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Goats to help with fire mitigation maintenance at Shasta College
SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. - Shasta College will welcome about 600 goats onto campus this week to perform fire mitigation maintenance by eating brush and organic debris across 61 acres of Shasta College's main campus on Old Oregon Trail. They will arrive on Monday and graze three specific campus areas over...
Power outage impacting more that 1,300 customers in Chico
CHICO, Calif. - PG&E has restored service to customers along W. Sacramento Avenue and is working to restore power for those in the following areas:. Highway 32 (near Stewart Avenue and Bidwell Avenue) The PG&E outage map estimates the power will be restored by 5 p.m. Monday afternoon. ---- More...
Minor arrested after man stabbed to death in Yuba City restaurant parking lot
YUBA CITY, Calif. — A minor is in custody after he allegedly stabbed a man to death in a Yuba City restaurant parking lot. According to the Yuba City Police Department, it happened around 7:40 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot of the Chili’s and In N Out at 1300 Annette Way.
Suspect arrested for setting a fire behind Maverik Gas Station in Oroville
OROVILLE, Calif. - A woman was arrested for setting a fire behind a Maverik Gas Station in Oroville on Thursday, CAL FIRE Butte County said. The vegetation fire broke out on Thursday before 9 p.m. behind the Maverik Gas Station near Highway 70 at the Oro Dam Boulevard exit. The fire was contained at .04 acres.
Fire impacting multiple structures in south Oroville
OROVILLE, Calif. — Firefighters are currently at the scene of a fire involving multiple structures in south Oroville. According to Cal Fire's Butte Unit, they say multiple structures are being impacted by the fire between C and S streets at Roseben Avenue. Cal Fire says the fire has been...
State suffers another legal loss in its effort built controversial Delta Tunnel
In late June, a Sacramento County Judge ruled that the California Department of Water Resources, or DWR, had to suspend its efforts to conduct geotechnical “exploratory drilling” on private property across the Delta. Agents for DWR had wanted to get onto peoples’ land and start boring holes in...
Dazzling Perseid Meteor Shower is here. How to watch in California
Now through Sept. 1, specs of dust and rocks will streak across the California night sky as they smack into Earth’s atmosphere when the Perseid Meteor Shower, the most dazzling annual meteor shower seen from Earth, returns to a night sky near you this summer. That comet last visited Earth in 1995. It orbits the sun every 133 years, so it will be about a century before Swift-Tuttle swings around again. But it left us a gift in...
Scientists use AI to predict a wildfire's next move
Researchers at USC have developed a new method to accurately predict wildfire spread. By combining satellite imagery and artificial intelligence, their model offers a potential breakthrough in wildfire management and emergency response. Detailed in an early study proof published in Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, the USC model uses...
Jackpot! $54 million Superlotto Plus ticket sold in Northern California
A lucky lottery player in Northern California is holding a Superlotto Plus ticket worth $54 million after matching all six numbers in Saturday night's draw, according to the California Lottery. The jackpot winning ticket was sold at the 7-Eleven store on Cottonwood Street in Woodland, about 15 miles outside of...
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