Downtown Winters Historic District

Liwaito (also Lewytos and Liguaytoy) is a former settlement of the Patwin branch of the Wintun tribe in Yolo County, California. The name means "waiving" in the Patwin language, and was also applied to Putah Creek. It lay at an elevation of 135 feet (41 m). Its location is quite near Winters, California.

Winters is a city in rural Yolo County, and the western Sacramento Valley, in northern California. The population of Winters was 6,624 as of the 2010 Census. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Yuba City, CA-NV Combined Statistical Area.

Winters High School in Winters, California had its first graduating class in 1895.The school is located at 101 Grant Avenue in Winters, California. The school mascot is "The Warrior."

Rancho Rio de los Putos, (Wolfskill Grant) was a 17,755-acre (71.85 km2) Mexican land grant in the western Sacramento Valley, within present-day Solano County and Yolo County, California. It was given in 1842 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to William Wolfskill.The grant extended along both banks of Putah Creek (formerly Rio Los Putos) and encompassed present day Winters. On current maps, the four leagues include 10,750 acres (43.5 km2) on the south side of Putah Creek in Solano County, and 7,005 acres (28.3 km2) on the north side of Putah Creek in Yolo County.

Wolfskill Grant Orchards is historical site built in 1842 in Winters, California in Solano County, California. The Wolfskill Grantis a California Historical Landmark No. 804 listed on June 28, 1965. Horticulturist John R. Wolfskill (1804-1897) settled on land of the Rancho Rio de los Putos a First Mexican Republic California Land Grant near the present-day City of Winters in 1842 after marriage to Magdalena Lugo. Wolfskill, also called John Reed, brought with him seeds and plant cuttings and started new horticulture fruit industry in Northern California. Wolfskill came west on the Santa Fe Trail. Wolfskill worked at teamster in Santa Fe, New Mexico before coming west. John Reid Wolfskill was born on 11 September 1804, in Madison, Kentucky. Wolfskill married Susan Cooper on January 10, 1860, in Colusa, California. Wolfskill died on May 27, 1897, in Yolo, California at the age of 92. In 1938, Wolfskill daughter, Mrs. Frances Wolfskill Taylor Wilson donated 107.28 acres of Wolfskill plant nursery and orchard University of California. University of California opened the University of California Experimental Farm on the University of California, Davis land part of the UC Davis Plant Sciences Department. A historical marker is at University of California Experimental Farm. The marker was placed there by California State Park Commission, the Solano County Historical Society in 1966.Uncle Burt's Tree is marker nearby placed by Vacaville Historical Marker Committee in 2002.

The Winters Fire was a wildfire that started on Thursday, July 6, 2017 in the Vaca Mountains, near Lake Berryessa west of the city of Winters, in Yolo County, northern California. The fire was named the Winters incident due to its proximity to the city.

Lake Solano is a reservoir formed by Putah Diversion Dam impounding Putah Creek, located in the Vaca Mountains within Yolo County and northern Solano County, California. The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has issued a safe eating advisory for any fish caught in Putah Creak including Lake Solano due to elevated levels of mercury.

Allendale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Solano County, California, United States. Allendale is located along Interstate 505 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west of Dixon. The population was 1,506 at the 2010 census.

The Quail Fire was a wildfire that burned during the 2020 California wildfire season southwest of Winters and north of Vacaville in Solano County, California in the United States. Igniting on Saturday, June 6, within the rural confines of Quail Canyon, the fire ballooned to an estimated 1,837 acres (743 ha) and destroyed three structures including one residential property. The fire was fully contained on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, and the cause remains under investigation.

The Grant Fire was a wildfire that burned east of the city of Sacramento near the rural community of Sloughhouse in Sacramento County, California in the United States. It was reported on the afternoon of Friday, June 12, near Grant Line Road the fire quickly grew to the size of 5,042 acres (2,040 ha) as it burned predominantly in light flashy fuels and grasslands as it was fanned by heavy winds in the area. There were no reports of injuries and only one structure was damaged in the fire. However, during the fires peak there were mandatory evacuations ordered near and around Glory Lane and Prairie City OHV Park.

Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University or D–Q University was a two-year college located on Road 31 in Yolo County, 6.7 miles (10.8 km) west of State Route 113 in California. Founded in 1971, it was among the first six tribal colleges and universities (TCU) in the United States, and the first established in California. It was not affiliated with a single federally recognized tribe or reservation, as are numerous other tribal colleges. The school ended its full-time class schedule in 2005 due to loss of accreditation. The Board of Trustees has been enlarged and continues to arrange activities to maintain its non-profit status. Students and instructors who remained on campus have continued to use the campus for classes, gatherings, and ceremonies, with annual powwows held through 2013. Annual Veterans Day powwows have continued to be held through the most recent Veteran's Day in 2017.A satellite campus of D-Q University continues to exist as Kumeyaay Community College.

Pleasants Ranch or Hoskins Ranch is a historic ranch located in Vacaville, California, United States. It features late Victorian and Queen Anne architecture. It was used for domestic subsistence agriculture. There are 12 historic buildings on the land including agricultural outbuildings, a single dwelling, processing, animal facility, storage, and secondary structures. It is situated on 4.5 acres and there is a 13th contributing building. The main house dates from 1891, and was designed by architect Allen A. Cook from Sacramento. The ranch includes a gazebo from c.1892, a smoke house from 1877, a stock barn from c.1900, a buggy barn from 1902, and more.