Sutter County News

Authorities say a severed leg found along a stretch of Sutter County Monday morning was likely cut off a human being during a medical surgery.

There are new clues in the investigation of a human leg found near the Garden Highway in Sutter County.

Investigators are probing whether a severed human leg found in a rural area of Sutter County may be related to a nearby missing-person case.

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A Sacramento man was arrested early Saturday morning by officers from the Department of Fish and Game after admitting he shot a sea lion that eventually found its way to the shores of Old Sacramento last month.

Rewriting the notebook while noting that our biggest problem these days might be that wea ve gone from revering our Founding Fathers to worshiping our Funding Flounderers ... Another fiscal problem might be the runaway costs being incurred by foolish folk who actually believe they have a right to develop their private property.

A work session to prevent a historic Sutter County school from slipping further into disrepair will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov.

Advocates for a medical marijuana cooperative in Yuba County are doing a slow burn these days that has nothing to do with cannabis.

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 5:38 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 5:38 p.m. Before sheriffs were dusty gunslingers in the Wild West, they were known as 'shire reeves,' royal officials in medieval England charged with keeping the peace.

Geminid meteors photographed in December 2004 over Texas. For about an hour early Saturday evening, Yolo County emergency services personnel were scrambling to find the site of a plane crash near Zamora north of Woodland.

From Bill Lindelof: Four people have been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of two girls in the Yuba City area.

Four people have been arrested after a teenage girl said she was raped at a Yuba City residence, the Sutter County Sheriff's Department said.

While we're on the subject of reconciliation, we'd be remiss not to mention the affection between Schwarzenegger, Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani, D-Stockton, and state Sen.

With strong prices expected for rice this year, Sutter County farmer Walt Trevethan planted all of his ground and hopes for a bountiful harvest.

The longtime chief administrator of Sutter County has accepted an offer to become Merced County's new CEO, both counties said Monday.

A Live Oak woman was arrested late Tuesday on suspicion of pepper-spraying three members of a family at their home.

Longtime Northern California educator and activist Delores J. Da'Venport may be retired, but she's ready to take on seven other candidates vying for three seats on the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Board of Trustees.

YUBA CITY, Calif. a " A California Highway Patrol officer has been arrested in Northern California on suspicion of child cruelty and spousal abuse.The California Highway Patrol says 44-year-old Richard Joseph Handwork of Yuba City was arrested Friday at the CHP office in Yuba City on suspicion of inflicting corporal injury to a spouse or cohabitant ...

A suspected thief was clipping a Yuba City couple's medical marijuana buds when he was clipped on the head with a hammer thrown by the couple's son, Sutter County Sheriff J. Paul Parker said.

Restoring a 24-mile stretch of Feather River levee will require between $165 million to $265 million, years to complete and a vote by landowners in the area to impose a new tax on themselves.