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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 received fell into four broad categories: The Night of the Fire; Re-population and Re-entry; Recovery ...

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 response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including weighing in on everything from local pandemic-related restri...

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 accomplish that goal before Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20, so please read on.

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 two weeks and any impact on local hospitals will follow after that. Earlier last week, county supervi...

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 saliva-based testing to people who live or work in Davis, with testing available daily at two locatio...