Clarksburg man dies in River Road crash
A 26-year-old Clarksburg man died Thursday afternoon in a two-car crash on South River Road, the California Highway Patrol reported. German Romero Prieto was driving a Cadillac CTS northbound near...
View ArticleLocal firefighters to commemorate 9/11
The community is invited to join members of the Davis Fire Department at its annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony Monday morning. This event begins promptly at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Fire Department’s...
View ArticleDixon men convicted of April robberies in Davis
Two Dixon men face years in prison in connection with a pair of brazen daytime robberies in the city of Davis, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced. A Yolo County jury last week...
View ArticleGolf tournament honors fallen law-enforcement officers
The Woodland Squad Club will host its sixth annual Fallen Heroes Memorial Celebrity Golf Classic & Food Festival on Monday, Sept. 18, at the El Macero Country Club. The proceeds of this tournament...
View ArticleDUI checkpoint set Friday west of Woodland
The Woodland-area California Highway Patrol will conduct a weekend sobriety checkpoint on westbound Highway 16 east of County Road 97, starting at 10 p.m. Friday and ending at 2 a.m. Saturday. The...
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Three children killed in West Sacramento
A West Sacramento man is in Yolo County Jail custody, accused of killing his three young children in a crime that has stunned neighbors and emergency personnel who responded to the scene. Robert...
View ArticleSuspect burglarizes occupied campus apartment
The UC Davis Police Department issued a crime alert Thursday regarding the burglary of an occupied apartment. At about 3:20 a.m. Wednesday, a woman reported that the suspect entered her apartment at...
View ArticleMan arrested for indecent exposure
Davis police arrested a 73-year-old man Monday on suspicion of exposing himself in public. Lt. Paul Doroshov said officers responded at about 7:15 p.m. to the area of Wake Forest Drive and West Eighth...
View ArticleTaco Saturday set at Central Park
Members of Davis Firefighters Local 3494 will sell tacos in Central Park, Fourth and C streets, on Saturday to benefit the Yolo Crisis Nursery. Sales of chicken and beef tacos will take place from 4 to...
View ArticleWoodland man sentenced to prison for child pornography
A 43-year-old Woodland man was sentenced to 30 years in prison last week after admitting to producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Raul Gonzalez pleaded guilty to the...
View ArticleYolo DA laments increase in child homicides
The deaths last week of three young West Sacramento siblings was the latest incident in what local prosecutors see as an uptick in violent child fatalities to occur in Yolo County and beyond in recent...
View ArticleFence fire threatens four homes
Smoke drifts skyward Sunday evening between Grosbeak Court and Flicker Avenue in North Davis, where a fence fire threatened four homes before being extinguished, Davis Fire Department officials said....
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Murder, attempted murder charges filed against West Sacramento father
WOODLAND — Robert William Hodges used a belt to kill two of his three children, doing so after lying in wait for the young victims, according to a criminal complaint filed against the West Sacramento...
View ArticleDavis man gets 7-year prison term for distributing child pornography
A 53-year-old Davis man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to seven years in prison for distributing child pornography and obstruction of justice, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced....
View ArticlePolice warn of suspected burglar who first comes knocking
Davis police say a recent rash of daytime residential burglaries may be linked to a ruse in which the suspect first knocks to determine whether anyone is at home. Lt. Paul Doroshov said the Police...
View ArticleMan exposes self to teenage girl in West Davis
Davis police are investigating a report of a man exposing himself to a 13-year-old girl Wednesday afternoon in West Davis. According to Lt. Paul Doroshov, the girl was riding her bike in the area of...
View ArticleGusty winds fuel grass fire
Flames can be seen in the distance near English Hills Road as a fast-moving grass fire destroyed two homes and charred 65 acres in rural Vacaville on Saturday, the Vacaville Fire District reported....
View ArticleYolo raids net nearly $6 million in illegally grown marijuana
Yolo County sheriff’s deputies seized nearly $6 million in illegally grown marijuana last week during searches of two rural Yolo County properties, sheriff’s officials reported Monday. Sgt. Matt Davis...
View ArticleCrash injures 3, snarls I-80 traffic in Davis
Three people were injured Monday following a three-car collision that shut down westbound Interstate 80 and snarled late-morning traffic in both directions, according to the California Highway Patrol....
View ArticleDavis police see increase in car break-ins
The Davis Police Department issued an alert Tuesday about an uptick in car burglaries in recent months. The increase began in July, with the hardest-hit areas being along the Richards Boulevard...
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