

However, the new program will not apply to those who live in cul de sacs because the house in violation is too hard to identify, for now, Rodriguez reported.

The need for the program is to promote “the elimination of contaminants from recyclables and organics,” Waste Management spokesman Paul T. Rosynsky said.

Winters Express Editor-in-Chief, Crystal Apilado, contributed to this article.

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Yolo County Master Gardeners and community volunteers are working to develop the area to expand upon the Winters Community Library teaching garden.

Winters Community Library Garden expansion needs

By Stephanie Myers Special to the Express

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Even though the Winters Community Library is currently closed, volunteers are hard at work on a plan to expand the library’s teaching garden, located on the south side of the library building. The Yolo County Master Gardeners, Winters Joint Unified School District, and Yolo County Library have agreed to extend the teaching garden boundary east to the sidewalk along Railroad Avenue, into the adjacent area that has been full of weeds for a number of years. It is a natural fit and will create more space for outdoor library activities as well as provide a more pleasing view for the public and a nicer face for the library. The design plan will complement the existing garden, with low-water-use and wildlife-friendly plants, anchored with small trees and large shrubs.

Volunteers have obtained $1,000 in grant funding from the Yolo County Resource Conservation District (YCRCD) to cover the fall 2020 planting and irrigation costs.

Winters Friends of the Library

(WFoL) has committed to provide an annual budget of $750 for longterm support of the garden.

City Manager John W. Donlevy, Jr. arranged for the City maintenance crew to relocate the fence and install a new valve box and irrigation timer. The fence was located so as not to block the view of the Winters Community Library sign.

Volunteers have completed the removal of the old non-functioning irrigation system and several small trees and shrubs. They plan to schedule one or two planting days and another day to install mulch once the new irrigation is installed in late fall (October). The work will be done by community volunteers at the direction of the Master Gardeners and YCRCD. Donations are still needed to pay for additional costs not covered by other funds, for decomposed granite, soil, mulch, and other supplies.

Donations can be made to WFoL at PO Box 963, Winters, CA 95694 or online at wfol.org/donate. Please indicate on your check or the online donation form that your gift is to support the teaching garden.

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The Yolo County Search and Rescue team is made up of local Yolo volunteers who train monthly in a variety of terrains to assist in rescue efforts in Yolo County.

Yolo County Search and Rescue team recruiting in Winters area

By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief The Yolo County Search and Rescue (Yolo SAR) team is actively seeking volunteers who live in Winters and other cities in Western Yolo County.

Armando Jaramillo, the Yolo SAR team Board of Directors President said the goal to gain members in all cities across Yolo County will help to provide a more immediate response to local search efforts.

Yolo SAR is a volunteer opportunity through the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office and is comprised entirely of volunteers who reside in Yolo County and have a passion to serve. Volunteers are oncall each day to assist the Yolo County Sheriff as a resource in both urban and wilderness search operations throughout Yolo County. However, the response time is based on the volunteers availability at the time of the mission call out notification since not everyone is readily available 24/7.

“They’ll have to know what they can or cannot do,” Jaramillo said regarding volunteers personal commitments when a mission call is sent out.

Jaramillo said his team is usually authorized to join in searches for missing individuals or to search for evidence as secondary responders. According to Jaramillo the missing individuals they are often contacted to search for are usually a medical walk away, a hiker

that has gone missing or a hunter who hasn’t shown up to a meet-up point.

Yolo County SAR volunteers must reside in Yolo County.

Based on availability to assist on a search operation some volunteers may be traveling from further cities based on their availability to assist on a search operation.

Volunteers must also be 18 years or older, pass both a DOJ (Department of Justice)

fice of Emergency Services has recommended that California search and rescue teams resume field training to maintain proficiency.

“The Yolo County Sheriff has authorized the Yolo County Search and Rescue team to conduct field training with all the health and safety precautions of the pandemic. The Yolo County Search and Rescue Team follows those standards while training outdoors,” Jaramillo said.

The Yolo SAR team depends on local knowledge of its team members when it comes to a rescue operation.

They hope to gain new volunteers from across Western Yolo County’s different communities to help provide as much knowledge about the different areas.

“Western Yolo County is a very popular place for visitors to hike and enjoy the outdoors,” Jaramillo said. “Residents from Western Yolo County and other rural areas of Yolo County play an important role understanding the terrain features and the search area especially in the search for a missing person.”

Those interested in joining the Yolo County SAR team can fill out the online application located online at https://www.yolosar. org/.

Details about requirements and expectations are listed on the Yolo SAR website.

Questions can be sent by email to yolosar@yolocounty.org.

“Residents from Western Yolo County and other rural areas of Yolo County play an important role understanding the terrain features and the search area..”

Armando Jaramillo background check and Live Scan and have some degree of training in basic first aid and CPR. Due to the coronavirus pandemic the Yolo SAR team has had to make adjustments in order to comply with Yolo County Health Department safety guidelines.

Jaramillo said their monthly meetings are now being conducted on a virtual platform rather than in person.

Volunteers are expected to participate in a two-hour training every first Thursday and a six-hour training every second Saturday adding up to a minimum of eight hours each month.

Volunteers may see more hours as they accept search operations to participate in.

The California Of-

COUNCIL Continued from Page 1 would create an Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) around the city and allow citizens to vote on future development outside of that boundary.

The approved ballot measure, created by a committee of city leaders and the leaders of the slow growth group Keep Winters Winters (KWW), would replace the KWW measure the council voted to place on the November ballot at their past meeting.

The ballot switch was the result of a compromise negotiated between KWW and the city.

According to City Attorney Ethan Walsh, the new measure “enacts a new General Plan policy that establishes a process by which lands that are outside the initial UGB, but have historically been contemplated as areas for potential future development, could be included in a specific plan area and the UGB could be relocated to the outer boundaries of that specific plan area.”

A key element from the KWW measure staying in the negotiated measure is the requirement that all new development be community driven.

To that end, a Specific Plan Committee of twelve will be created.

Members of the community, business leaders and city staff will make up the committee and formulate a plan for development.

The “community plan”, would then go to a city-wide vote for approval.

Money for the cause

The council unanimously approved filing for a COVID healthcare services funding grant under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The more than $75,000 will be given to the Winters Healthcare to help them monitor and test residents.

Upcoming City Meeting

The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 6:30 p.m.

The agenda and virtual meeting link are available at http:// www.cityofwinters.org/city-countil-meetings_/

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Yolo County Assessor’s Office public counter hours will be changed to 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, beginning on Aug. 3.

“We continue to make every effort to balance public service while creating a safe environment for both staff and residents during the pandemic,” the Assessor’s Office said in a media statement.

Assessor’s staff availability via phone or email remains unchanged. Staff is available via phone at 530-666-8135 or email assessor@yolocounty.org Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Additionally, information and most forms are available online at the Assessor’s website at https://www.yolocounty.org/general-government/general-government-departments/assessor.

Earlier this month, the Assessor’s Office closed the assessment roll ahead of the statutory deadline of July 1, despite the unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual assessment roll hit $30.18 billion, a 5.15 percent increase over the prior year. Detailed figures for every area within Yolo County

is posted online at https://www. yolocounty.org/home/showdocument?id=65046.

The 2020-21 assessed values will be available online for review beginning in late August at https:// www.yolocounty.org/general-government/general-government-departments/assessor. Unsecured tax bills are normally mailed in July and are due by Aug. 31. Secured property tax bills are typically mailed in mid-September.

Please review your assessed value closely and contact the Assessor’s Office with questions or concerns at 530-666-8135 or by email at assessor@yolocounty.org.

The Assessor’s informal review filing period for residential properties ends on Nov. 1. Informal review information and application is online at https://www. yolocounty.org/home/showdocument?id=65193. Assessment appeal applications are accepted through Nov. 30. For questions regarding assessment appeals, call the Yolo County Clerk of the Board at 530-666-8195 or visit www.yolocounty.org/assessment-appeals.

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By Aaron Geerts Staff Writer Gloria Lopez and her peppers share roots that go back generations and reach as far as Spain.

And after years of cultivation, her family and heirloom peppers continue to grow.

Lopez’s grandfather immigrated to the United States back in 1920. After living on the east coast, he made his way to Winters and brought his seeds with him. Meanwhile, Lopez’s grandmother made her way to Winters from across the Pacific. And with the perfect conditions in California’s Mediterranean climate, the family and peppers took root.

“Every year my grandpa would plant peppers and save

the seed for the next year,” Lopez recalled her family tradition.

“He did that every year and my father carried it on as well as my brothers. We’re all growing peppers from seeds of 100 years ago.”

Cultivating heirloom peppers, however, is a meticulous and time-consuming process. A process that Lopez has gotten so good at it has earned her the nickname “La Señora de los Pemientos.”

“Every Feb. 1, I plant 1,000 plants.

Sometimes they take three to four weeks to germinate in the greenhouse. By mid to late April I have plants ready to put into the garden,” Lopez said. “It’s time and labor-intensive and only a few people

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Gloria Lopez’s family has been cultivating heirloom peppers from Spain for 100 years. have been successful at propagating it themselves.”

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Open Sun 8am-8pm, Tue-Thu 8am-8:30pm, Sat 8am-9pm Call ahead for pick up. Curbside pick up is available upon request. Payment is accepted over the phone by credit/debit card only.

Credit card and cash accepted inside.

(530) 441-2337 greenrivertaproom.net

Office: (530) 795-2222 Dr. Mazza: (530) 902-0487 info@mazzadentalcare.com

Ample Electric, Inc. (530)795-9913 alexa@ampleelectric.com Open Mon-Fri 7:30am-3:30pm “Ample Electric, Inc. is keeping the lights on!” We continue to serve commercial, agricultural, and residential clients doing emergency and essential work. Although you may not see us directly, our services are keeping other essential businesses operating smoothly. Some essential services we are providing include agricultural electrical, commercial food processing, and residential service work. Please call or email us as we have limited in-person office interactions.

Andy’s Custom Autoglass (707) 592-6154 Open Mon-Fri 7:30am-8pm, Sat-Sun 9am-5pm Mobile Service is available. FREE QUOTES!

Andy Pignataro, State Farm (707) 452-9599 andy@pignataro.com While we are not scheduling any in person meetings, we are serving customers and doing business by phone, email or fax.

Anytime Fitness (530) 795-4444 We Miss You!! Check out our Facebook page for daily virtual workouts.

Berryessa Gap Vineyards (530) 795-3201 info@berryessaco.com The walk up window is open WednesdaySunday. Curbside pickup is available at our winery by appointment. Email: orders@berryessagap.com for pick up and complimentry Winters local delivery with a 6 bottle purchase. 20% OFF a case and 30% OFF for club members. 15% of all sales go to to the Winters Healthcare Foundation until April 30. Shipping is $1.00 CA, WA, OR or NV. All other states $5.00

Berryessa Sporting Goods (530) 795-1278 Open Sun-Thu 4pm-11 pm, Fri-Sat 4pm-12am Masks required as per Yolo County.

We allow a limited amount of customers in the store at one time.

Buckhorn BBQ Truck Open Every Day 11am-6pm Come see us in the Winters Store parking lot.

Buckhorn Steakhouse (530) 795-4503 www,buckhornsteakhouse.com Open Wed-Sun 4pm-8pm

Ciarlo Fruit and Nut (530) 304-2605 Delivery within hundred miles of Winters, CA. Order by text, calling or by email: patcalvert@ciarlofruitnut.com. Shipping is available and we accept credit cards. $10 credit on shipping.

Cloth Carousel (530) 795-2580 clothcarousel.com info@clothcarousel.com

Open Mon-Sat 11am-7pm Call ahead for Takeout Orders.

Fresh baked chicken pot pies daily!

Hoobys (530) 794-6118 Open Tue & Thu 4-6pm, Sat-Sun 11:30am-2pm Hoobys Brewing Helping you Help Us! We are offering $10 - 64oz and $7 - 32oz growler fills (growler glass available for purchase or bring your own), as well as $15 bottles of wine, gift cards and 20% off all apparel.Follow us on our social media for any updates! @hoobysbrewing

HRB & Associates, Inc (530) 795-1283 hrbai.com

Dental Emergencies by appointment only.

Monticello Tree Service Inc (530) 574-7270 Open Mon-Fri 7am-3:30pm Free Estimates. 10% off on any job.

NAPA Auto Parts (530) 795-4100 Open Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Sat 8am-5pm, Sun 8:30am-3:30pm Please note we will be closed every other Sunday

Nitzkowski Tax and Accounting Services (530) 758-2500 richnitzcpa.com

Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm We are offering Online Ordering and Curbside pickup. Plus $5.00 shipping.

Fabric, Yarn & Books 25% OFF

Open Mon-Fri 9am-4pm Customers can call with any special needs.

Open Mon-Fri 8am-5pm We take extra precautions to protect our customers.

Eagle Drug

Inn at Park Winters

Pacific Ace Hardware

(530) 795-4123 eagledrugpharmacy.com Open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat 9am-5pm We are offering Home Deliveries. Our store is open. Call ahead for pickup.

El Pueblo & Meat Market Taqueria (530) 795-3450 We are offering orders to go only from our menu. If you prefer to cook at home, our meats and produce are available.

Curbside service is available. Give us a call. Our Everyday Special includes 5 tacos for $9.00 (asada, carnitas, chicken). Thank you for your support!

(530) 669-3692

(530) 795-3368

Closed now We hope everyone is staying safe and peaceful during this time. We look forward to seeing everyone soon.

Open Mon-Sat 8am-5pm, Sun 9am-5 pm Open our usual hours. Call ahead for curbside pick up.

Kountry Kitchen (530) 795-2833 Open Mon-Sat 8am-6pm, Sun 8am-3pm

Farm Credit West

Take-out as well as Delivery when available.

Call ahead to order or come by and we will bring your order to you in your car. Thank you to our loyal customers for staying with us during these harsh times. We appreciate your keeping our business open.

farmcreditwest.com (530) 666-3333

La Bodega

Open Mon-Fri 8am-5pm We are here to support our borrowers and our community.

Ficelle (530) 795-9593 Open Mon, Thu, Fri & Sat Limited Hours Take Out only. 8am-4pm pre-order by phone or text: (530) 979-1902. After 4pm call the restaurant: (530) 795-9593. Also check out Facebook or Instagram for Daily menu and changes.

First Northern Bank (530) 795-4501 Open Mon-Fri 9am-3pm, By phone until 5pm Online Banking, Mobile Banking, TeleBank, ATM and Night Depository are operational 24/7. Only 3 customers are allowed in the branch at any one time.

Florals by Chris (530) 795-3279

Take out dinner. Pre-order prime rib dinner. Call ahead. Our menu is available on our website.

We are Open! Order by Phone.

We offer no-contact delivery.

Carbahal and Co.

Green Fields Real Estate

(530) 758-8111 We offer client meetings by phone. Our hours remain the same for document picks up & drop off. Our office observes social distancing. Please wear a mask. “Stay Safe”

Patio 29 Spirits Company (530) 902-0020 Call ahead for Curbside Service. We also offer special delivery of spirits. In response to Covid-19, we are making, selling and donating hand sanitizer. We offer direct shipment of bottles until the end of April.

All bottled spirits are limited to 3 bottles per person per day. 21 years of age and older.

Free 4 oz. sanitizer with purchase of spirit.

Pearce Heating & Air Conditioning (530) 795-4300

(530) 795-3127 labodgegakc.com Open Every Day 6am-8pm Curbside service. Limited to one person at a time in store.

Lester Farms Bakery (530) 795-1474 Open Mon–Fri 5:30am–2pm, Sat-Sun 6am–2pm We offer online ordering for home essentials like eggs, butter, sugar and flower. We are also offering fabulous cookie kits to take home. Call ahead for pick up. Sandwiches and pastries!

Lorenzo’s Town & Country Market (530) 795-3214 Open Every Day 7am-9pm, Seniors 7am-9am Please observe social distancing. Be aware of limits on items throughout the store.

Deli case open meats are available.

Open Mon-Fri 8am-5pm We are following all CDC Guidelines including washing hands social distancing to keep our customers safe.

“We are here for the community.”

DEANNA SHIMBOFF 7 E. Main Street • Winters (707) 249-1044 deanna.shimboff@CaliberHomeLoans.com Realty World-Camelot Winters, Inc. Cheryl: 530-400-1702 Sandy: 530-681-8939 Angie Bermudez: 530-312-0903 We are open for business! We are helping people buy and sell property and we have rentals available to show. While we are not in the office full time we are available from 9-5 by phone.

Rohwer Insurance (707) 678-9216 blee@rohwerinsurance.com Open Mon-Fri 7:30am-3pm Phone consultation only. Business as usual. We are here to answer any questions or concerns you may have during this difficult time. We are here for you.

Round Table Pizza (530) 795-1500 Open Mon-Thu 11am-8pm, Fri-Sat 11am-9:30pm, Sun 11am-9pm Call ahead for Take Out, Curbside Service and Delivery.

Smiles of Winters Ana Maria Antoniu, D.M.D. (617) 447-3582 idosmilebig@yahoo.com smilesofwinters.com Open for Emergencies only For people who have lost their dental insurance we will be offering our own dental insurance that will have a premium of less than $1 a day.

Sonin Law

Pizza Factory

(530) 662-2226

(530) 212-5101

We are Open and serving customers at this time by appointment only. “Thoughts are with all those sheltering in their homes. We are here for estate planning when you need us”

Open Sun-Thu 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm Call ahead for Curbside, Pick Up or Deliveries.

Check our Pizza Factory Rewards app.

Powell Counter Tops (530) 795-3251 FREE ESTIMATES! Showers and Baths are our specialty. Thank you to our customers and friends in Winters. We are here for you.

Preserve (530) 795-9963 www.preservewinters Open Fri-Sun Order and pay from our website. Curbside pick up. The menu will be a small sampling of our menu items as well as a family meal option.

Markley Cove Resort

Putah Creek Café

(707) 761-3343

(707) 289-8068 www.markleycove.com

(530) 795-2682 www.putahcreekcafe.com

Open Every Day We are here to serve you! By appointment only. We are showing properties that are unoccupied.

We are currently closed but are looking forward to being open soon and having a great summer! Please check our website for current information.

Open Every Day 8am-11am (Breakfast) & 11am-2pm (Lunch) Take out breakfast and lunch, plus take home meal kits.

Steady Eddy's Coffe Shop

Subway Sandwich (530) 795-9900 Open Every Day 9am-9pm Check out our app. Order through our app or by phone for Take Out. Call ahead for curbside service.

Turkovich Family Wines 30471 Buckeye Rd. • Winters (530) 795-3842 Open Daily Open for retail only at this time. We are open daily from 10 to 6 for curbside pick up both at the winery and downtown.

All wines and cheese are available for purchase. Shipping Specials: 1-11 bottles $10 or Full Case ships FREE. Hand delivery to local cities 3 days a week.

Valley Floors (530) 795-1713 We are here for you!

Call ahead for any flooring needs.

Winters Barber Co (925) 273-4174 Open 7 Days a Week Appointments only. Must wear a mask, We are taking extra precautions to protect our barbers and clients. Check out our Facebook page to book an appointment.

Winters Collective (530) 383-4578 Sales through social media, FaceTime, shopping appointments and live shopping sales via social media. Curbside pickup & local delivery is available. Follow us @winterscollective on Instagram and Facebook.

Winters Historical Museum www.wintersmuseum.org Enjoy visiting the History Museum online!

We have added LOTS of NEW content and videos for you to enjoy.

We thank you for your support!

(530) 795-3588

Yolo Federal Credit Union

Open Mon-Fri 6am-3pm, Sat-Sun 7am-3pm Order online for curbside pick up - https:// www.steady-eddys.com/curbside-to-go.

Shop AMPM self isolation coffee and wine packs - https://www.steady-eddys.com/ turkovich-steady-eddys

Open Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-2pm Customers are asked to enter with masks on and observe social distancing. There is a 5 person in the branch at one time limit.

(530) 669-6365

We are here to support our businesses, non-profits and our community.

If you do not see your information here, please contact sue@winterschamber.com.

Features2 B2 — Winters Express, Wednesday, July 29, 2020

• Median prices increased in all regions in June, with the more affordable markets increasing year-overyear in the high-single digits. The Bay Area and the Central Coast regions, which experienced a dip in price in May, bounced back in June with a moderate increase of 4.2 percent and 5.4 percent, respectively.

• Meanwhile, median prices in the Central Valley and the Southern California continued to rise from last year by 7.4 percent and 3.3 percent, re-

Key data for June home sales Calif. Assoc. of Realtors Press Release • Existing, single-family home sales totaled 339,910 in June on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate, up 42.4 percent from May and down 12.8 percent from June 2019. statewide • June’s median home price was $626,170, up 6.5 percent from May and up 2.5 percent from June 2019.` • Year-to-date state-

wide home sales were down 12.9 percent in June.

• At the regional level, all major regions declined in sales from last year with Southern California dropping the most at -12.2 percent, while the Central Valley had the smallest dip of only -1.5 percent.

• Slightly more than half of all counties – 26 of 51 – tracked by CAR experienced a year-over-year loss

in closed sales, with Mono declining the most from last year at -40.0 percent, followed by Napa (-28.2 percent), and Orange (-20.4 percent). Counties with a sales decline from last year averaged a loss of 12.5 percent from the year before. Of all the counties with a gain in sales, Glenn had the biggest increase from last year, growing 23.5 percent on a year-over-year basis from last June.

continued to trend downward on a yearover-year basis, with active listings falling more than 25 percent for the seventh consecutive month. A sizable year-over-year drop in active listings of 43 percent, coupled with a robust gain in closed sales, led to a decline in CAR’s Unsold Inventory Index (UII) in June. The In-

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210 Edwards Street, Winters • $564,500

6 beds, 2 baths, 1 car garage plus small granny unit, 2,024 sq. ft.

17801 County Road 85, Esparto • $970,000

D 2,885 sq. ft.

OLgarage, S2-car 3 beds, 3 baths, 114 Almond Drive, Winters • $469,500 D sq. ft.

OL1,673 3 beds,S 2 baths, 451 Abbey Street, Winters • $395,000 D sq. ft.

OL1,357 3 beds,S 2 baths, 205 Baker Street, Winters • $350,000 L1D SO 2 beds with bonus room, bath, 1,500 sq. ft.

1340 Parkgreen Drive, Dixon • $615,000 D 2,667 sq. ft.

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OL1,782 3 beds, 4 baths, 2-carS garage,

WINTERS INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE BROKER LOOKING TO REFINANCE? Get your VERY BEST OFFER from ANOTHER LENDER. THEN SEND IT TO ME and I'll BEAT IT, AND finish it up FASTER and LOCALLY!

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707.759.5129 • George@MyMtgMan.com

1300 Oliver Road, Suite 140 • Fairfield CA 94534 • Efax 707-759-5918

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402 Niemann Street, Winters • $460,000 16630 Parker Place, Esparto • $370,000 1113 Nelson Avenue, Arbuckle • $249,000 44602 N. El Macero Drive, Davis • $815,000 626 Snapdragon Street, Winters • $520,000 1096 Creekside Drive, Vacaville • $545,000 1235 Cinnabar Way, Vacaville • $385,000 1102 Valley Oak Drive, Winters • $490,000 708 Ivy Court, Winters • $450,000 200 Rosa Avenue, Winters • $385,000 221 Red Bud Lane, Winters • $355,000 22 Acres on County Road 87, Winters • $900,000 County Road 34, Winters • $950,000 120 Russell Street, Winters • $430,000 1105 Hoover Street, Winters • $356,000 210 Edwards Street, Winters • $395,000 108 2nd Street, Winters • $475,000 101 Abbey Street, Winters • $706,000 402 Columbia Way, Winters • $399,000 39.5 Acres off of County Road 87, Winters • $1,000,000

WHOLESALE MORTGAGE BROKER NMLS# 1818509

George Kalis is an Equal Housing Lender and is licensed through NMLS #270402.

8605 Olive School Road, Winters $857,500 Beautiful 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath custom home on 5 acres. Panoramic views, barn, paved driveway, fenced garden & pasture. There are many upgrades to this home & the garden is fabulous!

SOLD

M2 & Company 530-795-2810 CADRE#00811568

Jean Deleonardi

Cutting the Hassle in Real Estate

DRE# 01167890

707.684.9351 · jean@jeandeleonardi.com Conveniently Located at: 18 Main Street, Winters CA 95694

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CA DRE LIC# 01215931

CHARLOTTE LLOYD, GRI CA DRE LIC# 00862615

916.849.8700

charlotte.myrealtor@gmail.com

INTERESTED IN SELLING?

New Listing!

RARE FIND IN WINTERS. 22 ac of Chandler Walnuts, solidset sprinkler system, roomy 2800 sq. ft., 3 bed, 2 bath home needs some updating, partial basement used for storage. 1 bed, 1 bath with kitchen cottage also needs some updating used for storage. Huge 60x60 barn, separate 28x45 shop with roll up doors, and 30x30 carport, Ag well and domestic well. Call for details!

New Listing!

WILD WINGS. Beautiful 4 bed, 3 bath, 3700 sq. ft. home located in Wild Wings Subdivision. Home offers stylish, county club living in a gated golf course community. The formal living & entry has vaulted ceilings, gourmet kitchen has granite counter, cherry wood cabinets, 5 burner gas stove, kitchen island with sink, and walk-in pantry, bar off kitchen for eating plus eat in kitchen area. Beautiful tile floors in the kitchen which extends to the adjoining family room, gas fireplace, custom tile around FP, Master suite has a cozy fireplace retreat area & balcony overlooking golf course. Backyard features a spectacular view overlooking the 16th and 17th green of Yolo Flier County Club Golf Course, beautiful stamp oversize patio, covered patio, landscaped front, rear, and side yards, plenty of room for your dream pool or use community private pool, & other amenities, 3 car finished garage. Outside of home recently painted.

Girl on the Hill Boutique Vineyard and Lavender Mountain Top Property 6994 Blue Ridge Road, Vacaville

spectively, as pent-up demand returned to the market.

• Forty-three of the 51 counties tracked

by CAR reported a year-over-year gain in price in May, with Lake growing the most at 19.4 percent. Of the eight counties that experienced a price drop from last June, Del Norte had the biggest decline of 31.5 percent.

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Estate property with spectacular views and twinkling nighttime lights of the Sacramento Valley. Property sits on a total of 46.12 acres, with 2.5 acres of vineyards producing premium Malbec wine, fields of brilliant French lavender, custom saltwater pool with tumbled marble decking, and adobe home. This detail oriented home has 4 beds, 2.5 baths, great room with fireplace, formal dining room currently used as entertainment space, open floor plan, and kitchen perfect for any culinary artist and entertainer.

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NAPA COUNTY. Are you looking for a remote, yet close to home wilderness property? Located high above Vacaville on Blue Ridge in the Vaca Mountains, is this amazing recreation/hunting ranch with tons of hiking trails. The ranch boasts several parcels which can be possibly purchased separately or as one large parcel. The land is rugged enough to provide habitat for trophy black tail deer, wild pigs, bear, Mountain Lion, bobcats, fox, quail, and occasionally Wild Band tail Pigeon The ranch features access road thru a private access behind a locked gate. This property is perfect as a private recreational and hunting paradise for family and guests beautiful views over looking Lake Curry.

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SOLANO COUNTY. Are you looking for a remote, yet close to home wilderness property? Located high above Vacaville on Blue Ridge in the Vaca Mountains, is this amazing recreation/hunting ranch with tons of hiking trails. The ranch boasts several parcels which can possibly be purchased separately or as one large parcel.

The land is rugged enough to provide habitat for trophy black tail deer, wild pigs, bear, Mountain Lion, bobcats, fox, quail, and occasionally Wild Band tail Pigeon The ranch features access road thru a private access behind a locked gate. This property is perfect as a private recreational and hunting paradise for family and guests. Parcels included in 1040 ac. 0102-050-030, 0102-050-010, 0102-040050, 0102-040-040, 0102-040-070, 0102-010-050.

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS IN NORTH VACAVILLE! 6 approved lots with separate APN numbers. Final map approved project is ready to move forward.

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John M. Carrion, Owner/Broker CA DRE #: 00970701

RECIPIENT OF THE YOLO COUNTY BOARD OF REALTORS 2012, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 2017 MASTERS CLUB AWARD BEAUTIFUL CORNER LOT! 3-4 bedroom 2 bath home. Low maintenance backyard, with (OH YES built in pool and jacuzzi. Contemporary home built in 2016. Offered at $603,000.

70 ACRES, 52 OF WHICH ARE INCOME PRODUCING WALNUTS. SOLID SET SPRINKLER SYSTEM. Located between Winters and Vacaville on Winters road. Offered at $1,579,000.

1 ACRE PARCEL IN SOLANO COUNTY. Just outside of Vacaville. Offered at $139,000.

3.87 ACRES ZONED RESIDENTIAL IN VACAVILLE. Build your dream home, or explore the possibilities of creating multiple parcels. Offered at $649,000.

27.81 ACRES. ORGANIC WALNUTS, ALONG WITH MANY FRUIT TREES which include: apricots, cherries, peaches, plums. Property borders Putah Creek. Great home site $1,200,000.

VINTAGE!!! 2 bed, 2 bath on a huge lot. Walking distance to Historic Downtown Winters. Freshly painted exterior. Offered at $399,000.

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Offered at $569,000.

2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH HALFPLEX, HUGE lot, walking distance to downtown. Move in ready! Offered at $349,900 HUGE BACKYARD! 3 BEDROOM 2 BATH HOME IN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD. Needs a little love. Offered at $404,000. Call for details!

SUPER CLEAN 4 BED, 2 BATH. Large lot, close to all schools. Immaculate! A little over 1,900 sq. ft. $499,000.

IN DAVIS (STONEGATE). Just under 3,000 sq. ft.

Single story, HUGE lot, amazing location! Enjoy club house amenities. Offered at $875,000.

PENDING PENDING PENDING SOLD SOLD SOLD

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Bus: (530) 795-3834 Home: 795-3170 127 Carrion Court, Winters

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530.681.8939 108 BROADVIEW LANE, WINTERS This is the perfect property for those who love a nice open floor plan with a view of the pool in the backyard! This home has both a formal dining area open to the living room, and a breakfast nook in the kitchen for everyday meals. Plus a drive-through garage space that allows you to pull through to the back. New paint and carpet makes this home ready for you to move right in. Don’t hesitate! $464,900 1005 VILLAGE CIRCLE, WINTERS This custom built home has all new elastomeric exterior paint. Enjoy the newly painted kitchen with new Corian counters and appliances including washer and dryer. There is a downstairs bedroom and full bathroom. This huge backyard is waiting for your imagination, room for an ADU, a pool, veggie garden and much more. What are you waiting for? $529,900 412 BAKER STREET, WINTERS This home is move-in ready with new paint inside and out.There is new laminate flooring in the garage conversion, offering extra space in the home.

The backyard boasts a little storage shed in the backyard that can be used as a she-shed or mancave. All this in the core area of Winters! $394,900

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commercial property near Travis AFB, almost 1 acre, backs up to Air Base Parkway; great sign & advertising exposure! City sewer, utilities & water at lot.

Priced at $315,000.

Features3 Winters Express, Wednesday, July 29, 2020 — B3

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iodiversity hotspots it’s used makes these eco- nia peaks are among our floribundus), but Califorare regions where systems very sensitive to ecological islands, places nia’s turbulent geologic species numbers are where it’s stored below very different from sur- history produced many forunusually high. Most but ground. That’s evident in rounding landscapes. They mer islands that promoted not all are in the tropics. California where vegeta- can result from climate as evolution in what’s now its One that isn’t is the Califor- tion can shift within me- at Shasta Dam or relative- southern Coast Range. nian region. ters from deeply rooted ly wetter isolated desert The most recent of these In a 2000 Nature Conser- chaparral shrubs on steep ranges like the Providence former islands forms the vancy inventory of state rocky slopes in full and White moun- Palos Verdes Peninsula, biodiversity, California sun to shallowly which became connected

By Glen Holstein tains. stood out dramatically. Its rooted wildflower Redwood forests to the mainland by sedi5,653 species of animals prairies in flatter Special to the Express in the Santa Cruz ments washed down from and plants (non-vascular areas where clay and Santa Lucia local mountains. It is still plants and most inthe only mainland vertebrate animals location of Crossowere not included soma californicum, because of insufa shrub otherwise ficient state inforconfined to the mation) was the Channel Islands. most of any state.

The great UC Its 1,480 endemDavis botanists ics, species that Ledyard Stebbins only occur in one and Jack Major state and nowhere once categorized else, were also California’s enmore than in any demic plants as other state. Californeo-endemics and nia was No. 1 by far paleo-endemics. in vascular plant Neo-endemics Creative commons/Wikimedia species (4,389) as like lupines (Luwell as in endemic Shasta Snow Wreath (Neviusia cliftonii) is endemic to Shasta County and can be found in pinus) exploded plants (1,416). Cal- fewer than two dozen locations in the mountains around Lake Shasta. into many closely ifornia’s 804 verterelated species brate animal species were accumulates and holds wa- mountains, which are ori- through recent evolution, only fifth among states, but ter near surfaces. ented to intercept the full while paleo-endemics lack it led all states in endemic Shadier slopes interme- force of winter storms ar- close relatives and hang on animals with 62. diate between these ex- riving from the southwest, in special habitats like ecoCalifornia led all states tremes may support oak are ecological islands in logical islands. in mammal species with woodland with an herb the otherwise relatively Shasta snow-wreath, con185 as well as with its 18 understory not far away. dry southern Coast Range, fined to the hot-and-wet endemic mammals. Cali- Species diversity thrives where some interior val- area around Shasta Dam, fornia’s 418 bird species in such diverse conditions. leys are so shadowed from has its nearest relative in were only fourth among California is also a place rain that they’re drier than faraway but similarly hotstates, but its two endemic of climate extremes with much of the Mojave Desert and-wet Alabama, for exbirds brought it to second annual rainfall from 64 and provide a corridor for ample. among states despite being inches at Crescent City some of its species to move On evolutionary trees, far behind Hawaii’s 52. Cal- along the northwest coast northwest to the Bay Area. neo-endemics are like the ifornia’s 83 reptiles tie it to 2.3 at Death Valley. CalMany of California’s eco- many leaves on a single for sixth, but the 5 endem- ifornia temperatures are logical islands are caused branch while paleo-enics among these are only also very diverse with a by the state’s very active ge- demics are like single slightly exceeded by two July mean of 58 degrees F ology. Outcrops of serpen- leaves on an entirely sepastates with 6. at Crescent City and 101 tine, a mantle rock only ex- rate branch. A mammalian California’s 50 amphibi- at Death Valley, one of the posed at sites of violent tec- example of neo-endemics ans tie it for 12th, but it still world’s hottest places. tonic plate collisions, and are chipmunks (Tamias) leads by far in endemic amMost of our wet places limestone provide isolated with 13 California species phibians with 17. Califor- are cool in summer but areas with unique soils. so similar they’re somenia is only 30th in freshwa- not Shasta Dam, where a Geomorphic basins where times difficult to tell apart, ter fish species with 68 but 81.4 degree July mean and water accumulates to form while a classic paleo-enis back to number 1 with 20 precipitation of 60.4 inch- vernal pools are another demic is the mountain endemic fish. es provides habitat for the important kind of Califor- beaver (Aplodontia rufa), What accounts for our endemic rare plant Shas- nia ecological island. so distinctive that it’s the great biodiversity? One ta snow-wreath (Neviusia Ever since Charles Dar- only member of its family factor leading to high en- cliftonii). Cool summer fogs win described how the and definitely not a beaver demism is mountains and extending down the coast Galapagos archipelago (although not a California deserts isolating us from to Santa Barbara County promoted evolution it’s endemic since its range states to the east. Another and reappearing in the been known that isolation extends north to British that sets us apart from east- Channel Islands provide a increases biodiversity, Columbia). ern states is a Mediterra- corridor for species from which is definitely true of Dr. Holstein is a retired senean climate. It may not be much farther north to en- California’s many ecologi- nior scientist from Zentner accidental that several oth- ter California and add to its cal islands. But it has real and Zentner, a Northern Caler non-tropical hotspots on diversity. So do the forests islands as well. ifornia biological consulting other continents also have of the Cascade and Sierra The Channel Islands off company and the Chapter such climates, in which Nevada Mountains. Some southern California have Botanist for the Sacramento most rain falls when it’s northern species or their many endemic species of Calley Chapter of the Calicoldest. near relatives reappear their own like island scrub fornia Native Plant Society.

Since most plants grow in isolated forest islands jay (Aphelocoma insu- He is also on the board of Tufastest when it’s warmest, on high peaks in southern laris), island fox (Urocyon leyome, a Woodland based the gap between when California. littoralis), and island iron- nonprofit conservation orwater arrives and when These southern Califor- wood trees (Lyonothamnus ganization.

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DATA Continued from Page 1 dex dropped to 2.7 months in June from 4.3 months in May and was down from 3.4 months in June 2019. The index indicates the number of months it would take to sell the supply of homes on the market at the current rate of sales. supply • Housing continued to decline significantly across the state, with all areas falling more than 30 percent in active listings from last year. Southern California had the biggest drop in supply, with for-sale properties plunging 47.3 percent year-over-year.

While all counties in

the region dropped at least 40 percent from a year ago, both Riverside and San Bernardino plummeted more than 50 percent in active listings.

• Despite a more modest decline in supply in the region when compared to other areas, eight of the San Francisco Bay Area’s nine counties still experienced an annual drop in active listings. Seven of them, in fact, declined more than 23 percent from the prior year. San Francisco was the only county in the region with an increase in active listings.

• The median number of days it took to sell a California single-family home was

unchanged from a year ago at 19 days in June.

• CAR’s statewide sales-price-to-listprice ratio* was 99.5 percent in June 2020, up slightly from 99.2 in June 2019.

• The statewide average price per square foot for an existing single-family home was $293 in June 2020 and $291 in June 2019.

• The 30-year, fixed-mortgage interest rate averaged 3.16 percent in June, down from 3.80 percent in June 2019, according to Freddie Mac. The five-year, adjustable mortgage interest rate was an average of 3.09 percent, compared to 3.48 percent in June 2019.

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Business is located in Yolo County Fictitious Business Name: MORIAH CLAIRE CONSULTING Physical Address: 2600 Franklin Way West Sacramento California 95691 Mailing Address: 813 Harbor Blvd #326 West Sacramento California 95691 Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): Moriah Claire Rene 2600 Franklin Way West Sacramento CA 95691 Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 04/01/2016 s/Moriah Claire Rene Official Title: Owner Corporation Name: N/A I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal.

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Business is located in Yolo County Fictitious Business Name: ACTIVE LIFE WOUND CLINIC; CORONADO VEIN CENTER Physical Address: 324 Lincoln Avenue Woodland, CA 95695 Mailing Address: PO Box 661587 Sacramento, CA 95866 Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): Active Life Healthcare LLC 2280 Grass Valley Auburn, CA 95603 Business Classification: Limited Liability Company Starting Date of Business: 03/13/2018 s/Jeff Souza Official Title: Manager Corporation Name: Active Life Healthcare I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal.

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Business is located in Yolo County Fictitious Business Name: Ag-Seeds Greenhouse Group Physical Address: 28 N. East Street Woodland, CA 95776 Mailing Address: N/A Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): David Bodine 3020 Merland Court Hanford, CA 94230; Thomas J. Marks, Trustee of the Thomas J. Marks Revocable Trust, dated March 8, 2002 2700 Rain Tree Place Modesto, CA 95355; Corey Moore 1313 Iris Avenue Oakdale, CA 95361; Joseph Mouren 833 Palmer Circle Lemoore, CA 93245; David Rominger 216 Bartlett Avenue Woodland, CA 95695; Daron Spears 6741 Balfour Road Berndwood, CA 94513; Lance Stevens 871 Tufts Court Woodland, CA 95695; Brett Mulqueeney 111 Tessa Drive Arbuckle, CA 95912; Tim Misner 3598 Indian Clove Street Plumas Lake, CA 95691; Samuel Cheda 2748 Blackburn Drive Davis, CA 95618; Erik Wilson 737 Meadowood Court Woodland, CA 95695; Garland Gladders 35209 Marciel Avenue Madera, CA 93636; John Quinn 1104 Roundtree Court Sacramento, CA 95831 Business Classification: General Partnership Starting Date of Business: 1997 s/Lance Stevens / General Partner Official Title: N/A Corporation Name: N/A I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal.

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Business is located in Yolo County Fictitious Business Name: ZOART PHOTOGRAPHY Physical Address: 2708 Brookshire Cir Woodland Ca 95776 Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): Robin Fadtke 2708 Brookshire Cir. Woodland Ca 95776 Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 6/18/2020 s/Robin Fadtke Official Title: N/A Corporation Name: N/A I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal.

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WINTERS REZONING WALNUT LANE 10 SUBDIVISION (APN 030050-019) TO ADD A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (PD) OVERLAY ZONE AND ADOPTING PD OVERLAY ZONE REGULATIONS WHEREAS, the City received an application from James Corbett (Property Owner) and requesting that the City consider a rezoning of that certain property located north end of Walnut Lane, north of the intersection with East Grant Avenue in the City of Winters, known as (â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Walnut Lane 10 Subdivisionâ&#x20AC;?) APN No. 030-220-034 to adopt a PD Overlay Zone on the Walnut Lane 10 Subdivision that would implement certain PD Overlay Permit Regulations that would apply to such property (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Zoning Amendmentâ&#x20AC;?); and WHEREAS, the Winters Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on May 26, 2020 to review and consider recommendation to the City Council of the proposed zoning amendment; and WHEREAS, following said public hearing, the Planning Commission recommended on a 6 to 1 vote that the City Council approve the Zoning Amendment; and WHEREAS, on July 7, 2020, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing on the Zoning Amendment at which time all persons wishing to testify in connection with the Zoning Amendment were heard and the Zoning Amendment was comprehensively reviewed; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed all written evidence and all oral testimony presented to date, and all other legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred; NOW, THEREFORE, The City Council of the City of Winters, State of California, does hereby ordain as follows: 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to rezone the property known as the Walnut Lane 10 Subdivision (APN 030-050-019) by adding a Planned Development Overlay Zone to the existing R-1 Single Family Residential Zoning.

2. Findings. Based on the evidence presented to the City Council on or before the public hearing on the Zoning Amendment, the City Council hereby makes the following findings in conformance with Section 17.48.060 of the Winters Municipal Code: a. The Zoning Amendment and the development of the Walnut Lane 10 Subdivision is consistent with the general plan and the purposes of Chapter 17.48 of the Winters Municipal Code. b. The Zoning Amendment and the proposed development of the Walnut Lane 10 Subdivision as contemplated herein complies with the applicable provisions of the R-1 Single Family Residential Zoning districts, except for certain reductions to the lot widths and average lot size, which will allow for the development of smaller units that are more affordable by design and meet a need for housing that in the City of Winters that is more affordable to working families and first time homebuyers. c. The proposed development is desirable to the public comfort and convenience as it provides new housing consistent with the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s General Plan, that will accommodate a need for smaller, affordable by design units in the City, and will be built on an in-fill site that will accommodate housing within the City limits and help to limit future outward expansion to meet the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s housing needs. d. The requested development plan will not impair the integrity or character of the neighborhood nor be detrimental to the public health, safety or general welfare in that it will allow for development of 54 residential units on property designated and zoned for residential use consistent with the allowable density for the site, with only minor reductions in the setbacks for certain lots within the proposed development. e. Adequate utilities, access roads, sanitation and/or necessary facilities and services will be provided, or available, and such requirements are conditions of approval for the tentative subdivision map being considered for such development. f. The development will not create an adverse fiscal impact for the City in providing necessary services as the development is consistent with the contemplates zoning and land use designations for such site, with the City anticipating that residential units would be prepared for such site.

3. Authority. The City of Winters has authority to adopt this ordinance pursuant to the general police power granted to cities by Article 11, Section 7 of the California Constitution and Chapter 17.48 of the Winters Municipal Code.

3. Rezoning. The subject property is hereby rezoned as shown on Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference to rezone APN 030-220-034 by adding a PD Overlay Zone to said property.

4. Adoption of PD Overlay Permit. A PD Overlay Permit is hereby approved which permits reduced lot widths and average lot size and requires increased rear yard setbacks for Lots 43-53 as set forth in Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated herein. All other zoning requirements within this PD Overlay Zone shall be as set forth in the underlying R-1 zoning for this site.

5. Effective Date and Notice. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption and, within fifteen (15) days after its passage, shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated within the City of Winters.

INTRODUCED at a regular meeting on the 7th day of July 2020 and PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Winters City Council, County of Yolo, State of California, on the 21st day of July 2020, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Council Members Anderson, Loren, Neu, Mayor Pro Tem Biasi, Mayor Cowan NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Wade Cowan, Mayor ATTEST: Tracy S. Jensen, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Ethan Walsh, City Attorney

Published: July 29, 2020

Features5 Winters Express, Wednesday, July 29, 2020 — B5

Don’t forget about your health The COVID-19 response has created a number of secondary health situations due to fewer people going to the doctor for non-COVID related appointments.

The reason for this is multifaceted. Some hospitals and medical centers had stopped booking non-emergency appointments. Some people are staying away from their physician or specialist out of fear of contracting the virus or not wanting to burden the system with routine appointments. And some people just don’t know that their provider is seeing patients.

As we progress further into the COVID quarantine and the limitations passed down from our state and local governments persist, the non-COVID related health consequences are becoming more and more pronounced and needing of our attention.

Mental health issues were among the first side effects we saw; both suicides and appointments with mental health specialists are well above normal. But as we progress through month four of the quarantine, the risk from a lack of normal care for chronic conditions and routine care for the young will

increase.

Children need their wellness visits. Babies under 2 years old should be seen at 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, and 24 months for developmental tests and vaccinations. Diabetics should be keeping up on their appointments and testing and ensuring they control their A1C. People with high blood pressure and folks in the risk categories for cancer still need their usual checkups and screenings. Periodic dental cleanings and dental work still needs to be done. Our health needs haven’t stopped because many aspects of daily life have.

Fortunately, options for care are actually more varied than pre-COVID. Aside from the usual office visits, telemedicine with doctors has become much more common.

Physical screenings obviously can’t be conducted over the phone, but many health concerns can be addressed and in-person appointments can be had for necessary non-emergency tests. I had

surgery four weeks ago and all but the surgery and post-op were done over the phone, including a follow-up prescription that became necessary. It is imperative that we all continue to reach out to our health providers when necessary. This is even more true for people with chronic conditions that require ongoing care and those in higher-risk categories that could result in complications if they contract COVID-19.

This may be common knowledge for many folks in town but as a reference for anyone who doesn’t know or recently moved, we have a number of healthcare provider options in Winters for dental, eyesight, and primary care. In no particular order: Dr. Hiramatsu, Dr. Mazza, and Dr. Antoniu are all local dentists or dental surgeons that can be found on Google Maps. Winters Eyecare is on the corner of the roundabout. Sutter Health has an office next to Anytime Fitness on Main Street and next to Lorenzo’s Market on East Grant. Winters Healthcare Foundation has their brandnew building next to Dollar General that offers dental,

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Letters and possible other longterm effects and As a former Express that they do indeed editor and staff writ- spread the virus. er, a longtime WJUSD There are also groweducator and a cur- ing numbers of inrent community mem- fections, hospitalizaber, I am disturbed by tions and even deaths among the Express’ decision nationwide to publish a letter children of all ages.

Dr. Deborah Birx, from an unspecified number of educators a top advisor to the (2? 12? Certificat- president on the reed staff? Classified Coronavirus sponse team, said on staff?) to which they will not attach their Friday of last week that it is not clear that names. children Allowunder 10 “Allowing them to ing them to remain remain anonymous... cannot spread anonygives validity to the the virus, mous, a contenidea that there are partiction on ularly those who would which with the punish them for their much of accomthe push thoughts” panying to open rationale schools posted by the paper, gives validity to the rests, and that it’s “an idea that there are open question that those who would needs to be studied.”

People need to punish them for their thoughts. This cre- stand up and be ates a clear implica- counted for what tion that there exists they believe, whethwithin the school dis- er it is popular or not. trict a policy of sup- If these educators pression of ideas and wish to be the modopinions. If that’s the els for their students case, it needs to be that they say they are exposed. If the case and wish to have the is rather that these community give seriideas are unpopular ous consideration to among their peers, their ideas, they have that’s not sufficient to be willing to put reason to grant them names and faces to a cloak of anonymity. their claims.

DEBBIE Under the cover of the anonymity and HEMENWAY non-accountability which the Express granted them, these educators made a case for opening school based on statements made by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The Academy has since clarified those statements and has acknowledged that school openings must be considered in the larger context of community health and metrics and that it is not in the best interests of schools or kids to open fully when community spread is still a factor.

Furthermore, recent data from both within the United States and other countries is showing that children are not immune to the virus and can in fact be asymptomatic and still sustain lung damage

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PATRONA Continued from Page 1 ual. “In February it’s cold, but I’m in my greenhouse warm and talking to my dad and grandpa.”

When the peppers are picked, they’re shipped to the kitchen where Lopez uses them to whip up some of her favorite Spanish cuisine.

“I like cooking with peppers and roast them all the time. I build a fire and char the peppers, then I

HEALTH Continued from Page 5 primary care, prenatal care, behavioral health services, and accepts a wide variety of private health insurance as well as Medi-Cal and Medicare. Sutter and Winters Healthcare are both offering COVID-19 testing, too. I am sure a quick phone call to any of the above providers could confirm their current office hours if they are accepting new patients, and which insurance plans they accept.

Your individual health is just as if not more important during these times than it was before. If you have been putting off going to the doctor, call and make an appointment. If

peel them and use them in a lot of Spanish foods,” Lopez said about the delicious fruits of her labor.

“These are sweet peppers, not the spicy kind. That’s why you never want to grow these beside the hot variety because it’ll ruin the sweet peppers.”

With her long-standing relationship with mother nature, Lopez continues to cultivate her family’s peppers. And with every passing season, her Spanish roots in the Winters’ soil only grow stronger.

you have a condition that usually requires frequent visits or checkups, call and make an appointment.

If you have a young child with a checkup coming up or that has been missed, call and make an appointment. If you are in mental or emotional distress or just feel like you need support from a mental health professional, call and make an appointment. If you have a friend or loved one who could answer yes to any of the above questions or has some other health situation that requires care, call them, see how they’re doing, and suggest they make an appointment. The secondary health effects of the pandemic are entirely avoidable and we each have the power to minimize and eliminate them through maintaining agency over our own health.

Ribs and macaroni Gramps Says

On a recent Friday circumstances interrupted our usual meal preparation and we decided to treat ourselves and eat out.

These days that means you actually eat out, meaning outside.

We ventured downtown to see what was available and we checked out the abbreviated take out menu at the Putah Creek Café, but we were seduced by the aroma of ribs being barbecued in front of the Buckhorn.

The ribs were served with macaroni. No bread, vegetable, or alternate choice of sides. Just ribs and macaroni for the price of 14 dollars, and they were mighty tasty. We sat outside at a table on the street and by that time of the evening, around 7:30 p.m., the street was in the shade.

It turned out to be very enjoyable dining. Afterwards we had a strong yearning for a yogurt topped with chopped almonds for dessert but The Scoop was shut down.

There is an interesting article in the July 20 issue of The New Yorker titled ‘Crossroads.’ The article discusses changes to society brought about by the worlds past great pandemics. The COVID-19 is compared to the bubonic plague that struck Europe in the 14th century—“not in the number of dead but in terms of shaking up the way

people think.” Six pages of writing delve into how medicine, the sciences, exploration and governmental structures were revolutionized and those pages speak of a pandemic as “an accelerator of mental renewal.”

Well, my mental renewal was the realization that I didn’t need to spend a hundred dollars to enjoy eating out.

Back to that yogurt with sliced almonds. Can we petition The Scoop to serve their yogurt cups out the front door? Provide a simple checklist menu to select small, medium or large sizes. A choice of French vanilla, chocolate and a flavor of the week could be offered. We don’t need a choice of 12 toppings, perhaps three or four is OK as long as chopped almonds are included.

Sophie Says

I love the idea of the ribs. By the way, why wasn’t I invited? I accept the fact that I’m not allowed to eat inside of a restaurant, but is there a law against my dining in the street? It seems like you are in my territory rather than the other way

Guest column: Coronavirus and aging

By Wally Pearce Winters Elder Day Council Since the beginning of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it’s been clear that the elderly and those with underlying health conditions are being hit hardest by the virus. However, each day we learn that COVID-19 virus is a nondiscriminatory disease when it comes to age.

People of any age can be infected with the virus. But the age penalty continues to be severe for the elderly with compromised medical conditions. This is tragic. There are also stories of the virus wreaking havoc in nursing homes where mostly the elderly reside.

COVID-19 seems to be spreading easily and sustainably in “community spread” across many types of environments where people reside and move about. Community spread means people have been infected with the virus, including some who are not sure how or where they became infected. Testing and contact tracing are equally vital. COVID-19 may even be spread by people who are not showing symptoms, and that’s why wearing a mask, practicing social distancing, hand washing, cleaning, and disinfecting frequently-touched objects and surfaces daily is important. All practices are critical to control the spread of COVID-19.

According to the Center for Disease Control, everyone is at risk for getting COVID-19 when they’re exposed to the virus. However, some people are more likely than others to become severely ill, which means that they may require hospitalization, intensive care, or a ventilator to help them breathe, or they may even die from virus complications.

Older adults are the most susceptible because they’re likely to have underlying health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, compromised immune systems, or respiratory illness — co-morbidities that are known to raise the risk of COVID-19 related death.

According to the World Health Organization, a high percentage of COVID-19 deaths were among people over 60 years of age, and more than half of all deaths occurred in people 80 years-plus, with more than 40 percent of them residing in nursing facilities. But these statistics are quickly changing every day to include a much younger population.

COVID-19 is changing older adult’s daily routines, the care and support they receive, their ability to stay socially connected and how they are perceived. Older adults are challenged by requirements to spend more time at home, lack of physical contact with other family members, friends and colleagues, temporary cessation of employment and other activities; and anxiety and fear of illness and death – their own and others. It is important that opportunities to foster healthy aging during the pandemic are not ignored.

Although no one yet knows what the future holds for COVID-19, most experts seem to agree that it isn’t going away anytime soon. As the pandemic continues to unfold and health systems are tested and pushed further than local medical facilities have experienced in modern history, the impact of COVID-19 on people will more and more come into focus. Please follow the directions established by our local Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency and stay safe and healthy.

How can a mural be controversial?

The more I see of the mural on the Museum Building the more I like it.

I’ll admit that I didn’t think my father’s image at his typewriter would be so large, but it is starting to look a lot like him. I really like the way my printing press is turning out. The young, and old, artists are doing a great job, and I’m impressed with their progress.

They tell me that they will be done this week, but it looks like they will have to hurry to meet their deadline.

Almost all of the comments that I’ve heard, so far, have been positive. I was challenged as to why I allowed the depiction of Black Lives Matter protesters, by the Rotary Clock, to be included on the mural. I never even thought about having protesters on the mural, or that they could be considered offensive, or controversial. I know there was a protest, because I was there, but I guess if it wasn’t on the mural, it never happened.

Next, I’ll be hearing complaints about the painting

of Winters Japanese families being loaded into trains to be moved to concentration camps during WWII, or will pictures of farmworkers upset someone? Maybe the stack of books will remind people that certain books need to be censored, or that the scale of justice is out of balance.

I try to see the mural through the eyes of the kids painting it. I’ll admit that I did give them some ideas about what I would like to see in the mural, but they added their own view of Winters from growing up here, reading books, old newspapers and watching the movie The Winters Express.

The Rogers Building (Museum Building) was constructed in the early 1950s to house the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation while they were building the Monticello Dam. When they were finished in 1958 the building was turned into a library on the south side and a courthouse on the north side. After the

courthouse closed and the library moved, it housed RISE, the Winters Express, Winters Chamber of Commerce, HRB Bookkeeping, the Winters Printing Company, Winters Barbershop and other offices.

My vision of the mural was to chronicle all of the businesses that have called the building home. An artist friend of mine reminded me not to tell an artist what to paint but to let them use their talents to come up with something special. Well, our students, their art teacher and local muralists have come up with something special. I would like to take credit for their work, but I was just someone standing on the sidelines that happened to be renting a building with a blank canvas. If you don’t like the mural, I don’t know what to tell you. I will try and not let one person’s comments bother me, or take anything away from a great local project.

Have a good week.

A win-win for Winters Come November, if everything goes as expected, you’ll see a big change in the planning map for the city of Winters.

Certain lines will be erased, certain projected zoning will be removed, replaced by a never before seen map designation, “Specific Plan.”

This new map will have been the result of the hard fought political and legal campaign waged by Keep Winters Winters, and a compromise with a City Council tired of all the bickering about the future of the North Area.

So tired, in fact, that they were willing to concede huge new powers to the voters themselves.

The voters, in turn, acknowledged the City’s need to prepare for new development, and offered to actually help choose what goes where.

The thing is: everybody wins.

Now, no one can legitimately grouse that Keep Winters Winters wants to keep Winters from moving ahead.

For those who actively fought against KWW, notably our outgoing City Manager, I can only hope this comes as some kind of consolation. In the past, citizens were told over and over, “We hear you,” while little changed.

Now, not only will the community be heard, but will be genuinely engaged in the work of planning.

In a perfect world, this new construct should relieve the incoming City Manager of the burden of creating new suburban neighborhoods, allowing the new hire to focus his or her energies on rebuilding the crown jewel of Winters, our historic downtown.

Those in Win-

ters who thought that KWW was the folly of rich outsiders, can sit back and watch as earnest, active citizens (and at least two people who live outside city limits) take control of their own destiny.

Those with legitimate complaints about the KWW ballot measure, like Chris Turkovich who famously penned “Why I Cannot Support the Keep Winters Winters Initiative,” should be pleased.

Turkovich’s main point was that the City has an economic development plan already, filled with good ideas, especially regarding business zoning.

He was right, except he failed to mention that not a single recommendation in the plan has come close to being implemented.

My bigger complaint about Turkovich is that he waited until the last minute to express his opinion instead of speaking up sooner, or even joining with KWW to help shape its focus; he would have been warmly welcomed.

The good news now is that should he wish, he could ask to join the new citizen-Council Specific Plan Committee, with the goal in mind of actually helping to design the kind of map he would like to see.

Another critic, Charley Wallace, has long blasted KWW as denying the City’s elected officials their rightful role in planning.

“If you don’t like what they do, vote them out, or run for office yourself,” was his oft-used platitude.

Now, given the enthusiastic support of this compromise by the Mayor and Council, one wonders if my Express columnist counterpart now

thinks our governing body has gone too far in its concessions, or has wantonly surrendered its constitutional authority.

Make no mistake about it: the mechanism created by this Joint Initiative is entirely new in scope, exciting, and a genuine first for Winters.

In the past, planning usually worked this way: the City staff, adhering to our ancient General Plan, might entertain a specific plan submitted by a developer.

Working together, joined by highly paid consultants, they would design a new subdivision.

Only at this point would the public get a chance to participate, submitting comments or speaking up at public hearings.

But by then, enough time and money would have been spent, making it very difficult for citizens to reject something they did not want.

If the Joint Initiative passes, the process regarding the North Area will be reversed.

The Specific Plan Committee, mostly community members, plus two Council Members and two members of the Planning Commission, will decide for themselves how they want the new map to appear.

Only then will the City staff be consulted, making sure the plan conforms to legal requirements.

And only after that would a consulting firm be hired to convert the concept into technical planning documents.

Lastly, and best of all, voters will be asked to approve or deny the final package at the next election.

Which means the phrase, “We hear you” will, finally, really mean something.

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