COVID-19 Activity Rising in Yolo County; Consider Precautions The County of Yolo is closely monitoring an increase in COVID-19 activity locally as similar increases are being observed across California. Rising levels of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in…

Yolo County Board of Supervisors Approves Designation of Both Cesar Chavez Day and Juneteenth as County Holidays Today, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors took a momentous step toward embracing diversity, fostering inclusivity, and honoring the…

The County of Yolo Welcomes a Changemaker in Dr. Tico Zendejas The County of Yolo is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Tico Zendejas as its new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager. Dr. Zendejas's arrival marks a significant milestone…

LoCI Controls, Inc. Partners with Yolo County Landfill to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Woodland, CA) – The Yolo County Central Landfill (YCCL) is proud to announce its partnership with LoCI Controls, Inc., the leading real-time data,…

Yolo County Releases 2023-24 Recommended Budget and 2022-23 Annual Report (Woodland, CA) - Today, Yolo County’s Chief Administrative Officer Gerardo Pinedo released the 2023-24 Recommended Budget and 2022-23 Annual Report. The Board of…

Press Release Yolo County Board of Supervisors Proclaims June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month (Woodland, CA) – On June 6, 2023, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors proclaimed June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning…

Woodland, CA - Yolo Juneteenth invites families of all backgrounds to enjoy this annual and early celebration of Juneteenth on Sunday, June 4 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the UC Davis Conference Center, located on 550 Alumni Lane in Davis. This…

Woodland, CA - The Yolo County Community Services Action Board is seeking community input on the draft 2024-25 Community Action Plan to Serve Low-Income Residents during a public hearing on June 13. To provide input, interested parties can…

Public Defender’s 2nd Annual Youth Outreach Event June 23 The Yolo County Public Defender’s Office’s Racial Justice Committee announces the return of For the Defenders of Tomorrow – a youth outreach and engagement event…

Woodland, CA - The Office of Emergency Services is seeking public input on potential hazards impacting Yolo County and possible strategies to reduce those impacts. The Yolo County Hazard Mitigation Plan assesses the risk of floods, drought,…

Woodland, CA - Yolo County’s Chief Administrative Officer Gerardo Pinedo has announced the appointment of Leslie Lindbo as director of the Department of Community Services. Ms. Lindbo has served as interim director since the retirement of…

Woodland, CA - On Tuesday, May 9, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., the Healthy Yolo Collaborative and Yolo County Health and Human Service Agency Public Health Branch invite community members and partners to attend a virtual townhall to learn about community…

Woodland, CA – YoloWorks! has launched a new Virtual Employment Center that connects Yolo County jobseekers to career services in an innovative, easy to navigate online platform. Additionally, local businesses can use the Virtual Employment…

(Davis, CA) – The deadline to file for an exemption from the Davis special library parcel tax is June 1, 2023. Exemptions to the special tax are granted for the following: -Property zoned and used for agriculture and not containing a…

The Yolo County Community Services Action Board is seeking input on how to better address the needs of low-income individuals and families that reside in Yolo County. The feedback provided will help establish service priorities for the 2024-25…

(Woodland, CA) – Yolo Public Defender Community Assistance & Re-Entry Support (CARES) will be holding a fundraiser on March 16 at MOD Pizza, located at 2051 Bronze Star Drive, Suite 100 in Woodland. Yolo Public Defender CARES is a…

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(Woodland, CA) – The Yolo County Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) is seeking a qualified applicant to fill a vacancy for a Community-Based Organization (CBO) representative on the committee. The mission of the Yolo County CCP is…

Masking Indoors Now Optional in Most Settings; Vaccination Strongly Recommended for COVID-19 and Influenza Press Release (pdf) Based on improving COVID-19 metrics that indicate reduced coronavirus transmission, the Yolo County Health…

(Woodland, CA) – Yolo County Librarian Mark Fink has accepted a new role as the Executive Director of Anythink Libraries. Anythink Libraries is a special library district serving 400,000 residents in Adams County, Colo., with seven branches in…

(Woodland, CA) –Yolo County is acknowledging that the purchase and sale agreement (PSA) signed by the County and St. John’s Retirement Village, Inc. (SJRV), the non-profit owner of the St. John’s Retirement Village property,…

MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clean power generation provider Mainspring Energy announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Yolo County, California, to pilot a Mainspring Linear Generator running biogas at the…

(Woodland, CA) – The Yolo County Environmental Health Division (Environmental Health) urges residents to purchase foods from permitted food facilities and avoid buying food from unpermitted street food vendors. Eating foods purchased from…

(Woodland, CA) – Today, First 5 Yolo announced funding opportunities for existing licensed childcare providers, individuals seeking a new childcare license, and licensed providers returning to active status. The funding comes from Yolo…

(Woodland, CA) – Today, Yolo County released the complete report of its 2022 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count (PDF). The PIT is a survey of individuals and families identified as experiencing sheltered or unsheltered homelessness within the…

(Woodland, CA) – All are welcome to the Grand Opening of Northern Recycling’s Covered Aerated Static Pile Composting and Construction, Demolition, and Inert sorting facility on Wednesday, September 28, from 9 to 10 am, located at 44090…

(Woodland, CA) – September is Farm to Fork month. To celebrate, the Hanna and Herbert Bauer Memorial Community Garden and the CalFresh Healthy Living Program are hosting a free class at the end of September that will focus on food…

Criminal Justice Partners Engage in Voter Education and Outreach In partnership with the Yolo County Elections Office, the Yolo County Public Defender’s Office and the Yolo County Probation Department will conduct voter education and…

(Woodland, CA) – The Yolo County Central Landfill (YCCL) has been selected for an award of $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to improve the current science and infrastructure to turn waste streams into clean, renewable…

(Woodland, CA) – The community is invited to celebrate and honor our veterans by visiting the exhibit, “Honoring the Dead of WWI: A Photographic Exhibition Commemorating the Centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Yolo…

(Woodland, CA) – The Yolo County Health & Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommends vaccination as a precaution against COVID-19 and the flu during this fall and winter season. Updated COVID-19 boosters, also known as bivalent boosters,…

The City of Davis and Yolo County announced a partnership today to thin vegetation in the North Fork Putah Creek Wildfire Risk Reduction Project located along the Putah Creek Pathway between Drummond Avenue and Mace Boulevard. The project date is…

Yolo Classic Car and Truck Show Announces Winners Press Release (PDF) On August 27, 2022, nearly 1,000 people attended the fifth “Cruisin’ into the Next Chapter” Classic Car and Truck Show and family fun day in the town of…

Sepetmber 8 marks Kevin Yarris’ final day as the Yolo County Director of General Services Department (GSD), retiring following 30 years of superlative service to Yolo County. Ryan Pistochini has been appointed the new Director of the General…

On August 30, 2022, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors approved the appointments of a new Mental Health Director and a Public Guardian. Director of the Yolo County Health & Human Services Agency (HHSA) Nolan Sullivan announced the…

On August 22, 2022, the California Department of Water Resources announced the Madison Community Services District will receive a $3.8 million award to help rehabilitate the 60-year-old drinking water system in the rural town of Madison, located in…

The US National Weather Service in Sacramento has issued an excessive heat warning from Saturday, September 3, from 11 am through Tuesday, September 6, at 8 pm. Yet, temperatures will start to rise today. Yolo County has a list of Places to Cool…

(Woodland, CA) – International Overdose Awareness Day, an annual commemoration to raise awareness of overdose prevention and reduce the stigma of drug-related deaths, will be recognized this year on August 31. Yolo County has seen the number…

A wild bird in Yolo County has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). HPAI is a viral disease that occurs naturally among wild aquatic birds, such as ducks, geese, swans, gulls, and terns, and shorebirds, such as storks,…

(Woodland, CA) – On August 25th at 10:20 AM, Yolo County will participate in a tri-county mass notification exercise. We urge residents and businesses to use this opportunity to prepare for the many hazards that threaten our community and to…

(Woodland, CA) – Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency’s Community Health Branch has confirmed the first case of MPX (formerly known as monkeypox; pronounced M-P-X or M pox) in a Yolo County resident. With the identification…

(Woodland, CA) – On September 28, 2021, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors (Board) approved the initial American Rescue Plan (ARP) Expenditure Plan, including $3,000,000 for projects under the Food Security priority category. With the first…

(Woodland, CA) – Yolo County recently recorded four COVID-19 deaths among older adults who had not received all COVID boosters for which they were eligible. Of the seven COVID-19 deaths in Yolo County residents during July, all were in adults…

Yolo County Library Adopts Patron Point® Yolo County Library is pleased to announce its implementation of Patron Point®, a new patron engagement platform, to serve better library patrons across all seven library branches. Based in…

(Woodland) - The Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) Community Health Branch has received confirmation of a human case of West Nile virus in Yolo County. The patient first became ill last month and is recovering from neuroinvasive…

Press Release (PDF) For Immediate Release John Fout Public Information Officer [email protected] (Woodland, CA) – For the second time, Yolo County Health & Human Services Agency (HHSA) collaborated with CommuniCare Health…

Yolo County Awarded $7,000,000 from Prop 47 Grants to Reduce Recidivism Yolo County has been awarded two Prop 47 grants that total $7,000,000 to fund the expansion of services to help people living with mental illness and/or substance use…

Bonus Bucks Program Helps CalFresh Households Purchase Fruits and Vegetables The third edition of the Bonus Bucks program was recently launched by Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) to increase fruits and vegetables…

Yolo County Agricultural Commissioner Humberto Izquierdo announced today that the nut buying period will begin August 1, 2022, and will run through April 1, 2023, in accordance with the County’s nut theft ordinance. On May 13, 2014, the Yolo…

In recognition of August as National Child Support Awareness Month, the Colusa Sutter Yolo Regional Child Support Agency honors the diversity of our families with the theme – “One Size Does Not Fit All.” The child support…

Dial 988 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Starting July 16, 2022, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number transitioned to an easy-to-remember and quick to dial 3-digit number – 988. The 988 Lifeline allows anyone…

(Woodland, CA) – COVID-19 wastewater levels in Yolo County indicate high community spread of COVID-19, yet many Yolo County residents remain unaware of the current high COVID-19 risk. To reach residents despite COVID news fatigue, the Yolo…

(Woodland, CA) – The Yolo County Sheriff's Office and the Yolo County Health & Human Services Agency (HHSA) have launched a Jail-Based Competency Treatment Program (JBCT) to provide mental health services to incompetent to stand trial…

(Woodland, CA) – As the Yolo County Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) develops its 2023-2025 Strategic Plan, it seeks public input at two community engagement meetings regarding efforts to reform corrections practices, emphasizing…

Yolo County In-Home Supportive Services Advisory Committee is Recruiting Members The Yolo County In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Advisory Committee seeks committee members interested in the delivery of IHSS. The IHSS program helps eligible…

With the June 30 ending of COVID-19 PCR testing by Healthy Yolo Together (HYT) and Healthy Davis Together (HDT), Yolo County is reminding residents of the many other COVID-19 testing resources available, for free or low cost, to the community.…

Friends of the Mission received notification of $12.5 million in state funding for the relocation and expansion of Walter’s House residential substance use treatment program. The new location will be at the East Beamer Way campus, 1901 E.…

(Woodland, CA) – Are you interested in working for the state? YoloWorks!, Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency, and the Yolo County Workforce Innovation Board, in partnership with the California Department of Housing and Community…

(Woodland, CA) – The Yolo County Public Defender’s Office’s Racial Justice Committee announces the inaugural ‘For the Defenders of Tomorrow’ event on July 22, 2022. At this day-long event, Yolo County youths will be…

(Woodland, CA) - Today, the Yolo County Administrator released the 2022-23 Recommended Budget and 2021-22 Annual Report. The Board of Supervisors will consider the recommended budget at a hearing on June 14, 2022, at 9 am. State law requires the…

(Woodland, CA) – With school ending and summer around the corner, Tuli Mem Park will kick off the fourth year of the pool opening with a free Pool Party. Join the YMCA and WYORCA on Friday, May 27, from 12 to 4 pm for fun, games, healthy…

(Woodland, CA) – To provide taxpayers with payment options, the Yolo County Tax Collector's Office has partnered with Easy Smart Pay. The service allows taxpayers to split their bi-annual property tax bill into monthly payments. With the…

(Woodland, CA) – The Yolo County Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) will hold community engagement meetings to elicit input on the development of the 2023-2025 CCP Strategic Plan. In particular, it seeks feedback on its ongoing efforts to…

(Woodland, CA) – On January 25, 2022, the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) awarded Yolo County grant funding to administer the Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant Program (MBCRG). MBCRG aims to prioritize $2,500 grant…

(Woodland, CA) – The Yolo County Board of Supervisors will approve a resolution proclaiming May 2022 as Mental Health Awareness Month at its meeting on May 24. Promoting awareness, recognition, and intervention of mental illness proves…

(Woodland, CA) – On May 10, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to proclaim May 15–21, 2022, as National Public Works Week. Yolo County Public Works professionals are responsible for rebuilding, improving, and…

(Woodland, CA) – On May 10, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors and Davis City Council voted unanimously to authorize the execution of a Revenue Sharing and Property Tax Exchange Agreement between the County and the City of Davis for the…

(Woodland, CA) – Are you interested in working for the state? YoloWorks!, Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency, and the Yolo County Workforce Innovation Board, in partnership with the California Department of Housing and Community…

(Woodland, CA) – Yolo County jobseekers now can join any of the Virtual Information Sessions for training in the construction and building trades on Wednesday, May 18 and Thursday, May 19 at 11 am and 5 pm. The general orientation course…

Woodland, CA) – The Yolo County Central Landfill, located at 44090 County Road 28H in Woodland, is now accepting textiles for reuse and recycling to meet SB 1383 Green House Gas (GHG) reduction targets. Textiles include dry clothing, clean…