Davis mom drowned daughter to ‘protect’ her, psychiatrist told
WOODLAND — Fearing that police officers were about to harm her daughter, Aquelin Talamantes drowned the girl with the belief that she was “protecting” her, according to a Davis psychiatrist who...
View ArticleCampus police investigating hate crime
A vandal scrawled racial slurs on two windows — including looking into the office of an African-American professor — at the UC Davis Neurosciences Building recently. The building is at 1544 Newton...
View ArticleDavis strike teams assigned to SoCal wildfires
Both the Davis and UC Davis fire departments have deployed strike teams to assist with the wildfires burning in Southern California, Chief Nathan Trauernicht said. The UCD unit, assigned to an Office...
View ArticleWitness: CPS alerted before girl’s drowning death
WOODLAND — About a month before she allegedly drowned her daughter, Aquelin Talamantes walked into a Sacramento hospital seeking treatment for mental-health issues. Accompanied by her two young...
View ArticleFire crew saves boy, 2, from choking
A Davis fire crew rescued a choking 2-year-old boy Saturday afternoon, fire officials reported Monday. Davis Fire Department Division Chief Bruce Fry said the toddler was choking on a hot dog when...
View ArticleKidnap, rape attempt reported in Woodland
Woodland police reported Tuesday the kidnapping and attempted rape of a 15-year-old girl that occurred late last week. Lt. Anthony Cucchi said the teen was walking in the area of East Gum Avenue and...
View ArticleFirst- or second-degree murder? Talamantes case goes to jury
WOODLAND — That Aquelin Talamantes submerged her 5-year-old daughter in a bathtub full of water, pinning her down as the girl likely thrashed about for air, was not in contention Tuesday as attorneys...
View ArticleFreeway fire leaves two transients hospitalized
Two people were burned, one of them seriously, in a fire that broke out Wednesday night along Highway 113 in Davis. Davis Fire Department Division Chief Bruce Fry said the victims were in a homeless...
View ArticleMurder verdict in Davis drowning death; sanity phase begins
WOODLAND — Aquelin Crystal Talamantes is not “prison material” and should be hospitalized in a state mental health facility as punishment for last fall’s drowning death of her 5-year-old daughter, a...
View ArticleTrial against Caltrans ends with $9.75 million settlement
A Sacramento woman has reached a settlement with the California Department of Transportation over a 2012 crash that left her partially paralyzed. Rosalina Dionisio and her husband Oscar will receive...
View ArticleTwo arrested in Dunnigan weapon, hazmat probe
Multiple agencies descended upon a Dunnigan gas station last week after Yolo County sheriff’s deputies reported finding weapons and an unknown substance inside an Oregon couple’s vehicle. Sheriff’s...
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UCD seeks public’s help to ID assault suspect
UC Davis police have released surveillance photographs of the suspect in a Jan. 9 sexual assault attempt on campus. The suspect is described as a white male in his early to mid-20s, 5-foot-9 with a...
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Former Harper teacher pleads not guilty to sexual battery count
WOODLAND — A former Harper Junior High School science teacher accused of sexual battery made his first court appearance Tuesday, pleading not guilty to the misdemeanor count. John Anthony O’Brien, 40,...
View ArticleState Bar Court orders discipline of former Yolo prosecutor
Reversing an earlier ruling, California’s State Bar Court has called for a former Yolo County prosecutor to face discipline for making false allegations against his opponent during his ill-fated 2012...
View ArticleYolo’s top lawyers pledge civility, professionalism
This month, Yolo County’s public defender and district attorney took the actions of the State Bar of California and the California Supreme Court just a little bit further by endorsing the Attorney...
View ArticleTrial confirmed for fatal crash suspect
Jury selection begins in Yolo Superior Court next week in the trial of a Woodland man accused of causing a fatal hit-and-run collision in Davis a year ago this month. Armando Arias Gonzalez Jr. faces...
View ArticleDocuments reveal blame game in Davis hit-run case
Caught with a damaged vehicle in his driveway, the suspect in a Davis hit-and-run collision blamed his daughter and her boyfriend for the wreckage when confronted by police, according to documents on...
View ArticleOakland man convicted of weapon charges
A Yolo County jury has convicted an Oakland man of multiple weapon-related charges in connection with an investigation conducted by Davis police, District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced this week. On...
View ArticleFormer Woodland firefighter makes plea deal in embezzlement case
A former Woodland firefighter accused of embezzlement resolved his case with a plea deal Wednesday. Dominic Norman, 41, of Vacaville, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor embezzlement charge. He was...
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Lawsuit claims autistic girl molested aboard school bus
SACRAMENTO — The parents of an autistic Birch Lane Elementary School student have filed a civil lawsuit against the Davis and Woodland school districts, claiming school officials were negligent in...
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