Woodland News

The Woodland Fire Department will bill insurance companies for responses to motor vehicle accidents, hazardous material releases, bomb threat stand-bys, pipeline ruptures, arson investigations and structure fires.

An employee of PG&E takes readings to determine if a hazardous gas is present at the manhole covers at West and Cross streets.

More than 70 people joined local, state, and federal flood management experts in Woodland on Monday to discuss the Cache Creek Settling Basin and its role in potential solutions to Cache Creek flooding.

Caption for attached photo: Past Commander of the California American Legion, Dave Eby, left, presented an award to incoming Post 77 Commander Ed Trautt, age 94, as the American Legion's oldest Commander.

The Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District announced Friday that one sentinel chicken located in Yolo County has tested positive for West Nile virus.

A Latino male in his 20s with a shaved head and weighing around 200 pounds is being sought following a fight at the Zitio Bar and Grill on East Street in Woodland early Saturday morning.

An old-fashioned fight involving sticks, bricks and people who fired his shotgun into the air as well as waved a machete, resulted in at least three people being arrested Friday night by Woodland police.

"I'm absolutely saddened by it. It's a horrible loss to the music industry. I compared this to the day Elvis died," said William Moss , co-owner of Barney's Good Time Music.

The motorcycle driver who crashed into a wrought-iron fence at the Woodland Cemetery Monday night was identified Wednesday by police as Joseph Yettou, 39, of Woodland.

Dopey, a long-eared, droopy-eyed orange tabby that was missing six years from his south Sacramento home, has been reunited with his family.

A reported gas leak emanating from an underground pipe near the intersection of Cross and West Streets has resulted in the evacuation of an apartment complex and calls to the county's Environmental Health Department as well as detours throughout the area.

Woodland police investigate a suicide of an unidentified individual in the parking lot of the Police Department Monday night.

The Woodland Police Department released its investigation regarding the April 30 officer-involved shooting of Luis Gutierrez to the Yolo County District Attorney's Office on Thursday evening.

It was not this officer's day. At about 2:13 p.m., an unidentified Woodland police officer was dispatched to Elliot Crossing Apartments at 33 W. Elliot St.

A two-vehicle collision and a grass fire snarled traffic in both directions of Interstate 80 on Friday in Fairfield, getting rush-hour and weekend travel off to a shaky start.

A new consulting company to assist businesses and homeowners improve their energy efficiency.

On June 16 the Democrat published an opinion piece written by Mr. Bob Jones, titled, "Woodland Latino leaders catering to special interests." In my opinion the majority of his concerns do not deserve merit for debate, but I will comment on a few that I feel are necessary too.

The Woodland Police Department has finished its investigation into the April 30 officer-involved shooting that claimed the life of Luis Gutierrez, and forwarded its findings to the Yolo County District Attorney's Office.

A judge has ruled against East Palo Alto's biggest landlord in a lawsuit it filed against the city involving a single property's exemption from rent control, attorneys said Thursday.

Al Rojas speaks to supporters following his demand that the Woodland City Council seek an independent investigation into the shooting death of Luis Gutierrez in April by Yolo sheriff's deputies.