Man leaps from bridge in attempt to elude police
A man wanted for violating his parole allegedly added to his problems Tuesday by leading police on a pursuit from Woodland to Knights Landing in a vehicle that had been reported stolen from Davis,...
View ArticleThree hurt in rural crash
A two-car collision northwest of Davis sent three people to area hospitals Tuesday night, according to the California Highway Patrol. Kristin Lee Lomas, 47, of Davis, was traveling southbound on County...
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Ka-boom!
A range safety officer watches a thermite explosive device ignite during a training demonstration Wednesday at the police firing range on Pole Line Road. The detonation exercises were part of a...
View ArticleMutilated dogs found outside Knights Landing home
Yolo County Animal Services officials investigating the discovery of a headless dog left in a Knights Landing resident’s car on Thursday learned it wasn’t the first time that person made such a grisly...
View ArticleSeptember trial set in Davis hate-crime case
WOODLAND — A Yolo Superior Court judge set a Sept. 23 trial date for the defendant accused of a hate-crime assault against a gay Davis man. Clayton Daniel Garzon, 20, pleaded not guilty Friday to...
View ArticleRetrial on premeditation issue planned in Davis homicide case
WOODLAND — The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced last week it plans to retry a Davis homicide case to determine whether the defendant should be convicted of premeditating the crime....
View ArticleBail slashed for former coach accused of unlawful intercourse
Bail for a former Dixon youth coach accused of having an unlawful sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl was reduced from $1 million to $450,000 following a hearing Friday in Yolo Superior Court....
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FamiliesFirst boosts staff, security as police make third rape arrest
Davis police confirmed Saturday the arrest of a third EMQ FamiliesFirst youth on rape charges, a day after the state Department of Social Services released documents showing the Davis group home was...
View ArticleMotorcyclist injured in I-80 crash
A Vacaville man suffered broken bones and other injuries in a motorcycle crash near Davis early Sunday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officer Cindy Leal said 56-year-old Douglas...
View ArticleFamiliesFirst probe triggers more sex-assault allegations
Davis police said Monday they’ve opened as many as a half-dozen sexual assault cases stemming from its investigation of the EMQ FamiliesFirst group home on Fifth Street. So far, there have been three...
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Kitchen fire damages downtown eatery
A kitchen fire at Village Pizza & Grill resulted in the evacuation and temporary shutdown of the downtown Davis restaurant Tuesday. Davis fire crews were summoned to reports of smoke in the kitchen...
View ArticlePolice nab suspect in Woodland murder attempt
After nearly a daylong search, Woodland police arrested an attempted murder suspect not far from the scene of the alleged crime. Salvador Fierro Jr., 30, was taken into custody at about 4:30 p.m....
View ArticleTwo crashes in Davis injure five
Two vehicle accidents sent five people to Sutter Davis Hospital with minor injuries Monday, according to the Davis police and fire departments. The first crash occurred at about 1:45 p.m. at the...
View ArticleState aims to shut troubled Davis group home
At least five children from the FamiliesFirst group home in Davis were raped and two others assaulted in less than a month this spring, according to allegations from the state Department of Social...
View ArticleWoman robbed at gunpoint in North Davis
Davis police are seeking a man who robbed at woman at gunpoint Thursday afternoon. Lt. Paul Doroshov said the suspect approached the victim at about 3 p.m. in the 700 block of Alvarado Avenue, pulling...
View ArticleWoodland shooting victim identified
The man who is believed to have taken his own life in the parking lot of a Woodland shopping center last week was identified as Sacramento County coroner’s officials as Xingguo Shao, 49, of Woodland....
View ArticleCHP finds suspected hit-and-run vehicle, but no arrest yet
California Highway Patrol officers have located and seized the vehicle believed to have been involved in last week’s fatal hit-and-run of a 17-year-old girl on Interstate 5 in Woodland. Investigators...
View ArticleDA’s Office works to raise awareness of fraud
July is Fraud Awareness Month, Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced this week. The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office provides many services to find, investigate and prosecute such...
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Police: Woman exposed herself to kids while man recorded it
Typically, reports of indecent exposure in Davis share a similar set of circumstances: a male suspect, acting alone, targeting teenage or adult women. But Davis police say an out-of-town pair blew that...
View ArticleArraignments set in Davis indecent-exposure case
The man arrested in connection with an indecent-exposure incident at a Davis park this week is employed as a branch manager for the California Department of Public Health, police and state officials...
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