Yolo County News

As of July 1, Yolo FCU will have completed its six-course series of financial education workshops for Yolo County employees.

Yolo County district attorney Jeff Reisig announced a Yolo County jury convicted 53-year-old John Eric Foster on June 30 of one count of failing to register as a sex offender after suffering a felony sex offense.

On Tuesday, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors will receive the 2008 Yolo County Agricultural Report - an annual report which summarizes the acreage, production and gross valuation of all agricultural commodities produced in Yolo County in 2008.

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.

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 brush fire in a remote part of Yolo County had grown to between 50 and 100 acres Monday afternoon.

One of the two skydivers injured Saturday during a festival has died, according to officials.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is coming here to ground zero in the state's fight over dwindling water resources Sunday as agriculture and environmental interests have become increasingly polarized.

Tomatoes are still king in Yolo County even as acreage decreased, according to a preview of the county's crop report, due to be released Tuesday.

The selection of the next grand jury took place this past week in Department 15 of the Yolo Superior Court with Superior Court Judge Janet Gaard presiding.

A 21-year-old transient, arrested on June 4, in West Sacramento after allegedly burglarizing a home, has been re-arrested on suspicion of murder in Belmont.

A chicken in a flock between Davis and Woodland has tested positive for the West Nile virus, officials said today.

More than $300,000 in grants has been awarded by the state to clean up debris dumped on public and private land.

Dopey, a long-eared, droopy-eyed orange tabby that was missing six years from his south Sacramento home, has been reunited with his family.

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors announced that Tracie Olson will be the county's new public defender, replacing Barry Melton upon his retirement on June 30.

The Woodland Police Department released its investigation regarding the April 30 officer-involved shooting of Luis Gutierrez to the Yolo County District Attorney's Office on Thursday evening.

Yolo County's Employment Development Department aids those seeking jobs. At Yolo County's Employment Development Division One-Stop Career Centers, business is booming.

Yolo County has received $172,591 in a grant from the state Insurance commission to fight workers' compensation fraud.

Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced today that prosecutors from his office have filed grand theft, embezzlement and burglary charges against Maria Elna Flora, 59, of Sacramento, after she "fleeced" retirees out of almost $350,000 to pay for a daily gambling habit.

Jessica Diaz, 7, points to the plaque honoring her father, slain Sheriff's Deputy Tony Diaz, as her mother, Silvia Diaz, and sister Alejandra Diaz, 5, get a closer look.