(Nevada County, CA) — Evacuation orders and warnings are in place as a wildfire burns in Nevada County. The Sheriff’s Department says the Highway Fire started Wednesday near Washington Road and Highway 20.Tahoe National Forest says the fire is 25 acres in size and is five-percent contained.
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba County Sheriff’s office reports an arson arrest in Plumas Lake. Deputies responded last Friday night to a call for “a mental health concern” according to a release. As they arrived on the scene at Secret Lake Trail, two homes were on fire and the Linda Fire Department was called.Although no…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – After almost four years, sentencing has been scheduled for 52-year-old Miguel Gamez-Perez of Olivehurst, in connection with a DUI causing injury and failure to appear.With a DUI conviction already on his record, the night of December 9th, 2019, Gamez-Perez drove his pickup into the back of a vehicle stopped at a red…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Select members of the public took a sneak preview tour of the new Feather River Temple yesterday, with an open house for the public set to begin Saturday at 3 p.m.The temple’s groundbreaking was in the summer of 2020, and the completed version encompasses over 9 acres, with 41,000 square-feet and as…
(Wheatland, CA) — Stand-up comedian DL Hughley is performing next month at the Hard Rock Live venue in Wheatland. His show is on Friday September 22 at 8 p.m. Event organizers for Hard Rock Live describe Hughley’s stand up as politically savvy.
(Sacramento, CA) — Madonna’s concert stop in Sacramento has a new date. The legendary singer had to reschedule her Northern America shows because of a recent hospitalization for a serious bacterial infection.Ticket website Live Nation says her show at the Golden 1 Center is on February 24th. Live Nation says previously scheduled tickets will be…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Yuba County Public Health has confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus infection in Yuba county this year.As of August 11th, fourteen human West Nile virus cases were confirmed in California. That includes one in Butte County, which locally, has delt with the worst of human cases of the virus,…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Recology has been recognized with a national award for its state of the art compost operation in Wheatland, receiving the National Waste and Recycling Association’s Organics Management Facility of the Year award.The compost created at Recology Ostrom Organics is approved for use on organic soil and the award was presented for Recology…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – A fundraiser for special needs children is scheduled for this coming Saturday, as the annual Bistro in the Buttes event takes place at 10:30, in the Artisan Community Garden adjacent to the Sutter County Library.The event is hosted by Family SOUP, a local nonprofit for children with special needs. The Appeal-Democrat reports…
(Sacramento, CA) — The late Carrie Fisher and Vin Scully headline the latest round of inductees into the California Hall of Fame. The exhibit at the California Museum in Sacramento announced seven new members on Monday, all inducted posthumously.The 16th class of inductees also includes singer Etta James, pilot and physicist Maggie Gee, actress and…
