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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is County Preschool Program in Trouble?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 13, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is County Preschool Program in Trouble?

Two weeks ago, Yolo County supervisors voted 4-1 to have staff come back with a ballot measure for Novemb ...

Two weeks ago, Yolo County supervisors voted 4-1 to have staff come back with a ballot measure for November that would create a half-cent countywide sales tax. The tax would be a general use tax, mea ...

June 13, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Yolo County Democratic Party Endorses Candidates for the Tuesday, June 7, 2016 Primary Election

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 06, 2016
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Yolo County Democratic Party Endorses Candidates for the Tuesday, June 7, 2016 Primary Election

Democrats Endorse Candidates That Will Promote Fairness, Inclusivity and Opportunity for Californians and ...

Democrats Endorse Candidates That Will Promote Fairness, Inclusivity and Opportunity for Californians and Yolo County Communities The Yolo County Democratic Party (YCDP) has endorsed candidates for fe ...

May 06, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Crime Moves Back Down in 2016 in Davis and West Sacramento

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2016
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Crime Moves Back Down in 2016 in Davis and West Sacramento

It was nearly a month ago that Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, along with Chief Probation Officer Brent Carda ...

It was nearly a month ago that Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, along with Chief Probation Officer Brent Cardall, blamed the implementation of Proposition 47 on a cited rising crime rate. “All of the major ...

April 06, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Richard Reed Appointed as Deputy to Supervisor Provenza

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 28, 2016
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Richard Reed Appointed as Deputy to Supervisor Provenza

Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza, District 4, today named Richard Reed, Chair of the Yolo County Plann ...

Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza, District 4, today named Richard Reed, Chair of the Yolo County Planning Commission, as his new Deputy Supervisor. Supervisor Provenza said, “I look forward to work ...

January 28, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Gina Daleiden Named First 5 Yolo Executive Director

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 14, 2016
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Gina Daleiden Named First 5 Yolo Executive Director

Four months ago, First 5 Yolo selected former School Board Member and Yolo County Deputy Supervisor Gina ...

Four months ago, First 5 Yolo selected former School Board Member and Yolo County Deputy Supervisor Gina Daleiden as its interim Executive Director. Now, after conducting a four-month, nationwide sea ...

January 14, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Yamada Announces Endorsements by CA Legislative Women’s Caucus and Former Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 25, 2015
| (1) Comment

Yamada Announces Endorsements by CA Legislative Women’s Caucus and Former Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey

In what figures to be among the more intriguing races around the state, Former Assemblymember Mariko Yama ...

In what figures to be among the more intriguing races around the state, Former Assemblymember Mariko Yamada is taking on current Assemblymember Bill Dodd. Yesterday, Ms. Yamada, candidate for Californ ...

August 25, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Gratuitous Cheap Shot By Local Paper in Assembly Race

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 07, 2015
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Analysis: Gratuitous Cheap Shot By Local Paper in Assembly Race

When Supervisor Jim Provenza endorsed Davis Mayor Dan Wolk over his colleague Supervisor Don Saylor, it w ...

When Supervisor Jim Provenza endorsed Davis Mayor Dan Wolk over his colleague Supervisor Don Saylor, it was bound to raise some eyebrows. And if the Enterprise were running a column on their editorial ...

August 07, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Wolk Receives Two Major Endorsements From Yolo County Supervisors

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 04, 2015
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Wolk Receives Two Major Endorsements From Yolo County Supervisors

In 2014, when Dan Wolk faced, among others, his colleague on the Davis City Council, then-Mayor Joe Krovo ...

In 2014, when Dan Wolk faced, among others, his colleague on the Davis City Council, then-Mayor Joe Krovoza, Mr. Wolk received endorsements from all three of their colleagues. This time, Mayor Dan Wol ...

August 04, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Davis Becomes First City to Make Non-Sugary Drinks Default Children’s Beverage

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 27, 2015
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Davis Becomes First City to Make Non-Sugary Drinks Default Children’s Beverage

The Davis City Council unanimously and with enthusiasm passed an ordinance making the city the first in t ...

The Davis City Council unanimously and with enthusiasm passed an ordinance making the city the first in the nation to make non-sugary drinks the default for children’s meals at restaurants. Councilmem ...

May 27, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Yolo DA Already Complaining About Prop. 47 Impact on Crime Rate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2015
| (17) Comments

Eye on the Courts: Yolo DA Already Complaining About Prop. 47 Impact on Crime Rate

During his report to the County Board of Supervisors at last week’s meeting, Yolo County District Attorne ...

During his report to the County Board of Supervisors at last week’s meeting, Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig expressed concerns about Proposition 47 and what he cites as rising crime. Mr. Re ...

March 17, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Foster Funding Snafu May Have Led To Removal of Saylor From First 5

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2014
| (16) Comments

Foster Funding Snafu May Have Led To Removal of Saylor From First 5

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on Tuesday to remove Supervisor Don Saylor as the board re ...

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on Tuesday to remove Supervisor Don Saylor as the board representative on First 5 Yolo Commission. While the move followed some discussion about a rotati ...

December 17, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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$5.5 Million Sale of Grande Property Ends a Long Saga

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 05, 2014
| (21) Comments

$5.5 Million Sale of Grande Property Ends a Long Saga

The Davis school board accepted a bid from local developer Don Fouts to purchase the school district’s Gr ...

The Davis school board accepted a bid from local developer Don Fouts to purchase the school district’s Grande property for $5.5 million. The property was the subject of a major controversy nearly a de ...

December 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Innovation Park Forum Part II – Economic Development and Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2014
| (23) Comments

Innovation Park Forum Part II – Economic Development and Housing

Last Thursday, the Vanguard hosted its Innovation Park Discussion Forum at DMG Mori in Davis. At least 50 ...

Last Thursday, the Vanguard hosted its Innovation Park Discussion Forum at DMG Mori in Davis. At least 50 people from the community came out to hear an early discussion on the innovation parks. The pa ...

October 23, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Innovation Park Discussion Part One: Why is This Park Different From All Other Parks?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 21, 2014
| (43) Comments

Vanguard Innovation Park Discussion Part One: Why is This Park Different From All Other Parks?

Last Thursday, the Vanguard hosted its Innovation Park Discussion Forum at DMG Mori in Davis. At least 50 ...

Last Thursday, the Vanguard hosted its Innovation Park Discussion Forum at DMG Mori in Davis. At least 50 people from the community came out to hear an early discussion on the innovation parks. The pa ...

October 21, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Yolo County Formally Responds to Grand Jury Allegations Against Sheriff Prieto

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 07, 2014
| (2) Comments

Yolo County Formally Responds to Grand Jury Allegations Against Sheriff Prieto

In June, the Yolo County Grand Jury came out with a report that alleged that Yolo County Sheriff Ed Priet ...

In June, the Yolo County Grand Jury came out with a report that alleged that Yolo County Sheriff Ed Prieto had been responsible for a wide variety of issues within his department, ranging from mismana ...

August 07, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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A New Way Forward? Working Group to Examine Issues Raised in Grand Jury Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 20, 2014
| (5) Comments

A New Way Forward? Working Group to Examine Issues Raised in Grand Jury Report

Last week, the Yolo County Grand Jury came out with a report that alleged that Yolo County Sheriff Ed Pri ...

Last week, the Yolo County Grand Jury came out with a report that alleged that Yolo County Sheriff Ed Prieto had been responsible for a wide variety of issues within his department, ranging from misma ...

June 20, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Prieto is the One Who Can Stop This Now

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 15, 2014
| (5) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Prieto is the One Who Can Stop This Now

The Grand Jury report that came out this week has the Board of Supervisors frustrated and the media and p ...

The Grand Jury report that came out this week has the Board of Supervisors frustrated and the media and public confused. It was not a very good, very complete, or frankly a very helpful report. We can ...

June 15, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Board May Ask Grand Jury To Clarify Their Report on Sheriff Prieto

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 12, 2014
| (14) Comments

Board May Ask Grand Jury To Clarify Their Report on Sheriff Prieto

On Tuesday afternoon, in response to a Grand Jury report, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors sent out a ...

On Tuesday afternoon, in response to a Grand Jury report, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors sent out a strong statement indicating that the Grand Jury investigation was “in response to a referral f ...

June 12, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Crisis Nursery announces $200,000 in emergency grant funding

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 29, 2014
| 0 comments

Crisis Nursery announces $200,000 in emergency grant funding

(from press release) The Friends of the Yolo Crisis Nursery have amassed $200,000 in emergency grant fund ...

(from press release) The Friends of the Yolo Crisis Nursery have amassed $200,000 in emergency grant funding to keep the nursery open beyond its threatened June 30 closure, said Heidy Kellison, presid ...

May 29, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Election Digest: Provenza Endorses Rick Cohen for Judge

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 05, 2014
| (2) Comments

Election Digest: Provenza Endorses Rick Cohen for Judge

Supervisor Provenza Endorses Rick Cohen For Judge The following is a statement from Jim Provenza: We are ...

Supervisor Provenza Endorses Rick Cohen For Judge The following is a statement from Jim Provenza: We are very fortunate to have four highly qualified candidates for judge in Yolo County. Each candidat ...

May 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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