Suspicious object triggers Mrak Hall evacuation
UC Davis police ordered the evacuation of Mrak Hall, the campus’s main administration building, after someone reported finding a suspicious device inside Tuesday afternoon. The 3:40 p.m. discovery...
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Trial delayed for suspect in Davis library assaults
Next month’s scheduled trial for a Davis man accused of sexually assaulting a developmentally disabled teenage boy at a local library has been postponed until July at the defense attorney’s request....
View ArticleGas leak shuts down South Davis roads
A portion of the Research Park Drive area was shut down to traffic for several hours Wednesday while PG&E crews repaired a natural-gas leak. According to the Davis Fire Department, someone reported...
View ArticleUCD campus vandalized with graffiti
UC Davis police received a report of racist and derogatory graffiti being scrawled on campus buildings and property sometime between late Sunday night and early Monday morning. The unknown suspect or...
View ArticleSearch underway for new Davis fire chief
The city of Davis has launched a national search for a new fire chief in anticipation of the termination of its shared management agreement with the UC Davis Fire Department. An advertisement recently...
View ArticleThree arrested on vehicle theft charges
Davis police arrested three people earlier this week after allegedly finding them with a stolen car. Officers received a report at about 8 a.m. Monday of two men who appeared to be casing apartment...
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Driver in fatal West Sac collision charged with manslaughter
The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office has filed a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge against a West Sacramento garbage truck driver who struck and killed UC Davis professor Kentaro Inoue as...
View ArticleBaby born safely on freeway’s edge
The Davis Fire Department arrived on the scene just as a mother delivered her baby on Interstate 80 at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The parents, who don’t live in Davis, were driving to the Birthing Center at...
View ArticleDavis woman dies in Road 102 collision
A 65-year-old Davis woman died and her passenger suffered major injuries Monday morning in a head-on collision on County Road 102 north of Davis. The driver was identified Tuesday as Sandra Doering....
View ArticleMurder charge upheld in fatal Woodland pursuit
WOODLAND — A Yolo Superior Court judge has upheld murder and other charges against a Woodland teen who allegedly led police on a high-speed chase that ended in a fatal collision earlier this month....
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Former Davis Kids Klub manager accused of embezzlement
The former chief operating officer of a Davis after-school program is facing embezzlement and theft charges for allegedly taking under-the-table cash payments from parents and depositing them into his...
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New charge pending for father of Baby Justice
WOODLAND — Yolo County prosecutors announced Monday they plan to file an additional felony charge against the Woodland man accused of playing a role in his infant son’s death in 2015. Frank Talliesen...
View ArticleWinters teens arrested for robbery
Five Winters teens landed in Yolo County Juvenile Hall on Saturday night after allegedly robbing two Davis boys at a coffee kiosk, Davis police said. According to Deputy Police Chief David Delaini, the...
View ArticleCHP names passenger injured in fatal crash
The California Highway Patrol has released the identity of the passenger who was injured in a fatal head-on collision last week north of Davis. Kathleen Ann Schinski, a 71-year-old Davis resident,...
View ArticleApartment damaged in South Davis fire
Fire and smoke damage displaced a woman from her South Davis apartment Monday night, according to the Davis Fire Department. Officials say they are still investigating the cause of the first-alarm...
View ArticleWest Sac woman convicted of auto insurance fraud
A 32-year-old West Sacramento woman has been convicted of filing a false insurance claim and providing false statements regarding a 2015 traffic collision, Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig...
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Attorneys in Baby Justice case battle over release of evidence
WOODLAND — If Frank Rees’ involuntary manslaughter case goes to trial, Yolo County prosecutors say they plan to call his former fiancée, Samantha Green, to testify regarding the events surrounding the...
View ArticleAccused robber arrested after returning to crime scene
Woodland police arrested a woman on suspicion of robbing a 7-11 store clerk at knifepoint after she returned to the scene of her alleged crime. Corporal Jeff Moe reported Friday that the suspect, a...
View ArticleDavis police arrested man for grand theft
A Citrus Heights man faces grand theft and other charges for allegedly using a bad check to buy jewelry in Davis, police said Friday. According to Davis police Lt. Tom Waltz, Anthony G. Burkett used...
View ArticleMan’s body found in Yolo Bypass
An investigation is underway to identify a man whose body was discovered Friday morning floating in the Yolo Bypass. Lt. Lance Faille said the adult male’s body was spotted at about 10 a.m. by a...
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