Woodland News

An 18-year-old Davis man was arrested today after he was accused of intentionally crashing his vehicle into a Woodland house.

Woodland school district assistant superintendent Don Beno is leaving the district to began his job as River Delta Unified School District superintendent July 1. Beno replaces retiring superintendent Rick Hennes, according to a statement from River Delta.

At around 12:50 a.m., Woodland police responded to reports of a fight at the 7-Eleven located at 301 Cottonwood St. The victim reported that five to six Hispanic men approached him outside of the convenience store, asking for money.

Logue said he was running for the 3rd Congressional District seat "to help create new jobs, stop the reckless spending that has put the nation $16.8 billion in debt and help make Washington work better for working people."

The Yolo County Farm Bureau sent out a note Monday letting people know that in preparation for the 2014 elections, the Farm Bureau would be hosting a Campaign Management Seminar for those interested in running for elected office.

The 12-year-old Davis boy grabbed the wheel of the family station wagon when his father, Bill Marsh, suffered a nearly fatal heart attack and blacked out while driving Nov. 9. Daniel steered the speeding car away from oncoming traffic and slammed it into a wall to stop it.

An investigation began shortly after a garage fire was put out in Woodland Monday night around 7:15.

The man found Thursday in the Woodland Costco parking lot with a possible self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head has been identified.

In a warning letter to customers, Yolo Federal Credit Union said it was notified by Visa that there was a possible breach of "multiple merchant locations" and that there may be unauthorized access to customer data files.

The city of Woodland is asking residents to voluntarily cut back on water consumption.

Three animals were recovered this week and are now available at the Yolo County Animal Services Department at 2640 E. Gibson Road, Woodland, for retrieval.

In the old days – we're talking the late 1950s and early 1960s – the loudest opposition to fluoride in drinking water came from right-wingers, in places like the John Birch Society, who called it a communist plot.

A minor flap over a school for troubled kids housed at Dingle Elementary resolved itself Thursday when trustees voted to move the school.

The man found Thursday in the Woodland Costco parking lot with a possible self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head has been identified.

This Sunday, Dutch Bros. Coffee locations in Woodland and Davis will donate all proceeds to enzyme treatments for 8-year-old J.T. Davis, who suffers the rare Gaucher's disease.

Thursday night's Woodland school board meeting featured a long discussion on budget issues, with trustees wrangling over just how much to spend in the coming year.

The Woodland man accused of attacking his mother and stepfather with a knife pleaded not guilty Thursday to attempted murder and other charges.

Andrea Avina will be attending ing Chico State in the honors and nursing program.

While water rates balloon in the coming years so Davis can pay for its share of a surface water project, Village Homeowners Association board members have decided to take matters into their own hands and drill a non-city-operated well to cut down on community irrigation costs.

Woodland police are treating the matter as a suicide, and the investigation is now being primarily conducted through the Sacramento Coroner's Office.