Yolo County News

The Yolo County Farm Bureau sent out a note Monday letting people know that in preparation for the 2014 elections, the Farm Bureau would be hosting a Campaign Management Seminar for those interested in running for elected office.

With harvest now in full swing for a range of California commodities, farmers say they are having trouble hiring enough employees to pick their crops.

The 12-year-old Davis boy grabbed the wheel of the family station wagon when his father, Bill Marsh, suffered a nearly fatal heart attack and blacked out while driving Nov. 9. Daniel steered the speeding car away from oncoming traffic and slammed it into a wall to stop it.

Yellow crime-scene tape and police cars returned to the 4000 block of Cowell Boulevard on Monday, this time two doors down from the condominium where an elderly couple were found brutally stabbed to death on April 14. By that evening, Davis police had announced the arrest of a 16-year-old boy in connection with the murders of longtime attorney ... (more)

Cities and counties could dramatically restrict the information they release to the public without explanation under a bill approved by the state Legislature and sent to Gov. Jerry Brown.

A 16-year-old has been arrested in connection with the murder of an elderly couple in Davis, a family member has told CBS13.

A lawsuit has been filed in Yolo County Superior Court against Townsend Farms, the Oregon producer of a frozen berry blend that has been subject to recall.

In the old days – we're talking the late 1950s and early 1960s – the loudest opposition to fluoride in drinking water came from right-wingers, in places like the John Birch Society, who called it a communist plot.

Yolo County's new probation chief faces the challenge of turning around a troubled department targeted by a grand jury ethics probe after the previous chief resigned last year.

Yolo County Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada has weighed in on the FamiliesFirst group home in Davis, which has had its operating license revoked.

Celebrating the rich harvest of Yolo County farms, tickets are on sale now for the Winters Farm to School Second Annual Bastille Day Feast to be held from 11:30 am until 3:30 pm on July 13. More than 200 guests are expected to gather at one, long table elegantly set under the canopy of 150-year old olive trees lining the drive at the historic ... (more)

Residents of Yolo, Colusa, Solano, Sutter and Yuba counties are reminded that Yolo County Fair entry forms are due in the fair office on or before June 28. The following categories are being accepted: Adult Baked Foods, Clothing, Canned Foods, Arts, Crafts & Photography; Junior Baked Foods, Clothing, Canned Foods, Miscellaneous, Vocational ... (more)

At least five children from the FamiliesFirst group home in Davis were raped and two others assaulted in less than a month this spring, according to allegations from the state Department of Social Services.

The official announcement actually will come Saturday at a 10 a.m. event in Sycamore Park in Davis, where he will outline his campaign and policy goals.

The new Yolo County "farmbudsman" will get to know local farmers and ranchers at the "Meet the Farmbudsman" open house from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27, at Turkovich Winery, 30471 Buckeye Road in Winters.

The four-county region added residents at a slow pace between 2010 and 2012, with Asians and Hispanics accounting for most of the growth, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates released today.

Through June 30. Gallery 625 at 625 Court St., in the Erwin Meier Building, Woodland, will feature two new exhibits: "Rock, Paper, Scissors" is a group exhibition by eight artists using a variety of artistic media from stones to paper.

The Yolo County Library's ever-popular Summer Reading Program, currently under way, has something for everyone.

Democratic members of the California Senate Health Committee had what one of them called "a little awkward conversation" Wednesday with Democratic Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada over her bill to reinstate day care centers for adults with physical or mental disabilities, pleading with her to accept amendments.

Police announced Tuesday afternoon that they have located and arrested the man accused of stabbing his mother and stepfather at their Woodland home, nearly killing them.