Yolo County Local News

George Sim Park in Lemon Hill is a special place for state Assembly member Kevin McCarty. The 52-year-old got his start in politics in 2004 representing the South Sacramento neighborhood on the City Council.

Ecologists estimate that up to 14,000 sequoias have been killed in recent wildfires. The National Park Service for the first time has begun replanting some severely burned areas.

Leap day means several things to Alexander Boxer, a data scientist and the author of “A Scheme of Heaven: The History of Astrology and the Search for Our Destiny in Data.”

Rescue California plans to serve Newsom with a “notice of intention to recall,” the official first step to attempt to remove a public official from office.

New research warns of a possible collapse in Atlantic Ocean currents due to climate change. That could fundamentally alter global weather patterns.

After years of attending conferences and seminars on top of working as the city’s full-time clerk, Ana Gonzalez has received a Master Municipal Clerk certificate, making her one of less than 1,400 in the country to do so.

There was a time not so long ago when trained observers were overwhelmed by the number of whales migrating through Monterey Bay.

The Wildlife Conservation Board voted to award $10.3 million to the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County to preserve the 27,000-acre Camatta Ranch in Santa Margarita.

The $20 million ASUCD budget can no longer be spent on companies on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions list.

The Davis Joint Unified School District received a cease and desist letter from Beth Bourne after hanging banners that thanked the community for parcel taxes.

Capital Public Radio’s Board of Directors elected nine new members, four months after a majority of the board resigned in the wake of a scathing financial audit of the Sacramento-based NPR member station.

California State Senator Nancy Skinner has introduced SB 1212, which prohibit an investment entity from purchasing, acquiring, or leasing a single-family home or duplex.

For the first time in more than 20 years, the city of Davis will be embarking on an update to the city’s General Plan. The Davis City Council directed city staff to solicit the services of a consulting firm and formed two General Plan update subcommittees.

Residents of San Rafael say the project could bring noise, pollution and crime to the area.

A statement submitted by Woodland Joint Unified School District Area 2 Trustee Emily MacDonald, whose recall is being sought by area voters, was unintentionally not included in the county voter information guide.

The city’s Social Service and Housing Department is seeking feedback from local renters at these events.

On one side: Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ advocacy group. On the other side: Protect Kids California, a parents rights organization.

California Forever CEO Jan Sramek says promises of new homes, jobs, investments are binding, but legal experts and elected officials are skeptical.

Lawyers representing organizations in property-poor school districts are pressing Gavin Newsom and legislators over a school bond for the November ballot.

In his decision, a judge agreed that the alleged white nationalists were being selectively prosecuted instead of 'far-left extremist groups, such as Antifa.'