(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….
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) — It’s about to be cold and windy with a chance of rain the rest of the week in Sacramento. National Weather Service officials say rain is expected today and tomorrow morning with highs in the upper-40s to low-50s.Rain continues on Friday morning.
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…
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.
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…
(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…
(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…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – A release from AIM Consulting reports the Yuba-Sutter Transit Authority will be conducting it’s second Community Open House this week. The public is invited to this event at 915 8th Street in Marysville, and it scheduled for two installments this afternoon: The first will be from 2:00 until 4:00, the second from…
(Lincoln, CA) — A new concert venue is opening for the first time in Placer County.Legendary rock band the Eagles will be the first act to perform in “The Venue” at Thunder Valley Casino Resort. The place can fit up to 45-hundred people. Bruno Mars is performing on Saturday and Santana will take the stage…
(Shasta County, CA) — Pacific Gas and Electric company officials pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges related to the deadly 2020 Zogg Fire. The utility company was accused of causing the fire in Shasta County that killed four people.A jury trial is set for June 6th.
