(Nevada County, CA) – The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office reports that with assistance from Yuba County SWAT, they have taken 39-year-old Joe Woodruff into custody at his Oregon House residence in the 13,000 block of Licha Lane.He is facing multiple charges both in Nevada and Yuba Counties, including battery causing serious injury, sale & transport…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – At 7:15 last evening, Cal Fire declared the Sicard Fire fully contained at 13 acres. No injuries reported and no structures were impacted.There is currently just one active wildfire in California, in Fresno county where the Orange fire is reported 40% contained at 108 acres. No injuries, damage or destruction of structures…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Caltrans is providing an update on slide removal work on HWY 70 through the Feather River Canyon. While it remains closed between the Greenville Wye & Jarbo Gap, there are 3 opening times daily: 6:30 and 11:30 in the morning and 5:30 in the afternoon.The closure is approximately 50 miles long and…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – In Yuba County Court, 30-year-old Dominik Oshay Cash has been sentenced to 21-to-life after being found guilty of the 2nd degree murder of Dawn Loralee Ritter of Marysville in January of 2021.A release from the Yuba County D.A. says Cash led CHP officers on a high speed chase, running a red light…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Cal Fire reports the Sicard Fire is 80% contained now, and unchanged at 13 acres for over 24 hours. No structures damaged or destroyed and no injuries reported.The Yuba County Office of Emergency Services posted yesterday that all mandatory evacuations orders were lifted. However, “this is not an invitation to check out…
(SCSO release) — On April 10, 2023, at approximately 2319 hours, Deputy Harrison was on patrol in the area of Live Oak Boulevard and Eager Road when he observed a black 2002 Honda Accord traveling south on Live Oak Boulevard. Deputy Harrison noted the vehicle had an American flag license plate frame that partially covered…
(Sacramento, CA) — The California Classic Summer League will be held at the Golden 1 Center. The three-day event features six teams, including the Sacramento Kings, the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers.Event organizers say Summer League play has different rules, with ten minute quarters instead of 12 minutes. The event is from July…
(Oroville, CA) – The search for an Oroville murder suspect continues. Police responded to reports of shots fired just before midnight Tuesday, in the 3000 block of Myers street, between B and C streets, according to Action News, which reports no information has been provided about either the victim or the suspect.
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The area’s first wildfire of the season has forced mandatory evacuations in the Smartsville area. The Sicard Fire was sparked at around 3:00 yesterday afternoon along Sicard Flat Road & Wondering Way, north of HWY 20 between Smartsville and Browns Valley.By 3:15, mandatory evacuations were ordered in zone E065 with evacuation warnings…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – In Federal Court in Sacramento yesterday, 50-year-old Brent Hooten of Marysville pled guilty to distributing child pornography and sexually exploiting a child. The plea announcement says the FBI investigation produced evidence that in May of 2021, Hooten “distributed images of a child under the age of 12 engaged in sexually explicit conduct…
