Cattle Plant Was Previously Cited

     CHINO, Calif. (AP) – Federal officials have extended a ban on
use of meat from a Chino slaughterhouse shut down this week for
allegedly mistreating cattle.
     Officials also say the facility had been previously cited for
using electric prods on animals.
     But the U.S. Department of Agriculture told reporters today that
problems documented in a 2005 “noncompliance record” [...]

Layoff Notices Loom For CUSD

 Layoff notices will be distributed to staff members of  the Chico Unified School District.  The Board of Education will hold a special meeting Wednesday to begin the process that could mean layoffs for temporary teachers and some permanent positions.  Assistant Superintendent for Human Services Bob Feaster says the layoff notices don’t equate to a dollar figure, but it’s better [...]

Rumor Causes Lockdown of Paradise High

 
Paradise High School was briefly locked down this afternoon following reports of a gun on the campus.  School Officials tell KPAY the school went into precautionary lockdown, but the report was only a rumor.

10 Year Old Hit By Car

Willows police say it appears a ten year old boy wasn’t wearing a helmet when he was hit by a car while riding his bike.  The incident happened this morning at the intersection of Cedar and Culver near Willows Intermediate School.  Chief William Spears says 48-year old Amparo Quirarte hit 10-year old Taylor Cook as [...]

President Bush Rallies Conservatives

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush is rallying conservatives to get behind the  presumed Republican presidential nominee without once saying John McCain’s name.  The president told about 2,000 people at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington this morning that “prosperity and peace are in the balance” in the 2008 vote. He says conservatives need to [...]

Three Dead in Louisiana College Shooting

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, say three people are dead in a campus shooting.  They say a woman killed two female students in a classroom at Louisiana Technical College, then turned the gun on herself.  Police say the two victims apparently were in their seats in the second-floor classroom when [...]

Former Candidate for Yuba Supervisor Facing Child Molestation Charges

LINDA, Calif. (AP) – A former levee control district president is facing child molestation charges. Seventy-year-old Rex Archer of Linda is accused of abusing two girls. Archer is a former president of Reclamation District 784. He also ran an unsuccessful campaign for Yuba County supervisor in 2006.

Dimmest View Yet of Bush, Congress in AP poll

WASHINGTON (AP) – Approval figures for President Bush and Congress appear to be directly related to the sagging economy. In the latest AP-Ipsos Poll, President Bush has hit rock bottom — and even Republicans are beginning to turn on him.  His latest overall approval rating now stands at only 30 percent, but the rating for [...]

Live Oak Couples Sue Over Housing Prices

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Two Live Oak couples are suing KB Home and mortgage lender Countrywide Financial, claiming the companies schemed with real estate appraisers to inflate prices paid for homes as the housing market began to tank. KB Home says it believes a “full and complete investigation will show these allegations to be without [...]