Yolo County News

A man arrested in the attempted kidnapping of a woman in Woodland last November was indicted this week for trading in child pornography.

A West Sacramento man is among the first in the state to use California's new Homeowner Bill of Rights to stop a bank from foreclosing on his home, and experts say the case marks a shift in a legal system that has traditionally favored lenders.

Yolo County sheriff's officials say that an inmate died Saturday after being found in his cell with labored breathing.

Clayton Garzon will face trial on assault and hate crime allegations connected to the March 10 beating of a gay Davis man, a Yolo Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday.

The defense attorney for accused hate attacker Clayton Garzon asserted Monday that the March beating of another Davis man was not fueled by anti-gay sentiment.

Yolo County Sheriff's officials say that an inmate died Saturday after being found in his cell with labored breathing.

A few years ago, disability rights advocate Sara Granda approached city officials in Davis with the idea of creating a grant program to help the town's disabled and elderly residents modify their houses to allow wheelchair accessibility.

The killer of longtime attorney Oliver "Chip" Northup and his wife, Claudia Maupin, in their Davis condominium remains unknown a month after police discovered their bodies April 14.

A Yolo County jury has found a Sacramento man guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a passenger in the vehicle he was driving in January 2012.

Most of the many souls clad in rainbow tie dyes, gauzy wings and magic felt hats at the 44th Annual Whole Earth Festival celebrated Mother's Day on May 12, according to the Gregorian calendar. But about a dozen star travelers from across the universe camped out in a spherical geodesic dome where they observed "Red Spectral Moon Day."

Lawrence "Mikey" Partida was nervous Friday. He sat on a hard wooden bench in a Woodland courtroom, an aunt on either side of him offering quiet support. Stitches still closed a wound under his right eye from the brutal beating he absorbed in March.

For much of Woodland's history, there have been two constants: Its City Council members have always been elected citywide, and they have nearly always been white.

The 2013 Whole Earth Festival kicked off Friday at UC Davis with dance, music, art and appreciation for the environment.

West Sacramento has named a new police chief plucked from the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Charges against a dozen UC Davis protesters who were arrested last year after demonstrations blocked an on-campus U.S. Bank branch were settled Monday just weeks before the case was to go to trial.

The new Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis will be architecturally notable for a 50,000-square-foot steel canopy that seemingly floats atop and beyond a series of interconnected interior and exterior spaces.

Yolo County Chief Deputy Coroner Robert LaBrash has resigned, the county's sheriff confirmed Tuesday.

House of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi will deliver the commencement address at UC Davis School of Law's graduation ceremony next month.

A West Sacramento man who was shot by a police officer when he reportedly tried to grab the officer's gun during a domestic dispute late Monday is in police custody and recovering at a local hospital.

GUINDA – From across Northern California, they came for links, ribs, jazz, gospel and a rare taste of Yolo County's secret African American past.