Clarksburg News

It's easy to get bored during the summer watching the same old clouds go by and drinking the same old wine.

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors will again take up the issue of new large-tower powerlines crossing through the county at its regular meeting at 3 p.m, Tuesday, at 625 Court St.

We've spent a chunk of time lately in Clarksburg, not so much for wine tasting but to report on a fairly epic story.

Little Portuguese Queen, Victoria Azevedo, 11, left, of Elk Grove and her attendant, Rhylie Ventura, 11, watch as people arrive at the Portuguese Hall in Clarksburg while getting ready for the parade during a Portuguese festa celebration, Sunday, June 7, 2009.

The developer of the popular Old Sugar Mill winery complex in the Delta has lost the property after years of struggles with debts, lawsuits and state regulations.

The Old Sugar Mill, a Clarksburg landmark that's become a hub for Delta wine tasters, has been sold.

LEZLIE STERLING lsterling@sacbee.com Vanessa Contreras, 16, of Sacramento is crowned festa queen by attendants Grace Bramlett, 17, left, and Katelyn Mikalonis, 16, at a festa observance Sunday at St.

On Tuesday, the first seniors from Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High School will cross the Memorial Auditorium stage to graduate, and I'll be as emotional, and as proud, as I've ever been about a class of kids.

It's impossible to avoid declaring a vintage great, good or bad in any given year.

The Yolo County Division of Integrated Waste Management and the incorporated cities in Yolo County have collaborated to implement a Household Hazardous Waste grant awarded by the California Integrated Waste Management Board for the safe disposal of sharps.

Tiny Victory Christian of Carmichael has the area's best winning percentage this season.

What: The two days of the 133rd annual Sacramento Valley Scottish Games are packed with traditional athletics, Highland and country dancing, sheep dog trials, historical re-enactments, even a lineup of British cars.

Earth Day is not over yet. At least two more big green-fests are set for this weekend: Earth in action: California State Parks Foundation invites the public to honor Earth Day by volunteering this weekend at one of several park cleanups around the state.

Joanna Hernandez has been called a "gold digging fame whore" and a "drama queen." Call her whatever you want; a changed woman sounds more appropriate.

A former Miss West Virginia has won a $7.2 million verdict against nine Internet companies and individuals who tried to sell pornographic videos they falsely claimed featured her.

The town of Clarksburg hasn't flooded since 1918 -- the year levees were built to protect the town from the Sacramento River.

A 31-year-old Sacramento man has been convicted of carjacking a man sitting in his truck at the Merritt Landing boat ramp south of Clarksburg.

Residents and officials in three small Yolo County towns said higher flood insurance requirements will harm their development efforts.

Residents in three Yolo County hamlets - Clarksburg, Yolo and Knights Landing - say their towns haven't flooded since levees were built in the early 20th century.

Flood map changes being adopted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency will force more than 1,000 Yolo County landowners to purchase or upgrade their flood insurance coverage.