Yolo County Local News

In its May 21 meeting, the Woodland City Council approved plans for the $15.3 million Southeast Area Aquatic Center Project.

Woodland Community College announced an upcoming agreement with Chico State University to streamline the transition from the 2-year to the 4-year institution.

It’s been almost a half-century since I first heard the term “peripheral canal” uttered by William Gianelli, who was then-Gov. Ronald Reagan’s top water official. The project, in one form or another, had already been kicking around for decades.

Applications are open for two seats on the Yolo County Financial Oversight Committee.

City Manager Jeremy Craig discusses the estimated $7.5 million dollar budget.

As funds for climate change programs are cut, Democrats and environmentalists are pushing for a bond measure on the ballot to restore some funding.

On May 21, the California State Senate advanced reparations legislation, which will now be taken up by the state Assembly.

Sacramento State will be home to the central office for the $10 million Black student advancement drive on all 23 California State University campuses.

The job action starting today at UC Santa Cruz isn’t about pay, but instead is in response to how UC deployed police to clear pro-Palestinian encampments on campuses.

Affordable housing in Davis was the topic of a Community Conversation held at the Davis Community Church on May 18.

The centerpiece of California’s water wars pits Gov. Newsom against local communities and environmentalists. A new report says the benefits of the tunnel exceed the cost since other water supplies would cost more.

The state’s multibillion-dollar shortfall shapes which spending bills survived the ‘suspense file’ hearings by the Assembly and Senate appropriations committees.

As Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators spend the next few weeks fashioning a state budget that’s plagued by a multibillion-dollar deficit, they can’t count on a booming economy to make their task easier.

Pending legislation would lift requirements for California’s doctors to report all domestic abuse cases to police. The Assembly’s three physicians had different opinions.

Gov. Gavin Newsom launched the community school initiative with $4.1 billion in grants to connect students and their families to medical care, counseling and other services.

In its May 14 meeting, the Sacramento City Council unanimously approved a plan to encourage residents and businesses to replace gas appliances with electric.

Residents and supporters of self-governing homeless "Camp Resolution" marched to Sacramento city hall on May 15 in opposition of city plans to close the camp.

The Davis Downtown Business Association has named former City of Davis mayor Brett Lee as the new executive director.

Mosquito vector control agencies are preparing for mosquito season in San Joaquin and Sacramento counties.

The Elk Grove City Council voted to approve the move of the Sacramento Zoo to a 100 acre lot at Kammerer Road and Lotz Parkway.