Vehicle blamed for I-80 grass fires
A passing vehicle is believed to have caused three separate grass fires Thursday along Interstate 80 in Davis. Davis Fire Department Division Chief Paul Swanson said all three fires were reported...
View ArticleDriver dies after SUV crashes, catches fire
A motorist lost his life in fiery crash south of Woodland early Sunday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. Yolo County coroner’s officials still have not positively identified the...
View ArticleBangladesh man dies in Yolo County skydiving accident
A 27-year-old man from Bangladesh has been identified as the victim of a fatal skydiving accident that occurred Sunday near the Yolo County Airport northwest of Davis. Investigators believe Mridul...
View ArticlePolice nab three in alleged automotive fraud ring
Davis police have arrested three Bay Area residents who allegedly schemed to buy pricey car engines with stolen credit card information. Lt. Paul Doroshov said the investigation began last month when a...
View ArticleShooter gets stiff prison term for gang-related crime
WOODLAND — A West Sacramento man may spend the rest of his life in prison for last year’s shooting of another man in the back in what police and prosecutors labeled a gang-related crime. Michael...
View ArticleCrash leads to DUI, hit-and-run arrest
A Davis man faces felony drunken driving and hit-and-run charges after allegedly fleeing the scene of an injury accident Tuesday. Davis police Lt. Ton Phan said the suspect drove his gray truck away...
View Article1 dead, 1 hurt in head-on crash near Winters
An unsafe passing maneuver left one man dead and another with major injuries Wednesday night in rural Yolo County, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP reports say the as-yet-unidentified...
View ArticleDriver in fatal crash near Woodland ID’d
The driver who died in a fiery wreck south of Woodland on Sunday has been identified as an Esparto teenager. Francisco Gutierrez, 17, died at the scene of the crash, which occurred shortly after...
View ArticleAccident or negligence? Jury to decide in case of tow-truck driver fatality
WOODLAND — Christopher Gladden’s death was a horrendous tragedy — that, no one disputes. The 24-year-old tow-truck driver from Elk Grove died on Aug. 15, 2013, 18 days after the Nissan Maxima he was...
View ArticleDavis man gets prison term for 2014 knife assault
A Yolo Superior Court judge sentenced a Davis man to seven years in state prison last week in connection with a knife assault in West Sacramento last year. Adam Akhtar Malik, 36, was convicted in June...
View ArticleHit-and-run suspect’s mental competency still at issue
WOODLAND — The mental competency of an attempted murder suspect remains in contention more than two months after he allegedly struck three bicyclists with his car on a rural Yolo County road. Alamar...
View ArticleFire damages Colby Drive home
A fire that started on the back patio of a Colby Drive home Saturday afternoon and spread to the house’s attic and roof displaced two residents and caused an estimated $100,000 in damage. Davis Fire...
View ArticleThefts land Sacramento-area trio in jail
Davis police reported Tuesday the arrests of three people allegedly found with property stolen from multiple local victims. Lt. Ton Phan said Davis police officers followed the trio early Thursday...
View ArticleID in fatal crash near Winters released
The Yolo County Coroner’s Office has identified a 75-year-old Vacaville man as the motorist who died in a head-on collision after making an unsafe passing maneuver near Winters last week. Harold Doyle...
View ArticleVehicular manslaughter defendant: ‘I didn’t see the lights’
WOODLAND — Pacifico Sanpedro says he’s no stranger to Highway 16, having driven the rural stretch of Yolo County roadway several dozen times a year to try his luck at the blackjack tables at Cache...
View ArticleYolo sheriff’s office investigating home invasion robbery
Yolo County sheriff’s detectives are seeking several suspects in a home-invasion robbery that occurred north of Woodland on Sunday morning. The incident was reported by the Sheriff’s Office on...
View ArticlePreliminary hearing set in Baby Justice murder case
WOODLAND — The circumstances surrounding the death of Woodland infant Justice Rees will be aired in a Yolo County courtroom in early November, nearly eight months after the baby’s body was found on the...
View ArticleGuilty verdict in vehicular manslaughter trial
A Hayward man was criminally negligent when he caused a 2013 crash in rural Yolo County that led to the death of a tow-truck driver, a jury decided Thursday following a weeklong trial and about two...
View ArticleHome Depot worker, customer accused of embezzlement
Woodland police arrested two people last week on suspicion of conspiring to embezzle goods from a local home-improvement store. Sgt. Brett Hancock said the investigation began Wednesday morning when...
View ArticleWinters police investigate shooting incident
A Fairfield man reported being shot at early Friday morning outside a Winters residence. According to the Winters Police Department, the victim was sitting in his parked vehicle on Fourth Street south...
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