Yolo DA: Beware of rental home scam
The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office is warning Yolo County residents about a nationwide scam involving rental home advertisements on websites such as Craigslist. The scammers frequently copy a...
View ArticleWitnesses recall fatal Second Street crash
WOODLAND — Just before he allegedly caused a fatal crash on Second Street in Davis, Steven Hendrix almost struck a bicyclist and passed another vehicle on the left while traveling nearly twice speed...
View ArticleTrial ordered in Woodland homicide case
WOODLAND — A Woodland man has been ordered to stand trial on murder and gang charges in connection with a July 1 car chase and shootout that led to another man’s death. Alejandro Loza Quezada is...
View ArticleJury rejects release petition for 1998 Walgreens shooter
WOODLAND — The gunman in a 1998 workplace killing in Woodland will for now remain under the treatment and supervision of a program for former state hospital patients. Following a 2 1/2-day trial,...
View ArticleSummer’s hottest job
Crews from the Oxnard Fire Department mop up hot spots last week along Highway 128 on the Audubon Bobcat Ranch west of Winters. California Forestry and Fire Protection officials declared the Cold Fire...
View ArticleMassage therapist suspected of sexual battery
Davis police arrested a local massage therapist Thursday on suspicion of sexual battery, and are seeking other possible victims in the community. Lt. Paul Doroshov said the investigation began...
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‘Baby Justice’ homicide case headed for trial
WOODLAND — Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Samantha Lee Green, the Woodland woman accused of causing the death of her infant son Justice Rees in a Knights Landing slough last year. Green,...
View ArticlePair arrested for vehicle theft
Davis police went to the local Target store Saturday to investigate a shoplifting, only to learn the suspects allegedly had stolen something much bigger. Sgt. James MacNiven said employees of the...
View ArticleCharges upheld for driver in fatal Second Street crash
WOODLAND — Upon arriving at the scene of a fatal car crash on Second Street, Davis police Sgt. Rod Rifredi visually put around 80 mph the speed of the Ford Taurus SUV whose driver allegedly caused the...
View ArticleUCD student arrested for battery
A UC Davis student is facing battery charges after allegedly striking two campus employees Sunday. Muhammad Khan, 24, was placed under citizen’s arrest by two West Village employees who reportedly...
View ArticleDunnigan drug bust nets three arrests
Yolo County sheriff’s deputies arrested three Southern California residents Tuesday morning after reportedly finding nearly 17 pounds of methamphetamine in their car at an I-5 rest stop. Sgt. Matt...
View ArticleInmate dies at Yolo County Jail
A 53-year-old woman died at the Yolo County Jail in Woodland on Monday night, about two hours after being booked into custody. Leslie Beacham, a transient of the Yolo County area, was lodged at about...
View ArticleDavisites involved in fatal head-on collision
A Davis woman died Friday in a head-on collision outside of Dixon, after her car drove into oncoming traffic on Pedrick Road between Curry and Tremont Roads. Around 7:15 p.m., Carmen Mina-Sangervasi,...
View ArticleMultiple-car collision results in only minor injuries
The California Highway Patrol responded to a multiple-car collision early Thursday morning on westbound Interstate 80 just west of the I-80 eastbound transition road. According to a report by the...
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‘Baby Justice’ homicide trial gets underway
WOODLAND — Opening statements got underway Thursday in the trial of Samantha Lee Green, a Woodland woman accused of murder in the death of her infant son Justice Rees in a Knights Landing slough in...
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Witnesses take stand in Baby Justice homicide trial
Ricardo Villasenor had just finished mowing his lawn around 5 p.m. on Feb. 24, 2015, when he heard the screaming. “(Someone) was yelling, ‘Help, help,'” he told a Woodland courtroom on Friday. “From...
View ArticleCar fire on Causeway shuts down two lanes
A fully engulfed car fire on the I-80 Causeway Saturday morning shut down two lanes. There were no injuries. Davis Fire Department Captain Richard Moore said they received a call at 10 a.m. about the...
View ArticleArrest made on domestic violence charges
Davis Police arrested a 22-year-old Davis man on charges of felony domestic assault, false imprisonment and petty theft on Saturday. Sgt. James MacNiven said that Patrick Wells was arrested when...
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Pathologist: Exposure, heart defects cited in Woodland baby’s death
WOODLAND — A number of factors were at play in the death of baby Justice Rees. First, there was what forensic pathologist Dr. Kelly Arthur-Kenny called “unfavorable environmental exposure” — the frigid...
View ArticleSettlement reached in Royal Oak mobile home park lawsuit
Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced Tuesday that a settlement was reached in Yolo Superior Court earlier this month in a consumer-protection case against the former owners of the Royal...
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