Winters man dies in freeway crash
A 25-year-old Winters man died early Saturday morning after his vehicle ran off the road and struck a tree in Davis, according to the California Highway Patrol. Solano CHP Officer Christopher Brewer...
View ArticleCoroner IDs man found in Woodland-area field
The man whose body was discovered Wednesday evening in a field west of Woodland has been identified as Oscar Alcaraz Jr., a 28-year-old Woodland resident, according to the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office....
View ArticleParole denied in West Sacramento gang slaying
Special to The Enterprise A former West Sacramento man serving a life sentence for his role in a 1992 gang-related murder was denied parole for the fourth time Thursday, according to the Yolo County...
View ArticleSacramento man busted for drugs
The Davis Police Department’s Special Assignment and Focused Enforcement (SAFE) Team reported Saturday the arrest of a Sacramento man last week on drug and weapon charges. Alexander Urias was detained...
View ArticlePolice: Homes ransacked while residents out of town
Davis police are investigating two weekend residential burglaries in which the suspects kicked in the front doors and stole property while the occupants were out of town. Lt. Tom Waltz reported Tuesday...
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Charged with manslaughter, dad of Baby Justice speaks out from jail
WOODLAND — Nearly two years to the day after Frank Rees’ newborn son Justice was found lifeless on a Knights Landing slough bank, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced it would pursue...
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Dead baby’s father lashes out from jail
WOODLAND — Ever since his newborn son Justice Rees died on a Knights Landing slough bank two years ago today, Frank Rees vowed he’d see the person responsible for his death be held accountable. “I...
View ArticleSheriff: Man who died in custody had drugs in system
The man who died while being taken into Woodland police custody earlier this month had methamphetamine and amphetamine in his system, Yolo County sheriff’s officials said Thursday in announcing the...
View ArticleWoodland trespassing suspect accused of assaulting officer
A Woodland man is suspected of assaulting a police officer after allegedly forcing his way into one house and trying to enter another late Thursday night. Woodland police Sgt. Ted Ruiz said officers...
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Judge keeps accused mosque vandal’s bail at $1 million
WOODLAND — Saying he has “no reason to disregard” threatening and racially charged online statements allegedly made by the woman accused of vandalizing the Islamic Center of Davis, a Yolo Superior...
View ArticleRees pleads not guilty in baby’s death, loses bid to reduce bail
WOODLAND — A Yolo Superior Court judge declined Tuesday to reduce bail for the Woodland man facing involuntary manslaughter and other charges in connection with the death of his infant son two years...
View ArticleAppellate court upholds West Sacramento gang injunction
California’s Third District Court of Appeal has upheld an injunction against eight members of the Broderick Boys criminal street gang, Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced Tuesday. The...
View ArticleWater, gas line breaks hit North Davis street
Davis firefighters and PG&E crews were summoned to a North Davis street Wednesday night after a broken water main triggered a natural gas leak. Joe Tenney, division chief for the Davis Fire...
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Trial delayed for driver in fatal Second Street crash
WOODLAND — Next week’s scheduled trial for the man accused of causing a fatal collision in Davis last year has been delayed two months due to unavailable witnesses — including an allegedly...
View ArticleParking lot snooze leads to weapon arrest
Davis police arrested a local man Wednesday night for allegedly having a loaded and concealed gun in his car. Officers responded at about 10:30 p.m. to the Davis branch library, 315 E. 14th St., to...
View ArticleTeen dies in crash after high-speed pursuit
A high-speed police pursuit in Woodland on Thursday left one teenager dead, another hospitalized and a third in jail facing vehicular manslaughter charges. The teen who died, a 16-year-old boy, had not...
View ArticleDavis police investigate homicide; suspect arrested
By Lauren Keene and Tanya Perez A 52-year-old Davis man with a history of drug and theft convictions has been arrested on suspicion of murder, marking the city’s first homicide in nearly a...
View ArticleTeen crash victim ID’d
Yolo County coroner’s officials have identified the Woodland teen who died in a crash during a police pursuit last Thursday as Matthew Gonzales, 16. Gonzales was a rear-seat passenger in the vehicle...
View ArticleUCD police warn of Research Park-area burglary
UC Davis police issued a crime alert Monday regarding a burglary at one of the university’s South Davis offices. According to police, the burglary victim returned to his office at 1544 Newton Court at...
View ArticleHearing for accused Islamic Center vandal postponed
WOODLAND — It will be another six weeks before Yolo County prosecutors unveil their case against the woman accused of vandalizing the Islamic Center of Davis. Attorneys for Lauren Kirk-Coehlo filed a...
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