(Arbuckle, CA) – An Arbuckle crop duster pilot has been killed in a crash in Modoc County.69-year-old Peter Spyres, of Arbuckle, was with Jones Flying Service out of Biggs. His aircraft crashed at around 2:45 yesterday afternoon between the towns of Alturas and Likely in the northeast corner of California, near the Nevada border.The accident…
(Sacramento, CA) — California state employees are being required back in office. Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration announced Wednesday that all state employees are now required to work at least two days a week in office, beginning in June.Cabinet Secretary Ann Patterson cited the dwindling COVID pandemic as the reason, with a standard policy needed for…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Sheriff’s office has issued a press release reporting deputies responded “at around midnight” Monday night to a report of a man with a pickaxe and crowbar causing a disturbance, in the 900 block of O Street in Live Oak.47-year-old Vertis Wheeler of Live Oak approached the deputies, who held…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Caltrans is shuttling down the Meridian Bridge from 9 until noon today, resulting in a three hour closure of HWY 20, from the bridge to the Sutter / Colusa County line.The unique center-swing-rim-bearing-castle-stayed bridge is undergoing its annual inspection. It was built in 1977 and is the only one of its kind…
(Orland, CA) – To our north in Orland, both Orland and North Valley High Schools were locked down at 10:30 yesterday morning, after the district office received a report that a student brought a gun to the Orland high school campus.The gun turned out to be a BB gun and was not discharged at any…
(Inglewood, CA) — A Sacramento State University student is missing in Southern California.Twenty-three-year-old Noelle M. Lynch was last seen last Wednesday, walking away from an apartment building in Inglewood. Police say she left without any personal belongings or identification.
(Sacramento, CA) — A bill to hold package thieves accountable is moving out of the California Assembly Public Safety committee on it’s way to possible passage. Evan Low’s new bill will make it a crime to enter the vicinity of a home with the intent to commit theft of any shipped packages. It creates a…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba City Police Department reports the arrests of two San Francisco men in suspicion of shoplifting: 23-year-old Ugur Gelturn and 24-year-old Halil Birlickler were taken into custody at 4:00 last Friday afternoon and booked into the Sutter County Jail.No additional details are available at this time.
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – A traffic advisory for commuters in the Linda area, as traffic signal improvement work continues today at that intersection.A release from Yuba County says to “expect delays or plan an alternate route” during construction, which is scheduled from 8:00 this morning until 5:00 this afternoon.
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Parts of HWY 20 at the Meridian Bridge will be closed tomorrow for the annual Caltrans inspection of that span. The Appeal-Democrat reports the roadway will be completely closed “at the Meridian Bridge from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday near the border of Sutter and Colusa counties.” Caltrans oversees over 26,000…
