(YWA release) — Yuba Water Agency’s Board of Directors today committed $200,000 to help the North Yuba Water District upgrade a deteriorating wooden flume that delivers water for residential and agricultural use in the Yuba County foothills. The funds will cover the construction of a new, inverted siphon to replace the aging Hell for Stout…
(Yolo County, CA) — Today, P-G-and-E is considering public safety power shutoffs that would impact more than 42-hundred customers in eight Northern California counties. The power shutoffs would impact people in Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Napa, Shasta, Tehama and Yolo Counties.Two tribal communities, the Grindstone Rancheria and Pit River Tribes, may also be impacted.It comes…
(Dobbins, CA) – Another successful investigation by the Yuba County Marijuana Eradication Team. Search warrants were served last Thursday morning in Dobbins: One, in the 15000 block of Pecan Lane where six greenhouses held over 1,500 plants. The other in the 15000 block of Winther Way, where agents found 286 plants over 8 feet tall….
(Browns Valley, CA) – 34-year-old Jim Fiske of Browns Valley has pled no contest to arson for setting fires in the area of Scott Grant Road on June 15th, resulting in the Scott Fire. That blaze grew to 115 acres before Cal Fire crews contained it. No structures were impacted and no one was injured.Fiske…
(Wheatland, CA) – The Wheatland Police Department reports a domestic violence & criminal threats arrest last Friday.In addition to the arrest, WPD officers also seized “a Ruger 10/22 and around 1000 rounds of 22LR” according to a Facebook post from the agency.The name of the suspect has not been provided at this time.
(Colusa County, CA) – The Colusa County Sheriff’s office reports a missing woman has been found safe and unharmed.78-year-old Judith Ann Isola was found “alive in a rice field” according to a news release, off Four Mile Road, at around 1:30 last Friday afternoon. That was over 24 hours after her husband and son reported…
(Truckee, CA) — There are no reports of injuries or damage after a preliminary magnitude 3.4 earthquake centered near Truckee. The earthquake hit at 9:20 Sunday night. It was centered nine miles southeast of Truckee and about 21 miles north-northwest of South Lake Tahoe.The U.S. Geological Survey says people reported feeling it in those two…
(Palmdale, CA) — The search continues for suspects in the deadly ambush shooting of a L.A. County Sheriff’s deputy in Palmdale. A candlelight vigil was held Sunday night for Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, who was found with gunshot wounds in his patrol vehicle last Saturday evening. He was pronounced dead at an area hospital.Sheriff’s officials say…
(Sacramento, CA) – In Federal Court in Sacramento yesterday, 29-year-old Billy Glyn Sims Jr. of Yuba City pled guilty to federal charges of illegally selling guns and being a felon in possession of firearms.U.S. District Attorney Phillip Talbert issued a press release announcing the plea following an investigation that gathered evidence of sims Jr., between…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Unlike previous Saturday night DUI checkpoints this month in Marysville and Yuba City, the Yuba City Police Department reports it will be conducting such this Sunday.Officers will be on the lookout for impaired drivers, at an undisclosed location, Sunday evening beginning at 7:00, and continuing until 1:00 early Monday morning. Impaired is…
