Adviser to CA Official Enters Plea to Child Porn

SAN DIEGO (AP) – A former military adviser to President Bill Clinton and to California’s current lieutenant governor has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. The U.S. attorney’s office says 67-year-old Wade Sanders admitted Monday in federal court in San Diego that he possessed a computer with more than 600 [...]

Health Department Surveys Butte County Residents about Smokefree Outdoors

Smoke-free environments may now extend to the outdoors. KPAY’s Bruce Lang has more.
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CA Gov and Lawmakers Point Fingers as State Faces Dwindling Cash Reserves

SACRAMENTO (AP) – The state’s budget crisis is apparently being dragged into the new year. Pointing fingers at each other, Democrats and Republicans indicated yesterday that their work on a budget deal is done until 2009. Assembly Speaker Karen Bass says Gov. Schwarzenegger should sign [...]

Authorities ID Woman Found Dead after Chico Blaze

Officials have released the identity of a woman found dead in a burnt home in Chico.   The Butte County Coroners office says the results on an autopsy on 88-year old Eilleen Sowers hasn’t been released yet.   Her body was found Friday night following the fire at a Ceres Avenue Home. Still no [...]

Butte, Yuba, and Sutter to be Impacted by EPA Designation

Butte County is impacted by the latest ruling from the federal Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA released a list Monday of 29 counties in the state, including Butte, that will be affected by stricter air quality standards for fine particulate matter. The EPA says those tiny particles of pollution can reach [...]