Yolo County Voices

a beer at the shoppe

After that last sketchcrawl, it was raining on and off a lot. My legs were in need of more rest after that 7k run, so I popped into the Davis Beer Shoppe for a nice beer and a sketch, while outsid...

sketching a rainy day in davis

Last month we held another Let's Draw Davis sketchcrawl in downtown Davis, this time on 2nd Street. It was a really rainy day too, but we had a good turnout of sketchers not minding that. I sat be...

"Early Giving" opens April 18 for BGOG 2024 - Over 130 Yolo nonprofits participating

Earth Day Is a Great Day to Make a Pledge

Volunteers, pledgers, and experts – and some who are all three — gathered on April 13 in the Blanchard Room of the Stephens Branch Library to celebrate Earth Day and the wrap up of the Yolo ...

another march on campus

Here are some sketches drawn around campus last month, all different media, I suppose. Above, that's the UC Davis water tower as seen from the Arboretum, very close to my office. I drew in brown f...

Re-use and Re-purpose at the Community Mercantile: Quarterly Coalition Meeting

Wed March 15 4:00-6:30pm Hybrid: in-person and Zoom

Indulge in the Authentic with a New Yolo County Travel Podcast

Have you heard? Yolo County is hitting the airwaves! A new travel podcast takes a deep dive into everything Yolo County, from wine and wine growing to food and farming. [...]

Explore the Slow Food Trail with a New Yolo County Podcast

Curious about the slow food movement in Yolo County? You can learn all about it on a new podcast that showcases the best ways to experience farm to table, from [...]

Sip and Savor Along Yolo County’s Boutique Wine Trail

Whether you prefer Tempranillo or Albariño, Cabernet or Rosé, you’ll find it in Yolo County, one of the most diverse wine-growing areas in Northern California. Or so explains Aaron Millar, [...]

Woodland’s Dinner on Main: Uniting Farmers, Winemakers & the Community

Nothing brings people together more than great food. And no food is greater than food grown on local farms. This is the hallmark of Yolo County’s agricultural heritage, which is [...]

Davisville for 5:30pm on Apr 22nd, 2024

two of the usual

After getting back from southern California, a couple of downtown Davis sketches, familiar looking, white houses with a bit of triangle, a tree casting a shadow, the standard Pete sketch. This is ...

Downtown Riverside

And here then are the last few of my sketches from Riverside, southern California. I did consider joining the trip to visit the UC Riverside campus, so that I could add another UC campus to my ske...

UC AMP 2024

I recently attended the UC-AMP conference in Riverside, a meeting for administrative management professionals in the University of California. I had been to the same conference last year in Berkel...

May is Bike Month Events 2024

Month of May, May 7th for Loopalooza

Taking Collective Climate Action

By Patricia M. Moore, M.A., re-published with permission, see original post on the 350 Sacramento website. In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we explored how climate change is causing distress in ma...

at the Mission Inn Riverside

A month ago I was in Riverside, southern California, for a conference for work. The conference itself was at the nearby conference center, but the official hotel for it was the historic Mission In...

Roll Through Yolo County This May During National Bike Month

Dust off those handlebars and pump up those tires — May is National Bike Month, and Yolo County is a great place to celebrate! National Bike Month is a [...]

The 2024 Farm to Table Dining Season

In the heart of California's agricultural landscape lies a culinary gem that embodies the essence of freshness, sustainability, and community: Yolo County's farm to table dining scene. Nestled ami...

Davisville for 5:30pm on Apr 15th, 2024