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County Takes On Appeal of Cell Tower Issue in NW Quadrant
Yolo County According to the staff report, in May of 2007, an application was submitted to construct and operate a cell tower north of Covell Blvd between County Road 99 and State Route 113. The tower...
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Target TCP Update Agendized for January 16 City-County Two-by-Two
Yolo County Representatives from the City and the County will meet on January 16, to discuss among other issues, the issue of TCP that was found in test sites around the Target Superfund site. To date,...
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Opposition to Radio Tower Angered by County’s Response and What they Call...
Two years ago, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors approved a permit that would allow the construction of a 365-foot radio tower in the Yolo County Central Landfill by Results Radio. However, the...
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Yolo Public Officials Speak Out Against the Bay Delta Plan
On Monday, state and federal officials announced the availability of a public draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and an accompanying environmental review document. The BDCP includes a proposal to...
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Community News: People’s Climate Action Day, School Board Events
Sunder For School Board Hosts “Back To School Kickoff” Celebration! Join Madhavi Sunder and her team of energized campaign volunteers for its “Back to School Kickoff” celebration hosted by the Zaragoza...
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The Yolo County Habitat Conservancy – A Long and Expensive Journey
by Bruce Guelden In 1994, several dozen Yolo County officials assembled in Woodland, Ca. They met with the purpose of developing a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). This is a government program that...
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County Takes On Appeal of Cell Tower Issue in NW Quadrant
Yolo County According to the staff report, in May of 2007, an application was submitted to construct and operate a cell tower north of Covell Blvd between County Road 99 and State Route 113. The tower...
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Target TCP Update Agendized for January 16 City-County Two-by-Two
Yolo County Representatives from the City and the County will meet on January 16, to discuss among other issues, the issue of TCP that was found in test sites around the Target Superfund site. To date,...
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Opposition to Radio Tower Angered by County’s Response and What they Call...
Two years ago, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors approved a permit that would allow the construction of a 365-foot radio tower in the Yolo County Central Landfill by Results Radio. However, the...
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Yolo Public Officials Speak Out Against the Bay Delta Plan
On Monday, state and federal officials announced the availability of a public draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and an accompanying environmental review document. The BDCP includes a proposal to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Community News: People’s Climate Action Day, School Board Events
Sunder For School Board Hosts “Back To School Kickoff” Celebration! Join Madhavi Sunder and her team of energized campaign volunteers for its “Back to School Kickoff” celebration hosted by the Zaragoza...
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The Yolo County Habitat Conservancy – A Long and Expensive Journey
by Bruce Guelden In 1994, several dozen Yolo County officials assembled in Woodland, Ca. They met with the purpose of developing a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). This is a government program that...
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Monsanto’s Roundup Discontinued in the Woodland School District
(From Press Release) – The Woodland Coalition for Green Schools commends the Woodland Joint Unified School in finally taking its first steps towards a comprehensive reform of its pest management...
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Eight Environmental Justice Activists Arrested at Monsanto Plant Monday
By Crescenzo Vellucci Eight environmental activists who maintain “Monsanto is poisoning the world” were arrested at the main gates of the Woodland Monsanto Headquarters in the early morning hours...
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Local Environmental Heros Honored by Sierra Club
This year, environmentalists from the local Sierra Club Yolano Group’s area (primarily Yolo County) received 4 of the 6 individual awards given for all of Northern California at the Sierra Club’s...
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Winters Votes To Join Valley Clean Energy
(From VCE – Press Release) – The city of Winters is the fourth local jurisdiction to join Valley Clean Energy, Yolo County’s not-for-profit public clean power electricity agency. The cities of...
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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 2
by Alan Pryor – Chair, Sierra Club Yolano Group In the ballot for March 2020, three candidates are vying for the office of Yolo County District 4 Supervisor – Jim Provenza, Linda Deos, and David...
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Guest Commentary: Why You Won’t See Any David Abramson for Yolo County...
By David Abramson This is our beautiful lawn sign. You won’t see any of them out in town though. Here’s why: Lawn signs are typically made from corrugated plastic AKA polypropylene (PP), which is...
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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 3
by Alan Pryor, Chair – Sierra Club Yolano Group This article is the 3rd in a 4-part series on questions presented by the Sierra Club Yolano Group to candidates in the Yolo County District 4 Supervisor...
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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 4
by Alan Pryor, Chair – Sierra Club Yolano Group This article is the 4th and final in a 4-part series on questions presented by the Sierra Club Yolano Group to candidates in the Yolo County District 4...
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