Woodland woman missing in Plumas County
A search is underway in Plumas County for a Woodland woman who went missing last weekend while on a family vacation. Terry Coehlo Blake, 58, hasn’t been seen or heard from since about 1:15 p.m. Sunday....
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Criminal charges unveiled for suspects in Picnic Day brawl
WOODLAND — A criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday in Yolo Superior Court charges four men and one woman in connection with a Picnic Day assault on Russell Boulevard that left two police officers injured...
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Liable or uninvolved? Attorneys debate father’s role in Baby Justice death
WOODLAND — When Frank Rees used methamphetamine with his fiancée Samantha Green one February morning, he “set a chain of events in motion” that resulted in the death of their infant son Justice Rees,...
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Onetime Davis homicide suspect back in jail
The man whose alleged role in a Davis woman’s death remains under investigation found himself back in jail recently after being found in possession of drugs and a stun gun at a local motel, according...
View ArticleCity picks next fire chief
Daryl C. Arbuthnott, a nearly 36-year veteran of the Los Angeles Fire Department, will take over as Davis’ fire chief on July 17, City Manager Dirk Brazil announced Tuesday. Arbuthnott has served in...
View ArticleArrest made in Picnic Day car-stomping incident; fight suspects enter pleas
Davis police announced Tuesday the arrest of a man suspected of vandalizing a woman’s car as she drove home from work through a crowd of Picnic Day partiers. Erick Davies, 22, of Sacramento, was taken...
View ArticleMan robbed on UCD campus
A man was robbed at gunpoint early Wednesday morning on the UC Davis campus, according to a police crime alert. Police said the man was walking in the area of La Rue Road and Lot 47 shortly before 1...
View ArticleBody of missing Woodland woman found
The body of a Woodland woman who went missing nearly two weeks ago in Plumas County was found Tuesday afternoon, according to her family and authorities. Terry Coehlo Blake, 58, vanished on the...
View ArticleNo second trial in Steven Hendrix case
WOODLAND — The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday it will not seek a second trial for Steven Hendrix, the man convicted last month of causing a fatal crash on Second Street in...
View ArticleMistakenly released, inmate convicted of striking bicyclists is back in custody
A man convicted of intentionally hitting three bicyclists with a stolen vehicle in Yolo County during a daylong crime spree is back in custody this morning, two days after being mistakenly released...
View ArticleThree finalists named in UCD police chief search
The search for a new police chief at UC Davis has been narrowed down to three finalists, with one of them expected to be offered the job by the end of this month, campus officials said. Joseph Farrow,...
View ArticleWest Sacramento man sentenced for rape
A 30-year-old Sacramento man was sentenced to 78 years to life in prison last week for his conviction on charges of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, violations of restraining orders, domestic...
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Davis mosque vandal gets 5 years’ probation
WOODLAND — Depressed and withdrawn after her graduation from college, Lauren Kirk-Coehlo turned to radical beliefs to fill her emotional void, according to a probation report for the woman sentenced to...
View ArticleDay-care provider accused of molest pleads to lesser charge
WOODLAND — Rather than face a second trial, a former Davis day-care provider accused of molesting a 4-year-old girl pleaded no contest last week to misdemeanor child endangerment. The jury in Eduardo...
View ArticleVehicle malfunction sparks Woodland grass fire
Firefighters battled a fast-moving grass fire along Interstate 5 on Wednesday as temperatures soared above 100 degrees. Eric Zane, battalion chief for the Woodland Fire Department, said the blaze began...
View ArticleJuly court date set for accused Picnic Day vandal
The Sacramento man accused of vandalizing a woman’s car blocked by a crowd of Picnic Day partiers is scheduled to be arraigned July 13 in Yolo Superior Court. Erick William Davies, 22, is charged with...
View ArticleMan dies following crash near landfill
A 48-year-old El Macero man died Tuesday following a single-vehicle collision near the Yolo County Landfill, the Woodland California Highway Patrol office reported Thursday. Sacramento County coroner’s...
View ArticleTwo arrested after Woodland vehicle pursuit
Woodland police arrested two men Friday morning following a brief car chase. Corporal Greg Elliott said the pursuit began at about 8:20 a.m. when an officer attempted to stop a car for a vehicle...
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City retains new Picnic Day investigator
A former U.S. attorney with experience in police misconduct investigations has been retained by the city of Davis to lead an independent probe into a Picnic Day brawl involving several police officers...
View ArticleSupreme Court won’t review Yolo concealed weapon permit case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied review of a federal appellate court’s ruling last year backing Yolo County’s longtime policy regarding concealed weapon permits. Concluding nearly seven years of...
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