Gerber News

A 400-acre olive orchard that was established nearly 100 years ago near Oroville has come back to life, producing an olive oil that recently won a top award at an international competition.

The following information is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Police Department and California Highway Patrol.

Inside his carpeted Eureka offices, attorney Bill Barnum stood before a large map of the city and pointed to the upper right corner.

Bradley Capps of Cottonwood died Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in Chico. He was 37. Affordable Mortuary is handling the arrangements.

Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to close a $16 billion budget gap is just a ploy to raise taxes, California Republican leaders said Tuesday.

Gerber Community Service District Maintenance Supervisor Shane Emde, left, and Tehama County Public Works employee Matthew Rodriguez, right, work on filling rodent holes with grout to discourage ground squirrels per the Army Corps of Engineers requirements.

The following information is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Police Department and California Highway Patrol.

Crime spree: 1. Battery, 300 block of Ivy Street, 11:50 p.m. May 5. 2. Hit and run, Third and Hazel streets, 1:37 a.m. May 6. 3. Shooting No.

Police today said they couldn't confirm what led up to a pair of pedestrians being struck on West Third and Hazel streets early Sunday morning, and are continuing their investigation.

Proposed by Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge, the bill stems from the "open carry" movement in which gun-brandishing people protest against gun-control laws.

The following information is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Police Department and California Highway Patrol.