(Twin Bridges, CA) — The window for Sierra travel is closed as a major snowstorm begins to hammer much of eastern California. The California Highway Patrol says snow and high winds are creating whiteout conditions that make it too dangerous to drive over the mountain passes.The CHP says, if anyone must drive on I-50 or…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Sheriff’s office reports that thanks to an anonymous tipster, they have identified the armed suspect caught on a Ring camera at a residence on N Street in Live Oak, as 29-year-old Javier Arteaga-Tinoco of Live Oak. A search warrant was served yesterday at his residence, however, he was not…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Yuba County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested two men, 2 weeks after a skimming device was found at the Linda Walmart.Investigation included study of surveillance video, showing the two, now identified as 39-year-old Robert Wisek, and 28-year-old Alexandru Capatina, attaching the skimmer to a point-of-sale terminal in the self checkout aisle.A review of…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba City Police Department reports officers were dispatched yesterday morning at around 8:00, to a vehicle crashing into a light pole at Colusa Highway & Rocco Way.Upon arriving police encountered a Toyota Rav 4 on fire. The fire was extinguished and the driver, Jeff Ross, was extracted and transported to the…
(Butte County, CA) – The Butte County Coroner has released the identity of a pedestrian hit and killed by a big-rig on HWY 99 south at the Esplanade, at around 11:15 Sunday night: 45-year-old Kyle Mathisen of Yuba City.Alcohol does not appear to have been a factor according to the CHP, and the big-rig driver…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – CHP Yuba-Sutter reports the arrest of 50-year-old Larry Lee Anderson Jr. of Plumas Lake for DUI, hit & run and 2nd degree murder. This after a fatal four-vehicle collision Monday evening just before 8:00, on Feather River Boulevard north of Murphy Road. It began with two, slow moving southbound vehicles. The second…
Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved sending a letter of opposition to the California Public Utilities Commission, urging them to reject AT&T’s recent request that they be absolved of their current, so-called “Carrier of Last Resort” obligation. That entails providing and maintaining landline service.Yuba County officials, including OES and…
(Glenn County, CA) – At their meeting last evening, the Glenn County Board of Supervisors approved an emergency proclamation, paving the way for financial assistance from the state to help pay for an estimated $460,000 in damage caused by our most recent series of storms.That includes significant damage at the Willows-Glenn County Airport, where one…
(Placer County, CA) — Parts of the Sierra could begin March with up to ten feet of snow.The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for the Sierra Nevada, and the adjacent foothills, from four o’clock Thursday morning to ten o’clock Sunday morning. Forecasters predict this will be California’s heaviest snowfall of the season…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba City Police Department reports several felony arrests over the weekend.32-year-old Dan Mendoza of the 900 block of N Street in Live Oak was charged with alleged burglary and child stealing; 20-year-old James Dhan of Yuba City on suspicion of robbery; 33-year-old Brandi Howe of the 1800 block of Woodland Drive…
