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Summary: Health Council Meeting – May 4, 2020
by Tia Will The following is a brief summary of yesterday’s Health Council Meeting. It is comprised of what I considered to be the major points and actions and is in no way meant to be comprehensive....
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Bail Lowered but Not Eliminated for Man Who Allegedly Threw Rock
By Alexandra Cline WOODLAND, Ca. – An in-custody defendant appeared Friday in Yolo County Superior Court, and was charged for throwing a rock at someone on his street—but the defendant argued he was...
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Commentary: Yolo DA Continues to Cherrypick Bad Cases
by David Greenwald Data rather than anecdotes should be driving public policy decisions during this COVID-19 crisis. And yet, what we have seen from the Yolo County District Attorney, in the form of...
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State and Local Economies Hammered as Officials Ponder Next Moves
Last week we learned that the city of Davis was now facing over a $20 million budget shortfall. This week, the news if anything is worse statewide, as the state is forced to attempt to close a budget...
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Judge Sentences Man Who Confessed to Therapist of Downloading Child Pornography
By Julietta Bisharyan DAVIS, CA – In Yolo County Superior Court, a man was sentenced to four years after admitting to his therapist and parole officer that he downloaded over 600 explicit photos and...
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Two Men Accused of Stealing Two Chainsaws Are Charged with Grand Theft
By Julietta Bisharyan WOODLAND, CA – Two Yolo County men are being charged with allegedly stealing two chainsaws from a local arborist, the chainsaws being valued at a total of $2150. During a...
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Yolo Should Be Able to Reopen under New Criteria Announced on Monday
Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday cleared a key barrier for Yolo County to reopen restaurants, stores, offices and limited other venues. Previously, they could not reopen if the county had experienced...
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Yolo Court Whips through Cases in Thursday Zoom Hearings
By Armando Alonzo WOODLAND, CA – It was largely a lot of shuffling paperwork here Thursday in Yolo County Superior Court—seen on live-stream, with a number of cases moved down the road in a series of...
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West Sacramento Man Allegedly Beats Wife with Baseball Bat
By Julietta Bisharyan DAVIS, CA – A West Sacramento man faced a preliminary hearing on five felony charges after allegedly striking his wife in front of her child. The defendant, James Neil Hinton, is...
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False ID, and Yolo Man Threatens to Burn Down Entire Street Where Stalker...
Plea Results in Minimal Punishment for False Identification By Armando Alonzo WOODLAND – Myisha Jones, facing a preliminary hearing Tuesday in Yolo County Superior Court, changed her plea from not...
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Guest Commentary: Responsibility in the Age of Covid-19
County’s decision shifts the responsibility from government to individuals by Robin Rainwater I’ve been contemplating the rapidly shifting landscape in Yolo County heavily this week. Not just Yolo...
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Defendant Fell Asleep at Davis In-N-Out Drive Thru – Marijuana, Heroin, and...
By Lea Barrios WOODLAND – A man, during a remote preliminary hearing in Yolo County Superior Court Monday, was charged with possession of a controlled substance for sale, possession of a firearm,...
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No ‘Love’ Tops Yolo County Mental Hearings Roundup
By Armando Alonzo WOODLAND – In the first in a series of mental health hearings in Yolo County Superior Court here Thursday, Juanita Beatrice Love had no “love” for her attorney Zachary Malinski....
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Defendant Given Short Furlough to Visit Doctors, PI’s $$ Demands Also Issue
By Mella Bettag WOODLAND – Defendant John Clayton Dunham had battled cancer before, and he was frightened. At a pretrial hearing here Friday in Yolo County Superior Court before Judge Timothy Fall,...
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Guest Commentary: Not So Much “Community” in the BrightNight Solar Deal
by Matt Williams Intentions and goals are only words unless they are accompanied by accomplishments, and when it comes to accomplishments, especially in the realm of renewable power, City Hall is very...
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Defendant Will Escape Homelessness, Reunite with Family and Seek Mental...
By Heather Hamilton WOODLAND – The criminal justice system is designed to punish people for their bad acts, and encounters with the system are dreadful for most and come with long-lasting...
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Yolo County Judge Cuts Bail by $25,000
By Taric Mansour WOODLAND – Yolo County Superior Court Judge Peter Williams did a nice thing—kind of—here in Superior Court. He didn’t release a defendant on zero bail who threatened to kill a man...
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Zero Dollar Bail, COVID-19 Ignored by Yolo Judge
By Nikki Suzani WOODLAND – Yolo County Superior Court Judge Peter Williams ignored the State Judicial Council’s order Wednesday. And, in a way, he ignored COVID-19, too. The judge used his discretion...
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Yolo Court: Conversation about Truck Escalates into Attempted Carjacking
By Ayanna Gandhi WOODLAND – A man sitting eating his lunch at a McDonald’s parking lot here said he was confronted by a man—now being held for attempted carjacking—who at first started asking about...
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Cast of Characters, Conflicting Officer Testimony Featured at ‘Day at the Old...
By Alexandra Cline WOODLAND – “You can’t tell the players without a program” yell barkers selling programs at a ball game. And it also just might apply to Dept. 11 in Yolo County Superior Court here,...
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