Madison News

With the population's inevitable climb, Yolo County officials are anticipating growth by reconfiguring some unincorporated areas.

A possible drunk driver caused a three-car crash and injuries to six individuals Sunday around 7:05 a.m. on Highway 16 in the Madison area, according to the CHP's Felony Review Officer Bob Lagomarsino.

Roman Figueroa, 26, feeds his two-month-old daughter, Jennessy, on Thursday. Figueroa was diagnosed with H1N1 "swine flu" over the past week.

Venicio Figueroa, 5, plays video games Tuesday at home in Madison while his father, Roman Figueroa, 26, battles the H1N1 swine flu virus at Sutter Davis Hospital.

The family of Yolo County's first swine flu fatality says that the victim was a healthy 30-year-old mother who was sent home from a local hospital twice before she succumbed to the illness.

A Yolo County woman died Friday after being hospitalized at Woodland Memorial Hospital with the H1N1 – swine flu – virus. She is the first person to die of swine flu in Yolo County, health officials said Saturday. The Yolo County Coroner's Office identified the woman as Stacey Speegle Hernandez, 30, of Esparto. Friends told The Bee that Speegle Hernandez was taken to the intensive care unit last week and kept on a ventilator for nine days after what seemed to be seasonal flu symptoms began to hamper her ability to breathe.

An unidentified 30-year-old woman from Yolo County has died from swine flu, the Yolo County Health Department reported late Friday night.

State prison officials have now unanimously voted to revoke funds for improving the county jail, following the county's decision to withdraw its offer of a prison site in Madison.

The Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District has received confirmation that five new birds tested positive for West Nile virus, including one near Madison.

Environmental Planner Jennifer Clark talks to Guinda resident Marsha Garry about the proposed plans for the State Route 16 improvements.

A Caltrans open house to discuss a $58 million project for Highway 16 in Yolo County is scheduled today.

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to kill construction of a proposed rural state re-entry prison.

Two grandmothers sat at a kitchen table in the little town of Madison last September and wondered how they could take on the combined might of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Yolo County Board of Supervisors.

Yolo County's pursuit of jail expansion funding by way of giving the state a rural site for prison construction might be dropped Tuesday with the availability of the money becoming increasingly uncertain.