Esparto News

Generally cooler weather coupled with late-season rains have made for a relatively calm fire season so far this year.

Downtown Esparto has gotten a lot quieter in the weeks since the state Department of Transportation closed the town's main street to through traffic and detoured thousands of casino-bound motorists around the Yolo County hamlet.

An historic photo of the now-collapsing Wyatt's General Store building hangs in the fire station in Esparto on Monday.

Patience Tarlesson, 16, and members of her family practice the singing and dancing of the Chedepo-Grebo people of southeastern Liberia on Thursday.

The Tribal Council of the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians awarded $335,853.61 to the Esparto Unified School District from Indian Gaming Special Distribution Funds on Tuesday.

Librarian Malinda Baker, left, editor Lana Harman, center, and Leighanne Williams work on Williams' video story.

A temporary solution could be put into effect as early as next week which could give Esparto residents relief in driving from one end of town to the other.

Esparto resident Gretchen Rooney Adan came to Caltrans' open house because she was concerned about driving along Highway 16.

On Friday, June 19, at 7 p.m., the Yolo County Esparto Regional Library Branch, in partnership with RISE, Inc., will be hosting a screening of the California of the Past Digital Storytelling Project.

A Caltrans open house to discuss a $58 million project for Highway 16 in Yolo County is scheduled today.

The Esparto High School/Middle School English Language Arts Adoption Review Panel has finished its work and has chosen to recommend to the school board the Holt, Rhinehart and Winston English Language Arts 6-12 series for the 2009-2010 school year.

Caltrans is holding an Open House Monday in Esparto to present a $58 million Safety Improvement Project designed for Highway 16 between Brooks and I-505. The goals of the project are to reduce the incidence of vehicles running off the roadway and rear-end accidents.

The sagging clouds and uncertain weather lifted just long enough to emit rays of sunshine and a welcome breeze for Esparto High School's commencement ceremony Wednesday.

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday an ordinance to create a formal process for the review and approval or denial of an application for the sale of alcohol and alcoholic beverages within the unincorporated area.

The Esparto Community Service District has an opening on its Board of Directors.

American flags are planted at the Woodland Cemetery Sunday in preparation of Memorial Day ceremonies scheduled for Monday morning at 11 o'clock. American Legion Post 77 will be hosting Memorial Day ceremonies at the Woodland Cemetery with a special program that features those who served in the Merchant Marines.

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.

American Legion Post 77 Commander Dave Isbell has attended Memorial Day ceremonies at the Woodland Cemetery over the years.

The Wyatt Building in Esparto off Highway 16 was deemed hazardous by Caltrans after it started to collapse Wednesday.

State Route 16 in Esparto will be closed until June 3 from Capay Street to Fremont Street so a building can be torn down.