Sutter County

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday challenged Attorney General Eric Holder over the Justice Department's handling of the investigation of national security leaks and its failure to talk to The Associated Press before...

Unrelated arguments over cellphones ended earlier this week with two Olivehurst women behind bars facing possible assault charges. Bogdanka Davis, 60, was jailed after authorities said she attacked her 57-year-old husband with a metal lawn sprinkler...

An Olivehurst man remained in custody Wednesday, two days after authorities said he beat his younger sister with a frying pan. A parolee with a lengthy criminal record, Marco Antonio Cabrera, 29, was booked into the Yuba County Jail on Tuesday...

Sutter County supervisors oppose a federal plan requiring orchards be cut or trimmed beneath certain government power lines. The Western Area Power Administration, a division of the US Department of Energy, sent letters to landowners in February...

A fire on Wednesday gutted an apparently abandoned fifth-wheel trailer on the side of Simpson Lane, just outside Linda. No one was injured, and the cause of the fire remains unknown, said Bob Criss, assistant fire chief at the Linda Fire Department....

Two temporary firefighters who recently joined the Yuba City Fire Department full-time were recognized on Wednesday during a badge-pinning ceremony. William Bennett, 30, of Roseville, and Blong Thor, 24, of Oroville, were all smiles while shaking...

Children's activities and pets in costumes are part of the 89th annual Wheatland Pet Parade. The parade begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the park on Sixth and Main streets, Wheatland. Parade entries check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. with judging beginning...

The NBA Board of Governors voted Wednesday to turn down a proposal to relocate the Sacramento Kings to Seattle, bringing a victory to local fans. “I think Northern California should be extremely happy that this saga is going to end. In the long...

A Yuba City woman died today in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 20, east of Plantz Road. Tania H. Fox, 48, died at the scene around 7:50 a.m., the California Highway Patrol reported. Two others, a man and a girl, suffered minor to moderate...

The Sutter County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday night approved a plan to lay off employees and reorganize departments in the first effort to bail the county out of its brewing financial troubles. Seven people will receive layoff notices on May 29...