Yolo News

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.

Supporters of Leticia Barreles Ramos, a Winters woman missing since April 12 and presumed dead, are planning a candlelight vigil this week.

Yolo County's Employment Development Department aids those seeking jobs. At Yolo County's Employment Development Division One-Stop Career Centers, business is booming.

The Sacramento region will receive more than $1.3 million in grants to fight workers' compensation insurance fraud.

More than $300,000 in grants has been awarded by the state to clean up debris dumped on public and private land.

A Yolo County judge has sentenced a man to 176 years in prison for raping his daughter and foster daughter, preventing his release from prison when his current term ends.

The Yolo County Sheriff said he will not suspend the operations of his gang unit after a man was killed in an officer-involved shooting.

At the June 10 meeting, The Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District's Board of Directors has approved funding for 20 projects as part of the District's Clean Air Funds Program.