Drive-By Yuba City Shooting Prompts Response from PG&E
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Drive-By Yuba City Shooting Prompts Response from PG&E

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – A drive-by shooting late Saturday night in the 600 block of Queens Avenue in Yuba City prompted a response from PG&E.No people were hit by gunfire, however, a gas meter was, so the Yuba City Fire Department was called in to shut off the gas, while PG&E responded to repair the meter.Officers…

Yuba City Man Arrested in Farm Equipment Theft
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Yuba City Man Arrested in Farm Equipment Theft

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Sheriff’s office reports a Yuba City man has been arrested following detective’s investigation into farming equipment, reported stolen, in the area of HWY 113 and Everglade Road, a week ago today.The stolen equipment has been recovered and 38-year-old Ricky Singh Lasher was taken into custody.

Wanted Yuba City Man Caught After “Low Speed Pursuit”
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Wanted Yuba City Man Caught After “Low Speed Pursuit”

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – A man wanted by the Yuba City Police Department for domestic violence was taken into custody Saturday, following an attempted traffic stop in Marysville. The Yuba County Sheriff’s Public Information Officer tells The Appeal-Democrat that 38-year-old Robert Hubbard led deputies on a “short low speed pursuit” across the Fifth Street Bridge into…

DWR Begins Reducing Lake Oroville Releases, Local River Updates
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DWR Begins Reducing Lake Oroville Releases, Local River Updates

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Department of Water Resources began reducing outflow from Lake Oroville late yesterday afternoon, from the 35,000 cubic feet per second level, by around 5,000 cfs.The lake was at 29,347 as of this morning, about 5,000 cfs more than inflow, with the lake level at just over 856 feet, down about a…

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Sutter County Sheriff’s Department Investigates Rio Oso Double-Murder

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Sheriff’s Department has released the identities of the murder victims found shot dead in Rio Oso last Friday, in the area of Kempton & Brewer Roads. They are identified as 40-year-old Yuba County resident Derrick James Engelman and 40-year-old Elk Grove resident Vicky Keovilayphone. Engelman was found dead approximately…

Fatal Collision at HWY 99 and Oswald Road Under Investigation
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Fatal Collision at HWY 99 and Oswald Road Under Investigation

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – A fatal collision is under investigation at one of the area’s most dangerous intersections: HWY 99 and Oswald road, just south of the Yuba City limits.A CHP news release reports that yesterday, just after noon, a 30-year-old Westwood man was driving north on 99 at the speed limit when 39-year-old Sandeep Kumar…

Eleven Hour Standoff Prompts Live Oak School Lockdowns
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Eleven Hour Standoff Prompts Live Oak School Lockdowns

(Live Oak, CA) – Following an eleven hour standoff in Live Oak, Sutter County Sheriff’s deputies took a shooting suspect into custody and lifted lockdowns, at both, Live Oak High School & Middle School last Friday.The incident began at around 3:00 in the morning at the Maple Park Apartment Complex, when 39-year-old Cuitlahuac Padilla allegedly…

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Suspect Arrested for Attempted Murder in Marysville

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – An attempted murder suspect has been taken into custody following a traffic stop in Marysville.Sergio Calzada had been sought since a car-to-car shooting at around midnight, February 26th along Feather River Boulevard near Plumas Links Street, which resulted in minor injuries to one of the passenger’s in the victim’s vehicle.A firearm was…