Yuba Water Agency Doubles First Responder Funding
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Yuba Water Agency Doubles First Responder Funding

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba Water Agency Board of Directors yesterday approved doubling the funding for Bill Shaw Rescue Equipment and Training for first responder agencies in Yuba County, from $10,000 to $20,000 each year.The program launched seven years ago and has resulted in $408,000 total in grants awarded to Yuba County’s first responder agencies.A…

Yellow Fever-Carrying Mosquitoes Detected in Roseville
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Yellow Fever-Carrying Mosquitoes Detected in Roseville

(Roseville, CA) — Mosquitoes carrying yellow fever have been detected in Roseville. The Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were recently found in the Foothills-Junction neighborhood near Central Roseville. The Placer Mosquito and Vector Control District confirms the mosquitoes were detected last Friday.It marks the first such detection of the summer season in Placer County. Officials are reminding…

Triple-Digit Heat Recorded Across Greater Sacramento Region, 103 in Marysville
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Triple-Digit Heat Recorded Across Greater Sacramento Region, 103 in Marysville

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) — Tuesday was officially the first triple-digit day of the year for many cities in Northern California. Sacramento reached a high of 100 degrees, Stockton 102 degrees, Fairfield 103 degrees and Marysville also 103 degrees. The average temperature for the first week of June is 86 degrees.The heat and wind gusts of up…

Suspected DUI Driver Causes Fatal West Yuba City Collision
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Suspected DUI Driver Causes Fatal West Yuba City Collision

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – A suspected DUI driver is believed to be responsible for a fatal collision in west Yuba City Sunday night. The accident also resulted in an additional eight injuries, including a 4-year-old girl in the suspected DUI driver’s vehicle.The Yuba City Police Department reports at around 8:45 Sunday night, 39-year-old Chloe Tokuno-Fraley, driving…

Suspect in Keying 100 Vehicles in Yuba City   Arrested
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Suspect in Keying 100 Vehicles in Yuba City Arrested

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba City Police Department reports a suspect in last month’s mass vehicle vandalism has been located and taken into custody, following an almost month-long investigation and search.Detectives had been trying to track down 23-year-old Pouriya Sahand since May 5th, when predawn that morning and late the night prior, he’d reportedly keyed…

Excessive Heat Warning, Elevated Fire Risk Begins Today
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Excessive Heat Warning, Elevated Fire Risk Begins Today

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) — The Sacramento Valley including the Yuba-Sutter area, Delta and foothills will be under an excessive heat warning from eleven o’clock this morning through eight o’clock Thursday night. Forecasters are calling for highs between 95 and 108 degrees.Tomorrow is expected to be the hottest day of the week, with temperatures in the triple…

National Business & Educational Organization Puts Numerous Local Schools on its Honor Roll
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National Business & Educational Organization Puts Numerous Local Schools on its Honor Roll

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Numerous local schools have made the Educational Results Partnership’s Honor Roll, recognizing schools preparing students with “the fundamental skills needed to be successful in the workforce and in life” according to the Partnership’s announcement.The release goes on to note that only 17% of schools nationwide made this year’s honor roll. Locally, that…

Search Continues for Escaped Oroville Wanted Felon
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Search Continues for Escaped Oroville Wanted Felon

(Oroville, CA) – The Butte County Sheriff’s office reports that the search continues for 25-year-old George Wright of Oroville. Wright escaped on foot after a deputy spotted him driving on Table Mountain Boulevard at Cherokee Road, at around 6:00 Saturday morning, and attempted to pull him over, as he has several felony arrest warrants for…