4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (208+ words) The best kinds of worlds are the ones where we cooperate. One of Stephen Covey’s seven habits of highly effective people is that it is much more effective to seek win-win outcomes than win-lose. Covey is getting at a truth…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (383+ words) For many children, preschool is where their love of learning begins. And Yadira Guzman plays an important role in helping WJUSD’s youngest learners get a strong start to their education. She also works with educators to strengthen language and literacy…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (608+ words) This is a story that starts with high school football, involves alcoholism and ends with a woman who puts children and families first. New Yolo County Superior Court Judge Katharine Lucero pointed me in the direction of this generational saga…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (562+ words) I started working with survivors of domestic violence over a decade ago. I would walk through encampments, answer hotline calls, and support intakes for emergency shelter, and during those moments, survivors often shared with me their frustration of not being…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (282+ words) Assembly Bill 1991 (AB 1991), authored by Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters), passed the California State Legislature and now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk, where his signature will turn the bill into law. “Our California growers and producers are having…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (361+ words) The following is the Yolo County Multi-Cultural Community Council (MCCC) statement in response to the vandalism and threats against Corner Drug Company. The MCCC is a citizen’s advisory council created to inform an office of the county government of community concerns…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (969+ words) Daily Democrat Bees have been getting a lot of love in recent years. With social media influencers rescuing swarms in videos getting millions of views, signs imploring us to “save the bees,” and books written about the fascinating and intricate…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (239+ words) A Woodland native has been named to fill a vacancy on the bench of Yolo County’s Superior Court. Katharine Lucero, a resident of Davis, was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday. Lucero fills a vacancy created when Judge Timothy…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (456+ words) When a professional political operative describes an election as “nationalized,” it means the outcome could have consequences far beyond the locality in which it occurs and therefore is drawing outside attention and resources. This year’s congressional elections in California are…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (532+ words) The state budget is an obvious source for anyone interested in how California finances its programs. However the budget, including the latest version enacted in June, is only a rough outline, a collection of suppositions and guesses, some educated, others…...