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Column: Can ‘civic culture’ melt ICE arrests?
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (640+ words) Politicians, pundits, party leaders and everyday people have been talking about the deaths and protests in Minneapolis. Few, it seems, can believe the effect that generally nonviolent resistance has had on the Trump administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement specifically....
Column: Winter rains won’t dampen summer fires
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (645+ words) It was truly amazing this month when the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that not a single square mile of California is categorized as dry for the first time in 25 years. As of Dec. 30, 2025, the state was effectively out of drought across…...
Column: Taking responsibility for shopping carts
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (608+ words) It was right and proper Woodland's City Council decided " at last " to make store owners take a modicum of responsibility for their shopping carts. After all, what the city had been doing wasn't working. Hiring an independent contractor, or using…...
Letter to the editor: On last week’s story on student mental health in Woodland
1+ week, 2+ day ago (203+ words) An important way to help struggling students was neglected in last week's front-page story describing how Woodland schools intend to boost students' mental health. Namely, better-quality food in school cafeterias enhances both physical and mental health, thereby increasing academic success....
Letter to the editor: On ICE
1+ week, 2+ day ago (202+ words) It was never about immigration. It was always about power. Power unleashed against people: immigrants and citizens. When people protested about being unlawfully detained, that they were citizens and could show proof, ICE is recorded as saying, "I don't care....
Column: ICE draws more heat as it targets Americans
1+ week, 2+ day ago (511+ words) It's difficult to believe that a slip of the tongue by President Donald Trump could have meant a military invasion of Woodland. But when Trump mistakenly declared in Davos, Switzerland, last week that America needed "Iceland, not "Greenland, for national…...
Trump’s about-face in Minnesota after Pretti’s death is latest in pattern of sudden shifts
1+ week, 3+ day ago (890+ words) By AAMER MADHANI and STEVE KARNOWSKI The about-face comes after Saturday's shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents raised doubts " including from some Republicans " over how the Trump administration has gone about aggressively deporting migrants and confronting protesters opposed…...
Research suggests nationwide racial bias in media reporting on gun violence
2+ week, 5+ day ago (488+ words) Mass shootings in white-majority neighborhoods received roughly twice the news coverage of mass shootings in neighborhoods where a majority of residents were people of color, while coverage of police-involved shootings was disproportionately high in majority-minority communities, according to new research....
Column: Yolo County’s ‘Black Heritage’ runs deep
2+ week, 5+ day ago (527+ words) Doing a "deep dive" reading of the recently published book "Exploring the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Region," a lot of local history is revealed. Published by Backcountry Press, the 276-page book is written by experienced outdoor hikers and naturalists…...
Woodland residents hot over ICE
3+ week, 5+ day ago (474+ words) More than 500 people waving signs and chanting occupied Heritage Plaza in downtown Woodland Saturday as part of a county- and nationwide protest against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency following the brutal killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis. An hour…...