Woodland man arrested for attempted murder
A Woodland man is due in court Tuesday to face charges stemming from a Thursday night stabbing. Daniel Maciel, 28, was arrested at a home in the 700 block of Laugenour Drive, where Woodland police Sgt....
View ArticleSix dead in Yolo County head-on crash
Six people are dead following a fiery head-on collision on Interstate 5 near the town of Yolo that California Highway Patrol investigators are blaming on a wrong-way driver. Five of the victims, three...
View ArticleI-5 crash victims were ‘full of joy all the time’
Two of the victims were newlyweds, married just two months ago. A third was the groom’s younger sister, a recent high-school graduate. And two others were engaged, planning for a wedding in the coming...
View ArticleYolo DA cracks down on cannabis-law violators
Yolo Superior Court Judge Sonia Cortés last week issued a preliminary injunction against multiple defendants, including the landlord of a warehouse in West Sacramento — one of many cannabis-related...
View ArticleInterim police auditor hired, will review results of Picnic Day investigation
Davis city officials announced Tuesday evening the hiring of an interim police auditor to review the results of an internal investigation of a fight involving three plain-clothed police officers and a...
View ArticleMan accused of threatening store workers with knife
Davis police arrested a 34-year-old man after he allegedly used a knife to threaten employees at a downtown business. Lt. Paul Doroshov said officers were dispatched at about 4:40 p.m. Monday to...
View ArticleDriver extricated from crash wreckage
Davis firefighters extricated a motorist from a vehicle crash that occurred Tuesday on Interstate 80. The solo collision occurred at about 9:15 a.m. on westbound I-80 just east of the Highway 113,...
View ArticleNo second trial in Woodland murder case
WOODLAND — The two remaining defendants in a Woodland homicide case have made plea agreements, rather than go to trial. Malinda Joy Collins, 36, and Cynthia Maria Tello, 24, both faced charges in...
View ArticleWest Sacramento man convicted of child molestation
A Yolo County jury last week found a West Sacramento man guilty of molesting of a 13-year-old girl, Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced. Ted Tyler, 36, was convicted of oral copulation...
View ArticleMan rescued from fitness center pool
A 63-year-old man was revived Friday morning after nearly drowning at a Davis fitness center, according to the Davis Fire Department. The man had been swimming at Get Fit Davis Sport, 1809 Picasso...
View ArticlePedestrian hit by Yolobus, sustained head and neck injuries
A woman hit by a Yolobus on Friday evening was transported by ambulance to the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. Davis resident Nicole Lutz, 47, was crossing Covell Boulevard when an eastbound...
View ArticlePolice: Sister of I-5 crash victim found dead in Woodland; ex-lover wanted...
A body found inside a vehicle at a Woodland parking lot Sunday is that of a missing Colusa woman whose sister died in last week’s wrong-way crash on Interstate 5, say police who are now seeking her...
View ArticleUCD student robbed at gunpoint at park
An 18-year-old UC Davis student reported being robbed at gunpoint early Monday morning at Oxford Circle Park, Davis police said. According to Lt. Paul Doroshov, the woman told officers she had been...
View ArticleProbation, jail time imposed for 2015 death of tow-truck driver
WOODLAND — At the sentencing hearing for the man convicted in the hit-and-run death of a tow-truck driver on a West Sacramento freeway, family members recalled the victim’s many roles: husband, son,...
View ArticleCoroner: Colusa homicide victim died of blunt-force trauma
Karen Garcia Romero died of blunt-force trauma to the head, Yolo County Chief Deputy Coroner Gina Moya said following an autopsy Wednesday on the Colusa homicide victim’s body. Colusa Police Chief Josh...
View ArticleFormer Visit Yolo director charged with embezzlement
A felony embezzlement charge has been filed against the former executive director of Visit Yolo, a Davis-based organization that promotes tourism and economic growth in Yolo County. Alan Scott Humason,...
View Article‘My crimes are unforgivable,’ says West Sacramento man who killed his children
WOODLAND — Robert William Hodges broke his silence Friday, his first time doing so publicly since financial ruin drove the West Sacramento to murder his three young children and attempt to kill his...
View ArticleDavis police arrest a wolf in sheep’s clothing
A Davis man came to the aid of an elderly crash victim, only to steal her wallet and go on a spending spree with her credit cards, according to police who arrested him last week. Lt. Paul Doroshov said...
View ArticleAccused child killer’s competency questioned
WOODLAND — The attorney for a Sacramento man accused of killing his 4-year-old daughter in Winters has declared a doubt as to his client’s mental competency to stand trial. The declaration Friday...
View ArticlePolice release description of accused Colusa killer’s vehicle
The alleged killer of a Colusa woman may be driving a stolen minivan in his run from the law, the Colusa Police Department announced Friday night. Salvador Vaca Garcia Jr., 22, has been associated with...
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