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Report out on LNU fire victims’ reactions, wants Supervisor John Vasquez VACAVILLE — Solano County Supervisor John Vasquez announced Thursday that the report on fire victims’ comments during a series of “listening sessions” is out and will be presented Tuesday at the Board of Supervisors meeting. “The stories we heard were incredibly impactful and encompassed a wide range of unique perspectives from those that were forced from their homes on Aug. 18,” Vasquez wrote. “Comments re...

County supervisors take oath of office Support Local Journalism COVID response remains top priority The oath of office was delivered via Zoom on Monday to three men who will serve on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors for the next four years: recently re-elected supervisors Jim Provenza of Davis and Oscar Villegas of West Sacramento and newcomer Angel Barajas of Woodland. They, along with supervisors Don Saylor of Davis and Gary Sandy of Woodland, will continue to oversee the county’s respo...

Elsewhere this week, you have been able to read a comprehensive recap of the top news stories of 2020 as compiled by the expert staff of The Davis Enterprise. Unfortunately, this effort led to several angry tweets from President Trump because not a single story reported that he won November’s election “by a lot.” I will not make that mistake. In fact, one of my goals for 2020 was to get mentioned at least once in a presidential tweet, but I failed. Still, I have nearly three weeks to acco...

County residents urged to stay home as COVID cases continue surging Yolo County headed into the Christmas holiday weekend on more of a tsunami of new coronavirus cases than a surge. With 954 new cases reported during the week ending Dec. 24, the county was averaging 136 new cases a day. On Saturday, the county added 108 more. Whatever family gatherings and traveling that residents have engaged in since the beginning of the week will start showing up in the county’s case numbers in the next t...

COVID cases up 74 percent in Davis since Thanksgiving week No area of Yolo County has seen a bigger increase in COVID-19 cases since Thanksgiving week than the city of Davis. Over the last three weeks, the city’s total number of cases increased by 74 percent, going from 528 cases on Nov. 24 to 918 on Tuesday. The increase in cases coincides with the expansion of asymptomatic testing in the city thanks to Healthy Davis Together. That partnership between the city and UC Davis is offering free s...

Free saliva-based COVID-19 testing now available for Davis community Healthy Davis Together partnership between UC Davis and the City of Davis provides testing at the senior center Healthy Davis Together, a partnership between UC Davis and the city of Davis, has brought free saliva-based COVID-19 testing to the broader Davis community. This test involves spitting, unlike the more invasive nasal swab test. The program also distributes free surgical masks.   Currently, testing is available at t...

The Aggie More than 61 permanent transitions to housing have been achieved through the program Project Roomkey, a partnership between Human Services Agency and Yolo County Health on the local level, has provided 49,244 nights of shelter to around 533 members of the homeless population between March 16 and Nov. 17, averaging to 92 nights per individual, according to a press release published by Yolo County on Nov. 20.  “While Project Roomkey was never intended to be a permanent housing solut...