Sutter County News

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.

"Three suspects arrested in Sutter County after an attempted home burglary ran into the worst of luck a ' a homeowner with experience fighting off intruders.

A small debris pile burning in a rural area near Gridley got out of control Sunday, destroying an outbuilding and threatening a large shop building in the 100 block of West Liberty Road.

The following is a list of projects, compiled by Caltrans, that could effect traffic over the next week.

She may have not lived to know love, but in death Baby Hope is surrounded by a stream of caring strangers who aim to be her family.

The fate of the Colusa-Sacramento River Recreation Area and dozens of other state parks in Northern California could be announced as early as next week.

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The Sutter County Sheriff's office was investigating the death of an infant found along the Sacramento River Wednesday night.

Bee golf writer Steve Pajak is on a weekly tour of area golf courses with which he is not familiar.