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Halloween fundraiser reaches new heights

Taking Halloween a step beyond the Monster Mash is the Pumpkin Smash Bash fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Heidrick Ag History Center, 1962 Hays Lane in Woodland. Tickets are $30 for members and $35 for the general public. The fundraiser includes a raffle with one person being selected to receive a helicopter ride […]

October 24, 2012 | Posted in Local News | Tagged ,

Start your day with a linguica breakfast

On Sunday, the Yolo Cabrillo Civic Club No. 26 will serve a linguica breakfast from 7:30 to 11 a.m. at Holy Rosary Tumulty Hall on Walnut Street in Woodland. Tickets are $7 for adults, $4 for children and $20 for a family of four. The menu includes eggs, linguica, sweet bread, potatoes, juice and coffee, […]

October 24, 2012 | Posted in Briefly | Tagged ,

Democrats plan a day of action, host phone bank

The Yolo County Democratic Party will join with the California Democratic Party this weekend for a statewide “Day of Action” to encourage voters to reject Proposition 32, approve Proposition 30 and elect Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove. Local elected officials and activists will reach out to voters from Democratic headquarters at 2939 Spafford St., Suite […]

October 24, 2012 | Posted in Local News | Tagged ,

Central Park Gardens host open house, plant sale

Central Park Gardens volunteers will host their sixth annual open house and plant sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in conjunction with the Davis Farmers Market Fall Festival. The sale includes fall vegetables, flowers, herbs, bulbs and natives, and proceeds will go toward maintenance of the gardens. The gardens are along B Street […]

October 24, 2012 | Posted in Local News | Tagged ,

Supervisors extend Williamson Act tax benefits

WOODLAND — Yolo County farmers will continue to receive a break on their property taxes in exchange for promising not to develop their land. County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to continue implementation of Assembly Bill 1265, which preserved the heart of the 47-year-old Williamson Act last year, even as state funds for the farmland preservation […]

October 24, 2012 | Posted in County Government | Tagged ,

Thompson sets meeting on Berryessa bill

Rep. Mike Thompson will discuss a bill that would designate the Berryessa-Snow Mountain region as a National Conservation Area at 7 p.m. on Thursday in Napa. Thompson, D-St. Helena, and the Lake Berryessa Chamber of Commerce will cohost the meeting at the Capell Valley Fire Station, 1193 Capell Valley Road. House Resolution 5545, co-authored by Reps. John […]

October 24, 2012 | Posted in U.S. Congress | Tagged ,

Longtime professor revisits Arthur Miller drama from 1968

Hear more What: UC Davis professor emeritus Pete Hays will discuss Arthur Miller’s play “The Price” When: 6:20 p.m. Thursday Where: B Street Theatre, 2711 B St., Sacramento Info: A performance of the play follows at 7 p.m.; tickets are $23-$35, www.bstreettheatre.org or 915-443-5300 Professor Pete Hays — a mainstay in the English department at […]

October 24, 2012 | Posted in Local News | Tagged ,

Randall files complaint with FPPC

Local anti-tax activist Thomas Randall Jr. has filed a complaint with the Fair Political Practices Commission, claiming the Davis school board is “using taxpayers’ money for campaign materials produced at taxpayers’ expense and disseminated in print and on the Internet with the purpose to pass Measure E.” Measure E is a Davis school parcel tax […]

October 24, 2012 | Posted in Schools | Tagged ,

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