Low Snow Level Means Dry Summer

     SACRAMENTO (AP) – The Sierra Nevada snowpack has fallen below
normal levels after California experienced its driest two-month
period on record.
     The Department of Water Resources says scientists found snowpack
water content averaging only 67 percent of normal throughout the
400-mile-long mountain range.
     Levels were 88 percent of normal in the northern Sierra and
about 60 percent of normal [...]

Chico High Receives Grant to Encourage Future Teachers

While the Chico Unified School District looks at making cuts to its current staff, a proposed program at Chico High School is looking to secure the future of teaching. Chico High School has received a 35-thousand dollar grant from the state office of education for the Teach To Learn Program. Chico High School Teacher Liz Metzler says [...]

More CA Sex Offenders Monitored by GPS

SACRAMENTO (AP) – California has outfitted about half the state’s paroled sex offenders with GPS devices but is falling short of a requirement to track them all. On Wednesday, officials announced they had attached ankle monitors to 2,500 of California’s most dangerous sex-offender parolees. That’s in addition to the 2,300 units already tracking paroled sex [...]

Chico Police Nab Suspect in Weekend Robberies

Chico police pointing the finger at a 22 year old transient for two local robberies.  Justin Eastes was arrested Wednesday…he’s a suspect in two weekend crimes, one at Anthony’s Liquor, the other at the Korner Market.
Police say the suspect allegedly made off with cash during an armed robbery Saturday, but was scared off Sunday when confronted [...]

Red Bluff Man Arrested for Alleged Sex Crimes

A Red Bluff man in jail on suspicion of having sex with a 15 year old runaway. Police say the Shasta County teen was located at a Tehama County home Wednesday morning…she was taken into protective custody. Detectives say the girl was allegedly picked up at her home ealier in the week by the 25 year old [...]

Considered Smoking Ban At Chico State University

 
Chico State’s Academic Senate is proposing a campus wide BAN on smoking.   KPAY’s Matt Ray reports….
 
 

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Quake Shakes California Town

     BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) – A moderate earthquake shook a
mountainous area near Bakersfield, California, this morning, just
hours after a quake some 230 miles to the southeast.
     The U.S. Geological Survey said the 4.4-magnitude quake struck
at 1:11 a.m. and was centered 12 miles from the resort town of Lake
Isabella and 35 miles from Bakersfield.
     There are [...]

Unemployment Claims Soar

     WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of newly laid off workers filing
claims for unemployment benefits soared last week.
     The Labor Department reported Thursday that claims for
unemployment benefits rose by 35,000 to 380,000. Private economists
had expected claims would rise by a smaller 18,000.
     The report on jobless claims came a day ahead of a report on
unemployment [...]