Man robbed at gunpoint in South Davis
Davis police are seeking two suspects in an armed robbery that occurred early this morning in South Davis. Lt. Tom Waltz said the victim was robbed of his backpack and its contents at about 1:30 a.m....
View ArticleAppellate ruling strikes down Yolo concealed-weapon policy
A federal appellate ruling has struck down Yolo County’s long-standing policy of granting concealed-weapon permits to residents who must first demonstrate “good cause” for holding the license. In a...
View ArticleOh baby! Fire crew assists with parking-lot birth
Today began on a high note for a Davis fire crew, which got to welcome a new life into the world. The crew responded shortly before 12:30 a.m. to reports of a woman in labor in the parking lot of the...
View ArticleFour Woodland men nabbed in drug bust
An undercover operation by the Davis Police Department led to the arrests of four Woodland men on drug and conspiracy charges earlier this week, authorities said. Lt. Paul Doroshov said the operation,...
View ArticleInsanity plea entered in child’s drowning death
A Davis woman has changed her plea to not guilty by reason of insanity in connection with the alleged drowning death of her 5-year-old daughter last fall. Aquelin Crystal Talamantes entered the plea...
View ArticleMurder count filed for suspect in fatal Davis crash
Yolo County prosecutors have added a count of second-degree murder to the case of a Woodland man accused of causing a fatal accident in Davis last month. As a result, 39-year-old Armando Arias Gonzalez...
View ArticleDavis police investigate assault
A Davis man reported being the victim of an assault early Sunday morning that required medical attention. According to Davis Assistant Police Chief Darren Pytel, the 30-year-old man was struck in the...
View ArticleReward offered in search for burglary suspect
The Woodland Police Department is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in a recent rash of burglaries. Mario Lopez, 23, has eluded officers since late...
View ArticleWoodland burglary suspect captured
The countywide search for a potentially armed and dangerous suspect ended early Thursday morning with a rural vehicle stop, Yolo County sheriff’s officials said. Mario Lopez, 23, was a passenger in a...
View ArticleNo injuries in rollover crash
Three people walked away uninjured from this rollover accident Saturday morning near the Oakshade Town Center in South Davis. According to David police Sgt. Frank Tenedora, at about 11:30 a.m., Janice...
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Sentencing brings closure to Davis hate-crime case
WOODLAND — Nearly a year to the day after the brutal hate-crime beating that greatly altered both of their lives, two Davis men came face to face in a Woodland courtroom Friday for the case’s...
View ArticleNew policing unit targets uptick in burglaries
When Davis police arrested a single burglary suspect back in December, investigators cleared not one but dozens of open burglary cases — the crime that has most plagued the community over the past...
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Stolen-car blaze causes North Davis grass fire
Davis firefighters responded to a first-alarm grass fire in North Davis early Tuesday morning, apparently caused by the torching of a stolen car. The 1-acre fire caused an estimated $5,000 in damage to...
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Campus police seek suspect in dorm entry
UC Davis police issued a crime alert this week about a suspicious man who entered a dorm room at the Tercero student housing area. According to the alert, the suspect is believed to have stolen a dorm...
View ArticleHomicide investigation underway in Woodland
Woodland police are investigating a homicide involving a stabbing victim. Sgt. Brett Hancock said officers were dispatched at about 10:40 p.m. Tuesday to reports of a physical altercation in the 600...
View ArticleCHP, civilian vehicles collide near Madison
One person was injured Wednesday morning in a two-car collision near Madison involving a California Highway Patrol vehicle. According to CHP reports, Officer Armando Ortega was responding “code 3″ —...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in UCD dorm break-in
UC Davis police announced Wednesday they had arrested a student in connection with a break-in at the Tercero housing area earlier this week. Justin Chiou, an 18-year-old freshman at UCD, was expected...
View ArticleStabbing victim is Woodland’s first homicide this year
A 33-year-old Woodland man has been identified as that city’s first homicide of 2014. Scott Michael Zumbrum was fatally stabbed at about 10:40 p.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of Elm Street, where...
View ArticleOfficials investigate apparent jail suicide
A 33-year-old Yolo County Jail inmate died Wednesday afternoon in an apparent suicide, the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office reported today. Capt. Larry Cecchettini said a correctional officer was...
View ArticleSuspect, ‘person of interest’ sought in Woodland homicide
Woodland police say they’ve identified both a suspect and a person of interest in connection with Tuesday’s stabbing death of 33-year-old Scott Michael Zumbrum. Investigators have obtained an arrest...
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