Yolo News

More than forty-thousand pirated DVDs were seized Tuesday in Sacramento and Yolo Counties.

Firefighters throughout Yolo County will be holding a wildland training burn on Saturday.

Kent O'Mara has been sworn in as referee of the Yolo Superior Court. The swearing-in took place June 16, and the oath of office was administered by Presiding Judge David Rosenberg.

The Yolo County YMCA is holding its 22nd annual Family Fun Night on Saturday, at Nelson's Grove in Woodland.

A 42-year-old Sacramento man will go to prison for the next 21 years after being convicted of identity theft on Monday.

DUNNIGAN, Calif. - Pentagon officials say a soldier from Yolo County was killed on July 4th during an insurgent attack in Afghanistan.

Prompted by outcry over a proposal to place a power transmission project through Solano and neighboring counties, Sen.

More than 70 people joined local, state, and federal flood management experts in Woodland on Monday to discuss the Cache Creek Settling Basin and its role in potential solutions to Cache Creek flooding.

The wildfire burning around Rumsey Canyon reached 650 acres in size by Tuesday afternoon, according to Democrat reports, but firefighters are optimistic it will be mostly contained by Wednesday morning.

A helicopter drops water on a hot spot in Rumsey Canyon near the Yolo-Colusa county line Tuesday.

A wild-land fire on the Yolo-Colusa county line has burned one residence and 566 acres, officials said today.

One of the two skydivers injured Saturday during a festival has died, according to officials.

Tomatoes are still king in Yolo County even as acreage decreased, according to a preview of the county's crop report, due to be released Tuesday.

The selection of the next grand jury took place this past week in Department 15 of the Yolo Superior Court with Superior Court Judge Janet Gaard presiding.

On Tuesday, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors will receive the 2008 Yolo County Agricultural Report - an annual report which summarizes the acreage, production and gross valuation of all agricultural commodities produced in Yolo County in 2008.

Since John Young entered the County Agricultural Commissioner's office in 1991 he knew someday he wanted to be the ag commissioner, on September 1 Young will assume the long awaited position.

Dopey, a long-eared, droopy-eyed orange tabby that was missing six years from his south Sacramento home, has been reunited with his family.

The Monday night Sacramento Regional Transit board meeting was packed. Proposed fee hikes and service reductions had concerned citizens and transit riders out to voice their discontent.

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors announced that Tracie Olson will be the county's new public defender, replacing Barry Melton upon his retirement on June 30.

As a longtime county employee and manager, I found it necessary to rationalize the value of meetings and budget choices.