Rumsey News

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration announced its opposition to a large casino proposed for the Richmond waterfront, saying the urban project was not what California voters had in mind when they approved tribal gaming a decade ago.

A dropping lake level and cooling water temperatures will greet the bass pros competing in the Triton Bass Owners Team Tournament this weekend.

Pavement, one of the most influential indie rock bands of the '90s, will reunite.

A wildfire that started Monday evening and has burned about 700 acres in Colusa County along Highway 20 continues to fill Capay Valley skies with smoke.

One of the more popular bass tournaments held on Clear Lake gets under way Saturday morning.

A fire that has scorched 1,200 acres in Colusa County along Highway 20 continues to burn today, sending smoke into the Capay and Napa valleys.

A wildfire that started Monday evening has burned about 1,200 acres in Colusa and Lake counties along Highway 20, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection officials report.

The big question on the minds of many Lake County fishermen is what will Clear Lake's level be by October? That's when a number of major bass tournaments get under way and a low lake level could make launching boats and weighing fish a problem.

A 51-year-old Guinda man was injured after hitting a deer while driving his motorcycle near the Rumsey Canyon Bridge.

LAKE COUNTY Lake County water officials are pursuing the legal right to store and use 5,900 acre-feet of Clear Lake surface water to sell to water purveyors around the lake who would otherwise buy it from Yolo County.

The Esparto Unified School District has started off the 2009-10 fiscal year like many others across the state -- in debt.

A Yolo County brush fire burned 350 acres Monday night. Fire officials said the blaze in Rumsey started at 2:28 p.m. and was 40 percent contained.

A helicopter drops water on a hot spot in Rumsey Canyon near the Yolo-Colusa county line Tuesday.

Jun 30, 2009 6:53 am US/Pacific Map Of Road Closure RUMSEY, Calif. A Yolo County exploded to 600 acres overnight after destroying one home and closing a major roadway.

A wild-land fire on the Yolo-Colusa county line has burned one residence and 566 acres, officials said today.

A brush fire scorched a remote corner of Yolo County and shut down a state highway through the area Monday afternoon .

The Tribal Council of the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians awarded $335,853.61 to the Esparto Unified School District from Indian Gaming Special Distribution Funds on Tuesday.

If a loved one has a stroke do you know the signs and symptoms? What about where to take them once you've determined what's wrong? Woodland Healthcare is the only hospital in Yolo County with a Primary Stroke Center.

Visitors pick lavender during last years Lavender Festival in the Capay Valley. For anyone who is itching for a European getaway, but doesn't want to convert to the Euro, head to the sixth annual Cache Creek Lavender Festival in Rumsey: a little slice of Provence right here in Yolo County.

Known mostly for a prominent winery and a casino resort, the Capay Valley straddles one of the most scenic country roads in the state, roughly between Clear Lake and Sacramento.