Yolo County Sheriff’s Lt. Sam Machado and his wife Tammy Machado — also a Sheriff’s Office employee — own the rural compound in Esparto. Craig Cutright, the listed owner of BlackStar Fireworks, worked ...

Yolo County Sheriff Tom Lopez provided an update on Facebook regarding his office's involvement in the Oakdale fire investigation, offering the community some insight after an explosion left ...

Nearly two weeks after the deadly explosion at a fireworks facility in Esparto, Yolo County Sheriff Tom Lopez clarified his agency's involvement in the investigation and the close connection of ...

The investigation into the Esparto fireworks explosion, which resulted in seven deaths, is under scrutiny due to concerns about the involvement of the Yolo County Sheriff's Office and potential ...

Yolo County officials want the state attorney general's office to join the investigation into a deadly fireworks explosion at a pyrotechnic company facility due to what many locals see as a ...

One month ago, on July 1, just before 6 p.m., a fire and subsequent explosion at a fireworks storage facility in Esparto ...

Two Yolo County Sheriff's Office employees who lived at the site of a deadly fireworks warehouse explosion in Esparto have been placed on administrative leave, according to Sheriff Tom Lopez, who also ...

The Yolo County Sheriff’s Office recused itself more recently, due to the fact that the property where the explosion occurred is owned by Lt. Sam Machado, a 20-plus-year veteran who runs field ...

On Friday, Yolo County Chair Mary Vixie Sandy wrote to Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta's office asking that he join the investigation over a "strong public perception of conflicts" with the Sheriff's Office ...

Yolo County officials want the state attorney general's office to join the investigation into a deadly fireworks explosion at a pyrotechnic company facility due to what many locals see as a ...

Dr. Mary Vixie Sandy said the board was making the request due to "strong public perception of conflicts" with the Yolo County Sheriff's Office.