Yolo County Bulletin Board

Sip and Savor Along Yolo County’s Boutique Wine Trail

Whether you prefer Tempranillo or Albariño, Cabernet or Rosé, you’ll find it in Yolo County, one of the most diverse wine-growing areas in Northern California. Or so explains Aaron Millar, [...]

Woodland’s Dinner on Main: Uniting Farmers, Winemakers & the Community

Nothing brings people together more than great food. And no food is greater than food grown on local farms. This is the hallmark of Yolo County’s agricultural heritage, which is [...]

Davisville for 5:30pm on Apr 22nd, 2024

Get Involved Today!

Cool Davis is forever encouraging community members to Get Involved — either with us, our partners, or any other organization or entity that is working to reduce emissions and build resilien...

two of the usual

After getting back from southern California, a couple of downtown Davis sketches, familiar looking, white houses with a bit of triangle, a tree casting a shadow, the standard Pete sketch. This is ...

Downtown Riverside

And here then are the last few of my sketches from Riverside, southern California. I did consider joining the trip to visit the UC Riverside campus, so that I could add another UC campus to my ske...

UC AMP 2024

I recently attended the UC-AMP conference in Riverside, a meeting for administrative management professionals in the University of California. I had been to the same conference last year in Berkel...

May is Bike Month Events 2024

Month of May, May 7th for Loopalooza

Taking Collective Climate Action

By Patricia M. Moore, M.A., re-published with permission, see original post on the 350 Sacramento website. In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we explored how climate change is causing distress in ma...

at the Mission Inn Riverside

A month ago I was in Riverside, southern California, for a conference for work. The conference itself was at the nearby conference center, but the official hotel for it was the historic Mission In...

Roll Through Yolo County This May During National Bike Month

Dust off those handlebars and pump up those tires — May is National Bike Month, and Yolo County is a great place to celebrate! National Bike Month is a [...]

The 2024 Farm to Table Dining Season

In the heart of California's agricultural landscape lies a culinary gem that embodies the essence of freshness, sustainability, and community: Yolo County's farm to table dining scene. Nestled ami...

Davisville for 5:30pm on Apr 15th, 2024

Davisville, April 15, 2024: Happiness in spite of the problems of the world

In Harboring Happiness: 101 Ways to be Happy, author Dan Brook says happiness is worth pursuing despite all the awful things happening across the globe. He bases this on research and on what he ha...

Mayor Chapman guests on "The City Considers"

a plate full of pancakes at the original pantry

I had a lie in on the Sunday; well I woke up very early (even after the time change) to watch Spurs v Villa through the corner of my eye, but I fell back asleep when it looked like it wasn't going...

Greater Sacramento Region Recognized As A National Leader In Equitable Economic Growth By Brookings 2024 Metro Monitor Report

The 2024 Brookings Metro Rankings, analyzing 10-year economic performance of the country’s 54 largest metros through five key indicators – growth, prosperity, overall inclusion, racial inclusion a...

Yolo Earth Day Celebrate and Share Event at the Library

Saturday April 13 10am to 12:30pm at Yolo County Stephens Branch Library in Davis

Davisville for 5:30pm on Apr 8th, 2024

the rest of my Saturday, from USC to DTLA

After the day at the Natural History Museum, the sun was starting to think about setting. It was a nice evening in South Central LA, around Exposition Park, and some fans were starting to arrive f...

mammal bones at the NHM-LA

I drew more than dinosaurs at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum.  I explored as much of the place as I could (I was there all day after all, I wasn't going anywhere) but when I saw the big ma...

Cherry Blossom Fest celebrates hope, art

From the Bay to the River: Greater Sacramento is ready for Major League Baseball

In a historic announcement that reverberates beyond the sports world, the Oakland Athletics have chosen West Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park as their home for the 2025-27 Major League Baseball (ML...

David Sander (City of Rancho Cordova)

David Sander is the mayor of Rancho Cordova and a member of GSEC's Board of Directors. Learn more about why he values economic development, working with GSEC and living and working in the Greater ...

Dinosaurs at the LA Natural History Museum

Part of the reason for taking a weekend in Los Angeles before the conference in Riverside is that I just really wanted to draw dinosaurs. I'd never been to the LA Natural History Museum before, bu...

Earth Month Goings On 2024

Earth Month April 2023

Free Virtual Screening: “Carbon: The Unauthorized Biography”

Cool Davis has partnered with the One Earth Film Festival based in Chicago to offer free tickets to our community to a global online screening and discussion program of "Carbon: The Unauthorized B...

Climate Change May Lead to More Cases of Valley Fever

Cameron Kiongo is a Sacramento Valley College Corp Fellow with Cool Davis and a fourth-year undergraduate student majoring in Biochecmistry and Molecular Biology. Cameron is from the Moreno Valley...

Standing Together and Sharing the Future

Editor’s note: Thank you to NJ Mvondo and Robin Datel, Yolo County Climate Action Commissioners, for collaborating on this article and working with Cool Davis towards a climate resilient region wh...

the scum and villainy cantina

I arrived in downtown Los Angeles after dark, checked into my very nice hotel and nearly decided not to head out to Hollywood because it was already past dinnertime. But how often am I down this w...

Three Davis Farmers Market vendors featured in new Food Network show

Six Davis restaurants are featured in the premiere of Food Network’s newest series “Best Bite in Town,” which airs Sunday, April 7 at 10 p.m. Three of those restaurants are vendors at the Davis Fa...

Climate Change Affects the Availability and Quality of Food and Water in Yolo County

Wendy Zhong is a Sacramento Valley College Corp Fellow with Cool Davis and a third-year undergraduate student majoring in Food Science at UC Davis. Wendy is from Oakland, California, where she dev...

Coping with Climate Anxiety through Action

By Patricia M. Moore, M.A., re-published with permission, see original post on the 350 Sacramento website. Part 2: Coping with Climate Anxiety through Action In Part 1 of this series, we discussed...

Yolo Earth Day Pledgers Make Good Progress, Not Finished Yet

Jessie pledged to … Encourage 1x month at least 1 person to ride a bike, bus, or walk Reduce air travel emissions Pre-cool my home during summer to avoid peak usage and rates Eat a meatless meal 3...

Stand Together on Big Day of Giving May 2

Big Day of Giving is one of the biggest fundraising events of the year. It's also a time to celebrate our partnerships and collaboration with other non-profits in our region.  We hope you'll go al...

pause at the airport

I've been travel-busy lately, so let's start posting some sketches. I was at Sacramento airport, waiting for a delayed Friday early evening flight down to Los Angeles, where I'd be spending the we...

Davisville for 5:30pm on Mar 25th, 2024

Davisville for 5:30pm on Apr 1st, 2024

Davisville, April 1, 2024: A year later, less panic about chatbots

In winter 2023 we talked with Andy Jones and Margaret Merrill of UC Davis about ChatGPT, a new artificial-intelligence app that was setting off alarms for its advanced ability to "write" reports a...

Arbor Day Tree Planting and Festival Hosted by Tree Davis

What does it take to make sure that trees thrive in Davis? Tree lovers of all ages are encouraged to join the City of Davis, Tree Davis, the Davis Manor Neighborhood Association and Creative Actio...