The Sutter County District Attorney’s office will hire a designated deputy district attorney to prosecute driving under the influence cases, officials tell the media.The California Office of Traffic Safety has awarded Sutter County a$223,000 dollar grant to support a specialized prosecution team thathandles alcohol and drug-impaired driving. The grant program runsthrough September, 2025.
(NORTHERN CALIFORNIA) – The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for Chico and much of Northern California, including Paradise, Redding, Red Bluff, Oroville and Marysville/Yuba City.The watch is in effect from 10 p.m. tonight through 4 a.m. Saturday.Heavy rain is expected to hit the region, with three to six inches ofrainfall is forecasted,…
CHP Yuba Sutter reports that a school bus carrying students crashed into another vehicle near the intersection of S. Walton and Cherry St in Yuba City. Though there were no serious injuries reported, seven students were transported as a precautionary measure. CHP Yuba Sutter did not list the cause of the accident.
At last report, the Centerville Fire in Butte County has consumed around 59 acres of brush in the area of Centerville and Honey Run roads between Chico and ParadiseFire officials confirm forward progress has been stopped. The cause of this fire is still under investigation.
The CHP says Alannah Eastern, 19, of Elk Grove got on Highway 70 northbound on the southbound McGowan Parkway off-ramp. Eastern then crashes head-on into an SUV.The unnamed 47-year-old woman in the second vehicle was killed in the collision, officials confirm. Dorcas Gramajo-Cabrera, 28, of Marysville was a passenger in the SUV and taken to…
(Chico, CA) — The Park Fire near Chico has grown to nearly just under 390-thousand acres, making it California’s fifth-largest wildfire. Sparked last Thursday, the fire has destroyed 300 homes and buildings. The accused arsonist is facing felony charges.Approximately 26-thousand residents from Butte, Tehama, Plumas, and Shasta counties were evacuated, though some have since returned.
(Yuba City)The Yuba City Fire department may have set a record for 2023! But for what you ask? It’s not for how many calls they responded to, or cats they rescued from tress, but rather a unique distinction that is quickly making headlines both locally and throughout the state. Firefighters, and their families, in Yuba City…
(Yuba County)According to FOX 40, Fred the Rottweiler went missing after his family escaped a Christmas morning crash along Hammonton Smartsville Road in Yuba County. Smartsville Fire Protection District reported just before 10:50am on Tuesday, Fred had been found and was reunited.
(OROVILLE) – The Oroville Wildlife Area Outlet Entrance at Larkin Roadis closed for a time after some power lines come down as a result ofa solo crash.Utility crews are dispatched to the scene as well as first responders.Soon the lines are back up the wreckage cleared, no word on anyinjuries or citations in the case.
(BUTTE COUNTY) – A 42-year-old Oroville man admits to a 2021 fatalshooting in Thermalito. Zachary Hutcheson pleads no contest to themurder with the use of a firearm charge in Butte County Superior Court.We reported the attack back in December of 2021, which happened along Feather Avenue. Deputies responded to reports of the shooting and found…
