(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Alexis Schoel of Yuba City, majoring in mechanical engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, has earned a $5,000 Better Together STEM Scholarship, one of only sixty awarded this year from PG&E.Alexis in the announcement notes they are “a first generation college student” and that the scholarship will give them “the opportunity…
(Sacramento, CA) — Northern California faces continued elevated fire risks due to high temperatures, some gusty winds, and low humidity. Residents are urged to avoid activities that could ignite blazes, especially in at-risk areas.Cal OES Fire Chief Brian Marshall says the fuel conditions also make it more likely fires will spread. According to the National…
(Undated) — Researchers and health officials are seeing a rise in a virus that causes paralysis in children. Enterovirus D68 is a respiratory illness that, in rare cases, can cause paralysis that doctors compare to polio.An analysis of 17 wastewater sites in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose resulted in detection…
(NORTHERN CALIFORNIA) – The bodies of two men are found inside a vehicle…submerged in the Glenn Colusa Canal.The CHP confirms…it is connected to a recent Silver Alert missing persons case. Back in July…Yuba City Police reported James Adams, 89, and Ronny Adams, 57…were considered missing…”at-risk”…from medical conditions requiring ongoing treatment.Then, 11 days later…we reported…a Glenn…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Local law enforcement agencies and The Appeal-Democrat report the following arrests by local law enforcement:32-year-old Alexis Zavala of the 400 block of Woodridge Avenue in Yuba City was arrested by the Yuba City Police Department Sunday under suspicion of child abuse and inflicting corporal injury to a spouse or partner.27-year-old Roberto Martinez…
(Butte County, CA) – In Butte County Court, 33-year-old Greg Dudley of Gridley pled no contest to drowning a deer in the Sacramento River.A witness called in an anonymous tip that they were fishing with Dudley “and others” according to a D.A. press release and that when Dudley saw the deer swimming across the river,…
(Oroville, CA) – The Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of 61-year-old Ray Moore Jr. of Oroville, for fentanyl & meth possession, following an attempted traffic stop and brief vehicle pursuit that ended in a field on Lincoln Boulevard.Agents seized 3 ounces of fentanyl, 1/3rd of an ounce of meth and $3,000 in…
(Paradise, CA) – Authorities have released the names of the murder victim and suspect in an investigation into a shooting.It occurred at around 2:20 Saturday morning as officers responded to a 911 call reporting shots fired at the intersection of Pentz Road & Drayer Drive. When they arrived there were “several people present” including 21-year-old…
(El Dorado Hills, CA) — Oak Ridge High School in El Dorado Hills issued a shelter-in-place Monday morning after reports of a mountain lion sighting. District officials say the order was lifted by noon after no mountain lion was found.The California Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed a second report of a sighting and dispatched…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) — Fall is underway, and officials say it’s important to be ready for peak wildfire season in California. Some of the biggest, most damaging, and deadliest fires have happened during the fall months in recent years.One of the largest autumn wildfires was the September 2020 Creek fire. It burned over 370-thousand acres and…
