Pair bound, beaten in West Sacramento home-invasion robbery
Police in West Sacramento are investigating a home-invasion robbery that occurred Wednesday morning. Lt. Tod Sockman said officers were summoned at about 2:30 a.m. to the home in the 3600 block of...
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Grass fire scorches campus
Davis and UC Davis fire crews responded to a 10-acre grass fire Wednesday morning on the UCD campus. The fire began at about 8:40 a.m. along Putah Creek south of the West Village campus housing...
View ArticleCHP checkpoint planned Friday night
The Woodland office of the California Highway Patrol will conduct a sobriety and driver license safety checkpoint Friday night somewhere within the unincorporated area of Yolo County. The location will...
View ArticleCyclist hurt in collision with car
A bicyclist was hospitalized Wednesday evening after colliding with a car near Eighth and B streets, according to the Davis Police Department. Lt. Glenn Glasgow said the driver, 24-year-old Antwanette...
View ArticleMurder verdicts reached for fatal DUI crash
A Yolo County jury convicted a Redwood City man of second-degree murder last week for his role in a Sept. 3, 2012, drunken-driving crash that killed his wife and teenage son. Prosecutors said...
View ArticleDriver in fatal I-5 crash gets 14-year, eight-month sentence
A Yolo Superior Court judge handed down a 14-year, eight-month prison sentence Friday to an Elk Grove man charged for his role in a fiery crash on Interstate 5 in Woodland that killed three people. But...
View ArticleMan jailed after allegedly firing gun into air
The Davis Police Department is seeking witnesses to a shooting incident that occurred Monday morning in South Davis. Lt. Glenn Glasgow said officers were dispatched at about 4:30 a.m. to the 1600...
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Traumatic Davis murder case makes prime time
Join in What: Warm Remembrance Family Picnic, featuring the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West When: 5-6:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20 Where: Redwood Park on Anderson Road (biking and walking encouraged...
View ArticlePolice arrest man on warrant, ammo charges
A Davis man arrested on an outstanding warrant Monday had ammunition inside his vehicle, according to the Davis Police Department. Joseph Muzio, 33, was stopped shortly before 2:30 p.m. near Fifth and...
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Worker injured at rural construction site
A construction worker was injured by a dump truck Tuesday at a work site southeast of the Davis city limits, the Davis Fire Department reported. Division Chief Bruce Fry said emergency personnel...
View ArticleDavis woman convicted of assault, hit and run
A Davis woman was convicted of assault and hit-and-run charges last week for striking her boyfriend with a car back in 2011, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. Elena...
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Marsh pleads not guilty; defense attorney wants charges dismissed
WOODLAND — The defense attorney in a Davis double-homicide case will seek to have some of the charges against his teenage client dismissed, he said Tuesday during a Yolo Superior Court hearing. Deputy...
View ArticleYolo County to share in $12 million Rite Aid settlement
Yolo County will share in a $12.3 million settlement paid by the Rite Aid Corporation over allegations that California’s 600-plus Rite Aid stores unlawfully handled and disposed of hazardous waste and...
View ArticleFirefighters’ food basket budget falling short
Last month’s “Fill the Boot” fundraiser netted the Davis Professional Firefighters Association Local 3494 about $5,300 for its annual Thanksgiving food basket program. But even with sizable donations...
View ArticleTrial for Woodland hit-and-run suspect begins
WOODLAND — Both the prosecutor and the defense attorney agreed on one thing Wednesday — that Alisa Horner was intoxicated and acting aggressively that June night in front of the 7-Eleven store on...
View ArticleJury acquits Woodland hit-and-run suspect
WOODLAND — It took a Yolo County jury three hours Thursday to find a Woodland woman not guilty of felony hit-and-run in connection with a June incident outside the local 7-Eleven store. Kristal Ellen...
View ArticleIndecent exposure case delayed again
Yolo County court proceedings for one of two suspects charged with an indecent exposure incident in Davis were delayed again Thursday while the pair continue to face federal child-exploitation charges....
View ArticleDavis man who smothered father released from mental-health facility
A Davis man jailed nearly four years ago for killing his elderly father, then found not guilty by reason of insanity, is heading back home following a Florida judge’s ruling Friday that he can be...
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Woman shot to death in Winters; manhunt on
WINTERS — A manhunt was underway Monday night for the suspect in a shooting in downtown Winters that left a 32-year-old woman dead and stunned a community not used to such violent displays. While the...
View ArticleShooting suspect had checkered court history
UPDATE: The U.S. Marshals Service has joined the hunt for suspected gunman William Carl Gardner III, Winters Police Chief Sergio Gutierrez announced this morning. WOODLAND — The man suspected of...
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