Sutter News

If ever a man had everything going his way in 1848, it was John A. Sutter, who had arrived in California nine years earlier.

New nursing graduates are finding their chosen profession is not as recession-proof as they had expected.

Gov. Jerry Brown made a personal appeal Thursday for California voters to support his tax-hike initiative, saying their support is crucial because the state's finances have been "screwed up" for a decade.

Underground near Sutter Creek, David Cochrane, vice president of environment, health and safety for Sutter Gold Mining Co., points out a wide vein that will be mined to find gold when operations begin later this year.

Calpine had said the plant could close if it did not get a contract to keep it operating.