(Butte County, CA) – 44-year-old Josh Emerson of Cohasset pled not guilty in Butte County Court yesterday, to looting a vehicle and tools from a neighbor’s shop building, while the community was under mandatory evacuation orders, due to the Park Fire. Emerson’s co-defendant, 41-year-old Rose Sutton’s next court appearance is scheduled for October 4th. Then,…
(Butte County, CA) — The Park Fire, burning across more than 427-thousand-acres in Lassen National Forest, remains 34-percent contained as of late Thursday. The blaze, which has been exacerbated by hot and dry conditions, is spreading northeast.Forecasters predict cooler temperatures and higher humidity in the coming days, which could aid firefighting efforts.The Park Fire is…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – A multi-agency, Yuba County based pedophile sting operation has resulted in the arrests of 14 alleged sex offenders. That includes Timothy Bond, Roberto Orocio and Joshua Norberg of Yuba City, along with Steven Cherms and Kevin Gipson of Oroville.A Yuba City Police detective tells The Appeal-Democrat that over the course of three…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba County Sheriff’s office reports they are “happy to confirm” that a missing 16-year-old at Camp Far West, Mikhael Nazorov, has been located “alive and well.”The Yuba County Search & Rescue Team found him yesterday afternoon at around 1:00, along the south side of the lake. He had gone missing Tuesday…
(Butte County, CA) – A wildfire broke out late yesterday afternoon in Robinson Mill, at Dickerson & Purple Rock Lanes. Cal Fire tanker 93 from the Chico Air Attack Base was first on the scene of the Purple Fire, making a retardant drop ahead of the blaze. That significantly slowed the spread of the blaze.At…
(Chico, CA) — Cal Fire downgraded the size of the Park Fire on Wednesday, as the containment level continues to rise. Officials say the blaze had controlled roughly 422-thousand-950 acres by Wednesday evening, which is down from 425-thousand-725 acres earlier in the day. Containment currently sits at 34-percent.Evacuation updates remain dynamic as some warnings have…
(Sutter County Probation Department release) — After receiving information of two individuals on probation possibly being in possession of firearms, residing in the Feather River bottoms, with ties to both Yuba and Sutter County, our officers coordinated a special detail on August 1, 2024.With the assistance of the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office Problem-Oriented Policing (POP)…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Follow up to a fatal collision KUBA reported on Monday morning.The Sutter County Coroner has identified the victim as 54-year-old Felipe De Jesus A Castellano of Williams. He was driving a full-sized pickup east on HWY 20 at around 5:10 Monday morning. According to the CHP, while attempting to pass just west…
(Sacramento, CA) – In Federal Court in Sacramento. 22-year-old Sukhmanpreet Singh Jawanda of Yuba City has been sentenced to ten years for trafficking fentanyl & firearms, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of California.Two years ago, Jawanda sold fentanyl and six firearms to an undercover agent. He…
(Yuba Water release) — Construction of a 5-megawatt biomass plant near Dobbins is set to begin with funds approved today by Yuba Water! The plant will process woody material from forest restoration projects in the Yuba River watershed, speeding up efforts to improve forest health and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire.“As we watch the…
