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Big Plans for Small Businesses

City officials plan to thrust forward small business owners with 15 or fewer employees here.Original article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger

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Yolo County Launches Text Message Campaign for Employment and Farmworker Services

The Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency, YoloWorks!, and the Yolo County Workforce Innovation Board are excited to announce the launch of a new text message campaignOriginal article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger

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Yolo County Fair Includes Inaugural Beer & Wine Showcase

The Yolo County Fair, with an “Over the Moon “theme, is from Aug. 14 to Aug. 18 in Woodland.Original article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger

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State Fair Here for 17 Days

California State Fair Honors the State's Agricultural Industry, with Much to See and EnjoyOriginal article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger

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Decades-Long Development Continues

The Grand Gateway Master Plan is a Walkable, Mixed-Use Destination that Ties Together the Bridge District, Washington District and West Capitol Avenue, the Central Business CorridorOriginal article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger

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Community Invited to ‘Thank You’ Party for Comings & Goings Support on Substack

The community is invited to launch party celebrating Comings & Goings columnist Wendy Weitzel's big move and great success on Substack.

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Newsom Hopes to Delay Minimum Wage Boost for Health Care Workers

A higher minimum wage for health care workers that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law is set to take effect in two weeks, but he is racing to delay it because of its potential impact on the state budget deficit.

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Watermelon Music Set to Close

Watermelon Music, the only music store in Davis, is "winding down".

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Making Art on G Street

To celebrate 50 years in operation, The Artery—an artist cooperative in Davis—invites community members to spend a Sunday each month Making Art on G Street.

Image caption: A screenshot from “Modern Times” (1936), Charlie Chaplin’s meditation on the vicissitudes of labor.
For May Day: A Temp Worker’s Oddest Jobs

They were odd jobs, but somebody had to do them. On International Workers’ Day, one peripatetic laborer shares his career lowlights.

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Study Shows Yolo Ag Workers’ Food Inequity

Yolo County Study Indicates that Those Who Work Hard to Bring Others Their Food are the Ones who are Most Food-InsecureOriginal article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger

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Regional Business Broadband Master Plan

Valley Vision has Received Grant from U.S. Economic Development Administration to Create Roadmap for Areas in Sacramento, Sutter, Yuba, and Yolo countiesOriginal article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger

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Californians Face Higher Costs for Goods and Services Than Before the Pandemic Despite Inflation Slowing

The consumer price index shows services are mostly responsible for persistent inflation, but prices for food and other goods in California remain high.

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Publishing in Paradise

Based in California’s most iconic vacation spot, Katherine Hill celebrates Tahoe Guide’s 42nd birthday.

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Dirk Brazil named Interim Executive Director, DDBA

Dirk Brazil, former Davis City Manager, has been named interim executive director of the Downtown Davis Business Association.

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Trailways Forges Strategic Alliance with Greyhound and Flixbus

The New Alliance Will Add Hundreds of Greyhound and Flixbus Destinations to Trailways.com, Including Stops in SacramentoOriginal article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger

Image caption: A new law seeks to prevent cars from speeding, which causes about one of every three traffic fatalities.
If Drivers Won’t Slow Down, Proposed Law Requires Cars Do It for Them

“Intelligent” speed-limiting technology will be required in all new California cars starting in 2027, if a new law authored by San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener passes.

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Silicon Valley Billionaires vs. Bay Area’s Housing Crisis?

In NYT’s “The Farmers Had What the Billionaires Wanted,” we meet a man who wants to build a city in the middle of nowhere, and folks who are slowing him down.

Image caption: The roundabout joining Highway 12 and State Route 113 in Rio Vista, just south of the site for a proposed new city of 400,000 people.
Solano County May Get to Vote on New City in November

California Forever, the company behind a proposed new city in Solano County, will submit a ballot measure seeking an exemption from local laws to allow development on the massive project to proceed.

Featured

Water is a human right under California law, but it doesn’t always work out that way.
Agriculture and Water Shortages in the State’s Breadbasket, Explained
There are many causes contributing to this crisis. And as you may already know, this situation really is nuts.
The cycle of crime and homelessness is escalating, but it doesn't have to be that way.
Homelessness and Crime in California: Even More Complex Than You Think
What causes the cycle of homelessness and crime, and how to stop it.
Thousands of homeowners have been kicked off their fire insurance policies.
California Fire Insurance Crisis: How the State Helps Homeowners
The state tries persuading insurance companies to cover homes in fire zones.
Moss Landing in Monterey Bay is the world’s largest battery storage facility for solar and other renewable energy.
Solar Power and California’s Clean Energy Goals
How the sun is helping push the state toward 100 percent renewable energy.
Owning homes is the primary way the middle class builds wealth, and an option no longer available to most Californians.
Is California’s Housing Crisis Making Inequality Worse?
California has some of the worst economic inequality in the United States. Is housing a cause? Could it be a cure?
Though life expectancy has declined in recent years, Californians still live longer than most Americans.
Want to Live a Long, Healthy Life? Move to California
Californians live longer than people in all but three states, but not all counties are equal.
They help feed the whole country, but life for California’s farm workers remains a struggle.
How California Feeds the Country
California, a state known for high-tech and show business glitz, is also America’s farming powerhouse.
Zoning laws tell you what you can and can't build on the property you own. How does government get away with that?
How Zoning Laws Shape California and Society
Zoning is everywhere, but is it a way to regulate development or a tool for social engineering?
How California reclamation districts turned millions of acres of wetlands into fertile agricultural land, starting in the earliest days of the Gold Rush.
Reclamation Districts: Turning ‘Swamps’ Into Farmland
From its earliest days as a state, California has been trying to turn marshes into productive land.
Long-duration energy storage, such as this thermal energy storage facility, allows renewable energy sources to operate at full capacity without overloading the power grid.
How California Leads the Race For Long Duration Energy Storage
For renewable energy sources such as solar and wind to be viable, ways to store the power they create are essential.
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