CHP in maximum-enforcement mode for Labor Day weekend
Many people consider the Labor Day holiday weekend as the end of the summer season and a time to get together with family and friends. To help ensure everyone on the state’s roadways remains safe, the...
View ArticleWinters murder suspect found mentally incompetent for trial
WOODLAND — A Winters murder defendant is headed for state hospitalization after being found mentally incompetent to stand trial, according to Yolo Superior Court records. Markeese Leavell Carter,...
View ArticleBicyclist injured in crash
A Davis woman was injured Tuesday when a motorist struck her bicycle, police said Thursday. According to Lt. Paul Doroshov, officers were dispatched at about 5 p.m. to investigate the traffic collision...
View ArticlePolice: Woodland homicide suspect was denied sex before killing
At Cottonwood Massage, they called Rohail Sarwar “the pee guy.” Refused sex on multiple occasions at the Woodland massage parlor, Sarwar once tried to sexually assault the business’ owner and, when...
View ArticleWoman arrested on assault charges
Davis police arrested a 31-year-old woman on assault charges Friday after she allegedly threatened another woman with a box cutter. According to police reports, officers were summoned at about noon to...
View ArticleD.A., victims’ families criticize sentencing legislation
SACRAMENTO — The families of a slain Davis couple and Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig are speaking out against a newly passed bill they say could result in the victims’ killer being paroled...
View ArticleMan sentenced for relationship with underage girl
WOODLAND — As outlined in a plea agreement he made last month, a Contra Costa County man was sentenced Tuesday to five years’ probation and a suspended prison sentence for his sexual relationship with...
View ArticleJuvenile hearing in missing-teens murder case set for January
WOODLAND — A Woodlander facing murder charges in connection with the disappearances of two Yolo County teens likely won’t undergo until January a hearing to determine whether he will be tried in adult...
View Article‘Picnic Day 5’ return to court; meeting with police in the works
WOODLAND — The five people involved in an altercation with three plain-clothed police officers on Picnic Day 2017 returned to Yolo Superior Court this week for a review of the plea agreements they made...
View ArticleFight with chair leads to assault arrest
An altercation inside a residence this week led to a woman’s arrest on assault charges, Davis police reported Thursday. According to Lt. Paul Doroshov, officers responded Tuesday to an assault call in...
View ArticleDavis police investigate robbery
Davis police are investigating a reported attack and robbery of two people Wednesday at Parkside Apartments. Lt. Paul Doroshov said police were summoned at about 9:40 p.m. to the 1420 F St. apartment...
View ArticleDAs sound off on sentencing bill
SACRAMENTO — Four California district attorneys joined three Davis crime victims at a press conference Thursday in urging Gov. Jerry Brown’s veto of two recently passed Senate bills that would affect...
View ArticleSeptember trial date in question in missing-teens murder case
WOODLAND — A Sept. 24 trial date for three men accused of killing two Yolo County teens appeared to be in question Friday as a judge tried to strike a balance between two defendants’ right to a speedy...
View ArticleThieves strike UCD while residents asleep inside
The UC Davis Police Department issued a crime alert Friday after two residences were burglarized while the occupants were home asleep. Police said the thieves struck between midnight and 4 a.m. Friday...
View ArticleDriver dies in crash near Woodland
Yolo County coroner’s officials are still working to identify a motorist who died in a three-vehicle collision Friday on County Road 98 south of Woodland. California Highway Patrol officers said the...
View ArticleHearing delayed for massage worker’s alleged killer
WOODLAND — The preliminary hearing for a Woodland man accused of killing a massage worker was delayed two weeks Monday due to a family emergency involving one of the attorneys in the case. Rohail...
View ArticlePolice: Threat at Emerson unfounded
Davis police were called out to the Emerson Junior High School campus Monday to investigate a possible threat to a student, which turned out to be unfounded, police officials said. According to Lt....
View ArticleCourt orders $460K in damages to sex-abuse victims
WOODLAND — Released from state prison earlier this year, a former Davis man convicted of molesting his two children has been ordered to pay nearly half a million dollars in additional restitution to...
View ArticleFires in Davis, Solano County cloak city in smoky haze
Smoke from a Solano County grass fire and a freeway median fire near Mace Boulevard in Davis triggered an alert Tuesday from the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District. The four-alarm grass fire...
View ArticleNever forget
Members of the Davis Fire Department Color Guard — Reese Heaslet, Blas Ayala, Daniel Wong and John Patten — present the flag during a ceremony Tuesday commemorating the 17th anniversary of the Sept....
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