CRIME & SAFETY
House boat burns on Lake Berryessa
A houseboat went up in flames on Lake Berryessa in Napa County Wednesday, authorities said.The Napa County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post Thursday that its Marine Unit about a houseboat on fire which was docked at the Markley Cove houseboat slips just west of State Road 128 at the east end of the lake.The houseboat was cut loose to prevent the fire from spreading, the Sheriff's Office said. Cal Fire and Capell Fire helped put out the flames and there were injuries. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
Coroner seeks help identifying man found dead on Yolo County trail
YOLO COUNTY, Calif. — The Yolo County Sheriff's Office shared a plea on Wednesday, seeking the public's help in identifying a man found dead last week. Officials said on April 16, a possibly Asian man in his late 70s was found near Yolo Street in West Sacramento. He was lying on a grassy trail adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.
Man suspected of trafficking over 14,000 fentanyl pills into Napa County
An Oakland man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of trafficking more than 14,000 fentanyl pills into Napa County, officials said. The Napa Special Investigations Bureau took Santos Lopez, 28, into custody around noon and he was booked into the Napa County jail. He also had a warrant for arrest out...
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