(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – PG&E will be conducting low-flying helicopter practice flights over the Yuba County foothills communities of Dobbins & Oregon House today, as well as along Marysville Road at Bullards Bar reservoir. They will be flying at “roughly 250 feet” according to a press release, in preparation for possible PSPS events and to “reduce…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba Water Agency Board of Directors yesterday approved doubling the funding for Bill Shaw Rescue Equipment and Training for first responder agencies in Yuba County, from $10,000 to $20,000 each year.The program launched seven years ago and has resulted in $408,000 total in grants awarded to Yuba County’s first responder agencies.A…
(Roseville, CA) — Mosquitoes carrying yellow fever have been detected in Roseville. The Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were recently found in the Foothills-Junction neighborhood near Central Roseville. The Placer Mosquito and Vector Control District confirms the mosquitoes were detected last Friday.It marks the first such detection of the summer season in Placer County. Officials are reminding…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) — Tuesday was officially the first triple-digit day of the year for many cities in Northern California. Sacramento reached a high of 100 degrees, Stockton 102 degrees, Fairfield 103 degrees and Marysville also 103 degrees. The average temperature for the first week of June is 86 degrees.The heat and wind gusts of up…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – A suspected DUI driver is believed to be responsible for a fatal collision in west Yuba City Sunday night. The accident also resulted in an additional eight injuries, including a 4-year-old girl in the suspected DUI driver’s vehicle.The Yuba City Police Department reports at around 8:45 Sunday night, 39-year-old Chloe Tokuno-Fraley, driving…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba City Police Department reports a suspect in last month’s mass vehicle vandalism has been located and taken into custody, following an almost month-long investigation and search.Detectives had been trying to track down 23-year-old Pouriya Sahand since May 5th, when predawn that morning and late the night prior, he’d reportedly keyed…
(Oroville, CA) – The Butte County Sheriff’s office reports detectives are investigating at least one assault, and possibly two, in Oroville over the weekend, which has left one man in critical condition.Deputies were initially dispatched last Friday night at around 9:00 to a family disturbance in the 4600 block of Virginia Avenue. An injured man…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) — The Sacramento Valley including the Yuba-Sutter area, Delta and foothills will be under an excessive heat warning from eleven o’clock this morning through eight o’clock Thursday night. Forecasters are calling for highs between 95 and 108 degrees.Tomorrow is expected to be the hottest day of the week, with temperatures in the triple…
(Yuba-Suttter, CA) – The Sutter County Sheriff’s office reports an attempted murder arrest in Yuba City, following an investigation into a stabbing. Deputies responded last Thursday morning at around 9:45 to Second Street where a man had been stabbed on the left side of the lower part of his stomach. He was taken to Adventist-Rideout…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Numerous local schools have made the Educational Results Partnership’s Honor Roll, recognizing schools preparing students with “the fundamental skills needed to be successful in the workforce and in life” according to the Partnership’s announcement.The release goes on to note that only 17% of schools nationwide made this year’s honor roll. Locally, that…
