Fall trial date set for accused West Sacramento officer
WOODLAND — The case of a West Sacramento police officer charged with sexual assault, kidnapping and other crimes will go to trial in September. Yolo Superior Court Judge David Rosenberg scheduled...
View ArticleTwo hurt in I-80 crash
The California Highway Patrol is seeking witnesses to a Tuesday morning collision on Interstate 80 that left two people hospitalized. Officer Bryan Konvalin said a 2000 Jeep Cherokee Laredo driven by...
View ArticleA/C malfunction sparks downtown theater evacuation
A downtown movie theater was evacuated Wednesday evening when a faulty air-conditioning unit sent smoke into one of the screening rooms, according to the Davis Fire Department. Davis and UC Davis fire...
View ArticleCommunity group formed to fight for firefighters
As the debate continues over whether city leaders should approve a recommended change to Davis’ four-person fire crews, some local residents have formed a community group supporting the firefighters....
View ArticleTwo stabbed, one arrested in separate Woodland-area scuffles
Authorities in Yolo County responded to two separate stabbings Wednesday — one involving a citizen who tried to detain a burglary suspect, the other near a Woodland school campus. Yolo County sheriff’s...
View ArticlePolice seek witnesses to downtown assault
Police are investigating the apparent assault of a 26-year-old man early Friday morning in downtown Davis. Davis police Lt. Glenn Glasgow said police and medical personnel were summoned at about 2:10...
View ArticleMotorcycle, horse collide near Davis
A collision involving a motorcyclist and a small horse Friday morning ended badly for both, according to the Davis Fire Department. Spokeswoman Evelyn George said the crash occurred at about 5:45 a.m....
View ArticleWoodland police seek second suspect in attempted burglary
One man was arrested and a second remains at large following an attempted residential burglary in Woodland late Thursday night. Woodland police were called to the 1600 block of Farnham Avenue at 11:20...
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Police investigate apparent double homicide in South Davis
Relatives say it was a married couple in their 70s and 80s who were the victims of what’s being investigated as a double homicide case in South Davis. Yolo County coroner’s officials have not yet...
View ArticleCounty, UCD settle over protester’s arrest
Yolo County and UC Davis have each paid $7,500 to settle a lawsuit brought by a graduate who argued that her arrest and prosecution on suspicion of battering a campus police officer violated her civil...
View ArticleChase leads officers from Davis to Fairfield
By Barry Eberling FAIRFIELD — Davis police on Monday ended a 25-mile car chase along westbound Interstate 80 with an arrest on the North Texas Street/Manuel Campos Parkway offramp in Fairfield. The...
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Family mourns couple slain in South Davis
A longtime Yolo County attorney and his wife were the victims of a brutal double homicide over the weekend in their South Davis home, relatives confirmed Monday. Police discovered the bodies of Oliver...
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Search continues for Davis couple’s killer
As the families of a slain South Davis couple made plans Tuesday to lay their loved ones to rest, Davis police ramped up the search for their killer. Yolo County coroner’s officials revealed that...
View ArticleWoodland police investigate stabbing
Woodland police say a man was stabbed Tuesday night in a shopping center parking lot. Sgt. Frank Ritter said both the victim and a witness were uncooperative when officers tried to interview them at...
View ArticlePolice establish tip line for clues in South Davis homicides
As the investigation into a double homicide in South Davis entered its fourth day Wednesday, Davis police announced the creation of a tip line exclusively for information they hope could lead to a...
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Police seek missing Davis man
The Davis Police Department is seeking the public’s help in finding a 25-year-old man who hasn’t been heard from since Saturday. Daniel Brian Thompson was last seen by his roommate on Friday at their...
View ArticleSearch planned for missing Davis man
UPDATE: The search for Daniel Thompson has been postponed to 9 a.m. Saturday, starting at the Putah Creek Cafe in Winters and extending along Highway 128 toward Lake Berryessa, friends say. Friends of...
View ArticleCops: Home-invasion report was false
Woodland police announced Friday that Thursday’s report of a teen being held at gunpoint in a home invasion was false. At about 4:30 p.m. Thursday, officers were dispatched to a robbery at an apartment...
View ArticlePolice: Boy, 13, faked Woodland robbery report
A 13-year-old boy who reported being held at gunpoint during a robbery of his family’s Woodland apartment made the whole thing up, police announced Friday. As a result, two teenagers arrested in...
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Train ticket, car rental add to mystery of missing Davis man
Around the time he went missing just over a week ago, Daniel Brian Thompson rented a Zipcar in Sacramento that has yet to be returned, according to information posted on a Facebook page dedicated to...
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