CHP shooting shuts down I-80 near Dixon
By Ryan McCarthy DIXON — A suspect in an assault earlier in the evening, said to be armed with a shotgun and driving a stolen vehicle, was shot by a California Highway Patrol officer Monday night after...
View ArticleTrash fire causes downtown post office closure
The post office in downtown Davis was temporarily closed this week following a fire inside the 237 D St. building — one of four small fires under investigation by Davis police. According to the Davis...
View ArticleFormer coach, foster dad makes plea deal in molest case
An Esparto man facing 90 child-molestation charges made a plea agreement Monday that’s expected to result in a 30-year state prison sentence, according to the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office....
View ArticlePolice: Alleged vandals caught in the act
Davis police arrested three Solano County men on vandalism and conspiracy charges Monday after allegedly catching them in the act. Lt. Glenn Glasgow said officers who responded to a 9:15 p.m. report of...
View ArticleSmall fire damages Orchard Park storage unit
Fire crews responded to a storage unit fire this morning at UC Davis’ Orchard Park apartment complex. Nathan Trauernicht, chief of the city and UCD fire departments, said the 5:20 a.m. fire appears to...
View ArticleNew judge assigned to Davis homicide case
A new judge has been assigned to hear the trial of a Davis woman accused of causing her young daughter’s death last fall. Because of the anticipated length of Aquelin Crystal Talamantes’ trial, the...
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Not-guilty plea for driver accused of causing fatal Davis crash
WOODLAND — A Woodland man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run charges stemming from a pair of weekend collisions in Davis, one of which killed an elderly...
View ArticleArrest made in fatal July crash in Capay Valley
The California Highway Patrol has arrested a Woodland man on vehicular manslaughter and drunken-driving charges in connection with a July 31, 2013, crash near Capay that left a motorcyclist dead. Denis...
View ArticleSacramento woman killed in head-on collision
A 28-year-old Sacramento woman was killed early Thursday morning when her car and another vehicle collided head-on in West Sacramento, according to the California Highway Patrol. Cassandra Caruthers...
View ArticleVet med hospital fire kills dog
One dog was killed Thursday and three staff members suffered minor injuries when a small fire broke out inside an oxygen kennel at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. The campus fire...
View ArticleMarsh hearing will remain open to public
WOODLAND — When attorneys in the Daniel Marsh double-homicide case debate whether the teen’s alleged confession to police should be excluded from his upcoming trial, those arguments will be held in an...
View ArticleMay trial scheduled in Davis drowning case
WOODLAND — The case of a Davis woman accused of drowning her daughter will go to trial in early May, a Yolo Superior Court judge ruled Friday. Judge Stephen Mock, who was assigned the Aquelin Crystal...
View ArticleMarsh confession involuntary, defense attorneys say
Law-enforcement officers used deception and pressure tactics to elicit a confession from the teenage suspect in a Davis double murder, according to a court document seeking to have those statements...
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Family: Davis crash victim was ‘sharp’, ‘independent’
Three days before she lost her life in a Davis vehicle crash, Ruth Darlene Morales placed her husband of more than six decades in a local skilled nursing facility. Each day, Morales — who preferred to...
View ArticleWoodland teens busted for alleged auto theft
Two teenage boys from Woodland were arrested after allegedly stealing a vehicle from outside the owner’s West Davis home, police said. Shortly after receiving the 11:20 p.m. theft report, officers...
View ArticleCrash leads to DUI arrest
Davis police arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of drunken driving Sunday morning after his car crashed into a tree in South Davis. Lt. Glenn Glasgow said officers received a report at 6:40 a.m....
View ArticleTrial ordered for indecent-exposure suspect
A Folsom woman who authorities say exposed herself to young children in a Davis park while her companion recorded it has been ordered to stand trial on lewd conduct and child annoyance charges. The...
View ArticleTobacco sting nets five arrests
A recent sting by the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office resulted in the arrests of five people for the illegal sale of tobacco products to minors, District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced Tuesday....
View ArticleMotorcyclist injured in crash
A motorist was hospitalized Monday evening following a collision with a car on West Covell Boulevard, according to the Davis Fire Department. The crash occurred at about 6:20 p.m. on Covell near Oak...
View ArticleAlleged robbery attempt leads to arrest
Davis police arrested a 31-year-old Capitola man Wednesday morning in response to reports of an attempted strong-arm robbery. At about 6:45 a.m., Michael Brantley allegedly approached an employee of a...
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