Esparto News

For nearly 100 years, the annual Capay Valley Almond Festival has showcased the charming Northern California region of Esparto and the Capay Valley.

A former youth soccer coach and foster parent in Northern California has pleaded not guilty to charges that he showered with and improperly touched a 14-year-old boy and spanked and gave enemas to a younger boy he put in diapers.

An Esparto youth soccer coach and foster parent pleaded not guilty this morning in Yolo Superior Court to 48 felonies and six misdemeanor counts of molesting or endangering two children over a period of more than four years.

In recent years, the rural Esparto Unified School District has eliminated teaching jobs and classes as it struggled to absorb state funding cuts.

Charlie Schaupp, who previously told the Daily Republic he was running, made the announcement on Jan.

According to the CHP, the accidents began Friday afternoon when a 17-year-old Woodland girl ran off the Gibson Road On-ramp in her vehicle and it overturned.

Monday, Jan. 23, 10 a.m. Hear! Here!, Woodland Chapter of Hearing Loss Association of America, will meet at the Woodland Community & Senior Center, 2001 East St., Woodland.

Some of the volunteer firefighters at the Knights Landing Fire District have shaved their heads to show support for Chief Rachel Olson, center, who was diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer in November.