Date Archive: 12-02-2012

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For the record

Autumn Labbé-Renault’s Davis Media Access column on Thursday incorrectly spelled the name of Mitchel Adler, one of the Parent University presenters.

Woodland crash leads to DUI, child abuse charges

A Woodland woman faces child abuse, drunken-driving and hit-and-run charges in connection with a crash earlier this week. Robey Sue Carboni-Pearson, was taken into custody on Wednesday after being released from the UC Davis Medical Center, where she and her young son had been taken for treatment of injuries stemming from the wreck, Woodland police […]

PG&E worker who died in crash was Woodland resident

An on-duty PG&E worker from Woodland was killed early Friday morning when his truck crashed into a traffic pole in West Sacramento, police said. Yolo County coroner’s officials identified the man as Tommy Gene Flippo Jr., 57. His cause of death was listed as blunt-force trauma, Chief Deputy Coroner Robert LaBrash said. “Our hearts and […]

Bob Dunning: What does his brain have to do with it?

“Doctor: Killer’s brain is ‘not normal,’” said the front-page headline in Friday’s Enterprise. I think we already knew that about convicted murderer Richard Hirschfield, who took the promising lives of two young Davisites in the most horrific fashion 30 years ago. There had to be something “not normal” about this man to even imagine doing […]

Third major storm moving into Northern California

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Another major storm moving into Northern California was expected to bring more pouring rain, flooding and additional problems to an area already soaked after two major storms, forecasters said Saturday. Residents of Northern California enjoyed just a bit of a respite, but the next storm — the third in a string […]

Upon further review, giant sequoia tops a neighbor

FRESNO (AP) — Deep in the Sierra Nevada, the famous General Grant giant sequoia tree is suffering its loss of stature in silence. What once was the world’s No. 2 biggest tree has been supplanted thanks to the most comprehensive measurements taken of the largest living things on Earth. The new No. 2 is The […]