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Commentary: With COVID Out of Control, Us Blind As a Bat, State and County Roll Back Openings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 14, 2020
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Commentary: With COVID Out of Control, Us Blind As a Bat, State and County Roll Back Openings

Remember May? In Yolo County there were just 40 reported cases. The Board of Supervisors pushed for att ...

Remember May? In Yolo County there were just 40 reported cases. The Board of Supervisors pushed for attestation to re-open the county. The state, under pressure, expedited re-opening—even as expert ...

July 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Open Letter: Yolo County COVID-19 Emergency Response in Latinx Community

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 11, 2020
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Open Letter: Yolo County COVID-19 Emergency Response in Latinx Community

Dear Yolo County Leaders and Officials, We are concerned about the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Yolo Count ...

Dear Yolo County Leaders and Officials, We are concerned about the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Yolo County among Latinx community members. We are requesting immediate, targeted, and culturally appropr ...

July 11, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Yolo County Opened Too Soon

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 09, 2020
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Commentary: Yolo County Opened Too Soon

Supervisor Jim Provenza yesterday posted the county update on COVID—I made the quick comment, “You guys o ...

Supervisor Jim Provenza yesterday posted the county update on COVID—I made the quick comment, “You guys opened too soon” and, while it got a bunch of likes on Facebook, Provenza himself offered no res ...

July 09, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Support Immigrant Families during COVID-19 through YIIN’s ApoYolo Project

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 29, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Support Immigrant Families during COVID-19 through YIIN’s ApoYolo Project

by Emily Henderson In mid-March, as the COVID-19 crisis descended in Yolo County, local community organiz ...

by Emily Henderson In mid-March, as the COVID-19 crisis descended in Yolo County, local community organizers were anxious about the well-being of immigrant families throughout the county. The majority ...

May 29, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Responsibility in the Age of Covid-19

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 28, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Responsibility in the Age of Covid-19

County's decision shifts the responsibility from government to individuals by Robin Rainwater I’ve been c ...

County's decision shifts the responsibility from government to individuals by Robin Rainwater I’ve been contemplating the rapidly shifting landscape in Yolo County heavily this week. Not just Yolo Cou ...

May 28, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Yolo County to Re-Open, Effective This Week

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 27, 2020
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Yolo County to Re-Open, Effective This Week

Despite the fact that California is one of only a dozen states to see its new cases increasing, Governor ...

Despite the fact that California is one of only a dozen states to see its new cases increasing, Governor Newsom followed, by the Yolo County Board of Supervisors, has cleared the way for many business ...

May 27, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Breaking News: Chapman to Retire As Public Health Officer

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 20, 2020
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Breaking News: Chapman to Retire As Public Health Officer

(From Press Release) – Yolo County announces that Dr. Ron Chapman will be retiring from his position as P ...

(From Press Release) – Yolo County announces that Dr. Ron Chapman will be retiring from his position as Public Health Officer effective June 30, 2020. Dr. Chapman graduated in 1985 from the University ...

May 20, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Yolo Should Be Able to Reopen under New Criteria Announced on Monday

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 19, 2020
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Yolo Should Be Able to Reopen under New Criteria Announced on Monday

Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday cleared a key barrier for Yolo County to reopen restaurants, stores, offi ...

Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday cleared a key barrier for Yolo County to reopen restaurants, stores, offices and limited other venues. Previously, they could not reopen if the county had experienced ...

May 19, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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State and Local Economies Hammered as Officials Ponder Next Moves

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 15, 2020
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State and Local Economies Hammered as Officials Ponder Next Moves

Last week we learned that the city of Davis was now facing over a $20 million budget shortfall. This wee ...

Last week we learned that the city of Davis was now facing over a $20 million budget shortfall. This week, the news if anything is worse statewide, as the state is forced to attempt to close a budget ...

May 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Summary: Health Council Meeting – May 4, 2020

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: May 06, 2020
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Summary: Health Council Meeting – May 4, 2020

by Tia Will The following is a brief summary of yesterday’s Health Council Meeting. It is comprised of wh ...

by Tia Will The following is a brief summary of yesterday’s Health Council Meeting. It is comprised of what I considered to be the major points and actions and is in no way meant to be comprehensive. ...

May 06, 2020
| by Tia Will

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Yolo County Health Council Meeting – 4/27/20

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: April 28, 2020
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Yolo County Health Council Meeting – 4/27/20

by Tia Will The following is a summary of the major points covered and discussed at today’s one hour virt ...

by Tia Will The following is a summary of the major points covered and discussed at today’s one hour virtual meeting of the Yolo County Health Council. The summary is comprised of updates and discussi ...

April 28, 2020
| by Tia Will

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Yolo County Issues Order on Masks, Amends Shelter in Place

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 25, 2020
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Yolo County Issues Order on Masks, Amends Shelter in Place

Yolo County issued the order on Friday, as expected, to require wearing a face covering in public. At th ...

Yolo County issued the order on Friday, as expected, to require wearing a face covering in public. At the same time, it has amended the current Shelter in Place order to allow certain activities to r ...

April 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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County Provides Update on Stollwood Nursing Facility Outbreak and New Dashboard

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 22, 2020
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County Provides Update on Stollwood Nursing Facility Outbreak and New Dashboard

(From Press Release – Yolo County) – The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recently release ...

(From Press Release – Yolo County) – The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recently released information regarding skilled nursing facility outbreaks and listed the Stollwood Convalescen ...

April 22, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Yolo Discusses First COVID-19 Case

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 19, 2020
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Yolo Discusses First COVID-19 Case

(From Press Release – Yolo County) – Yolo County would like to take the opportunity to address an article ...

(From Press Release – Yolo County) – Yolo County would like to take the opportunity to address an article regarding the experience of the first confirmed COVID-19 case with our local public health sys ...

April 19, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Yolo Community Foundation Announces Historic Partnership to Create New COVID-19 Nonprofit Relief Initiative

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 17, 2020
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Yolo Community Foundation Announces Historic Partnership to Create New COVID-19 Nonprofit Relief Initiative

Community Members Encouraged to Contribute Directly to Yolo County Nonprofits Woodland, CA — The Yolo Com ...

Community Members Encouraged to Contribute Directly to Yolo County Nonprofits Woodland, CA — The Yolo Community Foundation is leading an unprecedented partnership with Yolo County, the City of Woodlan ...

April 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Yolo County Reports First Nursing Home Outbreak of COVID-19

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 14, 2020
| (2) Comments

Yolo County Reports First Nursing Home Outbreak of COVID-19

Covid-19 (From Press Release - Yolo County) - Yolo County is announcing an outbreak of coronavirus (COVID ...

Covid-19 (From Press Release - Yolo County) - Yolo County is announcing an outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) at a nursing home. At this time, there are 35 confirmed cases (23 residents and 12 staff) ...

April 14, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Health Council COVID-19 Summary – 4/2/20

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: April 05, 2020
| (13) Comments

Health Council COVID-19 Summary – 4/2/20

by Tia Will Assuming that most of you will not read the minutes of the first remotely held meeting of the ...

by Tia Will Assuming that most of you will not read the minutes of the first remotely held meeting of the Yolo Country Health Council, I thought it might be useful for a brief summary of how our count ...

April 05, 2020
| by Tia Will

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COVID-19 Updates: County Extends Shelter in Place, Launches Dashboard, State Cancels School Year

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 02, 2020
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COVID-19 Updates: County Extends Shelter in Place, Launches Dashboard, State Cancels School Year

Schools Now Shift to Distance Learning On Tuesday, DJUSD announced that DJUSD schools would remain closed ...

Schools Now Shift to Distance Learning On Tuesday, DJUSD announced that DJUSD schools would remain closed through May 1. However, even that date seemed optimistic—and indeed, on Wednesday, State Supe ...

April 02, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Frontline Providers Urge Community to Stay Home

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 01, 2020
| (5) Comments

Guest Commentary: Frontline Providers Urge Community to Stay Home

As frontline providers mobilizing to fight an invisible enemy, and care for you, our community, we want y ...

As frontline providers mobilizing to fight an invisible enemy, and care for you, our community, we want you to know the truth. These are very difficult times. At the time of writing this article ther ...

April 01, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Yolo Public Health Director Discusses COVID-19 Threat

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2020
| (3) Comments

Yolo Public Health Director Discusses COVID-19 Threat

Yolo County Public Health Officer Ron Chapman has been running the show in terms of the Yolo County respo ...

Yolo County Public Health Officer Ron Chapman has been running the show in terms of the Yolo County response to the COVID-19 threat. Last week, he issued a countywide health order for residents to sh ...

March 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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