Missing Millionaire’s Plane Found in California

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) – Searchers have turned up the wreckage of adventurer Steve Fossett’s airplane in California. Authorities say ground crews confirm finding Fossett’s plane in the Inyo National Forest in California. The National Transportation Safety Board is sending investigators to the site. Fossett vanished a year ago while flying a single-engine plane from [...]

Chico Police Trying to Meet Demands with Limited Staff

Budget cuts in Chico hitting the police department hard. KPAY’s Bruce Lang tells us more.
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Rate Hike Takes Effect for PG and E

P.G.& E. customers will see a 6 percent hike in their electric rates effective this week. Utility Spokesman Paul Moreno says the company did all it could to keep rates down.
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Customers will see the rate increase in their latest bills and by the end of the month. Moreno says if customers want [...]

Frozen Credit Market Jeopardizes CA Borrowing

SACRAMENTO (AP) – California’s top financial officials are warning that the nation’s frozen credit market is threatening the state’s ability to do short-term borrowing. KPAY’S Christina Craven explains.
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Yuba-Sutter Wreck Sends 1 Man to Enloe Hospital

A crash in the Yuba-Sutter area early this morning sent a man to Enloe Hospital in Chico with MAJOR INJURIES. The CHP says 50 year old Michael Zito was flown to the medical center after losing control on Marysville Road. His vehicle hit a dirt embankment and rolled. The CHP says Zito was arrested for [...]

Bail Out Plan Heads To House

     WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate is handing the House a sweetened up
version of the 700-billion-dollar financial bailout plan — what
many Republican lawmakers have been viewing as a bitter pill to
swallow.
     Since the Senate took up the bill rejected by the House Monday,
there was a push to add on legislative goodies to turn those
negative votes [...]