Capay News

One memorable sign of spring's arrival is the brilliant, colorful display of almond blossoms which dot the landscape across the Capay Valley each year, lining the highways and country roads that wind through the region's fertile green hills.

Two people were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of being in possession of drugs after Cache Creek Casino security in Brooks turned over a bag containing what was believed to be narcotics to unidentified Capay deputies.

Saturday marked the 9th Annual Multi-Culture Heritage and Black History Celebration in Guinda.

The Esparto Regional Library was filled with literary enthusiasts Tuesday night to celebrate the library's 10th anniversary in style.

Speed and access for slow moving farm equipment on Highway 16 are primary concerns for farmers in Capay Valley.

Adin Smith was the first baby born in Butte County in 2010. He was born at 4:30 a.m. Friday at Feather River Hospital in Paradise.

Tom Frederick switched careers from cars to wine years ago to form Capay Valley Vineyards with Pam Welch.

Yolo County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Modesto man on suspicion of using drugs on Friday, officials reported Monday.

Like many farming operations, Simas Family Vineyard is a family affair. Woodland natives Bob and Judy Simas, together with their son, Chris, and daughter-in-law, Bonnie, head the business specializing in Capay Valley estate-grown Rhone variety grapes.

Lindsay Marie Medina and Daniel Christopher Plechaty announced their plans to marry on Saturday, May 15, 2010, at the Taber Ranch in the Capay Valley.

Investigators met Monday to look into the cause of a crash involving a Coast Guard plane and a Marine helicopter that killed nine people, as the search for bodies and wreckage continued off the Southern California coast.

A memorial service began Friday morning for the seven Coast Guard members and two Marines were killed when an airplane collided with a Marine helicopter off the coast of San Diego.

The family of a Yolo County pilot killed in Thursday's mid-air collision over San Diego say Lieutenant Commander Che Barnes wanted to fly since he was a child.

Carrie Reynolds was looking forward to moving to the Sacramento area to be closer to her boyfriend.

The search for nine people missing when a U.S. Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine Corps helicopter over the Pacific Ocean is now a recovery mission, officials said Sunday.

Lt. Cmdr. Che Barnes piloted the Coast Guard C-130 Hercules rescue plane that crashed Thursday in the ocean off San Diego.

The Coast Guard has identified nine people feared dead at sea following an air collision between a Coast Guard aircraft and a Marine Corps helicopter.

The 10th annual "Best of Yolo County" survey brought in hundreds of votes from local citizens to decide the creme de la creme of Yolo County for 2009.

Listen There's relief, disbelief even skepticism- after 6-year old Falcon Heene turned up alive, hiding inside his family's garage attic, after his family said they thought he was stuck inside a home-made, helium balloon that got loose and flew over Colorado yesterday.

Friction has eased between the county and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation since the tribe announced plans to bail on the proposed casino expansion; however, concerns linger.