(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba City Police Department has announced they have been awarded a $120,000 grant from the State Office of Traffic Safety for a variety of enforcement and education programs designed to reduce fatal and serious injury collisions.Through September of next year, the money will go toward increased DUI checkpoints & patrols, distracted…
The Yuba City Police Department reports several street closures Friday, as the annual Our Lady of Fatima procession takes place, beginning at 5:45 that afternoon. The procession is only expected to last around 45 minutes, according to The Appeal-Democrat and will be followed by a Mass at St. Isidore Catholic Church.The procession will affect traffic…
(Sacramento, CA) – A couple of bills authored by our Representative in the State Assembly, James Gallagher, in cooperation with Sutter and Butte County officials, have been signed into law. The bills are described as “another open door for rural fire suppression and medical response services” according to a media release from the county.Assembly Bills…
(Oroville, CA) – A high-risk traffic stop in Oroville late yesterday afternoon resulted in two car theft arrests. Officers were dispatched at 4:10 to the area of Table Mountain Boulevard at the city limits when one of their recently installed automated license plate readers alerted on a Honda Civic reported stolen out of South Oroville…
(Palm Desert, CA) — Former Major League Baseball MVP Steve Garvey wants to work in Washington. Garvey has announced he will run for the U.S. Senate seat recently held by the late Dianne Feinstein. In a video announcing his candidacy, the 74-year-old Garvey says he is a Republican but wants to work with Democrats and…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba County Sheriff’s office reports over an ounce of meth seized and an arrest made during an overnight traffic stop.Deputy Spiers pulled over Dwight Cariker on Rancho Road between Ostrom & Virginia Roads. Cariker was arrested and booked into the Yuba County Jail.
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Yuba College, in partnership with the Yuba Water Agency, is hosting the premier of a new documentary titled “California’s Watershed Healing.” It highlights specifically the Yuba River, its watershed and significance to our local economy and recreation.The free screening takes place tomorrow at 5:00 pm at the Yuba College Theater on the…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The City of Yuba City issued a press release yesterday announcing the appointment of Ann Gillen as the new Community Services Director. However, she has apparently already been on the job for a month now, since September 2nd, according to that release.Gillen takes over for Brad McIntire who retired effective September 1st….
(Sacramento, CA) — The California Public Utilities Commission is proposing a 45-million-dollar penalty against PG and E in connection with the 2021 Dixie Fire. The more than 963-thousand-acre fire started after a tree made contact with PG and E equipment north of Cresta Dam. It ended up being the second-largest wildfire in the state’s history.The…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – After five years of delays, the Sutter County DA reports 44-year-old Parmvir Singh Gosal of Tracy pled guilty to sword attack charges, filed following the 2018 Yuba City Sikh Parade. He also pled guilty to a related charge of beating a key witness at a target store in Lathrop, June 8th 2019.Gosel’s…
