tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:02:27 +0000City CouncilLatino Community CouncilurineFirefightersHarison JackpvBobby HarrisArmando OlveraStorm DrainKhalid SaeedCrimeCounty Fair MallCruise NightDeath PenaltyFireAcorn PollSacramento CountyBleachersLendPioneerYolo CountyWoodland Opera HouseMark DevenCache CreekLa Fincataco bellLois WolkethanolChild Love SymboldemocratOaklandMarbleBlogscontractorFlood Zonegreen energyDaviesPBIDRockstarBenefitsSiefermanPlainfieldEd PrietostirlingCity IdentifierHuge PiglegalLightsdonationPublic RecordsMain StreetPGEPrincipalImmigrationkb homesDowntownHealth CareLevee RepairRuth BarajasAthletesAndy StevenswoodlandFarmers MarketGardenpowerCHPCamp Packer CreekillegalinspectionSex OffenderYolospringlakeBorrowsolarMegan's LawLaosAn alternative source of information and commentary about Woodland, Californiahttp://www.woodlandjournal.com/noreply@blogger.com (The Realist)Blogger1857125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-8660632423854003658Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:02:00 +00002013-04-17T07:02:27.357-07:00 Join the "Friends of the State Theatre" to ensure the grand ole auditorium will be restored and used by the ENTIRE community and region. The city and its spin-off committee have done little to include the public in the renovation of the now-city-owned historic building. Keep tabs on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-State-Theatre/118337788207463?ref=ts&fref=tshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/jsEa3OTufPI/city-hall-is-keeping-state-theatre.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2013/04/city-hall-is-keeping-state-theatre.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-460265603208979383Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:45:00 +00002012-06-03T09:45:27.408-07:00 The City of Woodland (Art Pimentel and the rest of city council) is allowing the Petrovich Development Co. to keep this freeway ad on city property. The city denied the annexation of the 22 acres next to Costco (when owned by New Woodland Partners) despite allowing Petrovich's Gateway II to be annexed. Gateway II abuts the 22 acres. Then, the city was able to attain the property from the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/OcUfdmlCHZg/pimentel-will-leave-legacy-of-petrovich_01.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/06/pimentel-will-leave-legacy-of-petrovich_01.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-201266067793477497Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:14:00 +00002012-06-01T09:15:27.467-07:00 Who wouldn't jump for joy? Three months after getting out of mortgage payments Woodland City Councilman Art Pimentel and his bride celebrated their February wedding in Napa this year - then spent a fabulous honeymoon in Bora Bora. A short sale of his home on November 16, 2011, avoided foreclosure during a year in which Pimentel's household income is estimated to be $143,000. As an isolated http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/5E4fo7hOZcE/foreclosure-doesnt-fall-far-from-tree.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/06/foreclosure-doesnt-fall-far-from-tree.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-181096125045795788Mon, 21 May 2012 22:59:00 +00002012-05-21T15:59:29.480-07:00Petrovich tries to derail relocation of existing auto dealers a few blocks down the same street From the Woodland Record: During yet another public display of deception, Sacramento developer and illusionist Paul Petrovich admitted that his Third and Main multiplex is dead. He did so while attempting a desperate pitch to prevent two existing auto dealers from moving a few blocks down the same http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/ARPfF5QXVGU/planning-commish-stands-up-to-petrovich.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/05/planning-commish-stands-up-to-petrovich.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-8528507894881385027Thu, 03 May 2012 09:13:00 +00002012-05-03T02:13:42.119-07:00From the Woodland Record: Woodland City Councilman Art Pimentel is a candidate for the Yolo County Board of Supervisors, District 5. Pimentel gets campaign support from District 3 supervisor Matt Rexroad who is a founding partner of Meridian Pacific, "a one stop shop for political services." Together, they dream up various ways to deliver campaign clichés. For the unimaginative some of their http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/NIqMz8zKgt4/pimentels-latest-campaign-stunt-bites.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/05/pimentels-latest-campaign-stunt-bites.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-3445357907027386547Tue, 01 May 2012 15:27:00 +00002012-05-01T08:44:14.990-07:00 Above are pieces from Art Pimentel's latest campaign. Pundits will certainly latch on to the new "people like us" slogan since Pimentel's job at Woodland Community College is funded by a federal subsidy. Pimentel may also have alienated many District 5 voters by characterizing incumbent Duane Chamberlain as a farmer who has taken "tax-payer funded" bail-outs and even insinuated that the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/3Uw1fT7kq2g/pimentels-lack-of-reporting-to-fppc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/05/pimentels-lack-of-reporting-to-fppc.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-5708953080209249329Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:34:00 +00002012-04-15T18:47:53.589-07:00Excerpts from the Yolo Sun article "Yolo court to rule on challenge to city council approval of Petrovich’s Gateway 2 project – part four of a Yolo Sun investigative series:"A subject of central importance to the relationship between areas of existing commercial zoning (such as the city’s downtown area, the East Street corridor) and the Gateway 2 project — and also key to this new development http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/QXTEc3zF5AM/yolo-sun-review-continues-about-lawsuit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/04/yolo-sun-review-continues-about-lawsuit.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-6616766790438145561Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:26:00 +00002012-04-12T13:16:18.179-07:00Woodland City Councilman Art Pimentel and his bride celebrated their February wedding in Napa this year - then spent a fabulous honeymoon in Bora Bora. That was only three months after a short sale of his home that avoided foreclosure. The short sale was completed in November, 2011, during a year in which Pimentel's household income is estimated to be $143,000 and he made between $8,000 and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/6rhq_g1iFQk/pimentel-is-poster-boy-for-local.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/04/pimentel-is-poster-boy-for-local.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-7164890208496452649Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:15:00 +00002012-04-12T10:34:33.169-07:00 Woodland City Councilman Art Pimentel, January 10 budget workshop.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/d-mjLb-2_os/im-confused.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/04/im-confused.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-8838118139591128621Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:30:00 +00002012-04-09T13:51:07.544-07:00Excerpts from the Yolo Sun article "Yolo court to rule on challenge to city council approval of Petrovich’s Gateway 2 project — part three of a Yolo Sun investigative series:"Crucially pivotal for Woodland’s future character, the environmentally oriented lawsuit by Davis-based California Clean Energy Committee (CCEC) challenging (* majority: Pimentel, Davies, Dote *) City Council approval of Paulhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/6-QEN3It3Do/yolo-sun-lawsuit-against-gateway-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/04/yolo-sun-lawsuit-against-gateway-ii.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-8754305200897622303Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:46:00 +00002012-04-06T14:49:00.586-07:00Excerpts from KCRA.com:Authorities say two California men have been arrested after more than 62 pounds of marijuana was found after a traffic stop of their vehicle. The Nebraska State Patrol says a trooper stopped an eastbound sport utility vehicle near Waverly in eastern Nebraska on Thursday morning.The two men were arrested on suspicion of possession for sale. They're identified as 46 year-old http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/NUeDfyNjqxM/kcra-woodland-man-suspected-in-62-lb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/04/kcra-woodland-man-suspected-in-62-lb.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-4785783991906029917Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:38:00 +00002012-04-03T06:48:58.291-07:00From the Woodland Record:The Woodland Wreckers swim team held its first practice of the season at the Charles Brooks Community Swim Center located at Woodland High School. 54 kids have signed up so far, that’s more than came out last year. The kids, who range in age from 5 to 18 years old, learn the sport of swimming and compete in swim meets throughout the area.“Our community swim center is one http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/TgMapT4rrkA/swim-club-sees-record-turnout-despite.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/04/swim-club-sees-record-turnout-despite.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-6616862775347413229Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:09:00 +00002012-03-27T11:14:12.732-07:00See January 3 Fox40News video and story about two vehicle fires.From the Woodland Record:On Tuesday, March 27, at approximately 1:39 am, Woodland Police Officers were dispatched along with Woodland Firefighters to an arson vehicle fire at 228 Hays Street in Woodland.Officers arrived moments later and observed a white Dodge pickup truck with flames coming from the front left portion of the truck. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/aJi1PtMh1Q8/another-early-morning-vehicle-arson-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/03/another-early-morning-vehicle-arson-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-2109927262939214158Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:02:00 +00002012-03-26T00:25:16.251-07:00From the Woodland Record:On Sunday afternoon, March 25, a small busload of senior citizens from Roseville enjoyed "South Pacific" at the nearly-full historic Woodland Opera House – a California State Park and Historical Landmark #851. They watched a magnificent performance by Catherine Nickerson who played Ensign Nellie Forbush. She is a Sacramento City College theater student and a graduate of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/CFH4-ZQ21rY/will-council-continue-state-theatre.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/03/will-council-continue-state-theatre.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-5209675048145450156Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:14:00 +00002012-03-21T10:26:16.822-07:00From the BrownBears.com article "Brown football players work out for NFL scouts at Bears' Pro Day:"Four Brown football seniors, along with players from URI and Bryant, worked out for several NFL scouts at Brown's Annual Pro Day. Among the NFL teams represented were New England, Buffalo and Cleveland.Participating in a variety of agility and strength drills for the Bears were quarterback Kyle http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/f8G_G_Zq2Cc/woodlander-steven-peyton-works-out-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/03/woodlander-steven-peyton-works-out-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-2028990639015603817Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:14:00 +00002012-03-20T17:07:48.525-07:00City of Woodland in dire staits after eight years of fiscal mismanagementFrom the Woodland Record:Budget discussions tonight during the Woodland city council meeting will illuminate the result of almost a decade of ineffectiveness in local government. City staff will present best-case and worst-case scenarios... bad and worse. Their solution to the problem will be to borrow from the already http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/nkHytCIgN68/what-in-hell-has-happened-to-city-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/03/what-in-hell-has-happened-to-city-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-6234667176500161476Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:59:00 +00002012-03-20T16:03:57.353-07:00From the Woodland Record:Editor's note: Below is a letter sent to the Friends of the State Theatre in response to another letter sent to them urging support for the City of Woodland's purchase of the historic State Theatre. The Friends of the State Theatre was formed specifically to support Ron Caceres' State Theatre Renovation and Expansion project that would have ensured an http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/fH0FLNg5YaE/friends-of-state-theatre-notified-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/03/friends-of-state-theatre-notified-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-7092554564358448667Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:28:00 +00002012-03-18T07:42:29.124-07:00Recently the editor of a local newspaper reported that he intended to speak at a middle school career day. He wrote: "...if all goes well I'll be imparting the 'wisdom' of some 32 years of my professional life as journalist, reporter, editor, photographer, paginator, business manager, bookkeeper, psychologist, published author, martinet, counselor, disciplinarian, and operations manager.""And http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/20P5ZXH7Fvw/editor-is-quite-guy-according-to-him.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)1http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/03/editor-is-quite-guy-according-to-him.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-3828717201401450990Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:48:00 +00002012-03-17T12:02:14.685-07:00$275,000 price tag part of $1.8 million gift to Woodland Opera HouseHalf of auditorium will be demolished for black box, the other half used for storage From the Woodland Record:Despite the claim of City of Woodland attorney Andrew Morris that the future of the State Theatre is uncertain, there is little doubt that this city council intends to gift the historic structure to the Woodland Opera http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/oTYn_YZMXM8/city-resumes-ugly-politics-with-state.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/03/city-resumes-ugly-politics-with-state.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-2885253083912367310Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-03-13T07:04:08.704-07:00From the Woodland Record:State Controller John Chiang yesterday released his monthly report covering California's cash balance, receipts and disbursements in February, showing monthly revenues came in $146.3 million below (-3.2 percent) the latest projections contained in the Governor's proposed 2012-13 Budget. That shortfall was likely caused by a large increase in early tax refunds going out http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/EX0aK5f-Q8M/state-revenues-below-governors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/03/state-revenues-below-governors.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-8832174123426869655Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:54:00 +00002012-03-12T07:02:44.344-07:00From KCRA to Pioneer High School:Your school’s upcoming [Pioneer] girls softball game against River Valley (March 30) has been selected to be in the KCRA 3 High School Playbook Featured Game poll.The poll is currently live on the website and will be active until March 23, 2012 at 5 pm. During this voting period, you can log on to KCRA.com/highschoolplaybook to cast your vote. Staff, student body,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/8k0WCm53Wvc/kcra-playbook-congratulations-pioneer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/03/kcra-playbook-congratulations-pioneer.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-1120404028158188717Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:20:00 +00002012-03-06T21:54:53.753-08:00Excerpts from the Yolo Sun article "Petrovich extorted city by holding Hoblit hostage, retaliated by halting projects:"Yolo Sun has obtained documents demonstrating a stark situation of civic extortion involving the local Hoblit Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep dealership — instigated by Paul Petrovich and tolerated by Woodland City Council, a majority of which recently (September 2011) approved Petrovich’shttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/vQg5uPhGbmM/pimentel-davies-and-dote-approved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/03/pimentel-davies-and-dote-approved.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-3668926458495342990Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:57:00 +00002012-03-03T10:08:13.702-08:00Troy Luccketta of Tesla will speak to Woodland Poly students about achieving their dreams and will discuss how their life goals have led to their personal and professional success. Courtesy photo.From the Woodland Record:Get ready to roll out the red carpet. Award-winning rock and country music stars will be making special guest appearances at Woodland Poly, a new charter high school with an http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/SvSobuboOe4/woodland-poly-will-have-music-program.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)1http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/03/woodland-poly-will-have-music-program.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38881345.post-4024930526651003229Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:27:00 +00002012-02-25T10:13:54.074-08:00From the Woodland Record:Dustin Pedroia of Woodland is among six candidates for the All-Fenway Team who played second base for the Boston Red Sox. The team selection is part of the 100th anniversary celebration for Fenway Park. Here are the six players nominated:Mike Andrews (566 games, .268 batting average, 47 homeruns, 209 runs batted in) Marty Barrett (929 G,.276 AVG, 17 HR, 311 RBI)Bobby http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheWoodlandJournal/~3/rg6XCkZI4-8/vote-dustin-for-all-fenway-team.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dino)0http://www.woodlandjournal.com/2012/02/vote-dustin-for-all-fenway-team.html