Butte County Reports Second Human West Nile Virus Infection
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Butte County Reports Second Human West Nile Virus Infection

(Butte County, CA) – The Butte County Health Department is reporting their second human West Nile virus infection of the year: A patient over the age of 60, with moderate fever and fatigue symptoms.There have been nine human West Nile virus cases confirmed state-wide this year, including two in Yuba County and one each in…

Prosecutors Recommend Over 6 Years for Yuba City Woman in Church Scam
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Prosecutors Recommend Over 6 Years for Yuba City Woman in Church Scam

(Sacramento, CA) – Federal prosecutors have submitted their sentencing recommendation for Chanell Easton, the former Yuba City woman who pled guilty to wire fraud and then was convicted of aggregated identity theft. The ID theft enabled her to embezzle $361,000 from St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, where she worked. Prosecutors are seeking the maximum allowable sentence…

Police Looking For Additional Victims of Sex Offender
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Police Looking For Additional Victims of Sex Offender

(Sacramento, CA) — The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office believes there may be more victims of a registered sex offender who was arrested back in February. Forty-four-year-old Scott Prange was arrested at a shopping center in Rancho Cordova, after a store clerk saw him shopping for a promise ring with a 15-year-old girl and alerted police.Investigators…

Guilty Plea in DUI Death of Lindhurst Football Coach
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Guilty Plea in DUI Death of Lindhurst Football Coach

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – In Yuba County Superior Court, 50-year-old Larry Lee Anderson, Jr. of Plumas Lake has pled guilty to murder, DUI causing injury and hit & run, in exchange for an agreement he’ll be sentenced to 15 to life, avoiding the maximum sentence of 18 to life.Back on February 26th, Anderson attempted a pass…

Local Air Quality Alert Due to Olivehurst Fire
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Local Air Quality Alert Due to Olivehurst Fire

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Sutter County Public Health, Yuba County Public Health, and the Feather River Air Quality Management District are issuing an air quality health advisory due to a fire at a wood waste recycling facility in Olivehurst.The fire is expected to reduce local air quality through tomorrow.Current air quality conditions are in the moderate…

Park Fire Update
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Park Fire Update

(Butte County, CA) – Cal Fire reports the Park Fire is now 39% contained, up a percentage point from yesterday, at 429,263 acres.Destruction totals are unchanged from yesterday: 428 structures destroyed in Butte County, 213 in Tehama County.Official continue to report no injuries so far.