As Montgomery marked the 95th birthday of the late civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. with a downtown parade and celebrations Monday, work continued in preparation for Friday’s 2024 MLK Community Celebration. “This was truly the birthplace of the civil rights movement,” said Tommie “Tonea” Stewart, creative director of Friends of the Theatre, which […]
Lynn Yamada Davis, an influencer whose zany cooking tutorials drew the admiration of millions on her TikTok account Cooking With Lynja, died on Jan. 1 at Riverview Medical Center in New Jersey, the New York Times reports. She was 67. Her cause of the death was esophageal cancer, Davis’ daughter, Hannah Mariko Shofet, told the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A Black woman hired to help address race-based harassment at a Utah school district is suing the district, alleging that her colleagues discriminated against her on the basis of her race. Joscelin Thomas filed a lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court against the Davis School District. The lawsuit is seeking […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — All lanes on the new 16-mile West Davis Highway have opened. To celebrate, the Utah Department of Transportation hosted a community fun run/walk/bike event Saturday. More than 2,500 people reportedly joined in, including elected officials and UDOT representatives, according to a UDOT press release. Woman killed, baby and man hospitalized […]
This is a developing story; check back with sacbee.com for updates. A Yolo Superior Court judge reinstated criminal proceedings Friday against Carlos Reales Dominguez, the 22-year-old accused of a stabbing spree that injected fear throughout Davis last spring after two people were killed and a woman was severely injured. Friday’s 10-minute hearing in Woodland marked […]
(FOX40.COM) — Davis Stabbing suspect, Carlos Dominguez, has been certified by a state hospital to be competent to return to the Yolo County Superior Court for trial, according to Yolo County officials. • Video Above: Assm. Vince Fong can run for Kevin McCarthy’s Congressional seat, court rules Dominguez is set to return to court at […]
Carlos Reales Dominguez, the 21-year-old man accused of a deadly stabbing spree that killed two men and left a woman critically injured in Davis last spring, has been deemed mentally fit to face criminal charges. In the latest twist to a saga that has gripped the college town since April, state hospital officials in Atascadero […]
Dec. 26—Editor’s note: This concludes a series of Journal “exit interviews” with the outgoing three members of the City Council — Isaac Benton, Pat Davis and Trudy Jones. Outgoing District 6 representative Pat Davis said being an Albuquerque city councilor was his best job. And he’s had a lot of them. Davis, a former Washington, […]