Rumsey News

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.

Today and Sunday, Sunset magazine opens the doors to its Menlo Park complex to the public for its annual Celebration Weekend.

Rumsey Rancheria firefighter Joseph Perez yelled, asking if anyone inside an overturned bus could hear him.

Names of places are a window into our history, and understanding the story behind place names gives a deeper view of our bioregion.

The Yolo County Transportation District Board of Directors voted unanimously Monday to cancel an under-used rural bus route that serves Rumsey and Guinda in the Capay Valley, and one under-used bus route serving Winters, effective May 14.

Gaye Nakken, director of the Food Closet, accepted an award designed by Native American artist Doug Hyde, a Fellow of the National Sculpture Society, which resembles a shooting star carved out of stone.

Students from Yocha-De-He Wintun Academy and Esparto High School got their hands dirty this week planting native trees, shrubs, and grasses to restore riparian habitat around the Yocha-De-He Golf Course - and ...

The Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians Tribal Council recently voted to provide $207,400 to fund Capay Valley human services at risk of collapse.

Indian Valley Reservoir earlier this year. Recent rains haven't helped alleviate current drought conditions affecting Yolo County.

The possibility of requiring users to conserve water looms on the horizon after the Lake County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution Tuesday to ask water purveyors in Lake County to voluntarily implement ...

In a prestigious appointment, Tribal Chairman Marshall McKay of the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians has been named to the board of trustees for the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Indians.