Number Of E-Coli Cases Reaches 18

Butte County health officials say 18 are now confirmed to have come down with e-coli after attending a fundraiser earlier this month in Forest Ranch.  Health officials believe the e-coli came from tri-tip, but they aren’t sure whether the meat was tainted or if the preparerof the meat is responsible.  One victim was flown to UC [...]

Paradise Man Allegedly Caught With Stolen Firefighting Equipment

An alleged thief from Paradise is busted with hundreds of thousands of dollars in stolen equipment, including firefighting equipment he allegedly ripped off during the Butte Lighting Complex of fires.  The Butte County Sheriff’s office says an ongoing investigation led law enforcement to 30-year old Benjamin Ruggles’ property on Jewel road this week.  Investigators found equipment stolen [...]

California Budget Details

     SACRAMENTO (AP) – Here’s a look at the spending plan the
Assembly and Senate are considering. It would plug a 15.2
billion-dollar deficit without borrowing or new taxes. Instead, the
budget would:
     – Cut 7.1 billion dollars in state spending, including
reductions in public transit and human service programs; includes
lower-than-projected education funding, although schools will be
fully funded under [...]

Paulson: Fannie, Freddie to Buy More Mortgages

WASHINGTON(AP) – Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will step up their purchases of mortgage-backed securities to help provide support to the crippled housing market. Paulson also said Friday that the Treasury Department will expand a program, announced earlier this month, to buy mortgage-backed securities, which have been badly [...]

Key Lawmakers Promise Fast Action on Bailout

WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd says the United States may be “days away from a complete meltdown of our financial system” and Congress is working quickly to prevent that. Dodd said Friday that Democrats and Republicans on the Hill are coming together to support the Bush administration’s developing plan to buy [...]

Redding Smokejumper Reaches 600th Jump

REDDING, Calif. (AP) – A Redding smokejumper has put his name in the record books. Tim Quigley made his 600th jump earlier this week while fighting a fire in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. A U-S Forest Service spokesman says the 51-year-old is only the sixth jumper to reach that number.

State Budget Veto A No-Go

    SACRAMENTO (AP) – It appears a historic budget veto has been
averted.
     Governor Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders have agreed to a
compromise spending plan that includes the governor’s demands for
budget reform and scraps some of the borrowing gimmicks he opposed.
     Schwarzenegger threatened to veto a 143 billion dollar spending
plan the legislative leaders approved on Tuesday, calling [...]

Fatal Crash in Sutter County

A Yuba City man has died after riding his bike into the side of a big rig truck. The accident happened on Highway 99 north of Hunn Road in Sutter County Thursday. The victim has been identified as 73 year old James Silsbee, a retired CHP officer. The CHP says it appears the rider cut [...]

E-Coli Cases Jump to More than a Dozen

The number of E-Coli cases in Butte County linked to a September fundraising event has jumped to more than a dozen. 13 people have reportedly become ill following a barbecue event in Forest Ranch for a volunteer fire department. At last report, health officials were still trying to identify the source of the contamination. The [...]