Yolo County Local News: Business, Economy & Jobs

09/22/2023
The $700 million price tag sets a $7 billion mark that would make the Warriors one of the world’s most valuable sports teams.

09/20/2023
Ranked the number two market in the country for life sciences growth this year, Sacramento is home to a burgeoning science-driven innovation cluster anchored by UC Davis.

09/18/2023
A patchwork of bills are giving housing developers and local governments more options to reduce red tape for housing projects.

09/17/2023
Locals for Affordable Housing aims to place a voter initiative on the November 2024 ballot modeled after Berkeley’s vacancy tax, which requires owners of homes that sit vacant more than six months to pay $3,000 for the first year and $6,000 every year after.

09/16/2023
College football is back at UC Davis and downtown Davis businesses say they're ready for the boost fans bring to bars and restaurants. Now that home games this year are being televised on My58, some owners say it's a game-changer.

09/15/2023
By joining an enrollment session, qualified individuals will connect with a WIOA Case Manager to learn more about the program and how it can support them in achieving their career goals.

09/14/2023
Unions won major victories this session on pay for fast food and health care workers, benefits for strikers and bargaining rights. Business groups say that labor has too much power at the Capitol.

09/13/2023
Hydrogen fueling stations will get 15 percent of funds in a state program — even though Californians own only about 12,000 hydrogen cars. The funds come from fees paid by drivers.

09/11/2023
Under the executive order signed Sept. 6, state agencies and departments are mandated to analyze potential threats to California’s energy infrastructure through generative artificial intelligence.

09/11/2023
A last-minute legislative deal would raise pay for California health care workers while giving medical providers a guarantee that they won’t have to battle local measures on employee compensation.

09/10/2023
Caesar LaVey’s 267-square-foot apartment is tucked inside a sleek five-story building called Sonrisa, a new affordable housing community two blocks from the state Capitol in downtown Sacramento.

09/07/2023
Governor Gavin Newsom has previously said price gouging by the oil industry could be partially to blame for spiking costs. Senate Bill X1-2 targets the issue, creating a new position, director of the Division of Petroleum Market Oversight, a position recently filled by Tai Milder.

09/07/2023
Despite an overall easing in consumer confidence in August as inflation and interest-rate expectations rose, many households are still buoyed by the healthy labor market and excess savings.

09/01/2023
No. 2 was Oregon, then New York, Washington, and Massachusetts. Worst place? North Carolina.

09/01/2023
Management laid off nine employees based in Sacramento and three employees in Chico who worked at North State Public Radio, which CapRadio operates.

08/29/2023
Many farmworkers in Coachella Valley lack legal status as citizens and don't qualify for most federal and state disaster aid. Even a new $95 million storm assistance program for immigrants that Governor Gavin Newsom recently touted is out of reach because it pertains to the winter and spring storms and floods.

08/28/2023
Two people wearing masks dart into a busy street in San Francisco. One of them hauls a big orange traffic cone. They sprint toward a driverless car and set the cone on the hood.

08/28/2023
Gov. Gavin Newsom has closed two state prisons and he has plans to shut two more by 2025. A new contract for correctional officers offers new perks to the guards who stay.

08/24/2023
The federal student loan payment pause is coming to an end. Here’s how to get ready to make payments again.