Yolo County Local News

California has allocated more than $20 billion to alleviate the state’s homelessness crisis since Gavin Newsom became governor in 2019, but there’s precious little data on how the money was spent and what effect it’s had, other than the number of unhoused people has continued to climb.

The California School Dashboard makes it hard for the public to see how schools and districts are performing over multiple years, concludes the report's lead author.

Information about how the state’s K-12 students are performing is located on several sites and is difficult to understand, a new report finds.

Inland communities with big population booms will experience the most extreme heat days under climate change projections. The combination puts more people at risk — and many cities are unprepared.

California voters passed Proposition 22 four years ago. The ballot initiative, backed by Uber, Lyft and other gig companies, promised the state’s more than 1 million gig workers new benefits, such as guaranteed minimum earnings, health care stipends, occupational accident insurance and accidental death insurance.

Almost everyone in California has health insurance. That trend reflects about a decade and a half of policymaking designed to expand access to health care. The state’s average uninsured rate has dropped from nearly one in four Californians in 2009 to less than one in ten today.

Find out more about the free student and educator resources available through the Yolo County Library.

The draft environmental impact report for the Palomino Place project in the City of Davis is available for public comment through September 23.

On August 3, Davis firefighters were dispatched to two separate fires at homeless encampments.

Construction began on a new transitional kindergarten and kindergarten classroom building project at five Davis Unified School District schools.

California’s unemployment rate, 5.2% of its labor force in July, is no longer the nation’s highest after months of having that dubious distinction.

CalFire received the first of five planes promised by the federal government, a former Coast Guard C-130 Hercules air tanker.

Unable to jam through bills he says will lower California gas prices, Gov. Newsom calls the Legislature back into session.

Three free forums are being hosted by the League of Women Voters of Davis Area with presentations and discussions about measures and candidates on the November ballot.

A large apartment complex in San Rafael’s majority-Latino Canal neighborhood. Latino families in Marin County are far more likely than white families to have trouble making ends meet, a new report finds.

The Legislature is willing to guarantee $500 million annually to affordable housing developers, but with a caveat.

On August 29, the City of Woodland announced the hiring of Ryan Kinnan, the former City of Auburn Chief of Police.

Early warning systems save lives during disasters, but a recent FEMA survey found that only a third of people are signed up. Use this resource to find your county’s emergency alert sign-up page.

Applications are being accepted for paid part-time positions with the Putah Creek Council’s OneCreek Seasonal Restoration Technician Program.

A look at the training program for beginner farmers offered by the Center for Land-Based Learning in Woodland.