Report outlines Mental Health Court successes
The Yolo County Mental Health Court team has published its outcome report for fiscal year 2019-20, showing significant reductions in arrests, jail bed days and hospital bed days among Mental Health...
View ArticleFire damages College Park home
Residents of a College Park home were displaced early Friday morning after a fire damaged the residence, according to the Davis Fire Department. Fire officials said the residents reported the blaze at...
View ArticleSlain deputy’s benefit checks recovered in Woodland ID theft case
Yolo County sheriff’s officials arrested two Woodland residents Thursday on suspicion of committing multiple acts of identity theft — including attempts to cash in on death benefits intended for the...
View ArticleFour days reserved for Golden State Killer/East Area Rapist sentencing hearing
Sentencing proceedings for Joseph James DeAngelo, the admitted Golden State Killer/East Area Rapist whose 12-year rape and murder spree included three Davis assaults, will span four days this month as...
View ArticleThree arrested for Woodland robbery
Woodland police announced last week three arrests in connection with the attempted strong-arm robbery of a woman outside a local bank. The investigation began July 21, when the victim reported that...
View ArticleUCD researcher indicted by grand jury on visa fraud charges
Visiting cancer researcher allegedly hid ties to the Chinese military Juan Tang, 37, a Chinese national who was recently a visiting cancer researcher at UC Davis, was charged Thursday by a federal...
View ArticleSuspicious man approaches kids at West Davis park
Davis police received reports Friday about a suspicious man approaching children at Arroyo Park in West Davis. According to the Police Department’s online bulletin, the man told the children he was on...
View ArticleGetting back on track
Davis firefighters dislodged a car from the railroad tracks near Second and J streets late Saturday night after a motorist who was unfamiliar with the city (and may have been speeding, one witness...
View ArticlePolice: Drying laundry caused apartment flooding, ‘explosion’ sound
Flooding and explosion sounds coming from a South Davis apartment last week turned out to be the result of ill-advised laundry habits, Davis police said. According to Lt. Art Camacho, someone inside...
View ArticleWoodland man leads police, CHP on vehicle pursuit
A Woodland man was arrested on evading and other charges Sunday night, the result of a vehicle pursuit that involved three law-enforcement agencies before it came to an end. The driver, identified as...
View ArticleMan arrested for indecent exposure at Marketplace
Davis police arrested a local man on indecent exposure charges Tuesday afternoon. Sander Ian Findlay, 30, was taken into custody at about 1:20 p.m. after witnesses reported seeing him expose himself...
View Article10 cars vandalized at downtown Hilton
Guests of the Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Davis got a rude awakening Wednesday with the discovery that 10 cars had been vandalized in the hotel parking structure during the night. Davis police...
View ArticlePimping, pandering yields 10-year prison term
Yolo County prosecutor announced this week the sentencing of a Woodland man to 10 years in state prison for pimping and pandering multiple victims. Ray Lawler Jr., 41, received his sentence on Aug. 7...
View ArticleTwo shootings investigated in Woodland
Woodland police are investigating a pair of shootings that occurred just minutes apart on the evening of Aug. 7, the agency reported Friday. The first occurred at about 7:30 p.m. in the area of East...
View ArticleTwo arrested on stolen property, weapon charges
Davis police arrested two people Thursday after allegedly finding in possession of a stolen trailer, gun and drugs. Deputy Police Chief Paul Doroshov said officers made contact with Maximiliano Silva...
View ArticleMan flees police in car, on foot
A Woodland man eluded Davis police following a high-speed pursuit, though officers caught up to him the following day. Lt. Art Camacho said the chase began with a Wednesday traffic stop for a...
View ArticleDavis police make three assault arrests
Davis police arrested three people on assault charges in recent days during several unrelated incidents. Officers received several reports last Thursday of a man getting into altercations with...
View ArticleDavis, UCD crews battle California wildfires
The Davis and UC Davis fire departments deployed strike teams in recent days to assist with several California wildfires. Davis and UCD crews are part of a Yolo County strike team assigned to the...
View Article‘Armed’ Woodland man had airsoft gun — and drugs
Woodland police evacuated the city’s post office area Wednesday afternoon after officers observed a suspected armed man inside a vehicle. According to a post on the Woodland Police Department’s...
View ArticleDixon man arrested for auto theft, vandalism
A 21-year-old Dixon man faces criminal charges for allegedly driving a stolen truck and vandalizing another vehicle, according to Davis police. Ronald Albee Carbahal came to officers’ attention at...
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