A Davis man is destined for court on obstruction charges after police arrested him during a peeping investigation early Tuesday morning. Davis police Lt. Paul Doroshov said officers were summoned at 2:40 a.m. to the University Commons Apartments, 707 Sycamore Lane, to investigate reports that a man was lurking around a woman’s apartment with a […]

A Winters man faces multiple criminal charges after allegedly posing as his younger brother at a Yolo County crash scene, according to the California Highway Patrol. Robert Alexander Sonin, 22, had a suspended driver’s license when he was involved in a May 21 collision on Highway 128 west of Winters, CHP Officer Cindy Leal said […]

A Sacramento man believed to be transporting marijuana was arrested Monday night after nearly hitting a California Highway Patrol officer head-on, authorities said. Jun Hua Michael Liang, 42, was traveling south on County Road 102 north of Woodland when he began to pass a slower-moving vehicle shortly before 9 p.m., according to a CHP news […]

A 40-year-old Woodland man was jailed Saturday night after allegedly slashing his younger brother with a knife during a fight, Woodland police said. Officers were summoned shortly before 10 p.m. to the Autumn Run Apartments, 1180 Matmor Road, where witnesses said the brothers were engaged in a physical fight in front of their apartment. While […]

Police say an observant resident’s phone call to police Friday morning led to the discovery of six stolen Hondas in a South Davis neighborhood. Davis police Lt. Paul Doroshov said the unusual find stemmed from a 7 a.m. report from a resident on Cowell Boulevard, who said there was a man parked in a Honda […]

Woodland police arrested a Woodland High School student who allegedly took an unloaded pistol onto the school campus Friday. Sgt. Brett Hancock said school resource officers were summoned at about 12:45 p.m. to the campus at 21 N. West St., where the student was pulled from class and taken into custody. The pistol was in […]

A Woodland Police Department sergeant charged with drunken driving will spend the next three years on probation following a plea agreement in the case this week in Yolo Superior Court. Defense attorney Christopher Miller entered a no-contest plea to a misdemeanor DUI charge Wednesday on behalf of his client, 52-year-old Steven Edward Sexton, according to […]

Yolo County Sheriff Ed Prieto said he is looking into his agency’s participation in a controversial Department of Homeland Security program intended to deport undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes. In a telephone news conference this week with legal experts, elected officials, victim advocates and other law-enforcement leaders, Prieto said the federal Secure Communities Act […]

A 17-year-old Woodland boy faces drunken driving and hit-and-run charges following a single-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon in West Davis. His name was not released because he is a minor. California Highway Patrol Officer Cindy Leal said the teen was at the wheel of a 1982 BMW headed westbound on Russell Boulevard with four 16-year-old passengers, […]

A garage fire in Woodland caused about $50,000 in damage but was extinguished before it spread to the attached house, fire officials said. Capt. Ernie Fatta said firefighters were summoned at 7:13 p.m. Wednesday to a home in the 1200 block of Eunice Drive, where smoke and flames could be seen coming from the single-car […]

Davis police are investigating a rash of vehicle break-ins that occurred late Tuesday and early Wednesday. Lt. Paul Doroshov said four of the seven burglaries occurred in the parking lot of Peak Performance Health Club, 2795 Second St. Two others took place in the parking lot of Sutter Davis Hospital, and a seventh car was […]