Yolo County Local News

Districts are trying to create or expand vocational training programs that “integrate” students with disabilities into careers and into society.

What is an ARkStorm and why is everyone talking about it on social media right now?

Take a period of limited rainfall. Add heat. And you have what scientists call a “hot drought”—dry conditions made more intense by the evaporative power of hotter temperatures.

The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation swore in new tribal chairman Anthony Roberts, along with four other tribal officers and council members for three-year terms.

During the last Yolo County Board of Supervisors’ meeting, $25,000 was earmarked to fortify youth sports and facilities.

Principal Planner Cindy Norris is retiring after a trail of significant accomplishments that residents continue to benefit from today.

The March ballot measure would raise billions for mental health care, but some clinics fear it would strip them of revenue they need for services they provide today.

A first-in-the-nation council will set work rules in the state’s fast food industry, but can labor and business agree?

A bill would let state legislators, who say they fear for their safety, shield their property holdings from disclosure forms. But critics say that could conceal potential conflicts of interest.

In the first year of California’s Feather Alert system, authorities denied some requests to issue bulletins on missing people, causing concerns.

Rates of routine childhood vaccination hit a 10-year low in 2023. That, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, puts about 250,000 kindergartners at risk for measles.

The proposal aims to help working artists become arts teachers in elementary schools.

Mayor Josh Chapman and Vice-Mayor Bapu Vaitla are recommending a consolidation of commissions “to define significant, specific roles for the city’s advisory commissions in the process, especially around community engagement efforts.”

YoloArts’ Gallery 625 will host a new group exhibition featuring artwork that focuses on the American experience through an African American lens.

Among growing concern over copper wire thefts, L.A. City Councilmembers Kevin de León and Traci Park proposed a task force anchored by the LAPD.

Disneyland’s plan to reimagine the theme park into a more “immersive” experience may require up to $2.5 billion and a plan to privatize some Anaheim streets.

University of California, Davis has introduced a program for formerly incarcerated students and those impacted by the justice system, known as the Underground Scholars program.

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors approved the appointment of 15 teenagers to serve as the members of the 2024 Yolo Youth Commission.

A new solar energy project designed to reduce costs and promote sustainability was unveiled in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Bayer's Global Vegetable Research and Development site in Woodland.

The proposed bill would require new California cars to have a speed limiter.