Month: December 2010

DA Appears to Remove Hispanics From Galvan Jury

DA Appears to Remove Hispanics From Galvan Jury

By David GreenwaldDecember 2, 201020 comments
Yolo-Count-Court-Room-600Opening statements began on Wednesday in the third iteration of the trial of Ernesto and Fermin Galvan, charged with resisting arrest and battery stemming from a West Sacramento incident in 2005.  Both earlier trials – one in October 2007 and the other in February of 2010 – ended in hung juries.

Jury selection on this case began on Monday, but on Tuesday things got interesting as both sides, after reviewing the lengthy questionnaire, began the process voir dire.

No Substance: Mayor Saylor Cuts Short Budget Discussion

No Substance: Mayor Saylor Cuts Short Budget Discussion

By David GreenwaldDecember 1, 201013 comments
saylor_webIt took until November 30, over four and a half months after he took over as Mayor of Davis, to finally have a discussion on the budget, and Mayor Don Saylor could not wait to get it over with.

As Councilmember Sue Greenwald pointed out during council discussions, the term “workshop” is probably misplaced here.  What the endeavor amounted to was roughly 90 minutes of council time, of which two-thirds was taken up with a staff report that frankly could have been presented in private.

Private Investigator Questions Whether It Was a Suicide or Homicide on The Ranch

Private Investigator Questions Whether It Was a Suicide or Homicide on The Ranch

By David GreenwaldDecember 1, 201021 comments

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Whether the death of Wayne King, a ranch hand at the Historic Nelson Ranch north of Woodland, was ultimately determined to have been at his own hands or at those of another, one thing is clear, this is one of the strangest, most interesting,  and most unique incidents one could envision.

Family and friends are not accepting the official word from the Sheriff’s Department that it was a suicide and that the case is closed.  Instead they have hired their own investigator, Frank Roman, a former Santa Clara Sheriff’s detective who invited CBS 13 and the Vanguard to the ranch to see the scene for ourselves.