Excessive Heat Warning, Elevated Fire Risk Begins Today
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Excessive Heat Warning, Elevated Fire Risk Begins Today

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) — The Sacramento Valley including the Yuba-Sutter area, Delta and foothills will be under an excessive heat warning from eleven o’clock this morning through eight o’clock Thursday night. Forecasters are calling for highs between 95 and 108 degrees.Tomorrow is expected to be the hottest day of the week, with temperatures in the triple…

National Business & Educational Organization Puts Numerous Local Schools on its Honor Roll
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National Business & Educational Organization Puts Numerous Local Schools on its Honor Roll

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Numerous local schools have made the Educational Results Partnership’s Honor Roll, recognizing schools preparing students with “the fundamental skills needed to be successful in the workforce and in life” according to the Partnership’s announcement.The release goes on to note that only 17% of schools nationwide made this year’s honor roll. Locally, that…

Search Continues for Escaped Oroville Wanted Felon
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Search Continues for Escaped Oroville Wanted Felon

(Oroville, CA) – The Butte County Sheriff’s office reports that the search continues for 25-year-old George Wright of Oroville. Wright escaped on foot after a deputy spotted him driving on Table Mountain Boulevard at Cherokee Road, at around 6:00 Saturday morning, and attempted to pull him over, as he has several felony arrest warrants for…

Heat Wave Touching Down In Yuba-Sutter This Week
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Heat Wave Touching Down In Yuba-Sutter This Week

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) — Extreme heat is in the forecast for California this week. An excessive heat watch is in effect from Tuesday morning through Thursday evening for much of Northern California, with Wednesday expected to be the hottest day.A system of high pressure is coming from the Pacific — mainly from the tropics — and…

Newsom Signs Health Worker Minimum Wage Law
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Newsom Signs Health Worker Minimum Wage Law

(Sacramento, CA) — California healthcare workers will be seeing a bump in their paycheck, but they’ll have to wait a bit longer. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the one-month delay to California’s new 25-dollars hourly minimum wage for health care workers on Friday.Under the new law, the pay increase will take effect July 1st instead of…

Yuba City Man Sought for Alleged Sierra County Burglary
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Yuba City Man Sought for Alleged Sierra County Burglary

(Sierra County, CA) – The Sierra County Sheriff’s office reports they are looking for Joshua Paulin “believed to be in the Dobbins area” according to SierraDailyNews.com. Paulin is wanted in connection to a reported break-in and burglary at the Telegraph Mine. The mine’s owner tells investigators two men were stealing tools and fled when he…

More Federal Funds for the Sites Reservoir Project
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More Federal Funds for the Sites Reservoir Project

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sites Reservoir Project has received another infusion of federal funding with the U.S. Department of the Interior announcing yesterday a $67-million commitment.Although that brings the total of federal & state pledges to a total nearing a billion dollars or so, it’s less than one quarter of the projected $6.4-billion costs for…

CA To See First Heat Wave Of 2024 Arrive Early Next Week
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CA To See First Heat Wave Of 2024 Arrive Early Next Week

(Sacramento, CA) — California is bracing for the first heat wave of the year. And it’s coming earlier than usual. Temperatures are on track to soar ten to 15 degrees above normal next week, from Wednesday through Friday in the Sacramento Valley, including the Yuba-Sutter area.National Weather Service meteorologists say a system of high pressure…

Former Professor Sentence For Setting Multiple Fires Blocking Firefighter Response To Dixie Fire
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Former Professor Sentence For Setting Multiple Fires Blocking Firefighter Response To Dixie Fire

(Sacramento, CA) — A former California professor will spend time behind bars for starting multiple fires that blocked firefighters responding to the 2021 Dixie Fire. Gary Stephen Maynard, a former criminal justice professor at Sonoma State University, was sentenced Thursday to five years and three months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered…