(Sacramento, CA) — Mayors from the 13 largest cities in California are meeting at the State Capitol to demand funding for housing and homelessness. The group is urging lawmakers and Governor Gavin Newsom to set aside two-billion dollars in funding every year for the state’s homeless housing program.The state hasn’t earmarked any more than a…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – A Yuba City family is seeking to have the current murder charge against a 16-year-old reduced, in the shooting death of his 15-year-old brother at a residence on Gray Avenue last week.The family, requesting the brother’s last names not be used, told CBS-13 in Sacramento at a vigil, identified the shooter as…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba City Police Department annual Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony takes place this morning, beginning at 1:00. it will be in the front parking lot of the department on Poole Boulevard.The public is encouraged to attend, and join in remembering and honoring those who have given all.The Yuba City Memorial is a…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Yuba Water Agency is announcing they’ll “soon break ground” on a new administration building on Marysville Road in Oregon House. A press release issued yesterday says construction is expected to begin before the end of this month and be completed by spring of 2025.Yuba Water’s Board of Directors approved the $35.5-million project,…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – A framework agreement between local, state and federal agencies was announced yesterday to reopen the Yuba River above Daguerre Point Dam to over 10 miles of river habitat to salmon, steelhead & sturgeon.A press release from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife says it would allow, most notably, “imperiled spring-run Chinook…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – CHP Yuba-Sutter is seeking the public’s help in tracking down the driver who hit and killed a pedestrian. The accident occurred Friday night on Forty Mile Road south of HWY 65 near the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Wheatland.A 78-year-old Olivehurst man, whose identity has not been released at this time,…
(Oroville, CA) – Las Plumas High School was locked down for several hours yesterday morning, starting at around 8:00, when the school received a phone call threatening to bring a gun to campus. Staff contacted law enforcement and the school was immediately put on lock-down.The principal tells Action News the caller used a text-to-voice app…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Fire Department is informing residents in the area of the Sutter Buttes that the annual burn ban goes into effect at 5:00 this Friday afternoon.The release notes “as always persons within the burn ban area may receive a special burn permit “ pending a site inspection.
(Colfax, CA) — The Placer County Sheriff’s Office is urging people to avoid swimming in the North Fork American River after two men were swept away in recent weeks.A man from the Bay Area was swept away in the Colfax area on Sunday afternoon and still hasn’t been found. Another man from the Sacramento area…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Among the items on the agenda for tomorrow’s Yuba Water Agency Board of Directors meeting, is a vote on an emergency contract for repair of the Ostrom Road sinkhole, that would waive the customary bidding process.The agenda item notes that speed is of the essence as the sinkhole “represents a clear and…
