Woodland man arrested following police pursuit
A Woodland man faces evading and weapon charges after allegedly leading police on a high-speed pursuit Monday night. Sgt. Tom Davis said an officer was patrolling the area of North and First streets at...
View ArticleAlleged Picnic Day vandal pleads not guilty
WOODLAND — A Sacramento man accused of vandalizing a woman’s car blocked by a crowd of Picnic Day partiers pleaded not guilty to the allegations Thursday in Yolo Superior Court. Erick William Davies,...
View ArticleRash of tire thefts reported in South Davis
The Davis Police Department is reporting a series of tire thefts in the South Davis area. Last week, the agency took five reports of stolen tires, bringing the total to 11 over the past six months....
View ArticleFresno woman ID’d as victim of train-car collision
A 56-year-old Fresno woman has been identified as the motorist killed last week when an Amtrak commuter train struck her vehicle in Dixon, Solano County coroner’s officials reported Friday. Rita Biagas...
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UCD taps CHP commissioner as new police chief
Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter has appointed Joseph A. Farrow to be the next UC Davis chief of police. Hexter made the selection in coordination with Chancellor-Designate Gary S. May. Farrow has...
View ArticleTeen cyclist struck by vehicle
A Davis teen is recovering after being struck by a vehicle Friday morning in northeast Davis. According to information from the Davis police and fire departments, the 17-year-old boy was riding his...
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Fire burns home in West Davis
Multiple fire crews were on the scene of a third-alarm structure fire in West Davis on Monday night. The blaze was reported shortly after 8:30 p.m. at a residence in the 2300 block of Harding Terrace,...
View ArticleMan dies in motorcycle crash
A solo motorcycle collision claimed the life of a 55-year-old Sacramento man Wednesday night just east of Davis. According to the California Highway Patrol, the man was riding a Harley Davidson...
View ArticleWrongful-death lawsuit filed for collision that killed UCD professor
The widow of a UC Davis professor who died in a collision with a garbage truck in West Sacramento last year has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the company and driver that operated the vehicle....
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DA clears Woodland officers in man’s in-custody death
Woodland police used “reasonable and necessary force” during its confrontation with a man who later stopped breathing and died after being struck several times with a Taser, according to a review of...
View ArticleCrash leads to DUI arrest
Davis police arrested a 25-year-old man on drunken driving charges this week after he allegedly hit parked cars in downtown Davis. Lt. Paul Doroshov said officers responded shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday...
View ArticleHendrix gets 42-year prison term for fatal Second Street crash
WOODLAND — There were a number of stark realities that emerged during the trial of Steven Hendrix for his role in a fatal Second Street crash, Yolo Superior Court Judge Paul Richardson noted Thursday...
View ArticleOctober trial set for father of Baby Justice
WOODLAND — A fall trial is scheduled for Frank Talliesen Rees, the Woodland man facing involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment charges in connection with the 2015 death of his infant son. Yolo...
View ArticleYolo County man charged in 2016 Capitol clash
A Davis-area man was arraigned Friday on criminal charges stemming from last year’s clash between neo-Nazis and anti-fascist demonstrators on the state Capitol grounds in Sacramento. Michael A....
View ArticleFire, ambulance crews save 2 with CPR efforts
The Davis Fire Department reported two CPR saves on patients in recent days. Shortly before 7 a.m. Monday, fire and ambulance crews were summoned to a home on Caravaggio Drive in Wildhorse, where a...
View ArticleDavis woman held in domestic-violence incident
A 32-year-old Davis resident was placed on a mental health hold following a domestic violence incident Friday evening on Glide Drive in South Davis. Misty Hiner had gotten into a dispute with her wife,...
View ArticleMan arrested for hit-and-run after driving into Del Taco restaurant
A 20-year-old man was arrested for hit-and-run early Saturday morning after allegedly driving his car into the side of the Del Taco restaurant on Research Park Drive in South Davis and then leaving the...
View ArticleMan arrested for brandishing fake gun at train station
A 48-year-old man was arrested Friday evening and charged with brandishing a replica firearm at the Davis train station. Davis police were called to the depot on Second Street at about 6:45 p.m. after...
View ArticleBritish expat sentenced for wire-fraud scheme; Davis co-defendant pleads guilty
A British man was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering in a case in which one of his four co-defendants — Rayan Lakshmanan, 48, of Davis — pleaded guilty and...
View ArticleCyclist injured in hit-and-run collision
The Solano California Highway Patrol is investigating a hit-and-run collision southwest of Winters that injured a bicyclist Sunday morning. According to a news release, 49-year-old Linda M. Bagley of...
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