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Volume 137, Number 50 — Locally owned since 1884
The hometown paper of Jim Thomas
Winters, Yolo County, California, Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Greater Sacramento region to remain under stay-at-home order
New traffic laws arrive in California for 2021 By Edward Booth
Winters JUSD pushing back in-person learning start date By Anne Ternus-Bellamy McNaughton Media The greater Sacramento region’s ICU capacity dropped to 6.9 percent last Saturday and is expected to remain below 15 percent for the foreseeable future, according to the California Department of Public Health. That means the region — which includes Yolo County — will remain under a stayat-home order that bans all gatherings with members of more than one household, requires everyone to
stay at home except for essential work and activities, closes hair salons, curtails retail capacity and limits restaurants to takeout and delivery only. The region has been under the order since ICU capacity dropped below 15 percent on Dec. 11 and was eligible to exit the order Jan. 1. However, the state announced Saturday that because the area’s four-week projected ICU capacity does not meet the criteria to exit the order, it will remain in place.
Projections are based on current estimated regional ICU capacity, current community COVID-19 transmission, current regional case rates and the proportion of ICU cases being admitted. Once a region’s fourweek ICU projection shows a capacity of greater than or equal to 15 percent, the order will be lifted for that area. Earlier in the week the state announced two other regions, Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley, would remain
under the regional stay-at-home order as well. ICU capacity in both regions has been at zero for some time. The Bay Area is eligible to exit the stayat-home order as soon as Jan. 8, but given ICU capacity for that region was 5.1 percent on Saturday, such a move seems unlikely. Northern California remains the only region in the state to avoid the order. As of Saturday ICU capacity for that region was 32.6 percent.
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Youth Day committee cancels 2021 event, awarding scholarships By Teresa Pisani Special to the Express The year 2020 held so many challenges one of them being having to cancel Youth Day. Since the first Youth Day in 1933, this was the first time since World War II that it was canceled. The Youth Day committee planned to come back strong in 2021. Nobody at the time saw this pandemic as lasting as long as it has. Youth Day is centered around the
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youth of Winters and with the school district still using distance learning and with having to practice social distancing, it is not possible to have the election for Sweetheart and Sweethunk, float building and the other activities associated with Youth Day. Part of the celebration is having vendors in the City Park selling food and their wares but because of COVID-19, many of the small businesses
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Although the arrival of the coronavirus in March seemed to slow things down, the Winters residents did not allow it to stand in the way of moving mountains for the community. Here are some of the top news head-
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Lucy Martinez protested in support at the Black Lives Matter protest in Rotary Park on June 13, 2020.
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Winters seniors take action
There is no doubt about it, there is an active and thriving senior population in Winters. The Winters Senior Commission on Aging took their duty to serve the senior
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By Rick von Geldern Express staff writer The deadline for the cleanup of debris and hazardous materials resulting from the August LNU Lightening Complex wildfire is approaching. On Nov. 29 CalRecyle announced being tasked by the Office of Emergency Services to manage the state consolidated debris removal program. The program is available to
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post, the Winters Police Department reported that the charges “result from an incident that took place on Jan. 1.” Asked for clarification, Chief John Miller said the alleged crimes involved domestic violence, and that further details were not released in order to protect the victim’s privacy. However, Miller said the incident has spurred his department to launch a public outreach effort
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Winters police announced the arrest of a local man on attempted murder and other charges Sunday evening. Salvador Duran-Gonzalez, 40, of Winters, was booked into the Yolo County Jail on three counts each of attempted murder and false imprisonment, as well as kidnapping and assault charges. He remains on a no-bail hold. On a social media
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Several new California traffic laws have recently taken effect, or will become effective later in 2021. California residents are now exempt from criminal or civil liability if they damage cars or trucks or trespass in the vehicle for the purpose of saving a child six years or younger who is in danger from heat, cold, or other circumstances. The law,
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Assembly Bill 2717, was authored by Assemblymember Ed Chau, D-Monterey Park. “In the United States, every single year there is an average of 40 children who die from heatstroke after they were left in an unattended vehicle,” said Chau in a press release. “Here in California, for 2018 and 2019, there were six children who died after being left in a hot car – that’s six
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