Resident drives smoking truck out of garage just in time
An alert homeowner prevented a vehicle fire from spreading to his house Wednesday night in El Macero, according to the Davis Fire Department. Spokeswoman Evelyn George said the resident of a home in...
View ArticleSix hurt, one arrested in alleged DUI crash
A Woodland teen faces felony drunken-driving charges following a crash Wednesday evening that injured six people north of Woodland, according to the California Highway Patrol. Tyler James Cearley, 18,...
View ArticleTestimony details alleged hate-crime attack
WOODLAND — “I thought he was dead.” That was the reaction Melanie Bravo had when she walked out of her I Street home on the morning of March 10 and saw her cousin, Lawrence “Mikey” Partida, bloodied...
View ArticlePolice investigate robbery attempt
Davis police are seeking three people who attempted to rob a party this weekend host of a laptop computer after threatening other guests with a knife. Lt. Glenn Glasgow said the trio were at a party in...
View ArticleJury hands down murder verdict in Woodland DUI crash
A Yolo County jury found a former Davis man guilty of second-degree murder and other felonies Monday in connection with an alcohol-fueled crash in Woodland that killed one of his friends and injured...
View Article2 arrested in Craigslist robbery scheme
Woodland police arrested two men Monday on suspicion of robbing a victim of his tablet computer — and in the process linking one of the suspects to a similar incident that occurred the day before. The...
View ArticleFour to graduate from Yolo’s felony drug court program
The Yolo Superior Court will hold a court proceeding and formal ceremony Monday for graduates of Felony Probation Drug Court. Judge Janet Gaard will preside over the ceremony, which begins at 10:30...
View ArticleSuspicious box reported at Woodland school
Several classrooms at a Woodland elementary school were evacuated Tuesday while authorities investigated a suspicious box that turned out to contain a harmless stack of papers. Woodland police Cpl....
View ArticleCampus beating investigated as hate crime
UC Davis police are investigating the Sunday night beating of a man who is believed to have been confronted because of his sexual orientation, according to a crime alert issued Tuesday by the UCD...
View ArticleMings convicted of attempted murder; jury hangs on premeditation issue
WOODLAND — The man who agreed to help an ailing Davis resident end his life is guilty of attempted murder, a Yolo County jury ruled Wednesday during its fourth day of deliberations. But the same panel...
View ArticleTwo PGE transformers go up in flames in Old East Davis
Elsa Ruiz-Duran was startled awake early Tuesday morning by a loud explosion just outside her Old East Davis home. Jumping quickly out of bed, she slipped on some flip-flops, grabbed her keys and...
View ArticleWoodland police shut down gambling operations
Woodland police reported busting two gambling facilities Thursday during a joint operation with the California Department of Justice and the Yolo County High-Tech Task Force. Sgt. Brett Hancock said...
View ArticleSand, asphalt spill after big rigs collide
A rural Yolo County intersection was shut down for several hours Wednesday after two big rigs collided, spilling loads of sand and hot asphalt onto the roadway. California Highway Patrol Officer Bryan...
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Davis resident crashes into Senior Center
A Davis resident drove her car into the front of the Senior Center, 646 A St., Friday, partially smashing through the cement exterior and into a bathroom on the other side of the wall, springing a leak...
View ArticleShooting, carjacking may be gang-related, Woodland cops say
Gang activity may have played a role in both a carjacking and a shooting that occurred in Woodland late last week, according to police. Three people were arrested in connection with the carjacking,...
View ArticleWoodland church center vandalized
Woodland police are investigating weekend vandalism that damaged the Holy Rosary Community Center, 575 California St.Officers were alerted at 5 a.m. Monday to the vandalism, which according to Sgt....
View ArticleInmate dies at Yolo County Jail
Yolo County coroner’s officials are investigating the weekend death of a jail inmate. Todd Alexander Phillips, 29, of West Sacramento, died Saturday at Woodland Memorial Hospital, where he was taken...
View ArticleTestimony continues in Davis hate-crime case
WOODLAND — Anti-gay slurs often are used to challenge a person’s masculinity, and do not necessarily demonstrate bias against homosexuals, a linguistics expert testified Monday in Yolo Superior Court....
View ArticleCharges upheld in alleged hate-crime beating
WOODLAND — A Yolo Superior Court judge has upheld all charges filed against a Davis resident in connection with the March 10 beating of a gay man, including hate-crime allegations the defendant’s...
View ArticleSecond homeless man attacked in Woodland
For the second time this month, Woodland police are investigating an assault on a homeless man behind a vacant business. Sgt. Steve Sexton said officers were dispatched shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday...
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