Yolo County Local News

Three days after immensely destructive and deadly wildfires broke out in and around Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a $322.3 billion state budget with a positive revenue forecast “based on an assumption of continued but slowing economic growth.”

In their January 14 meeting, the Sacramento City Council approved the salary for interim City Manager Leyne Milstein and agreed to keeping ormer City Manager Howard Chan on as a "special advisor." Read on to learn more.

A new bill would remove the right of California’s female transgender athletes in to participate in high school sports teams that match their gender identity.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ambitious plan to produce a cheap, generic insulin for the 3.2 million Californians with diabetes is behind the schedule he announced and unlikely to make it to market for several years, industry experts say.

Jennielynn Holmes stood in the middle of a make-shift evacuation center when the scope of the crisis hit her.

Key moisture measurements are only 2% to 5% of average, leaving dusty soils. And the recent swing from wet to dry is among the most extreme on record. This combination of climatic conditions crossed into a danger zone, priming much of Southern California for wind-whipped fires.

In a striking setback to reduce California’s air pollution but a win for trucking companies, state regulators have walked away from their ambitious plan to phase out diesel trucks less than a week before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.

Read on to learn more about the first arrests and charges in Yolo County under the recently passed anti-crime and anti-drug Proposition 36.

Read on to learn about the measures taken to harden and protect the lone remaining house of the neighborhoodfrom the Pacific Palisades fire in Southern California.

A presumptive case of H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a child who resides in San Francisco, the city’s Department of Public Health announced.The child had a fever and conjunctivitis but did not need to be hospitalized and has since made a full recovery, public health officials said Friday.

Federal funding for rural schools goes to 39 California counties. School districts in those communities consider the money a lifeline.

Read on to learn about the partnership between the Yolo County Central Landfill and the Mattress Recycling Council which has seen over 100,000 mattresses and boxsprings recycled in an eight-year period.

Official updated information from WatchDuty about the Eaton Fire in Southern California.

Official updated information from WatchDuty about the Palisades Fire in Southern California.

Read on to learn details about a free class by UC Master Gardener Bonnie Berman on January 25 about how to care for your fruit trees.

Plan to join upcoming Yolo Bird Alliance lecture and birding field trips. Read on to learn more.

Read on to learn about the firefighters drawn from five Yolo County firefighting agencies which has been sent down to Southern California to help battle the massive fires which have killed over two dozen people and destroyed over 10,000 structures.

Fashioning a budget for a state as large and diverse as California is a fraught process under the best of circumstances, involving not only strictly financial aspects but demands from countless interest groups and the internal politics of the Capitol.

Meet the Raging Grannies of Davis, a chapter of an international organization of activists.

Following months of closure, the Great Lawn at Central Park in Davis has been reopened. Read on to learn what's new.