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Sutter County Mother & Infant Son Killed in DUI Double-Fatal

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – CHP Yuba-Sutter is investigating a double-fatal suspected DUI collision Monday night at around 10:15. The accident occurred at HWY 20 just east of Acacia Avenue as witnesses told officers 43-year-old Francisco Jauregui of Yuba City crossed the double yellow lines, colliding head on with a vehicle driven by 25-year-old Maria Flores Soto…

Yuba-Sutter Chamber Announces New Executive Director
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Yuba-Sutter Chamber Announces New Executive Director

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba-Sutter Chamber of Commerce has announced their choice for new Executive Director to takeover for Marni Sanders who, after six years, has accepted the leadership role for Blue Zones Project Yuba-Sutter: Kristen Perry, who for the last year, has been the Chamber’s Membership and Marketing Coordinator.Perry has focused her career on…

Multiple Vehicle Collision – Including Big Rigs – Snarls Traffic in Gridley
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Multiple Vehicle Collision – Including Big Rigs – Snarls Traffic in Gridley

(Gridley, CA) – Follow up on the multiple vehicle collision KUBA reported on yesterday morning in Gridley.The northbound lanes on HWY 99 were shut down for cleanup and investigation from around 6:30 until 8:00, near the Dollar General, after the four vehicle collision involving two big-rigs, a pickup and a sedan.No injuries were reported and…

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Fewer Babies Born in Sacramento Region

(Sacramento, CA) — The pandemic accelerated a decline in births in the Sacramento region. New state figures show the downward trend continues, dropping about four-percent last year, according to the Department of Public Health. That’s about a thousand fewer babies in 2022.Falling birth rates can lead to school closures and, in the long-term, labor shortages….

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Murder Suspect Pleads Not Guilty

Juan Rodriguez-Gil who was arrested for suspected murder andassault, pleads not guilty.Rodriguez-Gil was arrested in November in connection toa July Palermo murder and injury after trying to reenter California fromMexico. Prosecutors say several shots were fired during a marijuanasale.One person was wounded and taken to the hospital where he later died. A second person was…

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Yuba Sutter Transit Workshop

Officials with Yuba-Sutter Transit say there will be avirtual public workshop Thursday to discuss possible passenger railservice that could include areas such as Marysville and Plumas Lake.Officials received a “Caltrans Strategic Partnership Transit grant tostudy what is needed to bring passenger rail service” from the Natomasarea in Sacramento to Butte County.

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Arrest in Oroville

Butte County deputies arrest 65-year-old, Carl Young ofOroville for willful discharge of a firearm in a grossly negligentmanner.Dispatch got several 911 calls about shots being fired in the 3000 blockof Oroville Bangor Highway. When officers arrive several witnessestold them bullets were hitting their homes and vehicles.They say it was a shotgun at the party. State…

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Sutter Count Supervisors Approve ARPA Funds for Fire Protection

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved $1.3-million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to “stabilize services and positions” for the County Fire Department through next year. According to The Appeal-Democrat, Sutter County received just shy of $19-million in federal ARPA funds two years ago, and has “spent or…

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Dead Bobcat in Butte County Test Positive for Bird Flu

(Butte County, CA) – The California Department of Fish & Wildlife reports that a bobcat found dead late last year in Butte County has tested positive for the highly pathogenic Eurasian strain of avian influenza H5N1 – the first detection of the virus in a wild mammal in our state.The bobcat was GPS-collared as part…