Two arrested on drug, weapon charges
Davis police arrested two men Friday morning after reportedly finding them in possession of drug paraphernalia and loaded handguns. According to a department press release, officers were dispatched to...
View ArticleYolo judge reappointed to Judicial Council audit committee
Yolo Superior Court Presiding Judge Samuel T. McAdam has announced that Judge David Rosenberg has been reappointed by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye to the Judicial Council Advisory Committee for...
View ArticleCampus police arrest arson suspect
UC Davis police arrested a man on arson charges early Tuesday morning. Jason Butler, 43 was taken into custody at about 5 a.m. after setting fire to two garbage cans by the Memorial Union ATMs, campus...
View ArticleSuspected killer of UCD grad has history of mental illness
Police reports and court records suggest a history of mental illness for Eliyas Agregahegne, 24, the suspect in the murder of Margery Magill in Washington, D.C. The 27-year-old UC Davis alumna was...
View ArticleNatural gas leak detected at Public Works property
Fire and utility crews responded to the city of Davis’ Public Works Department this week in response to reports of a natural-gas leak. Assistant Public Works Director Stan Gryczko said several...
View ArticleDavis man shot by Vacaville police, then leads them on chase
A Davis man is in custody after allegedly leading Vacaville police on a high-speed pursuit Thursday afternoon, despite having been shot and injured by one of the officers. Nolan Bell, 27, was arrested...
View ArticleCharges upheld for final defendant in Yolo missing teens case
WOODLAND — A Woodland man has been ordered to stand trial on murder and kidnapping charges related to the 2016 disappearances of Yolo County teens Enrique Rios and Elijah Moore, both of whom are...
View ArticleYolo DA clears hundreds of marijuana-related court convictions
Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced Friday that his office has cleared 728 marijuana-related convictions as part of a criminal justice reform project between the District Attorney’s...
View ArticleCity of Davis Fire Department hosts 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony
The Davis Fire Department hosted a solemn ceremony on Wednesday morning for the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks at the downtown fire station. Click to view slideshow.
View Article‘Worse than an animal!’: Victim’s family lashes out at killer
WOODLAND — Chaos erupted in a Yolo County courtroom Thursday as relatives of a Woodland murder victim described to a judge how Junying Lu’s fatal stabbing shattered their family’s lives. “It’s all...
View ArticleMotorist dies in train collision near Davis
A fatal train-versus-vehicle collision that occurred Monday afternoon east of Davis is being investigated as a possible suicide, authorities at the scene said. Yolo County coroner’s officials have...
View ArticleGrandson faces elder-abuse charge
A 22-year-old Rancho Cordova man was jailed on elder-abuse charges last week following a confrontation with his grandfather in Davis, police said. Officers were dispatched at about 4 a.m. Thursday to...
View ArticleDavis man convicted of driver’s license fraud
David Sun, 53, of Davis, was found guilty Friday on all counts related to a scheme to fraudulently obtain California Class A and Class B commercial driver licenses (CDLs) for the students of his...
View ArticleDavis High campus vandalized; police suspect hate incident
A rash of vandalism on the Davis High School campus earlier this week is being considered a possible hate incident, Davis police said Wednesday. Lt. Art Camacho said the vandalism is believed to have...
View ArticleDriver dies in fiery I-5 crash
The Yolo County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal crash on Interstate 5 that involved a wrong-way driver. Lt. Ray Jimenez said the solo collision occurred shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday on Cache...
View ArticleDrug suspect arrested following vehicle pursuit
A 55-year-old Winters resident was arrested on drug charges Wednesday following a vehicle pursuit near Esparto, Yolo County sheriff’s officials said. It began just outside the Esparto town limits,...
View ArticleTestimony begins in Davis child abuse trial
WOODLAND — Trial proceedings began last week for a Davis man accused of molesting four young children, with some of the alleged conduct dating back to 1996. Mario Roberto Rodas was described as having...
View ArticleYolo criminal justice leaders attend training to address homelessness
Police officers, prosecutors, an investigator, a victim advocate and other leaders in the criminal justice community from California and Oregon attended a training at the Glide Church in the Tenderloin...
View ArticleParole granted in 1993 Davis homicide case
A parole date has been granted to a man convicted of fatally beating a Bay Area resident in a Davis park more than a quarter-century ago. Timothy Wayne Wilson, now 49, was sentenced to 20 years to life...
View ArticleCrash leads to Dixon man’s drug arrest
A Friday night crash on Chiles Road led to a Dixon man’s arrest on multiple drug-related charges, the Davis Police Department reported Monday. According to a police Facebook post, dispatchers received...
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