Davis man graduates from Mental Health Court
Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced last week the graduation of a Davis resident Gary Wight, 41, from Yolo Superior Court’s Mental Health Court on Sept. 25. Mental Health Court is a...
View ArticleCrews battle fires at UC Davis, Dixon
Davis firefighters battled wind-driven vegetation fires locally and in Solano County on Sunday. One fire spanned several acres and threatened the Domes housing community off Orchard Park Drive on the...
View ArticleTwo hurt in Olive Drive crash
Two people were hospitalized Monday following a two-vehicle crash on West Olive Drive, according to the Davis Fire Department. The collision occurred at 10:30 a.m. near the Dutch Bros. coffee kiosk,...
View ArticleCounty supervisors praise sheriff’s cannabis enforcement actions
WOODLAND — Yolo County supervisors on Tuesday praised the Sheriff’s Department’s recent efforts to crack down on illegal cannabis cultivation and suggested the county also go after the landowners on...
View ArticleBurglary suspects nabbed outside Davis hotel
Two men face burglary and other charges after allegedly breaking into a truck early Monday morning outside a South Davis hotel. Police were dispatched shortly after 5 a.m. to investigate the burglary...
View ArticleFoot chase leads to three arrests
Davis police arrested three Redding residents with outstanding arrest warrants early Sunday after one allegedly led officers on a foot pursuit. Lt. Paul Doroshov said the trio was contacted at about...
View ArticleCrash results in DUI arrest
A 19-year-old Davis man was arrested on drunken driving charges following a collision Sunday night, police said. According to Davis police Lt. Paul Doroshov, Logan Johnston was driving westbound on...
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A doggone good rescue
Every dog has its day, and one little pooch had hers Tuesday when a Davis fire crew rescued her from a South Davis storm drain. Firefighter Luis Parrilla said a woman out walking her dog discovered the...
View ArticleRegister your cell number for emergency alerts
As fires bore down Sunday night on residential neighborhoods in Sonoma and Napa counties, some residents received phone, email and text alerts ordering them to evacuate. But not everyone got the...
View ArticleFire destroys building at Winters walnut plant
A three-alarm blaze destroyed a 67,500-square-foot metal dryer building Wednesday night at Dixon Ridge Farms, an organic walnut grower and processor in Winters. Dean Sarley, division chief for the...
View ArticleFive nabbed in Woodland prostitution sting
The Woodland Police Department and Yolo County District Attorney’s Office conducted a sting last week targeting people who solicit or attempt to buy sex acts. During the operation, five male subjects...
View ArticleVerizon store workers robbed at gunpoint
Davis police are seeking the suspect in a weekend robbery at a Mace Ranch business. The robbery occurred shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday at the Verizon retailer at 4647 Second St., where the suspect...
View ArticleMan accused of robbing sister
Davis police arrested a 42-year-old man last week after he allegedly robbed his own sister, police reported Tuesday. Lt. Paul Doroshov said officers were dispatched at 6:25 p.m. Friday to an assault...
View ArticleGay-Straight Alliance signs torn down at DHS
Davis police took a report of a weekend hate incident at the Davis High School campus. Sometime between Saturday and Monday, an unknown suspect or suspects tore down three signs that had been put up by...
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Charges upheld in rural Davis homicide
WOODLAND — Jealousy and rage drove a Calaveras County man to fatally stab a local farmer in his rural Davis home last month, according to testimony Wednesday in Yolo Superior Court. Heder Leising...
View ArticlePlea deals for suspects in UCD hate crime
WOODLAND — The three defendants in a UC Davis hate crime have resolved their cases, the plea agreements reflecting the serious nature of the incident while also embracing restorative-justice values,...
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Officer: Money problems motive for West Sac children’s deaths
WOODLAND — Drowning in debt with the IRS looming, Robert William Hodges saw death as the only way out — not only for himself, but his wife and three children too, according to testimony Friday in Yolo...
View ArticleTerminally ill prison inmate from Woodland may be released
WOODLAND — A reportedly terminally ill Woodland man serving prison time for a fatal barroom stabbing may gain his freedom several years early if a Yolo Superior Court judge grants a petition for his...
View ArticleHate incidents investigated at DHS, Harper
Davis police are investigating several hate incidents involving anti-Semitic symbols and messages at two local schools. In an email to parents Tuesday morning, Davis High School Interim Principal Tom...
View ArticleJudge upholds charges for accused Picnic Day vandal
WOODLAND — A Yolo Superior Court judge has upheld criminal charges against a man accused of severely vandalizing a woman’s car during a Picnic Day street gathering in Davis. Erick William Davies, 22,...
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