Yolo County Local News

09/28/2023
J Gregory, a 28-year-old southern white rhino, weighs in at just over 4,500 pounds, making him the largest animal housed at the Sacramento Zoo.

09/28/2023
ASUCD senators discuss goals and student engagement opportunities for the new school year.

09/28/2023
Places guaranteed to get you motivated for the new school year.

09/28/2023
Three have joined the Davis Planning Commission: Alan Bennett, director of the public intellectual property resource for agriculture at UC Davis; Vince McLaughlin, a longtime attorney who also has a broker's license; and Johannes Troost, formerly on the city’s Utilities Commission and the Finance and Budget Commission.

09/28/2023
A long-awaited, controversial report weighs updates to standards that state officials say have failed to protect fish and wildlife. But environmentalists, Native tribes and others already are furious about how long this has taken—and the state is years away from taking action.

09/27/2023
GOP leaders and activists will hear Friday from Donald Trump and other presidential candidates before deciding whether to change the party platform on abortion and same-sex marriage.

09/27/2023
To qualify for financial aid, students must maintain a certain grade-point-average, but many don’t. A bill on Gov. Newsom’s desk would make it easier for students to keep their aid and stay in college.

09/27/2023
Although Sacramento is considered the Farm-to-Fork Capital, its designation is largely due to its proximity to agricultural hubs such as Yolo County.

09/26/2023
Survivors who were sexually assaulted while imprisoned got an audience at the state Capitol, sharing their stories while testifying at a California Legislative Women’s Caucus briefing about abuse by staff at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla.

09/26/2023
After a historic decline in community college enrollment during the pandemic, students are returning to school again, according to the state’s most recent data. But students between the ages of 20 and 30 are lagging behind.

09/26/2023
The Yolo County Public Defender’s Office and Probation Department are partnering on a snack drive to build non-perishable pantries in their offices to benefit their shared clients.

09/25/2023
Davis Joint Unified School District Superintendent Matt Best sent a letter to families, staff and students on Monday following yet another bomb threat laced with anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric.

09/25/2023
Since 2018, Nelson Hawkins has farmed a small plot in West Sacramento. Now, the land that he tills, plows and harvests is set to be razed for a new housing development. Hawkins, who is Black, knows his dilemma is part of a bigger problem.

09/25/2023
A piano sits in the middle of a room lined with posters welcoming visitors of the Creation District in Midtown.

09/25/2023
The first shoe has now fallen in Davis—now the question will be what will come of it.

09/24/2023
Three tribal nations declared the designation of a marine stewardship area covering nearly 700 square miles of the tribes’ ancestral olands, stretching from the California-Oregon border to just south of Trinidad in Humboldt County.

09/24/2023
Surrounded by a field of wildflowers and crops, roughly 50 people stretched their way through Three Sisters Gardens’ first “Yoga on the Farm” event to celebrate the arrival of fall.

09/24/2023
The Daily Democrat honored the Woodland resident for his tenacious commitment to his cause despite how busy his life already was.