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A Fresno County judge has ruled the state cannot take $1 billion in tobacco tax funds earmarked for early childhood development programs — including those funded by First 5 Yolo — to help solve the state’s budget crisis. The ruling, released Monday, came in a lawsuit filed by 10 counties last spring after Gov. Jerry […]
Outdoor teach-ins took the place of indoor classrooms on Monday as some students participating in a general strike at UC Davis still spent time learning about and discussing a variety of subjects on the Quad and elsewhere around campus. While a teleconferenced meeting of the University of California Board of Regents was taking place inside the ARC Ballroom, […]
Yolo County has converted its website, http://www.yolocounty.org, to be compatible with the small screens of smart phones and tablets. Visitors to the site can use their mobile devices to view upcoming events and county news releases, visit the web pages of all county departments, and find specific resources for the community, businesses and visitors to Yolo County. “It is […]
Every five years, the local Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan is updated and submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The plan addresses threats from potential hazards and identifies possible strategies to reduce impacts. This year, Yolo County; the cities of Davis, West Sacramento, Winters and Woodland; the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation; Yolo County Housing; and the […]
In a letter to UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi this week, the ACLU of Northern California requested a number of internal campus Police Department documents under the California Public Records Act. Requested information includes copies of any UCD Police Department policies, general orders and training materials related to the use of pepper spray and the use of […]
A planned Yolo County wind power project has been abandoned due to its potential impact on local bird species. The 100-megawatt project by Pattern Energy was in mid-stage development and had not yet begun construction. Concerns had been raised about the project’s impact on golden and bald eagles in the Dunnigan Hills area; the birds […]
Can you help? What: Adopt an individual or family in need When: By the end of the first week of December How: Visit www.steac.org, call (530) 758-8435 or email [email protected] It’s a refrain that Susan Simon hears regularly: “There’s no poverty in Davis.” She will tell you otherwise. As executive director of the Short-Term Emergency Aid Committee, […]
1. The turkey and trimmings. 2. Parades: The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade began in 1924 and at least 46 million Americans watch it every year in person or on the television. 3. Football: The first intercollegiate championship game was held in 1876 on Thanksgiving Day. 4. The wishbone: Breaking the wishbone is a yearly tradition. […]
A federal appellate court ruled 10 years ago that police officers can be held liable for using excessive force if they spray nonviolent, seated protestors in the eyes and face with pepper spray. That ruling, by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, involved the use of pepper spray on individuals protesting logging in old-growth […]
Cesar Chavez Elementary School students Charlotte Mitchell and Aleta Ballinger-Dickerson recycle their lunch trays after eating at school last week. Chavez is one of two schools now recycling milk and juice cartons along with everything else.
Mixed in with the thousands of college-age students on the Quad on Monday were a number of families — parents who felt it was important for their children to stand up for those they believe have been mistreated. Among them were Carrie and Michael Ziser and their children Anna, 9, and Eli, 7. For Carrie […]
A $283,000 Caltrans grant should make for safer walking and biking to school for Davis children. The Safe Routes to School grant, awarded to the city in October, will fund speed boards at every school, purchase additional scan-and-notify systems, create a parent education and incentive program and finance walk/bike audits at every elementary and junior […]
A lawsuit challenging the state’s elimination of adult day health care as a Medi-Cal benefit was settled Thursday, with the state agreeing to preserve those services for people at risk for being institutionalized. Under the agreement, thousands of low-income disabled and elderly adults in California will transition to a new program called Community-Based Adult Services. […]
Not a bad year for Birch Lane Elementary School’s library. This time last year, teacher librarian Lynne Sundstrom won a pair of awards from the California School Library Association for a 10-week multicultural reading program she created with library technician Katy Larson and two Montessori teachers. Then there was the worldwide attention that came during the spring […]
