DUI patrols, checkpoints planned this weekend
Yolo County’s “Avoid the 8″ DUI task force will deploy extra patrols countywide and conduct two sobriety checkpoints in an effort to crack down on impaired drivers during the Memorial Day weekend....
View ArticleBrothers Tased and arrested after altercation
A routine bar fight involving two men from Sacramento escalated as both were Tased and arrested by an officer in downtown Davis early Saturday morning. At 1:50 a.m., a Davis police officer was called...
View ArticleWoodland officers struck by parolee during arrest
A Woodland man was arrested after brawling with officers who were responding to a domestic disturbance Friday night, according to the Woodland Police Department. The incident began with officers being...
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Police: ‘We’re not going to give up’ on homicide probe
Each week, a group of Davis police detectives sits down to chart their progress in the ongoing investigation into the unsolved April murders of local couple Oliver “Chip” Northup and Claudia Maupin....
View ArticleIndictment issued in Woodland pornography case
A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against a Woodland man last week, charging him with receipt and distribution of child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner...
View ArticleTeen arrested after car chase
Davis police arrested a 15-year-old boy who allegedly led an officer on a brief pursuit over the weekend. Lt. Glenn Glasgow said the incident began at about 6:15 p.m. Sunday when an officer stopped a...
View ArticleMan injured in cooking fire
A West Davis man suffered major burns to his foot Tuesday while trying to extinguish a cooking fire, according to the Davis Fire Department. Department spokeswoman Evelyn George said firefighters were...
View ArticleDrivers crash while braking for turkeys
An impromptu turkey crossing on Highway 113 caused a chain-reaction collision Wednesday morning, the Davis Fire Department reported. Three vehicles were involved in the crash, which occurred at about...
View ArticleThree injured in rollover crash
Two young girls suffered broken bones and other injuries after being thrown from a vehicle that crashed Sunday on Interstate 80 in Davis, the California Highway Patrol reported Wednesday. Officer Bryan...
View ArticleDavis High campus vandalized
Davis police are investigating graffiti vandalism that occurred during the Memorial Day weekend at Davis High School. Lt. Glenn Glasgow said the suspect or suspects caused an estimated $500 damage with...
View ArticleJuly hearing set in UCD explosives case
WOODLAND — A hearing to determine whether the case against a former UC Davis researcher accused of manufacturing explosives in his campus apartment should proceed to trial is scheduled for July 26 in...
View ArticleFormer Dixon coach accused of unlawful sexual conduct with girl, 17
A former youth sports coach from Dixon was jailed in lieu of $1 million bail Thursday on suspicion of having an intimate relationship with — and later threatening — an underage girl, Davis police...
View ArticleWoodland police investigate two armed robberies
Two people were robbed at gunpoint just minutes apart Thursday night in Woodland, police said. The first victim, a 46-year-old Woodland resident, called police at 9:45 p.m. to report being robbed by...
View ArticleRural crash critically injures driver, damages train warning system
A single-car crash east of Woodland left a man critically injured Thursday and a railroad crossing temporarily without a functioning warning system, according to the California Highway Patrol. The...
View ArticleWoodland man shot outside home
A 31-year-old Woodland man is expected to survive after being shot in the chest Friday night, according to police. Sgt. Steve Sexton said the victim was standing outside his home in the 100 block of...
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Blown transformers knock out power to thousands in Davis
Thousands of Davis PG&E customers found themselves without power Saturday evening as a result of two blown electrical transformers whose resulting fires shot smoke and flames into the air, Davis...
View ArticleSix hurt in alleged DUI crash
Authorities say alcohol was the cause of a three-car collision west of Woodland that sent six people — including the alleged drunken driver — to area hospitals on Sunday. Bremner Agustine Lopez...
View ArticleFormer Dixon coach enters not-guilty plea
A former Dixon youth sports coach accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges against him Monday in Yolo Superior Court....
View ArticleGas leak forces apartment evacuations
Residents of four buildings at an F Street apartment complex were displaced overnight Saturday as PG&E crews repaired an underground gas leak. Paul Swanson, division chief for the Davis Fire...
View ArticlePlea deals made in burglary, stun gun case
Three people are bound for state prison in connection with a residential burglary last month in which one of the suspects reportedly used a knife and a stun gun on bystanders who tried to detain them,...
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