(YWA release) – Tim Truong, Yuba Water Agency’s chief dam safety engineer, has been elected to the board of directors for the United States Society on Dams, a leading organization dedicated to advancing the safe and sustainable operation of dams and levees and building a solid community of dam management professionals. Truong will serve a…
(Chico, CA) – CHP reports that on the north edge of our listening area, a pedestrian was hit and killed by a big-rig. The accident occurred late Sunday night at 11:07, on southbound HWY 99 at Esplanade.The driver, 49-year-old Eliasar Seadler of Oroville pulled to the right shoulder immediately after the collision. Both lanes were blocked…
(Roseville, CA) — A landmark fentanyl-related trial is getting underway in Placer County.On Monday, the jury was selected in the trial of a 20-year-old man facing homicide charges after a person overdosed on fentanyl in December of 2021. This is the first time someone in Placer County is going on trial for murder in a…
(Davis, CA) — The man accused of killing two people and seriously injuring a third person in a series of stabbing attacks in Davis is back in a courtroom.On Monday, prosecutors began presenting evidence for a judge to decide whether former U.C. Davis student Carlos Dominguez should stand trial for the stabbing spree last April….
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – CHP reports a pedestrian was killed late Saturday night. The accident occurred just before 11:00 when 61-year-old Fred Bowerman of Oroville was driving a Chevy Trailblazer north on HWY 70 in Yuba County, and hit a pedestrian who “crossed into the direct path of travel, and was struck, causing fatal injuries.”The identity…
(CHP Oroville release) – Around 4:00 AM, on February 24, 2024, officers from the Oroville CHP responded to a distress call reporting a solo vehicle traffic collision on Kusel Road and Custer Lane in an unincorporated area of Butte County.Upon arrival at the scene, officers discovered a vehicle with a deceased female still inside. Subsequent…
(Sacramento, CA) — A man is behind bars after leading Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase in North Highlands. But, he may have done more than just run from the law on Saturday night. Investigators believe he may have also been impersonating a deputy.The man, who was driving a stolen Ford Crown Victoria,…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Follow up to the school bus collision KUBA reported on during yesterday morning’s commute: CHP reports at around 7:30, in heavy fog, the Meridian school bus driver (with 19 students on board), 64-year-old William Rickett of Marysville – with the rooftop fog strobe activated, – was at a stop-sign on South Tarke…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Fire Department reports that they, with assistance from Pleasant Grove, East Nicolaus and Yuba County crews, rescued an employee from a silo at Van Dyke’s Rice Dryer on Wednesday. The employee had reportedly fallen in from the top of the silo. Once rescued, the victim was taken to the…
(Oroville, CA) – Three CHP officers were injured during a chase and arrest in Oroville yesterday morning.The incident began at around 7:45 when an officer attempted to pull over Joshua Ivarson of Chico for a traffic violation at Ophir Road & Feather River Road. Ivarson sped off crashing into multiple fences and intentionally hitting a…
